Everyone looked at Zhao Yun holding up the spear that penetrated Wen Chou's body.
Everyone's face fell into a moment of dullness.
Wen Chou is dead!
Wen Chou, one of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei and one of Yuan Shao's Four Generals, who commanded 6,000 cavalry, was actually chosen among the enemy's 1,000 cavalry!
Zhang Xiu and others reacted first and roared excitedly.
Que Ze, Chen Jiao and others on the city wall roared excitedly.
He actually could win!
And he killed the enemy general!
When Yuan Tan came to his senses, everyone was confused.
Seeing the crazy look of the Pengcheng defenders, listening to their crazy shouts, and looking at the stunned and dejected looks of thousands of cavalry on his side, Yuan Tan could only withdraw his troops.
Once Wen Chou is dead, how can we fight?
If we fight again, these thousands of cavalry will be swallowed up, and I won't be able to bear the consequences by then!
As the golden sound sounded, thousands of Wen Chou's cavalry retreated one after another.
Zhang Xiu rode up to Zhao Yun, punched him hard on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Junior brother, you are awesome!"
Zhao Yun couldn't help but laugh.
The oppression of these days was released at this moment.
Watching the enemy retreat, Zhao Yun also called on everyone to retreat.
Lu Bu curled his lips as he watched Zhao Yun carrying Wen Chou's body into the city.
Why do you always let him have the upper hand?
That idiot Wen Chou, why didn't he pick himself to attack?
As he entered the city, Lu Bu looked back at the Wen Chou cavalry who had left, and spat bitterly.
If you have another chance next time, you will definitely not let others take the credit!
Besides, Yuan Tan led the generals back to the commander's tent.
For a moment, the entire handsome tent was so dull that it made people breathless.
Although Zhou Yu was sitting quietly on the left side of Yuan Tan, he was still a little unable to calm down at this time.
His mind was filled with the scene of the cavalry battle between the two sides just now.
Why are Jiangdong's thousand-man cavalry so outstanding?
It doesn’t look like the fighting style of Jiangdong soldiers at all!
Especially Zhao Yun, who was able to stab Wen Chou under his horse with one move.
Could it be that I really made a mistake?
At this moment, Yuan Tan finally couldn't help it and spoke first: "Gentlemen, do you want to continue the planned attack on the city tonight? Now that Wen Chou has died in battle, our morale has been dampened, and we may not be able to attack the city."
When the generals saw Yuan Tan speaking, they all looked over.
A general stood up, saluted Yuan Tan and said: "My lord, although we are all saddened by the loss of General Wen Chou, General Wen Chou and his cavalry, except for a surprise attack on Langya County, forced Lu Bu to abandon the city and flee. Except, he did not participate in the battle."
"In the first three attacks on Pengcheng, General Wen Chou and his cavalry were watching from the sidelines."
"So, I think that even if we lose General Wen Chou this time, it will not affect our attack on the city today."
Other generals agreed.
Yuan Tan felt much better after hearing what the general said.
If he could really capture Pengcheng and then drive straight down, he would be able to report Wen Chou's murder to his father when the time came.
It was he who insisted on going his own way and accepted the enemy's letter of war when the situation was favorable.
What's more, he underestimated the enemy and was careless, which led to him being defeated by a small number and killed in the army.
Yuan Tan took a long breath and said: "Masters, if that's the case, let's attack the city again at the end of this afternoon when Shen Shi takes over!"
"In this attack on the city, we must break through the city gate, capture Pengcheng, and avenge General Wen Chou!"
All the generals said one after another: "Revenge for General Wen Chou!"
Zhou Yu: "."
What are these people thinking?
Zhou Yu looked at Yuan Tan and said, "My lord, it is not appropriate to attack the city this afternoon!"
"There are not many enemy troops, at least tens of thousands of them."
"Before, they could only be beaten passively and did not dare to leave the city. This was because General Wen Chou led the cavalry to sit outside the city, ready to take action at any time."
