At the hearing of his words, those two eyes seemed to move slightly, and they opened even wider.

But there were no tears or resentment in it.

"So what?" Zang Hong was very calm, "What I am guarding is still the Eastern County of the Han Dynasty." ”

Chapter 357

The city has been trapped for a long time.

Although Zang Hong had made all the preparations in advance, such as trying his best to collect more grain in the city, such as planting some vegetables in every inch of open space in front of and behind the house, and raising a few fish in every courtyard pool.

But I don't know if it's providential, this year's winter was extremely cold.

All the pools in the city froze, all the fish froze, and even the wells, which were surrounded by straw and had many layers of water, were so thick that people had to go down to the wells repeatedly and roast them over the fire to keep the wells.

But there are also plenty of dry firewood and charcoal, so the few acres of winter wheat in the city did not survive this winter.

When spring came, not only was there not a single fish swimming in the city, but even many huts were empty, suggesting that their owners had not survived the harsh winter.

All this is because of Zang Hong alone.

Xu You sent many soldiers to abuse him so loudly under the city, scolding him for selling his reputation and reputation, scolding him for betraying his lord for glory, scolding him for being a traitor and being loyal, and being an authentic villain.

The defenders at the head of the city scolded them, but Zang Hong listened silently and did not say a word

Xu You especially sent people to shout under the city, asking the families in the city to rise up, stir up the troubled times, and oppose the righteousness.

So another family in the city wrote an impassioned essay for the defenders to scold back.

Later, Xu You changed the new scolding method, scolding Zang Hong for his own selfish desires, pulling the whole city to sit in the lonely city, sitting back and watching the Shishu fall into hunger and cold, and asked Zang Hong why he couldn't bear to see the people in front of him starving to death when he couldn't bear to be hungry and cold hundreds of miles away?

There is no hemp, no cotton, no silk, no yarn in the city, no cloth can be woven, but cloth must be one of the large materials needed to defend the city.

Therefore, after each piece of cloth was transported to the city, he had to patch his clothes even to the scholars.

Under Zang Hong's armor, there was also such a patched outfit, but he didn't notice it at all.

"Today I am watching it from the city, there seems to be a change in Yuan Shao's camp, and I don't know the clues?"

"When Yan Liang heard that I had come here, the light army rushed forward and was beheaded by our army!"

Zang Hong's eyes lit up suddenly, "I don't expect that there is such a strategy in the chest!" There is salvation in East County! ”

Although it is not a glorious thing to take the lead in the army, Zhang Miao still admitted it.

After some deliberation at the banquet, Lu Lian was still guarding the camp and had never been here, and he also concealed Lu Lian and Zhang Liao in the army in front of Zang Hong.

Whether Puyang can be saved or not is not clear in front of him.

According to Lu Lian's plan, it would be best to lead his army to carry out a tentative attack on the Jizhou army north of the city in the early morning of tomorrow.

If the other army is really leaderless and panicked, then it will destroy the city and pull out the village in one go, and directly drive the more than 40,000 Jizhou troops back to Yecheng;

If the other army has been repaired and the army's morale is not chaotic, it still needs the cooperation of the city and the city to break it together.

Therefore, how much combat strength the Puyang defenders still have, Zhang Miao must ask Zang Hong clearly, but who will command this kind of thing in Zhang's army, after thinking about it, he still hides it for the time being.

After all, this war can be regarded as a lone army, if it is defeated, it is nothing for him to bear Yuan Shao's anger, but Xuzhou cannot be put into the danger of war.

Regarding Zang Hong's confident admiration, this Yanzhou celebrity was dumbfounded for a long time.

If he had been in the past, he must have had such faith, and he would have been able to overthrow the enemy army under the city in a matter of moments.

But he's much more sober now.

"Ziyuan," he said worriedly, "there will be a big battle tomorrow, can the defenders of the city come to their aid?" ”

"It's nature!" Zang Hong laughed heartily, "I can also shoot a two-stone strong bow!" Meng Zhuogong can rest assured! ”

Zhang Miao had mixed feelings in his heart, now that he had washed his hands, he could stretch out his hands and shake Zang Hong's hand.

