Chapter 53: The Exchange of Prisoners(1/2)
"drink!"
A loud roar was like a thunderbolt, and then a golden light of red blood spread rapidly.
Liu Bei's troops around Xing Daorong fell to the ground one after another. No one fell to the ground immediately. They were stabbed by the spear of Lingling defenders on the opposite side and died tragically on the spot.
The heavy axe danced, and in an instant, Liu Bei's army was wiped out.
Without stopping, he ordered the defenders here to be on guard. After defending the pass, Xing Daorong raised the "Pear Blossom Axe" in his hand and ran in another direction.
After the great battle with Chen Dao, more Liu Bei's army attacked from the city wall.
Twenty wooden stairs in the siege, sixteen of them were lost!
Fortunately, Xing Daorong joined in time, and his ultimate skill was "boosted" and he swept hard. Wherever he went, Liu Bei's army fell down one after another.
Soon after, six or seven were recovered, and less than ten were lost.
This siege battle started in the morning and lasted almost all day, but now it is almost evening, with heavy casualties on both sides.
The Lingling Guardian was still good. After all, he was defended by the city, occupied the right time and place, and the equipment for defending the city was complete and fulfilling. Therefore, at the beginning, he was not seriously injured.
The real loss came from the fact that Liu Bei's army had entered the city.
Inspired by Zhuge Liang's military advisor skills, Liu Bei's army's combat power was far superior to that of the Lingling defenders, one could withstand three, causing huge casualties to the defenders.
By now, the Lingling Army guarding the city has suffered more than 2,000 casualties!
However, the casualties of Liu Bei's army were far greater than those of the Lingling defenders.
When siege, Liu Bei's army was severely blocked, with countless big rocks, arrows and ignite oil, and countless casualties.
Most of the casualties of Liu Bei's army were caused by forcibly siege and climbing.
Xing Daorong didn't count it, but he thought that Liu Bei's army was far above Lingling.
"roar!"
When Xing Daorong rushed to a lost position, he roared and then wanted to fight.
"Ding Ding Ding Ding"
At this moment, a harsh golden sound came from the city.
As the drums were beating, the gold was retreating, and the gold was heard, Liu Bei's army immediately retreated to the city like a tide.
Xing Daorong was stunned and looked out of the city.
Outside the city, Liu Bei's army, who were heading towards Lingling City, began to retreat. The soldiers who were climbing the city no longer climbed, but jumped off the wooden ladder and returned to the formation.
"Liu Bei has withdrawn his troops!"
Xing Daorong was overjoyed.
It is obvious that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang saw that their generals were forced to come to the front of the city, and Xing Daorong was invincible. The soldiers who were attacking the front of the city could not do anything to him at all, so they had the idea of withdrawing the troops.
Immediately, he noticed that all the military and physical strength of Liu Bei's army dropped sharply by 5 points, and his face was no longer so crazy and fierce.
When the soldiers retreated, Zhuge Liang's military advisory skills "strengthening soldiers" and "boosting morale" were ineffective!
It seems that the effects of these two military advisor skills can be maintained only when attacking.
On the top of the city, Liu Bei's army, who was fighting against the Lingling defenders, also began to retreat. Those close to the entrance of the city began to climb down the ladder.
The physical bodies of soldiers and military generals are very different. They cannot ignore the height of five or six feet and jump freely.
Seeing Liu Bei's army retreating quickly on the top of the city, Xing Daorong's eyes rolled and he roared.
"Stop these Liu Bei's army!"
Immediately, he led the way, strode towards a city entrance, and blocked Liu Bei's army who was about to come to the city.
"Put down your weapons, Rao Er will never die!"
Xing Daorong shouted at these Liu Bei's troops.
He was tall, majestic and mighty, and after fighting for a day, his body was covered in blood, looking hideous and terrifying. The military advisor's skills on these soldiers had disappeared. When everyone was frightened when they saw him standing in front of blocking the road.
Hearing Xing Daorong's orders, the Lingling defenders also stepped forward, and Liu Bei's soldiers who were not in time to withdraw were blocked.
"Put down your weapons, Rao Er will never die!"
