"The third prince must not be so bald, the matter has not yet reached the last step, as long as we hold the city, there will be hope, and the lord will definitely rush back after receiving the news." Feng Ji continued to reassure with kind words:

"Jizhou is the foundation of the lord, the lord will not discard, and this time the third prince and his family are in the city, we have no way out, and the lord has no way out, the third prince should cheer up, and the third prince needs the third prince to preside over the overall situation."

Yuan Shang and Feng Ji glanced at each other, then closed their eyes and said: "Feng Gong, my heart is a little chaotic now, and you are still up to you to decide the major affairs in the city." ”

Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shang's spirit was still not good, and he was also haggard, so he had to bow down and retreat.

Feng Ji went down, presided over the defense, recruited the soldiers, arranged the defense of the city, and encouraged the generals to stick to the city.

At first, the generals were still high-spirited, but when the trial army arrived, then Guo Jia's army also surrounded from the east, and Zhao Yun and others also went south from the north.

Julu County in the northeast was also taken over by the Eighth Captain's Army, and the morale in Yecheng City began to decline, and the generals became less and less confident in defending the city.

Su You and Yin Kui came to find Yuan Shang at night.

Yuan Shang's expression was sluggish, and he asked: "What is the matter with the two of you entering the mansion at night, now I have to deal with the affairs of the city at the same level and discipline, do you have any military affairs to find him." ”

Yin Kui said: "The third prince, Feng Ji only wants to defend the city, he wants to take the whole city soldiers and the third prince to burn the jade with the Donglai army, the third prince can't do this, now the morale in the city is low, we can't hold the city at all, it's better to ......"

"How about it?" Yuan Shang asked.

Yin Kui lowered his head and didn't continue, Su You replied: "Third son, let's go, there are still many elite soldiers in the city, we ran to the northeast overnight, and took advantage of the opportunity that the eighth lieutenant army had no time to take care of Yecheng to go to Youzhou to find the lord." ”

"What about Yecheng?" A gleam flashed in Yuan Shang's eyes, and the whole person suddenly had a lot of spirit.

Yes, I'm going to stay in Yecheng, won't I run?

Su You replied: "Third son, didn't you hand over all the big and small affairs of Yecheng to Fenggong?" Since he likes to defend the city, let him guard it here, maybe he can really wait for us to move from Youzhou to rescue the troops. ”

"Hmmm! Kind of makes sense. ”

This reason is too good, Yuan Shang couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

Since Feng Ji wants to defend the city, and the city and the Donglai army are burning, let him carry it here.

"In that case, then you two go down and make arrangements, and we'll leave tomorrow night." Yuan Shang nodded lightly and agreed.

However, Su You and Yin Kui persuaded in unison: "Third son, in order to avoid a lot of dreams at night, in the end, I will leave tonight, and I won't be able to leave if it's late. ”

"This ......" to leave now, Yuan Shang was a little hesitant, especially the subtext of Su You and Yin Kui was that they didn't bring their families, so he was a little reluctant to leave alone.

"The third prince must not hesitate, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, and the smaller the target, the safer." Su You and Yin Kui persuaded again.

Yuan Shang pondered for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just according to your two intentions!" ”

That night, Yuan Shang, Su You, and Yin Kui quietly went out from the north with two thousand elites, and then crossed the Zhangshui and disappeared under the night.

It's just that Feng Ji soon found out, and he couldn't help beating his chest and sighing again and again.

However, he did not dare to make much noise, but blocked the news, and then went to Yuan Xi's residence before dawn.

Yuan Xi, as Yuan Shao's second son, is sandwiched between the brothers, and belongs to his grandmother who is not loved by his uncle.

Although Yuan Tan died in battle, it stands to reason that he is the eldest brother, but Yuan Shao dotes on Yuan Shang, so there is nothing wrong with Yuan Xi.

Most of the civil and military forces below Yuan Shao did not defect to him.

Yuan Xi's status was once embarrassing, and he was a small and transparent existence in Jizhou in recent years.

But now that Yuan Shang has run away, Feng Ji can only come to him.

Yuan Xi heard that Yecheng was going to be besieged, although he was also afraid, but his subordinates had no soldiers and no power, so he looked down on life and death, closed the door and drank at home to enjoy his last supper.

So it's also very unpleasant to be woken up in your sleep.

However, Feng Ji came in person, and he was also flattered, and hurriedly got up to meet him.

"It's rare for adults to come early in the morning, I don't know what happened?" Yuan Xi asked curiously, but his tone did not seem humble and respectful.

Feng Ji is not surprising, Yuan Xi is originally a little transparent, and it is normal to have resentment in his heart.

So he said directly: "I'm here to save the life of the second son." ”

"Uh......" Yuan Xi was stunned on the spot, a little angry, but more confused.

Feng Ji continued: "The third prince ran away last night! ”

"What? The third ran away. Yuan Xi couldn't believe it, the anger on his face was even stronger, but he didn't know who to vent to, took a few steps back, sat on the chair, and then smashed his fist on the table.

Feng Ji said these two sentences without speaking.

After a long time, Yuan Xicai asked: "The third child ran away, why didn't Lord Feng leave?" ”

"Can't leave!" Feng Ji replied with a wry smile.

