Zhang Chao's impetuous temper also has its origin. The Zhang family is considered a prominent family in the Dongping area. Zhang Chao also has an older brother named Zhang Miao. The two brothers have a very good relationship.
However, Zhang Miao was famous at a young age and had a reputation as a chivalrous person. Many people in the local area respected Zhang Miao, and there were many knights and heroes who were willing to join him and obey his orders.
He often helped poor families and enjoyed helping others. His reputation was very good and he was rated as one of the "Eight Chefs"! Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others all made friends with him.
On the other hand, Zhang Chao has been under the shadow of his brother since he was a child. Everyone in his family favors Zhang Miao, which makes him feel unfair. However, Zhang Miao takes great care of him. This makes him even more uncomfortable. He is eager to stand out. He wanted to surpass his elder brother Zhang Miao.
When he came to Zhu Jun's army, he had been undergoing training and finally got ahead. Zhang Chao was very eager to move up a level, but haste makes waste. Fortunately, Zhu Jun did not argue with him about these trivial matters.
As Zhu Jun expected, Han Zhong was suffering internally in the small town and was hesitant between defending the city and leaving the city.
In the past, when the Han army was besieging the city, they had no choice but to die. Now, although the Han army retreated from the siege, they still had a narrow escape. But if they went out and fought to break out of the siege, they might not die here. If they continued to huddle in the small city, it would really be a dead end.
Han Zhong was hesitating, but his subordinates could no longer concentrate on training and fighting as before.
"Have you heard? The Han army seems to have withdrawn the siege."
"I've heard it, I've heard it. When I got up to take a nap last night, I met a man who was guarding the city. He told me that the Han army had withdrawn the siege for several days."
"It's been a few days since the siege was withdrawn. Why doesn't Qu Shuai lead us out?"
"have no idea."
"Is it possible that we have to wait for death in this small town?"
Everyone in the army was talking about the withdrawal of the Han army from the siege, and they had some opinions on Han Zhong's refusal to move.
Sun Xia inspected the military camp and heard these rumors while training soldiers, so he had to find Han Zhong to explain the situation.
"Commander Qu, the military camp has not been very peaceful recently."
Han Zhong was thinking about Zhu Jun's intention of withdrawing from the siege at this moment. He was suddenly interrupted by Sun Xia, who was a little unhappy and asked, "Why are you not peaceful?"
"Everyone in the army knows about the withdrawal of the Han army from the siege... The brothers seem to have some objections to Commander Qu."
When Han Zhong heard this, he immediately got angry, "What a mess! What should I do if I fall into the Han army's trap again after leaving the city?"
There was a trace of disgust in Sun Xia's eyes. He had been dissatisfied with Han Zhong's actions when he retreated from Wancheng into the small city and abandoned the soldiers. Now he was even more dissatisfied after hearing the contempt in Han Zhong's words, so he stood in the same place and stood on the iron plate. His face said nothing.
Han Zhong knew that Sun Xia did not have much power, but that his physique was much better than that of ordinary soldiers. At this moment, seeing Sun Xia's expression, he realized that what he had said was serious, and he turned to comfort him.
"Sun Xia, think about it when you think about Wancheng, we were defeated by that old fox Zhu Jun with his machinations. The withdrawal this time is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface. You go back and explain to the brothers and reassure them that I will definitely do it." Find a way for our brothers to survive!"
Sun Xia didn't answer, turned around and left.
After he left, Han Zhong's expression became a little ferocious. He looked at the direction Sun Xia left and said softly: "Sooner or later I have to kill you!"
Although Sun Xia was dissatisfied, after returning to the military camp, he simply repeated Han Zhong's words to the Yellow Turbans.
After receiving Han Zhong's explanation, the Yellow Turban thieves stopped complaining.
Three days later, Wancheng and the small town seemed to have formed a certain balance, a bit like a well and a river.
Under a balanced state, the first to be impatient was the Yellow Turban Army.
The Han army had strict military discipline, sufficient food and pay, and since it was attacking the city, there was naturally no pressure. The Yellow Turbans were stationed in a small town, and the food and pay could not last long.
Rumors among the Yellow Turban Army that had been suppressed began to emerge again. Everyone took turns guarding the city, and most of them carefully observed the situation outside the city. There was no ambush at all.
Moreover, in the past three days, there has been no movement from the Han army, and there has been no movement from their commander, Han Zhong. They all suspected that Han Zhong had secretly found a way out and escaped!
Several representatives from the Yellow Turban Army went to find Sun Xia, "General Sun, why don't you ask Commander Qu when we can go out!"
"Yes! There's no way we can stay here all the time!"
"That's right, I heard that the food and salary can last for up to a month. What will we do after this?"
For a time, Sun Xia's camp was surrounded by various sounds, which made his head feel dizzy.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Sun Xia hurriedly stood up and shouted, "I know what you mean, I will ask Qu Shuai soon."
"General Sun, can you ask me now? We don't feel comfortable without any news!" A man asked with an anxious look on his face. At that time, most of his village had followed the Yellow Turbans, and he was considered the leader of his village. If
If they can't get out, people from their own village will have to stay here.
Sun Xia didn't really want to ask. He wanted to shirk it. Even if he asked Han Zhong, he probably wouldn't get any results.
