"My lord, what do you mean by this? Please tell me clearly!"
Wen Chou's scarred face had veins twitching and anger surging.
Yuan Tan's words hurt him deeply.
Yuan Tan felt slightly cold in his heart and pretended to be indifferent: "I don't mean anything, I just remind General Wen, don't forget the kindness of the Yuan family to you, and always remember who you are loyal to."
Yuan Tan did not dare to directly accuse Wen Chou of neglecting his private life because of public service. He only reminded him tactfully, but his words were full of a master's sense of superiority.
Wen Chou secretly gritted his teeth and felt angry in his heart, but he did not dare to break out.
After glaring at Yuan Tan, he just snorted, "Thank you for your teaching, eldest son. The last general just wants to remind the eldest son not to underestimate the enemy. The eldest son is the main general in this battle. How the master wants to use the troops, the last general will just follow his orders."
"
After that, Wen Chou turned around and left without any further persuasion.
In front of everyone, Wen Chou didn't show any courtesy and just turned away. Yuan Tan felt his dignity was damaged and his face suddenly showed displeasure.
Just when he was about to get angry, Guo Tu coughed a few times and secretly winked at Yuan Tan.
Yuan Tan understood and had no choice but to hold back for the time being. He only glared at Wen Chou who was walking away and ordered the whole army to speed up their march. They must rush to Wancheng to set up camp before dusk.
Before evening, 20,000 Yuan troops arrived in the northeast of Wancheng.
Yuan Tan then followed Guo Tu's wishes and set up the main camp in the northeast of Wancheng. He also ordered Wen Chou to lead his troops with 5,000 cavalry and set up a side camp in the east of Wancheng. The two camps formed a horn.
After setting up camp, Yuan Tan, accompanied by Guo Tu, inspected Wancheng and returned to the Chinese army's tent at nightfall.
After entering the big tent, no one else was present. Yuan Tan slammed his helmet into the tent and cursed angrily: "Who is Wen Chou? He is just a general of my Yuan family. How dare he do it in front of everyone?"
The look on my face is really hateful."
Although Wen Chou was appointed as the Tun Cavalry School Lieutenant, his official position was granted by Yuan Shao himself and was not conferred by the Han Emperor who was controlled by Cao Cao. Therefore, in the eyes of the world, Wen Chou was indeed just a private general of the Yuan family.
"Wen Chou is the lord's favorite general. When his temperament becomes rude, sometimes the lord will laugh it off. If the young master turns his face in front of everyone, others will only think that the young master is intolerable."
Guo Tu, who was next to him, stroked his short beard and advised.
Yuan Tan's expression changed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he realized that what Guo Tu said made sense.
The eldest son of the Yuan family nodded and said: "Thanks to sir for reminding me, otherwise I would really have lost the big for the small, but I still can't swallow this breath."
"Don't be anxious, young master. Now Guo has a plan to calm the young master down." Guo Tu said with a smile.
Yuan Tan's eyes lit up, his energy suddenly lifted, and he asked Guo Tu if he had any clever ideas.
Guo Tu then said slowly: "Tomorrow we will attack the city. Your Majesty can order Wen Chou's troops to be the main attackers. Yan Liang is quite capable of using troops. Wen Chou will definitely not be able to break the city. Then the Young Master can secretly tell the lord that Wen Chou will do it."
If you neglect your public affairs privately and deliberately refuse to fight vigorously, your lord will definitely..."
Before Guo Tu finished speaking, Yuan Tan suddenly realized and said happily: "In the early days, Wen Chou was punished by his father, but he wasted Yan Liang's troops. I took advantage of the situation and raised another army to attack the city. Wancheng will be defeated! Sir, you are killing two birds with one stone.
It’s really wonderful.”
Guo Tu smiled but said nothing, which was profound.
"That's it. Come on, please send me a message to Wen Chou." Yuan Tan stood up, snapping the case, and shouted excitedly.
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It was dawn the next day.
