Chapter 507: The Great Summoning
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Zhang Yuan summoned Zhang Juzheng and appointed him as the assassin of Bingzhou, and went to Bingzhou to preside over government affairs and assist Yue Fei in his fight against Sun Ce.
The second hero summoned by Zhang Yuan was called Yao Chong.
Tang Dynasty famous minister, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Imperial Historian, commander 73, armed force 61, resourcefulness 86, politics 90.
Yao Chong - the prosperous generation of the Kaiyuan Dynasty
(651-721), whose real name is Yuan Chong, the character Yuanzhi, was a native of Kipshi, Shaanzhou (now Shaanxian County, Henan), a famous politician in the Tang Dynasty, and the son of Yao Yi, the governor of Wangzhou.
Yao Chong was both civil and military, and he was the prime minister of the three dynasties of Zetian, Zhongzong and Ruizong, and served as the prime minister twice, and concurrently served as the secretary of the military department. He participated in the Shenlong coup d'état, and was later demoted to the history of assassination because he refused to attach himself to Princess Taiping.
After Tang Xuanzong took power, Yao Chong was appointed as the secretary of the military department and the Tongping Zhangshi, and entered the Zhongshu order to enshrine the Duke of Liang. He put forward ten things to say, implemented a new policy, assisted Tang Xuanzong to create a prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and was known as the prime minister of saving time.
Yao Chong ruled for three years, and was known as the four great sages of the Tang Dynasty together with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Song Jing. In 721 (the ninth year of Kaiyuan), Yao Chong died, and he was posthumously presented to the governor of Yangzhou and given literature.
The third hero that Zhang Yuan wanted to call was named Song Jing.
Tang Dynasty famous minister, political army, military strategist, economist, commander 75, armed force 61, resourcefulness 87, politics 91.
(663-737), the name Guangping, was a native of Songtai, Yanli Township, Nanhe County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. His ancestors were famous eunuchs in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. Jing is a young man who is erudite and talented, and is good at literature. Weak crown in the jinshi, official calendar party captain, Fengge Sheren, Yushi Taichung Cheng, the official department of the squire, the official department of the secretary, the criminal department of the secretary and so on. In the seventeenth year of Tang Kaiyuan (729 AD), he worshiped the right prime minister of Shangshu. Awarded the same three divisions, entered the founding prince of Guangping County, and served for 52 years as the five emperors of Wu, Zhongzong, Ruizong, Emperor Yan and Xuanzong. Throughout his life, he worked hard to revitalize the Tang Dynasty, and worked together with Yao Chong to transform a Tang Dynasty full of internal and external troubles into a world leader in politics, economy, culture, and military The Tang Empire, known as the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era".
Now that Zhang Yuan is in Liangzhou, he needs a capable minister to calm down the people, collect people's hearts, and restore the economy, and this Song Jing is really the best candidate.
Zhang Yuan then ordered Song Jing to assassinate the history of Liangzhou, and immediately rushed to Liangzhou to replace Ran Min to deal with the government affairs of a county.
Zhang Yuan first summoned Yue Fei, a hundred commanders, and then summoned a few political wizards, and almost all the hundreds of cruelty and benevolence points collected were exhausted and cleared.
But it's worth it, summoning so many people is enough to relieve him of the danger in the southeast.
After Yue Fei and the state assassins were dispatched, Zhang Yuan went to sit back and relax, and began to concentrate all his efforts on Ruzhong's attack on Yecheng in front of him.
Zhang Yuan did not launch a fierce attack on Yecheng at the first time, but used Li Si's strategy to divide his troops to attack the cities around Yecheng and cut off the connection between Yecheng and the outside world.
Zhang Yuan then ordered Du to lead an army in advance to break through Shexian in the west of Yecheng and cut off the connection with the state, and then sent Li Dingguo to lead a group of troops and horses to break through the Lieren City in the northeast direction and cut off the connection with Yuan Xi in the direction of Nanpi, and half of the grain and grass supply in Yecheng was cut off.
