In the central part of Yanzhou, several major forces are intriguing, fighting openly and secretly, and the situation has not changed much.

In the north of Yanzhou, the 45,000 Han forbidden army led by Wei Yan did not have so many concerns.

After capturing Zhencheng, Wei Yan finally learned the news that Yanzhou's cavalry corps had been nearly wiped out.

Wei Yan, who has no worries, finally has his hands free, and he can mobilize the enemy without running around the map like this. Now Wei Yan has only one goal, that is, to attack the west side of Dongjun, conquer Puyang, take all Dongjun, and cut off the retreat of the main force of Sima Yi's army.

In this case, even if there was no Jiang Wei to help plan, Wei Yan knew what to do.

After resting in Zhencheng for five days, Wei Yan obtained a certain supply of grain and grass here, Wei Yan left Wen Qin and 5,000 soldiers to guard Zhencheng, and took Jiang Wei and 40,000 soldiers to the west to attack Puyang.

This choice, in fact, is also well thought out.

Zhencheng is a place, after all, it is one of Cao Wei's former base camps, and the clans in the city are basically focused on Cao Wei, Wei Yan surrounded this place with nearly dozens of times the force, and it took nearly ten days to capture it.

After capturing here, Wei Yan shouted that he wanted to make the family here "pay" from the beginning of entering the city, and it was Wen Qin's "persuasion" of "obstruction" in every possible way that saved the family of Zhencheng from the catastrophe.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a classic routine of singing white face and red face, after all, Ji Han's army will never allow such a thing as slaughtering the city.

In his early years, Liu Bei was very disgusted with Cao Cao's practice of slaughtering the city at every turn.

Liu Bei himself is also a hero, he can understand the practice of pacifying the troubled times to show his authority, but this method should not be a simple and rude slaughter of the city.

Coupled with the later confrontation between the two, Liu Bei regarded Cao Cao as a thief, so Liu Bei resolutely did not use the means used by Cao Cao. The choice of slaughtering the city was never in Ji Han's plan to use troops.

And after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang was in power, so the Han army was even more forbidden to have any slaughter. Zhuge Liang followed his uncle from Langya County to Jingzhou when he was a child, and was himself a victim of the massacre.

Therefore, Wei Yan, a veteran who has been following from Liu Bei's era to the present, can he do such a thing as slaughtering the city?!

Therefore, this is just a play, a play for the Zhencheng family.

Of course, Wei Yan's purpose was just to get enough military food supplies from Zhencheng, after all, Zhencheng was a place that still held out for ten days under such a disparity in strength, and even the family in the city used private soldiers to assist in the defense, so it can be seen that the family here must have their hearts towards Cao Wei.

If Wei Yan didn't use some unconventional means, how could he dig up food from the hands of these clans.

It's just that, Wei Yan was still worried, this drama was a bit too fake, after all, the Ji Han army never slaughtered the city, and it was also famous.

But Wei Yan didn't expect that this drama would be performed very smoothly, and the effect was exceptionally good.

These Zhencheng clans all held on to their fortifications before the city was broken, but after the city was broken, these clans were willing to take out their family food to provide military supplies.

Wei Yan really couldn't understand what these big families thought, but Wen Qin could understand.

Yanzhou is a place where Cao Wei was the basic seat before Cao Cao officially became the prince and set the capital Yecheng, so the family here will support Cao Wei so much.

Because of this, the recognition of Liu Beifang's forces by the big families here is very low. What Ji Han army will never slaughter the city, it must be all fake, and it was made up by Liu Daer to coax the world.

In such a troubled era, how can anyone still win the hearts of the people with benevolence and righteousness, and how can they insist on not slaughtering the city after breaking the city?!

is as wise as Cao Gong, and he has not done this kind of thing, he Liu Da'er, a person who is not as good as Cao Gong, can obtain such a big power, he must be using even more indiscriminate tricks.

What kind of benevolence and righteousness is just a disguise of hypocrites, anyway, the people here really think so.

Therefore, when Wei Yan shouted that he wanted to make the Zhencheng family "pay the price", these family members subconsciously thought that Wei Yan was going to slaughter the city.

When things didn't happen to them, these big families could still say something like "ignorance of current affairs" and "fighting against Cao Gongtianbing", which was "deserved." When things really could come to them, even if it was just a rumor, these big families immediately panicked.

In the final analysis, this group of people from big families, what they care about most is the gain or loss of their own interests, and they support Cao Wei because Cao Wei can bring them the greatest benefits When these interests are gone, they are "threatened to their lives".

Therefore, except for a few families who were still a little disciplined and ready to die, Zhen Cheng all began to look for a way to break the situation.

