Zhang He didn't encounter so many schemes and calculations along the way.

As one of the four pillars of Hebei, he is famous for his bravery. However, Zhang He's practical military opportunities are unparalleled, he understands tactical changes, is good at setting up camps, and arranges strategies and tactics according to the terrain, and there is no situation that he did not expect.

Now, his opponent is Ji Ling. Ji Ling is a simple-minded general.

Therefore, Zhang He also went directly to the field and fought directly with Ji Ling in Hejian County.

Zhang He led 50,000 Jizhou infantry, and Ji Ling only had 30,000 soldiers here, but there were 10,000 cavalry among them.

The two sides were outside Lecheng City, and they set up a position, and they were easy to kill.

At first, it was a fighting general, and the lieutenants of both sides died.

After the light fire, Zhang He and Ji Ling personally went to fight.

Zhang He's weapon is the Five Tiger Soul Breaking Gun, which is made of fine iron and has a body of about two feet.

The gun is the overlord of the soldiers, and its fighting style is flexible and changeable in the big opening and closing. The Five Tigers Soul Breaking Gun, the head of the gun is sharp and can break gold, and the gun body is flexible and operable, which is very in line with Zhang He's style of being good at grasping the variables of battle and winning with wisdom and force. Zhang He's acquisition of this gun can be said to be like a tiger's wings.

Ji Ling's weapon was a three-pointed two-edged knife weighing fifty catties.

Ji Ling's spirit was as hot as fire, and he shot first and touched Zhang He with a knife.

Zhang He raised the Five Tigers Soul Breaking Gun and fought hard. There was a long bang.

Both sides are brave, and with one move, they understand that they are evenly matched, and there are no hundreds of rounds, and there is no winner or loser.

In fact, Zhang He and Ji Ling fought for 200 rounds. The people were fine, but the horses were sweating and their legs were limp.

Zhang He cherished his big dark horse and vigorously opened Ji Ling's three-pointed and two-edged knife. shouted: "Big man, stay today, fight again tomorrow!" ”

Ji Ling was also a cheerful person, and replied: "Black boy, I am still waiting for you here every day." See you or leave you. ”

Hearing Ji Ling say to wait for him, Zhang He's eyes flashed, and a bad idea came to mind.

The next day, Zhang He led the troops out of the camp an hour late, and waited for Ji Ling to be restless.

finally waited for Zhang He, but Zhang He pointed a big gun, and the whole army went together.

Ji Ling was furious and shouted, "Black boy, you are cheating! ”。

Zhang He turned a deaf ear and commanded the soldiers to kill wildly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Xun hurriedly commanded the cavalry and charged hard to rescue Ji Ling.

Zhang He's soldiers took advantage of the victory to pursue and chased Ji Ling into the city.

Originally, the Yuan army still wanted to enter the city, but the Liaodong captain in the city, commanding the men and horses, used a bed crossbow to shoot at the position. Only then did Yuan Jun retreat.

In this scuffle, Yuan's army suffered more than 2,000 casualties; Liaodong soldiers and horses were killed and wounded 4,000 people.

Ji Ling is just simple-minded and straightforward, but he is not stupid either. A fool can't be a general! So from this day on, Ji Ling closed the city gate and did not fight again.

After Zhang He's strategy was tried, he could only resist the siege.

Siege is the same old thing. Siege ladders, crashes, stone throwers, bed crossbows.

The weapons of Liaodong were obviously much better than those of Yuan's army, and it was much more convenient to defend the city than to besiege it.

In this way, the battle losses of Zhang He's army were more than those of the Liaodong army. Basically, the Yuan army suffered 3,000 casualties, and the Liaodong army suffered 1,000 casualties.

The two sides fight every day, and there are dead and wounded every day.

At this time, news came: Zhang Liao of Qingzhou, crossed the Yellow River, led 50,000 soldiers and horses, and entered Jizhou.

Zhang He immediately stopped the attack, preserved his vital strength, and observed the development of the situation.

