After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Yuan Mai did not rush to defend himself. At this time, if you are too eager to clear up your relationship, you will have some meaning that there is no silver three hundred taels here. The best way to whitewash is to make a sad look, so as to match the mood of a brother.

"Yes, the death of the second brother is also heartbroken. Among the three brothers, the second brother is the most kind and cares about the children, but I didn't expect the second brother to suffer such a catastrophe, it's really unbelievable! Yuan Mai looked sad and indignant, which made it difficult for people to associate him with the murderer of his brother.

"What is gratifying is that in the first battle of the party, the child personally shot the Hun Shan Yufuluo, which can be regarded as avenging the second brother, and his spirit in the sky can rest in peace!

If you want to remain undefeated in politics, you must not only have the city government in your mind, but also be able to perform, and the more realistic the performance, the greater the chance of success. Isn't there a saying in later generations, third-rate actors act, second-rate actors do business, and first-class actors are officials, this sentence is applicable in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

Looking at Yuan Mai's appearance of beating his chest, Yuan Shao's heart really had a trace of hesitation, his eyes became much softer, and he took the young son's words and asked: "By the way, my father has always wanted to ask you, and I have always heard others say that you shot the Huns." My father didn't understand, before you joined the army, your body was very weak, why did you become a marksman in such a short period of time? ”

Yuan Mai was slightly shocked in his heart, his words were a little too much, how did he pull this topic out? Knowing his son is Mo Ruo's father, outsiders may not know how capable Yuan Gongzi is, but the father who gets along day and night. How can you not know how many pounds and taels your son has?

Frowning slightly, Yuan Mai thought of the wording of the response as quickly as possible, and calmly defended: "Back to my father's words, the thing is like this: the child has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he knows that he is not the material for martial arts, so he has been hiding in the house and practicing archery secretly. After joining the army, there was a skilled craftsman surnamed Han in the team, who made a delicate horned bow for the child. It also makes the child's archery skills like a tiger. Shoot the Hun Shan Yu before the battle. Half of it depends on the strength of the child, and half of it depends on luck! ”

Yuan Shao was only curious, not suspicious, about his son shooting the Xiongnu Shan Yu.

There were tens of thousands of pairs of eyes staring at the battlefield, and Yu Fuluo should have been shot by Yuan Mai. It's impossible for everyone to be wrong. The only thing I don't understand is my son, who has always been frail and sickly. Why is archery so superb all of a sudden? At this moment, after listening to Yuan Mai's explanation, the mystery in his heart was finally solved.

"Hard-working people, the sky does not pay. My son has worked hard and practiced superb archery skills, which has added glory to our Yuan family, and I am very pleased with my father! After listening to Yuan Mai's words, Yuan Shao stroked his beautiful beard and praised him sincerely. Shoot the Huns Shan Yu with one arrow, this martial art is enough to go down in history! Throughout the ages, who can do it, only my son of Yuan Benchu!

"Son, in my father's heart, I have always had two wishes, first, I was born in troubled times, and I hope that our Yuan family can achieve a kingship. The second is to hope that your brothers will be in harmony and support each other. In the heart of a Father, the love for your brother is the same......"

Yuan Shao's tone was full of fatherly kindness, but when these words came out, he suddenly felt a little ashamed. In his heart, he understands better than anyone else that his love for his son is really the same?

Although in public, Yuan Shao never mentioned letting his third son Yuan Shang take over his position, his affection was beyond words, and it was already known throughout the north. Entrust all the power of Jizhou's soldiers and horses to Yuan Shang, and play Yuan Shang, who has not made an inch, as the general of Jizhou's assassination and expedition to the south, and Yuan Tan, the eldest son who single-handedly laid down the entire Qingzhou, and the meaning of supporting Yuan Shang is self-evident.

Thinking about Yuan Mai's attitude towards him before he joined the army, Yuan Shao was even more ashamed. For more than ten years, he has been busy with military affairs, entrusting the housework to his wife Liu, rarely asking about his frail young son, and sometimes even disgusting him because of his sick appearance, is this worthy of a loving father?

Thankfully, the child did not disappoint, and he thrived in the face of adversity. Not only is the writing brilliant, but also the martial arts are commendable, there is a great achievement in shooting the Xiongnu Shan Yu in the past, and there is a record in attacking Hanoi and Binh Duong, which is enough to make himself stand up in front of everyone, and say, these credits are all done by my son!

"Okay, let's not talk about it!" Yuan Shao felt guilty, so he took the initiative to change the topic, "Xianyong, you have been leading the army for a year, let my father see how your strategy is?" You have also seen the ironclad defense of Yijing, I don't know if my son has a way to break the city? ”

On the way to Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Mai had already considered this problem, and guessed that Yuan Shao would most likely ask himself about the method of breaking the city, so he was already prepared in his heart. At this moment, when he heard Yuan Shao ask, he looked confident and talked eloquently.

"The high walls of Yijing City are thick, the fortifications are perfect, the arrow towers at the head of the city are numerous, and the thorns are all over the city, if you want to attack, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses, even if you can break through the city, it will inevitably kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred!"

