The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Day two.

Among the troops heading to Jizhou, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, with their most elite 3000 troops, parted ways with Liu Zheng.

They were going to the Bohai Sea, and from Bohai County, they were directly sent to the land of Liaoxi by boat, and from the land of Liaoxi or Liaodong to Youzhou.

After all, they were going to make a surprise attack, and they couldn't let them pass after arriving in Jizhou.

What's more, Liu Zheng might not be able to guarantee his subordinates. Without Yuan Xi's careful eyes and ears, once he left in Jizhou, it would be easy for Yuan Xi's people to know.

It is easy to expose whereabouts, but it is not conducive to the actions of Zhou Yu and others.

So leaving now, it is not so easy to be found.

Besides, they are not on the same route, and it is not very good to go to Jizhou together.

As for the road from the Bohai Sea to Liaodong and Liaoxi, it is nothing to Liu Zheng. As early as a few years ago, Liu Zheng opened up the shipping route here.

In the past few years, they often transported goods to Youzhou. Although the northern air route was cut off because of Yuan Shao's relationship, the memory of the transport a few years ago is still there. In addition, since last year, Liu Zheng has re-established the air route .

It is not difficult to transport some people from Qingzhou to Youzhou.

After Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and others left, Liu Zheng gradually approached Jizhou with the remaining soldiers and horses.

A few days later, they joined Zang Ba at the junction of Qingzhou and Jizhou.

Reached [-] soldiers and horses again, and went directly to Jizhou.

Yecheng.

Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses came from Youzhou, and the news was naturally sent to Yuan Shang in Yecheng first.

As the governor of Jizhou, Yuan Shang can be regarded as the supreme commander of the local area. After receiving the news, he instinctively asked his general Wen Chou to resist Yuan Xi's attack.

Then they sent someone to deliver the news to Liu Zheng.

Chapter 29 The Battle Between the Rivers

Ji County, where Youzhou is located, belongs to Yuyang County.

From Yuyang County to the south, go directly to Fanyang County, and you can directly confront Hejian County in Jizhou.

So Youzhou is very close to Jizhou. From the time when Yuan Xi's army raised troops to the time when the news passed to Yuan Shang, the troops in Hejian County couldn't hold it anymore.

Fortunately, they already had some precautions. Yuan Shang once sent Jiang Qi to lead an army of [-] to garrison the Hejian area, and mobilized some troops from the nearby Zhongshan Kingdom, Anping County, Bohai County and other places.

It was only then that Yuan Xi, who was frantically heading south, was stopped near Hejian.

When Yuan Xi attacked, he only brought his own soldiers and horses, and they were not the main force. The rest were cavalry mainly composed of Karasuma people. These people did not completely obey Yuan Xi's mobilization. .

Do not fight the city, just to rob the population and food.

However, after a few days of crazy looting, these people discovered something was wrong.

They thought they could return home with a full load, but after sweeping around Hejian County, they didn't even find a hair.

In addition to a few counties in Hejian County, where there are many people moving around, there are few places outside the city, not to mention villages and small towns, and there are no caravans even in the wild.

Without the population outside the city, if the Karasuma people want to plunder, they can only attack the city.

But most of these Karasuma people are cavalry. In the wild, they may be invincible and invincible, and they have a great advantage.

But when it came to siege, they died down.

After all, the tall city walls are still a great deterrent to nomadic people like them.

They are not good at siege, and they don't have too many siege equipment, they just rely on horses to rule the roost on the plain.

If it is necessary to attack the city, it may be possible to defeat it by relying on the strength of a large number of people.But the loss will definitely not be small.

The Karasuma people couldn't make much money in the wild, so they slowed down their attack and began to gather around Yuan Xi.

Because Yuan Xi is a Han Chinese, his siege tactics and ability to control are much better than these Karasuma people.

Only by following Yuan Xi could the Karasuma people break through the city and loot a large amount of food and grass in a short period of time.

So after a few days, these soldiers and horses gradually gathered in the main city of Hejian County.

Lecheng County.

This is the seat of Hejian County.

Because of the invasion of foreign races in the north, the soldiers of Hejian County were all evacuated from the surrounding areas to the county seat.

Only by hiding in the county town and relying on the strong walls of the county town can we block the attacks of these nomads.

Thousands of soldiers and horses are stationed in the few counties in Hejian County.

Lecheng County, where the government is located, has more than 2 people.

Although only half of these troops were elite troops dispatched by Yuan Shang to support Hejian.

Some of the remaining people are just temporary recruits from the countryside.

However, there are more than 2 people stationed in this county, which is enough to pose a certain threat to these nomadic people outside the city.

After all, if people outside the city want to attack the 2 people on the city tower, they will throw stones, which will also create a certain pressure, and they cannot directly cross the city wall and enter the city.

Jiang Qi is the general responsible for guarding Lecheng.

Jiang Qi himself is more aggressive and a radical general.

However, in the face of the attack of these nomadic soldiers and horses, no matter how aggressive Jiang Qi was, he could only shrink back in the city and dare not leave the city at all.

Even in the face of the attack of these troops, he could only resist with all his strength.

Prevent the city from being breached by the cavalry of these nomads.

When Yuan Xi led the soldiers and horses to launch the first round of attack on Lecheng County, Jiang Qi struggled to lead people to resist, relying on the strength of the city, and the hard work of the more than 2 soldiers and horses in the city, he reluctantly sent Yuan Xi here. The attacking men were blocked.

However, some manpower was also lost, and some defensive equipment in the city was consumed.

