In the big tent, the sound of talking and laughing was silent in an instant, and everyone's faces were frozen in stunned moments. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yuan Shao's face was twitching, his eyes were round, his old body froze in place, and the wine in the cup was spilled, and he didn't even realize it.

Feng Ji was also shocked that his mouth was wide open, and the hand raising the glass froze in mid-air, motionless, and was extremely stunned.

Even if he was not so proud and confident, his body trembled at this moment, and his face was full of incredulity.

"Zhang He is defeated? Why? Is this impossible? Feng Ji was so shocked that his voice was trembling.

The personal soldiers then told the truth how Peng Yue dragged Zhang He with 1,000 weak soldiers, and how Xiang Yu led 3,000 elite soldiers to kill from behind, and defeated Zhang He.

The more Feng Ji listened, the more shocked he became, and the whole person sat there stiffly, with horror rolling in his eyes, unable to say a word.

"Peng Yue? Who is this Peng Yue? Can a thousand soldiers and horses block the attack of Zhang Heyi's 10,000 male soldiers? Yuan Shao, who was a little sober, yelled at the bottom of the rest.

"Alas......" sighed faintly, "This must be because the pottery thief saw through my plan and sent a strange man from his martial arts hall to defend the city in the name of Peng Yue, so he was able to lure Zhang He to attack Yanjin boldly and confidently, and that Xiang Yu could raid from the flank and defeat our army." ”

Yuan Shao suddenly realized, but he was extremely suspicious, gritted his teeth and said: "The pottery thief is all relying on Chen Ping's wisdom, so Chen Ping is now in Luoyang, how can he see through your plan?" ”

"Recently, it has been rumored that there is another strategist pretending to be Zhang Liang's name next to the pottery thief, it could be that this person is giving advice to the pottery thief." Guo Tu on the side suddenly thought of something.

Hearing Zhang Liang's name, from Yuan Shao to Frustration, all of them changed color.

They knew that the potters had many strange people under their command, and the potters always liked to give him the name of the ancients and use them for their purposes.

And facts have proved that Xiang Yu, Chen Ping, and Huo Quzhi, who pretend to be the names of the ancients, all have abilities comparable to those of the ancients.

If there is another Zhang Liang next to the potter, doesn't that mean that this person also has a resourcefulness comparable to "Zhang Liang".

Even if he was frustrated with such a self-proclaimed resourceful person, he did not dare to fight with Zhang Liang.

Yuan Shao was silent, depressed, and Yuan Ying fell into helplessness.

……

Liyang, the camp of the Liang army.

The potters had received the news of the victory in Yanjin, and with great relief, they drew up a reward on the spot, and promoted Peng Yue, who had set up a camp to defend the city on his debut, to a miscellaneous general and entered the pavilion.

"Ziliang, you have seen through the trick of frustration, Yuan Shao shouldn't be able to play any tricks now." The potter sneered.

Zhang Liang smiled faintly: "The Yuan army failed to attack Yanjin, and it must have been unable to toss any tricks, Liyang City has been besieged for more than five months, I expect Yuan Tan to not be able to support it for long, and the city will be broken in the near future." ”

The potter nodded slightly, his eyes revealed murderous intent, and he sneered: "Then let's add more fuel to the fire and help Yuan Tan accelerate his collapse." ”

The potter immediately ordered to mobilize more than 500 heavenly thunderbolts and began to bombard Liyang City again day and night.

Moreover, the target of the potter's bombardment was not the strong walls of Liyang City, but the buildings in the city.

At dawn the next day, stone bullets the size of a bull's head began to rise into the sky, crossed the city wall, and bombarded Liyang City continuously.

With a loud bang, the city was demolished to almost all the houses, and pieces collapsed one by one, and the houses near the city walls were razed to the ground in a short time.

The houses had been destroyed, and the soldiers and civilians in the city had lost their shelter from the cold, which made it even more miserable, so Yuan Shao had no choice but to order all the soldiers and civilians around him to move to the hinterland of the city to avoid the shelling and the cold.

Tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers and civilians supported them in the houses in the heartland, eating, drinking, and Lazar all gathered together, enduring cold and hunger, not to mention, but also smelling the stench, which was even more painful.

As the siege continued, the rations became scarcer and smaller, and the army could barely maintain thirty percent of the rations, and the rations of the people had been cut off, and Yuan Tan had decided to leave them to fend for themselves.

In the lobby of the county government, the smell of meat is confused.

Yuan Tan looked at the wine and meat on the table, but he was not in the mood to eat, and his face was sad.

