Zhang Liao is now disappointed.

I have done everything I can do now, but this Deng County, I'm afraid I can't continue to stick to it as I wish.

Zhang Liao originally thought that relying on his prestige for many years, he personally went to the city tower to supervise the battle, which could not only effectively improve the morale of his own soldiers, but also deter the main general of the Shu thief.

After all, Zhang Liao was very aware of Guan Yu's injury, and his shot really pierced Guan Yu's chest and abdomen.

Guan Yu is already sixty-one, such an injury, unless he, Guan Yu, is also like himself, and he risks his life, it is impossible to return to battle in a short time.

At least in Zhang Liao's opinion, Guan Yu really doesn't have this need.

He is a permanent way out for the Yanmen Zhang family, and he Guan Yu has no need for this.

With Guan Yu's prestige in the Shu thief army, and with the relationship between Guan Yu and Liu Bei, Guan Yu doesn't have to worry about the decline of the Guan family after a hundred years. He didn't have a reason to fight to the death.

As long as Guan Yu does not go into battle in person, then relying on the juniors of the Guan family to lead the battle, Zhang Liao is still confident that he can deter them.

As for Xu Shu, he is just a strategist, and it depends on the generals to lead the army to fight after all.

But Zhang Liao really didn't expect that his plan was only half successful.

Zhang Liao's personal supervision of the battle in the city tower really aroused the morale of the Wei soldiers and strengthened their determination to stick to Deng County. But it did not deter the main general of the Shu army.

On the first day of the offensive and defensive battle in Deng County, the battle was quite fierce, and the fierceness of the Shu thief's offensive made Zhang Liao, who was accustomed to seeing battlefield battles, feel a little surprised.

In particular, Kou Feng, the vanguard general of the Shu thieves, launched five sieges in a row in one day, each time he was the first to ascend the battle, and the most fierce attack, he had already climbed the city wall and opened up a landing area with his own strength.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wei soldiers fought to the death and did not retreat, and Zhang Liao asked Zhang Hu to lead the troops to support in time, maybe they would really attack the city.

This is a tiger general, no less than Le Wenqian's first warrior.

Of course, the person who made Zhang Liao feel the most was Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu.

This junior has the style of his father.

When the attack is smooth, seize the opportunity to storm and fight fiercely, and never give the enemy a chance to breathe; When the attack was unfavorable, he did not hesitate, retreated when it was time to retreat, reorganized the offensive formation, and prepared to launch the next attack.

Look at the high-spirited son of the old man on the opposite side who commands the whole army to fight, and then look back at his own family, he knows that if the eldest son who is guarding him is not tied to the pillar and can't move, he has the heart to give this bastard boy another slap.

Yes, guarding oneself is indeed a manifestation of filial piety, but now that the war situation is so urgent, shouldn't you, as a general, go to the city wall and command the soldiers to kill the thieves and retreat the enemy?!

What's the use of guarding an old man?!!!

Besides, Lao Tzu still has dozens of guards around him, and it is impossible for the enemy army to attack the city tower head-on, at most, it is to suppress it with arrows and dozens of shields to protect himself, what danger can Lao Tzu have?!

Therefore, on the second day of the battle of Dengxian, after Zhang Liao tied himself to the city again, he immediately sent Zhang Hu to the city wall to fight, and by the way, Zhang Liao's second son Zhang Bao was also taken away, and Zhang Liao of the province looked angry.

In this way, Zhang Liao tied himself to the city tower for three days, and Deng County also held out for three days under the siege of the Han army.

On the fourth day, Zhang Liao finally didn't have to tie himself up to the city tower anymore.

It's not that the Han army won't attack, but that Zhang Liao really can't hold on.

Zhang Liao is holding on, don't forget to tie himself to the city tower for three days, Zhang Liao is a person who is seriously injured and has difficulty even getting out of bed and walking.

If it weren't for Zhang Liao's willpower, it would be amazing, and if he were an ordinary person, he wouldn't be able to last even a day.

Zhang Liao held on like this for three days, and on the fourth day, Zhang Liao fell into a semi-coma again because of his aggravated injuries.

Fortunately, this time Zhang Liao himself also realized that his body might not last for the fourth day, so he hurriedly explained to Zhang Hu, asked him to hide his injury first, and then explained the next city defense deployment. After saying this, Zhang Liao fell into a coma again.

To tell the truth, what Zhang Liao can do is already the limit.

Based on the arrangement made by Zhang Liao before he fell into a coma, as long as Zhang Hu really followed the implementation, then before the news of Zhang Liao's serious injury and coma again leaked, there should be no problem in holding Deng County.

After all, what should have been done has been done, and the tactics have long been arranged, so you just need to follow the execution.

Defending the city, after all, is a matter for the defender to have the advantage.

And this time Zhang Hu finally grew up a little bit more than before, and finally did not act babbling anymore, following Zhang Liao's instructions, only saying that Zhang Liao was thinking about a strategy to break the enemy, so he did not go to the city tower to supervise the battle for the time being, and it did not arouse the suspicion of the soldiers in the army for a while.

In this way, Zhang Hu followed the strategy left by Zhang Liao and held on for another two days.

But after that, it gradually began to be a little unbearable.

On the one hand, the pressure on Zhang Hu from the Shu thieves outside the city is too great, and Zhang Hu's ability to respond to the battle is seriously insufficient.

