The royal gate stationed in Beiping did not know that his majesty had abandoned him. Standing on the city wall, he looked at the continuous enemy camp outside the city, and his heart was quite worried. He wasn't worried about the appearance of the group of soldiers below, but with 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, he couldn't capture the fortified city of Beiping. But the appearance of this group of Yuan troops was a bad omen, and Wang Men had already vaguely guessed the outcome of the Battle of Jieqiao.

"How is it, is there any information about the battle between Your Majesty and Yuan Shaojieqiao?" Wang Men asked the lieutenant general.

The adjutant general's face was a little ugly: "According to the report from the spies just now, the battle of Jieqiao, due to the defection of Wuhuan and the Southern Xiongnu, our Yan army was defeated by Yuan Shao and suffered heavy losses, His Majesty has rushed back to Fanyang, but Yuan Shao's army has also marched towards our Beiping." ”

When Wang Men heard this, his eyes were full of anger: "These people of different races are really not credible, I knew that I would have advised Your Majesty to exterminate them, otherwise how could they cause today's trouble!" ”

"General, there is no point in talking about this matter at this time, Yuan Shao's army has already arrived in Zhongshan Kingdom, and it is expected to arrive at my Beiping City within three days, the general should make a decision quickly!" The adjutant said anxiously.

"How much did Yuan Shao lead the army this time?" Wang Men asked.

"No less than 200,000." The adjutant general said in a harsh tone.

"What?" Wang Men said in disbelief: "200,000 troops, are you sure you are not mistaken?" ”

"In the Battle of Jieqiao, our army suffered a great defeat, and Yuan Shao's command lost no more than tens of thousands, and after a little rest, he continued to pursue, with a full 200,000 army. General, why don't we abandon the city temporarily, in the face of so many enemy troops, Beiping City can't hold it at all. The adjutant said.

"What really happened in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge? Just the rebellion of Wuhuan and the Southern Xiongnu, our army could not have been defeated so badly! Your Majesty still has a white horse by his side! The royal gate was incredulous.

The combat effectiveness of their Youzhou Army is so strong that it is among the best in the world, and it is not much worse than the Jiangdong soldiers who are known for their elite. At the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Gongsun Zhan led only 20,000 paces, and easily defeated 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, which shocked the world. And now, Gongsun Zhan has a full 60,000 Youzhou iron cavalry and 40,000 foot soldiers, but he has been defeated so badly that he didn't even pose much threat to Yuan Shao, which makes the royal family unbelievable.

When did the Jizhou soldiers be able to fight like this? Generally speaking, the Youzhou Army can easily play a 1-2 or even 1-3 battle loss ratio compared to the Jizhou Army. And now the 100,000-strong army is almost completely destroyed, but even the 100,000 enemy troops have not been destroyed.

As incredible as the royal gate is, that's what it is. After calming down, his heart was full of panic, and he hurriedly said, "Quickly send someone to Fan Yang to ask Your Majesty for help." ”

"The last general has already sent someone, but now His Majesty has not many troops to send, I'm afraid..."

The deputy general's meaning Wang Men understood very well, and he also faintly felt this in his heart, but on the surface, he did not show any worry, but said indifferently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty will definitely send troops to rescue us." ”

"Hmm." Thinking of that majestic and heroic figure, the deputy general also nodded firmly.

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Three days later, Yuan Shao's army had arrived at the city of Beiping, but there were only 100,000 troops, and the rest were led by Zhang He and Gao Ran to attack Yijing. Gongsun Zhan, on the other hand, was still stationed in Fanyang County at this time, and after receiving and transporting the money, food, ordnance and weapons to defend the city sent by Yuan Shu, he began to continuously recruit troops, and strengthened the walls of important cities such as Fanyang, Zhuojun, and Jicheng, and placed weapons to defend the city and strengthen the city defense.

And Wang Men, who had been waiting for Gongsun Zhan's reinforcements, got a disappointing reply. The letter ordered him to hold on as hard as he could, and reinforcements would come soon.

