Chapter 251 Jia Xu’s poisonous plan

At the Boundary Bridge, two armies were encamped on the east and west banks to confront each other. Tens of millions of troops gathered together and were at war with each other.

Qin Kai's Youzhou Army defeated Bohai County and Pingyuan County, attacked Yecheng to the west, and confronted the Jizhou Army at Jieqiao.

Zhang He, Jiao Hu, Zhang Nan and other surrendered generals, commanding 100,000 surrendered soldiers, joined the Youzhou Army and participated in the Battle of Jieqiao.

Because Zhuojun, Bohaijun, Pingyuanjun and other places were lost, the loyalty of the civil servants and generals in Yuan Shao's power declined, and people were panicked.

The Battle of the Boundary Bridge is crucial.

If Yuan's army were defeated again, the loyalty of the civil servants and generals in Yuan Shao's power would probably collapse.

For Yuan Shao, this is a life and death battle.

Yuan Shao gathered a large number of troops at Jieqiao.

Qin Kai did not attack directly, but waited for Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army to put pressure on Yuan Shao from the rear.

Under the leadership of Zhang Yan, the dark Montenegrin army came out from the deep mountains and old forests, captured the city and territory along the way, and attacked Yecheng from the west.

Qin Kai's Youzhou Army and Zhang Yan's Heishan Army, one in the east and one in the west.

"We can finally defeat Yuan Shao. Take advantage of Yuan Shao's absence to capture Ye City!"

The Montenegrin Army appeared in the west of Ye City. Zhang Yan raised his sword and urged groups of Montenegrin Army to attack the city. Like moths flying to the flame, these Montenegrin Army rushed forward and attacked Ye City fiercely.

The Montenegrin army was so numerous that it was like a wave, constantly beating against the city wall. Then, ants descended on the city and fought with the defenders on the narrow wall. Under the city wall, corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed into rivers.

"Fire the arrow! Be sure to defend Yecheng. Believe in the lord, the lord will win!"

He was assigned to stay in Yecheng, command archers, crossbowmen, bed crossbows and other troops, and shoot at Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army.

When Shenpei is defending a city, his bonus to the defenders is extremely high. The city he defends is difficult to capture.

Arrows rained down in Yecheng, and many generals of the Montenegrin Army were shot and injured. Some generals were pierced by giant crossbow arrows fired from bed crossbows and nailed to the ground.

Zhang Yan felt heartbroken as she looked at the shrinking Montenegrin army that was constantly dying in battle.

Although the Black Mountain Army has a large number of people, and most of them are low-level units positioned as cannon fodder, with so many soldiers and horses killed and injured at one time, even Zhang Yan cannot continue to bear such heavy losses.

Furthermore, there is no possibility that Yecheng will be captured by the Montenegrin army.

Yuan Shao ordered Shen Pei to defend Ye City. As a famous general who defended the city, Shen Pei built a large number of fortifications in Ye City and its surroundings. The Black Mountain Army used human lives to destroy these fortifications, and the losses were too great.

"General, please stop the siege immediately."

When Zhang Yan was at a loss, Jia Xu, a counselor sent by Qin Kai, stopped Zhang Yan in time.

"What can you teach me sir?"

Zhang Yan lacked resourcefulness, but knew that Jia Xu was an eloquent speaker and had no choice but to make plans, so she had no choice but to rely on Jia Xu.

Jia Xu said slowly: "The general can order the soldiers to destroy the mountains and tunnels, dig trenches, and besiege Yecheng."

"Sir, you plan to siege the city? Although siege is the least costly method of siege, it will last a long time. The food and grass in Yecheng can last for several months, which is more than enough. How can I meet the Youzhou pastor at Jieqiao?"

Zhang Yan never thought about besieging Yecheng. When Yecheng's food and grass were exhausted, the defenders of Yecheng had to surrender.

It just takes too long.

If Yuan Shao defeats Qin Kai at the boundary bridge, maybe Yuan Shao will turn around and defeat Zhang Yan.

"This is wrong. The general led troops to besiege Yecheng, making it impossible for Yecheng's troops, horses, and food to be transported to the boundary bridge. Then Yuan Shao had to rely on food and grass from other cities. The food and grass from other cities could not sustain millions of troops, so Yuan Shao forced

Due to pressure, he was forced to take the initiative to attack. As long as Yuan Shao takes the initiative to attack, flaws will easily be exposed. The general does not need to capture Yecheng, but it has already played its due role."

Jia Xu takes a longer-term view than Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army has already restrained a large number of Yuan Shao's forces for Qin Kai.

"Having said that, if we can't take Yecheng, we won't be able to put enough pressure on Yuan Shao, and I'm not happy either."

Zhang Yan still preferred to capture Yecheng, completely destroy Yuan Shao's military morale, and then go all out to encircle Yuan Shao.

"If the general is not afraid of upsetting the natural order, I have another plan."

Jia Xu pondered for a while and finally said slowly.

"What's the plan?"

"You can dig trenches, divert the Zhang River, attack Yecheng with water, and turn Yecheng into a swamp."

