After a few days of bombardment, most of the houses in Yecheng had been bombarded to pieces, leaving only the area around the Great General's Mansion, and the narrow circle was not affected by the stone bullets. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the bombardment for several days, thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yecheng were killed and wounded, and everyone only shrank in the tunnels dug temporarily, trembling and dying.

This kind of terrifying bombardment seriously destroyed the morale of Yuan Jun, which was already not rising, and drove their fighting spirit to the bottom.

In addition to the stone bombardment, Zhang Yuan also adopted powerful psychological tactics, spreading the news to the city through various means, saying that Yuan Shang, Gao Gan of Liangzhou and Yuan Xi of Nanpi had given up on rescuing Yecheng, and each declared himself the legitimate heir of Yuan Shao, and began to kill each other.

Under the double oppression of spirit and **, the soldiers and civilians of Yecheng are panicked, although the food has not been eaten, the spirit has reached the verge of collapse.

Yuan Shao, who vomited blood that day, lay in the general's mansion to recuperate, and handed over the city defense to Wen Choufu and Han Meng.

The three of them also realized that the general trend had gone, and Xingfa's strength was inadequate, so they combined with each other and reached a common opinion on letting the city go.

So, on the same day, the three of them came to the General's Mansion together to meet Yuan Shao.

When the three of them entered the inner room, Yuan Shaozheng was half-leaning on the couch, his face was pale, and his expression was weak and weak.

"If you can't defend the city well, Wei Zhong will come to see me at the same time, if Zhang Yuan takes the opportunity to attack at this time, who will preside over the overall situation." Yuan Shao coughed dryly and complained unhappily.

The three of them looked at each other, Wen Chou and Han Meng, both of whom frowned, with a hesitant face, and no one dared to speak first.

Yuan Shao saw some clues, so he said in a deep voice: "If you have anything to say, don't swallow it." ”

Han Meng and Wen Chou's eyes invariably looked at Fu Zhu in unison.

"Alas" sighed helplessly, "Don't hide it from the lord, we have done our best, but unfortunately the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city has fallen to the bottom, and I am afraid that it is no longer realistic to hold on." ”

Yuan Shao's face immediately became gloomy, he was silent for a moment, and said with a straight face: "What about Shang'er, their reinforcements have not yet arrived,"

"Their reinforcements probably won't come." Frustrated and bitter sighed, "The third prince has been stationed in Hukou for more than a month, and I heard that every day it is only to strengthen Husong to prevent Zhang Yuan's attack, but there is no sign of coming to the rescue. As for going to Gongzi, although he led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses into Tunzhongshan, he did not see any movement for a long time, only the soldiers and horses of the second prince were closest to Yecheng, but unfortunately he had too few soldiers and horses, and he did not dare to come to the rescue alone.

Frustration didn't say anything more, but the meaning of the words was clear.

His beloved two sons and nephews have abandoned him, intending to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, leaving him to fend for himself.

Yuan Shao's face turned miserable, the blood was rolling in his face, and he had the urge to vomit blood, and his face was full of grief and indignation.

He didn't expect that he would cultivate such selfish and shameless nephews, all of whom were benevolent, righteous and filial, and only showed their original form at a critical moment.

What makes him most painful is that Yuan Shang will not be saved when he sees death, you must know that he has always been the most important and trusting of this third son.

I think that at the beginning, when Yuan Shang said that he would go to Bingzhou to move the troops, he not only believed it, but even allocated thousands of precious soldiers and horses, as well as the general Yan Liang, to him.

Now it seems that Yuan Shang at that time had already made up his mind to abandon him, and the so-called moving troops to Bingzhou was just an excuse.

"You are really my good son, good nephew, hahaha" Yuan Shao, who was sad and angry, laughed out loud, but in the laughter, it was all desolate.

Looking at Yuan Shao's appearance, Wen Chou and Han Meng, the two generals, all lowered their heads silently.

After taking a deep breath, he sighed: "There is no hope for foreign aid, it is difficult to hold on, and there is no other way to do it now, my lord, let the city not go." ”

Yuan Shao's face changed immediately, and he was about to scold and reprimand when he opened his mouth, the words came to his mouth, but he was never able to speak.

Of course, he knew how important Yecheng was, and if it fell, it would be a heavy blow to his foundation.

He also knew that if he continued to hold on to the hopeless situation of foreign aid, the end would only be the same as Liyang City, and he would eventually fall.

And he, Yuan Shao, will perish with the fall of Yecheng.

"Those stinky boys, they want to sit and watch me being killed by Zhang Yuan, they can inherit my inheritance, I must not let them get their wish, Zhang Yuan, I will never let you swallow Hebei, never"

The hesitation on Yuan Shao's face gradually became more and more excited.

Seeing this, he took advantage of the situation and said: "Even if you lose Yecheng, as long as the lord is still there, with the appeal of the lord, you will be able to make a comeback. ”

Frustrated, it was a matter of giving Yuan Shao some face, so that he finally made up his mind.

After weighing it again and again, Yuan Shao let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "It's up to you to prepare to abandon the city and break through." ”

A few people were relieved, and immediately discussed a breakthrough strategy and went forward to prepare.

Everyone retired, and his stepwife Liu dared to enter.

"I've made up my mind to leave the city, I'll leave soon, so hurry up and get ready, lest you be in a hurry." Yuan Shao flicked his warrant and said.

Liu's face changed, and he exclaimed in a trembling voice: "Husband, do you really want Yecheng?"

"Not your good son yet." Yuan Shao glared at him, and said angrily: "It's in vain that I trust him so much, I value him, he's good, Tun Bing Hu Song just didn't come to save me, in vain I thought that I was killed by Zhang Yuan, so he could inherit my family business, how could I let him get his wish." ”

Liu's plump body trembled suddenly, and Hua Rong suddenly added a little surprise, and hurriedly defended his son: "No, Shang'er, he must have some difficulties, he is a filial child, and he will never dare to do this." ”

"You don't have to defend him anymore, I'm tired, you can quickly get ready." Yuan Shao waved his hand impatiently.

Liu had no choice but to retreat silently, and when he saw that there was no one around, he prayed in a low voice: "God, you must bless Shang'er with peace and security, and it is important to protect yourself first."

In the inner room, Liu's front foot only left, and Wen Chou's back foot entered through the side door, and arched his hand: "Lord, the secret passage has been dug up, does the lord really decide to let the city go?"

"Now, do we have any other choice," Yuan Shao shook his head with a wry smile.

Wen Chou was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's just that someone has to sacrifice this plan, Han Meng follows the lord, if he is sent to death like this, isn't it a little?"

"If you want to achieve great things, someone must sacrifice, if I wasn't forced to this by Zhang Yuan, how could I bear it." Yuan Shao said helplessly.