When the generals retreated, Lu Xiaohuan was extremely excited, his beautiful eyes flashed with strange light, and with indescribable admiration, he stared at the emperor and looked at him again and again. The emperor waved his hand and signaled her to go to rest first. He had something to discuss with Liu Ye. Although Lu Xiaohuan had a lot of words to say to the emperor, he was surprisingly well-behaved today, and made an intimate gesture to the emperor and turned around.

The emperor waved his hand quietly, and Xun Yun, Cao Pi and others around the emperor also retreated. Wang Yue immediately ordered Hu Ben to guard the surroundings so that the idle people would not let the idle people approach. The surroundings gradually became quiet, leaving only one or two occasional slight war horses.

"Zi Yang is a plan." The emperor sat opposite Liu Ye, fiddled with the bonfire, and said softly.

Liu Ye’s waist and back are like a bow. “Your Majesty, the army is in line with the right combination and the odd victory. Today there is a strange or not, it is a necessity. I am worried.”

The emperor nodded. "Yes, it's indeed a risk. But I don't know the danger but I'm reckless. Ziyang knows the danger but I'm brave. If it weren't for Ziyang, I'm afraid I'm going to go but not going back today."

Liu Ye was slightly stunned, silent for a moment, raised his sleeves, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said lowly: "Thank you. I was wrongly loved by Your Majesty, and I was confidential, but I couldn't assist Your Majesty in self-improvement. Seeing Sun Ce eroding the world, I was ashamed. Today, I was forced to deceive Your Majesty into taking risks. Sun Ce was so arrogant that he couldn't come out. Sun Ce was unable to come out, and took Zhu Huan and Lu Yi as the general to capture Yanzhou. He had the intention of training him. If he got the plan, he would go north to seize the situation.

Jizhou. Yuan Tan was defeated repeatedly and collapsed, not Sun Ce's enemy, so Dong Zhao asked Your Majesty for help. This is an opportunity to change the attack and defense. If it is not curbed, Sun Ce will fly and fly, and it will be difficult to control it. Moreover, Your Majesty has more than 10,000 cavalry of Liang Jing, and Wen Hou is the best of the three armies and is called the flying general. Zhao Yun Zhongyong and Ma Chao are both good generals for a while, and the opportunity is rare. If you don't fight at this time, you may never have a suitable opportunity."

The emperor nodded again and reached out to pat Liu Ye's knees. "Ziyang, I understand what you mean. If you can advance in this battle, you will advance; if you cannot advance, you will retreat. At that time, you will be closed and defended by danger, and you will not compete with Sun Ce for the sake of power." He tilted his head and thought for a moment, and then said, "Ziyang, what is the best strategy for Jia Xu?" Without waiting for Liu Ye to answer, he said, "I think it's best to go far to the Western Regions, but Ziyang thinks? To order you to guard Guanzhong, Ziyang and I go out of the Western Regions, and to use Wen Hou and Zhao Yun as the minions, we will be able to travel thousands of miles and go forward."

Liu Ye bowed and bowed again. "Your Majesty is wise, I am willing to advance and retreat with Your Majesty, and I will never refuse to die."

The emperor was stunned for a moment and suddenly laughed and said, "Dong Zhuo has Jia Xu but cannot use it. He will destroy himself. I cannot follow his footsteps. If he travels west, he must bring Jia Xu with him."

Liu Ye also said: "Jia Xu's genius is just bad luck. To put it in detail, the Guandong people's views are really a disaster. If the late emperor could be as brave as His Majesty, without prejudice, move the capital to Guanzhong, based on the Guanxi people, why would it be today?"

"This is the plan for the Lord." The emperor sighed. "I have the plan for the Lord, Ziyang, Zichu is the confidant, and Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others are the minions. They are still not Sun Ce's enemy. They are seeking a battle but cannot be obtained. Ziyang, what am I wrong?"

Liu Ye was silent.

The king and his ministers were speechless, leaving only the bonfire making crackling sounds. After a while, Liu Ye said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, so let's take a break earlier. Regardless of the outcome, rush to Dingtao tomorrow and fight with all your strength."

The emperor responded. "Ziyang goes to rest first, I'll think about it."

Liu Ye was about to persuade him, and the sound of horse hooves sounded from afar, and then the sound of Hu Benlang's shouting came back. The emperor raised his head and exchanged a look with Liu Ye. Liu Ye nodded and turned around. The emperor sat still, but raised his ears and listened quietly. He practiced shooting with King Chen Liu Chong for many years. Although he had not practiced the unique skills of shooting sound, his ears were good. He vaguely heard the scout's voice anxiously, and there were any night battles, and he was shocked.

Could it be that Zhang Liao was attacked by Zhu Huan at night?

The emperor's eyes twitched, and he quickly recalled the layout of the camp, and felt much more at ease. Although Lu Bu drank a lot, he had Zhang Liao's assistance, Zhao Yun was a cautious person, and although Ma Chao was frivolous, he was well-trained in leading troops, so he could rest assured. Dong Yue was even more careful about everyone, and he thought there would be no flaws.

Just as he was thinking, Liu Ye turned around. "Your Majesty, the scout came to report, and Zhu Huan attacked Dingtao overnight."

The emperor was startled and stood up suddenly. "Zhu Huan is..." He said halfway, but he didn't say anything. He just stared at Liu Ye with a smile on his face and cried. Liu Ye sighed. "What the Majesty said is that Zhu Huan wanted to seize the city and refused to retreat lightly. It seems that the rumors are true. Although Lu Yi is young, he is not an ordinary person. This plan must be his own way."

The emperor nodded repeatedly, turned around twice, and said, "Have Dong Zhao sent troops to reinforce?"

