Thirty miles away, Zhang He sat upright in the tent, his eyes drooping, and his dark face was as bright as an ancient well...

But his heart was not at all calm.

Before leaving, the emperor said to him echoed in his ears.

"General, whether the Great Wei can be reborn in desperate situation depends on whether he can seize the opportunity this time."

As the last of the five good generals who followed Cao Cao, now the only living general, this is a heavier instruction than a mountain. Zhang He must always straighten his back,

Dare to make any negligence.

The situation in the world is not good for Cao Wei. Even as a military general, Zhang He could feel the heavy dark clouds pressing against the head of Luoyang and the heart of Emperor Cao Rui. Shu Han took Guanzhong and Nanyang, and now he forced Sun Quan to surrender.

, and took a corner of the southeast. Now Wei Ba went out to the East China Sea, intending to get involved in Liaodong and form a three-sided siege against Cao Wei.

Losing the Liangzhou in Guanzhong, Cao Wei once lost his advantage by relying on the iron cavalry that dominated the world, like breaking his legs.

Sun Quan praised the emperor, and the great river was owned by the Han Dynasty, and Cao Wei cut off his arm.

If Liaodong is lost again, Cao Wei's confidant will suffer the heaviest blow and completely lose its resistance.

The emperor said that this is a desperate situation. It is not bad at all, this is a real desperate situation.

However, desperate situations often represent opportunities. While setting up such a formation, the Shu Han court in Chengdu also made a serious mistake. It was like a swordsman, after a series of dazzling attacks, he certainly achieved an overwhelming surname.

The advantage, but it also exhausted my own strength and revealed a fatal flaw.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this may not be worthy of truth, but in the eyes of experts, this is a good opportunity to turn defeat into victory and rebirth in desperate situations.

Cao Rui saw this opportunity and wanted to seize it. His first move was to send Zhang He, the only five remaining good general.

Only in this way can we attract everyone's attention and cover up the true intention.

This is the value of Zhang and He, and it is also Zhang and He’s greatest honor, and it is also a heavy mental pressure.

Zhang Xiong walked in and saw his father sitting upright and pondering, he quickly let his pace down.

"What's the matter?" Zhang He asked softly.

"The military newspaper I just received."

"read!"

"Here." Zhang Xiong opened the military newspaper and started to recite it one by one.

These military newspapers came from different places, including about Pengcheng, Xiapi, Luxun's troops in Yingchuan, Wu army in Shouchun, and Shuhan Navy in Qingzhou.

"Wei Ba is fishing in Penglai?" Zhang He opened his eyes and looked surprised.

"Yes." Zhang Xiong looked at the military newspaper again, "He has been in Penglai for about half a month."

"Show without using it, and attract without using it." Zhang He sighed softly: "He used only 10,000 people to restrain our army 20,000 to 30,000 people, and also put Qingzhou in tension. It can be said that he has obtained military strategy and power.

wonderful."

"Yes." Zhang Xiong also sighed: "Although he has not yet arrived ashore to launch an attack, he has forced out all the power of Qingzhou. There is no need to fight. If you have to hold on for a while, Wang Ling may not be able to hold on."

"So our time is very limited, and opportunities are fleeting." Zhang He straightened his body and took the military newspaper: "What's the situation in Pengcheng?"

"The city gate is closed." Zhang Xiong said: "Since the past few days, Pengcheng has been strengthening the city defense and strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, so naturally he has to stick to it."

Zhang He was silent for a while: "If this is true, this child is not afraid."

Zhang Xiong was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked at Zhang He. Zhang He waved his hand: "Let the soldiers have a full meal. People cannot unplug their armor and horses cannot unplug their saddles. If you lead people to patrol the camp, you must not be careless."

"Here." Zhang Xiong responded and turned around and went out.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next morning, Zhang He ordered the army to set off. The five thousand cavalry he brought from Luoyang, the three thousand infantry brought from Suiyang, and the ten thousand infantry gathered from Pengcheng, Peixian and other surrounding counties, slow down.

Relent toward Pengcheng.

Last night, Zhang He ordered the entire army to be on guard, indicating that the battle was right in front of him, so before the people arrived in Pengcheng, the atmosphere became tense. When passing by the hill east of Xiaoxian, Zhang He did not dare to be careless and sent him to

The scout inquired and confirmed that there was no ambush, then continued to move forward. It took a day to advance to the city of Pengcheng.

Compared with the speed he had rushed from Luoyang before, this speed was like a snail crawling, but no one dared to doubt Zhang He's ability to use troops, nor did anyone dare to question Zhang He's decision. Even if these orders are not very convenient to execute,

They still did a meticulous job. Not only those imperial soldiers who followed Zhang He for many years, but also those who had just been under the command of Zhang He.

When Zhou Yin stood at the city wall again and looked at the orderly Wei army camp in the distance, he sighed: "This is the charm of famous generals."

Ding Feng raised his head under the city: "Zhongying, one day, you will be like him."

"Thank you good words and make progress together." Zhou Yin clasped his fists and bowed to Ding Feng.

"Hahaha..." Ding Feng also clasped his fists and responded: "Progress together."

