Chapter 356: Yecheng (1)
For this situation, Du Chen naturally would not let Yuan Jun have any intention of fighting trapped beasts, although the combat effectiveness of the 40,000 army under Yuan Shang was relatively weak, but if Yuan Jun really did the battle of trapped beasts, no matter how weak the soldiers were, they would burst out with unimaginable combat effectiveness.
Hearing that the Cao army was going to surrender by itself, many Yuan army soldiers threw away the weapons in their hands, and now the form is clear, the combat effectiveness of the Cao army is so strong, and today the Cao army defeated Yuan Shang's 40,000 army so lightly, it must not be long before the entire Hebei is the territory of the Cao army.
Yuan Shang no longer knew where he had gone, and he was also surrounded by Cao's army, and if he didn't surrender, he would only die.
Yuan Shang finally broke out of the encirclement of the Cao army under the protection of the trial and hundreds of personal guards, but fortunately, the trial has been taking care of Yuan Shang on the side, otherwise I really don't know what will happen to Yuan Shang.
The defeat in this battle was too big a blow to Yuan Shanglai, and he was full of confidence that day, but now there are only a few hundred people around him, such a huge gap, Yuan Shang is obviously normal to have such an appearance,
However, the trial is also a little worried, worried that Yuan Shang will collapse, but now I think that these are useless, and now I still want to know how to escape from this place and return to Yecheng safely.
The trial is also very confused, what can I do if I return to Yecheng, now the entire Hebei army has been defeated by the Cao army, and the army of 40,000 has been completely buried in Du Chen's hands, where can I find so many soldiers to compete with the Cao army,
Not to mention that there is no Jizhou, I am afraid that there are not so many soldiers in the whole of Hebei, in the battle of Liyang City, the whole of Hebei was crippled by the Cao army, except for Yuan Xi in Youzhou, who was better, only lost less than tens of thousands of people,
But so what. Yuan Xi has lost his self-confidence after being beaten by Cao Jun, and he obviously will not continue to send troops to aid Jizhou, so now Jizhou has reached the point of exhaustion.
"Lord, lord." The judge shouted twice. This brought Yuan Shang back to his senses,
"Sir, how is it now?" Yuan Shang was obviously a little distracted just now, he obviously didn't know what was going on at this time, it seemed that Yuan Shang was really frightened just now, making him a little broken.
"Rest assured, my lord, we have escaped from the encirclement of Cao's army, so we are safe for the time being." The judge comforted. Immediately, he ordered someone to help Yuan Shang come down and take a rest, since he was safe, there should be no problem with taking a rest.
Yuan Shang was helped off the horse tremblingly, his expression was gloomy at this time, and the judge saw Yuan Shang's expression, which made him shake his head secretly, this battle was a big blow to Yuan Shang. The judge did not know how to comfort him,
It's not just Yuan Shang who is sad. His guards also looked gloomy, everyone knew the meaning of this battle, victory is life, defeat is death, now the defeat of the Yuan army is so miserable, all the Yuan army soldiers know that Jizhou is in danger.
At this time, in Liyang City, Du Chen sat on the main seat of the banquet hall of the General's Mansion with a smile on his face, the battle of Liyang was no less than that of Guandu, this was definitely a strategic victory for Cao Jun, and Guandu's defeat of Yuan Jun was to crush Yuan Shao's conspiracy. Liyang's defeat of Yuan Shang was the prelude to the unification of Hebei,
Now that the whole of Hebei has no hostile forces with the Cao army, Bingzhou has been in flames, the news of Gao Gan's death has been transmitted back to Bingzhou, and the entire Bingzhou has fallen into war, even Yuan Xi did not let go of this opportunity and intervened.
And Yuan Shang is not to mention, now that Yuan Shang is newly defeated, he gathered the last strength of Jizhou and let go of the 40,000 army that was captured by himself, and the remaining half either died or took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Yuan Shang is no longer his opponent at all, and if he solves the problem of prisoners, Du Chen will directly lead the army to attack Yecheng, break Yecheng, and the entire Jizhou will be the place governed by Cao's army.
Judging from the situation of merging states, it is obviously very easy to win the annexed states.
"Zi'an has the greatest credit for the victory in this battle, and after our army returns to Xuchang victoriously, Chen will definitely ask the prime minister for Zi'an." Du Chen looked at Zhang Yan with a smile, Du Chen was obviously very happy to win this battle,
"What did Mr. say, Yan is the Cao Army, and it is really right to serve the Cao Army." Zhang Yan got up and said, Du Chen said this, which obviously made Zhang Yan very happy, with Du Chen's words, his career can go very well, Du Chen is the second-in-command of the Cao army, and now Du Chen has defeated the Hebei Third Road Army, and Cao Jun's involvement in Hebei is just around the corner.
