On a small hill twenty miles east of Yecheng, a cavalry was sitting quietly on horseback, standing still, like a sculpture. And the three people who were the leaders were Yuan Chang, Dian Wei and Yu Ban.

Yuan Chang, Dian Wei and Yu Ban led Bao Xin's five thousand cavalry, hanging all the way behind the army of Gongsun Zhan and the black-robed people, without the slightest movement. Gongsun Chan and the black-robed people may or may not know, anyway, Yuan Chang and they were not ambushed or intercepted. The 5,000 cavalry led by Yu Ban was built by Bao Xin with a lot of money, and it was also excellent, perhaps a little worse than the elite cavalry like Bai Ma Yicong, but it was also much better than ordinary cavalry.

After Gongsun Zan and the black-robed people arrived in Yecheng, Yuan Chang did not continue to advance, but found a mountain peak to set up camp. This is Yuan Shao's battle, and Yuan Changcai will not be stupid enough to send his own soldiers to fight for him. Therefore, Yuan Chang would stay here and wait until the battle was over, and when the time came, Yuan Chang would not mind beating the water dog.

"Lord, why don't we go to the battlefield, we're about to fade out of a bird if we stay here!"

Dian Wei stood beside Yuan Chang, his eyes full of fighting intent, and he whispered a suggestion.

Yuan Chang glanced at Dian Wei angrily, and explained helplessly: "What kind of waves can we, the five thousand people, set off in front of Gongsun Chan and their army of more than 100,000 people? If we appear, when Gongsun Chan's White Horse Righteous Servant is dispatched, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Besides, this battle is a battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, this is a battle for Jizhou, it has little to do with us, we don't need to get involved!"

Dian Wei pursed his lips and didn't say anything, Yuan Changken explained to him that it was okay, otherwise he would have kicked him into the corner.

However, staying here does hurt the eggs, and if you want to know the situation on the battlefield, you have to let the spies investigate. It would be nice to have a telescope, find a higher mountain peak, and you can observe the dynamics of the battlefield. It seems that when this battle is over and returns to Bohai County, a lot of things will have to begin.

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"Rush!"

"Kill!"

"Boom!"

"Woohoo!"

Under Yecheng, Gongsun Zhan and a group of soldiers in black robes set up a ladder and rushed towards the city wall of Yecheng with a roar, and the ladder was set up on the city wall, and they quickly climbed towards the city; however, the soldiers of Yuan Shao on the city wall were not slow to react. Huge boulders and sassal trees fell down quickly and hard, and the soldiers on the ladder could not dodge and fell, either killed or wounded.

Gongsun Zhan's archers under the city shot towards the city wall, and the archers who suppressed Yuan Shao could not shoot the soldiers on the ladder, while Yuan Shao's archers responded to Gongsun Zhan's archers, relatively speaking, Yuan Shao's archers had the upper hand, after all, they had the advantage of the city wall, according to Newton's law of gravitation, the acceleration of the bow and arrow when it fell, causing more damage to Gongsun Zhan's archers. However, Gongsun Chan still had to let the archers shoot at each other with the archers on the city wall, otherwise the soldiers who climbed the ladder would not be able to climb the city with peace of mind.

"Sir, why don't we use trebuchets to attack the city?"

Gongsun Chan and the black-robed man stood side by side and rode side by side, Gongsun Chan didn't pay too much attention to the soldiers besieging the city, today's siege was just a tentative attack, and the ones sent were some relatively weak, even if they were all dead, Gongsun Chan wouldn't care. I have to say that war is very cruel, and it is not a joke to achieve a thousand bones.

"General Gongsun, this battle is not over so soon, so we don't have to rush to use all our strength. Siege warfare is a tempering for soldiers, and those who can survive the siege will be elite in the future. If the general wants to pacify the alien race, and I want to dominate the world, what is needed is the most elite soldiers, and we must make the soldiers sublimate and become stronger in battle. Otherwise, how can we fight with others? Once we use trebuchets, Yuan Shao may go out of the city to fight us. Although we are outnumbered, we do not have a fierce general under our command. And Yuan Shao has fierce generals such as Lu Bu, Wen Chou, and Yan Liang, although it is said that the role of individuals in the battle is not great. However, it has a great effect on the morale of the soldiers, and once they are let out of the city, maybe we will have a decline. Now that we don't need trebuchets, Yuan Shao won't go out of the city to fight us, after all, Yuan Shao also wants to save his troops. ”

"I see, no wonder Mr. asked me to invite Xuande and them!"

