And at this moment, the shadow also entered the city!

With a long sword in his hand, Shi Ah took the lead, leading the two thousand shadows that entered the city and began to sweep away the enemy troops in Guandu City.

The enemy troops in Guandu City were already demoralized after hearing the news of the destruction of the city, but now they have no desire to fight when they encounter a wolf-like ghost, so they can only flee in all directions.

At this time, the Phantom only occupied the west gate, so the defenders of Guandu were not without a way to retreat, so as soon as the Phantom entered the city, many of the defenders of Guandu opened the gates without resistance and began to flee.

However, this is exactly with the mind of the Phantom, the number of Phantoms is not large, even if the soldiers are captured, they are unable to manage, as long as they occupy Guandu and hold on for two days, they will be considered to have completed the task.

Kill and don't stay!

This is the order the Shadows have received.

Shi A became a nightmare for all the soldiers of Guandu, and everywhere he went, Yuan Shu's soldiers all fell to the ground in blood. Whether it is a long or short weapon or a bow and crossbow, the long sword in Shi A's hand can be strong or soft, unpredictable, no matter where the enemy's weapon comes from, the most fateful fate is to be shot down to the ground by Shi A, the tiger's mouth cracked, and then the neck is cold, his eyes are black, and he falls to the ground and dies.

Shi A's spiritual blow to Yuan Shu's soldiers was very huge.

They were horrified to find that no one could stop Shi A for a moment, the long sword was as vicious and accurate as a poisonous snake out of a hole, and his landing point was always the throat!

Panic was like a contagion, completely extinguishing the only thought of resistance in the city.

In the torrent of fleeing for his life, Shi A saw Zhang Li coming down from the city wall at a glance, his eyes lit up, and the long sword in his hand swung up. Fight your way out.

Zhang Lizheng boarded his war horse in a panic, not wanting to bump into Shi Ah head-on. At this time, he had already figured out everything, and his eyes were on fire. Gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect that the Yuan family would have a traitor like you, and actually help the Yanzhou Army open the city gate!" I will definitely go back and report to the Holy God what happened here. ”

Shi A said indifferently: "Who said that I am a member of the Yuan family?" My name is Shia! ”

Zhang Li was shocked when he heard this, and before he could scream, he saw a flash of light in front of him, and when he looked at it again, he was shocked to find that the neck of his war horse was already in a different place.

The war horse fell down, Zhang Li was overturned under the horse, and before he could stand up, a long sword was already pointed at his throat.

The soldiers around Zhang Li had to come to the rescue. But he was scattered and fled by a burst of crossbow arrows from the shadow that followed.

Zhang Li glared at Shi A fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "You are only 2,000 people, and you are using conspiracy to deceive the city gate, hum!" I see how long you can hold on here! ”

Shi A said indifferently: "I know what you want to say, if reinforcements from all over the country will come here, we just can't ask for it!" ”

Zhang Li was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Guandu fell into the hands of the Yanzhou army in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers who escaped from Guandu didn't even dare to turn their heads, some went straight to Zhongmu, some ran to Changshe, and most of them. returned to Chenliu and reported to Zhang Xun and Chen Gong.

This battle not only captured Zhang Miao and Zhang Li, but also captured many important figures in the family. With these people, those Yanzhou families don't want to play tricks anymore.

Of course, Zhang Li and the children of those big families couldn't stay in Guandu, so Shi A sent people to send these people to the river. Together with Zhang Miao, Zhen Mi, Zhen Fu, and Yuan Jian, they were all sent back to the other side of the river.

Liang Xi, who was waiting on the riverbank, was of course overjoyed when he saw so many "results", and remembered Xu Shu's instructions. Hurriedly mobilized 20,000 troops to cross the river under the leadership of Xu Hao, and the boat that crossed the river carried many secret weapons of the shadow. Facilitate the next step.

However, after crossing the river, Xu Hao's army did not enter Guandu City, but garrisoned it in the dense forest near Guandu City.

As for Shi Ah and the two thousand five hundred shadows, after changing their equipment, only five hundred people were left to defend in Guandu.

Shi Ah and the two thousand shadows disappeared outside the city of Guandu......

And all this, because there were no Yuan Shu's soldiers around Guandu, of course Zhang Xun and Chen Gong would not know about it.