After taking Hebei, Cao Jun is equivalent to taking half of the world, and then Cao Jun can look down on all the princes with the attitude of a hegemon, and take Hebei, Cao Jun's strength has risen sharply, and Cao Jun's combat effectiveness is already elite, I am afraid that it will not be long before the whole world is in Cao Jun's bag, and he can also become the founder of the country, and finally get rid of the notoriety of bandits.
A feast ended hastily, not that Du Chen didn't want the soldiers to recuperate, in fact, there were still too many political affairs waiting for Du Chen to deal with, and now, Cao Jun's victory over Hebei Yuan's family is true, but there are still many problems,
First of all, we must determine the strategic policy, and now I have nearly 50,000 troops under my command, whether these 50,000 troops will be divided into troops and attacked, or will they concentrate all their strength and hit the door with one blow.
Then, there were too many prisoners in Liyang City today, whether it was the Gao Ganjun captured by Zhang Fei outside Huguan in the early days, or the Yuan Shangjun captured by Du Chen, a total of more than 40,000 enemy soldiers were captured.
This is quite a huge number, you must know that your army is only more than 50,000 people, and the number of prisoners is close to the number of your own army.
If these captives are honest, Du Chen 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 unhappiness to himself.
Du Chen's worries are obviously very normal, there is indeed a person with ulterior motives among the captives, this person is none other than Feng Ji, one of the two major strategists under Yuan Shang, since Feng Ji was captured, he has been trying every means to rebel against the Yuan army captives, hoping that they can riot,
Outside Huguan that day, Zhang Fei didn't know who Feng Ji was, so he put him together with ordinary soldiers, at first Feng Ji was seriously injured, although he had more than enough, but his strength was insufficient, but when he learned that Cao Jun was strong and defeated the 100,000 army of Hebei in one fell swoop, he knew that he had to do something.
Now that the lord has been newly defeated, there are naturally not many soldiers under his hands, and if he can rebel against these 40,000 captives, he can send the lord the soldiers he wants to see the most, many, many soldiers,
Not beat around the bush. Not all soldiers have the heart to be prisoners, under Feng Ji's rhetoric and several persuasions, many of Yuan Jun's captives were moved by Feng Ji, plus Feng Ji is an important minister around Yuan Shang, so it makes everyone more confidant,
Gradually, Feng Ji has become a hot figure in this group of captives, but Yuan Jun's captives think so. But it doesn't mean that the captives of the annexed states also think so, after all, the people on both sides who don't belong to the same place naturally still have rejection.
Most of them felt that they should not follow the captives of the Yuan army to die, and the combat effectiveness of the Cao army must be obvious to all, and the soldiers at that time could not defeat the Cao army with armor and sharp weapons. Instead, he was captured by Cao Jun, and now he is a prisoner of the ranks. I don't even have a weapon in my hand, and what do I have to fight with Cao Jun, and a pair of flesh fists have beaten the spear in Cao Jun's hand, this is obviously impossible,
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 reflected this matter to Du Chen. This made Du Chen secretly surprised, he was surprised that he couldn't imagine that there was such a big man as Feng Ji among his captives, you know, Feng Ji and the trial match are the hottest characters around Yuan Shang, but now, he has become his own captive,
Knowing Feng Ji, Du Chen naturally would not let it go, and in less than a moment, Feng Ji was escorted to Du Chen by Li Tong and the Flying Tigers.
Looking at Feng Ji's arrogant standing and the main hall, Du Chen couldn't help but sigh very emotionally, he looked at Feng Ji, and then said to the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Team: "Let's loosen the Yuan Tu first, let's talk about it, the tie is so tight, I'm afraid it will be unbearable for him to be injured." ”
Du Chen's words were really kind, but Feng Ji was obviously ruthless, he glared at Du Chen angrily, and then said coldly: "This will not trouble the elite under the command of the adult, now Ji is a prisoner of the adult, if the adult wants to kill or scrape it is just a matter of words, he can't do this, Ji can't afford it, and he can't afford it." Feng Ji's attitude was very tough, which made Du Chen frown slightly when he heard this,
Du Chen's impression of Feng Ji is very bad, because Du Chen feels that Feng Ji is just a villain who can only tell right and wrong, and the reason why Tian Feng was killed by Yuan Shao in history back then was that he thought that this person was playing right and wrong in Yuan Shao's ear, which made Yuan Shao steal the killer.
Such a villain who only knows how to tell right and wrong, Du Chen really didn't put Feng Ji in his eyes, but now Feng Ji's appearance can't help but make Du Chen moved, his eyes are obviously bent on death, which looks like a villain,
If a villain can be so generous and righteous, Du Chen obviously still underestimated the ancients, at this moment, Du Chen put away his contempt, he looked at Feng Ji squarely, and then said in a deep voice: "Things have not yet reached the point where death is inevitable, why is Yuan Tu bent on death." ”
"Hmph." Feng Ji snorted coldly, he didn't say anything, now he can be said to have achieved nothing, he is very remorseful, if it wasn't for his carelessness, how could he be discovered by Cao Jun,
Now that Cao Jun has discovered it, the last bit of meaning in his life is gone.
