Chen Qun chose Huang Zhong not because Huang Zhong was easy to bully, but because the army he led was the best at attacking the city, which was not conducive to Liu Bei's army's subsequent defense.

Even among the elite Chu armies everywhere, the army led by Huang Zhong was a very special one. Huang Zhong's army was all good at shooting. To put it bluntly, his army even had spearmen, shields, soldiers, and logistical equipment.

He has excellent shooting skills. He has a well-modified hand crossbow. Although it can only fire five crossbow bolts, it is indeed powerful and can penetrate iron armor within fifty steps. In conjunction with the elite shooting skills of the sergeants,

, the power cannot be said to be terrifying.

Therefore, it is no lie that all of Huang Zhong's men are archers, they are like hedgehogs. Once faced with an siege and the enemy is firmly defending, all of these 50,000 soldiers can transform into archers as long as they are equipped with bows and crossbows. Coupled with Huang's

The legion talent of Zhongjia's crossbow range is definitely a nightmare for all defenders.

Chen Qun also knew that Huang Zhong was not easy to mess with and his strength was unfathomable, but he had no other choice.

A clever woman can't make a meal without rice. Liu Bei now has a bad hand. After the Yanzhou turmoil, he only had more than 70,000 exhausted soldiers. Facing the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops with high morale, even Chen Qun, who was wise, felt powerless and could only

Choose to give it a try. Anyway, there is no way to survive, so it is not a bad idea to take risks.

Only the strong will be valued, and solid records are the best bargaining chip in future negotiations. Although Liu Bei has given up hope in the world, he still has to prove his existence to the people of the world, like Yuan Shu. In this battle, he

He is also ready to make a desperate move and has no fear.

Leaving more than 20,000 soldiers to defend the fortified cities in various counties, Liu Bei took 50,000 troops in disguise and set off secretly to the west. This was almost all the troops Liu Bei could take away. Even Yanzhou Prefecture Chang

The cities and towns were completely emptied, leaving only a few thousand soldiers to pretend to be a force.

"If you save the land and lose the people, everyone and the land will be lost; if you save the people and lose the land, both the people and the land will survive." Before leaving, Liu Bei looked at the tall city wall of Changyi City in the distance, without a trace of nostalgia in his eyes, and just said this lightly.

What is the use of such a tall city wall? Once surrounded by the Chu army, it will be nothing more than a bunch of fragile targets under the opponent's numerous and powerful engineering equipment, and it will not last long at all.

Liu Bei, who had fully grown up, did not hesitate at all to give up Changyi. Forcing a city that could not be defended would directly turn it into a cage that trapped him. If the Chu army attacked this place, it would be useless to continue to defend it.

The meaning is not as good as giving up completely.

Liu Bei led his army to the west to prepare to meet the army led by Huang Zhong. On the other two sides, the Chu army's attack was in full swing, and the Yanzhou defenders were unable to stop it.

As Chen Qun said, Sun Jian and Wei Yan were indeed not as good at attacking cities as Huang Zhong. One of them was good at attacking by force, and the other was good at sneak attacks. The most suitable battlefields were plains and dark nights. Therefore, Chen Qun believed that more than 20,000 soldiers relied on several fortified cities.

, enough to block the two of them for quite some time.

But it is a pity that Chen Qun did not understand the extent of this so-called poor siege. In other words, he underestimated Sun Jian and Wei Yan.

Sun Jian has a fierce personality, and the Tiger of Jiangdong never flinches, and his fighting style is simple and rough.

Charge! Keep charging!

The army led by Sun Jian had a tiger-like temperament and impressive momentum. Every time he fought, he was fierce and fearless, and was extremely ferocious. In five days, he conquered three cities in a row, and the spirit of the tigers in Jiangdong was clearly visible.

With such prestige, Liu Beifang's defenders were frightened and afraid of the enemy. As a result, Sun Jian's advance became smoother and faster. At this rate, it would not take more than ten days.

They will invade the hinterland of Yanzhou and capture the state capital.

However, Wei Yan's leadership style was completely different from that of Sun Jian. Wei Yan used the treacherous tactics of war to the fullest.

Thousands of soldiers and horses were stationed in the four fortified cities outside and inside Yanzhou South Road. Although the number was small, relying on the strength of the city, the thousands of soldiers were enough to hold off an enemy force ten times their size for ten days.

Liu Bei's "show" during this period was not in vain. After the land vacated after the destruction of the aristocratic family was distributed to the poor people and military officers, many soldiers and people developed the belief to fight for Liu Bei, and others were deeply moved.

Land is so important to the people of this era. It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei's soldiers still did not flinch in the face of such a disparity in strength.

After two tentative attacks, Wei Yan found that the first level alone was extremely difficult to deal with. When he thought that there were three similarly fortified cities behind him, Wei Yan immediately understood that attacking by force was not a good method and that he had to rely on strategies to defeat him in a short period of time.

Take it down.

The next day, Wei Yan led his troops to camp under the first city, with no intention of taking action. But when the generals who defended the city found out, they went into action, setting up defenses everywhere and placing police posts, lest Wei Yan attack.

For three whole days, Wei Yanjun had no intention of attacking, but the generals guarding the city became increasingly uneasy. The calm was a sign of the coming storm.

Then, on the fourth day, the generals who defended the city received the news. Wei Yan led his army to attack thousands of miles at night. The four fortified cities were unprepared. In the past three days, Wei Yan had seized the opportunity to attack two of them at night.

There was a fire in the rear, and the defender was extremely angry. He wanted to send troops to sneak attack the so-called Wei Yan army stationed next to the city, but he didn't know the reality of it, and was worried that the enemy army below the city was not something that his own thousands of soldiers could take down, and he would steal the chicken by then.

Failure to do so will only make things worse.

But soon, his worries were dispelled. The scouts came to report and found a group of heavy troops of the army under the city, and had already controlled one person. He got the news from him that this was a group of troops transported to the troops under the city.

The food of the moon.

The generals who defended the city were overjoyed after calculating this batch of food and grass, because the food and grass were only enough for a thousand people, and the large army under the city was indeed a bluff. The army had already been led by Wei Yan and left to attack other cities.

Dang Ye, the general who thought he had seen through Wei Yan's arrangement, led three thousand soldiers and horses to attack Wei Yan's army. But after entering the camp, he tragically discovered that he had fallen into the trap. There were tens of thousands of Wei Yan's troops.

The elite troops were waiting in full formation and directly beat the soldiers he led to pieces, losing nearly half of them.

However, when the garrison general who was preparing to return to the city with a group of defeated soldiers arrived at the city, he suddenly discovered that the flag on the city tower had been replaced at some point. The blue-black Dachu national flag was fluttering in the wind, indicating that the city had changed hands.

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When they sent troops to sneak attack before, Wei Yan, who had been hiding around the city for most of the day, directly led his elite troops into the city in disguise and took advantage of the emptiness in the city to capture it.
Chapter completed!