After listening to Ying Shao's words, everyone's expressions became stern and they were mostly sober.
Zhang Liao put down his wine glass and glared: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that the Black Mountain Army will continue to attack like this?"
Ying Shao nodded slightly, with a normal expression, and said: "The Black Mountain Army has been fighting for half a year and has not plundered much autumn food. If you want to store enough food for the winter, you must capture the giant deer and then plunder the entire Jizhou, even Sili. Yanzhou, Qingzhou, etc.”
Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Xiahou Dun stopped talking, and their expressions gradually became serious.
They had not thought of this before, but now that they think about it carefully, it is indeed the case!
The Montenegrin Army was not engaged in production, and all their money and food came from looting. The consumption for more than half a year was unimaginable. If they wanted to survive the winter safely, attacking Julu and looting wantonly was their only choice.
Ying Shao saw the heaviness on their side, Er smiled and said: "Don't worry so much. Huang Zhong of Bingzhou and Liu Shijun of Youzhou have already freed up their hands. The Grand Sima Mansion sent me a secret message, ordering us to hold on. There is no need to Go out and fight.”
Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Xiahou Dun felt relieved when they heard this.
Although they have more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, they are still worried. After all, the Yellow Turban Army outside is said to be one million!
Now that they have reinforcements, they are suddenly more confident!
Xiahou Dun sat upright and said: "Ying Shijun, I heard that there are five thousand soldiers and horses of Zhu Shijun in Pingyuan County. I don't know whether it is true or not?"
Ying Shao looked at him and said, "I know, it's the arrangement of Da Sima Mansion."
Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Xiahou Dun and others suddenly felt more at ease. Zhao Yun stood up directly and said: "Your Majesty, Zhao Yun requests to go out of the city to fight and dampen the spirit of the rebels!"
Ying Shao shook his head and said: "The opinion of the Grand Sima Mansion is that we are ordered to hold on and not go to war."
Zhang Liao, Xiahou Dun and others are all warlike people, so they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they heard this.
Ying Shao knew something about these three people and raised his hand and said: "Three generals, Ying has to rely on three more to defend the city next."
When Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Xiahou Dun saw it, they quickly raised their hands and bowed down and said: "If you don't dare, I will definitely serve you to the death!"
Ying Shao breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the guard, his eyes flashing with concentration.
He said that the food and grass in the city could last for a month until winter, but in fact, it only lasted ten days at most!
After ten days, the food and grass will be exhausted, and Julu City will be destroyed!
Everyone chatted for a few more words and then left the government office one after another.
Zhao Yun picked up his spear, got on his horse, and was about to inspect the city gate. Before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly saw a man looking furtively from the side.
Zhao Yun was condescending and could see clearly. He jumped off his horse without moving and said, "Everyone is waiting for me here."
As he said that, he walked towards the empty shop next to him, pushed open the door and went straight into the backyard.
"General Zhao Zhonglang, do you still remember the villain, Zhao Ji?" As soon as they arrived at the backyard, two middle-aged men came out, one was calm and the other was panicked. The one who spoke calmly.
Zhao Yun looked at the two of them and said, "Remember, you belong to the Second Young Master. Who is he? What do you want?"
Zhao Ji glanced behind the door, stepped forward and whispered: "General Zhao Zhonglang, this person is from the Li family. More than ten days ago, the Sun family contacted many wealthy families in an attempt to open the city gate and let the Black Mountain Army enter the city."
Zhao Yun's expression suddenly changed, he sharply pointed his spear at the middle-aged man next to Zhao Ji, and shouted: "Are you serious about this?"
Li Teng's body trembled, and he quickly raised his hand and said: "General Zhao Zhao, it's true, it's absolutely true, the villain was present at the time, it's absolutely true!"
Zhao Yun stared at him, then looked at Zhao Ji, his heart was very shaken, he grabbed Li Teng and said: "Follow me to see the envoy, Zhao Ji, you continue to stare at them!"
