Wang Dang did not expect that a few days later, news would come that Zhang Yan was defeated again, abandoned all the counties in Jizhou, and fled to the Taihang Mountains again.
This time Xu Wei did not avoid him anymore, but told him the news personally so that he could end his unrealistic fantasies and go back honestly.
When Wang Dang heard the news, he was shocked and couldn't believe it: "How is this possible? It has snowed and the city was blocked by heavy snow. How did the Han army conquer the city?"
The difficulty of sieging a city in winter is completely different from that at other times. Otherwise, China would not have only one story about seizing a city on a snowy night for thousands of years.
Xu Weidao: "It's with a crowbar!"
When he heard about the crowbar, the king gave up completely, because he knew that they had defeated hundreds of forts just by relying on the crowbar. No one knew the power of the crowbar on the city wall better than them. If the Han army really used the crowbar,
It was really possible for them to be defeated, because he knew that the Yellow Turban Army in the field could not be the opponent of Youzhou County!
Xu Wei said: "You have finally come to Mayi. I can't let you go back empty-handed. I will teach you the sixteen-character mantra: when the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy is stationed, I harass; when the enemy is tired, I attack; when the enemy retreats, I pursue."
This is a tactic of defeating the strong with the weak. Although it may not necessarily allow you to defeat the Han army immediately, it will also prevent you from being able to fight back against the Han army's attack! It is a kind of small accumulation.
Victory is the tactic of great victory. You slowly accumulate combat experience through this kind of victory. Sooner or later, your Yellow Turban Army will be able to defeat the Han Army!"
Xu Wei felt sorry for Zhang Yan and the others. They occupied the territory of the original army, but they didn't know how to fight guerrillas at all. Why should they occupy the city and occupy the countryside? It was a waste of the Taihang Mountains.
So he simply reminded Zhang Yan and the others personally. If Zhang Yan could hold a large number of Han troops, it would be good for him in Mayi, so that the Han troops would not trouble him at every turn!
When Wang heard these sixteen words, he whispered to himself: "When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy is stationed, I harass; when the enemy is tired, I attack; when the enemy retreats, I pursue."
This sixteen-character mantra is not difficult to understand, and Wang Dang can easily understand the tactics within it. Of course, if you want to master it, you have to pay the price of blood. At this time, Wang Dang is not yet aware of the power of this tactic. He simply feels that this tactic is very suitable.
The current Yellow Turban Army.
Xu Wei continued: "The key to my tactics is to unite the people, rely on the people, be among the people, and let the people become your eyes and ears. In this way, every move of the Han army is under your control. Know yourself and the enemy, and naturally
Fight a hundred battles without danger.
At the same time, you can occupy the countryside, and the court will not receive enough money and food, and will become weaker and weaker, while your Yellow Turban Army will become stronger and stronger, and one day the offensive and defensive momentum will change. But if the people hate you, they will help the Han
Army, then you Yellow Turban Army are like fish out of water, you can only be slaughtered by the Han army.
When Wang Dang heard that Xu Wei did not trust the military discipline of the Yellow Turban Army, he said angrily: "We, the Yellow Turban Army, are rebelling for the people of the world, how could we harm the people! We may not be able to defeat the Han army, but we have never done anything to harm the people.
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Of course, black sheep can be found anywhere, but the Yellow Turban Army, which possesses crowbars, can seize a large amount of money and food from the forts of noble families every year. Although military discipline is not as strict as Xu Wei's Tengjia Army, it is comparable to ordinary soldiers.
The Han army was strong and rarely harassed the people. From what Wang Dang knew, the military discipline of the Yellow Turban Army was generally better than that of the Han Army, so he could confidently say such a thing.
Xu Wei said clearly: "That's good. Although our Tengjia Army has no plan to capture Bingzhou in recent years, it doesn't mean that we can't unite. You have spent a lot of time in Mayi, and you know that Ma Yi
There are a large number of workshops in the city, which can produce a large number of weapons, equipment and armors. The barbarians outside the Great Wall often sell war horses, and these things are presumably needed by your Yellow Turban Army.
Although we in Mayi can produce many things, we are only short of food and grass. However, your Yellow Turban Army has abundant food and grass in Jizhou, so we can exchange what we have and what we need!"
Wang Dang was reminded by Xu Weiyi and thought of the workshops along the Sanggan River in Mayi. The boundlessness was simply beyond his imagination. The steel plant was as huge as a city. It was the first time for Wang Dang to see such a huge
The steel factory was shocked. The iron produced by such a large steel factory was probably enough for the entire Han Dynasty. At the same time, he also understood why the Tengjia Army could be so powerful! There were tens of thousands of soldiers wearing iron armor alone. Such an army
If it is not strong, what kind of army is strong?
