The Nameless of the Common Clans

In the west of Pingyang, Yuan Shang's army was slowly advancing towards Yecheng, not very fast. After approaching the battlefields of Chen Mo and Cao Cao, Yuan Shang became cautious, especially after the Jizhou army who escaped from Yecheng brought The news made Yuan Shang even more cautious.

"Yuan Hao, do you think Chen Mo really set up an ambush in Yecheng?" Yuan Shang was riding on his horse and suddenly looked at Tian Feng beside him.

"Most of them are, but Feng is more curious. Now Chen Mo's troops should be fighting Cao Cao. How can he plan our army?" Tian Feng looked in the direction of Yecheng and frowned and thought: "And such a confidential matter , but he said that he would not listen to the surrendered troops, and even drove the surrendered troops out of the city, as if they deliberately let these surrendered troops inform the lord. "

To say that Chen Mo was careless... This was no longer carelessness, it was simply being careless.

But here's the problem, is Chen Mo a heartless person?

Obviously not. Whether it is based on the past or Chen Mo's various performances since entering Jizhou, this is not a short-sighted person. As for believing in these demotions... he is not young, and he has been in this position for many years. How could a person be so naive? In other words, this news was clearly released by Chen Mo on purpose.

"What's the purpose?" Yuan Shang thought hard and couldn't figure out what Chen Mo wanted to do.

Good question, I want to know too.

Tian Feng smiled and did not answer.

Jushou on the side thought: "Master, rather, what does Chen Mo want us to do?"

After Tian Feng heard this, he glanced at Ju Shou and thought attentively. Yuan Shang frowned and thought: "He doesn't want us to get close to Yecheng? Does he want us to take the initiative to join the battle? Why is this? According to the scouts' investigation, the current battle lines between the two sides are Continuously, we even reached Yanjin. Now that we are leading our army to the battlefield, isn’t it because we are facing enemies from both sides?”

"There is a saying in the art of war. If you can, you will treat it as incapable. If you can't, treat it as ability. The truth between reality and reality is mysterious and mysterious. He needs to think like this. In fact, he still hopes that our army will go to Yecheng." Jushou said with a smile.

"But not necessarily." Tian Feng thought: "My lord, have you ever thought about it, if our army really went to the battlefield, would Chen Mo and Cao Cao dare to continue fighting? In my opinion, if our army approaches the battlefield, it is very likely that the two sides will We stopped fighting and made peace, falling into a three-party confrontation.”

"What good does this do to him?" Yuan Shang asked confused.

"Of course there is. The three parties are worried about being taken advantage of, and they don't dare to fight too much. They may eventually reach a deadlock. Once a deadlock is reached, the final struggle will probably be the consumption of food and grass. Then Chen Mo got Yecheng's food and grass, and then massacred The gentry in the city have gained a lot, and they can also adjust grain from Bingzhou through Zhuozhang River and transport grain through Hanoi. In the end, I am afraid that our army will be the first to be kicked out of the occupied area. , Chen and Cao fought for Jizhou."

"One more thing, if our army is pinned here, General Yianzhao may not be able to defeat Taishi Ci. If we take this opportunity, after Taishi Ci defeats Yianzhao, Anping, Julu and other counties will all fall into the enemy's hands, and Chen Mo will actually occupy them first. Our army has become rootless in most of the territory of Jizhou, with no way back, no food and grass..." When Feng Ji said this, he did not dare to go on. No matter how you look at it, they will die if they join the battlefield!

"The traitor has a vicious heart!" Yuan Shang cursed, and Chen Mo was thinking so deeply: "So, is there any way out for our army to go straight to Yecheng?"

Tian Feng nodded: "Chen Mo's army is fighting against Cao's army. Apart from the surrendered troops, there cannot be many soldiers and horses in Ye city. His plan is just to confuse you!"

"In any case, there are not many Chen Mo defenders in Ye City now. Our army is taking advantage of the opportunity to recapture Ye City. As long as we capture Ye City, our army will have the upper hand. Even if Chen Mo and Cao Cao capture the prefectures and counties, , But after all, this is the foundation of our army. As time goes by, the two armies will retreat!" Jushou agreed.

"In that case, order the three armies to rush to Yecheng as soon as possible!" After hearing what the two people said, Yuan Shang felt confident in his heart. He immediately ordered to speed up the march to Yecheng, with Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin as the vanguard, leading five thousand troops. Go to Yecheng to investigate.

But it was said that Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin led the vanguard army all the way to Yecheng without being blocked at all, which made the two of them puzzled. Apart from the occasional enemy scouts along the way, there was nothing found. This made the two of them unavoidable. Doubtful, is it really good to just let the enemy troops approach the city like this?

But when they arrived outside Yecheng and looked at the open city gate, they were a little dumbfounded.

"What...what does this mean?" Jiang Yiqu looked at Sui Yuanjin and stuttered a little. It looked like an empty city.

Sui Yuanjin didn't say anything. If you ask me, who should I ask?

The two led their troops to patrol outside the city and sent scouts to investigate everywhere. The gates in the east and west of the city were open like the north of the city. Only in the south of the city, a large number of Guanzhong troops were stationed.

"What should I do? Are you entering the city?" Sui Yuanjin looked at Jiang Yiqu.

Jiang Yiqu had some thoughts. Regardless of his situation, let's go in first. After thinking for a while, he said, "Be careful of fraud. Send a few troops into the city to find out what's going on."

