"General, what now, Captain Zuo is at the mercy of the enemy?" The guard next to him asked in a low voice to Zhang Chun.

"If you have the ability to bring him back, you can go, usually tell him to pay attention, there is no door to the mouth. Relying on his own ability not to take others seriously, now that the battle has not started, he will fold first. From now on, no one shall rush into the army without my orders. Zhang Chun said to everyone, then looked at it for a while and then turned to leave.

Gongsun Zhan, who was on the city wall, watched Tang Zheng leave and also went down the city wall, Tang Zheng returned to the camp and took out the information he had collected about Zhang Chun and looked at it.

At this time, Zhang Chao came in and said to Tang Zheng: "Son, Gongsun Chan and Jiang Chen are visiting. ”

"Well, let them in." Zhang Chao didn't hear Gongsun Zhan's voice from a long distance after a while,

"Brother Tang, what's the matter with you locking yourself in the tent." Tang Zheng got up and came to the tent and said to Gongsun Zhan, who was walking towards his big tent: "Brother Gongsun, Zhang Chun will not come to attack the city today, so the younger brother will come back first to see the introduction of Zhang Chun, the younger brother is worried that he is afraid that he will misestimate Zhang Chun if there is something missing." Tang Zheng led Gongsun Zan and Jiang Chen into the camp, this is Jiang Cheng said: "I don't know much about Zhang Chun, I only know that he is from Yuyang County and once served as the minister of Zhongshan. ”

"Zhang Chun this person I have roughly told you, today I will talk more detailed, Zhang Chun Yuyang people, once served as the minister of Zhongshan, in 182 Zhongshan King Liu Zhi died of illness, because Zhongshan King Liu Zhi has no heirs, so the imperial court in addition to the title of Zhongshan State reverted to Zhongshan County by Zhang Chun as Zhongshan Taishou, in 183 Zhang Wen Zhang Taiwei was ordered to crusade against the rebellion of Han Sui Bian Zhang and others, Zhang Taiwei recruited three thousand Wuhuan cavalry, Zhang Chun recommended himself to Zhang Taiwei as a general, but Zhang Taiwei did not agree, but made me to lead the three thousand Wuhuan cavalry, I think Zhang Chun may be disgruntled because of this incident. Later, because the imperial court owed the Wuhuan cavalry food, the Wuhuan cavalry rioted, at this time, Zhang Chun seized the opportunity to contact Zhang Ju, the former Taishan Taishou of the county, to incite the Wuhuan cavalry rebellion, and he also contacted the Wuhuan Lord Qiu Liju Wuqiao King Su Fuyan rebelled together, Zhang Chun claimed to be the general of Mitian, the king of stability, and Zhang Ju claimed to be the son of heaven. They also sent a document to the states and counties saying that they wanted to ask the officials of the states and counties to come out to meet them on behalf of the imperial court, Zhang Chun mainly made rebellion in Jizhou and Youzhou, and Wuhuan Captain Ji Chou, Youbeiping Taishou Liu Zheng, and Liaodong Taishouyang were also killed by him, so this time the imperial court heard that Zhang Chun led Wuhuan to commit the crime, so he ordered me to lead the troops to come. Gongsun Chan said.

Tang Zheng This is the first time that he has completely known the reasons and process of Zhang Chun's rebellion.

"After listening to Brother Gongsun, the odds of winning against Zhang Chun are a little bigger." Tang Zheng said, Gongsun Chan and Jiang Chen looked at Tang Zheng in unison.

Tang Zheng saw the two of them looking at him, so he said with a smile: "Listening to Brother Gongsun say this, Zhang Chun should be good at forbearance and be able to grasp the opportunity and be a little arrogant, as long as we can win a few battles in front, and then show a weak follow-up, this person will definitely attack in a big way, and then as long as we make proper arrangements, we will be able to deal a fatal blow to him, but all this has to be considered in the long run, but all this is based on the premise that we can hold the city and win a few battles, once we can't hold it, all this is in vain." Gongsun Zan and Jiang Chen also nodded slightly after hearing this, indicating that everything was subject to Tang Zheng's arrangement.

Then the three of them carefully agreed on some details, and discussed until it was almost time to eat, Tang Zheng left the two to eat together, and the two also said goodbye because they were in a hurry to go back to make arrangements.

