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As a general, only on the battlefield can his value be reflected, the title Zhang Liang is already a second-class duke, on the official position, he and Wen Hao are also the second rank of the general, the status is prominent, looking at the Han Dynasty, he can also be ranked in the top ten, but Zhang Liang is not satisfied, he still wants to go further, and if he wants to go further, he can only keep accumulating military merits, and now Liu Ziqiu asked him to go back to Luoyang to think about it behind closed doors, he is naturally full of disappointment, but it is a pity that Liu Ziqiu is no longer what he used to be, and what he said is not changeable

To tell the truth, Zhang Liang is indeed a brave general, and has also made a lot of military exploits, especially the archery skills of a hundred steps through Yang, which Liu Ziqiu also admired, but since Zhang Liang used a trebuchet in the battle of Chang'an City, Liu Ziqiu gradually lost his trust in him, and now Zhang Liang has become a little utilitarian and a little ambitious, as for when he began to change, Liu Ziqiu can't recall it for a while, probably since Zhang Liang's pursuit of dark clouds failed, he has become more and more thirsty for power and status

The pursuit of power by his subordinates is not a bad thing, but it must be within a controllable range, and it must be constrained by the law, and things that violate the law and discipline are absolutely not allowed to happen by Liu Ziqiu, this time, with Zheng Yong's matter, Liu Ziqiu just knocked on the side and reminded Zhang Liang

Rescue soldiers like firefighting, Liu Ziqiu only made an hour's rest in Taigu County, and then led the army to continue northward to Taigu County, so Cui Hao was taken by Liu Ziqiu because he was familiar with the situation around Taiyuan, which made Cui Hao very excited, and he took the initiative to offer advice: "Since Your Majesty's thief soldiers have appeared in Taigu County, presumably Yuci and Qingyuan south of Taiyuan have been lost, and the ministers think that they should take Qingyuan first to be prepared."

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "It's okay, Liu Wuzhou's goal is Taiyuan City, as long as the siege of Taiyuan is resolved, the rest is not enough to worry about, and the three armies will go straight to Taiyuan."

This kind of tactics does not leave a way out for himself at all, this is not because Liu Ziqiu is arrogant, but based on his full confidence in his troops, after occupying Chang'an and Luoyang successively, Liu Ziqiu can use more resources, and his total strength has not blindly expanded, which gives him enough ability to improve the equipment of the army

Today, his subordinates are almost armed to the teeth, equipped with solid armor and sharp weapons, each soldier can also carry fried noodles and jerky to meet the needs of ten days, from Luoyang to Taiyuan throughout the march, and the counties along the way provide various conveniences, burying pots to cook has long been a thing of the past, which has saved the soldiers a lot of time and strength, so although they have just experienced a long and rapid march, the soldiers are still high-spirited and full of strength

Liu Ziqiu gave up Yuci and Qingyuan counties, regardless of the army, and directly passed through the gap between the two counties, until he reached the city of Taiyuan

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At this time, it was nearly dusk, and Liu Wuzhou, who besieged Taiyuan City, had learned the news that the Han army reinforcements had entered Taiyuan, and was launching a fierce attack on Taiyuan City at all costs, the battle was extremely exciting, and the casualties on both sides of the attack and defense were extremely heavy, and Taiyuan City had been shaken and fallen, at this moment, the south of the city suddenly made a lot of smoke and dust, and thousands of troops and horses swept in

Liu Wuzhou received the news of the arrival of reinforcements from the Han army and asked in a deep voice: "Who dares to go to defend against the enemy?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go," Wei Chigong acted brightly, and after learning that Liu Ziqiu had conquered Chang'an and Luoyang, he confessed to Liu Wuzhou that he and Liu Ziqiu were righteous brothers, and at this moment attacking Taiyuan, he also repeatedly took the lead and braved the arrows, and when he heard that the reinforcements of the Han army arrived, he took the initiative to ask for battle, because in Wei Chigong's heart, Liu Ziqiu was indeed his brother, but he could not betray his lord

However, Liu Wuzhou is not as open-minded as Wei Chi Gongjing, although he is also entrusted with a heavy task by Wei Chi Gong, in fact, he is not at ease, and this will be the first time he has raised troops to the south and confronted the Han army head-on, if he can repel or even completely annihilate the Han army to reinforce the military spirit of the Taiyuan defenders, it is likely that the military heart of the Taiyuan defenders will be completely disintegrated, and Taiyuan City will not be attacked, if it cannot be won, then his morale is likely to be lost, such a vital battle, Liu Wuzhou naturally refused to hand it over to Wei Chi Gong, who he could not fully trust

Liu Wuzhou muttered: "Taiyuan City can be taken down in an instant, and General Wei Chi is invited to fight bravely to be the first to send some reinforcements from the Han army, General He Lao will do it, Lu Chongmao, and Wang Xingben will listen to the order."

