Chapter 360 Killing the Thief
Naturally, Zhang Chong was unable to learn the details of the war in Hedong from military reports.
But no matter how history changes, Zhang Chong has never ignored Dong Zhuo, knowing that no matter where he is, this man will roll up huge waves thousands of feet and frighten everyone.
And now, this person led the Hedong Army to join the Kansai Army. No matter what his reasons are, you can know that the war between the two capitals is still going on.
With the Hedong Army threatening the north of Luoyang, Luoyang simply did not dare to attack Hangu Pass with all its strength from the front.
After making this judgment, Zhang Chong was more determined to take this action. This time he not only wanted to rescue Handan, but also captured Julu. Now that the confrontation between the east and the west is intensifying, it is time for him to step up his efforts to integrate forces in Hebei.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong called the generals and made the following arrangements for the offensive on the second day.
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The next day, the drum beat three hundred times.
This was the first all-out attack after the main force of the Taishan Army moved north to Handan. As soon as the battle began, the Taishan Army launched a full-line attack on the ten-mile corridor built by the Julu Army.
Handan City was built based on the main structure of Handan, the capital of Zhao at that time. The city consists of two parts, the palace city and the Guo city. The palace city is composed of three small square cities in the shape of a pin character. The Guocheng is six miles long from east to west and ten miles wide from north to south.
The previous four camps of the Julu Army were located at the four gates of Handan. Naturally, the corridors were built around these four camps, with a circumference of thirty miles.
Naturally, such a long road cannot be built by the Julu Army in such a short time, but they do not need to build it so long. They only need to build three or four miles on each side as military stations, and then directly connect the military stations with horse-repelling ditches.
But even so, this stretch of road is still ten miles long.
Once Zhang Chong decides to launch a general attack, he will naturally strike with thunder.
He appointed Yu Jin as the commander-in-chief of the former army, responsible for the siege of the Taishan Army on all sides, and then appointed Cai Que as the commander-in-chief of the east, Chen Huan as the commander-in-chief of the south, Zhang Da as the commander-in-chief of the north, and Xu Zhong as the commander-in-chief of the west, each commanding two battalions of thousands of soldiers. .
As the champion of the entire army, once the Zhonghu Army starts fighting, they will naturally not be able to defeat the Julu Army.
The Julu Army can also be regarded as a powerful force of the Hebei Han Army, and its officers and men have generally accumulated rich experience in the battle with the Hebei Yellow Turbans.
But again, no matter how much low-level experience you accumulate, you will still be vulnerable to real masters. After only three moments of fierce fighting, a loud shout came from the camp to the west of the Julu Army.
"The enemy general Guo Xun was killed by Han Hao!"
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, the military flag flying by the Julu Army on the corridor to the west was cut off and fell down.
When Xu Zhong, who was in charge of the command outside the corridor at the time, heard this, he was half happy and half envious and said:
"This Han Hao is really lucky. Unless I am a general and cannot come in person, how can I make this boy uniquely beautiful?"
Han Hao was one of Xu Zhong's generals. He was originally a local strongman recruited by the Han army in Hanoi.
Later, the Han army in Henan and the Taishan army sued for peace, and after giving up everything in Hanoi, these Han armies went south in embarrassment.
At that time, Han Hao was the leader of a powerful army with hundreds of people. What could they do if the Han army left? We can only surrender.
As a result, Hanoi heroes Han Hao, Yang Chou and Hao Meng all led their troops to surrender.
Later, after studying in the military academy, these three people were sent to the Central Guard Army to become captains.
But this Han Hao is indeed extraordinary. While Yang Chou and Hao Meng were still playing in the team, Han Hao had already taken the lead in accumulating merit and became a general.
And this time, he was the first to kill a general and capture the flag in front of General Chongtian. It can be said that he has a bright future.
Sure enough, when Han Hao killed Guo Xun of the Han army, Zhang Chong clearly noticed the progress here, surrounded by three battalions of assault cavalry not far away.
So Zhang Chong asked Dong Zhao curiously:
"Who is that? He is a good man."
Dong Zhao is now the commander of the inner camp of the Flying Army School Lieutenant School, commanding the internal flying army of 500 people, so he naturally knows the details of the army.
So he got the information about this person from Yi Feijun's return, and turned to Zhang Chong and said:
"Commander Qu, this person is Han Hao, the former general of the left school of the Central Guards Army. He led thousands of people to join the army after the Battle of Chaoge."
Zhang Chong nodded and expressed that he had some impression of this Han Hao. It seemed that he was a general under Cao Cao in history. The specific details were not clear.
But these are all in the past and future tense. The way out depends on this person now.
After keeping Han Hao in mind, Zhang Chong continued to observe the situation on the battlefield.
After the west side was captured by the Taishan Army, the other Taishan generals obviously accelerated the pace of their attacks. It was obvious that Han Hao's ability to kill generals and capture the flag stimulated the main attacking generals on other routes.
Not long after, the Taishan Army reported another good news:
"Zhang Kai, a subordinate of Cai Que, the general on the east route, came to the throne first and killed the Han general Wei Liang."
