Seeing that Guan Yu was silent, Zhang Fei continued to ask: "Second brother, when will we attack the city?"

"Should wait a little longer." Guan Yu sighed softly and said, "No matter what, there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city. We should wait until the army of Anyang Hou arrived, and it will not be too late to attack the city."

"What, we have to wait until the army of Anyang Hou arrived before siegeing the city?" Zhang Fei suddenly glared when he heard Guan Yu say this: "Second brother, we should dispatch troops to attack the city as soon as possible. We can take Huangxian one day earlier, and we can return to Yecheng one day earlier to meet our elder brother."

When Guan Yu heard Zhang Fei say this, he turned his head to look at his simple-minded third brother, sighed and said, "Third brother, do you really think that we can return to Yecheng to meet our elder brother immediately after we have taken Qingzhou?"

"Didn't Anyang Hou agree to us that as long as we take Qingzhou, we will go to Yecheng to see our elder brother?" Zhang Fei couldn't help but be anxious when he heard Guan Yu say this, "Does he plan to go back on his word?"

"After Anyang Hou fulfilled his promise, after seizing the entire Qingzhou, let us go to Yecheng, do you think we can say a walk?" Guan Yu turned his head and pointed at the camp, saying, "Third brother, do you have the heart to abandon these brothers who share life and death behind you?"

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were at first helpless as the vanguards of Jizhou, after several months of running-in, they had feelings for the soldiers under their command. If they were really asked to leave the team and go to Yecheng to meet Liu Bei after pacifying Qingzhou, the soldiers would probably not be willing to leave.

"Second brother," Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at the soldiers walking around in the camp. The muscles on his face twitched violently, and then asked back: "Then tell me, what should we do next? Will we really fight with Anyang Hou Nanzheng for the rest of our lives?"

"If we want to leave, just say something to Anyang Hou. With his personality, we will definitely let the two of us leave." Guan Yu said helplessly: "But for several months, you and my brothers have been with these soldiers in the camp day and night. If Guan is asked to leave them, Guan is really reluctant to leave."

After standing side by side for a while, Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei: "Third brother, it's getting late, so you'd better go back and rest early. Tomorrow we will fight under the city. If we are willing to leave the city to meet the enemy, we won't have to send troops to attack the city."

The next morning, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops to the city to fight.

Gongsun Fan in the city heard Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led people to challenge him, and asked the generals standing in the hall, "Who dares to lead the troops to fight?"

Although the hall also had the confidants of Gongsun Fan, Sun Kang and Zhang Ji, after yesterday's battle, they had a clear understanding of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's strength, so they pretended not to hear Gongsun Fan's question. Chen Jiang and Yu had just come out of the prison and asked them to defend the city. But when it comes to going out to fight, they felt that they had not lived enough and there was no need to go out to die. No one in the hall spoke, and everyone was thinking about what they should do in order to avoid being sent to death by Gongsun Fan.

Seeing that the generals standing in the hall were silent after seeing that they were all silent, Gongsun Fan couldn't help but be angry. He turned his eyes to his confidant Sun Kang, and Zhang and Ji hoped that they could come out to set an example. Unexpectedly, the two turned their heads aside, as if they hadn't seen Gongsun Fan hinting at all.

Seeing that his subordinates did not speak, Gongsun Fan turned his attention to Chen Jiang again. Yu Ze. He asked Chen Jiang with a slight smile: "General Chen, I wonder if you are willing to lead your troops out of the city to meet the enemy?"

"Report to General Gongsun," Chen Jiang hurriedly refused when he heard that Gongsun Fan planned to send him out to die, "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are extremely brave, and no one can stop the guards in the city. No matter who sends out to meet the enemy, it is equivalent to letting the other party die. General Gongsun, I think we should still stay away from the door."

Seeing that Chen Jiang had clearly expressed his refusal to fight, Gongsun Fan had no choice but to ask his two confidants: "Sun Kang, Zhang Ji, since General Chen does not dare to fight, do you two dare to go out of the city to fight to the death with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?"

Neither Sun Kang nor Zhang Ji had any real skills, but he was just a person who was trying to change his mind. At this moment, he heard Gongsun Fan’s fortune plan to go out of the city to fight, and quickly waved his hand and said, “General Gongsun, no. Our army was defeated yesterday and his morale was low. He should not be able to stick to it at this moment. How can he go out of the city to meet the enemy?”

