Zhang Yi had originally finished his order and should leave after staying in Ji County for a few days.

But since Yuan Shao was temporarily ill because of the emperor's kindness, he was eager to complete the tasks given by the emperor, fulfill his position as General of the Cavalry and assist President Liu He in all matters in the six states, he of course was very enthusiastic about Zhang Yi for more than half a month.

Judging from Yuan Shao's attitude, he seemed to be saying, "Didn't Your Majesty say that he would actually be appointed as the General of the Cavalry if he destroyed Gongsun Zan? Then I'll have to stay for a few more days and see if I defeat the thief!"

At that time, Zhang Yi will take Gongsun Zan's head back directly, and Yuan Shao will be promoted from a new shogunate directly to prevent him from thinking about his debts.

After Yuan Shao strengthened his offensive, he obtained justice in the court, and Gongsun Zan quickly couldn't hold on.

On the one hand, with Zhang Yi's arrival, Yuan Shao would naturally have a lot of details about the Battle of Guanzhong and learn from Zhang Yi during casual chat.

After hearing Zhang Yi’s words, when Liu Bei broke the Chang’an City, he used a catapult cart and a new lookout tower and other siege techniques that were extraordinary. Yuan Shao would naturally imitate when he saw the virtuous.

Although it was not possible to build a counterweight catapult for a while, it was easy to increase the technical content of Yuan Shaojun's catapult to the level that surpassed the Thunderbolt chariots during the Battle of Guandu in history.

With the improved catapult car, the progress of attacking Yijinglou was accelerated accordingly.

On the other hand, after Yuan Shao strengthened his determination to attack quickly, his advisers were not vegetarians. Feng Ji offered a strategy to cave the ground, just like the original historical inertia, which made Yuan Shao's army invest a lot of manpower and material resources to engage in tunnel warfare.

The power of the Hebei military caves has been the highest in China for thousands of years. From the history of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao's Guandu to the tunnel war in the central Hebei Plain during the War of Resistance, it can be said to be a lineage.

The soft geology formed by the alluvial alluvial of the Hebei Plain is very suitable for low-cost excavation. At the same time, it is not as rich as the alluvial plains in the Yangtze River Basin in the south. If it is dug deep, it will not seep and collapse. Who made the Yellow River divert for thousands of years? After each divert, the alluvial plains rushing out of the old river are far away from the river and become dry and soft.

For Yuan Shaojun, whether to launch a tunnel war is just a matter of determination to invest material costs.

Yuan Shaojun spent more than 100,000 people to work hard, from far deeper than the depth of the trench dug by Gongsun Zan, bypassing the ten-story trench and digging the tunnel to the bottom of the rammed earth platform at the four corners of Yijing Building, while digging, he supported the top of the cave with wooden pillars.

After confirming that the ground was hollowed out, all the digging workers were evacuated, and a torch burned the wooden pillars. The four six-meter-high deputy station camps at the four corners of Yijing Building were completely sunk. The soldiers guarding the stage fell and fell from the stage and died countless people.

It can be seen from this that when countering tunnel warfare, the trenches were deeper than there were many. Gongsun Zan made ten-story shallow trenches in Jing, which was not as good as Cao Cao's deep trenches when he was Guandu.

However, even at this point, the ten-meter-high central main platform of Yijing Building has not collapsed. If Yuan Shao wants to engage in another tunnel war, he has to wait until the geology stabilizes again and continue to construct along the old tunnel that has been buried halfway. It still takes a long time, and the construction difficulty will increase greatly.

However, the main platform is solid and there is not enough space to store materials. Gongsun Zan's city guard supplies were all stored on the open space between the sub-desk and the main platform, and the grain arsenal was also built there.

The countertop outside collapsed too suddenly, and Gongsun Zan had no time to transfer materials. The so-called "ten years of valley accumulation" war potential was instantly shortened to only a few months left.

Yuan Shao didn't want to wait for several months. After pulling out the peripheral fortifications and surrendering a large number of Gongsun Zan's soldiers, he launched a life-saving attack.

All the catapults were put on, and the surrendered soldiers were taken in front as cannon fodder. At the same time, various propaganda and psychological offensives made the swearing players shout to Gongsun Zanjun:

"The emperor has been rescued from Hongnong, Li Jue was killed, and Gongsun Zan was decided by the emperor that he believed Li Jue and was in trouble, and he harmed the royal family and vassal kings. Those who surrendered were exempted from death, those who were obsessed with the thief will be punished severely after breaking the city."

