Lu Zhi stopped his subordinates and said, "Guilty or not, I should go back to Beijing to face the saint, and then argue with Yousi." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info and so on should not be unreasonable. So he groomed himself and retired from his followers. After explaining to the sect member and asking him to wait for the imperial court to send another chief general, he calmly got into the car and returned to Beijing with the messenger of the Son of Heaven all the way.

The generals were furious, but they had no choice but to go away for now.

However, it was said that Liu Bei was in Wancheng, and with the help of Yan Yan and Huang Zhong, he led the army to attack Wancheng for several days. The two strategic places outside Wancheng and the sunset have been lost, leaving a lonely city in Wancheng. Liu Bei took advantage of the geographical advantage, and during the day, stone bullets flew one after another, making wells and cloud ladders, and attacking the city on all sides. At night, they attacked at night, set fires, dug tunnels, and persuaded them to surrender...... All kinds of means, all kinds of extremes.

Liu Bei's troops were strong at this time, and he divided his troops into four places to collect grain, and divided the army into several batches, making noise and harassing day and night. However, Zhang Mancheng also divided the Yellow Turban Army into several batches to deal with Liu Bei's offensive.

In such a decade, Liu Bei couldn't break it.

Liu Bei thought in the tent, he couldn't drag it out any longer, Nanyang didn't go down, and he couldn't attack the southern counties. Nanyang Chenggu, I have to think of a way to lure Zhang Mancheng out of the city to fight, but will Zhang Mancheng come out?

While thinking hard, the soldiers came to report that General Yan and Xu Mu, the assassin of Jingzhou, had arrived. Liu Bei got up and went out of the camp to greet him, but he was puzzled in his heart, how did Xu Mu get here when he left Hanshou?

When they left the camp, they saw Yan Yan and a middle-aged man talking, and when the two saw Liu Bei arrive, they couldn't help but stop. The middle-aged man, eight feet tall, tiger-eyed and powerful, dressed in a series of green clothes, with a long sword hanging from the jade belt around his waist, was the Jingzhou Thorn Shi Xu Mu. Xu Mu saw Liu Bei's Fengshen Yulang, extraordinary, and nodded secretly in his heart, the two of them saluted, entered the camp, and sat down as guests, and then Liu Bei said: "Xu Jingzhou has been in Hanshou for a long time, why did you come here today?" ”

Xu Mu said: "A certain person is in Hanshou, and he also heard of Liu Zhonglang's prestige, and now Nanjun and Jiangxia have been restored, and Zhang Mancheng was only captured in the palm of his hand." The Yellow Turban troubled Jingzhou, and a certain Tian stabbed the history of this state, but he was unable to protect the territory and the people, and he was really ashamed. Hearing that Liu Zhonglang passed through Nanyang, he chose to train soldiers and came from afar, wanting to help Liu Zhonglang's generation. Fang went to Xinye, encountered a thief army, and the battle, defeated, fortunately there was General Yan to rescue. That's why we came here. ”

There is still a thief army in Xinye? Liu Bei looked at Yan Yan in surprise, and Yan Yan said: "Lord, the last general was ordered by the lord to collect grain and grass everywhere, this time the soldiers went to Xinye, and saw a thief army fighting with Xu Tingshi, and the last general led the troops to break through his army with Xu Tingshi, and won its leader, only to know that it was a thief in Changsha. But he didn't know that the surrounding counties had been occupied by our army, and Zhang Mancheng had been trapped in Wancheng for a long time. ”

Liu Bei said, "Where is the leader of the thieves?" ”

After a while, the hapless Yellow Turban captive general was escorted to the tent. Liu Bei asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man bowed and said: "The villain Sun Xia, who is the chief general of the Changsha Yellow Turban, has been captured now, and is willing to surrender to the general." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be stunned, I haven't surrendered yet, but seeing that this guy is a little smart, he asked, "Sun Xia, do you know Zhang Mancheng in Wancheng?" ”

Sun Xia replied respectfully: "The villain knows that this time the villain led the army to come, he was afraid that Changsha would be unstable, so he came to vote for Zhang Mancheng." ”

This guy, whatever Liu Bei asked, he answered, and he couldn't wait to tell all the things about the Yellow Turban Army. Yan Yan and the others were beside Xu Mu, and the look of disdain in their eyes was revealed, such a soft-boned person, I don't know what Liu Bei wanted.

