When Wu Zhi returned to Changyi, Dong Zhaogang received news that Jiyang City had been destroyed and surrendered unjustly.

Wu Zhi was very grateful for his time. If he hesitated for a while and had left for a day, he might become a prisoner of Lu Fan. Whether he could escape depends on the will of heaven. If he survives the disaster, he will have good fortune. It seems that he will still have wealth and honor in the future.

Wu Zhi reported to Dong Zhao about the battle situation in Jiyang, especially the iron bomb shot from the stone thrower. The iron bomb broke through the building with one shot. The power of the sound like a huge thunder after landing left a deep impression on him. I still feel a little scared when I think about it these two days, and I always feel wet in my crotch.

Dong Zhao had already reminded Dong Jian that he knew the existence of the giant stone thrower. Now he heard what Wu Zhi said, although he was uneasy, his face did not show much surprise. Jiyang, the wrong words were all county towns, and the loss was expected. Ding Tao was very important, but Ding Tao had been blocked by Zhu Huan with cavalry. Dong Jian thought of many ways and wanted to send someone to the city to inform Li Jin, but they all returned in vain and dozens of warriors were saved.

It seems that Zhu Huan was prepared for a long time and was determined to use Ding Tao to test the power of the giant stone thrower to intimidate the Yanzhou family. After Ding Tao, Changyi was Changyi. Changyi was both the governor of Shanyang County and the governor of the state. Gains and losses had a great impact on people's morale and must be held on anyway. Whether Yanzhou can persist in Yuan Tan's support basically depends on how long Changyi can stay.

He had enough troops and saved enough food, so he was not afraid of Zhu Huan's siege. The only problem was the giant stone throwing machine. Although he didn't like Wu Zhi very much, Wu Zhi was able to escape from Jiyang during the critical survival and death. He was also wise and brave, and had witnessed the power of the giant stone throwing machine with his own eyes. It was rare and was a useful person.

Dong Zhao appointed Wu Zhi as the army and Xiangzang military affairs, and immediately asked him for the way to defend the city.

Wu Zhi was flattered. He had considered this issue on the road. At this moment, he saw Dong Zhao ask a question and without thinking, he suggested that Dong Zhao use the giant stone thrower to move inconveniently. He could only use the weakness of the tower ship and not being able to get ashore. He gave up the north gate near the water and retreated to the inner city.

Dong Zhao pondered silently. Wu Zhi's countermeasures cannot be said to be useless, but they cannot cure the symptoms. He led his troops to defend Yanzhou under the order of Yuan Tan, hid in the city and did not go out to fight, and waited for Zhu Huan to attack, which was already criticized. If he had to give up the outer city of Changyi and retreat to the inner city, it would be disappointing. The inner city has limited space and can only station part of the army and cannot accommodate the people. Could it be that the people surrender to Zhu Huan?

Besides, before Changyi, there was Dingtao, so he could not watch Dingtao be broken by Zhu Huan without saving it. The agreement between him and Li Jin was that Li Jin would defend the city, consume Zhu Huan's spirit, and then attack inside and outside, not that he would not be saved. Just based on Li Jin's own military strength, he could not defend Dingtao.

Wu Zhi paused for a moment and said, "General, Changyi is near the water, and the Jiangdong Navy is strong, which poses great threat to our army. Jiyang, Dingtao, and Changyi are all in this way. If you want to defend Yanzhou, you may have to choose another city far away from the water, which makes the Jiangdong Navy unable to perform."

Dong Zhao's eyes lit up and he looked Wu Zhi again. This reminder is very important. There are many water systems in Yanzhou, and many cities are built based on water. This is a good thing. It is conducive to ship transfer in normal times and to defend the city during wartime. Now the situation has changed. The Jiangdong Navy has an absolute advantage. It can use waterways to reduce the consumption of material transfer and transport heavy equipment, which is very unfavorable to the defender. If you want to offset the advantage of the Jiangdong Army, you should choose a city that is relatively far away from the water, so that at least the most threatening giant stone thrower cannot directly reach the city, posing a threat to the city gate.

