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Jizhou, Liyang City.

As the New Year approaches, the city of Liyang is even more gloomy.

Zhao Zilong's soldiers have besieged Liyang City for nearly three months, and all kinds of materials in the city have begun to be in short supply.

It's okay to say about food. At the beginning, because he wanted to attack Hao Meng's territory, there was still a lot of grain and grass hoarded in Liyang City. After a year and a half of stalemate, Liyang City will not be short of food.

However, the soldiers' winter clothing, as well as firewood and grass, had problems as early as last month.

In the land of Hebei, winter came earlier. Not long after Zhao Yunbing besieged Liyang City, there was snowfall in Jizhou and other places from time to time. In the winter moon and wax moon, there have been several heavy snowfalls in Hebei in a row.

In the case of a serious shortage of winter clothing, the people of Liyang City, plus 100,000 Yuan soldiers, consume firewood and grass for heating every day, which is not a small number. Therefore, the most scarce thing in Luoyang City is firewood and grass.

Outside the city, 100,000 Hao troops besieged the city, and Yuan Jun couldn't make the trip even if he wanted to go out of the city to fetch some firewood and grass.

However, there were occasional people who quietly came out, but after being captured by Hao's army, they were transferred to Puyang City on the other side of the river.

Since he knew that the general trend had gone, Yuan Shao, who had shrunk in Liyang City, had been drunk and dreaming all day long, turning a blind eye to the current situation in the city.

However, the strategists and generals under his command were unwilling to sit still, and went out of the city several times at night, trying to find a way to break through, and at the worst they had to find some firewood and other materials. It's a pity that most of these actions ended in failure.

After Zhao Yunbing besieged Liyang City, he did not take the initiative to attack the city, but laid a tight defense outside the city. No matter which direction Yuan's army broke through, it would be discovered by Hao's army.

Then, Zhao Yun will lead the team to the scene as soon as possible to teach Yuan Jun, who broke through, how to behave.

……

When he broke through for the first time, Zhang He took 10,000 elite soldiers.

About five miles out of the city, Zhang He crashed headfirst into Zhao Yun's main force. Zhang He was defeated by Zhang Yun, but he fought to the death and was killed by Zhao Yun on the spot; The 10,000 Yuan troops he brought out of the city also abandoned their weapons and surrendered after Zhang He's death.

During the second breakout, in view of Zhao Zilong's might, Yan Liang and Wen Chou personally led the team, and there was also a Chun Yuqiong. Yan Liang didn't die, but he was seriously injured, but Wen Chou and Chun Yuqiong were killed in seconds by Zhao Yun's trick.

At that time, Zhao Yun was one against three, and he no longer clamored for Yan Liang and them to surrender, but directly broke out a trick, killing Wen Chou and Chun Yuqiong in an instant, and also severely injured Yan Liang.

If it weren't for Yan Liang's personal guards who desperately escorted him back to the city, Yan Liang would have to explain at the time of the second breakthrough.

The third time he broke through, Hao's army was exhausted, almost at the same time from the four city gates, and even Yuan Shao was in the midst of the breakthrough.

Zhao Yun only stared at Yuan Shao, but didn't care about Yuan Jun's soldiers. Anyway, even if the soldiers of the Yuan army broke through, they were just rogues, and after Yuan Shao was destroyed, he Zhao Yun was the best to lead the army to suppress the bandits.

In the end, Yuan Shao broke through all the way to the soldiers, and was killed and injured by Zhao Yun, and the rest were killed in fear, escorting Yuan Shao to retreat to Liyang City again. On the contrary, it was the Yuan army that broke through in several other ways, who froze to death and starved to death, and then was picked up by Gongsun Chun and captured prisoners in the snow.

Yuan's army broke through the siege three times, all of which ended in failure.

On the contrary, the 100,000 Yuan army in Liyang City was tossed to less than 10,000.

At this time, Zhao Yun could actually storm Liyang City. It's just that because of the cold weather, and Zhao Yun also wanted to capture Yuan Shao alive in order to pay tribute in front of Gongsun Zhan's grave, he was not in a hurry to attack the city.

Outside Liyang City, Hao Jun's camp.

