Chapter 529: Ding Hanzhong (5,000-word chapter, two more in one)
Under the city of Nanzheng.
Zhang Jichen's soldiers were on the outskirts of the north city gate, across the moat, shaking each other, but they lacked siege equipment, and did not cross the river to attack for a while, but the formation of more than 10,000 elite soldiers still brought great pressure to the city.
"Is there any news from the eastern battlefield of the battle between Zhang Lu and Mu Jun?" The main account of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered, Zhang Ji's eyes were condensed on a marching map, as if asking himself.
Zhang Lu sent someone to ask for reinforcements, and he naturally judged the situation and sent troops.
With its rescue Zhang Lu.
It is better to take Nanzheng directly, as long as Nanzheng is taken, you can sit firmly in Hanzhong, and Chang'an's troops can also continue to go south, and the pastoral army will have no room to survive at that time.
But he still underestimated the herdsmen too much.
The Jingping army intercepted halfway, almost interrupting his deployment, fortunately he had a nephew Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu was young, but the art of war and martial arts were superior, he personally led the troops out, engaged the Jingping army, and after several battles with the Jingping army, he lured the main force of the Jingping army north to Yangping Pass.
This gave him a great opportunity, the road to the south was opened, he directly led the main force to the south, drove straight in, invincible along the way, and directly entered the northern suburbs of Nanzheng.
I thought it would be a simple matter to capture Nanzheng.
But what he didn't expect was that Nan Zhengcheng had already changed hands.
At the beginning, when the soldiers came to the city, he almost wanted to withdraw directly when he saw the shepherd battle flag flying on the head of the city, but fortunately, he was able to hold on, and many scouts attacked, responding to the inside and outside, so he inquired that there were not many herdsmen and horses occupying Nanzheng.
So he still has a chance.
Whether he can grasp this opportunity or not depends on how much time he can be given on the battlefield in the east, the more time he has, the more confident he will be to take Nanzheng City, as long as he occupies Nanzheng City, it is equivalent to cutting off Mu Jing's plan.
"No news yet!"
A general answered his words.
This is the school captain Zhang Xian, about thirty years old, strong and strong, he is also a member of the Zhang clan, Zhang Ji's cousin.
In today's era, no one can necessarily make the family and township party more reliable, but if the cavalry news is accompanied by elite soldiers, it must be from the clan, or the strong man of the township party.
Therefore, most of the people in charge of the army, the pro-soldiers or the generals who use heavy weapons, are not among the clans, and they are the generations of the township party.
"Before sending out scouts, we must get the news of the eastern battlefield as soon as possible!" Zhang Ji said in a deep voice: "Zhang Lu's survival is related to whether we can enter Hanzhong!" ”
Although Zhang Xian is Zhang Ji's cousin, he may be able to do the military position of captain, he is naturally capable, his martial arts are extraordinary, and he is a scholar, who has served as Zhang Ji's dog-headed military advisor for many years, he said in a low voice: "General, the pastoral army has already suffered a great loss of vitality after the battle of Guanzhong, they have entered Hanzhong, although they are incomparable, but after all, they have suffered a lot of losses, Zhang Lu's Hanzhong army should not be so easy to lose!" ”
In the battle of Guanzhong, the herdsmen were besieged and killed, although they broke out of the encirclement, but also lost most of the main force in Guanzhong, so the world will allow the herdsmen to survive in the west of Nanyang, in the eyes of many people, the herdsmen are no longer a climate.
"Don't despise Mu Longtu, this fang!"
Zhang Ji raised his head, his eyes swept over, looking at the generals, they obviously did not regard this battle as very important, their faces suddenly gloomy, patient, and said in a deep voice: "Have you all forgotten the tragedy of the first battle in Guanzhong, he can burn the city of Luoyang, burn the capital of the Han Dynasty, and then the golden cicada will come out of his shell, what courage is this, how ruthless this is, this person is young, but he is not better to deal with than the Mu Xiangguo back then, and now he knows that Nanyang can't tolerate him, so he came to the nest, Seize Hanzhong as a place of recuperation, if he is allowed to solve Zhang Lu first, he will be in charge of the general trend of Hanzhong, and we will be in danger! ”
"General, we can't reach the eastern battlefield, and Zhang Lu should not be so incompetent, as long as we capture Nanzheng in the shortest possible time, we can occupy Hanzhong and occupy the initiative, and the life and death of the herdsmen will be in our hands!"
