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Under the city wall, several remnants of flames still emitted repeated black smoke, and the fragments of the damaged ladder were scattered in all directions.

After dozens of days of fighting, the air was filled with the pungent smell of corpses.

After a few gongs, seeing Yuan Jun retreating to the continuous camp like a tide, Zhang Liao stood at the head of the city, his face was a little gloomy.

Since a few days ago, the camp of the Yuan army outside the four gates has been completely connected, which has greatly compressed the conflict space of the Sizhou cavalry.

The solidification layer formed by the sweat mixed with dust after cooling is applied to the face, and then washed away by the new sweat, forming dao spots, which looks very dirty, but no one on the battlefield will care about the appearance, and Zhang Liao is no exception.

In addition to Sun Guan and other captains, Zang Ba also stood on the side, seeing Zhang Liao's uncertain face, he asked puzzledly: "The Yuan army is attacking endlessly, although the remnants of the Black Mountain army collected by Pang Shuanghald are many rabble, old and weak, but the battle formation has been held up to now, and it has gradually become usable, and there are still 30,000 of them!" Xu Dangkou retreated to Sizhou, the eldest son's grain reserves were full, and the Pang army was stubbornly defended, and there was Huguan for foreign aid. Today is the same as usual, Yuan Shao still has no half advantage, and he lost hundreds of soldiers and returned in vain, what else does the general suffer? ”

Returning to the distant gaze, Zhang Liao said: "We have received the great grace of the lord, and we should be cautious in everything!" Although the Yuan army has been working in vain for dozens of days, Wuhuan Xianbei's 20,000 elite cavalry are not good at attacking the city, Xu Gongming led Dangkou to leave and then did not go out of the camp, and Yuan Shao's elite halberd warriors were also hidden and not revealed, which shows that there is still spare strength, and it is not time to die! ”

After Zang Ba made a promise, Zhang Liao said again: "The eldest son defense has its own Pang Shuanghalberd to deal with. As a guest army, it is inconvenient for us to speak, we just save ourselves! Although the Sizhou Army bears the name of elite. However, there are many new pawns in the second army of the mighty military guard, and they should not be treated as old pawns! This statement has been mentioned several times, Xuan Gao should not be suspicious of a certain tongue, between life and death in the battle array, but if there is a mistake, it will be difficult to atone for the death of a certain person! ”

Most of the new soldiers who have been recruited into the various armies this year are newly selected from the people of Nanyang. There are also some Black Mountain thieves who defected after Zhang Ji's surrender and the eldest son, and the Weilie Army is slightly better. New recruits accounted for only half, but more than eighty percent of Zang Ba's armed guards were recruited. Although the martial arts skills of these recruits are qualified, they have not been run-in, and their centripetal force on Sizhou is also very insufficient. It can't be compared with the old soldiers.

Not counting Che Huang and Xu Sheng, among the several generals in Sizhou, Zang Ba knew that he and Han Hao only had the responsibility of defending the territory, and they were far from being able to discuss it with the four Sizhou generals of Taishi, Xu, Zhang and Zhao. I often hear discussions in the army, among the four major generals, Tai Shi Ci Xu Huang is fierce and difficult to match, Zhao Yunshan is the royal cavalry, and this Zhang Wenyuan is the best at sticking, and he used to defend Ji County alone. So that Ma Teng Han Sui more than 100,000 coalition troops could not advance an inch, and the lord and duke had to win a battle, and its prestige was great. Yu Xiliang can stop children's night crying! During the days of guarding the eldest son city together, the rest is still invisible, but with this steady and cautious mentality, it has made people awe-inspired.

At this time, although it is a cliché, Zang Ba is under Zhang Liao, and the other party has a warning. Busy and calm, he opened his mouth and explained: "Although there are many new soldiers in the Wuwei army. However, when he was in Hanoi, he often performed and did not dare to be lazy! Now I have been guarding the city for dozens of days, and there is no big difference, and there is a lot of training, and it is gradually useful. ”

"I also know the ability of Xuangao, especially the five thousand archers of the military guard, who are very good at defending the city, and have made a lot of contributions since joining the eldest son!"