Du Chen still wanted to speak, but Feng Ji had already turned his back to Du Chen, obviously not wanting to have any more conversations with Du Chen, and Du Chen was also very helpless about this, but what could he do, since he was bent on death, Du Chen could still stop him,
"Drag it out, slash." Du Chen said four words coldly, keeping Fengji will be a scourge sooner or later, he provoked the captives to rebel against Cao Jun, if it wasn't for someone to tell him, it would be difficult for Du Chen to imagine what would happen.
I have always been cautious and cautious in dealing with Yuan Jun's captives, but I didn't expect that Feng Ji had taken advantage of it in this way, so Feng Ji's ability could not be underestimated, and this also made Du Chen break out in a cold sweat.
Feng Ji was escorted out by the big man of the Flying Tigers, and then a big man walked in with a bloody head, Du Chen nodded, and then waved his hand, Feng Ji's table was still beyond his expectations, Du Chen reminded himself that he must not underestimate anyone,
Sooner or later, these 40,000 troops staying in Liyang will be a scourge, so Du Chen feels that he should escort these captives back to Cao Jun's territory first, otherwise if there is another Fengji, he will really be anxious.
Du Chen ordered 10,000 soldiers to escort the 40,000 captives across the Yellow River and return to Yanzhou, while Du Chen personally led an army of 40,000 to take Yecheng.
Yuan Shang has already run away, and his only escape target is Yecheng, for the whole of Hebei, Yecheng deserves to be a heroic city, its majestic Cheng dù is almost the same as Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and this is also Du Chen's biggest headache.
Yecheng himself has never been there, but Luoyang City itself knows very well, the towering city wall is prohibitive, but the wide moat does not know how many soldiers' surnames will be buried, attacking such a male city, Du Chen said that he is under a lot of pressure,
But even if there is pressure, he can only withstand the pressure, Luoyang City can be conquered, so what are you afraid of, besides, Yuan Jun has become a frightened bird, Yuan Shang is even more unbearable, gave up his soldiers, and fled alone, this qiē is the capital of Cao Jun to take Yecheng,
Du Chen's journey can be described as quite easy, everywhere Cao Jun went, Yuan Jun almost all fell from the wind, although Du Chen also encountered a trace of resistance, but it just did not set off any waves, Cao Jun's offensive has been very smooth,
As the so-called people go to tea and cool, Yuan Shao has been dead for a long time, and Yuan Shang obviously did not inherit Yuan Shao's ability, the battle of Liyang City, Yuan Shang's army was defeated on all fronts, after this, everyone knew that Cao Jun was determined to win Hebei,
The whole Hebei can no longer find a person who can defeat the Cao army, if you don't surrender at this time, there is only a dead end, Du Chen's 40,000 army is just the vanguard of the Cao army, now, Cao Cao has personally led the army to attack, and it won't take long to reach Liyang City,
Cao Jun has attacked on all fronts, and now the stormy Jizhou is obviously not his opponent, not long after, Du Chen led the army to arrive at Yecheng, although Du Chen has been mentally prepared, but obviously still frightened by the towering Yecheng city wall, Yecheng deserves to be the largest city in the north, it is well deserved,
On the city wall of Yecheng, Yuan Shang looked at the mighty Cao Jun under the city wall in horror, he couldn't help but tremble, although he knew that Cao Jun would come sooner or later, but he obviously didn't expect Cao Jun to come so quickly,
Those ungrateful villains, when they gained power, they were submissive to themselves, for fear of offending themselves, but now that they had 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 was obviously impossible, he was already trapped in this turtle shell, and it was too difficult to break out of the encirclement of the Cao army.
Du Chen ordered the siege of the city, besieged three queyi, gave Yuan Jun a chance to survive, and asked them not to fight to the death, and when the trial saw the configuration of Cao Jun, 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 has been fragmented, the army is not aligned, how can it be impossible to break out the power of the trapped beast fight, Cao Jun came all the way, how many Yuan army soldiers were surrendered, this qiē and qiē all stimulated the thoughts of the soldiers in the city, so that even if they fail, they can still surrender, after surrendering, no one is difficult for them,
If you cut off their way of life, it 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 finally harm themselves.
The next day, the Cao army under the city of Yecheng set up a position, but Du Chen did not order people to attack the city, but was ready 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.
Du Chen obviously didn't have any illusions about the persuasion book, but if he could take Yecheng without blood, this was obviously what Du Chen 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. (To be continued......)