Sure enough, just as he was thinking about what Yuan Shu said, Liu Bei immediately made up his mind as soon as he opened his mouth. He really didn't know what gift Yuan Shu could bring him. Although this thing was not necessarily good, he wanted to know it.
"If you want to know, I will give it to you, Yan Liang, and prepare to have all the family letters sent to me into the city."
Since you want to know so much, then I will satisfy you.
Yuan Shu gave the order, and the archers who had been prepared put arrows with family letters on their bows one after another. Then arrows rained down like rain, and tens of thousands of family letters were led by arrows to shoot directly towards the top of Mianzhu City.
"Shield, defense."
"Careful, arrows."
"Quick, avoid."
Facing the sudden rain of arrows, there was an instant panic on the city wall. Each of the guards held up their shields to protect Liu Bei in the middle. The other soldiers also raised their shields to defend against the incoming arrow rain.
"Yuan Shu, you are indeed acting like a villain. Why do you want to capture my Mianzhu City with a hail of arrows?"
After the rain of arrows, Liu Bei appeared on top of the wall again. Looking at Yuan Shu below the city, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Liu Xuande, don't be angry. These arrows have no arrowheads. The family letter on the arrows is my gift to you and to your soldiers."
Faced with Liu Bei's ridicule, Yuan Shu didn't care. Do you want to take down these childish things that you are still using?
They all said it was a gift.
Upon hearing Yuan Shu's words, Liu Bei immediately picked up an arrow and saw that there was indeed a letter from home tied to the arrow.
Seeing that the smile on Liu Bei's face completely disappeared, wouldn't this book be exactly the same as when he captured Mianzhu? If these are true, then think of what Yuan Shu said at the beginning,
Chengdu may really be doomed, and Cheng Yu may have been captured by Yuan Shu. Then the Mianzhu City under his feet will completely become an isolated city, and it will not be able to hold on for much longer.
"Yun Chang, what do you think?"
Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu beside him with a livid face. At this moment, he had no idea.
"Brother, no matter what happens in Chengdu, the most important thing now is to collect all these family letters. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be homesick and mutiny. When the time comes, we won't need Yuan Shu to fight, and we will be finished."
Guan Yu's blushing face also turned purple. The key issue now is not Chengdu's problem, but how to stabilize the soldiers in the city. Otherwise, if he is like them before, I am afraid that he will be tied up and sent to Yuan Shu without having to fight.
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"Well, I immediately ordered people to collect all the family letters, and also ordered the logistics officials to bring me all the military pay of all the soldiers, and give everyone an extra month of food and pay. As long as they can help me guard Mianzhu, I will benefit.
The state has been evacuated, but we still need to keep them fed and clothed."
It's useless to say anything false now. These letters from home are the last straw that breaks the hearts of the soldiers. The only thing that can offset these letters from home now is money.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. The only thing he can do now is to use money and food to suppress the impatience of these soldiers and save the morale of the army from the verge of collapse.
"I understand, I'll make arrangements right away."
Hearing Liu Bei's words, even Guan Yu was stunned. He had thought of many ways, but none of them were suitable. What Liu Bei said was the most effective. As long as the money and food are in place, I believe these soldiers will always give it a try.
The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. When Guan Yu rushed to the logistics department, the logistics officer told him that there was not that much food and salary at all, and the army would not be able to eat for much time, let alone pay now.
Guan Yu was furious when he heard the logistics officer's words, chopped him with a knife, and then returned to the city wall with a livid face.
"Lord, I think it's better not to wait any longer and attack the city directly. Only under sword and gun can they better understand their situation."
Yan Liang glanced at Yuan Shu. He knew that Yuan Shu wanted to capture Mianzhu without a fight, but it was obvious that although the enemy's morale was fluctuating, it was still impossible for them to rebel immediately. Rather than doing so, it would be better to take advantage of Liu Bei's failure to appease the soldiers.
With his emotions, he directly attacked the city wall.
"Okay, order the whole army to launch an attack. The trapped army, the Tiger Army will mainly attack the city wall defended by Liu Bei, and the army will be the first to ascend. The Polu Army will mainly attack the east city defended by the Southern Barbarians. At the same time, I will attack. I want to capture Mianzhu in one fell swoop."
