Chapter 213: Post-War Thoughts
Last time, it was said that Zhang Jiao led the troops back to the camp.
The Yellow Turban Army camp is being guarded by 10,000 former Jizhou Han troops led by Feng Zhen today, and these local garrisons of the former Han Army are not ruthless enough to fight, but the defensive skills are still passable. And 10,000 people can't be wiped out in a short time.
If Lu Zhi had come to attack the Yellow Turban Army camp today, he would probably not have been able to go back. At that time, Zhang Jiao would definitely rush back to the camp, attack Lu Zhi before and after Feng Zhen, eat Lu Zhi's main force, and then even the camp of the Han army in one go.
The reason why Zhang Jiao did not attack the Han army camp and did not ambush Lu Zhi was because he did not want to increase casualties, because his strategic goal had been achieved, and then the Han army would change marshals, which gave the Yellow Turban Army more time to produce and change clothes. Because the impact of not having weapons is too great. Today, the first round of suicide attacks of the Yellow Turban Army caused heavy losses to the Taiping Sect, and more than 4,000 people died under the weapons of the Han army.
The only thing that made Zhang Jiao chat was that Dongfang Xiong died a terrible death. Others don't know how Dongfang Xiong died, but Zhang Jiao "watched" the whole process of Dongfang Xiong's death.
Dongfang Xiong dodged the second round of shots, but was hit by the knight who was shot dead behind him, and still hit his head, and fainted on the spot. Therefore, when Zhang Jiao ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, he didn't need to go to Dongfang Xiong, he just mended the knife to the corpse lying on the ground.
Poor Dongfang Xiong was in a coma like this, and was killed by the small soldier.
The armor on Dongfang Xiong's body is very delicate and valuable, but if you want to pull off his armor, you first have to remove the "hedgehog" that is pressing on him. However, Zhang Jiao's order was to only collect the weapons and armor that were easy to collect, and he was in a hurry, so the soldiers finished mending their knives and left with pity. This allowed Lu Zhi and them to discover the suppressed and complete Dongfang Xiong.
In this battle, the Yellow Turban Army won a complete victory. Zhang Jiao relied on his external God Eye, not only to understand the origin and relationship of the generals of the Han army, but also to grasp the movements of the other party in real time, plus the Han army was fighting away, Zhang Jiao through a round of careful arrangement, Lu Zhi, Dongfang Xiong, He Meng completely played on the applause. This feeling made Zhang Jiao feel more confident and proud than ever, and he felt that it was only a matter of time before he became the crown.
Zhang Jiao led the generals back to the big tent of the Chinese army, informed them of the results of the battle, arranged the follow-up matters, and then went back to his tent to rest.
When everyone heard that the Han army Dongfang Xiong had died in battle, Lu Zhi would postpone the attack on them, and they were all suspicious in their hearts.
But Feng Zhen's face is not very good-looking. He suddenly felt as if he didn't know Zhang Jiao. When did Zhang Jiao become so terrifying? It is no different from a veteran who has fought for many years and strategized, and even Lu Zhi, who is recognized by the imperial court as having outstanding military talent, has been played by Zhang Jiao.
Feng Zhen learned about today's military arrangements at the military meeting before the departure of the army today. Feng Zhen didn't understand why Dongfang Xiong was really ambushed as Zhang Jiao expected, but Lu Zhi didn't have time to rescue, just like Zhang Jiao knew Dongfang Xiong's character very well. When Feng Yu was in Luoyang, he hadn't heard of this dead ghost Dongfang Xiong, let alone knew what kind of person he was. This is one of them.
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The second is why Zhang Jiao pinched the time so accurately? It's like making an appointment with Lu Zhi, and he dodged Lu Zhi's army twice in a row. Is it because of Zhang Jiao's divination? But Zhang Jiao's divination skills are really so strong, why did he send Tang Zhou to Luoyang to contact me in the first place? This is what Feng Zhen thinks, and he can't figure it out. Feng Zhen can only attribute this to Zhang Jiao's military talent. It's just that when he attacked Qinghe Country before, he didn't see Zhang Jiao so clever.
The more Feng Zhen thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn't see through Zhang Jiao, he thought that his attitude towards Zhang Jiao might need to change, if Zhang Jiao was really so strategic, he still didn't want to go against such a terrifying opponent, even if he was a founding father, it was better than dying before he left the school. Feng Yu finally decided to observe Zhang Jiao for a while before making a decision.
On the other side, in the camp of the Han army. Lu Zhi is writing a recital.
Lu Zhi was very helpless, even if he didn't report Dongfang Xiong's death, He Meng's side would definitely report it, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to. But he still couldn't understand why the Yellow Turban Army seemed to know everything about the Han army's camp, if it weren't for Zhang Niujiao's continuous suppression of Dongfang's prestige in the Han army, if it weren't for the emperor behind Dongfang Xiong and the general behind He Meng opposing each other, Dongfang Xiong would not have been easily tricked at all.
The location of the Yellow Turban Army's ambush is so obvious, if he changes him and Lu Zhi to lead the troops, he will definitely be able to see through it. But Dongfang Xiong's retreat had already been sealed by Zhang Niujiao, he could only fight to the death, but the ambush soldiers were a little too strong to be true, and they wiped out Dongfang Xiong's 3,000 people in less than half an hour, and they ran away.
Later, the Yellow Turban Army also played with himself and He Meng, and he didn't even see their shadows, as if they could know the location of our army.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud: "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles." "Your own situation is in the hands of the other party, how can you defeat such a terrifying opponent? Lu Zhi had no clue.
In the end, Lu Zhi stopped his pen and sighed in his heart: Maybe it is not a bad thing for me to stay away from this place of right and wrong, right?
Lu Zhi was timid, and in the days that followed, he waited for the results of the imperial court's handling of him, and did not continue to organize military operations against the Yellow Turban Army.
The Yellow Turbans were also surprisingly quiet. It stands to reason that the Yellow Turban Army's new victory is still a big victory, and it should be a big one, and it should take advantage of the situation to drive the Han army out of Jizhou. But they seemed to know Lu Zhi's thoughts, and they cooperated tacitly, and there was no movement at all. This made Lu Zhi even more determined to leave this place as soon as possible.
Zhang Jiao was waiting at this time, he was waiting for the Han army to change its commander, and when people's hearts were fluctuating, he gave the Han army a fatal blow. In Zhang Jiao's expectation, He Meng would take over Lu Zhi's command under the arrangement of the general He Jin, and it would be the best time to launch an attack. Because although Dongfang Xiong died, Dongfang Xiong still had 2,000 subordinates left in the Han army camp. When Lu Zhi was there, these two thousand people might not make trouble, but if Dongfang Xiong's opponent He Meng came to power, then the Han army camp would be wonderful. There will not necessarily be a mutiny, but there will certainly be flaws. Zhang Jiao was waiting for such an opportunity.
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