If Zhang Ze paid more attention to Wei Yan's situation when Wei Yan was still in Hanzhong, it is unlikely that he would have made more correct judgments about Wei Yan now. It's a pity that Zhang Ze focused all his attention on how to deal with Liu Dan.
Wei Yan, it was only after Wei Yan entered Sichuan and Shu that Zhang Zecai suddenly remembered that there was such a famous person, and he had missed it.
But this incident alone is not a big problem, but the subsequent problems will be serious...
Zhang Ze's biggest mistake regarding Wei Yan was that after he learned about Wei Yan's deeds, he still did not study Wei Yan carefully. To some extent, he even despised Wei Yan from a high position, saying that he was not doing a good job.
, that also seems to have some problems, and then he feels that he is the only one in the world who can do it, and he himself has no mistakes.
After Wei Yan's false shot, Zhang Ze made a wrong judgment.
Zhang Ze didn't even realize that his judgment was based on the answer he hoped for and liked the most. It was like buying a lottery ticket and then starting to think about which supporting facilities in the surrounding properties were better.
It’s not based on how many directors, er, generals were arrested.
Therefore Zhang Ze is wrong.
Wei Yan's soldiers, who received supplies from the Nanshan military camp and briefly recuperated, could not fully recover from the fatigue of the long journey, but they could still be considered to have recovered 70% to 80% of their combat strength.
Wei Yan had stayed in Hanzhong for a period of time, so he was no stranger to the terrain of Hanzhong. In addition, with Zhang Shi as the leader, he rushed through Hanzhong under the banner of the Zhang family, even if he encountered some counties.
The county soldiers on patrol were not timid at all and marched straight ahead.
Because Hanzhong itself is the territory of Hussar, so as long as Wei Yan's soldiers change their flags, there won't be much difference...
As for the flags under Zhang Ze's command, there are many in the Nanshan military camp.
Even after staying away from Nanzheng and other areas where Zhang Ze's power was concentrated, Wei Yan still walked along the official road carelessly during the day, which made Zhang Shi dumbfounded.
What makes Zhang Shi even more incredible is that Wei Yan actually asked his men to pretend to be Zhang Ze's soldiers, and then openly extorted money and food in front of some smaller county towns, Wubao, and manors...
And it succeeds every time!
These behaviors that seemed to be basic to Wei Yan made Zhang Shi feel that everything was reversed.
Is this how war is actually fought?
Zhang Shi once again deeply felt the gap between himself, Zhang Ze and others and Wei Yan, and then thought about the Hanzhong rebellion from this gap, and then thought about the rebellion from the rebellion.
It was all pre-planned by Qiao Qi and others, but in the end they were shuddering and willing to cooperate with Wei Yan, just like Wei Yan didn't hesitate to ask Zhang Shi to assume eighteen poses on the spot.
Under such circumstances, Wei Yan approached very quickly. Even with the help of his familiarity and mastery of the terrain of Hanzhong, coupled with the characteristics of mountain soldiers, Wei Yan could march in an almost straight line. During the day, he pretended to be strutting on the official road,
He extorted some county manors along the way, and at night, he walked through the mountains and forests under the moonlight, like a nocturnal tiger.
A few days later, Wei Yan arrived at the outskirts of Fangling.
After checking the map again, Wei Yan chose to rest temporarily in a small valley to the west outside Fangling City. After checking the terrain, Wei Yan arranged sentries and let the soldiers rest, eat and repair. He gave the order.
, the soldiers and generals all found places to sit down, then took out dry food and light wine from their backpacks, and ate to replenish their physical strength.
It is said to be light wine, but sometimes it may be light vinegar, or mixed with wine and vinegar, and it is hard to tell. Because cowhide water bladders generally store ordinary water, which is easier to taste. It is better in autumn and winter, but what if it is summer...
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Therefore, most of the time, a little salt is added to the water bag, but salt is also relatively precious and cannot be added every time the water is replenished, so the next best thing is to pour in light wine or light vinegar, which can maintain a relatively
Relatively long storage time.
After Wei Yan patrolled for a while, he also sat down, took the big cake handed over by the guard, and took a bite.
After entering Hanzhong, Wei Yan hardly used the few dry food reserves left. Instead, he took food from Hanzhong, begging openly or secretly coercing him, anyway, all under the banner of the Zhang family, just like
The coarse grain cake that Wei Yan is holding now was donated by the manor on the road.
Pickled vegetables, bacon, whole grain flatbread, if possible, cook a bowl of vinegar cloth wild vegetable soup, if not, just eat it with water. Whatever the soldiers eat, Wei Yan eats whatever. The senior generals under the hussar cavalry
Among them, Wei Yan and Zhao Yun are similar. They are generals who have risen from the bottom. They are very down-to-earth and don't have any picky eating habits at all.
Without an open fire for cooking, there would naturally be no smoke. As long as you didn't happen to walk into the valley, you wouldn't be able to find Wei Yan and others hiding here. After the meal was finished, some soldiers leaned together holding swords and guns and closed their doors.
Focus on resting, recovering as much physical strength as possible, and preparing for the next stage of the battle.
As for Wei Yan, he couldn't sleep at all.
Wei Yan had a hunch that the reinforcements Xu Shu had originally prepared might not be able to keep up, so he was the only chess piece that could move in Hanzhong.
Of course, Wei Yan also had the opportunity to choose to retreat, but Wei Yan's personality made him unwilling to choose which one was safe but did not have many results. Instead, he chose a more radical and risky plan...
Surprise Zhang Ran's troops in Fangling and rescue Huang Quan!
After hearing that Zhang Shi, the leading party, said that Huang Quan was still holding on, Wei Yan had some ideas in his mind. He needed manpower and needed to completely disrupt the Hanzhong chessboard, so he rescued Huang Quan who was trapped in a corner. Naturally,
This became the current strategy. Although Huang Quan's troops may not be as brave and good at fighting as Wei Yan's subordinates, they can at least provide a cover for Wei Yan, and then let Wei Yan find a gap, thereby leveraging the entire battle situation in Hanzhong!
"Let's attack tonight!"
Wei Yan whispered the order.
There is no more time to hesitate. In the current situation, hesitation may lead to defeat. Although Wei Yan was very successful in pretending to be Zhang's troops along the way, Wei Yan was also not sure whether these counties or manors would turn around.
Contact Zhang Ze again. If someone really does this, then Wei Yan's whereabouts will naturally be exposed.
Therefore, one more day of delay is one more day of risk.
Zhang Ran's troops under Fangling City, after continuously besieging Yifu and suffering heavy losses, finally understood the fact that siege attacks also require skills. They are not just given a simple order, and then all the soldiers can complete it automatically and spontaneously.
command, and then attack the city in an orderly manner...
In ancient times, cities were not only gathering places for population and wealth, but were also often built at water and land strategic points to guard the fortress and give priority to military defense.
Although costume films and TV dramas often use grand scenes to visually show us a city attack and defense battle, most of them are just messed up, especially climbing up the city wall by flying over eaves and climbing walls, or just relying on soldiers charging forward with swords and spears, shouting, and trying to capture it.
A fortified city is simply giving away people's lives, which is not consistent with real history.
In the historical battle of Zhuge Liang's attack on Chencang, facing Chencang City defended by only one or two thousand Wei troops, the tens of thousands of Shu Han troops continued to attack for more than 20 days and still failed to fall, which ultimately led to the failure of Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition. Then Hao Meng classmate
Fight to become famous.
In the hands of people like Zhuge Liang who are relatively good at deployment, it is quite difficult to conquer a city, not to mention the grass-roots teams like Zhang Ran and Jin Renwang who fight with each other and only want to gain benefits and do not want to work more.
Already.
After suffering a certain amount of casualties, Zhang Ran and others were obviously unwilling to continue the attack like this, or they felt that even if they tried hard to attack, they might not be able to capture Fangling, so they might as well just besiege it honestly.
Under such a state of mind that is almost relaxed and even a little dissolute, one can only imagine how much vigilance Zhang Ran and others can still have. In other words, how much Zhang Ran and others still have to worry about Huang Quan in Fangling City
He had some precautions, but he didn't expect Wei Yan to come out from behind!
