Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 226 Ma Teng and Han Sui meet in Yecheng and burn Yuan’s camp!
Youzhou, outside Jixian County.

The army presses the territory.

After a period of reorganization, Yuan Shao has now gathered his troops and marched to Ji County, intending to chew this toughest bone in one go.

Since the capture of Yicheng, Yuan Shao's army has been advancing rapidly and has never been defeated in conquering cities and territories, so now they are in high spirits.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops were neatly arrayed outside Ji County.

The flags fluttered, covering the sky and the sun.

There is an indescribable power.

Yuan Shao was in charge of the central army, looking at the flags flying on the top of Ji County City. He couldn't help but sneer and said, "Gongsun is really not afraid of death. He actually chose to defend Ji County."

He originally thought that Gongsun Xu would abandon Ji County and retreat to Liaodong, but now it seems that he underestimated Gongsun Xu's courage.

But it was also a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation to wipe out Gongsun Xu and the remaining Youzhou troops in the city in one fell swoop, thus saving time and returning to Yecheng as soon as possible.

At this time, Tian Feng, who was beside Yuan Shao, looked worried.

Although they had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, the risk of advancing alone and directly attacking Ji County was extremely high.

But Yuan Shao didn't listen to his advice, and now his troops were at Ji County, so it was useless to say anything. He could only try his best to find a way to take Ji County.

After a slight sigh in his heart, Tian Feng said: "My lord, why not send someone to take Gongsun Zan's head to challenge the enemy outside the city first, so as to lower the enemy's morale, and it would be best to lure Gongsun Xu out of the city to fight."

Gongsun Zan's head has been preserved ever since.

So that it can be useful today.

"good."

Yuan Shao nodded in agreement, then turned to look at Yan Liang and ordered: "Gong Ji, bring Gongsun Zan's head and challenge him!"

"promise!"

Yan Liang was cheered up and clasped his fists in response.

Then he led a small group of cavalrymen, with a spear inserted into Gongsun Zan's head that had been pickled in quicklime, to the outside of Jixian City and began to shout and curse.

"Gongsun! Your father's head is here!"

"Your grandfather Yan Liang is kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see you and your son separated by Yin and Yang, so he brought your father to see you!"

"Gongsun! Hurry up and open the city gate to welcome your father into the city!"

……

Yan Liang waved Gongsun Zan's head and shouted loudly, and his curses were extremely vicious and sarcastic.

On the city wall of Ji County.

Gongsun Xu was almost tearing his eyes out watching this scene. His eyes were red as he roared angrily, "Ahhhhh! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill this thief!!"

Without any hesitation, Gongsun Xu, with a ferocious look on his face, was ready to leave the city with a gun in hand to fight Yan Liang and kill this guy who used his father's head to humiliate him!

"Stop with me!"

Gongsun Fan came up and kicked Gongsun Xu to the ground, then grabbed his collar and slapped him twice, cursing: "His purpose is to provoke you! If you go out of the city to meet the enemy now, you will fall into his trap!"

"Do you want all the soldiers in the city to die with you?"

Gongsun Xu cried and growled, "Uncle! That's my father's head! How can I bear to see him being humiliated by Yuan thieves after his death!"

"The enemy who killed my father is out there. If I don't avenge my father, I'd be no different from an animal!"

He knew very well that the other party was deliberately provoking him.

But what about knowing?

Could he just watch his father's head being hung on a gun and swung back and forth? How could he remain indifferent?

"But can you get revenge?"

Gongsun Fan gritted his teeth and cursed. Although there was deep anger and hatred in his eyes, he suppressed it tightly. "You will only die if you leave the city. Once you die, Ji County will be destroyed! Is this what your father wants to see?"

"Now we have no choice but to defend the city! Defend Ji County to the death!"

How could Gongsun Fan not be angry when he saw his cousin who he grew up with being humiliated in this way, but he knew the seriousness of the matter better and could not watch Gongsun Xu go to his death.

Now it has come to a matter of life and death.

"Ahhhh——!"

Gongsun Xu roared in grief, tears streaming down his face, and punched the ground again and again until blood flowed, but he was completely unaware.

The physical pain was nothing compared to what he felt in his heart!
After a long time, Gongsun Xu got up from the ground, knelt heavily facing the outside of the city, and said with tears in his eyes: "Father, I am unfilial. I kowtow to you!"

Gongsun Xu kowtowed heavily.

When he raised his head again, his forehead was covered in blood.

Blood was all over his cheeks.

Gongsun Fan stood aside and watched this scene with a heavy and complicated expression. He looked up at Yan Liang who was still shouting and cursing outside the city, his eyes filled with deep murderous intent.

"It's a pity that Zilong is not here, and I am still seriously injured. Otherwise..."

He has not heard any news about Zhao Yun since the failure of the last battle of Yicheng. If Zhao Yun is in the city now, he can be sent out to meet the enemy directly, and the enemy will surely not return!