Gongsun Chan suddenly realized that before he arrived in Yecheng, the black-robed man had already asked Gongsun Chan to invite the three Liu Bei brothers to the battlefield to support, the purpose was to compete with the generals under Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zhan once thought that he was very brave, however, after seeing Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, he knew that his martial arts were average. In this regard, Gongsun Chan was once depressed, but he quickly recovered. He is a prince of one side and has his own power, so there is no need to be depressed because of the weakness of his personal martial arts.

The siege of Yecheng continued, and the soldiers of Gongsun Chan and the black-robed people poured towards the city like a tide, and from time to time someone climbed to the head of the city and took the lives of some Yuan Shao's soldiers, but they were quickly killed. Especially after noon, after the use of sassal wood and boulders on the city of Yecheng was stopped, more and more soldiers approached the city. First of all, Yuan Shao also saw that these were not the elite soldiers of Gongsun Chan and the black-robed people, so there was no need to waste the resources of defending the city; In every war, in addition to killing and winning, the generals on both sides also hope that their soldiers can be tempered and become stronger in the war.

"Knock knock!"

"Woooooo

Towards evening, the drums and horns of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan's camps sounded almost at the same time, which meant that today's battle was over.

After a day of fighting, the city of Yecheng was full of corpses, and the soldiers of Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and the black-robed hot party together lost nearly 10,000 people, thousands of serious injuries, and tens of thousands of minor injuries. Although it is said that a seriously injured person survives a life, however, in today's medical conditions, serious injury is equivalent to death. The disinfection is not in place, the medicinal materials are not in place, and so on, so that the seriously injured soldiers basically have no way to live. Of course, if miracle doctors like Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing are willing to take action, they may be able to save many people. It's a pity that the two are not there, and now that there are battles everywhere, it is impossible for them to free their hands. Therefore, the thousands of people who were seriously injured could only die in the end.

Gongsun Chan and the black-robed man instructed their soldiers to go to the city to take away the corpses of their own soldiers, prepare them for cremation, and then return the ashes to their families. Even though most people in today's era don't like cremation, dying on the battlefield and cremated into ashes, it is the only way to return to their homeland.

And the Yuan Shao soldiers on Yecheng did not attack them, and when the battle was over, it was an unspoken rule to clean up the corpses. Some ruthless generals who do not care about the corpses of these soldiers are likely to cause a plague. Therefore, it is necessary to clean up the corpses, so no one can attack at this time, unless the battle is not over. Besides, there are still the corpses of Yuan Shao's soldiers under Yecheng City, if they dare to attack, Gongsun Zhan's side will definitely dare to trample on the corpses of Yuan Shao's soldiers. No one wants to be treated like this after they die, so no one will attack when it comes to cleaning up the body.

After Gongsun Chan and the black-robed man finished cleaning up the corpses of their soldiers, they slowly retreated.

Then, Yuan Shao's soldiers also opened the city gate to dispose of their own corpses.

There was no word all night, both sides sent soldiers to guard, Gongsun Chan and the black-robed people were attacked twice in Nanpi City, and the vigilance at night was strengthened a lot. And Yuan Shao did not send troops to sneak attack.

On the second day, the siege continued, and after the corpses of 10,000 people were left behind, the battle ended.

On the third day, the siege continued, and the corpses of 10,000 people remained. The battlefield is a meat grinder, and in the face of this huge meat grinder, ordinary soldiers have no ability to resist at all, they can only fight and fall. This is where soldiers belong, so, for ordinary people, war is a nightmare.

On the evening of the third day, Yuan Shao will summon his advisers and generals to his mansion to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Gongsun Chan has been attacking the city for three days, but the trebuchet has not been pulled to the battlefield, what do you think Gongsun Chan is trying to do?"

In fact, after two days of fighting, all the soldiers had basically fought once, and now the soldiers on both sides exuded a fighting spirit and bloodthirsty light, and the effect of training troops had been achieved. Gongsun Chan and they can actually use trebuchets to attack the city, however, Gongsun Chan still did not send trebuchets to the battlefield, which is a bit unreasonable. Of course, trebuchets are not invincible and can be destroyed in the same way.

The first way is to send soldiers to destroy it directly. Now that the soldiers on both sides are almost the same, sending soldiers to sabotage is likely to cause a face-to-face battle, Yuan Shao doesn't want to lose his own soldiers, and Gongsun Zhan and them don't want to either, so this method is not advisable.

