"General."

After seeing the general's mansion, the guards quickly saluted. Two armored soldiers led the way forward and arrived at the study room with the general and met Zang Hong.

Zang Hong wore a white robe with a big sleeve and a straight crown, sitting in the main seat reading a book.

Although they opposed the Liang Dynasty, the books of the Liang Dynasty were very popular throughout the world, and the words were read very clearly, curing many literati and officials' eye diseases.

Zang Hong heard the movement and put down the book and looked at the door. The guard bowed and said, "General. Zhang Yan led three thousand men to challenge and scolded him. The soldiers under his command sat on the ground, very scattered. Our soldiers were angry and the morale was available. I asked the general to lead them to defeat Zhang Yan."

Zang Hong's expression did not change much. He raised his head and asked the guard general, "What if this is Zhang Yan's former suspicion formation? That's right. Eighty or ninety percent of the commanders under Zhang Yan are new recruits. But Hu Zhen's troops are many elite soldiers, right? What if Zhang Yan's general is not his own soldiers, but Hu Zhen's soldiers?"

The guard opened his mouth and was speechless.

The way of using troops is varied. As Zang Hong said, if the soldiers led by Zhang Yan were Hu Zhen's elite soldiers... it would be too sinister.

Thinking about it from another perspective, Zang Hong was too cautious. He had previously suspected that Zhang Yan was not Zhang Yan, but Zhang Xiu. Now he suspected that Zhang Yan had set up a suspicious formation and was carrying Hu Zhen's soldiers.

"If I defend Xianggao, I will pinch Liang's throat. If the enemy does not move, I will not move. If the enemy does not move, I will not move. If you go back, you will be able to defend the city. Don't come and ask for battle again." Zang Hong raised his head and said lightly.

The guard knew that Zang Hong was a little dissatisfied with him. After all, Zang Hong had ordered repeatedly and no one could go to fight.

"No." The guard general was so angry that he didn't dare to say anything. He turned around and went down.

Outside the city.

Under the banner of the "Zhang" character, Zhang Yan glanced at the scattered soldiers around him, then looked up at the Xianggao City without any change, and couldn't help but sigh.

However, he did not give up and continued to stick to the trick of seducing the enemy. It was not until noon that the fragrance of food came from the direction of the camp that he led his army into the camp.

Zhang Yan turned over and got off the horse, pressed his sword and walked up to the camp gate, bowed to Zhang Xiu, and said, "Your Majesty. The last general is incompetent."

"Thank you for your hard work, General. Let's go down and rest first." Zhang Xiu shook his head, very kind.

After Zhang Yan went down, Zhang Xiu turned around and looked at Fa Zheng, Sima Yi, Cai Mao and others beside him, and said, "Zang Hong is calm and steady, defending the city, and seducing the enemy. Now I only have 20,000 soldiers and horses under my command, and sieging the city is just a humiliation. I can only look at the situation on the front line, and I hope that some changes will occur in the battle situation."

Zhang Xiu has been marching outside for many years. He is not the best in the world in leading troops to fight, but he is also above level.

The grandson said.

The superior troops attacked the plan, followed by the enemy, followed by the army, and attacked the city below.

Zang Hong was guarding Xiang Gao, but he could not fight. Unless he summoned a 100,000 army back and besieged Xiang Gao, regardless of casualties.

But is Cao Cao vegetarian? If Cao Cao took advantage of his exhaustion and attacked with great force, he might not lose all the money, but he would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

The attack on Bingzhou became a bubble.

Maintain the situation first and see whether Xu Huang ahead and whether Pang De in the north can make a breakthrough. In mobile warfare, finding a breakthrough point is the best strategy.

That is, system management, and the initiative in the war is completely left to the generals to give it a try.

Zhang Xiu trusts Xu Huang and Pang De very much.

Fa Zheng and Sima Yi also planned to be greedy when facing Zang Hong, who was hunched with his head, so he looked at each other and bowed to the promise with Cai Mao.

"promise."

.............

On the morning of that day, Xu Huang commanded the army and entered Shangdang County.

Shangdang County is a large alluvial plain, but unlike the Guanzhong Plain, the plain here has not been completed yet, it is just a semi-finished product.

It is not flat, but ravines and hills rise and fall.

There are more than ten cities, and the big city is Shangdang City.

Under the "Xu" flag, Xu Huang looked at the sky and did not give an order to maintain the original state. The army continued to march towards Shangdang City.

It was only halfway through the afternoon that Xu Huang ordered the troops to contact each other and set up camp together. Liang Jun claimed that there were more than 100,000, but in fact there were only 90,000 people.

The central army tent was first set up, and Xu Huang immediately invited Zhuge Jin, who was accompanying the army, and Ju Shu and the other two entered the tent.

Xu Huang took off his helmet, placed it on the shelf beside him, sat down on the small stool on the coach's throne, and looked at Zhuge Jin, Ju Su said, "Two gentlemen. Now Wen Chou, Guo Tu is leading his troops in Shangdang City. After our army arrives at Shangdang, the grain road is lengthened. Cao Cao is in Jinyang, and he can go south to cut off our grain road at any time. Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, I have to be careful. I plan to send Ma Chao to go out of the city to defend Cao Cao's men. What do you think?"

The city is located in the northwest of Shangdang, and its strategic location is not important. However, it can serve as an eye and warning. If Cao's army goes south, he can get news first when leaving the city.

Xu Huang is different from Fan Chou. Zhang Xiu gave him the right to act arbitrarily. He was a real general. But he was so polite to Ju Su and Zhuge Jin.

No matter what marching, formation, or setting up a village, we have to discuss anything with the two. This makes Ju Su and Zhuge Jin very useful.

"What the general said," Ju Su bowed and agreed.

Zhuge Jin nodded, then bowed and said, "Our army is not large, and there are 30,000 Huaxiong cavalrymen, which is not suitable for siege. Now, we will divide Ma Chao to defend the northwest. If we want to capture Shangdang City, it may be difficult to climb the sky."

This is what he said. He had ideas, but there was no way to defeat the enemy.

Ju Su nodded and said, "What Ziyu said is, it's better to prepare for both hands. On the one hand, we lure Wen Chou to fight. With the power of the general and the elite of our Liang army, as long as Wen Chou dares to come out, he will destroy him. Then lead the troops to attack the city, and the city will be brought down."

"If Wen Chou refuses to come out, then keep a close eye on Cao's army and attack his reinforcements. Our 30,000 cavalrymen are our advantage."

"Okay. Do what you want." Xu Huang thought for a while before nodding and said.

The next morning, Ma Chao led ten thousand elite troops, brought enough food and supplies, and large carts to the north and left the city.

Xu Huang continued to lead 80,000 cavalry and infantry troops, heading straight to Shangdang County in the northeast.

On the morning of that day, Ma Chao led his troops out of the city.

Out of the city is a small city, and there is no population. There is only a relatively complete city and dilapidated houses.

"Order a thousand soldiers to repair the city walls. Order five thousand soldiers to flatten the dilapidated houses in the city and set up tents. Order a thousand soldiers to build a granary. All the remaining infantry troops will go up to the city walls and be on guard. All of our spies will be sent out to find out the movement."

After Ma Chao rode his horse into the city, he issued an order to his officers.

Although he had a fire in his heart, hoping to fight to the death with Wen Chou or Cao Cao. However, the fierce beating from the Liang Dynasty made him know what military orders mean.

Since he has become a supporter, a spy, he will do his job well.

Now let’s see if the tiger and leopard cavalry will really appear.
Chapter completed!