Let's say that in Wancheng, the person in charge of Wancheng's city defense is Yamen General Hong Yun (thank you book friend * zero * star * recommended dragon set). Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the princes in various places have also begun to ignore the imperial court and arbitrarily become subordinate officials, and people like Hong Yun have also been named miscellaneous generals like General Yamen. Originally, Liu Biao did not have the intention of letting Hong Yun deal with the war, and arranged for him to be in Wancheng only to be responsible for the security of Wancheng and to be responsible for logistics.

At this time, in the council hall of Wancheng, Hong Yun sat on the main seat and asked nervously, "How is it, have you found out the news?" ”

The generals who sat down shook their heads, and just when Hong Yun was about to curse, the news of the scout came from outside, and I saw a scout rush into the conference hall and say loudly: "Lord Hong, the scout has found that Zhang Xiu's department has left Wuguan this morning, and I am afraid that it will soon be in Wancheng." ”

When Hong Yun heard this, he immediately asked, "How many people can be detected?" ”

The scout replied: "There are nearly 100,000 people, and the exact number is unknown." ”

Hong Yun heard it and exclaimed, "There are 100,000 people? Zhang Xiu is in a hurry, it is too late to clear the field at this time, what is your best plan? ”

After listening to Hong Yun's words, a general got up and said: "Now Zhang Xiu has an elite army of 100,000, and my Wancheng is only 8,000 old and weak, and Zhang Xiu's courage is no less than that of Lu Bu, and there are Hua Xiong, Xu Huang and others under his command as minions, how can he win." General, why don't you surrender? ”

The words of this general spoke the hearts of many people below, Hong Yun was a little moved when he heard this, but after all, he couldn't make up his mind, other generals surrendered without any responsibility, and he surrendered with great responsibility. The person who betrayed the master and lost his temperament surrendered to Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu refused to use it for the time being, if Zhang Xiu lost to Liu Biao and Liu Biao killed him again, then what should he do, this is a problem that plagues Hong Yun's heart.

Just as Hong Yun hesitated, a young official sitting at the bottom stood up and bowed to Hong Yun, and said loudly: "General, don't surrender." ”

After Hong Yun heard this, his heart was shocked, and the general who had just persuaded Hong Yun to surrender pointed to this little official and said, "If you don't surrender, do you want us to be buried with 8,000 soldiers?" ”

The little official said loudly: "As long as the eight thousand soldiers are united, according to Wancheng and defended, with the strength of Wancheng, the abundance of money and food in the city, and the equipment to defend the city, it is more than enough to defend Wancheng." ”

As soon as the general wanted to scold the little official back, Hong Yun waved his hand and said, "And keep talking." ”

The little official bowed his hand and continued: "Besides, although Zhang Xiu has 100,000 people, they are all Xiliang cavalry, and everyone knows that the cavalry is not good at attacking the city. And Zhang Xiuzi is impossible to ask his elite to abandon the city to attack, so although my Wancheng is only 8,000 soldiers and horses, but it can also be defended, just wait for the reinforcements of the Dezhou Mu to come, the danger of Wancheng will be solved, and Wancheng will not be lost, then the rest of the counties in Nanyang County can be easily recovered. Therefore, the subordinate thought that the general could not surrender. ”

After Hong Yun heard this, his mind was broadened and cheerful, and he said with great joy: "Well said, it seems that Ben Jiang has never seen you, who are you?" ”

The junior official replied, "Your Majesty Li Yan." The word is square, it is a person from Nanyang, but he became an official after the state pastor recaptured Wancheng, so the adult has not seen the lower official. ”

Hong Yun nodded and said: "Okay, what Zhengfang said is reasonable, the general will go to the city wall now, personally arrange the defense, and the generals will come with me." ”

Although there are many generals below who want to surrender, there are not a few who have listened to Li Yan's words and recovered their fighting spirit, as a warrior, if they have the strength to fight, no one wants to surrender and disgrace their reputation, so Li Yan's words obviously made up their minds for Hong Yun and the generals to stick to Wancheng. Soon after Hong Yun completed the deployment, Zhang Xiu's army had already arrived under the city of Wan.

Let's say that before Zhang Xiu led the army to Wancheng, he saw that the city of Wancheng was full of soldiers, and there were also heads emerging behind him, so Zhang Xiu knew that the 8,000 soldiers of Wancheng were ready to defend the city.

However, although Zhang Xiu had long expected that this situation might occur, he still couldn't help but ask: "That Hongyun is just a nameless person, and the scout can find out his previous achievements, and he doesn't seem to be a famous general, in the face of my pretending to be a hundred thousand troops, how can he be so decisive in defending the city?" ”

Jia Xu next to him said: "The lord once said, don't underestimate the heroes of the world, or there are other capable people in Wancheng." Besides, Jing Xiang has been a talented person since ancient times, and the lord is still cautious. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded, and then called Hu Zhen and ordered: "Wencai, you should lead 20,000 soldiers to stay here, and don't attack the city." If the Wancheng army goes out of the city, it will be attacked, and it will take the opportunity to seize the city, if it does not come out, it can only confront it here, as long as it does not make our army suffer from the enemy, and make a great achievement. ”

Hu Zhen heard it and knew that this not very important task was actually very important, so he immediately nodded solemnly and said, "No...... Please rest assured that the Lord will live up to the high expectations of the Lord in the end. ”

Zhang Xiu patted Hu Zhen on the shoulder, and then instructed the rest of the generals: "The rest of the army, and go to Deng County overnight with me, to take Deng County at all costs, Xu Huang, order you to lead the 15,000 army as the vanguard and open the way for our army." If Deng County is defenseless, it can be captured. ”

Xu Huang immediately replied, "No." ”

After Xu Huang received the order, Hua Xiong said to Zhang Xiu: "Bo Yuan, you have saved my life many times, I am like a brother, you can dispatch my army at will, and you don't have to worry about anything." ”

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he nodded and said: "Thank you, so you're welcome, Xiu has the remaining 5,000 men and horses and 30,000 troops with Brother Hua to join forces as a Chinese army and go to Deng County." ”

Hua Xiong heard this and replied, "No." ”

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Zhang Xiu's army stopped in Wancheng for about half an hour, leaving Hu Zhen to lead 20,000 people to go down here, Hong Yun above Wancheng saw Zhang Xiu's army go away, just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, how did Zhang Xiu leave 20,000 people here, but he didn't know what to do. At this time, I remembered that Li Yan had just said a word to solve his doubts, and immediately brought Li Yan over.

Li Yan listened to what Hong Yun said, and combined with the situation he had just seen, he said: "If Yan's concern is not bad, Zhang Xiu should attack Deng County at this time, and leave these horses behind, just to guard against my 8,000 men and horses in Wancheng." ”

Hong Yun heard this and asked anxiously: "If Deng County is lost, won't Wancheng soon become a lonely city, so what should it be?" ”

Li Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Wancheng only has 8,000 men and horses, and it is only for foot soldiers, it is okay to defend the city, if you go out of the city to fight, the Xiliang army only needs a few thousand cavalry to win." At this time, the general could only hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements from the governor and herd. ”

After hearing this, Hong Yun smiled bitterly and said: "In this way, according to what Zhengfang said, don't slacken, don't pay attention to the movements of the Xiliang army under the city." ”

The generals responded in unison: "No......"