Zhang Jue really did not expect that Lu Zhi would really dare to ambush him on a rainy day.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, sages had long pointed out that favorable weather, favorable geography, and human harmony were the three most important conditions for war.
There are too many disadvantages to fighting in rainy days, including vision, physical strength, and morale, all of which have a great impact.
Although there is also an example of Guan Yu flooding the Seventh Army and using heavy rain and floods to storm Fancheng.
But that was a rare case after all, and Guan Yu also made a lot of preparations before finally succeeding.
Therefore, Zhang Jiao never expected that Lu Zhi would have the courage to fight in the rain.
At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban Army left the city. The soldiers did not have umbrellas and raincoats, so they had to carry all the rain-proof things they found in the city on their heads. As a result, the team was in chaos and without any order.
Although umbrellas and raincoats had been invented as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, they were not popularized in the Han Dynasty. It was not until the Sui and Tang Dynasties that they were commonly used among the people.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were severe droughts in the north. Even Lu Zhi had to collect tens of thousands of coir raincoats from various sources, let alone the Yellow Turban Army.
Therefore, many soldiers did not have tools to protect themselves from the rain.
For ordinary people, God is something they both hate and love.
If there are too many rainy days, we are afraid of floods; if there are too many sunny days, we are afraid of droughts.
Once it rains and gets wet, a cold can kill someone.
But without rainy and sunny days, wheat seedlings and rice ears would not be able to grow, people would not be able to eat, and people would starve to death.
Therefore, being a common person in ancient times was an extremely painful thing. If an ordinary person could live to be seventy years old, he might have to experience illness and disaster countless times.
Even if you are lucky enough to live to your seventies or eighties, you may still have to go through the torture of white-haired people sending black-haired people to you several times.
Many of the Yellow Turban soldiers were ordinary people who could not survive or believers who were bewitched by Zhang Jiao. They knew very well the consequences of being caught in the rain. Even if they were forced to march, they had to guard against the rain to prevent themselves from getting wet.
As a result, one can imagine how low the combat effectiveness of such an army is.
Zhang Jiao was sitting in the carriage. He didn't know why, but he felt tight in his chest. He always felt that he had missed something, but he couldn't explain it.
This feeling is very subtle, as if something is going to happen, but I don't know what it is.
The sound of raindrops hitting the wooden roof of the carriage was disturbing.
"What's going on...ahem."
Zhang Jue felt uneasy because he had lung disease again and coughed violently.
If he is a modern person, he may understand that this feeling is called the sixth sense, or intuition.
But for the ancients, especially those who practiced mysticism like him, it could be called whim and the guidance of the gods.
"Is this a warning from Huang Tian?"
After Zhang Jiao coughed, he felt his chest felt a little better and his mind was filled with random thoughts.
After a while, he opened the curtain and said to Zhang Bao: "Second brother, hurry up, send someone to Julu immediately, and let Zhang Niujiao lead the army out of the city to meet him."
Julu is Zhang Jiao's hometown. All the troops in the city are his die-hard believers, and several of the guards are his disciples. Therefore, even if Zhang Jiao leads his army to the border of Sili, he is not afraid of a fire in his backyard.
Zhang Bao said in confusion: "Brother, it's raining and the roads are slippery. If you send a messenger to ride a horse, you may easily fall off the horse. And we still have an army of more than 20,000 people. Even if the army fights us head-on, without the cavalry, they will have to fight in the wild."
It won’t be easy to defeat us, so why go to such trouble?”
Zhang Jue said impatiently: "Go if you want, don't bother. It's raining and the roads are slippery, so send more people and all the cavalry. Even if a few fall, we can't all fall."
Seeing Zhang Jue getting angry, Zhang Bao didn't dare to talk back anymore. He muttered a few words that he didn't understand, and then went to arrange things.
Guangping City and Julu City are the seat of two counties respectively, but what is very strange is that Julu City is located in the southernmost part of Julu County, while Guangping City is not the northernmost part of Guangping County, but it is the northeasternmost area. The two places happen to be in the center of their respective counties.
The border is nearly 40 miles apart. If you walk on foot, you can reach it in about three hours.
Although Jize Township is not in the middle of the two places, its geographical location is opposite to Quzhou County on the east bank of Ming River. One is due east of Guangping City, the other is northwest of Guangping City, and Julu City is far away from Guangping City.
A little northwest, northeast of Jize.
In this way, Jize Township, Guangping, and Quzhou form a horizontal line, while Julu, Jize, and Guangping form a small area triangle.
However, although it is a triangle, it is not equilateral. Jize is closer to Julu. It takes 24 miles from Guangping to Jize, but it only takes 16 miles from Julu. Due to the official distance from Guangping City to Julu,
The road must pass through Jize, so Zhangjiao is not actually walking in a straight line, but needs to take a long detour.
In contrast, the officers and soldiers not only set off first, but also took country roads. Although the roads were not as wide as the official roads, they passed through several villages and towns. Their marching speed was much faster than Zhang Jiao. At this time, it was early
They have already set up an ambush in Jize Township.
The person leading the army this time was the deputy general Zong Yuan. Because the army was dispatched collectively, there was no superior-subordinate relationship between the various captains and they were not subordinate to each other. A general-level figure was required to control the situation.
There are many rivers near Jize, including large rivers such as Mingshui and Zhanghe, and countless small rivers. It has formed a low-lying terrain, with swamps and lakes everywhere, and overgrown weeds, reeds and basil, which are very convenient for hiding people and horses. The villagers have lived here for generations.
