At this time, Tian Pengzu fell into depression.

When he learned that the Yan army led more than a hundred civilian ships to invade Qingzhou, he thought it was the smoke bomb of the Yan thief, and wanted to inflate the troops to cause panic in the entire Qingzhou.

In response, he led 2,000 troops to chase the coast and cleared them.

But after more than a hundred civilian ship owners circled around and turned west, Tian Pengzu sank and intercepted more than eighty civilian ships. Sure enough, they saw that there were only a few people in each cabin.

He sneered: "If you use the same trick as Yan Thief, you will only become a laughing stock if you use the same trick again."

The Wei army following the attack were all happy, and they all felt that the Yan army was just a paper tiger, and they would only add troops along the coast without any real force.

But before he could be happy for a longer time, the scout hurriedly reported: "Young master, it's not good! Huang County was taken away by the Yan army, Cheng Pei was killed, and Han Sheng rushed to the city and surrendered."

The news was like a bolt from the blue. Tian Pengzu's face suddenly changed, his lips kept trembling, and he said coldly: "Are you true?"

The scout smiled bitterly and said, "This matter is true. The Yan army led nearly 10,000 people to take shortcuts to surround Huang County. Han Sheng thought that the prince was killed, and under the instigation of the Yan army, Han Sheng and Cheng Pei had a firefight. In order to protect himself, Han Sheng killed Cheng Pei and asked the Yan thieves to make a contribution. We can no longer go back."

Tian Pengzu took a deep breath, the amount of information was too large for a while, and he could not resist it. He sorted out his thoughts and frowned and said, "Wait - do you say Yan Jun took the shortcut? Where did he land? Why don't I know?"

The scout wiped his sweat and said a little nervously: "I heard that I came down from Jiuzhang Cliff."

Tian Pengzu was speechless when he heard this, and he held his forehead and sighed: "The cliffs of nine feet are amazing. Do you think Yan thief took a shortcut to land?"

But then I thought about it and said that Jiuzhang Cliff was unattainable, but if I could really climb the cliff and attack Huangxian, it would be a hidden and fast route to march.

After all, no one will choose such a route, which is both dangerous and difficult, but precisely because of this, the more dangerous the place, the more careful the patrol is.

The scout said: "It is true. Now Huang County has been lost, and Han Changshi has also surrendered to Yan, we--"

Tian Pengzu showed fear for the first time. The damage to the fall of Huang County was too great. Not only was the 30,000 army led by his father lost its stable rear, but the general's transportation food route was also changed from then on, which was related to the baggage problem on the entire battlefield.

"Go to Jiuzhang Cliff first to take a look."

He sighed.

The Wei army received the order and immediately turned the bow of the ship and headed towards the Jiuzhang Cliff.

When I saw a huge rope net laying on the towering cliff that was almost ninety degrees perpendicular to the ground, like a hanging waterfall, twenty shoes fell from the ground, and seven or eight nails came out of the soles of the shoe. It was obviously the Yan army accidentally dropped while climbing the cliff.

Tian Pengzu was silent for a while and thought to himself: "It's really eye-opening to see how Yan Thief can use this method."

Then he thought, such an assault was only a few days before it captured Huang County. The speed was so fast that it essentially led to the feud between Han Sheng and Cheng Pei. If Han Sheng surrendered to the Yan thief without fear of crime, as long as he supported it for several days, the Yan thief had no food and would withdraw his troops and leave.

Tian Pengzu thought to himself: "After the Yan thief landed, he still left the rope net here, because he was worried that he would not be able to conquer the city, so he returned according to the same route."

He was extremely upset and ordered the Wei army to light a torch and raise the fire to burn the entire rope net.

The flames swallowed up along the rope net, and the fire illuminated the entire sky and the sea in the dark.

Tian Pengzu snorted coldly and looked up and watched quietly.

The scout whispered: "Young Master, what should we do?"

He sighed and shook his head and said, "Huangxian can't go back. The Yan bandits have nearly 10,000 troops. In this situation, we are trapped in the middle, which is extremely difficult. If our army cannot regain Chengguan and the food and grass are not maintained, we can only withdraw our troops and return."

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Liaodong, Yan Palace.

When Gongsun Xiu heard that Yang Zuo had successfully attacked and occupied Huang County, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Ye County in Donglai County, Qingzhou, Huang County has been occupied by our army. As long as it takes longer, the lonely army who lacks food will not last long."

Deng Ai laughed and said seriously: "The letter said that Tian Yu's food and grass can be used for February. As long as Liu Zhi and Yang Zuo cannot stand firm, they echo each other. No matter how urgent Tian Yu attacked, he could not conquer it. As long as he withdrew his troops, the remaining counties could be easily taken between his palms and fingers."

Jia Fan held a file and stroked his beard and said, "If you get a county in Donglai, you will have a population of 200,000."

Gongsun Xiu couldn't help but exclaim: "So little?"

Jia Fan said seriously: "Men and others are just roughly inferring that the situation in other counties is unknown. You can refer to the population of Ye and Huang counties, and the entire county should also be around 200,000."

He was not very sure about this population. The file records found from Jia Fan were close to three million during the Shun Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Donglai County alone had a population of 480,000.

Although this is a population record a century ago, the several emperors after Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially Emperors Huan and Ling, were incompetent and incompetent, and sold official positions and titles, which greatly lost the people's hearts. Then, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which was most widely affected, Qingzhou was even more severely affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Due to the war, there were many people running from Qingzhou to other prefectures and counties.

In the third year of Chuping of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao, and the number of soldiers and family members had a population of more than one million.

Today, the estimated population is only 200,000, which is extremely short of population, which shows the horror of war.

Gongsun Xiu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Well, it's not too late to clear the population when Donglai County is defeated. As long as you seize the entire county, you can put one foot into the Wei State."

To achieve what Gongsun Du did to cross the sea and capture the county, this battle would be hundreds of times more difficult.

After all, the time period where Gongsun Du was in was in the war in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The princes were in charge of their own affairs and the situation was chaotic, which was suitable for fishing for troubled waters. All they earned was only a few counties in Donglai, and the scope of actual control power was limited.

The difficult battle in Qingzhou was finally finalized, and Gongsun Xiu also understood that under such a layout, there would be no problem in eroding Donglai County's strategic goal.

As time goes by, Gongsun Xiu estimated that Cao Shuang's army was about to arrive, and he sneered in his heart: "If Cao Shuang learns that Huang County is lost, he will be furious. Qingzhou lost the island chain and Huang County, and the food transport will be changed in the future. Not to mention that he will go around a big circle, it will be easily cut off by our army."

Of course, for Gongsun Xiu, there is one thing more important than the coming of Cao Shuang's army, that is, among the twenty-eight concubines in his harem, nine pregnant concubines will basically give birth within this month.
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