The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 774
"No problem."

"The old disease has been repeated many times, but I didn't expect it to be difficult to get rid of this time."

"But it is also expected. After all, at this age, it is no longer what it used to be."

Yuan Shao's expressionless face finally changed, revealing a smile.

"It's the fact that you led troops into the mansion this time. I didn't expect it. I didn't expect that you have always made people feel gentle in the past, but in fact you are so staunch."

"His Majesty……"

The judge looked at Yuan Shao with a pale face, his body trembled slightly.

He remembered one thing, Yuan Shao didn't seem to go to court much in mid-March, and the time to summon them was shorter each time.

It seems that it was during that time that the palace began to burn incense.

"Wang Xiu rebelled, Tian Feng died in battle, Qingzhou was lost, Qu Yi watched from the wall, Youzhou soldiers could not return to help, the Han army crossed the river suddenly..."

Yuan Shao sat on the floor, avoiding the judge's gaze, and said to himself.

"In the information sent by Qi Mei, there is too much evidence pointing to Jushou..."

Yuan Shao's voice gradually became weaker, and his head lowered slowly.

"It's me who can't help Jushou..."

Yuan Shao raised his head again and looked at the test with his eyes.

"I know, it won't be Jushou..."

"It's just...by the time I realized it...it was too late..."

Before the audition, they only paid attention to Yuan Shao's description, but now they only noticed Yuan Shao's eyes.

Yuan Shao's eyes were bloodshot, and there was a look of remorse in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Tian Yuanhao, I'm sorry..."

Yuan Shaoxu chattered about one thing after another.

The judge's figure trembled slightly, he understood why it was so chaotic during this period of time, but Yuan Shao hadn't reacted yet.

It wasn't that Yuan Shao didn't want to, but that he couldn't. The illness had already tortured Yuan Shao to the point where he couldn't think effectively.

The arrest of Jushou was probably an order issued by Yuan Shao when he was in a state of confusion. After Yuan Shao regained consciousness, Jushou died in prison...

"My lord..."

This time, Yuan Shao did not call Yuan Shao His Majesty again.

Yuan Shao is no longer young, and today, he is already approaching the year of his destiny.

Compared with his peers, Yuan Shao looks older, and his temples are already stained with hoarfrost

Yuan Shao was slightly taken aback, as if he had regained consciousness.

"How's the situation outside the city?"

Yuan Shao paused for a while before asking.

"The Han army has already started preparing to attack the city, and the cavalry is still fighting. The Han army should launch an attack tomorrow morning."

"The morale of the army in the city is sluggish. Demons are arresting many people and even entering the barracks. The generals are in danger and the soldiers are afraid. If we don't stop it, I'm afraid we won't have to wait for the Han army to attack. Our army will already be in chaos and fall apart."

The judge had a solemn face and replied in a deep voice.

"What should we do now?"

Yuan Shao's eyes regained some light, and the judge knew that Yuan Shao was definitely awake now.

"My lord, please put on a burqa, come to the front line in person, inspect the camps, order the demons to release all the generals and soldiers they have captured, and kill a few demons to calm the morale of the army. It is best..."

The examiner pondered for a while, and gave Yuan Shao some advice.

"It's best to push Shen Yu to the front of the screen, ask the crime and behead him."

Yuan Shao went on to complete what the judge hadn't finished.

The judge nodded, he meant exactly this.

"Shen Yu..."

Yuan Shao glanced sideways at the outside of the house.

As Shen Pei said, Shen Yu was born as an embroidered emissary, and was promoted by Jian Shuo to become the official of a thousand households in Changshan Kingdom, Jizhou.

Who is Jian Shuo? Jian Shuo is Liu Xie's most loyal supporter, so strictly speaking, Shen Yu also belongs to Liu Xie's family.

It's just that Shen Yu has always been conscientious, advancing and retreating with a certain amount of time. As the leader of the evil spirit, he led the evil spirit to suppress the local eagle wolf guards and embroidered clothes envoys.

Yuan Shao hesitated.

"The enemy is at present, but Shen Yu blatantly sends Mi Mei to the military camp of General Sona, causing Ju Shou to die in prison."

"Shen Yu, as the leader of the demon, ranks in a high position and can be regarded as a person who has experienced battles. How could he not know how to act like this, and what he will do?"

The examiner said with a solemn face, resolutely.

"Most of the demons are from the original embroidered clothes envoy, if Shen Yu is arrested..."

Yuan Shao hesitated, and after thinking for a while, he still vetoed.

The appraiser was a little anxious, he knew that Yuan Shao was indecisive again at this time.

"Lord!"

The examiner knelt down on the ground, straightened up, and wanted to speak again.

"Deprive Shen Yu of his authority first, and hand it over to Yuan Wu to lead the evil spirit. Now that there is no conclusive evidence, we should not kill him lightly."

