Zhang Ji's cavalry, who were fortunate not to fall into the barracks, retreated into the barracks with a frightened expression, and the cavalry who charged and searched in the barracks also restrained their horses after the sudden change, and stood in the camp without daring to move, for fear that if they took another step forward, they would fall into the trap.

"General! My lord! We were ambushed, and the Xinhan army was so vicious that they actually laid traps in the barracks. ”

The general, who escaped the catastrophe, withdrew from the barracks with a pale face to report the situation in the barracks to Li Feng and Zhang Feng.

"See! This is what happens to you if you don't obey orders, and give the order to get the sergeants out and stop searching this barracks. ”

Zhang cover sank like water:

"Immediately gather the team and march towards Wancheng, although they can't see the actual situation here, but the screams in the barracks, they must have heard it, if we don't attack the city quickly, they will be prepared."

This vanguard cavalry army is actually only 10,000 military horses, and only a few thousand people and horses rushed into the barracks just now, and most of them are still outside the barracks and have no time to rush in. As for the sergeants who rushed into the barracks, although many of them fell into traps and died, after all, they were only a few, and the loss of sergeants was probably no more than a thousand, which did not affect their strength.

What Zhang Feng wants to think about now is to seize Wancheng as much as possible and make up for it with his military exploits, so as not to be punished for the unprovoked casualties of the sergeants.

Of course, he also felt that the Xinhan army was too damaged, leaving such a seemingly empty barracks, but it was secretly full of traps, allowing them to break in and die in vain. What especially annoyed him was that it was raining heavily, which made his sergeants lower their vigilance, and as soon as they saw the barracks, they wanted to go in to avoid the rain, so they caught the way of the New Han Army.

They didn't know that Mo Yuan was hiding in a barracks with Qin Jie at the moment. Looking at the chaos in the barracks, he is snickering.

This little trick was exactly what he came up with.

After Luoyang Feige passed the book and conveyed the alarm to Zhou Qing, the defender of Wancheng, Zhou Qing thought that their current strength was insufficient, an army of more than 20,000 people, and guarding Wancheng was just right, and the number of troops was neither too much nor too little.

Therefore, he ordered the army to withdraw to Wancheng and arrange defenses for the troops and horses guarding the various lines outside the city.

He gave an order to Mo Yuan, the guard of the recruit training camp, to set fire to this military camp. also withdrew to Wancheng to participate in the defense of the city. However, Mo Yuan wanted to set fire to the barracks, but he was a little reluctant. After all, this is a fixed barracks, and if it is destroyed now, it will be rebuilt in the future.

So. He thought about it for a while, and then sent a letter to Zhou Qing to mention yì. Use this military camp to plot against Zhang Ji. Let him suffer a little, and report his plan to Zhou Qing. When Zhou Qing heard this, he felt that Mo Yuan's idea was really good, anyway, the two armies were fighting with each other, and it was nothing to arrange a little trap in the barracks.

This is a large barracks. Zhang Ji's military horse is here, and it is estimated that it will definitely be occupied, so it will naturally be hit.

Zhou Qing agreed with Mo Yuan's idea and asked him to stay in the barracks for arrangement.

Hehe. This, in fact, is no wonder that the New Han Army is too damaged, because if Zhang Ji's cavalry is not ready to take this military camp for themselves and does not enter the barracks, then it will be fine.

No, they had already been recruited before they had found half of the barracks, and they had to give up the search and gather their horses to prepare for the siege.

The barracks were full of traps, and there seemed to be no one, whether it was Li Feng or Zhang Feng, they all felt that there was no need to search anymore. They didn't know that there was still a cavalry force of more than 2,000 people hidden in the current barracks.

If it weren't for the fact that the traps in the barracks also restricted the cavalry of the New Han Army, Qin Jie would have wanted to take this battalion of cavalry to lead the army to kill for a while when Zhang Ji's cavalry was in chaos just now.

Qin Jie was chased by this Zhang Ji cavalry for twenty or thirty miles, and he also saw that the number of this cavalry was about 10,000 people, and there was still a distance from the main army of Zhang Ji who was farther away. When they are in chaos, suddenly rush to kill them for a while, even if you can't completely defeat them, you can still expand a certain number of results.

Now, after this trouble, after Zhang Ji's cavalry is assembled, he will lose the opportunity to attack again.

Moreover, Zhang Ji's main cavalry is also about to arrive.

