Although the autumn tiger is still in full swing, the golden autumn and August are coming, and there is still some coolness in the air, which makes people who are suffering from the scorching heat feel relaxed for a while.

However, for the soldiers stationed in Yancheng, this is not the case.

"Were you the one who was on duty yesterday? What is your name? Looking at the messy scene under the city, and looking at the night team in front of him with a panicked face, his brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Return, return to General Zhang, humble Zhao Feng, last night was on duty ......" Zhao Feng said tremblingly.

It is said that this should be good news at the moment, the Qingzhou army, which has besieged the city for almost two months, withdrew and left, and a catastrophe was eliminated, but who would be unhappy about the people in the city?

As a result, there are really people who are not happy. When he sent someone to spread the good news to the county government that had been recruited as the Chinese army, General Zhang's face immediately changed greatly, and he didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so he went directly to the city.

Zhao Feng panicked suddenly.

Because it was a good thing, when he sent someone to report the news, he spread it all the way to the past, and the good news spread all over the city like a gust of wind. To this day, the cheers in the city are still coming and going.

If he was wrong, and the nature of this matter was the same as General Zhang's face, wouldn't it be ......

A cool breeze blew, and Zhao Feng felt that the back of his neck was cold, full of cold sweat.

Fortunately, Zhang Jaw didn't get angry, or even hold him responsible, but just frowned and interrogated: "When did it start to move at night?" Is the Qingzhou Army in a hurry? Was the sound you heard at the time very messy? ”

"It should be in a hurry," Zhao Feng breathed a sigh ......of relief and replied subconsciously. He felt that there was a lot of redundancy in opening his jaw, of course the Qingzhou army was in a hurry, who would choose to rush at night if he wasn't in a hurry? Besides, the abandoned camp outside the city can also tell the story. Looking at this chaos, you can imagine how hasty the people of Qingzhou were.

"Military affairs, how can such vague words be tolerated?" As soon as he heard the word "should", he was furious, pointed at Zhao Feng and several other officers on duty, and shouted in a loud voice: "You, and you, all give a careful recall, what the situation was at that time!" ”

"Whew...... Here! Zhao Feng and the others were taken aback. I don't understand what kind of style General Zhang is smoking, but he doesn't dare to talk back, all of them look back with sad faces, but where can they say why?

You know, since the siege. The Qingzhou Army made some trouble from time to time, and it was not once or twice that they feinted to attack at night. Because they have eaten too many deceptions, the defenders have mastered some rules, and as long as the enemy does not set foot within 20 feet of the city wall, they will ignore it. Even if the other party pushed the well over, it was useless.

When they first discovered the movement outside the city last night, the defenders only sneered and were full of disdain when the Qingzhou army repeated the old tricks, and they didn't find out until after dawn. The other party is actually gone!

I didn't care about it at the time, but when I think back on the details, how can I think clearly?

The generals and soldiers didn't know why, but Xin Bi, who joined the army, was aware. He walked up to Zhang Jaw and asked in a low voice, "Jun Yi." You're worried about ......"

Zhang Jaw said hesitantly: "Wang Peng is good at using strange soldiers, the world knows that he did not attack before, it can be said that he intends to preserve his strength, and now he suddenly withdraws from the siege, how can it not make people suspicious?" ”

Xin Bi nodded, shook his head again, and said, "But it is also possible that the lord began to fight back, and he had no choice but to withdraw from the siege and deal with the imminent crisis first." ”

"That's why I'm embarrassed!"

Zhang Jaw spread his hands, sighed and said: "If the lord takes a defensive position, these thousands of soldiers and horses are of little use, and they are reluctant to fight, and they will only increase casualties, so it is better to brake quietly and wait for the Qingzhou army to attack." But if the lord launches a counterattack, a certain army and horse will be of great use, and at worst, it can also contain the main force of Qingzhou, or more than 10,000 foot soldiers led by Tian Kai and Liu Bei, alas! ”

He pointed to the outside of the city and said with a wry smile: "But now, George, do you think it's better to go out of the city to look for fighters, or continue to hold on?" If you hold on, how long will you keep it? ”

Xin Bi raised his eyes and looked into the distance, but he was speechless for a while.

This is a real problem.

There is no such thing as loyalty without a cause.

After the defeat of Longcuo, the reason why Jizhou did not appear invincible was because the generals of Jizhou still had confidence in Yuan Shao, thinking that this noble lord could get out of the predicament and make a comeback.

The Fourth World and the Third Prince, it's not just nice to say, it represents a huge latent force! Yuan Shao couldn't just stop at that.

Therefore, all the generals are holding on and waiting. Instead of thinking that the general trend has gone after the battle of Guandu in history, and planning for the future, they have looked forward to the wind.

As Zhang Jaw said, if he can cooperate with Yuan Shao's main force, his trapped army will become a surprise soldier, and it may be possible to deal a fatal blow to the Qingyou coalition army, just like he did in the Battle of Longcuo.

This is a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, whether it is Zhang Jaw or Xin Bi, they are all quite looking forward to the arrival of that moment. But when the matter came to an end, Simbi suddenly found that the timing of the launch was not ordinarily difficult to grasp.

Out of town? If it is a plan, encountering the main force of Qingzhou on the plain, this strange army will become a stupid roe deer sent to death, and he can't even turn over a wave, let alone meritorious service, it would be good if the two of them could save their lives.

Hold on? In case the lord has already launched a counterattack, will the soldiers and horses of Yancheng just watch from the sidelines?

You must know that at this time, any inconspicuous force may become the key to victory or defeat, and it is a great sin for Jizhou to idle these four or five thousand people and horses in the city.

What to do? For a moment, Simbi was also confused.

