When Zhang Xiong's bloody head was brought in, many people couldn't believe that this was true. Zhang Xiong was a staff general, which was a third-level senior military rank, a senior general in the army second only to the chief soldier and deputy chief soldier. He actually said a few words.
He was cut off as soon as he said it would be cut.
Even though Zhang Xiong has an average character, he is usually very harsh on his subordinates and has done many outrageous things. But such a senior general was beheaded by Zhang Yanling just because he said a few words, which brought a lot of trouble to everyone in the hall.
A huge shock.
Of course, Zhang Yanling didn't want to do this, but in the past few days, he had discovered that Zhang Xiong's Dushi City frontier army was extremely disorganized and did not look like a soldier. The same was true for the several thousand households under his leadership. Today's battle
During the war, there were even people who disobeyed Zhang Yin's orders during the war, which made Zhang Yin extremely angry.
When Zhang Yin reported these things to Zhang Yanling, Zhang Yanling wanted to have a good talk with Zhang Xiong and let him understand the situation at hand. The soldiers and horses in Dushi City were Zhang Xiong's soldiers after all, and they did not obey orders.
I'm afraid it has something to do with Zhang Xiong. Because
Because yesterday when the emperor appointed him to be solely responsible for military affairs, Zhang Yanling got wind of it. Zhang Xiong complained privately to his soldiers, saying that he was the chief general here, so why should he let someone who had never led an army lead the army?
He was very unhappy.
Yesterday, when the whole army was preparing to fight and everyone was busy, Zhang Xiong ran home and fell asleep. When the battle in the north of the city started this morning, as the guard assigned by Zhang Yanling to defend the east city gate, he actually still
He came to see the emperor and Liu Jin. He also brought two commoner women to present to the emperor.
This kind of behavior finally angered Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling gave up the idea of persuading him. I am afraid that this kind of person cannot be persuaded. Even if he is obedient in person, he will never obey orders in private. Perhaps the fastest way to purge the frontier troops in Dushi City is
The most effective way is to wake them up completely and understand the serious consequences of disobeying military orders at this time.
In view of this, when Zhang Xiong once again questioned Zhang Yanling's order and challenged Zhang Yanling's authority, Zhang Yanling took decisive measures, even telling Liu Jin's embarrassing story to shut him up.
It’s not that Zhang Yanling didn’t know that doing so would bring about sequelae. Liu Jin would definitely be hostile to him, and even Zhu Houzhao would feel that he was too arrogant. Some of the generals in Dushi City may also be hostile to him. However, all of this is nothing compared to what is happening before him.
The war is important. We must ensure that everyone abides by the military orders to the letter. We must ensure that the less than 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city can truly exert their combat effectiveness. We must ensure that every order can be executed. Otherwise, this lonely city will
It is a burial place.
As for other impacts brought about by this, that's a story for another day. Survive first, and then think about the future. If you can't survive, what's the story?
Zhang Xiong's head was placed in front of them, and the expressions of all the generals said it all. No matter what they thought in their hearts, at least they understood one thing. That was to obey Zhang Yanling's orders to the letter. That Zhang Yanling's commander
If you cut all the adults with a knife, let alone people like yourself?
"Hang Zhang Xiong's head on the flagpole to give orders to the entire army as a warning. Anyone who disobeys military orders, shakes the morale of the army, or is timid in the face of the enemy will suffer such an end." Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
Chen Shi bowed and agreed, then carried the head and went out.
Zhu Houzhao's expression was very complicated. He really felt that Zhang Yanling had gone too far and acted too harshly. But at this time, he couldn't blame Zhang Yanling. He just felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
So when Zhang Yanling started to discuss other issues, he left in the name of not disturbing everyone's discussion of military affairs. Liu Jin and others quickly followed him. When he saw the bloody human head, Liu Jin was greatly stimulated and felt inexplicable.
Threatening, he decided not to have any dispute with Zhang Yanling before returning to the capital. Of course, the premise was that he could return alive.
Zhang Yanling had no time to appease Zhu Houzhao's emotions. He had to solve many problems.
The problem of lack of supplies for defending the city is due to insufficient war preparations on weekdays. At this time, it is impossible to go out of the city to collect, and can only be solved in the city. The only solution is to demolish the houses in the city as a supplement. Fortunately, most of the houses in the city are made of stone.
You can kill enemies when you come down.
There are not enough bows and arrows in the warehouse. Originally, a fortress like Dushi City would have at least hundreds of thousands of arrows stored in reserve. But in fact, there are only 30,000 arrows in the warehouse in Dushi City. However, the entry and exit records of the warehouse
However, it is clearly stated that the General Military Office of Xuanfu Town only allocated 150,000 arrows for storage in mid-April. The total number of arrows received is only 20,000. The ledger shows that 100,000 arrows have been stored in the storage.
No trace at all.
The people who called the warehouse manager inquired and learned that the generals personally came to fill out the reports for the consumption of armor and weapons when they were put into the warehouse, and they were not allowed to check the quantities and items at all. So they didn't know what was going on.
Zhang Yanling understood immediately upon hearing this that this must be Zhang Xiong's fault. A large number of weapons, equipment, arrows and other military supplies were not actually stored in the warehouse, or they colluded with officials in Xuanfu Town to cash in and pocket them.
I just took it and resold it privately.
This gave Zhang Yanling a sufficient reason to kill Zhang Xiong. Zhang Yanling quickly reported the matter to Zhu Houzhao. After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was extremely angry and repeatedly said that Zhang Xiong deserved to die for daring to do such nonsense. He praised Zhang Yanling for getting rid of a moth in the court.
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Liu Jin was even more frightened when he listened. As soon as Zhang Yanling left, Liu Jin quickly ordered someone to bring a box of silver and fur coats given to him by Zhang Xiong to apologize to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao knew that Liu Jin was greedy for money, so he gave up after a few scoldings.
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The shortage of bows and arrows is difficult to solve at the moment, so they can only be used sparingly. The defenders of the north and south city walls formed archery teams. Only the archery teams can be equipped with bows and arrows. This is of course to avoid wasting arrows. At the same time, Zhang Yin thought of a way and prepared
Put some scarecrows in
On the top of the city, there is a way to borrow arrows from straw boats. Most of the Tatar arrows are flint arrowheads, which are basically useless when they fall on the ground or on the city wall. But they can still be used if they are shot on straw. Although this method
You may not be able to collect many arrows, but it is always better than nothing.
The meeting was busy until dark, and the meeting ended. Everyone had a hasty meal, and someone came to the north wall to report that the Tatars had made another move, and seemed to be preparing to attack the city overnight. Zhang Yanling and Zhang Yin hurried to the north wall.
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Standing on the city wall and looking down, the Tatar camp is brightly lit, and the valley illuminated by the light of the bonfire is bright. You can see with the naked eye a large number of Tatars transporting wood from the forest on the hillside. And in front of the Tatar camp is a
In the open space, at least a thousand people were busy cutting and assembling the wood. I don't know what they were doing.
"The Tatars are building siege equipment. Damn it, we're in trouble now. I'm afraid we have to build temporary siege vehicles and sky-climbing vehicles. The Tatars know how to build these things." Zhang Yin frowned and murmured.
Zhang Yanling also frowned. He built temporary siege equipment to attack the city. This was because Batu Munch gave the defenders of Dushi City enough respect. But this respect was something Zhang Yanling never wanted.