"Yes, yes." Zhao Ji greeted him quickly, feeling overjoyed in his heart.
It was purely an accident that Li Teng came to him, but this was a huge achievement that fell on top of his head!
Li Teng was frightened and covered his face with his sleeves, hiding for fear of being recognized.
Zhao Yun raised his cloak and completely covered him.
When the two arrived at the government office, Zhao Yun took Li Teng and went straight to Ying Shao.
Zhao Yun stepped forward and whispered in Ying Shao's ear for a while.
Ying Shao's eyes twitched fiercely, he stared at Li Teng expressionlessly and said, "Why did you report them?"
Li Teng was trembling, trying his best to smile, and raised his hand and said: "This villain is loyal to the court, how can he collude with rebellion, please enlighten me!"
Ying Shao stared at him, countless thoughts flashing through his mind like lightning.
Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xiahou Dun and other outsiders did not know the food situation of Julu, but the local snakes Li and others knew everything about it.
This group of people has hooked up with the Montenegro Army outside, and the situation in the city will definitely be exposed!
Zhao Yun looked at Ying Shao's face and saw that he had not spoken for a long time, so he said, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
What Zhao Yun asked was not what to do with Sun, his wife and others. These people were in the city and it would be easy to kill them.
Ying Shao remained calm, his eyes suddenly flashed with coldness, and he said calmly: "When are they going to open the city gate? Which gate?"
Li Teng quickly said: "The day after tomorrow, at the North Gate, they have prepared three hundred people and hid them in the Sun and Mrs. Sun's other courtyard."
"the day after tomorrow?"
Ying Shao's face showed a serious expression. This time was neither far nor near, and it happened to be his weakness.
Li Teng was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe, and felt uneasy.
Zhao Yun raised his hand decisively and said loudly: "Your Majesty, instead of passively defending the city, it is better to go out and fight! The general is willing to lead five thousand people, so I can't help but come to see you!"
Ying Shao's expression moved slightly, he looked up at Zhao Yun, stood up abruptly, and shouted: "Zhonglang Zhao makes sense, please come and ask General Zhang Zhonglang and Sima Xiahou to come and see you!"
A guard outside the door responded and strode away.
Ying Shao looked at Li Teng, his eyes like swords, and said calmly: "Go back and monitor them quietly. If there is any movement, report it immediately. After this battle, I will protect your Li family's future!"
Li Teng was overjoyed and raised his hand and said, "Thank you so much, envoy!"
As a shepherd in Yanzhou, Ying Shao is a high-ranking official in the border area. He personally protects the future of his family, which is undoubtedly a big backer!
Ying Shao waved his hand and ordered people to take Li Teng away. Then he sat down and kept thinking about the plan he had just thought of.
Not long after, Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun came. When Zhao Yun explained the matter, their expressions changed.
Xiahou Dun said angrily: "Your Majesty, the last general will take these people and confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans!"
Following Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun was very good at doing this kind of thing.
Ying Shao looked calm and said with a smile: "It's useful to keep them for now. I plan to leave the city tomorrow."
Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun were both startled. They had asked for battle many times before, but they were not allowed to accept the request. They even moved out of the Grand Sima's Mansion and asked for an order of "holding firm".
Ying Shao then said with a stern expression: "The situation has changed and it's not up to us. You three, come closer and listen to your thoughts."
Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Dun heard this and came to Ying Shao.
Ying Shao glanced outside the door and whispered to the three of them.
After he finished speaking, Zhao Yun hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, what if the rebels take the opportunity to attack the city or find out?"
Zhang Liao, who has always been prudent, followed: "Your Majesty, if you want to defend the city, the best strategy is to hold on and not get out."
Xiahou Dun was just a military commander. Unlike Zhao and Zhang's Zhonglang generals, he was also a general under Cao Cao. He did not interrupt and listened quietly.