Another general, Lei Xu, stood up and arched his hand.
Lei Xu is a fierce general under Zhang Ji, and his martial arts are only under Zhang Ji, and he is Zhang Ji's deputy general.
"General Ben doesn't know!"
Zhang Ji smiled bitterly: "We have worked hard to go south, and even though our strength is above them, we still have to take risks to avoid the herdsmen and horses, and we have gone south to this point, isn't it just that we hope to seize Nanzheng and set the situation in Hanzhong?" ”
"But none of us expected that the Mu Army was obviously fighting with Zhang Lu's Hanzhong Army in the east, but they had already sent troops to copy Zhang Lu's back road, and captured Nanzheng City one step ahead of us, and the situation would be embarrassing if this step was behind!"
"Storm, we lack siege equipment!"
"If we don't attack, with our troops, we can't surround them, it's more that we don't have time to besiege them!"
Zhang Ji has entered a dilemma.
"General, there are as many as two or three hundred cloud ladders that have been built, no matter what, we have already arrived in the city, and we must attack!" Lei Xu said: "Maybe there is a chance to break through the city!" ”
"You're right!"
Zhang Ji thought for a while and said: "It's time to attack, we don't have much time, no matter whether we succeed or fail, we must always give it a try, otherwise, I am really unwilling!" ”
He gritted his teeth and directly ordered: "Pass my military order, and after an hour, attack the city gate!" ”
"No!"
The generals commanded.
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An hour later, outside the city gates.
Knock knock knock!!!
The drums of war were raging, and the sound waves were constantly pounding the city walls.
"It seems that Zhang Ji still can't bear it, he wants to give it a try!"
Xi Zhicai was dressed in a white robe, standing on top of the city, his eyes flashing with essence.
"Xi Sima, how is it now?" Yang Bong asked.
"Can you stop it?"
Xi Zhicai asked.
"Three or five days should be no problem, but after a long time, I'm afraid it will be difficult, after all, I only have a battalion of troops, outside and inside, the strength is insufficient, the most important thing is that there is a lack of palace equipment outside the city, but give them time, let them build siege equipment such as wells, stone throwers, crash trucks, etc., our defense is bound to be precarious!"
"Three or five days is enough!"
Xi Zhicai said: "You can block them, don't take care of the city, with me, I can be stable, I can also let the city recruit more than 1,000 people, prepare tools for you to defend the city, rolling wood, stones, tung oil, I can provide it, you just need to hold it!" ”
He was not idle when he went into the city for a few days.
He took the arsenal and granaries of the city.
The most important thing is that he persuaded some squire owners and got some support from Nanzheng, those scholars are a little difficult to entangle, but compared to the grass-like squires on the wall, there is no problem in convincing them.
"Xi Sima, please rest assured, as long as there are enough reserves, they don't want to break through the city from me!" Yang Feng said confidently, the first battalion of the Baibo Army has more than 3,000 troops, and his battalion is still the main force, with a strength of up to four or five thousand, and there is absolutely no problem in holding Nanzheng.
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A day later.
Nanzheng City is still as stable as Mount Tai, and it is true that the Xiliang army is brave, and the attack of the soldiers like wolves and tigers does put a lot of pressure on the defenders in the city, but the Baibo army is holding it after all.
In this way, Zhang Ji outside the city became more and more impatient.
However, at this moment, the news of the eastern battlefield came like snowflakes, one after another, and this overwhelming news had covered this Nanzheng City, even ordinary people had heard about it.
"Defeated?"
