The most arrogant in history

Chapter 227: Don’t want the city, want heads?

Because there are still 20,000 troops and 100,000 civilians in Yizhou City, and the food and grass can sustain it for a year.

Gongsun Zhang has plenty of money and can compete with Ye Kun in terms of food and fodder consumption.

Ten years ago, Chengdu was besieged by rebels for a year, but Gongsun Zhang finally turned the tide.

As a veteran coward, Gongsun Zhang is experienced.

He knew that for Ye Kun's 50,000-strong army, food supply was a big problem.

Once the food and grass are exhausted, Ye Kun will have no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Moreover, Gongsun Zhang also held on to the last glimmer of hope, hoping that the counties and prefectures of Yizhou would support him and collectively fight against Ye Kun.

As the attacker, Ye Kun was not afraid.

Because if we hold on for another month, the wheat will be ripe.

There is no food, and I can’t harvest wheat?

Shangguan Jifu also understood the current situation and discussed with Ye Kun in the big tent:

"Brother Dalang, we have been unable to conquer Chengdu, Luocheng and Mianzhu. What should we do?"

Zhuge Feng smiled and said, "General Shangguan, it has only been a few days since we besieged Chengdu and Luocheng. Logically speaking, our attack on Yizhou this time is already very fast. I thought it would take three years to conquer Yizhou, but I didn't expect that it would only take more than a month to reach the city of Chengdu. Even if Sun Wu was reborn, or Guan Zhong and Yue Yi were reborn, their military operations would not be much better than this!"

Shangguan Jifu laughed and said, "If it weren't for General Ye's cannons, thunder bombs, and pulley crossbows, it would really take three years to fight!"

During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei fought for three full years to capture Yizhou.

The defeat left Yizhou "starving and destitute", and the people were in unrest.

Ye Kun sighed and said, "If it takes three years to conquer it, I would rather not fight. It has only been more than a month since the troops were dispatched, and our army has suffered thousands of casualties, and thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yizhou have been killed and injured. It is really a sin."

Ye Kun really didn't want to kill more people, but since entering Yizhou, the troops that had stubbornly resisted were all Gongsun Zhang's loyal followers. If he didn't defeat these troops, he would not be able to hold Yizhou firmly in the future.

Shangguan Jifu said: "The best way to reduce casualties is to fight quickly and decisively. A short pain is worse than a long pain. The longer the war drags on, the more suffering the people will suffer."

Ye Kun agreed with this and asked the grain and fodder officer how much grain and fodder were left.

The grain officer replied, "There is about seven days' supply of grain and fodder left."

"Send a pigeon to urge the transportation of food and grass. They can be sent in batches, but not too much each time." Ye Kun opened the map and analyzed:

"The troops in Mianzhu are just watching and are not really helping Gongsun Zhang. If we take down one between Chengdu and Luocheng, Mianzhu will definitely surrender. Now think about it, should we attack Chengdu or Luocheng first?"

Wang Meng said: "Luocheng is small and easy to attack. After taking Luocheng, we will capture Gongsun Shangfei alive and threaten Gongsun Zhang! Gongsun Zhang can't give up his son, right? Chengdu is too big and difficult to attack!"

Chengdu is indeed too big. It is divided into an outer city and an inner city, and is extremely strong.

The ancient city of Chengdu is neither square nor round. It was built according to the terrain of the mountain. Its overall shape resembles a turtle, so it was also called Turtle City in ancient times.

The inner city is divided into the big city and the small city, with a total of eighteen city gates!

The eastern part of the inner city is the big city, where the prefectural government and offices of officials at all levels are located. It is the political center of Chengdu.

Shaocheng in the west means small city, which is the commercial and economic center of Chengdu.

It is said that there are more than 400 lv in Chengdu, which is an ancient urban residential area. With more than 400 residential areas, plus the garrison and merchants from all over the country, the population size is quite large.

If we move all the people from Ye Kun’s Dongba County, Pingye County and Xiping Mountain to Chengdu City, I think there will be enough room for them!

