Zhang Chong looked at Xuchang City in front of him, thinking about the changes in Taiping Road in Hebei Province, and felt worried.
Although his relationship with Hebei Taiping Road is not very close, he does not want the headquarters to collapse so quickly. This is not in the interests of the Taishan Army.
According to history, Taiping Road in Hebei survived the first wave of offensives by Lu Zhi and his Northern Army. Later, Lu Zhi was dismissed and Dong Zhuo came to preside over the war in Hebei. Taiping Road also counterattacked and defeated Dong Zhuo. It was not until Huangfu Song led two
Tens of thousands of troops arrived and struck a devastating blow at Taiping Road in Hebei Province.
But that was only the upper echelon of the headquarters that was annihilated. In fact, after the death of San Zhang, the Hebei Yellow Turban Army continued to actively fight under the leadership of Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Feiyan and others. Later, they entered Heishan and established a large separatist force here.
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However, the yellow scarf gradually deteriorated after it was passed to Zhang Feiyan. The Taiping Road Commander, who was later renamed Zhang Yan, soon surrendered to the Han court, gave up the cause of Taiping Road, and became a feudal prince.
Originally, Zhang Chong's plan was to fight Huangfu Song in the Dongjun and Chenliu areas, and then go north to help the Hebei headquarters and increase the influence of the Taishan Army in Hebei. But this premise is that Zhang Jiao can be the same as in history.
To be able to continue the confrontation with Han Ting in Julu, instead of being seriously injured and unable to act now.
At this moment, a major turning point in history came to Zhang Chong, making him understand that the future of this world was not exactly the same as the history of the original world.
Zhang Chong's scruples were seen by He Kui. He didn't know what news Zhang Chong received from Hebei. In short, Zhang Chong didn't tell him, so it was inconvenient for He Kui to ask. He could only advise Zhang Chong to focus on
In front of you.
So He Kui stepped forward and pointed to Xuchang by the Jishui River in front of him, and said to Zhang Chong:
"Qu Kui, Xuchang looks like a small city, but it's not easy to capture."
It is true that Xuchang City is not big, and the number of blind people in the city is estimated to be only a few thousand. However, this place is located on the Jishui Waterway, which is a transportation road for grain and fodder transportation in Shandong, so it is both a storage center and a military stronghold. At that time, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty general Zhao Yan
He was entrusted here to protect the waterway in the eastern section of Jishui.
Therefore, Xuchang City is a rare small solid city with masonry structure, and it seems to be indestructible. But unfortunately, what Xuchang City encountered today was Zhang Chong's Taishan Army.
To be honest, since Zhang Chong founded the army, he has experienced the Battle of Xue Shibi, the Battle of Sandaoling, the Battle of Taishan, the Battle of Lu Zhongnan, the Battle of Jinshibi, the Battle of Dongpingling, the Battle of Changshaobi, and the Battle of Fenggao
, to the final Battle of Two Rivers and the Battle of Gaoshan Ridge, there were hundreds of large and small battles. The entire army took the lead in every battle and defeated everything it could. It can be said that the Taishan Army at this moment is a first-rate and brave journey.
, and the generals in each department are also able to conquer the battle, so no matter how strong the Xuchang City is, no one in the army doubts that the victory of this battle will not belong to them.
Then, a bloody battle that no one expected began under Xuchang City.
After Zhang Chong learned that the Taiping Dao Archbishop in the north was being attacked by the Youzhou Army of the Han Court, he estimated that the attack time of the Han Court's middle troops and the Lu Zhi Army was coming, so Zhang Chong wanted to move his troops to Yanzhou as soon as possible.
Dongjun, on the north bank of the Yellow River, maneuvered to support the Yellow Turban Army on the middle and north roads.
So on May 15th, as soon as the Taiping Taiping Army arrived, Zhang Chong began to attack Xuchang City.
Because the city was narrow, Zhang Chong only asked the surrendered Dongping State to surrender troops, a total of 2,000 troops, and attacked Xuchang from the east, south, and west sides at the same time.
Xuchang City has a small population, and its original military strength is only four hundred. This was added because of the importance of this place. Otherwise, for a small city like this, a hundred or ten soldiers would be enough.
Zhang Chong promised the four commanders of the Dongping Kingdom who had surrendered before the battle: Gao Ya, Wu Zi, Zhao Shu, and Li Zou:
"Kill Xuchang right in front of you, and you will be my old brothers, Zhang Chong, from now on."
Not to mention Zhang Chong's charisma, these four generals stayed in his collision team for less than a month, but they all had their hearts set on Zhang Chong.
Gao Ya is a big man in Yanzhou, in other words, he is a person on the road. He is usually the knife in the hands of big people, doing some shameful things. This kind of person values ​​righteousness, but cares more about the respect of big people.
And Zhang Chong gave Gao Ya enough respect. He had heart-to-heart talks every three days and performed martial arts every five days, which gave Gao Ya a deep understanding of Zhang Chong's ability and ambition. Therefore, he took up his post again and continued to lead.
With his army of three hundred crimson coats.
Zhao Shu had the same idea. He only admired Zhang Chong for being able to respect him. For warriors like them, those who can fight and not play tricks are good leaders.
As for Wu Zi, it's hard to say. He has a deep mind and has not taken the initiative to surrender before. He is also relatively desensitized to Zhang Chong's talk about doing justice for heaven and hanging his life to punish crimes. But one thing is that he was
What impressed Zhang Chong was that he had destiny.
In fact, this set of prophecies was only circulated in the civil service system such as He Kui, Cai Yong, Du Man, etc., and only a few people knew about it.
