It is said that Zhao Chen led 5,000 troops for the first time, and set off for Donghai County with Zhang Fei, Chen Dao, Lu Xun and Cheng Yu.

Before leaving, Liu Bei bid farewell to the army at the gate of Xiapi City, told Zhao Chen to be careful, and ordered his third brother Zhang Fei to protect Zhao Chen.

Zhang Fei patted his chest and promised.

Liu Bei asked by the way: "After the military advisor travels, what should Cao Cao and others do?" ”

Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized.

Since Liu Bei turned over, he has been relying on Zhao Chen, and he has not yet faced a strong enemy alone.

Now that Zhao Chen led his troops to suppress the bandits, leaving Liu Bei alone in Xuzhou, Liu Bei was inevitably a little uneasy.

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "Don't worry, if Yuan Shu comes, he will definitely pass through Huaiyin." The minister has asked Yun Chang to guard Huaiyin, and with the assistance of Zishan, he can have no worries. Cao Cao has been worrying about Zhang Xiu's recent affairs and has no time to take care of it. As for Yuan Shao, the internal affairs of the four states have not been settled, and he has no intention of going public at this time. ”

After listening to Zhao Chen's analysis, Liu Bei felt a little relieved and nodded reluctantly.

Zhao Chen said goodbye to everyone, and the 5,000-strong army set off towards Tancheng.

The news that Liu Bei sent Zhao Chen to lead 5,000 troops to suppress the bandits had already reached Zang Ba's ears.

Zang Baren was as his name suggested, with a domineering face, and said to Sun Guan and the others with a smile: "Don't be afraid, just a child, you have never been on the battlefield, how can you kill the enemy?" ”

Sun Guanzhi's brother Sun Kang persuaded: "The commander must not take it lightly, Zhao Chen is scheming and unfathomable, Cao Mengde's 100,000 troops are planted in the hands of this person, our army should be cautious and deal with it carefully." ”

Zang Ba's eyes were sharp, and he thought for a moment and replied: "It's okay, when he arrives, I will wait for the troops to deal with it, or defend the city, and then retreat to Mount Tai to see how he tricks." ”

Everyone nodded yes.

Three days later, Zhao Chen's army arrived outside Tancheng.

Tancheng is located between Yishui and Shushui, with low hills in the west, high in the west and low in the east, and the whole is in the plain area.

It is also the only way to Langya country, Beihai country, and Donglai County.

According to Zhao Chen's thinking, he could go north by this road, detour to the west through Beihai Kingdom, bypass the Taishan Mountains, and take the entire Qingzhou.

Now Zang Ba invaded Xuzhou, giving Zhao Chen a good reason to send troops.

This is thanks to Cao Cao.

Zang Ba led Sun Guan and Yin Li to lead the troops to meet the battle.

Two armies stood in front of the city.

Zhao Chenyao shouted: "General Xuangao, please come out of the ranks." ”

Zang Bace immediately took a step forward and replied, "Who called me?" ”

"I'm Zhao Chen!"

"It turned out to be Huangkou Xiaoer, you dare to lead troops to invade my realm, don't blame me for being polite!"

Zhao Chen laughed and said, "How can the general not be polite?" Let's see if the 5,000-strong army behind me can agree. ”

Then Zhao Chen opened his hands, and the five thousand troops shouted in unison, the sound was deafening and magnificent.

When Zang Ba and everyone heard this, they secretly shouted in their hearts, it's not good! It's the first time I've seen such an imposing army, which is very different from Yuan Tan's army in the past, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with.

Zang Ba and the others were undecided, so Zhang Fei rode out of the array and shouted: "I am a Yanren Zhang Yide, who will fight me to the death?" ”

The sound of the voice resounded throughout Tancheng.

The crowd was awakened, looked at each other and hesitated.

Zang Baxin stepped forward with a gun and responded: "I'll meet you!" ”

Then he rushed out of the battle.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei was instantly interested, and the black horse under his crotch let out a long roar, and rushed to Zang Ba.

The two guns intersected, and the lightning was lightning.

Zhang Fei shouted loudly, holding up the Zhangba Snake Spear, and his momentum was overwhelming.

Zang Ba swung his gun away and dodged sideways.

In just one round, the two knew the details of each other.

Zhang Fei became more and more courageous, and Zang Ba had to defend passively.

After more than ten rounds of fighting, Zhang Fei aimed at Zang Ba's loophole and stabbed it with one shot.

