Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 213

Yuan Shao faced Gongsun Zan's solid tortoise shell in Yi Jing and couldn't speak. Gongsun Zan repelled his strong attack several times, and he couldn't get close to the barrier at all.The counselors under him paid a lot of attention: digging trenches, digging tunnels, setting fires, and setting off smoke all failed.Yuan Shao also tried to take advantage of Yishui's water potential, but found that he could only drown himself, and there was nothing he could do about Gongsun Zan.

Yuan Shao's heart aches for half a year wasted in vain. "You say, is there any other way to defeat Gongsun Zan? Now that Cao Cao's wings are flourishing, if I don't defeat Gongsun Zan, how can I go south? Do I just watch him grow stronger!"

The counselors were also at a loss.Guo Tu was ordered by Yuan Tan to come to the barracks and reported that Cao Cao had wiped out Lu Bu and obtained Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "I'm also anxious. But Gongsun Zan will not be destroyed for a day, so how can I go south without worry? Gongze, what idea do you have to destroy Gongsun Zan?"

Guo Tu, who was born in the Yingchuan clan, has always been at odds with the local gentry in Jizhou. The two camps are also very different in the choice of Yuan Shao's successor. Cheng Front supports the youngest son Yuan Shang.

Finally had the opportunity to overwhelm the judges, Guo Tu pretended to be smart and smiled. "Why is this so difficult? I have a plan to defeat Gongsun Zan."

"Say it quickly." Yuan Shao asked anxiously.

"My lord can dig tunnels..."

"I don't think Gongze has any good ideas." The judge said disdainfully, "I have already used this strategy. Gongsun Zan is surrounded by huge rocks under the barrier, and it is impossible to enter it."

"Pedantic." Guo Tu mercilessly reprimanded the judge, then ignored the judge, and the judge stared angrily.

Guo Tu continued to say to Yuan Shao: "My lord, when I came here, I saw that the barriers built by Gongsun Zan were all huge stones and rammed earth. They must be heavy and extremely solid, so their foundations must be solid."

"It's up to you to say." The judge curled his lips.

Guo Tu ignored the trial, "As the saying goes, the strongest part is often the weakest part. My lord can make people dig a tunnel deep under its barrier, support it with giant logs, slowly hollow out its foundation, and pile up firewood , pour oil on the giant tree, and then set fire to it, the giant tree will be burnt, and its barrier will not be able to bear the weight, and it will collapse."

Hearing this, Yuan Shao clapped his hands and praised: "Grandmaster is a clever plan. If you had come earlier, I wouldn't have wasted so much time here."

"Master, when digging, you need to maintain ventilation." Guo Tu added.

Yuan Shao ordered 5000 people to work day and night to dig three deep tunnels, and another 1000 people to go up the mountain to cut down giant trees. It took a month to dig the tunnels under the barrier, and the three tunnels were connected.Gongsun Zan's subordinates heard the movement underground and reported it to Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan laughed loudly, "Yuan Benchu's loss is not enough. There are huge boulders under me. How can I penetrate it? I will smash him to death before he digs it out. Don't worry about him." .”

Yuan Jun's soldiers continued to hollow out the foundation while propping up giant logs in the ground. In the past ten days, the work was complete, and the bottom of the barrier was almost hollowed out, completely supported by dozens of giant logs.Yuan Shao ordered the fire to be set, and Yan Liangwen Chou was ready to attack.He and his counselors climbed up to watch, and saw angry smoke from Gongsun Zan's barrier, and thick smoke billowing from the two tunnel entrances. Within an hour, a loud noise was heard, and the ten-foot-high barrier collapsed, sending dust flying.

Yuan Shao stood on the high platform, holding a sharp sword in his hand and pointing forward, very impressive.

Yan Liangwenchou roared and led his men into the broken tortoise shell. Gongsun Zan's men were in a mess, and those who were not crushed to death were already dizzy. .

The battle for Youzhou, which lasted several years, ended with Yuan Shao's complete victory. Yuan Shao won Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, with a population of millions, 30 soldiers, [-] cavalry, fierce generals, and countless food and grass.

The counselor Jushou suggested to Yuan Shao to take advantage of the situation and send troops to Liaodong to solve Gongsundu and completely unify the north.Yuan Shao disagreed: "Our army has been out for a long time, and the soldiers are already exhausted. In the bitter cold land of Liaodong, the hard work of the expedition is not worth the loss. The most urgent task is to stabilize Youzhou, appease the various ethnic groups in the northern part of the country, and rectify the troops and horses to go south to fight for the Central Plains as soon as possible."

Stabilizing Youzhou means defeating the foreign invasion in Saibei. Yuan Shao adopted the strategy of supporting Wuhuan, wooing the Huns, and suppressing Xianbei. He sent Ju Yi and Wuhuan allied forces to drive the Xianbei back to the grassland. The Huns surrendered to Yuan Shao. Ju Yi made great contributions and gained a great reputation Bosai Wai became more arrogant and domineering, defiant, often ridiculed Yuan Shao's subordinates who couldn't eat the tortoise shell for a long time, Yuan Shao, who had a good face, was unhappy, and pretended to be nonchalant.

Yuan Shao stayed in Youzhou for another month, rebuilt tombs, worshiped Liu Yu, and comforted Liu Yu's old troops and Youzhou soldiers and people.

Ju Yi came to see Yuan Shao, ordered the soldiers to clear the way, and the generals avoided him. He only respected Yuan Shao, and did not look straight at the counselors and generals.The generals Chun Yuqiong and Han Meng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and complained to Yuan Shao: "My lord, Ju Yi relies on his merits and is arrogant and arrogant, and he will become a disaster in the long run."

Yuan Shao didn't like Ju Yi at all, and there were many people who said bad things about Ju Yi, so he was somewhat moved, especially Chun Yuqiong, who was a captain of Xiyuan, had a lot of weight in his words.He called Tian Feng, Jushou, Shenpei and other advisers. "Ju Yi is proud of his credit and pride, and the generals are quite dissatisfied. But he has made great achievements, and he will have to rely on him in the future. What should we do?"

Shen Pei said: "Your Majesty's subordinates are like clouds, why only care about a little Ju Yi?"

"It's unlucky to kill a hero." Yuan Shao was already murderous, but his mouth was still reserved.

"My lord, the battle is imminent, and we must unite as one. We can't chill the hearts of many soldiers for one Ju Yi, that will be bad for me." Tian Feng said.

"Exactly. My lord's protecting Ju Yi will only encourage his arrogance. If he is greedy and dissatisfied, then colluding with others will be a serious disaster for our army." Ju Shou agreed.Jushou is very strategic, but he is not interested in fierce generals.

The counselors and generals agreed to kill Ju Yi, so Ju Yi was captured by the soldiers in his sleep, and directly displayed at the head of the barracks gate. He didn't know how he died.

As soon as Ju Yi died, Yuan Shao's generals immediately divided up Ju Yi's subordinates. The Xiandeng camp, which had already been coveted, was robbed.After the Xiliang Flying Bear Army, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and Siege Camp, another special warfare unit has been submerged in the long river of history.

To deal with Ju Yi, Yuan Shao appointed his second son, Yuan Xi, as the governor of Youzhou, led the army back to Jizhou, and kept Guo Tu by his side.Yuan Shao realized the grand thought of leading each of his three sons and one nephew to a state, and he began to plan to go south to compete with Cao Cao for the Central Plains.

A month later, Yuan Tan sent someone to send Liu Bei to Jizhou. Yuan Shao thought this was an auspicious sign, and immediately recruited Liu Bei to find out what Cao Cao was.

(End of this chapter)