The two grain routes were cut off, and Yuan Shao could only rely on the only grain route from the north to transport the grain and grass from the northern Hebei counties such as Guangcheng Julu and Anqi to Yecheng to supply military supplies.
It's just that after Zhang Yuan transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses, only 60,000 soldiers and horses remained, which was not enough to complete a comprehensive siege of Yecheng, and only the grain road in the north could not be cut off for the time being.
In order to support the supply of grain and grass in Yecheng, Yuan Shao had no choice but to levy grain, and ordered the county soldiers of the northern counties of Hebei to go deep into the townships and villages to levy rations from the people.
For a time, the counties of northern Hebei were full of complaints, Yecheng had not yet been breached, and the people's hearts had begun to fall to Zhang Yuan.
It's just that when the battle comes to this point, Yuan Shao can't care about Zhang Duo, as long as he can defend Yecheng, he will do everything he can, and he is afraid of the discussion of Youyoukou.
Unconsciously besieged the city for two months, Yuan Shao finally survived the summer, and the time entered the autumn.
The Central Plains region ruled by Zhang Yuan was rich in joy, and tens of thousands of grains and grasses were constantly sent to the front line, and the granaries on the front line of Liyang had already been piled up.
On the other hand, on the other hand, although the grain harvest in Hebei this autumn was good, the people of the northern Hebei counties, because they suffered from Yuan Shao's harsh administration, either fled north to Liangzhou or south to Zhang Yuan's ruling area, and the crops in the counties were all wasted, but the grain harvest was in large areas.
In this way, the grain and grass that can be transported to Yecheng has decreased rather than increased.
After besieging the city for several months, Zhang Yuan decided to start a frontal attack on Yecheng, capture this hinterland of Hebei as soon as possible, and end this protracted Northern Expedition.
If you want to break through Yecheng, you must first break through the horn camp set up by Yuan Shao in the direction outside the city.
The next day, at dawn.
In the besieging Zhou army camp, the smoke of cooking rose and the smell of meat filled the air, and hundreds of sheep were slaughtered and distributed to the soldiers of the battalions to boost their morale.
The 60,000 soldiers of the Zhou army, eating meat and drinking wine, after enjoying this sumptuous meal, were all full of energy and morale.
After a full meal, tens of thousands of soldiers lined up in the camp, one by one, their blood boiling, ready to move, waiting for the order to attack.
Suddenly, in the solemn camp, the soldiers were boiling.
In the eyes of all the people, Zhang Yuan was wearing Xuan armor, carrying a war knife, and wearing a red cloak on his back, towering like a god, and riding a horse appeared in front of them.
In those pair of eagle eyes, the fire of slaughter and self-confidence was raging, which made the soldiers of the three armies awe-inspired.
On the school platform, Zhang Yuan raised his eyes and swept away, looking around, the iron armor was forested, the swords and guns were like a forest, such as Li Yun's roll, the military spirit was vast, and the murderous spirit was soaring.
The killing intent of the soldiers of the Zhou army has surged to their throats, like tigers in a cage, eager to use killing to calm down.
"The warriors of my Zhou army, fight with me and raze the enemy camp to the ground." Zhang Yuan's war knife pointed at the enemy city and shouted sharply.
Woo woo.
The sound of the horn rose to the sky, the flags in the camps rose and fell like huge waves, tens of thousands of soldiers left the camp in an orderly manner, like countless rivers, converging to the southwest of Yecheng, and a group of infantry cavalry horses slowly came out, and finally converged into a big road with iron armor.
Heaven and earth are slaughtered, and the wind and clouds are gradually rising.
Above Yecheng, the soldiers of Yuan looked at the invincible momentum of the Zhou army, and they all trembled in their hearts, and their hands holding the weapons were trembling.
At this moment, Yuan Shao also frowned, his pale face was covered with thick clouds, and he muttered: "Shang'er, you have been going to Bingzhou to borrow troops for several months, and you have not come back yet, and you, Xi'er, Gan'er, you are thinking about Zhong for not leading troops and horses to save Yecheng......