In early June, four or five days had passed since the gang's big decision. In the morning, at the junction of Jiyin County and Dongping County, a medium-sized army stretching for more than a mile was taking advantage of the lack of sunshine.
As they hurried along the water flowing from Heze, the heavy dew mist and sweat made all the marchers a little irritable.
As a time traveler, Zhang Xing certainly has not lost the traditional advantages of a time traveler. At the very least, he can always share the joys and sorrows. He personally carried a huge Zhangqiu iron pot, hung it with a vinegar cloth bag and a
He piled up wooden spoons and marched on foot with the crowd. The yellow gelding behind him also carried four or five pairs of armor and hung two bags of salt.
However, the cultivation level is here, and the so-called suffering is just like this. The most suffering is a yellow gelding.
By morning, all the dew and mist had quickly dissipated, and there were no clouds overhead. After an argument, the Hebei First Battalion led by Jia Yue, who was accompanying Zhang Xing, gave up resting and gritted his teeth and marched another seven or eight miles.
Then we arrived at our destination, Jinxiang County, before noon, and entered a camp next to the woods to rest.
Jinxiang is the southeastern county of Jiyin County. Further along the He River, it is Fangyu County, the most westerly of Pengcheng County and the northwestmost of the three counties in Xuzhou. Fangyu County, as well as Fengxian County and Peixian County behind it,
, Xiao County is the scheduled battlefield.
"How about White Bear?"
Of course Zhang Xing didn't sweat, but he first came to care about the surrounding warriors. "Can you adapt to the climate here?"
"Reporting to the Chief... I am indeed a little ignorant." Bai Peixiong, sweating profusely, sat on the ground and just wilted to answer. "It was too stuffy in the morning and too hot now, but it's because I'm not good at cultivation. It's really here.
Ningdan, where did all these things come from?"
"I'm afraid it has nothing to do with spiritual practice. It's just a lack of experience." Jia Yue, who walked over from the side, said a few more words to the fellow villager. "As long as you have some experience in the wild, you should know that you need to save energy.
Just use it. It’s just damp and stuffy in the morning, so you can’t help but use your zhenqi. When it gets really hot, there won’t be much zhenqi available..."
Bai Peixiong wanted to speak but stopped.
Da Hong, who was standing next to him, laughed: "Jia Yingtou doesn't know that his job in Beidi is to lead people in Thudao Ridge, and he prides himself on being the best in the wild!"
Jia Yue was immediately speechless.
Thudao Ridge, also called Luandaoling, is said to be another clear evidence of the change of geography by master practitioners outside of Hongshan, Hanshui and Baidi City. It is also an important evidence that some people believe that the ancestor emperor finally became a dragon and left.
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In other words, on that day, the Ancestral Emperor marched eastwards and rushed all the way. When he came to the Central Plains, he encountered the Dongchu Kingdom and the pair of dragons and phoenixes who had reintegrated the remnants of the demon clan.
, the south also tried to enter from Huainan, but was still unable to capture Dongchu, which had the support of two supremes and the control of a pair of peerless prides. In the end, both sides suffered from tuberculosis and seven injuries, and each was exhausted mentally and physically. The emperor himself also chose to return to Hebei with his army.
Temporarily cultivate and confront it.
During this period, a landmark thing happened. Qian Yi triggered a major rebellion in Beihuang through diplomacy and bribery. Emperor Zu immediately led his army north to quell the rebellion. Although he suppressed it quickly, he returned to the north of Yanshan Mountain.
But he suddenly fell ill. At that time, he knew that his trip to the north had given Dongchu a chance to breathe. However, he had been fighting for more than ten years, his horse could not unsaddle, and he was already exhausted mentally and physically, but he had missed the last chance.
Chances are, it will be difficult to achieve hegemony in this life and repeat the path of the four emperors.
In grief and anger, he threw a knife at Yanshan Mountain, dividing the north and the south.
Of course, according to the description, the mountainous area in the northern part of Yanshan and deep into the northern border is not so much a knife thrown by someone, but more like it was cut by a madman more than ten times, so that the cliffs and deep ditches are as crisscrossed as knives.
