Yuan Shao claimed to have an army of 200,000, but Guo Jia had already inquired clearly, and his total number of men and horses was only more than 70,000. After separating 25,000 people to the south, Yuan Shao's troops were less than 50,000, about five times the number of troops in Junyi City.

Ten encirclement and five attacks are common sense with troops, and the reason is very simple, only ten times the strength of the troops can really encircle the opponent, and insufficient troops cannot be encircled, so they can only take the initiative to attack. Even in a field battle, the attacking side will pay more casualties than the defending side, and this is especially true for the defending side. In a city with equal armament and individual combat strength on both sides, a well-developed city defense system will make the attacker suffer, and the casualty ratio is at least four or five times, and in some cases higher.

Sun Jian has been running Junyi City for several months, and there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers, and there are enough food and equipment, and the price paid by Yuan Shao to attack the city will be very amazing, which is a good opportunity to consume a large number of Yuan Shao's troops, which is more advantageous than the two sides looking at each other across the city wall. The siege of the city and the large casualties are large, which is more likely to dampen morale than besieging but not attacking, and it can also make Yuan Shao unable to divide his troops to attack the surrounding counties.

Sun Ce and Guo Jia hit it off and immediately notified Sun Jian. Prior to this, Ma Riyan had already passed the edict in Junyi, and Sun Jian had already obtained the seal of the general of the Che Cavalry, and he was just waiting for Sun Ce to officially announce it after receiving the edict. After receiving Sun Ce's news, Sun Jian discussed with Qin Song and Hongzhi repeatedly and sent a letter to Yuan Shao. I am the official general of the chariot and cavalry of the imperial court, and I am ordered to rebel, I hope you have self-knowledge, and do not call yourself the general of the chariot and cavalry in the future, so as not to confuse the public and tarnish my reputation.

When Yuan Shao received this letter, he was furious. It's not entirely because of Sun Jian's provocation, it's normal for both sides to humiliate each other, and what angered him was the imperial court's reward for Sun's father and son. If you don't seal it early, you don't seal it late, but at this time, doesn't it show the world that Sun's father and son are loyal ministers, and he is a rebel?

Yuan Shao ordered, on the one hand, to write a letter to Wang Yun to ask him to explain, and on the other hand, to storm Junyi and let Sun Jian see who the real general was the chariot general.

Frustrated with strong opposition. He believed that the troops were insufficient, the siege was not sure of victory, the casualties were too large, it would seriously dampen the morale of the army, and the battle was easy to end and difficult to end, if Sun Ce sent troops to Xu County, Lu Yi and Xun Yan asked for help, it would be difficult for Yuan Shao to get out of the Junyi battlefield, and it was far less secure than the siege.

However, Yuan Shao was furious, rejected Fu Zhi's suggestion, and ordered the construction of ordnance and a strong attack on Junyi.

The siege required large ordnance, which could not be transported over long distances, so they had to be made on the spot. Logging, village analysis, and processing cannot be completed without ten days and half a month. Yuan Shao also knew that Sun Ce had a wood school, the craftsmen were skilled, and the stone thrower was a killing weapon that had been improved with great effort, Xun Zhan once said to Xu You that Sun Ce had developed a giant stone thrower, although it was impossible to break through the city wall, it was very easy to hit the city gate. The lack of technology could only be made up for by quantity, and he ordered to build more stone throwers, at least 500 of them.

The 500 stone throwers could not be completed in half a month by relying only on the craftsmen of the baggage battalion, and the soldiers of each battalion were also sent out to cut wood and work, leaving only 20,000 Chinese troops to guard the city, monitoring every move in the city to prevent Sun Jian from breaking through or attacking out of the city. There was a shortage of timber near Junyi, and the soldiers of each battalion had to go dozens of miles away to cut wood, which was not only tiring, but also increased the risk of being raided. For a while, the battalions were full of complaints, no one dared to speak in front of Yuan Shao, but they were full of complaints in private.

