Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 404 The Battle of Ye City (1)

"Quickly tell me." At this moment, Yuan Tan was already distracted.

"Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang have defected to Cao Cao. These two are brave and have 1 men under their command. I heard that they did not embarrass the lord when they fought with the lord. It can be seen that they are still grateful for the kindness of the general, so they have to take refuge in Cao Cao. The lord can allow him to submit to the lord with a high position."

"Even so, I'm afraid he's no match for Cao Cao." Yuan Tan worried.In addition to Erlu's team, there are only 4 men under him, and Cao Cao now has nearly [-] people, and the strength of the troops is still very different.

"Hehe. Although the trial and assignment is unworthy, there is still some ability to defend the city. With the high walls of Yecheng and more than [-] soldiers and horses under him, it is enough to hold on for half a year. My lord can order Erlu to go directly south to Liyang, and then stick to it. The thief's grain way, Cao's army will be in chaos within two months without food. At that time, the lord will send troops to attack him, and Cao's thieves will be defeated, and Cao's army will be left in Hebei! The lord will put away his descendants again, and Jizhou can be obtained. The state can be determined, and then we will unite with Xuzhou and go south to the Central Plains to unify the world!"

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Yuan Tan clapped his hands in praise, and immediately found someone to engrave the seals of General Dangkou and General Polu, and sent eloquent people to the Lu brothers, while he stationed troops to wait for the opportunity.Longcou, located in the north of the plain, is near the ferry of the Yellow River. Yuan Tan once followed Yuan Shao to defeat Gongsun Zan here. Yuan Tan hopes to get a little more of his father's legacy and add a little bit of luck to himself.

Beginning in June, the trial and assignment faced tremendous pressure in Yecheng. As soon as Cao Cao's army arrived, Su You, who stayed behind to defend the city, saw that Cao's army was powerful, so he moved his mind and wanted to operate internal response for Cao, so he was judged and assigned in time. When he found out, Su You escaped from the city and went to Cao Cao.The judges launched a search in the city, and all those who wanted to surrender were arrested. Xin Pi brought his family to Xudu, but Xin Ping's family was still in the city, and all the judges were sent to prison.

Cao Cao went to meet Yuan Shang and left Cao Hong to continue to besiege the city. Cao Hong was eager to make meritorious deeds, so he took out the tactics used in the Battle of Guandu, building earth hills, digging tunnels, and launching an attack. .

In the tunnel warfare, the judges buried several large tanks in the city, and the soldiers stuck to the walls of the tanks to listen. They found Cao Jun's exit and piled up huge stones. Cao Jun dug here and the huge rocks collapsed and killed hundreds of people. Discount 2000 people.The earth hills piled up outside the city were too far away at first, and the sword arrows could not reach the city wall, and they were too close and shot at Yuan Jun, so they could not pose a threat.

Cao Hong's siege policy was not ineffective. Under the strict blockade, the traffic between the city and the outside was basically blocked. Only Maocheng's grain road was not broken, but the grain and grass that could be transported into the city was decreasing day by day.The soldiers and civilians in the city were unable to leave the city, and the firewood was gradually exhausted.The trial commissioner ordered the collection of grain from the whole city and unified distribution of supplies, preparing for a protracted war.

In September, Cao Cao returned to Yecheng. Seeing that he was in a hurry, he adopted Guo Jia's suggestion to clean up the surrounding area first and cut off the supply of grain and grass in Yecheng.Cao Cao left Cao Hong to continue to attack Yecheng, and personally led the army to attack Yin Kai who was stationed in Maocheng.Yin Kai was ordered by Yuan Shang to protect the food road leading to Shangdang. The small town of Maocheng, with only 5000 garrisons, could stop Cao Cao's army. The city was destroyed in two days, and Yin Kai fled into the mountains without a trace.

Cao Cao continued to attack Handan without stopping.Handan originally had 2 defenders, but after Wangmen withdrew from Liyang, he brought another [-] people. Juhu left [-] people to guard the city at the order of Yuan Shanghe and Shenpei. blocked by the jaw.Zhang Jai could only stand in the way and prevent Juhu from rescuing Yecheng, but he couldn't take Handan.

