Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 177

Zhang Lu suddenly asked back: "Then what if we think wrongly, Shangyong City has more than 1 people, and we can't take it down quickly, what should we do?"

Yan Pu said with great embarrassment: "Then the general needs to let go of his prejudices and ask Cao Cao to send troops to rescue him."

Last time, when Yan Pu said this, Zhang Lu directly denied it, but this time, Zhang Lu chose to agree. He knew that his situation had forced him to do so. He took away all the ropes on his body and faced everyone The soldiers shouted: "All generals, follow me and return to Shangyong City!"

Three days had passed since Zhang Liao captured Shangyong City. After the Xiliang army entered the city, about 1000 Hanzhong defenders in the city were killed. The remaining soldiers threw away their weapons and chose to surrender.

In the past few days, Zhang Liao has been busy rectifying the sergeants, recruiting surrendered soldiers, and getting people to repair the city gates and strengthen the defenses. Fazheng has taken over the local politics, sorting out the account books every day, and looking at the tax situation of Shangyong City.

The people in Shangyong City and the people in the government wanted to flee, but they were all driven back by the Xiliang Army at the city gate. These people are Zhang Liao's bargaining chips and cannot be let go. Seeing that he was still useful, he didn't choose to leave, and stayed at the house all the time.

Zhang Liao is very clear about the current situation. Zhang Lu is not a fool. He will definitely choose to retreat and attack Shangyong City. He has already sent someone to send a letter to Jin An, asking him to come to support him. The city should make arrangements in advance to deal with it. Zhang Lu's army.

Fortunately, there are a large number of bows and arrows in the arsenal in Shangyong City, a total of [-]. These arrows can enable them to defend Shangyong City well until Jin An's arrival.

Of the 500 soldiers brought by Zhang Liao, only [-] were allowed to patrol the city, and the rest were all placed on the city wall for defense.

Zhang Liao went to the top of the city to inspect. The soldiers were very busy carrying stones, logs, bows and arrows, as well as trebuchets and stone cannons, all placed in place.

At this time, the scout troops outside the city climbed to the top of the city, gasped and said: "General...General, the Hanzhong Army is...less than five miles outside the city, and the number...is about 4 to [-]. "

finally come!Zhang Liao let them go down, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Pass on my order, open the city gate, and let the soldiers finish rectification and prepare for battle."

All the Xiliang army was shocked, they didn't understand why the general ordered to open the city gate, but the military order was hard to disobey, not to mention the general would definitely not give up the city.

The gates of the city opened slowly, and the suspension bridge was lowered slowly. All the soldiers went up to the top of the city, bowing and nodding their arrows.

Looking from a distance, like ants swarming out in groups, dense crowds of people rushed here crazily. It was the Hanzhong Army who came back from Dingjun Mountain. Zhang Lu charged in front of the formation, galloping on horseback.

Before coming, Zhang Lu explained the situation to all the soldiers. The soldiers were very happy when they heard that they could return to Shangyong City. I want to know how the family is doing.

The mighty army stopped about three miles outside the city gate, and the scout who set off first came back to report: "General, there is only a small group of troops in front of the city gate, and the rest of the soldiers are missing."

Zhang Lu had a look of disbelief, and he decided to check it out himself. Sure enough, before the city gate, Zhang Liao led a small team to block the gate, and there was not a single soldier on the top of the city.

He had some doubts in his heart, could this be a trick played by the enemy, waiting for them to take the bait?

Zhang Lu rode back to the army and said to everyone, "Which general is willing to fight?"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you, expressing the unwillingness in my heart. The opposite is Zhang Liao, a first-class fierce general in the world. With their three-legged cat skills, going up is a dead end.

Zhang Lu was furious. He didn't expect to raise a group of idiots. He directly shouted: "A group of idiots! What's the use of you! One Zhang Liao scared you to such a state, what should you do when you meet more powerful people in the future! Song Huan, I'll give you 5000 troops, and you will take the lead!"

Song Huan didn't dare to offend Zhang Lu who was furious, so he had to accept the order and lead five thousand soldiers to kill him.

Zhang Lu ordered people to beat drums to cheer, the drums sounded, and five thousand soldiers bravely marched forward with the sound of the drums. Zhang Liao outside the city gate saw the enemy, and he didn't panic at all. The Hanzhong army came to kill.

Song Huan and his soldiers were startled by Zhang Liao's calm attitude, and the marching speed gradually slowed down. Zhang Liao's confident appearance made many Hanzhong soldiers feel timid.

The distance became shorter and shorter, fifty steps, twenty steps, ten steps, the Hanzhong army was about to come to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao opened his eyes suddenly, raised his sword, and suddenly there was a loud drumbeat on the top of the city. Xiliang soldiers appeared one after another, stretching their bows and setting arrows, and waves of arrows crazily shot at the Hanzhong soldiers under the city gate.

The sudden rain of arrows made the [-] soldiers led by Song Huan panic. Most of the soldiers were killed by the arrows. After reacting, more than half of the casualties were over. They realized their fear, and the troops in front began to retreat crazily. How can they work together?
Horses collided with horses, soldiers trampled each other, and the city was in chaos.

Zhang Liao didn't bother to make a move at all, a small ambush almost directly broke their morale. The Hanzhong army in front of them had lost their morale, so they would still be opponents of the Xiliang Army.

Without even looking at them, he turned his horse and headed back into the city.

Seeing only Song Huan returning to the army with dozens of soldiers, Zhang Lu was so angry that he drew his sword and was about to kill him on the spot, but was stopped by the rest of the soldiers.

After throwing away the sword in his hand, he cursed loudly: "I gave you five thousand soldiers, and they all died in the city! How do you want me to explain to the soldiers, and how to explain to myself?"

Song Huan was also a headache, and he didn't even have a word of explanation at this time.After seeing Song Huan in such a state, Zhang Lu exploded and shouted, "Pull him down and behead him!"

Seeing the situation, Yan Pu was already overwhelmed, and hurried forward and said: "The general must not do it. Now that the enemy is at hand, beheading the general will affect the morale of the army. What's more, General Song is not entirely to blame for Song's incident. The Xiliang army obviously If you are ready to wait for us, I hope the general will think twice."

He patted Yang Bai's trouser legs and reminded him to intercede. Yang Bai understood, stepped forward and said: "I also ask the general to be merciful, and let General Song survive, so that he can pay for his meritorious deeds in the future."

These people pleaded for him, Zhang Lu was too embarrassed to continue talking about killing him, sighed, and said: "Since everyone says so, then I will spare you the death penalty, but you still have to be punished. Go down and get twenty army sticks yourself." .”

(End of this chapter)