As night falls slowly, there are still shouts of killing around the provincial governor's mansion, and arrows are flying like rain, and the fight continues. {

After a long attack, the four walls of the provincial and ministerial palaces were broken, and there were more than ten gaps in the ruins.

Unfortunately, Cao's army repeatedly rushed and tried to attack and attack from the gap, but they were all killed and retreated by the Western Liang army again and again, and then blocked the gap again, causing the battle to return to the starting point. The two armies were fighting fiercely.

However, due to the limitations of being unable to set fire, we naturally could not use a catapult cart (Cao Jun called it the thunder cart).

This is because these sharp siege weapons can easily destroy the entire mansion, which is no different from arson. If Yuan Shao's coffin is accidentally smashed, it is better to set fire, so the thunder chariot cannot be used.

In this way, Cao's army was afraid of weapons when they threw themselves into rats. The only ones available were bows and crossbows and ladders, which were constantly attacking walls day and night.

Even so, the state and the governor's office is in danger.

After all, this is Cao Cao's territory, with no less than 200,000 troops gathered and possessed various siege weapons. How could he not defeat a mansion?

Therefore, it was only a matter of time to capture the provincial and ministerial palace, but the huge palace is still in the hands of the Xiliang army, and there is no danger of falling into trouble within a day or two.

As night fell, the main hall lobby was brightly lit, and table tables were filled with wine and meat, as if a big banquet was held.

The one who attended the banquet tonight was not only the generals under Li Li, but also the thousands of surviving Xiliang soldiers who guarded the palace during the day.

In order to entertain these soldiers who had fought for most of the day, Li Li's personal guards dismantled all the decorations and decorations in the main hall, making room for the table so that the soldiers could sit in the lobby with peace of mind and eat and drink, and would not suffer unnecessary casualties because of sudden drops of arrows in the air.

Even so, the lobby could not accommodate thousands of soldiers to attend the banquet at the same time. So Li Lisuo ordered people to remove the upper steps of the dragon chaise and open the partition walls of the side halls on both sides, so that there was enough space for the soldiers to sit together and have a full meal.

In addition to these soldiers who attended the banquet, more than 10,000 soldiers were fighting with Cao's army. Later, these soldiers who had enough food and drink would replace them, and they would rotate three times. Each soldier had a share, and no one would miss it.

This was a banquet that Li Li deliberately arranged. From the moment he entered the mansion, he ordered his personal soldiers to collect all the ingredients from the Yuan Mansion and prepare for this grand banquet. In other words, since Li Li entered the Yuan Mansion, he did not intend to stay here for a long time. He completely regarded this place as a temporary resting place, rested the troops, and then fought with all his might.

Fortunately, there were sufficient supplies in Yuan’s mansion. There were many livestock in the backyard, and there were enough food. There were also ready-made mailmen, and more than a thousand Jinniu Guards helped him. It was no problem to prepare the wine and meat for 20,000 people for most of the day.

At the beginning of the banquet, Li Li brought Li Zhi, Huan Fei and Gongsun Zan into the lobby, raised his hand to signal the soldiers not to show their respect, and then sat among the soldiers. At this moment, there was no difference between the upper and lower ranks in the lobby, no rituals of the master and the superiors and inferiors, but only the comrades who live and die together.

"Soldiers. Today we are trapped here because I, Li Li, underestimated the enemy and was defeated by evil people and mistakenly plotted against him, which implicated all the soldiers in danger and their lives were hanging on the line!"

After three glasses of wine, Li Li stood up and stood in the center of the lobby, admitted in public that his command mistakes, and publicly apologized to the soldiers. He paused for a moment, and said with a frank voice: "It's not to be hiding from it. At this moment, the army outside the city has withdrawn from the north shore. We are isolated and helpless, and have become lonely. Therefore, we cannot sit here and wait for death. We will fight back and fight hard. Even if we cannot break through the siege and leave the city, we will die on the way to charge!"

"Break through!" The commander of the thousand-man sitting next to Li Li shouted, and then all the soldiers in the lobby said in unison: "Break back, fight hard, break through! Break through"

Li Li reached out to signal the soldiers to be quiet and said excitedly: "You are all good men with strong integrity. I, Li Li, have the status and power of today, and the soldiers who have been in exchange for bloody battlefields. Without you, there would be no Li Li today! Since the rebellion of Wuwei, you have followed me to fight in the east, west, south and north, and you have always been the strong backing of me. Therefore, you are all invincible soldiers who protect the territory of Xiliang, and also loyal soldiers of me. They are also my comrades and brothers who share weal and woe with me! Therefore, there are no masters in the lobby, no superiors and inferiors, but only the brothers who follow life and death, you are all my brothers!"

"We are willing to go through fire and water for our lords, and we will never refuse!" The generals under Li Li responded in unison.

"Brother?", this familiar and unfamiliar word, is now filled with the minds of thousands of soldiers in the lobby. They never dreamed that they would become brothers with their lord one day. Although they had already thought about what the word "Brother" meant, they were not afraid or regretful. Instead, they looked excited and excited, and warm and passionate all over their bodies.