The second method is to use a bow and arrows filled with tung oil to burn the trebuchet. That would require a lot of resources and would not be advisable unless you were prepared in advance. However, Yecheng is the seat of Jizhou and Yuan Shao's base camp, so once Gongsun Chan attacks with a trebuchet, Yuan Shao directly sends tens of thousands of archers to attack the trebuchet with rockets, and it is estimated that the trebuchet can be solved in an instant.

Perhaps, it is precisely for this reason that Gongsun Chan did not use trebuchets to attack the city.

In addition, trebuchets have a much longer range than archers, and it is difficult to destroy trebuchets unless there is a marksman. However, tens of thousands of soldiers fired a salvo, and someone will always do it.

Xu You stood up, saluted, and said in a condensed voice: "My lord, my subordinates think that Gongsun Chan must have a plan. I heard that there was a black-robed man in Gongsun Zhan's army, and he was very scheming, and his subordinates thought that we should take precautions. ”

The strategists present all secretly said nonsense in their hearts, who doesn't know that Gongsun Chan has a plan, and he needs you to talk about it. However, Xu Yu was the first to stand up and remind, so it was different. As a strategist, their role is to give advice, and at the same time to advise and remind. No matter how wise the lord is, there will always be times when he is confused, such as Li Shimin, Kangxi, Qianlong and other Ming monarchs, and they are no exception.

Therefore, Xu You's words did what a strategist should do. The first person stood up and said that it was a reminder, and the second person said it again, then it was really nonsense.

"What Ziyuan said is very true, then note, you can order the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance, but if there is any abnormality, report it immediately. ”

"Subordinates obey!"

The person who speaks is frustrated, has few ambitions, and is good at strategy. Originally, Han Fu was not driving, but when Han Fu wanted to give Jizhou to Yuan Shao, he was frustrated to dissuade Han Fu. However, Han Fu didn't listen, so he could only resign and return home. Later, after Yuan Shao arrived, he personally hired Fu Zhi to engage in it. Han Fu wanted to give Jizhou to Yuan Shao, and he was frustrated to serve Yuan Shao, which was naturally not a betrayal. Moreover, it was Han Fu who died by himself, and he wanted to give Jizhou to Yuan Shao, no wonder others.

Of course, most of the officials appointed by Yuan Shao were famous, and they were the children of a big family. Fu Zhu is a native of Guangping, and the Fu family is also a prestigious family. Otherwise, Yuan Shao would not have personally hired Fu Zhu to give him such a big face. After all, in Yuan Shao's opinion, I want to employ more people, but do you need to teach one?

He was a man with military strategy, clear observation and careful handling, and strict law enforcement, so whenever a war began, he was appointed as a supervisor of the army.

In the original history, during the Battle of Guandu, Fu Zhu was the supervising army.

Yuan Shao was going to have a decisive battle with Cao Cao at that time, and he thought that his own side had a great advantage and should fight a war of attrition with Cao Cao, relying on the troops and material resources of Yuan Shao's four states at that time, and slowly dragging Cao Cao to death. However, Yuan Shao did not listen, and was taken advantage of by Guo Tu and others to slander the power of the frustrated prison army, and frustrated the army, Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong each had an army. It is precisely because of this that Zhang He and Gao Ran were framed by Guo Tu and finally defected to Cao Cao's camp. It can be said that the most fundamental reason for Yuan Shao's failure is the mutual tilting between his subordinates.

After the discussion, Yuan Shao was about to give the order to disperse, but he heard the sound of drums and horns, and his face suddenly changed.

"Lord Thorn Shi, Gongsun Chan lights the torches outside the city and attacks the city at night!"

A soldier reported, and Yuan Shao understood what had happened.

However, Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the night to attack the city, but Yuan Shao and everyone were a little puzzled. As a general, Gongsun Chan has experienced countless battles, so how could he not know where the night battle is? Yecheng already has the convenience of city walls, and Gongsun Chan's side is at a disadvantage, and if it is at night, it will have huge shortcomings, and Gongsun Chan has no reason to attack the city at night.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think Gongsun Chan means?"

Tian Feng thought for a moment, and then stood up and said bluntly: "Lord, Gongsun Chan is like this, the plan is very big, I am afraid that there will be changes in the city, so Gongsun Chan does not hesitate to attack the city at night." Once there is chaos in the city, Yecheng will be in danger!"

Xun Yu commented on Tian Fenggang's offense, meaning that Tian Feng was resolute, and what he said was easy to make people uncomfortable. Just as Tian Feng said at this moment, he directly said that Yecheng was dangerous in one sentence, who would be comfortable hearing this kind of words? Of course, Yuan Shao was very uncomfortable when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, but his face was naturally ugly.

