"The enemy has been attacking fiercely for several days and is already exhausted. Now we can take advantage of the situation and advance and win with one blow."
Lu Zhi pointed to Zhang Liang's army, which was marked on the map and was besieging Handan City, and made the following remarks. At this time, Lu Zhi had led his army to Yecheng, the seat of Wei County, and summoned soldiers from Hanoi County and Wei County along the way.
, at this time Lu Zhi had more than 30,000 troops.
Because Liu Hong handed over most of the soldiers of the Northern Army to the general He Jin to defend the capital, the three lieutenants put their lack of experienced soldiers into the battlefield. So they originally planned to spend some time training the soldiers and getting familiar with them.
The battle formation ensures that when faced with a large number of Yellow Turban troops, they will not be frightened and lose the battle.
Just like the coalition forces of Jizhou Governor and Anping Prime Minister that Li Shushi faced, he easily collapsed mentally due to physical exhaustion, fear of unknown things and the threat of death falling from the sky, allowing Li Shushi to get a big advantage in vain.
Unfortunately, the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army was too strong. Anping Kingdom and Julu County in Jizhou fell. Zhongshan Kingdom and Changshan Kingdom were greatly harassed. Zhao Kingdom completely fell except for Handan, where it ruled. The most important thing is that Hejian Kingdom is in danger. You must know
, this Hejian Kingdom was a feudal state before Liu Hong ascended the throne. Although Liu Hong has inherited the throne, there are still the tombs of his father and ancestors here.
Wancheng in the south seemed to be in danger. Zhao Qian, the prefect of Runan, was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army. Yingchuan County was basically no longer owned by the Han Dynasty. A large number of nobles here had to flee with their families to other places.
As a result, everyone from Emperor Liu Hong to ordinary noble officials felt the powerful destructive power of the Yellow Turban Army, so Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi had to lead the troops that had not been trained for a long time to the battlefield to save the crisis. Fortunately,
Big this time
Everyone realized that the crisis was coming, so Liu Hong transferred a lot of Northern Army soldiers from He Jin to the two of them, and the food and salary were fully allocated. Another Zhonglang general, Huangfu Songze, left later, and
Transferred Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others to his command.
In this way, Lu Zhi arrived in Jizhou in early April, an area where the Yellow Turban Army's power was most rampant and where the mass base was strongest.
It has to be admitted that the Yellow Turban Army's siege ability is indeed very limited. There are only a few thousand defenders in a huge Handan City, and there are also many ordinary Taiping Dao believers who are ready to attack. However, the Yellow Turban Army still uses this
There is nothing the city can do.
Perhaps the most important thing to thank for this is that Guo Dian, the governor of Julu County who had disappeared before, and the letter of being let go by Li Shushi made Yan Zhong.
Guo Dian is an excellent strategist, and Yan Zhong is also a seasoned Taoist priest. Especially Guo Dian, as early as the beginning of Zhang Jiao's uprising, he organized people to send students from the four major shrines to the neighboring State of Zhao.
Some county soldiers were evacuated in an organized manner. They originally planned to leave some seeds to prepare for the Jizhou governor's counterattack, but unfortunately Wang Fen wasted his plan.
But it was Guo Dian's actions that allowed Handan City to have thousands of capable soldiers and more than a hundred well-equipped civilian "forts". This caused Zhang Liang, who was working hard to cast spells under the city, to lose his spells.
Due to his superiority, when facing the group of Taoist priests led by Yan Zhong, a veteran from a well-established major, his efforts alone were even more suppressed by the opponent.
Wei Jun in the south has also successfully used Zhang Liang's attention to the gap in Handan to pull out more than 10,000 volunteers from the local powerful and nobles. In addition, thousands of county soldiers and recruited
ordinary people
, Wei Commandery Governor Zhang Ze and Zhang Fuxiu also had more than 20,000 men. This made Zhang Liang, who was a little hesitant about attacking Handan, helplessly continue to work under the Handan City. Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang,
The leader arrives.
Lu Zhi did not put all of Zhang Ze's troops under his command, although Zhang Ze strongly hoped that Lu Zhi would bring more troops. For Lu Zhi, although his soldiers lacked training, they were transferred to different positions and
People with strong bodies are much stronger than those new recruits from Wei County who are composed of refugees.
Moreover, Lu Zhi also planned to launch a surprise attack on Zhang Liang. Under such circumstances, it would be better to follow the ancient adage that "it's better to have more elite soldiers than to use more troops".
In this way, Lu Zhi, a great scholar of the generation, commanded the army to launch a surprise attack on the Yellow Turban Army. Speaking of this, this approach was very similar to the style of the Liao Dynasty that defeated Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi.
