When Zhang Yang received the news of his deposition by the imperial court, he knew that because of Lu Bu's affairs, he had offended the current rulers of the imperial court, Li Dao and Guo Yan.

But at this time, Zhang Yang didn't have too many regrets in his heart, and he could be regarded as his friend Lu Bu, who stuck a knife in both sides.

Although he lost the opportunity to be favored by Li Dao and Guo Yan, he also got the 'No. 1 military general in the world' - Lu Bu.

It's worth it!

When Zhang Yang weighed the pros and cons, Lu Bu, who was in Shangdang County, also knew the news of the imperial court's dismissal of Zhang Yang's position as the Taishou of Shangdang County and the Taishou of Hanoi County, and he felt sorry for Zhang Yang, who had been protecting himself.

In order not to make Zhang Yang in a dilemma, Lu Bu left a letter and led the remaining hundreds of men and horses to Yuan Shao in Jizhou.

When Zhang Yang saw the letter left by Lu Bu, he suddenly had a feeling of chicken flying and egg beating in his heart.

Xin said: "What is this called?" What am I doing? ”

Han Cheng, who was in Taiyuan County, received the news of Wang Que early and knew that he was about to be officially canonized by the imperial court.

Believing in Li Ru's ability, he asked his subordinates Captain Zhang He, Captain Liu Bao and others to gather 5,000 Qinglong Army, 6,000 Sharp Sword Army, 2,000 Xuanwu Army and 10,000 soldiers to be stationed on the border between Taiyuan County and Shangdang County.

A few days later, sure enough, the order of the imperial court to remove Zhang Yang from the position of the party taishou came, and Han Chengxin said: "Li Ru did a good job, and the opportunity to send troops by himself has come." ”

Han Cheng led the Heavenly Dragon Guards to rush to the back of his own army, and led the army straight to Shangdang County.

He is a righteous and state pastor, and Shangdang County is not too guarded for the time being, so if you don't take it at this time, when will you wait?

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Shangdang County, from the geographical point of view, is not an exaggeration to say that it is the 'southern gate' of the state.

This county is located in the southeasternmost side of Bingzhou, and on the west side is Hedong County of Sizhou; On the south side is Sizhou Hanoi County; The east side is only separated from Wei County in Jizhou by Huguan, which is also the closest road between Bingzhou and Jizhou, and its strategic location is extremely important; The north side is against Taiyuan County.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Shangdang County had more than 40,000 households, with a total population of more than 120,000; However, in recent years, the continuous battles in the county and the continuous harassment of the Montenegrin army in the Taihang Mountain have caused a large number of population losses to other regions, and now the entire Shangdang County has a population of less than 80,000.

After the predecessor Taishou Zhang Yang took over Shangdang County, 20,000 of the 80,000 people were selected and trained into soldiers.

But they only dare to make a rough selection, and they don't dare to select carefully, after all, if they choose carefully, it would be good to be able to select 5,000 troops.

Although the imperial court dismissed Zhang Yang from his post as Taishou, how could Zhang Yang leave his 'base area' if there was no new Taishou to take office;

Relying on the management of Shangdang County for so many years, Zhang Yang is still a figure in Shangdang County, and out of Shangdang County, who knows him Zhang Yang?

So, when Zhang Yang got the news that the Fenwu army on the north side was coming south, he put all the troops and property in the eldest son county according to the actual situation, and wanted to defend his last territory, or it can also be said to be the last dignity, after all, Zhang Yang at this time, if you only talk about identity, you can be regarded as a prince.

The reason why Zhang Yang dared to do this without fear was mainly because Zhang Yang believed that his boss 'Yuan Shao' would definitely not abandon him, if he really didn't care about himself, who in the world would dare to defect to Yuan Shao, who didn't care about his younger brother, not to mention, there was still a big feud between Yuan Shao and Han Cheng.

Zhang Yang thought about the beauty, Han Cheng did it quickly.

In less than a day, the army of the Fenwu Army drove to the county seat of Changzi County.

The intelligence battalion had already figured out the situation in the eldest son county, and after Han Cheng arrived, the intelligence battalion Zuo Sima Baihua came to report:

"Zhang Yang has a total of 20,000 troops in Shangdang County, of which 15,000 are stationed in Changzi County, and the food in the city is enough for this 15,000 army and the people to eat for half a month, and the remaining 5,000 men and horses are guarding Huguan."

After listening to the vernacular, Han Cheng thought slightly in his heart: "Zhang Yang is clearly waiting for reinforcements here." ”

Han Cheng didn't have to guess to know that there was only one Zhang Yang's reinforcements, and that was Yuan Shao of Jizhou, which was the only one, and there was no semicolon.

Since Zhang Yang arranged an army of 5,000 troops in Huguan, there is only one way to rescue, and that is to come through Huguan.

Thinking about this, Han Cheng ordered: "The whole army is encamped twenty miles outside the city of Changzi County, Zhang He leads 3,000 men and horses to be responsible for the night defense, and early tomorrow morning, the army will launch an attack on the city." ”

Just in case, a quick fix is the best way to do it.

After this order was issued, Han Cheng issued another order: "Huang Zhong, the Zhonglang of Taiyuan County, led 5,000 Suzaku troops and 5,000 soldiers, set off immediately, and hurried to Huguan just in case."