Seeing that the judge was agitated, Yuan Shao raised his hand to comfort him.

"Ju Shou died in prison unjustly. I don't want another person to die innocently. As for Ju Shou's death, it must be strictly investigated. I will leave this matter to you to handle."

"Everything else is up to you."

"promise."

When the judge heard about Ju Shou, he was slightly taken aback, then sighed, and said helplessly.

"Yuan Wu."

Yuan Shao pressed his knees with one hand and the floor with the other, stood up slowly, and shouted to the outside.

A general in military uniform walked out of the house in response, and it was Yuan Wu, Yuan's family general who came.

"Armor for me."

Yuan Shao stood up straight, his gaze was like a sword, his body seemed to have regained its vitality.

……

In the third year of Longwu (195), May [-]th.

Thirteen demons were accused and beheaded, and the leader of the demons, Shen Yu, was imprisoned.

Yuan Shao took a car to inspect the camps of the Wei army in Fanyang, and the morale of the Wei army, which had been sluggish for many days, finally rose a little because of this.

At the same time, Zhu Ling, Han Meng, Fang Yue, and Xin Ming were ordered to lead the cavalry army of the Wei army to fight, and at the same time they used the strong crossbow battalion to suppress the formation.

The cavalry of the Han army still went out to meet the enemy under the leadership of Liu Bei.

However, this time, Yuan Shao's presence in front of the battle gave the Wei Jun cavalry infinite confidence.

Although the cavalry army of the Wei army is not much different from the cavalry army of the Han army, until now, Liu Bei has only more than [-] cavalrymen from Youzhou, and the remaining [-] cavalry soldiers are from various departments of the Han army. Combat power is slightly lower in comparison.

However, almost all the cavalry troops of the Wei army were born in good families. They joined the army very early and learned to bow and horse for a long time. Many officers were children of aristocratic families and were extremely brave.

The reason why they were suppressed by the inferior Han cavalry before was not because of weapons and equipment, nor because of the level of combat power, but because the army had no fighting spirit and would not have the will to fight.

The reappearance of Yuan Shao restored the morale of the cavalry of Wei Jun.

Liang Gang and Lei Bo, the school captains of the Han Army, were beheaded, and Liu Bei was also quite embarrassed. He finally knew how Baima Yicong under Gongsun Zan's command was defeated.

The range and penetration of Wei Jun's strong crossbow battalion far surpassed that of ordinary crossbows. Caught off guard, hundreds of cavalry soldiers who followed him all the way to fight for thousands of miles died under the harassment of arrow rain.

In the end, the cavalry battle in the south of the city ended with a disastrous defeat for the cavalry of the Han army, and the Han army returned to defense across the board.

Yuan Shao did not spare money in the city, slaughtered a large number of livestock, and rewarded the Six Armies.

As a result, the Wei army's prestige has improved, and its morale has returned to the early days of the East County Battle. Although there is still a certain gap compared with the Han army, it is more than a star and a half better than before.

Rewarding the Sixth Army, Yuan Shao did not treat Wuhuan's cavalry badly. The Wuhuan cavalry had a deep grudge, so Yuan Shao ordered to allocate some of the new horse gear to the Wuhuan cavalry, and promised not to participate in the battle for a few days, promising to treat them equally.

As a result, the turmoil within Wuhuanqi subsided somewhat.

But this is only the beginning of the war.

Everyone knows that this is all just appetizers.

The real battle will start when the catapult roars...

May [-]th, Pingdan.

Just after dawn, outside Fanyang City, more than [-] huge dump trucks were set up and lined up outside Fanyang City.

There are a large number of repelling horses and fences around the throwing chariot, and there are Han cavalry on both sides to cover it, and a large number of crossbowmen are arranged between the throwing chariot camps.

The cavalry had no advantage. As Sun Jian expected, the Han army assembled a large number of bows and crossbows to offset the advantage of the Wei army's cavalry.

Although the Han army is the offensive side and the Wei army is the defensive side, in theory the cavalry army with the advantage of the Wei army has taken the initiative.

But the problem is that the Han army can afford it, but the Wei army cannot.

The situation does not allow.

The Wei army must repel the Han army as soon as possible, so that Yuan Shao can regain the support of the Jizhou family.

Part of Yuan Shao's ability to come to the present is due to the direct line of troops under his command, and the other part is due to the support of powerful families. The reason why he was able to take over Jizhou so smoothly at the beginning is also related to the support of powerful families in Jizhou.

Now Wei Ting is besieged on all sides, even the Hebei Zhen family who has an in-law relationship has begun to waver, not to mention other powerful families.

The Wei army must defeat the Han army as soon as possible to stabilize the situation, and must not give up Fanyang.

otherwise.

Everything is off.

The height of the city walls in the Han Dynasty had its own specifications. Even if the inland cities were large, they could only build low walls, while the cities in the border areas required strong walls.