The hands were calloused, so they were very rough, very different from the hands of a pampered scholar like Zhang Miao, warm, dry, and with distinct joints.

But Zhang Miao frowned imperceptibly.

The hands were so thin that he could immediately think of what the figure of this person looked like, especially since he had seen Zang Hong before—it was a beautiful man with a magnificent weapon, and when he wore a hunting suit and opened a strong bow, the muscles in his arms would tense, showing beautiful and smooth lines.

But now Zang Hong has lost a lot of weight, can he really open a strong bow?

Of course, a war is not always decided by the bravery of a certain general—but the Taishou is already like this, let alone the defenders?

"Ziyuan, I will bury the pot and cook rice in the middle of tomorrow morning, so that the soldiers will have a full meal!"

Zang Hong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

Late at night, Zang Hong, who was guarding the city, did not sleep, nor did the commander of the siege.

An Ai Ji put on a sandwich brocade robe for him, so that Yuan Shao could walk into the main room on this slightly cold spring night without feeling the chill.

He had a gloomy face at this time, and after taking a cup of hot honey water, he didn't even take a sip, and immediately smashed the cup on the ground with all his might!

"Zhang Miao, I should have killed him!" He scolded, "If I hadn't been kind to him, thinking that I was a friend of Shi, and I shouldn't have tolerated him, I wouldn't have allowed him to live to this day!" ”

"Although Yan Liang is brave, but his temperament is narrow, he does not listen to people's words, and he cannot be alone, I heard that Zhang Mengzhuo once sent an envoy to kill him, and then he despised the enemy so much, so there is such a disaster," said Fu Zhu immediately, "but as far as the lord is concerned, this is not a disaster." ”

Yuan Shao frowned, "What do you mean by the prison army?" ”

"Zhang Miao has no real name," said frustratedly, "if the lord is willing to fold the knot and hand over ......"

In Yu Fuzhu's opinion, Zang Hong, Zhang Miao, and Zhang Chao brothers all have a temper that eats soft and does not eat hard, such a character is originally very easy to grasp, especially now that the life and death of more than 10,000 scholars in Puyang City depend on Yuan Shao's eyes, as long as he can make a little gesture, give Zhang Miao a chance to ease his cheeks for Zang Hong, and then show his loyalty to the Son of Heaven, even if Zang Hong is not convinced, he has to bow his head.

Loving the people is annoying, Zang Hong has carried the lives of so many people on his back, he is sad and worried, and he can no longer bear the burden, and now that there is such an opportunity, he is most likely willing to surrender.

Even if he is an iron-clad husband who swears not to surrender, those city sergeants and Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao brothers will no longer be of the same mind as before.

But when he said this, Yuan Shao was still frowning.

"O overseer," he sighed, "the second uncle is the one who has been with me since the time of Guanghe. ”

Frustrated for a moment, he also sighed.

"In that case, why didn't the lord send Zhang He Gaolan to go with him to take over Yan Liang's responsibility?"

Guo Tu's eyelids moved slightly.

"Xu You can't control Yan Liang, which caused this disaster, it can be seen that Xu Ziyuan's temperament is too soft, why doesn't the lord choose another person to supervise the army?"

Xu You is Yuan Shao Cao Cao's hair small, and he knows how to slap horses very well, and he doesn't like to hear it, Yuan Shao probably doesn't like to hear it.

But now that Xu Yu has a soft temperament and can't control the coach, Yuan Shao feels that this is very appropriate.

Isn't there always a county guard complaining, saying that Xu You's clan broke the law? He should be persuaded, but he is such a kind and honest temperament, and there is no way to do it!

"According to Mr. Gongze's opinion, who should be chosen to supervise the army?"

"Looking down, Meng Dai is cautious and upright, and he is worthy of this responsibility."

Frustrated silently clenched his fist in his sleeve.

