At midnight, the sob night breeze blew across the human face, and the wolf velvet on the collar gently stroked.

The cold wind blew over here in the empty field, and the sound of beasts gnawing at night came. Opposite the mottled blood-stained city wall was a huge camp that stretched for more than ten miles. On the arrow tower, the arrogant and cold wolf king stared at the devastated city wall for a long time. He never expected that the two-pronged plan did not cause Lu Bu to collapse, which made him feel unexpected. Even if today was just Cao Cao's tentative siege, from the perspective of Lu Bu's command to defend the city and the fighting will of his soldiers, there must be some looseness, but it is definitely not that easy.

Before, he had heard about the casualties report of today's attack in Cao Cao's camp. More than 12,000 people were tentatively attacked, and only 2,000 people stood at the top of the city, and nearly 4,000 casualties were nearly 4,000 people. Most of them were knocked down from the city wall by bows, arrows, stones, and cross-bows while climbing the ladder.

In recent years, Gongsun Zhi has rarely fought such a battle as siege. The only time was to take advantage of Liu Yu's army's heart and there were few soldiers in Juyong County before he dared to launch a raid with the Heishan cavalry. As he experienced more and more, he looked back at his footprints along the way and became more and more frightened, just like walking on a single-plank bridge on a cliff, and if he was not careful, he would fall into the abyss.

He took off his iron helmet and let the cold wind blow for a while, and his thoughts floated. On the other hand, Dian Wei also talked about the afternoon battle, "Lord, you shouldn't have let Cao Cao withdraw his troops so early. Lao Dian just entered the state, and Zhang Liao was beaten down by me, so Lu Bu came..."

Gongsun Zhi nodded at Ye Se, raised his hand to interrupt him, turned his face calmly, and looked at the ferocious giant man with a smile, "Then how did the injury on your waist come from? This is just a temptation. There is no need to work so hard. Even if you take down the entire Xuzhou, there is no one for us. I want... Cao Cao won't give it, so he can only rely on here to get it!"

He pointed his head.

"The lord said Lao Dian doesn't understand what he said..." Dian Wei would never talk back to Gongsun Zhi after all, and leaned against the wooden railing with his arms crossed and leaned against the wooden railing with his arms crossed.

"You don't need to understand it too much. Look at it tomorrow... Fear and despair will be contagious. Once you know there are no reinforcements..." Gongsun Zhi waved his finger at the distant city wall, "Just like hunting on the grassland and the foothills of the mountains, there are unchanging principles. Only when the prey is at its end will he not think about running away. He either resists until death or squats on the ground and is slaughtered."

The words paused for a moment, and a stern smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "...... Once there are no reinforcements, they will be completely desperate. There is only one way to die to guard the lonely city. Even if Lu Bu wants to die, there will always be someone under his command who wants to live, so...Dian Wei, don't be anxious, it's just the beginning."

Dian Wei probably understood, and nodded with peace of mind.

After a while, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the camp below. Li Ke rode a horse from the back camp and stood under the arrow tower with a mace, shouting: "Chief, Yan Rou is back, and he has caught several... big..."

Shortly after the words fell, several cavalrymen ran towards this side, rushed to the bottom of the arrow tower before stopping the war horses. With a bang, the bound figure was thrown off the horse's back and fell to the ground. Gongsun Zhi refused Dian Wei's support, stepped down the ladder, stood at a pillar of the arrow tower, and looked at the scholar wearing a wrinkled robe on the ground.

Then, a knight dragged his bound figure to the ground and threw it to Gongsun Zhi's feet. He reached out and pulled out the cloth stuffed in his mouth. The knight bowed: "Report to the Governor, General Yan is reorganizing the army, so he asked the lowly ranks to bring Chen Gong first, and the general will arrive later... and... Zang Ba fled, but Sun Guan and Chang Xi were all captured under his command."

"Well, you guys go down and rest."

Gongsun Zhi asked them to retreat, dragged their cloak to the struggled figure on the ground, lowering their eyes, "Chen Gong? This is the first time we have met..."

"Bah!" The scribe who rubbed his face on the ground twisted his body and raised his head, glaring at him: "Don't be too sarcastic. Today I'm captured, I'll just die. See if I will surrender! Hahahaha--"

Around him, Dian Wei, Li Ke and dozens of guards suddenly burst into laughter. Chen Gong stopped laughing and looked at them in surprise. Gongsun Zhi squatted down, looked at each other coldly, but there was a smile on his lips, and his tone gradually lowered: "I am a great Han scholar, have a strong backbone! Very good, a pity... I didn't think about surrendering you, but I wanted to borrow your head for use."

"Your death will make everyone in Xia Pi City feel despair and fear..." He stroked his hem, Gongsun Zhi stood up and stared at Chen Gong's frightened face, slowly turned around and looked at the city wall with a faint torch light in the distance. When he raised his hand, Li Ke stepped forward and lifted the scholar on the ground. His voice was as cold as ice. "Send people to spread Cao Sikong that the prisoners of Lu Bu will bend down to the city tomorrow. I want to see their fear and despair expressions, and then... fight again."

"yes!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

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The night is deep and crying can occasionally be heard in the quiet Xia Pi City. In such a chaotic and death atmosphere, the people and the wealthy families cannot sleep. The crying sound is transmitted in the dark. Some people wake up from their dreams and sobbers. At night, there are officers patrolling the streets and soldiers walking through the streets nervously, listening to the faint crying, which makes them feel uneasy.

In Lufu, someone woke up from the bed and subconsciously reached out to touch the sword hanging on the bed. In the dim room, the woman did not sleep deeply. She was awakened by the movement, grabbed her husband's hand, got out of bed and took a silk handkerchief to give him a cold sweat on his forehead.

"Husband, don't put pressure on yourself..." Yan went to light the light again, looking at the tall Gu Ying sitting by the bed with heartache, and went over to hold his hand, leaning on the back of his hand, "There are military advisors and General Zang outside. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, how can you bear it alone?"

"...I dreamed of Uncle Zhi."

The silent man spoke in a low voice, "Yesterday, I came down from the city and went to the wounded barracks... They were all good soldiers... Seeing their appearance... I suddenly understood Zhang Yang's words..."

He smiled slightly, stroked his wife's cheek, looked at the lights over the other side, and whispered: "Madam... I have been wronged by you and Lingqi over the years. I have followed me around and have not had a solid life for a day. Every day, I also think about where to stay next and where I am Lu Bu's place."

"Husband..."

"My husband is here, don't be afraid." Lu Bu lowered his head and looked at his wife's worried eyes, then smiled and said, "I think... you, Lingqi, and the generals under your command... the soldiers in the wounded barracks should not live such a life..."

Pat your hands gently.

“……I shouldn’t live such a life.”

In the quiet, warm yellow room, two figures leaned tightly together, and the night wind outside the house ran across the long eaves, day and night, and soon, a new day came.
Chapter completed!