Chapter 65: The Battle of True Determination
Zhaojia Village, Zhending County, Changshan, this village is Zhang Xiang's last hope, Xiang Feijun came here, although it also caused some misunderstandings, but it was the Chinese character flag that solved the problem, and this trick worked every time.
Zhang Xiang indicated his identity to check the household registration, originally Zhang Xiang did not have this right, but under the swords of Zhang Xiang's soldiers, the people in the village had to agree, and sure enough, Zhang Xiang saw Zhao Yun's name in the household registration, and finally did not run in vain.
However, the household registration records that Zhao Yun Xiping was born in five years, which means that the current Zhao Yun is only ten years old, Zhang Xiang feels that this Zhao Yun is the Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong he has been looking for, and Zhang Xiang came to Zhao Yun's home.
It was Zhao Yun's father Zhao An who opened the door, Zhang Xiang showed his intention, although Zhao An was strange, there was nothing to hide, "This general, I'm afraid you're late, my son Zhao Yun has been taken away by his master." ”
Zhang Xiang: "Zhao Yun's master is a spear prodigy Yuantong's senior?" ”
"How does this general know, and how can I know the name of my son Zhao Yun as a general, it should also be because of Tong Lao's predecessors." Zhao An also inadvertently found a step for Zhang Xiang.
Since Zhao Yun is not at home, Zhang Xiang is too lazy to entangle, seeing that Zhao Yun's house is dilapidated, he gave some money appropriately, but Zhao An did not accept it, Zhang Xiang: "Uncle An doesn't have to be polite Tong Yuan is an elder, then Zhao Yun and I are the same generation, and his father is also my elder, so you can accept this money if it is nothing!" Zhao An couldn't get rid of it, so he could only accept it.
Zhang Xiang left Zhang Xiang, and couldn't help but sigh that his ability to tell nonsense was getting higher and higher, although he was a little disappointed not to see Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiang could only accept this fact.
Zhao Yun's hometown is a mountain village, so life is indeed a little difficult, Zhang Xiang doesn't want to bother the people, Xiangfei's army, especially those veterans, have experience living in the mountains.
After a while, Zhang Xiang smelled the fragrance of wild meat again, which really stimulated his taste buds, Zhang Xiang was eating pheasants in the mountains, and suddenly felt that a child in the village was looking at him, and this child's eyes were full of longing.
But he didn't step forward, just looked at the roast chicken in Zhang Xiang's hand, Zhang Xiang beckoned, and the child ran over, Zhang Xiang put the pheasant in front of him, and the child gobbled it up.
Zhang Xiang looked at his mouth full of oil, and suddenly he was cute, "Little brother, what's your name!" Zhang Xiang just asked, and didn't mean anything else, but the child's words still caught his attention.
"Brother, my name is Xia Houlan." Xiahou Lan was Cao Cao's general in history, and later surrendered to Liu Bei, because he became Liu Bei's military leader because of the law, and was in charge of military criminal law.
can be appointed by Liu Bei and Cao Cao at the same time, you can see Xiahoulan's talent, Zhang Xiang didn't expect that he missed Zhao Yun, but he met Xiahoulan, which can be regarded as a kind of comfort in disguise.
But even so, Zhang Xiang did not deliberately intersect with Xiahou Lan, after all, Zhang Xiang is now the commander of the first army, and he can't mix with a child all day long, which will damage his majesty, although Zhang Xiang is not big, but he has the genetics of the Zhang family, and his height is no less than that of an adult, so he doesn't look like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child at all.
Zhang Xiang can only cover the point with his face, Xiang Feijun has also done a lot of good things for Zhaojia Village in the past few days, I hope that this can leave a good impression on the people of Zhaojia Village, and the people of Zhaojia Village are also very grateful to Zhang Xiang.
When Xiang Feijun left Zhaojia Village, Xia Houlan personally ran out to see Zhang Xiang, "Big brother, you have to remember me, I will definitely grow up quickly, go to you early, you remember to invite me to eat chicken legs then." ”
Zhang Xiang led the army to leave Zhaojia Village and came to the county seat of Zhending County, but as soon as Zhang Xiang entered the county seat of Zhending, he got the news that a large group of Yellow Turban thieves had invaded Zhending County, led by Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal.
Xiang Feijun had no way to catch up, and could only assist the county town to defend the city, Zhang Niujiao's Yellow Turban Army did not harass the people outside the county seat, but went straight to Zhending County.
Even if there are zero yellow turban thieves who do not obey the rules, they will be punished by Zhang Niujiao's subordinate Chu Yan, Chu Yan is the future Zhang Yan, and he is a powerful character, Zhang Xiang's mood is a little heavy.
He found that the opponent this time didn't seem to be so easy to dismiss, Zhang Xiang was invited to the county government to discuss matters, although Zhang Xiang was a foreign soldier, but now this situation is exactly what the county needs, so the county order attaches great importance to Zhang Xiang.
The attitude of the county order is the attitude of everyone in the county, and now it is clear that Zhang Xiang is going to be popular, so they are all close to Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang also saw Zhao Rui in the county office, except for the sharp width of his shoulders, there is nothing special about his appearance.
This may be one of the reasons why he will not be valued by Yuan Shao in the future! Zhao Rui's father is a big landowner in the county, and thirty percent of the land belongs to his father, and Zhao Rui can also be said to be famous as a teenager in the county, and he is quite powerful.