And at this critical moment, Lu Zhi received another strong support - General Huwuwanzhonglang, who was ordered by Liu Hong to lead five thousand Karasuma cavalry and Karasuma archers who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty and went south to help out.
The addition of more than 5,000 powerful cavalry gave Lu Zhi more confidence to attack Zhang Liang.
With the reinforcement of this powerful cavalry, Lu Zhi immediately scattered them all on the battlefield to cut off the connection between the Yellow Turban Army's peripheral scouts and his own team. At the same time, Lu Zhi led his own troops in order to win the first battle.
To fight, the purpose of staying day and night is to ensure the secrecy of our own army and the surprise of the attack.
Furthermore, because he was worried about the good mass base of the Yellow Turban Army, Lu Zhi issued an order to bypass the counties and cities and choose remote roads. If he encountered anyone passing by on the marching route, as long as he was not a member of his own army, he would be killed. That's it.
, until Lu Zhi's army reached the vicinity of Handan County, Zhang Liang still found no trace of them.
Of course, Zhang Liang and the troops he led were thrown into the teacup by Lu Zhi.
It was a quiet night today. Both sides inside and outside Handan City were exhausted after a day of fighting. Although the Yellow Turban Army did lack siege means and long-range attack support, they still attacked the city walls and city walls with the encouragement of Zhang Liang, a religious leader.
The door launched a new round of attacks.
Moreover, due to continuous battles, Handan City's civilian troops are somewhat lacking in MP. Even if they are supported by mysterious water, their numbers are limited after all. The most terrible thing is that they cannot alleviate the effects of excessive spellcasting and tragic war scenes.
Mentally depressed, the role of the Chinese military units in these days of combat has plummeted.
It can be said that Handan City has reached the end of its siege.
Zhang Liang also saw this, so he ordered his soldiers to rest early and prepare for the next day's attack, striving to capture the undefeatable city in front of him within a few days.
At this time, under the cover of night, Zhang Liang's camp was silent except for the sound of a small number of sentinels moving on duty. In the distance, the eyes of groups of soldiers who were ready to go emitted an eye-catching green light, which was looking at them.
The sight of merit and wealth.
"Lord Lu, the soldiers are all ready and are waiting for your order." The sect member of the sect member, Huwu Wanzhonglang, who was full of rich hair, respectfully reported to Lu Zhi. For this well-known Confucian scholar, the sect member
The military commander is absolutely respected, not to mention that it seems that he is still an excellent military commander now, which makes the veteran Zong Yuan on the battlefield lament the strong motivation of the generation behind him.
"Wait a moment longer. Although the enemy's strength is limited, they are numerous. If they cannot be annihilated in one fell swoop, those fleeing bandits who fall into the civilian population will become rogue bandits who will bring disaster to the people. Jizhou has already suffered this disaster, and we cannot do more for the people of Jizhou.
What a disaster."
Despite this comment, Lu Zhi knew very well in his heart that the lives of the people in Jizhou would be in trouble. Just as Wang Fen and others thought before, the spring sowing in Jizhou had been completely destroyed, and in addition to the
The year is not very good, and various natural disasters have been superimposed, so the lives of the people have suffered a major impact.
Judging from what he saw along the way, if he is not careful, a new round of peasant uprising may be inevitable. How will the court face these inexhaustible rebels?
The reason for killing more people now is not so much to prevent the rebel soldiers from turning into bandits as Lu Zhi said, but rather to reduce the number of new forces for the people to rebel again. But how could Lu Zhi not blame himself for such a cruel idea?
Although the most commander-in-chief can make decisive decisions in killing, he is also helpless when it comes to the suffering of the people.
At this time, he thought about the rumor and the child from Zhuoxian County who defected to the Yellow Turbans, and his eyes revealed a confused look. However, this was obviously not a guarantee for the survival of Zhang Liang and his Yellow Turban Army. Lu Zhi was just slightly distracted.
After a while, he became firm again. Yes, doing so would indeed harm the peace of the world, but for the stability of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi, as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, must shoulder this responsibility.
"Members of the clan obey orders."
A firm shout came from the darkness.
"The general is here." The old general in armor is still as tall as a cypress.
"Attack, target the camp of the traitor Zhang Liang. No prisoners, no surrender required. In order to warn those who are ready to make a move, in this battle, we will follow Bai Qi's example."
"The last general takes orders." The clan members replied impassionedly. At this time, there was no need to hide their figures anymore, because their enemies would soon be completely swallowed up by the torrent of elite men.
p.s. Second update... I really don’t have any talent for organizing activities. It seems that no one is participating... 55555... I burst into tears...