After listening to his son's analysis, Yuan Shao nodded frequently in agreement, and was very satisfied with his young son's opinion: "Yes, what my son said is very true." Prior to this, our army launched three strong attacks on Yijing, losing more than 10,000 people, but finding nothing, because my father was worried about not having a plan to break the city these days! ”

"At this time, it was a dry season, and there were no rivers around Yijing, so our army could not use the method of diverting water to irrigate the city. But he can learn from Cao Cao's practice of leading Surabaya to irrigate Pi, so the child thought of a strategy to break the city! Yuan Mai smiled and continued to talk.

"What's the solution?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Dig a tunnel!"

Yuan Shao frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Digging tunnels?" Isn't Xianyong's meaning to dig a tunnel into the city and sneak into Yijing through the tunnel? ”

Yuan Maiwan smiled and nodded: "That's exactly what the child meant!" ”

"With its high walls, wide and deep moat, and three layers of newly built outer walls, it may not be easy to dig a hole in the ground to enter the city. Moreover, standing on the wall of Yijing City condescendingly, you can see the actions below. I'm afraid that as soon as our army started, it will be noticed by Gongsun Zhan's men and horses, and they will prepare in advance to deal with it, so that we will work in vain! Yuan Shao shook his head and vetoed Yuan Mai's idea, not thinking it was a good idea.

"Father, don't worry, listen to me!" Yuan Mai had long expected Yuan Shao to have such a reaction, and begged him to let him finish: "The kid is planning this way in order to let Gongsun Zhan's soldiers see our actions!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yuan Shao asked puzzled.

The corners of Yuan Mai's mouth were lightly raised, and he said with great ambition: "Our army digs a tunnel, and the enemy can judge where to enter, and our army digs ten, and the enemy can also judge the correct position." If our army digs a hundred or a thousand tunnels, will Gongsun Zhan's people still be able to find our breakthrough? ”

"Confusing the enemy?" Yuan Shao seemed to understand a little, and felt that this son's idea was not bad.

"Wrong, it's not a blow, it's a bluff!"

Yuan Mai smiled and shook his head, vetoing his father's words: "Attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top." The focus of the child's strategy is not to dig tunnels, but to shake the morale of the army in the city. If our army storms Yijing, it will lose its troops in vain, but it will raise the morale of the defenders in the city. Yijing has enough grain and grass, enough to support it for several years, but we can't afford it, and we can't use the strategy of besieging the city and trapping the enemy. ”

"Since this is the case, we will use the bluff tactic, the people in the city see our army digging tunnels everywhere, and do not know where the exit is, beware everywhere, a heart is tense every day, after a long time, the people will inevitably panic, the spirit of the army will be floating, and then we will have a chance to take advantage of it. In this way, we can disrupt the morale of the soldiers in the city without spending a single soldier, and seize the opportunity to break the city in one fell swoop! ”

"Good, yes, it's a great plan!"

After listening to his son's words, Yuan Shao finally fully comprehended the subtlety of this plan, and applauded with his palms, and was very satisfied with his son's performance, "I immediately issued an order, and people from all walks of life dug tunnels from all sides of Yijing to bewitch Gongsun Zhan's military heart. If this plan is successful, there will be a big reward! ”

"Thank you, father!"

Yuan Mai bowed and bowed. But I was muttering to myself in my heart, I will tell you that the consequence of doing this is to make Gongsun Chan unable to hold his breath, send his son out to contact the Black Mountain thieves, and then I will send someone to intercept the information of "raising fire as a number", and will plan to deceive the gate of Yijing City and seek the first credit for breaking the city?

With a wave of Yuan Shao's arrow, the four people began to dig the tunnel in full swing. In the four directions of Yijing, southwest and northwest, nearly 10,000 teams start digging the ground every day.

In the sunlight, the soldiers waved their tools and sweated profusely. In a few days, the holes outside Yijing City were as dense as a hornet's nest, so that the soldiers observing in the city couldn't figure out which one was the real tunnel, which one was camouflaged?

Baskets of loess were dug up by the Yuan soldiers and piled up to the opposite side of Yijing, and within a few days, they were as high as six or seven zhang, piled up like a hill, even higher than the city wall.

The Yuan soldiers stepped on the loess firmly, made layers of ladders, climbed up the steps, and the top was enough to accommodate hundreds of people. Yuan Shao mobilized the best archers in the army, climbed to the top of the earth mountain, fired arrows at the wall of Yijing City, and shot many defenders.

The two sides fired bows and arrows at each other every day, and Gongsun Zhan's men and horses stood on the city wall much shorter, and they would suffer big losses every day, and for several days, seven or eight hundred people were shot dead, and only more than two hundred Yuan soldiers were shot. The hearts of the people in the city began to be restless, and many people thought that the first outer wall should be abandoned and the second should be retreated.

More people believe that the two outer walls inside, both in height and thickness, cannot be compared with the first outer city wall, and there is no moat protection, if the first city wall is lost, you can only retreat to the inner city of Yijing. The two points of view debated endlessly, and a gap finally appeared in Yi Jing's ironclad defense.

PS: Thank you for the two monthly tickets of ZZQ113 classmates, it's awesome, keep begging, which brother will support it again? (To be continued......)