Volume 2 The Yellow Turban Rebellion Chapter 12 Zhang Jiao is critically ill
A few days later, Dong Zhuo rushed to Guangzong in anticipation of everyone.
"We've seen Dong Jianjun!"
"Zhuo has seen the champion Hou and the generals!"
Everyone saw each other and saluted one after another. Although he has heard of Dong Zhuo for a long time, Xiang Ao is also the first time he has seen Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo was born in the reign of Emperor Shun, he was in the border of Yingchuan. was originally a person from Lintao in Longxi, and Dong Zhuo was over forty years old at this time. The people in the western realm of Gall Longxi are already strong, even if Dong Zhuo is a little older, he is still quite majestic at this time. The years have not been too bad on Dong Zhuo's handsome face, Dong Zhuo is about eight feet long, only as long as Xiang Ao's shoulders, wearing a black official uniform, and a seven-foot sword at his waist.
It's not too handsome, but it's also full of manliness. It's just that the abdomen is slightly bulging, and I expect to have a lot of lewd entertainment on weekdays, and my face is a little yellow. After Xiang Ao was trained by Hua Tuo, he also learned the essence of learning, and he knew Dong Zhuo's good bed at a glance.
"We've been waiting for the prison army for a long time!" After Xiang Ao invited a group of generals to sit down, he said: "My master was falsely accused by traitors, and he was in a hurry to leave, not to tell us how to fight in the future. Today, the prison army arrives, and I ask the prison army to order the siege of the city! ”
"Champion Hou Gao!" Dong Zhuo dodged slightly: "Zhuo only came to supervise the battle this time, and he has no right to lead the troops. Champion Hou is good at military affairs, and has a lot of experience in fighting Xianbei, and the siege only needs to be arranged by Champion Hou, so it is inconvenient for Zhuo to interject! ”
When Xiang Ao heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then chuckled: "Dong Jian Jun's prestige Ao has heard that he can fight well, serve Xiliang, and break the Qiang people, he is a hero of the Han Dynasty, and Dong Jian Jun is too humble!" ”
"Champion Hou Muzan, the imperial court decreed that the champion Hou is the general of Beizhong Lang, supervising the affairs of the Jizhou battlefield, and it must be His Majesty's trust of the champion Hou. Hou Hou, the champion of this battle, can do it with all his might, and Zhuo Ding should cooperate! ”
Dong Zhuo said secretly in his heart: Why is this champion Hou so polite? If you can break the horn, it is a great achievement, and give it to me? Hehe, when the three generals are recognized in the DPRK, Lu Zhi can't break through in a short time, what do you do with me? Someone needs to take the blame, I Dong Zhuo will not be fooled!
"That being the case, when the yellow scarf is broken, Ao Ding will play Your Majesty and ask for credit for Dong Jianjun!"
"Hehe, the champion Hou jokes too! Zhuo is only a supervisor of the army, and his military merits are also owned by a general who fights in battle, and Zhuo does not dare to hope for extravagance. I just want the world to be peaceful as soon as possible, so that the people can live in peace! Dong Zhuo said with a smile, but he was disdainful in his heart: the momentum of the yellow scarf, there is no March or May to win? Don't be funny, don't pull me when you are held accountable.
Xiang Ao glanced at Dong Zhuo deeply and praised: "Dong Jian Jun is benevolent!" ”
Liu Bei, who was present, was also a human being, and praised Dong Zhuo after following Xiang Ao: "The Han Dynasty has Dong Jianjun's army so capable of recruiting and fighting Rende generals, but our Han people are convinced!" ”
The rest of the people also followed and praised, especially Xiang Ao's subordinates, who were full of praise. Such hypocrisy is also helpless, and the imperial court supervises the army, and it cannot be offended at this time.
"That's the case..."Xiang said solemnly: "According to the teacher's previous arrangement, dig a trench, surround Zhang Jiao, and order people to build more siege ladders, waiting for a good opportunity to attack the city!" Ao Wangzhong will not accept His Majesty's trust! ”
"No!" In the tent, a military general should hold his fists and receive his life.
