When Zhou Zhang led the troops, he had already heard of Chen Deng, who was a capable person who governed the county and enjoyed a very high reputation in the whole Xuzhou.

However, the military power has never been heard of, and at the same time, according to the previous understanding of Kuangqi City, it is known that this is a place specially built to resist the longitudinal advance of the waterway.

"It took us several days to march, and if Chen Deng hadn't been careless in his wine bags and rice bags, he would have gotten the news from the outposts along the coast."

"Perhaps, he gave up the defense of the river bank ferry and instead gathered his army in the city, because he wanted to rely on the fortification of the city, the accumulation of camps, and the consumption of the main force of our army, and it was not appropriate to waste damage at this moment......"

Zhou Zhang's heart was awe-inspiring, he didn't know the situation in Kuang Qi City, and he didn't dare to attack rashly, so he retreated a few miles.

However, it was precisely because of the retreat that after a few days, the soldiers gradually lost the enthusiasm they had when they came, and the morale of the army gradually cooled down.

The city is close to the riverbank, with easy access to water and lush forests, and now that it is time for spring and summer to change, there are mosquitoes, snakes and rats in the evening.

And it's hot and humid, and it's not comfortable.

However, Zhou Zhang sent people to check many times, and it was still the same in the city, there were not many soldiers, and they changed shifts to patrol.

This made the morale of the military even more shaken.

"When is this going to go?"

"The general is tied, if the lord is here in person, he will already capture Kuang Qi and drive straight into the territory of Guangling."

"We crossed the river and came, and we didn't have much grain and grass with us, and the army of more than 20,000 people will run out of food in a few days and wait for backups......"

"Hehe, in order to save grain and grass, our battalion has now fished fish and shrimp in the river for food."

"That's it, I still refuse to attack, I don't know what General Zhou is waiting for, if I continue to wait like this, my morale can be described as worrying......"

Several generals came out of the main tent today, all of them with their left hands on the hilt of their swords, looking dejected, chatting with each other, they had just asked for battle on their own, but they were refused.

Zhou Zhang himself also felt that if he didn't attack when he came, now I'm afraid that he has some strength to catch it, even if he wants to organize a large army to attack the city, it seems that he has a loss, and the loss is that it is better to attack at the beginning of the landing, and now it is delayed, it seems that I am stupid.

In the main tent, someone soon reported the remarks of Zhou Zhang's soldiers, and there was also resentment and dissatisfaction in the army, which made him sigh.

"Ugh."

The majestic Zhou Zhang sat in the tent, waiting for the news of another wave of outposts, if he could find out how many defenders were above the city gate a little clearly, he would have some confidence in organizing the siege.

"If you don't attack the city again, I'm afraid that the army will be in turmoil, and I have no intention of fighting again."

"One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion...... That should be the case. "Zhou Zhang is not a Confucian general who is good at learning, he has only heard this sentence, but he has never been able to use it in war as he wants, this is a matter of the ability of the general.

Some generals can plan all the major events in the army in front of the station, and even the morale of the sergeants, but some generals just can't, and can only continue to lament after many hidden dangers appear.

Zhou Zhang belongs to the latter.

Of course, the most in the world are the generals who only know how to charge at orders, and they do not have the ability to lead troops into battle, once they become a lone army, they can only rely on brute force to rush and kill, and there is no tactical strategy at all.

In this regard, Zhou Zhang may also have a bit of talent.

He waited for a long time, and the news from the outpost was still the same as a few days ago, there were no heavy guards on the city tower, and there were only hundreds of sergeants patrolling the guard.

Zhou Zhang thought about it, and guessed that maybe Chen Deng was playing tricks, he actually did not have reinforcements arriving, but simply showed the enemy weakness, so that he was suspicious and did not dare to attack, and then just delayed time and asked for help from the rear of Xuzhou.

"However......" Zhou Zhang suddenly had an idea, and began to calculate the time of the march, "Even if it is the reinforcements from Xuzhou, it will take at least ten days to march from Pengcheng and Xiapi to Guangling, and if you count grain, grass, baggage and other things, it will take even longer." ”

"Now that six days have passed, even if Chen Deng goes to ask for help, it will be too late...... He must be delaying, pretending to show the enemy to be false and confusing our army, so that he can wait for reinforcements to arrive......"

The more Zhou Zhang thought about it, the more he felt pity, but it was a pity that he missed the opportunity to raid at the beginning, and later because of the strangeness on Kuangqi City, he didn't dare to attack the city immediately, and the fighter plane disappeared in an instant.

However, it is never too late to remedy.

"Siege!"

Zhou Zhang stood up suddenly, and his tough attitude made the guards also excited, and his expression was quite surprised, but he only lost his mind for a moment, and immediately stepped forward to salute and bowed.

"Siege the city, immediately call the battalions to prepare, take out food tonight for the soldiers to have a full meal, prepare utensils at night, and definitely capture Kuangqi City, celebrate in the city for three days, and wait for the lord to lead the troops to come."

"Good, good!!"

Several guards and marching scribes also immediately showed a look of surprise, and immediately dispersed to give orders, and the entire military camp was cheered up.

In the evening, after the smoke cleared, Zhou Zhang led his troops to launch a siege order, and thousands of torches were lit up and killed towards Kuangqi City.

And when approaching the city, the sergeant hiding on the city wall immediately appeared, densely packed with thousands, the military flag was erected, and the shout of killing shook the sky.

Immediately afterwards, an overwhelming rain of arrows fell, which shocked the soldiers and horses in the city.

After the death of the people who rushed to the front, the momentum of the charge that had finally gotten up naturally stopped, and the soldiers looked at each other in a daze, their faces changed greatly, and they lost their previous firmness.

But Zhou Zhang was still very resolute, he knew that he had missed the best fighter, if he went back like this, it would not be as simple as reactive power, maybe it would be too big!

He could only bite the grain and order the siege to continue.

That night, the fire shone half of the sky, and under the continuous rushing and killing of the soldiers, the corpses of the city were piled up into a mountain, and the blood was like water full of earth, how tragic.

However, Kuang Qi City did not waver for half a minute, and when it was almost dawn, Chen Deng saw the enemy retreat, and ordered the elite in the city to rush out and chase the enemy.

Chen Deng's soldiers and horses themselves are all elite soldiers, and most of them are from their own family children, and they have been training very hard in Kuangqi City in the past few months, and there are also many Danyang disciples.

Early on, Chen Deng had been stepping up military training, and put his hatred for Zhang Han and the boredom of staying in Guangling on the hard training of soldiers and horses day and night.

Under the morale of the army, the soldiers of Kuang Qi City rushed out, and other soldiers in the military camp also raised flags, beat drums and gongs, shouted loudly, and rushed out on horseback.

Jiangdong soldiers thought that there were indeed ambushes in the city, coupled with the failure of several hours of fighting and attacking, and the damage was so heavy, they had already been frightened, and they were also angry with Zhou Zhang's command.

Under the chaos, it is difficult to stop the enemy's galloping cavalry, so they can only retreat temporarily.

Chen Dengqin led a large army out, and the battle began at night, and now it was almost dawn, and the Jiangdong soldiers were too far away from the warship to run to the warship for a while.

Under the trampling and riot, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses were crushed, and only a small number of people returned to the ship and shouted to retreat.

At this time, the scene was the same as Chen Deng's assumption, the warships were piled up on the riverbank, and it was impossible to turn the bow of the ship and disperse immediately for a while, and they had to leave one by one.

Therefore, he blocked many soldiers behind him, and this chaos gave Chen Deng a chance, and all his cavalry horses came from the elite war horses selected by Sun Qian and Mi Zhu.

Extremely strong, galloping like the wind, after catching up with the chaotic army, he continued to kill, and by the end of the war, he had killed tens of thousands of people, and his achievements were remarkable, and he could even be said to have made great achievements.

World War I can be famous in Jiangnan!

Watching the warship go away, Chen Deng Linjiang looked at it from afar, and he was very fascinated, and Chen Jiao was also very moved.

"Taishou, we actually won......"

"Yes," Chen Deng sighed, he was already a little relaxed, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to win ......."

"Winning this battle can stabilize Kuang Qi City for a long time, and this record can be passed back to Xu Du, so that Bo Chang, Rang Zixuan, and the prime minister can also be a little more relieved."

"It's not just rest assured," Chen Jiao stroked his beard, his thoughts were quite strong, and his expression moved, and he immediately said: "Taishou, in my opinion, Jiangdong may not stop there." ”

"Why do you think they want to attack Kuangqi City and enter the territory of Guangling? I heard that Sun Ce asked Xu Du Tianzi to worship the official Sima, but the court did not allow it. ”

"In the end, it was only given to a general, and his father's title was inherited to him."

"Yes, Marquis Wucheng?"

"That's right," Chen Jiao nodded, Wucheng County was originally the hometown of the Sun family, and it was normal for this title to be given to him.

"However, I can't give any substantial help, in the next few days, I think about it, and I roughly understand what the Sun family thinks, Sun Ce wants Da Sima, in order to use the name of the Han family to suppress the local scholars, but the prime minister understands it, so he didn't agree."

"Because of this, now Sun Ce is angry and needs to march immediately to capture Guangling, firstly, I am afraid that it is to vent his anger, but secondly, he ...... It is to let the prime minister see his Sun Ce's skills, and force this great Sima to take the official position......"

"Well, that's good!" Chen Deng smiled and nodded, and all his thoughts were cleared at once, "In this way, it is actually a great achievement, and the prime minister and Bo Chang will also commend it." ”

"I would like to go to Xudu, ask for merit and help for Taishou, if we can get soldiers and horses to help, then we Kuang Qi can defend it, in the next decision, Sun Ce will definitely make a comeback, and there will be more soldiers and horses than this time."

"Okay, thank you, sir."

……

Quyang.

After Sun Ce heard the news of the defeat from the western battlefield, he rushed back in a hurry to meet Zhou Zhang's defeated army.

