Tian Jing led the troops to Shangdang County, and Zhang Huai, the Taishou of Shangdang, personally went out of the city to greet him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Because Tian Jing had people block the news before, the eldest son defenders didn't know that Tian Jing had led his troops to capture Huguan.

Tian Jing knew that it would be difficult for the eldest son county to cheat the city again, so he didn't talk nonsense with Zhang Huai, and directly let his own soldiers control Zhang Huai, and asked Zhang Huai to order the defenders in the city to hand over the defense to Tian Jing's soldiers and horses. Tian Jing ordered Pei Yuanshao to lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to take over the defense of his eldest son, but the general defending the city did not understand the situation, and thought that it was a normal change of defense between the two armies. As a result, by the time the reaction was wrong, it was already too late, and the sub-defenders only had 1,000 people, and the number was very different from the northern army, and almost no resistance was surrendered. The Northern Expeditionary Army only collected the weapons of the defenders and managed them centrally, and did not treat them as prisoners.

Tian Jing saw that Zhang Huai was very cooperative, so it was convenient for Zhang Huai to talk. It turned out that this Zhang Huai was the younger brother of the late Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang. In the local Shangdang is also considered a wang clan, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, filial piety and honesty, once served as the county commander of Gaodu. After Zhang Yang was killed, Gao Gan deliberately plotted to seize Hanoi. also hoped that Zhang Huai could use Zhang Yang's influence to recruit some Hanoi scholars, so he took Zhang Huai as the party guard. However, Zhang Huai only had the rules of civil affairs and garrison, and the guards and soldiers of the main passes of the Shangdang were appointed and managed by the high-ranking assassin history office.

Zhang Huai was not satisfied with the ability of senior cadres, and many of his policies to benefit the people have not been supported by senior cadres. But this is not the reason why he took the initiative to cooperate with Tian Jing today, more importantly, he saw Tian Jing's intentions, what he wanted was to rule the party, not to occupy it. If this is the case, he will have the opportunity to protect the officials, soldiers, and people of the counties of Shangdang.

Tian Jing talked with Zhang Huai for a while, and also found that this person has a certain ability in governing civil affairs, and he has the heart to solicit for a while. After all, he needs to govern the party county in the future, but the talent for governing the government under his command is too lacking.

At this time, Leping came in and said to Tian Jing, "General, the soldiers and horses of each school have been assembled and ready to standby, and I don't know when to send troops." ”

Tian Jing did not shy away from Zhang Huai, and said to Le Ping, "According to my previous arrangement, you and Cao Xing will each lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to take Xiangyuan and Niexian, and order Gao Shun and Li Dang to lead the troops to take Gaodu and Tianjing Pass." ”

Leping received the military order and was about to leave, but at this time, Zhang Huai next to Tian Jing took the initiative to speak, "General Zhengbei, the subordinate officer doesn't know if he should say anything?" ”

Tian Jing said, "It's okay to say it. ”

Zhang Huai said, "The lower officials are willing to personally write letters to the county orders, and hand over the warrants of the above party guards to several generals, so as to help the generals successfully take the counties." But please also ask the general to restrain his subordinates, and don't kill and hurt his life casually. These county magistrates have followed me for many years, although they are not great talents, but for so many years, the people of Shangdang County have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and it is indeed their credit. So please also ask the general to be difficult for them. Zhang Huai's face was sincere, and it was indeed for the sake of the local officials and people of the party.

Tian Jing didn't expect Zhang Huai to be so cooperative, and he also had a compassionate heart. And he gave an account according to his thoughts. However, Tianjing Pass is not under the jurisdiction of the local government, and I am afraid that Gao Shun will inevitably have a battle there.

Zhang Huai's cooperation inspired Tian Jing, who was originally going to arrange party officials after returning to Hedong, but now it seems that it can be arranged in advance.

