Zhu Jun frowned as he looked at the towers of Ye City where the sound of killings shook the sky. Five days had passed since he entered Wei County, and three days had passed since he attacked the city!
Originally, he captured the people of Yecheng and found out that the Yellow Turban Army who occupied Wei County had taken the main force to Lunu City to support the Tengjia Army. Yecheng was only guarded by 3,000 Yellow Turban Army men.
Zhu Jun was overjoyed after learning the news, because with the Yellow Turban Army's combat power, he could easily attack Yecheng. This might force some Tengjia Army soldiers to return to help Wei County!
But he did not expect that although the Yellow Turban Army in Wei County had few soldiers, the local people supported the Yellow Turban Army so much that Zhu Jun felt that his men would have to face tens of thousands of defenders no matter which side of the city wall they attacked. .
With all the people in Yecheng mobilized, the Han army only attacked Yecheng for three days and lost thousands of soldiers. You must know that these are the elite cavalry of the imperial court. Attacking the city is enough to ruin the fortune, and now the losses are so huge. , the generals and commanders below started to have opinions on Zhu Jun!
"Is there any news about other places of Tengjia Army?" Zhu Jun asked Zhao Yundao beside him in a low voice!
Now Zhao Yun has become his vanguard. He asked Zhao Yun to spread the Tanma within a hundred miles of Yecheng. This was far beyond the scope of Tanma's exploration several times, but Zhu Jun had no choice. Now there are hundreds of thousands of Tengjia in the entire Jizhou. Army, if they are not careful, they will be wiped out. Zhu Jun naturally has to be more careful!
Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "Although there are some soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army around Yecheng, they are so few that they dare not go out to support Yecheng, and no movement of the Tengjia Army has been found within a hundred miles! However, the situation is quite unfavorable to us. , I don’t know what Lei Gong did, the entire people of Jizhou are on their side, it is difficult for us to get useful information from Jizhou!”
"But Nanpi has been conquered by the Tengjia Army. The 50,000 cavalry on the east road of the Tengjia Army can support Wei Jun. I'm afraid that Lei Gong has already known our news. The distance from Nanpi to Wei Jun will take us 10 days at most. Faced with the siege of 50,000 cavalry from the Tengjia Army, it will be difficult for us to leave Wei County by then!"
Zhu Jun looked at the city walls of Yecheng and asked: "Zilong, do you know the generals guarding Yecheng? Shouldn't they be so brave and unknown?"
Zhu Jun had been attacking Yecheng for several days. He had long seen that the soldiers in Yecheng were better than the mob, that is, they were more numerous, and they were not afraid of death, so they were able to withstand their attack. And here there are two powerful generals who are the most powerful. To Zhu Jun's surprise, he had killed thousands of soldiers, but many of them died in the hands of these two powerful generals. However, he did not know either of them, so he found Zhao Yun, a native of Jizhou, to get some information. !
Zhao Yun said awkwardly: "These two people are called Yan Liang and Wen Chou. They were traitors to Fu Zhoumu. Later, in order to help Fu Zhoumu take revenge, they offended the nobles in Jizhou. They have been the kings of the Taihang Mountains, but later they got involved with Wang Dang of the Yellow Turban Army. Together, they and Wang Dang have brought a lot of trouble to Jizhou over the years!"
When Zhu Jun heard this, he said regretfully: "It turned out that they were two loyal men, but it's a pity that they went astray and became thieves!"
"General, the leader of the Tengjia Army, Zhang Baiqi, brought 10,000 elites of the Tengjia Army from Hukou Pass to Handan. Then he joined the local Yellow Turban Army in Handan, and now he has brought an army of 20,000 to Yecheng! "
A scout came to him and reported the news he had just discovered!
But Zhu Jun said excitedly: "It's good to come!"
He originally wanted to encircle the area and call for reinforcements, but now Zhang Bai has just the right amount of 20,000 people riding on him, making him someone they can defeat!
Yan Liang, wearing the standard steel armor of the Tengjia Army, stood on the tower of Yecheng with a Mo Dao and looked at the Han army below the city. He lamented that fate was unpredictable. He used to be a member of the Han army, but now he can only become enemies and fight with each other. !
At this time, Wang Guojun walked up to Yan Liang who was coming up from the city wall and asked: "Brother Yan Liang, how is the battle going? Can we hold on until the reinforcements arrive?"
Wang Guojun always went to wherever the land was divided. But this time when Zhu Jun attacked Wei County, Wang Guojun was leading the cadres of the Tengjia Army in Wei County to preside over the matters of field distribution. When the Han army attacked, he Immediately ordered the county magistrates in various places to build walls and clear the fields, so that the people could hide in the county towns to avoid the Han army's attack!