This is why Thudao Ridge is also called Luandaoling. Because of this, professional guides are often needed to access the place.
Then turning back to the present, a person like Bai Peixiong who doesn't even know how to save his energy is actually the wild guide of Luandaoling. It's no wonder that Jia Yue was choked to death.
In desperation, Jia Yue could only turn to Zhang Xing: "Chief Long... Chief, several leaders are waiting for you in front, and Mr. Li is also here."
Zhang Xing nodded, put down the iron pot and wooden spoon, took off the armor from the yellow gelding, then led the horse and followed him forward.
After walking a few hundred steps, a large group of people came to meet me.
Before they could exchange greetings, the leader Li Shu sighed from afar: "Chief Zhang, it's fortunate that we are marching from here. Most of the march is in our hinterland. If we really walked a long mountain road, we would not say that we were ambushed, but just raided, or that we were waiting for work."
, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated..."
"The situation is indeed too bad. Our estimate of the situation is still insufficient." Zhang Xing nodded, not feeling that the other party was exaggerating or saying anything depressing.
In fact, as long as you look around at the head of Jia Yue's camp, you will know that Zhang Xing and Li Shu are not talking nonsense.
You must know that Jia Yue is the big leader, and he is currently the only big leader among the battalions directly under Zhang Xing. Therefore, his battalion head is definitely at the forefront among many troops in terms of troop resources, combat experience, and equipment priority.
A group, in other words, this battalion is one of the most elite battalion leaders in the gang.
But even this battalion, after many days of marching in the hot summer, even if it was marching within the core control area, even if it tried to set off as early as possible and as late as possible to avoid the scorching sun, it still lost the basic marching order. As soon as it stopped, it was clear that in front of it was
The troops were paralyzed in the woods next to the camp, and the entire camp was lying down, completely losing their mobility.
Not to mention, Zhang Xing followed this army from Heze and marched together for two days. He knew very well that the infantry battalion of 2,500 people came from Hebei, but only less than 2,000 people gathered when they crossed the river.
, and then during the next four or five days of marching, hundreds of troops were left behind due to the heat. By this time, the actual number of troops arriving was only more than a thousand.
how to say?
Although Zhang Xing did not forget to tell jokes to the people around him when he was marching, and even just now he did not forget to care about and tease his subordinates, but in fact, he had already begun to panic... This panic was not fear of the enemy, but
It is the fear of the weather and doubts about the true combat effectiveness of his own troops.
War is a thing with too many uncontrollable variables.
Plague, water and fire, people's hearts, equipment, and there is always an opponent in front. You never know which variable among each other suddenly exceeds the critical value, leading to an all-round collapse.
If strength on paper really determined everything, Dongyi should have surrendered to the Wei Dynasty long ago, let alone the common people who rebelled and caused the whole territory to lose control.
What's more, even in terms of paper strength, Zhang Xing also knew to some extent that the gang's troops could not be called the best soldiers in the world, especially this time, in order to facilitate the war, a large number of troops who had not experienced the war and reorganization in Hebei were mobilized.
troops. On the other side, although the Wei Dynasty has been pulled back, those extremely aggressive warriors from the Eastern Capital may not be unable to play their role in the war.
If you are struck by a sword, you will not die just because you are a rebel. He will die if he is a collaborator.
"How do you say the most important anti-heat medicine?" These thoughts flashed through Zhang Xing's mind, and he kept asking questions.
"I've prepared as much as I can, but I still can't estimate it right now..." The answer came from Bing Yuanzheng, who had just become the prefect of Dongping. "However, if we can wait a little longer and purchase pickled plums from the folk, maybe we can still
Even better, according to the experience of the past two days, sour plum soup plus herbal tea is the best, and tea is sold in bulk. After this order, it has been purchased directly in various major markets and entry points. And sour plum soup
There are two types, one is green plums, which are in large quantities and available in stock, but difficult to store and suffer too much loss during transportation; the other is pickled prunes, which are few and scattered among the people, but are convenient for transporting supplies with the army."