Cao Cao killed him quickly, which was completely beyond Juhu's expectations. He hurriedly withdrew his troops to leave behind the king's gate and prepared to retreat to Handan.How could Cao Cao allow Juhu to retreat again, the tiger and leopard cavalry split into two wings and outflanked a wide range, Zhang Jaw chased after him, Wangmen died in the chaos, Juhu was shot and killed by Cao Zhen, and Cao Jun captured Handan.The young general Cao Zhen showed his strength at the beginning, and Cao Cao rejoiced: I have successors in the Cao family.

As soon as Juhu and Wangmen died, the defenders of Handan abandoned their weapons and surrendered.It has been half a year since he sent troops to Hebei. Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shang, Xia Maocheng and Handan, and took in nearly 3 troops from Hebei.

The examiner beheaded the soldiers who reported the letter, and sealed the news tightly. However, after several months of siege, the people in Yecheng were already in panic.

Feng Li, the general of the trial and distribution department, felt that the isolated city was difficult to defend, and wanted to join Cao Jun. He sent someone to secretly discuss with Cao Hong. When he was on duty at night, he opened the small gate under the city and let Cao Jun in.Cao Hong was afraid that the head of the city would be aware of the mobilization of the brigade, so he recruited nearly a thousand dead soldiers from the army, crawled to the bottom of the city, and led the brigade to attack the city when it was in chaos.

In the middle of the night, Feng Li quietly opened the small door and called Cao Jun to enter the city in the dark.Just in autumn, there were still insects chirping, and some vigilant city guards could not hear the insects, but heard a little noise from below the city, and immediately reported it to the judge who couldn't sleep at night and was patrolling the city.Shenpei immediately summoned soldiers to surround the city gate and lit the torches. Cao Jun who had sneaked into the city gate was completely exposed to the fire.Feng Li panicked and didn't know what to do.

"Feng Li, you did a good job!" The judge said coldly, "Why are there so few people?" The judge ordered a big stone to be thrown from the top of the city wall to seal the gate, and arrows were fired from the top of the city. .The soldiers who entered the city gate thought they had been tricked into an ambush by Feng Li, so they hacked Feng Li to death, but all Cao soldiers who entered the city were shot and killed.

The few Cao troops hanging behind saw that the situation was not good, and ran out of the city desperately before the gate was sealed by the falling rocks. The soldiers on the city wanted to shoot and kill them, but were stopped by the judge.These soldiers survived the catastrophe and escaped with their lives. They ran back to Cao Hongyi and told Cao Hong that Cao Hong ran away violently and immediately ordered that any surrender in the city should not be trusted unless they voluntarily leave the city.

Cao Hong came up with another plan. He displayed Yuan Shang's seals, ceremonial guards, and armors captured by Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shang in front of the city, and sent people to shout to the city: Yuan Shang has abandoned Jizhou and fled alone. No master, why die in vain!

After seeing it, the defenders in the city were all depressed and collapsed, and their morale fell to the extreme.The judge said to the soldiers: "Don't listen to Cao Jun's nonsense. My lord is going to Youzhou to invite the second son to send troops. Master Yuan Xi is leading the army to come here. Why worry about not having a commander! Cao Jun is very tired. , As long as we work together and fight to the death, we will be able to defeat Cao Cao! Jizhou is the Jizhou of our Hebei people, we are not only fighting for Jizhou, but also defending our homeland!" Encouraged by the judge, morale in the city revived.

The judge also lobbied the people in the city: "It's not me who is alarmist. Cao Cao is a ruthless thief, and he likes to massacre the city. The people of Xuzhou have suffered a lot from him. So far, he has changed his face when talking about Cao. I, the people of Jizhou, have received the kindness of General Yuan Shao. Cao Cao has always held grudges. The massacre of the city has harmed you, if you can stick to the city with me, you will be rescued when the reinforcements led by Mr. Yuan Shang arrive!"

The people in the city were excited, and the big households donated money and food, vowing to fight Cao Cao to the end.

(End of this chapter)