Under such a fierce attack on the heart and the city, 90% of the food was taken away. Even though the main tower of Yijing Tower was ten feet high, soldiers still surrendered and released water every day.

...

On July 12th, on the 16th day when the Taifu Zhang Yi comforted Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, who was also a hero in the main building of Yijing Building, finally ushered in the end of his life.

Like a bloody sun, Gongsun Zan held a sword and leaned against the broken railing on the top floor, overlooking the fireworks around the earthen platform.

These incomplete parts were all broken by the gravel bags of the catapult cart.

"The attack of Yuan's family is like a god or a ghost; the sun is poor and the moon is empty, and there is nothing to do. Besides, there is a cowardly emperor who supports it. Hahaha, but my Gongsun Bogui is still alive! Who is?"

Gongsun Zan sometimes giggled wildly, sometimes generously and feeling generously, and seemed to be a little unnatural. Under neurasthenia, he became more and more sensitive to abnormal movements and sounds. When he heard footsteps behind him, he couldn't help but draw out his sword and turn around and be on guard.

The adviser Guan Jing was so scared that he trembled, and then bowed and signaled Wuji: "Don't be surprised, lord, it's me. For the sake of the present, lord should not praise or criticize too much, and he will lose his fighting spirit..."

Gongsun Zan smiled bitterly, but became a little open-minded and sighed: "Am I the kind of person who can't see life and death? Two years ago, when Liu Yu insisted on meeting me, I thought I was dead. I was not just dead under Yuan Shao's offensive.

If I don’t know whether it’s from a family or a connection, I only look at war, I may not be able to compete with Yuan Shao. It’s hard to predict that the despicable emperor in the court does not ask about justice, but only seeks to appease the princes and make me the enemy of the court. This is not a crime of war.”

When Gongsun Zan said this, Guan Jing obviously knew that he had already had a deep desire to die.

That's a comparison to Xiang Yu.

Although Gongsun Zan is definitely not qualified to be compared with Xiang Yu, he will die even if he dies. If he fantasizes himself, no one can stop him.

Guan Jing sighed without saying a word.

Gongsun Zan was excited for a while, and suddenly realized that Guan Jing must have something to report again, and it was probably bad news that it was unbearable to say it. But since Gongsun Zan was not afraid of death, his expression suddenly became open-minded: "Don't be frowning, say it, but who has surrendered to the enemy again?"

Guan Jing slaps his teeth and whispers: "Tian Kai guards the Taitung steps of Jingtai, and was besieged by Yuan Shao very quickly, and Xianjie surrenders."

Because tall rammed earth buildings like Beijing and Taiwan are solid, the key to the defense is not the "door" but the "stage".

There is only a door in the building, but there is no door in the platform. It is only a few meters long and ten meters high. The twists and turns of stone steps are climbed up. The stone steps are offered by the guards. The Beijing Platform is basically destroyed, leaving only the building on the top of the platform. Although there are no windows on the bottom floor of the building and only the iron door, it can't stand it for long.

In history, Tian Kai was the last general to die in the Battle of Yijing. Now, because he could not defeat him, he turned against the front line. The gap here is obviously because Gongsun Zan in this time and space is even less legal and legitimacy. Even the emperor announced that he was facing the enemy, so the generals had a step to surrender.

"Forget it, you'll surrender too." Gongsun Zan said, throwing the spear downstairs.

The sharp and heavy spear, coupled with Gongsun Zan's arm strength and the natural acceleration of the ten-meter drop, were of course extremely rapid.

The soldiers of Yuan Shao's army were rushing to the ground platform, shoulder to shoulder. Gongsun Zan didn't need to aim at this throw, and randomly stabbed a Yuan Shao's army's school to death. The unlucky guy was stabbed through the head of the helmet by a steel spear, penetrated his chest and back, and nailed to the ground.

Randomly stabbing an enemy officer to death made Gongsun Zan feel better before his death. He seemed to feel that the steel spear that had been with him for many years had not been lost in vain, and the end of his life was not so uncomfortable.

This is very consistent with what psychologists call the "peak-end law" - because of human forgetfulness, the experience of a consumption journey is only related to the peak and end value of this experience. Life is also a consumption journey.

