Dusk shines on the city wall from the west, extinguishing the flames of arrows, black smoke rises into the sky, even the birds dare not approach this side, on the head of Yijing City, the soldiers with the banner of Yuan Zi are out of view like a tide, and the day's siege ends briefly on the afternoon of October 13.

The remaining flames of the city gate tower are being extinguished, a corpse is pushed off the city wall, the arrows on the ground and the corpse are pulled out and put together, the busy soldiers clean the battlefield, the city gate is slightly opened, the figure of the soldier sneaks out, the wood and the boulder are moved back, and the eyes have been vigilantly looking into the distance, there are enemies on the ground who have not yet died, and they are just making up for it.

On the city wall, Gongsun Zhan, wearing a white cloak and armor, led a group of generals to walk behind the battlements, looked at the silhouette of the enemy army in the distance, and then looked at the sunset in the west, walking in the wind on the head of the city, and remained silent.

Although the siege of the city for several days did not allow the enemy to stand on the head of the city, it also caused heavy losses to his soldiers, and even the people in the city also suffered, a large number of houses were demolished, and the wooden beams became weapons to defend the city wall, and even in the most dangerous times, he also asked the soldiers to drive the people to stand on the city wall and fight the enemy.

At first, there were still generals such as Zhao Yun, Zou Dan and others who opposed this method, but Yuan Shao's wheel-like siege of the city made their emotions numb.

"Another day of fighting, now it's October, the weather is gradually getting colder, Yuan Ben should have been more anxious than us, the army has to consume countless grains every day outside, as long as it drags on until the cold winter, he has to retreat."

Looking at the direction of Yuan's army camp in the distance, Gongsun Zhan seemed to say to the generals behind him in an encouraging tone, but everyone also knew that there was still more than a month to enter the cold winter, Jizhou was rich, and no matter how bad the supply of grain and grass was, it was much stronger than their current poverty and water, and obviously did not agree with his words very much.

The generals behind him looked at each other for a moment, but no one answered, and Zhao Yun's voice lowered: "Lord, don't be optimistic, Yuan Benchu didn't want to consume and drag us down, although the city has enough food, but the casualties of the soldiers are increasing day by day, and it is becoming more and more difficult to defend the four city walls like this." ”

"You're right." Gongsun Zhan glanced at him, feeling a little unhappy, but he still encouraged everyone: "Everyone has a score in their hearts about these things, but don't forget, my second brother Gongsun Fan also led an army to wander outside, Yuan Shao wants to attack the city with all his might, and he will weigh it in his heart, and he dare not take it lightly." ”

Next to him, the general named Zou Dan arched his hand and laughed: "My right Beiping soldiers and horses were killed, although Yuan Shao has a lot of people, they haven't taken the city wall for a few days, which means that it's just a group of rabble. ”

"Morale is good, go back to your respective lines." After Gongsun Zhan waved everyone away, he called out to the figure who hesitated to leave: "Zilong, you stay." ”

"My lord, please command." Zhao Yun turned around and stepped forward.

"No formality, just walk around the city with me." Gongsun Zhan patted him on the shoulder, walked on the city wall, the breath of blood penetrated into his nose from time to time, and after a while, the figure walking in front of him spoke: "Those words just now, Zilong shouldn't have said, now the upper and lower should be focused on stabilizing the morale of the army, I also know that you are worried, but it is useless to say it now, but it makes the generals' hearts heavy." ”

The generals who followed were silent.

For such a tone of conversation, the lord rarely had such a conversation with him, and he was silent for a moment and looked at the darkening sky outside the city, and changed the topic in a low voice.

"I don't know, what's going on on the side of the second son, there should be movement on the eldest son's side."

"Looking at Yuan Shao's daily siege status, it is obvious that there is no progress yet, even if there is progress, the soldiers and horses should still be lurking, and they dare not move." Gongsun Chan looked at it for a while, slapped his palm on the wall, and sighed: "...... There are too few soldiers and horses in Shanggu County, I don't expect or want the only person in the Gongsun family to run to death, and the rest is counting on my second brother to break the cauldron and sink the boat once, and fight to defend the city with me and wait for help. ”

Zhao Yun looked at him: "Why didn't the lord break through with his own horseman?" ”

"Let's go?" Over there, the tall figure smiled and shook his head: "There is no way back, where can I go, if I leave the foot soldier and leave, in less than an hour, the army's spirit will be scattered." He stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder, "You know, how difficult it is to pull up an elite of a hundred battles, it is difficult to gather again if it is dispersed, what thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and it is difficult to find a general, if you want me to say that the division of a hundred battles is the most important, or the two are indispensable." ”

"So I'm reluctant......"

Gongsun Chan looked at Yuan Shao's military camp outside the city, and smashed his fist down: "It's impossible to give it to Yuan Benchu." ”

"It's nature!"

