Hearing this earth-shattering sound, Zhang Miao suddenly trembled with fright and shouted hoarsely.
"What's wrong, what happened?"
Before the soldiers could answer his words, the shouts of Yan Liangjun soldiers suddenly came from below the city gate.
"The city gate is broken."
"Brothers, the city gate has been blown up. Let's rush."
Hearing the sound coming from under the city wall, Zhang Miao knew something was wrong and hurriedly shouted, "Li Chi, take people to the city gate quickly, and you must snatch the city gate back to me."
Li Chi responded and immediately led a reserve team and ran down the stairs.
Zhang Chao came to Zhang Miao's side, already sweating profusely, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.
"Brother, the city gate has been broken. We can't stop it. Let's leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
Zhang Miao sighed, "If we retreat like this, Marquis Wen will blame us!"
Hearing this, Zhang Chao stamped his feet, "Brother, what time has it been? Even if we stay here, can we stop Yan Liang's 30,000 troops?"
Having said this, Zhang Chao glanced at the large group of Yan Liangjun soldiers outside the city and said, "Brother, Yan Liang is very powerful in martial arts. If he comes in, not to mention Li Chi, even if we two brothers are included, he will not be his opponent."
Zhang Miao hesitated for a long time, sighed, and together with Zhang Chao, fled from the north gate with the remaining soldiers.
Li Chi is Zhang Miao's general. He is highly skilled in martial arts and extremely brave. He is highly valued by Zhang Miao.
When Li Chi rushed over with his troops, Yan Liangjun's soldiers had already rushed in. When the two sides met, they were extremely jealous. They immediately waved their weapons and started fighting each other.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Li Chi's eyes were red, and he was holding a long-handled sword and waving it in the crowd.
The sound of wind caused by the broadsword whizzed in the crowd. Every time it fell, one of Yanliang's soldiers was bound to fall down.
Li Chi was brave and led his elite soldiers to open up an open space at the city gate and blocked Yan Liangzhen's attack.
Just when Li Chi was about to expand his victory and close the city gate, suddenly, a loud shout came from outside the city gate.
"The enemy generals should not be so arrogant. Let me, Yan Liang, fight you."
As he was talking, a black war horse rushed in from outside the city gate. The man on the horse was Yan Liang, who was known as the best general in Hebei.
Li Chi shouted, "Well done, stay alive."
After finishing speaking, Li Chi also rushed towards Yan Liang on horseback.
When the two of them came in front of them, Li Chi snorted coldly, raised a ray of light in the air with the big knife in his hand, and slashed hard towards Yan Liang's head.
When Yan Liang saw Li Chi's sword skills, a disdainful sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. The iron gun in his hand shook, and he easily deflected the big sword in Li Chi's hand.
Li Chi felt the force coming from the handle of the knife, and was suddenly startled. He hurriedly put away his contempt, and was about to use the knife again, but suddenly saw the spear in Yan Liang's hand stabbing him like lightning, and he trembled in fright. Try your best to dodge.
puff!
"ah!"
Yan Liang's marksmanship was as fast as lightning. Although Li Chi escaped from the critical point, he was hit in the shoulder. The pain caused him to scream and hurriedly turned his horse's head to escape.
Yan Liang snorted coldly, "It's not that easy to run away."
The big black horse under his crotch was also a steed. As soon as Li Chi's horse ran a few steps, Yan Liang caught up with him and stabbed him with a spear. Li Chi, Zhang Miao's first general, immediately screamed and fell off the horse. Not moving anymore.
"The city has been destroyed. Brothers, the time has come to make contributions. Go ahead."
Following Yan Liang's roar, countless soldiers rushed out from behind and began to kill everywhere in the city.
…
Donga.
Lu Bu was overjoyed after subduing Wen Chou. After returning to the city, he immediately held a banquet and wine to entertain the meritorious officials of the battle.
Wen Chou's surrender will not only bring the benefits of a one-yuan military general. Don't forget, he is a general in Jizhou. Will he know less?
If only Wen Chou surrendered personally, Lu Bu would only be happy, but the benefits brought by Wen Chou gave him a little more confidence in the battle to defend Yanzhou.
The most important thing is that no one knows that Wen Chou surrendered. This is the point.
And among the people invited to the banquet this time, Wen Chou was not included. The meaning of this was already obvious.
Early the next morning, Lu Bu received the news from Fan County. He was immediately surprised and hurriedly ordered people to find the generals for discussion.
"Everyone, news has come from Fan County that Yan Liang led the attack and has succeeded."
Lu Bu spoke in a calm tone, because this incident was expected.
