Two days later, according to Zhao Qian's arrangement, Xu Chu and Gao Shun led a group of soldiers and horses to continue to advance eastward to block the Runan Bridge.

And Zhao Qian took Zhang Fei and Ma Chao from Chen County to the south and went to Shang Cai.

Shangcai and Chen Jun were not far apart, and the news that Lei Bo's army was defeated by Zhao Qian had already reached Chen Ji's ears.

Then, the scout reported to Chen Ji again, and Zhao Qian led Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to attack Cai, which scared Chen Ji a lot.

Chen Ji is usually very timid, and he has never been a pioneer, so this time Yuan Shu arranged for him to cut off Zhao Qian's back road.

It's just that Yuan Shu's idea is too idealistic, or rather, Yuan Shu is too arrogant, and Zhao Qian doesn't need Chen Ji to cut off the back road at all, so he comes directly to Shang Cai.

At this time, Chen Jun Lei Bo had been defeated, and Shang Cai was exposed to Zhao Qian's attack, and now the only people who could ask for help were Qiao Rui in Runan and Yang Feng who could respond at any time.

So, while reinforcing Shang Cai's fortifications, Chen Ji sent sergeants to send letters to Qiao Rui and Yang Feng for help.

The battle between the two sides seemed to be on the verge of breaking out, but when Zhao Qian's army was approaching Cai Cheng, Chen Ji was closed.

So, Zhao Qian ordered the siege of the city, however, Chen Ji's army of 30,000 troops defended the city with all his might, and Zhao Qian returned in vain on the first day.

Although Zhao Qian's sergeants, under the leadership of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, fought bravely, the defense of the city was too tight, and there were almost no loopholes.

Although Zhao Qian had the help of the thunderbolt car, the other party had sufficient manpower, and the gap that was blown away by the thunderbolt car would not be repaired soon.

"This Chen Ji is really a coward, he really doesn't go out of the city to fight!" Zhang Fei came to the big tent and cursed in his mouth.

In this regard, Ma Chao deeply agreed, and the two led the army to attack the city for a day, but they did not receive any results, and they both felt a sense of frustration that could not be used.

As tiger generals at that time, the two were not afraid of encountering brave and fierce people on the battlefield, and they were afraid of encountering cowards like Chen Ji.

In the eyes of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, Chen Ji was like a turtle with a shrunken head, but it was an effective defense against Zhao Qian's attack.

Sometimes, that's it, the turtle shrinks its head and limbs into its shell, and it doesn't matter if you're a jackal or a tiger or a leopard.

Xun You sighed lightly and said, "That Chen Ji was originally cautious by nature, and now that he heard that Lei Bo was destroyed by the lord, of course he didn't dare to go out of the city to fight against our army. ”

Zhang Fei snorted coldly and said: "Big brother, tomorrow I and Meng Qi will attack the city again, and if you don't believe it, you can't attack it!" ”

Zhao Qian glanced at Zhang Fei and did not respond, if you look at the effect of today's siege, if you attack the city tomorrow, you may not be able to capture it.

"What does Gongda think?" Zhao Qian asked.

Xun You smiled and said: "General Yide and General Meng Qi are the tiger generals of the world, if you blindly focus on attacking the city, there is no city in the world that cannot be attacked, but the lord, in this way, the gains outweigh the losses!" ”

"Oh? Pay for one's whistle? Gongda, please. Zhao Qian said with a slight smile.

Xun You arched his hand towards Zhao Qian and the three of them, and said: "Now our army is a siege army, the art of war is cloudy, ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and to fight it if it is doubled, the enemy can divide it, if it is less, it can escape, and if it is not, it can be avoided." Now our army is 50,000 troops, and the 30,000 troops in Shangcai City, according to the art of war, can not be attacked. However, if you want to capture Shangcai, you will have to pay a lot of price, and you will have to hurt 1,000 enemies and 800 yourself. ”

Listening to Xun You's words, Zhao Qian, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao all nodded, just in today's siege battle, Zhao Qian's soldiers were killed and wounded nearly a thousand.

However, in the case of nearly 1,000 casualties, no effective results have been achieved, and if Shangcai is really captured, the casualties can be imagined.

Seeing that the three of them did not speak, Xun You continued: "The purpose of the lord's trip is Yuan Shu, not just a Shangcai City, if too many soldiers and horses are lost here, even if it is taken, what is the point?" ”

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "What Gongda said is extremely true, this time it was my fault, which caused the sergeant to die in vain. ”

"The Lord is serious." Xun You hurriedly said.

Zhang Fei felt quite impatient when he called Xun Youyi, but he also heard that his eldest brother was not ready to continue to attack Shang Cai.

"Big brother, how to deal with it next?" Zhang Fei asked.

Zhao Qian sighed lightly and said: "According to what Gongda said before, I looked for Shangcai's grain road, sent troops to intercept and kill the grain trucks, and cut off Shangcai's supply of grain and grass." ”

Xun You nodded, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao hugged their fists and said: "Big brother (lord), rest assured, we will not let a grain of grain be transported into Shangcai City." ”

"Go ahead!"

In Pingyu County, five miles to the west, in the Daping Mountain, a group of sergeants was moving forward with several carriages, and this group of men and horses was about two or three hundred people.

"Zhang Junhou, it's better to rest for a while, the brothers are tired." One of the sergeants in the team shouted.

"That's right, it's been almost a day since I left, so I'd better take a break."

The other sergeants also chimed in, and it was clear that they were indeed a little tired.

Zhang Junhou, who was in front of the team, looked up at the surrounding environment, and said loudly: "The terrain here is complicated, it is better to go there earlier, and now that the lord and Zhao Qian are at war, it is not a peaceful day." ”

When the other sergeants heard this, they looked bitter, and although they continued to march, their speed was obviously slowing down.

Zhang Junhou is not a fool, he immediately noticed the change in the team, frowned, and shouted: "This place is not far from Shangcai, speed up the march, don't delay, otherwise this army will be severely punished!" ”

Seeing that the military marquis was angry, these sergeants did not dare to slack off, and immediately raised the speed of the march again, and moved in the direction of Shangcai.

However, as soon as he had not gone far from the speed, Zhang Junhou shouted: "Stop!" ”

The sergeant in the back didn't know why, and thought that Zhang Junhou's conscience had found out and let them rest, but as soon as he stretched out his head to look forward, he was not only frightened.

I saw an army blocking the way ahead, I don't know how many people there were, but there were definitely more people than their food delivery team.

After all, Zhang Junhou was the leader of the first team, and he was bold, took a few steps forward, and shouted, "Who are you?" Why are you holding me back? ”

The first person snorted coldly and said: "I am Wang Shan, the commander of Zhang Fei, the Pavilion Marquis of Hanji County, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time!" ”

Zhang Junhou was taken aback, knowing that the other party was not good, and hurriedly shouted to the sergeant behind him: "Form a formation, protect the grain!" ”

Soon the grain transport soldiers formed a battle formation, during which Wang Shan did not attack, but gave them plenty of time to prepare.

It's just that even if Zhang Junhou formed a battle formation, he tragically found that he was not the enemy's opponent!