Chapter 267: Zhang Ping's Fury
While the two were discussing how to deal with it, the shouts and killings outside became louder and louder, as if they would rush to the county government at any time. "Needless to say, we have few people in our hands, and there are still some soldiers and horses in Beicheng, if we rush out from there, we may have a greater grasp. And the other city gates are under the control of the other party, if we are dragged back, we may not be able to escape! Feng Hao became more and more anxious, thought about it for a while, and then said categorically.
After that, he hurriedly instructed the housekeeper on the side to inform the family servants and prepare to leave this place quickly with the family.
His third brother had no choice, and at this moment, he had to obey his orders~ things, and hurriedly went out to gather the remaining manpower and prepared to cover the retreat of Feng Hao and others.
At this time, Li Xin, who was outside the county office, led the men and horses to gradually kill at the front door of the county office. I have to say that those defenders are still quite tenacious, although they can't fight, but not too many people retreat. At this time, he retreated while fighting and blocked the gate of the county office.
"Rush in! Take down the county office! Li Xin saw that the other party had reached this point, so he didn't think too much about it, and directly gave the order to charge.
The troops shouted in unison and rushed towards the gate. Although the other party tried their best to block it, they were soon forced to retreat step by step, and under the continuous casualties, only a few people finally retreated into the county government.
Li Xin did not follow the soldiers into the county office, but stood outside the county office and waited. Finally, the moment the sun rose, the entire county government was completely taken down.
"Report to the General! Feng Hao and the others slipped away from the back door and fled to the north city gate! Soon, the soldiers who occupied the county government came to report.
"Well, order the armies to occupy the whole city, and seal the gates, so that no one can enter or leave. Others, go after them immediately! Hearing this, Li Xin nodded, and then ordered.
Soon, the gates began to be shut. Li Xin personally sat in the county government and sent a lieutenant to lead his troops to pursue Feng Hao and others. With the extinguishing of the scattered rebels in the rest of the city, Niexian was completely under the control of Li Xin.
As expected, Feng Hao and the others were ambushed in the north of the city. The soldiers and horses outside the city and the soldiers and horses pursuing from the city happened to be a front and back attack, directly surrounding Feng Hao's group outside the north city gate.
After a chaotic battle, Feng Hao's group of people can be said to have suffered heavy casualties. The most unlucky thing was Feng Ho himself, who was shot by a random arrow and swallowed his breath on the spot! Under such circumstances, the county Cheng, who had no choice, had to lead the others to surrender.
After Nexian County was taken, Li Xin immediately blocked the news, and almost everything in the city was never moved. makes it look as if nothing has happened from the outside. In addition, the entire county is now only in and out.
In this way, it can ensure to the greatest extent that the news of the change of ownership in Nie County will not spread, so as to create good conditions for the action of Wuxiang County.
After waiting for three days in Nie County, news finally came from Wuxiang County.
After Liao Chuan led his army north, he found that Zhang Ping's 2,000 soldiers and horses were already guarding the city, and he knew that it would not be easy to take it. So, he thought of a way, taking advantage of the fact that the defenders of Wuxiang County did not know the news that the Huashan Army had gone north, and sent people to pretend to be ordinary people who went out of the city every day to collect firewood.
The army of 2,000 was scattered into small groups and mixed in from the different gates. In this way, it took two days to let him mix in more than 200 people.
I have to say that the defenders in this city are really too careless. Compared with the soldiers of the Huashan Army, the gap is really not half a star, especially in terms of discipline.
When it was night, this group of people suddenly came out, almost similar to Li Xin's strategy to take Nie County, and successfully took the county seat of Wuxiang.
But one thing is that because the other side is more numerous, the battle in the city was fought all night. Until dawn, in the end, the other party escaped by a few hundred people.
Fortunately, Wuxiang County was finally taken, and Li Xin's goal was achieved. After getting the news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to take the next step.
Compared with his ease, Zhang Pingke, who had just arrived in Yuci County, was not so comfortable.
"Bastard, you have an army of two thousand, and you can't even hold a small Wuxiang county seat? What use do I keep you? Someone, drag him out, behead him for public display, to show the power of my military law! The general who escaped from Wuxiang County, after returning to Yuci County, immediately reported the incident to Zhang Ping. Zhang Ping was furious and immediately cut him down.
"Envoy, now that the county seat of Wuxiang has fallen into the hands of the Huashan Army, it will not be easy for our army to go south smoothly!" After the escapee was dragged out, the strategist beside him said to Zhang Ping.
"Do you still need to say it? If it weren't for this, how could the official be so angry? It's infuriating! The county seat of Wuxiang, which was finally taken, was snatched away in a blink of an eye! Zhang Ping glared at him and said dissatisfied.
It has not been a day or two since he tried to join the party, but he has always been denied entry. This time, Feng Yang took the initiative to find himself, and in his eyes, it was a sign that God helped him achieve hegemony. As a result, he led an army of 20,000 to hurry over, and he actually ate a closed door!
