Yecheng and Handan besieged the city for more than a month, with little effect, Guan Yu decided to ask Liu Ze for help.

Speaking of Yecheng, everyone will definitely think of a character --- Ximen Leopard. During the reign of Wei Wenhou, Ximen Leopard was the order. Yedi in the era of Ximen Leopard was not the prosperous it is today, when it was sparsely populated, the land was barren, and all industries were depressed. Ximen Leopard took Hebo's wife as the starting point to eradicate the local evil forces, thus stabilizing the place, rebuilding water conservancy, persuading agriculture and planting, and gradually diverging personnel and slowly prospering. Since the Han Dynasty, Yecheng has been the county governor of Wei County. Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou and moved the state from Gaoyi to Yecheng, so that Yecheng became the location of the three-level yamen, the state, the county, and the county.

Liu Ze, Guo Jia, and Liu Ye came to Yecheng under the escort of 5,000 heavily armored cavalry.

Guan Yu and others talked about the offensive situation in the past month, and Liu Ze asked Guo Jia and Liu Ye: "Fengxiao, Ziyang, is there a good plan?" ”

Guo Jia said: "I don't know how the morale of Yecheng is? ”

"Xin Zhongzhi is really talented, with good command and scheduling, and our army has not captured the city so far." Guan Yu said helplessly.

"Although Yecheng and Handan can be each other's horns, our army is besieging the city, and mutual assistance has come to naught. At present, Hanoi County is in our hands, and Yecheng and Handan have no way out. Yuan Xiansi fortified the city and defended himself, but he was actually seeking his own death, so he didn't wait for the price and sell it? Liu Ye said slowly.

Liu Ze's eyes lit up, it is indeed possible, but Yuan Tan, the second goods, turns his face much faster than turning a book. In history, in order to compete for power with the third Yuan Shang and take refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao knew Yuan Tan's careful thinking, so he took advantage of it in turn, preparing to kill Yuan Shang and seize Yecheng. Yuan Tan took advantage of Cao Cao's siege of Yecheng, and immediately turned against Cao and led troops to the four eastern counties of Jizhou--- Qinghe, Anping, Hejian, and Bohai. Cao Cao occupied Yecheng, Yuan Shang defected to Yuan Xi, Cao Cao turned around, cleaned up Yuan Tan, and outside Nanpi City, Yuan Tan gave him the head.

If Yuan Tan really waits for the price to sell, will he accept it or not? Liu Ze weighed it again and again, made up his mind, and said: "If Yecheng is down, Handan will not be able to defend it." Yuan Tan villain also, plundered the people's grain, collected soldiers from all directions, and retreated into the city to consume the baggage of our army. Mo Ruo quickly descended Yecheng, stabilized Jizhou, and then surrounded Luoyang. ”

Guo Jia said: "However, Yecheng is tall and thick, and it is not comparable to other cities. I'm afraid it's hard to get down. ”

Liu Ye also felt that Yecheng could be won overnight. Liu Ze said: "Guo Tuqi is a person, with flattering words, chaotic and affectionate, with a mouse's eyes, and a person who is consumed by profit. Xin Ping is in charge of the city defense, Guo Tu must be dissatisfied, why not? Yuan Tan is anxious and unscrupulous, easy to talk about, wanton and extravagant, and does not know what to do. Wang Xiu's words are contrary to his ears, and he will not use them. If he falsely says that Xin is rebellious, Guo Tu will slander him, Yuan Tan will abandon Xin and not use it, and Yecheng will get it. ”

Guo Jia looked at Liu Ze with the eyes of a great god, and Liu Ze smiled: "Feng Xiao thinks what I said is inappropriate? ”

Guo Jia said for a while: "The words of King Yan, looking at Yuan Tan Ruo's palm prints. ”

Liu Ye said: "King Yan knows Yuan Tan very well, so he should act quickly. ”

Yuan Tan was in the city, in addition to drinking, that is, with his concubine*, thinking about the days of galloping horses in the suburbs, shooting and hunting and wandering in the past, how pleasant, I couldn't help but pour old wine, smoke and get drunk. Guo Tu saw Yuan Tan's appearance, and his heart was extremely lost, this master, who had no ambitions, put the power of city defense to Xin Ping, but he was singing every night, and the soldiers on the front line knew what they would think?