But now all I can do is endure.

Outside Ji County.

Yan Liang held Gongsun Zan's head and cursed for a long time until his throat was dry, but he didn't see any reaction from the city wall, and he couldn't help feeling very angry.

"Gongsun! Your father can be considered a hero, but how could he give birth to a coward like you?"

"Grandpa will give you one last chance! If you don't come out of the city to get your father's head, Grandpa will take it back and make it into a chamber pot!"

Still no response.

Yan Liang had no choice but to lead his men back to the battle formation, and said depressedly: "My lord, Gongsun Xu is too cowardly and dares not leave the city. Shouting and scolding is useless."

"It doesn't matter."

Yuan Shao was not surprised by this. After taking a deep look at the wall of Ji County, he ordered: "We will not attack the city today. Pass the order down and the entire army will stay where they are."

"promise!"

Yan Liang took the order and retreated.

……

As night falls, everything is silent.

In the Taihang Mountains several miles away from Ji County, Zhang Yan was leading the Black Mountain Army to hide in the mountains and forests, watching every move of Yuan Shao’s army camp, like a group of ghosts in the dark.

Beside him, Sun Qing wiped the saber in his hand, his eyes flashing with excitement and anticipation, licking his lips and asked: "Boss, when do we start?"

"Brothers are all ready!"

Although they only sent out a thousand people tonight, the target of the attack was Yuan Shao's army of tens of thousands of people.

They did not confront Yuan Shao's army head-on. Their target was only the enemy's food and supplies. Moreover, they launched a surprise attack under the cover of night, so Yuan Shao's army had no chance to react.

They are very experienced in this matter.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "It's too early. Yuan Shao just sent people to provoke outside Ji County today. He will definitely be on guard against Gongsun Xu's night attack at night. If we go there now, we will be walking into a trap."

"Wait a little longer, until it's almost dawn."

Zhang Yan is a very patient person.

As a hunter, he knows the key to successful hunting, and he also knows when the prey will let down their guard and when is the best time to take action.

All they need to do now is wait.

……

At the hour of Mao, Yuan Shao's army set up camp.

Yuan Shao was still awake, handling military affairs in the tent. The candle on his desk was almost burned out.

At this time, Qu Yi opened the curtain and walked into the tent, reporting to Yuan Shao: "My lord, it is already the morning hour, and there is still no movement from Ji County. It seems that there will be no night attack."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but frown when he heard this. After he sent Yan Liang to provoke Gongsun Zan today, he deliberately chose not to attack the city and stayed where he was, hoping that Gongsun Xu would not be able to resist launching a night attack so that he could launch a counterattack.

But after waiting all night, nothing happened.

"How can this little Gongsun be so patient?"

Yuan Shao thought to himself that Gongsun Xu could endure such a great humiliation, which was completely beyond his expectations.

Tian Feng, who was assisting in handling military affairs in the camp at this time, said: "My lord, Gongsun Xu obviously intends to defend Ji County to the death. A forceful attack will definitely not be enough to capture it."

"My Lord, please listen to my advice and take over all the major cities and counties in Youzhou first, and then besiege Ji County. This is the best way..."

"enough!"

Yuan Shao's face suddenly darkened, and he interrupted Tian Feng before he could finish. He said angrily: "The siege is imminent, and you want me to retreat? Do you think marching and fighting is a joke?"

"If I hear you say something that shakes the morale of the army again, don't blame me for being ruthless and punishing you by military law!"

Tian Feng's repeated admonitions finally annoyed Yuan Shao, and he even mentioned military punishment, which was enough to show how impatient he was.

Although he felt in his heart that Tian Feng's suggestion was correct.

But his pride as a lord made him unwilling to bow his head.

In his opinion, if he listened to Tian Feng this time, this stubborn guy would become even more arrogant in the future, so he was determined to take Ji County even if it meant hard work!

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao directly ordered Qu Yi: "Let the soldiers rest and recuperate, and attack Ji County tomorrow."

"promise!"

Qu Yi clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao had made up his mind and that persuasion was useless, so he could only say angrily: "My lord, you will definitely regret this!"

After saying that, he turned and left the central military camp.

Yuan Shao just snorted coldly, blew out the candle on the table, walked to the bed, put on his clothes and fell into a deep sleep.

……

At this moment, in the forests of Taihang Mountains.

Zhang Yan glanced at the sky which was about to break dawn, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he stretched out two fingers, placed them to his mouth and blew a loud whistle.

"Brothers! Time to get to work!"

"Everyone follow me! The target is the Jizhou baggage station!"

"Burn all of Yuan's food supplies!"

"We are all ambitious people, but we have no way to serve our country. Who is born to be a bandit?"

"Whether I can transform myself, be valued by the emperor, and eat the emperor's food, depends on this time."

Zhang Yan laughed loudly, waved the whip in his hand, and galloped out of the forest on his horse.