In order to dodge, Zang Ba lost his balance and fell to the ground with his horse and people.

Seeing that he was about to be shot to death by Zhang Fei, Sun Guan rode his horse and took the Zhangba snake spear with a big knife.

The two scuffled together in an instant.

Seeing this, Zang Ba hurriedly got up, got back on his horse, and waved his gun to help Sun Guan.

Zhang Fei is one against two, and he does not fall behind at all. The snake spear danced whirring in Zhang Fei's hand, and Zhang Fei became more and more brave the more he fought.

After more than ten rounds of fighting, Zang Ba and Sun Guan saw that they couldn't beat and prepared to retreat.

I saw Yin Li come to the rescue with a gun, and the three of them killed a horse gun.

This is good, Zhang Fei is one against three, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and Yin Li surrounded Zhang Fei with a bayonet, but unfortunately they were blocked by Zhang Fei every time.

It's really "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that has three British battles against Lu Bu, and there are three generals of Taishan Group fighting Zhang Fei in front of Tancheng here.

Zhang Fei's strong strength made the three of them numb, and they gradually lost their physical strength.

After more than ten rounds of fighting, the four of them won or lost.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen immediately ordered Chen Zhi to wave his army to cover the killing.

There were no leading generals in Zang Ba's army, and he was at a loss in the face of Zhao Chen's 5,000-strong army.

It wasn't until Chen arrived in front of him that Zang Ba and the others reacted and hurriedly retreated to lead the army to fight.

The two armies intersected, and for a time there was a sword and a sword.

Zang Ba's army was originally born as loose bandits, although he had Zang Ba's training as a leader and had experience in confronting the Yellow Turban Army, how could he compare with the army brought out by Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi.

In just a few moments, Zang Ba's army was defeated like a mountain, with heavy casualties.

Before Zang Ba's rear army could fight with Zhao Chen's front army, they retreated one after another and fled back to Tancheng.

Zang Ba and others had no choice but to lead the army to retreat.

Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi each pressed down on both sides and advanced quickly.

Until less than three miles away from the city gate, Zang Ba and others escaped death and entered the city one after another.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen was not in a hurry to attack the city, but retreated to five miles outside the city and set up camp.

After being defeated for a while, Zang Ba no longer dared to despise Zhao Chen's army, led the army to stick to Tancheng, and let Zhang Fei and others challenge outside day and night.

After two days, Zhao Chen saw that Zang Ba shrank his head, thought for a while, and then had a countermeasure in his heart.

Then he tested Lu Xun: "Although Tancheng is a county seat, the city is high and thick, our army has few soldiers, and it is easy to suffer more casualties if we forcibly attack the city. ”

Lu Xun thought for a moment and replied: "Sir, although Tancheng is high, after all, we can't keep the city gate open, our army can take advantage of the exhaustion of military food in the army, sneak attack, and the city will be broken." ”

Zhao Chen nodded, didn't rush to answer, turned his gaze to Cheng Yu again, and asked, "What does Zhongde think it should be?" ”

Cheng Yu walked quickly to the map, pointed to Yishui and Shushui and said: "The water sources of Tancheng all come from these two rivers, the two rivers flow from north to south all the year round, our army can lead the army to cut off the water source, within seven days, the Zang Ba army will be chaotic, and will definitely go out of the city to find water." At that time, our army will take the opportunity to enter the city. ”

Lu Xun listened, carefully compared the picture shown, and nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, Zhao Chen said slowly: "As Bo Yan said, besiege but not attack, waiting for the opportunity, although it is a strategy to break the enemy, but our army does not know how much military food in the city, our army's military food supplies are from Xiapi and Fuyang, and it is easy to be attacked by the enemy during a long journey, so it is not as stable and reliable as storing grain in the city." This is risky and unpredictable, so it is not suitable for use here. ”

After Zhao Chen's comments, Lu Xun suddenly realized and silently remembered Zhao Chen's words.

"As for Zhongde's plan." Zhao Chen had to admire Cheng Yu, the name of the poisoner was by no means in vain, "There are tens of thousands of people in Tancheng, and they also rely on Yishui and Shushui to drink water, if the river is cut off, the people in the city will also suffer, which is not the original intention of our army." This is also not suitable for use here. ”

Cheng Yu listened to it and didn't say it, but he admired Zhao Chen a little more in his heart for the people.

Lu Xun asked, "Sir, how should I deal with that?" ”

Zhao Chen smiled: "I have a plan, you wait and listen." ”