Of course, the spies sent by Xu Ji, Liao Hua, Gao Shun, and Bo Cai passed the news back, and Chen Liu, completely fell into the calculation of the Yanzhou army.

The fall of Guandu soon reached the ears of Zhang Xun and Chen Gong from the rout of Guandu.

Listening to the cries of the deserters and a few children of the big family who escaped by luck, Zhang Xun was so angry that he slapped the tea table and shook the tea bowl down.

Chen Gong's face is also extremely ugly, he is extremely conceited in his life, he has always been the only one who calculates others, how could he ever suffer such a dumb loss?

Zhang Xun stood up and paced back and forth: "I didn't expect Xu Ji to be in Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou army is still so tricky!" Now it seems that these armies have simply set up traps for us to jump into. ”

Liu Yi, another strategist of Zhang Miao on the side, was a little at a loss and said, "What now?" Lord Zhang Miao has fallen into the hands of the enemy, even if we start a war with the Yanzhou army, we must take into account the safety of Lord Zhang Miao, and now it is simply a rat trap ......"

Zhang Xun frowned and interrupted impatiently: "Don't mention Zhang Miao's matter first, what I care about now is Chen Liu's safety!" So many people can escape, but he is in the hands of the enemy, and he can only blame him for being unlucky, who can say for sure what happened on the battlefield? ”

Liu Yi was so frightened by Zhang Xun that his neck shrunk and remained silent.

Chen Gong frowned and said to Zhang Xun: "General Zhang Xun, you have to make it clear that Lord Zhang Miao is the most prestigious person in my Yanzhou, and he is also the leader of our Yanzhou family. What's more, why did Lord Zhang Miao fall into the hands of the enemy? Isn't it because I'm going to pick up Miss Zhen Mi? Yuan Qiao, who pretended to be the Yuan family, clearly took advantage of this, speaking of Guandu's mishap and Lord Zhang Miao's arrest, your plan to kidnap Zhen Mi must be fully responsible, hum! Being monitored and used by others is still at a loss. ”

Zhang Xun glanced at Chen Gong, and felt a little guilty in his heart, why did he say what he just said?

You must know that the relationship between Yuan Shu and the family of Yanzhou is to use each other, and everyone knows this, and what he said just now obviously did not take Zhang Miao to heart. Of course, Chen Gong, the representative of the local power, would be very dissatisfied, if Chen Gong said this dissatisfaction and his own words to other families. That would be a very bad thing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xun hurriedly showed a smile. He smiled and said: "Mr. Chen Gong, you misunderstood, of course the safety of Lord Zhang Miao is important, the contemptible person is just in a bad mood because of the loss of Guandu, please forgive Mr. Chen Gong!" You must know that the contemptible younger brother Zhang Li also fell into the hands of the Yanzhou army. ”

Chen Gong waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Of course, if we are now quarreling and unhappy because of something that has happened and cannot be changed, it will only make Yanzhou Jun see a joke, hum!" What the Yanzhou army is most afraid of is the combination of our local power in Yanzhou and Lord Yuan Shu. ”

Zhang Xun breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw Chen Gong being so reasonable. However, for Chen Gong who has always insisted on refusing to call Yuan Shu the emperor, but only called an adult, he can only smile bitterly.

Putting aside the happy matter, Zhang Xun said to Chen Gong: "Mr. Chen Gong, should we immediately launch an attack on Guandu?" Liu Yi frowned when he heard this, but did not speak.

Chen Gong nodded, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and said categorically: "Please General Zhang Xun give an order to transfer the troops of Chenliu, Zhongmu, and Changshe to besiege Guandu and test the reaction of the Yanzhou army in Guandu." ”

Zhang Xun looked at Chen Gong a little puzzled, but Liu Yi couldn't help it. frowned and said: "Mr. Chen Gong, if we mobilize Chen Liu's army to attack Guandu, aren't we afraid that we will fall for the Yanzhou army's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" You must know that the Liaohua army in Yanzhou is in Yanjin on the other side of the river. If we evacuate Chen Liu's army and rush to Guandu, what if this place is attacked by Liaohua's army? ”

Zhang Xun shook his head and said, "Mr. Liu Yi's words are wrong! You must know that although the Dao Guandu is small, it is very important to the overall defense of my Chen Liu. With Guandu as the central line, Chen Liu, Changshe and Zhongmu were cut into two sections......"

