The matter of Qingzhou has come to an end for Zhang Fan for the time being, and he is rushing to Jizhou, and now some areas of Jizhou are in dire straits!

The Xiliang army went north from Taihang Mountain, at that time it conquered Maocheng, Handan and other cities, Zhang Liao led the army to garrison Guangping, but Guangping City was a ruin during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and later Zhang Fan spent a huge amount of money to rebuild, now it is far from the original scale, it is difficult to defend, after holding on for a few days, Zhang Liao can only have no choice but to withdraw, stationed in Guangzong in the north, to resist the offensive of the Xiliang army.

Guangzong, this city has endured too much brilliance, and Guangping City was rebuilt from the ruins, and it has long ceased to be the same, and the Xiliang army obviously saw this, and pursued Zhang Liao closely, and immediately came to the city and called for endless battles.

In the city, Zhang Liao, the judge and others sat in the hall, although their faces were a little anxious, but there was little panic, they were all people who had experienced a big scene, and their psychological elements were not ordinarily strong.

Zhang Liao was calm, he said: "Now there are only 200,000 defenders in Guangzong City, and the number is at a disadvantage, and the elite Cheng Dù is even less than the Xiliang army, but defending the city is not the best choice, although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is a heavy cavalry, but the speed is still faster than the infantry, and it can completely wander and wreak havoc in all parts of Jizhou, we should find a way to suppress this situation, instead of focusing on the gains and losses of one city and one place!" ”

The judge was deeply convinced of this: "The words are so good, but the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is invincible, and our army is far inferior, if we go out to battle, I am afraid that there is a danger of annihilation!" ”

Unspeakable silence, this is indeed a dilemma, but it is obviously not possible to stick to it, the entire Jizhou will encounter the Xiliang army, but the frontal battle is not an opponent at all, and it is not without a battle before, but under the charge of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, any formation is like a void, and it will be defeated in an instant, how to fight?

In the first battle of Guangping, Zhang Liao lost tens of thousands of horses, and he could only escape at the last moment, if it wasn't for the slow pursuit of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the loss might be even greater!

Everyone thought about it carefully, but they really couldn't think of a good way, at this time, someone outside the city reported that the Xiliang army blocked the city and challenged, and asked Zhang Liao to answer by name!

Zhang Liao stood up, straightened his armor, and walked up to the city without a trace of fear, outside the city were five phalanxes of the Xiliang Army, each phalanx had four to fifty thousand people, and gathered more than 200,000 horses, which was all the strength of the Xiliang Army.

Seeing Zhang Liao ascending the city, Li Dao rode out of the city, came to the front of the city, and shouted: "Zhang Wenyuan, you dog thief, followed Lu Bu to harm my father-in-law, but you didn't expect this day, right?" ”

Zhang Liao's face was cold when he heard this, Lu Bu was a pain in his heart, and he said: "Dong thief is punished by everyone, I don't feel that there is anything wrong!" ”

Li Dao was furious, no matter what others thought of Dong Zhuo, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, Dong Zhuo was the best lord, like a god, how could he allow others to blaspheme? What's more, it was this thief who instigated Lu Bu to attack Dong Zhuo!

He roared: "Shameless villain, you betray the Lord for glory, and you should be spurned by the world!" ”

Zhang Liao's face was solemn and dignified: "I, Zhang Liao and Zhang Wen, sit upright on a long journey, and what I do can be learned from the world, how can you slander?" ”

Li Dao sneered when he heard this: "Lu Bu is the righteous son of my father-in-law, and the relationship between the two is very good, but you listened to the words of the turmoil, provoked the relationship between the two, and finally led Lu Bu to kill his father, which is unjust!" At that time, you were under Lu Bu, and you were his most trusted general, but you had a connection with the enemy at that time, which was disloyal! You are a disloyal and unrighteous person, the world has its own public opinion, why should I slander it? ”

Zhang Liao's eyes shrank slightly, there was not much change on the surface, but there was an uproar in his heart, at that time, he was only for the righteousness, and he didn't think about it so much, and now it is inevitable to be criticized, but he has no regrets, if he does it again, he will still choose to do that, it is reasonable for him to sit back and watch Lu Bu recognize the thief as his father like that, as for Lu Bu's later actions, it is not something he can control.

Clear-eyed people naturally saw a qiē, but the people didn't know it, hearing this, some people looked at Zhang Liao's eyes slightly changed, is this person a traitor who betrays the Lord and seeks glory?

Seeing this, the judge hurriedly appeased, he has been stationed in this area for a long time, and he is quite famous, plus Zhang Liao is now a general in Jizhou, and the people do not have too much harshness, and they have regained stability.

Zhang Liao was smiling bitterly, it seemed that his identity as a general was still questioned, maybe he hadn't done enough and was not recognized by the people.

The judge comforted: "General Wenyuan doesn't have to worry too much, the lord has a lot of trust in you, otherwise he will not hand over the Jizhou base camp to you to take care of, this is the Xiliang army's plan to sow discord, don't be fooled!" ”

Zhang Liao was shocked, and suddenly it dawned on him, he was a wise general, and he immediately understood, and he forced himself to hold back his thoughts at the moment, without saying a word, just looked coldly at Li Dao in the city, when he was singing.