If Yan Liang had the same equipment as Wen Chou, which was the flame stone, and he had more soldiers and horses than Zhang Miao, it would not be surprising that he could break the city.
However, when everyone heard it, it was as surprising as a bolt from the blue.
Zhang Liao looked puzzled, stepped forward and said, "Marquis Wen, Governor Zhang has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Even if Yan Liang attacks with all his strength, it is impossible to capture the city in such a short time. Is there something hidden in this?" ?”
Chen Gong suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be that Yan Liang also has a flame stone?"
Lu Bu nodded, "Yes, Yan Liang also has the flame stone, and Fan County fell in a short time."
Chen Gong asked hurriedly, "Fan County is lost, what about Meng Zhuo?"
Lu Bu waved his hand, "Prefect Zhang is fine. He has already led the remaining soldiers over here."
Cheng Lian suddenly said, "Marquis Wen, why don't we lead troops to Fan County now and take back the city?"
Lu Bu nodded and turned to look at everyone, "Everyone, take back Fan County. Do you have any good ideas?"
Sieges are different from plain battles, and Lu Bu's Bingzhou troops are actually most suitable for plain battles, not siege battles.
When everyone heard Lu Bu's question, they all shook their heads. Cheng Lian said directly, "Marquis Wen, we all listen to you. We will fight how you say."
Lu Bu saw that these Tie Hanhan had no choice but to turn around and look at Chen Gong.
Yan Liang has already occupied Fan County, and has more troops than Lu Bu. If it were two of them who wanted to break the city, they wouldn't even dare to think about it, so you can imagine how difficult it would be.
Seeing Lu Bu's eyes looking over, Chen Gong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "If our army defends the city, we can still use the city wall to make up for the lack of our army's strength.
But now Yan Liang occupies the city and is defended by the city wall, and our army is already weaker in number than the opponent. It may not be easy to break through the city! "
Lu Bu nodded, "What Gongtai said is true, and I am also worried about this matter."
Zhang Liao suddenly said, "Marquis Wen, why don't we lure Yan Liang out and then eliminate him?"
Lu Bu frowned, "Yan Liang is cautious, I'm afraid he won't be fooled!"
Zhang Liao raised his hand and said, "Marquis Wen, our army is going forward. Both sides are evenly matched. Of course Yan Liang will not come out. However, if our army is weaker than the opponent, is it possible to lure Yan Liang out?"
Chen Gong shook his head, "General Zhang, if our army is weaker than the other side, Yan Liang may indeed come out. However, our army is not strong enough. Even if Yan Liang leaves the city, it will be detrimental to our army."
At this point, Chen Gong's eyes suddenly lit up. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "If our army is obviously weaker than the opponent, but there is a hidden ambush, can we deceive Yan Liang?"
After hearing what the two said, Lu Bu nodded, "If you can do this, you can indeed deceive Yan Liang, but what should you do to achieve this?"
Chen Gong waved his hand, "Marquis Wen, this matter is not trivial. Why don't we all go back and think about it separately? Maybe someone will have figured out a solution by tomorrow?"
…
After everyone dispersed, Lu Bu came to the backyard alone. Just as he was about to go back to rest, something suddenly moved in his heart and he walked in another direction along the fork in the road.
When Lu Bu came to a courtyard, several soldiers hiding in the dark hurriedly appeared and saluted.
"I've met Marquis Wen."
Lu Bu nodded, "Send more people to make sure nothing goes wrong."
After finishing speaking, Lu Bu stepped into the courtyard.
Arriving at the door of a room in the courtyard, Zhang Hu stepped forward and was about to knock on the door, but the door was pushed open.
When the door opened, Wen Chou was already standing in front of the door, bowing his hands.
"The general will see Wenhou at the end."
Lu Bu waved his hand and said with a smile, "General Wen Chou, is it convenient to live here?"
Wen Chou made an invitation gesture, "Marquis Wen, please come in."
Lu Bu walked into the room, and Wang Fang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "I have met Marquis Wen."
Wen Chou waited until Lu Bu sat down, then raised his hands and asked, "I wonder if Marquis Wen is late, what can I say?"
Lu Bu smiled and shook his head, "If you have nothing to do, can't you come and see General Wen?"
Wen Chou suddenly asked, "Has Yan Liang already occupied Fan County?"
After hearing this, Lu Bu's face changed slightly, and then he said with a smile, "Yes, Yan Liang did lead troops to occupy Fan County. I just received the news, but I didn't expect that General Wen would be right in his guess."
Wen Chou said with a wry smile, "When we first went out on the ice, Yan Liang and I had already made a plan to go out on the ice at the same time.