Wang Guojun personally sat in Yecheng to guard against the Han army's attack. By chance, he heard that Yan Liang and Wen Chou were both brave and talented generals, and they happened to be in Wei County, so Wang Guojun invited them. He sat in Yecheng and led a large army to defend against the Han army!
These three days also allowed Wang Guojun to see the bravery of Yan Liang and Wen Chou. After several days of fighting, hundreds of Han troops died in the hands of the two men, which means that the victory of the two of them was close to 20% of the entire Yecheng victory. , they were indeed brave and invincible. In the memory of the Imperial Army, only Qu Shuai was better than the two of them in martial arts! Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Yan Liang were so powerful that the Imperial Army gave them the task of defending the city!
Yan Liang thought for a while and said: "Although the Han army's attack looks fierce, in fact they have no determination to conquer Yecheng!"
Then Yan Liang explained: "In the past three days, the Han army attacked Yecheng seemingly regardless of casualties, and the Han army soldiers also attacked very tenaciously. However, they organized a commando with only a few hundred people each time, and they fought for three days but only suffered a thousand casualties. Left and right, compared with the Han army of 20,000, these casualties are not huge at all! I am afraid that this Han army was forced by the imperial court to support Jizhou. They are also pretending and will retreat in a few days. This kind of thing is not common in the Han Dynasty. It’s so common!”
Wang Guojun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good!"
Then he went down to the city wall and started handling the affairs of Yecheng!
In a war, not only the front is important, but the rear is also important!
Although the Wang Guojun handed over the command to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, he and the cadres of the Tengjia Army were still in charge of the logistics affairs!
Only 3,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers were able to defend Yecheng. It was also because of the Wang Guojun that they organized the people in the city. The young and strong went up the city wall to resist the Han army's attack. Women, children and the elderly were divided into several teams of logistics personnel, who were responsible for taking care of them. Wounded soldiers, transporting weapons and armor, as well as defensive stones, sleepers and other supplies! It can be said that there are far more things to do in logistics than on the battlefield!
Zhu Jun of the Han army camp summoned the generals of Army Sima and above to come to the big tent!
Then he spoke to everyone: "The leader of the Tengjia Army, Zhang Baiqi, led 20,000 infantrymen from Handan to Yecheng. What we have to do now is to annihilate this army!"
Zhang Liao worriedly said: "General, what do you mean, we must continue to go deep into Jizhou!"
Other generals were also worried. Before they came to Jizhou, they thought that Jizhou County could resist for a few months. However, when they arrived in Jizhou, they found that except for a few scattered cities, Jizhou had been completely occupied by the Tengjia Army. , Under such circumstances, most generals believe that supporting Jizhou is meaningless. They should protect Yanzhou on the south bank of the Yellow River from being captured by the Tengjia Army, instead of coming to Jizhou to die like they do now!
Zhu Jun said: "This is our best opportunity. Now the main force of the Tengjia Army is scattered. If we annihilate a few elite units of the Tengjia Army in Jizhou, the Tengjia Army must talk more if they want to regain their strength. In this way, attack will be the main force." Guard, the Tengjia Army will not peek into the Central Plains so quickly! Therefore, the more Tengjia Army we annihilate in Jizhou, the safer Yanzhou will be!"
Hu Zhen said coldly: "Our soldiers marched thousands of miles in a hurry. The soldiers are very tired. We also lost thousands of people under Ye City. We can't fight anymore. Moreover, the Tengjia Army has hundreds of thousands of people. We can annihilate these soldiers." Twenty thousand people cannot harm the foundation of the Tengjia Army at all, but will easily lose the imperial court’s few cavalry!”
The reason why the Tengjia Army was able to conquer the entire Jizhou with lightning and thunder this time was because the Tengjia Army had 100,000 cavalry and had an advantage in field battles. The entire Jizhou County army of more than 200,000 people could only be divided into several large cities by the Tengjia Army. Among them, those who failed to join forces were defeated one by one by Thunder Lord!"
"General, have you ever thought about it. You have consumed all the only cavalry of the Han Dynasty in Jizhou. When the Tengjia Army attacks the Central Plains, what will the imperial court do to resist the Tengjia Army's cavalry? I am afraid that the Jizhou Army will be in a miserable state by then. The tragic situation of the Yanzhou Army in the future!"
"Yes, General! The three major horse-producing areas of the Han Dynasty are not in the hands of the imperial court. Our cavalry has been lost and can hardly be replenished. And to deal with the Tengjia Army that occupies the entire desert, we cannot grasp the initiative on the battlefield without cavalry. How can we fight against the Tengjia Army! The cavalry in the hands of the general is more important than Jizhou now!"
Seeing that the general was so afraid of fighting the Tengjia Army, Zhu Jun decided to fight the Tengjia Army once. If he had this idea of retreating without a fight in the future, he was afraid that the Central Plains would be captured by the Tengjia Army next year. !
