Thirty miles away, Zhang Heduan sat in a big tent, his eyes drooping, and his dark face was like an ancient well.

But his heart was not at all at peace.

Before leaving, the words that the Son of Heaven had said to him echoed in his ears.

"General, whether Dawei can be reborn in a desperate situation depends on whether he can seize the opportunity this time."

As one of the five good generals who followed Cao Cao, and now he is the only living general, this is a heavier entrustment than a mountain. If you are so heavy, you must always straighten your back and dare not have any negligence.

The situation in the world is unfavorable to Cao Wei, even as a military general, Zhang He can feel the weight of the dark clouds pressing on the head of Luoyang City and the heart of Cao Rui, the son of heaven. Shu Han took Guanzhong, took Nanyang, and now forced Sun Quan to surrender, and took the southeast corner into his pocket, and now Wei Ba went out of the East China Sea, intending to get involved in Liaodong, and formed a three-sided encirclement of Cao Wei.

Losing Liangzhou, Guanzhong, Cao Wei's iron cavalry, which once dominated the world, lost his advantage, such as breaking his legs.

Sun Quan was called a minister, and the great river was owned by Han, and Cao Wei broke another arm.

If Liaodong is lost again, Cao Wei's henchmen will suffer the heaviest blow and completely lose their resistance.

The Son of Heaven said that this was a desperate situation. Not bad at all, it's a real desperate situation.

However, desperation often represents opportunity. While the Shu Han court in Chengdu set up such a formation, it also made a serious mistake. It's like a swordsman, after a series of dazzling stabs, although he has achieved an overwhelming advantage, but he has also exhausted his strength and exposed a fatal flaw.

In the eyes of ordinary people. This may not be a big deal, but in the eyes of a master, it is a good opportunity to turn defeat into victory and be reborn in a desperate situation.

Cao Rui saw this opportunity and wanted to seize it. His first move was to send Zhang He, the only remaining general of the five sons.

Only in this way can we attract everyone's attention and hide our true intentions.

This is the weight of Zhang He, and it is also the greatest glory of Zhang He, but also a heavy mental pressure.

Zhang Xiong walked in and saw his father sitting upright in contemplation. Hurriedly lightened his pace.

"What's the matter?" Zhang He asked softly.

"I just received a military report."

"Read!"

"Whoa." Zhang Xiong opened the military newspaper. One by one, I read it up.

These military reports came from different places, some about Pengcheng and Xiapi, some about Lu Xunbu in the direction of Yingchuan, and some about Wu Jun in the direction of Shouchun. There is also about the Shuhan Naval Division in the direction of Qingzhou.

"Wei Ba is fishing in Penglai?" Zhang He opened his eyes. He looked surprised.

"Yes." Zhang Xiong glanced at the military newspaper again. "He's been in Penglai for about half a month."

"Show but don't use, lead but don't trigger." Zhang He sighed softly: "He only used 10,000 people to contain 20,000 or 30,000 people in our army. It also made Qingzhou nervous, which can be described as a wonderful way to use the art of war. ”

"Yes." Zhang Xiong also sighed: "Although he has not yet come ashore to attack, he has already forced out all the liliang in Qingzhou, no need to fight, if there is a stalemate for a while, Wang Ling may not be able to hold on." ”

"So our time is very limited, and the opportunity is fleeting." Zhang He straightened up and took the military report: "How is the situation in Pengcheng?" ”

"The gates are shut." Zhang Xiong said: "In the past few days, Pengcheng has been strengthening the city defense, and the strong walls are clear, so it is natural to hold on. ”

Zhang He was silent for a long time: "If this is the case, this son is not afraid." ”

Zhang Xiong was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and looked at Zhang He. Zhang He waved his hand: "Let the soldiers have a full meal, no one can unarm, no horse can unsaddle, you lead people to patrol the camp, there must be no carelessness." ”

"Whoa." Zhang Xiong answered, turned around and went out.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next morning, Zhang He ordered the army to set off. The 5,000 cavalry he brought from Luoyang, the 3,000 foot soldiers he brought from Suiyang, and the 10,000 foot soldiers gathered from Pengcheng, Peixian and other surrounding counties slowly pressed towards Pengcheng.

Last night, Zhang He's order to put the whole army on alert heralded that the battle was just around the corner, so the atmosphere had become tense before they arrived in Pengcheng. When passing through the hill in the east of Xiao County, Zhang He did not dare to be careless, and specially sent scouts to investigate, and after confirming that there was no ambush, he continued to advance, and it took a day to advance to the city of Pengcheng.

This speed was like a snail crawling compared to the speed at which he had galloped from Luoyang before, but no one dared to doubt Zhang He's ability to use troops, and no one dared to question Zhang He's decision. Even though these orders are not very easy to execute, they are still meticulous. This is true not only of those soldiers of the forbidden army who have followed Zhang He for many years, but also of the county soldiers who have just been under Zhang He's command.

When Zhou Yin stood at the head of the city again, looking at the orderly Wei army camp in the distance, he sighed: "This is the charm of a famous general." ”

Ding Feng raised his head under the city: "Zhongying, one day, you will be like him." ”

"Inherit your good words and make progress together." Zhou Yin clenched his fists and arched his hand to Ding Feng.

