Zhang Fei saw that Guan Yu was silent, and then asked, "Second brother, when will we attack the city?" ”

"Wait a little longer." Guan Yu sighed softly and said, "Anyway, there are still more than 10,000 defenders in the city, and we still have to wait for the arrival of the Marquis of Anyang's army, and it will not be too late to attack the city." ”

"What, wait for the army of the Marquis of Anyang to arrive before attacking the city?" When Zhang Fei heard Guan Yu say this, his eyes immediately widened: "Second brother, we should send troops and horses to attack the city as soon as possible." The sooner we take Huangxian, we will be able to go back to Yecheng to see the eldest brother one day earlier. ”

When Guan Yu heard Zhang Fei say this, he turned his head to look at his simple-minded third brother, and said with a long sigh: "Third brother, do you really think that if we take Qingzhou, we can immediately return to Yecheng to see the eldest brother?" ”

"Didn't the Marquis of Anyang promise us that as long as Qingzhou is taken, let us go to Yecheng to see the eldest brother?" When Zhang Fei heard Guan Yu say this, he couldn't help but be anxious, "Is he planning to go back on his word?" ”

"Even if Anyang Hou fulfills his promise and lets the two of us go to Yecheng after seizing the entire Qingzhou, do you think we can just leave?" Guan Yu turned his head and pointed to the camp and said, "Third brother, can you bear to leave behind these brothers who share life and death behind you?" ”

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei served as the left and right pioneers of Jizhou, they were initially helpless, but after several months of running-in, they and these soldiers under them had feelings behind them. If it is really after pacifying Qingzhou, let them leave the team and go to Yecheng to meet Liu Bei, it is estimated that those soldiers are still reluctant to let them leave.

"Second brother," Zhang Fei turned his head to look at the soldiers walking around in the camp, the muscles on his face twitched violently a few times, and then asked rhetorically, "Then tell me, what should we do next?" Is it really true that he followed the Marquis of Anyang to fight in the south and the north all his life? ”

"If we want to leave, as long as we say it to Anyang Hou, with his character, he will definitely let our two brothers leave." Guan Yu said helplessly: "But for several months, you and my brother have been getting along with these soldiers in the camp day and night, if Guan Mou is allowed to leave them, Guan Mou is really a little reluctant." ”

After the two stood side by side for a while, Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei: "Third brother, it's not too early, you better go back and rest early." Tomorrow you and I will go to the city to fight, if the city is willing to go out of the city to meet the enemy, we don't need to send troops to attack the city. ”

In the early morning of the next day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops to the city to fight.

Gongsun Fan in the city heard that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were leading people to challenge, so he asked the generals standing in the hall, "Who dares to lead the troops to battle?" ”

Don't look at the two henchmen of Gongsun Fan in the hall, Sun Yan and Zhang Ji, but after yesterday's battle, they have a clear understanding of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's strength, so they pretended not to hear Gongsun Fan's question. And Chen Jiang and Yu had just come out of the prison, and it was no problem for them to defend the city, but when it came to going out of the city to face the battle, they felt that they had not lived enough, and there was no need to go out of the city to die. No one in the entire hall spoke, and everyone was thinking about what they should do in their hearts to avoid the fate of being sent out to death by Gongsun Fan.

Seeing that after his words were finished, all the generals standing in the hall were silent, and Gongsun Fan couldn't help but be angry. He set his sights on his henchmen, Sun Yan and Zhang Ji, hoping that they could come out and set an example. Unexpectedly, the two of them twisted their heads to the side, as if they didn't see Gongsun Fan hinting at themselves at all.

Gongsun Fan saw that his subordinates did not speak, so he turned his attention to Chen Jiang and Yu Ze, and he asked Chen Jiang with a smile: "General Chen, I wonder if you are willing to lead your headquarters out of the city to meet the enemy?" ”

"General Gongsun," hearing that Gongsun Fan planned to send himself out to die, Chen Jiang hurriedly refused: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brave and fierce, and no one in the city can stop them, no matter who is sent out to meet the enemy, it is equivalent to sending the other party to death." General Gongsun, I think we should still keep our doors closed. ”

Seeing that Chen Jiang had clearly expressed his refusal to fight, Gongsun Fan had no choice but to ask his two henchmen: "Sun Yan and Zhang Ji, since General Chen does not dare to fight, can you two dare to go out of the city to fight to the death with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?" ”

Sun Yan and Zhang Ji neither of them have any real skills, but they are the ones who see the wind and make the rudder, and when they heard that Gongsun Fan was going to order him to go out of the city to meet the battle, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "General Gongsun, you can't do it." Our army was defeated yesterday and its morale was low, and it should not be able to hold out at this moment, where can we go out of the city to meet the enemy. ”