This time there was no need for Dong Zhao to introduce him, Zhang Chong knew Zhang Kai. In history, this man was the Yellow Turban general who killed Cao Cao's father. In this life, he surrendered to the army when he led the Taishan Army into the Laiwu Valley.
At that time, Zhang Chong also recorded this person's name in his "Dianjianglu", which specifically recorded some military officers who he thought had a promising future.
Most of them are military officials who have made a mark in history or have proficient martial arts at a young age.
Zhang Kai had always been a confidant of Wang Han of Heji. When the Central Guards Army first transferred Zhang Kai to the Central Guards, Wang Han was still unwilling and would not let him go.
But later he realized that this was what Qu Shuai meant, so Wang Han didn't dare to shout any more.
This time Zhang Chong remembered the matter again when he heard Zhang Kai's name.
After Zhang Chong realized that there was an unhealthy trend in the Heji base, he successively transferred out the Heji generals.
Originally, the four generals of Heji were Xi Shen, Wang Han, Heifu, and Ma Wu. Now Xi Shen has been transferred to the Flying Leopard Army as the commander, and Ma Wu has been transferred to the Tiande Army as the commander.
The only four generals left were Hei Fu and Wang Han. Although these two generals were not transferred, their important generals such as Guo Song and Zhang Kai were transferred away, and their establishment was transferred to the Central Guard Army.
Is there any dissatisfaction in the Heji area with this operation? There must be some.
But now that everything is going well for the Taishan Army, Zhang Chong's authority and prestige are also becoming more and more powerful, so these transfers are very smooth.
And Zhang Chong also casually scattered the looming mountain top.
Returning to Zhang Kai's capture of the flag in front of him, Zhang Chong had a different meaning.
He said to Li Huan in the accounting office next to him:
"Congratulations to Han Hao and Zhang Kai who climbed first."
Li Huan then wrote two merit books according to his horse, and they were completed with just a swipe of his pen.
This Li Huan defected to the Taishan Army after the Taishan Army took root in Wei and Zhao. It turns out that this person is a member of the Li clan in the northern part of Zhao.
It's just that Li Huan is just a branch of the clan, and he is not eager to learn. He learned the art of fortune-telling by selling firewood in the firewood market. Later, he studied under the Cui family of Qinghe State.
But similar to Duman's experience, Li Huan did not have any chance to become an official after receiving his education, so he could only return to his hometown to farm the land to make a living.
After the Taishan Army captured Handan, this man took several classmates on foot south to join the Taishan Army.
It was Zhang Dan who was stationed in Handan at that time.
Li Huan also had good luck. When he appeared in front of Zhang Dan with his eyes covered with dust and dirt, and even the straw sandals on his feet were worn out, he said that he was a scholar and wanted to join the army.
Zhang Dan immediately fell in love with this man's simplicity, so he recommended him to Zhang Chong.
At that time, Zhang Chong had a passage to test Li Huan's words. At that time, Zhang Chong asked: "Where are you from?"
Li Huan answered:
"The servant is Zhao Guoping, a thorny man, who works and studies in the field."
Zhang Chong asked directly:
"Do you know me?"
Li Huan gathered his clothes and prostrated himself:
"The general's holy virtues are bestowed upon him by heaven. He is a benefactor in all directions. How can a servant not recognize him when a dragon walks like a tiger?"
Zhang Chong now felt a little convinced that this man was a scholar.
People who don’t read a little bit can’t say such things.
So Zhang Chong tested Li Huan's talents and knowledge:
"Since you are both a scholar and a worker, what are your strengths?"
Li Huan knew that this answer was very important, so he said the draft he had prepared:
"A servant knows how to be foolish and has a poor understanding of classics and history. He has spent many years forgetting about it, but he still has a good understanding of six."
Zhang Chong nodded and asked a few more relevant questions casually. Judging from his level, he saw that he was good at what he said and felt that he could be a civil servant.
At that time, there happened to be a piece of handwriting to be written, so Zhang Chong asked Li Huan to try it. He dictated it and Li Huan wrote it.
After Zhang Chong finished speaking, Li Huan also wrote a handwritten letter.
After reading it, Zhang Chong felt very satisfied. The writing style was simple, the expression was clear, and there were no gorgeous words, but this was what he wanted.
So, Zhang Chong asked Li Huan to be his scribe. Of course, Li Huan was not the only scribe around Zhang Chong.
In fact, as the Taishan Army truly took root between Wei and Zhao, no one in the North could ignore this new force entrenched up and down the river.
Although the policies of the Taishan Army are bad policies for powerful people, they are very attractive to the middle and lower classes.
At the bottom, there were several bloody and brave rangers who left their homes and went to Yecheng to seek refuge. Some poor scholars also came to join the Taishan Army on foot or on mules and donkeys because of their inner ambitions.
For these people, they have knowledge but no power, and they have ambition but no opportunity. In the original world, they could only die in the mountains or in the fire. But the emergence of Taishan Army allowed them to see a brand new road.