The next day, Tang Zheng came to the city wall early in the morning, carefully checked the city defense equipment, everything was well prepared, Tang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and was about to go down the city wall, at this time there was a horn sound from the enemy camp opposite, Tang Zheng knew the signal of the army gathering at this time, which meant that the enemy was coming to attack the city.

After a while, Gongsun Chan and Jiang Chen also hurriedly walked to the city wall, Jiang Chen saw Tang Zheng on the city wall, so he asked him, "Did the horn sound sounded in the enemy camp on the opposite side just now?" Tang Zheng nodded, and Jiang Chen said again: "I thought I heard it wrong, but I saw the cavalry captain on the way here and realized that I heard it correctly." Tang Zheng comforted Jiang Chen when he saw Jiang Chen's sad face: "Lord Jiang doesn't need to panic, the enemy will definitely not be able to attack for a while and a half, Lord Jiang only needs to appease the people in the city, and the rest is for me and Brother Gongsun." ”

"Then everything will be left to Captain Qi and Tang Gongzi, I won't be able to help if I stay here, but it will add to the chaos, then I'll go down first." Tang Zheng and Gongsun Zan nodded and motioned for him to go down.

Jiang Chen bowed his hand to Tang Zheng and Gongsun Zhan, and then went down the city wall. At this time, Gongsun Zhan spoke: "What kind of trick does Brother Tang have? ”

"Brother Gongsun laughed, what kind of tricks does the younger brother have, defending the city is also the first time for the younger brother, and the younger brother can only see the moves." Gongsun Zhan looked at Tang Zheng and didn't speak, he didn't have much experience in defending the city, then Tang Zheng said: "Brother Gongsun, we still have to worry about defending the city, we just need to watch." ”

"Oh, is there any good candidate for Brother Tang?" Tang Zheng pointed to Wu Yifan and said to Gongsun Zhan: "This person, Brother Gongsun still knows him." Gongsun Chan nodded, he still has an impression of this person, what is it called Wu Yifan heard that he was a horse bandit in the past, but he was recruited by Tang Zheng later, but he was curious about how Tang Zheng would let the horse bandit come to guard the city, Gongsun Chan looked at Tang Zheng with a puzzled expression.

Tang Zheng smiled and said: "Brother Gongsun must be very curious why I used Brother Wu to defend the city, Brother Gongsun may not know that this Brother Wu used to be the general of Yamen who was stationed at the border pass to bluff Xi." (This military position is Cao Wei's first creation, borrow it here) "General Yamen, referred to as Ya General, although he is a miscellaneous general, but in the border pass, his status is equivalent to a county Taishou, and his status is higher than that of Tang Zheng now, but he doesn't understand why a Ya who guards the border pass for the imperial court will become a horse bandit, and he will also be recruited by Tang Zheng.

Gongsun Chan Tang Zheng looked at Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng also understood what Gongsun Chan thought, so he said: "Brother Wu's family was killed by the local squire when he was stationed at the border pass, and Brother Gongsun slashed the squire's family for the revenge of the tyrannical family, but the squire had already colluded with the government, and finally Brother Gongsun was considered by the government to be a rebellion. Tang Zheng simply said what happened to Wu Yifan.

Gongsun Zhan didn't know whether to lament Tang Zheng's good luck or the corruption of the imperial court. When Tang Zheng and Gongsun Chan were talking, the opposite side was also assembled, Zhang Chun raised 20,000 foot soldiers to attack the city, and the mighty men and horses pushed the ladder siege vehicle towards Xu Wu, Tang Zheng and Gongsun Chan couldn't help but feel numb when they looked at the dense army in front of them, and then Wu Yifan said to the soldiers on the city wall: "All the personnel, check their weapons, the archers check whether the arrows are sufficient, and the bed crossbowmen are ready." Launch at any time at my command. Wu Yifan arranged in an orderly manner, and Gongsun Zhan also said to Yan Gang beside him: "Order the cavalry to be ready, and let them go out of the city to fight once the city cannot be defended." Yan Gang took the order, turned around and went to arrange it first.

This Yan Gang Tang Zheng has also coveted it for a long time, when he borrowed someone from Gongsun Zhan, Tang Zheng's original goal was Yan Gang, although Yan Gang was not famous in the Three Kingdoms in later generations, but it is undeniable that Yan Gang is a rare general, although Yan Gang did not succeed, but it was also an unexpected joy to get acquainted with Zhao Yun.