In the past few days, news came again: Cao Jun Xiahoudun was hit by the flood all the way. 30,000 horses are gone! Xiahoudun was killed, Xu Huang was captured, and only Xiahouyuan escaped.

Zhang He was shocked, and had a premonition that the day when he would withdraw his troops was not far off.

Sure enough, it didn't take a few days. Bad news came again: Ju Yi was killed! Zhao Yun has advanced to Changshan County!

Zhang He didn't say a word now, and without waiting for Yuan Shang to send someone to deliver the message, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops.

In order to prevent Ji Ling from leading his troops to pursue behind, Zhang He made a clever plan of "golden cicada shelling", and withdrew all the troops in one night, leaving only the flag on the position.

Zhang He ordered his soldiers to catch more than ten goats, tie them to their hind legs, hang them on trees, and place a war drum under their front hooves. He also ordered his soldiers to dig trenches on the flat ground, and placed the hungry horses in the trenches, and hung brass bells on the hooves of the hungry horses to make a sound. He led his troops to retreat quietly.

At this time, in Zhang He's camp, goats and war horses were hungry, goats kicked their front hooves, and drums shook the sky; The horses also ran in the trenches to find grass because of hunger, tearing and biting each other, and the horse bells rang one after another.

Ji Ling heard the neighing of horses and bells day and night, but he was not suspicious, and he did not dare to go out of the city to attack. After waiting for two days, I realized that I had a plan. But at this time, Zhang He's team had gone without a trace.

This is the story of Zhang He's living learning to use "hanging sheep beating drums and hungry horseshoe bells" to cover the withdrawal of troops.

In history, Zhang He has a "handful" story worth talking about.

Flex your fingers and count the number of things with your fingers. According to the records of "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 17, Wei Shu, Zhang Leyu Zhang Xu Biography, Zhang He":

During the reign of Emperor Wei Ming, Zhang He was appointed as the envoy of Jiedu to supervise the armies in Guanzhong.

When he arrived in Jingzhou, it was the time when the river was shallow in winter, and the big boats could not pass, so he had to live in Fangcheng. At this time, Zhuge Liang came back and rushed to attack Chen Cang.

Emperor Wei Ming was very worried, not only personally inspected Henan City, but also sent additional troops to Zhang He, and asked if Chen Cang could be saved when he arrived.

Zhang He knew that Zhuge Liang's army did not have much food and could not attack for a long time, so he replied: "You don't have to wait for the ministers to arrive, Zhuge Liang will retreat first; I can only count on my fingers, Zhuge Liang's military rations can't last for ten days. ”

Later, the idiom "a handful" evolved from here to describe a small number.

This story illustrates Zhang He's wisdom in anticipating the enemy's first opportunity.

Let's talk about Zhao Yun, all the way into Changshan County. This is his hometown, the common people are proud of him, and the rangers in the township take him as an example.

This time, Brother Yun returned in fine clothes, and everywhere he went, he looked at the wind and fell. There was no resistance at all. easily took Changshan County.

Zhao Yun ordered the officials of Changshan County, who had surrendered, to temporarily retain their original positions and continue to manage the people.

At the same time, it was reported to Gongsun Kang, and Liaodong was asked to send someone to take over the government and educate and reform the original officials.

Zhao Yun left a deputy general, led 2,000 Liaodong iron cavalry, collected the county soldiers, and firmly grasped the army of Changshan County.

Then he continued to advance into Zhongshan County.

Zhongshan County is the territory of the Zhen family, although the Zhen family has moved to Xiangping, Liaodong. But Zhongshan County is still firmly controlled, and everyone in the government up and down has an intertwined relationship with the Zhen family.

So Zhao Yun still didn't meet resistance. It's still everywhere you go, looking at the wind and descending.

After Zhao Yun took Changshan County, he received a reply from Gongsun Kang, asking him to hunt in Yecheng.

As a result, Zhao Yun still left a deputy general, 2,000 Liaodong iron cavalry, collected the county soldiers, and firmly grasped the army of Zhongshan County. He led a large group of men and horses to kill directly to Yecheng.

(End of chapter)