The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 139

Yi Jing.

When Gongsun Zan was counterattacked by two Hu people and Liu Yu's cronies, Cheng Yuanzhi saw the right time, and 30 troops marched out, instantly cornering Gongsun Zan.

Due to the sudden arrival of soldiers and horses, Gongsun Zan was not given much time to manage Yi Jing, so only five of the outer "Maginot Lines" were built.

But even these five lines of defense cannot be breached in a short while.

Although Gongsun Zan was cornered, the White Horse General still had the courage to resist and vowed not to surrender.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Yi Jing's five layers of defense from inside to outside, and felt his scalp numb.

Each of these five lines of defense was five or six feet high, and the innermost wall was even nearly ten feet high.

According to the information obtained, after Gongsun Zan defeated Liu Yu, he accumulated a total of 300 million shi of grain and stationed it in Yijing, and used it as his base camp.

Now, he has no such opportunity.

Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at the accompanying counselors one by one, and asked:
"Everyone, do you have a clever plan to break this city?"

All the advisors raised their heads one by one and looked at each other with their lord, but they were all silent.

In war, there are usually not so many conspiracies, and most of the time it is still necessary to rely on hard regrets,
The battle to break Yijing must be an arduous battle,

Since Yijing had just besieged, Gongsun Zan's soldiers were still fighting, which made it difficult for the Jizhou army to attack the city.

Cheng Yuanzhi had many ways to break through the city quickly, but he couldn't say it out.

He can only guide the counselors under his command to speak out, and then hand it over to the generals to implement.

Civil servants, military generals and soldiers worked together to take down Yijing, each taking credit and fame.

Instead of leading the army to fight, making suggestions and making plans, and charging before the battle, he, the lord, can do it all by himself-although he can do it, but if this is the case, then this Jizhou Mu will be the end.

In top Machiavellian circles, this is a big no-no.

It's like when the channel for civilians to rise is blocked, they will rebel.After the opportunities for generals and counselors to make great achievements are monopolized by their own lords, they will change to another lord, or fish with high salaries from now on, and never worry about anything else.

For example, in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was so lofty and ambitious that he couldn't listen to anything, and anyone who dared to say a harsh word would be killed.

In this way, the counselors could only keep silent and watch his 80 army be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Regardless of bitter tricks, serial tricks, or iron ropes, with the number and wisdom of Cao Cao's advisers, can no one see it?
But every one of these tricks that are full of loopholes after a little thought has been hit.

It has to be said that it is a miracle!

It can only be said that when a power is extremely powerful, it will expand to the point of ignoring any schemes.

In addition, everyone at that time hoped that Cao Cao would lose the battle - including his advisers.

Because the victory was due to Cao Cao alone, these counselors might not even be able to drink the soup.

Be the master, don't compete with your subordinates for credit!
After a long silence, Ju Shou said: "My lord, there is enough food and grass in the city, so we must attack hard."

All the counselors nodded one after another—they also had no good plan.

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, walked to the place where a stone was shot outside the outermost city wall, drew out his sword and stabbed it into the ground.

The whole sword goes in at the same root...

The soil is very thick!

Jushou's eyes lit up, and all the counselors were also thoughtful.

But before they could think of a way to defeat the enemy, a fast horse galloped from the direction of Bingzhou, and the messenger jumped off the horse's back, bowed and said, "My lord, Tian Feng has a letter."

Cheng Yuanzhi took the letter, read it with squinted eyes, and handed the letter to Jushou.

After reading it, Jushou passed it on to Xu You...

Xu You passed it on to everyone.

Seeing that all the counselors had read it once, Cheng Yuanzhi asked in a deep voice: "Everyone, what's the plan?"

Ju Shou smiled and said, "Master, Yuan Hao's plan is very clever."

Xu You sighed a little: "Hey, such a simple plan, why didn't I think of it!"

The rest of the counselors all looked regretful.

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, "Tian Feng's plan is an urgent solution! Pass my order and make him the prefect of Shangdang as a token of appreciation."

Jushou took back the letter, stuffed it into his cuff, looked at the city wall not far away, pondered for a moment and said:

"My lord, Tian Feng is right, as far as the current situation is concerned, digging tunnels and making a sneak attack is indeed the best way to break through the city.

"However, this strategy still needs to be perfected."

"Just digging tunnels, the soldiers are going to die."

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, his face was solemn, but he had already made up his mind. He turned his head to look at the people who were still frowning and thinking, and couldn't help sighing.

They are still powerless after all.

Forget it, let me do it!

Cheng Yuanzhi pointed to the outermost city wall and said, "I have newly acquired a kind of magical thing, nothing is inflammable, and it can burn a raging fire even when it comes into contact with water. If you pour this thing on the city gate and set it on fire, the city will be destroyed by fire." It will collapse in an instant."

"Our army advances from the front, and digs a tunnel underground to enter the inner city. First, set fires everywhere, and then cooperate with the inside and outside, how about it?"

Cheng Yuanzhi used interrogative sentences instead of affirmative sentences.

What this conveys to the counselors under my command is: I have just thought of this strategy, and it is immature, so please help me rectify it.

Ju Shou hesitated, and said, "My lord, I heard that Gongsun Zan has stored 300 million shi of grain in the inner city. If we attack with fire, the grain will be destroyed. Why don't we just burn the outer city and fortifications..."

Cheng Yuanzhi stretched out his hand, pulled back the sword stuck on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Okay!"

Xu You moved closer to Cheng Yuanzhi's side, and said, "Master, after entering the inner city, the soldiers should be ordered to shout 'The surrender is innocent and meritorious', so as to quickly destroy the fighting spirit of Gongsun Zan's army."

What a great idea... Cheng Yuanzhi's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Yes!"

"If this city is broken, Tian Feng will be the first, and Xu You will be the second, and everyone will be rewarded!"

All the counselors and generals clasped their hands together and said: "My lord is wise!"

Hearing everyone's praise for their hard work, Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't help laughing up to the sky.

He knew that if he hadn't been given a reward, these people would never have praised him so sincerely!
Ever since I ascended the position of Jizhou Mu, many people were still not convinced, but they all hid it well and did not show it.

Many of them originally worked for Yuan Shao, not him (Yuan She).

If it weren't for Yuan Kai's still being around, I'm afraid it would be difficult to attract them to join me as the adopted son of the Yuan family.

For example, Xu You, who has defected to Jizhou for more than two years, has been drifting away from the counselors and has never offered any advice.

For this reason, Cheng Yuanzhi deliberately discusses major issues with them every now and then to cultivate their relationship.

But with little success.

It's not even as great as the impact of today's sentence "all have rewards".

So fucking realistic!

.........

the other side.

Gongsun Zan took advantage of entering the sage mode to check Yi Jing's city defenses, checked the number of bows and arrows stored, and checked whether the soldiers were in good condition.

Seeing that everything was normal, Gongsun Zan was very satisfied.

He can clearly feel that these five steel city defenses are not something ordinary people can break through!

Gongsun Zan was very pleased with this inspection, as long as he guarded Yijing, did not rush out of the city for a decisive battle, and when the enemy ran out of food and couldn't hold on and retreated, Youzhou would still be his.

If so, that would be great.

His General White Horse is expected to stand up!
(End of this chapter)