Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 237 Breaking through Ye City (5)

"Go back immediately and tell Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu that they will tie Yuan Xi to our army's camp three days later at Zishi, and then seize Yecheng." Li Song said to Zhang San.

"No! I will definitely bring the Prime Minister's words to you." After Zhang San finished speaking, he bowed his hands to the people in the tent, turned around and left, and hurried back to the city to report to Zhang Nan before dawn.

After the matter was settled, they naturally dispersed. Li Song continued to blow the lamp to sleep. Zhang San, who returned to the city, conveyed Li Song's words to Zhang Nan. When Tian Houzi, Yuan Xi was tied up and sent to Li Song's camp to show their sincerity.

Poor Yuan Xi, just been snubbed by his father, his two subordinates, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, are secretly planning how to get him to Li Song's camp without anyone noticing, and Yuan Xi himself is still at this moment. He didn't know that a catastrophe was coming, so he went to greet Yuan Shao as usual.

The next day it became clear that the Bingzhou soldiers led by Yu Wencheng and others, and the East Route Army led by Luo Cheng, Pei Yuanqing and others finally rushed outside Yecheng, joined Li Song's army, and completely surrounded Yecheng.

Li Song immediately ordered to send a troop to harvest wheat in front of Yuan Shao's army. Yuan Shao tried to go out of the city to snatch the wheat, but was defeated by the army, so he had to retreat to Yecheng and watched the wheat being harvested by the enemy. Army morale was low.

After a day and a night of interrogation, the interrogator finally pried open the mouth of Su You's messenger, learned the news that Su You was going to surrender to the enemy, and immediately led people to arrest him. Su You, who found something wrong, summoned soldiers and horses, and came to arrest him. A trial and match battle.

Su You was defeated by the judge, and Su You immediately fled out of the city, but was beheaded by Meng Dai who met halfway, and hung his head on the flagpole to show the whole army the fate of betrayal.

The turmoil in Yecheng was quickly quelled. These had nothing to do with Li Song. Li Song was not idle when he was besieging the city. Destroy the morale of the enemy army.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, late at night Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan brought some food and wine to Yuan Xi's place, intending to get Yuan Xi drunk, and then quietly tied him up and sent him out of Yecheng to Li Song's camp.

"Presumptuous! Now that the enemy army is besieging the city, you actually..." Things didn't go as smoothly as Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan thought, and Yuan Xi scolded them instead.

Fortunately, the two of them prepared a second plan to make sure everything was safe. They stunned Yuan Xi with incense, and then tied him up and sent him to Li Song's camp. The result was the same, but it took a lot of effort.

"Okay! I have been on your saddle for many years, so I will forgive you this time. If there is another time, I will definitely not forgive you lightly. You should step back!" Yuan Xi directly chased the guests.

"It's the Second Young Master! Resign from your humble position!" Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan bowed respectfully and retreated out. Instead of leaving directly, they hid in the dark and waited for the lights in the house to be blown out.

The two came to the door, poked a small hole in the paper on the door, and blew the scented incense that had been prepared into the room. After waiting for a while, the two pushed the door and entered. The guards here were all cut off early in the morning. up.

Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan tied up the unconscious Yuan Xi and put them in a sack. After waiting for the shift at midnight, they sent Yuan Xi to Li Song's camp.

"Report to Prime Minister! Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan sent people to send Yuan Xi over." Inside Li Song's army camp, the guards reported to Li Song.

"Call them here quickly! By the way, call Xue Rengui and the others together." Li Song said, the guards clasped their fists and retreated.

After Li Song and others confirmed that it was indeed Yuan Xi who was sent by Wuhuada, Li Song said to Zhang San: "Go back and tell Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan to use the torch as a signal. Great job."

"No! I will go back now and convey the meaning of the Prime Minister to the two adults." Zhang Sandao, clasped his fists and saluted, exited the camp, and returned with a few comrades in arms.

"Prime Minister! It seems that Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan are really determined to join the Prime Minister. In this way, Yecheng can be taken down without bloodshed." After Zhang San and the others left, they looked at the Lying on the ground, still unconscious Yuan Xi glanced at Li Song.

"That's right! With internal support, it's much easier to capture Yecheng. According to the report from the spies! Yuan Shao has mobilized local troops from six counties including Zhao Guo and Julu County to rescue Yecheng, with a total of [-] people."

"Now that the six counties are empty of troops, it is a good opportunity to seize them. We should take the opportunity to take these six counties and completely isolate Yecheng." Li Song said.

Bohai County and Qinghe County were captured by Luo Cheng early in the morning, and they already belonged to Li Song. Qinghe County was originally a single county feudal state, but Qinghe State was abolished in 147 and changed to a county.

"The Prime Minister is right, these counties are empty now, but order Zhou Qing and Xue Xiantu to lead [-] troops to recover these counties." Xue Rengui said.

"It turned out to be like this. Tomorrow night, we will wave torches outside the city as a signal to let the people in the city respond to our army, and let Zhou Qing and Xue Xiantu take back the six counties by the way." Li Song continued.

"No!" Everyone got up and bowed with fists, and retreated. Xu Chu bowed with fists and said, "Prime Minister! I don't know how to deal with this Yuan Xi."

"Detain Yuan Xi and keep him under strict supervision!" Li Song looked at Yuan Xi who was still in a coma and said.

"Promise!" Xu Chu clasped his fists in salute, and waved his hand behind him. Immediately, his personal guards stepped forward and dragged Yuan Xi down, and Xu Chu also left.

In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Shao's local army from Zhao Guo and other six counties arrived one after another. Compared with Yuan Shao's regular army, the equipment of the local defense was not 01:30 worse.

These miscellaneous troops were divided into several camps under the command of their respective county lieutenants and Chang Shi, and defended Yecheng in several directions. In this way, the troops were dispersed.

"I didn't expect Yuan Shao to treat the local defense so poorly. With these simple equipment, how could we stop our army's attack, let alone the fact that the troops are stationed in six directions now." Seeing this scene, Li Song felt amused, these local troops can fight , turning back to Sima Yi who was at the side.

"Prime Minister! The garrison in these places is only used to maintain the law and order of the city. It is mainly responsible for inspections, arrests and other matters. It belongs to a semi-military establishment. Naturally, Yuan Shao will not waste good equipment on them. The six counties have no unified command. Right now, dividing troops into garrisons is the best way," Sima Yi said.

The defense of these places is actually equivalent to the police, urban management, firefighters, etc. of later generations. It is okay to catch petty thieves, gather crowds to make trouble, bully unarmed people, and act as a facade for officials and lords, so that they can face the killing of the army. I'm afraid I'm going to freak out.

(End of this chapter)