Liu Bei is not an incompetent person. He also has generals like Guan Yu who are both wise and brave. It is not easy for these Yizhou soldiers to rebel.
Instead of doing this, I should really do what Yan Liang said and use real fighting to make these soldiers realize their current situation. At the same time, attacking now can also distract Guan Yu and Liu Bei, so that these soldiers can find opportunities to capture Liu Bei.
"promise."
After receiving Yuan Shu's order, the four main forces were divided into two, each preparing to attack Mianzhu's city wall.
"By the way, push that golden ring with three knots under the East City and chop off the head so that these southern barbarians can see it."
"promise."
Soon Jinhuan Sanjie was brought to the front of the Polu Army and Xianden Army.
"Kneel down."
With one kick, the short Golden Ring Sanknot was directly knocked to the ground.
"Meng Huo, look at this as your first marshal."
Yan Liang came to Jinhuan Sanjie, grabbed his head and spoke to the barbarians on the city wall.
"Your Majesty, it is the three knots of the golden ring."
Dong Tanu's sharp eyes immediately recognized the three knots of the golden ring.
"I know it's the Golden Ring Three Knots. It seems Yuan Shu is really not prepared to accept our surrender."
Meng Huo also saw the three-knotted golden ring kneeling on the ground. The way he looked now meant that negotiations for surrender had collapsed. As Mrs. Zhu Rong said, Yuan Shu would not accept his surrender, so all they could do now was to try their best.
Use all your strength to block Yuan Shu's attack.
"Well, tell all the ministries and caves to prepare for battle."
Meng Huo's orders were directly issued to the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians. The barbarians on the city walls were also on full alert, ready to deal with the next battle at any time.
"Meng Huo, I will return the three knots of the golden ring to you."
After Yan Liang said this, he directly swung the Fengzui knife and chopped off the head of the three-knotted man kneeling on the ground.
Hot blood spurted out instantly, and Jin Huan's sturdy body fell to the ground with a thud.
"Trebuchet ready."
After cutting the three knots of the golden ring, Yan Liang ordered the trebuchet to prepare for battle without hesitation.
Thirty trebuchets began to slowly take shape under the assembly of the troops. Meng Huo looked at the actions below and was a little confused for a while. He didn't know what Yuan Shujun below was doing. Different from them, Liu Bei was there.
Beicheng looked a little panicked when he saw the trebuchet appearing in front of him.
The veterans who had fought with him from Yanzhou still had fresh memories of the terror of trebuchets. Now that they saw this terrifying siege equipment, it was impossible not to panic.
At this time, Guan Yu also rushed back from the Logistics Department. Looking at Liu Bei, his maroon complexion turned into an ashen color.
"What's wrong?
Why do you look so ugly?"
Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu and knew that the logistics department must have failed to achieve the goal.
"The logistics officer said there is not much food, let alone money, not even a penny."
Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei with a dark face and directly said what the logistics officer said.
"Damn thing, why doesn't he die? He wants food but no food, he wants money but no money, he's a waste."
Hearing Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei yelled at him loudly. Although he knew that the current situation was not the logistics officer's problem, someone had to be the scapegoat when he was angry. Obviously, the logistics officer would suffer.
"Brother, I have chopped him up and ordered the logistics to cook meat and rice in the back so that they can have a full meal at any time."
Guan Yu nodded to Liu Bei. He had already killed the logistics officer, and now it was up to him to see how Liu Bei would operate.
"Well, those are all things for later. The first priority now is to repel Yuan Shu's attack first and then defend Mianzhu City. I am now afraid that the soldiers will become rebellious when Yuan Shu attacks the city, and it will be over by then.
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Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu and expressed his worries.
"Don't worry, no one can change the world as long as I'm here."
Guan Yu is not that worried about Liu Bei's worries. As long as he is here to control the sea, even if you are Hai Long, you can't even think about overturning the river.
"Alright, Yuan Shu's trebuchet is coming up, you can take command of the battle immediately."
When Guan Yu said this, Liu Bei had no choice but to believe him, so he directly handed over the command to Guan Yu.