"Which do you think is better?"

"In terms of defending Yanzhou, Zhencheng seems appropriate."

Dong Zhao laughed silently, walked to Wu Zhi and patted his shoulder. "The younger generation is terrifying. Boy, with your talent, how could you be nameless?"

Wu Zhi smiled and did not answer. The reason why he had no reputation in the village is that he was too young, and the other is that he was not in harmony with his seniors in the village and was independent, thinking that those people did not have real talents and knowledge, and those people were unwilling to pay attention to him and just thought that he did not exist.

"Zhencheng is a good choice, but you have to think carefully about how to go to Zhencheng."

Dong Zhao took back his hand and walked back and forth for two steps. He had a headache. Retreat to Zhencheng was not an easy task. The original plan was to defend Changyi and Dingtao county governments. Not only did they store a large amount of supplies, but they also placed the families of the county magistrates and county magistrates in the city. Now that if you want to retreat to Zhencheng, you have to find a way to transfer these supplies and people. Zhencheng is too far away and it takes too long, so Zhu Huan could not sit idly by and watch him retreat to Zhencheng, and field battles seemed inevitable. The troops on both sides were similar, but the combat power was quite apart, so he had no chance to win.

Dong Zhao stood in front of the map, looked back and forth twice, turned around and said to Wu Zhi, "Ji Chong, I want you to go to Dongping, do you dare to go?"

Wu Zhi thought for a while. "Is the general defeating Ji Ling and using Kang's father to stop Zhu Huan?"

Dong Zhao smiled and said, "Do Ji Chong think it is feasible?"

"Avoid the real and go to the virtual, make a sound from the east to attack the west, the general is very smart."

Dong Zhao sighed with regret. "We use troops to match the right way and win with surprise. Now our army cannot match the right way, but can only make surprises. This is a helpless move, so what can we say? Even if we have a plan for a while, it is just a delay. Ji Chong, the world is difficult, and it is the time when you are working hard for the young man, so you must not let down your talents."

"Thank you, General."

Kang's father is located east of Jinxiang, belonging to Rencheng Kingdom, and has always been under the control of Rencheng Tutor Ji Ling. Kang's father and Fanghe are the only way between the northeast of Yanzhou and Xuzhou. On the east side is Yishan and on the west side is Juyeze. There are several small hills in the middle, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack and can be used as a position. Ji Ling will naturally send troops to control it. However, after Ji Ling took over Jinxiang, Kang's father was already behind him, and his defense will be relatively relaxed. If the troops are enough and he can be unexpected, there is still a chance to win Kang's father.

Dong Zhao was not sure to face Zhu Huan head-on, but he was very confident in facing Ji Ling. Although Ji Ling ranked among the Ninth Supervisors, he had been in a relatively short position to surrender to Sun Ce, and his soldiers were not as elite as those of Lu Fan and others. Especially Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others were originally bandits of Mount Tai, and they retained more bandit styles. There was no problem in fighting a battle with the wind. If they really had to defend face to face, their combat effectiveness was not as good as the soldiers of Yuzhou County led by Man Chong, let alone the central army led by Zhu Huan.

Zhu Huan was in Dingtao, more than a hundred miles away from Changyi and more than two hundred miles away from Kangfu. If he could defeat Ji Ling quickly, even if Zhu Huan received the news, it would not be too late. If he defeated Ji Ling and occupied Kangfu, he could advance or retreat. He could stop Zhu Huan's army and allow materials and personnel to retreat calmly, or retreat to Dongping's capital Wuyan. Compared with Changyi, Wuyan is far away from the water, which can curb the advantages of giant stone throwers to a certain extent.