When the first ray of the morning sun coated Wancheng with a layer of gold, five thousand Yuan's troops were already in formation in the east direction of the city.
Yan Liang stood at the top of the city and looked into the distance. He saw that the enemy troops outside the city were in high spirits and their formation was in order. The big flag with the word "文" was flying in the morning wind.
Half of Yuan's five thousand troops were cavalry.
"General, Yuan's army's formation seems a bit strange. Could it be that there is some fraud involved?" Gan Ning next to him asked suspiciously.
"What's so strange?"
Yan Liang had already made a guess, but he didn't want to refute it. He wanted to take a look at Gan Ning's vision.
Gan Ning pointed at Yuan Jun and said: "There are 20,000 Yuan troops this time, and most of them are infantry. However, nearly half of the Yuan army that is about to attack the city are cavalry. This is obviously against the law of war, and the general will find it very suspicious." .”
Yan Liang sneered and said disapprovingly: "There's nothing fishy about it. It's just an internal fight."
When Yan Liang saw the big banner with the word "文", he guessed that this must be Yuan Tan deliberately designing Wen Chou.
Although Wen Chou was unparalleled in bravery, he was best at cavalry in field battles. Most of his troops were cavalry, but siege was his shortcoming.
Yuan Tan knew this, but he sent Wen Chou to attack the city. His intention was obviously because of Wen Chou's personal relationship with Yan Liang.
"As the eldest son, you cannot take the overall situation into consideration. Yuan Shao, you have really failed as a father."
When Yan Liang was sarcastic, Gan Ning was still confused.
At this time, the war drums sounded outside the city, and five thousand Yuan troops roared into action and began to slowly advance towards Wancheng.
Gan Ning was also confused, and his blood suddenly arose, and he said boldly: "General, I failed to capture Wen Chou last time, so let me defend the city this time. I will definitely kill Wen Chou's majesty." "
Yan Liang waved his hand and said: "Just leave the city to me. Xingba, you have more important tasks. You'd better go down to the city early to prepare."
Although Gan Ning was annoyed that Xu Du was defeated by Wen Chou, he listened to Yan Liang's instructions and immediately restrained his fighting spirit and retreated from the city.
Yan Liang held his broadsword on the ground, towering like an iron tower as he faced the overwhelming enemy troops. His knife-like face was as cold and stern as a mountain.
The subordinates on the left and right seemed to be infected by Yan Liang's calmness, and faced the menacing enemy troops without any fear.
Three thousand officers and soldiers of the Yan Army, holding their swords, guns, bows and crossbows tightly, their expressions filled with determination, fearlessly stared at the approaching enemy troops.
At two hundred paces, the attacking Yuan army suddenly accelerated their charge, shouting to kill and charging forward.
Yan Liang raised his hand and shouted sharply: "Fire the arrow!"
The flag was waved, the order was passed down, and hundreds of strong bows and crossbows fired in unison.
Countless sharp arrows, carrying the whistling sound of a thousand birds flapping their wings, pierced the sky and headed towards Yuan Jun like raindrops.
The Yuan army below the city was also well prepared. The leading shield bearer raised the iron shield high to block the incoming arrows from the siege team carrying ladders for the siege.
Countless arrows clanked and fell like raindrops, but many of them still passed through the gaps in the shield and hit the soldiers of Yuan who were hiding underneath.
The sounds of screams came and went.
However, Yuan Jun did not slow down his advance because of this, and still fearlessly advanced towards Wancheng.
Looking down at Yuan Jun who was advancing in an orderly manner, Yan Liang murmured in admiration: "As expected of Wen Ziqin, the soldiers under his command are indeed elite."
In a moment, thousands of Yuan's troops had crossed the moat. The first wave of siege troops approached the city wall, and more than ten ladders were slowly erected.
A hand-to-hand fight in the city is right in front of you.
Yan Liang raised his eyebrows with his sword, murderous aura bursting out of his body, he raised his long sword across his body, and shouted sternly: "Athletes of the Yan family army, fight side by side with me and kill the enemy!"