Yuan Tan ran back to Pingyuan County and wrote to Yuan Shao for help, especially to ask for the Hebei general, otherwise no one would be able to stop Hai's martial arts.

Bu Qiu also wrote to Zhang Liao and Gongsun Kang, explaining in detail the course of this battle. Zhang Liao issued a general order in Qingzhou to reward the officers and men of the three armies, such as Guan Hai, Zhang Shun, and You Junda.

Gongsun Kang wrote back to warn them: If you encounter Yan Liangwen Chou and other Hebei generals, you must not fight the generals! Their martial arts are not something that Guan Hai and Zhang Shun can resist, don't make senseless sacrifices!

A month later, Yuan Shao sent Zhang He to Yuan Tan. Zhang He also brought 20,000 elite soldiers from Jizhou.

Zhang He, the word is a person, and he is a native of Hejian. One of the four pillars of Hebei.

Zhang Herong was known for his skillful use of troops, good at arranging camps, and taking advantage of the terrain.

So Yuan Tan was very happy and gathered 30,000 horses again to attack Le'anguo.

Guan Hai wanted to fight again, but Bu Qi didn't allow it, and took out Gongsun Kang's letter to show him.

Guan Hai said: "The so-called Hebei general of the lord refers to Yan Liangwen and ugly. Zhang He is not counted. ”

So he took 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city to fight in formation, looking forward to fighting alone with Zhang He and trying the means of Hebei's four corridor pillars.

Zhang He did not fight with Guan Hai at all, he commanded the soldiers and horses, arranged the troops, and besieged the Guan Hai army layer by layer. Guan Hai led his troops to rush left and right, but they couldn't break through the encirclement of the Jizhou army.

In the end, Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoqi rushed out of the city with people and risked their lives to rescue Guan Hai.

Guan Hai was injured several times, and his whole body was wrapped like a zongzi, lying there humming and chirping.

And the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou were injured by more than 3,000 this time, all of them were elite soldiers.

After this defeat, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou resolutely defended the city. At the same time, Buqi released the pigeon and asked Zhang Liao for help.

Zhang He circled around Linji City several times, but he didn't find a place that could be used to get it.

The country of Le'an is all plains, and there is no river around. The trees within five miles of the city were also cut down by the Qingzhou army. Therefore, it can neither be attacked by water nor by fire.

He had no choice but to suggest: leave half of the men and horses to besiege the city and not attack, and the other half go to the county towns and towns to plunder, so as to disrupt the morale of the army in Linji City.

Yuan Tan happily followed his advice and left Zhang He besieged the city. He personally led people to the villages to plunder.

Le'an has jurisdiction over eight counties, so there are seven county seats and one county seat.

And those 7 county seats, each county now has 10,000 Qingzhou Tuntian soldiers stationed. In normal times, they farm around the county seat, and run back to the county seat as soon as they encounter an enemy situation.

As for the townships, they have been devastated by the Yellow Turban Army over the years. Where are the townships? The result of the two years of development of Le'an Country is only the restoration of a little place near the county seat. Some of the people who returned to their hometowns also ran into the county seat early.

So Yuan Tan didn't gain anything at all. I had to attack the county seat.

After a year of war preparations, the city walls of the county town were also built tall and strong, and they were reinforced with cement and red bricks.

Even if the siege ladder was made, the Jizhou soldiers could not climb it.

Yuan Tan was so angry that he gathered more than 10,000 people and horses scattered in Sixiang and personally commanded the siege.

He attacked the county town guarded by Ruan Xiaowu.

The Jizhou soldiers did not have catapults, nor bed crossbows, only dozens of siege ladders.

The soldiers carried ladders and charged forward, and the moat in this county town was not wide. You can run over the ladder as soon as you take it up the river.

Then I came across the bed crossbow. The crossbow arrows the thickness of iron spears passed through 7 or 8 people in a row before they plunged headlong into the ground. Ten bed crossbows killed more than 80 Jizhou soldiers in the first round of shooting.

Yuan Tan hurriedly shouted: "Spread out!" Don't huddle together. ”

The bows and arrows in the city also began to wash the ground, and the rain generally threw down, and pieces of Jizhou soldiers were shot.

The Jizhou soldiers also had bows and arrows, but they needed to shoot from the back, and their power was greatly reduced.

After paying the price of more than 1,000 dead and wounded, the Jizhou soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city wall, set up ladders, and began to climb.

Halfway up the climb, a few iron forks stretched out from the head of the city, pushing the ladder to it, and the Jizhou soldiers on it fell like raindrops, breaking their legs and hands.

There were hundreds of Jizhou soldiers pushing the wooden cart to hit the city gate. As soon as they arrived at the city gate, some clay pots were thrown down from the city. The clay pot shattered when it hit the ground, and some black, pungent liquid flowed from it.

Before the Jizhou soldiers could understand what these liquids were, they saw a torch thrown down from the city.

There was a bang, and the liquid on the ground caught fire. The hundreds of soldiers jumped and jumped, and they were all surrounded by fire.

Those who were lucky enough to run out of the fire circle were also covered in fire, screaming and screaming, and no one dared to approach them. Watch them burn to death.

The morale of the Jizhou soldiers plummeted, and everyone panicked. Issued shouts such as "Mom, run", they all fled back, and they didn't dare to attack the city again.

This was the first time that fire oil was used on the battlefield, and his deterrent power was exposed. Yuan Tan had no choice but to withdraw his troops and go back to join Zhang He.

After Zhang He heard Yuan Tan's attack on the county seat, he was silent for a long time. Then he said: "The county is so well prepared that it is difficult to attack. This should be the case in the county town, I'm afraid there will be more oil. ”

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "Then what should we do?" ”

"Siege for reinforcements!" Guo Tu said unhurriedly: "I don't believe that Zhang Liao will not send people to rescue."