Chengdu is of such a large scale that it is second only to Chang'an, the Western Capital, and Luoyang, the Eastern Capital, during their heydays in history.

Wang Meng was also from a small place, so he didn't have much experience. The first time he saw a city as big as Chengdu, he was in awe and really didn't dare to fight!

Zhuge Feng shook his head: "It's hard to say. Gongsun Zhang has seven or eight sons. It's normal that he doesn't want his eldest son Gongsun Shangfei. In my opinion, we should concentrate our forces and attack Chengdu!"

The senior generals in the army argued endlessly and no conclusion was reached.

Ye Kun summarized everyone's analysis and made the final decision: "Concentrate our forces to attack Chengdu, and transfer most of the artillery and thunder bombs to Chengdu."

Shangguan Jifu nodded and said, "Starting tonight, use powerful crossbows to harass the soldiers and civilians in the city from all directions, making them tired and frightened!"

After reaching a resolution, everyone goes their separate ways.

Ye Kun ordered the setting up of catapults in various directions outside the city, and first fired a wave of homemade copper coins to launch a psychological warfare.

That night, the crossbowmen were divided into four teams and shot arrows into the city from different directions.

The pulley crossbow can throw missiles with a range of over 600 meters.

The chariot pulley crossbow can launch missiles over a thousand meters away.

If calculated by projectile, with the cooperation of all four sides, almost half of the entire Chengdu city is within the range of Ye Kun's crossbow.

On the first night, they only used powerful crossbows to shoot a total of three to five hundred arrows, which caused several shocks in the city of Chengdu overnight.

Because the arrows shot from the powerful crossbows broke the roof tiles, doors and windows, the common people were also afraid.

There were also some unlucky night patrol soldiers who were injured by stray arrows falling from the sky and screamed in agony.

The next morning, all the cannons and thunder bombs from Luocheng were transported to Chengdu.

Ye Kun was about to order an attack when a white flag was waved on the gate of Chengdu, shouting, "Stop attacking the city, the envoy from Chengdu wants to see you!"

Ye Kun ordered a pause in the attack and met with the envoy.

Unexpectedly, the envoy from Chengdu was still Han Chun.

The last time he was at Moxia Pass, Han Chun was released, and he traveled day and night back to Chengdu.

Arriving at Ye Kun's tent, Han Chun bowed and said:

"General Ye arrived so quickly. He dispatched his troops within a month and they were at the gates of Chengdu. The famous generals in ancient times were no more capable than him."

"Thank you for the compliment, Master Han."

Ye Kun smiled slightly: "When the two armies were fighting, Lord Han went out of the city as an envoy. I wonder if you have any advice for me?"

Han Chun rolled his eyes: "My lord, Gongsun Zhang, asks you to withdraw your troops. If you and Shangguan Jifu withdraw your troops, my lord is willing to give you gold and silver, and also cede Jiangzhou and Baidi City to you."

Ye Kun asked Han Chun to sit down and said with a smile: "Go back and tell Lord Gongsun that I don't want any city."

Han Chun frowned: "You don't want the city, do you want Lord Gongsun's head?"

"I don't want a head either. Moreover, I am willing to honor Gongsun Zhang as the Marquis of Shu and treat Gongsun's family and officials of all levels in Yizhou well." Ye Kun said sincerely:

"When I conquer the world and unify the country, I can also make Gongsun Zhang the emperor, and he will be powerful and noble."

Han Chun was stunned: "Aren't you talking nonsense? Do you want to submit to Lord Gongsun? Otherwise, you conquer the world and let Lord Gongsun be the emperor, what do you want?"

"Of course I have the conditions." Ye Kun shrugged and said with a smile:

"I can honor Gongsun Zhang as the Marquis of Shu, but I will be in charge of all military and political affairs in Yizhou. Lord Gongsun can enjoy peace forever, but he is not allowed to interfere in military and political affairs. In the future, it will be the same when Lord Gongsun becomes emperor. He only needs to eat, drink and play with his concubines every day. I will naturally worry about other things."