Chapter 341: Bad News
When the Wei family surrendered to Ye Teng, the news of the defeat and retreat of the Black Mountain Army finally reached the ears of Yuan Shao in Shangquyang.
"Hasn't there been any progress on Yan Liang's side?" The look of displeasure on Yuan Shao's face was obvious. For so many days, Lingshou City has not been captured, and all that has been harvested is a continuous rush for reinforcements, urging equipment, and a large number of casualties.
Yuan Shao seemed to see that Lingshou County was turning into a giant beast, opening its bloody mouth, and constantly devouring the Yuan family's soldiers, grain, grass, and equipment, and he didn't know when he would be able to eat enough.
As a third-rate military advisor, a second-rate politician, and a first-class courtier, Guo Tu naturally knew when to say something without upsetting the lord, so he glanced at Xu You at this time and replied cautiously: "Not yet, but the news that General Yan sent at noon today said that within three days, he will definitely be able to break through Lingshou!" β
"This kind of thing, Yan Liang said less, do you really believe it? Speaking loudly, is this the performance that the number one general of my Yuan family should be? "A large amount of casualty data can't be exchanged for a victory, and even the situation is still developing in a more unfavorable direction for his side, Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction has accumulated to a considerable level, and the courtiers are naturally to blame at every turn.
At this time, almost all the decision-making leaders of the Yuan family, including Yuan Shao, felt as if they had won Ye Teng's plan in this battle, but no one said this sentence explicitly.
Everyone wants to save face, the leader of the Yuan family alliance of the fourth and third dukes, plus so many talented people, has been successfully calculated by a small stranger, how will he face the mouth of the world? So in any case, this matter cannot be put on the table.
This also deepened Yuan Shao's obsession to break through Lingshou! If it is said that at the beginning of the army, it was to capture Changshan State, then, with the retreat of the Montenegrin army, Yuan Shao no longer had this idea, and the next war was more about being able to end decently.
Even if it's just to break through Lingshou, it's okay to retreat!
Otherwise, if he sent millions of troops, did not win a battle, and did not break a city, wouldn't he become the laughing stock of the world, the leader of the Dong League? !
However, since it had been thought that the battle of Changshan Kingdom was likely to be a trap set by Ye Teng, whether it was to suggest that Yuan Shao increase his troops on the front line, or simply withdraw his troops, it was not a wise choice that a strategist should have. Increasing troops on the front line is likely to increase casualties; Withdrawing and admitting defeat, where will the lord's face go? Where to find a substitute for the dead?
Therefore, Xu You, Guo Tu and others did not say a word.
Yuan Shao looked at the sitting Chinese martial arts, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and waved them away.
When this is the case, we can only continue to wait, and I hope that Yan Liang's promise can become a reality.
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Ye Teng knew that as long as the news of the collapse of the Black Mountain Army and the surrender of the Weijia Army reached Yuan Shao's ears, Yuan Shao would never continue to drag on the war. At that time, Yuan's army had only two choices: retreat with the whole army, or strike a full blow first and then retreat with the whole army.
Therefore, after the completion of Pingjian County, he put all the high-level special troops into the space as quickly as possible, and then returned to the Yuan clan to join Zhao Yun, and once again included 10,000 Han army iron cavalry and 10,000 Qi family troops into the space, and then rushed to the Bohai Sea non-stop.
Three days later, Ye Teng broke through the Yuanjiawu Fort more than 100 miles east of Fuyang City in Bohai County, and all the men of the Yuan family's bloodline, as well as the highly loyal housekeepers and family members were all killed, and the surrendered private army, the Yuan family's female dependents, life and professional talents, the money and food, materials, war horses, and all the income space of his own troops in the dock fort, and the rest of the ordinary tenants and ordinary people, etc., were all given up on the spot and ignored. Then hurry up and rush to Wancheng, the Nanyang Governance Office.
After another three days, Ye Teng broke through Yuanjiawu Fort, which was eighty miles southwest of Wancheng, and after dealing with it in the same way, he no longer stayed, rushed to Yuanshi as fast as possible, put down the mobile teleportation array, and ordered Chen Gong and Xie Gengxin to deal with the prisoners, and he went to Jiumen County.
Briefly summoned Cao Xuan and Wang Yue, and told them that he would rush to the front line of Lingshou as quickly as possible, and asked Cao Xuan to lead 20,000 Han army iron cavalry to participate in the battle, and ordered Wang Yue to lead the rest of the soldiers to defend the city!
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"Lord, the spies have come to report, three days ago, my dock fort in the east of Fuyang City was broken by Ye Teng!" Yuan Shao's intelligence system is in charge of Xu You, so it is naturally Xu You who gets the news first.
"What? It was one of the strongest fortresses of my Yuan family, how could it be breached? Yuan Shao's face was full of disbelief.
"It's not very clear, because all the private troops were slaughtered and individual surrenderers were taken away, so no one knows how the dock fort was breached." Xu Youdao.
"What about the other losses?" Yuan Shao asked.
"All the men of the Yuan family's bloodline were slaughtered, all money, food, and resources were looted, all female dependents and living professionals were taken away, and civilians and tenants were not harmed." Xu You replied cautiously, with such heavy losses, for fear of being angered.
Ye Teng's caution worked.
Since when Ye Teng broke through Yuanjiawu Fort, all the people who earned the space were ostensibly driven out of the city and taken away, so the news that Yuan Shao received this time was not only not exposed to the Divine Stone Space, but he didn't even know how the Dock Fort was breached.
"Hurry up and remind the other dock forts to prevent Ye Teng from sneaking up on them again!" After getting this news, he did not lose his mind, and Yuan Shao's psychological quality was good.
"Yes!" Xu You walked out quickly.
Watching Xu You walk out of the door, Yuan Shao stood up, but he only felt a buzz in his head, and he was instantly dizzy, so he hurriedly held on to the edge of the table, and had to sit back slowly.
After a while, Xu You returned again, did not notice Yuan Shao's strange appearance, and said respectfully: "Lord, I have ordered to go down." β
"Inform Guo Tu, Ji Ling and other civil and military personnel to come here to discuss!" Yuan Shao commanded.
"Yes." In fact, Xu You could have let the guards at the door inform him, but at this time, the atmosphere was solemn, although he and Yuan Shao had been friends since childhood, and he was not willing to sit alone with Yuan Shao, so he walked out of the door again.
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Soon after, Xu You, Guo Tu, Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and other military generals entered the hall one after another, saluted Yuan Shao respectively, Yuan Shao signaled Xu You, and first reported the latest news.
"Everyone knows the situation, and the rest of our dock forts, Ziyuan, have also sent a warning as quickly as possible. Now let's talk about the siege of Lingshou County, what should we do! After everyone understood the information, Yuan Shao spoke.
"Lord, I just got another definite news, about five days ago, the Wei family had already taken refuge in Ye Teng!" Even if Xu You is unwilling in his heart, he can only throw a shock bomb again, there is no way, such a major news can't be hidden, right?!
"How so? A top family with hundreds of years of history actually took refuge in a stranger? Ji Ling felt that it was really incredible, as a retainer of the Yuan family, Ji Ling knew too well the strength of the family, and its influence was all-round, not just a protΓ©gΓ© with the high position of the third prince and the state pastor.
"It is said that because the Weijiawu Fort in Hedong was breached, all the men, women and children of the Wei family fell into Ye Teng's hands, and more than a dozen descendants of the Wei family, including Wei Qi, the head of the Wei family, were hung on the wall of Pingjian County to force the Wei family army to surrender!" Xu Youdao.