A few days later, calm returned to the outside of the city, and the gates were wide open, and the people came and went.

However, most of the people who came in and out were gathering supplies.

There were people who bought food from distant cities, and there were truckloads of felling wood from the wilderness.

At this time, Gongsun Chan was powerless to stop all this.

His army rested at a distance, and after more than a month of preparation, everything was in vain.

At this time, Gongsun Chan is facing a very important problem.

Is it to continue the attack?

Or a withdrawal of troops?

It's very difficult to make a decision.

Continue to attack and re-prepare, it will definitely not be possible to start a war in a short time, and it is necessary to replenish the troops again and gather food and grass.

However, now that most of Qingzhou is under the control of Gongsun Zhan, it can be done.

If you don't attack, the previous investment is in vain, and Zhang Ming may take the opportunity to become bigger.

This makes Gongsun Chan very difficult, and if he continues to fight, I am afraid it will be protracted.

When Gongsun Chan was entangled, Xu Yu came to lobby him.

"General Gongsun, if you don't continue to attack at this time, Zhang Ming will take advantage of the situation to become bigger and attack other cities, I'm afraid that many people in Qingzhou will fall to Zhang Ming."

Qingzhou is favored by Gongsun Zhan, this Qingzhou is much richer than Youzhou.

If it weren't for Gongsun Zhan's foundation in Youzhou, he would probably focus on Qingzhou at this time.

The foundation can only change slowly, and it is very difficult to change all at once and take Qingzhou as the foundation.

Moreover, Gongsun Chan is more optimistic about Jizhou and wants to take Jizhou as his foundation.

"Now that our army has suffered a new defeat, if we want to reorganize the offensive, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it in the short term."

Gongsun Chan is embarrassed, it is not so easy to organize tens of thousands of troops to attack.

Moreover, Gongsun Zan was also worried at this time, worried that Yuan Shao would copy his back road, and he could not mobilize the army of Youbeiping.

"General Gongsun, Benchu and Zhang Ming are not in the same day, I can suggest that Yuan Benchu continue to support the general."

Xu You didn't expect that this Gongsun Chan would be defeated so quickly, but he couldn't blame him for this matter, it was too weird, and the city walls could collapse like this.

"General Gongsun, I'll repair the book to Benchu immediately, and you wait a few days."

Gongsun Chan agreed to come down first and wait a few days.

On the other hand, Xi Zhicai took the opportunity to restore the operation of the port, transported a large amount of salt again, and also brought a group of people back.

These families quickly paid the money and then shipped it to various places, and at the same time prepared a large number of supplies for them.

A large quantity of grain, grass and timber was brought to the city, which they had prepared long ago.

They didn't do this for nothing, because they could offset the price of salt, and more importantly, the price of grain, grass and timber would rise by 50%.

This is a very cost-effective deal, so the families that Qingzhou cooperated with Zhang Ming have sent a large number of supplies to them.

In this way, Linzi City is firmly in the hands of Zhang Ming and them.

They leisurely repaired the city walls and distributed supplies.

And Gongsun Chan could only mobilize grain, grass and soldiers from other places.

Unable to attack in a short period of time, Xi Zhicai and the others took the opportunity to recruit thousands of strong men from other places.

These strong men are only for simple military training, and most of them are still used to carry supplies, and they can be on top when it comes to critical moments.

Xi Zhicai prepared a lot, and a few days later, Yuan Shao replied that he would send 20,000 troops again to attack Linzi City together.

made up his mind, so Gongsun Chan also mobilized a large army.

He mobilized 50,000 troops from the counties of Qingzhou again, plus their current more than 30,000, and Yuan Shao's more than 20,000 troops, a total of about 110,000 troops.

This time, Gongsun Chan is going to take Linzi City.

In the time of the break, Gongsun Chan was unable to attack, and Xi Zhi took advantage of the time to start preparing.

First of all, he took the people of the city, and if they wanted to go, they would go first.

Then they distributed grain and timber to every household, so that there would be no chaos in the city.

Then there is the active strengthening of defenses.

This time, Xi Zhicai urgently built a circle of low walls outside the city, and the low walls were more than one meter high, about one meter apart, and three low walls were built in a row.

One of the characteristics of these low walls is that they are very close to the city, and arrows can be attacked.

Three low walls, no one interfered with the construction of the wall.

Gongsun Chan sent someone to investigate, and then went back to report.

"Lord, that low wall is more than a meter high, and it can collapse with a single impact, and there is no threat."

These walls are no ordinary low walls, with a small number of iron bars added and many wooden sticks nailed under the walls inside.

The sticks act as supports, and they don't collapse so easily when hit, at least not the entire wall.

In ancient times, the city walls were built with stones one by one, and the construction period was very slow, and the other was to be very thick, and if it was not thick, it was easy to be pushed to.

Outside Linzi City, the low wall built in Linzi is not thick at all, and it is suspected that it can fall down if you kick it.

Gongsun Zhan snorted coldly and said, "Then let them go, and keep a close eye on Liaoxi." ”

This time, Yuan Shao sent 20,000 troops together, which made Gongsun Chan feel a lot more relieved, at least the loss would not be so big after the fight.

And this time, I won't be fooled again.

Xi Zhicai didn't want to use the last drama again, so that the city wall collapsed, it was not so easy, and it cost a lot.

The cement left by Zhang Ming was only enough to build three low walls this time.

These three low walls were built very closely, and the innermost one was only about 20 meters away from the city wall.

At this distance, arrows can inflict great damage on enemies.

With the help of many people, the construction of the low wall was very fast and was completed in a few days.

At this time, you can fall down with a kick, and you really have to wait for the cement to dry.

In fact, the low walls are not all connected together, and in order to speed up the speed, they are built by different people in sections, often separated by a person or so.

But it doesn't matter, it is impossible for people and war horses to come through this gap, and it is useless to come, just looking for death.

Although the foundations were dug up, the depth was different.

In order to rush work, I can't take care of these things.

After it is built, wait for the cement to dry.

And Xi Zhicai judged that there was enough time to wait for the cement to dry.

Time passed slowly, another month passed, and finally Gongsun Zhan's troops and horses were mobilized and prepared to attack again.

They were not idle for a month, and Gongsun Chan ordered the construction of a large number of siege equipment.

With Yuan Shao's more than 20,000 troops, they went to Linzi City together.

This time, Gongsun Zhan had absolute confidence and broke through Linzi City.

In the face of the coercing army, Xi Zhicai did not panic, and the morale in the city was also very stable, and the soldiers seemed to have great confidence in Xi Zhicai.

Finally, Linzi City was besieged again, cutting off all contact with the outside world.

Gongsun Chan came with a large army, and his momentum was fierce.

"Xi Zhicai, now that the army is besieging the city, your army is not enough, Zhang Ming is blocked in Liaoxi and can't advance an inch, you are a talent, if you surrender, I will promise a high position, and there will be a heavy reward."

Gongsun Chan once again came to win the hearts of the people and disintegrate the morale of the city.