The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 330 King's Landing in Hebei
After resting all night, the judge had never led an army alone, and it was the first time he had experienced such a major battle, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.

It was broad daylight and Shen Pei was still asleep when he was woken up by his nephew Shen Rong.

Opening his eyes, he saw Shen Rong's trembling expression in a daze.

This nephew is the captain of the Dongmen School in Yecheng. Whether he has any real skills or not, in fact, everyone knows that Yuan Shao has a lot of talents under his rule, but because the gentry has a lot of relatives, he can go through the back door to get some official positions.

Just looking at Shen Rong's expression now, one can see how far he is from ordinary people.

It's just everyone.

The judge came to his senses, grabbed Shen Rong and forced him to ask, "Is there a change in the military situation?"

Shen Rong was tongue-tied, unable to utter a word, but kept nodding.

The judge couldn't figure out why, so he quickly put on his clothes and ran to the top of the city.

Riding the horse and galloping all the way, Shen Pei became suspicious, the city was silent, the people were all behind closed doors, and there was no shout of killing from outside the city, but why did Shen Rong look like he saw a ghost?
Walking up to the top of the city, the judge was holding on to the city wall and looking out, suddenly became suspicious.

Cao Jun came to the outside of the city early in the morning, instead of attacking the city, he was digging long trenches.

Cao Cao has dug a lot of pits and trenches, especially in the battle against Yuan Shao at Guandu. The trenches Cao Cao dug stretch for hundreds of miles, are deep and wide, but they are fortifications. At that time Cao Cao was defending, but now Cao Cao is attacking. He still digs pits trench?

Standing at the top of the city, Shenpei went to look carefully at the pit, and watched closely.

Seeing that the ditch was so narrow and shallow that any adult could jump over it, the appraiser thought self-righteously: Maybe Cao Cao was preventing him from sending people out of the city to make a surprise attack.

Hahahaha
Looking up to the sky and laughing, the judge suddenly felt relieved.

Cao Cao, military talent is in vain!

What is the use of digging such a pit without any blocking ability?Instead, the soldiers of the three armies were exhausted.

This long trench was dug around the outside of Yecheng, and it was forty miles long!
In the eyes of the judge, this has no lethality. As for the frightened judge Rong, he was probably shocked by Cao Cao's fierce reputation. Whenever Cao Cao makes unexpected actions, it is taboo.

On Cao Jun's side, Cao Cao stood outside the camp tent and watched the soldiers digging trenches with a smile on their faces. Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Yu Jin, and Xu Huang were all confused, but the only one who really knew what they were doing was Cheng Yu.

Yu Jin even ran up to have a look at the ditch. Although he couldn't cross it with a single step, he could easily cross it with a kick of his legs. Not to mention adults, even children can pass if they jump with a bullet.

Returning to Cao Cao, Yu Jin scratched his head and asked, "My lord, this, this, the last general really doesn't understand, what is the use of this long moat? Please tell me clearly, my lord."

Cao Cao laughed loudly and kept patting Yu Jin's shoulder without explaining.

Ten days later, the trial and allocation was used to this rhythm of the war, sleeping and eating normally, and the spirit was not as tense as it was at the beginning of the war.

Shen Rong came to Shen Pei again, this time his face was still pale, trembling, he said to Shen Pei inarticulately: "Cao, Cao, Cao, Cao..."

"What's the matter with Cao Cao? Don't be an army. Cao Cao hasn't attacked the city for ten days. I'm afraid he is waiting for our army to relax its vigilance. As long as our army doesn't relax, Cao Cao won't be able to take advantage of it."

The judge is very calm now. He thinks that either Cao Jun is playing tricks, or he is doing useless work at his own expense.

But Shenrong pulled the judge with a mournful face, and walked out. The judge was helplessly led out of the mansion by him, and then rode on a fast horse to the top of the city. Looking outside, Shen Pei almost fell into the city dizzy, but luckily Shen Rong stopped him.

Hitting the city wall with a fist, the judge gritted his teeth and stared at the scene outside the city in disbelief.

The forty-mile-long trench was widened by two feet overnight, and the depth was about two feet at a glance.

And Cao Cao was riding on the opposite side of the trench, and when he saw Shen Pei appearing at the top of the city, he smiled and shouted at him loudly: "Hehehe, Shen Zhengnan, prick up your ears and listen carefully."

"Cao thief, you have something to say!"

The judge was furious, Cao Cao's high-spirited gesture made him extremely angry.

But Cao Cao didn't say anything, just turned his head away with a smile, and didn't say anything to the judge.

Rumble

The sound of rushing water suddenly came.

Everything is silent, as if only the majestic sound of water is gradually rising in my ears.

The judge turned his head to look, horrified!
water!
The gushing water poured in from one end of the moat, and the furious waves rolled and surged, filling the [-]-mile-long moat outside the city in the blink of an eye.

"Cao thief! You will die!"

The judge roared into the sky.

He had already thought that Cao Cao would dig Zhangshui into the trench.

Yecheng, after this moment, has become an isolated island!
The turbulent river became calm after tumbling, and in the eyes of the soldiers of Yecheng, Cao Cao turned his horse's head to the sky, laughed and patted his horse and left with impunity.

Shen Pei fell to the top of the wall as if weightless, his face was pale and his eyes were lifeless.

Finished!

It's not just that Yecheng's less than [-] soldiers and horses have a dead end!
I am afraid that the people in the city will not be spared!
Hebei was originally a fertile land with plenty of grain reserves, but after Yuan Shao’s disastrous defeat in Guanzhong, he returned and expanded his army to 70. Hebei’s grain revenue and expenditure had already entered a state of being unable to make ends meet. However, there was no recovery and recuperation under the rule. Yuan Shang succeeded to the throne and Yuan Tan fought internally. In addition, Yuan Xi had actually left the Yuan family controlled by Yuan Shang in Youzhou. The grain storage in Jizhou was not optimistic. Yuan Shang beat Yuan Tan in Qingzhou. , Not only the soldiers and horses were exhausted, but also the grain of Jizhou.

