Sun Jian formed a formation outside the city, but there were several players standing in front of the formation, but they were inserting themselves into the waist and were shouting.
It is impossible to attack a city, and I will never attack a city in this life.
Now that the army's food supplies have been exhausted, the morale of the officers and soldiers has lost the high spirits they had at the beginning and has become dispirited.
Although the Fourth Disaster did not need to eat on the fourth day, the [Hunger] DEBUFF was clearly visible on his body, and all attributes were directly reduced by 20%.
The main army led by Yuan Shao was now only two or three days away. They were so hungry that they had no intention of attacking the city.
The two sides reached a stalemate.
If Hua Xiong can be provoked to go out to fight, then maybe things will turn around.
"Hua Xiong, you are a dog with a broken spine and a turtle with a shrunken head! Come out quickly and fight me to the death!"
"Hua Xiong, open the door quickly! If you have the ability to help Dong Zhuo, open the door if you have the ability! Don't hide in there and keep silent, I know you are at home!"
Provocation is a skill that has been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times.
This technology has been sublimated in a place called Zu'an, raising the so-called skills to the level of Tao.
There are many players in Sun Jian's formation, many of whom are talented people from Zu'an. The few people in front of the formation are the most unpleasant horse hunting masters selected by Sun Jian from thousands of miles away.
As soon as they saw them, they called for battle outside the city day and night. They even had a sudden idea to surround themselves with shields and built a loudspeaker to send all-round greetings to all the female relatives of Hua Xiong's family every day.
[Hunger] affects combat effectiveness, but it does not affect swearing.
However, there was no response from the top of the city.
"Keep shouting! Keep scolding! Don't stop!"
Sun Jian frowned and realized that things were not simple.
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Hua Xiong was arrogant by nature and did not want to be inferior to others. He liked to show off his military power. In the decisive battle between the two armies, he liked to charge forward and kill thousands of troops. He was a rare and fierce general.
Ordinarily, people like Hua Xiong are brave enough to fight, but they are by no means good at swallowing their anger.
Zu'an's horse-hunting master was very good at oral skills. He was very creative in his curses and often made shocking remarks. Sun Jian asked himself that even under the repeated provocations of such a group of people, it would be difficult for him to remain rational.
But Hua Xiong was not fooled.
At first, some random arrows were shot from the top of the city. Later, after discovering that Sun Jian and others had already prepared to form a formation with giant shields to protect the players who were yelling in front of the formation, they didn't even bother to shoot arrows from the top of the city.
The whole morning turned into a scene where several Zaun horse-hunting masters took turns to show off their flowers. After everyone sang, I went on the stage. They even expressed mutual sympathy to each other, and almost became sworn brothers on the spot.
It is a pity that no matter how provocative the city is, there is no sound above the city, as if there is no sound.
"Old Sun Jian, are you tired of yelling and scolding? We have good roasted lamb legs and roasted knives here. You'd better save your energy!"
Sun Jian used [provocation] against Hua Xiong, but with little effect.
Hua Xiong used [The Temptation of Flesh] on Sun Jian, and the effect was outstanding.
Sun Jian fell.
"Hmph! Retreat the troops!"
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"Humph, you are a trivial person, but you still dare to show your embarrassment in front of a certain family!"
"The commander-in-chief is so wise that he can defeat the enemy with just a leg of mutton. I will admire him in all my admiration!"
At the top of the city of Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong led his lieutenants and sat on the ground, letting out wild and proud laughter.
A goat was washed, killed, and roasted at the top of the city. Its color turned into an attractive golden yellow.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, each tearing the mutton in their hands and chewing it happily.
Hua Xiong was very satisfied with his performance. He was seen sitting in the middle, holding a leg of lamb in his hand, chewing on it while bragging about his achievements.
"But Governor, these ferocious dogs are so rampant, why don't you let me go to fight?"
Logically speaking, drinking is not allowed in the army, but these Xiliang men obviously don't care about this so-called military discipline. After three rounds of drinking, a deputy general volunteered to join the army, intending to rush out and capture Sun Jian and others alive.
"No rush, no rush."
But Hua Xiong pushed this alcohol-addled guy back to the ground.
As the target of the Horse Hunting Master, why wouldn't Hua Xiong want to kill all those guys outside the city who spit out sweet things?
The reason Hua Xiong was able to remain calm was all thanks to Li Ru's souvenir sent by a courier in Luoyang City a few days ago.
There is only one sentence in the letter.
"Sun Jian is short of food and is defending Sishui Pass. You must not fight with him without permission. Follow my orders and act according to my orders. If anything goes wrong, military law will be dealt with."
It is also stamped with the seal of Dong Zhuo's Grand Master.
Who is Li Ru?
There is no one Dong Zhuo most trusted advisor.
Dong Zhuo was brave but unintelligent. Most of the arrangements in the military formation were arranged by Li Ru. It can be said that Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's brains.
This souvenir is stamped with Dong Zhuo's seal, which means that Dong Zhuo has approved this order. If he sends troops without authorization, this military law is not just talk.
In the past few days, Hua Xiong has been playing a no-war card. Unless the opponent directly attacks the city, he will be indifferent to Sun Jian's provocations.
"It's not the right time yet."
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"Have the military rations not been delivered yet?"
"I heard that the first batch of military rations was stolen by bandits. Yuan Highway is urgently transporting the second batch of food."
In the past, Sun Jian would have been furious, but today he just frowned and waved his hand to indicate that he understood.
It was the time to light a fire and make food, but there was no life in the military camp as in the past.
It's different from Hua Xiong's high-spirited side.
Except for the group of fourth natural disasters who were always heartless, everyone just lit a fire silently, heated up the dry food they brought, and went to fill a bowl with a pile of unknown wild vegetables and almost watery
The gruel made from invisible rice grains was devoured without saying a word.
People are iron, rice is steel.
What's more, in the military formation.
Soldiers eat food, eat food. Soldiers, in these troubled times, many people sold their lives to join the army, just for this food.
But now, the army is short of food. Three meals have been replaced by two meals. The food is becoming less and less and sparse. Everyone can only drink more water to try to trick their stomachs and create the illusion of fullness.
This is the result of numerous players sweeping through the area like locusts - regardless of wild beasts, wild vegetables, or fungi, anything that looks edible has been swept away by the players.
However, even so, this army ration is only enough for three more days.
Sun Jian sighed.
I saw him silently filling the same gruel as the soldiers, but trying hard to smile.
"My dear fellows, I just received the news that the army rations are only three days away from us!"
To be a general, sometimes lying is necessary.
"Three days and three days and three days and three days and it's been ten days! Where is the food!"
However, some lies will always be exposed ruthlessly.
Due to lack of food, the soldiers were on the verge of mutiny.
I saw them shouting, with red eyes, surrounding Sun Jian and Cheng Pu, trying to draw out their knives. Seeing that if Sun Jian couldn't give a satisfactory answer, they would point their swords at each other.
"What are you doing! The sword is aimed at your enemies! Not at your robes!"
Sun Jian was happy and undaunted. He shouted loudly and lifted up the noisiest soldier with one hand.
"We just want to eat!"
"Want to eat? OK!"
Sun Jian was seen throwing the still struggling soldier to the ground and shouted loudly.
"Have you seen that Sishui Pass? There are mountains of military rations inside. Capture it, let go, and eat until you fight to the death. No problem."
"Want to eat? Okay, come with me tonight and attack Sishui Pass at night!"