The next moment, he sudden

Ran asked in surprise: "Jun Yi, how long have we not been in contact with Yecheng?" ”

Zhang Jaw sighed and shook his head: "Since the people of the three counties crossed the border, they have ......"

"Phew!" Xin Bi suddenly realized, couldn't help but gasp, gritted his teeth and said: "Wang Pengju, Wang Pengju, he is scheming!" ”

He didn't answer. Of course, it was deliberate, and from the beginning of the other party's pursuit and refusal to attack, Zhang Jaw already had an ominous premonition.

Although he did not know the specific plan of Yuan Shao's counterattack, there was no doubt that if he could launch a counterattack when the enemy was pursuing the victory and getting carried away, he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort. If you're lucky, you might be able to solve these two troubles in one fell swoop.

Wang Yu first refused to attack the city. Then he came to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, drove the people of the three counties to grab it, and took the opportunity to attack Qinghe and Anping, which was a steady and steady way at a glance.

After the people of the three counties crossed the border, the territory of Qinghe was full of smoke, and it was obvious that the coalition army was on top of the bottom of the kettle, and another hand Li Dai Tao stiffened, leading the snake out of the hole.

Due to the lack of smooth communication. Zhang Jaw was not sure how many cities were still being held in Qinghe, but he knew that this number must not be too much, because Wang Yu's strategy was too poisonous and accurate. directly hit the vital points of the heroes, so that they had to be saved.

Because most of the cities in the territory have fallen, the rangers of the coalition army are constantly shuttling in the wilderness, and the difficulty of exchanging news is even greater. Zhang Jaw wasn't even sure if the waves of messengers he sent had reached their destination, and whether the lord knew about the existence of his lone army!

"Hold your ground for now. Send more scouts and wait and see. The two discussed for a while, and finally came up with a stable strategy. It's too risky to send troops, and it's not a problem to ignore it completely. It's only right to find a way to make a breakthrough in intelligence work.

said so, but even Zhang Jaw himself didn't expect much from it.

And things were just as he expected.

By the afternoon, all the scouts he had sent had returned. It's a bit inaccurate to say it's all back. It should be said that all the living are back.

"General, the brothers are all dead. Before I walked out of twenty miles, I ran into the rangers of the Qingzhou Army, all of whom were veterans of the White Horse Righteous Servant, and they were called ruthless! The time to turn the head was a wave of arrows that came over, and the two dogs and a few of them died on the spot, and the iron arrows pierced through the back of the neck and out of the throat, which was called a miserable! General Zhang, you want to avenge your brothers! ”

"There are fewer rangers in the north, the team we met, there are only five people, seeing that there are few of them, the brothers originally wanted to fight, but they refused to fight, but ran while fighting, and also fired arrows! As soon as we retreated, they caught up again, and the one chasing was called a murderer, as if there was an enmity between them! ”

"General Zhang, the south can't get through......"

"The world, the world is bullying people!"

Some of the scouts wept, some were terrified, some were dejected, but one thing was the same, and that was that they were all covered in blood, apparently through a bitter battle, or a slaughter, to be exact.

Of the hundred scouts, only forty-eight came back, and they were not slaughtered.

The farthest they went was only the ten-man team heading north, and they only walked fifty miles......

Information? Of course it can't be! The nearest city in the north is at least two hundred miles away from Yan County, where is it fifty miles?

The only thing the scouts said was the last sentence, Wang Yu made it clear that he wanted to bully people. The cavalry in the Zhangjaw army was exhausted when the rear was broken, and the lone army was behind the enemy and could not get any information.

Zhang Jaw only felt a burst of anger surging in his chest, he was very impulsive, so he gave the order, the whole army attacked, hit Wang Yu by surprise, and said this evil breath.

However, he did not dare to think of the serious consequences of doing so. It's useless to go out of the city now, who knows where Wang Yu's main force is hiding? If you can't beat Wang Yu, what can you do when you go out of the city? Wandering around? Starve to death when you run out of food? Or a breakthrough to the west?

Without accurate information, he can't do anything, no matter how he does it, it's all gambling, and the bet is the life of more than 4,000 soldiers under his command! The stakes were so big that he didn't dare to throw them on the board with his chips in his open jaw.

But if you don't throw it, it will be very bad, and Wang Yu can even use two or three hundred light horses to trap him. Nearly 5,000 elite soldiers restrained two or three hundred horsemen, is this reasonable?

Looking at a group of scouts who had survived the catastrophe, Zhang Jaw was helpless and thought hard, and finally, he made up his mind and ordered Xin Bi: "George, take five hundred soldiers out of the city, during this period, you guard the city, unless someone is in person, you must not open the city gate, and you want to see if Wang Yu's light cavalry can stop you!" ”

Simbi was shocked and wanted to stop it, but he couldn't find a reason.

The soldiers saw that there was no one outside the city, and the main general did not dare to send troops, and their morale was bound to fall, and if they didn't think of a way, they could only be trapped like this. Counting the days, it's almost time for the lord to make a move, what's the matter with the soldiers and horses in Yan County being trapped like this?

After thinking about it again and again, he finally said: "Don't be in a hurry, and wait a few days, maybe Wang Yu is more anxious than our army." ”

"Well, George has a point." Indeed, if Yuan Shao's counterattack had already begun, Wang Yu would definitely be more anxious than himself, and Zhang Jaw nodded slowly, approving Xin Bi's advice.

ps. A while ago, Xiaoyu was reflecting, thinking about the plot, and his state was very poor, and he finally slowly recovered. Starting today, the two shifts will be resumed, but in fact, there are only 1,000 words more, which is a notice, not an outbreak, everyone misunderstood.

As for when the third watch will be resumed, let's take our time. The update is fast, and the plot is not good-looking.