Zhang Liao praised it first, and then frowned and said: "The Yuan army built fences and ditches and arrow towers with people's husbands, connecting them for more than ten miles in length and width, and cutting off the exchanges, which shows that this siege is based on stability. However, those who have been concerned about it, the army sent by them to attack the city for a few days has been more than one day long, and it can be seen that they have gradually become impatient, and they will die or only in ten days! However, the news of Sizhou has been intermittent, and it has been completely cut off for more than ten days, if the lord sends reinforcements to ...... again"

There was a sudden sound of noise on the city building, Zhang Liao stopped the topic first, and looked at it with Zang Ba, the current master of the party, Pang Shuangji, leading a few guards, and was walking on foot.

The cheeks of this newly rising lord of the party are very thin, and his temples are frosty white, after all, he has passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he has worked hard in recent days, but his spirit is down, and every soldier he meets on the road must try to say a word or two, and every step he takes is very hard, showing his self-confidence.

When Pang Zhenxing approached, Zhang Liao Zangba led all the captains to Qi Shili: "Pang Gong! ”

"Don't be polite anymore," Pang Zhen's tone was a little anxious, not as calm as before: "I'm afraid there will be an accident today!" ”

Any accident can happen in wartime, everyone's hearts are tight, Zhang Liao hurriedly asked: "But has the pot changed?" ”

Zhang Yan's soldiers were defeated and died, although Pang Zhen collected a large number of defeated soldiers and displaced people in Montenegro, but most of them were rabble, and to hold Shangdang County, he could only rely on the two important places of the eldest son Huguan. Huguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Pang Qian, the son of Pang Zhen, led 8,000 troops to garrison, all of them are Pang Zhen's own people, not the recently collected Black Mountain rout, the mighty military guards and Pang Zhen are left in the eldest son.

After more than ten years of troubled times, Pang Zhen has three surviving sons, only Pang Qian is an adult, heroic and heroic, and can share his father's worries; The other two were only children under ten years old, and they were born to the daughter of Xinna, who was a thief after Pang Zhenxian re-entered the Taixing in Yecheng.

Speaking of which, because of the rebellion against Yuan Shao at the beginning, opening the gate of Yecheng City to lead Montenegro Deng Ji into the city, Pang Zhen also hated Yuan Shao, and anyone in the remaining veins of Montenegro after Zhang Yan could descend Yuan Shao, but he didn't dare to fight to the death. In order to prevent the soldiers and horses of Yecheng from being easily connected with Yuan Shao, he sent his son to garrison Huguan.

Huguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the west exit of the entire Fukou Junction, and it is very difficult to break through without pulling out the eldest son's foreign aid first. After Yuan's army besieged the eldest son city, Pang Qian could only send scouts to light wolf smoke on the nearby hill to report safety.

It's a pity that the east exit of the Hou Guofukou has already fallen into the hands of Yuan Jun, and after the incident in the state, in order to prevent the party, Yuan Shao sent soldiers to garrison in a dangerous place, otherwise he could use Huguan to attack Yecheng again through Fukou and force Yuan Shao to withdraw his army.

At this time, Pang Zhen was in a hurry, and Zhang Liao first guessed that there was a change in the pot pass.

"It's not about the pot!" Pang Zhen shook his head and vetoed, and said: "The Yuan army outside the city is different from others, I am afraid that something will happen!" ”

Zhang Liao, Zang Baqi, turned around and looked out of the city -- in the distance, Yuan Shaozhong's army tent was calm, and most of the besieging troops who had just retreated had withdrawn to the camp, leaving only a few scattered corpses near the left to treat the wounded and collect equipment. Xianbei Wuhuan rode outside to walk on guard, which was no different from the past.

In the eldest son city, Pang Zhen defended three places in the north city, the east city and the south city. Only ask the Sizhou soldiers to garrison Xicheng, and if there is a tight place, please ask the Sizhou army to help. It's just that after the Yuan army besieged the city, more attention was paid to the Sizhou soldiers, of which the military tent was stationed outside the west city.

Pang Shuangji also looked at it for a while before he opened his mouth to explain: "There is no difference in the west city, and the same is true in the north and south, only the outside of the east city is different. Although Yuan's army has been defeated and retreated, there are many people who throw stones and ladders at the checkpoints outside the camp to rush the car. There is a drum and trumpet smoke behind the battle, and I am afraid that there is still a picture! ”

Zang Ba exclaimed: "This must be Yuan Shao's surprise, the previous suspicious soldiers, this time to attack the city again." Focus on the East Gate! ”

Zhang Liao secretly said that Pang Shuangji, after all, is a veteran of the past years, and it is not outstanding on weekdays, but if there are some clues in the enemy army, it can immediately arouse vigilance.