Yuan Tan saw Guo Tu coming, and said loudly: "Gong Ze sit down and drink." ”

Guo Tu took a sip of his wine glass and said slowly: "Ming Gong, disaster is near. ”

Yuan Tan said: "King Yan's army has been attacking the city for more than 40 days, and it has not been advanced an inch, what is the disaster to speak of? ”

Guo Tu said: "Yecheng will belong to King Yan one day. ”

Yuan Tan said with a smile: "Zhongzhi once said that in two months, the Yan Wangjun will be tired, and when the time comes, you and I will not lose our wealth and wealth." ”

Guo Tu sighed: "Ming Gong is still in a dream. ”

Yuan Tan lost color and said: "The public is quick to speak." ”

"Recently, it has been rumored in the city that Xin Zhongzhi has secretly formed an alliance with King Yan and will sacrifice the city soon. At that time, the lord was a prisoner, and so was Guo Tu. ”

Yuan Tan said: "Zhongzhi's husband is also, how can he do something against the master? ”

"Brother Nakaji, where is he now? Can Ming Gong know? ”

"George guards Gaoyi. Don't? Yuan Tan is a little reminiscative.

"Ming Gong, Xin Bi has now taken refuge in Liu Ze. How can Xin Ping be careless? And those who raise the city and dedicate it, if it is Xin Ping, not Ming Gong, the credit will be attributed to Xin Ping. Recently, the people in the city have found more leaflets from the Yan Wangjun, please take a look. Guo Tu took out a piece of Caihou paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan couldn't help but be furious when he saw it, it turned out that the paper read: Yecheng should be, and it will not be possible to go down in a few days, and I hope that the people in the city will feel at ease. When the army of King Yan entered the city, the military discipline was strict and would not disturb the people. Yuan Tan smiled bitterly: "Yecheng should be, who is Shezhongzhi?" ”

Guo Tu said: "Ming Gong made a quick decision. ”

Yuan Tan said: "Public rule, it's just a matter of surrendering in Kaecheng." ”

Guo Tu said: "By all means, at this time, Liu Ze still credits Xin Ping with credit. It's better to win the Xin review, put it in prison, stick to the city for a while, and then make a decision. ”

Yuan Tan looked at Guo Tu's face, which became blurry in front of him, and said dejectedly: "Let's do it." ”

Guo Tu was overjoyed, brought Yuan Tan Ling's arrow, and surrounded by the guards, came to find Xin Ping.

In the past few days, Xin Ping has been devoted to the defense, dispatching manpower and materials everywhere, I am afraid that there are omissions, and the enemy has taken advantage of the loopholes, and for more than 40 days, he has not returned home once, and his food and accommodation are all on the city tower.

Guo Tuxiong came to the city gate tower with high spirits, saw Xin Ping, and shouted: "Take it." Behind him, the guards stepped forward and tied up Xin Ping Wuhuada.

Xin Ping shouted: "Guo Gongze, what do you want to do? ”

Guo Tu said loudly: "Xin Zhongzhi colluded with the Yan army, wanted to close the city and surrender, and was ordered by the Ming public to be put on death row. Guo Tu held the arrow and showed off to the sergeant at the head of the city.

Xin Ping said: "Nonsense, Guo Gongze, it must be you, a villain, slandering Ming Gong." ”

Guo Tu shouted: "Take it down, wait for Ming Gong to fall." "Guo Tu is not a stupid person, how can he not see the discord plan, but this is the opportunity to bring down Xin Ping, in case he misses it, he will only drink the northwest wind after Xin Ping.

