Chapter 248: So Long
Hearing Tian Feng's words, Yuan Shao showed a slightly puzzled expression. However, thinking of Du Chen's expression just now, Yuan Shao hurriedly asked: "What does Yuan Hao mean by this, do you have any good plans in mind?" ”
Hearing Yuan Shao's inquiry, Tian Feng stepped forward and came to Yuan Shao's face, first saluted Yuan Shao, and then said: "Lord, don't forget, this battle Cao Jun is a well-deserved main force, and we are all here to cooperate with Cao Jun, how can we be light and prioritize." ”
Tian Feng's words were like an alarm bell, and Yuan Shao's ears buzzed non-stop. Tian Feng's words were not wrong at all, it was difficult for Yuan Jun to have the strength to attack Yi Jing. The reason why he spent a lot of grain and grass to ask Cao Jun for help was because he didn't have the confidence to win Yi Jing with Yuan Jun's strength.
And today's abrupt words made Du Chen easily deny Cao Jun's main offensive ability. If according to Du Chen's statement, then he could only lead Yuan's army to attack Yijing.
Du Chen is not a fool, it is absolutely impossible for him to storm Yi Jing to attract Gongsun Zhan's attention. Moreover, even if Cao Jun really did what he asked, would Gongsun Chan devote all his energy to defending Cao Jun.
This is obviously impossible, in Gongsun Zhan's thoughts, Cao Jun is just here to help Yuan Jun, how can he work hard for Yuan Jun. Therefore, even if Cao Jun attacked Yi Jing, Gongsun Zhan's attention would still be focused on Yuan Jun.
If this is the case, then what Cao Jun did will have no effect, and the final result will still be to storm Yijing. And at that time, Cao Jun will definitely not give Yuan Jun any help, and at that time, how can Yuan Jun capture Yijing.
Thinking clearly about the pros and cons, Yuan Shao glared fiercely at Guo Tu, who had just proposed to him, and then turned his head to look at Du Chen with a smile on his face and said, "How can this matter be changed lightly." Si Lang has already promised me to be the main attack, how can I change lightly. ”
"Moreover, only after the capture of Yijing, the grain and grass under Shao Xu will be transported to Xuchang, presumably Si Lang has not forgotten about this matter." Yuan Shao said flatteringly. As a person who is about to become the number one prince in the world to flatter Du Chen, Yuan Shao's mood is somewhat uncomfortable. But for the sake of war. That's all I can do.
If you want to win the war, you can only pay something unexpected. Therefore, in order to be able to win the war, in order to leave some good impressions in Du Chen's heart, Yuan Shao was naturally willing to do these things.
Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Du Chen felt a little helpless in his heart. For the sake of that tempting food and grass, he could only work hard for Yuan Shao once. However, the impact of the Battle of Yijing on Yuan's army was also quite huge, so Du Chen felt that this matter was quite reasonable.
Although he helped Yuan Jun take Yijing, Yuan Jun's loss was definitely a problem. Yuan's army suffered heavy losses. That means he'll need a long time to recuperate. And while Yuan Jun was recuperating, Cao Jun could take this opportunity to recuperate.
Yuan Jun did not have the ability to attack Cao Jun in a short period of time, after all, Yuan Shao already knew that Cao Jun was strong in combat, so before attacking Cao Jun, Yuan Shao would definitely conduct a strength assessment first, only Yuan Shao felt that he had the ability to fight with Cao Jun, presumably Yuan Shao would lead his troops to attack Cao Jun.
Of course, this does not rule out the possibility of accidents. After all, Yuan Shao is an unusually arrogant person. When his self-confidence bursts, he will inevitably do something beyond his imagination.
Historically. The reason why Yuan Shao attacked Cao Jun in a big way was not because his confidence had reached the extreme. At that time, Yuan Shao's confidence was bursting, and Yuan Shao simply ignored the protracted war proposed by Frustration and Tian Feng, and at that time he just wanted to defeat Cao's army in one fell swoop with his troops.
However, it was precisely because of Yuan Shao's arrogance that he was finally pushed to the path of destruction. Arguably. The reason why Yuan Shao perished, most of the factors still came from himself, so there is no guarantee that Yuan Shao would do such a thing, so everything can't be too sure.
Anyway, though. Yi Jing must be taken. Yi Jing led a large army to the city of Yi Jing, if he withdrew like this, the blow to Cao Jun's reputation would definitely be quite huge. Therefore, Du Chen will never allow such a thing to happen.
Du Chen looked at Yuan Shao, and then said: "Chen doesn't mean anything else, it's just that the people under your command were too cautious at the beginning, if you think that my Cao Jun can't do it, if you think that my Du Chen's strategy is inferior, you can not use it." ”
Yuan Shao laughed a few times dryly and said: "What Si Lang said, Shao was just joking with Si Lang just now, and he will follow what Si Lang said."
Du Chen didn't care about this, and said with a smile: "Hehe, dust is naturally a joke, okay, it's late at night, it's time for dust to go back and rest, you guys stay!" After Du Chen finished speaking, he turned around and walked out. Seeing that Du Chen was gone, everyone said goodbye to Yuan Shao and prepared for tomorrow's war. There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day of Qingming, the Cao army and the Yuan army attacked the city together, and as planned, the Yuan army attacked and the Cao army feint.
