Li Shushi was reorganizing his army and preparing to leave Yingtao and go south. The three brothers Liu, Pan and Zhang were recruiting troops and horses to help Liu Yan. Lu Zhi was also eyeing Zhang Jiao in Handan. But there was one person who seemed to have been completely forgotten by everyone.
"How long can we hold on? I heard that the reinforcements sent by the Jizhou governor have been wiped out, and the Jizhou governor himself was killed by the Yellow Turban Army in the battle. The Youzhou governor also died under our noses. Those who collapsed
The soldiers said that the governor of Guangyang County also died in the battle. Hey, are we really hopeless?"
A desperate voice sounded at the head of Lecheng County, Hejian Imperial Office. Immediately, this voice attracted countless voices of agreement.
Now is the intermission period for the opponent's siege. The troops and horses used by the opponent to attack the city have just retreated. The already somewhat damaged wall has been dyed dark brown. There are corpses of both the enemy and ourselves. No one has any extra strength.
Go deal with it, at least during the day.
Although in this world, as long as the HP is not empty, there will be no loss of arms or legs, but it will still hurt when a knife is cut on the body, and fragile things like the eyes may also go blind, not to mention that physical strength and energy are not digitized.
The rate of decline of things in high-intensity battles is still very impressive.
Those long-range attackers and civilian troops have gone to rest under the city wall. They are the key to holding the city. It's just whether it's the arrows of archers, the stone bullets of light artillery vehicles or the civilian troops.
Their mental strength is already in a relatively dangerous state. Because of this, many people have pessimistic thoughts.
Of course, if the whole city had lost hope, then the city would have changed hands long ago. The biggest contributor to its ability to persist until now is the hundreds of cavalry in the city. They often rush out at the most dangerous moments of the battle.
Inside the city, the enemy's counterattack was suppressed with lightning speed.
However, more than a month later, most of the cavalry team, which has expanded to nearly 2,000, is no longer the 500 warriors at the beginning of the war. The composition of this team is very complex. Except for the Prime Minister Hejian who originally had
Outside the army, Bo
Haijun, the governor of Jizhou, and the defeated soldiers who fled into the city from Guangyang County also joined them. After several battles, the defeated soldiers who were originally low in morale have now become proud soldiers. And those who survived from the beginning
, has now become the backbone of this strange army.
The person who has been promoted the fastest among such an army and is now the commander of this army is our old friend--Zhang He.
Since Zhang He learned the news that Taiping Road was about to rebel, he left Zhuoxian overnight and returned to his hometown in Muxian. Similar to what Li Shushi and others did in Zhaojiacun, Zhang He used his reputation to build the village he built in his hometown.
The scale of Xiangyong was expanded, and at the same time, Xiangyong was trained based on the military training methods learned from Gao Shun and his own experience over the years.
Although the winter wind was biting, with the full support of the village elders and Zhang He's example, the training was carried out smoothly. Most of these village warriors played a huge role in the defense of Mo County.
The county also became the only city in the Hejian Kingdom that had not fallen except for the administrative center, and became the frontline base for Youzhou soldiers and horses to reinforce Jizhou.
The folks in the county were prepared in advance because of Zhang He, so the losses were correspondingly much lower than in other places.
Zhang He was not satisfied with the results of this small fight. So he led the like-minded Xiang Yong to take advantage of the chaos and came to Chenggong. Hejian Guo Xiangliang, who was suffering from a lack of soldiers, readily accepted Zhang He's help and
He was placed in the cavalry unit and made a corps commander who could be in charge of five people. Although his position was not high, he was able to ride on the battlefield without being a horseless infantry.
In this way, Zhang He's reputation gradually spread in Jizhou, and coupled with his previous reputation, he became unparalleled for a while. His strange Seven Detective Coiled Snake Spear was even used by thousands of troops to take the general's head as if it were nothing.
, with his outstanding performance and the support of powerful people in the city, Lecheng City finally managed to survive.
"Captain Zhang, you are so awesome. If I could have 10% of your skills, I would be very good at it."
Now when he is resting, Zhang He can often hear similar praises, just like when he was in the limelight in Hejian Kingdom. However, after more than half a year of being with Li Shushi, Zhang He is no longer the frog in the well.
.