Xin Ping was taken away, and Guo Tu was in charge of Yecheng's defense. When the news reached Liu Ze's camp, Liu Ze laughed: "The city will be broken in a few days." ”

At dawn, the defenders of Yecheng were awakened by the rumbling sound outside the city, and when they opened their eyes, they saw hundreds of tall wooden buildings standing outside the city, and the wooden buildings were two feet above the city, and they were full of soldiers armed with strong bows and crossbows.

Guo Tu was woken up by the guards in his sleep, and said impatiently: "What's the matter? The guard said: "My lord, the army of King Yan is about to attack the city. ”

Guo totem jumped down, saw the tall wooden building, gasped, and asked, "What is this?" ”

The guard at the head of the city said: "My lord, this wooden building, the soldier stands on the upper floor, condescendingly, shooting arrows at the head of the city, which is a great threat. ”

Guo Tu said: "Quickly launch the rocket and burn the wooden building." ”

The guard said: "The wooden building is covered with wet cowhide, and the rocket is useless. ”

Guo Tu asked, "What can I do?" ”

The defender despised Guo Tu fiercely, you are the boss, right? However, when they asked, how could they not answer, so they had to say: "Destroy it with a rock-throwing cart." ”

Guo Tulai came to his senses and shouted: "Prepare to throw a stone cart and destroy the wooden building." ”

The problem is that the fighter plane is fleeting, and when Guo Tu ordered to prepare the stone throwing truck, the stone throwing truck outside the city began to exert its power. After attacking and defending each other for so long, the battlements were smashed apart, and the head of the city was almost flat. Huge stone projectiles landed at the top of the city and ricocheted into the city, rolling in all directions, causing the soldiers hiding within the walls to suffer brutal injuries. The hard crossbow on the wooden tower is a nightmare for the defenders, and the rain of arrows flying from the air makes the defenders unable to hide, but Guo Tu also ordered the soldiers to hold their shields and stick to the city.

Seeing Guo Tu hiding on the city gate tower, hurriedly commanding the soldiers, Liu Ze sneered: "Use fire bombs to destroy the city tower." ”

The stone-throwing cart put a boulder, wrapped it with an oilcloth and lit it, and immediately flew towards the city gatehouse. The soldiers on the wooden tower also fired rockets at the gate tower with bed crossbows. In an instant, the city gate tower was plunged into a raging fire.

Guo Tu finally realized the gap between himself and Xin Ping, looking at the soldiers who had been killed and injured countless times, Guo Tu helplessly hid in the root of the city wall under the protection of his own soldiers, this is the only dead end, although the stone-throwing car stone is powerful, but it can't get here.

Liu Ze saw that the soldiers at the head of the city were scarce, and ordered the siege of the city. Five thousand soldiers lifted the ladder and rushed towards the wall. The catapults still threw the boulders into the city, blocking the guards. The ladder was set up at the head of the city, and the stone-throwing truck stopped throwing the stone and turned the direction.

The sound of the ladder at the head of the city reached Guo Tu's ears through the thick city wall, and Guo Tu said loudly: "The enemy army is attacking the city, hurry up to the city to defend." The guard said to Guo Tu: "My lord, let the archers throw arrows in the city, and the enemy can be killed. Guo Xiangxiang looked at the guards like an idiot, and shouted: "Nonsense, such aimless, how can you hurt the enemy?" The defenders had no choice but to brave the rain of arrows to defend the city.

The 5,000 people soon climbed to the top of the city, and when the Yuan army guards came up with a small number of people, they immediately started hand-to-hand combat. Liu Ze looked at Gao Shun, who was about to move, and said with a smile: "General Gao, it's up to you." ”

Gao Shun's trapping camp climbed to the top of the city smoothly this time, and the eight hundred men and horses were like a huge hedgehog crushing back and forth at the head of the city, and soon came to the horse road. Liu Ze said loudly: "Zang Ba and Wei Yan, each with 5,000 soldiers, be sure to open the city gate." ”

Zang Ba and Wei Yanzao saw that their blood was boiling, and they were overjoyed when they heard it, and they rushed to the city with their men and horses.

