Cao's army besieged Dongping for almost a month.

Xun Yu, Xiahou Yuan and others came to Cao Cao's tent every day to complain.

"Lord, Zhang Guang won't really take the war horse and armor given by the lord and run away, right?" As soon as Xiahou Yuan entered the camp tent, he began to babble.

"How do I know? Xun Yu, is there no news from the scouts sent out? "Cao Cao is also big-headed.

In the past few days, if it weren't for Zhang Guang's ointment for headaches, Xia Houyuan and others would have been annoyed.

"No, several groups of people have come back, and they have been looking around for news of Zhang Guang in Jinan and other places, but they have not received any news."

"Zhang Guang, what the hell is this guy doing? Often elusive! ”

"Lord, Zhang Guang must have run away, with the war horse and armor given by the lord, he can occupy a small place and be the king at will, how free and easy is his life?" Li Dian said.

"Yes, my lord, it's been almost a month, and our food and salary are not much, according to me, let's attack the city!" Xiahou Yuan has always advocated siege.

"It seems that you have to prepare, Xun Yu, you and Xiahou Yuan will go around outside Dongping City to see if there is any good way to attack the city."

Xun Yu and Xiahou Yuan left, and Cao Cao sighed alone in the tent.

"Zhang Guang, Zhang Guang, what are you doing?"

"Report!"

"Come in."

"Lord, I've found Zhang Guang."

"Really? Where is it? Cao Cao was excited, but he didn't care about his own image, and jumped and jumped in front of the scouts.

"On the way from Changshan to Jinan, there are thousands of people, followed by a long grain transportation team, as well as large weapons such as siege trucks and stone-throwing vehicles!"

"Tens of thousands? You read that right? ”

"Absolutely not, with the battle flag of the Ninth Army, and the banner of 'according to the emperor's order, crusade against the Yellow Turbans', all of them have war horses, and wherever they pass through, the garrisons from all over the country have taken the initiative to open the city to make way."

Tens of thousands?

Coupled with those recruited in Shouzhangcheng, Zhang Guang's subordinates will not exceed two thousand.

In just this period of time, where did he come from with nearly 10,000 people?

Cao Cao began to circle around the tent again, because he couldn't figure it out.

When Cao Cao couldn't figure it out, Zhang Guang looked at the large siege weapons and food team behind him, and couldn't close his mouth with joy.

He didn't expect Zhang Yan's family background to be so strong.

Tens of thousands of stone grain, those Montenegrin soldiers who didn't want to stay, all spent money to hire them, so that they could transport grain.

In the hidden place at the foot of the mountain, there are several stone-throwing vehicles and siege crossbow vehicles.

Although they are all bulky primitive weapons, in the Three Kingdoms, they are definitely siege weapons.

With these weapons, Zhang Guang will be confident that he will be able to make an "artillery" unit in the future.

With such a big camp, Zhang Guang no longer hid and began to show off his power all the way.

Pang Tong forged an edict from Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to worship Zhang Guang as the "life teacher" of the Han Dynasty in accordance with the edict of the Great Han Dynasty that he had seen it from Mr. Shui Jing.

and then forged an edict that the "life division" Zhang Guang led the Ninth Army to crusade against the remnants of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

The officers and men of the Ninth Army were strictly disciplined, neatly lined up, majestic and domineering, and two edicts made the garrisons along the way take the initiative to open the city to welcome guests.

Zhang Guang didn't want anything else, good iron and bronze tools, as many as he wanted, all in exchange for grain.

"Lord, food is the foundation of the army, why do you exchange grain for iron?"

Zhang Yan looked at the tens of thousands of stone grains that he had finally stored, and his heart ached.

"Food, it's gone, I can go to Cao Cao and the others to fool around."

"These fine iron and bronze tools are not easy to do, get them in your hands, and I will conjure them up for you in the future."

In Zhang Guang's mind, he had already begun to imagine that his subordinate soldiers were all equipped with crossbows, all of them were in excellent armor, and all the war horses were equipped with horseshoes and horseshoes.

The archers all have strong crossbows in their hands, the shields of the heavily armored soldiers are the strongest shields in the world, and the broadswords of the broadsword soldiers are the sharpest broadswords in the world.

"But, my lord, didn't you say that we were going to attack the remnants of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army? If there is no food, how can you fight? ”

"Haha, keep it, isn't there still a few thousand stones of grain? Enough, just the Yellow Turban Army, it will be done soon! ”

Zhang Guang was not wrong.

When he led tens of thousands of people to Jinan with great fanfare, he gathered many heroes who volunteered to go to crusade against the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army along the way.

When there were still dozens of miles away from Lingxian County, where Jinan was governed, Zhang Guang ordered to set up camp.

The nearby hills were all planted with the battle flags of the Ninth Army, eye-catching battle flags, which were particularly dazzling in the sun.

Cao Cao, who got the news, was happy.

It doesn't matter where he Zhang Guang fooled so many people, if he can help me take Qingzhou, just do it.

When Cao Cao was happy, Zhang Xiao and Guan Hai were stupid.

In the past few days, news has been coming to Dongping.

"Zhang Shuai, the Ninth Army, more than 20,000 people, the main general is Zhang Guang, the 'life division' of the Han Dynasty, is marching from Changshan to Jinan."

"Zhang Shuai, the Ninth Army is less than two hundred miles away from Lingxian County, and there are at least 50,000 troops in the mighty long line."

"Zhang Shuai, Zhang Guang's Ninth Army, is only a hundred miles away from Jinan Guoling County, and there are people everywhere, no less than 80,000 people!"

"Get out, get out of here, 20,000? Fifty thousand? Eighty thousand? Can't even count how many people there are? ”

Zhang Xiao dropped his wine glass and flipped the table.

Guan Hai, who originally had the talent of the main general, could not get accurate information about Zhang Guang, and he was powerless.

"Report, Zhang Shuai, there is an urgent report from Guan Cheng stationed in Jinan."

"Say!"

"Zhang Guang led tens of thousands of people, first cleared Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army in Changshan, and Zhang Yan led his subordinates to surrender."

"There are many troops along the road, and they are currently stationed in a valley thirty miles away from Ling County."

"There are people everywhere, definitely more than 100,000."

After listening to the scout who delivered the message, Zhang Xiao sat on the chair.

"Guan Hai, what should I do?"

"With an army of 100,000 troops, Guan Cheng can't prevent it no matter what, if Jinan Kingdom, Plains and other places are lost, we will fall into isolation and helplessness."

"What then?"

"Zhang Shuai, according to my plan, we must first find out how many people there are in the Ninth Army, if there are really more than 100,000 troops, we can only retreat north, and join the management and inheritance, and stick to Jinan Kingdom, Plain and Beihai Chunyu and other places where we have been rooted for many years, so that we can hope to stand with them for a long time."

"Don't figure it out, order to go down, go back to Ling County immediately, and rush to the aid of Guan Cheng!"

Zhang Xiao and Guan Hai gathered their troops and evacuated Dongping City overnight.

"Haha, Xun Yu, look, run away, Zhang Xiao ran away, haha!"

"Lord, that's your imperial breath, scaring them away!"

"Okay, okay, I know I'm good, but what's even more powerful is Zhang Guang, haha, Zhang Guang really does what he says!"

"Cut, a fortune teller, what's the big deal!" Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren and the others rolled their eyes there.

"Cao Ren, with you leading 5,000 people, defend Dongping!"

"Order!"

"Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, led the army to pursue and bit Zhang Xiao to death for me."

"Order!"

"Xun Yu, let's go, come with me to meet Zhang Guang, the master of the Great Han Dynasty!"