"Although General Wen Chou did not participate in the siege, his contribution cannot be underestimated."
"Three consecutive attacks on the city have exhausted the Pengcheng defenders and their morale has dropped to an extremely low level. Therefore, I have no objection to the eldest son's plan to attack the city this afternoon."
"However, General Wen Chou's battle today has completely inspired the morale of the Pengcheng defenders."
"When the enemy defenders have tens of thousands of soldiers and their morale has skyrocketed, and we only have 50,000 archers, we cannot win the siege. In fact, if the enemy takes the opportunity to break out of the city, we will lose our troops and generals."
"Although we still have six thousand cavalry, today's battle with General Wen Chou has given the Pengcheng defenders confidence."
"They will definitely risk their lives to fight out of the city."
"We have catapults, arrow towers and other siege weapons. At this time, it is very likely that they will become a burden."
"Now, all we can do is wait and consume the enemy's morale."
"Although the enemy should have reinforcements arriving, we also have reinforcements on the way."
"Moreover, while waiting for the opportunity, we will re-appoint a new commander of the six thousand cavalry and restore morale."
"Next time we attack the city, we can fight again!"
"As for the Pengcheng defenders, facing our siege, they are unable to defeat the enemy. As time goes by, their high morale will fall again."
“It’s safest for us to be prepared and wait for another chance to win!”
"Pretending to understand when you don't know." A sneer sounded, and a middle-aged general stood up and said, "How can morale compare to being crushed by absolute strength?"
"Now we have crushed the Pengcheng defenders until they are unable to resist."
"Now is the perfect time to seize the city."
"If we don't seize it now, if we continue to wait, we will only waste the opportunity to fight!"
"Not only can the enemy take this opportunity to repair the city wall, but when their reinforcements arrive, it will be even harder for us to break the city."
"Child Zhou Yu, you are clearly causing harm on purpose!"
"I think your allegiance to the lord is false. You are clearly a mastermind of Jiangdong. You deliberately delayed our attack when we were about to seize the city, so that Jiangdong could take precautions!"
This person's name is Jiang Qi, and he is also one of the first batch of civil servants and generals to follow Yuan Shao.
When Zhou Yu saw what Jiang Qi said, he stood up in confusion, his face ashen.
This group of people has no ability and is just a first-class insulter.
It can be seen that as he stood up, other generals in the handsome tent also stood up one after another, with a faint tendency to move closer to Jiang Qi. Zhou Yu took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.
A small leak will sink a great ship.
If this group of trash makes them suffer, they will naturally remember their own good points.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu sat down again.
Seeing that Zhou Yu was about to get angry, Jiang Qi and others sat back and laughed.
"He is indeed a softie!"
"The children of Jiangdong can only show their bravery in books. In fact, they are all a bunch of rats!"
"The children of Jiangdong during the time of King Chu Ba no longer exist."
Zhou Yu pressed his right hand on the hilt of his sword, veins bulging on his forehead.
When Yuan Tan saw this, he hurriedly tried to smooth things over and said: "Gentlemen, don't fight among yourself! Now that the attack on the city is imminent, everyone must unite as one."
When the generals saw Yuan Tan speaking, they stopped mocking him.
Yuan Tan glanced at everyone and said: "Well, gentlemen, let's discuss the matter of attacking the city this afternoon."
After Yuan Tan and his generals discussed it for a while, they each returned to the camp to reorganize their troops.
After lunch and a short nap, the army set off again and headed toward Pengcheng.
This time the six thousand cavalry were not dispatched.
They had just experienced a defeat and their morale was low. Yuan Tan asked his lieutenant to comfort them in the camp.
The army rushed to the foot of Pengcheng City, on the other side of the moat.
Thirty catapults and twenty arrow towers were pushed to the front of the army by tens of thousands of soldiers.
Yuan Tan took Zhou Yu and hundreds of personal guards to guard the rear of the Chinese army.
On the wall of Pengcheng, the soldiers guarding the city were constantly coming and going.
Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu, Tian Yu and others all came.
