After hearing Zhang Xun's remarks, Chen Wen was a little hesitant.
Indeed, Yuan Shu occupies six northern states and his ambitions are well known to everyone. If Liu Xie really falls into his hands, it is inevitable that Hua Shu will not do something that goes against nature.
But being a deserter would also damage his reputation a lot. He didn't want the reputation he had earned throughout his life to be ruined in one battle.
"Sir, there is no time to hesitate. The sooner you leave, the sooner you will be out of danger. If you wait until the city is broken and try to run away, everything will be too late. For the sake of the Han Dynasty, please hurry up."
Zhang Xun once again cupped his fists and saluted Chen Wen.
"I hope you will leave quickly."
Zhou Ping also knelt on one knee and cupped his fist towards Chen Wen.
"Hey, then I will lead your majesty to evacuate first. If, I mean, if Shouchun really can't be defended, you can bring troops and horses to surrender to Yuan Shu. The people of Shouchun are innocent. I don't want to hear about Yuan Shu's massacre.
The settlements are miserable.”
Facing the two of them, Chen Wen could only sigh and nodded in agreement with Zhang Xun's arrangement.
"Zhou Ping, please arrange the cavalry immediately. Your Majesty, please go to see His Majesty immediately and ask him to leave quickly with you."
Hearing Chen Wen's agreement, Zhang Xun couldn't help but feel his heart drop, and then arranged for Zhou Ping to assemble the cavalry, and at the same time asked Chen Wen to bring the Han Emperor out.
"No, I'll call the cavalry right away."
"I will go to see Your Majesty right away."
Zhou Ping and Chen Wen acted separately, one went to call for the cavalry, and the other went directly to meet the Han Emperor.
"Your Majesty, Chen Zhoumu would like to see you."
When the eunuch saw Chen Wen coming, he went directly to report to Liu Xie.
"Didn't you just leave?
Why are you here again?
Invite him to visit you."
Liu Xie was also stunned. Why did Chen Wen come back soon after he left?
"promise."
The eunuch went out directly, and then Chen Wen slowly entered the hall.
"Chen Qing, what's going on?
Could it be that Yuan Shu was repulsed?"
Liu Xie looked at Chen Wen with doubts in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I just thought about it and felt that a gentleman would not stand behind a dangerous wall. Although our defense is perfect, there are still risks. If Shouchun City fails to defend your majesty, your majesty will be in danger, so I want to take your majesty out of Shouchun City first.
Spring, go to a safe place, wait until Shouchun City repels Yuan Shu's attack, and then we will return."
Chen Wen doesn't dare to say that the city wall has been smashed, otherwise he really doesn't know what Liu Association is like.
"Indeed, if a gentleman doesn't stand behind a dangerous wall, then you can leave Shouchun with Chen Qing after I clean it up."
After hearing Chen Wen's words, Liu Xie thought about the same thing. Everything is possible. If Yuan Shu really breaks through the city wall, then he will be really in danger.
"Your Majesty, there's no need to pack up. It won't take long for us to leave. I've already arranged the car and will be able to lead the army to escort you out right away."
Chen Wen is desperate now. You still have to clean up. By the time you finish cleaning up, the city wall might be broken. By then, no one here will be able to escape.
"Are you in such a hurry?"
Liu Xie glanced at Chen Wen, his eyes even more confused.
"Your Majesty, in fact, it is better to leave sooner rather than later. The sooner you leave, the sooner you will be safe. What do you think?"
Chen Wen saluted again.
"Okay, let's go."
Liu Xie thought for a moment and did not struggle. He only took two eunuchs with him, got into Chen Wen's car and headed towards the west gate.
When they arrived at the west gate, five thousand cavalry were already ready. When they saw Chen Wen arriving, they immediately surrounded them and protected them in the middle.
"What's the situation outside the door?"
Chen Wen asked about the situation outside the door. If Yuan Shu's army surrounded this place, it would be difficult for them to leave.
"Only a small number of Yuan Shu's scouts were found, but not a large number of soldiers and horses."
"Open the city gate and let's go."
When he heard that nothing was going on outside the door, Chen Wen sat directly in the chariot and ordered the cavalry to leave the city.
"Crunch."
The suspension bridge fell, the city gate slowly opened, and then five thousand cavalry escorted Chen Wen and Emperor Han's chariots and rushed out, rushing out.
