Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 116 Qian Zhao and Kong Rong

Zhang Sui watched the second lady Zhen Mi enter the tent, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, women are all born in the year of the dog.

What a sensitive nose!
Zhang Sui also returned to the tent and fell asleep.

I feel refreshed today.

He fell asleep quickly.

This day was the most comfortable sleep he had had since he graduated from college.

Zhang Sui got up early the next morning.

Madam is going back with the convoy.

The second son Zhen Yan, the second daughter Zhen Mi and eight hundred people of the Zhen family were also going to leave.

Zhang Sui brought a hundred people to see him off.

Outside the camp, the lady was already waiting with the convoy.

When she saw Zhang Sui coming out, the lady's pretty face couldn't help but blush.

Before this, she would never have thought that she would have her first time with this man in a place like this.

However, she felt a little guilty.

At this moment, they couldn't let other people find out that they had done it for the first time last night.

Turning her eyes away from Zhang Sui, the lady hurried to greet the second son Zhen Yan and the second daughter Zhen Mi.

After bringing the second lady Zhen Mi into the carriage, the lady lifted the curtain of the window and looked at Zhang Sui from afar, her brows full of tenderness.

Zhang Sui saw his wife looking at him and smiled at her.

The lady then reluctantly lowered the curtain.

The convoy and eight hundred people surrounded the carriages of the Madam, the Second Miss Zhen Mi, and the Second Master Zhen Rong as they left.

Zhang Sui watched his wife's carriage disappear from his sight before returning to the military camp with a hundred men.

Other people in the barracks also got up one after another and began to dismantle the tents.

As soon as the sun rose in the east, the army began its journey.

Another three days of journey passed.

At noon on the third day, the army arrived at Gaotang Port in Pingyuan County.

Officials from Gaotang Port had already come to greet them.

The leader was a man in his thirties with a handsome face and a tall figure.

The man greeted the eldest son Yuan Tan and the deputy driver Tian Feng in turn, and introduced the officials of Gaotang Port. Only then did he lead the army into the designated area to station there.

The army rested in Gaotang Port for seven days.

During these seven days, everyone gathered together during the day and, under the command of Deputy Commander Tian Feng, trained together on how to attack the city.

On the morning of the eighth day, the northwest wind blew and a drizzle fell from the sky.

The army was led by Qian Zhao, the commander of Gaotang Port, who led 3,000 navy soldiers and sailed with the wind to attack Linji Port.

There were only two thousand people defending Linji Port.

Moreover, the defense is sparse and poor.

The battle lasted less than an hour before it ended.

The defenders of Linji Port fled in panic and retreated directly back to Beihai County.

Qian Zhao led the army to seize Linji Port.

The eldest son Yuan Tan and his deputy Tian Feng led an army of 20,000 directly across the Yellow River and landed at Linji Port.

After landing, the army was divided into three groups.

Qian Zhao led 3,000 naval forces to continue to guard Linji Port to prevent Lu Bu's sneak attack.

Because, next to Linji Port is Taishan County of Yanzhou.

Taishan County is currently in the hands of Lu Bu.

At this time, Lu Bu and Jizhou were incompatible.

Two years ago, Lu Bu joined forces with Prime Minister Wang Yun to kill Dong Zhuo and took control of Chang'an, but was driven out by Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

Lu Bu chose to surrender to Yuan Shao in Jizhou and was accepted by Yuan Shao.

However, Lu Bu allowed his soldiers to burn, kill and loot in Jizhou, which offended many families in Jizhou.

These families complained to Yuan Shao, who then sent people to expel Lu Bu.

There were several conflicts during this period, and Yuan Shao even sent people to encircle and suppress Lu Bu, but Lu Bu escaped every time.

Just when Lü Bu had nowhere to go, Chen Gong, a native of Yanzhou, took advantage of the fact that Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, was avenging his father and massacring the people of Xuzhou, and joined forces with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and others to lure Lü Bu into Yanzhou.

Now, Cao Cao only occupied two counties in Yanzhou.

All other territories are under Lu Bu's control.

Now that Lü Bu had Yanzhou as his base, Tian Feng, the deputy driver, did not dare to expose Linji Port to Lü Bu's attack. When Qian Zhao led 3,000 troops to guard Linji Port to prevent Lü Bu's attack and cut off the return route of the 20,000 troops of the eldest son Yuan Tan, the eldest son Yuan Tan and Tian Feng, the deputy driver, each led 10,000 troops and went to encircle Ju County, the seat of Beihai County.

