Yuan Shao has also put a lot of effort into the construction of Yecheng over the years, because he used this place as a base for advancing southward after unifying Hebei. In Yuan Shao's planning, it was a matter of time before he unified Hebei, so when Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, Yecheng was defined as an important strategic city. Now that it has become a battlefield, he has to not retreat, and his heart is very unwilling.

But everyone is aware of this problem, if Yuan Shao continues to stay in Yecheng, although it can boost morale, once Yecheng falls, then the entire Jizhou may face collapse.

Guo Tu thought of it and immediately stood up and said: "Please also ask the lord to retreat to Julu first, where he will mobilize soldiers and horses, grain and grass to fight a decisive battle with Wei Xuan, and we will definitely be able to delay holding Yecheng for a few months." At that time, the lord will lead most of the troops and horses to relieve the siege, and the entire Wei County will be able to recover again. ”

Chun Yuqiong scolded her mother in her heart, such a good opportunity to pat herself on the back was preempted by Guo Gongze, so she added: "Yes, at the beginning, Wei Zhongdao had two cavalry, so the reinforcements must be uniformly dispatched and commanded, otherwise it will be easy to be broken by him." Please also set off immediately and return to the giant deer. We are willing to work with the public rule and high ???????????????? The generals stick to Yecheng together, and they will never live up to their original trust. ”

Chun Yuqiong knew that he couldn't escape, Yuan Shao would definitely leave the general to guard Yecheng if he wanted to withdraw, and Guo Tu was Yuan Shao's strategist, and Gao Gan was Yuan Shao's nephew, with these two people, Chun Yuqiong was not worried that Yuan Shao would give up Yecheng.

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Yuan Shao is not Sun Jian, Wei Xuan's generation, and even far inferior to Cao Cao in courage, and now some people persuade Yuan Shao not to insist, and decided to immediately retreat to Julu. However, among the people he decided to stay, there were also Fu Zhu and Feng Ji, Feng Ji was in charge of liaison, and Fu Zhu was once again appointed as the Yecheng garrison supervisor to control Chun Yuqiong, Gao Gan, Guo Tu and others.

Yuan Shao left Yecheng in a hurry, and Weitong did not intercept it, or he had not yet completed the net. After Yuan Shao learned that Jia Xu was about to attack the city, he hurriedly left Yecheng with five hundred cavalry and went straight to Julu.

And Jia Xu's attack on Yecheng was also serious, which was the result of Wei Xuan's discussion with him, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others. Without him, Yuan Shao is the leader of the five-party coalition and must be beaten on the ground! In Wei Xuan's plan, if Gongsun Chan saw that the situation was not good and withdrew his troops, he could still send troops and horses all the way to the state. Xu Huang's infantry mainly defended the city in Bingzhou, and it would be a good hand to attack the city and plunder the land in Jizhou.

There were 15,000 people in Huang Zhong's department, 10,000 people in Yang Feng's department, and 12,000 people in Zhangyang's department. However, there was no way to assemble a giant catapult in such a short time, so Jia Xu could only focus on the encirclement point to send reinforcements. It is hoped that the cavalry and scouts of the satellite will be used to obtain the enemy's reinforcements as soon as possible, and then intercept them halfway.

However, before Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrived, the three infantry completed the encirclement of Yecheng on three sides, and the three infantry and the Weitong cavalry were camped near Yecheng. Huang Zhongbu was responsible for attacking the west gate, Yang Feng was in charge of the north gate, Zhang Yang was in charge of the east gate, and the Weitong department was camped in the northeast corner.

Although Jia Xu did not give the order to capture Yecheng within a limited time, Zhang Yang, who was in charge of the east gate, was the most active of the three. As one of the Kwantung coalition forces that once crusaded against Dong Zhuo, he was purely going to fight soy sauce.

But Wei Xuan fought with Yuan Shao after defeating the action, and then Zhang Yang was appointed by Wei Xuan as the party guard, and the army under his command gradually increased from 3,000 to 12,000 people.

Unlike other elites, Zhang Yang's 12,000 men did not have a divine arm bow, but their equipment was still much more advanced than the Jizhou army guarding the city wall. The infantry used uniform horizontal swords, and two thousand heavy infantry were equipped with armor and shields.

Zhang Yang's tactic was to use the two thousand heavy infantry as shields to stand at the front of the attacking phalanx and divide them into four groups, and then arrange 800 archers behind each group, and behind the archers were 1,000 and 5 light infantry carrying ladders and preparing to enter the city.

Zhang Yang's tactics were very rude, relying on the elite equipment of his heavy infantry, braving the enemy's bow and arrows to take the lead in opening the way to within a hundred steps of the city wall, and then raising a shield to protect some of the archers under the shield. Then the archers began round after round of projectiles to suppress the ???????????????? on the walls. of the defenders.