Tang Zheng instructed Zhang Chao beside him: "Pass the order, let Cheng Mo and Han Dang be ready to attack at any time." Zhang Chao also walked towards the city.

"Archers ready, crossbowmen ready, listen to my orders." Wu Yifan shouted loudly, the archers wound their bows and arrows, and the crossbowmen were ready to activate the crossbows on the bed crossbow at any time.

Seeing that the enemy was still a hundred steps away from the city wall, Wu Yifan gave the order to release the arrows, and suddenly a rain of arrows poured out towards the enemy.

The enemy also expected this, and raised their shields one after another to resist the arrows from the sky. Seeing that the enemy's siege vehicles and ladders were getting closer and closer to the city wall, at this time, the crossbowmen who were impatient on the side also activated the bed crossbow, and the crossbow arrows with thick arms flew towards the enemy with the sound of breaking the air, Zhang Chun, who had seen it yesterday, couldn't help but feel frightened again when he watched it from a distance, only to see that the crossbow bolt did not stop because of resistance after shooting a person, but continued to move forward until it shot through six people, and the six people were strung together by the crossbow arrows like a sugar gourd.

At this time, the ladder was also smoothly erected on the city wall, the besieging soldiers scrambled to climb towards the city wall, and the rolling wood and hot oil on the city also poured out, the two sides came and went, one side desperately wanted to attack the city wall, one side desperately prevented the enemy from attacking the city wall, and occasionally a few people on the city wall were also killed by the soldiers of the Modao battalion.

The people in front fall and those in the back continue to keep up, this is the cruelty of war, it is not about who is right and who is wrong, but their positions are different.

Seeing that his soldiers sacrificed too much, Zhang Chun issued an order to collect the troops, at this time the enemy camp came from the sound of the horn, and the soldiers who were besieging the city also began to retreat after hearing the horn, Gongsun Chan also heard the horn, and immediately ordered someone to open the city gate and led three thousand cavalry to rush to the enemy.

After two hours of fighting, Tang Zheng lost not many manpower, but the consumption of bows and crossbows and city defense equipment was a bit large, and he didn't know if he could still hold Xu Wu after a few more times like this.

Tang Zheng looked at the soldiers who were busy cleaning the battlefield outside the city, and couldn't help but read out Cao Song's famous sentence with emotion: "The Han Dynasty has entered the battle map, and the people have a plan to be happy." Relying on the king's words to seal the marquis, it will be a success. ”

"It's a good one, but Brother Tang, you are also the one who leads the troops to fight, don't you feel a pain in your face when you read such verses?" As soon as Tang Zheng finished reading, he was heard by Gongsun Zhan, who was walking on the city wall, so Gongsun Zhan spoke.

"Unexpectedly, Brother Tang is not only powerful in war, but also brilliant in writing, admirable and admired." Looking at Gongsun Zhan's smiling expression, Tang Zheng knew that his dispatch to pursue the enemy should have a good effect, but he didn't look at him with a smile on his face, and almost wrote the words "I am very happy" on his face.

"It seems that Brother Gongsun has killed a lot of enemies in this battle, otherwise Brother Gongsun would not be so happy." Tang Zheng said with a smile.

"Brother Tang wrote poems, isn't this laughing at me? I was also complacent about destroying thousands of enemies, and in the eyes of Brother Tang, I became a person of great joy. But Brother Tang is not suspected of covering his ears and stealing the bell, don't forget that you are also the one who leads the troops to fight. ”

"Okay, Brother Gongsun, that's just a joke of the younger brother, don't worry about Brother Gongsun, how about this battle?"

"Hahaha, I haven't been so happy for a long time, I have been pursuing until there is still a mile away from Zhang Chun's camp, if it weren't for the fear of delaying Brother Tang's plan, I would have been able to chisel through the enemy's camp, and the enemy was killed in this battle by five thousand, and now he Zhang Chun suffered." Zhang Chun couldn't have imagined that he had lost 7,000 men in a tentative attack, and the siege had not lost much, but when he retreated, he was killed by Gongsun Zhan 5,000 people.

This time, Zhang Chun hated Gongsun Zan even more.