Seeing Yuan's army outside the city spread over the mountains and plains, with banners and banners in formation, but only the 6,000 cavalrymen from before were missing, Pengcheng County Governor Chen Jiao exclaimed: "This time we are attacking the city, the enemy cavalry is not here!"
Tian Yu and others also nodded.
Seeing tens of thousands of people crowding around the catapults and arrow towers, Tian Yu clapped his hands and said to Zhao Yun: "General, the enemy cavalry is not here. In this situation, we may be able to defeat the enemy!"
Everyone looked at Tian Yu.
Tian Yu said: "The enemy cavalry is not here, and with these archers and infantry, even if we open the city gate to meet the enemy, we don't need to worry that they can take the opportunity to break through our army's defense line and directly enter the city."
"On the contrary, look at those catapults and arrow towers. They are extremely heavy and heavy."
"Of course, they are also incredibly destructive."
"However, now that there is no threat from the cavalry, we can immediately organize a large army to guard the city gate."
"When the enemy's catapults and arrow towers have just crossed the moat, we will open the city gate and rush over!"
"Catapults and arrow towers can attack the city wall and the soldiers on the wall from a long distance, which is beyond the reach of our archers. However, they cannot counterattack the soldiers at close range."
"It is entirely possible for us to rush over, not to mention completely defeating the enemy, but also to kill the enemies in the catapults and arrow towers. They are not carrying weapons!"
"If we are lucky, we can cross the moat and even kill directly into the enemy's belly!"
Looking at Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu, Tian Yu pointed at the rear of Yuan Shao's army, drew two arcs on both sides and said: "Two generals, you can take advantage of the chaos and lead the cavalry to attack the enemy commander from both sides. However, Remember not to fall in love with war."
"Once you are unable to succeed, retreat immediately to prevent the enemy from coming back to their senses and surrounding you."
"The enemy force is overwhelming."
"If you are surrounded, we can only watch you being annihilated without being able to leave the city for rescue."
After hearing what Tian Yu said, the generals all looked at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun said: "Then do as Guorang said."
Looking at Chen Jiao, Zhao Yun said: "Guorang and I are going to organize a large army to attack the city now. Commander Chen Jiao, you guard the city wall. If the situation goes wrong, you can act with caution."
Chen Jiao said: "Okay!"
Zhao Yun and Tian Yu quickly descended the city wall.
Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu also rushed towards the city to summon their cavalry.
Outside the city, Yuan Tan looked at the defenders on the city wall who seemed to be the same as before, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking up at the sky, Yuan Tan waited until the agreed time of the end of the day and the turn of the time of Shen. Yuan Tan cheered up, asked the flag bearer to wave the flag, and started to attack the city!
The solemn horn sounded.
The 50,000-strong army began to move forward slowly.
Behind the catapult and arrow tower, four phalanx infantrymen rushed towards the moat carrying ladders and set them up on the moat.
Tens of thousands of soldiers crossed the moat with catapults and arrow towers.
Everything was just like the previous three sieges.
The Pengcheng defenders on the city wall could only watch this scene helplessly and did not dare to leave the city, but the archers' attacks were out of reach.
Yuan Tan summoned the war drums, jumped on the drum platform himself, beat the war drums, and cheered for the siege soldiers!
However--
The drums of war are just beating here.
The catapults and arrow towers have just been pushed across the moat through the ladder and reached the other side of the moat.
The gate of Pengcheng suddenly opened wide!
Led by Zhao Yun and Tian Yu, the army roared out of the city and attacked the catapults and arrow towers!
The Pengcheng defenders in the city actually rushed out of the city this time, which surprised Yuan Tan and others.
Yuan Tan also stopped beating the war drum.
Yuan Tan hurriedly jumped down from the drum platform, and hurriedly signaled the flag bearer to wave the flag, so that the following troops could meet the enemy!
Zhou Yu rode a war horse and stood beside Yuan Tan, looking at this scene with a sarcastic look on his face.
Sure enough.