When the first round of rockets approaching the camp shot into the air and Wei Yan led his soldiers to fight out of the darkness, Zhang Ran's soldiers were dumbfounded, confused and panicked.
In the dry autumn and winter, rockets landed in the camp. Some landed on the ground, some hit people, and some landed on tents and other materials, causing fires in a blink of an eye.
The flames danced blazingly, clawing at everyone or other objects around them in the night wind, and then tried to make everything in the world join in the flame's carnival.
Amidst the roaring sound, Wei Yan's soldiers rushed out one after another. Some drew their bows and arrows and shot them into the air. Some held swords and shields and rushed towards the camp. In an instant, arrows rained like rain and people flooded.
Zhang Ran and others were awakened by the sudden loud shouting of killing, some were still immersed in a dazed sleep, some screamed in terror and bumped into one place, some yelled,
There were also some who were disorganized. These Zhang soldiers, who were accustomed to sleeping all night until dawn, fell into complete chaos.
"kill!"
When Wei Yan saw that a piece of the village wall collapsed in front of him under the chopping of giant ax soldiers and the dragging of other soldiers, he shouted and charged in first. He raised his knife and chopped down an unlucky man with one blow.
Zhang's soldiers then took advantage of the situation and rushed into the military camp, slashing and killing them left and right, roaring like thunder.
On Fangling City, Huang Quan, who had been guarding the city gate tower, heard an unusual noise almost at the same time as Wei Yan launched the attack, and then hurried to the battlements, holding on to look down.
In the light of the fire, Huang Quan saw the three-color battle flag held high, and his heart skipped a beat!
Reinforcements!
It turned out to be reinforcements!
Huang Quan suppressed his excitement and carefully identified the situation in the military camp. Although it was far away and it was night, the fires were lit one by one, and he determined that many of the burning items were
Tent, and you can also see a few unlucky ghosts with their bodies on fire and screaming and banging. Huang Quan was sure that the reinforcements this time were real and not pretended by Zhang's soldiers...
"Come here! Beat the drum! Beat the drum!" Huang Quan shouted loudly, "Get ready to open the city and flank the enemy!"
The rumble of the war drums sounded, and Wei Yan laughed loudly. He asked people to move as close to the city wall as possible to establish contact with Huang Quan. At the same time, he led his men to kill into the camp to extinguish any signs of resistance.
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During the long-term training and cooperation, these men of Wei Yan, even without Wei Yan's command, habitually set up their arrow arrays, and then staggered and coordinated with each other to attack forward. Their swords, shields and spears were in tacit understanding, and their steps and rhythms were consistent.
On the other hand, the Zhang family's soldiers on the opposite side were also scattered in formation, and their swords and spears were in chaos. Even if they really met Wei Yan's soldiers head-on, there were still people who had this or that thought in their hearts, thinking that fellow Taoist monks should die first.
, Pindao will step aside for now.
Zhang Lu's previous Five Pecks of Rice Taoism, if you have five Pecks of rice, you are a Taoist friend. If you don't have Five Pecks of rice, why don't you work to earn money to buy rice! Laojun's family is not rich either!
Zhang Ran wanted to get married, but he thought Zhang should go...
For close combat, Wei Yan's soldiers have complete armor, sharp swords, and round shields that are small but strong enough. For long-distance combat, they have bows and arrows, which are less powerful, but are still extremely sharp within fifty steps.
Crossbows, coupled with the tacit understanding developed after working with each other for a long time, made Zhang's soldiers not only have to block the swords and guns in front of them when they faced Wei Yan's soldiers, but also had to guard against the swords and spears that struck them in the dark.
The crossbow arrows were shot out of nowhere!
Although the frequency of crossbow bolts is relatively slow, they are very powerful at close range. Some Zhang's soldiers who tried to fight were hit by the crossbow bolts, and they were thrown back with the crossbow bolts. Some crossbow bolts could still
A series of two, and then he will stop with satisfaction with thick blood stains...
"kill!"
They all roared and collided, the sharp blades raised high and fell like lightning.
"kill"
The spears are like a forest, rushing forward, the blood-stained red tassels trembling, as gorgeous as the flowers on the other side.