When the Yellow Turbans were rampant, they ran away and hid, and they all ran into the swamps to hide.
When Lu Zhi's cavalry troops entered Jize, they encountered many villagers hiding in the lakes, swamps and reeds. However, after the village elders of Jize Township knew that these were military horses from the imperial court, they not only did not report the news to the Yellow Turban Army, but instead
Help the army hide and send clever villagers to observe the movements of the Yellow Turban Army at any time.
In the final analysis, the clan system in feudal society is still very strong. Especially in the Han Dynasty, there were three elders in the village. The village elders were basically the local clan patriarchs or famous elders. As long as they did not betray the court, the entire township basically
There will be no rebellion.
At this time, in the hazy mist and rain, nearly 30,000 troops were hiding in the reeds deep in the swamp of Jize Township.
The clan members met with three elders of Jize Township under a wooden shed. They had a map of Jize Township in their hands, which was presented by the local elders.
"Chief Mao, this map has been of great help. If we can defeat the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop, I will report my merits to the imperial court."
Seeing this map clearly marked and detailed, the clan members were overjoyed.
Although he had the help of local villagers, he was already familiar with the nearby geography and had the idea of ambush.
But looking at the terrain from the ground and looking at the terrain on the map are two different concepts. One is more three-dimensional in spatial theory, and the other is like a God's perspective. It will be of great help to him in constructing the tactics in his mind, and his thinking will be much clearer.
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Chief Mao said quickly: "This map is not owned by me. It was made by a local young talent and handed over to Chief Ju. It was Chief Ju who asked me to pass it on for him."
"oh?"
The clan member became interested, looked at Chief Ju, and asked, "Who is this talented person?"
There are several villages in a township, and most of the villages belong to clans with the same surname. The three major surnames in Jize are Mao, Zhang, and Ju, so the three village elders sitting in front of the clan members are the heads of the three clans with the three surnames Mao, Zhang, and Ju respectively.
The Ju clan chief was not as old as the Mao clan, and his reputation was not as high as him, so he asked the Mao clan chief to present the map. However, seeing that the clan members were interested, he said: "This is my nephew Jushou. He did Jizhou farewell a year ago, and later
Because of his outstanding ability, he was promoted as a talented person by the state government, and the court made him the county magistrate. In these troubled times, I don’t know where he is now."
"That's it. It's a pity that such talents are wandering outside."
Zong Yuan made a casual remark, which was actually just a casual remark. As a high-ranking official with 2,000 shi and the deputy commander-in-chief of an army of 30,000 men, he held a high position of authority. He did not pay much attention to the county magistrate of a mere 400 shi.
With this map in hand, it was much easier to make tactical arrangements, so the clan members called five captains to start assigning tasks.
After a while, a man wearing calf-nosed trousers and a coarse cloth jacket hurried over and was stopped at a distance. After the man talked with the soldiers, a soldier came over and reported: "General, Mao has a villager who is observing outside.
The people reported that they saw Yellow Turban bandits in Mengnan Township, ten miles away from Jize. It seems that the bandits sent dozens of cavalry to Julu. Do you want to intercept them?"
"That arrives so fast?"
The clan member thought deeply: "The Yellow Turban Thief actually sent cavalry to Julu? Could it be that he discovered our arrangement?"
This was an unexpected event, and for a while the clan members didn't know how to arrange it.
Infantry Colonel Wu Lan said: "No matter what these knights do, they should not be allowed to pass. If Zhang Jiao sends people to Julu to ask for help, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it."
"But if Zhang Jiao has been in contact with Julu for a long time, these knights are all messengers sent by Zhang Jiao to report that they are safe. If these people have not gone, Julu will be alert and send people out of the city to see what to do.
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"Although the morale of our army is high, without cavalry in the field, we will still be outnumbered. I think it is better to be cautious and not to alert the enemy. Let these knights go over first and set up an ambush as planned."
"No, Julu is only more than ten miles away from Jize. If these cavalry move to Julu for reinforcements, our army will fall into an undesirable situation of attacking from both front and rear..."
The captains of the school started talking about each other, each with different opinions.
The clan member turned out to be General Wu Heng, who was stationed in Shanggu Dai County and other places in Youzhou. He had rich fighting experience with Wu Heng and other grassland peoples in Xianbei, but he was a little unable to fight this kind of infantry battle. And compared with Lu Zhi, he was not as good at strategy.
I'm really not good at it.
Hearing the different opinions from everyone, the clan members couldn't help but feel their scalp numb and their minds in confusion.
Originally, I felt a little dissatisfied with the fact that the imperial court asked Lu Zhi to serve as the commander-in-chief. Now it seems that I am lucky that I am not the commander-in-chief, otherwise I would be annoyed to death just thinking about this.
But now the problems before the clan members still need to be solved, but the main general Lu Zhi is not here. Although there are other strategists in the army, such as the celebrities from Jizhou who surround Lu Zhi, they are not here either.
Originally, Meng Zhen still had Qu Nihou Hou Chen Zigui under his command, but unfortunately he followed Liu Xuande to ransom King Anping, leaving him with no one around him who could help him with the plan, which was really annoying.
After hesitating for a moment, the clan member finally made a decision and said: "Stop arguing. No matter what they are going to do, just stop them all first and ask them clearly, right?"
When everyone saw that the clan members had issued the order, they responded one after another. Infantry Colonel Wu Land said: "Then we will immediately arrange the horse ropes."
"Go ahead."
The clan member nodded.
Wu Lan led the crowd out and prepared to do something.
At this moment, someone not far away suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute."