Chapter 962 Retreating Into the Inner City

"Kill!"

With Shen Rong's support, Hao Zhao naturally rushed in with all his strength. At the same time, the armies deployed by Xu Huang and Lu Bu outside the city gates also launched an offensive at the same time, with a huge momentum like a fist. Five fingers came together to hold Beiping City in the palm of his hand.

"Strategist, strategist!"

A burst of shouting reached Shen Pei's ears, waking him up. He couldn't help but frown deeply, with thick dark circles on his face. In the past few days, in order to boost morale, Shenpei stayed at the top of the city for a long time and rarely rested. He finally fell asleep for less than half an hour when he was woken up again.

Shen Pei suppressed the impatience in his heart and said slowly: "What's going on? Tell me."

The sergeant said in panic: "Strategy! The enemy seems to be coming into the city!"

"What?"

The judge was shocked and immediately sat up: "How did the enemy army enter the city? Could it be that they launched a strong attack at night!"

"I don't know, but at present the enemy has broken through the south gate, and the other three gates have also been attacked by the enemy." The soldier said in panic: "Strategy advisor, what should we do?"

"Hmm" Shen Pei pondered for a while and said, "Find Shen Rong and ask him to lead his soldiers to resist the enemy's attack. The rest of the troops will temporarily withdraw into the inner city."

The greatest function of ancient cities was as military fortresses, and secondly as cities. Therefore, ancient cities were not called cities, but called cities. In addition to the outermost city wall, some larger county and state cities also have an inner city wall, which is the inner city.

The inner city divides the city into two parts, and if the outer city falls, the defenders can retreat to the inner city to resist. Some inner cities are even built stronger than the outer city.

"Here!" The soldier turned around and gave the order, while Shenpei put on his armor under the service of his servants and hurried to command the army and boost morale.

At this time, Hao Zhao, under the leadership of Shen Rong, had broken through several layers of the defenders' formations and charged toward the center. After all, Shen Rong was Shen Pei's nephew, so he naturally knew everything about the city's defenses, so Hao Zhaojun was truly unstoppable.

"Inspector Lieutenant, is the inner city ahead?"

"Yes, there is the inner city ahead, and General Yuan and my uncle should be among them." Shen Rong said slowly.

"In this case, how about the Inspector come forward to persuade Uncle Ling to surrender?" Hao Zhao said: "The General has always been generous and kind. Uncle Ling is a famous person in Hebei. If he can surrender, the General will treat the entire Shen family well."

Hao Zhao is not a reckless person. He was able to hold on to Chencang for dozens of days under the siege of Zhuge Liang's 100,000 troops. He was naturally both wise and brave. If you want to attack the inner city of Beiping City, you will definitely have to pay a lot of casualties. Since Shen Rong is here, why not let him persuade his uncle to surrender?

Shen Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Captain Hao, it's not that I am unwilling, but my uncle is very loyal to Mr. Yuan. Even if Mr. Yuan orders the execution of a villain, my uncle will execute it without hesitation."

"I can give it a try, but Colonel Hao, don't have too much hope, uncle." Shen Rong sighed.

"Just go ahead and do it. Regardless of success or failure, I will see it." Hao Zhao promised.

Shen Rong nodded, walked up with Bu Qu beside him, and shouted: "Uncle, is uncle here?"

Whoosh!

"ah?"

An arrow hit the ground in front of Shen Rong, above the inner city wall. Shen Pei was fully clothed, holding a bow and arrow, staring at Shen Rong with a gloomy expression.

"Uncle, me!"

"shut up!"

Shen Pei interrupted Shen Rong's words and said angrily: "Begging the Lord to seek glory, my Shen Pei does not have a nephew like you, and our Shen family does not have a person like you!"

Shen was married to a son, but his son died while fighting in the army in his early years, so he took his eldest brother's son Shen Rong with him and cultivated him more. It can be said that he took great pains, but he did not expect that Shen Rong actually surrendered to the enemy!

"Uncle, listen to me!"

Shen Rong knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The general supports the emperor, and he is a member of the Han clan, which is orthodox in the country. Yuan Gong was originally the fourth generation and the third prince from a famous family, but he did not want to serve the emperor and was uneasy about the people. Isn’t it appropriate to replace him with a general?”

"What's more, my Shen family is a famous family in Hebei. Does my uncle want to be loyal to Yuan Shao and let the entire Shen family be buried with him?"

Shen Rong said this deliberately, because in ancient times, the concept of clan was actually very important. During this period, the concept of nationality had not yet been formed. Even the so-called country was a family and a world. In the final analysis, it was still a clan.

Therefore, if a person is talented, he can revitalize a clan. For example, Huan Wen, a famous powerful official and general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, made the Longkang Huan family dominate Jingzhou. In the same way, if a person does something bad and drags down the family, he will naturally be infamy.

"Shut up! There is absolutely no one in our Shen family who is seeking glory. Get out of here! Otherwise I will shoot you to death today!" Shen Pei said in an excited tone as he pinched an arrow from the quiver behind his back and aimed it. Juan Rong, the arrow kept trembling and was about to be shot out at any time.

"uncle!"

Shen Rong turned around helplessly and said to Hao Zhao: "Colonel Hao, I am incompetent, but I have tried my best."

"It doesn't matter. I saw it just now. The review captain did his best."

Hao Zhao comforted him for a while, and then his expression suddenly turned serious.

"Attack the entire army and capture the inner city!"

"kill!"

Now that the huge Yuan family only had such a small inner city left, the Jizhou army's morale was naturally high, and under the command of Hao Zhao, they launched an attack on the inner city.

The archers at the top of the city and below the city attacked each other, and there was constant exchange of arrows between the two armies. From time to time, the defenders in the city and the Xiliang army fell to the ground, but the Xiliang army always had high morale and attacked the inner city. Launched a ferocious attack. Because if nothing happens, this will be the last battle in Youzhou. As long as the inner city is captured and Shen Pei and Yuan Shao are captured, this war will be over.

However, Shen Pei's defense of the city was also very strong, and most of the people who followed him into the city were the last elite of Yuan's army, as well as dead soldiers trained by the Yuan family and the Shen family. These people were naturally loyal and willing to obey Shen Pei. command.

Coupled with being in a small inner city, Hao Zhao's numerical advantage could not be exploited. These people were naturally at ease, constantly repelling the Jizhou army who climbed to the top of the city, and their morale was high.

"Damn it!" Hao Zhao was naturally furious when he saw this. However, he was best at defensive operations and was not so good at offense. In addition, the military strength around him was also limited, so he was helpless to deal with the predicament in front of him. He didn't know what to do. Is good.