(See Piaohong again! The alliance is too strong! Thank you!! Thank you Zhao Wuxi 2014, ufgw, Jiexi)

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Beihai Kingdom, capital Changcheng, under the city are densely packed with Yuan soldiers holding simple spears, under the cover of the crossbow formation behind them, whistling like a rising tide, like the storm waves in Laizhou Bay dozens of miles away, beating towards the lonely city.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were not many methods of siege, and many large siege tools from later generations did not appear. The cloud ladder was considered a relatively high-end siege tool during this period, but it was not easy to create an excellent cloud ladder, but it was not difficult to destroy. A cloud ladder built with time-consuming and financial expenses, contained dozens of elite soldiers, often climbed halfway through the road, and as soon as it launched an attack, it was destroyed by tinder oil, pole, hanging cart, rolling wood and rock guarding equipment. The cost of siege in this way was too high.

Therefore, a relatively "cheap" method of siege with ant siege is the most commonly used method in this era.

At this time, what is tested is the determination of the city guardian and whether the city guardian equipment is complete.

Duchang is a city that has been tested for war. Not to mention that during the Zhongping and Chuping periods, when the Yellow Turbans were at its worst, they had besieged the city many times. Even after being repeatedly severely damaged by Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao, there was still Zhang Rao in front and Guan Hai in the back, which was attacked one after another. Duchang City survived≧⇡⇡,ww⊙w..

But this time, what it has to face is not an ant thief holding a wooden stick or a palladium fork, but a regular army that defeated the Youzhou army. To be precise, Kong Rong, can he survive again?

The sound of killing outside the city was shook the sky, arrows were like rain, and dozens of lives disappeared at every moment. In the city, in the prime minister's residence, facing Wang Xiu who asked the same words, Kong Rong's slender five fingers with his tail were still stable, and his tone was calm: "Yuan Xiansi was known as 20,000 soldiers, but in fact, only 70,000 or 8,000 times, which was twice as much as our army. The military strategy said, 'If you double, you will divide it, five will attack it, and ten will surround it. Now the Yuan army is surrounded by me, so I think it will be difficult to get off quickly. Just stick to it until the soldiers are short of food, and you will retreat, which is no different from an ant thief."

Wang Xiu had a deep brow and bowed his hands, "I have a few words, so I have taken the initiative to advance, and I hope to forgive my sins."

Kong Rong waved his hand: "I and Shuzhi are in harmony with each other, but it's okay to say it."

Wang Xiudao: "The Yuan army used newly recruited soldiers and ants to attack the city. The powerful soldiers held the sword in the back. This is a method of lightness in the front and heavy in the back. It must be observed; and the Yuan army has strong bows and crossbows and sufficient arrows. Although the method of attacking the city is like the Yellow Turban bandits, its attack power is far above it, so it dares to launch a strong attack on the city with the force of twice the army. This must be prevented. Yuan Xiansi is good at fighting, and with the bravery of Tian Envoy (Tian Kai), he was defeated by his subordinates. Our army has few soldiers and generals. Even if the city is strong and the food is sufficient, it is still unknown whether it can be delayed until winter and make the enemy exhausted and retreated. For the current plan, there are only three strategies to defend the enemy."

Kong Rong was very excited: "Three strategies! Okay, let's talk about it."

Wang Xiuxian stretched out his finger: "The worst strategy is to surrender..."

Kong Rong immediately rejected: "No! I know Shuzhi's intention, this is a strategy to slow down the army, but I will not take it."

Wang Xiu smiled bitterly, but was not discouraged. He also knew that with his lord's nature, he would definitely reject this strategy, so he listed it as the worst. However, as a strategist, he had to list all possibilities one by one, whether he took it or not, he had fulfilled his duties.

Wang Xiu stretched out his finger: "Zhongce is the only support for our army, working together to confront Yuan's army, and finally retreated."

Kong Rong nodded speechlessly. Wang Xiu said the word "其" to the point. There is no way to do it, and it is indeed only considered a Zhongshou.

