Chapter 178: Zhang Yehong
Just as Yan Kui beckoned the Jin army to retreat, the Zhou army's chasing scouts who were behind them also discovered their traces, and then immediately reported to Zhang Yehong, the commander of the Zhou army.
Zhang Yehong, the general of the Zhou army from Sipin Mountain, was originally only a captain of the sixth grade, but because of his courage in this battle against Jin and his repeated contributions, he was set up as a model by Ji Linbing and promoted vigorously, and in just a few months, he became a Sipin general who commanded tens of thousands of troops.
However, although this person is good at fighting, his luck is too bad, and he has the unlucky son of a cheating father.
Lao Tzu made meritorious service in the front, and his son made trouble in the rear, and after learning that his father was promoted, his heart swelled and forcibly ruined the daughter-in-law of a local head of the Dashi clan.
Now they stopped doing it, used their connections, and directly brought this matter to the court, if it weren't for Zhang Yehong who had just become a typical example of courting Jin, Ji Linbing would not be able to beat himself too quickly, I am afraid that even his father and son would have finished playing.
If Rao is like this, the fate of the Zhang family's father and son will not be easy, Zhang Yehong was transferred from the front line to the rear to defend the city, although he still holds the power of the army, but this matter is so big, and his future will definitely be bleak in recent years.
And the pit father's son was even more miserable, and was sent to the prison of the Western Zhou Criminal Department, according to the meaning of the imperial court, eighty percent was to be stabbed and punished.
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Although Zhang Yehong has two sons, this pit father was killed, and the remaining son can still protect the incense of the Zhang family, but after all, it is his own flesh and blood, Zhang Yehong really can't bear to watch his beloved son die tragically.
But he couldn't bear it, and he couldn't get people, the head of the Dashi clan was not an easy person, although he had no official or position, but he had a bunch of friends in the court, and he was well-connected.
This time, if it wasn't Ji Linbing's move, or Zhang Yehong himself would have to eat melons, now, people have spoken, Zhang Yehong's unlucky son did something that made the whole family shame, he had to die.
It is reported that the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Yushitai, and even the palace have all invited people to lobby and make every effort to handle this case into an iron case.
Under such a momentum, not to mention that the Zhang family in this case is not reasonable, but it is reasonable, with Zhang Yehong, a four-rank general who has just risen and has an unstable foundation, how can he fight with these mountains that others have moved out.
Originally, because of the unfortunate son's incident, Zhang Yehong was upset enough, and half of his hair was half white in less than forty years, but it didn't come to fruition, and his son's affairs had not yet been settled, and the safe granary was attacked by the Jin army again, and hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line were burned with military rations for several months.
Isn't this a person sitting at home, and a black cauldron falls from the sky?
Zhang Yehong, as the guard of Luo County, naturally bears the responsibility of guarding the granary, the grain and grass in the safe granary were burned, the eldest grandson Yuting is the first person responsible, and Zhang Yehong can't escape the top three.
Before, Zhang Yehong had a bleak future because of his father's son, but now it's okay, let alone the future, now the four ranks don't want to be in charge anymore, and they can't even save their lives.
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Zhang Yehong, who had encountered great disasters in a row, couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore after rushing to Ping'an Town to understand the situation, kicked over the eldest grandson Yuting who was still shouting, and pulled out the treasure knife in his waist to relieve the depression in his chest, but was stopped by the Ministry of Relatives.
The eldest grandson Yuting is guilty, but his father, the eldest grandson Wuchang, is the prince and general of the dynasty after all, for his father's sake, how the eldest grandson Yuting will deal with it is not Zhang Yehong's turn to deal with it.
Zhang Yehong was persuaded by the guards, and did not continue to do it, but just asked people to tie up the eldest grandson Yuting, and then gathered most of the defenders in Ping'an Town by himself, and quickly pursued the Jin army who burned grain.