After Tian Jing sent Zhang Huai, he asked Tian Feng and Fu Zhu to meet. Tian Feng is Tian Jing's master, unlike Xu Shu, who is good at the art of war and strategy, his talent is more to govern the people, but to be a talent for slaughtering and assisting. Originally, as Tian Jing's supervisor, he didn't like Tian Jing, but since his old friend Tian Feng had become Tian Feng's master, he was ready to serve Tian Jing. Frustrated Professor had no choice but to follow Tian Feng to advance and retreat together, but in his heart, Frustrated Professor never recognized Tian Jing's idea as the master.

In today's discussion, Tian Jing is to discuss the governance strategy of Shangdang County. Tian Feng believes that among the five counties in Bingzhou, except for Taiyuan County, Shangdang County has the best foundation. Shangdang County has a population of 26,000 households and about 130,000 people. Sangdang County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, but there are many plain basins in the middle, and it is also one of the few areas suitable for rice cultivation in Bindang. To be honest, the foundation of the party is much better than that of Hedong, and if the population can be increased, sooner or later it will be the richest area under Tian Jing's rule.

Tian Jingxin said that it was less than a day after the occupation of the eldest son, and Tian Feng already had such a detailed understanding of the situation of the party, which shows that Tian Feng had a very good understanding of the situation in the prefectures and counties under Yuan Shao's rule at that time. Tian Feng has a set of mature ideas about the governance of the party, and now that he has said it one by one, Tian Jing is also very appreciative, and he said in his heart that what he lacks is the talent to manage the people. It stands to reason that Tian Feng is currently the first choice for serving as the Taishou of the Shangdang and governing the Shangdang, but there are still many areas under his rule, and Tian Feng is a little condescending to the Shangdang.

Tian Jing asked for his opinion, but he didn't expect Tian Jing to ask his opinion. In fact, many of his ideas are very similar to Tian Feng, but he also has his own ideas about specific civil affairs. After Fu Zhu finished speaking, Tian Jing said with a smile, "I don't know if Mr. Fu Zhu is willing to be the party and help me govern this county." ”

He was taken aback that he didn't expect Tian Jing to believe in himself so much. After all, he has not yet been loyal, Tian Jing treats him as a national soldier, and he doesn't know how to answer for a while.

Tian Feng spoke at this time, "Brother Fu served two terms as a county magistrate, and later served as the Jizhou Assassin Mansion, but he never won Yuan Shao's trust. Although Brother Frustrated has the talent in his chest, it is a pity that he has not been able to display it. Now that General North believes in your talents, you can't postpone it. ”

Frustrated and looked at Tian Jing again, Tian Jing asked again. Frustration is not a person who twists it, so he accepts it calmly. "Since General Zhengbei handed over the party to me, then it will not be dishonored."

In this way, the people who are too guarded by the party have made arrangements, and Tian Jing has a matter of concern. Zhang Huai has always been very cooperative with Tian Jing, and Tian Jing decided to take Zhang Huai as the Shangdang County Cheng as an assistant to the frustrated minister.

Regarding the garrison, Gao Shun captured Tianjing Pass, and Tian Jing was not worried. In the future, Tianjing Pass will also be the first line of defense to defend Cao Cao, so it is appropriate to defend with a battalion of Gao Shun's trapped camp.

After Zang Shun and Li Meng defended Huguan, and Leping, Hao Zhao, Cao Xing and others divided the counties, there were at least nearly 10,000 defenders in the entire Shangdang

Co-optation and integration. Then the entire defense of the party must also be re-planned. Tian Jing thought about the generals under him, and none of them currently had the talent to stand alone.

Zang Shun is also considered to be an old man among these young generals, so Tian Jing decided to use Zang Shun to lead the infantry military academy captain department to integrate the eldest son to form the infantry army captain battalion, and to garrison the eldest son with the infantry military captain and the party captain. Cao Xing led the Shooting Captain Department to integrate the Huguan Surrender Army to form the Shooting Captain Battalion, which was stationed in Huguan. With Hao Zhao's Changshui Captain's Department, the entire Shangdang cavalry was integrated to form the Changshui Captain's Battalion. Except for the cavalry, which is a full battalion. The two battalions of the infantry army only have three colonels, front, middle, and rear, with 3,500 people. In this case, with the addition of a full-fledged infantry barracks in Gaoshun, the entire Shangdang garrison is about 17,000 people, which can basically maintain the needs of defense, and if the war is urgent, Wang Ping's "loyalty" battalion can also be transferred to the Shangdang nearby.