Last night, some people suggested attacking Zhang He's camp, and some people suggested ambushing the mountain and rushing out when Zhang He passed by. As a result, these decisions were rejected by Zhou Yin. Zhou Yin's idea was very simple, what is Zhang He?

He has never seen any conspiracy or tricks. If he can defeat him, the trees on his tomb are thick with arms, so how can he survive to this day if he wants to defeat him, don't try to take chances.

, I can only defeat him upright.

The scouts did not find out the warning situation of the Wei army last night, but they saw Zhang He's cautiousness when he marched today, and admired Zhou Yin's analysis. If they wanted to attack Zhang He's ambush, it would be basically the same as Bai Yue's dream.

Then we can only wait for Zhang He to attack the city.

There are nearly 20,000 soldiers outside the city and nearly 10,000 soldiers in the city. No matter how you look at it, it should be a tragic battle.

In the distance, Zhang He sat upright on the war horse, looked at Yangma City under Pengcheng, and frowned.

Pengcheng faces water in the northeast, and only the southwest can attack, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the city walls are also very strong, and have always been a place for military strategists to fight for. If Zhou Yin had not been on a long-distance attack and was unexpectedly trying to attack Pengcheng, he would not have more than five times the strength of the troops.

It is impossible. Now that Zhou Yin has occupied Pengcheng, he can defend Pengcheng as long as nothing unexpected happens, but he actually set up a wall of sheep and horses outside the city. This is a tactic of defending and attacking, showing

The unique motivation of young people.

Does Zhou Yin want to attack? Zhang He pondered the opponent's intentions. He had no plans to attack Pengcheng, but if Zhou Yin wanted to attack, the situation would be completely different. But in this way, he would have to change his plan.

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Zhang He ordered camping. After thinking about it for a night, he decided to give it a try first to see what Zhou Yin wanted to do.

When the sun shone on the top of Pengcheng, the Wei army launched an attack on Pengcheng.

Amid the sound of war drums, under the cover of crossbows, the villagers pushed trenches and other combat equipment toward the moat. The city was quiet and there was no rain of arrows pouring down as imagined. Only a cold arrow was from eighty steps away.

As he roared, almost every cold arrow could arouse a scream or even scream. Although this precise strike could not stop the Wei army from filling the trenches, it had a very killing effect and could even damage the morale of the Wei army. The archers on the city wall

Every time I shot, I burst into cheers and my morale was rising.

After half a day of hard work, the Wei army built five floating bridges on the moat at the cost of more than 180 civilians. At the same time, Zhang He gave the order, the five hundred Wei army divided into five teams and rushed towards the sheep and horse wall under Pengcheng.

Seeing the Wei army launching an attack, Zhou Yin raised his hand and gently waved: "Boundie Bowman is ready."

The messenger shook the colorful flags in his hand, and the drummer beat the war drums and passed his orders out. The crossbowmen who had been playing shooting games put away their smiles and raised the crossbows in their hands.

The powerful crossbow captain shouted loudly: "Prepare to shoot!"

With a "buzz", hundreds of arrows left the string, and there were also several giant arrows like spears. The giant arrows, with sharp murderous aura, crossed a hundred steps and shot towards the Wei army passing through the floating bridge.

With a "bang", a giant arrow pierced a shield and shot Wei's army with the shield with one arrow. The power of the giant arrow was amazing. Even if the team leader was shot through, the remaining momentum was still not gone, and the team leader was led by the team leader.

My body walked several steps in a diagonal manner and fell into the water with a thump.

The attack formation of the Wei army was in chaos, and there were loopholes in the originally tight protection. Dozens of arrows were shot immediately, and three or four Wei soldiers were caught in the arrows, and they blew to the ground, causing even greater chaos.

The team leader was shot and killed, and no one carried out unified command. They could only fight on the unit of Shibu, and some chaos inevitably occurred. Three groups of the five Wei army were disrupted by the same tactics, and only two groups rushed past.

After rushing to the moat, he raised his shield and rushed towards the Han army in the wall of sheep and horses in the rain of arrows.

Ding Feng raised his eyebrows and looked relaxed. His subordinates were all brave soldiers who had been through the battlefield. Even if they were fighting under the same number of conditions, they were not afraid, let alone such a battle with a huge number of people. He immediately ordered the right order.

The soldiers of the Wei army were ready to fight, while the other soldiers were on guard.

The battle began. The Han army soldiers used the buried walls of horses and sheep and horses to hedge against the Wei army that had crossed the moat. They did not defend passively, but lured the Wei army into the formation, and then surrounded and relied on the

The number of people was superior to the Wei army.

The number of people was at a disadvantage, and there was a dense rain of arrows above their heads. From time to time, cold arrows roared past, taking away fresh lives. The Wei army fought very hard. Although they worked hard and brave, they still had a disadvantage.

Zhang He sat on the podium, quietly looking at the roving pot in front of him, but his ears were listening to the sound of fighting in the distance.

Nearly an hour later, the shouts of killing in front of the formation gradually stopped, and less than half of the first batch of five hundred Wei soldiers who attacked returned to the position, and nearly three hundred Wei soldiers were corpses in front of the formation.

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Chapter completed!