Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 469: Gongsun Zan's Chief Secretary - Guan Jing

Xun Chen received Yuan Shao's order and left the camp.

Early in the morning, he took people to select a thousand death warriors.

During the morning meeting, Yuan Shao asked Xun Chen to explain the siege strategy.

At dusk that day, Yuan Shao's army launched its first siege on Yijing - a feint attack.

An army of nearly 60,000 launched an attack with great force and momentum.

While the main army was attacking Yijing, a thousand death warriors boarded a small boat and went to sea from Zhangwu under the dim starlight.

The main force feinted for nearly half an hour, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and hastily evacuating.

On the city wall, Gongsun Zan led the garrison soldiers to inspect the fortifications.

Looking at the dead soldiers scattered around the city, Gongsun Zan frowned and said with a worried look: "Yuan Shao is coming with great momentum this time. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to survive."

Behind him, all the soldiers were silent and dared not speak.

A middle-aged scholar looked at the Yuan army camp outside the city, then looked down at the corpses under the city, and said to Gongsun Zan: "My lord, perhaps there is still hope."

Gongsun Zan and all the soldiers looked at the middle-aged scholar.

The middle-aged scholar was named Guan Jing, and he was the chief officer of Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan looked at Guan Jing suspiciously and asked, "What do you mean?"

Guan Jing pointed at the bodies under the city and said, "My lord and the generals, please estimate how many people died under the city?"

Gongsun Zan said: "Several hundred."

Guan Jing said: "Yuan Shao's army attacked the city just now, and they were all over the mountains and plains. I roughly counted and there are definitely no less than 50,000 of them."

"The siege was massive."

"After nearly half an hour of siege, the will to attack the city is not strong."

"After a few hundred soldiers died, they retreated."

"What does this mean?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

Gongsun Zan lost his patience and urged, "Hurry up and tell me."

Guan Jing pinched his beard and said, "This means that this siege is probably just a feint."

"If there is a feint, there must be some cover-up."

"Covering up what?"

"Yijing City has strong defenses and a large number of iron plates in the city wall. Yuan Shao's deputy Tian Feng led his troops to attack the city before and learned a lesson from us."

"Yuan Shao has countless capable officials under his command."

“They won’t make the same mistake twice.”

"Since it's not easy to take down Yi Jing head-on, we can only find another way."

Pointing to the east, Guan Jing said: "In fact, our Yijing is not completely unconquerable."

"Yuan Shao's army doesn't have to be stationed in the south of the city."

"Enter the sea from Zhangwu, take the sea route to Haiyang Port, and kill us from behind."

"I just want to ask, are the lord and the generals panicking?"

"Although the weather is very bad now, and marching at night is extremely dangerous, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out."

"However, it is precisely because we feel it is extremely dangerous that we did not send anyone to guard it, and this is precisely the way to survive in a desperate situation."

"Now that Yuan Shao's army cannot break the situation from the front, it is very likely that we can try this route."

"If we fail, it will only cost the lives of hundreds or thousands of people."

“If it succeeds, it will be worth it.”

Everyone looked very unhappy.

Gongsun Zan frowned and said hurriedly, "Then should we send people to Haiyang Port to stop them right away?"

Guan Jing shook his head.

Gongsun Zan was suspicious and asked, "Since we know that the enemy may take the risk and leave from here, why don't we stop them? Once the enemy lands here, they will attack us from both sides. What should we do?"

Guan Jing looked towards Yuan Shao's camp and said, "If we stop them now, the enemy will only lose a few hundred people, at most a few thousand."

"They will find other ways to attack." "Since you have calculated the enemy's possible marching strategy, why not take advantage of it?"

Looking at Gongsun Zan, Guan Jing said, "My lord, the sea route is too dangerous, and there is a possibility that we will discover you."

“Therefore, it is impossible for the enemy to send a large army through here.”

"Thousands of people died."

"It's unlikely that these thousands of people would be able to encircle and attack us."

"The most likely possibility is that they will use these thousands of people to burn, kill and loot our rear, so that we will mistakenly think that their army has descended from the sky and conquered our rear, and then attack us from both sides."

"By then, we will definitely panic and send a large army to encircle and suppress the enemy forces in the rear."

"Then, the pressure on us to defend the city head-on will double."

"If Yuan Shao's army attacks with all their might, it is not impossible for them to capture the city."

"In that case, let's let them come by sea."

"They are now immediately organizing civilians to come over, take up weapons, and pretend to be our soldiers."

"When Yuan Shao's army attacked the city again, we sent tens of thousands of civilians to our rear, as if to encircle and suppress the enemy troops that landed by sea."

"We only have less than 20% of our troops left on the city wall."

"Our main forces are all lurking at the exit of the city wall."

"When the city gates are breached, we will let the front and center armies go and intercept them from the middle."

"We have installed a lot of iron plates in the city wall. The space is too small. One man can block the way for ten thousand men. It is very useful for defending the city."

"But if we are besieged, this narrow gap will be a dilemma for the enemy, and it will be a road to death."

Gongsun Zan and the other soldiers became excited when they heard Guan Jing say this.

Gongsun Zan was so excited that he rubbed his hands and said to Guan Jing: "I will do whatever you say, Chief Secretary! If this is successful, we will counterattack Youzhou. Once Hebei is taken, you will be the first to achieve the credit!"

Guan Jing said: "Those are things to come later. The real thing is to make arrangements quickly now."

Gongsun Zan responded and ordered the army to immediately deploy according to the instructions of the Chief Secretary Guan Jing.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, after the morning meeting, Yuan Shao led his generals out of the camp and looked at the movement on the city wall.

Seeing that there was no unusual movement on the city wall, Yuan Shao was in a good mood.

It seems that the enemy did not notice his plan.

Thinking about the capture of Yijing this time, the formal unification of Hebei, and the elimination of Zhang Sui, Yuan Shao began to sing a ballad aloud.

Seeing Yuan Shao so happy, the generals started singing along.

Everyone looked very excited.

At dusk, Zhang Sui was confirming the formation of the 1,000-man "Chen Camp" with Gao Shun and Guo Jia, when someone suddenly shouted, "Wolf smoke! Wolf smoke is rising behind Yi Jing!"

Zhang Sui, Gao Shun and Guo Jia all looked over.

There really is a signal smoke signal!
This was the agreed signal mentioned by Xun Chen, one of Yuan Shao’s advisers at the morning meeting!

Another large army successfully reached the rear of the enemy in Yijing!
The entire Yuan Shao camp became excited.

However, no one took action immediately, but started to get ready.

According to the plan, after the wolf smoke rises for one stick of incense, they will wait for the defenders on the wall of Yijing to rush to the rescue, and then launch a full-scale siege on the city!

Zhang Sui and Gao Shun urgently reorganized their troops and prepared to assemble.

Seeing that the army had formed formations from all directions in Yuan Shao's camp, Guo Jia suddenly said, "Something feels wrong!"

Zhang Sui was about to go to the gathering, and when he heard what Guo Jia said, he asked curiously, "What did you find?"

Guo Jiadao: "It went so smoothly!"

"It went so smoothly that it made my scalp tingle."

“It feels like the other party is a fool.”

"I have never doubted the talent of military advisor Xun Chen, but Gongsun Zan is a local lord after all. How could it be possible that no one under his command could not see through this strategy?"

"If there is, there will definitely be some response."

(End of this chapter)