Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 254 Gongsun Zan Attacks Again

A few days later, the calm outside the city was restored. At this time, the gates of the city were also opened wide, and the people came in and out.

However, most of the people who came in and out were collecting materials.

Some bought food from distant cities, and there were trucks of felled wood from the wild.

At this time, Gongsun Zan was powerless to stop all this.

His army rested in the distance, and more than a month of preparation was in vain.

At this time, Gongsun Zan faced a very important problem.

Should we continue to attack?
Or withdraw troops?

It's very difficult to make a decision.

Continuing to attack and re-prepare, we will definitely not be able to go to war in a short time, and we need to replenish our troops and gather food and grass.

However, most of Qingzhou is now under Gongsun Zan's control, so it can be done.

If you don't attack, the previous investment will be in vain, and Zhang Ming may take the opportunity to make it bigger.

This made Gongsun Zan very difficult to deal with, and if he continued to fight, it would probably be protracted.

When Gongsun Zan was struggling, Xu You came to lobby him.

"General Gongsun, if you don't continue to attack at this time, Zhang Ming will take advantage of the situation and attack other cities. I am afraid that many people in Qingzhou will fall to Zhang Ming."

Qingzhou was favored by Gongsun Zan. This Qingzhou was much richer than Youzhou.

If it weren't for Gongsun Zan's foundation in Youzhou, he would probably focus on managing Qingzhou at this time.

The foundation can only change slowly, and it is very difficult to change it all at once, using Qingzhou as the foundation.

Moreover, Gongsun Zan is more optimistic about Jizhou and wants to regard Jizhou as his own foundation.

"Now that our army has been newly defeated, if we want to reorganize our offensive, it may not be possible in the short term."

Gongsun Zan is in a dilemma. It is not that easy to organize tens of thousands of troops to attack.

Besides, Gongsun Zan was also worried at this time, worried that Yuan Shao would steal his way, and he would not be able to mobilize You Beiping's army.

"General Gongsun, Benchu ​​and Zhang Ming are at odds. I can suggest Yuan Benchu ​​to continue to support the general."

Xu You didn't expect that Gongsun Zan would be defeated so quickly, but he couldn't be blamed for this matter, it was so weird that the city walls collapsed together like this.

"General Gongsun, I'll fix the book for Benchu ​​right away, you just wait for a few days."

Gongsun Zan first agreed to come down and wait for a few days.

As for Xi Zhicai, he took the opportunity to resume the operation of the port, transported a large amount of salt over again, and brought a group of people back at the same time.

These aristocratic families quickly paid the money, and then shipped it to various places. At the same time, they also helped Xi Zhicai and the others prepare a large amount of supplies.

A large amount of grain, grass and timber were transported to the city, which they had prepared long ago.

They didn't do this in vain, because these can offset the payment for salt, and more importantly, the prices of grain, grass and wood have risen by 50% at this time.

This is very cost-effective, so the families that Qingzhou has cooperated with Zhang Ming have shipped a large amount of supplies to them.

In this way, Linzi City is firmly in the hands of Zhang Ming and the others.

Xi Zhicai and the others were leisurely repairing the city walls and distributing supplies.

But Gongsun Zan could only mobilize food, grass and soldiers from other places.

Unable to attack in a short period of time, Xi Zhicai and the others took the opportunity to recruit thousands of strong men from other places.

These strong men are only doing simple military training, and most of them are still used to carry supplies. When it comes to critical moments, they can also be on top.

Xi Zhicai made a lot of preparations, and a few days later, Yuan Shao replied that he would send another [-] troops to attack Linzi City together.

Having made up his mind, Gongsun Zan also mobilized the army.

He again mobilized 3 troops from the counties of Qingzhou, plus their current 2 plus Yuan Shao's 11 troops, for a total of about [-] troops.

This time, Gongsun Zan wanted to take down Linzi City.

Gongsun Zan was unable to attack within a short period of time, but Xi Zhi took advantage of the time to start preparations.

First of all, he sent all the people in the city to leave first if they wanted to.

Then distribute food and wood to every household, so that there will be no chaos in the city.

Another thing is to actively strengthen the defense.

This time, Xi Zhicai urgently built a low wall around the outside of the city. The low wall was more than one meter high, and three low walls were built in a row at intervals of about one meter.

One of the characteristics of these low walls is that they are very close to the city and can be attacked by arrows.

The three low walls were built without anyone interfering.

Gongsun Zan sent people to investigate, and then went back to report.

"My lord, the low wall is more than one meter high, and it can collapse with a single impact, without any threat."

These low walls are not ordinary low walls, iron bars are added to a small part, and many wooden sticks are nailed under the inner wall.

The wooden sticks act as a support, and it is not so easy to collapse when hit, at least not the whole wall.

In ancient times, city walls were built piece by piece with stones, and the construction cycle was very slow. In addition, it had to be very thick. If it was not thick, it would be easy to be pushed down.

Outside Linzi City, the low walls built in Linzi are not thick at all, and it is suspected that they can fall down with a single kick.

Gongsun Zan snorted coldly and said, "Then let them go, and keep a close watch on Liaoxi."

This time, Yuan Shao sent [-] troops together, which reassured Gongsun Zan a lot, at least the loss would not be so great.

Besides, this time, I won't be fooled again.

Xi Zhicai didn't want to use the trick from last time to make the city wall collapse, it's not that easy and it's costly.

The cement left by Zhang Ming is only enough to build three low walls this time.

These three low walls are built very closely, and the innermost one is only more than 20 meters away from the city wall.

Under this distance, arrows can inflict great damage on the enemy.

With the help of many people, the speed of building the low wall was very fast, and it was completed within a few days.

At this time, it can fall with a kick, and it really has to wait for the cement to dry.

In fact, not all the low walls are connected together. In order to speed up, different people build them in sections, and there is often a distance of about one person in between.

But it doesn't matter, it is impossible for people and war horses to come through this gap, and it is useless to come here, just looking for death.

Although the foundation has been dug, but the depth is not the same.

In order to catch up with work, I don't care about these.

Once built, just wait for the cement to dry.

Xi Zhicai judged that there was enough time to wait for the cement to dry.

Time passed slowly, another month passed, and finally Gongsun Zan's troops were mobilized and ready to attack again.

They have not been idle for a month, and Gongsun Zan ordered the construction of a large number of siege equipment.

Together with Yuan Shao's more than 2 troops, they headed for Linzi City.

This time, Gongsun Zan had absolute confidence to break through the city of Linzi.

Facing the intimidating army, Xi Zhicai did not panic, and the morale in the city was also very stable. The soldiers seemed to have great confidence in Xi Zhicai.

Finally, Linzi City was besieged again, cutting off all contact with the outside world.

Gongsun Zan came with a large army, with a fierce momentum.

"Xi Zhicai, now the army is besieging the city, and your army is not strong enough. Zhang Ming is blocked in the west of Liaoxi and cannot advance an inch. You are a talent. If you surrender, I will promise you a high position and a great reward."

Gongsun Zan once again came to win people's hearts and destroy the morale in the city.

(End of this chapter)