Chapter 392 Doubi
The first year of Chengtian, the first year of Republic, May 23rd.
When the judge stationed at Jieqiao heard the thunderous beating of drums on the other side, he looked calm but his palms were filled with sweat.
Even though Shen Shen was very confident about his new army, he was still feeling nervous when facing the Hebei Yellow Turbans.
The camp commander Jiao Chu on the side knew what he should say when he saw the look of his general, so he stepped forward and said:
"Guo Lieutenant, this time the brothers who came out have succeeded in capturing or killing them. Now the enemy troops are coming out in full force. How about we take shelter?"
Shen Pei shook his head and retreated without fighting. Even if he had captured enough before, it would damage his reputation after returning. So the judge decided to give it a try.
But how? The trial commander asked the generals under his command.
For example, Jiao Chu, Jiang Yiqu, etc. all suggested that it is better to defend instead of attack, saying:
"Today the enemy has no food to attack, and we are outnumbered, so we have to use all our strength. It is better to hold on to the boundary bridge, tire the enemy, and then pursue and annihilate him when his teacher grows old and retreats."
Jiao Chu, Jiang Yiqu, etc. are all powerful sons of Qinghe. They are known in the countryside for their bravery. What they are saying now are also mature words for the country. They are good generals.
The judge nodded and didn't say much. Instead, he asked Cui Yan, who was accompanying the army, what he had planned.
Cui Yan thought for a while and roughly understood what Shen Pei meant. He said:
"Now that our army has come from afar, our original intention was to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Qinghe. But now the situation has changed. The Taishan Army's front has already reached the Zhangshui area and may appear under Guangzong City at any time. What the two generals said before is true. This is a mature saying, but it is not suitable for the current situation, so it is better to defend and attack secretly.”
The judge quickly asked Cui Yan what he meant?
Cui Yandao:
"If the bandit army comes to attack with great force, they must think that our army dare not leave the stronghold to fight in the field. Therefore, we can first close the stronghold and defend it to show our weakness to the enemy. But we can secretly dig a secret passage until they approach the military stronghold and the defense is still uncertain. . Our army can choose elite warriors to come out from the secret passage and rush directly to the enemy's camp. In this way, our army will be able to end this battle in a short time."
After Cui Yan finished speaking, all the generals in Qinghe were thinking.
This strategy is a good one. With the Hebei Yellow Turbans being unorganized, a surprise beheading from a secret passage has a high success rate. But this strategy is also a little risky. But considering the current situation, it is really unrealistic not to take a gamble.
So Cui Yance, the commander-in-chief, ordered each battalion to guard the city closely, and then guarded during the day, and stepped up the digging of secret passages in the camp at night.
Regarding these, Hebei Huangjin's left beard and eight feet are not clear.
What he doesn't even know is that just yesterday, the Zhangshui defense line was officially broken.
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Zhang Ji, who was on the Zhangshui defense line, never expected that his Yellow Turban Army would face a situation where there were wolves in front and tigers behind.
Many of his calculations seemed so ridiculous under the absolute strength of the Taishan Army.
When Zhang Dan from the rear led the Right Military School Lieutenant Division to the west bank of Zhangshui River, Zhang Chong summoned the generals of all military camps to discuss offensive and defensive strategies. At the meeting, there were many ambiguities among the generals. In the end, Zhang Chong decided to take the initiative and forcefully cross the Zhang River.
There is a saying that Zhang Ji's defense on the Zhang River was still very tight. Zhang Dan's battalion general Pan Zhang led his troops to cross the river several times in small boats but was defeated by Zhang Ji.
But Zhang Ji never expected that Pan Zhang's forced crossing was a fake. An elite cavalry force of 2,000 horses left the village early and then followed the upper reaches of Zhangshui River to find a shallow place to cross the river.
The assault cavalry led by Generals Li Hu, Xu Huang, Xi Shen, and Ma Wu gave full play to the advantages of the cavalry's high-speed movement, rapid penetration, and thousands of miles of turn. They crossed the Zhang River that night and arrived at Quzhou City early the next morning.
Li Hu and other sudden cavalry took advantage of the opportunity when the yellow turbans in the villages outside the city came out to collect firewood, and made a surprise attack from four directions, approaching the water village outside the city. Although Zhang Liang's army outside the city resisted, they were still defeated.
Zhang Liang, under the cover of the guards, entered the city alone.
The next day, Zhang Ji, unwilling to lose the river defense, joined forces with Zhang Bairao from the north to attack in two directions, hoping to seize the river defense again. But what is surprising is that the Hebei Yellow Turbans once again lost in this battle.
You must know that the Taishan Army currently active on the east coast has four battalions and two thousand cavalry. But there are about 20,000 Yellow Turbans in Hebei here.
But even with such a huge advantage, the Hebei Yellow Turbans were still crushed and beaten.
Therefore, the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry only took two stops before beating the Hebei Yellow Turbans to the point where their bones were broken. After Zhang Ji misjudged the strength of Taishan's army and knew that it was difficult to win in the field, he decided to defend Quzhou.