So how did Wu Zi know about it? He knew it from Xu Bang. It turned out that the two were not familiar with each other under Li Zan, but after everyone joined Taiping Road, Xu Bang wanted to stand firm, so he deliberately made friends with Wu Zi like this
As a military commander, the two quickly became familiar with each other.
Because of his status as a famous scholar, Xu Si was naturally accepted by He Kui and others. Therefore, he learned the meaning of Zhang Chong's prophecy. Xu Si suddenly realized it and sent him to him in a dream the night before the battle of Gaoshanling.
"Peace and joy" I told everyone about the magical things about Taofu.
He Kui also discovered that Mount Tai was the place of destiny for Zhang Chong, and its deity, Taishan Fujun, had appeared repeatedly. First, during the battle at the Jinshibi, heavy fog fell at night. Then, on the night when Yu Jinben attacked Yingxian County, he visited the Taishan Fujun Temple.
Divination, and now the goddess Xu Si is like a dream, fearing that it may not come true that the Lord of Taishan chose Zhang Chong and continued to protect him in the underworld. After knowing this, these scribes were even more in awe of Zhang Chong.
And this kind of awe also appeared in Wu Zi's heart after Xu Si told Wu Zi these things.
People of later generations may not be able to understand the awe of God and heaven among people during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It can be said that if Emperor Gaozu had not had the prophecy of the Red Emperor killing the white snake, how could everyone have agreed? Liu Xiu even gave up the right to interpret the prophecy.
He and Gongsun Shu had a literary battle across the air to see whose prophecies were the real prophecies.
Zhang Chong actually knew to some extent the prophecies made by people like He Kui and Cai Yong. He himself did not believe in this, but he knew that it was beneficial to him now. In the past few years, Zhang Chong has been trying to influence those around him.
People's worldview makes them try to use rationality to structure the world, but the effect is not great.
To be honest, the people around Zhang Chong are all concrete people who grew up in this real era. The concepts and knowledge of this world have long been internalized by themselves, and it is impossible for them to transcend the common understanding of this era. This is the current situation.
It is precisely because of this current situation that Zhang Chong continues to act in accordance with the worldview of this era in many matters, and does not make too many subversions, just because the time is not ripe.
So sometimes, even Zhang Chong himself feels that he has only been in this era for five years, but he has been assimilated into a typical Eastern Han person. Maybe this is because no matter how thick a drop of ink is, if it falls into the sea, he will only
Can become water.
But there was still a voice in Zhang Chong's heart that was firming him up: You have to change, change this cannibalistic society.
That's why Zhang Chongcai kept fighting and using his ideals to inspire himself to move forward, because he was really afraid that if he slacked off, he would really become a warlord separatist in the late Han Dynasty. If that were the case, this world would be different from his original world.
What difference could it make?
But Zhang Chong also knows that ideals kill people and use corpses to pave the way. Sometimes Zhang Chong really thinks, is it really right to let some people die and let some people live for the sake of ideals?
Zhang Chong's suspicion once again floated in his heart as the four captains attacked the city with brutal force.
It's not that Zhang Chongdao has a weak heart, but that the battle against Xuchang before him is really miserable.
In the sixth year of Guanghe reign, on May 15th, at noon, 2,000 soldiers of the four captains who had had lunch attacked Xuchang from three sides at the same time. It was also the hottest time of the day, and the battlefield reached its climax.
The side where Zhang Chong was located was the south gate of Xuchang. The captains responsible for the main attack were Wu Zi and Li Zou. They had eight hundred soldiers and carried ten ladders and ran across to the gate of Xuchang City.
The number of soldiers defending Xuchang City in the south was only 200, but under the leadership of a general with a "Zhao" flag, wood, rolling stones, and gold juice were continuously sprinkled on the heads of Wu Zi and Li Zou.
As long as something like a wooden rolling stone was rubbed, the muscles and bones would collapse immediately. In just a moment, more than 20 wounded soldiers with broken legs were sent to the medical team.
Then these medical craftsmen, who only learned how to amputate legs, how to debridement and bandaging from Zhang Chong, only turned the medical shed into a slaughterhouse, with screams everywhere and it was unbearable to hear.
Wu Zi was supervising the battle behind the formation, and Li Zou was leading the troops in front, leading a team of elite soldiers and preparing to scale the city.
At that time, the Han generals on the city tower immediately saw the enemy generals standing under a yellow flag, and immediately recruited a group of shooters to shoot wildly at the yellow flag.
However, the thief general below was covered by guards holding spears and was not injured. Therefore, the Han general secretly ordered a strong man to hold a big yellow crossbow to hide behind the battlement, and he would take advantage of the opponent's slack to snipe and kill this man directly.
The big yellow crossbow is a military weapon of the Han family. The Han family relied on this weapon in their northern expedition to the Xiongnu. Its crossbows range from one stone to ten stones, and the one on the Xuchang city tower is an eight-stone crossbow. This thing is not from the Xuchang arsenal, but
It was exchanged by the Zhao family and the Zhu Achen family in the lower reaches, and it was specially used to hunt generals, and it is now used here.
The brave general under the yellow flag under the city tower was Li Zou. The guards around him had just blocked a wave of arrows for him and were urging him to retreat. Li Zou smiled boldly:
"Is there anyone who can kill Nai Gong yet?"
After saying that, Li Zou pushed away the tiles in front and was about to climb the ladder.
At this time, a deadly arrow from the tower passed through the noise of the battlefield, and pierced Li Zou's chest, directly driving him to the ground.
In this way, this brave general who was supposed to be Lu Bu's subordinate, and who later became an important general under Xu Huang of Cao Wei, died quietly at the foot of Xuchang City.