Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 756

The first to arrive in Yecheng were the vanguard cavalry of Pang De and Zhang Xiu. Before Yecheng was completely fortified and cleared, the two troops seized the opportunity to attack and rob a group of Yuan Jun's grain transport team.After a small victory, he set up camp and waited for Liu Xie's army to arrive.Two days later, Xu Rong also led the army to join Liu Xie smoothly.

For a time, nearly [-] Han army regiments surrounded Yecheng, with banners covering the sun and camps contiguous.The situation before Guandu was reversed in an instant, and the offensive and defensive positions were changed.

On the way to Yecheng, Liu Xie was surprised at first that Yuan Shao could correct his mistakes and restarted Tian Feng and Ju Shou, but then he was relieved: after all, history has changed. Not necessarily unreasonable.

Of the three major factions under Yuan Shao's command, since Yuan Shao's strategy to merge the prefectures, the most embarrassing ones are the Nanyang faction and the Yingchuan faction.Feng Ji of the Nanyang faction lost the entire Bingzhou, and even Xu You defected; the Yingchuan faction was not far behind, Guo Tu caused the entire line of Guandu to be defeated, and Chunyu Qiong also returned to the Han Dynasty.The abilities of the two factions finally made Yuan Shao understand who is the one who can really strategize for him.

Although in history Yuan Shao killed Tian Feng because he cared about his face, but in time and space, Yuan Shao would never do that again.In history, after Yuan Shao's defeat at Guandu, he gathered his strength again in just one year, and fought Cao Cao again in Cangting.Although he lost in the end, it also shows that Yuan Shao in history has not lost at Guandu so much that he even lost his pants.

But now, Bingzhou was not in Yuan Shao's hands like in history, and the Han army did not give Yuan Shao a chance to intrude wantonly.The five-way army even reached the heart of Yuan Shao's forces, with the spirit of not returning Loulan until it is broken.This made it not the time for Yuan Shao to consider whether he would save face, but to worry about his life and death.

At this time, Yuan Shao was completely like a drowning man, not to mention that there were two life-saving straws in front of him, Tian Feng and Ju Shou, even if he didn't have them, he would frantically search for a few.

However, although the Han army looked menacing, facing the fortified city of Yecheng, Liu Xie also felt helpless: Yecheng was Yuan Shao's old nest, and it was built and strengthened as early as Han Fu's period.After arriving in Yuan Shao, and because he wanted to resist the intrusion of the Black Mountain bandits, Yuan Shao once again conscripted civilians to repair the city wall, making Yecheng as solid as gold.

Facing such a fortified city, Liu Xie worked out a targeted strategy after discussing with the civil servants under his command: Liu Xie distributed a hundred war drums to each battalion, making them beat day and night in turn to tire the enemy; In addition, Xu Huang, Pang De, Li Yan, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Yan and other generals selected 500 elite cavalry each to fight guerrillas around Yecheng.If Yuan Jun is not prepared, he will plunder and harass.Yuan Jun was so beaten that he couldn't bear to go out of the city to fight, and the guerrillas scattered and fled back to their base camps.

If Yuan Jun is on guard during the day, they will sneak attack at night; if Yuan Jun is on guard at night, they will sneak attack during the day.In short, these guerrillas strictly implemented Liu Xie's tactical thinking of "the enemy is tired and we are disturbed, and the enemy advances and we retreat", which made Yuan Jun who was defending the city exhausted and miserable.

During the half-month siege, Yuan Jun had a considerable number of soldiers, cattle, horses, or luggage looted every day. Many soldiers even went out to cut firewood or grass, and they would be silently wiped their necks by the guerrillas of the Han Army.

In addition to harassing Yuan Jun day and night, Liu Xie has a more damaging move.

That is robbery.

Now Yuan Shao is trapped in Yecheng, but there is not much food in Yecheng. Before the siege of the Han army, Yuan Shao issued successive military orders to collect military rations.So much so that during this half month, there were convoys driving to Yecheng every day to deliver grain, and the guerrillas of the Han army disguised themselves as Yuan Jun and intercepted Yuan Jun's grain transport team everywhere.After being intercepted, they will have to parade in front of Yecheng, and then transport them into the Han camp.

For Liu Xie's elusive and brazen guerrillas, Tian Feng and Ju Shou, even if they are pedantic and well-versed in the art of war, have nothing to do.

However, these two are indeed not vegetarians. They waged psychological warfare against those Yuan Jun who surrendered in the Han army, and used the people of Yecheng to stand on the top of the city and call for their sons and husbands to go home. There was a riot.Until the end, the emperor Liu Xie had no choice but to let go of his mouth, promising that those captives would be returned without guilt.

