The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 137 Who Sweeps Youzhou

In mid-May, Cheng Yuanzhi took his blood oath in Yecheng.

A heart-pounding brainwashing speech described Gongsun Zan as a devil who eats the living and commits all kinds of crimes.
And Jizhou's troops sent out this time were righteous soldiers who upheld justice for heaven.

After the swearing-in, Cheng Yuanzhi led an army of [-] men and marched towards Youzhou and directly to Yi Jing.

Prior to this, the seven armies that set out first had succeeded one after another, and had captured most of the cities in the six west counties of Youzhou.

At that time, Yan Rou led Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin and Gongsun Zan's general Zou Dan to fight in the north of the Lu River, defeating and beheading more than 4000 people of Zou Dan and his men.

Guan Jing, who was guarding the west of Liaoning, saw tens of thousands of Jizhou soldiers and horses divided into three groups, killing all over the mountains and plains.
However, he followed Gongsun Zan in many tough battles and saw many strong winds and waves. Although he was panicked for a moment, he quickly calmed down and sent Pegasus to Yi Jing to report to Gongsun Zan.On the one hand, he prepared rolling logs, stones, bows and arrows, closed the four gates, and prepared to defend to the death.

Qu Yi led his troops to the base of the city, joined forces with Han Meng, Jiang Qi, Zhu Ling and others, and surrounded Yangle City on all sides.

During this period, the Jizhou army dug trenches around the city, digging three ravines from near to far, making a posture of smashing to the bottom, but did not attack the city.

The Jizhou Army cut off all external contacts in Yangle City, turning it into an isolated land island.

Since Cheng Yuanzhi led Jizhou, he readjusted the fighting methods of the troops and abolished the method of storming the city.

Because the siege is too expensive for soldiers.

Cheng Yuanzhi came from a later generation. When it came to attacking a city, he had at least nine different ways to break it, and there was no need for a one-and-done strategy like storming.

Such as psychological siege method, tunnel siege method, flying siege method, ground siege method, plague siege method, wooden horse siege method, fire attack method, water attack method, etc...

For example, this method of psychological siege, after the army besieged the city, did not say a word of nonsense, neither challenged nor surrendered.

On the first three days, a trench was dug around the city two arrows away from the city wall; on the middle three days, another trench was dug ten feet outside the second trench; on the next three days, the second trench was dug at the same distance. Three trenches.

First isolate and disintegrate the fighting spirit of the defenders from the perspective of vision.

During this period, a group of extremely powerful sharpshooters were found to shoot a batch of battle reports into the city every three days. On them were written one after another: "You Beiping refused to surrender and held on for ten days to defeat the city. No soldier in the county survived", " Zhuojun surrendered, and there were no casualties among the soldiers and civilians in the county." "Daijun surrendered, and there were no casualties." "Gongsun Zan was besieged in Yijing by 20 soldiers."...

In this way, the opponent's will to resist is psychologically destroyed.

Then, he shot arrows into the city every now and then. The book said: "Those who donate the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and those who kill Guan Jing will be rewarded with ten thousand gold. If the soldiers and people in the city cannot do these two things, as long as they don't help Guan Jing defend the city, the city will be destroyed Then you will be innocent, otherwise the whole family will be cremated!"

This kind of coercion, lure and intimidation has been intimidating, and basically the will of the soldiers in the city to resist has bottomed out.

They were trapped in an isolated island on land, unable to receive or transmit any information from the outside world.

From the battle report of the Jizhou army shooting into the city, we learned that all the territory belonging to Gongsun Zan in Youzhou had been captured. Even Gongsun Zan himself was besieged in Yijing by 20 soldiers and could not protect himself.

In such a situation, why stick to it?

The battle situation was very unfavorable, there was no way to fight, and there was no way to escape. Guan Jing was restless and tangled up in his heart, wanting to defend, but also wanting to surrender.

But at this moment, his life and death are out of his control.

After the third trench was dug, within five days, a group of soldiers carried Guan Jing's head and opened the gate to offer the city.

So far, except for Yijing, all the six west counties of Youzhou have been destroyed.

At this time, it was July of the fourth year of Chuping, and just over a month had passed since Jizhou sent troops to Youzhou, and Cheng Yuanzhi's [-] troops were able to march to Yijing.