Zhang Ji was furious: "It's really a useless thing!" ”
At this moment, he wanted to whip Zhang Lu's heart.
"General, how is it now?" Several generals lowered their heads, hung their heads, and did not dare to speak, at this time, they had no better way to break the situation.
"Uncle!"
A young man walked in with the curtain open, and said, "Nephew, please sin!" ”
"Bo Luan is back, please get up quickly!"
Zhang Ji took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked at the young man who could make him necrotic a little more happy, this young man was the most outstanding young man of his Zhang family, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Boluan.
"My nephew has broken my uncle's big business, please punish my uncle!" The young man insisted on kneeling on the ground.
"You've been recognized?" Zhang Ji's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice.
"Exactly!"
Zhang Xiu said: "My nephew is inexperienced, I thought I would lure them north, but I never thought that they would kill a horse pistol, ambush a battle, and expose their troops, which caused them to immediately wave their troops south, the enemy commander is extraordinary, and his reaction is very sensitive, which is rare in the world!" ”
"So, Jing Pingjun is right behind us?"
Zhang Ji's fists suddenly clenched.
If it was before, he would not be afraid to arrive, but now that the news of the eastern battlefield is in his hands, once the main force of the herdsman army moves to the east to kill him, and the Jingping army blocks the way of advance and retreat in the north, he will not fall into a heavy siege.
"I led my troops on a small road and entered Nanzheng in advance, but they are estimated to be not far from us, and I am afraid that they will attack us at any time!" Zhang Xiu said, his voice is a little gloomy, since he returned from learning, marksmanship has become successful, he has crisscrossed the north of Liangzhou, and even won a reputation among the Huns and Qiang, but he was a little anticlimactic in the first battle for his uncle.
"Nan Zheng can't fight, they just want to entangle us, and then wait for their main force to return and encircle and suppress us!"
Zhang Ji immediately decided: "Pass my military order and prepare to withdraw troops to Wudu!" ”
"General, even if we retreat, why Wudu, we can retreat to Yangping Pass, and then hold Yangping Pass, at least we can keep a bridgehead into Hanzhong!"
A general said.
"If you go north at this moment, you will meet the herdsman!" Zhang Ji shook his head: "Now that the situation in Hanzhong has collapsed, once the main force of the pastoral army is freed up, unless we can send another part of the troops from Guanzhong to the south, otherwise it will not be their opponent at all, if it is entangled by the Jingping army in the north, how many people can kill Hanzhong with our army is still an unknown number!" ”
"Mu Jun and us are mortal enemies, once Mu Longtu grasps the slightest opportunity, they will fight with us endlessly, we can't afford to take such a big risk!"
"So, there is only one way for us to leave Hanzhong!"
"Go to Wudu!"
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On the occasion of Zhang Ji's retreat.
On the eastern battlefield, the turmoil is gradually subsided, and the only remaining Hanzhong army has fallen into the encirclement of the herdsman.
After the defeat of Zhang Lu, there were only two remaining soldiers and horses in the Hanzhong army, one was led by Yang Ang, with a high force of 8,000, and the other was led by Zhang Ying, with a force of about 5,000.
The two armies returned to the west, preparing to unite with Zhang Lu's main force and besiege the herdsmen's soldiers and horses, but before they entered the battlefield, the bad news had already come, which made the commanders of both sides frightened.
"Is the message correct?" The two armies were in a joint camp, and in the tent, Yang Ang's eyes widened, looking at the scouts who were kneeling down.
"General, the news was obtained from the deserters, the battle of Iris Mountain, General Yang Song was killed in battle, to Gushan, the main force of Lord Shijun was besieged, less than two days before and after, the main force of my Hanzhong was defeated!"
The scout said in a deep voice: "Even Master Shijun has died in battle!" ”
"Impossible!"
