Zhang Xiu saw with his own eyes that nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses had gathered in Wu County, but he was not in a hurry at all, and still marched to Wu County step by step.

Finally set up camp in the north of Wu County, Zhang Xiu summoned Pei Yuanshao, the commander of the scouts, to ask about things.

Pei Yuanshao's current military rank is captain, but it is slightly lower than the rank of partial general. Because of the earliest defection to Zhang Xiu, he is also a member of Zhang Xiu's personal generals in the entire Zhang Xiu military system, and because of his military position, the relationship with Zhang Xiu is also quite close.

"At present, there are only 6,000 county soldiers guarding Wu County, and the rest are all Wu County's clan heroes and family warriors, and a small number of them are ranger swordsmen in Jiangdong."

"Half of these 6,000 county soldiers were temporarily recruited by Zhu Zhi from the counties near Wu County, and their combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the clan's powerful and powerful weapons. Although the clans are powerful and armed, they have their own masters, do not belong to each other, and their armor and equipment are also uneven. ”

"In general, Wu County looks difficult to fight, but in the eyes of the last general, it is just a little more rabble than when he attacked Qu'a."

Zhang Xiu nodded approvingly, indicating that he was quite satisfied with Pei Yuanshao's behavior as the commander of the scout.

I think that a year and a half ago, Pei Yuanshao was still a small bandit leader, with no more than 100 thieves under his command, and he couldn't see the county. After defecting to Zhang Xiu, he started from a small centurion, relying on his keen sense of smell and omnipotence in reconnaissance intelligence and information, step by step from Qu Chang, tooth general, and school inspector to Zhang Xiujun's scout commander, I have to say that I have grown a lot.

"How many powerful clan ranger forces are currently loyal to Zhu Zhi in Wu County, and where do they come from, can you find out these now?"

"The general should go all out for what the general orders!"

"At present, there are a total of 247 powerful clans of Wu County stationed in Wu County, and they are basically local clan heroes in Wu County, Wuxi, Lou County, Haiyan, Youquan, and Biling counties. Among them, about 126 people came to Wu County with their families, and the other 121 people only brought their subordinates by the leader. In addition, there are three larger ranger armies, and their combat power and armament are beyond the ordinary heroics, respectively from Zhenze, Youquan and Wuxi. ”

After listening to the news quietly, Zhang Xiu suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, which made Pei Yuanshao at a loss for a while, and finally lowered his head and secretly took out the bamboo slips hidden under his clothes and looked at them a few times, and finally said to himself: "I remember correctly!" ”

Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly, Zhang Xiu stared at Pei Yuanshao's eyes tightly and said: "Pei Yuanshao, you have been in our army for more than a year and a half, although I let you lead the army alone, but I have never let you lead the troops to fight head-on, do you have any ideas in your heart?" ”

Pei Yuanshao was a little shocked in his heart: "What does the general mean?" ”

Zhang Xiu knew that Pei Yuanshao would be wrong, so he patted Pei Yuanshao's shoulder armor and explained: "We can't solve the powerful clans who dragged their families and huddled in the city, but those who left their wives and children in their hometowns have to let them meet again before the big battle of life and death." ”

Zhang Xiu said this, and Pei Yuanshao instantly understood what Zhang Xiu meant. Born as a bandit, he did not have any dissatisfaction, rejection or resistance to what Zhang Xiu was about to take, on the contrary, Pei Yuanshao had long been fed up with Zhang Xiu's military order issued by him for no offense against Jiangdong Shiminqiu.

Walking on the street, there are often some Diao people who are stupid and loyal to the Sun family, often hiding in the crowd with vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, and throwing Zhang Xiu's soldiers. At the beginning, some grumpy sergeants pulled out the people and punished them. However, that night, these sergeants who participated in the incident were arrested by the military order law enforcement team set up by Zhang Xiu, and all of them were stripped of all their clothes and armor, and tied naked at the gate of the vegetable market, so that the people of the county could punish them in the early morning of the next day.

When encountering this kind of thing, Pei Yuanshao naturally couldn't bear it. However, the status is different from the past, so that today's Pei Yuanshao is still familiar with some righteousness. Naturally, it is clear that Zhang Xiu is not joking. And those Yongliang veterans who have been in the military for many years are naturally not all reckless, and they know when to restrain and when to be presumptuous.

But looking at the current situation, Pei Yuanshao also understood in an instant. Zhang Xiu couldn't bear it anymore.

Pei Yuanshao, who was calming down, immediately hugged his fists and received the order: "The general has a life, and he will not give up his death!" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded, and immediately took out the military talisman seal that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Pei Yuanshao: "Relying only on your scouts, it is not enough to succeed in Jiangdong, where dragons and tigers are dominant. This time, I will call the archers and cavalry under the command of General Cao and General Hu with you, and you must be clean and neat! ”

Pei Yuanshao took the two talismans engraved with foreign characters and solemnly said yes!

On that day, Zhang Xiu divided his troops into four routes, each with 5,000 horse infantry troops, and led an army to the south gate of Wu County to garrison. The other three generals were Song Xian, Tai Shici, and Hu Che'er, who were stationed at the east, west, and north gates respectively.