Qin Jie asked Mo Yuan to accept it when he saw it, if Zhang Ji's main army arrived, this trap in the barracks would not be able to stop Zhang Ji's search, and it would be dangerous for them to stay in the camp any longer.

In this way, Qin Jie and Mo Yuan, with their cavalry, quietly sneaked away from the other side of the barracks and retreated to Wancheng by a detour.

Now the heavy rain has not stopped, and the military camp is also a little heavy, so Qin Jie and Zhang Ji's cavalry are separated by a military camp, and they can't see each other, but when Qin Jie and Mo Yuan led people back to Wancheng, Zhang Ji's cavalry discovered Qin Jie's military horse.

When Li Feng and Zhang Feng saw that the horses of the New Han army had fled from the barracks and returned to the city, they knew that something was wrong, because in this way, the New Han army in Wancheng must have known the news that their cavalry had been killed, and they must have been ready to defend the city immediately.

Therefore, they didn't dare to think too much about it, and immediately ordered the sergeant to rush towards Wancheng.

But they were still too late, and when tens of thousands of cavalry troops rushed to the bottom of Wancheng, Qin Jie had already entered the city and closed the city gates.

The high wall of Wancheng City, the head of the city has been planted with flags, although it was wet by the rain and could not be waved with the wind, but it could also feel a solemn aura from the countless soldiers standing quietly on the head of the city.

At this time, Zhang Ji's cavalry attacked the city, and I was afraid that there was only one way to die.

Li Feng did not give up, and led the cavalry around the city until it was dark, and he failed to find the weakness that could attack the city.

This time, they all felt a little troublesome. The new Han army in Wancheng is already in full battle, how can they attack it?

You know, they are cavalry, and they don't have siege equipment, so they can't ride a war horse to storm the city gate, right?

Zhang Ji's original intention was to let them quickly kill Wancheng, and kill them into the city when the gate of Wancheng was wide open and it was too late to close the gate.

But this plan is no longer possible.

In fact, it is indeed not too easy to capture a city. Unless the defenders are unprepared and are successfully attacked by them.

Under normal circumstances, in normal times, the city will not always be equipped with military horses to guard the city. At most, there are military horses guarding the city gates, and there will be some soldiers patrolling the city. Only in times of war will military horses be sent to guard the city walls.

If Wancheng is unprepared, even if the suddenly attacking military horses do not enter the city through the city gate, they can climb up from the unguarded city wall to seize the city before the defenders have time to send soldiers to the head of the city to defend it.

Li Feng led the army around Wancheng, just to find the weak place of Wancheng and attack the city, but depending on the situation, Wancheng had already been on guard.

Zhang Ji is finally here. He came to Wancheng and looked at Wancheng for a long time, until the rain stopped and the sky was completely dark, and he ordered the sergeant to camp with a complicated expression. He retreated to the New Han army camp five miles away and ordered someone to destroy the trap in the barracks. led an army to live in.

When I was in Lushi County. Zhang Ji saw that the defenders of Lushi County had been prepared, and he had already thought that the defenders of Wancheng were also prepared, so he was not surprised to see that the New Han army in Wancheng was waiting for him. The reason why he had stared at Wancheng for so long was that he was making a decision. I was thinking about whether to storm Wancheng.

As for the little loss suffered by the Xinhan army barracks, he didn't take it to heart.

Zhang Ji knew that he had not officially fallen out with Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty now, but once he officially attacked Wancheng. That would be tantamount to challenging Lew. If he can capture Wancheng and get Liu Biao's support, he doesn't have to worry too much, but if he can't capture Wancheng and has no place to stay, in the face of the retaliation of the New Han Army, where will he go in the future?

This was indeed a very difficult choice for him.

Zhang Ji changed into dry clothes and summoned the generals to the big tent to discuss matters.

His nephew Zhang Xiu also arrived.

For Zhang Ji, he knew that he was afraid that he would be doomed in this life, so this nephew Zhang Xiu was his son, and what he did, except that he did have an uncontrollable hatred for Liu Yi, was actually mostly for Zhang Xiu's sake. Even if he can become a prince and lay down a piece of the country, in the future, it will be handed over to Zhang Xiu.

Now, I gave up the Lantian camp and came to Wancheng. Zhang Ji decided to leave the decision in the hands of Zhang Xiu.

