Xiao Ji left with 10,000 soldiers composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and Yuan Tan didn't even send him a single general, and he didn't expect Xiao Ji to be able to eliminate Zhao Yun at all, and he didn't even have the intention of hoping that Xiao Ji would snipe Zhao Yun.

Yuan Tan has a total of two brothers, the second brother Yuan Xi has always been indisputable, and the relationship with him is also very good.

The third brother Yuan Shang, who is ten years younger than Yuan Tan, has lived by Yuan Shao's side since he was a child, and because Yuan Shang's appearance is most similar to Yuan Shao, he is deeply loved by Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shang has relied on Yuan Shao's love for him since he was a child, and competed with Yuan Tan for things, and the two brothers did not get along well. Yuan Tan advocates martial arts, and is skilled in bows and horses, is a general who can conquer and fight, and was arranged in the military camp by his father Yuan Shao since he was a child, and was promoted from a foot soldier to a general step by step. Therefore, Yuan Tan got along very well with the generals in the army.

And Yuan Tan's relationship with Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Ran and others is also very delicate, and he often drinks and talks with them, which is even more admired by the officers and soldiers in the army.

Yuan Shang likes literature, and he is a young son, so Yuan Shao has always kept him by his side and let people teach him to read and hyphenation. Although he later learned martial arts, he was not good at martial arts after all. However, Yuan Shang is often able to be a corporal of courtesy, and gets along very well with Yuan Shao's staff, and worships Tian Feng and Fu as teachers, and has become year-old friends with judges, Xiao Ji, Xun Chen, Xin Ping and others, and has married Jin Lan with Fu Hu, the son of Fu Hu and Tian Feng's son Tian Xiyi, who is deeply loved by the civil system.

But because Guo Tu had a holiday with the judge, and the judge was Yuan Shang's confidant, Guo Tu secretly took refuge in Yuan Tan and often gave ideas for Yuan Tan.

So. In Yuan Shao's group. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang have gradually formed two factions. But. Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xu You, Xun Chen and others are typical neutrals, they rely on their extraordinary talents, they don't rely on either side, they wholeheartedly give advice to Yuan Shao, and do their best for Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao has always attached great importance to literature over martial arts, so the generals under his command are very sad, even super generals like Yan Liang and Wen Chou still have to be restrained by civilian officials. In terms of status, they are not as good as Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xian Pei, Xu You, Xiao Ji, Guo Tu and other civil officials, not to mention Zhang He, Gao Lan, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Yiqu, Zhu Ling, Jiang Qi and others, so these generals are basically secretly inclined to Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan is the eldest son, so he is naturally the best choice for the heir. In order to find a way out, these generals all had some dealings with Yuan Tan to a greater or lesser extent.

At this moment, after Yuan Tan sent away Xiao Ji, he began to arrange tomorrow's siege mission. This time, he was to command the whole army to attack. Attacking from the four gates of Licheng at the same time made it impossible for the defenders inside the city to take care of it.

However, Xu Yu suggested that Yuan Tan besiege the three and lack one, and pointed out that if Tuan Tuan besieged Licheng and attacked, the enemy army was likely to fight the trapped beasts, and the cost of casualties would be higher. If the siege is missing one, it is equivalent to giving the defenders in the city a chance to live, at least it can break the willpower of the defenders.

Of course, it was not so simple for Xu Youwei to lose one, and he also suggested that Yuan Tan set up an ambush outside the city gate that had not been attacked, so that he could ambush the soldiers who escaped from the city.

Yuan Tan took Xu You's suggestion, called the generals, and began to make arrangements in secret.

At the same time, in Licheng City, there was a dead atmosphere, and Zang Ba's body was wrapped in several bandages, all of which were stained with blood, and everywhere was a piece of red.

Zang Ba took a few personal soldiers to inspect all parts of the city, and after today's battle, there were only more than 8,000 defenders left in the city, and most of them were wounded soldiers. His henchman general Chang Feng was killed in battle, Sun Kang was seriously injured and is still unconscious, and even the general Lu Dai was also hit by six arrows and lay on the bed unable to move.

The people of the city actively helped the wounded soldiers to bandage, the women cooked, the young men were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and burying the corpses, and the old people were responsible for taking care of the children in the city.

After Zang Ba inspected the circle, his face was full of gloom, he returned to the mansion and sent someone to invite Yu to discuss.

Yu Fu was sent by Zhang Yan to inform Zang Ba that he must stick to it without fighting, defend it to the death, and then lead the army to support after Zhang Yan defeated Yuan Shao.

Zang Ba has also been holding on, but after he inspected a circle tonight, he suddenly thought of giving up, Licheng is located in the plain, which is not conducive to defense, if the Yuan army attacks again tomorrow, within three days, Licheng will definitely be captured, and at that time, Zang Ba will also be in danger of being wiped out.

So, Zang Ba thought of retreating, but he couldn't do it alone, and he had to invite Yu Tuo to discuss, after all, Yu Tuo was Zhang Yan's staff, and to a certain extent, he would at least represent Zhang Yan.