Zhang Sui followed Tian Feng.

The army had a smooth journey!
There was almost no resistance during this period.

The soldiers of Beihai County retreated all the way to Ju County, the seat of government.

It only took the eldest son Yuan Tan and his deputy Tian Feng half a month to meet up in Ju County, Beihai County.

The two armies were further divided into three armies.

The eldest son Yuan Tan led an army of 8,000 to besiege the west gate of the city.

A general named Han Meng led an army of 5,000 to besiege the east gate of the city.

The deputy driver Tian Feng led an army of 7,000 to besiege the south gate of the city.

The three armies were not in a hurry to attack, but were just training outside the city.

Ju County, the seat of Beihai County, accommodated all the troops of Beihai County, nearly 10,000 people.

The siege lasted for a month, and until winter began, Ju County did not launch a single counterattack!
According to intelligence, the city has run out of food and grass.

On December 19, when intelligence reported that Ju County had been running out of food and grass for seven days, Ju County finally responded.

Kong Rong, the Prime Minister of Beihai, led a group of officials to sit at the south gate of the city, drinking wine and chatting, showing an attitude that they did not take the army of Tian Feng, the deputy driver, seriously at all.

The eldest son Yuan Tan, the deputy driver Tian Feng, and the general Han Meng called all the generals together and made a decision: Kong Rong was bluffing. Tomorrow at noon, the army will attack the city from the south gate and try to take it down in one go! In this way, the deputy driver Tian Feng and most of the army can be withdrawn to Yecheng for rest before the three days.

The order was given and the three armies quickly gathered together.

The original east gate of the city was completely opened to leave a way out for the officials and people of Ju County and prevent them from being destroyed.

Only two thousand soldiers were left at the west gate of the city to prevent the enemy from breaking out.

The rest of the troops all gathered at the north gate of the city.

On the morning of December 20th of the first year of Xingping, 18,000 Yuan troops began to attack at the south gate of the city.

All the siege equipment was ready.

Kong Rong brought officials from Beihai County to defend the city!
There were originally nearly 10,000 troops in the city.

After last night, there are only less than 4,000 troops left in the city.

Last night, after learning that Yuan’s army at the north gate of the city had retreated, more than half of Ju County’s army fled the city.

Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong did not stop it.

He even made a promise to his soldiers: "Those who are willing to stay will stay, and those who are unwilling to stay, everyone has their own aspirations, and he will not force them."

At this moment, with an army of less than 4,000 and looking at the 18,000 troops outside the city, Kong Rong ordered the defenders to prepare for battle, while setting up a table on the city wall and drinking with several officials, looking calm and composed.

At noon, Yuan's army beat the war drums.

The catapults launched the attack first, suppressing the defenders on the city wall and preventing them from shooting arrows at will.

The infantry set up ladders and placed them over the moat.

Battering engines and siege ladders were pushed across the moat.

The siege vehicles continued to hit the city gate.

The siege ladders were placed on the moat.

As the war drums beat faster and faster, the sound of killing shook the sky.

Zhang Sui led a hundred men to protect the battering ram and hit the city gate.

Including Zhang Sui himself, the Zhen family has a total of fifteen sets of paper armor.

Except for the second son Zhen Yan, the second daughter Zhen Mi and Zhao Yun who each have a set, the rest of the paper armor are among these hundred people.

Twelve men wearing paper armor pushed the battering ram against the city gate despite the shooting of archers directly above the city gate.

In an instant, Zhang Sui and others were hit by dozens of arrows.

The members who were not wearing paper armor fell in a pool of blood.

Those who were wearing paper armor escaped the disaster.

Those arrows didn't penetrate the paper armor!
Perhaps it was because he had already experienced a bloody battle, this time Zhang Sui had no reaction in his heart when he saw the people falling down around him.

When the battering ram hit the city gate for the twentieth time, the gate was broken open.

There were not many defenders behind the city gate.

Less than a hundred people!
As soon as the city gate was broken open, the cavalry on the other side of the moat that had not yet attacked swarmed in.

Zhang Sui and others hurriedly made way.

As all the cavalrymen rushed into the city, Zhang Sui and others followed suit, roaring and charging in.

The city was filled with defenders who had been knocked unconscious by the cavalry and fell to the ground.

Zhang Sui and others rushed in, using their weapons to continuously strike back, reaping lives that were still alive.

(End of this chapter)