The peripheral battle is over!

The news of the fall of Youzhou soon spread to Yi Jing. When Gongsun Zan heard the news, he was so shocked that he rolled off Liu Yu's concubine's bed.

Quickly summon his cronies for discussion.

Everyone in the ranks was in an uproar when they heard that Youzhou was completely lost.

The subordinates either fought or made peace, and had different opinions.What's more, he wanted to persuade Gongsun Zan to surrender - he was immediately cut by Gongsun Zan.

After thinking for a long time, Gongsun Zan said in a deep voice, "The enemy army is coming with 30 troops. It is so powerful that it will be difficult to hold on for long. Build fortifications immediately and stick to Yijing!"

A confidant rushed out and said: "My lord, our army is only [-], and there is only this isolated city of Yijing left. If the enemy army does not retreat, what can we do?"

Gongsun Zan nodded: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and we will make calculations when the time comes."

When the car reaches the mountain, sometimes there may not be a road, maybe the car crashed and people died... All the subordinates looked at each other, and they were all silent.

These days, Gongsun Zan has been immersed in the dream of defeating Liu Yu and dominating Youzhou. He spends his days dreaming and dying, and at night he is busy making people. He doesn't care about anything in the army.

He didn't even read the documents that were urgently needed by the enemy from all over the country to fly in like snowflakes.

Everyone sighed secretly:

The momentum is gone!

But it's not Gongsun Zan's fault. In the past two years, he has fought dozens of battles with Liu Yu, and his nerves are always tense.

Now that the spirit has finally relaxed, it is human nature to feel a little tense for a while.

After all, people are not machines, and they cannot be in motion forever.

How brave you are when you are strong, how powerless you are when you are weak!
Coupled with such an extravagant life, it was so attractive to him, a general who fought on horseback.

By the way, Liu Yu really enjoys it!Although there are only a dozen beautiful concubines, there are people from all ethnic groups.Blonde, white and beautiful, there are many brunettes, and there are Xiaojiabiyu and ladies.

There are a lot of Yingying and Yanyan.

All of them have good skills, and they are proficient in playing, playing and singing...

He, Gongsun Zan, had never enjoyed such a wonderful life before!
It sank in all of a sudden, unable to extricate itself.

Gongsun Zan thought that as long as he didn't read the distress papers sent from various places, Youzhou would still be under his rule.

He is still the Lord of Youzhou!

In fact, it was useless to read these battle reports. After defeating Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan had a total of [-] tired troops left, and was in urgent need of rest.

That nasty "Yuan She" happened to be at this juncture, gathering more than 30 troops and attacking in ten directions.

What can he, Gongsun Zan, do?Who should I save?Who can I save?
I can't protect myself...

In such a situation, he no longer wants to work hard.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan yawned, retreated from his subordinates, turned around, hid in the inner room, and continued to play with Liu Yu's concubines.

Whether you are happy or frustrated in life, you have to enjoy it...

Trembling, trembling, making another nest tomorrow...

……

In addition to Yi Jing, 20 people have gathered at this moment.

Cheng Yuanzhi rested his chin and looked at this impregnable barrier, his thoughts diverging, looking for a way to break the city.

In the original history, it took Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan four years to break the tortoise shell here.

Cheng Yuanzhi would never allow himself to waste too much time on Gongsun Zan.

Because there is not much time left for yourself to operate!

Cao Cao has risen like a comet, occupying the whole of Yanzhou, and has a lot of civil and martial arts under his command, all of whom can fight.

It must be addressed immediately.

Lu Bu couldn't beat Cao Cao. Although the battle for Yanzhou lasted for two years in the original history, Lu Bu could beat Cao Cao for a year at most.

Because the battle of Yanzhou was divided into two stages, the first year was a stalemate, and the second year became the time for Cao Cao to beat Lu Bu until he was driven out of Yanzhou.

Fleeing in panic.

In other words, within a year... no, half a year... no, three months.Within three months, I must end this Youzhou battle.

If it really takes a year here, how much food and grass will it take for 30 soldiers and horses?
Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't even think about it!

No matter how thick his capital is, he can't afford such a loss.

It is not easy for me, a landlord, to survive this situation today and save this little surplus food. I must be diligent and thrifty to manage my family!
(End of this chapter)