Chapter 47 Prime Minister! Liu Zilie asked you to make him the crown prince!!!
Chapter 047: Prime Minister! Liu Zilie asked you to make him the crown prince!!!
Outside the city of Jiangling, smoke billowed and corpses were everywhere.

"Crossbowmen! Hold down those sons of bitches!"

hum! ~
A sea of ​​black eagle-feather arrows rose into the sky from behind Cao's army like a dark cloud, covering the top of Jiangling City.

The sound of countless arrows piercing flesh rang out from the top of the city wall, and large numbers of corpses of the Jiangling defenders fell to the ground. The archers of Jiangling wanted to fight back, but the arrows of the Cao army below the city were several times more powerful than theirs, and they were so overwhelmed that they could not even show their heads.

"We have pinned down those bastards on the city wall!" Under the city wall, Le Jin raised his shield in one hand and his knife in the other and shouted, "Set up the ladders and attack the city! I will go first!!"

In an instant, the blood of Cao's army attacking the city boiled, and the shouts of killing shook the whole area:
"Siege!"

"Go first! Go first!"

"Go to Jiangling and capture the big-eared thief alive!"

Boom~
Dozens of ladders slammed against the top of Jiangling City, and the dark mass of Cao's army swarmed up along the ladders, with the general Le Jin rushing in the front!
call! ~
On the top of the city wall, the defenders of Jiangling braved the hail of arrows and threw down boulders and battering rams with all their might. Countless Cao soldiers screamed as they were knocked off the ladders and turned into meat paste.

Le Koukou held a steel knife in one hand, a shield in one hand, and climbed up quickly on the ladder with the other. During the climb, various boulders and battering rams were thrown down, but he dodged them all swiftly.

This was not the first time that Le Jin had personally participated in the siege, and the scene before him was nothing new to him...

He followed Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu at Puyang and made great contributions by being the first to reach the target.

He defeated Zhang Chao at Yongqiu and made great contributions by being the first to ascend the mountain.

He broke through Qiao Rui in Ku County and was also the first to reach the summit and made great contributions!

Although Le Jin was a general, he always rushed to the front in every battle and was often the first to climb the ladder, so he was appreciated by Cao Cao and was granted the title of Marquis of Guangchang Ting!
He was the first to climb in the past, and he will be the first to climb today!
call! ~
"what!"

The sounds of rolling logs and rocks breaking through the air became more and more frequent, and the wails of the Cao army soldiers who were hit became more and more tragic.

Le Jin turned a deaf ear to him and climbed the ladder faster and faster...

suddenly,

There was nothing in front of Le Jin, and he climbed to the top of the city wall.

Unsurprisingly, he climbed first again!

Seeing that the Cao army general, who was famous throughout the world for being the first to climb the city wall, had actually climbed up to the top of Jiangling City, Liu Bei was instantly furious: "Zilong, Yide, hurry up, drive him down!"
"kill!"

"Le Jin! Show the same arrogance you had when you besieged me!" Zhang Fei had a grim smile on his face, and the spear in his hand stabbed at Le Jin like a chaotic shadow. He hated Le Jin for besieging him before, and the spear in his hand became more and more fierce.

"If you, the ring-eyed thief, hadn't run so fast, I would have taken your black head long ago!" Le cursed loudly, but he kept retreating while fighting. Even though Zhang Fei was injured, he was no match for Zhang Fei and was soon forced to the wall.

Le Jin slashed away Zhang Yide's spear with his sword, turned over and stepped onto the ladder. Just as he was about to climb down the ladder, he suddenly heard Zhang Fei's roar from the upper floor: "Get down!"

The next moment, a huge force came and the entire ladder was pushed directly away from the city wall by Zhang Fei!

not good!

Le Jin was terrified, but it was too late. He fell down the city wall along the ladder...

boom! ~
Fortunately, a thick layer of Cao's soldiers' corpses had already piled up under the city. Le Jin fell on the pile of corpses, his face turned pale and his whole body was in great pain, but fortunately his life was not in danger.

"Wen Qian! Are you okay?" Zhang Liao was so scared when he saw Le Jin falling from the city wall from a distance that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Le Jin shook his head with difficulty: "It's okay... I hate that Zhang Fei! I had already climbed to the top of the city wall and was about to take Jiangling, but this black guy ruined everything!"

Zhang Liao glanced coldly at the top of the city wall: "It doesn't matter. Jiangling City cannot be defended... Pass on my order, all troops retreat and mount the catapults!"

Suddenly, many huge wooden frames appeared in front of Cao's army. Looking around, there were dozens or even a hundred of them, and there were piles of stones next to each wooden frame.

