Chapter 35: A Great Victory

After Zhu Jun set up camp outside Quyang City, the sky had already darkened, and Sun Jian and Liu Bei had also rushed to the camp. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info came with them, and there was also a battle report from Huangfu Song. The four of them were now sitting in Zhu Jun's big tent, looking at each other in front of this battle report.

Although the events in this war report are all true historical facts and things that Gao Ye, a later generation, has learned, Gao Ye still can't stop his shock. Unexpectedly, Huangfu Song's soldiers besieged Guangzong for only five days, and they took the fortified city that Lu Zhi had besieged for two months overnight.

In fact, until the war has been fought, the fall of the Yellow Turban has been clearly visible as recorded in history. With the death of the commanders of all the departments, the area actually controlled by the Yellow Turban was only Zhang Jiao, Guangzong, where Zhang Liang's brothers were located, and Quyang, where Zhang Bao was located. Lu Zhi began to attack Jizhou in April, and won successive victories, and in May he besieged Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, and for two whole months, Zhang Jiao's men and horses could not move an inch in Guangzong City. But who knew that he was falsely accused by Zuo Fengyi and replaced Dong Zhuolai, losing his troops and losing his generals, but let Zhang Jiao win a small victory for a while. Maybe this is also Zhang Jiao's return to the light, not long after this victory, he was seriously ill and died. By the time Huangfu Song rushed to Guangzong City with his men and horses, the real person in Guangzong City had been replaced by Zhang Liang.

However, Zhang Liang was obviously inferior to his eldest brother Zhang Jiao, and when he saw Huangfu Song's men and horses approaching the city, he actually began to dispatch troops and prepare to defend Guangzong City. However, Huangfu Song, as a master of the art of war and a general on the battlefield, although he just came to Guangzong City, the soldiers were tired, but at a glance, there were not many people and horses at the head of Guangzong City at this time, and the armor was not neat, and from time to time there were soldiers up and down, carrying things, where did you not know that Guangzong City could not organize an effective defense now? Huangfu Song has been in battle for a long time, and he didn't understand the fleeting truth of the fighter plane, so he immediately ordered the whole army to attack the city.

Zhang Liang never dreamed that he would lose his life here within a few days.

He thought that he had 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it was naturally easy to guard a Guangzong, and his eldest brother had resisted Lu Zhi here for two months, and he had defeated Dong Zhuo, could he be a brother? It's a pity that this battle started suddenly, and he didn't even prepare for it, so he was caught off guard by Huangfu Song. It's just that Zhang Liang relied on the advantage of numbers to successfully resist Huangfu Song's attack, which made him complacent again, as if the person who was in a hurry like burning his eyebrows at the beginning of the war was not him.

Huang Fu Song's inaction in the next few days gave Zhang Liang the confidence that he didn't know, he thought that it was because of his own ability that Huang Fu Song didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only follow Lu Zhi's example, and besieged him to the death. He is not worried, there is enough food and grass in the city for half a year, and I can count as if I am here for half a year? Besides, in half a year, no one knows how many things will happen, maybe if you keep watching, there will be a turnaround? Maybe it was his too confident behavior that affected the people under his command, and seeing that Huangfu Song had not moved for a few days, he thought that he would face off against each other like Lu Zhi before. Unconsciously, even the guards let their guard down.

Huangfu Song was worried because of the defeat on the first day, it was a good opportunity, if it wasn't for the fact that his soldiers had been marching all morning, and his body was tired, he would have been able to take Guangzong City in that battle. However, there is nothing to be discouraged about, and he didn't think that he would rely on that battle to take the fortified city that Lu Zhi had besieged for several months. However, when Cao Cao came in and told him that the guards of the city were not on guard, Huangfu Song had the idea of a night attack. After he personally observed the soldiers at the head of Guangzong Castle, he returned to the Great Tent and began to issue orders.

Sure enough, Zhang Liang, who was overconfident, was still asleep, and was attacked by Huangfu Song, who was waiting for him, to break through Guangzong City. He didn't even have time to escape, so he was captured alive by Cao Cao, who rushed into the county office.

In this military report, Huangfu Song wrote in detail about the process of his siege of the city, and told Zhu Jun that Zhang Jiao had already died of illness, dug his grave, whipped his corpse, and sent his body to Luoyang along with Zhang Liang, so that His Majesty could vent his anger. As for Guangzong's yellow scarves, they have all been taken into custody, and only Zhang Bao is still in Jizhou, so Zhu Jun is asked to take Zhang Bao as soon as possible, so that he can send him to Luoyang to ask for merit.

After a long time, Zhu Jun said: "I didn't expect that Brother Yijian would take Guangzong overnight. ā€

"General Huangfu really deserves to be a famous general of my Han Dynasty, and the use of soldiers is really extraordinary." Liu Bei said.

"But we have to think about how to take Quyang City." Sun Jian frowned and said, "There is only one city left in the yellow scarf in the world, Quyang, and the eyes of His Majesty and the ministers are all on us." ā€

"Yes, besides, Yijian is on his way to Quyang, if he arrives to capture Quyang together, where will I put my face?" Zhu Jun couldn't help but sigh, completely ignoring the fact that he had been defeated by Bocai before and was rescued by Huangfu Song, his old face had been lost.

"Let's go to the battle tomorrow first, if that Zhang Bao goes out of the city to fight, I am naturally not afraid of him, I am afraid that he will shrink in the city, and at that time, there is really no good way except to attack." Gao Ye shook his head.

