"Last year, the Great Master launched an uprising in Jizhou. Marshal Zhang even conquered the city and made great achievements many times, so he has a high prestige among the Taiping Sect!"
The old man Wang passed by and said sadly: "It's a pity that the great sage died of illness without fulfilling his ambition. We were also defeated by Huangfu Song. General Zhang Bao of Digong and General Zhang Liang of Renggong were killed in the battle. More than 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were brutally killed.
More than 50,000 Yellow Turbans companions refused to surrender and surrendered to Qinghe River. The great sage teacher Huangfu Song had his coffin dissected and his body slaughtered. Only Marshal Zhang led a few Taiping disciples to break through and fled to the Taihang Mountains."
"This year, captain, after you killed the prefect of Wei County, Marshal Zhang rose up again. Once he attacked the city and captured the territory, it was unstoppable. Now we have occupied less than half of Jizhou, and the officers and soldiers were defeated by us. It seems that the great virtuous teacher is
Huang Tian's dream may come true in the hands of Marshal Zhang." At this point, Old Man Wang said a little happily, obviously very excited about the current victory of the Yellow Turban Army.
Although the Yellow Turban Army's strength has increased due to the butterfly effect, Xu Wei is still not optimistic about Zhang Niujiao and the others, because the enemies faced by the Yellow Turban Army so far are only 50,000 soldiers from Jizhou prefectures and states. This is not the main force of the Han army. The Han army
The main force is dealing with the Xiliang rebels, and Jizhou is obviously much more important than Xiliang. Even if Zhang Niujiao and the others occupy Jizhou, they will soon face hundreds of thousands of elite Han soldiers.
So what Xu Wei is thinking now is to first find a way to help the Yellow Turban Army resist for half a year, harvest the grain grown in Wei County, and then escape to the Taihang Mountains in Bingzhou with the grain supplies, and then find a way to find a remote corner as a base.
A large plain like Jizhou, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, is obviously not suitable as a base area.
Julu County, Yitao City!
Zhang Niujiao led the main force of 150,000 Yellow Turbans to surround Guo Dian, the prefect of Jizhou and his 20,000 county soldiers. Chu Feiyan led 150,000 Yellow Turbans to surround Gaoyi's 20,000 Han troops. It can be said that as long as these two cities are captured,
The entire main force of the Han army in Jizhou was wiped out.
When Xu Wei and others arrived, Zhang Niujiao had just finished today's siege operation.
When his subordinates said that Lei Gong was coming with supplies, he immediately came to the camp gate to greet Xu Wei.
"Commander Lei Gong, I really have a great name that I have admired for a long time!" Zhang Niujiao laughed loudly.
He was really grateful to Xu Wei. If it weren't for the crowbar he supported, he would have been able to break through dozens of forts in Jizhou. Without the ordnance, food and wages provided by these forts, he knew that no matter how large the number of the Yellow Turban Army was, they would not be able to do so now.
After the war, tens of thousands of sets of rattan armor, spears and hundreds of thousands of long arrows were provided. Without these equipment and weapons, the Yellow Turban Army's combat effectiveness would be reduced by at least half, and they might even be defeated by the Han Army. But now they are not only defeated
He defeated the Han army and had the opportunity to kill Guo Dian, the shepherd of Jizhou, to avenge his master Zhang Jiao.
Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "My real name is Xu Wei, the commander-in-chief still calls me Xu Wei!"
Zhang Niujiao smiled and said: "If you don't have the power of Thunder Lord, I might as well call you Thunder Lord!"
Then Zhang Niujiao took Xu Wei to his Chinese army's tent. Zhen An followed Xu Wei to the Chinese army's tent, while Old Man Wang handed over the ordnance he had transported to the logistics camp.
After arriving at the tent, Zhang Niujiao asked, "I wonder why the commander came to Yingtao?"
Xu Wei pointed at Zhen An behind him and said: "I have some relationship with the Zhen family. I was living in Zhongshan County at the beginning. Thanks to the help of the Zhen family, I was able to settle down. So this time I want to ask the commander for a favor and don't embarrass Zhen.
Home!"
Zhang Niujiao said indifferently: "This matter is simple, I will send an order to Chu Feiyan and others not to move to the Zhen family in Zhongshan!"
After hearing the news, Zhen An said excitedly: "Thank you two marshals, thank you two marshals!"
Zhang Niujiao said: "Commander Thunder Lord, I heard that you also have a siege weapon that can destroy a city like thunder and lightning."
Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "These are all exaggerated rumors. This thing is very difficult to get, and I don't have any anymore!"
Xu Wei did not want the black powder to be spread randomly. Even Wang Lei had never touched it, so it was naturally impossible for Xu Wei to hand it over to Zhang Niujiao like this.
Then he asked: "The commander-in-chief has thousands of crowbars, can't he break open the gall pottery?"
Zhang Niujiao smiled bitterly and said: "Guo Dian just piled up debris under the city wall. Our siege vehicles cannot get close to the city wall. Without the cover of the siege vehicles, the soldiers will be shot to death by the Han army. Now we have 30,000 soldiers lying on the ground."
The city wall of Yingtao is under the city wall, but there is still nothing we can do about Yingtao City!"
Xu Weidao: "I'll go take a look and then think of a solution!"
So Zhang Niujiao took Xu Wei to the front of Yingtao City.
The city wall of Yingtao is full of pits and pits. These are all traces of being pried by crowbars. There are a large number of sandbags, rolled logs, stones and other debris under Yingtao City, as well as the corpses of soldiers. They piled 2
It is more than 1 meter high, as if a slope has been added. Although this reduces the height of the city wall defense, it also effectively solves the problem of the Yellow Turban Army prying away wall bricks!
"Commander!" Several generals came over and greeted Zhang Niujiao.
Zhang Niujiao pulled Xu Wei and said to them: "This is Commander Lei Gong of Wei County!"
Then he pointed to the generals and Xu Wei who came here and explained: "These are Huang Long, Bai Bo, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Qing Niujiao, and Zhang Baiqi. They were all disciples of the great master, and they are also my disciples.
Junior brother!"
Xu Wei bowed his hands to them and said, "I have met you all, Qu Shuai!"
Huang Long smiled and said: "Commander Thunder Lord, we know you. It is said that you know thunder magic. No city wall can withstand your thunder magic! If you hadn't helped us destroy this city."
Xu Weidao: "These are all rumors, but I am here to help everyone!"
Principal Zuo asked: "What can you do?"
Xu Weidao: "I will make a weapon for siege. Leave the craftsman camp to me and I will lead them to make this weapon and then use it to attack the city!"
Zhang Niujiao laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Then I will wait for your good news, Mr. Lei!"
On Yingtao City, Chinese flags were fluttering in the wind, and countless soldiers were lying on the city wall to rest. At this time, Jizhou Mu Guo Dian led his men to inspect the status of the soldiers.
The judge behind him said worriedly: "I don't know when the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive. Now we are facing more than ten times the number of Yellow Turban thieves. Without reinforcements, we won't be able to hold on for long!"
Guo Dian said calmly: "Now that the main force of the imperial court is in Liangzhou, where can we find reinforcements? The only one we can rely on is ourselves. As long as we can hold on for half a year, the Yellow Turbans will surely collapse due to lack of food!"
When Shen Pei heard this, he said with a grimace: "But if this happens, Jizhou will be finished. The land in Jizhou was abandoned once last year. If it happens again this year, the people in Jizhou will turn to the Yellow Turbans to survive."
Shenpei is a local powerhouse, so he naturally does not want his hometown to experience the same war as last year again.