A dull whistling sound was heard, and dozens of huge rocks appeared in the sky!
"My lord, hide quickly!" Zhao Yun grabbed Liu Bei.

boom! ~
Dozens of huge rocks smashed towards the Jiangling city wall with great force. In an instant, brick chips and stone powder flew everywhere, and the entire Jiangling city wall was shaking violently.

Countless soldiers defending the city were smashed into a pile of minced meat and blood!
Boom boom boom! ~
Dozens of catapults of Cao's army kept throwing huge rocks at the top of Jiangling City.

Several battlements were collapsed by huge rocks, the top of the city was filled with dust, and the gate tower on the top of the city had been smashed into ruins.

The soldiers defending the city were even more miserable. There was no intact body of the soldiers who were crushed to death. It was extremely tragic. The soldiers who survived by chance could only find a small safe place and curl themselves up to hide.

Boom boom boom! ~
In a corner, listening to the deafening sound of stones hitting the city wall, Zhang Yide, who was hiding there, felt extremely cowardly.

Even though he was defeated by Lu Bu in the past, he still felt happy. But what happened now, he was being hit by the enemy's catapults. He didn't even have the chance to fight the enemy face to face. He was being beaten like this, and he didn't even dare to raise his head? !
It's so shameless, so shameless!
When has Master Zhang San ever been so cowardly in his life?

The whistling sound beside his ears seemed to have subsided. Zhang Fei could no longer hold back and pointed at the city and cursed: "What five good generals? They are all cowardly rats!"

"How can you be called a hero if you rely on a catapult? If you are capable, challenge me in a duel. Although your Third Master Zhang is injured, he is not afraid of you!"

At the foot of the city, Zhang Liao, who was directing his soldiers to load stones into the catapults, sneered: "You black fellow, do you think you are the only one with the surname Zhang in the Thirteen Prefectures of the Han Dynasty?"

After saying that, Zhang Liao pointed to where Zhang Fei was standing on the top of the city wall, turned around and looked at the soldiers who were loading stone bullets: "Where is that black guy, smash him!"

Dozens of catapults turned around, and dozens of huge stone bombs shot up into the sky, whistling towards where Zhang Fei was!
……

More than ten miles away from Xiling City, the main force of Cao's army had already set up camp.

"Incompetent! What use do I have for you?"

In the central army tent, Cao Cao roared and cursed: "You are more than 30 cavalrymen, all of you are famous generals in the world! Did Liu Zilie scare you away with just a shout?"

"Are you three-year-old children? How can you be so easily frightened?!"

Cao Mengde was so angry that his hair and beard stood on end. All the generals looked ashamed and dared not speak. It was really because the Xiling bandit general was too powerful at that time.

Even Xu Chu could only hold out for nine rounds against that villain, and that villain was riding his horse right towards them... How could they resist him?
"You guys ran away, but Zhongkang is still lying on the ground!" Cao Cao became more and more angry as he spoke, pointing at Xu Chu who was hanging his head beside him and said, "You guys ran away without even caring about him?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the faces and eyes of the generals. They were so frightened by the Xiling bandit general at that time that they were so busy riding their horses that they had no time to care about the Tiger Marquis.
Listening to Cao Mengde's voice, Xu Chu was lost in thought, and vaguely recalled the scene outside Xiling City...

Outside Xiling City, the sun was shining brightly.

Da da da! ~
The sound of galloping horses was the sound of more than thirty generals from Cao's camp fleeing hastily back to the camp.

Xu Chu really wanted to shout and ask them to take him away, but these bastards ran too fast.

Moreover, at that time, his blood was surging all over his body, and his muscles and bones were in severe pain. That cry for life was already his limit, and he could not make any other sound.

Xu Chu lay on the ground resigned to his fate, gasping for breath, and began to think back on his life.

Since serving under the lord, he has protected the lord from mountains of corpses and seas of blood countless times. Countless heroes in the world have died under his Fire Cloud Sword.

In the Battle of Cangting, he rode his horse to the front and killed dozens of generals under Yuan Shao!
In the Battle of Xuzhou, he had Lu Bu all to himself!

When Dian Wei was alive, he fought with him for two hundred rounds without a clear winner!
In one move, he killed Li Jue's nephew Li Xian, and in three moves, he killed Zhang Xiu's general Zhang Xian...

So many heroes have been defeated by me. Will I also die at the hands of others today?

Ta da~
Liu Wu, holding a halberd in his hand, rode his horse slowly to Xu Chu's side and looked down at him.

"If you want to kill me, just kill me. No need to say more!" Xu Chu's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he tried his best to speak.

But the halberd that was shining with cold light did not fall on his neck as Xu Chu had expected. He watched helplessly as the other party turned his horse around and headed towards Xiling City.

Only Liu Wu's indifferent voice came: "Go back, your prime minister is still waiting for your reply."

……

"Get out! Get out!"

