During the War of Liberation, our army was best at using the movement warfare plus the siege of the city to send reinforcements, once relied on two legs to run through four wheels, this time to fight Gongsun Kang, Wang Hou used this strategy, he had more than 20,000 cavalry, directly like mercury poured out of Xuansu County.

There is no need to even attack the city, just rob the village and cut people when encountering people, and scare all the generals of the Gongsun family in Xuansu County into the county and dare not come out, in three days, this strategic blockade Wang Hou has done it.

If it is according to the method of sweeping the land for soldiers in the Three Kingdoms, Xuansu County can sweep out at least 40,000 troops, but the connection between the county town is cut, the officers and soldiers dare not go out of the city, and the local clans are also trapped in their own fortresses and dare not go out.

On the one hand, the Wuhuan people grabbed some and filled their pockets to satisfy their strong desire to generate income, and on the other hand, Wang Hou, who led the infantry, could besiege the fortified fortress of Xiangping with peace of mind.

Winter is about to start again, and once the weather is cold and snowy, it will be even more difficult for the Gongsun family's army, which is mainly infantry, to rescue their capital.

And Wang Hou's undeclared war was also for this point, and the Gongsun family also stepped up to transport grain to the city, but although he already knew that Wang Hou was going to cut him, he did not declare war after all, and the Gongsun family did not make up his mind to empty the surrounding county towns at any cost to supply the capital, and the grain consumption of the big city with a population of 200,000 was consumed for a year, but it was not replenished with only half of the grain and grass left, and the grain stock in Xiangping City also dropped to the extreme.

On September 12, the army from Qingzhou set up camp under Xiangping City for the second time, this time, after all, there were only 50,000 people last time, and this time there were 80,000 troops gathered from Lianjiao City, and the siege of the city was even larger.

The two reinforced brigades in Liaodong plus Zhang Yan's 20,000 troops were arranged by Wang Hou in the east of the city, the Island City Brigade, the Taishan Bow Corps, Liu Yi's Tuntian troops plus the conscripted feudal militia were arranged by Wang Hou in the west of the city, and the west of the city was vacant in the north of the city, but these two roads were really dead ends, Zhang Yan personally led the cavalry to wander away from the north of the city, and there was Wuqiu Jian behind him, and the Wuhuan cavalry led by Yuwen Hong, Dongfang, Zhao Yun led the Qingzhou Cavalry Regiment and the four cavalry regiments of the Liaodi Brigade to squat there.

And not only is there a lot of people, this time, Wang Hou's siege preparations are extraordinarily sufficient.

Fifty or sixty miles away from here is Ma'anshan, Qingzhou's "heavy industry" base in eastern Liaoning! There are primeval forests in Liaodong, and there are good steel fittings, what can be produced?

Wang Hou's pride, a heavy return cannon that has not been on the battlefield for a long time.

In the tooth-aching creaking sound made by the friction of the wood, up to six meters, the wheels of the return cannon weighing two or three tons pressed the ground and couldn't help but sink down into ruts, the people are eight sedan chairs, horse-drawn carriages, this wooden general is more majestic than people, ten healthy oxen are dragging in front, and there are more than fifty migrant workers pushing each one behind, and there are twenty such behemoths pushing fiercely towards the city wall, and the faces of the warriors of the Gongsun family who are guarding the city at the head of the city are green.

However, the advantage is so big, Wang Hou still can't be happy.

Several things have been weighing heavily on his heart.

Unlike in history, when he kicked his legs and braided his hair before returning to the dynasty, maybe Guo Jia and Wang Hou's bet lasted for this prodigal son for a long time, but in the end, he paid the price for his inaction, and a month ago, he died in Yecheng after all.

This guy has a hippie smile and follows him to eat and drink in Xu Du The days are still vivid, and what is more memorable is that they broke into the palace with Cao Cao's sword, and hung the imperial concubine in the palace in front of the emperor of the Han Empire.

Now this guy is dead! Even in the battle of Ye, this guy had already abandoned his old friend and tempted him, but Wang Hou's heart still felt empty.

However, personal feelings are one thing, and real political collapse is another, there is an old saying in Chinese politics, which calls someone in the court to be an official! It has always been him and Guo Jia, Cao Cao as an alliance of the Iron Triangle, but now that Guo Jia is dead, this political alliance is dissolved.

In the court, except for Zhong Xuan, who is his friend, the rest are almost all staring at him, Yang Xiu hopes to win him over as a political force to support the second son Cao Zhi, Xun Yu vainly tried to pull him into the chariot of Baohan, in July this year, Cao Cao also abolished the three dukes, officially collected all the rights to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and sharpened the knife Huo Huo, opened the Xuanwu Pond to prepare, pulled up the vast majority of the troops in the north, sharpened the knife Huo Huo's plot Jingzhou Jiangnan, with the intention of dominating the whole world, in such a complex political situation, Guo Jia did not, It was really a fatal blow to Wang Hou.

Therefore, when the news spread to Liaodong through Qingzhou, Jia Xu, who stayed in the island city for Wang Hou, also attached a long letter.

He hoped to lead Wang Hou to abandon the Qingzhou Naval Division and Taishan Zangba's troops, and he led him to the south to help, so as to seek an official position in the center of the imperial court and regain the role of Guo Jia.

The second suggestion, he suggested that Wang Hou take the initiative to resign from the position of Qingzhou pastor!

After all, Wang Hou is located in the northeast, in front of the "king of the barbarians" of the Han Dynasty, he still holds a state in his hands, Qingzhou is not far from Yecheng, and in terms of rights, he is already overweight, and in later generations Wang Hou and his father drove a big car to run transportation, obviously never embezzled a dime on oil, but the driver's unspoken rules are like this, the boss still thinks he is greedy, melon field and Li Xia, even if Wang Hou is his son-in-law of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, it is difficult to guarantee that Cao Cao will not suspect him.

However, the reason is clear, but Qingzhou is the current situation caused by Wang Hou's single-handedness after all, and not everyone can easily make a decision when a strong man breaks his wrist.

Therefore, now is actually not a good time to destroy Gongsun Kang in one go, the best strategy is to encroach on it, first destroy and annex the territory of the Korean Peninsula of the Gongsun family, and then attack Xiangping, but Wang Hou can't wait.

The reply letter was written, and he agreed to Jia Xu's two major suggestions, and handed over the right to use the island city treasury and the command of the Rizhao Brigade of his starting unit under the veteran Zhu Ling to Jia Xu, but the reply letter and the Qingzhou Great Seal, he didn't send it out for several days.

Today, the defense of Xiangping City has been officially completed, but in addition to this matter, there are more things that make him worrying, pinching the receipt in his hand, full of sadness, he is suffering with an old face, like coaxing a child, to a certain uncle-in-law who dragged an oil bottle into his tent in the Chinese army.

"Ziwen! What a great thing! The prime minister is about to raise the army to the south to dominate the country! The Qingzhou army is now about to be pulled out and join the prime minister, and now the army is lacking a loyal and brave general of the unified army, Ziwen, brother-in-law will look at you ......"

"Don't go!"

didn't wait for Wang Hou to finish speaking, this thing had already shaken his head like a rattle, and the appearance of the underbeating made Wang Hou's teeth itch.

"For Mao!"