For the first time, Zhang Ji also gave an explanation to the generals in front of his generals about the situation they were facing now.

Then he said:

"Xiu'er, generals, Zhang's ability to get to where he is today is all the result of your efforts. Now, we are faced with a very difficult choice. If we can take Wancheng, it is equivalent to having a solid foothold, and we don't have to worry about tearing our faces with the New Han Dynasty. If we fail, maybe none of us here will be able to live in peace in the future, and once we attack Wancheng, it will be tantamount to fighting with the New Han Dynasty. Everyone said, whether we fight or not, if we don't fight, what are we going to do now? ”

"Uncle, in fact, we all understand this. The New Han Dynasty is now a behemoth, beyond our current strength. However, my uncle was resolutely opposed to submitting to the New Han Dynasty, and it is unlikely that we would return to the New Han Dynasty, because the policies of the New Han Dynasty could not tolerate us. We are Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, except for a few such as Huaxiong and Xu Rong, which one can make Liu Yi tolerable? We also knew that in the New Han Army, for some soldiers who had committed crimes and had the blood of the people on their hands, they were absolutely punished with capital punishment. Haven't plundered anything? Their situation is tantamount to cutting off the door to our obedience. ”

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he said with a firm expression:

"So, do we have a choice? There was no other choice but World War I. ”

"Well......" Zhang Ji looked at Zhang Xiu with a little relief and nodded.

Zhang Xiu is not only excellent in martial arts, but also good at using his brain, he is relatively calm and composed, and his temperament is also very similar. Therefore, Zhang Ji sincerely regards Zhang Xiu as his own.

"Actually, we can vote for Liu Biao or Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, it's okay."

Zhang Ji thought about it and said.

"Uncle!"

Zhang Xiudao:

"In our current situation, there are 80,000 troops, no more, no less, no matter which force we turn to, they will not be able to accept us sincerely, even if they accept us, they will guard against us, and they will definitely not be reused, so I advise my uncle to die of this heart."

Zhang Xiujun's face was solemn, and he followed:

"Far away princes, let's not talk about it. Let's just say Liu Biao. With Liu Biao's person, if we vote for Liu Biao, will he dare to use us? Even if he dares to accept us and use us, it is estimated that we will still have to let us hold the towns within the route of the New Han army to Jingzhou for him. According to what my nephew saw, sooner or later, the New Han Army will have to seize Jingzhou, that is to say, Jingzhou Liu Biao and the New Han Army will have a battle sooner or later, and when the time comes, we will bear the brunt of the attack, which means that we will also have to fight with the New Han Army sooner or later. In this way, instead of being controlled by Liu Biao and being forced to fight with the New Han army, then we might as well take risks and desperately take Wancheng. ”

"Well said!"

When Zhang Ji heard this, he clapped his hands and said:

"Xiu'er has really made progress, and you can see the situation in Jingzhou in the future, you are right, unless we can go far to Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, otherwise, we will eventually have to fight with Liu Yi. Sooner or later, we have to fight, so why don't we gamble? Besides, it's not that we don't have a certain amount of capital, and if we can't win the powerful New Han army, can't we defeat their Yifu City? ”

"That's what Uncle said...... But. ”

Zhang Xiu said:

"Judging from our current situation, if we want to attack Xiawan City, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult, mainly because there is no siege equipment. It's all because when we came out of the Lantian camp, the secret passage was too difficult to walk, otherwise, we could move some siege equipment from the Lantian camp.

"Hehe, nephew, generals, as long as everyone unifies their minds and can work together to do one thing, we will not have no way to capture Wancheng, as for the siege equipment, we don't have to worry, it won't take three days, we will have a large number of siege equipment, maybe there will be a support army to help us."

"Oh? Uncle, are you saying that Liu Biao will help us? ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he said with a happy expression.

"That's natural, your uncle has already mastered Liu Biao's lifeline. Knowing what Liu Biao wanted, in the secret letter sent to Liu Biao by his uncle before, he had already reached an agreement with him. ”

Zhang Ji looked a little mysterious and said:

"Among them, Zhang thought that we might face the current situation, and asked Liu Biao to help, and when our army arrived in Wancheng, he would provide us with the necessary equipment for the siege. Now, it should have been sent to a place not far from Wancheng, just waiting for us to pick it up. ”

"Huh? That's great! ”

As soon as the general heard that there was a slope attacking machine, they were all overjoyed. (To be continued...... ）

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