Xu Chu's thoughts were drawn back by Prime Minister Cao's angry curse.

Looking at the figures of the generals leaving the tent, Prime Minister Cao sat on the couch and sighed: "Alas, a general as brave as Lu Bu like Liu Zilie, why can't I, Cao Mengde, use him?"

As brave as Lu Bu?

Xu Chu next to him was stunned and thought of the battle outside Xiling City.

I could still hold my own for a while under Lu Bu, but I couldn't even hold out for nine rounds under Liu Zilie's halberd! How could Lu Bu be compared with Liu Zilie?
Thinking of this, Xu Chu subconsciously shook his head: "Lü Fengxian is far inferior to Liu Zilie, far inferior to Liu Zilie!"

……

Xiling City, West Gate.

Whoosh! ~
A sky full of rockets gathered in the air and rushed towards the top of Xiling City like a rain of fire.

"what!"

On the city wall, many Shanyue soldiers defending the city were hit by rockets. They screamed and howled like huge burning torches, and were finally burned to charcoal.

Wei Yan and Gao Shun remained unmoved and quickly organized a counterattack!
hum! ~
The same rockets were fired from the top of the city wall at Cao's army below without hesitation, and a rain of fire roared down from the sky.

Cao's army thought that they were temporarily unable to fight back after being suppressed on the top of Xiling City, and immediately began to attack the city again. Unexpectedly, as soon as countless Cao's army rushed to the city, they were baptized by this rain of fire. For a time, Cao's army suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the siege was curbed.

"Catapult! Catapult, move forward!"

The general of Cao's army attacking the city was furious and immediately took out his powerful siege weapons.

More than a hundred huge catapults were stacked in several rows, like ferocious beasts lying on the ground ready to devour their prey. The huge round stones were loaded into the long-arm catapults by the soldiers of Cao's army.

"put!"

The general of Cao's army waved the command flag fiercely.

Woo! ~
In an instant, more than a hundred huge stones roared into the sky, with a terrifying momentum, and smashed mercilessly towards the top of Xiling City.

On the city wall, the Shanyue people stared blankly at the densely packed black spots in the sky that were roaring. They lived in the old forests between the mountains and had never seen a catapult even when they were fighting with the Jiangdong people.

"This, what is this?"

Wei Yan and Gao Shun's faces changed drastically: "Quick! Get out of the way!"

Boom! ~
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a deafening roar on the entire city wall, smoke and dust rose up, and the Xiling city wall, which had been filled with shouts and screams, suddenly became silent.

"Haha, the Xiling defenders are no longer able to do this!"

"With hundreds of stone bombs falling down, they won't be able to withstand it even if they have bodies of steel!"

"At this moment, the guards of Xiling will definitely not dare to show their heads again."

"Hurry! Seize Xiling now! It's only a matter of time!"

Seeing that there was no movement on the top of Xiling City, the morale of Cao's army was greatly boosted. The roars and shouts resounded throughout the battlefield, and they swarmed to the foot of Xiling City.

The ladders were set up again, and Cao's soldiers scrambled to climb up.

They were filled with fervor. After being bombarded by the catapults, the Xiling city wall was almost silent. The defenders must have suffered heavy casualties. Whoever rushed to the top of the city wall first would definitely get the credit...

boom! ~
call out! ~
On the silent city wall, countless rolling logs and stones suddenly fell.

The angry rockets roared again and shot towards the angry Cao army.

The ladders that were placed on the city wall were knocked over and fell to the ground one by one!
"Smash! Smash these Cao thieves' minions to death!"

"Want to take the credit for being the first to reach Xiling? Maybe in the next life!"

"kill!!"

The Xiling city wall, which was originally silent, was once again filled with the sound of shouting and killing.

The pounding stones, rolling logs and endless rockets shattered the dream of Cao's army to be the first to reach Xiling.

The offensive and defensive battle between the two sides once again fell into a stalemate.

This battle lasted from day to night, Cao's army suffered countless casualties, corpses piled up like mountains, blood flowed like rivers, but still no victory was seen...

The Cao army camp was brightly lit, and Xiahou Dun was reporting the battle situation: "... our army attacked the Xiling city wall with rockets and catapults. When our army attacked quickly, the Xiling defenders disappeared."

"As soon as our army paused and began to attack the city, the Xiling army immediately counterattacked with rockets, rolling stones and battering rams. This went on for several times, from day to night. The Xiling defenders were very tenacious and have not shown any signs of defeat so far, but our army..."

"Our army has suffered heavy losses and is already showing signs of fatigue."

More than a hundred catapults bombarded from day to night, but the defenders of Xiling were still able to fight again!
This Liu Zilie is indeed quite capable, no wonder Zixiao was defeated by him.

Cao Cao sighed, "Generals who are good at both attack and defense are rare in the world."

