Jizhou is the head of Kyushu, known as the middle state of the world, has always been the choice of the imperial capital, its territory is not only vast, but also has a large population, it is really a place where soldiers must fight. Yecheng, where it was governed, was one of the five most populous cities in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although it experienced the scourge of the Yellow Turban, Yecheng still had a population of one million at this time, and its importance was indescribable in the late Han Dynasty, when labor force was still the primary productive force.

Although Gongsun Zan sent troops to Jizhou to avenge his brother, how could a clear-eyed person not know that he was actually here to compete with Yuan Shao for the entire Jizhou and the entire Yecheng.

As long as Yecheng is conquered, with the wide range of grain stored in Yecheng, the danger of grain and grass will be solved, and whether Yuan Shao will escape, whether it will become a future trouble after escaping is no longer in his consideration, after all, Yuan Shao, who did not have a big city like Yecheng as a support, was already difficult to enter his eyes at that time.

Early the next morning, as soon as Yuan Shao finished rinsing his mouth with salt water, he received the news that the Zan army was coming, and led the crowd to the city tower, only to see that Gongsun Zan had begun to assemble in front of Yecheng.

When he saw the Gongsun Chan Department with only more than 10,000 people in the distance, Yuan Shao thought it was his own dazzle, rubbed his eyes, and looked at it again, it was not dazzling, Yuan Shao, who seemed to be calm for a while, was already churning like a wave, and the scout kept saying that there were at least 30,000 people in Gongsun Zhan's camp, and he still said so yesterday, but the Zan army that appeared in front of him was clearly only more than 10,000 people?

Yuan Shao laughed and said to the people beside him: "With more than 10,000 people, you want to attack Yecheng?" Gongsun Chan is simply a fool's dream! ”

Everyone understood in their hearts that Yuan Shao was not so much for them as for the five thousand soldiers who had been cobbled together in Yecheng, after all, the most basic point of defending Yecheng was whether the morale of the soldiers was high, otherwise not to mention that there were only more than 10,000 people in the Zhan army, even less, I am afraid it would be difficult to hold Yecheng.

That's when it happened. In Yuan Shao's eyes, Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Fan are just reckless puppets, not to mention the means of leading the troops to make people disdainful, but this is the kind of person who is arrogant in front of him, if it is a few years ago. It seems that Gongsun Chan and others don't even have the qualifications to sit in front of him, let alone appear on the opposite side as an opponent now, and it is this huge contrast that almost makes his face become gloomy in an instant.

Compared with Yuan Shao, Tian Feng on the side was 'groaning' in his heart, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and among them, there were many infantry, few cavalry, and his own scouts could not find out the enemy's situation. If you can find out Gongsun Zhan's tricks to hide from the sky and cross the sea like himself, how can there be a defeat in peace?

After the spotted snow leopard horse walked back and forth in front of the formation for a few laps, Gongsun Chan showed off his might after reining in the horse, and said: "Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, the plan to hide the sky and cross the sea is extremely ingenious, and the person who plans for you is even more powerful, my Gongsun Chan originally thought that he was going to die in Jizhou, but I didn't want you to give me the opportunity to turn defeat into victory!" Laughed a few times. Indescribable arrogance and pride. Almost at the moment when the laughter fell, Gongsun Chan raised his voice again. The halberd pointed at Yuan Shao and shouted: "Now that your Yecheng has no soldiers to defend, it is really unwise for you to put yourself in danger like this!" I think you might as well surrender the city, and I will spare your life!" ”

Tian Feng, Gao Gan and others watched Yuan Shao's complexion turn from red to white and then from white to blue, knowing that Yuan Shao's heart was extremely atmospheric at this time, and no one dared to say anything about relief. See you in the middle of the night

Yuan Shao turned his anger into a laugh and said, "Gongsun Zhan! With just more than 10,000 men, you want me to surrender the city? Part-time jobs are whimsical! I don't think it's anyone else who is really in danger, it's you! Although you have seen through my plan at this time, a reckless man like you can only find out when I have everything done! It's a pity, it's a pity. Gongsun Pifu. Even if you found out in advance, it was too late, and even more so at this time, let me ask you, do you still have grain and grass in your camp? How many days can it be consumed? I don't think it's as good as this, as long as you can obediently withdraw from the army, I can spare your life for the sake of our love for many years, otherwise you will have no place to return and die without a place to be buried! ”

Although Yuan Shao knew that he was inferior, he had to bite the bullet at this time, otherwise it would inevitably hit the morale of his subordinates, and Yecheng would no longer have to defend it at that time.