If you can take it, you can take the pot off; If they can't take it, they will ambush the army on both sides of the road from Huguan to Changzi County. ”

On the morning of the second day, the Fenwu Army set up a formation outside Changzi County, and 8,000 soldiers lined up in two neat phalanxes, taking neat steps, approaching Changzi County step by step.

On the left side of the phalanx of 8,000 soldiers was the 5,000 Green Dragon Army, on the right side was the 6,000 Sharp Sword Army, while the remaining 2,000 Xuanwu Army and 2,000 soldiers, together with the Heavenly Dragon Guard, were guarding around Han Cheng.

Zhang Yang looked at the Fenwu military array under the city - all young and strong men, every soldier was full of fighting spirit and high morale;

Look at the cavalry on both sides: sturdy horses, sturdy soldiers, majestic under the city.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "When can I also lead such an army?" ”

Just as Zhang Yang was looking at the Fenwu Army greedily, the large army of the Fenwu Army arrived near the city, took out all kinds of siege equipment, and launched an attack on Changzi County.

The most siege equipment is the ladder, which has been built on the wall of Changzi County.

The Zhang Yang army in the city, under the command of Zhang Yang, constantly fired arrows at the Fenwu army, and those who did not have bows and arrows either threw boulders, or poured hot water, or pushed down the ladders.

This was Han Cheng's first assault since he became an army.

Looking at the soldiers who kept dying, Han Cheng's heart gradually became cold - everything is for the sake of victory, and these soldiers are worth dying.

The Fenwu army attacked for an hour, and Han Cheng estimated that his Fenwu army had more than 1,000 casualties.

Then he said to Pan Feng and Liu Hu beside him: "It's up to you next." Raise troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while, I hope that the Xuanwu Army will attack for the first time, and don't let me down. ”

Pan Feng put on his armor and said to Han Cheng: "Don't worry, my lord, if you can't take the eldest son county within half an hour, a certain family will come to see you." ”

Han Cheng said sternly and caringly to Pan Feng, "What do I want your broken head for?" Stop talking nonsense, let's get on the attack. ”

After a cup of tea, I saw that outside the gate of Changzi County, hundreds of majestic Xuanwu soldiers with a height of more than eight feet, wearing heavy armor and carrying huge battering rams, slowly approached the city gate like a walking 'steel giant'.

When Zhang Yang saw these heavily armored soldiers, he knew that something was wrong, and ordered the archers to shoot arrows desperately at them.

But beside each Xuanwu soldier, there was a soldier holding a large shield to resist the arrows that came from him.

Even if there were a few arrows that 'slipped through the net', they only "clanked" on the heavy armor of the Xuanwu Army for a while, and did not cause any damage to the more than 100 soldiers of the Xuanwu Army.

The two people in the front are the main and deputy leaders of the Xuanwu Army, Pan Feng and Liu Hu.

The burly figure of these two people is especially suitable for these two positions.

With a "boom", a huge battering ram slammed into the city gate.

Although from Han Cheng's direction, there was no damage to the city gate, but if you look at the city gate hole inside Changzi County, a huge gap has been cracked in the latch of the city gate.

If there were more such strong blows, the gates would have been breached.

The soldiers guarding the city gate let the soldiers hold the city gate tightly, and at the same time sent someone to report to Zhang Yang.

"Boom" was another sound, and everyone in the Xuanwu Army took a few steps back, and there was another huge impact.

This loud voice, listening to the ears of the soldiers of Zhang Yangjun, was like a "urging note", constantly hitting their hearts that were both nervous and afraid.

Zhang Yang heard the report from the soldiers in the city gate cave, knew that the situation was critical, and led the guards around him to go down the city wall and go straight to the city gate hole.

The Xuanwu army had already slammed the city gate five times, and the last impact, that is, when Zhang Yang had just arrived at the city gate hole, the city gate was unbearable and broke a big hole.

The sergeants of the Xuanwu Army quickly occupied the mouth, and the people of Zhang Yangjun really didn't know how to deal with this group of sudden 'Tiegada', so they could only watch them keep pulling the mouth open.

The Qinglong Army and the Sharp Knife Army on both sides of the army saw the city gate open, so they quickly covered up.

As the cavalry entered the city, they shouted loudly: "They are all from the state, and if you surrender on your knees, you will not die." ”

Zhang Yang looked at the endless army at the city gate and knew that his general trend had gone.

As a result, Zhang Yang made a major decision in his life: to give up resistance and surrender the whole army.

Han Cheng, who was outside the city, was in trouble after receiving the news that Zhang Yang surrendered without hesitation.

Although the eldest son county was taken, Shangdang County already belonged to itself.

But Zhang Yang is different from ordinary generals and strategists.

This is a prince who is on one side, although he is now forced to surrender by the situation, but who knows when he will rebel against himself?

After Zhang Yang surrendered, the army of the Fenwu Army smoothly entered the county town of Changzi.

In addition to the more than 1,000 people who resisted stubbornly and refused to surrender, the remaining 13,000 soldiers became prisoners and honestly squatted in the barracks in the city.

At the gate of the city, Zhang Yang held the seal of Taishou and led the bureaucrats of Shangdang County and Changzi County out of the city gate to greet Han Cheng.

There were still hundreds of steps away from Han Cheng, Zhang Yang knelt on the ground, and shouted in a loud voice: "The criminal minister Zhang Yang, lead the people to surrender to the general, please treat the people of Shangdang County well." ”

Han Cheng knew that he wanted to say kind words at this time, so he said: "It's all the ordinary people of my state, and I will treat them equally, please rest assured." ”