Facing the natural dangers of Dangchang City in Minzhou, Zhong Shidao came up with his own method.
During the day, the Song army was ordered to storm the strongest fortress in Danchang City, exhausting the defenders. That night, Zhongshi Daoli led seventy-six dead soldiers and quietly climbed up the mountain wall on the back of the fort.
Most of these dead soldiers were raised by the Zhong family. Most of them were strong border people recruited from Dangxiang and the Tibetan tribe near Hengshan. They were provided with good food and drink on weekdays and were strictly trained. Each one of them was loyal to the Zhong family.
Incredibly.
The other half are brave men recruited from the army who dare to die.
That night Zhong Shidao took these dead soldiers and climbed up the cliff behind Danchang Fort at the risk.
Zhang Yue and his staff watched as Master Zhong Daoshen and his seventy-six dead soldiers climbed up the cliff without fear of death, relying on ropes to pull them up. Under their feet was the rushing Qiang water. If anything happened,
Be careful and you will die if you fall.
Cai Jing exclaimed: "All I saw were sweaty hands and feet, but I never expected them to climb up."
Zhang Yue said to his left and right: "I don't know who can be more courageous in cultivating the way of a teacher."
When Zhang Yue said this, Wang Junwan looked a little unhappy.
Wang Junwan never expected that Zhong Shidao would dare to attack the dangerous Dangchang Fort in this way. At this moment, he was ashamed and admired, and remained silent beside Zhang Yue.
Zhong Shidao had already led the troops to the top of the mountain. At this moment, one of the dead soldiers accidentally fell from the mountainside. The people watching below all let out a cry of surprise.
But seeing this dead soldier desperately stretching out his left and right hands in the air to make a false grab, he finally fell into the Qiang water with a splash and was swept away by the waves. However, what is admirable is that in order to avoid alerting the defenders, this dead soldier
The soldier didn't utter a single exclamation from beginning to end, and just fell down the cliff silently.
In this way, the seventy-six dead soldiers became seventy-five.
Zhong Shidao immediately led the dead soldiers to attack Dangchang Fort from the back mountain. Suddenly, the sound of killing was heard, and the defenders also discovered them, and a fight began.
From time to time there would be a scream of despair coming from the fortress.
Zhang Yue paced back and forth under the city.
After a cup of tea, the city gate rope was cut with a steel knife, the suspension bridge fell with a bang, and the city gate of the fortress was half opened.
Everyone was overjoyed to see this scene and knew that the matter was done.
Then the Song army ambushing outside the city took the opportunity to rush in...
After dawn, when Zhang Yue arrived at the fort on the winding mountain road, he learned that the stubborn enemies in the city had been eliminated.
All the more than 500 soldiers were wiped out. Except for the hundreds who died in the stubborn resistance last night, the rest surrendered. In addition, there were 700 to 800 family members.
Zhang Yue saw that there were corpses everywhere in the stronghold, Zhong Shidao was also injured on the shoulder, and seventeen people had been injured or killed after the dead soldiers fought last night.
Zhang Yue met Master Zhong and said: "I thought Uncle Yi was only a good man in both civil and military affairs, but I never thought he was still a brave general!"
Zhong Shidao cupped his fists and said with a smile: "It makes the commander laugh."
Zhang Yue asked Master Zhong to heal his wounds, while he met the captured city lord.
When the city lord learned that Zhang Yue was a bachelor of Longtuge, he was immediately in awe.
The city lord's surname was Mu. The other party said to Zhang Yue: "Long Tu's men are really soldiers from heaven. They are like gods. I am convinced!"
Zhang Yue said: "You, the seven clans of the Mu family, surrendered first and then rebelled. Originally, I would not tolerate you. However, I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have the virtue of a good life and will not allow me to commit more killings. Therefore, you can be exempted from the death penalty this time."
"Thank you Long Tu, thank you Long Tu!"
Zhang Yue said: "I can spare your life, but you have to help me persuade the Sakon Fort to surrender. Can you do it?"
