The irony of Shen Pei's words could not have been more obvious. It was clear which pot was being left unopened and which pot was being lifted.
Guan Yu suddenly flew into a rage, and his entire red face turned red with anger and embarrassment. In an instant, it turned red and almost burst.
"Matching, you¡ª¡ª"
"Guan Yunchang, I have told you before that that boy Yuan Fang has many tricks, but you refuse to listen and insist on persuading the Fourth Young Master to go to war. What's better now? Not only the troops are lost, but the whereabouts of the Fourth Young Master are also unknown. Who will bear this responsibility? "
Shen Pei no longer beat around the bush and asked fiercely, blocking Guan Yu's anger.
Blood rushed to Guan Yu's face, but he didn't know how to retaliate for a moment, and he froze in embarrassment.
At this moment, the scouts rushed over and said that Yuan Shang had been defeated from the east gate and had returned to the military mansion.
Shen Pei and Guan Yu were shocked. They both put aside their grudges and rode their horses straight to the military mansion.
When the two of them arrived, Yuan Shang's broken arm had been bandaged by the doctor. However, the stick was too severe and it was up to God whether his arm could fully recover.
The painful Yuan Shang could only lie there, groaning with a frown on his face, and cursed Yuan Fang endlessly.
"Fourth Young Master, I didn't expect the thief Yuan Fang to be so cunning. I made a mistake in my judgment at the end. Please forgive me, Fourth Young Master."
Although Guan Yu was proud, he had to bow his head now that he was living under someone else's roof. He still chose to suppress his sense of humiliation and plead guilty to Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang secretly glared at Guan Yu, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed: "That's all, you bitch is too cunning. You also wanted to help me make meritorious deeds, so you just made a misjudgment. I don't blame you."
Guan Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief before retreating.
As soon as Guan Yu left, the judge said: "My lord, Guan Yu made a mistake in his plan, which resulted in the lord being defeated and seriously injured. How could the lord let him go so easily?"
"The situation has come to this, and there's no point in blaming him. Besides"
Yuan Shang raised a sly look on his lips and said coldly: "This Guan Yu is unparalleled in martial arts and has a blood feud with Yuan Fang. He can still use us. I will record this crime for him. Wait for attack. It¡¯s not too late to punish the little thief after you¡¯ve driven him away.¡±
The judge suddenly realized, nodded and said: "Young master, you have taken into account the overall situation, this is appropriate."
Yuan Shang struggled to sit up, gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Zhengnan, hurry up and give me the order. Order all the troops to defend the city for me from today on. Whoever dares to challenge again, I will take his head!"
"Young master is wise, I deserve to do it now." Shen Pei praised him and hurriedly left.
Yuan Shang stroked his broken arm and snorted coldly: "You bitch, I'll let you be proud for a while today. I'm going to stand firm and not fight, and let's see how your tricks can be used!"
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In the west of the city, it is already dark, in another courtyard.
Guan Yu returned to the house angrily and cursed: "Shen Pei, who do you think you are? How dare you rebuke me, Guan Yu! No one in the world is worthy of rebuking me except my brother Liu Xuande."
The trusted subordinates on the left and right remained silent for fear of offending Guan Yu.
"Uncle. What happened? What made uncle so angry?" A slightly childish voice came from behind.
Guan Yu looked back and saw that it was his nephew Liu Feng who was speaking. That Liu Bei was dying shortly before his death. Adopted son.
"It's nothing, just an ignorant Xiaoxiao's slander. I don't care about your uncle at all." Guan Yu said disdainfully.
Liu Feng said "Oh" and sighed: "Yuan Shao's subordinates are so disrespectful to my uncle. Why should we still serve him? Why don't we just leave and find another way out."
Guan Yu stepped forward, took Liu Feng into his arms, and sneered: "Uncle, I am not working for Yuan Shao. Uncle, I am using Yuan Shao's hand to deal with your father-killing enemy, and then he will start again. These are all your late father's tactics, Feng'er, you still need to learn more."
Liu Feng was thoughtful, chewing on Guan Yu's words, as if he had understood something from them.
"Come on, Feng'er, my uncle will sleep with you tonight and teach you well. Your late father often taught your uncle this way"
With that said, Guan Yu already held the young man in his arms and walked into the room together.
The door was closed tightly and the red candle was lit.
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Outside Liyang City, the siege has begun.
Yuan Shang lost more than 10,000 troops and even lost an arm. He did not dare to fight again and could only let Yuan Fang camp outside the city.
After the camp was set up, Yuan Fang sent light troops to the city gate to call for battle. At the same time, he sent orders to the following armies to cross the Yellow River north as soon as possible and come to meet at the foot of Liyang City.
A few days later, heThe 60,000-strong army has basically been assembled, and Yuan Fang's troops on the front line of Liyang have reached more than 140,000.
After all the armies were assembled, Yuan Fang then issued an iron order, mobilizing Ding Fu to build earthen walls around Liyang City. With nearly four times the superior force, he surrounded this important town on the north bank.
Yuan Fang¡¯s original plan was to use superior force to attack Liyang City in one fell swoop and seize this important town.
However, after completing the siege and inspecting the fortified city with his own eyes, Yuan Fang changed his original battle plan.
Because Yuan Shao built this important town so solidly.
Liyang was originally an important town on the Yellow River, and its strength was not inferior to that of Puyang. After the defeat of Lihu last year, Yuan Shao, in order to prevent Yuan Fang from taking advantage of the opportunity to go north, returned to Yecheng, mobilized people's power, and re-reinforced Liyang City.
Today, the thickness of Liyang City¡¯s city walls is more than twice as thick as before.