Li Dao was surprised in his heart, and secretly said that this Zhang Liao is really not easy to deal with, but fortunately, the military advisor still has a plan to teach me!

At that moment, he simply ignored Zhang Liao anymore, but turned to the trial: "Mr. Zhengnan, this time will be reasonable!" ”

The judge was stunned for a moment, clenched his fists slightly, but did not speak, looking a little cold.

Li Jihun didn't care, and said sincerely: "Don't hide it, this time our army is not coveting the land of Jizhou, it is all for this person!" ”

As he spoke, he pointed at Zhang Liao: "As long as Mr. hands over this person, I promise to withdraw the army immediately, return all the land and cities, and not offend Jizhou at all!" ”

"Impossible!"

The interrogator's words were cold, and he said categorically: "Wen Yuan is my Jizhou general, if you want to be an enemy of him, you are an enemy of the entire Jizhou, no need to say more, if you want to fight, you will fight!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Liao and Li Dao were stunned, they didn't expect that the trial of a strategist would be so resolute and not give any room for turnaround.

Zhang Liao was moved in his heart, in Jizhou, he was recognized and respected, he could give full play to his talents, and he had such a colleague, a magnanimous and wise lord, what more could he ask for?

"Please also ask Mr. Zhengnan to think about it carefully, we should stay under the city for a day, waiting for a reply, if we do not get an answer before sunset tomorrow, do not blame our army for attacking! When the time comes, the city will be shattered, and the people will not be spared! ”

Li Dao was blocked from talking, so he didn't say anything more, and after saying this, he turned around and left, returning to the Xiliang army.

"The people are not spared? The Xiliang army wants to slaughter the city? Zhang Liao glanced at the judge, and there was a rare panic in his eyes, they didn't say anything, walked down the city wall quickly, and went to the city lord's mansion to explain in detail.

As soon as he entered the City Lord's Mansion, he hurriedly said: "Guangzong City has just been rebuilt, the defense facilities are not perfect, it is difficult to hold, you should find another way out, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Zhang Liao frowned and pondered, but did not speak, and the trial was even more anxious when he saw this, sighing again and again, thinking about countermeasures.

After a long time, Zhang Liao suddenly sighed: "There are capable people in the Xiliang army!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" The judge exclaimed.

Zhang Liao frowned slightly, and said: "I know very well that Li and Guo Yan are both of them, although they are a little brave, but their wisdom is insufficient, today he said those words in front of the city, first to slander me to disintegrate the morale of our army, let the people centrifuge, fortunately, Brother Zhengnan stepped forward, so that the loss was controlled to the minimum!" If Brother Zhengnan didn't express his position at that time, I would definitely be worried and lose my normal heart, so they would have a chance! ”

"In the end, Li Dao used the slaughter of the city as a threat, and gave a time limit, which made the people in Guangzong City panic, maybe someone would have a different heart, and they might come to assassinate me, take 10,000 steps back, even if it doesn't happen, they will definitely expect that we will choose to evacuate, if they prepare early and pursue at the right time, our army will be defeated and suffer heavy losses!"

"So, there are capable people in the Xiliang Army! This scheme is interlocking, and if one plan fails, another plan will be born, which is really vicious! ”

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he stopped speaking, frowned and thought hard, and the trial was shocked, if this is the case, this time the big thing is not good!

At the same time, he was also impressed by Zhang Liao, don't look at Zhang Liao as a military general, but his resourcefulness is not weak at all, some of what he said just now is known to himself, but some of them are not even aware of themselves!

"This person has real talent and learning, and he can be a masterpiece! The Lord has the wisdom of knowing people! The judge secretly praised.

Zhang Fan had explained before leaving, and he had to discuss and decide with Zhang Liao about everything, and at that time, he was also worried about Zhang Fan's reuse of a general, but now it seems that he is too worried, Zhang Liao is loyal, and both civil and military, such characters are indeed capable of taking important positions.

At this point, the judge completely agreed with Zhang Liao, and said: "In this case, we might as well respond to all changes with the same and defend the city without losing, the lord should be on the way back to help now, as long as the main army can return to Jizhou, defeat the Xiliang army!" ”

Zhang Liao was silent, silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "No! The Xiliang Army is the army of tigers and wolves, and there are wise men who give advice, and Guangzong City is not enough to block its edge, and it will be lost if it is defended for a long time! And at this time, the Xiliang Army is already a lost dog, crazy to the extreme, once the city is broken, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not really slaughter the city! ”

"How about that?" There is some misconduct in the trial, and the situation is too sinister!

Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and said, "As you said, let's go out of the city!" ”

"Out of town? But didn't you just say that the enemy was prepared? Even if the enemy army is not prepared, in order to prevent the slaughter of the city, we must carry the people, so that the march will be slow, and it will definitely be overtaken, and then there will be no way to advance or retreat, so what can we do? The judge exclaimed.

Zhang Liao seemed resolute: "At this moment, there is only one way!" I have already thought of a plan, if I can succeed, the crisis will be solved! ”

"Please also ask Brother Zhengnan to believe me once, whether this battle is won or lost, it all depends on today!"

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