"If you attack strongly, you will attack strongly, are you still afraid of him! Wancheng was all blown down by me, not to mention the small county town of Quyang. Sun Jian couldn't help laughing. Gao Ye and Liu Bei bowed their hands together to express their admiration for Sun Jian's bold words, which made Sun Jian's laughter even louder.

Maybe it was because Zhang Bao folded Gao Sheng, Gao Ye scolded the city all morning to no avail, except for the occasional yawn of the soldiers on the city tower, not even Zhang Bao's shadow was seen. However, Zhang Bao in the city, life is very sad, he defeated Dong Zhuo before, and the morale of the army has been greatly improved, even he himself seems to feel that victory is just around the corner, who would have thought that his eldest brother would die of illness in Guangzong in a few days! His third brother is still guarding Guangzong.

It's all your own fault, why did you let Gao Sheng go to meet the enemy the day before yesterday? He is already forty years old, and he will be carried away by victory, and if he defeats a Dong Zhuo, he will let himself treat the generals of the court as nothing! Listening to the people who fled back, there was just a general rushing out on the opposite side, Gao Sheng didn't even go through a round, he was stabbed to death on the horse, and the whole army was killed by Zhu Jun, and it was a fluke to be able to escape back.

It was a fluke to escape back, Zhang Bao believed it at first, but after collecting six thousand deserters, Zhang Bao didn't think so. That Zhu Jun came in such a hurry, even these Yellow Turban soldiers were too lazy to clean up, this kind of mentality of desperately wanting to take down Quyang and take down his own head, Zhang Bao felt it in the city. Yesterday, I saw them camping outside the city, and today there is a young general scolding and fighting under the city, but I don't know if it was the one who killed Gao Sheng. Alas, I really don't know how my younger brother is now, is there a chance to send troops once, like Dong Zhuo, and also attack Zhu Jun back and forth?

It's just that he didn't know that his younger brother had been put into a prison car by Huangfu Song himself the day before yesterday and taken to Luoyang. The reinforcements he hoped for were now all prisoners of Huangfu Song.

It's another night passed, and the young general who scolded the war yesterday didn't come, he came to be a general who was ready to attack the city, just looking at his majestic appearance, he knew that it was not easy to be with his generation, and the soldiers carrying the ladder were all majestic and high-spirited, and the decadent and sluggish soldiers under his own hands were not at the same level at all.

There are countless cavalry under the city, and they are coming on horseback, what is this going to do? Will you ride a horse and storm the city? But it didn't take long for Zhang Bao to be surprised, and round after round of arrow rain answered Zhang Bao's questions. In the same way as when Wancheng was attacked, Gao Ye's cavalry all began to shoot on horseback to cover the siege troops, and Sun Jian ordered to quickly rush under the city wall and prepare to set up a ladder.

Zhang Bao at the head of the city was stunned, he lived in the Central Plains, where had he ever seen such a magical method of fighting as riding and archery, to say that he himself could ride a horse, and complete this series of archery on a running horse, how difficult it was Of course he knew, now that the four thousand cavalry were all putting arrows at the head of the city like this, how could he not be surprised? If it weren't for the fact that the deputy general Yan Zheng hadn't seen stupidity and ordered the arrows to be released, he was afraid that not even an arrow would be shot down on the head of the city.

Sun Jian's men and horses quickly slaughtered under the city wall, and the speed of erecting the ladder was also quite fast. These ladders were built when they attacked Wancheng, and the walls of Wancheng were much higher than here, so the ladders were longer, and if you put these ladders here, you don't have to worry about being knocked down, after all, you don't have the soldier's arm, which can be two meters long.

Sun Jian still rushed to the front, after parrying countless arrows and easily dodging the attack of two stones, he once again took the lead in killing the city, as for Zhang Bao, when he saw Sun Jian kill on the city wall, he ordered Yan Zheng to stick to it, and he hurriedly went down the city wall.

Zhang Bao is gone, where does Yan Zheng have the heart to defend it? After all, the Yellow Turban Army was just a group of peasants who could not survive, and the army formed temporarily had neither military regulations nor loyalty. You Zhang Bao have run away, why should I Yan Zheng die here?

With such an idea, Yan Zheng naturally will not defend it, and Sun Jian is fierce and has already killed near the city gate, when will he stay if he doesn't run at this time?

Just when Yan Zheng ran to the county office, he was bumping into Zhang Bao, who was about to escape, Zhang Bao saw Yan Zheng, his face immediately darkened, and he shouted: "Yan Zheng!" General Ben ordered you to guard the walls, why are you here now? Do you know that the escapees are killed! ā€

Yan Zheng originally wanted to escape with Zhang Bao, but as soon as he came over, he was robbed by Zhang Bao for a while. Yan Zheng secretly said in his heart: "You want to run yourself, and at this time you still ask me if you know that you are going to die if you escape from the battle?" Do you think you are still the 'Digong General' who everyone admires? The defeat is like a mountain, no matter where I go, I am afraid that I will be wanted by the imperial court, it is better to kill him and surrender to the official army, so as to make a merit and have a way to live in the next life! ā€

When Yan Zheng thought of this, he couldn't help but show a fierce face, and replied loudly: "Zhang Bao, you let the brothers die here, and you yourself escaped, what kind of face do you have to meet the great sage and good teacher?" And what face to accuse me here! ā€

Zhang Bao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, when will he be scolded by his subordinates pointing his nose at his own dignified "Digong General"? was about to get angry, and suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen, and Yan Zheng stabbed a dagger into his stomach.

"You are a timid person like a mouse, you should go to the great sage and good teacher as soon as possible to ask for sin!"

This is the last sentence Zhang Bao heard in his life.