In the Zhou army's array, the drums of war suddenly sounded, and 30,000 elite soldiers, under the command of Li Cunxiao, set up a formation towards the south of Neicheng City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the city, Zhang He had rushed to the head of the city, looking at the black Zhou army outside the city, his brows were deeply furrowed, and the big gun in his hand was secretly clenched.

"Zhang Yuan, it took you more than five months to attack Liyang City, and the strength of this inner city is only slightly inferior to Liyang, I only have to hold on for ten days, I see how you can attack it." Zhang He's cold face was full of bamboo.

In the south of the city, Li Cunxiao's army has completed its formation.

Zhang Yuan rode into the rear and came to the prisoner car, where Yuan Tan was wearing a cloak and huddled in a corner shivering.

After experiencing the humiliation of being slapped by Li Dingguo and the baptism of the people of Liyang, Yuan Tan has completely lost his temper, and he doesn't dare to scold and scream anymore, and shrinks into this small prison car all day long.

"Yuan Tan, come out and show your old colleagues." Zhang Yuan said coldly.

Yuan Tan opened his eyes, and when he saw Zhang Yuan, he didn't dare to scold, but only stared at Zhang Yuan with a resentful look.

Zhang Yuan's words made him feel a chill, and he didn't know what was going to happen next, so he shrank tightly in the corner, not daring to move.

The cell door opened, and Zhu Zhu got in, dragging Yuan Tan out like a dead dog.

Zhang Yuan's war knife pointed to the north, "Zhuzhu, put our eldest prince Yuan on the opposite floor, and let Zhang He and the soldiers of Yuan take a look at their eldest prince's demeanor." ”

Yuan Tan suddenly realized, scarred, ugly face, and immediately swept up deep fear and shame.

Before he could struggle, he was carried up to a building by several soldiers and tied to the topmost torture pillar.

With a creaking sound, the opposite building was pushed from the back to the front, to the front of the inner city.

Tom tom

The sound of war drums rose into the sky, and the opposite building tied to Yuan Tan was pushed to Neicheng City, and the 30,000 Zhou troops followed behind the opposite building, advancing towards the enemy city without hurrying or slow.

A moment later, the Zhou army approached the enemy city in a large array of 100 paces and entered the range of the enemy's arrows.

Zhang He had already prepared, raised his gun, and shouted: "The crossbowman releases his arrows, blocks the enemy's advance, and shoots me to death!" ”

On the front line of the south gate, more than 1,000 crossbowmen went to raise strong bows and hard crossbows, aiming at the Zhou army outside the city, just waiting for Zhang He's order, and then thousands of arrows were fired.

Zhang He's big gun was slowly raised, his eyes were murderous, and he was ready to swing it when he saw it.

At the critical moment, the deputy general Ma Yan's eyes suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Wait, don't let go of the arrow yet!" ”

"What are you yelling about?" Zhang He glared at him anxiously, "If you don't release the arrows, the enemy army will approach the front of the city." ”

"General Lu, look, the person who was tied upstairs is not the eldest prince!" Mayan pointed ahead.

The eldest son?

Zhang He's body was shocked, and he hurriedly raised his eyes to look at it, swept it carefully, and immediately recognized the ugly face with no ears and nose.

It's not Yuan Tan, who else can it be!

He ...... He's still alive? Zhang He was taken aback, as if he had seen a ghost.

Thousands of enemy troops defending the city on the left and right also recognized Yuan Tan at the same time, and all the soldiers were shocked and shocked, and the crossbowmen were not allowed to open and close the order, so they instinctively put down the bow and crossbow in their hands.

A few hundred steps away, Zhang Yuan, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene, and raised the battle knife in his hand lightly.

The drums of war intensified abruptly, and the call for siege was issued.

In the front military office, Li Cunxiao received an order, and under an order, Hua Rong led four thousand archers from the Divine Marksman Battalion to shoot towards the head of the city one step ahead of the enemy.

Whoosh!

Countless sharp arrows attacked overwhelmingly, and in an instant, the enemy troops at the head of the city shrank under the female wall, and did not dare to show their heads again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Cunxiao scolded the soldiers of the siege team, roared forward, rushed to the moat generals, and erected trench bridges one after another.

At this time, Zhang He couldn't care about Zhang Wai, and shouted anxiously: "Release the arrows, release the arrows for me quickly, you can't let the enemy easily cross the moat." ”

"General Lu, you can't release arrows, that's the eldest prince!" Ma Yan hurriedly persuaded: "If our army releases an arrow, this random arrow has no eyes, if it is the eldest prince who is killed by not having long eyes, if the lord descends to sin, will we not be a capital crime!" ”

Zhang He was suddenly shocked, and his impulsive mind seemed to be poured cold water, and he calmed down in an instant.

He knew that Mayan was right.

Although Yuan Shao was extremely disappointed in Yuan Tan and had given up this useless son, as long as Yuan Tan did not die for a day, he would be the eldest son of the Yuan family for a day.

If Yuan Shao is to blame for the crime of shooting the eldest prince, he will lose his head.

Zhang He was caught in a dilemma, and could only watch the Zhou army calmly erect a trench bridge, and a team of siege soldiers carried a cloud ladder through the moat, calmly approaching the city.

This is what Zhang Yuan wants.

At this moment, Yuan Tan, who was tied upstairs, was extremely annoyed, and he finally understood that Zhang Yuan kept him alive, not because of mercy, but because he wanted to use him as a shield.

Thinking that he is the eldest son of the Yuan family, he lost Liyang and put Hebei in danger, and now after becoming a prisoner, he will continue to cause trouble for the Yuan family, "helping" Zhang Yuan to attack the Yuan family's city, he has simply become the first sinner in the fall of the Yuan family.

"Zhang Yuan, you shameless dog thief, you are despicable and shameless" Yuan Tan, who was ashamed, couldn't help but howl again.

It's a pity that his scolding was drowned out in the earth-shattering drums, and no one could hear it.

Under his cover, the Zhou army easily erected the moat bridge, and tens of thousands of Zhou soldiers had set up hundreds of ladders and began to climb the city.

The Yuan army finally began to counterattack, blocking the Zhou army's ascent to the city with the Muluo stone, but they never dared to use the best weapons such as bows and crossbows to defend the city.

Zhang He didn't dare, Ma Yan didn't dare, and those Yuan soldiers didn't dare, because none of them had the guts to bear the charge of shooting the eldest prince.

Although Yuan Tan was ashamed in his heart, Yuan Jun's scruples made him feel a trace of warmth in his heart, so he thought that Yuan Shao still had feelings for him after all, and he didn't give the order to release the arrows because of the love of flesh and blood.

He didn't know that Yuan Shaoren was not in the country at all, and it was Zhang He who commanded this Yuan army, and the reason why Zhang He didn't dare to release the arrow was not friendship, but fear of responsibility.

Yuan Tan, who was wishful thinking, was moved in his heart, but he also felt deeply guilty, and felt sorry for his father.

Several times, Yuan Tan wanted to roar loudly: "Shoot me arrows!" ”

He would rather be shot to death by his own people than become Zhang Yuan's accomplice, and he no longer has to be humiliated by Zhang Yuan, and he can also fulfill his integrity with one death.

It's a pity that after several hesitations, he never managed to shout.

The picture of ten thousand arrows piercing the heart kept appearing in his mind, and every time Yuan Tan wanted to roar out, he was frightened back by the imaginary picture.