Yuan Shao has no shortage of resourceful people around him, since Xu Huang led the Kou army to retreat, the daily siege was only a wave, and then retreated back to the camp, so the defenders gradually stabilized, and the battle behind was not how difficult.

This move is to use superior military strength to consume the troops and materials in the city. Increase the fatigue of the defenders, and secondly, it is used to paralyze and confuse the enemy, and Zhang Liao and others have also been on guard.

According to Pang Zhen's words. Is this going to be a sudden attack?

An even more tragic battle is about to begin!

Zang Ba consulted Zhang Liao's opinion: "Yuan Shaozhi is in Dongcheng, and the current death force is different from the previous decision, so he sent a thousand bows and five hundred sword shields to help the martial guards in the city!" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and vetoed: "Since you have already realized it, you don't have to worry about it!" lest this be Yuan Shao's suspicious tactic, so that all departments will wear armor and pillow. Just assemble and wait for orders, and you don't need to go up to the city wall. Let's take a look at the Pang Gongbu to resist the enemy! ”

"So good!" Pang Zhen agreed. After Zhang Yan's defeat, most of the defeated soldiers of Montenegro who came to defect asked to go to Deng Ji's account instead of his Pang Shuanghalberd, if it weren't for the fact that the Sizhou army only accepted elite and fierce people who met the standards of soldiers in the eldest son, Pang Zhending would not have much population.

In Shangdang, Zhang Liao and others are guest troops, if everything depends on them, they will win, how will they see him in the future?

The old thief also has the idea of not admitting defeat.

The three of them agreed on the city wall, and the gate of Yuan's military camp in the distance outside the city suddenly opened, and a team of light horsemen waved the envoy flag and galloped slowly towards the west city gate.

In everyone's puzzled eyes, until the moat under the city tower, someone on the Chinese side raised his head and shouted: "Ma Chao Koji rebelled, and now he has fallen into Chang'an!" In addition, Cao Mengde took advantage of the weakness to invade Henan, Deng Mu'an was about to be defeated, and the Sizhou army and horses still wanted to fall into the party? ”

At the sound of his shout, several of the horsemen bent their bows and shot the arrows with the clusters removed from them into the wall, and letters were clearly tied to the shafts.

Clearly discerning the words of riding under the wall, Pang Zhen was suddenly shocked, and Zhang Liao, Zang Ba and others were also shocked and inexplicable.

Peng Kang Liu reprimanded angrily: "What nonsense! ”

A guard went to the left to pick up the arrows, and the shooting captain Lei Bo couldn't help it, and shouted angrily: "How dare the thieves talk nonsense and disturb the hearts of our army? ”

After drinking, Lei Bo already held the bow in his hand, and pulled out a feather arrow from the guard arrow pot on his side, and after taking a bow and aiming at it, he let go and put it!

The arrow is like a meteor, instantly slicing through the space and shooting directly at the tip of the flagpole held by the opponent!

The cavalry under the city were taken aback together, and Lei Bo shouted again: "Lie to confuse the people, and deceive Sizhou if you don't kill it?" If you don't retreat, I'll shoot someone! ”

When Yuan Shao's envoy was dismissed, when he turned his head to look, Zhang Liao, Zangba, Pang Zhen and the three of them had gathered their heads to look at a letter picked up by the sergeant.

Lei Bo couldn't squeeze over again, so he had to wait anxiously with Sun Guan, Peng Kang, and Liu Pi on the side, and guessed that the letter was actually what Yuan Jun's cavalry envoy shouted just now, so he didn't want to read it.

When Zhang Liao and the three of them raised their heads, Sun Guan immediately spoke up: "General! ”

After a sound, I didn't know how to ask, and suddenly stopped.

Although the news came from the enemy camp, there was no wind and no waves, and Pang Shuangji's old face no longer saw any calmness and confidence, only worries remained.

Zhang Liao Zangba didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing that the two friendly leaders were silent, Pang Zhen became even more uneasy, and almost trembled and said, "Yuan Shao's words are never credible!" Mu An has been in business for many years, how can he allow such a traitor to come out of the hinterland? There is really such a contrarian thing, there are still three armies in Sizhou, and there should be nothing to do! ”

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

As soon as the words were finished, the sound of the horn warning on the tower of the eastern city in the distance had sounded rapidly, and after a while, the sound of drums and shouts of killing also reached the head of the western city wall one by one.

The Yuan army really attacked the city again! (To be continued)