After a while, Yu Fan walked in from outside, and saw Zang Ba sitting there with a solemn face, so he arched his hand and said, "See General Zuo!" ”

"No need to be polite." Zang Ba hurriedly said, "Sit down!" ”

After Yu sat down, he asked, "The general called me here, I don't know why?" ”

"I want to quit!" Zang Ba said straight to the point.

Yu Chuan didn't have any surprised expression, in the past eleven days, he had been staying in Licheng, living and dying with Zang Ba and the others. There were originally 18,000 troops, but after these eleven days of fighting, nearly 10,000 troops had been killed, and those who survived were basically all wounded.

"I don't have any opinions." Yu said softly.

Zang Ba said worriedly: "However, the lord ordered me to stick to this place, if I withdraw from the army......"

"At this time and that time, on the lord's side, I will write to inform you. However, if the general withdraws from Licheng, where will he go? Yu asked.

Zang Ba said: "I am quite familiar with the area of Mount Tai, and Mount Tai is steep, my army is small, if you go to Mount Tai, you will have a lot to do." If Yuan Tan leads the army to follow, I will also be able to maneuver with him in Mount Tai and completely drag down his army. ”

Yu Fu nodded, and asked again: "When is the general going to lead the army to break through?" ”

Zang Ba said: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, just tonight, when the time comes, I will lead the elite soldiers to break through the enemy's defense line in front, and I will also bother Lord Yu to lead the remnants of the army to follow, and my general Wu Dunhui will lead an army to protect the safety of Lord Yu and others." ”

Yu said: "Okay, since that's the case, then without further ado, you should prepare immediately." ”

Zang Ba and Yu Fu had already decided, and immediately began to arrange the matter of leading the army to break through.

An hour later, Zang Ba selected two thousand elite soldiers who could fight as a death squad, and led the team himself, accompanied by Yin Li and Sun Guan. The remaining 6,000 soldiers, all led by Wu Dun, were responsible for protecting Yu Tuo, Lu Dai, Sun Kang and others to break through and follow Zang Ba.

Zang Ba's withdrawal was not notified to the people in the city, if they were told, these people would inevitably live and die, rather than let them follow their own life and death to break through, it was better to let them stay in the city, once Yuan Tan occupied the city, these people would not be guilty of death.

So, the army was secretly assembled at the West Gate, Zang Ba observed for a long time for several days, and it was Chun Yuqiong who defended the West Gate, and his military camp was very lax, and it was the only place to break through.

At that time, Zang Ba's army had been assembled, at this time in the Yuan army camp, the soldiers had basically fallen asleep, the breath of spring came a little late, it had entered February, the weather was still so cold, and winter was undoubted.

Zang Ba did not take immediate action, but waited in the city for another hour. When it was ugly, Zang Ba ordered to open the city gate slowly, and he took the lead and rushed to the front with two thousand brave soldiers, carefully groping forward, while Wu Dun led six thousand people to follow closely behind, protecting Yu Tuo, Lu Dai, and Sun Kang.

At this moment, Chun Yuqiong's camp was already snoring, and the soldiers defending the camp were also drowsy, and the fighting for days had made them physically and mentally exhausted, and they wanted to sleep out during the day, let alone at night.

Zang Ba took 2,000 soldiers and quietly touched the edge of the camp, first ripped off the antlers, then climbed over the fence, and secretly opened the gate of the village, and then, 2,000 soldiers swarmed up, killed people when they saw them, and set fire to the camp.

In just an instant, there was chaos on the edge of Chun Yuqiong's camp, and the fire broke out, spreading to all sides, shouting and killing, screaming, and fighting.

Zang Ba rushed in front with his soldiers, killing a bloody road, Wu Dun and the others followed, and soon rushed out of the defense line of Yuan's army and drove towards the darkness.

In the camp of the Yuan army, Yuan Tan had just fallen asleep, and suddenly heard a sound of fighting, and suddenly woke up, thinking that Zang Ba led the army to attack the camp. As soon as he sat up, he saw a soldier break in and reported, "My lord, the enemy army has attacked the camp at night and led the army to break out. ”

Yuan Tan immediately asked, "Where did the enemy break through?" ”

"To the west, Chun Yu's camp!"

Yuan Tan got dressed and immediately went out of the camp tent and looked to the west, but when he saw that the west was in flames, Chun Yuqiong's camp had been reduced to a sea of fire, and countless Yuan soldiers went from the rest of the camps to fight the fire.

At this time, Chun Yuqiong came from the front covered in blood and tattered clothes, knelt in front of Yuan Tan with a pop, and said loudly: "The eldest prince, Zang Ba led the army to attack the camp secretly, and the last general couldn't resist it, and was killed out of the siege by Zang Ba and others, and went all the way to the west." ”

Yuan Tan immediately yelled at the soldiers around him: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and give Jiang Yiqu an order, let him gather the cavalry and lead the troops to chase him!" Be sure to cut off Zangba's head! ”

The soldiers said "whoosh", turned around and left, while Yuan Tan began to assemble a large army, ready to catch up. Zang Ba blocked him for eleven days in Licheng, causing him to lose 20,000 troops, and he must get this blood debt back.

"The whole army is attacking, and Zang Ba must not be let go!" Yuan Tan stepped onto the war horse and immediately ordered. (To be continued......)