The envoy sent by Zhang Miao to Puyang returned.

Came back, but not quite back.

…… The head is back.

The envoy brought a few entourages with him, and they brought back the poor man's head, and there was another sentence - if it wasn't Yuan Shao who brought it back, because Yuan Shao was not in the city at all, the commander of the siege was Yan Liang, and the army beside him was Xu You.

"Zhang Miao is just a lost dog in my eyes," the famous general who is said to be mighty in Hebei laughed and scolded, "He actually wanted to come to say something for Zang Ziyuan, and he was very shameful!" ”

"I see," she said, and did not ask Zhang Miao why she hadn't brought the news back, but still asked them with some suspicion, "Are you familiar with that messenger?" ”

The two beautiful teenagers cried again.

"Zhang Gong once sent Mr. Zhao to teach us to read."

"He was generous, he never beat and scolded us, and he treated us very well."

"His family has a new daughter this year, and I went to congratulate ......"

She listened silently for a while, thoughtfully, and seemed to begin to lose her mind.

"I only hate Yan Liang is also a famous general in Hebei, a brave champion of the three armies, and a villain...... The villain can't avenge the gentleman...... Woowoowoooooooo......oo

Lu Hangyu suddenly became excited.

"What? Who? She asked, "Who are the famous generals?" ”

Chapter 354

When Lu Lian's heralds came running to find Zhang Chao and said that General Lu wanted to discuss military affairs with them, Zhang Chao was standing in the school yard, watching his soldiers running around.

It is not easy to manage an army, and since Lu Lian came to the army, he has felt this matter more and more clearly.

These soldiers would clique themselves, they would be lazy, they would lie that they were sick, and they would even "accidentally" injure themselves in order to escape some of the drudgery.

The petty officers above them would habitually beat and scold them, which might be offset by careful flattery and a little bribe, so that the soldiers who had made mistakes would get away with it, while some innocent soldiers would be bullied by the commanders of the regiments with rules and justifications that they had come up with at will.

Officers further up may have all sorts of vices, some drunkards, some greedy for sex, some gambling, some greedy for retribution, and the merit may be in their own hands to take the merits and rewards of the soldiers.

If the army is a sharp sword, these details are like drops of water, patiently slowly corroding it.

- What's more, his army is not a sharp sword, Lu Lian told him that if he wants to turn it into a sharp sword, he must constantly sharpen it and let it get rid of these bad habits.

Zhang Chao therefore began to spend almost all of his time outside of the march on military affairs, and confidently handed over to General Lu Lian when this army would leave, how to go, when to arrive at Puyang, and how to launch an attack.

Of course, he would not ignore his brother, who was a man of great talent and virtue, and who must have had many extraordinary opinions in terms of strategy.

With this in mind, Zhang Chao opened the curtain of Zhang Miao's tent, wanting to inform his brother to go to General Lu's tent to discuss matters together.

Zhang Miao was drinking, sitting cross-legged on the mat, with no dishes, only a pot of wine, pouring himself a drink.

There were no lights in the tent, only a beam of light from the skylight fell and shone on a small clearing in front of him.

There was a little blood there, mixed in the dust, and it was no longer visible.

Zhang Miao raised his eyes, glanced at his younger brother, raised the wine cup, and splashed it in front of him.

“…… Brother. ”

He's still the same brother, but not the same as before.

My brother was a very lively man a long time ago, with a loud voice, sharp eyes, a penchant for gestures when he spoke, and a very straight chest when he walked, with a bold and fearless momentum.

Now my brother's eyes are swollen, so his eyes are much cloudy, there are two deep wrinkles in the middle of his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth are unconsciously pursed downward, sad and decadent.

He sat there, like a beast tormented by wounds and diseases, enduring the scorn of his former unworthy opponents, and tried to fight back with a solemn momentum, but failed.

The thin light from the skylight could not shine on him, and when the curtain was lifted, the dust that was lifted together obscured the thin light.

He seemed to be at one with the humble and dilapidated marching tent.

"General Lu invited us to the tent," Zhang Chao's voice was gentle, "and there is no drinking in the army, brother." ”

"Ziru died because of me." He said.

"I know," he said, "General Lu must know too." ”

"Lu Lian had already guessed it."

"Except for Yuan Tan, she has never fought with the generals of Hebei, how can she guess?"

"She guessed that it was useless for me to send an envoy to Yuan Shao's army." Zhang Miao said, "It's me who doesn't give up." ”

Zhang Chao was silent.

The wine was mixed in the dust, and the blood stained turned into mud.

Puyang City went down to Fancheng, more than 100 miles, and the blood had been spilled on the road.

The elder brother raised his eyes and looked at him.

Those eyes were full of tears, like remorse, like shame, but as the brothers looked at each other, the tears were gradually burned out by the fire rising in Zhang Miao's eyes.

Standing up, Zhang Miao straightened his clothes and hair crown, and when he stepped out of the tent and the sun shone on his face, he seemed to have completely calmed down.

"And Chen Rong," Zhang Miao said, "General Xiao Lu could have saved him." ”

When Zhang Chao heard this, he suddenly glanced at his brother, but he didn't say anything.

"We need to have a meeting."

After the people arrived, Lu Xuanyu cleared his throat, and then said in a voice that was useless to clear his throat.

"Does the general know about the messenger?" Zhang Miao lowered his eyelids, "I didn't mean to hide it from the general. ”

She waved her hand, "I know, Meng Zhuogong will have to take some time to get used to it." ”

…… Zhang Miao was silent.

…… Zhang Liao suddenly coughed abruptly.

…… As if this is a bit wrong, let's get to the point.

"Yan Liang led more than 40,000 people," she said, "and it's not worth it for us to rush straight up." ”

"What is the general's plan?" Zhang Chao asked at the right time.

She gestured to the sand table in front of her.

From Puyang to Fancheng, it is still a flat river in general, with occasional hills, but no high mountains.

She pointed to an earthen embankment.

"It's called Yang Gaopo, but I've sent someone to see it, and the highest point is only five zhang above the ground, stretching for about fifteen or sixteen miles," she said, "but it's enough." ”

Puyang here because the Yellow River has been repeatedly diverted, so it has left many uneven traces of water conservancy, this section of the embankment is said to be the traces of Wang Mang's efforts of a certain county guard, anyway, his efforts failed, the earthen embankment was left, and the Yellow River ran away.

For more than 100 years, this section of the embankment has not been invaded by the river, and there are still traces of it piece by piece, and some farmers have planted fruit trees on it.

When the people went to the forest to cut charcoal, after a few years of spring breeze and drizzle, the green grass had grown very tall.

"Yan Liang doesn't know where we are, and how many soldiers and horses have been sent, we can send one soldier and horse, as long as five hundred people are enough, we will go to Puyang with a banner, and send another thousand people to wait for the enemy at the bottom of the slope——"

There are many kinds of "famous generals", Bai Qi may have been cut all the way from a small soldier, and the ability of Mortal Kombat must be a little bit; "The more the merrier" Han Xin may not be, people can use their brains to play a backwater battle; And Xiang Yu's ability is not only a failure, he himself is also a brave general of the three armies.

Yan Liang is a famous general, but he didn't have a strategy in the evaluation, and he only heard about the three armies of Yongguan when asked, can this prove that Yan Liang didn't use his brains to fight?

…… She had the heart to rush directly to the city, and quickly pulled out Yan Liang and chopped him to death, but she decided to be cautious, after all, there were other strategists from Yuan Shao in the city, maybe people were very attentive?

"Anyway," she summed up after she had roughly explained the battle plan, "let's weigh Yan Liang first." ”

Three days later, the news reached Yan Liang's camp.

"Flags?" Xu You frowned and asked, "What is written on it to see carefully?" ”

"One is Chen Liu's Taishou, and the other is Guangling's Taishou," the scout replied honestly, "both of them are big banners." ”

"There is no doubt that the two brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao are there!" Yan Liang smiled, "They really don't know whether they live or die!" ”

Xu You paced a few steps and asked again, "You can see clearly, there are indeed only more than five hundred people?" ”

"Yes!"

"Is there a wagon?"

"There's a car!" The scout said, "It's just that the villain is far away, and I don't see anyone sitting in the car." ”

Xu You's brows furrowed more and more, and just as he was about to continue questioning, Yan Liang had already stood up.

"Why bother asking, sir, I'll go and bring back the heads of his two brothers, and ask him carefully!" He shouted, "Armor for me!" ”

Xu You was short in stature, very thin in life, standing next to ordinary soldiers was already half a head shorter, and now standing in front of this tall general, like a chicken in front of an eagle, a circle smaller than others.

And Yan Liang continued to put armor on his body, which was more than a circle.

Despite this, Xu You hurriedly walked in front of Yan Liang, "General Yan, don't be so hasty!" There may be fraud in it! ”

Yan Liang's dark and majestic face revealed a sense of incomprehension, "How can there be fraud?" ”

"Zhang Miao just sent an envoy a few days ago, and he wanted to say something for Zang Hong, why is it only more than ten miles away from Pucheng now?"

"What's this," Yan Liang said, "Xiao Pei is only two or three hundred miles here, won't he be there in a few days?" ”

…… Two or three hundred miles?!

Not to mention the distance, it has to pass through Yanzhou and pass under the city of Juancheng, so there is a distance of more than 300 miles! Cao Cao was busy welcoming the Son of Heaven, but how could he let them pass? How dare they take this path?!

This military general is still wearing his armor, and he is not so patient with Xu Yu's questioning, but he is very patient with his iron armor.

The armor piece was polished, and several strands of thin wire were twisted into a red rope, and each time it passed through a piece of armor, a knot had to be tied in such an iron armor, but it did protect his life on the battlefield many times.

"The general was ordered to attack the city, how precious is his identity, how can he personally get into danger?! Why don't you send a general—"

Xu You was still trying to persuade him, but Yan Liang didn't want to listen to it anymore.

"Don't worry, sir, the brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao have never fought, they just luckily passed through Yanzhou, and now they are sleepy and tired, and our army is in time to attack! Heaven gives the Buddha to take it, but suffers the blame! ”

"That's how they went, they had to cross the river, right?!" Xu Yu was so anxious that he had already shouted, "Where did they cross the river?!" ”

Yan Liang picked up his long sword, and when he walked out of the camp, he brought a gust of wind.

"Sir! You'll know when I get back! ”