As for the Taishan army to collect the land? The more than ten acres of thin fields in the mountains should be given directly to the Taishan Army.
In fact, the Han Dynasty developed peacefully for two hundred years. It was not difficult to read and read scriptures. There were many poor scholars in the world who learned a thing or two from their lonely fathers.
It is not difficult to pass on knowledge, but it is difficult to become an official.
At this time, Confucian classics was no longer a scholarly study, but an internal selection within the aristocratic family. No matter how knowledgeable these Yehu Chan literate and reading scriptures are, they will never be able to become officials.
The emergence of the Taishan Army just positioned them as poor scholars. Taishan Army could not attract those scholars from aristocratic families, but it hit the hearts of poor scholars.
These people have nothing but some insights and knowledge in their brains. Do you still care whether your Taishan Army can defeat the powerful and equalize the land?
Take it, take it all, just give me a chance.
Therefore, in a short period of time, Zhang Chong's shogunate recruited more than ten outstanding scribes and staff such as Li Rong, Huang Quan, Guo Tao, Wu Rui, Zhang Yun, Feng Xi, etc., which greatly enriched his shogunate.
And this Li Huan is just one of them.
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Li Huan rode on horseback. Before the ink was dry, there were two men carrying flags carrying the military report and passing it to the east and west camps.
With two flags on their backs, one hand holding the merit book high, and one hand controlling the war horse, they shouted along the army:
"General Han Hao of Qu has meritorious service in beheading generals and capturing the flag. He will be specially recorded as the second grade."
"General Zhang Kai has meritorious service in beheading generals and seizing the flag, and will be specially recorded in the second grade."
As the sound of singing spread throughout the military formations along the road, each military formation cheered loudly.
Han Hao and Zhang Kai, who had just withdrawn from both sides, received their own military merits before they had rested. When they heard the shouts of the army again, they trembled all over.
The two of them have only one idea:
"A real man should fight this kind of battle with someone like Qu Shuai."
This is the role of timely reporting.
There are six mantras in Zhang Chong’s approach to employing people:
"Punishments must be fulfilled and rewards must be swift."
He told everyone in the army with his actual actions.
As long as you perform meritorious service, the army will reward you with meritorious deeds. No one can grab it, no one dares to press it.
After all, military discipline is dead and dogmatic. If he wants to continue to implement military discipline, he must rely on Zhang Chong to practice it personally and speak with practical actions.
And as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, one thing he does is more effective than ten thousand things he does next, and of course the reverse is also true.
In this era where people can only rule by man, Zhang Chong's words and deeds are never his own, but those of the entire army.
The act of motivating former military officers on the spot indeed caused a chain reaction.
As Xu Zhongbu in the west and Cai Quebu in the east fell into the wall one after another, Chen Huan in the south and Zhang Da in the north were under great pressure.
They accelerated their attack on the wall, but the south and north sides of the Julu Army had previously been the main attack direction for the siege of Handan. Their chief generals, Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan, were both brave.
Zhao Fu had an elite group of euphorbia warriors in his hands, who lined up on the corridor and commanded a high position. Zhang Da's troops attacked several times, but were repulsed by his troops.
Cheng Huan's tribe was also extraordinary. There was a crossbow team of 600 people lined up on the corridor, shooting arrows like locusts. Fortunately, the one who attacked this side was Chen Huan, a well-known crossbow general in the Taishan Army, so not many troops were lost.
Time passed by, and the Taishan Army had changed its troops twice, but the corridors to the northwest were still in the hands of the Julu Han Army.
At this moment, a walking man with a Han flag emerged from the middle wall of the corridor, ran wildly along the outside of the corridor and shouted:
"The prefect has an order. For those who kill the enemy, the sergeant will be granted a hundred hectares of land, the corporal will be granted ten hectares of land, and the common people will be appointed as officials based on their merits. They will be exempted from the encirclement with the army and will be granted a hundred acres of land."
Maybe he was inspired by Zhang Chong's actions to encourage his soldiers before the formation, so Guo Dian, the governor of Julu, also started to encourage him, and the conditions were so attractive from the beginning.
Sure enough, as the Chinese troops began to run forward to the corridor one by one, the morale of the Han troops on the north and south walls was greatly boosted.
Especially Cheng Huan, who had been on the front line of the corridor and had already received an arrow, beat the drum with one hand and shouted:
"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Kill the thief!"
This situation and situation are so heroic.
Following Cheng Huan's example, all the sergeants under his command also shouted:
"Kill the thief!"
His voice moved the soldiers of the Julu Army nearby, who also shouted:
"Kill the thief!"
So, the Heavenly Army and the drums were mobilized, and the Han army shouted "kill the thieves", which reached Zhang Chong's ears in the distance.
Zhang Chong, leaning on his horse, looked at the Han army in front of them and sighed:
"The Han Dynasty has been raising scholars for two hundred years, but there are still a few people who have sacrificed their lives for justice."
But he changed the message and ordered:
"But that's it. Let Chen Huan break the wall within half an hour! Let the other generation know who is the thief!"
"Here!"
(End of chapter)