They are not afraid of death. From the moment they enter the army and put on armor, they are mentally prepared to die on the battlefield at any time. The horse and corpse are their supreme glory and their unswerving wish to fight to this day.

There are no cowardly and fearless people in the Xiliang army, who are bravest in the world, are known for their simplicity and toughness. They are filled with boiling blood, and are filled with courage and fearlessness. Over the years, they have been the sharpest sharp swords in Li Li's hands, and the most brave and warlike Tiger Ben's army in the world. They are invincible when they pacified the Western Regions, fought against the Central Plains, settled Youzhou, and attacked Huainan.

Therefore, the soldiers of Xiliang are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, nor are they afraid of death, especially on the battlefield. This is their fate for fighting on the battlefield and is also a kind of supreme glory. However, they also have fear, things, and are also afraid of being afraid and hesitant.

What are they afraid of?

They are afraid of starvation and coldness, they are afraid that their parents, wife and children will not be taken care of after their death, and they are even more afraid that they will die inexplicably and will die in a cowardly manner.

However, at this moment, Li Li's "brother" dissolved all the fear and worries in their hearts.

This "brother" made them have no worries, let them know who they died for, and even more that they died as if they were to die, with great dying and valuable death. The premise of all this is to protect their "lord brothers" from breaking through safely no matter what. As long as they break out, it will be worth it even if they die in battle.

All the soldiers of Xiliang respected the lord Li Li as gods, and believed in his every word and deed, because he never broke his promise. He always did what he said and promised a thousand gold. Therefore, when Li Li regarded them as brothers, all the soldiers knew that they had no worries about whether they were life or death. If they died in the battlefield, the lord Li Li would definitely take care of their parents, wife and children; if they survived by chance, they would be the lord's most trusted and loyal brothers.

"Why do you say you have no clothes? You are in the same comrade with your son. Wang Yu set up a army to repair my sword and spear. He is in the same vengeance with you!

Is it said that I have no clothes? I am in the same womb as my son. The king raised his troops and repaired my spear and halberd. I worked with you!

Is it true that I have no clothes? I have the same clothes as me, and I will build my armor and soldiers. Let me go with you!"

Just as Li Li finished speaking, a veteran over 40 sang softly the war song that had been passed down for hundreds of years. In a moment, the soldiers in the hall were infected by it and agreed, and sang the song of the endless war on the yellow earth in unison. Even Li Li was deeply infected and couldn't help but recite "Wu Clothes".

The banquet in the lobby lasted until late at night. More than 20,000 Xiliang troops were in three rotations, and even the injured soldiers were no exception. They all had enough food and drink. Perhaps for most of them, this was the last full meal.

At the third update, the north wall of the backyard of the Zhoumu Mansion suddenly collapsed, and thousands of Xiliang cavalry jumped out of the horses, and unexpectedly killed the Cao army outside the wall and defeated and dispersed. Then, hundreds of Yuan Mansion entourages wearing mourning clothes quickly walked out of the gap in the ruins. Under the escort of the Western Liang cavalry, they carried Yuan Shao's coffin and headed straight for the north gate.

At the same time, the fence on the south and west sides of the Yuan Mansion were also forcibly broken. Two or three thousand Western Liang cavalrymen broke out from both gaps, causing the Cao army outside the wall to respond hastily. In a moment, the passive Cao army was defeated, and then watched the Western Liang cavalry rushed out of the Yuan Mansion and rushed straight to the south gate and the west gate.

When the war suddenly broke out, Cao Zhen, who was responsible for commanding the army to attack the palace at night, and Jiang Qi, the other generals Jiang Qi, immediately led the army to the South Gate and the North Gate, because they judged that these two city gates must be the main attack direction for the Xiliang army to break through at night. The damage to the south gate is the most likely to be broken, while the North Gate defender is still the soldiers under Yuan Shao's tent. When the defender saw Yuan Shao's coffin, he must have many concerns, so it is easy to be captured by the Xiliang army.

In addition, there is no need to worry about the Ximen. The guard guarding the Ximen is the general of the Cao army, and there are 5,000 soldiers guarding the city all night, so the Xiliang army cannot break through the Ximen in a short period of time.

"Swoosh swish swish!"

Amid the rumbling sound of horse hooves, the three defenders at the South Gate, North Gate and West Gate saw the brigade of Xiliang cavalry approaching the city gate, and immediately shot arrows without thinking. However, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who was riding a horse, was fearless and completely ignored the roaring arrows and rushing towards the city gate as long as they were not shot to death by the ripples on the spot.

"Kill!" As the screams of the sky, Xiliang soldiers with arrows were seen rushing towards the city guards who were intercepting them, spitting blood while waving their swords and slashing wildly. When they were picked up and fell from the horse by the city guards, they saw that they were still slapped the war horses hard, prompting the war horses to crash into the city gate in pain.

This lifeless impact was out of control, and it continued to rise and became more and more intense. Finally, under the continuous rush of the Western Liang army, the originally tightly shattered heavy city gate made a "creaking" roaring loudly.

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