Everyone was stunned for a while, then Wu Jingfeng hugged his arms and sneered: "Who would have thought that pickled prunes would be military supplies, and the most important military supplies?"
"Let's make a note of it today. From now on, the army will have to purchase rations." Zhang Xing answered casually. "If you don't have tea and sour plums, you must boil water and add some salt to it."
"Yes." Bing Yuanzheng agreed immediately.
"How long does it take to harvest the sour plums?" Zhai Qian asked in a loud voice.
"You still have to wait another four or five days to see the effect..." Bing Yuanzheng replied seriously.
"Tea must be paid at par." Zhang Xing has another focus, and it is always slightly deviated from the others. "Don't ruin your reputation."
"Of course it is." Li Shu added from the side. "We still expect these people to continue to transport goods to us."
"Do you want the entire army to rest here for a while? Or simply stay here?" At this moment, Fang Yanlang, the prefect of this county, wiped his sweat and suddenly made a suggestion. "If the army gathers at the border, it can also force
Is Sima Zheng moving his troops to confront him?"
"What if he doesn't move?" Xu Shiying, who had only lowered his head to exude a faint vitality of immortality without speaking from the beginning, suddenly raised his head and asked.
"If the troops don't leave their own territory, they will consume much less food." Fang Yanlang explained seriously. Obviously, he thought that the other party was worried about the most serious problem of food consumption.
"What if he doesn't move?" Xu Shiying looked indifferent and asked again.
Fang Yanlang was obviously confused.
"Indeed." Zhang Xing had already reacted. "What if he doesn't move? So we still have to continue marching, and we can't stop or show hesitation. We can go slowly, but we must step into Pengcheng resolutely and approach.
Only in Xuzhou can we truly force the other party to return support and achieve our goal."
Everyone reacted when they heard this, so no one objected, but almost everyone looked up at the sun above their heads.
"How many soldiers are on the front line now?" Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, but he still made a decision in his mind and came to ask. "Not only here, but also in Shanxian County on the Bian River in the west."
"Sixteen camps." Li Shu blurted out.
"I'm talking about the number of soldiers and horses." Zhang Xing emphasized.
"It's really hard to say..." Li Shu reacted, but he was also a little confused. It was obvious that the attrition of the army was very chaotic.
"I don't know where Shan County is, but judging from the food consumption, there should be 16,700 soldiers in the 13 battalions here." Ordinary leader Xu Shiying gave the answer.
Zhang Xingmo did some calculations. Based on the current full strength of a battalion of 2,000 people, the troop occupancy rate actually dropped to almost 60%. However, he soon realized that he might have made a mistake in his calculations, so he asked again: "Arrived
How many cavalry battalions are there in sixteen battalions?”
According to the general strategy of helping Hebei's second army reorganization, a battalion of infantry has 2,000 soldiers. However, due to the limitations of horses and horses, the number of soldiers and horses in the cavalry battalion is very unstable. The number of light cavalry is 1,700, and the number of armored cavalry is 1,700.
Each battalion has 1,200 soldiers, and when it comes time to go to the battlefield, the auxiliary troops assigned to them often far exceed those of the infantry battalions.
"Only one." Xu Shiying answered with a slight eyebrow raise. "Shan Dalang crossed the river before his camp decision was made, and Shanfu County is his hometown, so he left early."
"How could this be so?" Zhang Xing was a little confused. "When I arrived in Heze, I heard them say that several cavalry battalions had crossed the river. I thought they would pass through the official road in the middle..."
"It's too hot, and the horses are so precious that they can't bear to part with them, so they walk even slower." At this time, Xu Shiying was basically the only one who answered. "But I estimate that the armored cavalry battalion that traveled to Fan last week will be able to arrive tonight, and the other battalions will also be able to arrive in two weeks."
Arrive within the day.”
"That's good." Zhang Xing was silent for a moment and made a decision. "Two days...two days at most, no matter how many battalions there are, as long as Shan County and here can gather 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, we will set off immediately.
