Chapter 598 Calling the Formation to Surrender

On the second day, under Yecheng.

The Jizhou Army on top of the city has tightened its nerves these days, and is always on guard against the fierce attack of the Liangzhou Army outside the city. The Liangzhou Army's offensive can be said to be very sharp, and is incomparably stronger than Gongsun Zan's Youzhou Army. Several.

When the Jizhou Army besieged Yijing, the Youzhou Army was trapped in the city and did not dare to fight. Now the Jizhou Army finally got a taste of this.

However, unexpectedly, the Liangzhou Army did not attack the city on a large scale today. Instead, they launched a dozen wooden carts, and tied to the wooden carts was the embarrassed Youzhou Army, looking listless. appearance.

The Jizhou troops on top of the city were all shocked.

"Our comrades were captured by the enemy!"

"What's going on? No brothers have been arrested in the past few days."

The Jizhou army on the top of the city was surprised and confused. They didn't understand how their comrades were captured by the enemy, and they started talking about it.

When these Youzhou troops were retreated fifty steps below the city head, they finally spoke.

"Brothers on the top of the city, we are the Youzhou Army!"

"General Gao Lan led us south on the order of our lord. We were ambushed and defeated by the Liangzhou army, and we were captured."

"Brothers, don't resist stubbornly. The general's troops are very sharp. Yecheng will be captured soon. It's better to surrender early!"

These Youzhou soldiers shouted desperately, knowing that before pushing them out, Liangzhou generals had warned them that if they dared to say anything else, they would be killed on the spot. Therefore, these Youzhou troops naturally tried their best to speak good words for the Liangzhou troops, otherwise Xiang Shang's head would not be saved.

The Jizhou troops on the top of the city all showed fear and started talking.

General Gao Lan is a famous general. The Youzhou Army led by him was defeated by the enemy, and the Liangzhou Army was unable to resist.

The Youzhou army was defeated, didn't it mean that Yecheng became an isolated city?

Countless Jizhou soldiers looked at each other with different thoughts in their hearts.

"Hmph, anyone who shakes the morale of the army will be killed!"

The judge snorted coldly, and without saying a word, he picked up a strong bow, pointed it at a Youzhou soldier under the city wall, and shot out with a whoosh.

Whoosh!

The Youzhou soldier who was targeted was hit by an arrow in the chest, and immediately groaned and shouted loudly.

"Get down!"

Seeing arrows raining down from the top of the city, Ma Dai immediately ordered the soldiers in the front row to pull the Youzhou army back to prevent them from being killed by the rain of arrows from the Jizhou army on the top of the city.

"Haha, Shen Zhengnan is so angry that he is so embarrassed." Guo Jia said with a smile: "Shen Pei is worried that the morale of the Jizhou soldiers will be affected by Youzhou's surrender."

Liu Ye nodded with approval and said: "Yes, once the Jizhou army in the city knows that the Youzhou reinforcements have been defeated, their morale will definitely be low. It will be much easier to break through Yecheng by then."

In Ye City, Shen Pei strictly ordered the gates on all sides to ignore the Liangzhou soldiers. At the same time, they strictly blocked the news to prevent it from affecting the morale of the city.

However, as more than ten defeated Youzhou soldiers fled into Yecheng, all the efforts made by the judge were in vain.

In the meeting hall, Yuan Shao looked at the judge in front of him with a gloomy expression and said.

"Zhengnan, is the Youzhou Army really defeated?"

Shen Pei nodded with a stern expression and waved to the back. Three Youzhou soldiers who were dusty and worn out walked up dejectedly and knelt behind Shen Pei.

"Let me ask you." Yuan Shao said coldly: "Is Gao Lan really defeated?"

"It is indeed true, Lord." One of the three corps commanders whispered: "That day, after the Second Young Master received the Lord's letter asking for help, he ordered General Gao to come to the rescue at night. When we marched to Zhuojun, we were suddenly attacked by Liangzhou soldiers. They were ambushed and defeated after a fierce battle. I finally escaped and ascended to heaven."

Yuan Shao said coldly: "I didn't ask for reinforcements from Youzhou and ordered Xianyi to defend Youzhou. Why did you send troops?"

"Could it be that they are spies in the Liangzhou army!" Yuan Shao jumped up and said angrily: "Where are the Euphorbia soldiers? Come, take these three Liangzhou soldiers down to me and kill Ji Qi."

"Lord, spare your life, Lord, spare your life!"

The three Youzhou soldiers were shocked when they heard that Yuan Shao actually wanted to kill them. They hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, saying urgently: "The three of us are from Youzhou, and we are under the command of General Gao Lan. Ten days ago, we fought with Zhuojun. When Xu Huang and Ma Chao of the Liangzhou army fought, they were not spies!"

"You still dare to confuse the public with your lies!"

Yuan Shao was furious and winked at Han Meng who was standing aside. Without saying a word, Han Meng walked forward with a few Euphorbia warriors, arrested the three of them, and carried them out the door.

"ah!"

Not long after, only three screams were heard, apparently three Youzhou soldiers were killed on the spot.

"Inform the whole city that these three people are spies of the Liangzhou Army and have been executed on the spot."

After Yuan Shao gave the order, he looked worried: "A certain person clearly wrote a letter asking Xianyi to stick to Youzhou. How dare Gao Lan lead the Youzhou army to fight? Could it be that Xianyi disobeys the order?"

Of course Yuan Shao knew that these three people were not spies, but soldiers from Youzhou. There was evidence of this in terms of their accents and military ranks. But the morale of the Yecheng defenders is already low. How can we boost the morale of the defenders without killing them?

What puzzled him even more was why Yuan Xi still asked Gao Lan to send troops even though he clearly received his letter.

Of his three sons, the eldest, Yuan Tan, is strong, brave and rough in behavior, while the second son, Yuan Xi, has a calm personality and is what he wants. The youngest, Yuan Shang, is a little arrogant because of his love. But why did his most obedient son disobey his orders?

Guo Tu said pitifully: "My lord, the second young master naturally obeys my lord's words, but there is no guarantee that the people around him will provoke him."

The person Guo Tu was referring to in his words was none other than Tian Feng.

"Tian Yuanhao?" Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Although Tian Yuanhao is upright and bold, he is not unable to distinguish the situation, right?" Although Yuan Shao is a little indecisive, he is not a dim-witted master. Tian Feng is doing it for his own good, and he still knows Yes, Tian Feng isn't so unwise, is he?

Xun Chen also nodded: "Well, Tian Yuanhao is a mature and prudent man, so naturally he will not ask the second young master to send troops." Xun Chen has been working in Jizhou for a long time. Although he was born in Yingchuan County, he has good relations with people from the Hebei faction, so naturally He spoke out to support Tian Feng.

Yuan Shao nodded and turned to look at Feng Ji.

"Yuan Tu, what do you think?"

Fengji made suggestions for Yuan Shao to capture Jizhou. He was Yuan Shao's most trusted advisor, so he naturally wanted to ask questions.

"Well" Feng Ji thought for a long time and said carefully: "There are many scout posts in the Liangzhou army. When our army sent out more than a dozen scout posts, many of them must have been intercepted by the enemy. Could it be that after the enemy saw the Lord's letter, they What about tampering?"