Out of the tent came out of the two big men each clasped their fists and said, "Please give your Majesty's orders"

These two people are also Liu Wuzhou's generals, Lu Chongmao, originally a thief in Xia County, known as brave, taking advantage of the Sui chaos to gather troops to rebel and dominate the party, last year saw Liu Wuzhou, the power of the big accepted Liu Wuzhou's recruitment, Wang Xingben was the old general of the Sui Dynasty, originally based on the Pufang, later Liu Wuzhou's army killed him, opened the city and surrendered, put into Liu Wuzhou's account, Liu Wuzhou has a benefit, he is very preferential to his subordinates, every woman who gets the golden silk, he has nothing to take from the soldiers, so Lu Chongmao, Wang Xingben since Liu Wuzhou has been loyal, and he spared no effort to fight

Liu Wuzhou saw that the two of them were full of confidence, nodded and said: "You and the two of you must lead 30,000 troops and horses each, and you must block the reinforcements of the Han army, if you can't stop the Han army after three days, I don't blame you, if you can't stop the Han army from coming to see you within three days."

The second general agreed, and left the tent, but was called by Song Jingang

Song Jingang advised: "General Lu and General Wang can line up on the north bank of Jinshui and wait for the enemy to attack halfway to ensure the first victory."

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Liu Wuzhou's large tent was located north of Taiyuan City, while Jinshui was a tributary of Fenshui and located south of Taiyuan City

In order to relieve the siege of Taiyuan City, it was necessary to cross the Jin River, and the north bank of the Jin River was already densely covered with Liu Wuzhou's army

Liu Ziqiu looked around and asked in a deep voice: "How do you think this battle should be fought?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Liu Wuzhou thought that just Jinshui could stop my army, it was tantamount to a fool saying that the enemy army was so tightly arrayed that it could be attacked by trebuchets."

Liu Ziqiu bowed his head and said: "The words of the eldest brother are exactly what I want, and someone will prepare a raft."

Raft is also the standard equipment of the Han army, each team of 100 people must carry a raft, the production of a raft or He Chou proposed, his inspiration actually came from Liu Ziqiu made to the little princess of the ball, the little princess turned out to be a ball has long been broken, Liu Ziqiu instructed He Chou to make another He Chou, from which he got inspiration, this kind of raft is sewn with thick cowhide, usually can be folded up for easy carrying, before use, a pig urine is filled with air to fill in, you can float on the water, each raft can carry five soldiers, with the scabbard as an oar, can cross the rapids

The soldiers had already undergone professional training, and after half an hour, rafts lined up on the south bank of Jinshui

Lu Chongmao and Wang Xingben had already received Song Jingang's instructions and were waiting for the Han army to cross the north bank, so they watched the Han army's movements and did not react

Liu Ziqiu looked up at the half-round sunset that had fallen in the west, raised his hand, and ordered: "Cross the river"

The 50,000 army picked up 500 rafts, and the first batch of soldiers and horses to cross the river was only 2,500 people, and they were all light infantry, and on the north bank was Liu Wuzhou's 60,000 army, including 10,000 cavalry, Lu Chongmao pouted his lips disdainfully and said: "The main general of the Han army is really incompetent to send such a group of men and horses to die."

Wang Xingben didn't dare to be careless and said in a deep voice: "Liu Ziqiu defeated Yu Wenhua in a row, Yang Xuangan, and Wang Shichong forced Li Yuan and Xiao Mian to surrender again, and it is definitely not a waste of fame, you and I should be careful so as not to capsize in the yīn ditch."

Lu Chongmao laughed and said: "Why does General Wang have to be ambitious, I don't believe that thousands of Han troops can rush to the beach."

Before the words fell, there was a sudden "boom" on the other side, and a loud sound, countless large and small stones fell down "crackling", and Liu Wuzhou's department, which was arrayed on the north bank, was suddenly beaten to the head, bleeding and wailing all over the field, Lu Chongmao couldn't dodge, and his right shoulder was also hit, and his arm drooped down at that time

Wang Xing was originally a general of the Sui army, but he was shocked when he had insight: "It's not good, the trebuchet will withdraw quickly"

Lu Chongmao was not a lonely person, he endured the severe pain and gritted his teeth and said: "What are you afraid of, just stand up and pass."

Indeed, because cāo is complicated, ordinary trebuchets need to have a long interval between two attacks, and in the interval, the Han army on the Jinshui River has already rushed to the north shore, and if the Han army on the south bank of the Jinshui continues to use the stone throwing attack, it will inevitably kill and injure his own people, so Lu Chongmao is sure that the Han army will definitely not have a second wave of attacks

But Lu Chongmao miscalculated, he and Wang Xingben finally restrained the team, just regrouped into a formation, when they heard another loud noise in the sky, the second wave of attacks came as scheduled, this time the attack was several times more violent than just now, in the dense stone rain, there were also a lot of thistles, Liu Wu, most of the soldiers in the Zhou army were wearing straw sandals, and the conditions were slightly better, but they were equipped with leather boots, and when they stepped on the iron thistle, they were immediately pierced through the soles of their feet, and many war horses were also pierced, and the hooves and horses were scurrying around, and there was a great chaos around Lu Chongmao and Wang Xingben, where could they restrain themselves from eating and drinking

At this moment, the five hundred rafts have crossed the Jin River, rushed straight to the river beach, first a big man jumped off the raft, brandished a cooked copper stick, saw people is to split the head and cover the face, smashed all the way, like a fierce god and evil spirit, all the people who stopped in front of the big man touched it to death, rubbed that is, wounded, no one dared to stop, the Han soldiers behind the big man were also extremely brave, stepping on the iron thistle terrestris everywhere and rushed through, and the defenders on the north bank fell into a melee