Yecheng, outside the south gate.

The Wei army battalion.

Cao Cao, the king of Wei, stood in the middle tent hall with his tall body, his hands behind his back, his face was a little tired, his eyes were very gloomy, and he looked at the huge Yecheng sand table terrain in the middle.

The solidity of Yecheng has exceeded his expectations.

He originally wanted to take Yecheng in one go, but after seven days of strong attack, the Wei army did not take the high-walled Jin capital of this city, but suffered heavy casualties.

Now that the Wei army has been unable to attack for a long time, the morale of the soldiers has gradually declined, and because of the casualties of his comrades, the situation fluctuates greatly, so Cao Cao had to suspend the offensive.

Again and again, again and again, and again and again!

The same is true for morale.

The failure of the first wave of the offensive caused some shock in the military spirit of the Wei army now, and Cao Cao himself was a master of military affairs.

He naturally knew very well in his heart that if the second wave of the Wei army's offensive against Yecheng did not completely take Yecheng, then this time he wanted to completely destroy the Jin State and kill Yuan Shao.

"King, good news, there is good news in the city, Commander Jia has taken down several powerful people in the city!"

At this time, Xi Zhicai hurriedly opened the curtain of the door, strode in, arched his hands, and reported in a low voice: "They are all willing to assist the Wei army to enter the city, and the tens of thousands of young men who help defend the east city gate are their strength, as long as the inside and the outside are combined, we can quickly break the city." ”

"Good!" When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes lit up, and his heart was overjoyed, and he said: "It's a good time to come, and Lone is waiting for them!" ”

The Jin State and the Wei State are not the Wu State, and the powerful class of the Wu State has long been swept away by Sun Yi layer by layer, while in the Jin State, the power of the powerful family is very strong.

Yuan Shao was born in a family, and he was able to establish a country. Sitting firmly in Hebei depends on the full support of the family.

In addition, now because of the failure of the Battle of Guandu, the hundreds of thousands of elite troops of the Jin army are gone, and they are extremely weak, and they can defend Yecheng, and they are also forcibly recruited a lot of young people through Guò.

These are young and strong. Most of the tenants and government soldiers from wealthy families gave these powerful people the opportunity to control the military camp.

As long as this force can be grasped, it will be much easier for the Wei army to enter the city.

"King, General Zhang has been maintaining a feint attack at the East City Gate during this time, and the attack strength is not large, so he has confused the vigilance of the enemy army, and now the main force in the city is basically placed in the South City Gate to guard against us!"

Xi Zhicai clenched his fists. His eyes were shining, and he said in a low voice: "As long as we attract the main force here, and there are still people in the city to respond, General Zhang wants to enter the city, it's not a problem!" ”

As long as a city gate is opened, the defense line of the Jin army will completely collapse.

"This has to be slowed down!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed. So the mood also calmed down, he thought about it. Suppressing his impulse, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Our previous attack was too damaging, and the morale of the sons and daughters is not high, at least it will take a few days to recover!" ”

"Hmm!"

Xi Zhicai nodded. sighed, and said in a deep voice: "This Yecheng is not easy to fight!" ”

"If it's not easy to fight, you have to fight!"

Cao Cao's eyes were fierce, he smashed his fist on the frame of the sand table, and said coldly: "No matter what the price is, Gu must take Yecheng." Yuan Shao must die! ”

"King, now a certain family in Yecheng is not too worried about whether it can be won, and what is worried is still Juyi!"

Xi Zhicai pondered for a moment and said softly: "This is a variable for us!" ”

Ju Yi, the pillar of the Jin army.

If it weren't for Yuan Shao's disdain for him, when Yecheng was besieged, he was transferred to Handan to train troops, and the Wei army might not have been so easy to come to the city.

"Juyi?"

When Cao Cao heard this, his face was solemn, he glanced at Xi Zhicai, and asked in a low voice: "This is a trouble, the ghost pawn came to report, he can gather a lot of troops in Handan, after the defeat of the high cadres, a lot of routs were collected before and after, and now there are nearly 18,000 elite cavalry, also in Handan, plus the 50,000 recruits he has trained for a while, the largest force in the Jin State is him, in case he goes south, Lone is really a little worried!" ”

"Handan is not far from Yecheng!"

Xi Zhicai squinted slightly, and said: "If he goes south, in terms of time, there is still time, and when the time comes, the battle of Yecheng will be troublesome, and we can't let him go south!" ”

"Can this person surrender?"

Cao Cao thought about it, his eyes burst out with a touch of essence, and said: "He and Yuan Shao have fallen out to the point where they are now, Yuan Shao has reached this juncture, he still doesn't trust him, he doesn't believe it, he doesn't feel cold!" ”

"He is cold to Yuan Shao, that's for sure!" When Xi Zhicai heard this, he shook his head and said, "But if he wants to take refuge in our Wei State, this person probably won't." ”

"Why?" Cao Cao was puzzled.

"In the battle of Guandu, the reason why we let Yuan Shao survive in a desperate situation is to undercount Ju Yi!" Xi Zhicai sighed and continued to add: "We all think that there is a gap between Ju Yi and Yuan Shao, so we think that Ju Yi will not risk crossing the river, but we underestimate Ju Yi's loyalty, he and Yuan Shao are mustard, but this person is not a villain, he has great righteousness, and he is very loyal to the Jin Kingdom!" ”

"Gu Ting likes his character, but now it seems that he is really a big problem!"

