As for Yu Tao, he is a simple military commander with super-peak strength. However, the latter is not a reckless man, and he still has certain leadership abilities.
These two men were discovered by Sun Shuao during military training, and they were soldiers in the reinforcements sent by the imperial court.
When Sun Shu'ao left, he left them behind to assist General Yuan Hua in garrisoning Yangqu to guard against the Yellow Turban Army's surprise attack.
"Oh, this person is so recommended by my husband. He must be a great talent. I will go and see him personally." Yuan Shu said immediately, his eyes full of desire.
Now Yuan Shu has long been assimilated by the King of Chuzhuang. He is no less eager for talents than Wang Yu. When he heard Sun Shuao praising that man, he felt more and more that his ability was unusual, so he decided to go and see it in person.
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It has to be said that Yuan Shu's charm is still very high, and coupled with the blessing of the aura of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, he won Zheng Chong's favor after some in-depth exchanges.
Yuan Shu was no political novice. It could be seen from Zheng Chong's expression that he was already very excited, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and talked about future development and his views on the situation.
In just a few words, he took a talent like Zheng Chong under his command.
After taking Zheng Chong under his command, Yuan Shu showed his respect for him and directly gave him the official position of Assistant Army Sima, temporarily letting him command an army of three thousand troops and horses under Sun Shuao.
Not only that, Yuan Shu personally interceded and asked Sun Shuao to accept Zheng Chong as his disciple. It can be said that it was this move that made Zheng Chong's loyalty even higher.
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A night without words!
At dawn, the Yellow Turban Army outside Changshe City, after a simple breakfast, under the leadership of the gatekeepers, immediately launched an offensive against Changshe City.
The Yellow Turban Army still followed the attack pattern of surrounding three and missing one, attacking the north gate, east gate, and south gate of Changsha. Only the west gate maintained a short period of peace.
Faced with this attack pattern, Zhu Jun's defense of the west gate was slightly weaker, so he concentrated his troops on the east gate, south gate, and north gate.
Of course, in order to prevent other noises from appearing, Zhu Jun also changed the garrison at each gate at night. Otherwise, the west gate garrison would be idle all the time, which would easily cause the other garrison's psychological imbalance.
After last night's battle, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was greatly boosted. On the other hand, the Han Army was a little weak. After all, they lost 20,000 men overnight.
Nowadays, they have to directly face the Yellow Turban Army, which is several times larger than the Yellow Turban Army. Naturally, the Han army's energy is not that sufficient.
If they continue to defend like this, the Han army may not be able to hold on for a month or two, and Changshe City will be captured by the Yellow Turban Army. Zhu Jun has no choice but to send people to Luoyang, the capital, to ask for help from the imperial court.
If the entire Yuzhou battlefield has gradually collapsed, then the Yanzhou battlefield has always maintained a balance.
The land of Yanzhou has jurisdiction over the Three Kingdoms, five counties and 78 counties. However, with the continuous expansion of the Yellow Turban Army, only a few of them are actually in the hands of the Han Army.
A month ago, all of Taishan County fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army. Even the Dongping Kingdom where Liu Guang was stationed only had one city left, Wuyan.
As for the Yanzhou battlefield, due to Lu Zhi's cunning and cunning, even Gao Yingxiang himself was very resourceful and often plotted by him. In the end, he was blocked in the Fan County area, and there was a great danger of the entire army being destroyed.
However, the advantage of the Yellow Turban Army is that they have a large number of people, and the leading general is very good at fighting. Even if Lu Zhi can resist for a while with his resourcefulness, it will be difficult for him to resist for a lifetime.
Now, Gao Yingxiang is camped near Fan County. Even if he plans to fight the Han army, he will wait for his son-in-law Li Zicheng to capture Wuyan City, and then merge together to defeat the Han army led by Lu Zhi in one fell swoop.
After all, the two places are not far apart.
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Dongping Country, Wuyan County.
Facing Li Zicheng's large-scale invasion, Liu Guang actually did not want to defend the city. Instead, he wanted to set up three strongholds outside Wuyan City to serve as a barrier to Wuyan City and slowly consume Li Zicheng's troops.
However, the Dongping Kingdom has only five counties under its jurisdiction, and each county has only 10,000 to 20,000 people on average.
Therefore, even if Liu Guang recruited a large number of troops, he could not gather many people and naturally did not have the strength to spread out.
Therefore, Liu Guang could only choose to defend Wuyan City and wait for Lu Zhi's reinforcements.
"Brother Tianbiao, the distress letter was sent out safely." Liu Guang looked at a middle-aged man beside him and asked.