Generally speaking, the Han army has confronted Yuan Shao in the past half month, but has not achieved much results.Yuan Jun's army's morale was greatly slackened because of the shortage of food and grass; but here, because of the complex composition of soldiers, there were some frictions from time to time in the Han army.

But when the battle between the two armies was so chaotic and unclear, Liu Xiezheng, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was playing with the Yitian sword out of its sheath, sitting on the bank of the Zhang River with bare head and bare feet, watching his soldiers side busy.At this time, he was not at all like an emperor sitting high in the front hall, but his mood and state were more like a commander-in-chief with a city in his chest.

The scorching sun shone down directly on his fair and delicate skin, and Liu Xie couldn't help snorting comfortably: "It's really enjoyable, the scorching sun and the cold sword, and the naked and strong bear-like body behind me." Soldiers. What's more, there is the glorious victory that is destined to come..."

It's a pity that his voice, which was like raving in a dream, was not catered to by anyone.On the contrary, Zhao Yebai, who was still nibbling on the lush river grass beside him, sneezed, and turned his head away from Liu Xie, who looked like a patient.

Liu Xie was a little unhappy immediately, he walked onto the shore barefoot, stroked Zhao Yebai's mane and said: "What? You don't believe that I will win this victory sooner or later?"

"Your Majesty, it's better to be cautious in everything." Chen Gong appeared leisurely. Recently, he has been worrying about gains and losses, and his expression looks very tired: "Now Yuan Jun is no longer arrogant and frivolous before. After the defeat at Guandu, Yuan Shao seems to have repented. I am setting an example and donating my family property to inspire soldiers."

"In Yecheng, Shen Zhengnan was strong and capable, and he used both hard and soft actions to stabilize the emotions of the soldiers and common people in Yecheng; Tian Yuanhao presided over the government affairs, and Yuan Shao's system had been condensed into a rope in more than half a month; he also visited the city head and commanded the soldiers with all his strength. Although Yecheng is short of food and grass, it still has fighting spirit, and it will not be broken overnight."

Liu Xie turned his head, but still caressed Zhao Yebai's mane indifferently: "So what?"

Chen Gong was taken aback, but seeing Liu Xie's confident face, he couldn't help worrying that the emperor, who had won a great victory at Guandu, broke into a sweat: "Your Majesty, I am willing to be loyal to my ears, but since ancient times, arrogant soldiers will fall, and they will lose money when they are very prosperous. .Your Majesty's prestige has been in full swing since Guandu, but he has also become more and more conceited. No matter how big or small, everything can be decided with one word..."

Liu Xie listened quietly, with that faint smile still on his face: "Gongtai, it's not that I am becoming more and more conceited. In fact, the current situation has become the general trend, and Yuan Benchu ​​has no power to recover."

The more anxious Chen Gong was, he wanted to persuade him again, but Liu Xie motioned him to squat down.Then Liu Xie picked up a wooden stick and made gestures on the open space by the river: "Gongtai, look, this is Yecheng, but this large area is the land of Hebei. If your vision is only limited to Yecheng In one battle, Nazhen's performance was indeed unsatisfactory. But if you look at the entire land of Hebei, you can see that the Han army in Yecheng has an absolute advantage against us."

"In the battle at Guandu, Yuan Shao lost a lot. The Han army invaded like fire, and the news of victory was frequent. Yuan Shao, who was besieged in Yecheng, was no more than a small boat in the ocean. At this time, time stood on our side. Here, we only need to trap Yuan Shao, that is the greatest support for the other Han armies, and any victory won by any other Han army will become a stone that crushes Yuan Shao's forces."

Liu Xie's reasoning was very clear, and Chen Gong naturally understood it immediately, but he was still a little worried: "Your Majesty, even so, our army besieges but does not attack, but only keeps harassing. If things go on like this, I am still afraid that the minister will change over time. "

Liu Xie understood the concerns of people like Chen Gong, but he did not fail to consider this point: "Gongtai, if I am arrogant, there is nothing I can do. Our army is indeed large in numbers, but any soldier is I never want to waste the fire of the Han Dynasty in this kind of siege battle with heavy losses and little effect."

"What you said is actually not bad at all. Shenpei, Tian Feng, and Jushou have now become the three pillars of Yecheng, but it is precisely because of this that I dare not act rashly. I can only wait for the helper of time to give me a unexpected surprise."

After saying this, Liu Xie threw away the wooden stick, stood up calmly, raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Hedao behind him: "What's more, I'm not arrogant. For Yecheng, I also have the worst plan ..."

Chen Gong raised his head and couldn't help being stunned.Because he saw that tens of thousands of Heishan peasants were carrying hoes, led by the captains of each team to Zhangshui, and began to dig dams...

"Your Majesty, is this what you want?..."

"This is the hole card that I have no choice but to use." Liu Xie sighed, he really hoped that his hole card would not be used.

(End of this chapter)