The other party said: "The lives of my family members are in the hands of the general. I will do my best. Besides, the general has these heavenly soldiers and generals under his command. Our people dare not resist."
Zhang Yue laughed loudly when he heard this, and immediately ordered his men to loosen his bonds, and then gave him meat and wine to calm his shock.
After the other party had eaten and drank enough, he left the city and went to a fort to lobby. The owner of this fort was his own brother. This man told the story of the Song Army's heavenly soldiers and generals. The Tibetan people were most in awe of ghosts and gods. Seeing the Song Army's behavior
He could climb up any cliff, so he felt that the other party was protected by the gods. This brother also immediately surrendered to the city.
With the leadership of these two people, more than ten fortresses in Dangchang City surrendered within one day.
Zhang Yue borrowed the power of Zongshi Dao to capture Wang Shao's Dangchang City in one day, which Wang Jun could not capture in a month. Zhang Yue moved all the people in the fortress out, and all the food and grass supplies.
Moved away, and finally burned it to solve this personal problem.
After Xihe implemented the art of war, he divided the army into three armies. Wang Junwan was the third general, with an initial force of 8,000 troops. After Zhang Yue was transferred to Beijing, Wang Shao increased the number of troops to more than 12,000, and at the same time gave the most
Good treatment and resources.
Because all of Wang Junwan's group followed Wang Shao, many officers and soldiers in the army were Wang Shao's cronies. This time Wang Shao was dismissed, it must have had a big impact on these people.
Zhang Yue's direct lineage was Jing Sili's first army, but they suffered a lot of losses in Tabaicheng, but Wang Shao did not provide them with additional troops.
The struggle between Zhang and Wang for the top and second positions also reflected in the army, and the generals below could not help but take sides. Now, although Zhang Yue defeated Wang Shao to the end, he reused his confidant general Wang Junwan, but
It doesn't mean letting things go by the past.
Regarding the personnel of the Third Army, Zhang Yue still made some changes.
It is inevitable that the confidants who followed Wang Shao will be assigned idle positions or find a reason to send them away, and the vacant positions will be filled by his confidants Zhang Kai and Zhongshidao arrangers.
Zhang Kai, Zhongshi Dao must arrange his cronies in the army to control the entire military power.
Of course, these actions should not be done too much, otherwise it will affect the combat effectiveness of the army. Therefore, Wang Junwan must be appeased, but he will gradually be sidelined.
For Wang Jun Wan Zhangyue, he had already agreed to recommend him as the imperial envoy, and the governor of Yingzhou acted as an appeasement.
Wang Junwan knew that he was in the wrong team, but Zhang Yue was still willing to guarantee his promotion. For this reason, he had nothing to say.
After capturing Danchang City and regaining Minzhou, Zhang Yue could justifiably demonstrate his merits for Zhongshi Dao and promoted him to Xihe Road Military and Horse Supervisor, as Wang Junwan's deputy general.
As for Zhang Yue, Zhi Tongyuan Army actually served as the supervisor of Wang Junwan's third army. Through this series of means, Zhang Yue minimized the impact of deposing Wang Shao.
It cannot be said that Zhang Yue favored people and excluded dissidents.
Officials are only accountable to the source of their authority.
If you promote him, you can make him move, but Wang Shao's replacement can't move him, or he can't move him. If there is a war, these people will not work hard.
Zhang Yue immediately reported the news that Minzhou had been lost and recovered to the officials, and at the same time asked Zhang Shen to lead Qin Feng Road's troops to take over Minzhou.
After hearing the news that the Song army had defeated Minzhou, the leader of the Tibetan tribe in Diezhou ordered an expedition. Guo Si, the leader of the Fan tribe in Taozhou, led his troops to Zhang Yue's army to express his submission.
At the same time, Zhang Yue led Wang Junwan, Zhong Shidao and many soldiers from Minzhou, Diezhou and Taozhou to the north to Hezhou to rescue.
As for the news that Zhang Yue had captured Minzhou on two or three days, it reached Wang Shao's ears, which made him particularly unhappy.