The county magistrate asked Zhang Xiang's opinion, and Zhang Xiang didn't have any good way, after all, people haven't seen it yet? Saying anything is on paper, the county seat of Zhending County is not large, and Zhang Xiang is responsible for the north and the east gate that bear the brunt.
Of course, Zhang Xiang also offered to ask Zhao Rui to help by the way, Zhao Rui has not experienced any experience after all, and he is very satisfied to see Zhang Xiang mention his name in front of everyone, of course, he agreed, and he is afraid that Zhang Xiang will regret it?
Zhao Rui's father felt very sorry for his son, so he sent a lot of tenants to help defend the city, Zhang Xiang is still very experienced in defending the city, but Zhending County is the county seat after all, and there are not many reserves.
Therefore, the county order demolished a large number of houses to support the guards of the city wall, and the people of Zhending were also very supportive, and many men volunteered to form a township to participate in the war, and Zhang Niujiao's Yellow Turban Army also arrived as scheduled, and Zhang Xiang knew through experience that this group of Yellow Turban thieves had more than 30,000 people.
The Yellow Turban Army is lined with banners, apparently composed of many Yellow Turban thieves, and at first glance it is a rabble, but some of them are very different.
It is very conspicuous in the Yellow Turban Army, the formation is rigorous and very orderly, Zhang Xiang saw that their banner was a Chu character, and he knew that it was Chu Yan's department, and it seemed that Chu Yan would not have such achievements in the future It was not due to luck.
But Zhang Xiang's luck was good this time, Zhang Niujiao also used the siege method of encircling three missing one, but the one missing was Dongcheng, which made it much easier for Zhang Xiang to defend.
Zhending County is not big, so Zhang Niujiao can not attack the city with all the staff, of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, the area is not large, of course, the city wall is not high, and the siege ladder is easy to set up on the city wall.
Even if Zhang Xiang destroys some ladders, it is not difficult for Zhang Niujiao to take materials on the spot, the siege has begun, and many veterans on Zhang Xiang's side have experienced the battle of Zhuojun, and it is also very worry-free for them to lead Zhang Xiang.
The city gate of Zhending County is not strong, so Zhang Xiang simply blocked the city gate, the yellow turban thief arrived under the city wall with great difficulty, and he could not break through the city gate, Zhang Niujiao even burned the city gate with fire oil, it can be said that his calculation was wrong.
Although Zhang Niujiao burned the city gate, he did not enter the city, and I don't know if Zhang Xiang was angry with him because of this, and the north gate also became the direction of the Yellow Turban Army's key attack, and it has not stopped.
But it is not so easy for Zhang Niujiao to break through the city wall like this, the arrows in the Xiangfei army are very sufficient, and the arrow rain continues to fall from the city, causing Zhang Niujiao a lot of losses.
Of course, Zhang Xiang's side was not happy, more than 300 soldiers were killed and wounded in one day's battle, Zhang Xiang thought that the first day was over, and in the evening, the soldiers of Xiangfei's army were resting in the city.
In order to prevent accidents, Zhang Xiang also inspected the city wall as usual, but Ruan Yu next to him still found that something was wrong, "Childe, a group of yellow turban thieves have touched it." ”
Zhang Xiang was suddenly very glad that Ruan Yu was by his side, the first battle of the White Sparrow was also discovered by Ruan Yu first, and this time it was like this again, Ruan Yu really set the gift sent to him by God, and fortunately did not kill her last time.
Zhang Xiang did not alarm the soldiers when he heard this, but quietly notified Zhang Feilongben and other generals, the people and horses of these yellow turban thieves who sneaked up at night were very different from those during the day, and Zhang Xiang didn't have to guess that it was Chu Yan who came.
Chu Yan did not bury his name Feiyan was very agile, he was the first to climb the city wall, and at this time, he could see his fierce figure under the moonlight without Ruan Yu reminding Zhang Xiang.
Then there were yellow turban thieves on the city wall, just when Zhang Xiang wanted to close the net, a soldier of the Xiangfei Army was awakened by Chu Yan and others, if Zhang Xiang had been in the past, he would definitely reward this soldier, but now it is not the time for him to wake up.
The soldier's cry not only woke up his comrades, but also reminded Chu Yan that as soon as Chu Yan saw that the matter was revealed, he fought hard, and Zhang Fei and others were also killed at this time.
As soon as Chu Yan saw that there was a fraud in the matter, he led people to retreat, Zhang Xiang didn't expect Chu Yan to retreat so easily, which is inconsistent with his life in history! Although there were no major losses in the First Battle of the Xiangfei Army last night, it also made the soldiers worry all night.
Zhang Xiang also went to see the soldiers who were injured last night and found that none of them were fatal injuries, many of them only injured their hands and feet, Chu Yan seemed to have intentional mercy on his subordinates, Zhang Xiang inferred through Chu Yan's performance in Zhending County that Chu Yan did not want to attack Zhending, but had to do it.
Zhang Xiang felt that this was an opportunity that could be used, so he discussed it with Yang Xu, Yang Xu didn't seem to care about this matter, "Lord, maybe you guessed right, but since Chu Yan can attack Zhending, then he is still very convinced of Zhang Niujiao, if you want to make a fuss about Chu Yan, then at least you have to wait a few days." ”
At this time, Zhang Xiang also calmed down and thought about it, it was indeed that he was too anxious, but after a few days, his Xiangfei army would definitely attract big losses, which Zhang Xiang did not want to see, but it was also something that would inevitably happen, and Zhang Xiang could only go with the flow.