At the same time that Yuan Shao was working as a lumberjack in Junyi, Lu Yi and Xun Yan were also working as lumberjacks in Yanling. However, they are even worse than Yuan Shao: there are no trees suitable for building a stone thrower near Yanling, and when you look at it, almost all of them are saplings that have just been planted for a year or two, and the thickest one is only the thickness of a wrist.

Xun Yan is a local, he took on the responsibility of finding materials, he took people all over the radius, only saw patches of wheat fields, but did not see suitable wood, not to mention the nearby hillside, even the trees next to the road have been cut down, the stubble is still new, it should be newly cut. Xun Yan inquired and found out that this was a good thing done by Lu Meng and Jiang Qin, the lieutenants of Tuntian, who had just arrived, and when they arrived a few years ago, the first order was to offer a reward for cutting down trees, trees with a diameter of one foot and a length of more than one zhang, and set different prices according to different specifications.

Where is the tree that was cut down? Some of them were in the city, and some of them went down the river and were transported to Runan. I heard that shipbuilding is going on over there, and a lot of timber is needed. In order to meet the supply, the Tuntian soldiers of Yingchuan planted grain and trees at the same time, and those small trees were used for future shipbuilding.

Xun Yan was so angry that he had nothing to say, and he also remembered the names Lu Meng and Jiang Qin.

Without the right wood, you can't build a large siege machine like a stone thrower, and you can't think about a siege vehicle, you can only build some ladders and the like. This will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of attacking cities, even in county seats.

If they can't break through these counties before harvesting the wheat, once Sun Ce leads the main force to arrive, they will face the danger of being flanked. He could not seize the grain stored in it, and the grain he carried was not enough to support the wheat harvest, so he had to think of something else.

Lu Yi naturally put forward a request to collect grain on the spot, but this request was unsurprisingly rejected by Xun Yan. And for good reason. Yuzhou is the lord's state, Runan is the lord's county, Ruying is one, Yingchuan can also be said to be the lord's county, the families here marry each other, and the family is related to each other, the lord's foreign family Li family is Yingchuan people, your late lord Han Fu is also Yingchuan people, can you guarantee that these soldiers will not be injured by mistake when they plunder? And the raids are usually carried out by the cavalry, most of these cavalry are Hu people, Sun Ce has issued an order to kill Hu, the people of Yuzhou are very disgusted with the Hu people, and they want to kill them and then hate, you send these people to collect grain and grass, isn't it intensifying the contradictions? If the people rise up and attack it, it will add up to a lot, and it will also affect morale.

Koji Yi was helpless. From the moment he knew that Xun Yan was the deputy general, he knew that there would be this result.

Xun Yan gave Lu Yi an idea, moved his troops to the west, joined forces with Huang Wan, and attacked Huang Zhong who came to reinforce him. Huang Zhong is the earliest general accepted by Sun Ce, all of whom are Nanyang elites, with very good equipment and strong combat effectiveness, it is estimated that Huang Wan is not his opponent. We went to help, the two armies joined forces, nearly 60,000 people, especially 5,000 elite cavalry, the possibility of defeating Huang Zhong was greatly increased, and after defeating Huang Zhong, the captured ordnance could be used to equip the troops and improve the combat effectiveness.

As soon as he heard it, he was moved. Nanyang ordnance has become synonymous with high-quality products, many people have spent a lot of money to buy, but it is difficult to get it, even if they buy a few dozens of pieces, can not meet the requirements of a large number of equipment. Lu Yi was led by Han Fu's old department, and he was not treated by Yuan Shao, and he had no chance to contact these high-grade weapons. If you can unite with Huang Wan to defeat Huang Zhong, you can at least get a few hundred sets of equipment, which is a windfall, enough to boost morale.

Koji Yi turned his anger into joy. "Brother Hugh Ruo deserves to be a celebrity, this plan is very good."

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