Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 363 Taking the City Successfully
Wen Ze was trapped in the city and was terrified all day long. If he hadn't been afraid that he couldn't defeat Zhang Fei, he would have wanted to go out of the city to rob the camp.

When he was in a dilemma, suddenly the defenders came to report, and three surrendered troops came from outside the city with important news.

Wen Ze came to the government office in a hurry, and saw that the three of them were injured, their faces were still bloodstained, and their eyes were full of resentment. After careful questioning, it turned out that they were from Gongsun Zan's old department, and their accent was also from Shandong. , and asked some questions about things in the camp, and they all answered truthfully.

Joining the army said: "General Wen, Zhang Fei is addicted to alcohol and violent. We have heard about it before when he was drunk. Now we see that Le'an can't attack for a long time, and he drinks and beats the soldiers. How can he be invincible? "

Wen Ze nodded and said, "Zhang Fei is coming to attack the city tonight, so we have no fear in defending carefully. If we can take this opportunity to severely injure his army, we can break the siege of Le'an. What's your plan?"

Jun Jun replied: "Since he is coming to steal the city tonight, why not secretly send troops out from the west gate, and hide another army outside the north gate. When Zhang Fei comes to steal the city, but he goes to burn his camp first, his troops will definitely be in chaos. , to return to the camp to save himself, at that time the ambushed soldiers and horses rushed out together, attacking from two sides, Zhang Fei was drunk at this time, it was a God-given opportunity. "

"This plan is brilliant!" Wen Ze's eyes lit up, and he laughed loudly: "If Zhang Fei's head can be taken, it can be regarded as an outburst of anger for General Gongsun."

Joining the army said: "The general defeated Zhang Fei this time, even if Guan Yu raises his troops to avenge him and abandons Le'an and retreats to Jinan, the lord will not blame you, but will reward you heavily, otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, Le'an will be difficult to defend sooner or later." , if the defeated army returns, I am afraid that there will be a punishment."

Wen Ze was suddenly enlightened when he heard the words. Gongsun Zan was frustrated and was angry. If he couldn't keep Le'an, he would be punished and even beheaded when he returned. But if he could defeat Zhang Fei, he would even take his head. level, Gongsun Zan will definitely reward him.

Zhang Fei happened to be drunk. If he didn't take this opportunity to go out of the city and rob the camp, he would have to sit back and wait for death.

After thinking for a while, Wen Ze made up his mind and said to Join the Army: "Tonight I will personally lead the troops out of the city to avenge Murong Fu and Gongsun Fan. You will guard the city gate carefully and wait for the response."

"Obey!" Jianjun took the order and took the three of them down to comfort and rest.

After midnight, Zhang Fei divided his troops into three groups, and the two routes ambushed around the camp. Only about [-] people were left in the camp to act as cooks.

Near the second watch, Zhang Fei sent 500 people to throw hooks and ropes under the city wall. There was indeed a commotion on the top of the city, and soon a torch was seen lighting up at a corner of the city wall, apparently to send a signal to a distance.

Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, Wen Ze had already detoured outside the west gate in the dark, and when he saw three torches lit on the top of the city, he knew that the Youzhou soldiers had stolen the city, so he hurriedly led the ambush soldiers into the village from behind and set fire to it.

A fire broke out, only a few sparse exclamations were heard, and Wen Ze was secretly happy. Sure enough, Zhang Fei led all the soldiers and horses to attack the city, which happened to burn his camp and cut off his way back.

"Set it on fire, burn it hard, burn it all up!" Wen Zezheng commanded the soldiers to set fires everywhere.

At this time, the night wind was strong, and soon the entire camp was billowing with thick smoke. Seeing the raging fire spreading, Wen Ze couldn't help laughing. At this moment, there were bursts of screams from behind.

When he hurriedly turned around to look, there were random arrows shot in from outside the camp, and the soldiers fell to the ground screaming.

"No, there is an ambush!"

Wen Ze was shocked and hurriedly called the soldiers to retreat, but at this time the soldiers and horses were already in chaos, and they were rushed to kill by two groups of Youzhou soldiers, and they fled separately.

Wen Ze hurriedly led a group of remnant soldiers to flee, and when he was leaving, an army in front blocked the way, and said solemnly: "Since you are here, do you still want to leave?"

Wen Ze was furious, roared and patted his horse and rushed over. The person who came was Lieutenant General Qin Liang. When he saw Wen Ze here, he naturally would not let him go.

One of the two wanted to escape from the road, and the other wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. They refused to give in to each other, and the fight was inseparable.

Just as he was killing them indiscriminately, suddenly a group of men and horses came out from a diagonal stab and shouted: "General Wen, where is Zhang Fei?"

It was the defenders in the city who came. It turned out that they were joining the army and saw the flames in the camp outside the city. They thought Wen Ze had succeeded and came to respond.

When Wen Ze saw that the army was leaving the city, his heart sank. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Zhang Fei was not here, and exclaimed, "Go back to the city quickly."

Whoosh whoosh—

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw arrows fired twice, and a large number of soldiers brought by the army fell down in an instant.

"Stop him!" Wen Ze roared angrily, forcing Qin Liang back, and rushed towards the north gate with the remnant soldiers.

Joining the army panicked, commanded the soldiers to intercept Qin Liang, and followed Wen Ze to the city gate. When he arrived at the gate, his face changed drastically.

"Le'an has been taken by us, you still don't surrender?" Just as he was in a panic, suddenly a person on the top of the wall shouted loudly.

Wen Ze's expression was gloomy, knowing that the situation was over, he was about to lead the remnant soldiers to retreat, but he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, and it was Qin Liang who killed and scattered the defenders and chased him.

"I'll fight with you!" At this point, Wen Ze knew that he might be beheaded if he went back, so he decided to fight Qin Liang to the death.

Qin Liang rode up on his horse, and fought with Wen Ze again. At this time, the morale and confidence of the two sides were very different. He was stabbed by a halberd and fell off the horse.

Qin Liang glanced back at the panicked defenders, and shouted: "Wen Ze is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed."

Seeing that the army was surrounded by Youzhou soldiers, and Wen Ze also died at the gate of the city, Zhang Fei might have already entered the city and knew that the situation was over, so he had to kneel down and surrender.

Qin Liang burst out laughing, and ordered people to escort everyone into the city. As for the burning camps outside the city, it didn't matter anymore.

At dawn, Le'an had been successfully captured, Zhang Fei ordered Wang Ji to go out to secure the people, and sent someone to report to Guan Yu.

In the government office, Zhang Fei ordered people to bring the three escaped soldiers. Unexpectedly, the three were captured by Zhang Fei again in a blink of an eye. Their faces turned pale with fright, trembling, and begged for mercy.

Zhang Fei stepped forward to help the three of them up, and said: "According to the past, in order to gain happiness, I had to make such a bad plan. I have wronged you and others. This time it is not your fault. I have another reward."

The three of them were stunned for a while, they didn't expect that Zhang Fei, who was always violent, would apologize to them, and then he wanted to escape and leak the secret by himself.

Zhang Fei said: "General Liu has already issued an order. Anyone who sincerely surrenders will not care about past grievances. How can I punish you at will just because you surrender? The three of you share half of the credit for taking the city. Please don't blame Lao Zhang for being reckless. .”

"General Zhang, I dare not wait..."

The three people were both surprised and happy, they thought they would die this time, how could they expect such a reversal?I don't know whether what Zhang Fei said is true or not.

(End of this chapter)