Even though there were nearly 3,000 newly recruited soldiers in the city who were only dressed in cloth armor and had no weapons, the fifty stone cannons threw boulders at the same time and made a sound of shaking the ground and mountains, and the southwest corner was blasted open under the three stone-throwing attacks.

"Cao Jun is on his way?"

Zhang Liao looked at the gap and was about to order his eight thousand elite warriors to rush to the city to occupy Cao Cao's hometown, but he was rewarded by the scouts that more than 10,000 enemy troops were on the way to the city, and they would arrive at the city of Qiaoxian in the evening four hours later.

Four hours!

He only has half a day, and the more than 10,000 enemy troops are not terrible, but the terrible thing is whether these more than 10,000 enemy troops are the main force of the enemy army or the vanguard of the rapid march? If he withdraws now, he has already achieved the goal of deterring Cao's army and attracting troops here, and the remaining four hours of travel is enough for him to take the lead step by step and withdraw to Xiangxian County.

However, there is no suitable area for ambush along the way from Qian County to Xiang County, and Zhang Liao may not be able to take advantage of the delay until tomorrow when he encounters another place. Because the Cao family and the Xiahou family are both from Peiguo, the Cao clan who is now leading the troops has grown up in this land, and they are more than 800 times more familiar with each other than Zhang Liao!

If Cao's army gets the advantage, he will probably have to strike first and then retreat again, and if the Wuhuan soldiers are fast enough, he may be able to save himself who is unable to support himself; If the allies lose, they have no place to turn back.

But if you don't leave, the city of Qiaoxian that has just been smashed by yourself may not be able to resist the enemy's attack.

Retreating won't work, and neither will holding on.

"Gongtai, can't you return now? Can't keep it? ”

Chen Gongtai had enough wisdom to judge the current situation, and the two cultivated an extraordinary tacit understanding in the months of working together to attack the enemy, and each time the predicament matched Chen Gong's expectations. Of course, if it weren't for Chen Gong throwing the dilemma to Zhang Liao every time and not being able to come up with a solution, he would undoubtedly be the best planner in the world.

It's a pity that Chen Gongtai has the wisdom to anticipate the enemy, but he has no strategy to break the enemy.

The battle situation seemed to have hit a dead end, Zhang Liao simply raised a finger under the big sword, and decisively waved the order to attack the city...... It's still the old saying, one and one, the brave can get ahead!

"Wenyuan?" Chen Gong's eyes widened, and his front feet were still discussing how to get out of the crisis, and in the blink of an eye, he directly ordered the siege of the city, "But there is already a way to break the enemy?" This time, Cao Jun is set to be a fierce general, an elite pawn! ”

"There is no way to break the enemy. You can't retreat or defend, so let's talk about it after the battle! The horns and war drums sounded on his side, and Zhang Liao pointed his big finger to the warrior who rushed to the city head of the city carrying the ladder to the distant battlefield, and said loudly: "Who is not an elite anymore!" Winning this battle, Zhang wants to take credit for the stone! ”

Who cares if you don't remember the merits!

Chen Gong said viciously: "Zhang Wenyuan, you are playing with your life!" ”

Zhang Liao smiled nonchalantly, no matter how the siege order has been issued, the trembling garrison at the head of the city is not enough to resist his tiger and wolf army, and the city will be captured in half an hour at most, he seems to be unable to see the anger of Chen Gong, and said slowly: "Later, the city of Qian County will be handed over to the public platform, and fifty stone cannons and eight thousand soldiers will all enter the city." ”

There are more than 10,000 soldiers under Zhang Liao's subordinates under the city, 8,000 tigers and wolves and 3,000 newly recruited soldiers who are responsible for using stone cannons without armaments, Zhang Liao waved his hand and handed over 5,000 warriors and 3,000 new soldiers to Chen Gong, and said: "The city can be repaired, and if it can't be repaired, it will be put away, and more than 10,000 Cao troops will be blocked from attacking the city for eight hours. ”

This is not a difficult thing, these soldiers are not short of food, they use tens of thousands of soldiers to attack only more than 1,000 defenders of the county still needs an hour, if it is the vanguard of the Cao army, in order to march quickly, it will definitely not carry siege ordnance, without siege ordnance, even if it is tens of thousands of troops, it is difficult to quickly break through the county with 8,000 soldiers.

What really worries Chen Gong is not Qian County, but Zhang Liao, who is now complacent. "General Wenyuan, how are you going to break the enemy?"

"Break the enemy."

Chen Gong asked four words, and Zhang Liao replied with two words.

It didn't take two hours to capture Qiaoxian, in fact, dealing with this kind of city without a moat was actually only two steps for Zhang Liao's soldiers: set up a stone cannon and blast it over; Set up the ladder and climb up. Then the city was planted with a swallow flag.

In the past, Zhang Liao had always used the Zhangzi banner, but it was obviously more appropriate to capture the city or the Yanzi banner.

In an instant, the city gate was opened, and the brave soldiers who were the first to enter the city were uprooting the stubborn defenders who occupied the streets and alleys, and Chen Gong had already led his soldiers and horses through the city gate. Zhang Liao did not enter the city, and led 3,000 Xiao to ride a horse to the southwest non-stop to find a suitable location for ambush, and then sent someone to send an order to Xiangxian, ordering the 8,000 soldiers who stayed there to hurry over.

It was not until Chen Gong led his troops to clear out the stubborn resistance to Cao's army in Qian County that he stood at the head of the city and looked west, and he understood why Zhang Liao let him defend the city for eight hours, instead of the four hours when the vanguard of Cao's army arrived.

What Zhang Liao wanted to attack was not the vanguard of the Cao army, or that Zhang Liao had already put the vanguard of the Cao army into his food box, and never thought that they would run away, what he wanted to catch was the main force of the Cao army that would 'maybe' catch up in the future.

That's the real war.

There is no one with a stronger fighting spirit than Zhang Liao, he is competing with Yanbei for merit, if this plan can be successful, he will achieve the merit of almost single-handedly pacifying the princes of the Cao family...... This is the reason why Zhang Liao said that if he can win this battle, he should be remembered by Le Shi.

Chen Gong, who was standing at the head of Qian County, looked far away, trying to grasp all the situation he knew in his heart and observe, and found that the current situation was extremely strange. Qian County is almost the center of the battlefield, and this most critical city of the preset battlefield has been seized by the Yan army; To the east of Qian County, the 8,000 Yan Army of Xiang County was rapidly advancing westward, in order to quickly reach Qian County to participate in the battle, a distance of sixty miles; To the northwest, the vanguard of Chen's Cao army is also galloping towards Qianxian, with more than 10,000 personnel and a distance of more than 40 miles.

After the vanguard of the Cao army, there may be the main force of the Cao army, whose personnel are unknown, sixty miles away;

When all the armies converged on Qian County, only one army was moving in the back direction, and it was Zhang Liao's three thousand elite cavalry who took another road to the southwest, which was getting farther and farther away from Qian County.

Chen Gong was hunting in the wind with the swallow-shaped banner and the Zhangzi banner on his side, and Chen Gong caressed the flagpole and looked into the distance, waiting for the upcoming battle. This situation is too weird, Zhang Liao left the banner here, but the people are getting farther and farther away from the battlefield, so that Chen Gong can't help but question in his heart...... Zhang Wenyuan, where are you going?

What do you want to do?