Chapter 202: Burning Ji City
"Brother Fan! What a miserable death you had! When the news of Gongsun Fan's killing reached Jicheng, Gongsun Zhan's face changed greatly, he cried bitterly, gritted his teeth and swore that he must kill Zhang Yan and Tian Yu to avenge Gongsun Fan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
However, at this time, Zhang Yan and Tian Yu's 20,000 troops had already formed a siege of Jicheng, but the 30,000 troops under the command of Gongsun Zan could only barely protect themselves.
Although there are more than 30,000 people under his command, which exceeds the siege troops in terms of numbers, most of the 30,000 troops are temporarily recruited in the city, and they do not have much combat experience, so it is okay to fill the number of people.
So it seems to be an army of 30,000, but in fact, there are only about 10,000 people who really have combat capabilities, which is not enough for self-protection, let alone take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.
At this time, Zou Dan, the Taishou of Yuyang under the command of Gongsun Zhan, stepped forward and persuaded him: "Lord, now that the army of Liu He and Liu Yu has not yet arrived, let's quickly break through and leave, we still have a certain influence in Yuyang and Youbeiping, at least we can recruit twenty or thirty thousand soldiers, as well as the assistance of Gongsun Du of Liaodong, if we succeed in mobilizing the Xianbei people in western Liaoxi to join, we still have a great hope of winning, but if we are trapped in Jicheng, once Liu He and Liu Yu's army form a siege, we will be in danger." ā
Gongsun Zhan nodded when he heard this, but he was still a little unwilling, he had to work hard to occupy this place, but how long did it take to give up?
After thinking silently for a moment, Gongsun Chan still decided to wait a few more days, as long as Gongsun Du's reinforcements arrived, there was still hope for holding Jicheng.
At the same time, Gongsun Chan ordered that all men and women in the city should go to the top of the city to participate in the defense of the city, and all those who slacked off would be killed. In this way, there were forty or fifty thousand more guards on the city, and although the combat power was uncomplimentary, it was still possible to serve as a meat shield for the regular army.
Zhang Yan is different from Gongsun Zhan, after all, many of the people in his city are the families of the soldiers, and he can let the people go because he cares about his face and takes care of the army's heart, but Gongsun Chan is cunning and hard-hearted, and the people in the city are not the families of the main force under his command, Baima Yizhi, and he will definitely not give up the measure of letting the people defend the city with just a few words.
Gongsun Zhan's order suddenly made Tian Yu and Zhang Yan, who were ready to take advantage of the situation to attack the city, hesitate, because once the city was attacked, the people of the city would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and even if the city could be captured at that time, it would be impossible for the people to win the hearts of the people, so what was the use of asking for an empty city? But if you don't attack, you can't wait for Gongsun Du's reinforcements to arrive, right?
Tian Yu and Zhang Yan discussed all night, but they never came up with a solution until Liu He led the army.
"Hmph, this Gongsun Chan is really hateful! It's so vicious! Liu He thought for a while, and then said: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to do, Zhang Yan, come here with your ears, you just need to do what I say, you can make the sergeants under the command of Gongsun Chan panic, I believe that in less than three days, Jicheng will be able to break itself, so that Gongsun Chan has no choice but to retreat." ā
Liu He then quietly commanded in Zhang Yan's ear.
"Yes, lord, wait for Yan's good news." After Zhang Yan finished speaking, he said goodbye to Liu He and returned to the camp to rest.
And Gongsun Zhan's side has been very proud since he mobilized the people of the city to defend the city, because he believes that Liu Yu and Liu He, who have always cherished their reputation, must not bear to let the people be hurt, so they can only reluctantly give up the attack and wait until their rescue arrives.
"Hehe, Liu and boy, you are good at everything, but you learned from your dead ghost father to be hypocritical, now are you okay? This has become a shackle that binds you, so that you don't dare to attack my Jicheng, if it's me, where do you care what people and thousands of people? Just attack it directly, sacrifice some ordinary people in exchange for your own great cause, there is no need to hesitate, so it seems that you are not a person who has achieved great things. ā
Whenever he saw Liu He's army under the city, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but laugh.
However, at this moment, he suddenly saw Gongsun Fang, the captain of the personal army, come forward and said loudly: "Lord, it's not good, General Gongsun Ji is dead." ā
"Huh? What did you say? When Gongsun Chan heard this, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he asked in a lost voice, "Gongsun Ji is dead?" How did he die? ā
"Killed, killed, and there are a few big characters written on the robe covering his body, those words are written with the blood of Gongsun Ji, and the content is, it is ......"
"What is it? Say it quickly", Gongsun Chan saw Gongsun Fang hesitate, and his face suddenly sank, knowing that those words were definitely not good content.
I saw Gongsun Fang gritting his teeth and saying: "It says, this is the fate of the traitor, let Gongsun Chan wash his neck and wait, and the next one is him......"
"Bastard!" When Gongsun Zan heard this, he immediately slapped the table hard, and said loudly and angrily: "Gongsun Ji was killed under the heavy post of our army, how did you become the captain of the personal army?" Defend me with my heart tonight, and if there is a bad pool, come to see me with your head. ā
"No." Gongsun turned pale and hurriedly went down to arrange the defense.
However, early the next morning, I only heard an exclamation outside the tent, Gongsun Chan was irritable in his heart, and hurriedly asked what happened, only to see a personal soldier walk in, and said with a pale face: "Lord, Gongsun Fang, the captain of the pro-soldiers, was killed last night, and there are a few big characters written on the robe covering his corpse, and those big characters are written with the blood of Captain Gongsun, and the content is, yes, this is the fate of the lackey, let Gongsun Chan wash his neck and wait, and the next one is him......"
"Damn! Liu He Xiao'er, you deceive people too much, tomorrow I will lead the army to fight you to the end! Gongsun Chan trembled with anger at the other party's actions, gritted his teeth and scolded bitterly, and at the same time ordered to strengthen the guards around his camp and set up a net to capture the hateful assassin alive.
However, that night, he saw a fire in the grain and grass storehouse, Gongsun Chan was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to investigate, but before the people sent out left, he saw Gongsun Zhan's general Guan Jing stepped forward and said: "Lord, it's not good, tonight the thieves suddenly set fire to the grain, the soldiers were caught off guard, there was no time to rescue, and the grain and grass warehouse was almost burned down by everyone......
"Ahhh......hhh Damn Liu He, he teased me again and again, is it tolerable or unbearable, pass the order down, gather the army, and attack Liu He's camp overnight...... "Gongsun Zhan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and immediately ordered the army to attack, but he was persuaded by Guan Jing and others, knowing that the city is already panicked, and it is meaningless to stay any longer, so he ordered a retreat overnight, and in order to vent his anger during the retreat, he actually ordered the sergeant to set fire to the private house, so the fire soared overnight, and hundreds of people died in the fire......