With the victory of the hussar general, the morale of the soldiers of the Hao army was high, even if it was freezing on this day, the soldiers were still hot in their hearts, and they wished to attack the city now and destroy Yuan Shao.

Because of the vast territory, the Hussar General's Mansion is abundant in all kinds of materials, and winter clothes have long been distributed to the army.

Yes, the soldiers of the Hao army can stare at Luoyang City day and night without relaxing; Several huge bonfires outside the city even stayed overnight. Yuan Junxiang quietly went out of the city to break through, and he had to ask those bonfires first, and whether he agreed to those Hao soldiers who were on duty at night, before he could do it!

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Inside the city of Liyang, the General's Mansion.

The original county government was requisitioned by Yuan Shao as the general's mansion, and this occupation has been for several months.

In the general's mansion, Yuan Shao was drunk again and was still drunk.

"Vertical son, my father, I was also the leader of the alliance of the princes of the Eighteen Roads, how can I surrender to the grass people Hao Meng?!"

"One more word, and the father will cut off your dog's head!"

was published by Yuan Shao, but it was the eldest son Yuan Tan.

Since Yecheng was broken by Zhao Yun, most of Yuan Shao's family members were captured by Zhao Yun.

After Yuan Shao failed to break through three times, in order to capture Yuan Shao alive and force Yuan Shao to surrender, Zhao Yun first released Yuan Tan to Liyang City and asked Yuan Tan to persuade his father to surrender.

Zhao Yun didn't care that Yuan Tan would never return.

Anyway, Liyang City was besieged, and it was better for him Yuan Tan to stay in Liyang City, so Zhao Yun had an excuse to kill Yuan Tan and the others.

After all, whether the princes compete for hegemony, they also pay attention to the misfortune of their wives and children.

Zhao Yun avenged the old master, and after the surrender of Yuan Shao's group, he could kill Yuan Shao, and others had nothing to say. However, if Zhao Yun even killed Yuan Shao's wife and children, he would not be morally justified, and he himself would not be able to get over the Kan'er in his heart.

If it was in the battle between the two armies, Zhao Yun would be able to justifiably stand with Yuan Tan and others.

Yuan Tan naturally understands this.

Therefore, after entering Liyang City, Yuan Tan spared no effort to persuade his father to surrender.

In Yuan Tan's mind, the death of his father alone is better than the burial of the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes in the past, isn't it?

……

Looking at his father who was drunk and dreamed of death, Yuan Tan was very disappointed.

Father Yuan Shao was the prestige of the former alliance leader, but he completely ignored the life and death of the Yuan family. Yuan Tan felt that it was necessary for him to connect with several strategists under his father's account to find a way out for the Yuan family.

After Yuan Tan went down, Yuan Shao instantly regained his shrewdness, found the leader of the guards and asked, "Are you almost ready?" ”

What Yuan Shao ordered the leader of the guards to do, but even Xu You and other loyal horses didn't know.

The leader of the guards replied: "It's all ready, just wait for the lord's order!" ”

Speaking of this, the head of the guard hesitated: "Lord, what should the eldest prince do?" ”

The leader of the guards is loyal to Yuan Shao, but at this time, he wants the lord to leave the eldest son, so that he can leave a note for the Yuan family, right?

At this time, Yuan Shao became drunk and hazy, and replied: "If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?" ”

"After a few days, Shang'er and Xi'er have also entered the city, so let them go with General Ben!"

……

A few days later, Zhao Yun successively sent Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi into Liyang City, and also asked them to persuade Yuan Shao to surrender.

Yuan Xi was the last to enter the city.

It was night, and it was only a few days before the New Year's Pass, but Yuan Shao prepared a banquet in the general's mansion and invited his civil and military generals to the banquet. The three brothers of Yuan Tan, as sons, also sat on both sides of Yuan Shao.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the officials of Yuan Shao Group drank a little too much.

At this time, Yuan Shao said to the leader of the guards beside him: "Let's start!" ”

And the chief of the guard went down with a hundred and ten men.

In a few moments, the general's mansion in Liyang City was surrounded by fire, and all parts of the city were also lit one after another.