Wang Xiu finally picked out his finger: "The best strategy is to join forces with Donglai Taishici, and to be harmonious inside and outside, you will definitely be able to defeat Yuan's army at the foot of Duchang City."

Kong Rong nodded again. Needless to say, this must be the best strategy, but he also knew what Wang Xiu said was that there were prerequisites for Donglai to send troops.

Earlier, when Gongsun Du took Donglai, he only won eleven counties, and he was still short of the last county, "Qianzu". Because it was too remote and the front line was too long, it was easy to cut off the rear route by the Beihai, so he did not take it. However, after Taishi Ci took Donglai and became friendly with Beihai, Kong Rong had transferred the last city to Donglai. The entire territory of Donglai and had been included in the Liaodong forces.

However, Ma Han still felt that it was insufficient. Donglai's terrain had a big flaw, which greatly affected defense and attack. In order to solve this problem, he issued an instruction to Taishici, "The western boundary of Donglai must be straightened."

At first glance, this command is completely confusing, but when you open the map, you will be very clear. Donglai's terrain is in the shape of a "u", with a "fist" being punched by the Beihai Kingdom in the middle, and a curved "finger" is also extended. It can be said that in addition to the coastal areas, the central hinterland is occupied by the Beihai.

In modern times, this is a fool. Who doesn’t know that the coast is good? But two thousand years ago, in the coastal areas, no one wants to do it.

The most typical example is that there is a county in Donglai, called "Changguang". If the Donglai army wants to enter this county, it must first pass through another county of Beihai State. This execution county is the finger that poked a chrysanthemum outstretched by Beihai State.

To get to my territory, you have to pass your territory first, which is too weird. So after Cao Wei took the north in history, he made adjustments to the jurisdiction of Donglai, included the execution in Donglai, and picked up the Qianzuo and incorporated it into the new county, Chengyang County, which looked much more decent.

From his own considerations, Ma Han had higher requirements. He wanted to turn the shape of the "u" into the shape of the "d" shape, that is, straighten the boundary of the East Lai West and cut off the "fist" and the "finger" that the Beihai Kingdom extended into, that is, the five counties under his rule, Ting County, Jiaodong, Jimo, Zhuangwu, etc., into Donglai County. In this way, the boundary of the East Lai West will be connected into a line and expanded by one third. Whether it is to deal with the Yuan family in the west or to advance south to Xuzhou in the future, it is of great significance to recruit troops, expand troops, and respond quickly.

Of course, this place is not really severing the power of no one to change the borders of the Dahan county, but only "take over" by Donglai. Under normal circumstances, Kong Rong would definitely not do anything about the cemetery of the rich counties. Therefore, after discussing with Lu Dai, Liu Yi and others, Taishici decided to use this as a prerequisite for aid. Of course, in name, it was very righteous and open to fight against the enemy in order to expand the army and quickly send troops to resist the Yuan family.

Liaodong has a lot of grain and Beihai has a lot of people. Five counties with a large population are assigned to Donglai, which is convenient for recruiting troops and building camps and guarding each other. It is indeed a dual benefit.

Previously, Wang Xiu had already agreed to this plan on the mission to Donglai, because he knew very well that it was not difficult for the Liaodong Army to swallow the Beihai. When Ma Han and Taishi Ci entered the Beihai, they used more than a hundred elite cavalry to defeat Guan Hai's tens of thousands of bandits, which he witnessed with his own eyes. Since the Liaodong Army did not come hard, but came soft, it would be better for Beihai to surrender, hello, everyone. The real enemy in Beihai is from the west. Only by holding the spirit of cutting flesh and feeding the wolf and feeding these Liaodong wolves, can the lord stay in this Beihai for a long time.

However, without external pressure, Kong Rong looked at this clause, looked at the gloomy face and ignored it. The matter was temporarily stuck. But he didn't expect that Yuan Tan's attack came so quickly. Now, he had to make a choice, should he cut his flesh and feed the wolf? Or would he sacrifice himself to feed the tiger (Yuan Tan)?

