Both armies were killed under Yecheng.

The walls of this city are tall and strong.

Zhang Ming and Cao Cao were each under a city wall.

In the city, the people were terrified.

Outside the city, nearly 200,000 troops.

"Big brother, what should we do, with Cao Cao here, we can't let go of the fight." Zhang Fei still wanted to fight at this time, but he couldn't do it anymore.

At this time, whoever fights suffers.

Zhang Ming asked people to start building a camp outside the city, making a gesture of sticking to it for a long time.

"Immediately send someone to transfer a part of the defenders in the rear, take over all the county towns along the way, and hoard supplies in the county town."

Zhang Ming has already taken over the three counties, and using these three counties as a base, he has begun to provide support to the front.

Cao Cao currently does not have this strength.

The two armies did not communicate for the time being, and both camped under the city.

In the city, the three sons of the Yuan family are not having a good time at all.

The three of them discussed again together, and several of the advisers also came.

The bunch of advisers left by Yuan Shao belonged to his three sons, and one of them got a little.

Guo Tu said: "The three sons, the army of 200,000 outside the city, we are blocked in the city, it is very dangerous, we must escape and flee to Bingzhou." “

Escaping from Jizhou and going to Bingzhou, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang didn't want it the most.

And Yuan Tan is willing, because he is the assassin of the state.

If they escape from here, their strength will be greatly reduced.

"How can we escape at this time, there are 200,000 troops outside, and we have more than 100,000 troops, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."

Yuan Xi expressed his opinion, and everyone was more pessimistic.

"No, Zhang Ming and Cao Cao both want to get Yecheng, if we operate it properly, let Yecheng go, let the two armies fight, we will profit from it, maybe there is a chance to recover the entire Jizhou."

The three sons were all moved.

Jizhou is their foundation, and they don't want to give up.

However, it seems that it is not possible not to give up at this time.

"Okay, then let's plan it well." Yuan Tan agreed, and Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang hesitated for a while and agreed to do so.

A group of people were planning there.

The judge said: "If we suddenly give up the city, the two sides will definitely have no time to react, the two armies will come in at the same time, neither of them will give up Yecheng, they will only fight together." ”

A few strategists plotted a little.

This time they did everything they could.

It is very rare for everyone to be united, and if they are not united, they will be destroyed.

Once the plan is ready, they still need to wait quietly.

Waiting for the two sides to sit still and become anxious, then the emotions of the soldiers on both sides may get out of control.

For three days, Zhang Ming and Cao Cao had been under Yecheng for three days.

In the past three days, Zhang Ming and Cao Cao have been building camps, and the rest have done nothing.

Cao Cao's side has also been studying countermeasures.

Neither side dared to attack the city.

"Big brother, our soldiers, have taken control of the city in the rear and have carried out emergency reinforcement." Guan Yu went out to deal with military affairs and came back.

Zhang Ming continued to study the surrounding maps.

"It's not good, now neither of us dares to do anything, so if it drags on like this, I don't know how long it will be delayed."

After Zhang Ming researched, he didn't find a chance, and he didn't think Cao Cao would compromise.

"Zilong, at night you take a special force to the rear of Cao Cao, it is best to destroy their grain route, if you can find their team transporting grain and grass, it will be destroyed."

Cao Cao could not be repulsed, he could only be forced to retreat.

Zhao Yun immediately went to make arrangements, while Zhang Ming continued to fall into thought.

There is no way to investigate the situation in the city now.

Outside the city, the two armies faced each other.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Yun came back.

"Big brother, there is a major discovery."

Zhao Yun saw that Zhang Ming hadn't rested, so he came to report.

"Big brother, on the way, we received a message from Yanzhou."

Zhao Yun took the information to Zhang Ming and said: "We found out that Cao Cao set out with ten days of grain and grass, and collected some of the grain and grass when he attacked several counties. ”

"Yanzhou, Yangzhou and Xuzhou are all urgently raising grain and grass, and it can be seen that Cao Cao is seriously short of food."

Zhang Ming nodded, and then said: "Then send a few more teams out to monitor the Quartet, and if you find Cao Cao's grain transportation team, you will be ready to kill it." ”

Cao Cao is indeed short of food, he broke through the three counties all the way, and he also collected a lot, otherwise he would not have been able to support it for a long time.

In the rear, Xun Yu has been mobilizing grain and grass for him.

The grain and grass were sent, and Cao Cao was able to support it until now.

Expedition, Zhang Ming also has this situation, but Zhang Ming's family is not lacking, and he can be replenished immediately.

Zhao Yun immediately arranged for fifty people to form a group, and then dispersed.

There were six teams in total, each of which dispersed to monitor the Quartet.

At this time, Cao Cao was also very anxious.

A few strategists were there.

"Message"

Xun You heard Cao Cao's question, stood up and said: "Lord, the city is blocked, and we can't send out the news from the inside, and now we can't act in unison, and if we act rashly, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

"We only have five days of food and grass, and after three days we must retreat."

Five days of food and grass, it is impossible to support five days before retreating, there must be two days to eat on the way to retreat, so Cao Cao is so anxious.

Cheng Yu paced back and forth and stood still and said: "Lord, we should send an army to protect the grain road in the rear, and then forcibly requisition grain and grass in the three counties that have been defeated, no matter what the price is, we can't let Zhang Ming occupy Yecheng." ”

Occupy Yecheng, you can use Yecheng as a foundation to control a large number of places.

Cao Cao also understood, but it was very difficult.

Yecheng is very important.

However, with Zhang Ming's army of a little more than 90,000 there, it was difficult for him to take it.

It was as if it was at an impasse.

Cao Cao thought for a long time, and then said: "Then in Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and we will take three counties and forcibly requisition grain and grass."

The forcible expropriation of grain and grass will definitely lose the support of the people, and it will take a long time to repair it in the future.

But at this time, Cao Cao couldn't take care of it.

Cao Cao sent a large number of fast horses out.

At this time, Zhang Ming's squad had already infiltrated the rear.

A day later, Zhang Ming received news that a grain transport team was coming.

"Big brother, I took someone to copy them." Zhang Fei asked for battle.

"No, we will mobilize the army now, Cao Cao will react immediately, and he will go to support immediately."

The team is not large, just over 2,000 people.

Because Cao Cao collected grain from all over the country in a scattered manner, there was no way to centralize it and transport it.

"I'll go there in person, take special forces to attack, I can do it quickly, and evacuate."

Zhang Ming decided to go in person, he asked a few generals to stay, and he went with six hundred people.

Zhang Ming made a detour first, and then went to the rear.

After walking for a few hours, Zhang Ming and Zhao Yun converged.

"Big brother, our scouts have found a food delivery team, about 2,000 people, and it will come to us in another hour."

Zhang Ming looked at the sky, it would be dark in two hours.

"Don't wait, let's kill it directly, let the soldiers change to bows and crossbows, and after the engagement, we must retreat in half an hour."

Zhang Ming didn't want to wait, he was ambushed here, and he had to wait for more than an hour.

"Go, kill out."