...Then Li Gong stayed here and continued to expand the camp here, which was both a response and a transit. The follow-up troops were gathered together, and the supplies were gathered and sent to the front."
"That's all we have to do." Li Shu agreed simply.
This leader did not "obey the chief's order", but Zhang Xing didn't care, and the others didn't mean it either... Without him, the weather was too hot, and the army's condition was too bad.
In this way, Zhang Xing camped in Jinxiang that day, and for the next two days, he basically tried every means to help the soldiers resist the scorching heat, control hygiene, take turns bathing in the river, insist on boiling light salt water, and allowed the troops on duty to use leather armor instead.
The cavalry units had more free time to take care of their horses.
Under this situation, the morale of the troops recovered slightly, and there were no outbreaks of disease.
But it doesn't make everyone relax a little, because this is the core control area of the gang, and they have support for marching supplies, etc., and no one knows what problems will occur once they enter enemy territory and encounter battles. Especially because the weather is too hot
, the scouting has become extremely laborious, and it is impossible to penetrate deeply. We can only rely on a few condensation masters to conduct focused reconnaissance, which makes the situation of the enemy forces in the front blurred.
However, when the time came on the eighth day of June, as Bai Yousi and Fan Bao's Qingqi battalion arrived, Zhang Xing officially issued the military order to attack.
He personally led ten infantry battalions, one armored cavalry battalion, and two light cavalry battalions, totaling more than 18,000 people, and continued downstream from the He River. His accompanying generals included Bai Yousi, Wu Jingfeng, and Wu Chang
In, Niu Da, Jia Yue, Xu Shiying, Zhou Xingfan, Wang Xiongdan, Ding Shengying, Shang Huaien, Fan Bao, Liu Heifu, Xu Kaitong, Tang Bairen, Ma Wei, Jia Runshi.
At the same time, Shan Tonghai, as a partial division, led four infantry battalions and one armored cavalry battalion, about 6,000 men, starting from Shanfu County in the southwest and marching along the Bian River. His accompanying generals included Liang Jiading, Meng Zhi
Ghost, Chang negative, Huang Junhan.
Of course, this is just the first move. Most of the troops are not full. The follow-up troops will slowly follow up under the arrangements of Li Shu, Fang Yanlang, Bing Yuanzheng and others.
As for helping the rest of the people, they had their own arrangements. Chen Bin and Yan Qing were left behind in Jiyin City to take charge, while Xie Minghe went south to Huankou with Du Pozhen. Cui Suchen and Dou Lide were asked to return to Jiangling, Hebei.
, Wei Xuanding, and Xu Shiren even went to Lu County to organize another partial force in a truly strategic sense.
The exception was Xiong Bonan, who was still at Sikou Pass. His original intention was to be the last in the marching column, but he had to take on the task of gathering the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers who were taking turns to stay at home.
In short, the army was huge, but they still insisted on sending out troops in the hot summer.
After the troops entered enemy territory, it was hard to say where Shan Tonghai was, but Zhang Xing was very cautious. The whole army was divided into camps and marched along the front line in sections. There was no large marching array and they could only march twenty miles a day.
But even so, the red background flag with the word "deposed" still successfully arrived at Fangyu County two days later.
When he heard that the army had arrived, Fang and the two thousand remaining defenders in the city had already evacuated a day earlier. The county magistrate led his officials to open the city and surrender.
"Let me guess, it's Sima Zheng's military order? Do you want you to give up on your own initiative?" Zhang Xing looked at the county magistrate in front of him and asked seriously. "Aren't you going to be held responsible afterwards?"
"Yes." The county magistrate trembled and bowed his head in response. "General Sima has an order. If Zhang Longtou... Chief Zhang arrives in person, the defenders will withdraw early, and the local officials will open the city and surrender. There is no need to consider anything else."
Zhang Xing nodded, without comment, and just asked him to leave him alone, and then he started to stay in the lobby of the county government office.
The generals below looked at each other in confusion. In the end, Zhou Xingfan couldn't bear it anymore - he dreamed of fighting back to Xuzhou, and of course it would be best to fight back to Jiangdu - he stood up and handed over: "Chief! Third brother! Third brother is worried about Fang and the county.