But no matter how much he admired it, if the stalemate continued, even if he defeated Xiling, these tens of thousands of troops would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and Liu Da'er and Sun Quan would not be able to seize the opportunity.

Cao Cao's thoughts were churning as he paced back and forth. How could he quickly capture Xiling City without suffering too many casualties?

Half an hour later,
Xiling City, the lobby of the county magistrate’s mansion.

An envoy from Cao's camp spoke to Liu Wu: "My prime minister has always been eager to find talented people and has long admired the general's prowess."

"When I came here, the Prime Minister said that if you are willing to surrender, you will be given a high position, generous salary, and wealth. You can continue to lead the army..."

The envoy talked incessantly and made various promises to Liu Wu.

Recruit the Xiling garrison commander to surrender!

This was the brilliant plan Cao Cao came up with to quickly capture Xiling City without suffering too many casualties.

In this way, not only can he successfully capture Xiling City, but he can also recruit this powerful general whom he has been coveting. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

After Prime Minister Cao made this decision, he immediately ordered the army to cease fighting and withdraw, and sent this envoy to meet Liu Wu overnight.

The waiter said with a dry mouth: "My Prime Minister is very sincere to the general, I wonder what the general thinks?"

Liu Wu nodded: "Since the Prime Minister is willing to recruit Liu Zilie, how can Liu Zilie live up to the Prime Minister's kindness?"

Did he agree?

He actually agreed?

The envoy stood there in a daze, unable to react for a moment. The battle was so brutal and the man was so brave and powerful. The envoy originally thought that this surrender would most likely be fruitless. He did not expect the other party to agree so readily?
"Good! Very good! Very good!" The messenger reacted quickly, his face full of surprise. If he could really persuade this man to surrender, the prime minister would definitely reward him handsomely.

"In this case, I will take my leave and report back to the Prime Minister."

The waiter was about to turn around when Liu Wu stopped him, "Wait a minute, your prime minister only said he would give me wealth and honor, but did he say what kind of wealth and honor he would give me?"

The messenger smiled and said, "Given the respect the Prime Minister has for the general, it is natural that the Prime Minister will give the general whatever he wants."

Liu Wu nodded: "Well said, in that case, I would like your Prime Minister to make me the crown prince."

"I want his inheritance!"

He wants, he wants the position of the Prime Minister’s eldest son?
He wants the prime minister’s legacy?
The messenger's smile froze on his face: "General, are you joking?"

Liu Wu's expression remained unchanged: "Who is joking with you? Just tell me whether Prime Minister Cao will give it or not."

"Ridiculous!" The messenger's face was extremely ugly: "How can the Prime Minister give his inheritance to you?! General, are you teasing the Prime Minister?"

"Look..." Liu Wu spread his hands and said, "You said the Prime Minister can give me anything, but I want a foundation and the Prime Minister is reluctant to give it up. Then I, Liu Zilie, can only build my own foundation in Xiling City."

……

Cao’s army, central military tent.

Cao Cao was wearing a middle-length robe and lying on the couch, looking through the bamboo slips.

Suddenly, a eunuch came to report: "Prime Minister, the envoy to Jiangling City has returned."

"Oh? Hurry, call him in!" Cao Cao was greatly encouraged and suddenly sat up from the couch.

After a while, the messenger entered the tent and said, "Greetings, Prime Minister."

Cao Cao couldn't wait to speak: "How about this? Is Liu Zilie willing to surrender?"

The messenger was worried: "He is willing to surrender."

"Really?" Cao Cao's hands were shaking slightly. He subconsciously walked closer to the messenger without even noticing that he was barefoot.

Dong Zhuo's acquisition of Lu Bu caused the eighteen princes of the world to sigh in despair at the sight of Hulao Pass.

Liu Zilie is far superior to Lu Bu. If he can really surrender to me, then who in this world... who in this world can be my rival? !

"Good, good!" Cao Cao became more and more excited the more he thought about it. He patted the envoy's shoulder fiercely and said, "You have made a great contribution by recruiting Liu Zilie to surrender! I will reward you handsomely."

"It's just that he asked the prime minister for something..." the envoy said stiffly.

"Ah! It's nothing but official titles and salaries!" Cao Cao waved his hand nonchalantly: "As long as he is willing to surrender, I will give him the crown of Prime Minister on my head. What's wrong with that? What does he want?"

The messenger lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Cao Cao's expectant eyes: "He, he wants the position of the Prime Minister's family's heir."

The position of the crown prince of one’s own family?
Cao Cao looked confused. He didn't understand. "You, what do you think he wants?"

The messenger's voice trembled more and more: "He wants to, he wants to be the prime minister's son!"

"He wants the Prime Minister's legacy!!"

(End of this chapter)