After hearing Gao Lan's proposal, Wen Chou nodded and said, "Yes, General Gao Lan's words are very reasonable. I think it is better for us to send someone to inform the lord of the matter here on the one hand, and on the other hand, we should trouble General Gao Ran to lead his troops back to Xiaquyang to cut off Zhang Chao's possible escape. ”

Wen Chou's words gave the final decision to the military rumors. After the meeting, there were fast horses heading towards Yecheng, and at the same time, Gao Ran also took his 50,000 troops to make a detour to Quyang.

Gao Ran led the army towards Xiaquyang, this move did not hide the scout eyeliner sent by Zhang Chao, after someone informed him of the news, Zhang Zhiyuan was still standing in the county government practicing calligraphy.

As a person of later generations, he is really not good at writing calligraphy. It's just that as a prince of one side, if the handwriting is too poor, he won't be able to get over his face, so he will practice whenever he has time.

After hearing the news reported by the scout below, Zhang Chao's face didn't show the slightest nervousness, just one sentence, "Got it." He let the scout retreat.

Pang Tong on the side looked at the lord so calmly, and his original heart was relaxed. I don't know why, although I haven't followed Zhang Chao for a long time, this person who is ten years older than him can give him a strong self-confidence, as if as long as he follows this person, he doesn't have to worry about anything.

Zhang Chao didn't care about the siege, but he just arranged for someone to strengthen the city wall of Wu County, and it can be seen that he was determined to defend it. For their own safety, 60,000 soldiers also grasped everything possible to strengthen the city wall, which was the wall to ensure their survival.

For a few days, Zhang Chao was stationary in Wu County. Gao Ran also led troops to Xiaquyang, which was regarded as cutting off Zhang Chao's road back to the north. Next, Yuan Shao's messenger also came to the Wenchou camp and brought his new order, that is, he must capture Wu County and capture Zhang Chao alive. As long as this person can be captured, it doesn't matter where Lu Bu goes.

Yuan Shao was very happy when he heard that Zhang Chao lived in Wu County and did not escape, thinking that this was a good opportunity given to him by God, as long as he could catch Zhang Zhiyuan, why worry about merging the state and Youzhou would not return to his seat. Therefore, he immediately gave the order to besiege Zhang Chao. As for where Lu Bu went, he was not in such a hurry, there were still 80,000 soldiers in Yecheng, even if something happened, it was enough to resist.

Yuan Shao had already given the order, and Wen Chou and the others naturally had to obey. Immediately, the tent was raised, and after the generals were called, they began to discuss the matter of attacking Wu County.

After the account was raised, after discussion, it was decided that Yan Liang would lead 50,000 troops to attack the city from the west; Gao Ran led 50,000 troops to attack the city from the north; Wen Chou led an army of 100,000 to the west to attack the city; Gao Gan led the headquarters of 60,000 troops to attack the city from the south.

A total of 260,000 troops attacked together, and they did not believe that they could not attack Xiaoxiao County, which was guarded by tens of thousands of people.

As soon as the military order was given, the siege began, and all parties began to deploy troops.

Under the head of the county seat of Wuxian County, Zhang Chao took Pang Tong to look at Yuan Shao's army that was mobilizing from time to time in the distance, and a faint but confident smile appeared on his face.

Unlike Zhang Chao, Pang Tong, who was standing on the side, was indeed a little worried at this time and said, "Lord, it's better to take advantage of the fact that the other party is besieging the city, let's find all the way out." ”

Pang Tong will not forget that before leaving Jinyang City, the military advisor Guo Jia and Lu Su had talked to him and talked about Zhang Chao's character. This lord has many differences from other lords, such as being forward-looking, knowing people well, understanding the people, quick thinking, etc., but there are also shortcomings, which are still fatal shortcomings, that is, he likes to be on the front line, especially adventurous.

For example, when dealing with the Black Mountain Army, going to the Xianbei tribe to surrender, going to the Wuhuan base camp, etc., all proved this characteristic. This time I led the army to go deep alone, I'm afraid it's still like this, it will be dangerous. After all, it is Yuan Shao's territory, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and they are all regular troops that have been trained, so they can't be sloppy.

Pang Tong was naturally cautious about the two high-ranking military advisors talking to him, and when he heard the meaning of the two military advisors, he immediately showed that if such a thing happened, he would persuade the lord no matter what.

Now the fact is that such a thing has happened, as a strategist of the former army and a Wenchen who is also with Zhang Chao, at this moment, Pang Tong must express his opinion, even if Zhang Chao will be angry because of this, he must do so.