This is the truth, even Yuan Shang can't run away.

The encirclement was built by the scriptures, and going out of the city was death, and Feng Ji dared to bet that one of Su You and Yin Kui must be a spy.

Even if not, they must have it in their henchmen.

I have already mentioned to Yuan Shang that you should not be gullible to others, but Yuan Shang was dizzy at this time, and in order to survive with his selfish desires, he left the huge Yecheng unguarded, and chose the fastest way to die.

It really hurt him.

Such a succession is clearly not eligible.

"Huh! I can't go, I can't go, so why don't you surrender, anyway, the third child is gone, and there is no one in charge of the city. Yuan Xi sneered, anyway, the third child ran away, and the city couldn't be defended, and sooner or later he would die, and he had no scruples when he spoke.

Feng Ji shook his head and said: "I am the lord's confidant and minister, others can surrender I can't, and the Marquis of Weihai is full of talents, so I may not be needed, there is still hope for our army, why die early." ”

"There is hope, where is the hope?" Yuan Xi is puzzled, Feng Ji wants to become famous, it's easy to say, but there is still hope, where does the hope come from.

Feng Ji said: "I hope that in the second son, the second son is willing to lead the army to resist, as long as he can hold on until the lord comes back, there is still hope, although the probability of success is very small, but it is worth wiping, and if you don't wipe it, you will die." ”

"This ......" Of course Yuan Xi doesn't want to die, with the enmity between the Yuan family and the Xu family, when he dies on the day the city is broken, Guo Jia, Xian Pei and others will not let him live, even if he surrenders.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Xi said: "What does Feng Gong want me to do?" ”

Feng Ji said: "The third prince has an infectious disease, it is not suitable to come forward to work in the army, the enemy is current, the second son should bear the burden of the Yuan family, please the second son wear armor, inspect the city walls with me, defend the city with the soldiers, and preside over the overall situation." ”

"Good! If what the public says is reasonable, I will temporarily assume the responsibility of the third brother. In order to survive, Yuan Xi had no choice, and he was also lucky, in case he held the city, and waited for Yuan Shao to return.

Yuan Shao will be impressed, he can replace the third child as the successor of Jizhou.

Yuan Shangyi has not been in charge of affairs for many days, and now Feng Ji says that he is sick, and everyone in the city is not suspicious, after all, Feng Ji's prestige and authority are there.

Yuan Xi appeared in armor, and it really had a good effect, and the generals of the Yuan army who defended the city had some motivation.

At least Yuan Shao's sons came to defend the city and advance and retreat together, which can still inspire people.

Outside the city, the Donglai Army camp.

The judge said: "Fengxiao, this Yuan Shang was deliberately let go by you." ”

"Hehe, how can such a subplot hide it from you, Yuan Shang is worthless when he dies now, and it is worth it when he returns to Yuan Shao." Guo Jia said with a smile.

Guo Jia beside Yuan Shang did arrange a mole, otherwise Ganma would have let him go.

Zhao Yunbu is in the north, and it is not easy to catch up with Yuan Shang.

This is just Guo Jia's next move, after playing Jizhou and Youzhou, there is one more secret and multiple pieces of information.

"Then you can fight Yecheng now." The judge looked at Ye Cheng, and his thoughts suddenly returned to the past, and suddenly thought of Han Fu.

Back then, Yuan Shao also listened to the words of Feng Ji and Xu Yu before he joined Han Fu in Jizhou to kill.

Now karma is back.

Although Han Fu's perception of the judge is not very good, in the end, he is also the old master of the past, and he still has some affection.

"Of course! Siege the city, it is impossible for Fengji to surrender, let him be fulfilled. Guo Jia nodded without any hesitation.

As soon as the troops were ready, they owed a siege signal.

In fact, the total number of people besieging the city was not very large, and the Donglai army was mainly besieging the city on three sides.

The northern Zhao Yun Department patrols the north bank of Zhangshui.

In the south, there are more than 15,000 people in the south by Liang Xi, Xu Rong, Guan, and Luo Raid of the Ninth Army, plus logistics and miscellaneous soldiers.

to the east is Guo Jia and the second lieutenants Yu Ban and Zang Ba; The fifth lieutenant army Guan Yu, Guan Hai and others, totaling more than 20,000 people.

As for Ximen, there is not a single soldier, and Feng Ji is not ready to abandon the city anyway.

Moreover, the siege of three is missing one, which may not make the Yuan army defending the city shake the will to hold on.

The war drums of the Donglai army were beaten, and the east gate and the south gate were attacked at the same time.

Whether it is the ninth captain army or the fifth and second captain armies, they all have experience in attacking the city, so the various departments do not need Guo Jia and the trial and match arrangement, and they have made plans to advance.

The trebuchet slowly pushed forward, and the foot soldier followed slowly and moved slowly.

Suddenly, the trebuchet stopped, and the wagon pulled the cart with the stone projectiles and unloaded the stone bullets.

Then reload, start bombarding Yecheng.

The rear-end balloons of the army began to wipe the direction of the wind, lit the stove and began to inflate the balloon.

