The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 186 The Great Victory
"Sure enough, the two sons of Yuan Shao are incompetent people."

Although Wei Tao was not afraid of his superiority in numbers after the opponent lost [-] troops, he had to say that if a war broke out, Wei Tao would also suffer heavy casualties with his strength at this time.

At this time, Yuan Shang retreated, and Wei Tao also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zilong, hurry up and order people to rescue Gongming and Gongjin from the city. If the fire can be put out, it should be done as soon as possible."

Wei Tao sighed as he looked at the burning Hejian City.

Originally, Hejian City was also a big city in Jizhou, which was quite prosperous, but after the arrival of the Heishan Army in Jizhou, it was here that it became a disaster, and many people stayed away from this city.

But even so, there are still many people living in the city. With this fire, and many soldiers entered the city, I am afraid that many people died during the period.

Although it is said that Ci does not command soldiers, Wei Tao is still somewhat unhappy when he thinks about it.

But if this is not the case, even if Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are against each other, this battle cannot be so beneficial.

"My lord, Zhou Yu's army division and General Xu Huang are now leading the army to confront Yuan Jun. If the passage is opened, what should we do?"

At this time, Xun You stopped Zhao Yun, and then said.

"Actually, Gongjin's meaning is very clear. Gongjin should have guessed that in order to prevent me and the state army from supporting each other, Yuan Jun will definitely send the army to the west gate, and each will be led by someone else, and then they will be deployed in the city. Let the fire burn quickly and trap Yuan Jun. And occupying the highland city wall by yourself, if someone approaches, shoot them with a bow and crossbow. In such a stalemate, if they stay in the sea of ​​flames for a long time, even if they stop the fire and prevent the fire from spreading, time will After a long period of time, under the smoke and fire, he will naturally be weak and easy to catch."

Counselors like Zhou Yu and Xun You naturally knew what would happen if they were surrounded by fire, but Wei Tao was not surprised.

"You mean to wait?"

"If it's only for Gongjin and Gongming, you should wait. With Gongjin's wisdom, you should be fully prepared, so the situation of Gongjin and Jin seems to be dangerous, but it is actually not a serious problem. Thousands of soldiers should be easily captured."

Xun You said with certainty.

"Of course, in this way, not to mention that it will take a long time, I am afraid that the Hejian City will be completely burned by then. But if this is not the case, then Yuan Jun may counterattack. With the current strength of our army, but It’s hard to keep it all.”

Wei Tao looked at Xun You, but he couldn't see anything from his face, only a calm expression.

Regardless of whether the suggestion is good or bad, if it is beneficial to the lord, it should be put forward. This is the duty of a counselor. It can be said that Xun You is fulfilling the duties of a counselor today.

"Hehe, other people don't know me, so Xun You doesn't know me either. So what if I let all the [-] Yuan troops go away? Am I still afraid that Yuan Tan and the others won't succeed? Just use some means to win. Mercy does not command soldiers, and I am not that kind of pedantic person, but now that our army has won, it is not possible to lose the entire Hejian City and order people to extinguish the fire in Hejian City for the sake of such a [-] Yuan army. By the way, inform Gong Jin that if Yuan Jun cooperates and helps, then let him go."

"promise!"

Xun You responded, and then bowed deeply to Wei Tao.

"The lord is broad-minded, and you respect him!"

Hejian City is not too far from the river, so water will be sent in a steady stream soon, and a passage will be opened from the west gate soon.

But to Wei Tao's surprise, after discovering his arrival, Na Ju Yi didn't command the army to rush out immediately, but just made the team stand ready.

Then Ju Yi walked out of the lineup slowly and cupped his hands towards Wei Tao.

"General Wei, long time no see."

"General Ju Yi, what is the meaning of this? Could it be that we still have to fight our army?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, but he couldn't figure out what was going on with Ju Yi. According to what Wei Tao knew, although Ju Yi was brave, he was extremely loyal to Yuan Shao, but he didn't know why.

"Hmph! You trapped me waiting here, so what if it's a fight? I just ask one thing, what do you want? If you want to fight, then fight, if you don't want to fight, just get out of the way!"

Ju Yi snorted coldly and said.

Rao Wei Tao has always treated talents with great courtesy, so he couldn't help feeling angry at this time, he didn't know what to do!