After Tian Jing arranged everything, he rested for three days in his eldest son. At this time, there was news from the front that Gao Shun led the trapping camp to occupy Gaodu and Tianjing Pass. Tian Jing ordered Li Dang to lead his troops to Pingyang to join him, and then took Tian Feng, Lu Wen, Xiaoliu's Baima Yicong Battalion, Li Meng's Tun Cavalry Captain Battalion, and Pei Yuanshao's soldiers and horses out of the party to Pingyang.

This Tian Jing successfully took Shangdang County, and the battle of the Cao army's three-way soldiers and horses besieging Yecheng was scorching. Le Jin led 30,000 troops to attack the north gate of Yecheng, Yuan Tan led 20,000 troops to attack the west gate, Xiahoudun led 30,000 troops to attack the south gate, and Zang Ba led 20,000 troops to attack the east gate. 100,000 men and horses besieged the city for more than ten days, attacking in turn every day. Because the city of Yecheng is high and deep, the supply of troops is sufficient, and the equipment for defending the city such as rolling wood, stones, and fire oil is very sufficient for many years, it is definitely not something that can be broken in a day or two.

On this day, Cao Cao led 80,000 Chinese troops to Yecheng City, and Cao Cao's Chinese army brought a large number of siege equipment, such as catapults, bed crossbows, crashes and so on.

As soon as Cao Cao's army arrived, the morale of the soldiers and horses besieging the city was even better. As soon as Cao Cao arrived, he immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, Yuan Tan was very frightened and trembling when he saw Cao Cao, and Cao Cao naturally intended to reward Yuan Tan in order to stabilize people's hearts. Crowned Yuan Tan as the general of the expedition to the east, the Marquis of Linzi, and still led the history of Qingzhou. Yuan Tan completely put his heart in his stomach at this time.

Now Yecheng City is high and deep, even if there are ten times as many troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to conquer in the short term. Cao Cao asked Yuan Tan if there was a way to capture Yecheng. Yuan Tan said, "I also have some hidden power in the city, but after all, there are many defenders in the city, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed if I suddenly attack." If the army is besieging the city for a long time, and the army in the city is unstable, it may have a miraculous effect. But now that the four cities are closed, it is difficult for the news to reach the city. ”

Guo Jia said, "I have a plan, I can order the archers to shoot more books into the city at night." It is mentioned in the letter that the general Yuan Shao was deceived by the traitors and the like, and he rebelled against the Han. He died of illness due to overwork in the army. Therefore, Yuan Tan, the eldest son of the general, originally inherited the foundation of the general, but was framed by Yuan Shanggou and almost died. Now Yuan Tan has been loyal to the Han Dynasty and set things right. The prime minister's 300,000 troops besieged the city at the invitation of Yuan Tan, and only punished the evil, not coerced and obeyed. I hope that the soldiers in the city will not be deceived by Yuan Shang and abandon the darkness as soon as possible. If not, the army will attack the city with all its strength after five days, and then the jade will be burned for fear that it will be too late to regret it. ”

In this way, the morale of the army and the people in the city will definitely be affected, and the key is to let Yuan Tan's people know the current situation so that they can cooperate with our actions.

Yuan Tan said, "If the date of the siege is clearly stated, wouldn't it be possible for Yuan Shang to be prepared?" “

Guo Jia said, "In fact, the army is besieging the city, and it is not guarded against it. But the ultimatum that our army could wait for work at ease, but the city was in a state of tension for a long time. ”

Cao Cao felt that this plan was feasible, so he arranged to prepare for the siege of the city five days later, with the west gate as the main direction of attack, surrounded by three missing one, the north gate defenders were reduced by half, and set up an ambush in the forest north of Yecheng. Cao Zhen's tiger and leopard cavalry and Xiahoudun's cavalry, as the main force of pursuit, could let Yuan Shang go, but they could not let them gain a foothold in any city in Jizhou.