Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 234 Breaking through Ye City (2)

"The general thought that now is May, the season when the wheat is ripe. Our army besieged Yecheng with a large army, and sent some soldiers to harvest the wheat outside Yecheng to cut off its food and grass."

"Dig trenches outside the city of Ye, with a circumference of forty miles, two feet deep and two feet wide, to draw Zhangshui to irrigate the city." Xue Rengui said.

"Rengui, can our army use the method of breaking Liyang again to break Yecheng?" Li Song thought for a while and asked Xue Rengui.

"It's possible, but it can't be as easy as breaking Liyang! After all, Liyang was broken, and the method our army used at the beginning, they already knew, so it couldn't have much effect."

"Yecheng now has only [-] troops, so this plan will be greatly compromised. In the end, a strong attack is still needed. It is better to wait until Yecheng runs out of food and flood the city to lower its morale. It is not too late to attack again. "

"Our army can also clean up the surrounding cities of Yecheng and cut off the connection between Yecheng and Youzhou, leaving Yecheng isolated and helpless." Xue Rengui said.

"Do you have any better suggestions for breaking Yecheng?" Li Song asked.

Everyone nodded when they heard it, and felt that what Xue Rengui said was reasonable, and felt that their own methods were not as good as Xue Rengui's, so they kept silent.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Song couldn't help thinking of Liu Bowen and Xu Maogong. If they were here, maybe there would be a better way. Unfortunately, Liu Bowen was sent back by himself after helping Luo Cheng take down Linzi. Go to Xuchang, stare at the emperor.

As for Xu Maogong, he was left in Guandu by himself to assist Bao Zheng in the post-war reconstruction plan. Li Song looked around at everyone, and finally settled on Sima Yi, a literary man who bowed his head to organize the copywriting.

How could I forget about this guy? Feeling that someone was looking at him, Sima Yi raised his head and met Li Song's gaze.

"Zhongda! What do you think about this matter?" Li Song asked Sima Yi.

Except for Li Song and Xue Rengui, the rest of the people and Sima Yi were taken aback. They didn't understand why the prime minister would ask such a big matter to such a small scholar.

Compared with them, Sima Yi thought more. Sima Yi bowed his hands and said, "I want to report to the Prime Minister! I am just a literary man with a humble job. I dare not speak nonsense about such important military affairs."

"It's so! Then I'll give you a promotion. What do you think is the right position for you?" Li Song said with a slight smile. Even if you think the official is too small, he will give you a big one, and let you choose.

The eyes of everyone looking at Sima Yi changed, they were envious and jealous towards him!Who is here who has made countless military exploits to sit in the current position, Sima Yi is a small literary man, how can He Dehe be so favored by the prime minister, he can choose whatever position he wants.It seems that we must have a good relationship with him in the future.

"Prime Minister! A humble position has no merit! Don't dare to ask for any reward, let alone ask for any official position from the prime minister." Sima cupped his hands, but he still remembered Li Song's killing intent towards him back then. What would Li Song think, maybe this is his temptation to himself.

Sima Yi didn't know, but Li Song didn't mean to test him.

"Okay Zhongda! Tell me your opinion!" Li Song said.

"Prime Minister! I feel that the general's suggestion is already very good. I don't know much about military strategy, so I can't offer you a plan to break the city for the prime minister! Please punish the prime minister." Sima Yi said.

Li Song didn't say much, after all, after Yuan Shao's many years of management, Yecheng was already impenetrable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was normal that Sima Yi couldn't think of any good solution.

Since ancient times, if the attackers wanted to break through the city, they had to besiege the city and trap the enemy troops to death in the city, and wait for them to run out of oil and lamps before they could take the city.

There is also a violent attack on the city, and the use of crowd tactics to break through the city. In this way, more soldiers and horses will be lost and more casualties will be caused. This is a very tragic way of fighting. Don't use this style of play, most of them are siege.

Another is to lure the enemy out of the city to fight, annihilate the main force of the enemy army outside the city, and then seize the opportunity to seize the city, or persuade the enemy to surrender, or there is an internal response in the city, and with the help of the internal response, the city is broken. This is the least casualty One of the most difficult to do.

After all, not everyone is willing to be your internal support all the time.

"Do you have any other suggestions?" Li Song asked again, seeing that everyone was silent, it was considered that Xue Rengui's plan had been finalized.

"It turned out to be so! Just do what Rengui said." Li Song said, "Zhou Qing, you will lead your troops to the fields outside Yecheng tomorrow to help Yuan Shao harvest wheat, which will be used to supplement our army's food and grass."

"No!" Zhou Qing stood up and clasped his fists in salute. Li Song announced the end of the meeting, and everyone stood up to say goodbye!backed out.

In Ye City, in Yuan Shao's bedroom, Yuan Shao woke up slowly, looking at the civil and military staff standing beside him, Yuan Shao asked, "How is the situation now?"

"Report to father! The enemy army has surrounded Yecheng, and the situation is not optimistic!" Yuan Xi said.

"My lord! The other two armies of the enemy army will probably arrive tomorrow. I'm afraid the food and grass in the city won't last long. If the enemy army besieges Yecheng into an isolated city, it will only be a matter of time before Yecheng is destroyed." Ji said.

"It turned out to be so! Tell me what should be done now?" Yuan Shao asked, wanting to move his body, but he couldn't exert any strength.

"My lord, in my opinion! We should take the opportunity to break out of the city and go to Youzhou to order Mr. Yuan Shang to lead Youzhou soldiers and horses to rescue Yecheng. At the same time, we should order the local troops of other counties to come to the rescue." Guo Tu said.

"No! If the local troops from the other counties are recruited, the enemy can easily capture the counties with a single army. At that time, we will really be alone and helpless."

"Therefore, you only need to order your son, Yuan Shang, to lead the troops to come to the rescue. Order him to station troops outside the city and compete with the soldiers and horses in our city. Maybe there is still a glimmer of life." Xu You remonstrated.

"No way! Xianfu sits in Youzhou and still needs to prevent the invasion of Karasuma and other tribes. You can't transfer them at will. It's better to transfer the local troops from each county!" Yuan Shao directly rejected Xu You's proposal.

In case he failed, Yuan Shang would not have to die with him, but could still own Youzhou. Yuan Shao didn't want Yuan Shang to come to Yecheng to die.

"But father! If the third brother is not allowed to lead the troops, Yecheng may be..."

"Enough! It's not good for you to block the enemy army. I haven't settled with you yet, but you want to go against my will?" Yuan Shao directly interrupted Yuan Xi's words.

"Don't dare, my son!" Yuan Xi was full of helplessness, and bowed his hands in salute. His heart was full of bitterness. There was such a big difference in the status of himself and his younger brother in his father's heart.

"I've made up my mind! You can act accordingly! I'm tired and need to rest, you all step back!" Yuan Shao directly issued the order to evict the guests, and everyone had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

(End of this chapter)