In charge of the garrison of the east gate was Gao Gan, and he was assigned 7,000 people, of which 5,000 were retrieved by him from the battlefield, of which only 2,000 were Jizhou elites, and the rest were temporarily recruited without much training. When they heard that Chun Yuqiong's troops were completely wiped out in the field, they were also secretly glad in their hearts that they were camped closer to Yecheng. Now that he was besieged again, Yuan Shao ran away in advance, and it would be a lie to say how high the morale was.

Gao Gan also divided the 7,000 men into four groups, 1,500 men each, and left 1,000 men as reserves. In addition to Gao Gan and his cavalry, there were now only 1,500 men stationed on the city walls.

They need to face to face with a round of attack of 2,7800 men. Such a ratio is comparable if you don't count the equipment and the degree of elite.

So when seven or eight hundred archers began to throw at the city walls, the defenders who had been standing in a sparse place were suddenly in chaos, some were looking for cover, some were running into the city, and only a few thought of fighting back.

However, the main general is Gao Gan, he is absolutely loyal to Yuan Shao, and he also knows the importance of Yecheng, although it may eventually fall, but Yuan Shao must be raised as much as possible to gather troops and horses to gain time. Even if there is to negotiate peace, Yuan Shao must also raise enough money and food.

Gao Gan personally stood on the city wall and punched and kicked those panicked recruits, and roared angrily: "The enemy is shooting up under the city, we are shooting from the top down, can't we shoot them, the archers are ready, the archers under the city will give me a few rounds of throwing!" If the enemy dares to come near the walls, throw me rolling logs and stones!" ”

Where is the Lord going to spur the panic is temporary, and it is also controllable, after all, high-ranking cadres are also considered celebrities, and people's lives are much more precious than those of them. The archers, who were too timid to advance, finally began to bend their bows and shoot out of the city.

However, as the dense rain of arrows remained, the ordinary defenders and archers without armor suffered dozens of casualties, and the defenders began to disorganize again. At this time, Zhang Yang decisively ordered the light infantry to carry the ladder and go straight to the city wall. The sword and shield men advanced another four or five paces, and the archers followed suit, further suppressing the defenders on the city walls and retreating.

As soon as Gao Gan saw that the enemy's light infantry was coming, he immediately ordered the archers to abandon the archers outside the city and instead aim at the enemy who was about to climb up.

Not to mention that although their companions were dwindling, the same unprepared enemies were constantly being shot and falling to the ground as they advanced, which made their self-confidence regain a bit.

Fifteen hundred people carried more than 30 ladders directly on the battlements of the city wall. However, it was quickly overwhelmed by the defenders.

Just as the defenders breathed a sigh of relief, the heavy infantry, who had been raising their shields a hundred paces away, began to move away from the archers and quickly moved under the walls, some of them raising their shields to protect their companions, while others held on to the ladder and pressed it against the wall. Some of the most sturdy ones began to climb the walls with light infantry. All of this is indeed a little envious of Gao Gan. However, after experiencing the initial shock, he immediately reacted and let some of the elites ???????????????? Gathering near the ladder, they no longer spend their energy on overturning the ladder, because the ladder has hooks, and there are several people pressing down below, which is difficult to overturn, but patiently waiting for the enemy to climb up and then knock them down as fast as possible.

But again, they had to face a rain of arrows from seven or eight hundred enemies. The two sides went back and forth, and although it was not very intense, there were constantly injuries. It was not until the first heavy infantry ascended the walls that the battle between the two sides became fierce again. Although the individual combat strength of the defenders was far inferior to that of Zhang Yang's troops, they still insisted that this defense line would not collapse.

In the other word, two quarters of an hour passed, and the number of ladders erected on the city wall also increased, although Zhang Yang's attacking troops continued to climb the city wall, but soon most of them were killed again, some of them were directly hacked to death on the city wall, and some were injured and slid down the ladder. The first wave attacked 2,700 men, losing nearly 200.

Zhang Yang immediately changed his style of play in the second wave, and he took the lead in sending upper archers to replace the previous group to suppress the defenders on the city wall, and then the heavy infantry was mainly used to protect the ladder and light infantry across the 100 steps outside the city wall. As for the deaths and injuries after climbing the ladder and climbing the city wall, it can only be based on personal strength. Of course, because of the continuous attack, the number of ladders erected was also increasing, which gave the attackers more passages, and the defenders on the city walls had to send reserves to barely block the enemy's attack.

Then the third wave, the fourth wave, when the four phalanxes were all thrown in, an hour passed, today's is the end of his sexual attack, Zhang Yangxue immediately Mingjin collected the troops, and simply calculated that there were more than 700 casualties in Zhang Yang's department, of which more than 400 people were killed after climbing the city wall and the city wall, they were not saved, and the rest were arrow wounds, and they could return to the battlefield soon after timely treatment.

Gao Gan's defenders also suffered seven or eight hundred casualties, mainly from the rain of arrows thrown by archers, who should have been able to be saved, but those who were cut down by the enemy who climbed up were basically killed on the spot.

Therefore, Gao Gan relied on the advantages of the city wall to make up for the gap between the lack of equipment and training of the soldiers, and he was on a par with Zhang Yang.