Although the defense of Fan County is strong, without Marquis Wen to take charge of the overall situation, it may be difficult to preserve it, so this is why it is said. "
Lu Bu nodded and asked slowly, "General Wen, if you were me, what should you do?"
Wen Chou shook his head, "I'm just a subordinate general, how dare you say anything?"
Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "General Wen, please don't mention the word surrender. You are my brother. Don't mention these two words again in the future."
At this point, Lu Bu paused and said with a smile, "General Wen, do you blame me for not taking you to the front hall to meet with the generals?"
Hearing these words, Wen Chou felt a little warm in his heart, cupped his hands and said with a wry smile.
"How could the general be so ignorant? The reason why Marquis Wen didn't introduce the generals was just to save the general's face. How dare you worry too much?"
Lu Bu nodded, "General Wen, as long as you know my painstaking efforts, I am worried that General Wen is too worried, so I came here to ask."
Having said this, Lu Bu stood up and said with a smile, "Since General Wen is fine, it's time for me to go back and rest."
Seeing that Lu Bu was about to leave, Wen Chou suddenly raised his hands and said, "Marquis Wen, please stay!"
Lu Bu turned his head and looked at Wen Chou, "General Wen, is there anything else?"
A trace of hesitation flashed in Wen Chou's eyes, and then he raised his hand and said, "If the general guessed correctly, Marquis Wen came here this time to ask about the method of breaking the city, right?"
Lu Bu was stunned, but he didn't expect that Wen Chou would guess what he was thinking.
However, since he had guessed correctly, Lu Bu did not want to hide it and nodded calmly, "Yes, Yan Liang is powerful. It may not be easy for our army to retake Fan County, so I want to ask General Wen.
However, he was worried that General Wen was too preoccupied, so he wanted to give up and think of another good strategy? "
Wen Chou asked slowly, "Is there any good strategy?"
Lu Bu nodded, "The generals have discussed that since the city cannot be breached, we can only lure Yan Liang out of the city for a decisive battle."
Wen Chou shook his head and said, "Marquis Wen, I'm afraid your plan will fail!"
Lu Bu frowned, "Why?"
Wen Chou said with a wry smile, "Marquis Wen said that the last general will be the best general in Hebei. In fact, this is wrong. The real first general in Hebei should be Yan Liang."
Lu Bu didn't expect Wen Chou to praise Yan Liang, and couldn't help but be surprised, "General Wen, why do you say that?"
Wen Chou said slowly, "Yan Liang is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also cautious and strategic. He is highly relied upon by Lord Benchu, so he is known as the number one general in Hebei.
And the most important point is that Yan Liang is loyal to Benchu Gong, and he will only obey Benchu Gong's orders. "
At this point, Wen Chou sighed, and then continued, "This attack on Dong'a, if Yan Liang had commanded it, might have been defeated, but the entire army would never have been annihilated."
Hearing these words, Lu Bu couldn't help but frowned, "General Wen, do you think the strategy discussed by the generals can't be accomplished?"
Wen Chou nodded and said with a wry smile, "Duke Benchu ordered the last general and Yan Liang to attack Dong'a and Fan counties at the same time.
Now that Yan Liang has occupied Fan County, unless there is an order from Duke Benchu, it is absolutely impossible to get him out of the city. "
Lu Bu asked tentatively, "Could it be that even though the number of troops outside the city is significantly smaller than Yan Liang's troops, wouldn't he go out of the city to destroy the enemy?"
Wen Chou shook his head and said firmly, "Absolutely not."
Hearing this, Lu Bu's expression changed and his brows furrowed.
If what Wen Chou said is true, no matter what he does outside the city, Wen Chou will not be fooled, then the strategy discussed by the generals will be useless.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu turned to look at Wen Chou and asked tentatively, "General Wen, do you have a way to lure Yan Liang out of the city?"
Wen Chou shook his head, "No, no matter who it is, Yan Liang will not leave the city without the order of Lord Benchu."
Hearing this, Lu Bu's heart felt as if cold water had been poured on him, and his heart suddenly went cold.
He originally thought that as long as everyone thought of a way, they would be able to lure Yan Liang out and take back Fan County.
But looking at Wen Chou's appearance, I'm afraid it's true. If it's true, wouldn't it be impossible to break the city?
Lu Bu sent people to prepare Fan County's defense materials. He knew very well how many of them were needed. If he wanted to attack by force, even if he could get into the city, he would lose at least 30% of his troops, or even more, and he might never be able to get in.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu couldn't sit still anymore and was going back to discuss with Chen Gong and others to see if they could find other good strategies.
Fan County must be recaptured, otherwise, once Yuan Shao sends troops to attack Dong'a again, Lu Bu will face a situation of siege from two sides.
