Chapter 623: Besieging Yecheng
A banquet ended hastily, not that Zhao Fei didn't want the soldiers to recuperate, but in fact, there were still too many political affairs waiting for Zhao Fei to deal with. Today, Cao Jun's victory over Hebei Yuan is true, but there are still many problems.
First of all, it is necessary to determine the strategic policy, and now that he has nearly 50,000 troops under his command, whether these 50,000 troops will be divided and attacked, or whether they will concentrate all their strength and attack the door with one blow.
Then, there are too many captives in Liyang City today. Whether it was the ** army captured by Zhang Fei outside Huguan earlier, or the Yuan Shangjun captured by Zhao Fei. In total, Cao's army captured more than 40,000 enemy soldiers.
This is quite a large number, you must know that your army is only more than 50,000 people, and the number of prisoners is already close to the number of your own army.
If these captives are honest, Zhao Fei may not care very much, but if there are people with ulterior motives among the captives, then Cao Jun may set himself on fire and bring displeasure to himself.
Zhao Fei's worries were obviously normal, and there were indeed people with ulterior motives among the captives. This person is none other than Feng Ji, one of the two major strategists under Yuan Shang's command. Ever since Feng Ji was captured, he has been trying his best to rebel against the Yuan army captives, hoping that they can happen.
Outside Huguan that day, Zhang Fei didn't know who Feng Ji was, so he put him with ordinary soldiers. At first, Feng Ji was seriously injured, although he had more than enough heart, but his strength was insufficient. However, when he learned that Cao's army had defeated Hebei's 100,000 army in one fell swoop, he knew he had to do something.
Now that the lord has been newly defeated, there are naturally not many soldiers under him. And if he can rebel against these 40,000 captives, he can send the soldiers he wants to see the most, many, many soldiers.
To tell the truth, not all soldiers have the heart to be prisoners, and under Feng Ji's rhetoric and persuasion, many of Yuan Jun's prisoners were moved by Feng Ji. In addition, Feng Ji is an important minister around Yuan Shang, so he makes everyone even more confidant.
Gradually, Feng Ji has become a hot figure in this group of captives. But although the captives of Yuan Jun thought so, it did not mean that the captives of the state also thought so. After all, the two sides do not belong to the same place, so they are naturally repulsed.
Most of them felt that they should not follow the captives of Yuan Jun to their deaths. The combat effectiveness of the Cao army must be obvious to all, at that time, all the soldiers were wearing armor and holding sharp weapons could not defeat the Cao army, but were captured by the Cao army. Now that he is a prisoner of the ranks, he doesn't even have a weapon in his hand, and what is he fighting with Cao Jun, has he beaten the spear in Cao Jun's hand with a pair of flesh punches, this is obviously something that he refuses.
Since some people think so, naturally some people don't want Feng Ji and others to succeed in their rebellion. Not to mention anything else, if Feng Ji really succeeds, it will make Cao Jun lose confidence in himself, and then he will need to face the butcher's knife that sharpens the knife.
Someone with a heart reported this matter to Zhao Fei, which made Zhao Fei secretly surprised. He was surprised that he couldn't imagine that there was such a big man as Feng Ji among his captives. You must know that Feng Ji and Juan are the hottest figures around Yuan Shang, but now, he has become his captive.
Knowing that Feng Ji, Zhao Fei naturally would not let it go. In less than a moment, Feng Ji was escorted to Zhao Fei by the soldiers of the Cao Army who were eyeing him.
Looking at Feng Ji's arrogant standing and the main hall, Zhao Fei couldn't help but feel very emotional. He looked at Feng Ji, and then said to the soldiers of the Tiger Camp: "Now loosen the binding of Yuan Tu, the tie is so tight, I am afraid that it will be unbearable for him to be injured." ”
Zhao Fei's words were really kind, but Feng Ji was obviously ruthless. He glared at Zhao Fei angrily, and then said coldly: "Don't trouble the elite under the command of the adults here, now I am a prisoner of the adults, if the adults want to kill or scrape it, it is just a matter of words, I can't do this, I can't afford it, old man, and I can't afford it." Feng Ji's attitude was very tough, which made Zhao Fei frown slightly when he heard this.
Zhao Fei had a very bad impression of Feng Ji, because Zhao Fei felt that Feng Ji was just a villain who could only tell right and wrong. In terms of history, the reason why Tian Feng was killed by Yuan Shao was that he thought that this person was telling right and wrong in Yuan Shao's ear, which allowed Yuan Shao to steal the killer.
is such a villain who only knows how to tell right and wrong, Zhao Fei really didn't take Feng Ji in his eyes. But now Feng Ji's performance can't help but move Zhao Fei, his eyes are obviously bent on death, which looks like a villain.
If a villain can be so generous and righteous, Zhao Fei is obviously still at a low point for the ancients. At this moment, Zhao Fei put away all his contempt, he looked at Feng Ji squarely, and then said in a deep voice: "Things have not yet reached the point where they must die, why is Yuan Tu bent on death?" ”
"Humph!" Feng Ji snorted coldly and didn't say anything. Now that he has achieved nothing, he is very remorseful, if he is not careful, how could he be discovered by Cao Jun.
Now that Cao Jun has been discovered, the last bit of meaning in his life is gone.