Liu Bei ordered Sun Xia to be taken down left and right, looked at the generals, and said happily: "I have a plan, but I can break Zhang Mancheng!" ”

The crowd will listen intently.

Liu Bei said: "Integrity, are there many yellow scarves and armor banners obtained this time?" ”

Yan Yan said: "Lord, you have won a lot!" ”

Liu Bei looked at Xu Mu and said, "This matter still needs to trouble Xu Jingzhou." ”

Xu Mu owed, and arched his hand and said: "A certain self should obey the dispatch of Lieutenant General Liu!" ”

So Liu Bei ordered Yan Yan to take Sun Xia, and Xu Mu each led thousands of people, sneaked ten miles behind Liu Bei's camp, and waited for orders to act. He also ordered Huang Zhong and Guan Yu to pack up their horses and prepare to attack Wancheng.

In Wancheng, Zhang Mancheng was also worried, and said to the generals: "We are trapped in Wancheng, although we are not afraid of the city for a while, but there are many soldiers and civilians in Wancheng, and if Liu Bei surrounds this place for a long time, when our army's food and grass are exhausted, we will be defeated!" Mo Ruo looks for a good opportunity to attack the city, and then as long as he escapes from this place, he can enter Yang, Yi, or go south to Changsha, although there are difficulties, it is much better than staying here to die! ”

The generals thought for a while, and they couldn't help but be silent, Zhang Mancheng was indeed reasonable. Zhang Mancheng saw that the generals agreed, so he said: "If you go out of the city, you must divide an army, entangle the Han army, and cover the departure of our army, who is willing to take on this responsibility?" ”

The fate of the army that entangled the Han army can be imagined, so the generals lowered their heads one by one, but they didn't hear it. Zhang Mancheng was so angry that he didn't even answer a few questions. Zhang Mancheng couldn't help but say angrily: "At this time of crisis, you don't want to work together, but you are secretly harboring ghosts, how can you beat Liu Bei?" ”

The generals thought to themselves, since they decided to flee for their lives, why should I wait to be the substitute for the dead ghost?

Zhang Mancheng's face was pale, and he pulled out his sword with a choked sound, eager to cut down all these soft eggs one by one, these stupid people with short eyes usually rob money, food, and women, and do all kinds of cruel things, but now after they elect one person to break, they are all dumb. Zhang Mancheng had a sword in his hand, and the generals felt a chill in their hearts, not knowing what Zhang Mancheng was going to do. Zhang Mancheng saw that the faces of the generals were different, knowing that this was not the time for civil strife, he sighed in his heart and thought, how did the great sage and good teacher choose such people to join the great cause?

The atmosphere in the hall was cold, and suddenly the golden drums outside the city burst out, and the shouting of killing shook the sky, and after a while, a small colonel hurriedly crashed in, and said: "General, the Han army outside the city is attacking the city!" ”

Zhang Mancheng took the opportunity to step down, put his sword into the sheath, and said, "Left and right, go with me to the city tower to defend." ”

When he arrived at the south gate, this was also the direction of Liu Bei's main attack. A look at the city, the Han army is out of force today, the battalions are all out of the remaining troops, a team of archers launched a cluster of arrows under the city, a catapult fired stone bullets, under the city, countless soldiers held small shields to protect their heads, and then carried the ladder to the city wall, and there were countless wells in the distance slowly coming......

Zhang Mancheng's eyes froze, and he saw Liu Bei supervising the formation not far from the city wall. There were two generals next to him, dismounting, each carrying a knife, and were leading two groups of elite soldiers, just afraid that they wanted to enter the city first.

This siege of the city was more fierce than ever, Zhang Mancheng's heart couldn't help but pinch up, and he ordered left and right: "Prepare more arrows and stones, prepare fire oil, and wait for the Han army to enter the city, and give Lao Tzu a hard beating!" ”

Finally, after paying countless lives, the Han army climbed the city wall, after all, the Han army's armor and weapons are excellent, which is far from being comparable to the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army shot an arrow on the Han army, and it was blocked by leather armor, as long as it was not critical, it would never be fatal, but the Han Army's arrow could almost shoot the Yellow Turban through it. As for swords, guns and spears, not to mention.