Is Pei County too far ahead?"
"It's more than a hundred miles away." Zhang Xing simply admitted. "With the current heat, we have to walk for five days... What's even worse is that the logistics line has also been stretched for five days, and the water is much shallower because of the heat.
What if Sima Zheng suddenly crosses the river in the middle of Peixian County Jiancheng and cuts us off?"
"But do you want to not march for this reason? We obviously want to attack Xuzhou!" Zhou Xingfan came to persuade seriously.
Wu Jingfeng also turned around: "Chief, don't worry too much... Sanhui Zhigong never said that we feel hot and Sima Zheng doesn't. It's good that Fang and Pei County are separated by more than a hundred miles. We are marching on the road Difficulties are good, but what about Sima Zheng and his Xuzhou Army? If he wants to cross the He River to outflank the retreat, if he sets out from Peixian County, he will definitely not be able to evade our scouts. If he rushes back from the east, Teng County is far away from He River. The water is also seventy or eighty miles away, which is no shorter than our journey."
"That's not what you said." Zhang Xing shook his head. "After all, we are in enemy territory...and I never said not to march."
Everyone was surprised, but Zhang Xing looked at Xu Shiying.
The latter had no choice but to go out and ask: "Chief, what do you mean, we have to wait for news about the leader Shan Daxi Road? If he takes Feng County, we will have many depths behind us, even if Sima Zheng cuts off the He River, it will not matter?" "
Everyone was stunned.
As the saying goes, it was said that Cao Cao had arrived. At this moment, Jia Runshi suddenly entered and delivered a military report that was almost soaked in sweat.
Zhang Sanlang opened it and took a look, and actually said that the internal servants were ordered to leave Dang County and gather the flanks of Shan Tonghai. As a result, as soon as the troops arrived at Fengxian City, Fengxian City surrendered, and the defenders also withdrew a day earlier.
Zhang Xing held the letter with only a few lines of words and read it for a long time without moving. He couldn't understand the details. However, only Bai Yousi could see clearly by squinting behind his back. It was hard to say much.
However, after all, this kind of thing cannot be hidden and there is no need to hide it. Zhang Xing put away the military report, put it aside, and said calmly:
"Fengxian County has been taken, and there is no need to worry about the way back. Niuda and Shang Huai'en are stationed in this city, and the rest of the troops have returned to their base camp, preparing to continue their march to Peixian County tomorrow."
Everyone had different reactions, but most of them, including Wu Jingfeng, Zhou Xingfan and others, were overjoyed.
As soon as these people left, Bai Yousi got straight to the point: "What was Sanlang thinking just now? Are you worried that Sima Zheng is setting a trap for you? Why do I think your reaction is a little strange?"
"Of course not." Zhang Xing sighed. "He can't set a trap for me... One is that the Langya incident was started by us, which is a sudden chain reaction. The other is that I became the chief. In essence, I A personal decision made in a short period of time... Sima Zheng has no reason to predict this in advance and then set up a trap for me to exploit, unless King Xiongtian secretly surrenders him."
"That's impossible……"
"Of course it's impossible." Zhang Xingyi said. "I just realized that the evacuation here was so straightforward. The most likely reason is that he was rushing to get there just like me. He had no preparations and could only deal with it passively. , so he really had no choice but to give up frontline resistance."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Bai Yousi asked seriously. "But why are you still a little worried?"
"Because if this is the case, both sides in this battle should be very conservative, and then it will be a battle to see who can't hold on to the situation first and expose the flaws." Zhang Xing sighed in response. "And I originally thought that Sima Erlong and I The battle between them should be exciting."
Bai Yousi was unconvinced.
In early June, the army easily captured Fangyu County and Feng County, and then advanced to Pei County.
However, due to the long distance between Fangyu County and Peixian County and the hot weather, the troops inevitably moved slowly and conservatively.