Feng Ji saw that Guo Jia and the trial were going to attack the city, so he also sent troops and generals, letting Tao Sheng guard the north gate, Wei Gu guard the west gate, Jiang Qi guard the south gate, and Han Juzi guard the east gate.

In addition, he himself stayed at the east gate with Yuan Xi.

There are the most enemy troops outside the East Gate, and he feels that this is the main attack, so he and Yuan Xi are here to suppress the formation, otherwise Han Juzi will not be able to suppress the soldiers below.

"Boom!" Huge boulders kept coming from outside the city, bombarding the city walls, and the whole wall shook.

Especially when it smashed into the city and smashed on the wall, the flying sand and gravel fragments were even more terrifying.

Yuan Xi held the sword in one hand, but the back of the spine began to chill, and the power of the flying stone was too great.

"Fenggong, are we temporarily retreating to the city to command."

The flying stones outside the chaos focused on the city gate tower, which made Yuan Xi feel like the sky was falling apart and waiting to die.

Feng Ji said: "If the second son is afraid, he can go down, don't be reluctant, we have no way to retreat in this battle, if the city is broken sooner or later, die early at night, what difference does it make to hide or not to hide." ”

"This ...... The lesson of the discipline is that it is Xi Menglang. Yuan Xi's hand holding the sword loosened slightly, and he stood by Feng Ji's side, staring quietly outside the city.

As the boulders kept falling outside the city, the entire east city gate was in disarray, and the city was full of potholes.

Although he felt that every time the boulder could be smashed in the city gate tower, he cleverly avoided it, looking at the smashed trebuchet under the inner city, Yuan Xi was distressed and asked: "Why don't we smash it in Feng Ji, let the other party bombard it like this, our trebuchet will lose a lot." ”

Feng Ji said: "Second son, I also want to fight back, but you can see the problem after watching it for so long, our trebuchet projection distance is not as good as the other party, a third of the distance." ”

This is the gap in science and technology, and the trebuchets on the Jizhou side are obtained thanks to Cao Cao's exchange of war horses.

The technology is already backward than Cao Cao, let alone compared with the Donglai Army, it is not a grade.

So Feng Ji is also helpless.

Obviously, there is an invincible ordnance like a trebuchet, but as a result, he is still passively beaten.

Yuan Xi has never been in contact with any military and political affairs, so how can he understand this.

Naturally, he couldn't see a reason, otherwise he wouldn't ask this kind of question, in order to avoid being embarrassed by ignorance, he pointed to more than a dozen balloons floating behind Donglai Jun:

"What are they, it always feels like they can fly."

Feng Ji's eyes flashed with deeper worry, and explained: "It's called a hot air balloon, it can fly very high, we were attacked by Guo Jia with it in Pingyuan County at the beginning of the year, and the losses were extremely heavy, and now the wind direction is not in our favor, I'm afraid that Guo Jia will repeat his old tricks and want to use it to attack the city."

Therefore, the second son, you take the crossbowmen to keep an eye on them, and once you find them coming, the people with the most organizational strength will shoot bows and arrows, and you must knock them down, otherwise it will be hopeless to defend the city. ”

"Good! I'll leave this to me, and I'll keep an eye on it. When Yuan Xi heard the power of the hot air balloon, he immediately glanced at his heart, glanced at it with some fear, and then walked out of the city gate tower.

Soon the trebuchet outside the city stopped attacking, and then a hot air balloon rose into the air and slowly floated over the east city gate.

"Shoot the arrow, shoot it down, and you'll be rewarded!" Yuan Xi hurriedly asked those with the greatest strength to shoot hot air balloons blindly, and the hot air balloon rose above his head, and ordinary people couldn't hurt it at all.

Soon three arrows were shot at the top of the bottom of the floating hot air balloon basket, but fortunately, Donglai had a special thin iron sheet and hemp ginseng pad underneath, and these arrows could not penetrate at all, and naturally could not hurt the soldiers on the basket.

However, in order to prevent the round cloth above their heads from being shot, they still threw a few weight-saving stones down and threw them at the archers in the city.

The hot air balloon was quickly pulled up, so that the Yuan army crossbowmen in Yecheng could not threaten it.

Then they began to wave flags in the direction of the Great Army.

Guo Jia received information from this side and knew the location of Fengji's trebuchet in the city, as well as the damage of this wave of stone bullets to the city just now.

So he ordered: "Continue to throw stones, first destroy Fengji's trebuchet for me, and continue to smash the city gatehouse." ”

Although the performance of the opponent's trebuchet is greatly reduced compared to his own side, if he launches a charge, it is still a great threat, and Guo Jia, who got the news, will naturally not let go of the opportunity to destroy them.

Feng Ji didn't know the flag of the Donglai Army on the hot air balloon, but he saw that they had been looking towards the position of the stone, and then pointed at it with the red flag, and suddenly came to his senses.

This hot air balloon can not only be used to attack the city by shooting arrows from above, but also to find out the defense of the city and gather intelligence.

It's really a weapon that can be both offensive and defensive.

So he hurriedly said: "Quick, push the trebuchet back to protect it, quickly, ...... quickly"