So Zhu Jun said angrily: "Wei County is only a hundred miles away from Hanoi County. We can return to the territory of the Han Dynasty in one day. Just like this, you are still afraid of being surrounded by the Tengjia Army. You are so cowardly, how can you win against Tengjia Army in the future?" Army A!"
"We ambushed Zhang Baiqi to support the Tengjia Army in Yecheng south of Fushui. Fushui is less than two hundred miles away from Hanoi County. The cavalry can return to the Han Dynasty in a day's gallop. You don't have to worry about us being attacked by Tengjia. The army is surrounded!"
Everyone looked at the map of Jizhou and found that Fushui was only 50 miles away from Yecheng. It was indeed not too deep into Jizhou, so they all agreed to the ambush plan!
The next day, when Yan Liang and the others were waiting for the Han army to attack, they found that it was already noon, but the Han army still did not show up. This made Yan Liang very strange. When he sent out exploration horses, he found out that the Han army had retreated, leaving behind There is only an empty city!
After Yan Liang and others saw the Han army retreating, they didn't think much about it. They thought that the Han army would not retreat until other reinforcements from the Tengjia Army arrived!
At this time, Zhu Jun was riding his horse and said loudly: "Order the troops to speed up their march and reach Keshui as soon as possible, the better!"
When the Han cavalry heard Zhu Jun's order, they could only speed up their march! After they arrived at the south bank of Fu River, Zhu Jun began to let the troops repair, and at the same time ordered Zhao Yun to lead the detective horses to find out the news about Zhang Bai's cavalry!
Half a day later, Zhao Yun brought news: "General, Zhang Baiqi's army is almost at Keshui. They are about thirty miles away from us, and they still have one day's march!"
Zhu Jun asked: "Has Zhang Baiqi discovered you?"
Zhao Yun said helplessly: "The entire people in Jizhou are the spies of the Tengjia Army. We just ambushed two groups of Tengjia Army's scouting horses, but hundreds of their cavalry almost surrounded us. They obviously already know our whereabouts! The ambush plan I’m afraid it will be difficult to proceed!”
Zhu Jun thought for a while and said: "We ambush them at night and order everyone to bury pots and make rice now. After dark, we continue to go north and find the Tengjia Army's camp. Then we attack the Tengjia Army's camp at night and annihilate this Tengjia Army." army!"
At the same time, in the countryside of Liangqi County, the Tengjia Army camp!
Zhang Baiqi also learned from the local people that the Han cavalry was heading north. He immediately realized that this Han army seemed to be attacking him! This made Zhang Baiqi slow down his marching speed and even set up camp in advance. For Zhang Baiqi, As long as this Han army does not leave Jizhou's territory, they will definitely die. Now that even Lunu City has been captured, Jizhou's 100,000 cavalry can quickly support them, and then the Han army's cavalry will be dead! So Zhang Bai The cavalry sent a message to Wang Yong, asking him to send the cavalry of the Tengjia Army to support Yecheng!
In the middle of the night, Zhu Jun led the Han army to slowly approach the camp of the Tengjia Army. Because it was close to dawn, it can be said that the defense of the Tengjia Army was the most relaxed at this time. Zhu Jun and the others could see the camp clearly, and the guards of the Tengjia Army had not yet discovered the Han army. arrival!
Zhu Jun mounted his horse, drew his long sword, pointed at the Tengjia Army's camp and said: "Soldiers, follow me and kill!"
Other warriors also mounted their horses, drew their sabers, pointed at the Tengjia Army's camp, and followed Zhu Jun to charge!
At this time, the soldiers of the Tengjia Army began to hear the roar of war horses, and the sound became clearer and clearer.
The soldiers on guard immediately became alert. They fell to the ground. There was a clear gap. The roar from the ground became louder and louder, and the ground even began to shake!
"Enemy attack!" the guarding soldiers shouted loudly, the sound spread throughout the camp, and the soldiers of the Tengjia Army became alert!
Zhang Baiqi also woke up immediately and ran out of the camp. At this time, the sound of the Han army's cavalry was like thunder. Zhang Baiqi knew this sound very well. It was the sound of cavalry galloping. From this sound, he could estimate that there were nearly two dozen soldiers. Thousands of cavalrymen are attacking his camp!
Zhang Baiqi shouted loudly: "Beat the drums and prepare to meet the enemy!"
At this time, the Han cavalry in the darkness rushed towards the Tengjia Army's camp like a rolling torrent and stormy waves!
With a serious look on his face, Zhu Jun held a gun with both hands and pushed away the horses in front of the camp, then called out, "Soldiers, follow me and kill!"
Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others also used their finger spears to push away the horses blocking them, and then led their soldiers into the Tengjia Army's camp!
The soldiers of the Han army were all inspired by the bravery of their generals. Their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed towards the camp of the Tengjia army! The shouts of killing from the Han army were earth-shattering and shook the sky.