At this time, Yingchuan Zhu Jun and others had already broken through Yang Zhai, who Bocai had fled, and killed Bocai. After annihilating the Yellow Turbans in the Yingchuan area, Zhu Jun directly waved his army south to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Runan. Huangfu Song divided his troops to the north, and marched east to the Yellow Turban Bu Department of Dongjun.
Compared with the successful defeat of the Yellow Turban on the southern front, the Jizhou battlefield is indeed deadlocked. Xiang Ao has attacked Guangzong County many times during this period, but Zhang Jiao is really well prepared, not only has a large number of defenders, but also all kinds of defensive equipment, and Xiang Ao and the others are disgraced. Even if Zhang Jiao had a slight advantage, he did not see Zhang Jiao send troops out of the city to pursue. made Xiang Ao and the others helpless.
Especially Dong Zhuo, he secretly sighed that he was fortunate not to be fooled by Xiang Ao and took over the military power, so difficult to achieve, he expected that there would be angels in the middle of the court to urge the war in the near future.
"It's really like the turtle king eight, no matter how you tease it!" Jiao Meng couldn't help it, and said rudely in the middle tent.
Xiang Ao glared fiercely, and then sighed helplessly.
"I wonder if you have a good plan?" Xiang Ao looked around at everyone and asked.
Liu Bei bowed his head and was silent, Dong Zhuo also drank the tea a few days ago and did not answer.
"General! Can you give the last general a battalion, and the last general will fight to break the door! Zhang Fei couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, such a war made people feel aggrieved.
"Wing De is messing around!" Liu Bei apologized to Xiang Ao in a hurry when he heard this: "General, Yide is just a little anxious, please don't blame the general!" ”
Xiang Ao chuckled and waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Yide also wants to put down the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Thieves as soon as possible!" Xiang Ao looked at Zhang Fei, who was a little reckless, and had no intention of blaming, and even a little bit of love.
"Can you have a good plan?"
"Wait for the king, Zhang Jiao is shrinking into the city, and he has no intention of fighting, even if he is afraid that it will be difficult to succeed." Xi Zhong thought for a moment and played with the fan in his hand and said: "If you want to attack the city with a strange plan, it is easy to say that you will succeed, but if you fail, I am afraid..."
"Therefore, Zhong thinks that in such a situation, the monarch still puts stability first, and can increase the feint attack, tired yellow scarf. Can you imagine what you would do if you were trapped in the city and attacked for months. ”
"What Zhicai said is extremely true!" Xiang Ao nodded and said: "Then continue to attack, and tomorrow the whole army will be divided into three columns, and the city will be attacked day and night!" ”
"No!" The morale of the generals was not too high, only Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei trembled in their hearts, they were too ruthless.
With such a brutal siege war, it is impossible to see who is a good military talent, and Xiang Ao doesn't want to pay more attention to it, anyway, he doesn't stop attacking, but when he attacks the city at night, he has to stop a lot, and he mostly shoots arrows, and occasionally goes to the wall.
At this time, outside the city of Guangzong, there was a strong smell of blood everywhere, and the city wall that had not been cleaned for a long time was even more dark red and dazzling. The casualties of the officers and the Yellow Turbans have been tens of thousands, if it weren't for Hua Tuo, who was with the army, worried about the plague and suggested that Xiang Ao clean up the bones under the city, I am afraid that Guangzong would have been full of corpses outside the city at this time.
For some reason, the boundary of Gwangjong has always been a black oppression, and the midsummer sunlight rarely shines inside and outside Gwangjong Castle. Coupled with the strong smell of blood that can be heard everywhere, it makes people feel deeply depressed. Every day, apart from the incessant shouting of killing, there is no other sound. The common wild things on weekdays have long been far away, and they dare not approach the boundary of Guangzong.
Although it was a non-stop siege day and night, the two sides also tacitly agreed to stop for about half an hour at dawn every morning to pick up the dead soldiers. The tragic siege battle has made Xiang Ao more and more accustomed to the sacrifice of his soldiers, and I don't know if his heart is becoming more and more ruthless, or more and more numb.
