Cao's army has been continuously attacking Yecheng in recent days, with a certain attitude of vowing to capture Yecheng no matter the cost.
However, Yecheng's defense preparations were very complete, and Cao's army was repulsed several times by the defenders under the command of Shen Pei.
Historically, Cao Cao's attack on Yecheng began when he arrived in Yecheng in February, and continued until August when Shenpei's younger brother Shenrong opened the city gates and let Cao's army enter. It lasted for more than half a year in total. And although he finally captured Yecheng
, but it was not a frontal attack, but because Shen Rong couldn't stand Shen Pei's evil act of killing Xin Ping's family, so he opened the city gate and led Cao's army into the city.
But the current situation is somewhat different from that in history. Although Yuan Shang is also not in Yecheng, Yecheng's defense and food supplies are more fully prepared than in history. Moreover, Xin Ping's family members were also hidden by the people of Yingwei Jiaziying.
Now, there is a high probability that Shen Rong will not open the city gate again.
Seeing that more than half a month has passed,
News spread that Zhao Yun had cleared the area north of Wei County and that Lu Lingqi had outsmarted Maocheng.
Three routes were running in parallel, but only their main route had made no progress, which made Lao Cao feel a little disgraceful.
Cao Ying, inside the Chinese army tent.
Cao Cao looked at his military advisors and asked in a low tone: "Military advisors, do you have any way to attack Ye City?"
Everyone was silent for a while, and Cao Cao had no choice but to turn his attention to Lu Yan again.
Lu Yan defeated Ye City by surprise last time. Cao Cao hoped that Lu Yan could show his magical side again and help him capture Ye City for the second time.
Seeing Old Cao looking at him again, Lu Yan suddenly asked: "Mr. Cao, why do we have to attack Ye City?"
Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, but replied: "Of course, before Yuan Shang returns to the army, we will capture Yecheng and occupy Wei County. From now on, we can use Wei County as a springboard to seize the entire Jizhou!"
"But Yecheng is heavily guarded and prepared for explosives... It is almost impossible to attack Yecheng head-on in a hurry."
"Isn't this just asking you how to break the city..."
In fact, everyone knows that there is no fastest way to break the city, but everyone subconsciously avoids it.
Flooding Ye City saves time and effort, but once it is used, all Cao Cao's previous measures to win over people in Jizhou will be in vain. When he conquers other states and counties in the future, he will also encounter stubborn resistance from the local people and aristocratic families. It is really
The gain outweighs the loss.
However, there are nearly 40,000 troops inside Yecheng. Together with the civilians in the city and the private soldiers of aristocratic families, the number of people defending the city is at least 60,000. It is indeed too difficult to capture Yecheng by force.
Lu Yan had been thinking about ways to break the city before, but he had some different ideas in his mind, "Mr. Cao, actually Yan has been thinking recently, when will Yuan Shang come back?"
"Yuan Shang?" Cao Cao was puzzled, why did it suddenly involve Yuan Shang?
"Yes, Yuan Shang... This Yuan Shang has always boasted that he is as wise as Yuan Shao in martial arts..."
"Pfft!" Guo Jia next to him couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing this.
"Seriously, I am analyzing the situation for Mr. Cao." Lu Yan turned his head and glared at Guo Jia in dissatisfaction.
"Okay, okay!" Guo Jia nodded repeatedly and said, "I am mentally prepared now and will not laugh again easily...unless I can't help it."
Lu Yan turned back expressionlessly and continued to say to Cao Cao: "Mr. Cao might as well try to guess what Yuan Shang would do if he returns?"
After Lu Yan's reminder, Cao Cao began to think seriously.
About three to five minutes later, Cao Cao raised his head and said: "Although Yuan Shao did great things and spared his life, it has to be said that he is sometimes courageous. Yuan Shang has always followed his father's example. I thought that if Yuan Shang came back successfully, he would
He will definitely lead an army to attack us from behind!"
"Then it's over..." Lu Yan spread his hands and gestured.
"But Yuan Shang has an army of 50,000. If he launches a surprise attack in a certain direction of the city gate, and at the same time 40,000 defenders in the city also come out to help, we may not be able to sustain it with our troops scattered. If Yuan Shang breaks through
Along the way, if you want to break the city again, it will be really difficult to reach the sky..."
"But if all the troops are concentrated in advance, Yuan Shang will definitely notice..."
Xun You, Cheng Yu and others also expressed their concerns one after another.
Even Cao Cao felt that letting Yuan Shang back might not be a good idea after hearing what they said.
Lu Yan listened, but smiled and said: "Who said that Yuan Shang will definitely have 50,000 troops when he comes back?"
Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu, who had been fishing, couldn't help but look up after hearing Lu Yan's words.
Cao Cao leaned forward and asked: "Sir, do you mean that Yuan Shang will lose part of his military strength?"
When Lu Yan saw Guo Jia still holding back his laughter, he couldn't help but kicked him in the calf and said, "After all, you are also a military advisor offering wine, so don't keep thinking about seeing Duke Cao's embarrassment."
"It seems that there is new good news from the Shadow Guards!" Cao Cao suddenly woke up after hearing Lu Yan's words, and then he couldn't help but feel envious in his heart, "There is a force that can quickly detect and deliver news.
The organization is really good! Why was I so stupid before that I refused to take over the shadow..."
It's not the same thing that Lao Cao did to Lu Yan once and for all. In the past, he generously exempted Chenliu County from paying taxes for five years... Now every time I think about it, Boss Cao still feels a faint pain in his heart.
Guo Jia was carried out by Lu Yan, and he had to raise his hands to Cao Cao and said: "My lord, my subordinates received news from Qinghe County yesterday. Yuan Shang was attacked by Zhang Wenyuan and Wei Wenchang's cavalry at the foot of Qinghe City, plus the soldiers who stormed Qinghe City.
, in total, six thousand troops were lost."
After a brief pause, Guo Jia continued: "Later, Yuan Shang retreated and Yuan Tan pursued.
Because Xin Zuozhi persuaded Yuan Shang's army to surrender in advance, Yuan Shang did not receive news of Yuan Tan's pursuit...
The two met at the border of Qinghe County and then started a fierce battle.
Although in the end Yuan Tan lost to Yuan Shang and left in defeat.
But Yuan Shang also suffered heavy losses, with only 30,000 soldiers left, and most of them were injured."
"Wow!" After hearing this, the civil and military officials in the Chinese army's tent immediately let out an uproar.
"This is great news!"
"I have to say, Yuan Tan is really a reliable teammate!"
"Yuan Tan lost his hometown for a few prisoners..."
"Okay!" Even Cao Cao couldn't help shouting, "I never thought that Yuan Tan could cause such a big loss to Yuan Shang... It's really beyond my expectation, hahaha!"
"This is all Xin Zuozhi's plan." Guo Jia said with a smile: "If Jia expected it, Qinghe City is now ours..."
"The dignified 'General Wei' was tricked by Xin Pi..." Hearing this, Xia Houyuan couldn't help but grinned and made a joke, "You literati have dark hearts..."