Fanyang is located in the hinterland, and the city wall is not tall. Even though it has been strengthened to a certain extent due to the war, it is still as fragile as tofu in the face of the powerful thrown car.

The positions of the Han army were heavily guarded and it was difficult to break through.

If the tiger and leopard cavalry were still there, perhaps the Wei army could use the tiger and leopard cavalry to forcibly defeat the cavalry of the Han army, and then use the troops to attack the camp where the carts were thrown.

But unfortunately, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was not in Yuan Shao's hands, but was left in Qingzhou.

At a distance of a hundred steps, it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to cause damage, not to mention that the front of the Han army has arrangements to resist arrows.

Wei Jun could still rely on ballista to fight back at the beginning, but as the throwing carts roared one after another, Fanyang's city wall began to gradually deform.

How can the city walls made of rammed earth resist the bombardment of stone bombs?

With the passage of time, the Han army's original camps that threw cars were constantly being reinforced. This time, the Han army recruited a large number of civilians to deliver military food for them as labor, and even conscripted the people of Jizhou along the way. There is no lack of people power at all these days.

Yuan Shao stood at the corner of the city wall, looking at the dump truck that was slowly loading not far away, with a gloomy expression.

The morale that the Wei army could not bear to be inspired was slowly declining under the attack of the Han army throwing carts.

Can only be beaten passively, but can't fight back, this kind of feeling is not good.

But fortunately, the Han army's throwing cart requires hundreds of people to pull it at the same time, which consumes a lot of physical strength. Although the Han army has a lot of civilians who can conscript, but to pull the throwing cart, you must be physically fit. Many farmers who are not full can't do it.

Compared with the catapults of the Yellow Turban Army, the catapults of the Han army were loaded more slowly and required more manpower.

"The catapults of the Han army are different from the moth thieves' catapults. Although the power is similar, the interval is long and the follow-up is weak."

Feng Ji had seen the catapults in the Yellow Turban Army from afar, so he also had some experience in facing the catapults of the Han army.

"The morale of the Han army is so high that it is hard to beat them. The cavalry is slightly inferior to our army, and the Wuhuan cavalry are difficult to rely on. The Han army's infantry is far superior to our army."

Feng Ji shook his head and said in a deep voice.

"If it is a field battle, it will be difficult for our army to win."

"However, our army is not without a way to break the situation."

Feng Ji looked into the distance, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

When Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou at the beginning, he used Shenpei and Fengji to command the military, Tian Feng and Jushou were the masterminds, and Gao Lan and Qu Yi were the generals.

Shenpei and Fengji were indeed reused by Yuan Shao with their knowledge, Tian Feng and Jushou were resourceful and good at strategy, but when it came to tactics, Shenpei and Fengji were not inferior in commanding the battle.

Among the tens of millions of people under Wei Ting's rule, how many of those who can hold high positions can be mediocre?

"In the past, Zhang Han besieged the king of Zhao and rested in Julu. Xiang Yu led his troops across the river. They all sank the boats, broke the kettles, burned the huts, and took three days of rations to show that the soldiers would die and no one would return."

"There is a saying in the art of war: throw it into death and then survive, fall into death and then live."

"Since the situation has collapsed, if our army wants to win, it must be like Xiang Yu in the past, and the soldiers will take risks."

Feng Ji withdrew his gaze, bowed his hands, bowed to Yuan Shao, and said in a deep voice.

"The strength of our army is better than bows and crossbows and cavalry, but inferior to morale and military strength."

"The Han army threw their chariots, but our army has no countermeasures. It is only a matter of time before the city wall is breached."

"In the past few days, I ordered people to build a large number of archery towers in the city. There are buildings in the city to rely on, and they have the advantage of defense."

"The current plan is to let the enemy enter the city to lengthen their battle line and trap them in the city. Once the enemy enters the city, the throwing cart will not be used."

"Wait until the Han army is exhausted after a long battle, and then dispatch our cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry to outflank and outflank, and make meritorious deeds in one fell swoop."

Yuan Shao stood on the city wall, looking at the city wall not far away where debris kept falling.

"what do I need to do."

"At that time, His Majesty only needs to sit in the city and visit the battle to boost morale."

Feng Ji bowed his head and replied.

"This plan to lure the enemy into the city can be told to all the armies, but it is enough to omit our cavalry and the rear men we have arranged."

"If the enemy breaks through the city, our army's morale will inevitably drop, but as long as your Majesty does not retreat and the soldiers still have the will to die, our army will still have a chance to fight back."

This method of Fengji is said to lure the enemy to go deep, but in fact it is the best way when there is no other way.

The elite of the Han army is out, but most of the elite of the Wei army are in Qingzhou, controlled by Qu Yi, and now Qu Yi is watching from the sidelines.

Wei Jun can only have a chance to make a comeback if he is overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)