The soldiers in Zhang Ran's camp were horrified and screamed. These screams echoed up and down Fangling, making those who had not come into contact with Wei Yan's soldiers shudder in their hearts. Even before the battle, they had lost three or four points.
strength.
Especially those people, after seeing the ferocity of Wei Yan and others, they immediately abandoned Zhang's soldiers without hesitation and ran away...
In the minds of these people, they are just here to pick up bargains. If they can capture Fangling, then they can make a lot of profits, but if they fail to capture the city, they still have to pay with their lives. I'm sorry for taking so long.
Whoever wants to have sex can do it.
Wei Yan was slashing in front while paying attention to the changes on the battlefield. When he found that the soldiers around him began to breathe unevenly, he shouted loudly, chopped down several Zhang soldiers in front to the ground, and then ordered
Alternate formations!
The bloody soldiers at the front turned sideways and gave up their positions under Wei Yan's order, while the soldiers at the back rushed to the front along the bloody armor channel without hesitation to cover these soldiers who were originally in front.
Pao Ze went to the back to rest and take a breath...
Wei Yan's battlefield skills and timing made the soldiers under his command like machines that never get tired, constantly breaking through, crushing, and killing, and defeated Zhang's camp in one breath.
Wear it and rush to the other side of the camp!
Looking at the soldiers of Wei Yan who looked like bloody men, especially the soldiers of Wei Yan who were working tirelessly to kill, the Zhang family's morale plummeted. They had been in a stalemate with Huang Quan for so many days. Their morale was only average at first, but now they saw so many desperate and desperate people.
The powerful Wei Yan soldiers, and then seeing the corpses on the line where these Wei Yan soldiers rushed in, those howling soldiers felt a chill coming from behind their foreheads, as if they were not facing people, but people killed from the underworld.
The soul seducer!
Although Huang Quan in Fangling City didn't know where Wei Yan came from, since he had confirmed that it was Wei Yan's troops and not Zhang Ran's trick to lure the enemy, he immediately ordered the city gates to be opened and took two hundred people in the city with him.
The armored soldiers and three hundred auxiliary soldiers rushed out in cooperation!
The soldiers of Fangling, who had been suppressed for too long, were so excited that they screamed and yelled wildly. Coupled with the beating of war drums in the city, their momentum was extraordinary, and they headed towards Zhang's camp!
Zhang's soldiers were already frightened and panicked after being killed by Wei Yan, and their formation was already on the verge of collapse. As a result, Huang Quan came out from the side again with great momentum. Under attack from both sides, the formation of Zhang's soldiers collapsed in a short time. Some people threw
They unloaded their weapons and turned around and ran away, some held their heads and huddled in the corner, and some even panicked and sent themselves over the sword and gun...
In the camp, Zhang's flag fell down and fell to the ground. Then countless feet stepped on it, and it was instantly tattered.
A great battle ended before dawn.
The surrendered Zhang soldiers knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, waiting to be dealt with. Many people murmured and cursed Zhang Ze, thinking that it was Zhang Ze's rebellion that caused their current casualties. As for the Wei Yan soldiers who really killed them.
, these people feel scared even looking at it.
"The article is long! The article is long!" When Huang Quan saw Wei Yan, he bowed to Wei Yan without saying a word, "Thank you for the help of the article chief! Quan thanks the elders in Fangling City!"
Wei Yan laughed loudly and stepped forward to support Huang Quan, "It's easy to talk about!"
"I wonder where the text leader came from? Is Xu Shijun behind you? Rong Quan went to see you!" Huang Quan looked around and asked again.
Wei Yan was still smiling, "Someone came from Micang Road...Xu Shijun, he should still be in Chengdu..."
"Ah, this..." Huang Quan was stunned.
Wei Yan patted Huang Quan's arm and said, "Hahaha, Zhang thief is a clown. In this battle, you and Gong Heng are enough to win!"
Just the two of us? Seeing that Wei Yan had solved the siege of Fangling, Huang Quan tried his best not to let his eyes look like he was looking at a fool...
Wei Yan didn't care at all, and walked towards Fangling City while greeting him, "Let the sons and daughters have a good rest first, and then we will see you and I defeat the enemy together!"
