The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 148 Chapter 148
Yuan Shao asked someone to bring over the letter from Mao Jie. After opening it, he took a quick look, raised his eyebrows slightly, and when he raised his head, he inadvertently glanced at the reviewer.

The appraiser immediately understood Yuan Shao's meaning, and said to Mao Jie, "Mr. Mao has come a long way, and the journey has been hard. Let me take Mr. Mao to have a rest first?"

When Mao Jie heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Yuan Shao and the judge.Although he was very anxious, when he got here, he still asked Yuan Shao to discuss whether he could send troops or not.

Therefore, Mao Jie bowed his hands respectfully to the court judge and said: "Mr. Lao Shen is here."

Then, Mao Jie said to Yuan Shao: "General Yuan, this matter is very important. Whether the general can send troops to rescue is directly related to the life and death of my lord. I hope General Yuan can carefully consider it!"

After finishing speaking, Mao Jie followed the judge out of the hall. The judge took Mao Jie to the guest room to rest, and arranged for someone to serve tea and rice. After everything was settled, the judge returned to the hall.

Today's hall is full of people. Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Pang Ji, Xun Chen, and Xin Ping are all present, and they are circulating Cao Cao's letters.

The judge does not need to read Cao Cao's letter, just from what Mao Jie said to Yuan Shao just now, it is not difficult to guess that Mao Jie's trip, as well as Cao Cao's letter, all herald a message, that is, to call for rescuers of!
As soon as he entered the hall, the examiner clasped his hands and asked, "My lord, in the past Cao Cao's letters to the lord were delivered by scouts, but this time he let his subordinate Zhizhong deliver them in person, which shows the urgency of the matter. Cao Cao alone Defending Puyang is currently under siege by Zhang Yan. If our army does not come to rescue Cao Cao, Zhang Yan may destroy Cao Cao at any time. His lips will be dead, and his teeth will be cold. It will be a great disadvantage to our army at that time. I think the lord should quickly Send an elite army to Puyang to help Cao Cao tide over this difficulty."

As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, he heard Xin's comment: "Cao Cao has a great strategy, and he has always refused to be under the lord. The lord is generous and doesn't care about so much. He helped Cao Cao over and over again. First, he sent troops to help Cao Cao." After that, Cao Cao did not belong to the lord's account. What is the purpose of our army's aid? Besides, now that Zang Hong rebelled, Gongsun Zan led the people south, and Jizhou was fighting again and again, how could there be any extra troops to go there? Rescue each other? Even if you save Cao Cao for a while, you won’t be able to save Cao Cao for the rest of your life, and for someone who has nothing to do with our army, is it worthwhile to lose troops and generals?”

Guo Tu hastily echoed, "My lord, I think what Zhong Zhi said is reasonable. Now Jizhou is in troubled times. The south must pacify Zang Hong's rebellion, the north must resist Gongsun Zan's southward movement, and the west must prevent the black bandit Zhang Yan." Wait, every single soldier has been used wisely, and there are really no soldiers left. Moreover, it is of no benefit to our army to go to the rescue of Cao Cao, so why should we lose our troops?"

"You guys are short-sighted, don't you understand the reason why your lips are dead and your teeth are cold?" The examiner immediately retorted when he heard Xin Ping and Pang Ji's open opposition.

"Shen Pei, in front of my lord, how can you be so presumptuous? Our army uses the Yellow River as a natural barrier. As long as we guard this natural barrier, we can resist all threats from the south. Cao Cao's survival is irrelevant to our army. Where did the cold lips come from?" Say?" Guo Tu retorted.

The examiner was unable to fight alone, so he glanced at Pang Ji, Pang Ji understood, and was about to speak, but heard Yuan Shao say: "Okay, okay, don't quarrel, now our army is in troubled times, and there are indeed no soldiers to send However, Cao Mengde is an old friend of mine, so he can't just leave him alone..."

When he said this, he turned his head and glanced at Tian Feng, and asked, "Do you have a good solution to these two dilemmas, sir?"

Tian Feng thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, you can write a reply letter to Cao Cao, telling Cao Cao the current situation of our army, but at the same time, tell Cao Cao that if Cao Cao can't hold Puyang, let him lead the army north. The north shore welcomes him. As long as Cao Cao arrives in Hebei, even if he no longer wants to be under the lord, he can't help him. At that time, Cao Cao will naturally become the general of the lord, and he can also be used by the lord. In this way, the lord You don't need to offend Cao Cao, but you can let Cao Cao accept the friendship of the Lord, this is a plan that kills two birds with one stone."

The judge sneered, and said: "Tian Biejia's plan is good, but Cao Cao is not a fool. How can he not see what is hidden behind this? What if he doesn't want to come?"

"If Cao Cao is willing to lead the people to join him, he can be used by the Lord. If Cao Cao is not willing to go north, then the only thing waiting for him is perish." Tian Feng said.

Yuan Shao said: "Let's do it like this!"

As soon as the words fell, Yuan Shao wrote a letter in his own hand, and asked the judge to take it, and asked him to hand it over to Mao Jie, who would bring him back to Puyang. Things.

The judge took Yuan Shao's letter and handed it to Mao Jie. Mao Jie asked the judge whether Yuan Shao was willing to send troops. The judge sighed softly, and then told Mao the various difficulties encountered in Jizhou. Hsu listen.