"Put down your weapons, Rao Er will never die!"
"Put down your weapons, Rao Er will never die!"
...
The arrogant voice of Lingling defenders floated from the top of the city.
The number of these Liu Bei troops was only more than 300. With thousands of defenders holding spears and aiming at bows and arrows, they immediately did not dare to act rashly.
Thousands of people shouted at the top of the city, and Liu Bei and others under the city naturally heard it.
Liu Bei frowned and looked up at the top of the city. He happened to see Xing Daorong blocking the tall backs of his soldiers with an axe.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Bei rode his horse and ran towards the city gate.
"General Anmin, Liu Bei, can you tell me?"
Liu Bei shouted at Xing Daorong who was blocking his soldiers with a cross axe on the top of the city.
Upon hearing this, Xing Daorong turned around and looked at Liu Bei. Seeing that he looked quite nervous, he couldn't help but smile and shouted:
"In the morning of Xing Anmin, I have met Uncle Liu, but I wonder what Uncle Liu has to say?"
He was still beating Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, but he couldn't offend Liu Bei verbally, and he was called "Uncle Liu".
Seeing Xing Daorong holding the courtesy respectfully, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel appreciative, and at the same time he thought, "The appearance of a villain that day was indeed deceiving me, this is his true face."
But now is not the time to think about this, Liu Bei shouted:
"General Anmin, the battle between you and me has ended. The soldiers on the city are innocent. Can they let their lives be spared?"
"really!"
Xing Daorong said in his heart, then shouted:
"Uncle Liu Don't worry, as long as they surrender, I will not hurt his life!"
When Liu Bei heard Xing Daorong say this, he felt relieved.
But just when he was about to pluck his horse back, he heard Xing Daorong shouting again on the top of the city:
"Uncle Liu, Anmin has something to ask for, but I wonder if the Uncle Huang can agree?"
Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this.
"What is Xing Daorong asking me for? He still speaks it out in public?"
Uncomfortably, Liu Bei asked immediately:
"I wonder what General Anmin asked about it?"
"hey-hey!"
Looking at Liu Bei below, Xing Daorong smiled secretly and shouted loudly:
"I want to exchange with the emperor!"
After saying that, he pointed to Liu Bei's army on the top of the city with his hand, who had not yet had time to withdraw, and Xing Daorong shouted:
"Uncle Liu captured two thousand soldiers from Lingling before, so I exchanged them with soldiers from the noble army. I wonder what Uncle Liu wants?"
After saying that, Xing Daorong looked at Liu Bei leisurely, preparing to see how he answered.
This was what he had already planned to intercept the soldiers of Liu Bei and exchanged the Lingling defenders who had been captured earlier with Liu Bei.
Of course, for Liu Bei, this is a not-favorable deal.
After all, there were only 300 soldiers on the city wall, while the Lingling defenders had 2,000. If they really wanted to exchange, Liu Bei would naturally suffer a great loss.
Moreover, if Liu Bei really exchanged, Lingling City will gain two thousand defenders, and the strength of the defending city will be restored as before. After this battle, Liu Bei's army was seriously injured and there was no possibility of siege in the city!
Xing Daorong did not think Liu Bei would agree to his conditions.
No one with a little wise man would agree to such an act of helping the enemy, let alone Liu Bei, who has an intelligence of up to 79?
But his purpose was not to make Liu Bei really agree, but to make him deny the issue of the prisoner exchange in person in front of the soldiers of the two armies.
As long as Liu Bei refused this prisoner replacement in front of his soldiers, his name of "benevolence and righteousness" would be damaged.
At least, in the eyes of Liu Bei's soldiers, Liu Bei's name of "benevolence and righteousness" would be damaged.
Xing Daorong didn't think so much, he wanted to use this to shake the morale of Liu Bei's army and help defend the city in the future.
That's all!
Just when Xing Daorong thought that Liu Bei could not agree and should say something high-sounding to make excuses, Liu Bei smiled slightly and shouted:
"General Anmin's move is exactly what I want. How to exchange it?"
"Did you really agree?"
After hearing Liu Bei's words, Xing Daorong was stunned.
To be continued...