"Can you give us steel knives, leather armor, war horses, and iron armor?"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Of course, we are partners in the trenches after all. As long as you need it, I can provide all these things."
After Wang Dang arrived in Mayi, he finally showed a smile. With this condition, he could go back and explain to Zhang Yan.
Zhang originally wanted to bring this good news back to Taihang Mountain, but he did not expect that his son Sun Qing would lead a second group of envoys, and this group of envoys numbered hundreds of people!
When two old friends met, the atmosphere was very awkward.
When Wang Dang came to Mayi, the Yellow Turban Army was still attacking the entire Jizhou and was unstoppable.
But he had only been away for more than a month, and what he waited for was Zhang Yan leading them back to the Taihang Mountains. Now he is a little glad that he did not form an alliance with the Tengjia Army, otherwise he would have been so embarrassed! He did not dare to do so during this period
Meet old friends from the Yellow Turban Army.
Wang Dang was angry and said, "What's going on? It's okay if you can't defeat Liu Bei and the others in a field battle. After all, the Youzhou Army's cavalry is powerful, but we, with more than 100,000 people, can't defend a city? Are there many Youzhou Army?"
?They are only 30,000 people! We have the advantage at the right time and place, how did we lose!"
Wang Dang is still unconvinced even now. He thinks there is no reason for them to defeat!
Sun Qing almost cried: "We were betrayed. The Jizhou army betrayed us. As soon as Liu Bei came over, they took refuge with Liu Bei and turned against us on the battlefield. We were defeated in the field and could only escape to Yuanshi.
I wanted to rely on the city to resist Youzhou's army, but I didn't expect that Liu Bei and the others learned to use crowbars to pry the city wall open, and Liu Bei led his men to pry open the Yuan family's city wall."
Wang Dang's anger did not increase: "They can pry off the wall, but don't you know how to pour water on the city wall to freeze it! It's winter now, and dripping water freezes!"
Sun Qing said: "Of course we thought of it, but Liu Bei and the others created a fire that cannot be extinguished by water. The more water we poured on it, the bigger the fire burned. We could only watch Liu Bei and the others continue to hollow out the city wall.
Finally, they dug through the city wall, and Liu Bei's men, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, fought their way in. The two of them are so powerful, we can't stop them, we can't stop them!"
"After the defeat of Yuanshi City, the commander knew that he could not stop the Han army, so he led us to retreat back to the Taihang Mountains!"
After hearing what happened in the battle, Wang Dang was furious: "We have retreated to the Taihang Mountains again. Are we born to hide in the mountains? When can we avenge the great sage and mentor? To avenge the great commander Zhang Niujiao, to avenge the world."
The hatred of the poor people!"
Wang Dang, Sun Qing, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng were all Zhang Jiao's children in the past. Because of their young age, they can only be regarded as the third generation disciples of the Taiping Religion. They helped Zhang Jiao carry herbs and watched Zhang Jiao heal the people! Experience
With the rise of the Taiping Sect, they also followed Zhang Jiao's rebellion and Zhang Niujiao's rebellion. Along the way, they experienced life and death and had a deep relationship. It was only with their support that Zhang Yan became the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Army.
Sun Qing said aggrievedly: "The commander is already thinking of a way. He thinks that our Yellow Turban Army is weak in combat and the officers are not as elite as the Han Dynasty. But knowing that Lei Gong and the others can defeat the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry, he thinks that the Tengjia Army will not lose to the Han people."
The elite of the army, let us come over and learn the Tengjia Army's training methods for soldiers and combat methods!"
Wang Dang suddenly realized why hundreds of people came to Mayi as envoys. It turned out that these people came to learn how to fight.
Wang Zheng had been in Mayi for half a month, and he knew more information than them. He said to Sun Qingshen: "In addition to training soldiers to march and fight, we have too many things to learn from the Tengjia Army. I am in Ma Yi."
After staying here for a few days, I learned that there is a special military school among the Tengjia Army. Soldiers who have fought bravely and repeatedly with military exploits can learn how to command soldiers and how to fight in this military school. The generals in Mayi will also be selfless.
Tell these soldiers your combat experience."
"These soldiers will become officers of the Tengjia Army after they graduate from the military school. With such brave and experienced officers, how can the Tengjia Army not be powerful! And this is not all of the strength of the Tengjia Army.
The Tengjia Army eats very well, has meat almost every day, and has better equipment than us. The elite soldiers are equipped with fine iron and armor, but we can't even make one piece of leather armor. The gap between the two sides is too big.