Now this situation is somewhat unavoidable! He knows all three people in front of him, these three people are all leaders, and the group of sergeants behind him represents a total of thousands of people at least.
If the situation is really urgent, it may trigger a mutiny in the army. When the Han army takes the opportunity to attack the city, no one will be able to escape.
"Okay! Come with me to meet Qu Shuai!"
Sun Xia didn't want to be caught in the middle by his superiors and subordinates, so he simply went with a few people.
A few people soon arrived at Han Zhong's residence. Han Zhong had been thinking hard about Zhu Jun's intentions in recent days, so much so that he did not think about food and tea, and looked extremely slovenly.
After entering the house, several people said hello first.
"He's handsome!"
Han Zhong was a little surprised when he saw so many people. He looked at Sun Xia and asked, "What's the matter?"
Everyone had been brought over, but Sun Xia didn't want to be a mouthpiece anymore, so he pointed at the three people and motioned for them to speak.
"Qushuai, the people in our village have been very anxious these days. We want to ask Qushuai when we can go out!" The anxious man just now stood up first and said.
When Han Zhong heard that they were urging him again, his tone became a little more serious, "Didn't I say? The Han army has an ambush and cannot leave the city easily!"
"Commander Qu, I've also been to the city tower. I've seen everything. There's no ambush!" Another man jumped out and retorted.
"Are you the handsome guy or am I the handsome guy!" Han Zhong immediately stood up and glared at the man and said.
The man didn't dare to look at Han Zhong, lowered his head and muttered quietly, "Qu Shuai has to be reasonable..."
The room was not big, so Han Zhong could naturally hear the sound.
"What did you say!"
The few people said nothing. Sun Xia saw that the situation was not right and quickly stepped forward and whispered: "Qu Shuai, these people are all small bosses. There are a lot of people behind them. Don't rush me."
Han Zhong also understood that this was a critical moment, and if it collapsed internally, it would be hopeless.
"Don't be anxious. Let's go out to the city tomorrow to explore. If things go wrong, we will return immediately." Han Zhong already felt that something was wrong. Last time he and Sun Xia broke up on bad terms, and this time Sun Xia brought a few people with him. "
The meaning of "forcing the uterus".
In addition, the words he just attached to his ears did not sound like a reminder, but more like a veiled threat. He suspected that Sun Xia had colluded with a few people in advance.
All he can do now is try his best to stabilize everyone. He, the Commander-in-Chief, was picked up halfway and he doesn't have many confidants in the army. If a few people really rebel against him, they might be punished on the spot.
"Okay, okay, Qu Shuai, let's go back and tell the villagers." The anxious man said with a silly smile.
After several people withdrew, Han Zhong said to Sun Xia again: "Tonight we will assemble the army in secret and tomorrow we will go all out."
"Yes!" Sun Xia also went down, leaving Han Zhong alone in the room.
Han Zhong has made a decision to break out of the siege with all his strength tomorrow. He already feels a little unsafe in the small town. After he breaks out tomorrow, he will find a small road to escape. From now on, the Yellow Turbans will have nothing to do with him.
The night passed very quickly, and many of the Yellow Turbans did not sleep at all. They had already learned that today's all-out breakout would depend on whether they could survive, so most of them had no sleep at all.
Han Zhong came to command the army early in the morning and brought his horses with him. Today was both a breakout and an escape. A man with four legs is always faster than a man with two legs.
"How are you preparing?" Han Zhong asked Sun Xia.
"Everything is ready."
Han Zhong turned over and mounted the variegated pony and ordered: "Break through today! Go all out!"
"Go all out! Go all out!"
"Set off!"
The Yellow Turban Army followed Han Zhong's horse towards the city gate.
It was Zhang Chao who was stationed outside the city to observe the movements of the Yellow Turbans. After he verbally contradicted Zhu Jun and Zhu Jun did not blame him, Zhang Chao took the initiative to ask Ying to take up this position so that he could make up for his mistake!
At this time, he heard the roar of people in the small town, Zhang Chao quickly called someone to send him to report the situation to Zhu Jun, and he quickly organized his troops to prepare for war.
Zhu Jun was discussing the art of war with Sun Jian in the camp. It was called discussion, but it was actually teaching each other. While the two were chatting freely, the troops sent by Zhang Chao had arrived.
"General Zhu, the situation in the small city is shaking. Zhang Sima speculates that the bandits may be leaving the city!"
"Is it finally coming?" Zhu Jun said softly, then turned to Sun Jian and said: "Go quickly to support Zhang Chao and inform the Qin governor to kill those bandits who want to escape!"
"Here!"
The battle was about to begin, and everyone was moving very fast. After Sun Jian informed Qin Jie, he quickly rushed to where Zhang Chao was, and Zhu Jun also arrived at about the same time.
"How's the situation?" Zhu Jun asked as soon as he arrived.
Seeing that it was Zhu Jun, Zhang Chao hurriedly replied: "General Zhu, there has been momentum in the city for a while, but the rebels have not left the city yet!"
"Okay! Go ahead and order the entire army to form a formation and wait until the rebels are completely out of the city before attacking. No bandit can be let go!" Zhu Jun looked at the gate of the small city, with a murderous look in his eyes.
After Sun Jian and Zhang Chao received the order from the side, they quickly began to pass military orders downwards. All grassroots officers also took action, and the army quickly completed the array change.