On June 13th, in the evening, when the troops marched only more than 20 miles away from Peixian County and were preparing to set up camp, a light armored cavalry unit of about a thousand men suddenly appeared on the other side of the He River.
The flag with the word Sima was flying high, which aroused the vigilance of the entire army.
To be honest, this came faster than Zhang Xing expected.
After a moment, an obvious master of elixir condensation gently crossed the flood water during the dry season, and then loudly announced: "My great general Sima Zheng, please come to the front of the formation for a while with my old friend!"
"There are too many old friends, which one does he want to see?" Zhang Xing, who had already begun to personally help dig the camp, sat on the pit and responded with a slightly impatient response.
The Ningdan officer and general was obviously stunned and immediately turned back to the east bank.
After a moment, he crossed the river again and said, "Please Zhang Longtou to come out for a while! He will come across the river to meet you!"
"Let's meet together in the river!" Zhang Xing shouted back immediately. "I'll just take one person with me."
After saying that, he simply got up, found the yellow gelding, called Wu Jingfeng, and then went straight down the river from a ford. On the opposite side, a horse came out alone and came to the ford under the river, and it turned out to be Sima Zheng.
The three of them stationed their horses in the river where the water level was only up to the horses' thighs. Sima Zheng looked at Zhang Xing and then at Wu Jingfeng, speechless for a moment.
Wu Jingfeng seemed to want to open his mouth to speak, but in the end he just sighed.
Zhang Xing squinted his eyes, put up an arbor with his hands, and looked downstream of the He River. After looking for a long time, he turned back and said, "Sima Erlang, do you know that I just became the chief of the gang ten days ago?"
Sima Zheng smiled and said, "Gong..."
But after only saying one word, his expression suddenly changed.
"You made a mistake when you came up." Zhang Xing looked at the other party and responded sincerely. "You shouldn't have called me Zhang Longtou. Your secret was revealed as soon as you shouted. You just came back and you didn't even go to see the local magistrate of Pei County.
Are you in a hurry to stop us? It's too hot. It's just as difficult for me as you are, but my army will arrive first. You only have a thousand people, and Peixian County can't be saved..."
Sima Zheng remained silent for a moment, while Wu Jingfeng opened his mouth but didn't dare to interrupt.
After a while, the neatly dressed Sima Erlong finally spoke slowly: "Zhang Sanlang, I have never thought that I can beat you in strategy. It's just my duty to do my best in everything... Besides, this time
I came to see you because I really have something important to say."
"Okay, you say." In the sparkling water, Zhang Xing released his body-protecting Qi and let the warm river water flow through his legs, as if he didn't care.
"First of all, it was not me who started this war, but you who pushed the Langya clan too far, which caused dissatisfaction among the people in the county, and even your own helpers stayed behind..."
"Prefect, we have changed our name." Zhang Xing interrupted and corrected.
Sima's expression changed again, and then he continued slowly: "I am Xuzhou Fangzhen. Since he asked for help, I can't just sit idly by and ignore him."
"Then what?" Zhang Xing asked. "What do you want first?"
"If we return to Jiyin, the imperial court will not allow anyone to touch Xuzhou." Sima Zheng said seriously. "If we return now, I personally promise not to pursue any further investigation. Let's stop here. Otherwise, I may not be able to make the decision once Jiangdu's reinforcements arrive.
When the time comes, no one can stop just because they want."
Zhang Xing was silent for a moment.
On the surface, Sima Zheng's words seemed like he was getting an advantage and being good, but in fact it made sense, because for the gang, the biggest taboo at the moment was to fight a bad war and not get rest and development.
It is best for everyone if Xuzhou and the Gang maintain peace on their own.
However, Zhang Xing only remained silent for a moment, and without waiting for Wu Jingfeng to say anything, he took the initiative to report: "I can retreat, but I must return to Linyi and send back Li Wenbai's head."
"Are you kidding?" Sima Zheng said helplessly. "Li Wenbai has already gone to Jiangdu, and Linyi has also been sent officials by the court... As the general manager of the Xuzhou camp, how can I hand over a big city like Linyi to the rebels?"
people?"
