If any of Xu You's old friends saw him in Wuyuan City, they would definitely be shocked.
In just four or five days, Xu You's once black hair had turned half gray and half white, with almost no black hair left.
Sad! Regretful!
If the people outside the city were not Pingyuan Army, Xu You would have definitely opened the door and surrendered.
He is not an unparalleled, brave, generous and tragic man. For the so-called ideal in his heart, he can even kill the king and kill the king. Is there anything he can't do?
It's just that Lin Feng is different from others.
If there is anyone in this world who really has a deep hatred for Lin Feng, Xu You can definitely be ranked first.
The two consecutive plots against Lin Feng made Xu You completely enter Lin Feng's blacklist.
This time to attack Yuan Shao, all the plain generals received secret orders from Lin Feng. There was only one person in Yuan Shao's camp who had to be captured alive and brought to Lin Feng, and that person was Xu You.
Lin Feng wanted to see Xu You not because he wanted to see how evil this person was, but simply because he wanted Xu You to see how comfortable the person he once designed to frame was living now.
It's not that Lin Feng has any bad taste, it's that Xu You was disgusted in front of him and couldn't suppress the depressed feeling in his heart.
Of course, it is impossible for Xu You to know Lin Feng's secret order, but he is also a man of deep self-awareness. He has offended Lin Feng to death. Once he falls into Lin Jun's hands, even a happy death may be a luxury.
Xu You looked forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that Yuan Shao would bring the dawn of victory. Unfortunately, Yuan's army retreated steadily on the Hejian battlefield.
Before Wuyuan City was besieged, Xu You had already learned about the siege of Shuzhou and Wen'an.
After analysis, he came to the same conclusion as Guo Tu and others. Without external intervention, Yuan Shao was already in a situation of inevitable defeat.
But Xu You's thoughts were different from those of Guo Tu and Shen Pei. His eyes did not look to the north, but directly to the south.
In Xu You's opinion, the most threatening force to Lin Feng right now is Chen Liu's Cao A.
Xu You and Cao A'ao had a very close friendship at first, but unfortunately they parted ways because of their plot to assassinate Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Xu You's high opinion of Cao Dabailian is not out of more than ten years of friendship, but because he truly believes that only Cao Dabailian is the best candidate to deal with Lin Feng.
Therefore, before Wuyuan was besieged, Xu You wrote seven or eight letters to Cao Cao privately. Each letter had only one central idea, begging Cao Cao to send troops to Pingyuan. He only needed to capture Pingyuan City and defeat Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
If everything is in his hands, Cao Ah Man will surely become the only god who dominates this world.
But he didn't know where the problem was. Until Wuyuan City was surrounded by Lin Feng, Xu You couldn't wait for Cao Dabai's face-to-face response.
Wuyuan City had been besieged for seven or eight days. Xu You judged that Lin's army wanted to use the siege of Wuyuan City as bait to ambush Yuan Shao's reinforcements along the way.
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At this point, Xu You couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
At this time, Yuan Shao still had the power to assist Wu Yuan, unless he risked his life and personally led the Gaoyang garrison to find Lin Feng in a desperate fight.
While Xu You was speechless and crying and asking the sky, Lin Feng and Guo Jia were also busy outside Wuyuan City.
The biggest obstacle to attacking Wuyuan City is the two moats surrounding the city.
Lin Feng was still considering how many soldiers and horses he would need to send out before he could forcefully fill up the moat under the rain of arrows at the top of Wuyuan City. After all, this was the most orthodox way of fighting.
Guo Jia only made a half-circle around Wuyuan City, and then began to arrange his men to dig trenches in the east of the city.
After Guo Jia's prompting, Lin Feng quickly responded.
The terrain of the Central Plains has always been high in the west and low in the east. After Guo Jia ordered his people to dig a flood channel in the east of the city, he only needed to send a very small number of manpower to connect the flood channel with the moat, and easily drain out all the water in the moat.
River water.
Xu You stood on the city tower, looking at the lowering water level in the moat, and couldn't help but want to sigh.
It's not that he has no way to deal with Guo Jia's plan to drain his salary, the key is that he doesn't have enough strength at hand.
There were less than 10,000 troops in Wuyuan City. This army was Xu You's direct descendant, so there was no constraint on his command. However, Xu You did not dare to send troops out of the city because the gap in strength between the two sides was too large.
This time, Lin Feng led the Guards Battalion, the Guards Battalion and the Envoy Battalion to ascend first. There were a total of 20,000 men in the four major battalions. Chu Yan also led the 10,000 Black Mountain Battalion to accompany him.
Wuyuan City was tightly surrounded by 30,000 elite Lin troops.
