"Zhangzhou Mu!"
"Master Zhang!"
"Why are you here?"
"Where is our general?!"
"..."
When everyone saw Zhang Bao coming, they gathered around him.
"Fan Hanzhong is fine at the moment. Follow him. He will be here soon. Now let me report your respective numbers and battle status!"
Zhang Bao said to everyone.
After summary, at present, the situation is not very ideal.
Excluding the hundreds of thousands of horses brought by Zhang Bao, the original 300,000 horses on Fan Hanzhong's side were now less than 200,000.
And for everyone now.
After fighting for such a long time without getting in, I also lost a lot of people on my side, and my morale was also somewhat damaged.
None of the current city gates have been breached.
There are still quite a lot of people inside, crowded at the city gate. Even if people outside want to go in, they will be pushed back.
"Immediately order everyone to rest where they are and block all the roads around the capital to ensure that no food and grass enter the capital. We will wear them out for a while first!"
"In addition, let all our troops ambush outside the city to prevent them from leaving the city for a sneak attack."
"From now on, you will never take the initiative without my order."
Zhang Bao said to everyone.
"this……"
"But Zhang Zhoumu, we have finally fought so far. If we give up now, all our previous efforts will be in vain!"
"Yes, Mr. Zhang, we have fought so far and so many people have died. It would be a shame to stop like this."
"Master Zhang, we didn't mean to contradict you. We are the only generals here, and we are very worried."
"..."
When everyone heard Zhang Bao ask them to stop, they all started talking, and many people actually wiped away tears.
"Bastard thing!"
"What do all of them look like crying?"
"Didn't you hear what Mr. Zhang said?"
"You want me to die, don't you?"
Fan Hanzhong rushed in angrily.
When they heard that everyone did not resolutely carry out Zhang Bao's order, Fan Han Center began to panic.
To know.
Although he is the general of these 300,000 troops, in the final analysis, these troops belong to Zhang Bao.
Even he must resolutely carry out Zhang Bao's military orders, let alone the men and horses under his command.
Their confrontation at this time made it clear that they did not take Zhang Bao seriously.
If Zhang Bao really took advantage of this, none of them would be able to escape.
Fan Hanzhong became anxious immediately.
"Zhangzhou Mu, they are also very angry. You must not be like them!"
"They have been fighting outside all year round and don't understand these rules. It's all because I didn't teach them well in normal times."
Fan Hanzhong knelt in front of Zhang Bao and said.
"Get up."
"Remember, from now on, everyone will follow my orders. This kind of thing will never happen again!"
"Let's do this for now."
"Let's split up and take action."
Zhang Bao waved his hand and drove everyone out.
Zhang Bao also knew that as long as he won this battle, everything would be easy, but if it continued like this, it would be very troublesome for everyone's morale.
"You guys, go back to Sanhe County immediately and give this letter to Huang Chenzhi."
"Leave now!"
Zhang Bao thought for a while, wrote a letter, and had Xingye send it back.
The content of the letter was quite simple, asking Huang Chenzhi to send all the explosive bags currently in Sanhe County to Xiazhou.
Before.
The places where Zhang Bao and others made explosive packets were all in Hejian Village in Sanhe County.
There has been no stopping during this period.
Originally, Zhang Bao had underestimated the capital's defense and the number of Cao Kang's troops.
so far.
It would be very difficult to attack with conventional means.
But with explosives, this matter is simpler.
In addition, Zhang Bao also asked them to find people from the gold-touching brigade and come outside the capital together in the letter.
All that's left is waiting and consumption.
According to Zhang Bao's judgment, with so many soldiers and horses in the capital, Cao Kang's daily consumption of food and grass is also terrible. Their consumption outside is huge, but it is not small inside either.
If a war really breaks out, it cannot be calculated based on regular daily consumption.
There is no need to use up all their food and grass, just make them panic.
This will force them to attack.
As long as we attack them, we won't be afraid of them!
Inside the capital at this time.
Cao Kang and the others also noticed the movements of Fan Hanzhong's troops.
"They withdrew?"
"Hahaha! They finally withdrew!"
"Well done!"
"quick!"
"Take advantage of this time to repair the city again!"
Cao Kang said to everyone.
"Your Majesty, it seems that Fan Hanzhong's men should retreat now. If this continues, it will be of no benefit to them at all. We may exhaust all our troops by then."
"These men and horses are probably at their limit now."
"This Fan Hanzhong is quite decisive."
Cao De said on the side.
"If that's the case, seize the time to rest and find a way to rush out and disrupt them. For them now, they won't think that we took the initiative to attack!"
Cao Kang nodded and said.
"emperor!"
"emperor!"
"We lost!"
At this moment, Wang Li hurried over.
"Huh? Wang Li?"
"Didn't I ask you to go out of the city to pursue Fan Hanzhong?"
"What's going on now?"
Cao Kang asked quickly.
"emperor!"
"We had already blocked Fan Hanzhong in a valley, but we didn't expect that just when we were about to succeed, hundreds of thousands of troops came from the direction of Huizhou and dispersed our men in an instant."
"We managed to escape with great difficulty."
Wang Li asked Cao Kang.
"What?"
"There are hundreds of thousands of troops coming to Huizhou?"
"Could it be that Zhang Hongtao also brought people here?"
Cao Kang was very surprised.
"It's not Zhang Hongtao's men. The person leading it seems to be Hezhou Prefect, Zhang Bao!"
Wang Li said to Cao Kang.
"What?!"
"Zhang Bao is also outside the capital? Where did he get so many people?"
Cao De was shocked.
"wrong!"
"Since reinforcements are coming, why are they withdrawing? There is a problem!"
Cao Kang reacted immediately.
"quick!"
"Send a team of troops immediately. I want to know Zhang Bao's intentions."
Cao Kang quickly said to Cao De.
Cao De nodded.
He naturally knew that this situation must have some purpose. If Zhang Bao and Fan Hanzhong planned something again, it would be really troublesome.
Soon, a group of people rushed out from the city gate.
But just as they rushed to the main road outside, they were suddenly covered by arrows shot from both sides. When they wanted to retreat, the way back was already blocked.
The ten thousand people who rushed out were instantly divided into more than a dozen sections and were eaten by Zhang Bao's men.
Cao Kang, who was on the city wall, felt cold all over when he saw this situation.
By now, he understood Zhang Bao's current tactics. It was difficult to attack, so they now planned to besiege the city.
Fight a war of attrition with them.