Apparently, Ju Yi didn't believe Wei Tao's rumors about Zhou Yu before, but thought that he had other plots and schemes to catch all of them.

Therefore, Ju Yi did not follow Wei Tao's order to order people to stop the fire as much as possible, nor did he break out of the encirclement at the first time. Instead, he waited here for Wei Tao's arrival, even if he would fight to the death for it.

"Hahahaha... Ju Yi, originally I was going to let you go, after all, this Hejian City has already been brought into my hands, I don't want to set this Hejian City on fire, but if you do, then I can't blame you! "

It has to be said that Wei Tao is rather annoyed by this stubborn and impenetrable temperament. Even if such a person is let go by himself, he will not get the slightest gratitude. On the contrary, he will make the other party think that he is weak and can be bullied.

So Wei Tao gave the order after laughing a few times.

"Come on! Shoot me!"

As soon as Wei Tao gave an order, arrows immediately fell like rain.

Because he didn't know Ju Yi's thoughts, Wei Tao was ready for Ju Yi to break out of the siege. With an order, all the soldiers occupied a favorable position, eyeing Yuan Jun.

"Damn!"

This scolding came from Ju Yi scolding himself again.

Ju Yi is not stupid either, he can tell the truth and falsehood, but from Wei Tao's words, he knows that even if he was warning before, as long as he speaks well, then maybe Wei Tao will compromise.

In fact, it's not just Ju Yi. After hearing that he could get out of this cage but couldn't because of Ju Yi, many people in Yuan Jun were already very annoyed, and even looked at Ju Yi. The eyes are all bad.

"retreat!"

Seeing that Yuan Jun was shot by his own arrows, Wei Tao gave another order, and at the same time, there were bursts of vehicles piled up with hay being pushed up.

According to Wei Tao's thinking, if Yuan Jun does not compromise, then the road will be sealed again, and now this preparation happens to be useful.

Originally, the passageway opened by Wei Tao was not that big, and it could be re-sealed as long as he added more fire, and once Wei Tao made up his mind to burn Hejian City, he could still pour in such things continuously. There is death.

Seeing this scene, many Yuan Jun's eyes were full of despair, and some even rushed forward despite the rain of arrows, but were quickly shot down.

"My lord, wait a minute."

At this moment, Xun You suddenly whispered a few words in Wei Tao's ear.

"Listen, General Yuan Jun, I, Wei Tao, are Jizhou Mu! In the name of Zhou Mu, I guarantee that as long as you capture Ju Yi and his own soldiers, I will allow you to surrender, and all your past will be ignored. !"

Hearing Wei Tao's drink, the already desperate soldiers in Yuan Jun immediately cast all their eyes on Ju Yi.

"Huh! Wei Tao is cunning, his words and deeds must be inconsistent! All the troops follow me to kill, and they will definitely be able to rush out..."

Ju Yi is a tough person, and when he heard Wei Tao yelling so loudly, he became even more angry and immediately yelled.

It's a pity that before Ju Yi finished speaking, someone had already made a move, and then more soldiers rushed up one after another. Although Ju Yi was brave, he was hard to beat with two fists, and soon he was joined by more than 100 soldiers. They were captured together with them.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

Although he was captured, Ju Yi was furious. Under such circumstances, there was nothing to say. Wei Tao waved his hand to order someone to take him away.

The more than 1 Yuan troops all surrendered. Wei Tao naturally would not waste these labors, and immediately ordered them to join the ranks of putting out the fire, but Wei Tao went towards Zhou Yu and others.

"Meet the lord!"

Seeing Wei Tao coming, Zhou Yu and Xu Huang rushed over.

Looking around, Wei Tao had to say that Zhou Yu had indeed made complete preparations. This section of the city wall was in the upper hand and would not be smoky, and the surrounding area had already been cleared by Zhou Yu early on. Nor is it so easy to spread.

What is even more speechless is that dozens of thick ropes are placed on the city wall, and they can escape across the city at any time. Of course, this is based on the fact that Yuan Jun has already retreated.

Of course, this also showed Zhou Yu's confidence in Wei Tao, believing that Wei Tao could defeat Yuan Tan, and he would immediately lead the army to rescue, otherwise Zhou Yu would never leave such a retreat.