Naturally, Ying Shao couldn't tell them that there was not much food and grass in the city, so he calmly said: "We can't let the rebels attack the city blindly. We have an army of 20,000, so we have nothing to fear even in a field battle!"
Zhao Yun heard what Ying Shao saw, and immediately took a step back, holding the spear and saying: "General, please give me orders, I will be the first to fight tomorrow!"
Ying Shao immediately said in a deep voice: "Okay! Follow my orders tomorrow, the three generals will take turns to fight!"
"The last general takes orders!" Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun knelt down on one knee and said loudly.
Ying Shao looked at the three of them with a sigh of relief in his heart, completely different from the calm expression on his face.
On the other side, Li Teng returned to the mansion and quietly investigated the movements of Sun, his wife and others.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, before the Black Mountain Army came to call for formation to attack the city, Zhao Yun led an army of five thousand people out of the city, set up their formation, and faced the Black Mountain Army's camp from a distance.
The Black Mountain Army is said to number one million, with more than 500,000 troops outside Julu City. The camps are endless and endless.
A big man put on his belt and came out, looking at Zhao Yun's camp with a strange look on his face.
He is fair and clean, without a trace of beard. He is tall but very thin. When Bai Yao came over, he asked, "Have the officers and soldiers left the city?"
Bai Rao's eyes were as cold as snakes, and he said: "General, the officers and soldiers are acting out of normal, I'm afraid there's some fraud!"
Zhang Yan looked over and saw more people coming behind him from the corner of her eye, and said loudly: "Then Zhao Yun goes out of the city, who dares to fight and increase the power of our army?"
After he finished speaking, there was silence behind him.
Zhao Yun is now quite famous. Once he led Liu Xie in and out seven times, and the second time he stabbed Wen Chou to death with a single shot.
No one in the Black Mountain Army dared to confront Zhao Yun.
Zhang Yan's face suddenly turned gloomy and she said angrily: "Bai Rao, go and take ten thousand people with you and kill them directly. The others should be prepared to attack the city!"
Bai Rao felt his heart pounding as he listened to Zhang Yan's roll call, only to feel relieved later.
If he really goes to fight Zhao Yun, he will definitely die!
Bai Rao seemed to be afraid that Zhang Yan would regret it, so he immediately ordered his troops, mounted his horse and rushed over.
Zhao Yun was riding a horse. Seeing that the opponent had no intention of fighting, he raised his spear and shouted: "Kill!"
Zhao Yun took the lead and charged at Bai Rao.
The shouts of five thousand people were like thunder, the sound of horse hooves was rolling, and their morale was like a rainbow.
Bai Rao originally thought that Zhao Yun would run away, but when he saw Zhao Yun coming straight for him, he was frightened and reined in his horse's head, trying to turn around and run away.
Then he thought that he had ten thousand people, and he became so heroic that he hit the horse and said, "Kill!"
The two sides clashed quickly, killing each other together.
Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses had been with him for a long time, and they had been trained enough to have no stage fright. They were also murderous in the face of ten thousand people, and they immediately took the advantage.
Bai Rao did not dare to step forward. He stood in the middle of the army and shouted: "Kill us! There are only 5,000 officers and soldiers, less than half of ours!"
Zhao Yun was dressed in silver armor and had a spear like a dragon. As he waved it, he screamed repeatedly.
His eyes were stern, and he charged straight at Bai Rao in the army.
Seeing Zhao Yun charging towards him, Bai Rao shouted anxiously: "Block him! Block him!"
"kill!"
Zhao Yun shouted, one man and one horse, charging into the army, it was unstoppable!
"kill!"
Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses saw that their general was so fierce, and they immediately shouted killing Qian Yun and charged with all their strength.
The 10,000 people around were almost in a one-sided decline.
Seeing this, Bai Rao's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but want to turn around and run away.
"Don't be afraid of handsome Baiqu, he will be poisoned!"