This choice seems not difficult.

Kong Rong took out the secret discussion again, looked at it in the light for a long time, listening to the sky-high fighting outside the city, he finally sighed. He poked a bright red seal at the end of the document.

"I hope the five counties can get long-term peace and stability in the Beihai. Taishi Ziyi, I have given what you want. I hope you have led a large army on the way to rescue at this moment."

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"The Taishi Ziyi should be on the way back to Liaodong at this time, right?"

The speaker was Guan Gong. At this time, he was in the back hall of the mansion, holding a volume of bamboo slips from "The Interpretation of the Book of Documents", and was kneeling leisurely on the desk and reading it.

There was a kneeling person beneath the steps outside the courtyard, dressed in a house servant, and was responding respectfully: "Yes, boarding the ship and sailing north, it was a huge momentum, and at least half of the people in Huangxian County in the city saw it."

"What changes have been made in the military camps in the west of the city, granaries everywhere, and the camps in Yeguo?"

"When I go back to the master, except for transferring three hundred guards from Ye Kingdom to the north, there is no shortage of staff."

Guan Zheng was slightly stunned. Three hundred guards, with Taishi Ci's bravery, the number of guards was a bit large. However, after the rebellion broke out in western Liaoning, there were also some undercurrents in Liaodong. It was appropriate to bring a few more guards, so he did not investigate and waved his hand to order the servants to go down.

After a few days, everything in Huangxian County was normal. When the government was satisfied, he immediately wrote a letter and ordered people to send it to Guanting Camp quickly.

On this day, the servants knelt down to the Guanzheng to report to the information collected from Huangxian County Government, granaries, the barracks in the west of the city, and the Yeguo camps as usual, which was not different from the situation a few days ago.

Guan Gong raised his hand and signaled the servant to go down, but the servant did not move, his expression hesitated, as if he had not finished speaking. Guan Gong frowned and raised his tone: "What else is there?"

The servant said in panic: "Report to the master, there is a situation that I don't know whether to say it or not..."

Guan Gong squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "It is related to military information, and it is completely detailed. If you say something wrong, you will be punished if you conceal it."

The servant knelt down and reported: "The young man has an old friend who was originally a leader of the Bohai Army in Mouping. A few days ago, his brother died of illness. His family rushed to Muping and took leave to go home for funerals. Unexpectedly, the patina in the camp said that he had not returned for the mission. The family thought he had followed the envoy of the Grand Historian to Liaodong, but returned in disappointment. Unexpectedly, two days later, this person appeared at the funeral. The family disagreed and asked for a long time before finally revealing the truth that this person had been guarding the city Nancang before. The news of his brother's death was conveyed by Muping Paoze..."

"Wait!" Guan Zheng put down the bamboo slips in his hand, stroked his black beard and read the servant's words, "You mean, the Bohai naval soldiers who were supposed to be in Mouping actually appeared in Huang County and guarded the granary in the south of the city?"

"Yes, as I think, this is probably to strengthen the security, or perhaps because of insufficient troops, so I use the navy..."

"Maybe there is another possibility..." Guan Zheng narrowed his eyes into a thread, and the needle light flashed, as if he was sniffing a dangerous smell. "You find some people and bring this person into the mansion, and I want to personally examine it."

The servant said: "This man did not dare to take leave for too long. After attending the funeral in a hurry, he returned to the military camp."

Well, it’s not a big problem to tie someone up at home, but breaking into the military camp to tie someone up is another matter. They don’t have the ability or courage yet.

"Then let's sneak into the military camp in the west of the city to find out in detail. Remember to find someone who knows Mouping and Bohai Army." Guan Gong hit the desk with a cold smile, "Children Taishi, I hope you don't be smart, otherwise, I Guan Gong will make you jump into the sea with a fire!"

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Chapter completed!