Seeing that Chen Jiang and Yu were reluctant to fight, and his henchmen Sun Yan and Zhang Ji did not dare to fight, Gongsun Fan could only sigh, got up and walked back to the back hall. Seeing that Gongsun Fan had already left, Sun Yan announced in a loud way: "Everyone, there is nothing to do here, let's go back." The Jizhou army may start attacking Huangxian in the next two days, and after everyone returns, they must urge their subordinates to strengthen their defenses, and they must not let the Jizhou army rush into the city. ”

When Yu followed Chen Jiang out of the Taishou Mansion, he took a sip on the ground and said disdainfully: "What kind of thing is Sun Yan, he dares to give orders on behalf of Gongsun Fan, I will kill him sooner or later......"

"Be cautious, be cautious." Although the assassin had already left the Taishou Mansion, Chen Jiang had been bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, he was worried that there would be a spy of Gongsun Fan hidden nearby, and once he heard Yu Ze's whining, he might bring himself to death, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Be careful that the wall has ears, if you have anything to say, go to my mansion and talk about it." ”

After the two came to Chen Jiang's mansion, Chen Jiang scolded Yu Ze: "Brother Yu Zexian, you and I are both guilty of crimes, how can you say something casually on the street?" Aren't you worried that Gongsun Fan will find another excuse to depose you and my military power again and put us in prison again? I feel the need to remind you that if you and I go to prison again this time, it will not be so easy to come up with it again. ”

"Brother Chen, Gongsun Fan ordered you to guard the south of the city and me to guard the west of the city." Yu Ze waited for Chen Jiang to finish speaking, then looked at him and asked, "If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei attack the city with all their might, do you think we can hold it?" ”

"I've been to see the walls in the south and west of the city." Chen Jiang shook his head and said: "There are not many rolling wood and stones at all, if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead their troops to attack, we will not be able to defend it at all." ”

Although Yu Ze's heart had long been prepared to be unable to hold on, but when he heard Chen Jiang say this, his heart couldn't help but sink suddenly: "Brother Chen, then what should we do?" ”

"Immediately organize manpower to transport rolling wood and ash bottles to the city." Chen Jiang said a little helplessly: "If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei launch a fierce attack before we prepare enough equipment to defend the city, we can only use the lives of the soldiers to block their attack." ”

"To defend the city, in addition to rolling wood and stones, bows and arrows are also indispensable." Yu Ze said indignantly: "There are so many bows and arrows in the treasury, but Gongsun Fan would rather be piled up in the warehouse and be bitten by insects and rats, and he can't let us use them. Didn't he plan to borrow Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's hands to eradicate dissidents? ”

"Brother Yu Zexian, you're too worried." Regarding Yu Ze's worries, Chen Jiang explained to him: "Now that half of the defenders in the city are in the hands of you and me, although Gongsun Fan does not dare to offend us openly, it is still completely possible to make a little move for us in terms of logistics and supply." Since you said that you want to defend the city, bows and arrows are indispensable, then I will go to Gongsun Fan tomorrow and ask him to allocate you and me a batch of ordnance, so that we can be sure to resist the strong attack of Guan and Zhang. ”

"Brother Chen, I have an idea." Yu Ze waited for Chen Jiang to finish speaking, and said with some hesitation: "I don't know if to talk about it or not?" ”

"Brother Yu Zexian, you and I have a good relationship, if you have anything to say, just say it directly." Chen Jiang pointed to the sky with his finger, and then pointed to the ground, and said: "What you say can come out of your mouth and into my ears, only God knows that you know and I know, and no one else will know." ”

Hearing Chen Jiang's statement, Yu knew that the other party would not go to the informant, so he had the courage to say: "Since Gongsun Fan is unkind to us, we can also be unjust to him." I plan to order the soldiers to abandon the city when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are attacking the city......"

"Confused, confused." Chen Jiang originally thought that Yu Ze would say something constructive, but who knew that he would say such a bad idea, he immediately criticized the other party and said: "You do this, although you can get out of your heart, but if you do this, you will ruin the lord's foundation." Even if you and I can get away with it and escape back to Youzhou, where do we still have the face to see the lord? ”

Chen Jiang's words were like an enlightenment, and Yu Ze realized that he had thought about the problem too simply. When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were attacking the city, he abandoned the city with his soldiers and horses, which could certainly put Gongsun Fan in danger and let him breathe a bad breath. But in this way, it is equivalent to giving Qingzhou to the Jizhou army completely, even if he escapes back to Youzhou, he has no shame to see Gongsun Zhan.