Zhang Xun hasn't finished speaking. Chen Gong cut off and said in a deep voice: "That's why I have to mobilize the armies of the three places to attack Guandu." ”

Chen Gong looked at the two of them and snorted coldly: "If you are the Yanzhou Army. What will you do if Guandu falls into your hands? ”

The two were stunned when they heard this, Zhang Xun frowned and said: "If I were the Yanzhou Army, I would definitely use Guandu as a pedal to continuously send my own soldiers to Chenliu, and then divide the momentum of our army into two sections, and break each one." ”

Although Liu Yi and Zhang Xun disagreed, they couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, after all, this possibility is extremely high.

Chen Gong sneered: "If the Yanzhou army would be so reckless, then how many times would the Yanzhou army have been defeated, and now our problem is that we don't know what the purpose of the Yanzhou army is." Of course, it is possible for them to cross the river in Guandu, but the Yanzhou army in Guandu is also very likely to be a bait, Mr. Liu Yi said very reasonably, so I have to transfer the troops from the three places to besiege Guandu, so that we will not have too many troops left behind, so the pressure on defense will not be very great. After all, Changshe and Zhongmu are not at the forefront now, so they don't need too many troops to defend the city. ”

After a pause, he said: "The importance of Guandu is self-evident, so we have to snatch Guandu back no matter what." Otherwise, I'm really afraid of the kind of situation that General Zhang Xun said, hum! Since we can't tell whether the army in Guandu is the vanguard of the enemy's crossing of the river, or the bait that lures our army into opening Chen Liu, then we will concentrate the forces of the three places to capture Guandu and seal the mouth of the Yanzhou army crossing the river. As for the army we sent to attack Guandu, they were stationed in Guandu after they captured Guandu. ”

Zhang Xun nodded, and Chen Gong said in a deep voice: "So in this battle, the remaining defenders of Chen Liu must not leave Chen Liu under any circumstances, and they must make every effort to monitor Liao Hua on the other side of the river." ”

Liu Yi looked at Chen Gong and said, "Mr. Chen Gong, in your opinion, which strategy is more likely to be adopted by the Yanzhou Army?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head and said: "This is too difficult to say, the Yanzhou army only sent two thousand people to occupy Guandu, this hand is really beautiful, in this way, we don't know how the strength of the Yanzhou army is distributed, and now no one knows whether there is a large Yanzhou army on the other side of Guandu, and we dare not guarantee that Liang Xi's army has other plans." ”

Liu Yi was a little confused, so he said, "Have other plans?" ”

Chen Gong snorted coldly: "Don't forget, now that Zhang Yan is in Jiyin, he is like a grain of sand in his shoes." If we only focus on Guandu and Yanjin injuries, and relax our attention to Zhang Yan. So Zhang Yan took this opportunity to lead Liang Xi's army to cross the river in Baima? If so, it's too late to regret it! ”

Liu Yi and Zhang Xun were shocked when they heard this. As a matter of fact. All along, they suspected that Zhang Yan had secretly led Liang Xi's army across the river, but they had been suffering from no evidence, because they never dreamed that the Liang Xi army that crossed the river was now stationed in Shanyang City.

Zhang Xun sighed and said: "The other party's military advisor is really clever, and it will make Mr. Chen Gong unable to understand, I am a little suspicious that the person standing on the other side of the river to advise the Yanzhou army is not Guo Jia." ”

Chen Gong snorted coldly and said: "Yanzhou military talent is at its peak, although Guo Jia is the most famous, but there may not be only one Guo Jia who has this ability, sometimes it is really impossible to prevent. Just like this time when Guandu was lost, who would have thought that Shi A, the world's great swordsman, would personally take action? ”

Zhang Xun unconsciously shivered and said: "I heard that this Shi A's master is the apprentice of my Han swordsman Mr. Wang Yue, and his martial arts are unfathomable. It's horrible. ”

Chen Gong said with a sneer on his face: "Shi'a? Hum! It's no big deal, but if we can catch Shi A, we may be able to negotiate a deal with the Yanzhou army, such as exchanging Lord Zhang Miao and General Zhang Li back. ”

Chen Gong snorted coldly again: "Shi'a, it's just one person, I'm more concerned about the strange bow and crossbow that can be fired in a chain among the opponents of the Yanzhou army in Guandu. That kind of weapon is just too lethal. ”

Zhang Xun frowned when he heard this, looked at the deserters and the children of the family who had been standing on the ground, and said, "You didn't lie to me, did you?" Does the Yanzhou Army really have that kind of wonderful bow and crossbow? ”

Those soldiers and the children of the great families hurriedly pledged their lives.

