After Yang Xiu led the army away, Zhang Liao summoned all the thousands of soldiers who had been used as bait in the depression and set up an ambush in the dense forest with him, he believed that Liu Feng would definitely plot these weapons, which was not only Zhang Liao's judgment of the situation as a general who had been marching for many years, but also the result of his analysis of Liu Feng's actions.

Although the soldiers were tired, Zhang Liao was in good spirits, and finally, more than an hour after Yang Xiu led the army to leave, there seemed to be a little fire in the distance to the west, although it was faint, but it was difficult to escape Zhang Liao's falcon-like eyes, he called one of his own guards, and after some advice in his ear, the guard turned over and looked in the direction that seemed to have fire.

After a while, the sergeant returned with excitement on his face, and before he reached Zhang Liao's body, he said loudly: "Sure enough, there are people and horses coming in the direction where we are, but the distance is still far away, and I don't know how many of them are, but it is conservatively estimated that it is not less than the strength of our army here......"

Speaking of this, the guard paused and looked at the expression on Zhang Liao's face. Obviously, he was afraid that Yang Xiu's attitude towards Zhang Liao before made Zhang Liao angry.

Zhang Liao stretched out his hand at this time to stop his words, and then turned around to face the remaining fifteen thousand or so foot soldiers behind him, everyone who had been resting in the forest before, at this time also sobered up because of the news brought back by this guard, there was almost no fear on their faces, but some excitement, they were also all battle-hardened warriors in the Wei State, and a considerable number of them had joined the army since Cao Cao's reign, but such a battle as this expedition to Nanyang, Most of them are experiencing it for the first time.

And through Yang Xiu's performance before and the disagreement between Yang Xiu and Zhang Liao an hour ago, their hearts were more inclined to fight side by side with Zhang Liao, rather than Yang Xiu, who had been repeatedly defeated and could only be chased and beaten by the enemy.

Therefore, when they heard that there were enemy troops coming in the distance, as Zhang Liao had insisted before, the soldiers' eyes were full of eagerness, they needed a correct judgment, a successful strategy, and a battle at least equal to the enemy's casualties, otherwise even if they could return to Wei alive, the experience of going to Jingzhou this time would become a stain on their fighting career in this life.

The look in their eyes, Zhang Liao was in full view at this time, he knew that it would not be long before Wancheng's army would rush here, and although he was ambushed in the dark, it was very likely that he could catch Wancheng's army by surprise, but he also knew that although Liu Feng dared to use troops and was good at taking risks, he would never take risks fearlessly, so with more than 10,000 Wei troops in his hands, he would almost certainly be less than the sergeants who came from Wancheng.

Zhang Liao looked at these Wei troops standing in front of him at this time, gritted his silver teeth, and shouted: "If I wait for this time to retreat, I can avoid this battle, but my Wei army has always been invincible in the Central Plains, how can I retreat from the battle?" Therefore, this battle is a battle of our righteousness on the land of Jingzhou, to let the soldiers of Jingzhou who came to know that the soldiers of our Wei State are not the people they ask for, even if they are all killed here today, let the defenders of Wancheng leave 15,000 corpses before they can stop, can you be of the same heart with me? ”

Compared with Yang Xiu's clever tongue, Zhang Liao's true true feelings at this time can be more recognized by the soldiers, and Zhang Liao was originally a person who led by example in the army, and Wei Jun's sense of identity with Zhang Liao was very strong.

Before Zhang Liao's words fell, the Wei soldiers in front of him had all stood up in unison, raised the weapons in their hands high, and shouted together: "We are willing to live and die with the general to preserve the dignity of my Wei country!" "At this time, no one wants to avoid this battle, which may produce ten casualties, which fully proves that there is no real good or bad soldier, and most of the people who influence the situation of the battle should still be on the commander.

The shouts rose and fell in the forest, sweeping away the sleepiness of the previous army, and raising the morale of the more than 10,000 Wei troops to the peak in an instant, which had never appeared under Yang Xiu's rule.

The momentum has risen, Zhang Liao's heart is also boiling, although there are few soldiers, but without Yang Xiu's constraints, he will use all his experience and brains, as much as possible to use the more than 10,000 Wei troops to kill the defenders of Wancheng, if he can return to Luoyang and see his lord Cao Zhi, Zhang Liao can be regarded as using his own actions to keep the last glory of the Wei army, if he dies here, then in his heart it is also a well-deserved death.

Under Zhang Liao's arrangement, these Wei troops hid their figures well in the dense forest, holding their weapons tightly in their hands, staring at the siege equipment in the depression, waiting for the arrival of the enemy army. Zhang Liao had already ordered that once the enemy wanted to carry those equipment, they should wait for them to start carrying it or find that the equipment was abnormal before they could attack, only in this way could the defenders of Wancheng be taken by surprise.

At this time, Liu Feng really didn't expect that there was a team of people waiting for him in the dense forest next to the depression, because Ma Chao attracted an army of more than 100,000 led by Yang Xiu, so Liu Feng was still a little anxious in his heart, he was afraid that if he delayed here for some time and Ma Chao was besieged by Yang Xiu's army, it would be a little more than worth the loss for him.

On the way to the depression, Liu Feng had already made arrangements, and Zhao Yun, who had contributed less before, led those people under his command to be responsible for carrying the equipment in the depression, each of the instruments was very large, and it was erected as high as the city gate, and there were not many people who could not carry it back to Wancheng City, and the sergeants needed to take off their armor and weapons when carrying these equipment, so Liu Feng decided that his Wei Yan would escort them along the front and rear sides along the way until the equipment was carried back, After all, the walking speed must be very slow when carrying, and if there is no one to escort you, it is really too much.

Finally, Liu Feng's three teams arrived at the periphery of the depression, and when they saw the number of defenders in Wancheng, Zhang Liao's heart sank, there were a team of thirty or forty thousand people, and the number was really much more than his own sergeants, plus the eye-catching Liu Feng, Zhao Yun and Wei Yan's handsome banners, Zhang Liao knew that this battle was difficult to fight.