At this time, as the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry succeeded in connecting on the east bank, the left and right units of the Taishan Army on the west bank also stepped onto the built pontoon bridge one after another and began to gather on the east bank.
Zhang Ji, who was already stretched thin and suffered consecutive defeats, felt bitter in his heart when he saw the enemy troops gathering more and more. But he calls himself a hero and has an indomitable mentality.
Even though they suffered consecutive defeats, they still relied on the original Quzhou city defenses and fortifications to continue fighting.
But soon, new news came, forcing Zhang Ji to withdraw from Quzhou.
It turned out that Zhang Baiqi in the north surrendered to the Taishan Army, and now the western front was finished.
That night, Zhang Ji took his younger brother Zhang Liang and led a small number of core military equipment to break out of Quzhou, and the Taishan Army launched an siege the next day.
The leaderless Quzhou Yellow Turbans also surrendered one after another after the city gate was opened. At this point, the 20,000 soldiers deployed by the Hebei Yellow Turbans on the western front were completely wiped out except for Zhang Ji and others who escaped.
Quyi was defeated on Monday, and Taishan's army encountered no resistance on the road to Guangzong. And with the addition of Zhang Baiqi, Zhang Chong continued to recruit the Yellow Turban Army along the way.
Originally, Taishan and Taiping were from the same family, and two characters of Tai could not be written in one stroke. Now that the Taishan Army was gaining momentum, these Hebei Yellow Turbans surrendered smoothly to the Taishan Army without much resistance.
In fact, this was also Zhang Chong's strategy for conquering Zuo Beard Zhangba this time.
After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans in Hebei. Although the quality of these people varies, they are still able to use them for their own use.
Therefore, from the beginning, Zhang Chong used the banner of only punishing the culprits and vigorously attracted the Yellow Turban Army who came to defect.
The Battle of Zhangshui was the acceleration point of this battle. It turned out that the Zhangshui defense line was there, and the various commanders of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei did not feel that it was urgent to replace the bow. But when the Zhangshui broke through, the defensive line of these young commanders was simply broken, and the combat power displayed by the Taishan Army made them even more frightened.
In this way, the journey from Quzhou to Guangzong was only a few hundred miles away, but there was an endless stream of defectors from Yi Banner.
When Zhang Chong led the core of 15,000 horse infantry in the field, and the 20,000 yellow turban rebels on the periphery pressed against Guangzong in mighty force. A bloody battle is also taking place on the boundary bridge outside Guangzong City.
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This was the second day that Zuo Beard Zhangba led 80,000 yellow turbans from inside and outside Guangzong to attack the Qinghe Han Army Jieqiao Yingzhai.
At this moment, Zuo Yanzhangba was in high spirits. Just in the morning, it was reported that our soldiers had captured another small village of the Han army in Qinghe.
Although such small villages are scattered on both sides of Qingshui, for Zuo Beard Zhangba, a small victory is also a victory. Now he needs victory too much to maintain his prestige in the army.
For this reason, Zuo Beard Zhangba drank some wine in the military tent and led the generals to the front line. This is the way he has always led troops. Every time he faces a battle, he will go to the front line to boost morale.
His left beard was dazed with wine, and he was patting this and touching that in front of the soldiers on the front line. He even tied the belt himself for a soldier whose belt was not tight.
This is Zuo Zhuzhangba's style of leading troops. He truly loves his soldiers as his sons. Of course, at least that's how it behaves. After Zuo Beard Zhangba took half an hour to finish walking, he led the generals to the Han army camp on the boundary bridge.
At this moment, the camp door on the opposite side was closed tightly, and I was determined to fight him.
Seeing this, Zuo Beard Zhangba felt a little sad in his heart.
He is in a difficult situation now. In front of him is the Qinghe Han army who is taking advantage of the situation, and to the west is the wolf-like Taishan army, all of them are trying to kill him. And the handsome guys inside have their own agendas, and there might be a few who want to sell him.
At this moment, Zuo Beard Zhangba was quite regretful. If he had known the current situation, he would have just handed over the military power to Zhang Bao that day.
But now, alas, there is no use in talking more.
At this time, the sun was high and it was already very hot in May.
What's more, there is still no wind in the world bridge today, and the armor and underwear on the left beard have long been soaked.
But Zuo Zuozhangba could still bear the pain. He brought his generals here just to observe the camp.
The Han army built the camp very well. The camp they chose was just behind the boundary bridge. It can be said that it strangled the communication line on the Qinghe River.
Looking at our own side, all the chaotic Yellow Turban Army were gathered on both sides of the clear water. Many people were lying on the ground to rest because they were tired from digging trenches.
Zuo Zhangba didn't care about this. He was frowning and asking Heishan next to him:
"How many people have not yet crossed the river?"
Heishan also frowned and couldn't answer, so he just told Zuo Zhuzhangba:
"I looked at the flag. The Qinghe Corps, the Weijun Corps, and three or four young commanders have already crossed the river. Did I just see Liu Shi's team crossing the river?"