The middle-aged man looked to be around thirty-two or thirty-year-old, with a beard more than a foot long under his chin, which added a bit of extra temperament to him.
This middle-aged man is none other than Yun Tianbiao, the most powerful general of Xiri in Dongping Kingdom and one of the thirty-six generals of the Lei Department.
As with normal historical development, King Liu Duan of Dongping died of illness five years ago. The only difference is that after Liu Duan's death, he did not pass the title to his son Liu Kai, but directly to his brother Liu Guang, who was several decades younger.
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Liu Duan knew very well that the ability of his younger brother was far beyond what Liu Kai, a wealthy young man, could compare with. Moreover, there were Liangshan bandits and bandits near Dongping Kingdom who were eyeing him. If the title was handed over to Liu Kai, it would actually harm him.
Therefore, before Liu Duan died, he directly sent people to Luoyang, and the emperor gave the title to his younger brother Liu Guang as a witness, and he was appointed as King of Dongping, while his son Liu Kai was appointed as Marquis of Chongde.
All he needs is wealth.
The lineage of the Dongping Kingdom is derived from Liu Cang, the son of Emperor Guangwu. It can be said that he is a descendant of Emperor Guangwu with upright roots, far from a pheasant like Liu Bei.
It was precisely because Liu Guang took the position of King Dongping five years ago that he recruited troops without any scruples to fight against Guo Wei's Liangshan troops.
Although Liu Guang's army and Guo Wei's Liangshan army were basically defeated all the way, they could gain from it as long as they lived.
Liu Guang relied on Guo Wei's power to continuously train the defenders of Dongping Kingdom and attack nearby mountain strongholds. It can be said that in the past few years, except for the Liangshan forces, there have been no other mountain stronghold forces near Dongping Kingdom.
In the past five years, Liu Guang has trained an elite force that can fight in a hundred battles. It can be said that if it were not for the existence of this elite force, the current Dongping Kingdom would have been captured by Li Zicheng's army half a month ago.
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At this time, outside Wuyan City, inside the Yellow Turban Army's tent.
Li Zicheng is sitting high above the throne, and below him are his nephews Li Guo, Luo Rucai, Xu Bian, Ma Shouying, Ma Jinzhong, Hengtian Wang and other generals.
"Everyone, as long as we capture Wuyan City today, we can meet up with Gao Qushuai who is trapped in Baima. At that time, Lu Zhi's plan will be declared bankrupt." Li Zicheng looked at the generals present and said,
Sonorous and powerful.
"Please give me the order, Commander-in-Chief." All the generals bent down and cupped their hands.
"Today, I will personally go out to fight, commanding an army of fifty thousand. I will go to call the formation first to kill the majesty of the Han army." Li Zicheng said as he slapped the case.
After saying this, Li Zicheng asked Li Guo and others to take their men and horses, gather an army of 50,000, and go straight to Wuyan City. There was no words all the way, and the army soon arrived three miles outside Wuyan City.
Although the Yellow Turban Army had 50,000 troops, Li Zicheng himself was not a bad commander. In addition, after joining the Yellow Turbans, he studied the art of war for a period of time with Yun Ji, a descendant of an orthodox military strategist.
Gained a deeper understanding of the art of war.
During these days, he fought with Lu Zhi on the battlefield every day, gaining a deeper understanding of past knowledge and theories. Eventually, it was a matter of course, and he successfully entered the silver commander level.
Therefore, commanding the 50,000 Yellow Turban Army was like an arm's length drive for Li Zicheng now. Before Liu Guang had time, Li Zicheng had already set up his military formation while Li Zichen was still on his feet and decisively left the city to launch an attack.
At this moment, Li Zicheng was commanding an army of 50,000 men, glaring at the south gate of Wuyan City. Under his command were Li Guo, Li Zijing and other generals, who were standing quietly in the center of the battle formation.
As for the three Yellow Turban armies at the East Gate, West Gate, and North Gate, Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai, Li Wanqing and other generals commanded the ordinary Yellow Turban armies to surround the three city gates of Wuyan.
The reason why Li Zicheng arranged this was naturally because the Han army at the south gate was the largest, led by Liu Guang, King of Dongping himself. Of course, on the other hand, it was to prevent the ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers with low combat effectiveness from affecting the 50,000 soldiers he had personally trained.
The elite performance of the Yellow Turbans.
The large number of people is indeed an advantage for the Yellow Turban Army, because it means that it has countless sources of troops, but correspondingly, it will also cause the Yellow Turban Army's combat effectiveness to decrease.
