Under the condition that the bow and arrow were fully prepared, after a rain of arrows, Yuan Shao's army, which had originally thought of attacking the city at one time, was shot to death countless times, and from morning to night, after a day's siege of the city, he threw down about 10,000 corpses and retreated.

Under the siege of the city in one day, it was not fruitless, but lost so many people, which made the main general Wen Chou very angry, and after returning to the army, he sent a fast horse scout to send an order to their other three armies, and the siege will continue tomorrow, he wants to see how many bows and arrows this Zhang Chao has prepared.

The enemy retreated, and the soldiers on the upper floor of Wuxian City were naturally cheering. Pang Tong also reported the results of the day to Zhang Chao. Except for hundreds of soldiers who were wounded by bows and arrows under the city, there were no major casualties, which was definitely a big victory.

It's just that in the face of such a result, Zhang Chao was indeed not too happy. Because as mentioned in the report just now, more than 100,000 bows and arrows were used in just one day, and if this continues, bows and arrows will definitely not be enough.

Zhang Chao arranged for people to cut wood and prepare bows and arrows before, but the number was limited after all, about 400,000 pieces, I thought that 40,000 pieces a day would be enough, but on the first day, a third of them were used.

"Shi Yuan, pass my order, tomorrow the bow and arrow should not be abused like this, wait for the enemy to get close and shoot, try to be as accurate as possible."

"Yes, my lord." Pang Tong agreed. The bow and arrow were originally prepared by him, and he knew that it was the most appropriate way to do so, but in this way, I am afraid that the casualties of the army would be greater.

The next day, under Wen Chou's order, the soldiers of the four cities attacked the city together, and the bows and arrows were still together, but they were not as fierce as yesterday, but at the end of the day, 80,000 bows and arrows were still shot, which was equivalent to half of the bows and arrows being used up. Of course, it also created the result of killing nearly 10,000 enemies.

In the evening, Zhang Chao stood in the hall of the county government, looking at the sand table in front of him, thoughtful. It wasn't until Pang Tong came with the results of the day that he asked with a smile: "Shiyuan, what do you think of the combat strength of Yuan Shao's army?" ”

"The combat power is not weak. But..."Pang Tong pondered for a moment: "But if I were the commander of Yuan Shao's army, I would never divide my troops, but attack in one direction. ”

"Oh." Hearing this, Zhang Chao couldn't help but ask with a light in his eyes: "If that's the case, aren't you afraid that the other party will abandon the city and flee?" ”

"Run? Wouldn't that be just right, without the defense of the fortified city, wouldn't it be just right for our army to pursue and then annihilate it? Pang Tong replied confidently.

"Haha, okay, Shi Yuan answered well, now you know where Yuan Shao's army is wrong, that's the case, we should seize this time to kill their sharpness." When Zhang Chao heard this, he finally laughed.

Zhang Chao is most worried that the other party will concentrate his forces on one point and storm the city gate, in this way, even if the soldiers can stand it, the bows and arrows will not be enough, and the city gate will not be able to withstand such a toss. Although it is said that Wu County has been strengthened after he came, it will definitely not escape the result of being captured under a long-term attack. But once the enemy divides his forces, it will be much easier to deal with.

In order to make the enemy army not together, early in the morning of the third day, Zhang Chao also deliberately went to the four city gates. said to his own people that it was to boost morale, but in fact, he was telling Yuan Shao's army that he was in the city and did not leave.

Zhang Chao appeared on the four city gates in the morning, this scene was seen by Yuan Shaojun a real thing, immediately attacked non-stop, the army continued another day's onslaught, it was indeed forced by 100,000 bows and arrows, and it was more than 10,000 soldiers.

After three consecutive days of fierce attack, not only entered the city, but also lost 30,000 horses, at dusk that day, the main generals of the other three city gates came to the Wenchou camp under the protection of their own soldiers, and began to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as he entered the account, the general Yan Liang scolded loudly: "This Zhang Zhiyuan, I know that when I shrank my head turtle, I only know how to suppress us with bows and arrows all day long, and I have lost seven or eight thousand people without going up to the city gate, how can this be good?" ”

"Yes, we are the same, the opponent's bow and arrow are like rain, it is not easy to attack the city." Gao Ran, who was attacking the north, said the same.

After hearing these words in Wen Chou's ears, he also said with a sad face: "I know your difficulties, but why am I not here to pay for it?" I knew that Zhang Zhiyuan was not easy to deal with, but now it seems that this is indeed the case. ”

Even Wen Chou was so discouraged that the other generals didn't know what to say. In the end, the discussion was fruitless, and he could only attack according to the old way before. So that's another five days.

In five days, Wenchou's army lost more than 40,000 soldiers, but it still did not conquer the county seat of Wu County.

