The big man is on the run

Chapter 203
As soon as the personal guard entered the hall, he immediately fell to his knees and reported to Gongsun Zanhui.

"Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses moved?" Gongsun Zan was startled, and then asked, "How many soldiers and horses were used this time?"

"Returning to my lord, Yuan Shao's troops are all out, all of them are elite, not only cavalry, crossbowmen, but also various chariots, artillery carts, ladders, crash cars and other items, and they seem to be mobilizing troops on the east and west sides of Ji County , seems to be preparing to fight to the death with our army!" The guard replied respectfully.

"What? All out?"

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan was startled.

"This is to swallow us all at once. Yuan Shao's appetite is really big enough. Hmph, he's not afraid of breaking his teeth!" Gongsun Zan snorted angrily.

"Report~"

At this moment, another guard rushed in.

"Come on, what's the matter?" Gongsun Zan said impatiently.

"My lord, Yuan Shao sent someone to send a letter, please check it, my lord!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan was slightly taken aback, and said, "Present the letter!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The personal guard made a promise, and immediately walked into the hall, and handed the silk book in his hand to an attendant standing aside. The attendant opened it and saw that there was no poison or hidden weapon, and offered the silk book with both hands.

Gongsun Zan reached out to take the letter, opened it and read it carefully, his face suddenly changed, and he closed the silk book abruptly.

In the letter, Yuan Shao actually claimed that the guards of certain city gates had secretly attached themselves to him, and asked Gongsun Zan to take care of himself.

Of course Gongsun Zan knew that there was a high probability that Yuan Shao was coaxing him, and even came to disgust him.

But I have to admit that Yuan Shao's goal has been achieved.

At this time, the city is under heavy siege, and no one can say for sure about such things as people's hearts. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case?
"Humph!"

Gongsun Zan snorted heavily, feeling very angry in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Who said he was the one who was surrounded in the city?

Gongsun Zan called his attendants to whisper a few words before he finally settled down.

"Prepare to fight."

Gongsun Zan swung his cloak heavily, and walked towards the top of the city with a gloomy expression.

At the top of the city, facing Yuan Shao's all-out attack at this time, the defenders were obviously a little bit overwhelmed.

Because during the long siege of nearly a month before, Gongsun Zan's troops had already been exhausted. In addition, Yuan Shao's troops were relatively large, so he could always transfer and exchange troops with Zhang Yun and Gao Lan. The army had no way to resist Yuan Shao's offensive.

"Master, what should we do now?" A general came to Gongsun Zan's side and asked in a low voice.

"What can I do? What else can I do! Send troops and horses to withstand it, it's really impossible, Bai Mayi will come up from the top!" Gongsun Zan said coldly.

"promise!"

Half an hour passed.

"My lord, Yuan Shao's army is attacking more and more fiercely. Our army can't stand it anymore in the outer city. If Yuan Shao's army breaks through the city gate again, our army will be defeated if it is taken from the rear!" The general said worriedly.

Gongsun Zan turned his head to look at the side general, frowned involuntarily, and cursed secretly in his heart, but in the end, Gongsun Zan sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it, pass on an order to tell the brothers on the outer city wall to retreat as much as possible, and retreat." Go to the inner city and continue to resist."

"promise!"

Yuan Shao's army kept crossing the outer city wall and approaching the inner city of Ji County, and Yuan Shao also took the trouble to personally order the army to strengthen the attack, so that the only remaining defense line of the inner city under Gongsun Zan's command was already oppressed by Yuan Shao's army. At stake.

Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon.

In fact, as Gongsun Zan abandoned the outer city and retreated to the inner city, the area Gongsun Zan needed to defend was also greatly reduced. Hoarding in the inner city, there is no unacceptable loss.

Having reached this level, the soldiers under Gongsun Zan's command are not vegetarians. Although they are in a difficult situation, they are not willing to give up easily. In their hearts, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will fight to the end and will never give up lightly. .

Just when Yuan Shaojun was only one wall away from the final victory, suddenly, a soldier under Guo Tu's command sent an urgent message.

"Report~~"

While the generals and advisers of Yuan Shao's army were discussing, suddenly, a personal guard walked into the barracks quickly, knelt in front of the big tent, and reported to Yuan Shao, interrupting their battle discussion.

"Why are you so flustered?" Yuan Shao frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice.

"My lord, my subordinates were ordered to monitor the actions of the officers and soldiers. I have just received definite news that the officers and soldiers have been reorganized and are about to send an army of more than 3 people to attack our army. According to reports from spies from the other direction, The main force of about [-] officers and soldiers has entered the hinterland of Hejian Kingdom, and it is estimated that they will reach the hub of our army's supply line in the evening of the day after tomorrow. By then, our army's supply line will be cut off!" The soldier said repeatedly.

"Twenty thousand for one, thirty thousand for one?" Yuan Shao frowned deeply, looking very embarrassed.

Yuan Shao knew that if it was just an ordinary enemy army, it would be fine, but the information sent back was the main force of the army.

After all, most of the soldiers he stayed in the county were recruited by ordinary farmers, and it would be lucky if they could last for three or four days.

In this way, Yuan Shao's supply line will be extremely difficult.

"My lord, I think it's better to send someone to contact General Zhang Yun and ask him to go south to protect the supply line. After all, only Zhang Yun's army has the strength to compete with the official army!" Xin Ping suggested.

"Well, you are right, then do as you said, send two envoys, one to tell Guo Tu to stay where he is, and the other to go to the area where Zhang He is stationed, and tell Zhang He that Ji County has sent troops to attack Gongsun Zan. The general attack will completely wipe out Gongsun Zan in a few days, and let Zhang Yun protect the supply line. If he doesn't rush there in time, the army will have to suffer the loss of food shortage!" Yuan Shao said in a muffled voice.

"No!" The guard heard the words and responded.

At dusk that day, under Yuan Shao's personal command, Yuan Shao's army launched another general attack on the inner city of Ji County.

Under the leadership of Qu Yi, Yuan Shao's army used the first camp as a sharp knife to continuously charge the inner city wall, while Gongsun Zan's army inside the city took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and suppressed the soldiers who first boarded the camp.

The two sides stalemate for an hour, and finally Yuan Shaojun left a large number of corpses and retreated.

Gongsun Zan survived another difficult day, and on this day, Zhang He, who had received Yuan Shao's handwritten letter, also headed south with a group of elite soldiers with a core of euphorbia warriors, entering the Hejian Kingdom to protect the supply line.

In the two battlefields of Changshan County and Hejian Kingdom, the official army and Yuan Shaojun are about to start a new round of contest.

(End of this chapter)