"That's Li Jin's ability to hold on until dawn. It's hard to tell the truth at night. Even if Dong Zhao wants to save him, he dare not act rashly, so as not to fall into Zhu Huan's ambush."

The emperor was amused and cried, and stared at Liu Ye for a while. "Zi Yang, if it was really a Lu Gong plan, you will have another opponent besides Lu Su."

Liu Ye sighed.

Dingtao, the sound of war drums and the sound of shouting and killing were mixed together, deafening.

Li Jin held up the sword, shouted and ordered his subordinates to block the battle with all their might. After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, the Jiangdong Army had fully grasped the initiative. If it weren't for the solid city and the defenders of the city were all the Li family members, many of them were Li Qian, and Li Zheng's remnants of the father and son, and had a strong desire to take revenge, he might have been defeated long ago.

Li Jin regretted it. When he learned that the emperor led the cavalry to help, he thought that Zhu Huan would either retreat or defend the camp and would never attack the city at this time. The soldiers worked hard for so many days and should have a little rest and recovered their physical strength in order to fight again. This reduced the strength of the city and allowed most people to rest after a full meal. Unexpectedly, Zhu Huan suddenly launched a strong attack during the garrison, and it was a strong attack on all sides. Not only were there people on the walls on both sides, but the two gates of the small city also suffered a fierce attack.

He caught him off guard and suffered heavy damage from the arrow formation in the first round of the confrontation, with heavy casualties. If it weren't for the giant stone throwing machine that could not attack the inner city, I'm afraid Zhu Huan would have achieved a decisive victory at that time and would not have allowed him to persevere until now. Even so, he could not hold on for too long. Without the cooperation of the giant stone throwing machine, Zhu Huan demonstrated the Jiangdong Army's superb siege technology to him.

Dozens of archways, which were taller than the small town, were pushed around the small town. Each archway was standing several archers, conquering high, and seeing the situation in the small town, specializing in generals and commanders at all levels to snipe, seriously interfering with the command of the defenders, which made most soldiers able to fight on their own and unable to form a unified command. Although Li Jin ordered the powerful crossbowmen to fight back, the archway was protected tightly, and the arrows shot by the strong crossbows could not pass through, and the archers could not be injured. The only one who could threaten the archway was the city guard crossbow, but the number of archers at the city guard was small and the speed of fire was slow. He was also taken seriously by the archers of the Jiangdong Army. He was firmly suppressed and could not play his due role.

The Jiangdong Army has fully controlled the battlefield, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken.

Li Jin was extremely upset. If it weren't for a moment of negligence, he could at least stay until dawn. After dawn, Dong Zhao would come to help, at least restrain Zhu Huan's troops. Now, even if Dong Zhao received the news, he would not dare to leave the city easily. He would be worried that this was Zhu Huan's plan to lure the enemy.

Looking at Zhu Huan who was looking up at the building a hundred steps away, Li Jin gritted his teeth in hatred and raised his knife to whistle.

"Children Zhu Huan, come and decide life and death!"

There was noisy sound on the battlefield, and Li Jin's voice could not be heard at all, and Zhu Huan on the opposite side did not react at all. Li Jin was anxious and snatched the horn from the commander on the side and blew it hard.

"Woooooo"

The long and powerful horn sound stood out from all kinds of sounds, spread throughout the battlefield, attracting the attention of many people. The soldiers on both sides listened, and a rare silence appeared on the battlefield. Li Jin seized this opportunity, rushed to the city wall, pointed his sword at Zhu Huan, and used all his strength.

"Zhu Huan, come and decide life and death!"

Zhu Huan actually kept looking at Li Jin, watching him running desperately on the city wall, calculating when he could take down the small city. He also saw Li Jin's first invitation to fight. Although he couldn't hear what he said, he could understand what Li Jin meant, but he was just uninterested in paying attention to him. Now seeing Li Jin invite him to fight again, he was moved for a moment and looked back at Lu Yi.

After careful calculation, he hasn't been on the battlefield for two years and his hands are very itchy.

Lu Yi did not stop him directly and said lightly: "The general killed Li Qian in the last time, and Li was punished by his father and son. How long did he rest afterwards?"

"Uh, it's been more than half a month."

"How long will it take to kill Li Jin?" Lu Yi grinned. "Does it take to fight the emperor?"

Zhu Huan blinked his eyes and understood. He responded loudly while signaling the saber to prepare. "Li Jin, if you dare to leave the city, I will give you a chance." He spoke almost without saying a word tonight, and he was calm and did not need to roar loudly. His voice was loud and clear. The soldiers on both sides could hear it clearly. Compared with Li Jin's hoarse voice, he felt calm and composed.

Li Jin was stunned. He didn't expect Zhu Huan to give him a chance to decide life and death, and he couldn't help but hesitate. Although the city was about to break out, he asked him to voluntarily abandon the city and go out to fight Zhu Huan alone, but this decision was not so easy, so he was inevitably a little confused.

Just as he was hesitating, Zhu Huan said loudly again: "Coward, you don't fight, you don't surrender, you can only die." After saying that, he reached out and waved forward. In an instant, several shooters on both sides fired at the same time within the range of the shooting range on both sides, and several sharp arrows hit Li Jin. Li Jin had no chance to make a sound. He was led backward by the powerful arrow force and took two steps back, turning over and falling off the city wall.

The sound of war drums rose again, and the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who were ready for this opportunity launched an attack like a tide. Sun Guan was agile and was the first to climb to the city, waved the sword given by Zhu Huan, and killed two Li family members one after another. He rushed to Li Jin's command platform and cut off the ropes that tied the flag with one knife. Li Jin's battle flag fell down, Sun Guan pulled it off and threw it into the brazier, then raised Ji Ling's battle flag and sounded the victory drum.

The soldiers were cheering and thunderous, and Dingtao City was broken.
Chapter completed!