Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 451 Concerns After Breaking the City
After Jiang Qi's death, the remaining soldiers of Yuan Jun, led by the rest of the generals, could barely resist Cao Jun's attack.

But in the face of Cao Jun's front and back attacks, coupled with the low morale of the main general who died in the battle, the situation is over after all.

A soldier who was on the fringe dropped his weapon and ran away while Cao Jun and his general were not paying attention.

When someone took the lead, it was like knocking down the dominoes, and then more and more people began to escape from this position.

The main general died in battle, and now some soldiers started to flee. Under the double influence, the other soldiers could no longer hold on, and simply started to run for their lives in all directions.

However, compared to those who fled, many people chose to lay down their weapons and surrender to Cao Jun.

And these soldiers of Yuan Jun who chose to surrender, not only had no burden in their hearts, but also felt a sense of relief.

Without it, Cao Ying treats prisoners preferentially!
Before the war started, the shadow guards started to move around.

They not only spied on intelligence, but also secretly publicized Cao Jun's positive policies everywhere.

Preferential treatment of prisoners is one of them. It is said that prisoners who are willing to surrender to Cao Jun will not only have food, drink and medical treatment, but also be able to share a few acres of fertile land, exempt from taxes for several years, and even receive military pay.That's the real thing, a heavy yellow copper coin!
These soldiers of the Yuan army are satisfied with their daily meals, and it is impossible to imagine that the army can still send money.

Now that they have the opportunity to join Cao Jun to "enjoy" the preferential treatment, they naturally have a glimmer of expectation in their hearts.

As Yuan Jun's soldiers fled and surrendered, the battle soon came to an end.

Cao Jun beheaded Yuan Jun's general Jiang Qi, killed [-] enemies, and captured more than [-] enemies, winning a complete victory.

But Jiang Qi's partial division didn't actually have much impact on the overall situation of the battle.

Inside Cao Jun's camp.

Jiang Ji, the chief minister of the prime minister, stood up and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, the scouts reported today that Gao Gan and Yuan Xi's army is only ten days away from us, and Yuan Tan's army from Qinghe County has also arrived. Wei County border.

If our army can't attack Yecheng, we should have made plans to leave here earlier. Otherwise, we will be pinned down by the enemy at that time. "

Gao Gan, Yuan Xi, Wuhuan, and Yuan Tan had a total of [-] to [-] troops, plus the [-] to [-] main forces in Yecheng, the total strength was especially higher than that of Cao's army.

Although the overall quality of Yuan Jun's soldiers is not as good as Cao Jun's, they are now fighting at home, so it is easy to get supplies.

Although Cao Jun's supply line took the Baigou waterway, which saved a lot of trouble, the grain road was still very long, and it was easy to be robbed by Yuan Jun.Once the food and grass are cut off, Cao Jun is afraid that he will not be much better than Yuan Jun in Guandu, and maybe he will be hurt.

"Retire?" Cao Cao was very unwilling.

They have already reached the base of Yecheng and surrounded Yuan Shao, so if they retreat like this, no one will be reconciled to it.

But if he doesn't withdraw, if his family's wealth falls here, I'm afraid there will be nowhere to cry.

But Yecheng is indeed too strong, it is difficult to chew it down in a short time.

In the absence of weapons that can destroy the city wall, the soldiers can only use their flesh and blood to fill it with their lives. There are many examples of siege battles in history that lasted for a year and a half.
Lao Cao was now in a dilemma, he still asked unwillingly: "Everyone, is there really no way to conquer Yecheng?"

Seeing Cao Cao's extremely unwilling appearance, Lu Yan also hesitated in his heart: "Do you want to use gunpowder to attack the city at this time?"

gunpowder!yes!The general supervisor has already experimented with gunpowder!
Originally, the midfielder is not a complicated thing. As long as you experiment more, the best ratio is actually easy to find out.

But Lu Yan still hesitated about whether to use gunpowder to attack the city.

Among them, the biggest doubt is what should they do after breaking through Ye City?
If gunpowder is used to attack the city, the city wall will definitely collapse. If the city wall collapses, then there is no danger for the city to defend.

After I waited for someone to go in and kill Yuan Shao, what happened next?

Yuan Shao died in the hands of Cao Cao, Yuan Jun will definitely go crazy under the leadership of Yuan Shao's son and nephew.

At that time, facing more than a dozen or 20 crazy soldiers of Yuan Jun, how can Cao Cao defend the city of Ye, whose walls have collapsed?

Even if he can defeat Yuan Jun, his own casualties are estimated to be very heavy, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Breaking through Yecheng, but Yuan Shao escaped?

Then he led an army of more than 20 to [-] to fight back?Yecheng, which is also no longer safe to defend, is also tasteless.And if his main force has been dragged here, if Sun Quan, Liu Biao and others take the opportunity to attack, wouldn't they be in a dilemma again.

After breaking through Yecheng and killing Yuan Shao, they immediately retreated?

Then Yuan Shao was already a dying person, so why bother to make a fuss and expose his ace weapon?
After thinking about it, Lu Yan was still vacillating, and his expression happened to be fully seen by Guo Jia beside him.

Guo Jia lightly touched Lu Yan's arm, tilted his head and asked, "Changsheng, is there anything you can do?"

Guo Jia's voice was not loud, but his movements were clearly seen by Cao Cao who was standing in the main position.

Following Guo Jia's head tilt, Cao Cao also focused his attention on Lu Yan. Seeing Lu Yan's hesitation to Guo Jia, Cao Cao immediately knew what Lu Yan must have in mind!
"Sir, do you have a plan to destroy the city?" Cao Cao asked expectantly.

Lu Yan hesitated for a while, but still opened his mouth to answer: "Mr. Cao, I have a question. If we break through Yecheng and face Yuan Jun's 10,000+ army, how should we deal with it?"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, and blurted out: "Fighting head-on, when have we ever been afraid of Yuan Shao?"

"If Yuan Shao dies, Yuan Jun will definitely attack our army frantically. Even if we win, it will be a miserable victory."

"But if Yuan Shao survives, he will lead an army of 10,000+ and never fight us decisively. He just drags our main force to Hebei. What if other princes take the opportunity to attack us behind us?"

"This..." Lao Cao was speechless for a while when he heard the words.

At this time, Xi Zhicai suddenly said: "If we can break through Ye City and kill Yuan Shao, then there will be a turning point for this matter!"

After thinking for a while, Guo Jia added: "Once Yuan Shao dies, who is most likely to inherit Yuan Shao's legacy?"

When Lu Yan heard the words, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he slapped his thigh hard with a "snap" and said, "I thought of it! I thought of it! Hahaha!"

"Hiss!!!" Guo Jia gasped, grinned and said to Lu Yan, "I said longevity. Can you pat your own thigh next time?"

Lu Yan looked back at Guo Jia's wrinkled face, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I slipped my hand just now."

Cao Cao couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Lu, what did you think of?"

After organizing his speech for a while, Lu Yan replied: "Yuan Shao has always loved his youngest son, Yuan Shang! Yuan Shao will definitely appoint Yuan Shang to inherit his foundation before he dies.

As the eldest son, Yuan Tan was definitely not convinced.

After Yuan Shang succeeded to the throne, he would definitely not be at ease with Yuan Tan.

If we continue to exert pressure, the two of them may temporarily put aside their time to cooperate in order to resist foreign enemies.

But if we suddenly withdraw and leave at this time, the two brothers will definitely fight because of their fear of each other without any interference from outside forces! "

Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and Yang Xiu were stunned, and said to themselves: "Can it still be like this?!"

(End of this chapter)