The two armies met in a short battle, and in an instant, blood-colored waves splashed one after another, and the wailing and screaming suddenly resounded in the sky. The casualties stimulated the ferocity of the Han army, especially the barbarians, with blood-red eyes, wielding broadswords and iron rods, slashing and smashing, dying next to each other, and being injured when touched.

The two armies fought for an hour, and the Wancheng Yellow Turban completely relied on the tactics of the sea of people to resist the offensive of the Han army and kill on the top of the city. The Yellow Turban Army also knew that if Wancheng was lost, he would definitely have no place to die, so he would fight to the death. It was with this strength that the Yellow Turban Army held Wancheng before.

Zhang Mancheng was commanding the defense in the city, and suddenly saw two clouds of smoke and dust rolled up in the distance, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing. Zhang Mancheng's face changed, and he said, "Could it be the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty?" Won't heaven kill me? ”

After a while, the shouting of killing approached, and a general said: "General, I thought that I would not be a reinforcement for Liu Bei, otherwise why would there be a shouting of killing?" It is expected that our reinforcements have arrived, and they are fighting with Liu Bei's army! ”

Zhang Mancheng thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but soften his face and said happily: "I don't know where the reinforcements come from." ”

But without waiting for anyone to answer, he raised his sword high and shouted, "Sons, kill me!" Our reinforcements are coming! Haha, the Han dog is finished! ”

When the Yellow Turban soldiers heard this, they were all in high spirits, and they didn't care whether this news was true or not, the most important thing was that they needed such good news, so they seemed to have a little more strength out of thin air.

I didn't see it, the shouting and killing was near, Zhang Mancheng was above the city, only to see a team of men and horses defeated, and went straight to Liu Bei's camp, and said with great joy: "Our army has won, God bless me with yellow scarves!" ”

Sure enough, I saw a panic in Liu Bei's camp, and the sound of gold was loud, and the Han army, which was still entangled with the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city, heard the sound of gold, so they formed a small formation, fought and retreated, and retreated from the city in an orderly manner, and ran to their own camp. The yellow scarves in the city have been fighting until now, and they have long been exhausted, and they are no longer chasing. Zhang Mancheng forgot that the rout army had rushed Liu Bei's camp into chaos, and his own reinforcements took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill.

Liu Bei didn't seem to expect the enemy to come behind him, he was taken by surprise, hurriedly gathered the remnants of the army, abandoned the camp, and retreated all the way. Under the wall of Wancheng, the siege equipment such as ladders and wells were abandoned, Zhang Mancheng looked up to the sky and smiled, and said: "I didn't expect Liu Xuande to have today!" ”

The main force of the Yellow Turban reinforcements was behind the Han army, but they divided an army and came to Wancheng. rode his horse to the city, raised his head and shouted: "Where is Zhang Shuai?" ”

Zhang Mancheng came out, saw the visitor, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Brother Sun Xian, how did you get to Nanyang?" ”

Sun Xia is in front, Yan Yan is behind, Sun Xia raised his head and said: "Zhang Shuai, a certain in Changsha, Wen Jiangxia and Nanjun have been lost, Gongnan and Nan are isolated, Changsha is difficult to defend, so he led the troops to go here to vote for Zhang Shuai, Yu Lu actually met Jingzhou Assassin Xu Mu that old man, he led the army from Hanshou to help Liu Bei, so a good battle, a big break, Xu Mu Lao'er fled in a hurry, panicked, and actually broke up Liu Bei's rear camp, so he waved his army to cover up! Zhang Shuai, the Han army has been defeated, Nanyang is worry-free, and the army is not enough, and I will intercept and kill Liu Bei together, when will we wait? ”

Zhang Mancheng laughed, slapped the wall with his palm, and said, "Just like what the virtuous brother said!" ”

Nai looked forward to his own pride, and said left and right: "Don't beat the drum and gather troops, chase and kill the Han dog with me!" ”

The left and right were beaming with joy and promised.

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