Sui Yuanjin nodded, and then the two sent three hundred-man teams into the city, and ordered them not to fight if they encountered the enemy, but to withdraw immediately. If there was no one in the city, they would go up to the city and change the flag.

Three groups of troops entered from three city gates respectively. The imaginary fight did not happen. Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin breathed a sigh of relief and just waited outside the city.

A quarter of an hour has passed... Two quarters of an hour has passed... Half an hour has passed, and none of the soldiers sent into the city have come out. The flags on the top of the city have not been changed, and no obvious sounds of fighting have been heard in the city.

What kind of situation is this?

"It is impossible that there are no soldiers and horses in the city. We have sent too few soldiers and horses. If we are besieged by the enemy, we will not be able to escape. How about sending more people into the city?" Sui Yuanjin thought.

"That's fine." Jiang Yiqu hesitated for a moment and nodded. This time he sent a thousand men and horses directly into the city from the north gate without dividing the troops. With so many men and horses, no matter what, the whole army would not be wiped out in an instant, not even one person. No one came out to report the news, right?

Soon, the sound of fighting came from the city, but in the end no one came out. Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin were shocked and quickly withdrew their troops and set up camp.

"There must be an ambush in this city." Jiang Yiqu looked at Sui Yuanjin and said, "We have lost more than a thousand soldiers and horses before we encountered the enemy. How can we tell the Lord?"

Sui Yuanjin said with a bitter face: "Why don't you inform the lord about this matter first, and let the lord make the decision?"

"Good!" Jiang Yiqu nodded. Although he lost the first battle, more than a thousand soldiers and horses were silent. There were probably many defenders in the city. The few remaining soldiers and horses they had were probably not enough to take care of them.

At the moment, the two of them set up camp for the army while flying horses to report the situation here to Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang's army arrived in the afternoon. The mighty army stopped outside the city and looked at the open city gate.

"There is indeed an ambush in the city, but now that the main force of our army has arrived, it is too arrogant to dare to do this!" Yuan Shang looked at the scattered defenders at the top of the city and frowned: "Who entered the city to capture Chen Mo?"

Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin were silent. Today, Ye City is quite strange. No one knows what is inside. It is precisely because of ignorance that Ye City appears to be terrifying.

"The last general is willing to go!" Han Meng shouted and took the lead in the battle: "Lord, please allow the last general to go to the battle, and we will capture Chen Mo alive!"

"Okay, General, there are three thousand troops. Chen Mo is cunning by nature, so be careful!" Yuan Shang looked at Han Meng and nodded with satisfaction. With Zhang He and Han Qiong's life and death unknown, now Yuan Shang's subordinates, in terms of bravery, Han Meng is definitely the best. First, Yuan Shang feels more at ease if he fights.

"My lord, please wait here for a moment. After the general captures and kills Chen Mo, please invite your lord into the city!" Han Meng laughed loudly, immediately ordered three thousand soldiers and horses, and headed towards the city gate in a mighty manner.

"How magnificent!" Yuan Shang smiled as he watched Han Meng aggressively lead three thousand elites into the city. As soon as the fighting began, he was ready to attack the city immediately.

On the other side, above the enemy tower in Ye City, Dian Wei watched a large number of soldiers and horses coming this way, and looked at Chen Mo anxiously: "Lord, there are a lot of soldiers and horses this time."

"About three thousand." Chen Mo nodded: "This is the limit we can bear. Let's see if we can scare away Yuan Jun this time. Inform Zhang Yan and prepare!"

"Here!" Dian Wei agreed and immediately waved the command flag into the city. At the same time, on the city wall, a crossbow fixed on the parapets was pulled by a Montenegrin soldier with a rope. Behind the parapets, a The bamboo poles were covered with armor, and the spears stood upright. At first glance, they looked like thousands of troops.

Chen Mo looked at the sky that was getting darker as the sun set to the west, and smiled, the time was just right.

Han Meng led three thousand troops into the city. After entering the city, he looked on the city wall and saw that the entire main street had been turned into a corridor, extending into the inner city. He was a brave man who was skilled in art and was not afraid. He went straight Lead the army to kill in the inner city.

But before he reached the halfway point, he saw a series of broken military crossbows that were more than twice as wide as ordinary crossbows standing on the ground in the distance. His expression changed, and before he could give an order, he saw a row of crossbow arrows shooting out of the air. The force of the crossbow arrows It was so huge that it could penetrate three people before they were exhausted. In this long and narrow corridor, there was no place to hide. But when a row of crossbow arrows were fired, everyone died immediately.

"Retreat!" Han Meng snorted coldly and quickly ordered the soldiers to retreat.

On both sides of the corridor, a famous soldier suddenly poked his head out and fired randomly at Yuan Jun in the corridor. The crossbows from behind were still firing. Han Meng's war horse was shot dead. When he retreated with his shield, he saw the city wall. There were many figures above, a cold light spread, and crossbow arrows fell like raindrops. Yuan Jun died in pieces in the corridor.

"Don't run away, thief!" The corridor suddenly collapsed continuously, and then it was discovered that the corridor was not strong. However, seeing the enemy troops charging out, and a large number of soldiers guarding the city wall, Han Meng could only rush out. The soldiers around him continued to be hit by arrows and fell to the ground. There were more and more fighting sounds in the rear. The corridors continued to be destroyed, and more and more Guanzhong troops came to kill them.

Han Meng didn't know how he managed to get out of the city, but the moment he rushed out of the city gate, he almost collapsed and fell into the moat. Looking around, he saw that the number of soldiers who followed him out was less than a hundred!