Outside the city of Yijing, Yuan's army attacked in a big way. In stark contrast to the Yuan army, the Cao army, although the Cao army had been actively preparing for the siege, it was as if there was no siege at all. In Gongsun Zhan's view, Cao Jun's move was just a show.
However, Gongsun Zhan understood this very well, and Cao Jun's actions were even worse than he expected. Anyway, in his own expectations, Cao Jun would attack the city and something like that, but Cao Jun did not make such a move at all.
At first, Gongsun Chan still had some doubts in his heart, but as the war progressed, Gongsun Chan had no time to continue thinking about these things, and the offensive of Yuan's army was very fierce, so that Gongsun Chan had no free time to think about Cao Jun.
Of course, Du Chen couldn't do nothing, just when the offensive of Gongsun Zan and Yuan's army became more and more ferocious, Du Chen ordered the soldiers of the Cao army to fill up the moat of Yijing.
This was the first obstacle to Cao's offensive, and certainly the biggest obstacle to Cao's offensive. After all, if a surprise attack was adopted, the city wall would not pose much of a threat to Cao's army, and the only threat would be the wide moat.
After filling the moat, Du Chen ordered Cao's army to withdraw. After all, Du Chen still felt very sorry for his soldiers, and he didn't want his soldiers to suffer too many casualties. As for Cao Jun's various actions, Gongsun Zan was more and more relieved, and it was obvious that Cao Jun had no intention of attacking Yi Jing.
With such an idea, coupled with the strong pressure brought by Yuan Shao's siege, Gongsun Zhan finally withdrew most of the soldiers defending Cao's army to make up for the attrition of the war. After all, Yuan Shao's offensive was very ferocious, and the front-line battlefield was quite fierce.
In comparison, Cao Jun didn't have any pressure at all. Except for the fact that filling the moat can be regarded as a war, Cao Jun did not bring any pressure to himself at all. Therefore, the transfer of some soldiers did not have a great impact on the war.
Moreover, even if Cao Jun really attacked the city, then their offensive would definitely not be fierce, Cao Jun did not have the idea of conquering Yi Jing, then he would not be able to take Yi Jing, after all, Gongsun Chan still had confidence in Yi Jingcheng's defensive strength.
Yuan Shao's army has been attacking hard for so long, but there is still no improvement at all, this is the self-confidence that Gongsun Chan can rely on. Yuan's offensive was so fierce that he didn't conquer Yijing, let alone Cao Jun, who just wanted to be a showman.
Gongsun Zhan's obvious actions in Yijing City were seen by Du Chen, and it seemed that the offensive of the Yuan army in the past few days was really fierce, and Gongsun Zan had no choice but to transfer most of the defensive forces to defend against the Yuan army.
Gongsun Zhan's actions were in line with Du Chen's intentions, but Du Chen still did not launch any offensive, because in his opinion, this was not the best opportunity. Although Gongsun Zhan sent many soldiers to defend against Yuan's army, he still did not relax.
After all, Yi Jing was Gongsun Zhan's last support, and although he didn't think that Cao Jun would pose much of a threat to him, he still didn't dare to take it lightly. After all, it would be difficult for him to withstand the blow of losing Yi Jing. If he loses Yi Jing, then he will really have nothing.
There was no movement from Cao Jun, and Yuan Shao did suffer heavy losses here. A few days of siege made the soldiers of the Yuan army exhausted, and Yi Jingcheng was unexpectedly difficult to overcome, and he paid huge casualties, but it did not shake the foundation of Gongsun Zan in the slightest.
Cao Jun was so comfortable, and he suffered such heavy losses, which was a big blow to Yuan Shao. Of course, in addition to the blow, Yuan Shao was also extremely angry, although Yuan Shao knew that everything was going according to the plan, but he was extremely angry.
ordered someone to invite Du Chen, but Yuan Shao had a lot of things to say to him. After all, it has been so long, and Gongsun Chan has also mobilized the army to focus on guarding himself, but Cao Jun has not moved for a long time, which makes Yuan Shao unbearable. He wanted to vent well and let Du Chen know that he was very angry at this time.
Du Chen came to Yuan Shao's big tent, and when he saw Yuan Shao's gloomy face, Du Chen secretly said that it was not good. Obviously, Yuan Shao was on the verge of breaking out at this time, and he was now a flame ready to go, afraid of a little breeze.
Looking at Yuan Shao's gloomy face, Du Chen said slightly: "Chen Zheng wanted to find the original discussion, but he didn't expect the original to take the first step. ”
Hearing Du Chen's words, Yuan Shao slightly restrained his gloomy expression just now, and then asked, "Oh, there are such things, I don't know what Si Lang is looking for Shao?" ”
Du Chen looked at Yuan Shao, and then said, "Naturally, it is related to the war. ”
Hearing Du Chen's words, Yuan Shao's murderous eyes naturally eased a little. He looked at Du Chen, and then hurriedly asked, "Shao Ye is also trying to discuss with Si Lang about the war. ”
"In that case, please say it first." Du Chen said in a deep voice. Obviously, Yuan Shao has been restrained a lot, and then it's time to talk about business. Although Du Chen knew what Yuan Shao wanted to say, out of politeness, he still needed Yuan Shao to say it first. (To be continued......)