"My lord, at this time, we should send soldiers to closely monitor the movements in the city, and we must not let go of any place. ”

The trial stood up and suggested, the trial was much better than Tian Feng's, and he should act now, instead of saying whether Yecheng was in danger.

"What Zhengnan said is exactly, Zhengnan, you are in charge of the affairs of the city, and I and you will go to the city to see what Gongsun Chan wants. ”

"Subordinates obey!"

The judge was ordered to go and lead thousands of soldiers to inspect the situation in the city. Yuan Shao, on the other hand, led his advisers and generals to the city wall.

The battle had already begun, and the fire under the city seemed to light up the sky. However, there was still a big gap between the light of the torches and the daylight, so Gongsun Zhan's siege was still very difficult. Comparatively speaking, the condescending Yuan Shao soldiers were much more relaxed.

After such a few rounds, not only Yuan Shao and the others frowned, but even muscular men like Wen Chou and Yan Liang felt that something was wrong.

What's wrong?

Gongsun Zhan's siege seemed to be harassing, and often their soldiers charged under the city, and the ladder did not reach the city wall, so they retreated directly, and sometimes the ladder set up the wall, and no one climbed the ladder, and began to retreat again. So repeatedly, after an hour of attack, Gongsun Zhan's side was not tired of it.

"Gongsun Zhan, what do you mean, do you want me to be at peace?"

Yuan Shao looked at the actions of the Gongsun Zhan soldiers below, and asked the strategist beside him suspiciously.

Gongsun Chan harassed himself like this, why didn't they themselves get rest, and the result of this would be a defeat for both sides, couldn't Gongsun Chan see it? But why did Gongsun Chan still do this.

Not to mention the battle on the city wall, on the other side, the judge led the soldiers to inspect the situation in the city.

"Adult, small one found an anomaly. ”

The battle continued on the wall for an hour, and one of the soldiers also ran up to the trial and led the trial to a remote place not far from the city wall. This place is not far from the city wall, but it is in the blind spot of the city wall. The people on the city wall couldn't see what was going on here, and there were no civilians in the vicinity, and the soldiers on patrol would hardly come here. However, it is here that there is an anomaly.

"What's unusual here?"

The trial scanned the surroundings and didn't find anything abnormal, this is an open space, if someone was hiding, it would have been discovered a long time ago, so what is the anomaly?

"Adults, the little ones have sensitive ears since they were young, and the little ones can hear the sound of rats chirping wherever they are in the house. When I was passing by here, I overheard an unusual sound, so I invited my adult. ”

"Huh?"

The judge's expression froze, he knew that the soldier would not fool him, it seemed that there was really something abnormal. Therefore, the judge immediately lay on the ground, his ears were close to the ground, and then the trial heard a crisp sound of "clanging". Even if the judge was a literati, he knew that it was the sound of a shovel striking.

"Not good!"

The judge immediately understood what was going on, it seemed that Gongsun Zhan's soldiers wanted to dig a tunnel to enter the city, and they had found such a good place. Once Gongsun Zhan's soldiers entered the city, if Yuan Shao was defenseless, Yuan Shao would definitely be defeated under the attack from both sides.

"Come, give a quick order, bring boulders and sand, and I will let as many people as they come to die here. ”

After a while, the boulder and sand were pulled by the soldiers, and the cold light flashed in the eyes of the judge, and the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time waved their shovels and dug the tunnel, and the boulder and sand tilted down, and hundreds of Gongsun Chan soldiers who were digging the tunnel died. At the same time, it also indicates the failure of Gongsun Zhan's strategy.

After taking care of the matter here, the judge quickly returned to the city gate and whispered in Yuan Shao's ear.

"Haha, Gongsun Zhan Xiao'er, you are also a prince, and you dig tunnels like hamsters, but unfortunately you lost your soldiers in vain. ”

After listening to Yuan Shao's words, the strategists under Yuan Shao's command finally understood why Gongsun Chan wanted to attack the city at night.

Gongsun Zhan under the city had a blue face, but he didn't expect to be discovered by Yuan Shao, and he fell short. Two days ago, Gongsun Chan had already ordered the excavation of the tunnel, but because he was not close to the city wall, he did not move. Tunnels are about to be dug tonight, so siege cover. Who knows, it was precisely because of his siege of the city that the vigilance in the city was strengthened, and Gongsun Zhan's purpose was discovered. Of course, if the city is not attacked, the sound of digging tunnels will also be discovered. Therefore, people are not as good as heaven, but no one is to blame!

Now that the purpose has been discovered, Gongsun Chan also ordered a retreat and planned another strategy with the black-robed man!