Therefore, during these months of fighting, no matter how powerful Li Zicheng was, he would still be dragged down by these Yellow Turbans.
Therefore, Li Zicheng prepared to take the elite route and train an elite force to be used in fortified field battles when necessary, while the ordinary troops were used as cannon fodder.
In response to Li Zicheng's arrival, all the Han generals in the city felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. After arranging the defense of the other three gates, Liu Guang immediately led Yun Tianbiao, Zhu Wannian, Zhu Yongqing and other generals to the south gate wall.
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Outside Wuyan City.
When he saw the Han generals on the city, surrounded by Dongping King Liu Guang, Li Zicheng, escorted by Li Guo, Yuan Shizhong, Yuan Zongdi and other generals, slowly rode his horse forward until he was still more than 200 steps away from the city.
, then he took the initiative to stop.
"General Liu, my commander-in-chief Qu Su heard of the general's name and specially invited the general to come down for a talk. I wonder if the general would dare to come down and meet him?" A big man beside Li Zicheng immediately shouted loudly.
As soon as this man finished speaking, the Han generals on the city wall exploded on the spot.
"My lord, you must not do it. You are a rich man, how can you go down so easily? If Li Zicheng secretly harms you, Wuyan City will be in danger." Yun Tianbiao, as Liu Guang's father-in-law, immediately spoke first.
"Yes, Your Majesty, now the safety of Dongping Country depends on you, but you must not take risks easily." Zhu Wannian on the side also persuaded.
"This matter is no longer a question of whether father wants to go or not, but that he must go and meet with Li Zicheng." When all the generals in the city were trying to persuade Liu Guang not to take risks, there was a rather abrupt statement, but it was
rang in everyone's ears.
Liu Guang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and Chen Xizhen on the side seemed to have thought of something after hearing these words, and nodded immediately.
Liu Guang turned around and looked at the person who had just spoken. This person was none other than his daughter Liu Huiniang.
According to the description in the original work, her daughter Pingpingtingting was like a lotus emerging from the water, indescribably delicate and beautiful. Even Chen Liqing secretly said: "How can there be such a good woman in the world!"
In "Dang Kou Zhi", Liu Huiniang appears on the battlefield as an outstanding military commander, which is very rare in Chinese historical novels.
As a military commander, she is characterized by being good at manufacturing and using advanced weapons, combining them with flexible strategies and tactics, and taking the initiative in war.
The book describes her as being gifted with a keen eye, able to discern money at night, climbing mountains during the day, and identifying people within two to three hundred miles.
Since he was a child, his mind has been clever and he has been able to make utensils that no one can recognize.
All chiming clocks, wooden oxen and flowing horses are all commonplace in his hands.
All written history will never be forgotten after a passing glance.
When she was sixteen years old, an old nun wanted to make her his disciple, but her parents refused. Suddenly one day she disappeared, and they searched everywhere without a trace. The couple cried to death.
Half a year later, she suddenly came back and said that the old nun took her to an ancient cave in the mountains and taught her all the tactics and battle formations, Qimen Dunjia, Taiyi Liuren, etc. She learned them in half a year, and she became smarter and smarter from then on.
She is a 'female Zhuge'."
In the process of fighting against the government and conquering Liangshan, Liu Huiniang gave full play to her expertise in strategy, talent and equipment manufacturing.
The most eye-catching among them are the six black technologies used by Liu Huiniang during the siege of Liangshan: the "Defending Water Cage", a personal equipment for underwater survival, the "Steel Wheel Fire Cabinet", a combination of self-ringing bells and landmines, offensive and defensive
It has a combination of the heavy weapon "Flying Divine Thunder", the advanced trap "Kido", the underwater killer weapon "Underwater Rapid Cannon", the underwater troop transport "Sinking Snail Boat", etc.
And in this life, Liu Huiniang developed like the plot of the novel "Dang Kou Zhi". When she was sixteen years old, she was accepted as a disciple by a Taoist nun who wandered around the world. She taught her all the tactics of war, including Qi Men Dun Jia and Tai Yi Liu Ren.
The art of.
In just half a year, she learned it, so she went down the mountain to help her father. It is precisely because of Liu Huiniang's help that Dongping Kingdom can persist until now.
Liu Guang is still very clear about his daughter's abilities. Although he has roughly guessed the reason why Liu Huiniang said this, he still wants to ask more: "Daughter, what do you think?"
Seeing Liu Guang's expression, Liu Huiniang guessed that he already knew and still pretended to ask, probably just to let her show her face in front of everyone and show off her talents.
Therefore, Liu Huiniang said immediately and unhurriedly: "Nothing but morale."