Yu Ze sighed, and said to Chen Jiang a little helplessly: "Brother Chen, in this way, you and I can only fight for our lives and fight the Jizhou army here to the end?" ”

Chen Jiang stood up and said to Yu Ze: "The matter of Shijun's loyalty to the king, since you and I are both courtiers of the Gongsun family, as long as the lord does not make a truce with Jizhou, we can only fight to the death." Since you and I don't have to go out of the city to face the battle, it is better to have our own defense areas and prepare rolling wood and stones to deal with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's siege. ”

"Brother Chen, in my opinion, Guan and Zhang will not attack the city before the arrival of the Jizhou army." Yu Ze said with a normal expression: "If they wanted to attack the city, they would have organized men and horses to attack the city from all directions, and they would not have personally gone to the city to fight. ”

"Makes sense." Hearing Yu Ze's analysis, Chen Jiang nodded and said: "Yesterday, Guan Zhang and the others defeated Li Shao, so they could take advantage of the victory to attack the city, but they withdrew their troops. Today they did not send troops to attack the city, but they went to the city to fight, and it seems that they have no intention of attacking the city in the near future. ”

"Brother Chen," although Yu Ze had already determined that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would not attack the city for the time being, he still said worriedly: "Gongsun Fan has distributed all the equipment for defending the city such as rolling wood and stones to his subordinates, but we have very few in our hands, tell me, what should we do?" ”

Chen Jiang thought for a while and replied: "When I went to inspect yesterday, I found that almost all the houses on the side of the city wall were empty. ”

"What, demolishing houses?" Chen Jiang's proposal stunned Yu Ze: "Now that the weather is getting colder, what if we demolish the houses and the people are homeless?" ”

"Brother Yu Zexian, I can't take care of so much now." Chen Jiang replied: "If we don't demolish these houses, where will we find so many rolling wood and stones?" If you want to defend the city, if you don't have enough equipment to defend the city, you can't defend it at all. After he said this, he saw that Yu Ze was still frowning and thinking, so he added, "If you don't think you can do it, then let my people do these things." In the future, if the people want to scold, let them scold me. ”

"What did Brother Chen say," Yu Ze was originally somewhat resistant to the demolition of people's houses, but when he heard Chen Jiang say this, blood suddenly gushed on his head, and he said recklessly: "You and I have always been together, this kind of infamous thing, how can I let Brother Chen bear it alone?" ”

Just as Chen Jiang and Yu were leading people to demolish the houses of the people, Guan Yu, who was outside the city, ordered people to go to the nearby woods to cut down trees. Zhang Fei saw Guan Yu sending people to cut wood, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Second brother, didn't you say that you won't attack the city for the time being?" Why do you send so many people into the woods to cut timber? ”

"Third brother, although we will not attack the city for the time being, as soon as the army of the Marquis of Anyang arrives, we will still organize soldiers and horses to storm the city." Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei with a normal expression: "A certain person sent someone to the woods to cut down is to prepare materials in advance, and as soon as the army of Anyang Hou arrives, you can use these materials to build siege equipment." ”

"So that's the case," Zhang Fei listened to Guan Yu's explanation, his face showed a sudden realization, he nodded and said: "Second brother is reasonable, although we will not attack the city for the time being, it does not mean that we do not want to take this city." I immediately returned to the camp and arranged for the soldiers to go to the woods to cut wood and prepare materials for the army of the Marquis of Anyang to make siege equipment. ”

Just as Chen Jiang and Yu were leading people to demolish the houses of the people, Guan Yu, who was outside the city, ordered people to go to the nearby woods to cut down trees. Zhang Fei saw Guan Yu sending people to cut wood, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Second brother, didn't you say that you won't attack the city for the time being?" Why do you send so many people into the woods to cut timber? ”

"Third brother, although we will not attack the city for the time being, as soon as the army of the Marquis of Anyang arrives, we will still organize soldiers and horses to storm the city." Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei with a normal expression: "A certain person sent someone to the woods to cut down is to prepare materials in advance, and as soon as the army of Anyang Hou arrives, you can use these materials to build siege equipment." ”

"So that's the case," Zhang Fei listened to Guan Yu's explanation, his face showed a sudden realization, he nodded and said: "Second brother is reasonable, although we will not attack the city for the time being, it does not mean that we do not want to take this city." I immediately returned to the camp and arranged for the soldiers to go to the woods to cut wood and prepare materials for the army of the Marquis of Anyang to make siege equipment. ”

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