Gongsun Zan smiled and pinched the sword, whistled back to kill his wife and daughter. When he passed by Guan Jing, he was still a little impatient: "Why haven't you left yet? Didn't you say you surrendered too? You are a scholar, and it's not that you advised me to kill Liu Yu, Yuan Shao wouldn't make things difficult for you."

Guan Jing smiled bitterly and said, "When the city was besieged last year, the general wanted to break through the siege and go to the grassland. Maybe there would be a chance to regroup. I advised the general not to abandon the army and flee, so as not to disperse people's hearts. Now people's hearts are still dispersed, but I am trapped in the general at the siege. A gentleman was trapped in the face of others and should stand up and share the burden, and I really have no face to surrender."

Gongsun Zan didn't say anything, patted Guan Jing on the shoulder: "Okay, it's up to you, it's all your reputation."

After saying that, Gongsun Zan rushed into the residence of his family without looking back. Then several screams from a woman came. Gongsun Zan's wife and daughter were killed by him in person to avoid being humiliated.

Then he took the oil lamp and poured it on the curtain, lit the entire floor with the burning curtain, and died in the fire in a moment.

The soldiers of Yuan Shao's army downstairs rushed up when they saw the fire and saw that the fire broke out. The personal soldiers of Gongsun Zan above looked at the fire on the top floor and knew that the lord was dead, so they did not resist.

Yuan Jun quickly rushed to the penultimate floor, and Guan Jing shouted with his sword: "Gongsun Zan has committed suicide, don't be humiliated by his body!"

However, his swordsmanship was not good. After stabbing two Yuan soldiers, he was killed by random swords. Yuan Jun found Gongsun Zan's body that had not been burnt, snatched the head, and sent it back to Yuan Shao to report the merits.

Yuan Shao was a little unhappy when he looked at the head of the hair and skin that was not burning black, but he still asked someone to modify it and put on a high-end and beautiful box, so that Zhang Yi could take him back to Hongnong for a job.

Zhang Yi also fulfilled the situation on the spot and immediately stated that His Majesty had already made a clear order and immediately appointed Yuan Shao as the General of the Cavalry, and that the mansion could be opened according to the ritual system today.

...

On July 13, as Zhang Yi was about to return to Hongnong, Yuan Shao also returned from Jixian south and sent Zhang Yi to Yecheng along the way - Gongsun Zan was completely destroyed, and Yuan Shao himself had no need to stay in Youzhou anymore, so he just left behind a main strategist, the chief and military supervisor Ju Su, who was the chief and military supervisor, to provide pensions to Youzhou.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao was preparing to open his general shogunate in Yecheng. How could he open his palace if he was not in a hurry to go back?

The group walked on the road for six or seven days, and arrived in Yecheng on July 20th. Yuan Shao held another grand banquet to see the angel off and sent Zhang Yi on the way.

However, unexpectedly, in the evening that day, the city gate of Yecheng was not closed, and another team of envoys under the banner of the Chang'an court came outside the south gate.

The guard thought he was confused. Could it be that Zhang Yi had pulled down something and returned?

When they got closer, someone handed over a letter of worship, and the soldiers and horses of Li Yang's guardian Chunyu Qiong, the Yecheng defenders realized that it was Yang Xiu, the envoy of King Liu Bei of Hanzhong.

The Yang family of Hongnong also had a marriage with the Yuan family. In Yang Biao's generation, there were three officials of four generations. Of course, the receptionist did not dare to neglect. He immediately introduced the inn to the receptionist and reported to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was slightly surprised after hearing this. He was hasty and many of his strategists had not returned to Yecheng. However, out of politeness among relatives, Yuan Shao held a banquet that night to entertain Yang Xiu, and only brought Guo Tuxin's judges and other lucky strategists to accompany him.

"I have met Mr. Yuan, and I am happy with Mr. Yuan. Congratulations to Mr. Yuan for finally defeating Gongsun Zan, achieving great achievements in fighting the thieves, and pacifying the six states."

At the banquet, Yang Xiu couldn't help but praise Yuan Shao's merits and boast about his recent achievements, which made Yuan Shao very happy.

"Tell me, Liu Bei sent you here this time, what's the point?" Yuan Shao blew his beard and gave Yang Xiu the conditions.
Chapter completed!