bookpower Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Northern Jizhou, Yijing
“What? Liu Yan of Yizhou has surrendered?”
Yuan Shao’s eyes widened, with a look of disbelief.
“How is it possible? How could it be so fast?”
Yuan Shao roared loudly, his voice full of shock, anger and panic.
Yuan Shao took advantage of this opportunity of Gu Chang’an to attack Yizhou.
He tried his best to attack Gongsun Zan.
In the early days,
Gongsun Zan sent generals to defend the camp in the southern border.
He knew that he could not hold on, and he knew that no one would rescue him.
So some surrendered, and some dispersed.
Yuan Shao’s army drove straight in and arrived at the gate of Yijing.
After arriving at Yijing, Yuan Shao’s army was hit head-on.
Yijing had been managed by Gongsun Zan for many years and formed a very solid fortress.
Outside the fortress, ten trenches were built. Inside the fortress, many earthen mounds were built, five or six feet high.
Camps were built on them, and the earthen platform in the middle was ten feet high.
Moreover, he stored three million hu of grain here.
Facing this fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Yuan Shao’s army attacked fiercely for many days.
In addition to the loss of soldiers and generals, there was no���to achieve any results.
Now he has heard the bad news.
Gu Changan has actually occupied the entire Yizhou.
This means that the news of his attack on Gongsun Zan will soon spread throughout the world.
And he doesn’t know what the attitude of the court will be.
If Gu Changan blames him, will he attack his Jizhou?
Tian Feng, Ju Su, Xu You and others were in Yuan Shao’s military tent at this time.
They also had some questions in their hearts.
They looked at each other.
There was some confusion in each other’s eyes.
They obviously couldn’t understand.
What method did Gu Changan use to capture the entire Yizhou so quickly.
You must know that Yizhou is difficult to conquer by natural barriers, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It can be said that the large and small passes in various parts of Yizhou are more dangerous and more difficult to break through than the Yijing in front of them.
Yuan Shao’s army was helpless with the Yijing in front of them.
How could Gu Changan capture the entire Yizhou so quickly?
They racked their brains and couldn’t figure out how he did it?
“Tell me, is this news true or false? 「｀ 「？”Yuan Shao couldn’t help asking.
Tian Feng pondered for a moment and said,”My lord, this should be true. I heard that someone has seen Liu Yan in Chang’an City!”
“We should have made preparations early. I suggest withdrawing our troops immediately!”
“Withdraw?”Yuan Shao was unwilling to do so.
“If we withdraw our troops now, all our efforts will be wasted!” Xu You suddenly said
“After many days of attack, Gongsun Zan’s troops are few and exhausted. Why don’t we make a concerted effort to capture Yijing!”
“Ridiculous!” Tian Feng said bluntly.
“Not to mention whether we can capture Yijing!”
“Even if we conquer Yijing, will Gu Changan just sit back and watch us annex the entire Youzhou?”
Ju Su was silent on the side.
He saw Yuan Shao’s gaze.
So he said,”We’d better retreat!”
“Don’t give Gu Changan an excuse to attack us!”
“This time Yizhou fell too quickly. To be honest, I have a bad feeling!”
“”My lord, I suggest you withdraw your troops as soon as possible!” Tian Feng said to Yuan Shao with a bow.
Yuan Shao was a little hesitant.
If he withdrew his troops now, it would be a huge blow to his reputation. He had provoked a dispute for no reason.
Not only did he lose soldiers and generals, but he also didn’t get any benefit.
If he withdrew his troops like this, how would his soldiers look at him in the future?
How would the princes of the world look at him?
Yuan Shao decided to ask the generals for their opinions.
“Yan Liang, Wen Chou, do you have a way to capture Yijing in a short time?”
Facing Yuan Shao’s question,
Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at each other.
Yan Liang said:”Reporting to the lord, Yijing is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is no shortage of food and grass. We can only conquer it bit by bit, and we cannot win a quick victory!”
“Gongsun Zan is now defending Yijing, I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer it in the short term!”
Wen Chou also said:”Yes, my lord, Yijing can only be filled with human lives!”
“If it were in the past, we could drive away the people nearby!”
“However, now, if we drive out the nearby residents, it will probably cause a tragedy no less tragic than a massacre!”
“The court will inevitably blame us, and we may fall into the same predicament as Yanzhou!”
Yuan Shao felt very depressed.
He felt as if he had eaten a fly and felt very sick.
“Give the order to withdraw the troops!” Yuan Shao said
“Send me more spies, I want to know what magical means Gu Changan used to capture Yizhou so quickly!”
“¨「 ¨「”Yes!” The civil and military officials all accepted the order.
Yuan Shao sighed.
He looked in the direction of Chang’an City and felt more and more depressed….
In the north of Jizhou, Yijing.
Gongsun Zan was somewhat worried.
Although Yijing was easy to defend but difficult to attack, he suffered from insufficient troops. Yuan Shao’s attack this time was too sudden.
For a moment, he didn’t know where to seek help.
As a last resort, he asked his son to seek help from Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army.
But now the reinforcements have not arrived yet.
And Yuan Shao’s army’s attack is getting more and more fierce.
“Report, General, Yuan’s army has retreated!”A personal soldier came to report.
“”What? Yuan’s army retreated? How is that possible?” Gongsun Zan was shocked.
He hurried to the front of the position and looked into the distance.
He saw Yuan Shao’s army was leaving the camp.
It seemed that they were retreating in an orderly manner, without any panic at all.
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Gongsun Zan was at a loss for a moment.
“”Why did the Yuan thief suddenly retreat!”
He quickly sent out scouts to check if Yuan Shao was just playing tricks.
On the other hand, Gongsun Zan continued to let the soldiers strengthen the defense to prevent Yuan Shao from playing tricks and making a surprise attack.
However, the scouts reported that Yuan Shao’s army really retreated, and everything was cleaned up, leaving only garbage all over the ground.
“Really retreated?”
“Why retreat?”
Just when Gongsun Zan was puzzled, a message came from Chang’an City.
“What? Yizhou has been conquered?”
“What? The general personally launched a surprise attack?”
“What? Yizhou Mu Liu Yan has already���In Chang’an City?”…… ps:▄█ˉ█●Please, it’s on the shelves, please subscribe, flowers, evaluation tickets, rewards, comments!