Although the letter said so, how could the royal family not know that Gongsun Zhan would not lead the army to come now, let alone later. This is to let him stay on the spot and buy time for Gongsun Zhan!

But at this time, Gongsun Chan is not the Gongsun Chan who committed the murder of Liu Yu in history and was not popular with the people of Youzhou, and now Gongsun Chan is the rightful lord of Youzhou, and he has the merit of sealing the wolf Juxu, and is deeply trusted and loved by the generals of the people of Youzhou. This royal family, who originally betrayed Gongsun Zan and defected to Yuan Shao in history, finally decided to fight to the death for his majesty and stick to Beiping.

After Yuan Shao came to the city of Beiping, he sent people to persuade the king to surrender many times, but he was strongly refused, seeing that the other party obviously had the will to serve Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao did not say much, and directly ordered the army to forcibly attack the city.

For ten days, under the condition that Wang Men led the army to hold on desperately, Beiping was never breached. The four walls of Beiping are already full of blood, and the more than 12,000 defenders in the city have lost nearly half, and this is still under the condition that many people in Youzhou help to garrison on their own.

I have to say that the current Gongsun Chan is really popular with the people in Youzhou. In the past, he traded with Yuan Shu, and Gongsun Zhan did not give benefits to the people of Youzhou when he was rich. After all, the population of Youzhou is so large, and Gongsun Chan can only recruit 100,000 troops at most, so much money and food is more than enough for 100,000 troops, and Gongsun Chan also has a lot of spare money. Anyway, they all got it from other races, and Gongsun Zhan didn't feel distressed, so he directly let Tian Yu toss at will.

And Tian Yu is really a civil and military all-rounder, and the level of internal affairs also has a quasi-first-class level, although it is far less than Liu Yu in the past, but compared with Liu Yu at the beginning, he is much richer, with so much money and food in his hands, the internal affairs of Youzhou have been made prosperous, plus there is no foreign invasion, the living standards of the people of Youzhou have been greatly improved by a grade, coupled with Gongsun Zhan's heroic achievements, the people of Youzhou have been extremely concerned about Gongsun Zhan. I don't see it on weekdays, but at this time it shows its power.

Although they did not have much training, they were still able to do work such as throwing stones and burning gold juice, which helped the royal gate relieve a lot of pressure.

Looking at the situation of the soldiers and civilians in Beiping City defending together, Yuan Shao really felt that his teeth were crushed. When did Gongsun Zhan, the horseman, become so popular with the people, I don't know if he thought that he Yuan Shao was a foreign race who only knew how to burn, kill and loot! It's so hateful.

But as everyone knows, Yuan Shao is really almost equal to the alien race in the hearts of the people of Youzhou, who let this thing collude with the alien rebellion during the battle of the boundary bridge to win!

Although Gongsun Zhan was defeated by himself, he didn't admit it, and directly blamed all the blame on the alien race and Yuan Shao, and was increased by the royal family, which caused the people of Youzhou to be so angry. Of course, Gongsun Zhan is indeed not wrong, it is because of Yuan Shao's actions that the alien race, which had already shown signs of complete annexation, has now begun to rebel again, and Yuan Shao is not wronged.

For ten days, Yuan Shao relied on many generals to order the army to attack from the four city walls day and night, but he was stunned that he did not take down the city. However, the soldiers under his command suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, which made Yuan Shao feel extremely angry.

The casualties were too heavy, and the city of Beiping did not show defeat, Yuan Shao had no choice but to postpone the attack, while dispatching follow-up troops to transport siege equipment, while constantly harassing with tired troops day and night.

On the other side, Yi Jing, Zhang He and Gao Ran also suffered the same situation. Zou Dan was stationed here when Gongsun Chan evacuated, Yi Jing was easier to defend than Beiping, it was a military fortress specially built by Gongsun Zhan, like a steel beast, so that Zhang He and Gao Ran had no way to speak.