In a short while, one after another, Black Mountain army bandits rushed out from the woods, there were thousands of them, following closely behind him, rushing towards the distant Yuan Shao army camp.

Zhang Yan had already sent people to find out the location of Yuan Shao's army's food and supplies, so their goal was very clear.

After a group of people rushed into Yuan Shao's army camp, they began to split into two groups. One group set fires in various places in the camp to create chaos, and the other group went straight for food and supplies.

Soon, huge fires broke out in various parts of the military camp.

It was almost dawn at this time. The soldiers in Yuan Shao's army, who had been on high alert all night, were already extremely sleepy and naturally relaxed their vigilance. No one expected that the enemy would attack at this time.

With an unknown number of enemies and a raging fire, the entire camp quickly fell into chaos.

Inside the Chinese army camp.

"My lord! My lord, something bad has happened!"

Yan Liang rushed into the tent and woke up Yuan Shao who was still sleeping. He said anxiously: "My lord, wake up quickly! The enemy is attacking!"

"what?!"

Yuan Shao was extremely sleepy, but when he heard the word "enemy attack", his expression suddenly changed and he lost all sleepiness. He quickly put on his clothes and walked out of the tent.

What caught his eyes was the chaotic military camp and flames rising into the sky.

Yuan Shao saw this and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He asked Yan Liang sternly: "Didn't I tell you to pay attention to the movements of Ji County? Why did they still get attacked?"

"Who is leading the troops? How many enemy troops are there?"

Yan Liang wondered, "This group of people suddenly emerged from the mountains. There are about a thousand of them. They don't look like regular troops, but more like... bandits."

"And they didn't engage our soldiers. They just set fire everywhere in the barracks and ran away when they saw us."

He had always been on guard against Ji County, and most of his troops were deployed in front of the military camp, but who could have imagined that an enemy army would suddenly rush out from the mountains and forests behind?
"Bandits?"

Yuan Shao was stunned and felt it was extremely absurd.

A group of bandits numbering only a thousand people actually dared to attack his army? Did they think their lives were too long?
"Wait...are they the Black Mountain Army?"

"Oh no! Food and fodder!"

Yuan Shao reacted quickly, realized the other party's origin and purpose, and his face changed drastically.

If the food and grass are burned, the schedule for attacking Ji County must be delayed!
Thinking of this, Yuan Shao gave the order without hesitation: "Gong Ji, you immediately lead the troops to protect the food and supplies, and lead the soldiers to put out the fire!"

"Also notify Qu Yi and ask him to continue to guard Ji County and not give Gongsun Xu a chance to attack!"

"promise!"

Yan Liang did not dare to delay. He left a team of soldiers to protect Yuan Shao and then left in a hurry.

……

Zhang Yan and others came and left in a hurry. By the time Yuan Shao's army reacted and organized a counterattack, they had already completed the arson and escaped easily.

On the city wall of Ji County.

Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan, who rushed over after receiving the news, looked at the scene of Yuan Shao's army camp outside the city with extremely excited expressions.

"What a great Zhang Yan! He actually dared to lead his troops to attack Yuan Shao's army camp and set it on fire!"

"It's really audacious!"

Gongsun Xu was greatly impressed, and instantly felt that the food and fodder he gave to Zhang Yan were totally worth it, because Zhang Yan really did the job after receiving the food!

He looked at Gongsun Fan and said with great energy, "Second Uncle, Yuan Shao's army camp is in chaos now. Why don't we lead the troops to attack and catch them off guard!"

Gongsun Fan retracted his gaze upon hearing this, suppressed his joy, and shook his head, saying, "No, Yuan Shao has tens of thousands of troops after all, and setting fire to them can only cause them temporary chaos."

"If we lead our troops to attack while setting the fire, we can still achieve certain results; but it is too late to gather the troops now."

It takes time to assemble the army. By the time they have assembled the army, Yuan Shao's army has already put out the fire. If they rush over at that time, it will be tantamount to committing suicide.

"pity."

Gongsun Xu felt very sorry.

Gongsun Fan smiled and said, "Be content! I see that the most intense fire is in the rear, where Yuan Shao's army's food and supplies are located. Zhang Yan is a wise guy."

"Yuan Shao's food and supplies have been burned, so he will definitely not be able to launch an attack in the short term. As long as Zhang Yan continues to harass Yuan Shao's logistics supply lines, our pressure will be greatly reduced."

Gongsun Xu nodded slightly and a smile appeared on his face.

Hope it lasts till winter.

……

At the same time, Ma Teng rushed to Yecheng with his two sons and used the three of them as hostages to express his loyalty to Liu Xie in exchange for Ma Chao's righteousness in Guanzhong, thereby suppressing Han Sui and avenging his great hatred.

However, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Yecheng, he met Han Sui who was also riding a horse.

The two who were once sworn brothers, now mortal enemies, just stared at each other in a daze.

Both sides had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

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