, it’s simply countless, we all need to learn these!”
Sun Qingting was dumbfounded: "Where did the Tengjia Army get so much money? Where did it get so much equipment? We almost robbed all the noble families in Jizhou, which can only guarantee that the army can barely be equipped with armor weapons. Ordinary troops
The equipment is far inferior to that of the big man, and many people are still using the original rattan armor!"
Wang Dang said helplessly: "Lei Gong makes money. When we were in Jizhou, we robbed noble families of their money, and almost all of it was stolen by Lei Gong. After they came to Mayi, Lei Gong's ability to make money became even stronger, and the big man's money was taken away by Lei Gong.
Sell the things on the grassland, and then sell the war horses on the grassland to the Han Dynasty. They can make more money than selling smuggled salt. In addition, there are many factories in Mayi, so they will naturally be rich. In Mayi, beef and mutton are not the same.
As expensive as Jizhou is, all the Tengjia troops can have meat for every meal, and the soldiers who eat meat every day will have strong combat effectiveness!"
"I'll take you to see Lei Gong. I hope he can agree to let us learn how to use troops here." Wang Dang knew that the Yellow Turban Army couldn't fully learn from the Tengjia Army, but as long as they could learn 30-40% of it, they could compete with the Han Dynasty.
Military field combat is enough.
Wang Dang found Xu Wei and told Xu Wei that the Yellow Turban Army wanted to learn his marching and fighting methods.
Xu Wei welcomed this with both hands. The stronger the Yellow Turban Army, the less the big man would pay attention to this little rebel hiding in Mayi. This year is almost over, but it is not a smooth year. Xu Wei hopes that next year will not be a smooth year.
Someone will come to disturb his farming again.
Good luck and hope there will be no war in the world next year!
Then Xu Wei arranged for all the hundreds of generals of the Yellow Turban Army to be students in the military academy.
And Wang Dang sent one of his men to bring back the deal he had negotiated with Xu Wei and Xu Wei's sixteen-character mantra, and he himself stayed at the Mayi Military Academy. He wanted to do this in Mayi.
Learn the skills of marching and fighting so that you can personally avenge the great virtuous master and Zhang Niujiao!
After Zhang Yan got Wang Dang's letter, he was very happy. They fled back to the Taihang Mountains. Although most of the tribesmen fled back, all their weapons and equipment were lost. Now with Xu Wei as a supplier, the Yellow Turban Army could quickly
Their strength has been restored, and Mayi still has war horses, so they can form a cavalry belonging to the Yellow Turban Army.
Facing the Youzhou border army, Zhang Yan had suffered enough losses from the cavalry, and now he could finally change the situation.
He went to Yang Feng and said, "How much food do we have now?"
Yang Feng said: "The gold, silver and copper coins are worth about 15 billion yuan. Most of the food has been lost in Jizhou. There are about 5 million shi in the mountains! But now there are fewer tribesmen in the mountains. It is enough for us to eat for two years.
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Because they can break through the forts of noble families, the Yellow Turban Army has a very rich family fortune!
Zhang Yan handed the letter to Yang Feng to read, and after he read it, she said: "From now on, you will be responsible for dealing with the Tengjia Army and replenishing our lost weapons and equipment as soon as possible!"
Yang Feng nodded in agreement and left!
Then Zhang Yan looked at Xu Wei's sixteen-character mantra, and at the same time, Xu Wei gave guidance to the Yellow Turban Army's strategy for occupying the countryside!
But after looking at it, he smiled bitterly and said: "Thunder Lord wants us to be his granary!"
The so-called strategy of occupying the countryside has never been heard of. Zhang Yan thinks that Xu Wei just wanted the Yellow Turban Army to help him collect food and grass, so he mentioned such a strategy, and only then did he say that Lei Gong used the Yellow Turban Army as a granary!
At the same time, an envoy from Youzhou came to Xu Wei.
"Is this Mayi?" Even though I had heard how wealthy Mayi was, it even aroused the greed of Xianbei King Helian, and finally let Helian die here in Mayi.
But even so, Xian Yufu still couldn't believe that the city in front of him was the Mayi in his memory. What he heard about and what he actually saw really had a different impact on the three views, even if he saw it with his own eyes
, but he still couldn't believe that this was Mayi, he even believed that it was Luoyang City.
"Of course this is not possible. Every house and every brick here was built by me. There will be no richer place in the world than this." The men who led Xian Yufu said proudly.
"Lei Gong is indeed powerful, but it's a pity that he is the enemy of a big man!" Xian Yufu sighed.