"Don't be angry! From the perspective of his subordinates, the other party does not have many defenders in Wuxiang County, but it is only 2,000 people. We have an army of 20,000, are you still afraid that they will not succeed? The envoy immediately led the army south and attacked the county seat of Wuxiang day and night, and he must be able to recapture this city in a few days! Another advisor suggested.
"Yes, the army of 20,000 under the command of this official will not be stopped by a small Wuxiang county town? If it hadn't taken me more time to gather my army, I wouldn't have dragged it out until now! Hearing this, Zhang Ping finally had some comfort.
"Envoy, since the Huashan army went north first, it is obviously on guard against us. It is certainly right for an army of 20,000 to attack Wuxiang County here. However, in order to prevent the Huashan Army on the east side of Hedong from advancing eastward to support, in the opinion of his subordinates, he should let the soldiers and horses from all over the country gather as soon as possible and go south to attack Hedong County as soon as possible. In this way, the Huashan Army in the land of the party can be left without backup! ”
The two-way attack was originally the plan that Zhang Ping and the others had discussed before. But whether it is to attack the 20,000 troops of Shangdang, or to move south from Taiyuan to seize another army in Pingyang County, it is necessary to have time to gather troops.
Unless preparations are made very early, it is not easy to assemble an army of tens of thousands of people. Especially for a force like Zhang Ping, which is basically formed by the subordination of all parties, it has to gather a large number of soldiers and horses, and can only be mobilized from everywhere. Moreover, it has to be supported by local forces.
At this point, the efficiency of the Huashan army was much higher, because all the soldiers and horses were dispatched under Li Xin's orders, and there was no need for the consent of the local people. If it weren't for this, Zhang Ping's soldiers and horses would have followed Zhang Hao into the party a long time ago, and they would not have waited until now.
The 20,000 troops mobilized in advance were brought to Yuci and Yangyi counties, preparing to enter Shangdang from Wuxiang County, so that the soldiers and horses that captured Pingyang had to be assembled even later. At this time, the situation changed, so that Zhang Ping had to speed up the deployment of troops.
"This official then ordered to mobilize 30,000 troops from Xihe, Xinxing and Taiyuan and quickly move south. We must take Pingyang County, break through the land east of the river, and block Li Xin and his soldiers and horses in Shangdang! For this suggestion, Zhang Ping was deeply convinced, and even said.
His territory is not small, but there are many places that are remote and bitter cold places, so there are not so many real soldiers and horses. This adds up to more than 50,000 troops, and obviously, there is still a lot of water in it, at least, most of them should be newly recruited people.
But at this time, this is the case in the world, once the forces of all parties mobilize the army, basically there are not enough veterans, and the people come to make up! For example, there are not many soldiers like the Huashan Army who go to the battlefield and must go through a period of professional training.
If it were a person who knew the soldiers, I am afraid that he would not do this. But for many people in Zhang Ping, quantity is an advantage, and it seems that as long as there are more people, they can win.
"Hmph, if it weren't for the soldiers and horses of Leping County to guard against Yan Kingdom, this official would let the soldiers and horses of Leping County go south, but they could bypass Wuxiang County!" After the arrangement, Zhang Pingwu was furious.
Leping County is in the northeast of Shangdang County, which borders Shangdang County, and there are five counties in this county. This county was originally part of Shangdang County, but it was divided by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Its administrative seat is in Zhan County, and the county seat is more than 40 miles southwest of Xiyang County in the later generations. And about 100 miles to the south, there is Yiyang County, which is later Zuoquan County. This county is located dozens of miles southeast of Wuxiang County.
If it is said that from Yuci County to the east into Leping County, and then turn around and go south, from the northeast of Shangdang into the Shangdang area, it is also possible. It's just that compared to entering directly from Wuxiang County, the distance is much longer.
Leping County is also under the control of Zhang Ping, and if you get out of this county, the east is the land of Jizhou in the Central Plains, which is the important town of Yan State. Because there is an ancient road between Leping County and the Central Plains, Zhang Ping had to arrange heavy troops to prevent the Yan army from entering Bingzhou and other places from there.
Taihang Mountain separates Shangdang Taiyuan from the Central Plains, and since ancient times, it has to rely on the ancient Taihang Eight Mountains to pass. Among them, there are four roads in the land of Shangdang, and the remaining four are outside Shangdang.
If you count from the south, the southernmost pass is the first one, which can lead to the east of the river. The second is the road from Wanzi City to Tianjing Pass, and the third is the white gate to the east of Hyun's family.
The fourth is the mouth of the Hongti Pass and the Huguan area. As for this well, it is the fifth one, and from here you can directly enter the Taiyuan area from the Central Plains. Therefore, Zhang Ping attaches great importance to it. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.