After hearing this, Mao Jie frowned, knowing that Yuan Shao had no intention of sending troops to help, so he bid farewell to the judge and rushed back to Puyang immediately.

Mao Jie rode on a fast horse, galloped for a while, and walked more smoothly during the day, and arrived in Liyang that evening. The general stationed in Liyang was Han Meng, and Han Meng sent a boat to ferry Mao Jie to the other side.

On the other side is the white horse, and it happened that Mi Fang arrived here yesterday with a group of people, and was in charge of defending the ferry. When she saw a small boat coming from the north bank, she immediately led people to ambush on the river bank. Even the ferry was seized.

Mi Fang found another letter from Mao Jie's body. After opening it, she took a quick look, and her face was overjoyed.

So, Mi Fang sent people to escort Mao Jie, together with the letter, to Xiancheng.

Zhang Yan stationed his troops in Xiancheng, rested for a whole day and night, and got some news from the scouts about the North Bank of the Yellow River. He knew that Zang Hong occupied Dongwuyang to rebel and was fighting fiercely with Yuan Shao's army. , wanting to start a fierce battle with Zhang Yan's army in Puyang City.

During the day, Bao Shao brought food, weapons, and siege equipment from Changyi. Zhang Yan was also planning to attack Puyang, but he was worried that Yuan Shao in Jizhou would send troops to help, so he did not issue a combat order for a long time.

That night, Mao Jie was sent to Xiancheng by soldiers, and brought to Zhang Yan together with the letter.

Zhang Yan read the letter first, and seeing that the signature was Yuan Shao, he burst out laughing, and said happily, "God helped me!"

Zhang Yan glanced at Mao Jie, who was tied up by five flowers, and saw that although Mao Jie was dusty and tired, but his face was beautiful, he asked, "What's your name?"

"A real man doesn't change his name when he's going, and he doesn't change his surname when he's sitting down, that's true for Mao Jie!" Mao Jie replied loudly.

Zhang Yan knew that Mao Jie was also a well-known courtier of Cao Wei, so he asked: "Now that Cao Cao is about to perish, I think you are also a talent, why don't you abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and submit to me?"

Mao Jie gave a cold "hum", and glanced at Zhang Yan, revealing even more contempt in his eyes.

Zhang Yan didn't have time to waste words with Mao Jie, so he ordered Mao Jie to be imprisoned temporarily, and he would come to ask after defeating Cao Cao.

After Mao Jie was taken away, Zhang Yan immediately summoned all the civil and military generals to discuss how to attack the city tomorrow in the hall.

Upon hearing the news of the siege, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others were very excited. In the hall, Zhang Yan personally asked Gao Shun about the situation of Puyang City.

Gao Shun knew Puyang City like the palm of his hand, and told everything about the situation inside and outside Puyang City.

So Zhang Yan made a model of Puyang City with sand and put it on a table, so that all the generals gathered around him, and then used stones as an army. After discussing with everyone, how to arrange it and how to attack the city , and how the various ministries cooperated, they all said it out one by one.

Puyang City is a big city, not only divided into inner city and outer city, but also urn city.There are four gates and a moat at the gate.Now that the moat is dry, and when Lu Bu led his army to attack Puyang last time, Chen Gong asked soldiers to fill up several sections of the moat with soil, so it is not difficult to cross the moat. Break through the urn city.

As long as you break through the city gate and break through the urn, you can enter the outer city. Once you enter the outer city, it can basically indicate that Puyang City has been captured.

Today, Zhang Yan has a total of more than 4000 people, minus the [-] soldiers Mi Fang took to Baima, there are still more than [-] people in Xiancheng.

According to unreliable information, Cao Cao has about 7000 people, that is to say, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are only one-third of Zhang Yan's.

The law of war says that when the enemy is ten times larger than the enemy, encirclement and annihilation should be adopted; when the enemy is five times larger than the enemy, it can be attacked; when it is twice the enemy, it is necessary to strive to defeat the enemy.

In other words, with Zhang Yan's current strength, he does not yet have the advantage of encircling and annihilating Cao's army.Moreover, this time it is still a siege battle. To a certain extent, Cao Jun has a place to defend and can use the parapet as a cover. On the contrary, the attacking side will suffer a lot, and they are completely exposed to the defenders' targets. Underneath, there is no cover, and you have to climb up desperately.

Therefore, in ancient times, siege battles were often miraculous wars. If there were thousands of people in the city, if the defending side knew how to use troops, they could hold out for ten days and a half months even in the face of an army of [-].

And it happened that Cao Cao in Puyang City was a person who knew how to use troops very well, which undoubtedly added difficulty to this siege battle.

For this reason, Zhang Yan also made preparations early, so he was willing to wait here for a day, and he would not attack Puyang until Bao Shao brought the siege equipment.

In addition, in order to siege the city, Zhang Yan also made a secret weapon, ready to be used in tomorrow's siege battle.

Zhang Yan and others discussed in the hall very late, and finally Zhang Yan gave a clear division of labor, and then dismissed the generals, let them recharge their batteries, and prepare to conquer Puyang City in one fell swoop tomorrow and completely wipe out Cao Cao... …

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