"Haha......" Ding Feng also responded with a fist: "Make progress together." ”

Last night, some people suggested attacking Zhang He's camp, and some people suggested setting up an ambush on the mountain and rushing out when Zhang He passed by. As a result, these decisions were all vetoed by Zhou Yin. Zhou Yin's idea is very simple, what kind of person Zhang He is, what kind of conspiracy and tricks he has not seen, if such tricks as attacking the camp and ambushing can defeat him, the trees on his tomb are all arm thick, how can he survive to this day. If you want to defeat him, you can't just beat him upright.

The scouts did not inquire about the vigilance of the Wei army last night, but they saw the caution of Zhang He's march today, and they admired Zhou Yin's analysis. If you want to fight Zhang He's ambush, it's basically like a daydream.

Then we have to wait for Zhang He to attack the city.

There were nearly 20,000 soldiers outside the city and nearly 10,000 soldiers inside the city, no matter how you look at it, it should be a tragic battle.

In the distance, Zhang Heduan sat on his war horse, looking at the sheep and horse city under Pengcheng, and frowned.

The northeast of Pengcheng faces the water, only the southwest two sides can be attacked, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city wall is also very strong, it has always been a place where soldiers must fight. If it weren't for Zhou Yin's long-distance attack, he was taken by surprise and wanted to storm Pengcheng, he couldn't do it without more than five times the number of troops. Now that Zhou Yin occupies Pengcheng, as long as there is no accident, he can completely defend Pengcheng, but he actually set up a sheep and horse wall outside the city, which is a tactic of defending and attacking, showing the unique momentum of young people.

Does Zhou Yin want to attack? Zhang He pondered the intentions of his opponent. Originally, he didn't have Jihua to attack Pengcheng, but if Zhou Yin wanted to attack, the situation would be completely different. It's just that in this way, he has to change his jihua.

Zhang He ordered to set up camp, and after thinking about it for a night, he decided to give it a try first and see what Zhou Yin wanted to do.

When the sun shone on the head of Pengcheng, the Wei army launched an attack on Pengcheng.

Amid the sound of war drums, under the cover of bows and crossbows, the men pushed trench-filling carts and other battle equipment towards the moat. The city was silent, and there was no rain of arrows as expected. Only a cold arrow roared from eighty paces away, and almost every cold arrow could provoke an exclamation or even a scream, although this kind of precision strike could not prevent the Wei army from filling the trenches, it was extremely lethal and could hit the morale of the Wei army. And every time the archers at the head of the city shot, they burst into cheers, and their morale was high.

After half a day's efforts, the Wei army erected five pontoon bridges over the moat at the cost of the lives of more than 180 people. Under Zhang He's order, the five hundred Wei troops divided into five teams and rushed to the sheep and horse wall under Pengcheng.

Seeing the Wei army attack, Zhou Yin at the head of the city raised his hand and waved it gently: "Crossbowmen are ready." ”

The herald waved the colored flag in his hand, and the drummer beat the war drum to pass his order. The crossbowmen, who had been playing shooting games, put away their smiles and raised their crossbows in unison.

The strong crossbow captain shouted: "Prepare - shoot!" ”

With a "buzz", hundreds of arrows left the string, and several giant arrows like spears were interspersed. With a fierce murderous aura, the giant arrow crossed a hundred paces and shot at the Wei army that was passing through the pontoon bridge.

With a "bang", a huge arrow pierced through a shield, killing the Wei army in the shield with an arrow. The giant arrow Liliang is amazing, even if the team leader is shot through with an arrow, it still has no momentum, and he takes a few diagonal steps with the team's body, and falls into the water with a thud.

The Wei army's attack formation was in disarray, and there were loopholes in the originally tight protection, dozens of arrows were immediately fired, and three or four Wei soldiers were hit by arrows, and they fell to the ground with a miserable cry, causing even greater chaos.

The team was shot and killed, and there was no one to take unified command, so they could only fight separately in Shiwu, and some confusion inevitably appeared. Three of the five groups of Wei troops were disrupted by the same tactics, and only two rushed through the moat, raised their shields, braved the rain of arrows, and rushed towards the Han army in the sheep and horse wall.

Ding Feng raised his eyebrows lightly, and his expression was relaxed. His subordinates are all battle-hardened soldiers, and they are not afraid of even the same number of battles, let alone this kind of battle with a huge number of people. He immediately ordered the soldiers of the Wei army to prepare for battle, and the other soldiers to remain vigilant.

The battle began. The soldiers of the Han army used the wall of Haode to reject horses and sheep and horses, and launched a strong resistance to the Wei army that rushed across the moat. They did not defend passively, but lured the Wei army into formation, and then outflanked it, relying on the superiority of numbers to kill the Wei army.

The number was at a disadvantage, there was a dense rain of arrows overhead, and from time to time there were cold arrows whistling by, taking away the lives of each one, the Wei army fought very hard, although they worked hard and were brave, they still fell behind.

Zhang He sat on the command platform, quietly looking at the leaky pot in front of him, but his ears were listening to the sound of fighting in the distance.

Nearly an hour later, the shouting and killing in front of the formation gradually stopped, and less than half of the 500 Wei soldiers who attacked in the first batch retreated to their positions, and nearly 300 Wei soldiers were strewn in front of the formation

(To be continued......)

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