In such a fierce battle, the results were mediocre. Zhang Jiao also did the same, and the defenders in the city defended in three batches, fighting fiercely with Xiang Ao. Zhang Jiao had no other way to deal with Xiang Ao like this, so he had to drag it out for the time being.
In such a stalemate, two months passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, it was already the scene of August of the first year of light and harmony. The scorching heat of midsummer has passed, and the soldiers who are besieging or defending the city are also relieved, even if it is a cruel war, the cool autumn makes people feel a lot of boredom in their hearts.
The counterinsurgency on the eastern front of the southern front went a lot smoother, and Zhu Jun and Cao Cao defeated the Yellow Turban in Runan and turned to Wancheng. At this time, he joined forces with Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie with more than 20,000 troops to besiege Wancheng Yellow Turban Zhao Hongbu. After Huangfu Song went north, he also cleared the Yanzhou Yellow Turban very quickly, and arrived at the Cangting Gong Vabu in Yanzhou East County.
However, when besieging Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao within two months, Xiang Ao did not do anything. Xiang Ao sent Zhao Yun to lead 3,000 'feathers to kill all parts of Jizhou to clean up the yellow scarves, and by the way, he found a local family to pay for grain and grass, after all, the daily consumption of grain and grass by nearly 40,000 soldiers is not small. What's more, there was not much baggage left when Lu Zhi was imprisoned in the Jingshi, and the imperial court allocated only enough for 20,000 people, and Liu Hong also issued an edict to let all the families in Jizhou try their best to cooperate.
Moreover, Xiang Ao's crazy siege of the city also frightened many local families, and the image of Xiang Ao's filial piety and humility in the past has changed, for fear that Xiang Ao's head will cramp, most of the families are still very cooperative.
"Report!" Outside the tent, Xiang Ao's guards shouted at the door of the tent with a little excitement.
Xiang Ao frowned slightly when he heard this, what was he excited about?
"Report to the General! Write a letter from the city! ”
"Oh?! Hurry up! Xiang Ao was also slightly excited. Previously, after Guangzong was occupied by Zhang Jiao, he has not been able to find out the news in the city. Xiang Ao also thought that his shop in Guangzong City had been killed by mistake.
"Hahaha... God help me, God help me man! Xiang Ao laughed after reading the secret letter.
"I don't know what the champion Hou is happy about?" On weekdays, Xiang Ao is extremely calm, and Liu Bei saw that Xiang Ao was so out of shape, there must be intelligence that affected the military situation.
Everyone also looked at Xiang Ao curiously, and even Dong Zhuo, who was sitting in the corner and drinking tea, pricked up his ears.
"I came to report that Zhang Jiao was seriously ill half a month ago, and he had not woken up for three days."
When the generals heard this, their faces changed greatly, and they all showed excitement.
"His grandmother's, the head of the moth thief also has today!" Zhang Fei yelled even more excitedly. caused everyone to look sideways at Zhang Fei, but everyone did not blame him, and it did make everyone feel aggrieved and tired at the same time for several months.
"Hahaha... What Yide said is very true! Xiang Ao laughed even more: "People are doing it, the sky is watching, Zhang Jiao is doing perversely, and the cholera world deserves to be punished by God." ”
"Come on, stop the siege tomorrow, and the whole army will spread rumors, saying that Zhang Jiao is perverse and against the will of heaven, and the sky will take his life in a few days!"
"What a tooth for a tooth!" Guan Yu's eyes flashed and he exclaimed: "Jun Hou not only leads the troops extraordinary, but also has a plan at will. Zhang Jiao started with religious slogans, and as soon as such a rumor came out, the people's hearts were scattered! ”
Guan Yu is already fond of the art of war, and every day he will study hundreds of famous books such as the Spring and Autumn Period, and today he saw Xiang Ao's design at his fingertips, and he admired it.
However, Liu Bei, who had a normal face, and Dong Zhuo, who was drinking tea in the corner, were jealous of Xiang Ao, the two were not mediocre, and they also saw some clues about the general trend today.
However, Xiang Ao's generals and Xi Zhong and others have not changed much, and Xiang Ao's talents have learned a lot. What's so difficult about some strategies to deal with the yellow scarf?