Several times, Kou Feng has already led his troops to attack the city wall, Zhang Hu led the Wei soldiers to come late, if it were not for the large gap in the strength of the small area, Kou Feng might have already captured the city wall, and opened the city gate in the city.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao did not show up for three consecutive days, which somewhat made the officers and men in the army a little suspicious.

This is still after Zhang Hu has an extra heart, so that Zhang Bao wears Zhang Liao's armor and walks around the camp tent from time to time, creating the illusion that Zhang Liao is in the camp tent, so that he can hide it for three days.

Even if the soldiers believed that Zhang Liao was thinking about a strategy to break the enemy in the camp, but now that the city defense situation is urgent, what is needed now is not a strategy to break the enemy, but a strategy to defend the city. The general always doesn't show up, which will always make people feel uneasy.

Therefore, the voices of the generals in the army asking to meet Zhang Liao became more and more, and the morale of the army began to fluctuate.

At this time, Zhang Hu didn't have a very good way to deal with it, and Zhang Liao was still in a coma, and Zhang Hu could only grit his teeth and block everything. This only made the Wei soldiers even more suspicious.

The doubts of his own soldiers, Zhang Hu can still fool him with bluffs, but the Shu thieves outside the city will not cooperate with him Zhang Hu to act.

In the end, it was the 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers brought by Wang Ji who completely crushed Zhang Hu.

On the seventh day of Guan Ping's attack on Deng County, Wang Ji rushed to the Nanyang battlefield with 20,000 Jiangling soldiers and completed the final gathering of troops of the Jingzhou Army.

At this time, the strength of the Jingzhou army had reached 87,000 people, while the defenders of Deng County were only 23,000 people.

Such a large gap in strength completely broke Zhang Hu's psychological defense.

Zhang Hu didn't know whether he should obey his father's instructions now and continue to hold on to Deng County, or take advantage of the fact that the Shu thieves did not launch a full-scale siege to retain their vitality and retreat to Wancheng to wait for reinforcements from the Son of Heaven.

This is already an issue that has a bearing on the strategy of the whole army.

Zhang Hu had always been by Zhang Liao's side before, and he only needed to be responsible for the implementation of what kind of decision Zhang Liao made. But now, such a big strategic change requires Zhang Hu to decide.

Zhang Hu is really under pressure.

After not being shrouded by his father's aura, Zhang Hu weighed and hesitated, but he was never able to make a decision immediately.

But Zhang Hu also knew that his decision must be made quickly, if he wanted to retreat after the Shu thieves launched a full-scale siege, it was already too late to leave, or stay, and he must be as soon as possible.

At the moment when Zhang Hu was so hesitant and entangled, Zhang Liao woke up again.

Zhang Hu was immediately relieved, and hurriedly came to Zhang Liao's bed, told his father about his current predicament, and asked his father to make a quick decision.

After Zhang Liao listened, he let out a long breath.

I don't know whether to be relieved or despaired.

The gratification is that although his son is not as good as the son of Elder Brother Yun, he is at least somewhat capable, and he has defended Deng County during the three days that he was unconscious. Seriously, Zhang Liao was really afraid that when he woke up from a coma, he was already in Wancheng.

And the desperation lies in the fact that in the face of today's situation, his son still hasn't figured out his strategic purpose, especially at such a critical moment, he is still hesitant to advance and retreat.

This talent doomed his son to become a general at most, and he could not be the general in command of the three counties.

"Help the old man to get up, raise the tent and gather the generals, and the old man will make arrangements!" Zhang Liao struggled and got up again.

And Zhang Hu didn't dare to persuade anything anymore, so he immediately helped his father to get up and prepare to change his clothes, and at the same time asked the second and third brothers to inform the generals in the city.

Just when Zhang Hu picked up Zhang Liao's drape and was about to put it on Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao waved his hand and stopped Zhang Hu.

"You don't need to wear it, you can travel light." Zhang Liao said indifferently.

And Zhang Hu was a little confused. Deliberations in the military are important occasions, and on this occasion, it is definitely necessary to wear a cloak.

Wearing light casual clothes is unheard of.

Again, if you don't wear a cloak to cover up your father's injury, and only wear casual clothes, isn't it obvious at a glance?!

At this time, Zhang Liao had a calm face and did not look worried at all.

Looking back at his eldest son who was at a loss, Zhang Liao didn't have any angry thoughts, but just let out a long sigh.

"Hu'er, give ink to the father, and write to the Son of Heaven for the father." Zhang Liao said indifferently.

Although Zhang Hu didn't know why, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly gave Zhang Liao Momo.

Zhang Liao looked at Zhang Hu, just smiled slightly, and after Zhang Hu finished his ink, he said, "This is an urgent matter, and Hu'er also needs to avoid suspicion and go outside the tent to greet the generals." ”

Zhang Hu was slightly stunned, but he still waited obediently.

At this time, Zhang Liao smiled bitterly.

That's it, my own son. Yanmen Zhang's family, if he wants to be rich for a long time, in addition to his own life, I am afraid that he can only show his old face and ask the Son of Heaven for gifts.

Therefore, Zhang Liao took up the pen and wrote the last letter in his life to Cao Pi, the son of the Great Wei Dynasty.

(End of chapter)