Before dusk, Su Zhe led more than 10,000 Soviet troops to kill, forced the city to be walled, and formed a threatening trend against Liyang City.

Yuan Shang was completely frightened, so he naturally did not dare to fight, so he could only watch the Soviet army go down.

Liyangdu had been captured, and the road to cross the river had been unimpeded, so Su Zhe sent people to the south to inform the follow-up army to cross the river as soon as possible to meet.

So, in less than four days, the follow-up army of more than 100,000 troops all crossed the river and completed the encirclement of Liyang City, enclosing this gateway to Hebei.

After the siege was over, Su Zhe launched several tentative attacks on Liyang City, but with little success.

After Yuan Shao fled back to Hebei, he was afraid of Su Zhe's invasion of the north, so he mobilized the people in advance to strengthen and build Liyang City, and it is not an exaggeration to call Liyang City the first strong city in Hebei.

After besieging the city for several days and losing more than 1,000 soldiers, Su Zhe decisively ordered to stop the attack.

The main camp of the Soviet army, within the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Duke Chu, this Liyang City is too strong, our thunderbolt car is bombarded, it's not even as good as tickling it, it's better for Chu Gong to use immortal arts, use thunderstorms and earthquakes or something, and collapse this Liyang City."

Huangfu Song followed Su Zhe early, and saw all kinds of miracles of Su Zhe's calling for wind and rain, and knew that Su Zhe had many ways to break the city.

Su Zhe shook his head: "This Liyang City is too strong, even if I call for wind and rain, it may not be able to break it." ”

At this time, Su Zhe no longer played tricks, and calmly admitted to the ministers that he knew what he called "immortal art".

The veteran Huang Zhong sighed: "Even the immortal art of the Duke of Chu can't be broken, it seems that we have to fight a protracted war, this is most likely Yuan Shao's intention, he wants to use Liyang to nail us to the Yellow River, and when our warriors are gone, he will lead a large army to fight us in a decisive battle." ”

Su Zhe nodded slightly, looked at Pang Tong, and asked for advice from his concubine.

Pang Tong smiled disapprovingly: "The battle is to this point, Yuan Shao must be desperately resisting, didn't we spend a few months with Yuan thief in Guandu, and now the offensive and defensive trend has been reversed, Yuan thief wants to consume with us, and it is also expected, he wants to consume, we will consume with him." ”

Su Zhe's heart shook slightly, and a wave of ambition suddenly burst into flames.

Pang Tong is right, Yuan Shaohao used to be the largest prince in the world, and he was not made of paper, how could he say that he could easily destroy it, a protracted war was inevitable, and sooner or later it would have to be fought.

Syllable!

Su Zhe patted the case a few times, and said happily: "Tong'er is right, this time I went north to Hebei, and I didn't plan to destroy Yuan Shao smoothly, he wants to fight with me for a long time and fight a war of attrition, then I will fight with him, I will see how much of his family can withstand the consumption with me!" ”

The decision was made, and Su Zhe then issued an order to completely stop the attack on Li Shicheng, and only ordered each general to set up camps on all sides of Liyang, dig trenches, and set up earthen walls to cut off any contact between Liyang and the outside world, and completely turn Liyang into an isolated city.

……

Hundreds of miles away, Yecheng.

In the lobby, Yuan Shao was listening to the latest information about all parts of the world.

In the direction of Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo seems to have gathered troops and horses, and has the intention of sending troops to the east.

In the direction of Jiangdong, Sun Ce is also regrouping his troops and horses, and I don't know whether he plans to attack Jingzhou or Huainan.

Obviously, these two princes who aspired to the world did not want to see him destroyed by Su Zhe, and they were ready to send troops.

Or, Dong and Sun didn't want to save him, they just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

However, for Yuan Shao, it didn't matter, as long as these two families could send troops to contain Su Zhe's forces, threaten the flank, and relieve the pressure he was under on the front, it would be enough.

