Bloodline of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 208
"Now that Ma Teng has occupied Bingzhou, he has started to march towards Youzhou again. He has also controlled the southern counties of Youzhou. I don't know what you think about this." Yuan Shao said to Jizhou Wenwu in front of him.

"Ma Teng's excuse for controlling the southern counties of Youzhou is to ensure the smooth flow of grain roads, which is understandable. However, Ma Teng is definitely not for the sake of grain roads. If we guessed correctly, his purpose should be to communicate with the lord. Fight for Youzhou." Xu You said.

"Xu Youzhi's words are reasonable. In my opinion, the lord should send troops to reinforce Yan Liangwen Chou immediately. At the same time, if Ma Teng has any changes, we can use the superiority of troops to restrain Ma Teng. We also have the strength to wipe him out in one fell swoop." Get up and say.

After Yuan Shao heard such a suggestion, he began to think about it.He worried that once he sent troops to Youzhou, it would cause insufficient troops in Jizhou.If Cao Cao and Zhang Yang are behind you, take the opportunity to seize Jizhou.Then you will be attacked by the enemy.And if Ma Teng turned against him, he would have no chance to stand up.

Seeing Yuan Shao hesitate, Xu You sighed secretly.An indecisive lord is definitely not an ideal lord.It seems that Yuan Shao is destined to be swallowed up by other princes in this battle for hegemony.I also secretly began to plot a way out for myself.He didn't want to accompany Yuan Shao in harm's way.

After a long time, Yuan Shao said: "Now I have only 20 soldiers in Jizhou, and I have sent more than [-] troops to Youzhou. If we continue to increase troops in Youzhou, then if someone takes the opportunity to plot Jizhou, we should do nothing."

"My lord, now that Li Jue and Guo Si are occupying Sili, they are not ambitious people. Moreover, they are fighting with the Baibo army, so they will not send troops to Jizhou. Shangdang's strength is weak, and it has no ability to invade Jizhou. Cao Cao is the only one who might invade Jizhou, but Cao Cao is currently fighting with Lu Bu. The two sides have victories and losses, and they should not be able to escape in the short term." Yuan Shao analyzed for the judge.

Hearing the analysis of the judge, Yuan Shao nodded and said: "In this case, I will personally lead the [-] Jizhou army to Youbeiping County. Gao Lan and Han Meng will go with the army. Ju Yi will be in charge of guarding Jizhou."

Yuan Shao finally decided to go to Youbeiping County in person, which was exactly what Ma Teng wanted.When he heard that Yuan Shao had already left, Ma Teng accelerated his march.It is bound to rush to Youbeiping County before Yuan Shao.This will make Yuan Shao think that he wants to compete with him for Youzhou.

Finally, after several days of rapid march, Yuan Shao and Ma Teng finally arrived at Youbeiping County.For a while, the enemy troops who came to Youbeiping County had reached 10,000+, which made Zhang Ren in Youbeiping County also feel the pressure.

"Mr. Wenhe, our military superiority is gone now. The only thing we can rely on is the city of Youbeiping County, so this battle is destined to be very cruel. I don't know if Mr. Wenhe has any good plans." Zhang Ren said to Jia Xu beside him.

"Don't worry, General Zhang. Although the enemy's strength is already comparable to ours, they are attacking the city after all, and we still have an advantage. Moreover, the Lord has already returned to the army, and it may not be long before he will come to support us. We are now All we have to do is hold on, as long as we can hold on for ten days, then the siege of Youzhou will be solved easily," Jia Xu said to Zhang Ren.

The two really had an in-depth discussion on how to defend the Right Beiping County, and then made corresponding arrangements.This also made Jia Xu feel Zhang Ren's talent in arranging troops.This also explains why Liu Long tried so hard to get Zhang Ren.

At dawn the next day, Yuan Shao and Ma Teng appeared outside the city of Youbeiping County at the same time.After the two of them said a few simple and reserved words, Yuan Shao began to prepare to attack the city.And this time Yuan Shao also brought large siege equipment, including dozens of arrow towers.Now they are lined up outside the city of Youbeiping County.

The city rush car is also ready, ready to hit the city gate at any time.Seeing Yuan Shao's posture, Ma Teng couldn't help feeling startled.If Yuan Shao is really allowed to take Youbeiping County, then Liaoxi County will be completely exposed in front of Yuan Shao.

Ma Teng secretly made up his mind, if You Beiping County could not withstand Yuan Shao's attack.Then I will definitely come up behind Yuan Shao for a while, even if I expose myself, I don't care.Because no matter what, Yuan Shao could not be allowed to reach Liaoxi County.After all, Liaoxi County is too important, it is Liu Long's base camp.The core of everything is in Liaoxi County, and there is also Liu Long's family.

Ma Teng secretly made up his mind here, but Yuan Shao didn't know what Ma Teng was thinking.He resolutely gave the order to attack.Following Yuan Shao's order, the arrow tower began to shoot feather arrows towards the front of the city in Youbeiping County.For a while, the Youzhou army was suppressed by the arrow tower and couldn't lift their heads.

Yuan Shao took this opportunity to start adding ladders to the city wall of Youbeiping County.Because the moat had already been filled by Yan Liangwen Chou in previous battles.Zhang Ren knew that if the Youzhou Army's arrow towers were not destroyed, then Youbeiping County would really be in danger.

The shield soldiers of the Youzhou Army have already set up shields on the city wall.But this also greatly affected the vision of the soldiers defending the city.Seeing that the Youzhou army was suppressed by his own arrow tower, Yuan Shao started to laugh secretly.The energy of the whole person is also quite high.

"Mr. Wenhe, you are in charge of guarding the city here. I will lead people out through the other city gates, and I must destroy this arrow tower. Otherwise, Youbeiping County will be in danger." Zhang Ren said to Jia Xu.

"General Zhang, don't worry, I've ordered people to bring the catapult here. I'll let Yuan Shao know what is a weapon in a while." Jia Xu stopped Zhang Ren and said.At the same time, catapults began to be assembled on the city wall.Zhang Ren didn't expect that the catapult could be assembled on site, so he was dumbfounded for a while.

Not long after, the catapults were assembled, and under Jia Xu's command, they began to throw boulders towards Yuan Shao's arrow tower.Soon, several arrow towers were hit by boulders, and of course the result was scattered.Yuan Shao, who was smiling just now, suddenly changed his expression.

He didn't expect that the catapult could still be used in this way. In his cognition, the catapult can only be used when attacking the city.Moreover, it is very troublesome to move the catapult, so it is usually made from local materials.But the Youzhou army actually used him to defend the city, which completely overturned Yuan Shao's cognition.Perhaps this Yuan Shao was destined to suffer from the catapult, and was defeated by Cao Cao with the catapult in history.Today, the arrow tower was destroyed by the catapult. It seems that Yuan Shao and the catapult still have a real relationship.

Seeing that the arrow tower was destroyed, Ma Teng finally let go of his heart.Looking at Yuan Shao with pity on his face, he said in his heart: "You really shouldn't be an enemy of the lord, but you are overthinking yourself. Then there is only sorrow waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)