Chapter 168: The Battle of Xiaquyang
At this moment, the city is desolate, the yellow scarves are dressed in linen and filial piety, and the slightest drizzle is falling in the sky, drenching everyone's clothes.
It seems to be slowly washing away everyone's sins, or regretting the collapse of their beliefs.
The 100,000 troops of the whole army gathered in the school field, and there was a square platform in front of it, on which were placed two coffins, and on the spiritual seat in front of the coffin, the names of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao were written.
This is Zhang Liang's mound for his two elder brothers.
He stood in front of the spiritual throne with a gloomy face, thinking about how high-spirited they were at the beginning, and in order to resist the exploitation of the family, they founded the Tianping Sect.
After several years of development, the scale was quickly formed, and they confidently believed that as long as the time was ripe, the world would be in my hands.
However, all these beautiful visions were ruined by the betrayal of his subordinates.
Zhang Liang bowed three times towards the spiritual positions of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, inserted the incense in his hand, slowly turned around, and looked at the army in front of him.
He clenched his fists and suppressed his anger, and the Yellow Turban people watched him quietly, waiting for Zhang Liang's military order.
"Brothers, since the Tianping Sect uprising, we have slaughtered many families who oppressed us along the way, and they couldn't win against us on the frontal battlefield, so they sent assassins to murder the Tiangong General and the Digong General, and now they have come to us, what do you say we should do?"
"Exterminate the Han army and take revenge!"
"Exterminate the Han army and take revenge!"
"Exterminate the Han army, take revenge..."
The entire school field was completely detonated by Zhang Liang, and the Yellow Turban people raised their weapons and shouted for revenge, Zhang Liang saw this scene, and the worry in his heart gradually faded.
When he first received the news of the death of his two elder brothers, he was very worried that his subordinates would deviate from morality, which would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for him.
He knew very well that anyone could surrender, but the three of their brothers and the thirty-six Fang Qu Marshal, the imperial court would be exterminated no matter what.
Zhang Liang urgently assigned the task, and he sent heavy troops to guard the four gates, and demolished all the houses within 50 meters of the four gates.
The stones and beams were all transported to the city walls and used as rolling wood.
When Xia Quyang was actively preparing for war, Huangfu Song and Zhao Yang set off in Julu, and their troops marched in two ways, and the speed was extremely fast.
They received the news that Zhang Liang was not dead and was still making the last struggle, and now the entire Xiaquyang was heavily guarded, and the whole city was shouting for Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao to avenge them.
Huangfu Song looked at the information in his hand and asked his subordinates to open the map, and he found that it was really not easy to conquer this place.
When he was in Guangzong, he was a little behind closed doors, and this Zhang Liang was much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Bao's reckless man.
"Pass my order, the army must rush to the south gate of Xiaquyang fifty miles away this evening, and set up camp for defense."
After receiving the order, the herald immediately rushed to the back, and the army immediately quickened its pace, and Huangfu Song even broke the horsewhip.
At dusk, an urgent report came from the South City Gate, and Zhang Liang hurriedly rushed out of the mansion and came to the South City Gate Tower to check the situation.
Didn't let him wait too long, Huangfu Song's handsome banner. In front of his eyes, the so-called enemy was extremely red when he met, and Zhang Liang almost couldn't control his anger.
Taking a deep breath, he knew that he couldn't be controlled by anger now, so he took the bow and arrow on the side, aimed at Huangfu Song's handsome banner, and three arrows in a row, and turned around and left without looking at the result.
Huangfu Song was sending out a mission, and he didn't find the three arrows flying in front of him, but the guards around him shouted danger and dragged him off the carriage.
'Poof' 'Hula'
Two muffled noises spread in a row, waking up the fallen Huangfu Song, and seeing that Shuai Qi had broken the rope and fell off.
He immediately got up and got on the horse, just in time to see the back of Zhang Liang leaving, although he didn't know who the other party was, Huangfu Song knew that this person must be Zhang Jiao's loyal believer.
He was very angry now, he didn't expect the enemy to give him a dismount, looking at the enemy's attitude, he understood that the other party didn't come at him at all.
Shooting him may not be successful, but under the guise of him, shooting the rope of the handsome flag can also play a role in demoralizing.
I didn't expect that there are such capable people in the remnants of the Yellow Turban!
Huangfu Song originally wanted to take the army to the city gate first to shake his majesty and hit the morale of the defenders, but what he didn't expect was that the other party also thought of this method.
This operation of the enemy directly affected the morale of the army.
Huangfu Song immediately ordered the army to retreat thirty miles, choose a suitable place to camp, and looked at the slowly retreating Han army, and cheers immediately sounded on the city wall.
When the soldiers of the Han army saw this scene, they were shot down by the enemy as soon as they arrived, and they felt a little uncomfortable, if they were allowed to attack the city now, they really didn't have the guts.
The generals felt the changes in the surrounding atmosphere, and they were also very helpless, no one thought of what happened just now.
They all wanted to persuade Huangfu Song to take a long-term view, and at the same time thought that the plan formulated in Guangzong might not be suitable for the current Xiaquyang.
The Han army quickly set up camp, and Huangfu Song immediately beat drums and gathered generals, and they carried out planned repairs in Quyang, which was currently high morale.
Zhao Yang on the other side did not encounter any trouble along the way, and the plan to outflank Quyang was successfully completed.
He now camps on the banks of the Zhangshui River, and has built three pontoon bridges over the river to connect the two banks and serve as a retreat for the army.
He sent Xu Sheng to lead 3,000 soldiers, using the cover of the night, to dig out a very wide tunnel in the direction of Xiaquyang.
The tunnel had been dug for four days, and on the nights of the days the defenders of the city could hear a lot of noise, but there was no sign of them.
During the day, the sentinels were sent to check, but there was no change, which made them suspicious, and they did not dare to sleep at night.
Zhang Liang got the news and also came over to check it, but he didn't see any clues, but when he left, let them do a good job of defense, and not be careless to be exploited by the enemy.
Zhao Yang stood on the pontoon, feeling the coolness brought by the river, he looked at the turbulent river, and thought about the scene of the other party when he was in Changshe.
Fire and water are merciless!
The fire in Guangzong has not been completely extinguished in everyone's hearts, and it is about to stage a bridge section where the water floods Quyang.
"My lord, I just received the news that General Huangfu led the army to Xiaquyang, and the defenders shot the rope of the Shuai Qi at a distance of 200 meters, and he himself almost fell on the road."
At this time, Wang Meng also boarded the pontoon bridge, and the rapid march in the past few days has made him tired a lot, and today is the opportunity to come out to breathe.
As soon as Zhao Yang heard it, Huangfu Song had just arrived here, and he was sent off by the enemy, it was a pity that he didn't see his angry face at that time.
The enemy actually has an archer, so should I transfer Huang Zhong?