After discussing with Dong Zhao and Wu Zhi, Dong Jean led 10,000 Jizhou troops out of the city to fight Ji Ling, and then pretended to be defeated and led Ji Ling to Changyi. Wu Zhi rushed to Dongping and contacted Zhu Ling and asked Zhu Ling to send troops to support him. It would be best to seize Kang's father and cut off Ji Ling's retreat.

Dong Jen, Wu Zhi agreed and then took action separately.

After Ji Ling took over Jinxiang, he continued to help and won the East. Fang Yu won consecutive victories, with rich spoils and high morale. Sun Guan, Chang Xi and others felt that they were not satisfied and asked Ji Ling several times to continue to advance westward and attack Changyi.

Changyi is not only a county but also a prefecture. It has many household registrations. Dong Zhao also gathered a large number of aristocratic families as hostages to Changyi. These people must have soft and soft people with them. If Changyi can be defeated, the richness of the spoils is definitely not comparable to one or two county towns.

Ji Ling disagreed. There was money in Changyi City, but there were still soldiers in Changyi City. Dong Zhao had tens of thousands of elite Jizhou soldiers under his command, so they were definitely not able to win. Zhu Huan repeatedly ordered that they would join forces to attack Changyi after they took Dingtao. Now that Dingtao has not been sent, he attacked without authorization. If he suffered setbacks, he would be dealt with by military law.

Chang Xi and others disagreed with it, thinking that Ji Ling was timid. What is Zhu Huan? He was just an ordinary general in the Central Army of the King of Wu. Because he was from Jiangdong, he became the leader. He wanted to monopolize the great achievements and let Zhang Fen come from the west and snatch all the great achievements first, but asked us to be bait and restrain Dong Zhao. It was obvious that he was bullying us not the direct line.

Ji Ling was unmoved, and Chang Xi and others had no choice but to receive the news that Dong Je led his troops out of the city, they couldn't sit still and asked Ji Ling for battle again. Dong Je only had 10,000 people, and they took the initiative to attack us. We must retreat without fighting, right? If so, Dong Zhao left the city to reinforce Dingtao, wouldn't we disobey Zhu Huan's military order again?

Ji Ling also felt it was difficult to deal with, so he had to order a fight. Out of caution, he sent someone to report Zhu Huan to explain the situation so that Zhu Huan could prepare and avoid having time to react.

The two armies met on the north bank of the Ji River. Sun Guan and Changxi were in high morale and launched an attack first. Dong Fang was prepared and ordered the sword and shield hands and spearmen to hold the ground, and the powerful crossbow soldiers were stuck on both sides and shot with all their might. The dense rain of arrows jumped out of the formation and shot Sun Guan. Changxi couldn't raise his head, let alone attack. In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand soldiers fell in front of the formation.

Three consecutive attacks failed and suffered heavy losses. Sun Guan and others panicked and quickly asked Ji Ling for instructions.

Ji Ling was prepared for a long time. He ordered Sun Guan and Changxi to reorganize the formation, stabilize the position, and then send the central army with the strongest combat power to fight. Compared with Sun Guan and others who came from the Taishan bandits, the central army he led was not only well-trained, but also well-equipped, and had obviously higher combat power. After entering the battle, he quickly regained the initiative.

Seeing this, Dong Fang led his troops to retreat to Changyi according to the plan prepared in advance. Ji Ling did not intend to pursue him, but Sun Guan and others who suffered losses refused to give up and refused to give up. They insisted on asking for nothing, so they simply followed him with their own troops. When Ji Ling received the news, they had already chased him to Changyi and were caught by Dong Zhao who was ambushing here.

Zang Ba fell behind and learned that Sun Guan and Chang Feng were in trouble. He realized that he had fallen into a trap. His own troops could not rescue Sun Guan and others, unless Ji Ling came forward and asked Zhu Huan to send troops to reinforce him. He personally rushed to Ji Ling's central army camp, without saying a word, and knelt on the ground with a "thump"...
Chapter completed!