"Your ideals are really small enough." Zhang He smiled and carefully wiped his beloved gun while casually looking at the somewhat embarrassed recruit beside him. The other party was a cavalry who had just transferred to another profession. Although he was fighting
He is quite brave, but he is a new recruit after all, so he will always make some jokes.
"I know what I am capable of. I will never be able to match Colonel Zhang's skills in my lifetime. I think there are probably not many people in the entire Han Dynasty who are as powerful as Colonel Zhang who can be your opponent, right?"
.”
Whether they are new soldiers or veterans, the eyes that look at Zhang He now are full of admiration and awe, which have been accumulated through battles. Speaking of which, Zhang He now feels how experienced the veterans who are with Li Shushi are.
Precious, because those experiences helped him avoid one trap after another called death on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Zhang He shook his head: "Although I am quite confident in my current martial arts, there are some people whose strength is still beyond my reach. Compared with those people, my strength is really not worth mentioning, right?
…”
"Really? Could it be Yan Liang of Changshan Kingdom and Wen Chou of Zhongshan Kingdom? I heard that these two countries suffered a lot of losses because of these two fierce generals, but they also caused heavy losses to the Yellow Turban Army, so much so that they
Hearing the names of these two people, the Yellow Turban Army had no choice but to take a detour. They are really powerful."
Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan and Jiang Qi, these five people are the five most outstanding people in Jizhou's official army. Among them, Gao Lan and Jiang Qi are currently serving in Bohai County, although the reinforcements from Bohai County they led not only failed
They were able to successfully lift the siege, but they themselves encountered failure. However, with the joint efforts of the two of them, the Yellow Turban Army was unable to penetrate deep into Bohai County.
The other three were already well-known in Jizhou for their strong martial arts skills. Some good people secretly listed the rankings among the three people. Among them, Yan Liang ranked first, Wen Chou ranked second, and Zhang He ranked last. Wen Chou always respected Yan Liang's character.
Wushu skills, so there is no objection to this ranking, but Zhang He once criticized it, but at that time he spent more time training Xiang Yong.
Later, Zhang He traveled with Li Shushi to various places in Hebei and met many people with strong martial arts skills. Especially when Lu Bu Wan abused Wen Chou and Yan Liang, Zhang He discovered how small his vision was. So even now, all
People were complimenting him on his martial prowess, but he was able to deal with it calmly, which in turn won him more praise.
"Speaking of it, the time interval between the Yellow Turban Army's attacks seems to be much longer today. Is it possible that there are changes within the Yellow Turban Army? Or is there a new force that has appeared and hindered the energy of the Yellow Turban Army outside the city?"
Although Zhang He was talking to himself, the people around him could hear him because they were so close.
"We don't know. There has been no new news for several days." A middle-aged man who usually prides himself on being an "intelligence expert" replied helplessly in the face of the probing eyes of everyone.
"Dang, dang, dang..." A sharp copper bell rang, and everyone immediately ended their leisurely chat time, quickly picked up their weapons and ran to their horses, lined up, and were ready to fight at any time.
"The prefect has given orders that reinforcements from our army will appear outside the city. Captain Zhang, please be prepared. Although he is preparing to attack to receive our reinforcements."
"Zhang He takes the order." There was a hint of excitement in Zhang He's calm voice.
A lonely city cannot be defended for a long time. A city without reinforcements will have two fates: surrender or being captured. But now, reinforcements once again appear outside the city. Combined with Zhang He's previous questions, everyone has a feeling of clearing the clouds and seeing the blue sky.
sense of pleasure.
"Brothers, the Yellow Turban Army is just a group of common people with little fighting power. We were in such a predicament because we couldn't bear to kill our fellow citizens. Now, the reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived, and the time has come for everyone to follow me and make contributions. Everyone, forget the difficulties and fatigue.
, a better tomorrow is at our feet.”
"Oh... Captain Zhang is mighty." The crowd was excited for a moment. Although Zhang He deliberately distorted the reason for their defeat, who cares? On the contrary, wouldn't it be better if fewer people know the truth about such embarrassing things?
At this moment, Zhang He truly felt his bright future.
"Mr. Li Xue, please take a look at the majestic appearance that I, Zhang Junyi, have cultivated under your hands."
"Brothers, the door is open, come with me."
p.s. I forgot to update, sorry, sorry, I am extremely sorry to say...