Zhao Yun arched his hand, and the two of them spoke heroically, blowing through the city with the evening breeze.

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When night fell, the war stopped, Yuan Jun's camp, the bonfire was burning vigorously, Yuan Shao looked at the opposite city wall and had a headache, and he had a headache when he looked at the city wall standing opposite, and he saw how tenacious the foot soldiers who were killed on the grassland in front of him were, and Liu Yu's army was defeated in the hands of this foot soldier who did not have any reputation last year.

And his side suffered equally heavy casualties, nearly 10,000 killed and injured in five days, although the other party stood on the advantage of defending the city, but in a certain way, in the case of huge psychological oppression and low morale, it was a rare elite, which made him a little greedy.

However, with his current strength, it is not impossible to take this lonely city, and there is another problem that he can't attack with all his strength at the moment, that is, he has to watch out for Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Bohai Taishou Gongsun Fan at any time, and no one knows whether the other party will suddenly launch a strong attack, or sneak attack on the place where he is hoarding grain.

As for the white wolf, Yuan Shao really hoped that this person could come over, and then ...... Solve it together, and the four northern states are all in your hands.

Soon after, footsteps sounded, he glanced sideways, Guo Tu came behind him, and brought good news: "My lord, Gongsun Fan's soldiers and horses were blocked by the two generals Zhang He and Wen Chou. ”

"Hahaha...... Gongsun Chan is dead! During the siege of Yijing, there was finally a hint of joy on his serious face, and Yuan Shao waved his hand fiercely: "Destroy this army of soldiers and horses, rest for a day, and attack the city with all your might——"

In the southeast direction of them, at the same moment, in the foothills of the mountain more than ten miles away from Yuan Ying, Zhang He and Wen Chou under Yuan Shao led the elite cavalry and foot soldiers to encircle, and more than 10,000 people set up a formation and pressed over layer by layer.

The thin general tightened his weapon, looked at the menacing iron hooves and guns, and let the troops in front also pose a posture to meet the attack, Gongsun Fan shouted loudly: "Since you can't run, you will fight with them!! ”

In the field of vision, the iron hooves tore through the earth, surging over, killing into the crowd, and the Yuan general led by waved a black tasseled heavy spear and smashed several people in an instant, flesh and blood flew sideways, and more cavalry and foot soldiers rushed over from behind him.

"Don't retreat, fight to the death!"

In the hysterical shouts of Gongsun Fan, he couldn't save the defeated battlefield, and in the rear, the general named Zhang He also led the army to kill him, he was wrapped in the chaotic crowd by his own soldiers, and began to retreat towards the north and south sides.

On the foothills of the fire-filled mountains, Gongsun Fan fought hard, trying to break through, but a heavy gun smashed over, he blocked it with his weapon, and was shocked and fell off the horse, spitting blood, and lying on his back on the ground unable to move.

In the blurred vision, surrounded by human blood, severed limbs, dead people...... And buzzing and shouting, noisy.

……

The sky is getting brighter.

The sound of war drums woke up the sleeping people, Gongsun Zhan hurriedly put on his armor and walked out of the door, in the distance, when Gongsun Yue came over with a sad face, he roared angrily: "Yuan army is attacking the city, what are you not doing on the city wall!" ”

"Yuan Shao didn't attack the city...... Gongsun Yue gritted his teeth and looked at his brother, and finally looked in the direction of the city wall: "It's the second brother......"

Between the golden heaven and earth, the distant mountains, the yellowing mountains, and the shocking drums, Gongsun Chan stood on the city wall and looked at the body that was stripped naked and hanged, swaying in his sight, his heart cooled, his beard and lips opened and closed slightly, and he made a short sound: "He......".

Outside the city, the body hanging on the ladder opened his eyes slightly, looked at the city wall, and then was pushed over, getting closer and closer, and muttered: "Brother......"

Then, his mouth opened to the limit, and he shouted heartbreakingly: "Brother......"

On the city wall, the voice echoed, Gongsun Chan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, tremblingly stretched out his hand to let people take a bow, raised his arm, and pulled it away with an arrow-

"Kill me—"

When the voice echoed again, the arrow flew over with a whizz, hitting the chest, the hanging body was already dead, Gongsun Chan threw away the bow, did not say a word, turned around and strode down the city.

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"Decisive enough!" Yuan Shao stroked his palms and laughed, and waved his hand: "The whole army is resting and recuperating, and the city will be attacked tomorrow——"

However, on the afternoon of the second day, he received an urgent report from Yecheng, like a basin of cold water poured over his head...... Yecheng was attacked, and the Montenegrin army besieged the city again.

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October 1, eleven days before Yuan Shao's attack on Yijing.

The mighty soldiers descended the Taihang Mountain and appeared a hundred miles away from the west side of Yecheng, and when the beacon fire passed back to the city, the soldiers rushed into the extremely dangerous boundary like a terrifying wave.