On the avenue, seeing the defeated army coming from the horse, Zhou Zhang immediately knelt on the ground after dismounting, shouting forgiveness.

"Lord, Kuang Qi City is high, and Chen Deng'er ordered the soldiers to lie behind the wall, the city seems to be empty, I didn't dare to attack first, and then slowly arranged troops and horses to patrol the city, and then used this to lure us to attack the city."

"It's all my fault," Zhou Zhang gave himself a slap, crisp and loud, but Sun Ce was not moved, he only felt that his heart was tight, and it was difficult to breathe.

Stop after a cursory remark, isn't it the first time to immediately attack and attack, and the possibility of taking Kuang Qi is the greatest.

The further you go, the more passive you are.

"Zhou Zhang!!" Sun Ce shouted angrily, his eyebrows were cold, and he almost wanted to draw his sword and behead him, but after roaring, he held back.

"You can't even see the enemy's plan to lure the enemy, how can you command the troops and horses?!"

"You take the army by yourself, remove the military position, gather the people you brought back first, and immediately convene the civil and military to discuss."

Sun Ce was so anxious that he couldn't sleep that night, and he only felt a hot pain on his face all night.

I was going to take Guangling to threaten Xuzhou and make Cao Cao pay for his arrogance, but who knew that he was defeated! And it's such a failure!

Wouldn't this make Xu Du and those people laugh off their big teeth!

Especially Cao Cao!!

Therefore, Sun Ce planned to give up the attack on Huang Zu overnight, raise a large army and go straight to Kuangqi City, take Guangling, enter the territory of Xuzhou, and let Cao Cao worry fiercely about the rear.

At the same time, Chen Jiao also set off quickly, went straight to Xudu, and rode alone to bring the news back to the court, and the soldiers and horses who really reported the military situation were to go to Pengcheng and Xiapi to report to Xuzhou Mu Baoxin.

Chen Jiao got Chen Deng's letter, went to see Zhang Han first, and walked all the way to the official road, and there were guards along the way, saying that he was riding alone, but in fact, there were still guards.

For three days and nights, Chen Jiao kept changing horses, galloping day and night, hurrying in a hurry, and finally arrived at the ...... Chen Liujun, and then spent another day going to Yingchuan, and when he arrived in Xudu, he heard that Zhang Han was in the south of the mountain.

"I will see Zhang Junhou first, or follow his instructions and go to Junhou first."

So it took half a day in vain to arrive at the barracks and explain the intention, but got the news that Zhang Han was hunting in the mountains in the south.

It took a day to see Zhang Han, but Chen Jiao was anxious, after all, the war was urgent now, if he couldn't see Zhang Han again, it was likely to delay the war of Kuang Qi.

However, when he saw Zhang Han, Chen Jiao was a little relieved.

Zhang Han seemed to be in a good mood.

"Let's go into the tent," Zhang Han pulled him to the tent, at this time Dian Wei and Jia Xu were there, and Sun Qian was also there.

Zhang Han said with a smile: "Kuang Qi's battle, I already knew. ”

"So fast?" Chen Jiao was stunned, dumbfounded, and speechless in shock.

"Junhou, how did Junhou know?!" It was a long time before he asked, in astonishment.

Zhang Han smiled but did not speak.

In fact, it was because a few days ago, his father-in-law of the system added 1 point of force, and the effect on the body was that his strength and physique were inexplicably enhanced.

He is now stronger and more powerful than before, agile as a leopard, combined with some information, a little thought, Zhang Han can understand that it is Chen Deng's garrison Guangling who has obtained some achievements.

Because of his previous political achievements, what he fed back to Zhang Han was a bonus such as "cultural governance", and only the military exploits and the like were "force" and "command" abilities, or charm.

Looking at the many military information sent to them, it is not difficult to guess that it was Kuang Qicheng who defeated Jiangdong's soldiers and horses, after all, he had just given Sun Ce a head-on blow during this time.

"Hmph," Zhang Han chuckled, "I naturally have my intelligence outpost, and the sentry under my command to inquire about the news can travel thousands of miles a day." ”

"Oh......" Chen Jiao didn't believe it very much, but he didn't have anything to refute.

After all, it's not good to continue to ask.

"Don't worry, during this time in the south of the mountain, you can rest leisurely for a while, and the soldiers and horses who went to help Kuangqi City are already on the way."

"On the way?" Chen Jiao's heart moved, his eyebrows fluttered, and he smiled excitedly, "Can the prince make it clearer, who led the army and why did he leave early?" ”

If so, he can arrive at Kuang Qi City unexpectedly, maybe he can surprise Sun Ce's soldiers and horses, and give him another big defeat!!

Zhang Han chuckled confidently, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Ziyu has soldiers and horses who set off from Kuangqi City three days ago, and Xuzhou has already sent a letter, and General Yu Ban should already be on the way at this moment." ”

"If it is, Sun Ce can't figure it out, but he can be defeated again."

"The prince is really, he has great powers, and he is like a god!" Chen Jiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately bowed down and convinced Zhang Hanxin.

(End of chapter)