It's mid-May, and the weather is getting hotter.

Shan Jing led the army to cross Baoqiu Water and Gushui successively according to Gongsun Zhan's order, and now the army is under Jicheng.

Looking at the majestic and tall Jicheng city wall, Shan Jing's heart suddenly overflowed with a sense of powerlessness. It seems that he led 20,000 soldiers and horses to Guangyang this time, but his family knows his own affairs, and he really has no confidence in whether he can take Jicheng.

Although various sources indicate that the number of troops left in Jicheng will not exceed 5,000, or even only 3,000, Shan Jing always feels that there is something wrong with this. Liu Yu's soldiers and horses are indeed fewer than Gongsun Zhan, but the total number of troops stationed everywhere is also 50,000.

After the 20,000 soldiers and horses brought this time alone, the cavalry is only 4,000 people, and the rest are infantry, and they are also recruits recruited last year.

Shan Jing didn't know the bottom of his heart, and Gongsun Zhan's order was not easy to disobey, so he commanded the troops to launch a tentative attack on Jicheng, but was fiercely counterattacked by the defenders in the city. The soldiers defending the city were not only well-equipped, but also good at archery, and in the face of the enemy army besieging the city, round after round of arrows were poured down like rain, only to shoot only through the new recruits under their command to hold their heads and run around, and did not dare to approach the city wall at all.

Don't look at the small number of troops left behind in Jicheng, in order to ensure the safety of Liu and his son, Zhao Yun and Li Yan left all the most elite infantry in the city, how could they cope with these miscellaneous fish brought by Shan Jing?

After touching a nose of ash under Jicheng, he became more cautious, so he took the method of not working hard, stationed the army ten miles outside the east gate of Jicheng, and only sent some soldiers to run outside the east gate every day to scold a pass, and did not really attack the city, that is, disgusted the defenders at the head of the city and Liu Yu's father and son.

Liu He ran to the east gate every day to look out, waiting for Shan Jing to attack the city again, but he was always scolded, and his heart suddenly became angry, thinking about how to rectify Shan Jing.

Jicheng now has 6,000 defenders, of which 3,000 are Weidun's subordinates who just returned from Juyongguan not long ago, and there are 2,000 of Zhang Zan in Guangyang City, which is close to Jicheng, and they can also be quickly reinforced, adding up to 8,000 people, so Liu He has no need to worry about being able to capture Jicheng alone.

Liu He pondered, pondered, and suddenly remembered that there was a person, so he discussed with his father, and then appointed Zhao to personally go out and take a small team of men and horses to the military capital.

When Liu He was busy calculating the Shan Jing, Gongsun Zhan's side had already joined Yan Gang, and he personally led an army of 20,000 to the north of Anci, and stationed the army between Jixian and Anci.

After waiting for a few days, Gongsun Zhan always received the news of the defeat of the attack on Jicheng from Shan Jing, and his heart suddenly became angry, so he sent Changshi Guan Jing to supervise the battle.

Guan Jing saw Shan Jing and asked him why he was passively avoiding the war, Shan Jing didn't explain, dragged Guan Jing around the camp, and then took Guan Jing to the outside of Jicheng, pointed to the tall city wall and said: "Guan Changshi, now I will hand over all these soldiers and horses to you, if you can capture Jicheng, the credit is all yours, I will go to General Fenwu to ask for guilt!" ”

Guan Jing blinked a few times, not daring to take the words of the single scripture. Guan Jing also understood that only relying on these recruits brought by Shan Jing could not help Jicheng with high walls and thick bricks, unless it was possible to sweep away Liu Yu's troops entrenched in Anci, and the 40,000 troops besieged Jicheng at the same time, it was possible to take Jicheng.

Guan Jing returned in vain and told Gongsun Zhan about the difficulties of the single scripture.

When Gongsun Chan went north, he was full of ambition and confidence, but now he is in a dilemma, which makes him very annoyed. He also knew that there was nothing wrong with being so cautious and cautious, after all, Jicheng was a Youzhou governance office, which had been operated by Liu Yu for many years, not only the city was strong, but also the city was rich in material reserves, and the army and the people were also united and stable, not an ordinary small county town.

Gongsun Zhan's original intention was to force Liu Yu's subordinates stationed in Anci to hurriedly go north to reinforce after receiving the news of Jicheng's emergency, and then he could attack this army on the way, but Li Yan sat firmly on Diaoyutai and ignored Gongsun Zhan's strategy to lure the enemy out of the city, so that Gongsun Zhan now has no idea.

When Gongsun Zhan was at a loss, Guan Yu came to suggest to him that it was better to cancel the previous order and let Shan Jing give up attacking the fortified Jicheng and instead attack Changping in the north of Jicheng. At the same time, Guan Yu also suggested that Gongsun Chan should not stare at Anci's defenders, but should instead go forward to attack Guangyang, so that he could turn the passive into the active, not only forming a north-south entrapment trend against Jicheng, but also not worrying about logistics and supply problems.

Gongsun Zhan thought about it carefully and felt that Guan Yu's suggestion was indeed feasible, so he immediately sent someone to give orders to Shan Jing, and he also took advantage of the cover of the night to suddenly march towards Guangyang, which was weakly defended, leaving An Ci far behind.

Zhao Yun, who was hiding outside and preparing to find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy, suddenly detected Gongsun Zhan's abnormal movements, so he hurriedly led the troops to rush back to Guangyang City first, and when Gongsun Zhan's army came, the defenders of Guangyang City changed from the original two thousand to six thousand, and became a hard bone to gnaw for a while.