Yuan Shao's follow-up army quickly rushed towards the moat.
When the soldiers around the catapult and arrow tower saw the Pengcheng defenders rushing out of the city, they all panicked.
They didn't carry weapons!
They are only responsible for operating catapults and arrow towers!
Seeing the enemy coming, these soldiers threw down their catapults and arrow towers, turned around and ran away.
Yuan Shao's follow-up army also came forward.
The catapult and arrow tower soldiers were immediately surrounded on the ladder of the moat.
Zhao Yun and Tian Yu led the Pengcheng defenders and rushed towards them.
One-sided slaughter!
Yuan Shao's catapult and arrow tower soldiers screamed and wailed, falling quickly like wheat being cut down, and fell into a pool of blood.
Yuan Tan watched this scene with cold sweat on his forehead.
He quickly ordered the following troops to retreat.
Otherwise, if we continue, tens of thousands of these catapult and arrow tower soldiers will be unilaterally massacred by the Pengcheng defenders!
Yuan Shao's follow-up army received the order and quickly retreated to make way for the catapults and arrow tower soldiers.
But the Pengcheng defenders also followed and crossed the moat!
When Zhao Yun and Tian Yu led the army to kill across the moat, inside the city, Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu led their cavalry to fight out.
Two cavalrymen crossed the moat, detoured on both sides of Yuan Shao's army, and galloped towards Yuan Tan!
Upon seeing this, Yuan Tan quickly ordered the flag bearers to mobilize for reinforcements.
Yuan Shao's follow-up army quickly dispersed and attacked Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu's cavalry on both sides of the detour, trying to intercept them.
However, these are infantry archers.
How could their speed keep up with the speed of the cavalry?
After a while, Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu each led their cavalry to the rear of Yuan Shao's army.
Hundreds of personal guards around Yuan Tan immediately surrounded Yuan Tan, Zhou Yu and other generals.
The follow-up army also surrounded them.
Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu led the cavalry, like two sharp blades, quickly tearing apart the enemy's defense line.
The personal guards screamed and were knocked away one after another.
Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu, with their cavalry, had already reached the left and right sides of Yuan Tan!
Yuan Tan was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe. He held the sword in his right hand and looked tense.
However, it is the home front after all.
While the personal guards were holding back the two cavalrymen of Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu with their lives, the follow-up army quickly surrounded them and was about to encircle the two cavalrymen of Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu led the cavalry in a big detour, and while rushing out of the encirclement, he looked back at Yuan Tan and secretly said it was a pity.
Just a little bit different!
Less than thirty steps away!
If he could get through these thirty steps, he would have full confidence in killing the enemy commander!
Unfortunately, no!
When Lu Bu saw that Zhang Xiu had retreated, Yuan Shao's follow-up army quickly encircled him and he was about to surround himself.
While quickly making a detour and preparing to retreat, Lu Bu quickly took off the bow and an arrow he was carrying behind him, raised his hand and shot at Yuan Tan.
As a general who was born in Bingzhou and fought on horseback all year round, he was not only good at wielding a halberd, but riding and shooting was his unique skill!
The moment he rushed out of the encirclement around the corner, the arrow shot out instantly, heading straight for Yuan Tan's door!
Yuan Tan was still looking at Zhang Xiu, relieved that Zhang Xiu had just retreated, and didn't even notice that Lu Bu could accurately shoot an arrow at him when he rounded the corner.
Only Zhou Yu noticed Lu Bu!
Seeing the arrow shooting towards Yuan Tan, Zhou Yu rushed towards Yuan Tan.
A muffled groan.
The arrow shot at Yuan Tan penetrated into the left side of Zhou Yu's neck.
Zhou Yu and Yuan Tan both fell off their horses!
All the generals exclaimed: "Master!"
Lu Bu, who had already fled with his cavalry, looked back and glanced far away. Seeing Yuan Tan stand up, he was so angry that he smashed the bow in his hand.
Damn it!
Who ruined my good deeds!
(End of chapter)