Up to now, Zhang Yehong thinks very clearly, the safe granary has been destroyed, and he can't escape from it, so the only thing he can do now is to take down the Jin army that raided the granary, make up for it, and not seek to survive this catastrophe unscathed, at least to save his life and his family in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhang Yehong was ruthless, and issued a military order as the general of Sipin Shanheng, so that all the soldiers and horses of the Zhou army in Luoxian and nearby should send troops, and encircle, suppress, chase and kill the Jin army along the way, and be sure to annihilate this Jin army.
After issuing the order, Zhang Yehong divided the soldiers and horses in his hands into three parts, and pursued them along the direction of the retreat of the Jin army, among which he personally led 5,000 Zhou troops to be responsible for the route of Ping'an Town-Tanshan-Tuxian, and happened to meet Yan Kui and them who returned the same way.
"Hmph, it turned out to be from Tu County, damn, what is Wen Xun doing to eat, tens of thousands of troops passed through his territory and did not report the news, and when the general asks for the crime in the future, he will be responsible for it."
Zhang Yehong's mood is extremely out of control now, seeing that everyone wants to pull over a top cylinder, so, after realizing that the Jin army is likely to raid Ping'an Town from Tuxian County, he immediately arranged the pot of the Tuxian guard Wen Xuan.
As everyone knows, Wen Pai was also wronged, and he discovered the intentions of the Jin army very early, and he was ready to intercept and raid the Jin army as soon as possible, but was stopped by Qin Qi.
Then he sent no less than a dozen messengers to warn Luo County, but they were all destroyed by Qin Qi and failed to break out of the encirclement of the Jin army.
General Wen was also very helpless in his heart............
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After throwing a pot at Wen Xian, Zhang Yehong's anxious mind calmed down slightly, and sent people to the various departments that were looking for the location of the Jin army, and asked them to march in the direction of Tanshan.
Then Zhang Yehong ordered the whole army to speed up and be sure to catch up with the Jin army before Tanshan, in his words.
"Lao Tzu wants to make Tanshan the burial ground of this Jin army."
However, although Zhang Yehong is arrogant, he also has his own confidence, and he was able to rise from a small six-rank lieutenant to a four-rank general in charge of tens of thousands of troops in the first battle of Nanling, relying on real skills.
After the cruel words, Zhang Yehong led 5,000 infantry, and chased forty miles before dawn, and successfully bit the tail of the Jin army.
Of course, this is due to the fatigue of the Jin army and the fact that the Zhou army is slightly more familiar with the terrain than the Jin army, but it is undeniable that Zhang Yehong's ability to command troops cannot be underestimated.
In one breath, let the foot soldiers march forty miles in a hurry without collapsing the formation and morale, and few ordinary generals can do this.
Not to mention, this Zhou army, which had been running for forty miles, actually killed the past directly the moment it encountered the Jin army, and the morale was so tenacious that even Yan Kui, the enemy, was sideways.
But the side eyes are sideways, the two sides belong to the enemy, Yan Kui will naturally not be merciful, and he noticed early that Zhang Yehong was constantly approaching with the Zhou army, so he had a guard before this, and deliberately led the other party to a gentle area.
Then when the Zhou army caught up, Yan Kui personally led the three thousand cavalry who had recovered some physical strength, and directly gave them a head-on blow.
In a gentle area, three thousand cavalry VS five thousand foot soldiers.
No matter how good Zhang Yehong is with his soldiers, he can only taste the bitter fruits, and he is defeated and retreated by Yan Kui, and his troops are defeated.
However, although he paid a lot of casualties, Zhang Yehong did not gain nothing, Yan Kui and his party were delayed by him for a lot of retreat, and at the same time, they were able to let the rest of the pursuing Zhou troops follow.
Soon after Yan Kui repelled Zhang Yehong's 5,000 foot soldiers, Zhang Yehong reassembled tens of thousands of Zhou troops and persevered to catch up.
Yan Kui led the Jin army on the road to victory, and there is a long way to go............