Seeing Chen Jiang, Yu was unwilling to go out to fight, and his confidants Sun Kang and Zhang Ji did not dare to go out to fight. Gongsun Fan could only sigh and stood up and walked back to the back hall. Seeing that Gongsun Fan had left, Sun Kang announced in an interrogative manner: "Everyone, there is nothing to do here, let's go back. The Jizhou army may start attacking Huangxian in the next two days. After everyone goes back, they must urge their subordinates to strengthen their defenses. Never let the Jizhou army rush into the city."

When Yu Ze followed Chen Jiang out of the prefect's mansion, he spat at the ground and said disdainfully: "What is Sun Kang? He dares to give orders on behalf of Gongsun Fan. I will kill him sooner or later..."

"Be careful, be careful." Although the assassin has left the prefect's mansion, Chen Jiang was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the ropes. He was worried that Gongsun Fan's spy would be hidden nearby. Once he heard Yu Ze's complaints, he might bring him a murder, so he quickly stopped him: "Be careful that there are ears in the walls. If you have any words, go to my mansion."

After the two arrived at Chen Jiang's mansion, Chen Jiang blamed Yu Ze: "Brother Yu Ze, you and I are both guilty, how can you say something casually on the street? Aren't you worried that Gongsun Fan would find another excuse to depose your military power again and put us in prison again? I felt it was necessary to remind you that if you and I were imprisoned again this time, it would not be so easy to think about it again."

"Brother Chen, Gongsun Fan ordered you to defend the south of the city and to guard the west of the city." Yu Ze looked at him and asked, "If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were all in their efforts to attack the city, do you think we can defend it?"

"I have visited the city walls in the south and west of the city." Chen Jiang shook his head and said, "There are not many wooden and rocks at all. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops to attack fiercely, we would not be able to defend them at all."

Although Yu Ze had been prepared for a long time, when he heard Chen Jiang say this, his heart sank suddenly: "Brother Chen, what should we do?"

"Immediately organize manpower to transport wooden stones and gray bottles to the city." Chen Jiang said helplessly: "If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and the others launched a fierce attack before we prepared enough equipment to defend the city, we could only use the lives of soldiers to block their attack."

"To defend the city, besides rolling wood and stones, bows and arrows are also essential." Yu Ze said angrily: "There are so many bows and arrows in the warehouse, but Gongsun Fanning can pile them up and be bitten by insects and rats, and we cannot use them. Isn't he going to use Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's hands to eradicate dissidents?"

"Brother Yuze, you're too worried." Chen Jiang explained to him about Yuze's concern: "Now half of the defenders in the city are in the hands of you and me. Although Gongsun Fan dares not offend us explicitly, it is still possible to give us some small actions in logistics supply. Since you said that you want to defend the city, bows and arrows are essential, then I will go to see Gongsun Fan tomorrow and ask him to allocate a batch of weapons to you and me. Only then can we be sure to resist the strong attack of Guan and Zhang."

"Brother Chen, I have an idea." Yu Ze said hesitantly after Chen Jiang finished speaking, "I don't know if it should be said or not?"

"Brother Yuze, you and me have a good relationship. If you have anything, just say it directly." Chen Jiang pointed to the sky, pointed to the earth and said, "What you said can be heard and heard. Only heaven and earth know you and me know you and I know, and no one will know you."

Hearing Chen Jiang’s statement, Yu knew that the other party would not report the news, so he plucked up his courage and said, “Since Gongsun Fan is unkind to us, we can also be unrighteous to him. I plan to order the soldiers to abandon the city and leave when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei attacked the city…”

"Don't be confused." Chen Jiang thought Yu would say something constructive, but he said such a bad idea to cut off the fire. He immediately criticized the other party and said, "When you do this, you can be so angry, but doing this will ruin your lord's foundation. You and I can escape by chance and escape back to Youzhou, but where can we still have the face to meet your lord?"