At this time, a beautiful boy from Qian County appeared.

This person's name is Wen Qin, he was also Cao Wei's general in his early years, and he was also the son of Cao Cao's personal guard Wen Ji, of course, and the most important thing is that he is from Qianjun, rounding it up, everyone is from Yanzhou.

Fellow, at this time, you can't die without help, you have to pull your brother!!

In this way, before Wen Qin could cooperate with Wei Yan's red face, a bunch of big families surrounded him, begging him to come forward to protect the people of Zhencheng and prevent Wei Lao Pifu from slaughtering the city. Wen Qin was a little confused.

Originally, Wen Qin also felt that Wei Yan's plan of singing and harmonizing was too hasty, and he was really playing with the Zhencheng family as a fool. But now it seems that few of these Zhencheng families are really smart people.

This plan is really not difficult at all, everything is ready for you, just wait for Wen Qin to sing on stage.

And because of this, in the end, Wen Qin was left behind by Wei Yan to guard Zhencheng.

Since Wei Yan wants to attack Puyang, there must be a fairly stable rear, and it is impossible for Zhen Cheng to give up after taking it, so there must be someone left to hold on.

Wen Qin is from Yanzhou, fellow countryman. He doesn't stay, who stays.

To Wen Qin's anger. If you stay like this, won't you lose the opportunity to make a contribution?!

40,000 people to attack a Puyang with only 12,000 people guarding, although it is difficult, but it is not impossible to capture it.

And once Puyang was conquered, it then marched eastward and captured Yanjin and Sujube. That's a great achievement.

It's okay now, the credit is there, but it's not his share of Wenqin.

But Wen Qin is also a veteran of more than ten years in the army, and he does not lack strategic vision, knowing that in the current situation, in order to conquer Puyang, it is necessary to have a stable logistics base, and this Zhencheng is the only logistics base that the trio can choose.

After all, Puyang is a fortified city, and the number of defenders is not a few, it is impossible to capture it in a short time, and it is not the same thing as the previous wandering attack.

Therefore, this place cannot be guarded unguarded, and even must be guarded, although Wenqin may not have much credit, but the responsibility is very heavy.

Wen Qin's personality is still relatively mature, and he also understands the current situation, of course, if he really wants to fight for merit, he Wen Qin is not qualified enough.

Therefore, Wen Qin stayed behind in Zhencheng, and Wei Yan and Jiang Wei led their troops to set off to attack Puyang.

And this battle of Puyang. Wei Yan and Jiang Wei did not fight very smoothly.

Xiahou and this person, although he is indeed inferior to his third brother Xiahou Ba in terms of military strategy, the most powerful thing about this person is that he is very self-aware.

Therefore, Xiahou He's response plan from the beginning was to shrink into Puyang City and rely on the strong city walls to defend it.

Yes, Xiahou He's defensive measures were not in place, and the command of the battle was also inadequate, and he was caught by Wei Yan several times, and almost attacked the city wall. But the final result was that Wei Yan and Jiang Wei attacked for more than ten days, but they were blocked by Xiahou He and could not succeed under Puyang City.

On the one hand, Puyang is indeed strong, and various defense facilities are also perfect, while Wei Yan's side has the advantage of troops, but it lacks large-scale siege equipment, so it can only use relatively simple and easy-to-build hook ladders and ants to attack the city, and the efficiency is not high.

On the other hand, although Xiahou He's military level was limited and his command was not perfect, he just didn't wave, or he just shrank in the city and didn't come out, and all the strategies of Wei Yan and Jiang Wei were useless, and they could only choose to attack head-on.

After more than ten days of attacking, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei felt as if they were almost able to break through the city every time, but each time they fell short in the end.

Jiang Wei thinks that it is not a matter to fight like this after all, after all, the siege side always has greater battle losses than the defenders, and the efficiency of the ant siege is too low.

Therefore, Jiang Wei suggested that Wei Yan should first suspend the siege, take a temporary rest, and then cut down trees and build large-scale siege equipment before attacking the city?!

Don't say it, Wei Yan is really a little moved.

If the fight continues like this, the losses are all the elite forbidden troops of the Han Dynasty.

These forbidden troops, if they are in the field, are all good soldiers with one enemy and two enemies, and one enemy with three enemies, but in the siege war, the role they can play is not much different from those Cao Wei soldiers on the city tower.

If such a loss continues, it must be Wei Yan who can't hold it first.

And just when Wei Yan was about to order a temporary truce. The scouts came to report that thirty miles south of Puyang had found traces of a Wei army.

Troops, about 10,000 people.

Good guy, don't talk about Jiang Wei, even Wei Yan's eyes lit up this time.

(End of chapter)