Time travel rebellion, I'm serious

As for who Mr. Zhang was scolding, no one knew.

However, Duan Haoran, who was watching the battle not far away, was unhappy when he saw that he had withdrawn his troops and immediately sent someone to question him.

"General Zhang, why did you withdraw your troops and not continue the attack?"

Zhang Zongbing suddenly felt unhappy when he heard the arrogant tone of the visitor.

But when he looked up and took a closer look, he found that the person coming was Duan San, who had fought with Ma Bukui last night.

So he responded with a very gentle tone in an instant: "My lord, please tell the commander-in-chief that we are not fully prepared and we will not be able to break through the Black Wind Stronghold if we continue to attack. Therefore, I have ordered the troops to retreat."

In response to this, Duan San stared at him for a while, and then said: "Master, please ask the commander-in-chief to come over and explain."

"Of course, of course." In response to Duan San's words, Zhang Zongbing nodded quickly, looking very flattering.

When Duan San saw this, he nodded and said, "Follow me!"

After that, he walked at the front to clear the way, and Zhang Zongbing followed closely behind.

Soon, the two came to the Chinese army.

"Zhang Zongbing, I need an explanation!"

Seeing the two people coming over, Duan Haoran asked coldly, obviously he couldn't understand Zhang Zongbing's behavior at this time.

To this, Zhang Zongbing responded very respectfully.

"Commander Qi Zhen, as the saying goes, it will be exhausted in one go, but it will be weakened again, and it will be exhausted after three. Now because we are not fully prepared for the siege, our morale has been exhausted, and we cannot climb the city wall."

Duan Haoran was very confused and asked: "But I saw that the attack just now was very sharp, and I have already climbed up. Why was I driven down, and why can't I get up now?"

"And what you call a rush of strength, then failure, and exhaustion, we can only attack twice, not three times, right?"

"Besides the so-called lack of preparation, our siege ladders, shield carts, shields, ladders, etc. are all very well prepared. I need your explanation."

After listening to Duan Haoran's words, Zhang Zongbing returned respectfully.

"Commander Qizhen, the so-called one-stop effort, then failure, three times exhaustion, actually means there is no third time, because the third time it is already exhausted."

"As for the lack of preparation I'm talking about, it's not the lack of preparation for siege equipment, but the lack of preparation for the troops."

"Oh! What do you mean? Please elaborate." Duan Haoran was very curious about this.

When General Zhang saw this, he immediately explained: "The so-called insufficient preparation of troops is entirely because we know too little about Heifeng Stronghold."

"The plan we made was based on standards that far exceeded the strength of Zhang Ziying. After all, after looking at the defense layout on its city wall in the past few days, Heifeng Stronghold is indeed very organized."

"So, we have prepared for a protracted war. The core purpose is to force them to come out of the city to fight with us in the field and strive to determine the outcome in one battle."

Hearing this, Duan Haoran nodded.

Indeed, this was their design from the beginning.

Then he asked: "That's true. Isn't that no problem? And I think you played well."

After hearing Duan Haoran's compliment, Zhang Zongbing not only did not laugh, but instead smiled bitterly and replied:

"That's why I say our forces are underprepared."

Having said this, he couldn't help but look up at Duan Haoran and found that he was very interested, so he continued:

"Because we were considering and formulating the plan based on the fact that Black Wind Village's strength far exceeds that of Zhang Ziying, we never thought that we could scale the city wall in one battle."

"I didn't even expect that this Black Wind Village seems to be well-organized, but its strength is extremely poor."

"So as soon as we attacked, we successfully broke through its defenses and scaled the city wall."

"But because our original intention was to force them to fight decisively, we did not organize elite armored troops in the follow-up. As a result, the attack was not connected, and the soldiers who climbed the city wall were driven off the city wall."

"And their general who commanded and defended the city was not an easy person to deal with. Seeing that the city wall was forced, he quickly stabilized his position and began to counterattack."

"The most important thing is that he is cruel enough to dare to set fire to his enemies, his own people, and even city walls."

"In this way, after our soldiers are driven down, we will lose the chance to wait for the wall again."

"After something like this happens, if we stay to fight, it will only increase casualties. Therefore, I ordered the troops to retreat."

Duan Haoran listened and kept thinking about Zhang Zongbing's words.

From his words, he heard an inexplicable meaning, and then asked:

"I noticed what you said, but I didn't expect that Black Wind Village may seem well-organized, but its strength is extremely poor, right?"

"Yes!" Zhang Zongbing nodded.

"So what you are saying is that there was something wrong with Zhang Ziying being defeated by Heifeng Village."

"Let me think about it...you should mean that during this siege, Heifeng Village was either hiding something, or someone else was responsible for the defeat of Zhang Ziying."

"Am I right?"

Hearing Duan Haoran's question, Zhang Zongbing also smiled on his face. Although this commander was not very knowledgeable in military matters, at least he was not stupid.

Then he nodded and complimented: "The handsome man is wise!"

Although Duan Haoran was praised by Zhang Zongbing, he did not feel complacent. Instead, he asked:

"In that case, General Zhang, what do you think will happen in Black Wind Village?"

Zhang Zongbing shook his head, "I don't know. If Heifeng Village is hiding something, there must be some back-up plan, but I can't figure out their village."

"As for the second situation, that's a big problem. I judge that it's probably the Han army, and I even think that after they eliminated the bandits in Majia Town, they didn't suffer too many casualties."

"So we need to pay more attention to this Han army. If it can capture Zhang Ziying and eliminate the bandits in Changsha County, its strength must not be underestimated."

"There is even a high probability that we will not be able to defeat them."

"So, if that's the case, I suggest that it be enough to unite with them, break up their alliance, and then eliminate the other forces in Hetu Mountain."

As soon as these words came out, Duan Haoran's face suddenly darkened.

The reason why he gathered so many families was to eliminate the Han army and avenge his brother Ge Ziming, and massacred Hetu Mountain to bury him with him.

Now, the advice given was the opposite, which he couldn't stand.

So he waved his hand and directly interrupted Zhang Zongbing's words.

"Okay, let's not talk about this issue anymore. All the forces in Hetu Mountain must be wiped out. This is an agreement made between me and everyone, and this matter cannot be changed."

"So whether Black Wind Village is hiding its strength now has nothing to do with this plan, and all you need to do is find a way to eliminate them."

"This..." Zhang Zongbing was somewhat confused by Duan Haoran's sudden outburst.

He didn't understand. The handsome man was fine just now. What happened now? Did he take medicine?

But Duan Haoran was very unhappy when he saw this and snorted coldly.

"Hmph, what is this? Now you immediately organize your troops to attack the city again. I want to see what conspiracy they have!"

Seeing this, Zhang Zongbing wanted to fight for it, but seeing that Duan Haoran was obviously angry, he could only accept it.

"promise!"