Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 473 Betting on Gongsun Zan!

Yuan Shao and many generals cried for a while for those dead soldiers, and Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers to bury their heads with great honor.

Afterwards, Yuan Shao and many generals left and returned to their own residences.

Zhang Sui did not comfort Liu Bei.

He had no special feelings for Liu Bei.

I helped him a few times simply because I felt that in the late Han Dynasty, a gentleman like Liu Bei was still worth helping.

He couldn't do anything else.

Zhang Sui did not think he could defeat a heroic figure like Liu Bei.

Since you can't get the other party to help you, there's not much point in extending too many olive branches to him.

Zhang Sui returned to the tent.

Guo Jia, Zhao Tong, and a personal guard were playing Landlord.

Seeing Zhang Sui coming back, Zhao Tong was about to stand up and give him his seat.

Zhang Sui stood next to Guo Jia and waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry about me. Just have fun."

As Guo Jia played his cards, he said, "Mr. Shi has already lurked inside."

Zhang Sui was stunned for a moment and nodded.

To be honest, he didn't really want to kill Yuan Xi.

To be honest, this second uncle is not annoying at all.

But he had no choice.

Zhang Sui said in a low voice: "Just arrange it, I'm relieved."

Guo Jia saw that Zhang Sui was not in high spirits, so he did not continue the discussion. Instead, he asked, "Jizhou Mu gave you ten days to come up with a siege strategy. Does anyone else have any suggestions today?"

Zhang Sui shook his head and recounted what happened today.

Guo Jia frowned.

Ten days.

Now the day is over.

He had no idea how to take down Yi Jing.

The main reason is that Gongsun Zan has a lot of experience in defending cities.

It was also the first time he heard that someone had placed iron plates inside the city wall and the soldiers defending the city were hiding inside it.

On the one hand, the iron plate greatly reduced the space of the city wall, making it impossible for a large number of soldiers to pass through.

On the other hand, relying on the hardness of the iron plate, the soldiers defending the city almost achieved the advantage of "one man guarding the pass".

In this situation, even if the city gate was breached, it would take some time to enter the city.

While watching Guo Jia, Zhao Tong and others play cards, Zhang Sui also reviewed the history books he had read before traveling through time.

Suddenly, he looked somewhat excited.

According to historical records, Yuan Shao's method of conquering Yijing was to dig a tunnel directly to the bottom of the city wall, which prevented the defending soldiers on the city wall from climbing up and looking far away. As a result, they could not observe the enemy situation on a large scale, which was equivalent to covering one of a person's eyes.

Afterwards, Yuan Shao ordered his soldiers to continue digging tunnels into the city.

Gongsun Zan knew that if this continued, Yi Jing would be destroyed sooner or later and there would be no chance of a comeback, so he burned himself to death.

And now, the weather is getting colder.

Yuan Xi had said before that in less than half a month, that is, by mid-September, the weather would be so cold that even poured water would freeze. Pouring water on the land would form solid frozen soil.

This frozen soil...

Zhang Sui looked at Guo Jia and said, "Is it possible to dig a tunnel?"

Guo Jia looked at Zhang Sui in confusion.

Zhang Sui said, "Look, Fengxiao, the Second Young Master said before that the weather will get colder and watering can form frozen soil."

"Then the tunnel will not collapse easily."

"We will dig a few tunnels directly into the city, seize Yijing City, and then attack from both inside and outside the city, trapping Gongsun Zan's defenders between the city wall and the city wall."

"Without food and fodder between the city wall and the barbican, something bad is bound to happen."

When Guo Jia heard what Zhang Sui said, he stopped playing cards.

Putting the cards on the bed, Guo Jia pondered and said, "Anything else?" Zhang Sui said, "We can first dig a tunnel to the tower and destroy it, so that they can't climb up and see far, and can't observe the situation on our side--"

Guo Jia raised his hand, interrupting Zhang Sui and saying, "That's it."

"no need."

Guo Jia tapped his fingers on the quilt and was silent for a long time before continuing, "That's fine."

"The purpose of a tower is to look far and wide."

"But digging a tunnel would take too much time."

"Besides, many people will die."

"Jizhou Mu only gives you ten days. You don't have that much time to waste."

"Tomorrow you will find the governor of Jizhou and ask him to move the camp two miles forward, 200 steps to the moat."

“After that, have the soldiers mix the mud and water during the day, build a mud wall directly in front of the camp, and pour water at night.”

"Form our own strong walls."

"Build it high."

"This way, Gongsun Zan's garrison in the city will be blocked by our city walls and will not be able to observe the situation in our camp."

"And we can use this strong wall to observe the situation inside the city."

"Then make signs of building a large number of trebuchets on the city walls."

"It would scare Gongsun Zan's defenders to death."

"Then, urgently mobilize all kinds of ships, especially large ships, to transport them to Zhangwu, and mobilize 30,000 troops to make it clear that they are going to cross the sea from Zhangwu to Haiyang Port."

"In this case, Gongsun Zan will have no choice but to be led by the nose by us."

"We will have to dispatch a large number of soldiers to stop us at Haiyang Port."

"The number of defenders on the city walls will surely decrease."

"Then have the army raise dust from the rear to show that reinforcements have arrived."

"Gongsun Zan must be afraid!"

"He will certainly look ahead and behind."

"Whether it's the garrisons on the city walls or the garrisons at Haiyang Port, they must be there, and their numbers should not be too few."

"Most of the troops must move between the two places to prevent any unexpected events."

"It's absolutely dangerous."

"We may be able to break through whether from the front or from Haiyang Port."

"Under such circumstances, Gongsun Zan is likely to take a risk."

"We will spread rumors. We will dig tunnels from several places directly into the city to attack from both sides."

"Besides, the time is set at night."

"By then, Gongsun Zan will definitely send troops to attack."

"If it were me, I would send some troops to attack the soldiers digging the tunnels and wait for our army to come to help. Gongsun Zan would send out elite troops to intercept us!"

"Although there are risks, if they succeed and defeat our army and then defeat us head-on, the crisis in Yijing will be resolved."

"And we'll ambush the army behind."

"Once Gongsun Zan's elite troops come out, we will make sure they can never return!"

"If Gongsun Zan is in this elite force, we can accomplish our goal in one fell swoop."

"If he is not here, this elite force will be destroyed and Gongsun Zan will have no choice but to wait for death."

"For him, it's only a matter of time before the city is breached."

"The core of our strategy is that we have far more troops than Gongsun Zan, and we may even receive reinforcements."

"Once the mud wall is built, Gongsun Zan will not know our situation and will be hesitant and waver, and then make the wrong decision."

"Of course, if Gongsun Zan is exceptionally decisive and sees through this plot, he may also remain silent."

"But then again, he doesn't dare to be so decisive."

"At least, I don't dare."

(End of this chapter)