"The eldest prince, there are dozens of people in the city who want to escape across the city, but they have been caught by our city patrol soldiers, please show the eldest prince how to deal with it." Ju Yi, who was one-armed, rushed to report, and after seeing the wine and meat in front of Yuan Tan's case, his brows darkened.

"These Diao people, eating my Yuan family's food, now see that the situation is not good, they want to go to the pottery thief and the dog thief, it is really hateful, I will behead them all, and hang their heads on the city gate to show the public." Yuan Tan ordered in annoyance, his already not very good appetite deteriorated, and he impatiently threw the chopsticks on the table.

Ju Yi's body shook slightly, hesitated for a moment, but said: "Those people are also because the grain and grass were forcibly taken away by us, and the hungry really can't live anymore so they take risks, and want to flee to the outside of the city to beg for a way to live. ”

Previously, in order to ensure the rations in the army, Yuan Tan sent soldiers to break into the people's homes as early as January before, forcibly took away all the rations hidden by the people, and implemented unified distribution.

Now that it has reached this point, Yuan Tan broke his promise and only gave rations to the army, ignoring the people.

In order to survive, the people who had been cut off from food and grass ate everything they could eat, such as tree bark, and as a last resort, they chose to flee across the city at risk.

"General Ju is right, it's just a few small people, and there's no point in killing them." Xu You also persuaded from the side.

"Nonsense!" Yuan Tan slapped the case a few times, and said in a deep voice: "If I don't kill them today, it will be tantamount to conniving at them to flee across the city, today the people can escape, and tomorrow the soldiers will follow suit, I just want to kill them to deter the army!" ”

Ju Yi was silent, he also knew that what Yuan Tan said made sense, he was silent for a moment, sighed and turned away.

Xu You could only sigh secretly, with a helpless face.

Ju Yi retreated, Yuan Tan spat out a vicious breath, but his appetite was gone, and in his irritability, he violently lifted all the wine and meat on the case to the ground.

……

The siege entered its sixth month.

Although Yuan Tan adopted an iron-blooded policy, he killed those who dared to flee, regardless of the people's soldiers.

However, driven by the will to survive, more and more people are still taking risks to flee.

Most of the fugitives were naturally caught by Yuan Jun and sentenced to death, but a small number of them still escaped and fled to the Liang army camp.

For these lucky escapees, the potters ordered good food and drink to relieve them, and from their mouths, they learned about the predicament in Liyang City.

When the potters and their civil and military subordinates learned that Yuan Tan had robbed the people of their rations, but they were not allowed to flee, and that the people in the city had been forced to the point of cannibalism, everyone fell silent.

Xing, the people are bitter. Death, the people suffer.

This truth is naturally clear to potters who are familiar with history.

He knows better that in the process of unification of the world, there are tens of thousands of ordinary people who are bound to become innocent victims, and no one can avoid this.

"This eldest prince of Yuan, his ability is mediocre, but his heart is hard enough, he plans to let the people of a city bury him for him." Zhang Liang shook his head and sighed.

"I didn't expect this Yuan Tan to be so ruthless, husband, those people are so pitiful, you can save them." Mi Zhen was weak-hearted, and when she heard such a tragic thing, she couldn't help but feel compassion.

The potter stroked her hand, but could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

If it is said that these people are in a desperate situation, of course, there are reasons for Yuan Tan's iron-hearted heart, and he himself can't get out of it, after all, he is the one who besieges Liyang City.

But the potter had no choice, in this troubled era, either he went to destroy others, or others came to destroy him, he couldn't give up the Northern Expedition in order not to harm the people, and sit back and wait for Yuan Shao to slow down and attack him again.

At that time, the people of the Central Plains will suffer from the poison of war again.

Only with a butcher's knife in hand can we end the troubled times.

In the midst of a sigh, the potter suddenly thought of something, and said: "In this way, quickly send someone to Liyang City in the name of my father to send a message to Yuan Tan, saying that I will allow him to let the people of Liyang out of the city, which can be regarded as giving them a way out." ”

Mi Zhen's sad delicate body was suddenly shocked, and she looked at her husband with a surprised gaze.

In her eyes, the potter has always been ruthless, but she didn't expect that her husband could also have a benevolent heart.

She looked at the potter's gaze and couldn't help but add a little admiration.

"When you are cruel, when you are cruel, when you are benevolent, you can be benevolent and righteous, this trick can not only save the people of a city, but also win the hearts of the people, it is really the means of the hero......" Zhang Liang on the side also nodded secretly.

The rest of the civil and military people, looking at the potter's eyes, also increased their admiration.

At that moment, a horseback messenger carried the message of the pottery merchant and went straight to Liyang City.