After deciding to face the battle, Yuan Yao and Yuan Yin and Chen Ying took 3,000 elite soldiers and horses under their command and marched towards Zhuyi County, Yuan Yao only had 3,000 elites under his command, and the marching speed was already fast, and in order to solve the battle as soon as possible, Yuan Yao ordered a rapid march, so they rushed to Zhuyi County in one day, and stepped into Zhuyi County.

After entering Zhuyi County, Yuan Yao asked Wei Yan to take over the defense of Zhuyi County, although Wei Yan is still very young, but under Yuan Yao's intentional training, he has already revealed a little grandeur, and the defense of this small county town is still difficult for him.

After taking over the defense of Zhuyi County, Yuan Yao also knew that the strength of Zhuyi County now exists, under Zhang Chao's onslaught, the current Zhuyi still has the strength to fight only about 2,000 soldiers, most of which are untrained young and strong. It's okay to defend the city with soldiers and horses, but it's really unrealistic for them to fight head-on with Zhang Chao's army.

However, Yuan Yao did not pin his hopes on the defenders of Zhuyi, his reliance has always been on the three thousand elites under his command, as long as the three thousand elite soldiers under his command do not have any problems, the result of this battle is not any suspense.

After coming to Zhuyi County, Yuan Yao did not take much rest, and directly ordered to prepare for a battle out of the city tomorrow to defeat Zhang Chao. Although Chen Ying was suspicious of this, Yuan Yao insisted on this, and Yuan Yin did not express any different opinions, and he could only agree with Yuan Yao's decision.

I only hope that tomorrow can really succeed in a battle, otherwise if it is defeated, then the situation of Peiguo is really very unfavorable, and it is possible that Zhang Chao will be able to win several cities under the power of victory, and even sweep the entire territory of Peiguo, in that case, he will be ashamed of the reuse of Yuan Shu.

But this time, the main general is Yuan Yao, and the formulator of the battle plan is also Yuan Yao, Chen Ying has no say in this matter, so he can only acquiesce.

After Yuan Yao and his entourage entered the county seat of Zhuyi, they went to the top of the city to observe the situation of Zhang Chao's army, and Zhang Chao also knew about the arrival of Yuan Yao's reinforcements along the way.

It was night, the moon and stars were scarce, and it was not a good time for a sneak attack, but Zhang Chao still strengthened the defense of the camp, and at the same time called his famous man Zang Hong to his big tent.

Zang Hong, the source of the word, is a native of Sheyang County, Guangling County, and his father Zang Min once served as the Taishou of Taiyuan. Zang Hong is a filial piety and incorruptible background, burly physique, majestic and strong, appointed as Guangling Gongcao, valued by Zhang Chao, Guangling County's administrative education, rewards and punishments and other things Zhang Chao is all handed over to Zang Hong to deal with, and Zang Hong also handled these things in an orderly manner, and was considered by Zhang Chao to be a stranger in the sea.

When the princes of the Eighteenth Road sour jujube alliance, it was Zang Hong's ascension to the altar and the blood oath, the tone was impassioned, the voice was full of emotion, and the tears were exchanged, which was inspiring.

The princes of the Eighteenth Road attacked Luoyang, the alliance collapsed, and when they dispersed, Zhang Chao returned to Guangling, and Zang Hong also returned to Guangling with Zhang Chao, this time Zhang Chao because Yuan Shu attacked his brother Chen Liutai to defend Zhang Miao and raised troops to attack Peiguo, in order to be safe, Zang Hong was also brought, as for the affairs of Guangling County, without Zang Hong, there would be no mistakes in a few months. Moreover, if Zang Hong was not by his side, Zhang Chao really did not have the confidence to achieve his goal by attacking Peiguo.

After Zang Hong came to Zhang Chao's big tent, Zhang Chao said to him: "Ziyuan, today's reinforcements from Yuan Shu have arrived in Zhuyi, but we haven't captured Zhuyi yet, how do you say this is good?" After today, I'm afraid that Zhuyi will be even more difficult to capture. ”

Zang Hong smiled when he heard this, and said to Zhang Chao: "Lord, if this is the case, then the humble duty should be congratulated to the lord." ”

Zhang Chao looked puzzled, this Yuan Shu's reinforcements arrived in Zhuyi, and the difficulty of their attack on Zhuyi has increased a lot, what is the joy of this?

"Ziyuan, what do you mean by that? What's the joy? ”

Zang Hong smiled and said, "Lord, why did you send troops to attack Peiguo this time?" ”

Zhang Chao showed a thoughtful look on his face when he heard this, and said, "Naturally, I want to send troops to force Yuan Shu to withdraw troops from Chenliu to relieve my brother's danger." ”

Zang Hong said: "Then this Yuan Shu has sent reinforcements to come, doesn't it mean that our plan has been effective, although this support army is unlikely to be sent by Yuan Shu who is now in Chenliu, but as long as we can thwart this support army, I don't believe that Yuan Shu can still sit still, and then he will inevitably lead the troops back to Yuzhou, and Chen Liu's danger will be solved." ”

Zhang Chao's eyes lit up when he heard this, what Zang Hong said is indeed very reasonable, doesn't the arrival of reinforcements from Yuan Shu's side mean that his actions have achieved initial results, as long as he can continue to maintain this momentum, then why worry about the danger of Chen Liu.

Zang Hong continued at this time: "And according to reliable information, Jingzhou Liu Biao has sent troops north to attack Nanyang, in the land of Nanyang, it can be said that it is like a bamboo, and Yuan Shu's army is almost powerless to fight back. ”

Zhang Chao nodded and said: "Ziyuan's words solve all kinds of doubts in my heart, and it is my Zhang Chao's greatest blessing to be able to get Ziyuan's effect in this life." ”

Zang Hong said modestly: "The lord praised it falsely, Hong just did his duty, not worth mentioning." At this time, Zang Hong suddenly changed his tone and said: "Lord, although the situation is very good, we can't underestimate the reinforcements of this Yuan Shu army, and we still have to arrange it well." ”

"Good!" After listening to Zang Hong's analysis, Zhang Chao laughed heartily and said: "In this way, tomorrow we will lead the army to attack the city, test how many reinforcements there are, and then make calculations." ”

When Zang Hong heard this, he felt that there was no problem, so he agreed.

Zang Hong is very used under Zhang Chao, and even Zhang Chao is obedient to Zang Hong, because Zhang Chao knows that his ability is far inferior to Zang Hong, and Zang Hong's character Zhang Chao is also trustworthy, so there is no need to worry that Zang Hong will betray himself and serve others, so the relationship between Zhang Chao and Zang Hong, the pair of lords and subordinates, is extremely harmonious.

What Zhang Chao and Zang Hong didn't know was that when they planned to attack Zhuyi County tomorrow to test the strength of Yuan Yao's reinforcements, Yuan Yao had already finalized the attack tomorrow to break through Zhang Chao's battalion in one battle and lay the foundation for the situation in Peiguo.

The difference between the two sides in judging and responding to the situation on this point will determine the outcome of this battle.