In the county seat, Zhang Chao's army took advantage of the bow and arrow to defend the city gate, but the number of bows and arrows became only 100,000 and his own, and if it continued like this, I am afraid that it would not be able to last even two days. For this matter, Pang Tong also thought of a lot of ways, and even demolished some people's wooden houses, and thus made up 50,000 people, but after all, the county seat is not very big, and it is not a way to go on like this.

For this matter, Pang Tong came to the county office where Zhang Chao was located to ask for a way. As soon as he saw people, he was asked if there was any straw in the city.

For Zhang Chao's question, Pang Tong didn't understand what he meant, but he still answered truthfully, "Lord, there is still straw, and the houses of the people in the city are mostly paved with straw, but I don't know why I do this?" ”

Hearing that the straw was sufficient, Zhang Chao smiled and said, "That's fine." In this way, you will unify all these straws, and then arrange for skilled craftsmen to make scarecrows, and I will be of great use. ”

...... ......

Wu'an Qinkou Mountain.

It belongs to the place where Wei County is located. Lu Bu finally appeared here after taking a detour with 50,000 cavalry of the vanguard army.

Regarding the fact that there was a large army besieging Zhang Chao, Lu Bu naturally knew about it. While deeply worried about the safety of the lord, he took a steady march, resting during the day and hurrying at night, and finally reached the territory of Wei County ten days later.

It was dusk, and the army was in good spirits after a day's rest. Lu Bu also called the deputy general Hou Cheng and pointed to the map in his hand and said: "See, if you are going forward, it is Wushi City, and after that, it is Liang Period City, and our goal tonight is there." ”

Listening to Lu Bu's words, Hou Cheng was surprised: "General, are we going to connect the two cities in one night?" If that were the case, wouldn't it expose our whereabouts? ”

"Why, do you think we're going to hide at this time? The south of the city of Liang is the land of Ye County, and now the lord is besieged, and the city gate can be broken at any time. Lu Bu did shake his head and gave him half a month, and now it was time to play a role.

"Okay." Hou Cheng also nodded, he knew that if Zhang Chao was in danger, he was afraid that the current good situation would be safely destroyed, and his family in Jinyang City would also be affected, so he had to attack at this time.

Hou Cheng agreed, and Lu Bu asked him to take 5,000 people to put on light green military uniforms, let them open the gate of Wushi City, and then go straight to the Liang period. ”

So, that night, when it was not completely dark, Hou Chengcheng took 5,000 soldiers to pretend to be defeated soldiers and opened the gate of Wushi City, and then Lu Bu's army appeared, and he followed the city gate soldiers with only 1,000 people to defend the city towards Liang Period.

In the city of Liang period, Yuan Shao also did not put down his heavy troops, in his opinion, no one would kill in front of him unknowingly. Therefore, when Hou Cheng followed the defeated army into Liang Period City and killed the general defending the city, Liang Period was also taken, and Yecheng was exposed to Lu Bujun, Yuan Shao was woken up in the middle of the night, and after learning the result, he broke out in a cold sweat.

In the conference hall, Yuan Shao looked at the generals under him, and said angrily: "Tell me, how did these people appear here, did they fall from the sky?" ”

In the face of Yuan Shao's reprimand, Guo Tu, Xu You and other ministers were silent. Only the military general Zhang He stood up and said: "Lord, the Liang period is occupied, Yecheng is exposed, I am willing to lead 50,000 troops to meet the enemy." ”

Last time, the matter of Xiao Qiao entering the state from Hanoi attracted Yuan Shao's unhappiness. This listened to the words of the general Wen Chou, and transferred Zhang He back to watch the after-effects.

Zhang He can be said to be an untrustworthy person, otherwise, he should also go to besiege Zhang Chao this time. Now that this person is indeed willing to stand up to meet the enemy, Yuan Shao is naturally very happy, and immediately said: "Okay, I can rest assured that I have a good man to lead the troops." ”

Seeing that Yuan Shao was going to reuse Zhang He, Xu Yu on the side hurriedly stood up and said, "Lord, it's naturally good for General Jun Yi to have this heart. But Zhang Chaojun can quietly appear in front of us, presumably the combat power is not bad, I think it is better to let General Wei Yuanjin lead the troops, and General Jun Yi is the deputy general. After all, General Wei had served as the county commander of the Liang period, so he was more familiar with the situation there. ”

Xu Youhui suddenly stood up and said these words, which was really what Xiao Jiujiu did.

A while ago, it was after his suggestion that Zhang He was transferred back from Hanoi and replaced with Wen Chou's henchman Zhao Rui. For this matter, Xu You didn't believe that this person would not hold grudges, and once this person was reused, who knew if he would retaliate against himself after he had more power? Therefore, with him, Zhang He will never be allowed to take the position.

Wei Yuanjin and Xu You are usually good friends, he can be promoted step by step, and Xu You has also made a lot of efforts. It is really a good thing to take this opportunity to put the person who is good with you in the position.