Behind Bai Luo, Yu Du led his army and rushed over, roaring and roaring with murderous intent.
His home was stolen by Zhao Yun, and he had no money or food. Now he could only live under others. He was filled with anger and full of hatred for Zhao Yun!
Zhao Yun charged for a while, but when he saw that he couldn't kill Bai Yao, he turned around and shouted: "Retreat!"
Although Zhao Yun's five thousand men were charging and killing, their formation was not disordered. After hearing the order, they quickly retreated like a tide.
Bai Rao was as angry as Yu Du now and led his army to pursue him without hesitation.
But not far from the city gate, he was greeted by countless arrows, so he had to stop and watch Zhao Yun retreat.
Yu Du was extremely angry and shouted: "Attack the city! Attack the city!"
Bai Rao was calm. Looking at the different look of solemnity on the city gate, he said: "Shuai Yu, go back and discuss it with the general. Something is wrong with the officers and soldiers today."
Yu Du alone couldn't attack the city, and he had no money or food, so he had to rely on these people to support him, and he had to deal with it even though he was unwilling to do so.
Due to poison, Bai Rao led his army back without attacking the city.
Zhao Yun led his army into the city and climbed onto the tower.
Xiahou Dun didn't know Zhao Yun much, but this was the first time he saw Zhao Yun so brave. He raised his hand and said with a smile: "General Zhao Zhonglang is indeed worthy of his reputation!"
Zhao Yun showed no arrogance. He raised his hand and said to Ying Shao: "Your Majesty, there are a thousand people."
Ying Shao nodded, looked towards the direction of the Black Mountain Army camp, and said: "General Zhao Zhonglang at noon."
Zhang Liao raised his hand solemnly and said: "The last general takes orders!"
Ying Shao took a deep breath quietly and said in his heart: I hope there is no capable person on the other side.
Bai Luo and Yu Du returned to the camp and discussed with Zhang Yan and others.
Zhang Yan stood outside the tent with doubts in her eyes and said, "What are the intentions of the officers and soldiers?"
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Yu Du sneered and said: "General, no matter what his officers and soldiers want to do, let's continue to attack the city and capture the giant deer as soon as possible. The most important thing is to replenish food and grass!"
Zhang Yan glanced at him and said around Bai: "What did Bai Qushuai say?"
Bai Rao was thoughtful and said: "General, the actions of the officers and soldiers are abnormal and cannot be ignored. Why don't we attack the city for now and wait for the Sun family to open the city gate tomorrow and break the city in one fell swoop!"
Zhang Yan was convinced and said: "Okay. The commander-in-chief said in the order, he will rest today and attack the city with all his strength tomorrow!"
Although Zhang Yan is known as the "Flying General" and the various Black Mountain armies are led by him, in fact, more than a dozen "qu commanders" are fighting independently and forming temporary alliances, and Zhang Yan does not have much control.
That is to say, he is the strongest and most profitable, so he will fight with him.
The various commanders of the Montenegrin Army did not want to send their men to attack the city and die for nothing, so they were naturally happy to calm down.
They stopped fighting, but there was no official army. Before noon, Zhang Liao led 10,000 troops out of the city, formed a formation, and shouted for formation.
This made everyone in the Montenegrin Army even more suspicious. Instead, they made no move and just watched with cold eyes.
Zhang Liao called for formation for half an hour. He saw that the Black Mountain army was motionless, the formation was changing, the sound of horse hooves was rolling, and the dust was flying, as if a battle had begun.
Zhang Yan, Bai Rao and others looked at each other from a distance, then looked at each other in confusion.
What are the officers and soldiers doing?
They still didn't act rashly.
Half an hour later, Zhang Liao withdrew his troops and returned to the city.
When he came to the city tower, Zhang Liao felt helpless and said: "Your Majesty, the Black Mountain Army has not gone out to fight, there are only a thousand people."
Asking for a monthly ticket~
(End of chapter)
