"If you detect his treachery, wait for his misfortunes, and be subdued by everyone, he will be a general of ten men." [Jiang Yuan·Military Quan]
Zhang Fan, the lieutenant general of Chen Guoling, was suffocating in his heart. As the elder brother of Zhang Liao, the lieutenant general who protected the Huns, he had not gained much military exploits over the years in the army, but he had been criticized continuously behind his back.
Some say that he himself has no talent. When he first arrested a stabbing suspect, he allowed him to escape. Although he was finally allowed to plead guilty and captured the fugitive himself, this may not have been without Zhang Liao's care. Now he has stood out from the crowd of candidates.
, becoming the doctor in charge of a vassal country gave people even more gossip.
"Can you control yourself and the people of the world?" This is what Zhang Liao said sincerely when Zhang Fan and Zhang Liao met for a while on the bank of the Yellow River when they rushed to Chen State from Hongnong: "What they think is their business.
, let them talk about it. As long as you know that the country is very good at selecting talents, since it has chosen you, it means that you have this talent, so don't miss important events because of this."
Because of this hasty meeting and the heart-to-heart talk between brothers, Zhang Fan was determined to get rid of this bad reputation. After entering the Chen Kingdom, he cooperated closely with Chen Xiangzhong and Shao, and spent a lot of effort to suppress the territory and the Chen royal family.
The ambiguous tyranny really restricted the power of King Chen and took over the military power in the country.
In order to achieve this result, he had to endure a lot of hardships. Even though Zhong Shao had a strict and honest temperament and was stingy with praising anyone, he also favored him a lot.
But Zhang Fan knew that reorganizing Chen's army was just an invisible achievement. If he wanted to truly stand out from Zhang Liao's back, he had to achieve tangible results on the battlefield!
Seeing Fan Chou's captain Yang Ang struggling to climb the ladder with a knife in one hand and a simple shield in the other, dodging countless arrows during the process, Zhang Fan did not dare to think too much, as if he was in a martial arts competition.
Follow up.
In the end, he was more skilled and jumped over the parapet in one turn. Before he could see the situation clearly, he swung his knife in a circle, killed several archers, and then stood guard by the ladder, waiting for the follow-up men.
Gradually climb up to form a protective circle.
Zhu Ling on this side had already been paying attention to every move on the city wall. He was originally staring at Yang Ang, because he had already known Yang Ang's bravery when fighting for the big banner. Unexpectedly, the one who jumped up first was wearing the 'Mingguang Armor'
Zhang Fan.
This Mingguang Armor was a new type of armor cast by the emperor's order Shang Fangjian and Kao Gongjian. After the craftsmanship matured, the first batch of armors were given to Zhang Liao and other generals, and were then given to his brother Zhang Fan by Zhang Liao.
At this time, a few rays of sunlight emerged from the lead-grey clouds. The two circular breastplates on Zhang Fan's bright armor chest were illuminated by the sunlight, and they suddenly shone brightly, dazzling the eyes, and people could not help but be distracted.
Note: "Look for the one wearing armor and shoot him first!"
"Here!"
After Zhu Ling gave the order, he took a strong bow, attached an arrow, took aim, and then suddenly let go of his hand. His archery skills were already excellent, and Zhang Fan, wearing a conspicuous armor, charged through the crowd.
It's hard to aim accurately.
Zhang Fan was waving the knife as if no one was watching, his whole body covered in blood. Suddenly, a cold arrow shot out, hitting his right elbow joint. He immediately let out a scream, and the knife fell to the ground with a clang. There were several enemy soldiers taking aim.
When he got the chance, he immediately pounced on him and slashed him several times. Fortunately, Mingguang's armor was well-made and his entire torso was well protected, leaving only a few scratches.
Despite this, Zhang Fan was still staggered by the attacks from several people.
"General!" Several soldiers with Bingzhou accents hurriedly ran over and surrounded Zhang Fan. They were all elite soldiers sent by Zhang Liao because he cared about his brother. Unexpectedly, Zhang Fan was eager to make a contribution and left them for a while.
With no protection, the opponent shot an arrow at the weakest connection of the Mingguang Armor.
At this time, Yang Ang was wearing Zha armor and led a group of Liangzhou soldiers under his men as they passed by shouting. Looking at Zhang Fanming's dazzling armor, his eyes turned red and he said coldly: "If you can't wear it, take it off as soon as possible. Don't dazzle us here!"
"Get out of the way!" Zhang Fan pushed away the soldiers beside him, stretched out his left hand to hold the arrow shaft tightly, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and broke the arrow shaft. At this time, he frowned.
Big beads of sweat fell from his forehead. After Zhang Fan finished all this, he dropped half of the arrow shaft, picked up the knife again with his left hand, stood up and said: "Keep fighting! If you board the city, you will die.
I’m going to die on the city wall too!”
Everyone was impressed by his courage and no longer dared to look down upon him. He immediately agreed with such great momentum that even Yang Ang in front couldn't help but look back.
"General Zhang is so brave!" At this time, a figure who looked like a military commander praised Zhang Fan with admiration. He had a plain appearance but had shrewd eyes: "The last general is Qin Qi, the military commander under Duke Zhu.
If you don’t give up, I would like to lend a helping hand to the general!”
"Okay, okay." Zhang Fan had never felt that his heart could beat so fast. He felt a boiling blood pouring out of his heart and flowing to his limbs. He even ignored the pain caused by the arrow wound.
. He excitedly raised his intact left arm, and the bright armor shone in the sun, just like the commander of an army at this time: "Follow me to kill the enemy, until death!"
Qin Qi rolled her eyes, then roared angrily, and led someone to guard Zhang Fan, never leaving.
Zhu Ling is well-trained in leading troops. Good archers often have strong arms, steady eyes and steady hands, and are good at using swords. He saw Yang Ang, Zhang Fan, Qin Qi and others constantly coming up with troops and horses.
At the top of the city, Zhu Ling issued new military orders one after another. The more than 200 archers at the top of the city did not hesitate. They first retreated and gathered together, and then joined forces with the sword and shield men to form a formation and charged forward. The already chaotic city top became even more chaotic.
stand up.
While the top of the city was in chaos, the north gate was extremely quiet. Just now, Dian Wei, Cheng Ang and others had killed all the soldiers sent by Zhu Ling to "assist in defense". Now, several bodies were lying scattered under the city gate.
After seeing the corpse, Cheng Ang was directing people to remove several baskets of earth and rocks under the city gate.
Zhang Miao was riding on his horse with a calm expression, looking back and listening to the killing cries on the top of the city, as if he was a world away.
"Master Fu, the city gate has been opened, we can leave." Cheng Ang came to Zhang Miao's side and saluted with clasped fists.
Seeing that Zhang Miao had not yet said anything, Cheng Ang couldn't help but ask: "Actually, the general doesn't understand very well. Since he intends to betray Zhu Wenbo, why should he open the city gate privately and escape? It would be better to turn against him and let the general and others lead the troops to kill him."
Wouldn't it be nice to go to the top of the city and capture Zhu Wenbo, so as to make atonement for his sins?"
Zhang Miao's expression was subtle for a moment, but Dian Wei said: "This can only avoid the immediate disaster. Your Majesty must be considerate of everyone and have a long-term plan."
"Yes." Zhang Miao came back to his senses and murmured to himself: "I can only protect my family if I stay here. Only by leaving can I save the others... This is how I am worthy of him."
At this time, the mansion in the city suddenly caught fire. Zhang Chao, who had set the fire, rushed over without stopping. Zhang Miao was refreshed, and without waiting for greetings, he shouted: "Let's go!"