When Zhang Ying heard this, he couldn't believe it, his bronze bell-like eyes widened, exuding a devouring light: "Lord Shijun has the protection of the Supreme True God, his martial arts are extraordinary, and there are masters around him to defend him, and the three hundred iron guards are even more iron-like defenses, even if the army is defeated, Lord Shijun will not die in battle!" ”
"Lord Shijun did die in battle, some soldiers who escaped saw Lord Shijun's corpse, and some people say that it was because of the betrayal of the Five Doumi Sect that the entire army of the Heavenly Master Iron Guard was annihilated, which led to the defeat of thousands of soldiers!"
"Five Bucket Rice Sect?" Zhang Ying trembled all over, and suddenly felt a little chilled.
He couldn't help but believe it. There are many masters of the Five Dou Mi Sect, if the Five Dou Mi Sect betrays, then Zhang Lu will really be unable to escape.
"Go and inquire a little more clearly!"
"No!"
Scout commands.
Yang Ang took a deep breath to calm himself down, he turned his head, looked at Zhang Ying and asked, "General Zhang Ying, how are we doing now?" ”
"I don't believe that Master Shijun will die in battle!"
Zhang Ying shouted angrily: "No matter what, we must march according to Lord Shijun's military order, continue to march into the army, Lord Shijun is alive, naturally rescue him, if Lord Shijun is really unfortunate to die in battle and the hands of the shepherd, he should avenge Lord Shijun!" ”
"General Zhang Ying, calm down!"
When Yang Ang heard this, he immediately shook his head, and he said in a deep voice: "I also want to avenge Lord Shijun, but have you thought about it, now the pastoral army is probably making a trap, let us get in, our strength is not as good as them, once they calculate, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out!" ”
"Yang Ang, are you afraid?"
Zhang Ying's eyes turned red in an instant, and wisps of blood climbed, and he looked at Yang Ang coldly, with a cold breath all over his body.
"Who is afraid, I, Yang Ang, have been blessed by the Heavenly Master since I was a child, how can I be afraid of mere shepherds!"
When Yang Ang heard this, he was immediately enraged, and he said loudly: "I just think that there is something wrong with the current situation, we can't die in vain, if something really happens to Master Shijun, we are a group of dragons without a leader, even if we want to take revenge, we must have a long-term plan, otherwise we can only die in vain!" ”
"What's the long term!"
Zhang Ying said coldly: "So far, the arrow is on the bow, I have to send it, I must not let the blood of Lord Shijun be shed in vain, I want to send troops!" ”
"Okay!"
Yang Ang looked at Zhang Ying's excited appearance, frowned slightly, thought about it, but didn't argue with him, and agreed.
"General, traces of the herdsmen have been found on the left and right!"
"General, the shepherds are surrounding us!"
"General, the main force of the herdsman army is rapidly marching in our direction, and in less than half an hour, we can enter our camp!"
A few scouts rushed in.
"It's coming up so soon!"
When Yang Ang heard this, he gasped: "It seems that they have really defeated Master Shijun, and now they want to kill them all!" ”
"Just in time!" Zhang Ying laughed: "I want to sacrifice the spirit of Lord Shijun in the sky with their blood, come here!" ”
"In!"
"Pass my military orders, all departments prepare, we have a big battle!" Zhang Ying said murderously.
"When is General Zhang Ying going to attack?" Yang Ang asked.
"Three hours later, in the evening, wait for them to bury the pot and cook, and we will kill them!" Zhang Ying said decisively: "Since they surround us, we have to break the net, I am ready to attack the front, and then you concentrate the main force, want to enter the left or right wing, as long as you break through one wing, we can advance and retreat freely in this battle!" ”
Although he was angry, he did not lose his mind, and he still analyzed the deployment of this battle very accurately.
With their current strength, it is impossible to break through the siege, but they can fight separately, and the herdsmen are besieging from all sides, and there must be an empty place.
"Okay, I'm going to assemble the soldiers now!"
Yang Ang stood up and left the tent.
Walking outside, Yang Ang did not gather the soldiers, but took more than ten generals under his subordinates and walked in the direction of Hanshui, his eyes looked at the warships moored on the surface of the Hanshui River, which made him have an idea in his heart.