Xu You knew that with the advantage of the city wall, he could still defend it for a while. If he sent troops out of the city to try to destroy Guo Jia's strategy of digging canals to divert water, he would inevitably have a head-on conflict with Lin's army.
Now that Lin Feng was known to the world for his bravery and skill in fighting, Xu You was unwilling to easily send his direct troops out of the city to die.
As the moat gradually dried up, the atmosphere in Wuyuan City became increasingly depressing.
Everyone in the city knew that Wuyuan City could no longer be defended.
It was the third day of August in the second year of Chuping.
Autumn tigers hide quietly, and the bleak autumn wind blows on people, already giving them a hint of coolness.
There is no water left in the two moats that surround the city outside Wuyuan City, leaving only river mud with cracks on the bottom.
Xu You looked at Lin's army, which was neatly lined up in bright armor, and secretly thought about how little time he had left in his life.
Lin Feng underground could vaguely see Xu You on the tower, but he had no desire to shout.
When dealing with a dying opponent, Lin Feng has no bad habit of adding insult to injury.
Looking up at the scorching sun rising into the sky, Lin Feng slowly raised his axe. Just as soon as he dropped the weapon, the eight thousand personal guard battalion behind him would attack Wuyuan City under the leadership of Pei Yuanshao.
At this tense moment, a sudden sound of horse hooves came from far and near, quickly running towards Lin Feng.
The sudden change made tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the city and below the city at a loss.
Xu You smiled brightly in the city. The change he had been waiting for finally happened.
Xu You didn't know what the change was, but he always felt that neither Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan, nor Gongsun Du would be willing to allow Lin Feng to become powerful.
As long as there is a chance, these people will kick Lin Feng desperately from behind.
At this time, I don’t know who kicked Lin Feng. It was obvious that the kick was not light.
The messenger who suddenly arrived had obviously run a long distance. His body was stained with dirt, and his face was stained with sweat and then dried up with scabs of dirt. The Pegasus came to Lin Feng and rolled his saddle and dismounted. His body could not stand straight.
As soon as he took a step, he fell to the ground.
Pei Wushao hurriedly ordered someone to pick up the messenger from the ground and help him to Lin Feng's horse with his arms raised.
Lin Feng leaned down on his horse and asked curiously: "Where did you come from? Could it be that the plains have changed?"
The messenger's voice was hoarse and his articulation was very unclear: "For your information, sir, I am under the command of General Yan Liang of Heishui camp. I have been entrusted by the general to report the military situation in Zhongshan for your lord."
"Zhongshan County?" Guo Jia's face darkened and he couldn't help but interjected.
The messenger took out the tightly wrapped sheepskin bag from his arms and handed it to Pei Yuanshao, who got off his horse and hurried over.
Pei Yuanshao turned around and handed the secret report to Lin Feng, and stood aside eagerly watching Lin Feng open the letter.
Lin Feng opened the secret report, glanced at it casually, and handed it to Guo Jia.
He looked down at the extremely anxious Pei Yuanshao and chuckled.
"Yuan Shao doesn't need to worry, it's just that Gongsun Zan wants to carry out the old plan of Spring and Autumn Period, besieging Zhongshan and hoping to break the siege of Hejian."
Pei Yuanshao shook his head. He didn't care about the changes in Zhongshan County. He finally had the opportunity to lead an army to attack the city by himself. He just wanted to get Lin Feng to give him a sure word as to whether or not Wuyuan City should be attacked.
Guo Jia hurriedly read the secret report and was about to speak when Lin Feng waved his hand at him.
"Yuan Shao, the time has come, let's attack the city with artillery!"
Pei Yuanshao suddenly beamed with joy. He clenched his fists and leaned over to accept the promise. He got on his horse and urged the guards to start attacking Wuyuan City.
Guo Jia helplessly looked at Pei Yuanshao, who was rushing into the battlefield with his horse flying, and said to Lin Feng with a wry smile: "My lord, Gongsun Zan sent a three-pronged army with 60,000 horses to attack Zhongshan County. General Yan Liang's old wounds have not healed, and the Black Mountain Camp was attacked by Chu again.
The general has brought half of them. If there are no reinforcements from outside, we may not be able to withstand the attack of the Youzhou Army."
It turns out that this military intelligence report from Yan Liang told Lin Feng some not-so-good news.
Youzhou Governor Baima General Gongsun Zan personally led the Chinese army, with Gongsun Yue as the vanguard, commanding seven generals and an army of 60,000. They bravely entered Zhongshan territory early yesterday morning, and their troops approached Guangchang City at the northernmost point of Zhongshan County.
The guard of Guangchang City immediately reported on flying horse to Yanliang, the Heishan Ying who was stationed in Wangdu City.
Regardless of his injuries, Yan Liang hurriedly led his troops north to meet the enemy, and quickly reported to Lin Feng.