Xu You is already a clever and flattering servant, and it is just a matter of replacing him, and now he wants to send a villain like Meng Dai who forgets his righteousness and repeatedly slanders him to Dongjun?

This is obviously Guo Tu wanting to take the opportunity of Dongjun to stumble on him!

But Fu Zhu also knew very well that if he had to refute every suggestion made by Guo Tu, the lord would definitely feel that the narrow-minded person was not Guo Tu but him.

"My lord, there is one thing that you must be cautious about, where did the Zhang brothers come from, and how did they cross the river? If this was not the reckless actions of the Zhang brothers, but Liu Bei and Lu Lian came prepared, wouldn't our army be in danger? "Why don't the lord send another army to investigate." ”

The lord of the throne was already tired in the bright lights, "According to the opinion of the supervising army, who should be sent?" ”

After glancing at the group of strategists who had been pulled up in the middle of the night, he was instantly determined.

In the morning mist, there was the sound of noisy footsteps, the sound of rolling wheels, the occasional neighing of a war horse or two, or an unhappy snort of an animal.

They walked silently on the silent dirt road.

The closer you get to Puyang, the more desolate the road becomes, and you can't hear the roosters, the dogs, the muffled sound of the well turning, or the footsteps of the woman opening the door and going to the yard to pick up firewood.

Yuan Shao did not slaughter his own people in any case, but just drove them all away, leaving Puyang with no people within a radius of dozens of miles, so that Zang Hong could not get any supplies.

Zhang Chao rode on his horse and looked at the road ahead in silence.

They wanted to take advantage of the fact that the new commander had not yet arrived in the city, and drove the Jizhou army out of Dongjun in one go.

Of course, Lu Lian also reminded them.

"Although I have never fought Yuan Shao personally, as long as I look at the bravery of Yan Liang's soldiers, I know that it is not easy to break through his camp," she said, "but fortunately, we are still one step ahead of them, and in today's battle, no matter what, we will not suffer." ”

When she said such words, she didn't expect that under Yuan Shao's command, another person she was very familiar with, but she didn't understand, was coming to her.

Lang Jun doesn't look like a general at all.

The soldiers whispered that he was so handsome, and that his skin seemed to be whiter than the jade inlaid on the crown of his bun, and that such a man knew anything about battle?

But some people defended him, I heard that Xun is good at strategy, and as long as he strategizes at that time, maybe he will be able to take us to beat the two thieves back!

Hit back? Immediately someone laughed, we don't even know where they are! And they can kill General Yan, how can they kill us?!

The reputation of the two thieves of the Zhang family has not yet been revealed, and everyone knows that they killed Yan Liang, but they don't know how many soldiers they have, how many war horses, where the camp is based, and how the grain and grass are transported.

On both sides of the surging Yellow River, it seems that there are boats everywhere, you can cross the river everywhere, and there are soldiers and horses of two thieves everywhere, which is just going to make people panic!

None of these words fell into the ears of the young general, who had been frustrated with high hopes.

He sat in the chariot, with an oil lamp in his left hand and a map in his right hand, and looked at it for a long time, no matter how the carriage tossed.

In Xun Chen's view, this war is full of weirdness.

A few days after Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao's brothers sent the envoy, they arrived at a place more than ten miles outside Puyang City, and Yan Liang was not alert!

And the second march, Yanzhou did not send a messenger to report the news, which is also very unreasonable...... But if they don't go to Yanzhou, where will they go?

Xun Chen's gaze turned to Mount Tai, and after looking at it for a while, he turned his gaze back to Dongjun.

They chose a hidden path that needed to be answered, so it could never have been done by the two of them.

- Liu Bei's attitude towards Erzhang's rescue of Dongjun must be acquiescing, or even supportive. It must have provided them with a green road, and it might also support them with some grain and grass.

But what about Erzhang's ability to march and fight?

The wheels of the carriage suddenly ran over a stone, and the carriage jolted suddenly.

A drop of oil dangled out of the lamp and landed on the white, slender hand of a scribe.