"Gongjin, Gongming, thanks to you this time!"

Wei Tao sighed quite a bit, indeed Zhou Yu had made all the preparations, but there was always a contingency, if something unexpected happened, the two of them would both be buried in the sea of ​​fire, so Wei Tao couldn't help but sigh.

"After this battle, although Yuan Jun has not retreated, Hejian is already under my control in all likelihood. You should remember the first battle in this battle!"

Originally, after experiencing such a big battle, Wei Tao wanted to throw a big banquet to celebrate.

But this time there was no such free time.

Although the rescue was timely, many buildings in the entire Hejian City were still burned, and many people were killed or injured. More importantly, after such a period of time, the entire Hejian City Wall was not stable. If you want to repair it, you have to It takes a lot of time and labor.

Moreover, Wei Tao had to worry about the surrender of ten thousand soldiers.

Fortunately, these soldiers were considered to have participated in the capture of Ju Yi, and it was almost impossible for them to return to Yuan Jun, but even so, Wei Tao was too busy.

It has only been two months since Wei Tao invaded Jizhou, but in these two months, Wei Tao has already captured nearly half of Jizhou's territory.

Although he still faces the attacks of the three Yuan brothers, Wei Tao, who has already fought against the three Yuan brothers several times, is naturally not afraid.

More importantly, after this battle, Wei Tao understood very well that the Yuan brothers are definitely a model of "one plus one is less than one". If all the troops were concentrated in one person, Wei Tao would still consider a battle, but Now Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang are all gathered together, and the contradictions among them are enough to make them hinder each other.

Especially for Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, I am afraid that hitting each other in their hearts is more important than expelling Wei Tao.

In fact, this was exactly the case. At this time, Yuan Tan was already joining forces with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

But at this time, the two of them ignored Wei Tao's threat at all, and they were already fighting with each other, vying for the right to command Yuan Jun.

At this time, Shenpei, Guo Tu, Xin Ping and others were also divided into two factions and fought against each other.

But in general, Yuan Tan has the upper hand. After all, although he was also fighting Wei Tao, he was only worried about Wei Tao ambushing many soldiers. When Yuan Tan retreated, he was still orderly and did not consume much troops. .

On the other hand, Yuan Shang was different. After several consecutive battles, they were all defeated. Not to mention the damaged troops, even the generals who belonged to Yuan Shang's command were either injured, captured, or simply surrendered. Apart from Zhang He, whom Yuan Shang was already unwilling to believe in, there was not a single general who could do it.

Not a few days after the battle with Wei Tao, Yuan Tan seized the power in Yuan Jun, making Yuan Shang's reputation of guarding Jizhou become empty.

It has to be said that Yuan Shang naturally did not expect such a situation.

It's a pity that there is no one under his command, and Yuan Shang can't do anything, he can only make Yuan Tan more proud.

Especially after seeing Yuan Tan's victory, Yuan Shang secretly held hatred in his heart. If there is a chance, Yuan Shang will definitely drag Yuan Tan down without hesitation.

"Hehe...Second brother, third brother, don't worry, as long as the army in your hands is entrusted to me to command, a mere Wei Tao is nothing."

Seeing Yuan Shang's ever-changing face, Yuan Tan couldn't help adding fuel to his anger.

"Also, General Yan Liang has recovered. After a few days, I will definitely let Wei Tao know what the end of the invasion of our Jizhou will be!"

"Humph!"

Facing Yuan Tan's provocation, Yuan Shang could only snort coldly to express his disdain.

On the contrary, there was a glimmer of expectation on Yuan Xi's face, even if it was Yuan Tan, as long as he could defeat Wei Tao and let him relieve the anger in his chest, Yuan Xi didn't think it was unacceptable.

"Report!"

Just when Yuan Tan was feeling happy, a report was made, and a guard broke into the tent and reported to Yuan Tan.

"I would like to report to Eldest Young Master, someone from outside claimed to be an envoy from Bingzhou to ask for an interview. I wonder if Eldest Young Master wants to meet?"

"Bingzhou envoy? Then Wei Tao knew that he was defeated and decided to surrender?"

Yuan Tan was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a sneer, but Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, who were both sitting in the tent, didn't find it funny at what Yuan Tan said.

"Forget it, let the Bingzhou envoy come in, and let me see what he has to say."

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