Grace Yue's Silent Strength: The Pillar of Henry Yuan's Guar Chapter 226

As soon as the fake food and grass arrived from Datong, Ethan Feng prepared to besiege the city in a big way.

He sent tens of thousands of troops to blockade Taiyuan's transportation fortress, stationed the main camp within five miles of the city, and built several outposts around the city. As long as the enemy was discovered in one place, the entire army could be quickly informed by command flags and beacons.

Besieging the city at this time would, firstly, make Taiyuan think that they were waiting for food and grass from Datong because they had not besieged the city for a long time, and now everything was ready; secondly, it would make a feint to the east and attack in the west, so that they would not expect the crisis in Rongyuanshan’s granary; thirdly, even if Rongyuanshan asked for help, the Taiyuan army would not dare to go out of the city to rescue easily.

However, Simon Yan guessed that as long as they surrounded the city, Shen Hexuan would most likely realize that the Rongyuanshan granary was fighting alone, and although it might be dangerous, he would try to notify the granary defenders to be prepared, and they would attack before the enemy had time to prepare.

It was just the beginning of autumn, the rainy season. On the third day of the siege, a drizzle began to fall. Although the rain was not heavy, it was sticky and continued all day without stopping, which was really annoying.