Pang Tong was a little anxious, all this was in Zhang Chao's eyes, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Shiyuan, don't be in a hurry, I know your thoughts." But if I move now, that's the real danger? There is no strong city to hold, once it is besieged, it is to become a captured person. It's better to stay here. Besides, Lu Bu's vanguard army doesn't have enough time to surprise Yecheng, if I move now, then this plan will be in vain, right? ”

What Zhang Chao said made sense, but all the prerequisites were based on the premise that he was taking risks alone, so Pang Tong still did his duty and said, "Lord, even if you want to take risks, please take Zhang Jiajun to kill them first, and leave everything here to me and General Huang." ”

"No, if the army is besieging the city and I can't see my figure, Yuan Shaojun will definitely have some suspicions, if so, they will definitely send troops to pursue, then it will be dangerous again. Okay, I am determined, Shi Yuan doesn't need to be persuased, you still go and see how many bows and arrows are made, whether you can successfully defend the city this time depends on whether the archers can give full play to their strength. Zhang Chao waved his hand at Pang Tong, although he knew that what the other party said was right, and his trip was indeed a bit risky, but if he wanted not to disrupt his plan, and let Yuan Shao retreat, I am afraid that this is the only way to be the safest.

With Zhang Chao's current strength, he is indeed not afraid of Yuan Shao. But the premise is that he needs to raise the troops of the two states to do it together, if this is the case, it will not only cost the people and money, but also disrupt his plan to stabilize the great development of the people, which he does not want to see. This is the move of leading 100,000 troops out of the state, he just wants to become a flying insect that burrows into the enemy's stomach, and he wants to make a good fuss.

As soon as Zhang Chao's words came out, Pang Tong knew that it was useless to say that he was talking, so he retreated and went to check the number of bows and arrows.

Zhang Chao had no intention of escaping, so Yuan Shao's army gave up looking for Lu Bu's vanguard army, but launched the transfer of Zhang Chao's encirclement according to the plan, and this move was due to the large number of people, and it was already ten days after waiting for it to be arranged.

Ten days later, looking out from the gate of Wu County, there were all figures in light green military uniforms.

The 260,000-strong army is all ready to go, and from a distance, its scale is very large. But even so, there was not the slightest panic above the Wuxian city gate, which was the result of Zhang Chao's existence.

Zhang Chao, as the lord and the general worshiped by the emperor, kept walking around on the four towers in the southeast, northwest and northwest, cheering up all the soldiers guarding the city, and even constantly shaking hands to encourage the morale of the former soldiers.

For an ordinary soldier, it is a very fortunate and proud thing to be able to meet his loyal lord up close. Not to mention that Zhang Chao also shook hands with many of them, which made them all excited as if they had been beaten, and they all wanted to behave in front of the lord, so that once they could survive the war and make meritorious contributions, they would be able to live a better life in the future, including their families.

"Don't be afraid, the other party is just a lot of people, and there is no advantage at all. But we do have a strong city to hold onto, and we have enough bows and arrows to keep them coming and going. Coupled with the fact that our reinforcements are on their way, as long as we can hold the fortified city for ten days, it will be time for victory. Wherever Zhang Chao goes, he will say such remarks.

Zhang Chao knew very well that it was not enough to rely on morale alone to fight a war, but also to give hope to the soldiers. So he set the ten-day rule, but what it will be like after ten days, to put it bluntly, he doesn't know. But that's all that can be said at this point.

Zhang Chao said this, and the morale was even more excited and confident. More than 60,000 people, defending the city for ten days, as long as the city gate is not breached, there is still a great success rate.

In this way, the soldiers of the 60,000 Second Army Corps, with Zhang Chao's encouragement, were all ready to defend to the death. And on the eleventh day, Yuan Shao's army finally began to attack after a unified war drum.

For Yuan Shao's army, which attacked together in four directions, Zhang Chao also made certain preparations. He placed 10,000 soldiers on top of the four gates. And out of every 10,000 troops, there were 8,000 archers alone, and 1,500 of the remaining 2,000 were used to manipulate fire oil and other objects, and 500 were armed with long knives to prevent a few enemies from rushing under the city gate to kill them.

In addition to these 40,000, the remaining 20,000 are mobile troops, and once one of the city gates is tight, they will divide their troops to support.

Before the war, Zhang Chao also concentrated all the doctors in the Second Army Corps, so that they were ready to rescue soldiers and treat soldiers at any time.

After a certain amount of preparation on both sides, the big war finally began. Patches of men in light green uniforms began to rush frantically towards the city gates. Seeing that the enemy was waving more and more, Zhang Chao also gave an order, and immediately ten thousand arrows were fired at once, shooting down like a waterfall.

As soon as he came up, Zhang Chao adopted the technique of long-range attack with bows and arrows. There were really not many soldiers available to him, and once the enemy rushed to the top of the city, it would be the most brutal melee combat, and such attrition would be extremely disadvantageous to himself. He tried his best to avoid such a situation.