Chapter 020: General White Tiger
Three days later, the three Hou brothers brought back information about the rebels. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhang Bao directly and Dian Wei led the army to Huangguanyang, Changguang, Buqi, and Ganxian counties.
When there were still ten miles away from Guanyang County, Dian Wei said to Zhang Bao: "Virtuous nephew, there are 2,000 defenders in Guanyang County, I don't know how the virtuous nephew plans to attack the city?" Let's take two thousand against two thousand, and it is not so easy to quickly take the county seat of Guanyang County. ”
Zhang Bao smiled when she heard this: "Uncle Dian, do you remember the white tiger you gave me?" ”
Dian Wei nodded when he heard this: "The virtuous nephew remembered it when he said this. How? Is there a good nephew with a clever plan? ”
Zhang Bao smiled when he heard this: "Of course, Uncle Dian, please rest assured, I will see that I will lead the soldiers to take the county seat of Guanyang County without bloodshed." ”
The reason why Zhang Bao dared to say this was because it had been half a year since the injured white tiger was taken into the farm by Zhang Bao. In the past six months, the white tiger has not only recovered from his injuries, but also grown a lot: two meters tall and three meters long.
Zhang Bao was thinking: If he rode a tall and mighty white tiger during the siege of the city, and most of the defenders in the city were the Yellow Turban Army, and the Yellow Turban Army believed in gods under Zhang Jiao's propaganda. I really don't know what kind of situation they are facing the white tiger. Zhang Jiao was the initiator and leader of the Yellow Turban Army, who had been killed by the officers and soldiers in a previous battle.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bao showed a weird smile on his face, and Dian Wei saw it in a fog. However, Dian Wei believes a little bit in Zhang Bao in his heart, because Zhang Bao can always solve difficulties unexpectedly. Dian Wei was looking forward to seeing how Zhang Bao took the county seat of Guanyang County at this time.
The 2,000 officers and soldiers under Zhang Bao's command were all young and strong people wearing the armor of officers and soldiers, and although the number was small, the military might was very strong. Especially the 100 family guards, all of them looked extremely powerful.
After coming to the county seat of Guanyang County, Zhang Bao ordered his guards to set up a big tent of the Chinese army, and after a brief discussion between himself and Dian Wei in the account, Dian Wei came out of the account, and Zhang Bao directly recruited the white tiger in the tent. After more than six months of domestication on the farm, the white tiger has already obeyed Zhang Baoyan. In fact, everything Zhang Bao on the farm can command, but Zhang Bao doesn't know at this time.
Zhang Bao gave a series of instructions to the white tiger in the big tent, and after determining that the white tiger absolutely obeyed his orders, he rode directly on the back of the white tiger, and then the white tiger roared, and the tent was overturned!
"Roar!"
With a loud roar that soared into the sky, along with the tent being overturned, Zhang Bao was dressed in a battle Kai, holding a long knife, riding on the back of the white tiger, and appeared in front of everyone. All the guards around were so frightened that they first dispersed, and then all of them surrounded them with weapons in hand.
Zhang Bao was quite satisfied with the reaction of the guards, and said loudly at the moment: "Brothers, don't panic!" This white tiger is the mount that God gave me after praying just now! From now on, he will be one of the brothers! ”
"Good! Good! Good! ……”
"The Lord is mighty! The Lord is mighty! The Lord is mighty! ……”
After Zhang Bao waved his hand to stop everyone's chanting, he waved the big knife in his hand forward and said loudly: "Brothers, follow me to attack the city!" We have heaven's help, so what are the rebels afraid of? ”
Zhang Bao then rode the white tiger in the front, Dian Wei rode a horse later, followed by the 100 guards of the Zhang family, and finally 2,000 city defense troops. Everyone walked neatly and approached the county seat of Guanyang County step by step.
The Yellow Turban Army of the Qi family in Guanyang County, where has he ever seen such a battle, especially the huge white tiger that Zhang Bao sat down, the shock to the eyeballs is too great!
"General White Tiger spares his life! Grass people surrender! When Zhang Bao's army was fifty meters away from the city wall, the general suddenly woke up from the shock, and then he was the first to shout surrender. When the Yellow Turban Army heard this, they also knelt down on the city wall one by one, shouting: General White Tiger spares his life!