Zuo Beard Zhangba was not satisfied with Heishan's statement, but he also knew that the Yellow Turban Army was like this, and he was able to point this out because of Heishan's care.
Zuo Zhangba frowned and urged Heishan:
"You will ask people to urge you later. At least let the Changshan Army cross the river today. In this way, there will be four regular army groups on the south bank, which is enough."
Montenegro nodded and wrote this down.
Then Zuo Zhangba said to the clan brother Zuo Xiao next to him:
"Is there any news from Zhang Ji on the Western Front?"
Colonel Zuo nodded first, then shook his head, uncertainly:
"I just received a message from the Western Front today. Some of the Taishan bandits' assault cavalry have broken through Zhangshui. They are looking for reinforcements over there."
Zuo Zhangba cursed:
"I knew I needed reinforcements, but Nai Gong still wants reinforcements. This base is called Hu'er, but with the river defense, not to mention blocking the Taishan Army from moving forward, at least it can block me for ten days."
With a fierce attack, Zuo Zhangba said to Zuo Xiao:
"As soon as you send someone to send an order to Zhang Ji, as long as he keeps the Taishan Army at bay for ten days, I will make him a public general."
Zuo Xiao and Heishan's faces turned a little dark after hearing this. They followed Zuo Beard and Zhang Ba and beat him to death. They didn't even talk about being a handsome man. Zhang Ji, as a member of the Zhang family, became an enemy in Ming's eyes. Give him an official title and make a wish?
At this moment, both Zuo Xiao and Heishan were dissatisfied.
Especially Montenegro, who couldn't hide his emotions at this moment, so he had to ask why this was true.
But Zuo Zhangba didn't notice the two people's thoughts at all. Instead, he fanned himself with a cattail leaf fan and said to the two of them:
"It's getting hotter and hotter today. Let the people below tie up the curtain of the tent. Then go find someone to ask where there is honey and water, and bring it too."
Heishan wanted to speak, but was stopped by Colonel Zuo on the side, who hinted to Heishan that the time was not right now.
Montenegro sighed and nodded.
In this way, the Han army stood still on the boundary bridge, and the Yellow Turban Army outside Qingshui transported more and more food, soldiers and horses in the chaos.
And this contradiction between movement and stillness finally returned to silence as night fell.
Before going to bed, Zuo Zhangba drank another jar of wine, and then fell into a drowsy sleep.
Time soon came to midnight, and the Yellow Turban Army on both sides of Qingshui fell into a deep sleep.
But just when the human voice was silent, a rustling sound quietly appeared.
First, a stout shirtless warrior came out of the secret passage with a dagger in his mouth, and then more and more warriors dressed like him appeared, covered in mud and fishy, but with extremely fanatical eyes.
This group of people is Jiang Yiqu under Shen Pei and a group of his dead soldiers. They walked through the stuffy and damp secret passage just for this moment.
Due to the rush of time, the Qinghe Han army had time to dig a secret passage, so only Jiang Yiqu and his twenty dead soldiers used this secret passage at the moment.
And because of Shenpei's military vision, the secret passage they chose happened to be a natural camping spot, and the Yellow Turban Army who had already crossed Qingshui were now camping here.
So Jiang Yiqu and others were in the camp as soon as they got out.
The judge assigned Jiang Yiqu two tasks. If he could find the eight thieves Zuo Beard Zhang, he would be the leader. If they couldn't find it, they would burn the grain.
It would have been extremely difficult to find the trace of the coach among the thousands of troops, but I didn't know whether it was Jiang Yiqu who was lucky or whether Zuo Zhaozhang was unlucky.
As soon as Jiang Yiqu and others appeared, they saw the big golden tent embroidered with gold thread. They were ecstatic, knowing that the left beard must be here.
This golden tent was passed from Zhang Jiao's hand to Zhang Bao, and then Zuo Yanzhangba killed Zhang Bao, and the golden tent fell into the hands of Zuo Yanzhangba.
At this moment, Jiang Yiqu, who only wore a calf-nosed hakama and was covered with strong muscles, took a deep breath, slowly let it out, and then touched the golden tent with a dagger.
The twenty people behind Jiang Yiqu were all like this, knowing that they must not alert the bandits at this moment.
After a moment, Jiang Yiqu saw a group of armored warriors standing outside the tent. He felt cruel and signaled to the dead soldiers behind to kill them.
How could these people defeat this group of armored warriors with only a dagger in their hands? Therefore, Jiang Yiqu's intention was simply to let these people die.
Without saying anything else, these dead soldiers rushed directly towards the group of armored soldiers, and then the two groups fought.
At this time, Jiang Yiqu used a sharp knife to open the military tent and rolled into the tent. But before Jiang Yiqu could stand up, a Bai Lian hit him hard.
It was a broken halberd, and it flew past Jiang Yiqu's head.
Jiang Yiqu was shocked, but when he saw the long-bearded man trying to get up from the bed, he knew that this man must be eight feet long.
With a ferocious laugh, Jiang Yiqu bumped into him.
The sun is rising and I am trying my best to write.
(End of chapter)