Yuan Shao was indeed afraid of him, otherwise, how could he be so "crazy" in reinforcing Liyang City.
"Yuan Shao strengthened the Liyang city wall this time, obviously to prevent our army from thundering chariots. I heard that Yuan Shang dug a deep trench at the base of the wall in advance at the suggestion of the reviewer. This move must be to prevent our army from being like that. Just like breaking through Puyang, the enemy army is so well-prepared that it may not be easy for our army to attack Liyang in a short period of time. "
Tian Feng analyzed the situation in Liyang with worry in his tone.
"This is most likely Chen Gong's plan. His intention is very obvious. He wants to block our army from the fortified city. If we cannot attack for a long time, we will eventually have to retreat. At that time, Yuan Shao can wait for work and take the opportunity to pursue us." Jushou said. guessed.
"Chen Gong" Yuan Fang was thoughtful.
He recalled that after the destruction of Puyang City, Chen Gong indeed turned his back on Lu Bu. He went to seek refuge with Yuan Shao, but for many years, he had not been taken seriously by Yuan Shao.
Now that Yuan Shao has lost all his advisers and has no one available, it is not impossible to use Chen Gong.
Yuan Fang knows this very well. Chen Gong's tactics are by no means inferior to Jushou's. In history, if Lu Bu had not repeatedly ignored Chen Gong's tactics, it would have been hard to say whether the war between him and Cao Cao would have been successful.
Yuan Shao has Chen Gong offering advice. For Yuan Fang, this is indeed a powerful enemy.
"How can a mere Chen Palace turn things around? Even if there are ten Chen Palaces, I will defeat Hebei!"
Yuan Fang was extremely confident, although he valued Chen Gong's resourcefulness. Yuan Shao's determination to pacify Hebei and destroy him was not shaken by this.
At this time, Guo Jia, who had been silent, slowly said: "Although Liyang City is strong, Lihu was defeated last year. Yuan Shao burned more than a million dendrobium of grain and grass. I think his supply of grain and grass this year will probably be a little tight." , The food stored in Liyang City is only five or six months at most."
After a pause, Guo Jia continued: "This means that no matter how strong Liyang City is, the limit that Yuan Shang can hold is only five or six months. Let's surround Liyang City into an iron barrel. Look. How long can Yuan Shang survive?"
Guo Jia's words deeply resonated with Yuan Fang's heart.
"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable. Yuan Shao has been running Jizhou for many years. The so-called centipede is dead but not dead. We want to capture Jizhou, how can we do it in one day? It will take five or six months to capture Liyang. An important town is by no means long." Tian Feng also agreed with Guo Jia's plan.
Yuan Fang still had any doubts, so he said boldly: "Yuan Shao wants to use Liyang City to exhaust my patience, so I won't let him get his wish. If he wants to play a protracted war, then I will accompany him to play!"
Having made up his mind and without hesitation, Yuan Fang sent an order that day, ordering Liyang City to be completely besieged. Not a single soldier, not even a truck of food aid, was allowed to enter the city.
Therefore, Yuan Fang mobilized 100,000 troops and divided them into strongholds on all sides of Liyang. They built earthen walls, piled high platforms, and set up archery towers to surround Liyang City with a triple siege.
At the same time, Yuan Fang detached 40,000 infantry and cavalry and stationed troops north of Liyang to prevent Yuan Shao from going south from Yecheng and leading his army to rescue Liyang.
The siege officially began. From spring to summer, March passed before I knew it.
At the beginning, Yuan Shang was still confident and thought he would be able to sit firmly on the fishing platform. However, as time went by, half of the food and grass were consumed, and Yuan Shang began to feel unable to sit still.
After entering the summer, Yuan Shang sent small teams several times to cross the city and risked their lives. After paying the price of more than a hundred people, one or two groups of messengers finally escaped the siege and rushed to Yecheng to seek help from Yuan Shao.
In Ye City, Yuan Shao was worried and frowning all day long.
The defeat at Li Yangdu had already dealt another blow to Yuan Shao's fragile heart, and made him lose most of his confidence in Yuan Shang.
Now that Liyang has been besieged for three months, Yuan Fang has no intention of withdrawing his troops.??, it seemed that he was determined to fight him to the end, which made Yuan Shao even more anxious, fearing that Yuan Shang would not be able to defend Li Yang.
Yuan Shao also wanted to save Li Yang, but unfortunately his recovery was slow and he had no time to lead his army south.
On this day, Yuan Shao was lying on the couch to recuperate. Mrs. Liu was waiting beside him, but she had a worried look on her face, thinking about the safety of her son Yuan Shang.
At this time, Yuan Shang's messenger came to see him and presented Yuan Shang's urgent letter of distress to Yuan Shao.
"Husband, Tan'er and Xi'er are dead now, and Mai'er is still young. What should I do if I lose Shang'er again? Please save Shang'er quickly, husband."
When Yuan Shao still had no response, Liu was already crying and begging Yuan Shao to send troops to rescue him.
Yuan Shao, who was helpless, felt upset after hearing this, so he had to repel the Liu family and ordered Chen Gong to be summoned.
Not long after, Chen Gong hurried over.
"Gongtai, Li Yang has been besieged for three months, and the little beast shows no sign of withdrawing his troops. If the siege continues like this, Shang'er's food and grass will be exhausted. Please tell me, what should I do?"
Yuan Shao showed the letter to Chen Gong and sighed with a bitter look on his face.
Chen Gong took the letter, scanned it over, frowned deeply, and pondered for a long time.
After a while, Chen Gong raised a sly look on his lips and said with a sneer: "Don't worry, my lord, the palace has a plan, but I don't need any soldiers. Just tell Yuan Fang to retreat when he sees the difficulty."