Seeing that Zhang Xiu's army under the city still divided its troops in a large way despite the inferior troops, the powerful leaders of the clans in the city laughed together. Although they didn't know how to march and fight, they knew that the siege could only be carried out by the besieging side, and the number of soldiers and horses on the besieging side must be several times that of the defending side.

Wu Jun Taishou Zhu Zhi was also unimpressed. If Zhang Xiu gathered forces on the side to force a breakthrough, Zhu Zhi would still have to worry about whether the army that he had put together with a patchwork of his subordinates would be able to resist it. But now that Zhang Xiu has divided all the troops and horses into four and attacked the city from all sides, Zhu Zhi's confidence in holding Wu County has greatly increased.

It's actually quite simple. After all, there can only be one or two thousand people standing on the city wall, and Zhang Xiujun can rely on their fierce combat power as the foundation, and then use the living force to rotate the siege of the city, and pay some price to squeeze the defenders out of the city. If Zhang Xiu's army is divided, it will inevitably cause a shortage of reserve soldiers to rotate the siege, and at this time, Zhu Zhi can rely on the superior forces to fight against Zhang Xiu, so as to hold Wu County.

Zhu Zhi, who chuckled in his heart and took a step to faint, was about to go down the city tower to go back to the Taishou Mansion to sleep well, but when he went down to the city tower again, he was stopped by a young man in military uniform.

The young man was also polite, first accused himself of recklessness, and then said impatiently: "My lord, Wu County is in danger!" ”

Zhu Zhi hadn't reacted yet, but the powerful leaders of the clans who followed him had changed their faces drastically, and even a big man with a meaty face shouted with a tiger face: "Where did the hairy boy come from, he dared to make a big deal of nonsense here!" ”

The young man was still eager, and said to Zhu Zhi: "Lord Taishou, the enemy army is besieging the city on all sides, and it seems to be reckless and presumptuous, but it is to cut off the livelihood of 100,000 soldiers in my Wu County!" ”

The big man with a face full of flesh and didn't know which family and surname the leader was seeing that the young man ignored him, he immediately became angry, and stepped forward to lift the young man and throw him aside. The young man in military uniform was lifted off the ground by the big man, but he was not flustered, and twisted the big man's wrist and elbow with both hands, and then he saw the big man scream, and the hand holding the young man let go.

The young man landed steadily, but the big man who shot was a pained expression.

Zhu Zhi saw that the young man in front of him was extraordinary, so he spoke to stop further conflicts between the two sides, but his tone was still not very kind: "You say everything, I want to see how dangerous the 100,000 soldiers and civilians of Wu County are in your mouth!" ”

The big man glared at the young man in military uniform with a look of resentment, but the young man who had been allowed by Zhu Zhi no longer looked at him. just stated to Zhu Zhi: "The enemy army is besieging the city on all sides, although the troops of each department are thin, but it is the eyes and ears of our army. After today, although Lord Taishou and the leaders are in the important places of Wujun County, they can no longer know the situation in each county, and what they see and hear will only be this ten-mile city! ”

Another unkind voice sounded next to him: "Do you think we don't know what you said, you are too clever!" ”

The young man held his breath and continued: "As far as I know, there are not a few cavalry under Zhang Xiu's command, and they often play a key decisive role in the war. However, in the siege, the role of these horsemen is not even as good as the last light soldiers, and the survival of Wu County is now related to the fall of the entire Jiangdong. ”

"You mean, Zhang Xiu not only divided the main army into four, but also sent out the most elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry Flying Bear Soldiers under his command?" Zhu Zhi asked coldly.

The young man in military uniform was about to answer, but a middle-aged man with a Confucian crown next to him teased: "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Flying Bear Army have distinct armor, and they are both heavy horses, if there is a large-scale operation, they will be inspected by our army city outpost." Dare to ask Lord Taishou, has our army ever heard the sound of thousands of troops stepping on the ground? ”

Zhu Zhi didn't answer, but a heavily armored general behind him said with a smile: "If you go back to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Xiu's army has a total of more than 1,000 heavy cavalry, all of which are under the supervision of our army's sentry guards, and no one has ever left Zhang Xiu's army camp with one horse. If you smuggle out of the camp at night, as long as you are more than ten horsemen, our army scouts outside the city can find out! ”

The general is Wu Junjun Sima, and what he said is true. Although the defenders of Wu County are weak, there are many people from the mountains and wilderness. These hunters, who have been crawling in the mountains and dense forests all year round, have a sense of smell, hearing and vision that far surpasses ordinary people, and their skills are also extremely sensitive. If it weren't for the small number of people, Zhu Zhi would have wanted these people to infiltrate Zhang Xiujun's back road to attack the grain road.

But right now, it's completely okay to let these people act as scouts, lurking near Zhang Xiu's military camp, and be responsible for listening to the military situation. The Xiliang horse is already big, and with the heavy armor of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry Flying Bear Army, even if the horse's hooves are wrapped in thick cloth, as long as it is a collective dispatch, you can hear it!

The young man in military uniform sighed lightly in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Taishou, under Zhang Xiu's command, there are more than two elite cavalry of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry Flying Bear Army!" The current situation is special, it is a matter of victory or defeat in the war, Zhang Xiu may be unable to bear it and send a Biao army to wash Wu County in blood! ”

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