Cao Cao's face was bitter.

"King, in fact, there is no way!" The corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth outlined a cold smile, and said: "He is very Yuan Shao has been falling out for more than a day or two, and Yuan Shao has been wanting to kill him, so during this time, he has been careful not to give Yuan Shao a handle to catch him."

If he wants to send troops from Handan, he must have Yuan Shao's warrant, otherwise Yuan Shao will definitely settle accounts after the autumn, as long as we can intercept Yuan Shao's warrant to send Handan, even if we can't stop him from going south, we can delay for a while! ”

"That's a great strategy!" When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes were overjoyed, and he nodded hurriedly, and then said to the camp gate, "Someone!" ”

"In!"

A soldier quickly opened the curtain and walked in.

"You personally go to Ma Chao's military camp and tell him to let him disperse all the cavalry scouts, and you must not let a fly fly out of Yecheng!"

Cao Cao said coldly.

At this time, he had already pressed all his forces to attack the city, and he could not distinguish the forces of the scouts. can only rely on Ma Chao.

"No!"

The soldiers nodded, walked out of the camp gate, turned over their horses, and quickly left the barracks.

"Zhicai, you personally went to the West City Gate and told Zhang Wenyuan. Five days later, Lone Hui personally led his troops to launch the fiercest attack on the South City Gate, attracting the attention of the defenders for him, but this battle was mainly on them! ”

Cao Cao's eyes were resolute: "The relationship in the city, the ghost pawns have already helped them dredge, someone will help them break the city, whether Lone can break Yecheng depends on whether he Zhang Wenyuan can take the West City Gate." ”

"No!"

Xi Zhicai nodded.

"Yuan Shao!" At this time, Cao Cao raised his head. A pair of obviously tired eyes became brighter and brighter: "It's time for us to have a break!" ”

In the past, they used to treat each other with all sincerity, but because one was a son of a family and the other was a eunuch, in this troubled world, life and death were opposite.

Between them, they have been entangled for decades, and it is time to end it.

Yuan Shao didn't have the slightest intention of breaking through so far. Obviously, he wants to fight him to the death in Yecheng, and he will naturally not be afraid to fight.

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Jinling City.

The Imperial Study.

Sun Quan received a detailed report on the battle of Yecheng from Mo Cong, the commander of Jinyiwei. I looked at it very closely.

From these reports, he continued to scrutinize the current shape of the Wei and Jin dynasties.

"Yuan Benchu, I just want to work hard now, it's too late!" An hour later, he closed the dossier and rubbed his temples with both hands. Muttering to himself.

Yuan Shao did not break through, obviously he wanted to fight Yecheng to the death.

But in today's situation, it is impossible for Yecheng to hold it, and if there is no help from Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, there is still a chance to hold Yecheng.

The expectation in Sun Quan's heart. Before the end of July, Yecheng must have been broken by Cao Cao.

"King, according to the plan, in order to prevent the ghost pawns from raiding when the Wei army broke the city, many strongholds have begun to evacuate from Yecheng, but the commander of the secret guard made Han Tao disobey the order of the Jinyi Guard and stay in Yecheng privately!" Mo Cong stood in front of the bookcase, reported in a low voice, and said, "He seems to want to kill Yuan Shao himself!" ”

"Everyone has their own demons!" Hearing this, Sun Quan sighed, squinted slightly, and said softly: "Han Tao is a smart person, but his demon is that his family is ruined, and he wants to kill Yuan Shao with his own hands, which is also in the past." ”

"But it's dangerous!" Mo Cong arched his hand and said: "Jia Xu is in Yecheng now, in case he finds a trace of clues and moves his whole body, at that time, it will not only be Commander Han who will be safe, maybe the Jinyi Guard's arrangement in Yecheng will even be completely festering!" ”

"Jia Xu?" When Sun Quan heard this, the corners of his mouth outlined a bitter smile, and said: "This person is really a talent engaged in intelligence, in just a few years, he has destroyed the news network that we have worked so hard to set up in Xu Du, and the shadow that Jinyiwei planted in his hands is not a hundred, but also eighty!" ”

The scale of Wu Guo's Jinyi Guard on the bright side is very large, and every county has a Jinyi Guard's yamen, but there are not many secret guards, and every shadow is carefully arranged.

"Our Jinyi Wei hates this person so much!" Mo Congdao: "The Governor of the Metropolitan has sent people to assassinate him more than once, but they have all failed!" ”

"How could Jia Xu be assassinated so easily!" When Sun Quan heard this, he shook his head, he stood up, thought about it, and then said: "Han Tao stays in Yecheng, let him go, if he has the life to come back, Lone will punish him, if he can't escape this catastrophe, this is also his life, he can't complain about others, from now on, cut off the connection between Jinyiwei and him, you send another person to take over Han Tao's position in Jizhou, Montenegro is the nail of our Wu State in Jizhou and Bingzhou, no business trip!" ”

"No!" Mo Cong nodded.

"Also, Juyi's matter, serve a snack!"

Sun Quan said: "Whether he sends troops or not, it will determine Yuan Shao's future, and this is a handsome talent, even if he sends troops, he can't save the Jin State, the Jin State will soon fall, the tree will fall and scatter, you must find a way to understand him deeply, Lone wants to bring him into the camp of the Wu State, Lone will send a person who can represent Lone's identity to go to Jizhou and recruit him in person!" ”

"No!"

Mo Cong's face was solemn and nodded very respectfully (to be continued...... to be continued)