The food stored in the city was less than two months' worth, and the judges realized at this time that Cao Cao's tactic was to trap them to death in Yecheng.

If there is no such a river outside the city, the judge could still break through desperately before the food is exhausted, but now with this man-made barrier, the judge knows that if he breaks out, he will just die.

People can't cross the river, even if they build a bridge, how can Cao Jun turn a blind eye?
Although he didn't want to admit it, Shen Pei felt a sense of sadness from the bottom of his heart.

The Yuan family was in great prosperity for a hundred years.

Exhausted!

Cao Cao has been paying close attention to the situation in Hebei. In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao burned hundreds of thousands of food and grass needed by Yuan Shao. Afterwards, Hebei fell into the civil war of the Yuan family. The shortage of food and grass was expected. matter.

Therefore, to attack Yecheng, Cao Cao only needs to besiege the city to win.

The difference is that without the river he dug, if the other party dies, his damage will definitely not be optimistic. With this river dug by himself, he can easily defend against the enemy.

Riding his horse back to the barracks, Cao Cao dismounted from his horse. Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Yu Jin, and Xu Huang greeted him. The four generals had respect and smiles on their faces.

Cao Cao said as he walked: "Xia Houyuan listened to the order and ordered you to lead [-] troops to set up an ambush in the southeast of Yecheng. Counting the days, when Yuan Shang learned that Yecheng was besieged, he would definitely lead his army back to help. You will give him a head-on blow."

"The last will obey."

When Xiahouyuan received the errand, he cupped his fists and resigned, and went down to gather troops and horses to set off.

"Li Dian, Yu Jin, the two of you take turns commanding the besieging soldiers. If anyone in Yecheng goes out of the city to cross the river, regardless of the army or civilians, kill them."

The second general held his fists and took the order to leave.

Xu Huang looked forward to Cao Cao for a long time, but found that Cao Cao had no orders!
He hastened to catch up with Cao Cao, and was half a body behind Cao Cao and said, "Hey, my lord, here, the other three generals are fighting, how about me?"

Cao Cao stopped in his tracks, turned his head and glanced at Xu Huang, and said with a slight smile, "Gongming, since I took you out, I certainly won't make you useless, wait a minute, the enemy in Hebei is not only Yuan Shang, but also Yecheng." If it’s broken, you’re going to help me clean up another useless descendant of the Yuan family.”

Xu Huang thought about it, and asked tentatively, "Yuan Xi?"

Cao Cao shrugged his shoulders and laughed loudly, shaking his head and said, "Confused! Yuan Tan!"

Xu Huang was surprised.

Yuan Tan! ? !

If you want to clean him up, wouldn't you have a chance last year?
Yuan Tan is Cao Cao's in-laws!

He even sent his daughter to the Cao family!
Yecheng was in an emergency, and it had been more than half a month since the military information reached Yuan Shang in Qingzhou, and the war between Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan had always been in a stalemate, neither could defeat the other, and neither of them wanted to stop there. But the person leading this war is still Yuan Shang.

Faced with the danger of Yecheng, the base camp, Yuan Shang was very unhappy but had to send his army back to Jizhou to save Yecheng.

It's a pity that he also lacks confidence, especially because he has less than [-] troops left. After fighting with Yuan Tan for a year, he wiped out all the troops and food, and Cao Cao still had so many troops, but The comparison between the two parties has already reversed the strength and weakness.

It took Yuan Shang and his army nearly 20 days to return to Jizhou from Qingzhou. He had to rush on his way while guarding against Yuan Tan who was chasing after him.

Yuan Tan, the son of the Yuan family, has been suppressed by the third child for more than a year, and he has long been full of resentment. Now that he finally has a chance, how can he let it go?

Yuan Shang seems to be going back to rescue Yecheng, but it is more like a situation where Cao Cao is blocking the way in front and Yuan Tan is chasing him behind.

Yuan Shang's army approached Yecheng, and was ambushed by Xia Houyuan at the bend of the Zhangshui River. As a result of the confrontation on the first day of the new year, Yuan Shang's subordinate Ma Yan and others knelt down and surrendered, and even captured more than 2 soldiers and horses.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Shang's soul was blown away, how could he dare, how could he have the confidence to save Yecheng?

With less than 1 remnants and defeated generals, Yuan Shang bypassed Yecheng and fled to Zhongshan Kingdom.

Cao Cao didn't send troops to chase after him. Instead, Yuan Tan persevered in following Yuan Shang to kill him.

A large area of ​​Jizhou prefectures to the north of Yecheng fell to Yuan Tan's hands, and Yuan Shang was driven out of Zhongshan.

At this moment, Yuan Shang, who was at the end of his life, remembered that he had a second elder brother besides an elder brother who was always against him, so he fled to Youzhou and attached himself to Yuan Xi.

In August, Yecheng was besieged for three full months, and most of the soldiers and civilians in the city starved to death.

Shenpei's nephew, Shenrong, secretly voted for Cao in order to survive, and opened the city gate at midnight to welcome Cao's army into the city. Shenpei led the last soldiers and horses to fight Cao's army in the streets of Yecheng all night, and finally lost, and Yecheng fell!

Cao Cao personally persuaded the judge to surrender, but the judge would rather die than obey. Cao Cao fulfilled his reputation and loyalty, and killed him and buried him generously.

Yecheng is the symbolic city of the Yuan family's regime in Hebei. At this moment, the big flag erected on the top of the city of Yecheng has only a thick "Cao" character on it.

(End of this chapter)