"Yuan Shao'er, you don't want to disturb my army's heart here, just rely on your pitiful wisdom, how can you deceive me, do you know that Gao Lan Cui Juye has already died in his hometown? Haha, it's ridiculous that our army has no food! Now what you have to worry about is not whether our army has food and grass, but when our army will break through Yecheng! ”

Yuan Shao sneered: "I have always been Gongsun Bogui is a reckless man who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, it seems that my vision is not bad, according to me, you should return to Youzhou quickly, and go to deal with Hulu with Liu De'an As for the Central Plains, don't count on it." ”

Yuan Shao's sneer was really immediate, not to mention the civil and military beside him, even the soldiers on the side, who were also laughing, if it weren't for the generals beside him who scolded him, he would have already laughed hilariously.

"Yuan Shao'er, you ...... You...... You're mad at me! Speaking of this, Gongsun Chan suddenly shouted: "Sons, the time has come to make meritorious contributions, attack the city!" ”

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Gongsun Zhan expected that Yuan Shao's troops were insufficient and chose to attack at the north gate, and seven or eight miles away from the north gate is Zhangshui, if it is not for the winter to capture Yecheng, it is also simple, just break the water of the Zhanghe River to flood it, but at this time in the cold winter, Zhangshui is frozen, so that Gongsun Chan can only rely on the frozen Zhangshui to prevent Yuan Shao's unknown reinforcements from behind him to kill him by surprise.

At this time, he let the other three gates go, not because he didn't want to completely cut off Yecheng's connection with the outside world or because he had another plan, but because he had limited troops and didn't have the ability to besiege from all sides, or besiege three and one, so he could only attack from one side.

And he dared to do this, naturally knowing that Yuan Shao would not have any reinforcements coming in a short time, after all, all Yuan Shao's troops had already been divided into three roads, one was fighting with the Black Mountain Army, all the way to the plain, and the other road was surrounded by the river, so that Gongsun Zan dared to let go, and Yuan Shao's ally Cao Cao still had to guard against his own brother Yuan Shu and his general Tian Kai, and it was impossible to come to support.

Looking at the few defenders on the three-zhang high Yecheng City Tower, Gongsun Zhan at this time was naturally full of confidence in whether he could capture Yecheng, and Gongsun Fan, who was standing on the side of the Chinese army, said: "Brother Xian, how many days do you say you can capture Yecheng?" ”

Gongsun Fan glanced at Yecheng in the high pond of the city, his lips moved slightly, and finally he couldn't help but say: "I saw Yuan Shao and the others just now without any panic, isn't it Yuan Shao's plan to show weakness to the enemy here?" ”

"It can't be! Yuan Shaoding is just forcibly calm! ”

Gongsun Zan glanced at the first wave of soldiers who were repulsed in the direction of the city tower, and took a deep breath, but there was no way to retreat at this time, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Yuan Shao is just a battle of trapped beasts!" Keep attacking me! ”

Although Gongsun Fan still had three doubts, he was also relieved, and suddenly heard that the eldest brother was about to order the siege of the city again, and hurriedly stopped: "Big brother, don't be rash anymore." ”

Gongsun Chan glared at Gongsun Fan and didn't speak, but his face became ugly in an instant, Gongsun Fan hurriedly persuaded him: "The high walls of Yecheng City are thick, Han Fu has been operating here for a long time, Yuan Shao dares to defend it with this, and his city defense equipment must have been prepared, so if you want to attack the city, I am afraid it is not a way to cross the moat by building a wooden bridge like last time!" ”

After a pause, he said: "And the Montenegrin army has already asked for help, defeat is only a matter of time, if the enemy army comes back to help, I am afraid it will ......."

"You mean to fill in the moat first?"

"Just fill in the moat of the north gate, and then rush the car and the ladder to attack together, is there a reason why Yecheng is not broken? At this time, we must hurry up, and we must rush to break through Yecheng before the Shao army returns to help! ”

"Well, in your opinion, fill in the moat first!"

"Brother, let's organize people!" With that, he sped away.

Soon, Gongsun Zan of the Chinese army heard the drums in front of him, and the soldiers were like wolves, and under the cover of the front sword and shield hand holding a shield, the infantry began to fill the moat of Yecheng with sandbags on their backs, and they were divided into several teams, like an assembly line, and took turns to step forward, while the archers were under the command of Gongsun Fan to release arrows to the Yuan army on the city wall to cover the troops filling the river under the city.

And the few cavalry also began to fill the moat with sand in an orderly manner, Yuan Shao saw that Gongsun Zhan was only attacking the city from the north gate, and then divided the troops into several teams, each team assigned a general, ordered them to take turns to defend the city, after the order, Yuan Shao went down the city tower, and at this time the general who defended the city was Chun Yuqiong, after seeing the intention of the Zan army on the city tower, he hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen to release arrows to slow down the progress of the other party's river filling, and in order to increase the damage, he personally charged the bed crossbow and shot the infantry holding the shield on the opposite side.

In the case that the Yuan army tried its best to stop it, and the Zan army tried its best to bury the moat, the two sides were deadlocked for a day, and finally the Zan army successfully buried a section of the moat at the north gate of Yecheng with the loss of hundreds of people. (To be continued.) )