"hiss……"

Zhang Yan and all the generals of the Black Mountain Army were shocked by Jia Xu's water attack plan and took a breath of cold air.

Yecheng is one of the largest cities in the Three Kingdoms Region. Once it is attacked by water, all life will be destroyed.

The durability of defensive structures such as earth mountains and city walls will be greatly reduced if they are attacked by fire or water.

Water attack is a way of siege, which is harmful to nature.

This counselor is really cruel!

Many generals of the Montenegrin Army who thought they were decisive in killing and attacking also thought it was a poisonous plan after hearing Jia Xu's plan.

"In troubled times, human lives are like nothing. In order to capture Yecheng as quickly as possible, there is no harm in using a water attack strategy. Chief, just do it like this!"

The general of the Montenegrin Army was fierce in his eyes and encouraged Zhang Yan to accept Jia Xu's water attack plan.

In order to attack Yecheng, his men were killed a lot by the soldiers and horses of the defender Shenpei. In order to attack Yecheng, he captured Shenpei alive to retaliate, and he did not hesitate to use water attacks.

"It would be great if we could defeat Yuan's army quickly. But I heard that Shen Pei is extremely stubborn. If we use water attacks, he is still unwilling to lead his army to surrender. In the end, wouldn't it end up besieging Ye City?"

Zhang Yan thought over and over again and doubted whether the flooded Yecheng could make an emergency landing for trial deployment.

Shen Pei was a military commander who was loyal to Yuan Shao.

When you use strategy to attack a city, you also need to keep an eye on who is going to attack it.

Cao Cao flooded Pi and captured Lu Bu alive, but Guan Yu besieged Fan City, but could not capture Cao Ren and Man Chong defended Fan City.

Shenpei's toughness is no less than that of Cao Ren, Man Chong, and has the characteristics of generals used to defend the city.

"The general is wrong again."

"What's wrong with me?"

"The flooding of Yecheng did not attack Shenpei's will, but the morale of the defenders. Shenpei is unwilling to surrender, and the soldiers or strangers under him may not be able to hold on with him."

"I see!"

Zhang Yan stood in awe.

It turned out that it was not Shen Pei who was plotting against Jia Xu, but Shen Pei's subordinates.

Just because Shen Pei is loyal to Yuan Shao does not mean that Shen Pei's subordinates are also loyal to Yuan Shao.

"Then do as you say, sir."

Zhang Yan finally decided to attack the city according to Jia Xu's plan.

The Montenegro Army began to stop siege, built trebuchets and other siege weapons, destroyed the mountains and tunnels outside Yecheng that posed a threat to the Montenegro Army, and began to dig trenches.

Although the Montenegrin Army lacked high-level troops, it had countless cannon fodder used to dig trenches. Soon, it was in full swing and dug a deep trench around Ye City.

Once Shen Pei sent troops to destroy him, Zhang Yan immediately led the troops himself and defeated Shen Pei.

Shen Pei's ability to defend the city is first-rate, but he is not as good as Zhang Yan in using troops in the field.

What's more, Zhang Yan still has a military advantage.

Once the Montenegrin army presses forward, Shendei must retreat.

"No, the opponent wants to use water attack!"

As the trenches outside the city took shape, the judge quickly understood the intentions of the Montenegrin Army.

Seeing that the normal siege methods could not capture Yecheng, the Montenegrin Army began to flood the city to attack the city!

Shen Pei and all the generals looked pale.

They were trapped in Yecheng, and the main force was taken away by Yuan Shao. They could not defeat Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army when they left the city, so they could only continue to be trapped.

Once the Black Mountain Army successfully diverts floods to attack Ye City, the durability of Ye City's various buildings will be reduced by at least half, and the difficulty of the Black Mountain Army's siege will undoubtedly drop by one level.

"Send the cavalry to break out of the encirclement at the risk of death and inform the lord of Yecheng's plight. I hope that the lord can defeat Qin Kai before the water floods Yecheng. Otherwise, I can only live and die with Yecheng."

Knowing that the situation was critical, Shen Pei sent several cavalry groups to break out separately.

The Montenegrin army intercepted and killed, but only one cavalry broke out of the encirclement and came to the boundary bridge.

At Jieqiao, Yuan Shao learned that Yecheng, which Shenpei was defending, was besieged by the Black Mountain Army. The Black Mountain Army actually planned to divert water from the Zhang River and flood Ye City. Yuan Shao's face gradually darkened.

Zhang Yan has always been Yuan Shao's strong enemy. Yuan Shao fought fiercely with Zhang Yan and finally suppressed Zhang Yan, but he still failed to destroy the Black Mountain Army.

Now the Black Mountain Army has defected to Qin Kai, joined Qin Kai's camp, attacked Yecheng from behind, and put pressure on Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was unable to confront Qin Kai at the Jie Bridge.

If Yuan Shao does not take the initiative to attack, and waits for Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army to capture Yecheng, attack from east to west with Qin Kai, and besiege Yuan Shao's Jieqiao camp, then Yuan Shao will undoubtedly be defeated.

Therefore, Yuan Shao must take the initiative to attack.

"I still have two strategies to break the siege of Ye City."
To be continued...