111. Unexpected news
Outside Xiacai City, ten catapults were lined up.
There were more than a dozen large stones behind the catapult cart. These were the "cannonballs" of the catapult cart.
Zhang Fei personally led two thousand cavalrymen, not far behind the catapult car, guarding the catapult car.
In this team, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Guan Yu and others were all on the list, and everyone was waiting to see the cross castle car show their power.
"Father, the front is ready, you can give orders." Liu Yu looked at the catapult cart in front of him and said with a smile.
After hearing Liu Yu's words, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pass on my army's orders and let the catapult cart start attacking the city!"
With the order, the ten catapults were moved together, and soon ten large stones were thrown towards the walls of Xia Caicheng.
"Bang, bang" sounded constantly, and nine of the ten large stones fell on the city wall.
It can be seen from the naked eye that several depressions have appeared in the hit city wall.
"Come again!" With Guan Ping's order, the catapult cart loaded the stones again, and another round of volleys.
Some accident happened this time. Two stones collided in mid-air, affecting two nearby large stones, so that none of the four pieces could hit the city wall.
But even so, the walls of Xia Cai City have already begun to shatter after being smashed by the remaining six pieces.
"Do it again!"
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After two more volleys, a "boom" finally broke through the city wall with a hole about three meters wide.
The defenders guarding that section of the city were buried under the collapsed city walls without rushing.
"Haha, it's collapsed!" Liu Bei said with a smile when he saw the collapse of the city wall opposite.
"Brother, you can attack the city!" Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei, his eyes full of eagerness to try.
"Eunuch, let someone go this time!" Lu Bu also spoke at this time.
"This..." Liu Bei looked at the two of them and finally spoke: "Then I'll have to leave first!"
"Don't worry, hahaha!" Lu Bu laughed to the sky after hearing this, "You guys follow someone to attack the city!"
After saying that, Cui Chi Rabbit Horse rushed towards the city wall first.
Behind him, Wei Xu and Cao Xing each led a group of people and killed them with Lu Bu.
When Zhang Fei saw Lu Bu killing him, he immediately yelled: "Nephew Guan Ping, you are ready for the catapult! The cavalry will kill you together!"
After shouting, he rushed up with the snake spear.
At this time, there was already a mess in Xiacai City. From the moment the city wall collapsed, anyone knew that the city could not be defended.
So, the trees fell and the money scattered, and everyone was busy running for their own lives. Who would go to defend the city again?
Ji Ling protected Qiao Rui and escaped from the south gate. During this period, in order to escape, he broke through a group of his own troops.
"General Ji, is anyone catching up with him?" Qiao Rui shouted at Ji Ling while galloping.
"No, but this place is not safe. It's better to retreat all the way back to Shouchun." Ji Ling said without looking back.
Qiao Rui wanted to gather the defeated troops on the spot, but after Ji Ling said this, he didn't dare to stop, so the two of them ran away for thirty miles with their confidants before stopping.
At this time, Xiacai City was completely controlled by Liu Bei's army.
Zhang Fei searched everywhere for Ji Ling, but Mao couldn't find him.
Seeing Xia Cai City being captured, everyone was very happy. Liu Bei even arranged a banquet in the city to reward the three armies.
During the meal, delicious wine and food are so happy.
Just as drinking was rising, a spy hurriedly ran in.
"Lord, Xuzhou has sent 800 miles to speed up, please check it out!"
When Liu Bei heard this, he knew it was an urgent matter and quickly ordered someone to submit the letter.
When he opened it, his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise, and tears couldn't help but flowed down.
Liu Yu knew it was wrong at a glance, so he hurriedly asked, "Father, what happened, why are you like this..."
"My son, your uncle Gongsun is gone!" After Liu Bei said that, he covered his face with his sleeves and threw the letter to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu took it and saw that the letter was sent by Jian Yong.
The content of the letter was: Yuan Shao took advantage of the attack on Yuan Shu by the three families of Cao, Liu and Lu, and he personally led his troops to raid Gongsun Zan. Because he had bribed Gongsun Zan's generals before, he opened the city gate at a critical moment, causing Fanyang City to fall, and Gongsun Zan burned himself to the prefect's mansion.
"Is this dead?" Although Liu Yu had known that Gongsun Zan would die, he didn't expect that he would come so quickly.
He will die if he dies, so where is Zhao Yun now?
At this time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others also surrounded him. Liu Yu passed the letter to them, and then said to Liu Bei: "Father, no one can be resurrected when he dies. I would like to mourn the changes on Father's Day. The most urgent task is to ask Uncle Jian to send someone to find him quickly. Uncle Zilong has already been the descendants of Uncle Gongsun. Don't let Uncle Gongsun be defeated!"
Liu Bei stopped his sad voice and immediately spoke, "What my son said is that I almost missed the big thing! Come here, please send a letter to Xianhe, so that he must find Zilong and my brother Gongsun's blood and bring it back to Xuzhou."
After giving the order, Liu Bei spoke again: "Yuan Shao killed my brother, I will avenge this sooner or later!"
After hearing Liu Bei's words, Liu Yu's eyes turned and said, "Father, you should take revenge as soon as possible. Our army is now full of momentum, and there will be troops from Liu Yao to come later, so there is no need to mobilize troops.
Why not send a general to lead troops to capture Donglai County? In this way, we can not only pick up Uncle Zilong and others, but also add an excellent naval port for our army to attack Liaodong in the future."
"Hmm?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yu, a little moved. But hesitated, "Our army wants to fight on two fronts, I can't rest assured to the rest of the people, why don't you go there for me?"
Liu Yu was a little stunned when he heard this. He wanted to recommend Guan Yu to go, but then he thought that it would be beneficial to go by himself.
Not only can you get the navy from there to work hard. Moreover, if you have the chance, you might even get Beihai City together.
After all, Kong Rong has brought his family to Xuchang, and Beihai City is probably controlled by that boy Yuan Tan.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu nodded immediately and said, "Okay, father, you should be more careful. You should have at least one of your second and third uncles by your side. In addition, Meng Bao's martial arts skills are extraordinary. I want him to work in your personal guard. This way I can rest assured."
"Okay, let Meng Bao come over. Such a powerful general, it would be a waste to follow you boy.
After you go back, let your father-in-law mobilize ten thousand Danyang soldiers to you, remember that if you cannot do anything, you cannot force it, and wait until I go back."
"Okay, father. Then, you should discuss with Zijing more about the matter here. Sun Kang has mastered the construction method of the catapult cart. It may be useful when attacking Shouchun.
I will leave tomorrow, and I will not come to say goodbye to you tomorrow."
Chapter completed!