I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 185 Siege of Ye City
In Yan Liang's camp in Yecheng, Yan Liang was listening to the report of the military situation by the lieutenants under his command. Every day, Yan Liang listened to the reports from the lieutenant general and the troops stationed in Shujiao and other places. On the one hand, he was always paying attention to the news of Gongsun Zan in the north. The important thing is the movement of Guan Yu's army in Huguan.

Yan Liang's army is strict and he knows that he has a great responsibility. To put it bluntly, Jizhou is guarding by himself, so he is doing his best, for fear of being suddenly attacked by the enemy.

"General, general... something is wrong." Not far from the big tent, the scout captain shouted while running in a hurry.

Yan Liang frowned when he heard the words, and scolded: "Military Disciplinary Officer, go out and see who is yelling in the camp, disrupting military discipline, and punishing them severely."

"No! The last general takes orders." The military disciplinary officer was about to go out, when suddenly a dusty school lieutenant came in from outside, and the two bumped into each other.

"Bastard, what's the matter, why are you panicking?" Yan Liang recognized who it was from, and it was his scout captain Yan Tong who rushed in.

"Report...General, there is an urgent military report. The enemy is coming. There are more than 3 troops in the vanguard, all of which are cavalry, and tens of thousands of infantry will follow."

"What? Can you find out who the enemy is? How many people?" Yan Liang was taken aback. He didn't expect that what he was most worried about happened.

Yan Tong took a few deep breaths and continued: "The enemy's flags and drums were silent all the way, and no flags were seen. I don't know where the enemy is, but judging from the direction of the enemy's march, they came from the west. It is likely to be the Bingzhou Army. There are more than [-] cavalry, and there will be at least [-] soldiers in the follow-up, and the total force will not be less than [-]."

"Bingzhou Army? Why didn't Yan Yuan send a letter? Could it be that Shujiao City has fallen? Even if the city is broken, why hasn't there been any news? This is unreasonable." Yan Liang murmured.

At this time, Yan Liang already had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. After a short period of panic, he immediately calmed down, quickly ordered to shrink his troops, and gathered them all to Yecheng for garrison.

At this time, the enemy's situation was unknown, and the strength of the enemy's troops was unknown, so Yan Liang did not dare to send troops hastily, but ordered the city gate to be closed immediately, leaving the south gate for the army to enter the city.The army immediately pulled out of the camp and prepared to defend the city.

Yan Liang immediately reported the news of Jizhou to Yuan Shao, so that his lord could make arrangements early.It's just that it's not clear what the enemy's strength is. According to the current investigation, it is reported according to the [-] army.

In the end, Yan Liang sent the news of the killing of the Bingzhou army to Hanoi first, which also bankrupted Guan Yu's plan to block the news.

Originally, Guan Yu's army planned to quickly cut off the road going south from Yecheng to prevent Yan Liang from passing the news to Yuan Shao, so that he would have enough time to take down Wei County and even most of Jizhou.

But things backfired. Yan Liang was considered a rare good general. Through the spies he secretly arranged around Weijun, he was the first to know Guan Yu's actions.

It didn't take long for the vanguard led by Guan Yu to kill Yecheng first, followed by more than 5 infantry.

Seeing that the enemy army in Yecheng had already been waiting in full formation, the surprise attack had obviously lost its opportunity, so Guan Yu retreated decisively and set up camp [-] miles away.

At this time, Guan Yu didn't know that Yan Liang had already spread the news of the army's attack first, but he knew it was not a blessing, and the news that spread was not necessarily a bad thing.

Because Guan Yu didn't know that Yan Liang had passed the news, he still sent a small group of elite cavalry to block the road going south.

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Yan Liang and his men guarding the city of Ye looked at Guan Yu's army from a distance, their expressions were very solemn.

With the scouts' continuous investigation, after paying the price of dozens of people, they finally figured out the situation of the enemy army.The enemy troops stationed outside the city gradually gathered, there were nearly [-] troops, and all the roads to the south were blocked by the enemy. At this time, trying to deliver a message was almost as difficult as reaching the sky.

Yan Liang felt more and more uneasy. From the fall of Mijiao City to the sudden appearance of an army of nearly [-], it can be inferred that the enemy has already planned to spy on Jizhou.

Before that, they have been attracting and not sending out, just waiting for Yuan Shao's army to go south and launch a surprise attack when Jizhou is empty.

And Shujiao was captured so quickly, which is also full of doubts. Even if the enemy has an army of [-], and the defenders of Shujiao are only [-], it will not be taken in less than a day, because the day before, Shujiao was still rumored. The news came, saying that everything was normal.

It is not easy to do so cleanly and neatly without leaking any news.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. After thinking about it, Yan Liang thinks that there is only one possibility, that is, there is an internal response from the Bingzhou Army in Shujiao, and it should be of a high level.

It is only possible that it was due to the cooperation of the inside and the outside that it was able to take down the Shujiao town so smoothly without leaking any news.

With this inference, Yan Liang was even more frightened and inexplicable, "If there are enemies hidden in Shujiao City, then there must be enemy spies in Ye City, or internal agents? I'm afraid the level is not low."

After thinking about it, he didn't have any thoughts. He remembered Yuan Shao's words before leaving, "Mr. Gong and Mr. are resourceful and loyal. Whenever you encounter something that cannot be decided, you can ask Mr. Mister."

In Yuan Shao's army, Ju Shou was famous for his resourcefulness and contingencies. In addition, he was also a local celebrity in Jizhou, so he had a huge influence in the army.Yan Liang immediately sent someone to invite Jushou.

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Most of Guan Yu's army outside the city was building camps, while Guan Yu personally led [-] elite guards on the mound to the northwest of the camp, watching the movement of Yecheng.

Although the chances of victory are now in his hands, Guan Yu dare not be careless in the slightest. If the enemy jumps over the wall in a hurry and makes a desperate counterattack, even if he can't defeat himself, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The proud Guan Yu could never accept such a failure.

At this time Zhang He's army had already rushed over, Zhang He also stood behind Guan Yu, walked up slowly, Kao approached Guan Yu's side and whispered: "General, Mr. Gong and Mr. have sent someone to send news that the guard of the west gate, Zhang Yu It is our people who have completely controlled Ximen. To avoid long nights and dreams, we suggest that we enter the city from Ximen tomorrow, and at that time, we should cooperate with people from inside and outside to take Yecheng."

The reason why I didn't choose to sneak attack in the middle of the night and cooperate with the inside and the outside is mainly because the army is galloping all the way. Since there are no men and horses, the surprise attack will be greatly affected at this time.

In addition, the enemy will definitely be watching every move of Guan Yu's army tonight. Even if Guan Yu sends troops to raid in the middle of the night, it will be difficult to cover up his whereabouts.

Guan Yu naturally understood these things.

"Well... the army will attack the city early in the morning, and the army will besiege the city. Let go of the gate of Ximen. General Junyi will lead his troops in ambush five miles outside the west gate. When the army starts to attack the city and attract the attention of the other gates, they will go straight to the west gate. , there must be no mistake!" Guan Yu spoke out his arrangement calmly, as if it was a trivial matter.

(End of this chapter)