Zhao Fei still wanted to speak, but Feng Ji had already turned his back to Zhao Fei, obviously not wanting to have any more conversations with Zhao Fei. And in this regard, Zhao Fei was also very helpless, but what could he do. Since he was bent on dying, Zhao Fei could still stop him.
"Drag it out, slash!" Zhao Fei said four words coldly, staying in Fengji will be a scourge sooner or later. He provoked the captives to rebel against Cao Jun, and if it weren't for someone telling him, Zhao Fei could hardly imagine what would have happened.
I have always been cautious and cautious in dealing with Yuan Jun's captives, but I didn't expect that Feng Ji would take advantage of the loopholes in this way, so Feng Ji's ability still can't be underestimated. Moreover, this also made Zhao Fei break out in a cold sweat.
Feng Ji was escorted out by the big man in the tiger camp, and then a big man walked in with a bloody head. Zhao Fei nodded, then waved his hand. Feng Ji's performance was still beyond his expectations, and Zhao Fei reminded himself that he must not underestimate anyone.
Sooner or later, these 40,000 troops staying in Liyang will be a scourge, so Zhao Fei felt that he should escort these prisoners back to Cao Jun's territory first, otherwise if there was another Fengji, he would really be anxious.
Zhao Fei ordered 10,000 soldiers to escort the 40,000 captives across the Yellow River and return to Yanzhou, while Zhao Fei personally led an army of 40,000 to Yecheng.
Yuan Shang had already run away, and his only target for escape was Yecheng. For the whole of Hebei, Yecheng deserves to be a heroic city. Its majesty is not much different from Luoyang, the capital of the Han Kingdom, and this is only Zhao Fei's most important thing.
Yecheng himself has not been there, but Luoyang City himself knows it very well. The towering city wall is prohibitive, but the wide moat does not know how many soldiers will be killed, attacking such a majestic city, Zhao Fei said that he is under great pressure.
But even if there is pressure, I can only withstand the pressure. Luoyang City can be conquered, so what are you afraid of. Moreover, Yuan Jun has become a frightened bird, and Yuan Shang is even more unbearable, giving up his soldiers and fleeing alone, all of which is the capital of Cao Jun to take Yecheng.
Zhao Fei's journey can be described as quite easy, and wherever Cao Jun went, Yuan Jun almost always looked at the wind. Although Zhao Fei also encountered a trace of resistance, it was just that he did not set off any Lang flowers, and Cao Jun's offensive was already very smooth.
As the saying goes, Yuan Shao has been dead for a long time, and Yuan Shang obviously did not inherit Yuan Shao's ability. In the battle of Liyang City, Yuan Shang's army was defeated on all fronts, and after that, everyone knew that Cao's army was determined to win Hebei.
There is no one in the whole Hebei who can defeat Cao Jun, and if he does not surrender at this time, there is only a dead end. Zhao Fei's 40,000-strong army was just the vanguard of Cao's army, and now, Cao Cao had personally led the army to attack, and it would not take long to reach Liyang City.
Cao Jun has attacked on all fronts, and now the stormy Jizhou is obviously no longer his opponent. Within a few days, Zhao Fei led the army to Yecheng. Although Zhao Fei had been mentally prepared, he was obviously still frightened by the towering Yecheng city wall. Yecheng deserves to be the largest city in the north, and it deserves its name.
On the city wall of Yecheng, Yuan Shang looked at the mighty Cao Jun under the city wall in horror, and he trembled. Although he knew that Cao Jun would come sooner or later, he obviously didn't expect Cao Jun to come so quickly.
Those ungrateful villains, when they gain power, they are submissive to themselves, for fear of offending themselves. But now that they have lost power, they immediately turned their guns and took refuge in Cao Jun.
If he could, Yuan Shang really hoped that he would kill these villains one by one to calm the panic and anger in his heart. But this is obviously impossible, he has been trapped in this turtle shell, and it is too difficult to break out of the encirclement of Cao Jun.
Zhao Fei ordered the siege of the city, which was missing one of the three. Give Yuan Jun a chance to survive and let them not fight to the death. When the trial saw Cao Jun's configuration, he wanted to ruin his retreat without doing anything, but after thinking about it for a while, the trial gave up decisively.
Now the Yuan army is already fragmented, the army is not aligned, and it is impossible to break out the power of the trapped beast fight. The Cao army came all the way, and how many Yuan soldiers were surrendered. All of this stimulated the minds of the soldiers in the city, so that even if they were defeated, they would still surrender. After surrendering, no one made it difficult for them.
If you cut off their way of life, you will push all these soldiers into the abyss. Not only will they not burst out with the power of the Trapped Beast Fight, but they will also be self-defeating, and eventually harm themselves.
The next day, the Cao army under the city of Yecheng set up a formation, but Zhao Fei did not order people to attack the city, but prepared to use psychological tactics. He had already ordered someone to write a letter of persuasion to surrender, and then ordered someone to shoot the book into Yecheng.
Zhao Fei obviously didn't have any illusions about the persuasion book, but if he could take Yecheng without blood, this was obviously what Zhao Fei was happy to see.
At the same time, in the Great General's Mansion in Yecheng, Yuan Shang was holding the persuasion letter that Cao Jun shot into the city and was undecided.