The county seat of Guanyang County was really taken down without much effort, and Dian Wei still felt in a trance until this time! He really didn't know how Zhang Bao made that white tiger so big! So docile! He really wanted to ask Zhang Bao, but he was a little convinced: Zhang Bao's white tiger was really a mount given to him by God.
The defenders of Guanyang County all surrendered to Zhang Bao, and they respected Zhang Bao like a god! Zhang Bao really didn't expect that the effect of the White Tiger would be so good!
"If I knew that the White Tiger was so powerful, I shouldn't have brought so many troops, and I should have given more to the master." Zhang Bao said in his heart.
After Guanyang County was taken, there was no chaos in the city, and it was much better than before. The young defender of the city repeatedly expressed his heartfelt feelings to Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao decided to leave 20 guards and 500 city defense troops to defend the county seat of Guanyang County, and he took the remaining 80 guards and 1,500 city defense troops, as well as 2,000 newly returned Guanyang County defenders to attack Changguang County.
Dian Wei said to Zhang Bao under the county seat of Changguang County: "Bao'er, I think you still use the strategy from last time, and this Changguang County and the remaining two county towns can be successfully won." This method can be used by us on this expedition, but it will be difficult to say in the future. ”
Zhang Bao smiled when he heard this: "Okay, then do what Uncle Dian wants." ”
Dian Wei was speechless when he heard this. Zhang Bao then continued to arrange it in accordance with the strategy of Guanyang County.
The moment the tiger reappeared, all the soldiers under Zhang Bao's command were boiling! And the defenders on the opposite side also completely lost the will to fight.
In this way, Zhang Baobing completed his counterinsurgency task bloodlessly. At the same time, the prestige of General White Tiger also spread.
The complete failure of the Qi family greatly strengthened Zhang Bao's prestige. also made the Han family a lone soldier.
A month later, all the rebellions in Donglai County were put down, and the news that Donglai Taishou was the White Tiger General appointed by God was quickly spread. It's just that many people smiled slightly when they heard this, and they didn't believe it at all.
No matter what people outside think of Zhang Bao, the entire county of Donglai County is unprecedentedly unified, and the government decree is unimpeded. Zhang Bao was only at this time that he became a real Donglai Taishou.
Zhang Bao's next step is to integrate resources, integrate the population, and reorganize the armament for war.
In April, news came from the capital: Emperor Ling died.
In May, news came from the capital again: the general He Jin was killed by Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang was killed by He Jin's subordinates Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
In June, news came from the capital: Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Xiliang, and Shi Dingyuan, the assassin of Bingzhou, led troops into Luoyang to escort them.
Zhang Bao didn't take these news seriously at all, because he knew all about the rebirth. He doesn't care about what's going on outside at all, he only cares about developing his Donglai County.
Under Zhang Bao's personal supervision, the summer and autumn harvests in Donglai County have achieved very good harvests. Many of the victims from the other five counties of Qingzhou have come to live in Donglai County.
Zhang Bao attached great importance to the resettlement of the victims, and he ordered Sun Lianyun to properly resettle him, while sending soldiers and horses to maintain the stability of the resettlement area. He also instructed Sun Lianyun to disperse and resettle the victims in Donglai counties after their mood stabilized, and to distribute land and grain for them, and to resettle their lives and agricultural production. The name of General White Tiger spread again.
After more than half a year of development and integration, Zhang Bao has a lot of grain in his hands, and the number of Zhang's personal guards has grown to 900, and the number of soldiers and horses has grown to 12,000. There are more than 50,000 households under his rule, with a population of 170,000.
The vigorous development of Donglai County made Zhang Bao very happy, but it offended the other five counties of Qingzhou. Now the Han Dynasty has completely lost control of the locality. The six counties of Qingzhou were very strong in the Yellow Turbans before, and now they are directly out of the control of the Han Dynasty.
However, all this changed because Zhang Bao governed Donglai County well. A large number of victims from Qingzhou poured into Donglai County, and the Yellow Turban leaders in the other five counties complained that Zhang Bao had robbed them of their people and belongings. Therefore, after the autumn harvest in October 189, the Yellow Turban forces of the five counties, under the leadership of the leader Guan Hai, gathered an army of 150,000 and prepared to launch a winter offensive against Donglai County.