"Dong Zhuo has 100,000 Xiliang iron horses, and Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, is also unstoppable, as long as these two families can send troops, the Su thief wants to swallow me Hebei, it's just a dream!" Guo Tu said with a smile.

Now that the situation has eased slightly, Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao was in a good mood, so he naturally dared to speak again to please Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was really in a good mood, his face looked much better, and his face was also a little arrogant.

After listening to what Guo Tu said, he snorted coldly: "Su thief, if you dare to offend my Hebei, I will let you also taste the taste of the Guandu fiasco." ”

In the lobby, the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant, and the haze that had shrouded the hearts of Hebei monarchs and ministers for a long time finally dissipated at this moment.

At this moment, the soldiers hurriedly rushed in and shouted in a trembling voice: "My lord, the third prince was defeated by the Su thieves in Liyang, and he has lost his ferry, and he is now retreating to Liyang, and he is being besieged by the Su thieves. ”

Click~~

A thunderbolt from the sky, when it thundered down in the air, it hit Yuan Shao's body violently in an instant, and the arrogance that had just emerged was instantly replaced by shock and astonishment.

The Hebei civil and military people under the stairs also changed color.

Even if it was a strategist of Yuan Tan's faction like Guo Tu, when they heard the news of Yuan Shang's defeat, they should have gloated, but now they were all panicking.

After all, if Su Zhe conquered Hebei, no matter which camp they were, they would all be wiped out with the Yuan family, which they didn't want to see anyway.

On the matter of defending Hebei, their position is the same.

Yuan Shao was shocked enough, and shouted urgently: "I gave Shang'er 30,000 soldiers and horses, how could he lose the Liyang ferry so quickly?" ”

The soldier said in a trembling voice: "The third prince said in the battle report that he originally planned to refuse to defend the ferry, but he was judged to see that the enemy's vanguard was few, so he had to persuade him to abandon the ferry first, let the Soviet army land, and then attack it halfway, who thought that the Su thief was cunning, sent cavalry to smuggle from the white horse, and killed our army by surprise, and the third prince was defeated in battle, so he was forced to abandon the ferry and retreat to Liyang City." ”

As he spoke, the soldiers presented the battle report.

Yuan Shao was angry and angry, snatched the battle report, read it carefully and carefully several times, his face was full of anger, and his face turned blue with anger.

Whoa—

Yuan Shao tore the battle report in his hand to shreds, and scolded: "What a match, I obviously told you to refuse to guard the ferry, you just think you are smart, you have to offer Shang'er some bad strategy, now it's good, you lost the ferry, let the army of Su thieves cross the river easily, and ruin my overall layout, you fool who thinks you are smart!" ”

The more Yuan Shao scolded, the more angry he became, and he was furious for a while, sat down with his butt down, and coughed loudly while holding his chest.

Seeing this, the civil and military officers on the left and right were all frightened and panicked, fearing that Yuan Shao would be so angry that he vomited blood and fell ill on the spot.

Xu You pulled the corner of Yuan Xi's sleeve and winked again and again.

Yuan Xi understood, hurriedly stepped forward, stroked Yuan Shao's back, and handed water, and continued to be relieved in his mouth.

Yuan Shao poured a few mouthfuls of water in a row, and only then did he barely calm down his anger.

At this time, Xu You took advantage of the situation and sighed: "I said earlier, although the third prince is brave, but after all, he is too young to hold his breath, if he is replaced by the second son, he will definitely not be bewitched by the trial, and he will definitely follow the explanation of the lord and strictly guard the ferry, how can the thief easily cross the river." ”

Of course, Xu You could see that Yuan Shang's war report was deliberately to let the black pot be judged and matched, so that he could shirk his responsibility, so Xu You wanted to push the responsibility back to Yuan Shang.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao really looked disappointed, and sighed: "Xi'er, I knew this was the case, and my father should really send you to guard Liyang." ”