Gongsun Zan fought his way out of the siege, with eight or nine thousand cavalry accompanying him, and there were still four to five thousand cavalry who had no intention of going out.
The rumble of horse hoofs sounded, and Zhao Yun's Ying Yang army rushed to the battlefield. Nearly 30,000 cavalry surrounded the soldiers and horses left by Gongsun Zan.
Gao Lan nodded and agreed with Zhao Yun's statement.
"Persuade us to surrender. Don't cause any more unnecessary killings."
Looking at the confused Gongsun Zan cavalry, Zhao Yun sighed softly. These people were just soldiers. Fighting was their duty, but death was not what they wanted.
"Well, I understand, just shout."
Gao Lan also nodded and spoke to the messenger beside him.
"Those who surrender live, those who resist die."
"Those who surrender live, those who resist die."
"Those who surrender live, those who resist die."
The shouts one after another echoed throughout the battlefield. Looking at the hand crossbows and shining steel knives standing upright, the more than 4,000 cavalrymen all lowered their heads.
"I have surrendered. I still have my mother at home waiting for me to take care of her. I can't die here."
"Yes, I surrendered too. I haven't married a wife yet, so it's too unfair to die like this."
"My child is still at home waiting for me to come back, and I have surrendered."
A cavalryman put down the steel sword in his hand, got off his horse, knelt on one knee and surrendered to Yuan Shu's cavalry.
"Senior brother, I'll leave this to you. I'll report to the lord."
"Go ahead, I'm here."
Seeing that everything was over, Zhao Yun did not stop and reported the outcome of the battle to Yuan Shu.
After galloping for a while, Zhao Yun came to Yuan Shu.
"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent and have been escaped by Gongsun Zan."
"Okay, there's not that much going on. Gongsun Zan is just a caged bird now. It's best if you can keep him. It doesn't matter if you can't. It doesn't matter if you kill him when the city is destroyed."
Yuan Shu didn't care. In his heart, Gongsun Zan was already dead. It was only a matter of time before he died today and tomorrow.
"Thank you, Lord."
This small-scale ambush ended with Gongsun Zan's complete defeat. Only 9,000 of the 15,000 cavalry who escaped back to Yuyang were killed. Not only that, but also killed his younger brother Gongsun Fan.
"Order the entire army to reinforce the city wall. I want to turn Yuyang City into a city of hell, and I want Yuan Shu to shed his last drop of blood here."
"promise."
At dawn the next day, the drums of Yuan Shu's camp were beating loudly, with 30,000 cavalry in the lead, 50,000 main legions behind them, and 80,000 people marching towards Yuyang City in a mighty manner.
"Brother, they are here."
Gongsun Yue looked at the smoke in the distance and turned to look at Gongsun Zan beside him.
"Command the entire army to prepare for battle."
Gongsun Zan slammed the hammer onto the battlements with a look of terror in his eyes.
"promise."
Gongsun Zan gave the order, and the city of Yuyang immediately became heated. The city was covered with soldiers, their bows were fully drawn, catapults were loaded with stones, and rolling logs and stones were all ready.
Yuyang City is now well-defended. Although Gongsun Zan only has about 30,000 troops, he is confident that even if Yuan Shu's army of 100,000 attacks, it will be difficult to break through.
The army lined up in a line, with the cavalry behind and the infantry in front, surrounding Yuyang City.
"Youruo, Gongda, what do you think of this Yuyang City?"
Yuan Shu pointed to the tall and solid Yuyang City and spoke to the two counselors beside him.
"My lord, Yuyang City has been specially reinforced because Liu Yu resisted Gongsun Zan. Now Gongsun Zan has reinforced it again. In terms of solidity, it is not inferior to any other city in the world.
If I want to capture this place, I'm afraid the losses will be huge, and now I finally understand why it has been able to block Gongsun Zan for so many days."
Xun Chen looked at Yuyang City, his eyes full of worry. It seemed that if he wanted to win this place, he would suffer great losses.
"Uncle, don't worry. Although Yuyang City is strong, it is not indestructible. And judging from the Lord's application, I must have already had a way to deal with Yuyang City."
Xun You just glanced at Yuyang City, and then fixed his gaze on Yuan Shu.
"Haha, there is no way. I just brought something specially designed to attack the city."
Yuan Shu nodded to Xun You. Facing Yuyang City, nightmare is really quite appropriate.
"Artisan Camp, Assembly Nightmare."
"promise."
After receiving Yuan Shu's order, the craftsman camp began to work hard. The boxes from the carriages were moved down one by one, the parts were taken out one by one, and they began to be assembled in the hands of the master craftsmen.
"Lord, what kind of secret weapon is this."
Xun Chen, Xun You and Yuan Shu came to the nightmare assembly place together and watched thousands of people jumping up and down and working hard, their eyes full of doubts.
"This is a nightmare, a nightmare for Gongsun Zan, and a nightmare for all the fortified cities in the world."
Yuan Shu looked at the prototype of the nightmare trebuchet, his eyes filled with excitement.
"Nightmare? Then we'll see."
Xun Chen and Xun You nodded together. Since Yuan Shu had said so, they had nothing to say. They could just wait and watch the nightmare show.
Time passed by, and the assembly of the nightmare was very complicated. I was busy from morning to noon and the assembly was not completed.
"Brother, what are Yuan Shu doing? It's been all morning and he still hasn't attacked."
Gongsun Yue looked at Yuan Shujun who was motionless, his mind filled with doubts.
"I don't know either. No matter what he is up to, if the soldiers come to block the water and the earth covers it, Yuyang City will become Yuan Shu's nightmare."
Gongsun Zan nodded heavily.
At noon, Xu Rong finally arrived with his troops. Fifty thousand militiamen plus 20,000 Xiliang troops, a total of 70,000 troops, joined Yuan Shu's army.
"Brother, we are in trouble now. Yuan Shu's troops have nearly doubled."
Gongsun Yue scratched his head when he saw Yuan Shu increasing his troops. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses surrounded the city. Anyone would feel heavy-hearted.
"It doesn't matter, the more troops Yuan Shu has, the more tragic the casualties will be, and the deeper his memory will be."
Gongsun Zan didn't care at all. Eighty thousand people and one hundred and fifty thousand people were not equally likely to die. It was just that there were more people and less people.
"knew."
Although Gongsun Yue was still a little worried, he could only nod his head out of trust in Yuyang City.
"My lord, Xu Rong is late, please punish me."
Xu Rong knelt down on one knee and apologized to Yuan Shu.
"Xu Rong, if you are there, you came just in time."
Yuan Shu welcomed Xu Rong.
"Thank you, Lord."
"Reporting to my lord, the nightmare has been prepared and can be launched at any time."
While Yuan Shu and Xu Rong were exchanging greetings, a scout slowly came to Yuan Shu.
"The nightmare is gone. It's getting late. After lunch, we will attack the city with all our strength."
Now that the Nightmare is assembled, Yuyang City is basically in vain. All they have to do now is to recharge their batteries and wait for the city to be broken to attack with all their strength.
"promise."
Seeing the smoke rising from Yuan Shu's kitchen, Gongsun Zan was completely fooled. Could it be that Yuan Shu came here just to eat? To show his prestige?