The ability to defend also declined, if Yuan Xi sent someone to attack again.Jiang Qi wanted to block it again, but it was not so easy.

As time went by, Yuan Xi, who originally planned to take Jizhou in one fell swoop, wasted many days in Hejian County.

The whole Yuan Xi also began to become more and more impetuous.

He knew that the longer this battle dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for him.

So I ordered those Karasuma people to increase the pace of attack, and even built more siege tools in just a few days.

In a day or two, when he is ready to attack Le'an City, he will be more confident.

Just take down one or two cities and search for food and grass in the city.

Although they will lose some troops, the trip is worthwhile.

Seeing that Yuan Xi was about to lead another attack, Jiang Qi, who was stationed in Lecheng County, was extremely anxious.

Fortunately, at this time, Yuan Shang, who knew that the front line could not hold on, mobilized, and the soldiers and horses in Jizhou ordered his general Chou to come to support Jiang Qi again.

What Jiang Qi led before was only a part of Yuan Shang's troops.

Some of them were local braves recruited by Jiang Qi on the spot.Yuan Shang has nearly 5 troops under his command.

The remaining people were originally intended by Yuan Shang to defend Yecheng.

But he knew that if Hejian County could hold on now.Then people like Yuan Xi and Karasuma are unlikely to come to Yecheng.

In addition, Yuan Shang already knew Liu Zheng, so he mobilized soldiers and horses from Yangzhou.

You can reach Jizhou in a short time.It was precisely because of this decision that Yuan Shang had the courage to dispatch Chou and lead his remaining troops to support Hejian County.

Originally, under Yuan Xi's attack, he could only support Jiang Qi, but after Chou led 3 soldiers and horses to support him, he had a way out again.

Of the [-] troops, some were stationed in Lecheng City, while the other camped on the hills outside the city, acting like horns.

Helping each other can also bring some threats to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Qi only brought [-] to [-] troops in this offensive season.

In the early attack, more than [-] people have been lost.

The remaining manpower is actually similar to that of Jiang Qi in the city and the ugly one outside the city.

The chances of winning are not high under an all-out attack.

Yuan Xi did not launch an attack with all his strength for a little food and grass.

After all, if he wanted to attack, Yuan Xi would not send his own troops, but let those Karasuma people take the lead.

But those Karasuma people are not fools.

Knowing that Yuan Xi sent them there, he wanted them to die.He did not obey Yuan Xi's order.

The two parties were temporarily delayed in this way.Chou's support also kept the fighting in Hejian County.

It went on for almost 10 days.

Yuan Xi's army did not cross the defense line of Hejian County.

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After knowing that his army was trapped in Hejian County, Yuan Shang was still a little worried.

But not long after, Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others led [-] cavalry to Jizhou.

With the support of Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others, Yuan Shang, who was still a little anxious, was completely relieved.

The strength of his subordinates is only about 5 people. No matter how many people there are, as far as his mere Jizhou is concerned, it can't support so many soldiers and horses.

But the arrival of Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others is different.

At least Yuan Shangke knew that Liu Zheng had already sent people to support Jizhou, and their chances of defending Jizhou were greatly increased.

But before the army of Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others arrived at Hejian to support the front line, a big battle was breaking out here in Hejian County.

Several attacks in a few days in a row failed to capture Lecheng County.

Yuan Xi and these Karasuma people also began to become more impetuous.

After several sieges failed to defeat the city, the people of Karasuma couldn't bear it.

A lot of soldiers and horses died, but nothing was gained.

"Yuan Xi! I believed in you, so I came to fight Jizhou with you. What's going on now?"

Ta Dun angrily questioned Yuan Xi.

Today's Karasuma is no longer the Karasuma of previous years.

The Karasuma tribe in the early days was divided into several small tribes, each in their own formation.

But later, after they unified and joined Yuan Shao, some other small tribes were also incorporated.

After Qiu Liju became Karasuma's Shanyu, it brought some benefits to the Karasuma people. At least the entire Karasuma army was integrated, and the Karasuma people also grew a lot for a while.

However, Qiu Liju was old and felt powerless a few years ago, and his body was getting worse day by day. After becoming Karasuma Shanyu, he died of illness within a few years.

He left behind a young son, Lou Ban.

Lou Ban was in charge of these Karasuma soldiers in Karasuma, and Qiu Liju had another subordinate, Tadun, who was the actual commander of the Karasuma people's military force.

Although Lou Ban is the king in name, Lou Ban is still young and doesn't have much ability to govern. In addition, the nomads believe in respecting the strong.

In the hearts of Karasuma people, Tadun is even better. For Karasuma people, only following Tadun's command can lead Karasuma to glory.

The tens of thousands of Karasuma troops are all obeying Ta Dun at this moment, and Ta Dun naturally wants to give them an explanation.

At this moment, listening to Ta Dun's complaints, Yuan Xi himself was also not feeling well.

From time to time, a trace of haze appeared on his face, which was not considered old.

Faced with several unfavorable situations, Yuan Xi wanted to change, but judging from the current situation, it was very difficult.

He turned his gaze to Tian Feng, the counselor he relied on the most.

Tian Feng could be regarded as Yuan Xi's number one counselor, and it was because of Tian Feng that Yuan Xi was able to live in a corner in this Youzhou land and has not been eliminated.

Tian Feng felt Yuan Xi's expectant gaze on him, and knew that it was his turn to speak.

"My lord, it's not impossible to break Lecheng County, but we need to sacrifice some people."

In the past few days, both sides have lost a lot of people. If Tian Feng stood up and spoke out earlier, those who died would not have died in vain.