Chen Jiang's words were like enlightenment, which made Yu realize that he had thought the problem too simply. When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei conquered the city, he took his troops and left the city, which certainly allowed Gongsun Fan to be in danger and let himself breathe anger. But in this way, it was equivalent to sending Qingzhou to the Jizhou army completely. If he fled back to Youzhou, he had no face to see Gongsun Zan.

Yu Ze sighed and said to Chen Jiang helplessly: "Brother Chen, then you and I can only fight for your life. Here we are here with the Jizhou army? "

Chen Jiang stood up and said to Yu Ze: "The king's fortune is loyal to the king. Since you and I are both ministers of the Gongsun family, as long as the lord does not quit with Jizhou, we can only fight to the end. Since you and I don't have to go out of the city to fight, it is better to go to their respective defense areas to prepare for the rolling wood and stones to deal with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's siege."

"Brother Chen, in my opinion, Guan and Zhang will not attack the city before the arrival of the Jizhou army." Yu Ze said with a normal expression: "If they wanted to attack the city, they would have organized troops to attack the city from all directions, and they would not have gone to the city to fight in person."

"It makes sense." Hearing Yu Ze's analysis, Chen Jiang nodded and said, "Yesterday, Guan and Zhang Errén defeated Li Shao, and they could take advantage of the victory to attack the city, but they called out to withdraw their troops. Today, they did not send troops to attack the city, but they fought at the city. It seems that they have no plans to attack the city in the near future."

"Brother Chen," Although Yu had already confirmed that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would not attack the city for the time being, he still said with concern: "Gongsun Fan allocated all the city-guarding equipment such as rolling wood and stone to his subordinates, but we had very few hands. Tell me, what should we do?"

Chen Jiang thought for a while and replied: "When I went to inspect yesterday, the houses near the side of the city wall are almost empty. If you really can't find the wooden stones, it's better to demolish the house and use bricks and tiles to defend the city."

"What, demolish the house?" Chen Jiang's proposal shocked Yu Ze: "If the air gets cold today, what if we demolish the house and the people are homeless?"

"Brother Yu Ze, I can't take care of so many things now." Chen Jiang replied: "If we don't demolish these houses, where can we find so many wooden and rocks? If we want to defend the city, we can't defend it at all." After he said this, he saw that Yu Ze was still frowning and thinking, and added, "If you feel that you can't do it, let my people do these things. In the future, the people will scold me, let them scold me."

"What are you talking about Brother Chen?" Yu Ze was a little resistant to demolishing the houses of the people. At this moment, when he heard Chen Jiang say this, he suddenly burst into blood and said without hesitation: "You and I have always been together. How can I let Brother Chen bear this kind of infamous thing alone?"

Just as Chen Jiang and Yu took people to demolish the houses of the people, Guan Yu outside the city ordered people to cut down trees in the nearby woods. When Zhang Fei saw Guan Yu sending someone to cut down wood, he couldn't help but ask: "Second brother, didn't you say you won't attack the city for the time being? Why did you send so many people to cut down wood in the woods?"

"Third brother, although we will not attack the city for the time being, when the army of Anyang Hou arrived, we will still organize troops to launch a fierce attack on the city." Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei as usual: "I sent someone to the woods to cut down to prepare materials in advance. When the army of Anyang Hou arrived, we can use these materials to create siege equipment."

"So that's the case," Zhang Fei showed a sudden realization after hearing Guan Yu's explanation. He nodded and said, "The second brother said it makes sense. Although we will not attack the city for the time being, it does not mean that we do not want to take down this city. I will go back to the camp immediately and arrange for the soldiers to cut wood in the woods and prepare materials for the Anyang Hou's army to make siege equipment."

Just as Chen Jiang and Yu took people to demolish the houses of the people, Guan Yu outside the city ordered people to cut down trees in the nearby woods. When Zhang Fei saw Guan Yu sending someone to cut down wood, he couldn't help but ask: "Second brother, didn't you say you won't attack the city for the time being? Why did you send so many people to cut down wood in the woods?"

"Third brother, although we will not attack the city for the time being, when the army of Anyang Hou arrived, we will still organize troops to launch a fierce attack on the city." Guan Yu said to Zhang Fei as usual: "I sent someone to the woods to cut down to prepare materials in advance. When the army of Anyang Hou arrived, we can use these materials to create siege equipment."
Chapter completed!