"General, that Zhang Ying is obviously going to die, even Lord Shijun has been defeated, how can we fight with the pastoral army, such a fight will inevitably cause us to suffer heavy casualties, why don't you stop him!"
Several generals of the Hanzhong Army who came out with Yang Ang said with some indignation.
This battle has been fought so far, and the defeat is decided.
The human heart is all about survival.
They can fight bravely, but they can't put their hopes on a hopeless battle, and if they fight, they will lose their lives one by one, whether it is the lives of their subordinates or their own lives, they are reluctant.
"Zhang Ying is so excited, it is clear that he wants to fight to the death, even if I want to intercept it, how can I stop it!"
Yang Ang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The news of Lord Shijun's death in battle is a fact, the main force of the Hanzhong Army has been destroyed, we are just ants, and we will perish in the hands of the herdsman army in a snap of our fingers, we have to make plans for ourselves!" ”
"What does the general mean?"
"They beat theirs, and after the fight, you remember, for a maximum of an hour, as long as it is night, immediately leave the battlefield, seize the ship, cross the south bank, and go straight to Daba Mountain, which has many paths!"
People are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, Yang Ang is not Zhang Ying, if Zhang Lu is still here, he can serve his life and fight to kill, now Zhang Lu is dead, knowing the defeated battle, he will not do it, he let a few generals lean over and whisper: "We can't stay in Hanzhong, we have the life to escape, I will take you south to Xiaba County, and take refuge in Yizhou Mu!" ”
"Yes!"
Several Hanzhong army generals glanced at each other and immediately agreed with Yang Ang's words.
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Evening.
Huang Shao led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army and took the lead in attacking: "Attack and sweep them!" ”
"Sweep!"
"Sweep!"
The Yellow Turbans attacked.
The left and right wings, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao, also sent troops.
"Jingping Second Army, attack!"
"White Wave Army, attack!"
The two ordered at the same time to besiege the Hanzhong army in the middle on three sides.
"Kill!"
Zhang Ying fought bravely, on the battlefield, he fought hard, and thousands of soldiers under him were also brave and invincible, charging incomparably, and the Yellow Turban Army was stuck in battle, and Yang Ang's generals were dragged left and right.
It's just that the herdsmen became more and more courageous the more they fought, and began to shrink the battle circle, pressing the Hanzhong army in the middle from three directions.
"Withdraw!"
At night, Yang Ang rode his horse into the air and shouted.
"Withdraw!"
"Withdraw!"
The generals under Yang Ang's command quickly moved, they abandoned the defensive circle, abandoned the fortifications in the middle, and the movements were smooth, and suddenly they withdrew, and then they gathered, seized the boats on the riverbank, and headed towards the riverbank.
"Yang Ang, if you betray a certain family, you will not die well!"
Zhang Ying only had thousands of soldiers and horses, and he resisted the main force of tens of thousands of herdsmen, and in less than half an hour, he was defeated like a mountain, and one by one the soldiers fell, and he let out a terrible cry before he was killed.
The Great War ended.
The three generals of the pastoral army, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, and Huang Shao, all stood on the bank of the river, looking at the darkness of the night, Yang Ang led his troops to cross the river, and had already left the Han River, and above the Han River, only the silent water surface remained.
"It seems that Yang Ang has already made up his mind to escape!"
"In that direction, Daba Mountain!"
"It's impossible to go to Nanyang, they should want to go to Ba County, and we can't reach Ba County!"
The three of them glanced at each other, and some helpless thoughts appeared in their eyes.
"Forget it, poor Kou Mo chase!"
Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "It is important for us to clean up Hanzhong, if he wants to escape, let him escape, the lord has an order, after cleaning up the battlefield, the main force will return to Nanzheng, and then send the elites of the various departments to immediately rush to the various counties, the nine counties of Hanzhong, when the day changes, there will be a little turmoil, but we must not let them mess up, this battle has been won, Hanzhong has been a place for us to rest and recuperate in the future, do not mess up!" ”
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