The two thousand defenders in Guangyang City are all subordinates of Zhang Zan of Wuruan Pass, and the orders they received are only responsible for guarding the three thousand prisoners in the city, and taking care of three thousand war horses, they are not ready to resist Gongsun Zhan's 20,000 army to attack the city, if Zhao Yun hesitates a little and is seized by Gongsun Zhan, the consequences are really unimaginable!

The 3,000 captives and 3,000 war horses were originally Gongsun Zhan's, if Guangyang City was captured by Gongsun Zhan, not only would he not have any losses, but he could also immediately release the captives as troops.

When Gongsun Zhan saw that the general of the defending army at the head of Guangyang City was actually Zhao Yun, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was a little distracted for a while......

"Didn't you say that the master guarding Anci would be Zhao Yun? What's going on here? Gongsun Zhan pointed to Zhao Yun at the head of the city, and shouted to the generals Yan Gang and Guan Jing.

Yan Gang thought to himself that the ghost knew what was going on, when Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were fighting outside Anci City, I was not watching alone, it was only a few days of hard work, who knew why he ran to Guangyang.

Guan Jing is also innocent, he has followed Gongsun Chan since he set out on the expedition, except for a few days ago to see Shan Jing, the rest of the time has never left the Chinese army's big tent, who knows why Zhao Yun suddenly appeared from Guangyang.

At this time, it was useless to argue and prevaricate, Gongsun Zhan personally came to Guangyang City and said to Zhao Yun at the head of the city: "Zilong, can you remember what you said when you defected to me?" ”

Zhao Yun looked at Gongsun Chan under the city, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings, and he said loudly to Gongsun Zhan: "Of course I remember!" At the beginning, I said that I would not deliberately alienate Yuan Shao and favor you because of my personal thoughts, but would follow the lord who can implement benevolent government. It turns out that I was wrong in the first place! You and Yuan Shao are not the lords who can implement benevolent governance, in order to compete for power and profit, you can ignore the life and death of the people of Youzhou and Jizhou, and it is Lord Liu and Gongzi who really implement benevolent governance! ”

Gongsun Chan originally wanted to persuade Zhao Yun to give up resistance by relying on his old feelings, but he was beaten by Zhao Yun in public, and in anger, he immediately ordered his troops to attack Guangyang City.

Although Zhao Yun once followed Gongsun Zhan, since he switched to Liu He, he has wholeheartedly assisted Liu He, and has long regarded Gongsun Chan as the first enemy that needs to be cut off, so when facing the siege of Gongsun Zhan's army, he was merciless, and commanded his cavalry to dismount and go to the city to fight to the death with Gongsun Zhan's soldiers.

As a result, Guangyang City became Gongsun Zhan's nightmare......

Within three days, Gongsun Chan personally commanded the army to attack the city five times, and after paying 7,000 casualties, he still did not take Guangyang. In order to resist Gongsun Zhan's fierce attack in annoyance and shame, Zhao Yun's corporal also paid nearly 3,500 casualties.

Gongsun Zhan saw that the strong attack was ineffective, and sent Guan Yu to the city to fight. Zhao Yun was resolutely not afraid, and led fifty black-armored iron horsemen out of the city to fight Guan Yu, and when the battle reached seventy rounds, a shot picked up Guan Yu's big knife, Guan Yu hurriedly retreated, and was stabbed in the back by Zhao Yun, and the injury was not light. Gongsun Chan hurriedly sent troops to attack the city again, and Zhao Yun led the iron cavalry to calmly withdraw to the city and continued to command the soldiers to carry out defensive operations......

Liu He, who was close at hand, could receive news about the fierce battle in Guangyang every day, but at this critical time, he did not dare to easily divide troops from Jicheng to reinforce Zhao Yun, so he had to give an urgent order to Li Yan, who was stationed in Anci, to abandon Anci and lead all his troops and horses to reinforce Guangyang.

Li Yan also knew that the strategic location of Guangyang was much higher than that of Anci, so he did not hesitate to take the 7,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in Anci and rushed to Guangyang as fast as possible.

Just when the fierce battle between Gongsun Chan and Zhao Yun was in a stalemate, he suddenly received an urgent report from the scouts, claiming that they had found an army of nearly 10,000 people coming from Anci to help in the battle. Gongsun Zhan, who was already red-eyed, immediately ordered 3,000 Baimayi to meet Li Yan's reinforcements, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides twenty miles away from Guangyang.

In the face of the most elite light cavalry in the world, Li Yan had no fear, commanding the soldiers of the chariot battalion to rush to the front, followed closely by the hook inlay battalion and the sword and shield battalion, escorting 500 crossbowmen in the middle, and the rest of the ordinary soldiers were deployed on both sides of the Chinese army, and then rushed towards Baima Yicong in a straight line.

Bai Ma Yi did not pick up half a cent from facing Li Yan's well-defended turtle shell formation, and after paying nearly 1,000 casualties, he had to withdraw to Gongsun Zhan's camp and never dared to fight Li Yan again.

Gongsun Zhan saw that his Bai Ma Yi Cong had suffered heavy casualties, and his heart was as painful as a knife, he really couldn't imagine that the little-known Li Yan was so powerful, as if he had already thought of a way to deal with Bai Ma Yi.

By the time the battle reached this point, Gongsun Zhan had completely exhausted his fighting spirit and sharpness, and he now did not have the slightest hope of occupying Guangyang and Zhuo County, but only wanted to leave this ghost place where he lost his troops and generals, and never faced such difficult opponents as Zhao Yun and Li Yan in the future.

Just when Gongsun Chan was disgraced, an old man suddenly came from Jicheng. When Gongsun Chan saw this old man, he didn't let out a single fart, obediently withdrew from Youzhou with the disabled troops, and rolled back to Nanpi in a gloomy manner.