After Chen Wen led the cavalry out of the city, the gate was closed and the suspension bridge was raised again.
The scouts looked at the cavalry running wildly and chose to get out of the way, because they could not stop the enemy at all. Instead of staying here and being killed, it was better to report back to Yuan Shu quickly.
"Hurry and report to the lord that the enemy's cavalry has escaped from the west gate."
"promise."
A fast horse rode directly towards the east gate where Yuan Shu was, while the scout team gathered the scattered scouts together and followed Chen Wen's cavalry.
"Instruct Zhang Guang to lead a thousand cavalry to cut off the rear, and be sure to cut off the tails following, and then come back to fight with us."
Chen Wen knew that Yuan Shu's scouts hanging behind him would directly expose his position, so he assigned a thousand cavalry to break up the rear, and he led four thousand cavalry to rush westward.
"What?
Enemy cavalry appeared at the west gate?
Unfortunately, Chen Wen escaped with Emperor Han."
After hearing what the scout said, Yuan Shu immediately guessed that the city wall must have been smashed. Chen Wen felt that Shouchun could no longer defend it, so he escaped with the Han Emperor.
"Lord, don't panic. Chen Wen has no way to escape now. He can't get through Jingzhou. Gao Shun and Xu Huang should have captured Anfeng and Yangquan by now. It's impossible for them to pass through with a large force.
Even if they were broken into pieces, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao would never let them in.
He can only hit a wall when he goes there, so he will eventually escape to Yuzhou. If he goes to Yuzhou, wouldn't he just fall into our encirclement?"
Regarding the Han Emperor's escape, this was a situation that he had long expected, and there was no need to panic.
"Yes, then leave him alone. Wen Chou, you immediately lead the Tiger Army and the Ten Thousand People's Regiment to set up an ambush at the west gate. When the city is broken, someone will definitely break out. They have no cavalry, so leave them all to me.
"
Yuan Shu thought for a moment and Chen Gong was right. If Chen Wen ran away and he couldn't catch up without the cavalry, he should stay with all the remaining troops.
"Take orders."
After hearing Yuan Shu's order, Wen Chou directly accepted the order and led the Hu Lie Army and the Ten Thousand People's Regiment to leave the military formation and head toward the west gate.
Wen Chou led the army to leave without causing any trouble. Nightmare was still conscientiously firing stone bullets to attack the Shouchun city wall.
"boom."
"The city fell."
With a loud noise, the city wall that had been bombarded finally collapsed amidst the screams of the people on the wall, and the entire five- to six-meter-long city wall fell down.
"Beat the drums and attack the city with the whole army. Zang Ba led the Xuzhou army to attack the city wall, Dian Wei led the guards, Hengye army, and the trapped army to attack from the gap. The nightmare does not stop, continue to attack the collapsed city wall and expand the gap."
Seeing that the city wall was finally broken down, Yuan Shu directly ordered the entire army to attack.
"Dong dong dong."
All the war drums in the army sounded instantly, and Yuan Shu's army launched at the same time. One group, led by Xuzhou Army, attacked the city wall, and the other group, led by Dian Wei, launched an attack on Shouchun City from the gap.
"Hou Pi, you lead an army of 20,000 people and private soldiers from various families to guard the city wall. I will lead an army of 40,000 people to guard the gaps in the city wall. Hurry, hurry, hurry."
Facing Yuan Shu's army rushing in like a tide, Zhou Ping had to divide his troops for defense, leaving 20,000 troops and young men to continue to defend the city wall, while he led 40,000 troops to the gap to meet the enemy.
"Xuzhou Army, charge."
Zang Ba came back with the Xuzhou army and began to attack the city wall pushing the reassembled ten-frame carriage and countless ladders.
"boom."
There was another loud noise, and another three- to four-meter-long section of the city wall was directly smashed down, and the original gap widened again.
"Quickly, quickly, form a formation."
Seeing the gap in the city wall being opened again, Zhou Ping's heart fell to the lowest point. Even so, he had to persist. The longer he defended, the more time Chen Wen would have to retreat. But what he didn't know was that Yuan Shu had already
They sent people to block their route, but everything they did was in vain.
"With the guard army as the vanguard, the horizontal army, and the trapped army as the two wings, we will charge hard and kill anyone who dares to retreat."