Guo Tu hid at the root of the city, saw Gao Shun's trapped camp coming down the horse road, and knew that he wanted to seize the city gate, so he commanded his men and horses to surround him.

Because the stones from the catapult were thrown on the periphery of the city, the defenders on the city wall could not come through the city to support, so they had to go down the city and rush along the root of the city. When the generals saw the idle stone-throwing carts, they were sad in their hearts, and the tools prepared by Master Xin turned out to be ornaments in Guo Tu's eyes.

Gao Shun's trapped camp fell into a sea of people. When it is stronger, it is stronger, this is the soul of the army trapped in the camp. Under the leadership of Gao Shun, the 800 soldiers were extremely strong, blocking the surging tide of Yuan soldiers and clearing the road for the soldiers in the rear.

Zang Ba and Wei Yan's 10,000 horses followed the footprints of the trapped camp and slaughtered into the sea of Yuan soldiers, guarded by giant shields and spears, and fought in a small range.

Guo Jia said: "In an hour, the king should be ordered to live again." ”

Liu Ze nodded and said, "Dian Wei, Xu Chu, the heavy armor soldiers stepped forward." ”

Liu Ye said: "It is important to seize the city gate. ”

Dian Wei and Xu Chu's heavy armor soldiers were all carefully selected warriors in the army, relying on their strong armor and not afraid of swords and arrows, they joined the battle formation and immediately turned the tide of the battle. Gao Shun saw that the Yuan army was showing signs of defeat, and shouted: "Xuan Gao, Wen Chang, open the city gate quickly." ”

Gao Shun's trapping camp immediately blocked the city gate, and Zang Ba led five hundred soldiers to carry the stones blocking the city gate.

When Guo Tu saw it, he immediately went crazy, mobilized the defenders, and killed Gao Shun. Dian Wei and Xu Chu's 5,000 heavily armored soldiers killed through the encirclement and came to respond. Xu Chu shouted loudly: "Lao Gao, how's it going?" Gao Shun slashed a soldier to death with a knife and said loudly: "It's okay to fight for three more hours." In the midst of laughter, Xu Chu picked up the big knife and forced dozens of people to besiege him.

Guo Tu removed almost half of the defenders of Yecheng and used it to besiege the Yan army that entered the city. Under the leadership of Gao Shun, Wei Yan, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei, the Yan army all used one as ten to win time for Zang Ba to open the city gate.

The last stone was removed, and Zang Ba and the others finally opened the city gate, and the rumbling horses' hooves shook the ground.

The morale of the Yan army increased greatly, and they launched a bloody counteroffensive, forcing the Yuan army to retreat, opening a passage for the later Yan army.

Guo Tu's eyes widened, the long sword in his hand fell at some point, and he sighed in his heart: It's over, Yecheng is over, and wealth is over. I didn't expect Yuan Tan to be finished?

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the men and horses into the city one after another. Guo Tu's personal guards set Guo Tu up, jumped on the war horse, and flew away.

Guo Jia said: "King, Yecheng is broken. The three generals Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Yu Ban were ordered to divide their troops into four gates to expand the results of the battle. Liu Ze bowed his head.

When Yuan Tan heard that the city was broken, he didn't believe his ears, grabbed the neck of the guard, and said, "What did you say?" The guard said: "The Yan army has entered the city, and it is killing the city at this moment, and many soldiers have surrendered." Yuan Tan knelt on the ground in a dejected manner, "Guo Gongze, I can't spare you." ”

Xin commented that it was okay to defend the city for more than 40 days, you were and the city was broken after only a few days of taking over, Yuan Tan felt that the culprit was Guo Tu, if the situation had fallen, how could Liu Ze have to make himself a township, right?