Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 83 Breaking the covenant of the city, thunderbolt show power

"Young Master shouldn't have put that embroidery back."

Under the city of Wanzhou, in Yuan Tan's camp, Gao Lan stumbled and sighed.

He couldn't understand why Yuan Tan had clearly knocked Zhang Xiu down before, but then agreed to Zhang Xiu's agreement to surrender after breaking the city.

However, Yuan Tan's expression was very calm, without the slightest sense of regret like Gao Lan.

He came here to recruit Zhang Xiu, to be precise, to recruit the more than [-] Xiliang cavalry under Zhang Xiu's command.

And the [-] Zhangxiu headquarters defending Wancheng.

Otherwise, with the Thunderbolt Chariot in hand, why would he bother to chat with Zhang Xiu and then send Zhao Yun to take action.

Did he personally go into battle again, capture Zhang Xiu twice and release him?

It is easy to destroy Wancheng, but what Yuan Tan wants is not simply to destroy Wancheng, but to use Wancheng as a fulcrum.

Completely disrupt Cao Cao's layout in the Central Plains.

The other cities are all Cao Cao's loyalists.

Even if Yuan Tan conquered it, it would be nothing more than a city smashed to pieces by thunderbolt chariots.

He only has [-] cavalry in his hand, which is fine in field battles, but if they are really used to defend the city, it would be a waste of money.

Moreover, from Gao Lan's point of view, Wancheng, which is quite difficult to conquer, is not too difficult for Yuan Tan.

So far, only Jiang Qi and his craftsman battalion guards have personally witnessed the power of the enhanced version of the Thunderbolt Car.

Even Yuan Tan only listened to the verbal replies from the craftsmen.

However, this does not hinder Yuan Tan's confidence in conquering Wancheng.

But at this moment in Wancheng, the atmosphere is extremely dignified.

Zhang Xiu, who was regarded as a god by the generals of Wancheng, was captured twice under the city, which caused a huge blow to the confidence and morale of the guards in the city.

If they hadn't followed Zhang Xiu, he traveled from Xiliang to Luoyang, then from Luoyang to Chang'an, and finally to Wancheng.

I'm afraid that Zhang Xiu's two defeats just now have made the defenders of the city have some thoughts that they shouldn't have.

However, even so, it is an indisputable fact that the army in the city desperately needs a victory to stir them up.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Xiu sat back on his seat.

All the generals, headed by Hu Che'er, looked at him with great concern.

"Hu Che'er, go and defend the city wall with five thousand infantry and five thousand archers. Be careful and don't give Yuan Tan a chance."

Zhang Xiu closed his eyes and recharged his batteries.

Although he had previously used the reason that a general on one side was not enough to convince the public with his own bravery, he evaded Yuan Tan's bet.

But now Zhang Xiu did not dare to underestimate Yuan Tan.

Think about the rumors about Yuan Tan that Zhang Xiu heard before, and those about Yuan Tan's martial arts have been verified by Yuan Tan's martial arts in the transformation state.

What about the rumors about Yuan Tan's plot to attack Cao Cao's eighteenth company with cavalry?
If that rumor is true, Wancheng might really be in trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu couldn't sit still at all.

He got up directly from the chair and strode outside.

As soon as they climbed onto the city wall, Hu Che'er, who had come after hearing the news, hurried over and pointed to the bottom of the city.

"Look, my lord, Yuan Tanjun didn't organize troops to attack the city, but he didn't know what he was doing."

Zhang Xiu looked in the direction pointed by Hu Che'er and was also confused.

At the bottom of Wancheng, Yuan Tan's subordinates were busy surrounding one strange square car after another.

The trees around Wancheng had been cut down, and some people who looked like craftsmen gathered together, whispering, their hands were still moving, and they didn't know what they were busy with.

Zhang Xiu looked at it for a while, but still didn't understand the situation.

But one thing he knew was that Yuan Tan must be building some kind of siege equipment.

"We can't let them complete the work so smoothly."

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "Call the men and horses, follow me out of the city, and burn their weapons!"

However, as soon as Zhang Xiu's words were spoken, he felt the surrounding atmosphere froze.

With a bitter face, Hu Che'er pointed to the front of Yuan Tan's camp.

Except that Jiang Qi is still in the craftsman camp, directing the craftsmen to keep busy.

Gao Lan, Zhao Yun, and even Yuan Tan, the three generals were all fully clothed, riding on their respective horses, with narrow smiles on their faces.

Especially Gao Lan, seemed to feel the eyes of Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er.

In the direction where they were, he shook the spear in his hand a few times, showing a bright smile.

That posture made it clear that Zhang Xiu wanted Zhang Xiu to take people out of the city right now and fight them.

Zhang Xiu felt a nameless evil fire rising crazily in his chest, but when he thought of the terrifying pressure Yuan Tan had put on him before.

The fire in Zhang Xiu's heart was forced back again.

Being aggrieved is really aggrieved, but cowardice is also really cowardly.

Among the generals in Wancheng, Zhang Xiu is the strongest one.

But even Zhang Xiu was not Zhao Yun's opponent, even facing Yuan Tan, he couldn't even take a blow from him.

As for Hu Che'er and the others, there's no need to count on them.

Zhang Xiu faced off against Yuan Tan. If he tried his best, he would at least be able to return to camp safely.

It can be changed to any one under Zhang Xiu's command, even if it is the bravest Hu Che'er who goes into battle, it is estimated that he will be punished with one shot.

Yes, Hu Che'er is indeed born with supernatural power.

A single person can bear a weight of five hundred catties and travel eight hundred miles a day.

But that's just pure power suppression.

When Yuan Tan fought Wang Yue back then, compared with Wang Yue's strength, the strength of nine oxen and two tigers was absolutely crushing.

But if Yuan Tan hadn't practiced part of the Overlord's Halberd Technique before, facing Wang Yue's swordsmanship, Yuan Tan really didn't have much confidence that he could make a draw.

It is indeed true that one force will drop ten meetings.

But in a real battle on the battlefield, there is no skill, only brute force, and the end will definitely be miserable.

Just when Zhang Xiu was very depressed.

Hu Che'er suddenly exclaimed, "Your Majesty, Yuan Jun has moved!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu suddenly raised his head and looked down the city.

I saw under the city of Wanzhou, one after another siege equipment like catapults, lined up in a row.

Neatly, they stayed six hundred steps away from Wancheng.

In Yuan Tan's view, this distance is just right.

On the one hand, the defenders of Wancheng could not harm the Perak Chariot. On the other hand, this distance can also maximize the power of the stone bullets.

If it is any further, the projectile distance will be too long and the power will be greatly weakened when it lands.

But in Zhang Xiu's view, this distance, with the range of a mere catapult, couldn't hit them at all.

"Ha, little Yuan Tan, I thought he was very capable, but I didn't expect that he didn't even know how to use a catapult!"

Zhang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and opened his mouth to laugh out loud, as if he wanted to vent out his previous worries and frustrations.

Hu Che'er was on the side, and also laughed cooperatively.

However, before the two of them finished laughing, there was suddenly a sharp whistling sound from outside the city wall, towards the place where the two were standing.

Break through!

(End of this chapter)