Chen Gong said to Zhang Xun: "General Zhang Xun, you don't have to doubt that Xu Jin's kid has always been recruiting all kinds of talents. As far as I know, there are countless skilled craftsmen in Yanzhou, and it is really a very normal thing to make this kind of bow and crossbow. ”

Zhang Xun said with envy and distress: "If only we could catch some." Why don't we send someone to Yanzhou to grab some craftsmen. ”

Chen Gong shook his head and said: "I advise the general to dispel his mind about this matter, Xu Ji has always protected these people very well." And also give generous treatment, in Yanzhou. Their status is higher than that of ordinary officials! What's more, since he captured Jizhou, most of the important people have been transferred to Jizhou, and the general may not be able to catch it even if he wants to. ”

Zhang Xun snorted coldly and said, "I really don't understand what the hell Xu Ji is doing, what is there to pay attention to a group of untouchables?" Grabbed a leather whip, and he dared not to do things for us? ”

Chen Gong said indifferently: "This is Xu Ji's new 'Five Virtues Say'." ”

Zhang Xun was stunned, he had always thought that Xu Ji's set was just talking, and only now did he know that Xu Ji's doctrine had become a reality in Yanzhou, which was completely different from Yuan Shu's use of the new "Five Virtues and Beginning Theory" for himself as emperor.

Chen Gong said in a deep voice: "I don't know if what Xu Ji said is right, but looking at the strength of Yanzhou now, and the fact that Xu Ji can still fight with our army when he is not in Yanzhou, you can know that Xu Ji definitely has his advantages, but unfortunately he is from a poor family." ”

After a pause, Chen Gong sneered: "But this magical crossbow arrow in front of you is nothing remarkable, a serial launch?" Hmph, then he must not have a long range. Otherwise, a burst of bows and crossbows will go up, and our army's defenders in Guandu will not be able to gain a foothold in the city at all, where will they use stratagems to deceive Guandu. ”

Zhang Xun's eyes lit up.

Chen Gong turned his head to look at Zhang Xun, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang Xun, you'd better report what happened in Guandu to Lord Yuan Shu, after all, the plan to kidnap Zhen Mi has completely failed, and it's better to make plans." ”

When Zhang Xun heard this, his mood that had just gotten better turned bad again.

Hey, I don't know how Lu Dao told Yuan Shu about this matter.

Chen Gong said again: "And we also have to tell Lord Yuan Shu about our suspicions about Zhang Yan, after all, the situation is tense now, and such a suspicious character as Zhang Yan must not be let go, but our Chen Liu's war is tight now, and we really can't afford to take care of it." I believe that Lord Yuan Shu will be able to understand the harm to our army if Zhang Yan is a fake surrender, so that we don't have to pay attention to whether Zhang Yan will lead Liang Xi's army to cross the river, anyway, Liang Xi's army is so many people, and he is not capable of a three-pronged approach of Guandu, Chen Liu, and Jiyin. ”

Hearing Zhang Yan's name, Zhang Xun's mood became even worse, so he could only reluctantly nod.

Chen Gong seems to be in command, but in fact, his heart is also extremely heavy, and everything he has done now is just to try his best to save Yuan Shujun's decline, in fact, in Yanzhou, Yuan Shujun's advantage no longer exists.

The next day, Zhang Xun's order was issued, and at the same time actively prepared to mobilize a small part of Chenliu's army to prepare for an attack on Chenliu's Yanzhou army. At the same time, the Liaohua army in Yanjin was fully monitored, and a large number of men were sent to observe the situation near the bank of the river in Guandu, but there was nothing left on the bank except for five large boats. All these signs made Chen Gong believe that the Yanzhou army's army in Guandu was a test of his own reaction.

A day later, the people who went to Changshe and Zhongmu came back to report everything to Zhang Xun, and then within the agreed time, Zhang Xun sent 8,000 people, and the defenders of Changshe and Zhongmu sent 10,000 people each.

The three-way army went straight to Guandu.

At this time, Xu Ji, who received the battle report, also took action...... (To be continued......)