"As the leader of the gang, how can I ignore the rebel generals? How can I allow the violent Wei to invade the territory of the rebels?" Zhang Xing replied slowly. "Do you think our gang is trying to rebel against the Wei court? Countless officials and generals have surrendered.
Qing Dynasty? This is the first rebellious gang leader. As for Jiangdu’s reinforcements, if they want to fight, then fight, the gang’s purpose is to wipe out the violent Wei!"
Things came to a standstill, and the three of them stood in the water for a moment. Wu Jingfeng almost thought that the matter was about to end.
"Well, let's not talk about this matter, but there is one more thing. I hope to make a gentleman's agreement with you." Sima Zheng said again. "Both armies should abide by military disciplines, do nothing wrong, and try not to loot, let alone massacre the city.
Regarding the matter of killing and surrender...what conditions do you have, just accept it?"
Chief Zhang immediately shook his head: "There are no conditions for this, I won't agree to it anyway."
Sima Zheng was stunned on the spot, even Wu Jingfeng was stunned.
But soon, Zhang Xing gave his answer:
"The reason couldn't be simpler. Our gang is the leader of the rebel army in the world and saves the people from fire and water. It is different from the violent Wei. So whether you, Sima Zheng, come to say it or not, or whether you start the war yourself and say it later, we will have nothing to do with it."
If they commit crimes, we will not plunder or massacre the city, and we also have our own disciplines. The surrendered troops must be killed according to their actions. On the other hand, if you act violently against the Wei officers and soldiers, it is only to accumulate virtue for yourself. If you can avoid committing any crimes,
We just draw one out of ten. If the looting is excessive, we will draw one out of two or three. If there are still killings and surrenders, we will draw one out... Where is your turn to come here and act like a master? Xuzhou is not yours, nor is it Sima's.
It belongs to the Cao family of the Wei Dynasty, not to mention the Cao family of the Wei Dynasty, but to the people of Xuzhou!"
Sima Zheng was stunned for a long time and could only respond: "That's good."
"Do you have anything else to say?" Zhang Xing asked back.
"Do you have anything else to say?" Sima Zheng also asked.
"Yes." Zhang Xing raised his voice and said, "It is unjust to attack the Wei Dynasty, and the righteousness does not lie there. Anyone who works as his minions will die unjustly."
After saying this, Zhang Xing reined in his horse and returned to the west bank.
Wu Jingfeng saved a few words before he came, but he swallowed them all now. He just kept silent and then turned back.
Sima Zheng looked at the other party behind his back and suddenly asked: "If this is the case, Zhang Sanlang, if it is according to what you said, I will fulfill my duties, protect the people and protect the environment, comfort the innocent, honor my parents, be loyal to the country, and work hard to live up to anyone.
Was it all in vain?"
"No." Zhang Xing turned around and answered. "Good things are always good, but if this does not delay you, you will not deserve to die if you do bad things... However, according to your thoughts, we think bad things are in your eyes."
Isn’t it good to say that? So, as far as we are concerned, someone should die without regrets, but for you, it is exactly the right thing to die without regrets.”
Sima Zheng suddenly felt lost.
Zhang Xing went ashore and looked back. He saw the horse still standing in the shoal, but he didn't pay any attention to it.
The next day, the Bang army arrived at the gate of Peixian County. The defenders and officials in the city had already retreated overnight, and the remaining few local officials came to the city to surrender.
The military supply line was indeed stretched.
But further ahead, there are Liu County and Xiao County, which belong to the gateway of Xuzhou, but they are unlikely to give up so simply.
In fact, on June 15th, Shan Tonghai failed to attack the city in Xiao County, and the gang's scouts also brought news that troops from the Xuzhou camp were gathering here in Xuzhou.
However, as the pickled plums were delivered to the front line, their own troops began to be replenished one after another.
Heavy troops from both sides gradually gathered in the triangle area of Bianshui and Heshui.
The military confrontation that the coaches of both sides hated most seemed to have inevitably occurred due to the heavy troops and the heat that was really unsuitable for a decisive battle.