Hanyang, Castle Tower.

Xu Yixian looked at the enemy army going up the river, and then looked at Zhang Dai, who was hanging up in a basket, his face was cold and numb.

He is extremely ambitious and compares himself to Zhuge Liang.

It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong is not Liu Bei, and many times he doesn't listen to advice, and even if he listens, he only listens to half of it.

Zhang Xianzhong is a very contradictory person, cold-blooded murder when he is cruel, and loves the people like a son when he is gentle.

Historically, Zhang Xianzhong once restrained the troops in Sichuan, and did not allow soldiers to bully the common people, and violators were all killed. The right prime minister, Yan Ximing, was also cut by Zhang Xianzhong because he lived in a mansion. He demanded that the ministers of civil and military affairs must be honest and simple, and they were not allowed to marry local women.

But when Zhang Xianzhong was angered by the Sichuan gentry, he took the lead in killing, and many innocent people were also implicated.

In this time and space, Zhang Xianzhong was similar in Hubei, and he was also very good to the people at the beginning. Gradually, it became sour, and the decrees were often changed inexplicably, and they all had their own set of truths.

Xu Yixian, Zhuge Liang, couldn't keep up with Zhang Xianzhong's train of thought.

"Mr. Xu!"

Zhang Dai came to the city tower and smiled and bowed his hands.

Xu Yixian stood up politely, bowed his hand and replied: "If Your Excellency persuades you to surrender, you don't have to speak in vain. If the lord is still fighting outside, how can the courtiers surrender to the enemy inside? ”

Zhang Dai found a place to sit down by himself, his tone was casual, and he said with a smile: "I won't deceive Mr. Xu, and I won't say anything about Zhang Xianzhong's death." But Zhang Xianzhong was indeed defeated, only the cavalry was left in the mountains, and all the passages out of the mountains were blocked. Does Mr. Xu know about this? ”

Xu Yixian's face was expressionless, but his fingers shook involuntarily, and he sneered: "This is a fool's words, our army's 800,000 horse infantry went on the expedition, how could only the cavalry escape?" Your Excellency, please come back. ”

"Look out of town." Zhang Dai pointed outside.

Xu Yixian got up and walked over, holding the female wall with both hands to visit, but saw He Jiuyi escorting the two across the moat.

He Jiuyi shouted to the city: "Military advisor, come down, the king has been wiped out, Wang Fuchen and Zhang Mingzhi are here!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the guards of the city were in an uproar, and the panic quickly spread.

Wang Fuchen and Zhang Mingzhi are both Zhang Xianzhong's generals, and the old thieves who have been fighting in the south and the north for more than ten years. And He Jiuyi, although he is a native of Hubei, is also a rising star under Zhang Xianzhong.

Of the three generals, one defected to the enemy and two were captured, Zhang Xianzhong must have suffered a defeat!

Zhang Dai walked to Xu Yixian's side: "Mr. Xu, if our army continues to attack the city, and the morale of the army in Hanyang City fluctuates, how long can Your Excellency hold on?" ”

Xu Yixian was silent.

"By surrendering now, the soldiers of the whole city will be spared death, and they will not even have to mine and serve prison sentences," Zhang Dai said. ”

At this moment, the news of the Great Plague in the North had reached Zhao Han's ears.

He really didn't want to kill people anymore, and he didn't want to delay the siege because it would consume a lot of food and grass.

Zhao Han seemed to think about it, and re-established the policy: the soldiers under Zhang Xianzhong's command had all their property confiscated, and they brought their families to immigrate to Henan, which was regarded as the division of land among ordinary people. Even if there is any floating wealth hidden on his body, as long as he does not hide much, he will not be held accountable.

Of course, when you immigrate, you have to break up and divide into different states and counties.

Henan is already empty, and Shandong is also plagued, so the population must be replenished as much as possible.

As for the old thieves and generals under Zhang Xianzhong, they were carefully screened out and immigrated to Dongfan (Taiwan) and Qiongzhou (Hainan) to reclaim the famine!

Xu Yixian still didn't speak.

Zhang Dai continued: "As for Your Excellency, you can serve as a clerk and go to Henan to assist immigrants. In the future, promotions will be treated equally and without discrimination. Your Excellency prides himself on Zhuge Liang, and he must be full of talent, and he can be quickly promoted as an official. ”

Xu Yixian felt very aggrieved, he was Zhang Xianzhong's military advisor, and he had the merit of surrendering the city, but he could only be an official?

But what if you don't surrender, Hanyang will be captured sooner or later.

Xu Yixian sighed and said: "The army in the city, I don't count what I said. ”

Zhang Dai sat back in his original seat and said with a smile: "I am here waiting for the good news from Your Excellency. ”

Xu Yixian could only go to the main general of the city guard, and with a few words, it was quickly done.

Zhang Xianzhong has been defeated, the Datong army is under the city, no one is willing to stick to death, the military division and the soldiers knelt together to welcome King Wu into the city.

In order to show his prestige and deter these surrendered generals, Zhao Han rode a horse wari horse, wearing a full set of armor, and strode with soldiers.

Xu Yixian knelt on the ground and looked up at Zhao Han.

The armor reflected the sunlight, and the mount under the crotch was extraordinary, making Xu Yixian feel that he could not look at it directly.

The other soldiers, too, fell to their knees and shivered.

After taking Hanyang, the city immediately became a transit point for supplies, freeing up a large number of troops to go north to occupy the territory.

More than 100,000 regular soldiers, peasant soldiers, and more than 200,000 civilians marched north along several rivers.

The rivers in Hubei are basically running north-south, and the main cities are also by the river, which happens to be used as a passage for troops.

Just like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, the road was very smooth, and the wind fell along the way, and soon won Huangpi, Xiaogan, Hanchuan, Yunmeng, Yingcheng, Anlu and other places.

When the Datong army occupied Yingshan, Bai Wenxuan of the Middle Route Army surrendered directly, and Liu Wenxiu fled into Dabie Mountain with thousands of people.

A general like Bai Wenxuan, although he has done countless evils, Zhao Han will not go back on his word.

Since he surrendered, he should be sent to Taiwan to open up wasteland, and he will be thrown dozens of old thieves, so that he can slowly compete with the headhunters, and maybe he can speed up the development of Taiwan.

……

Northern Route Army.

Zhao Han's small territory in Henan has all suffered from severe drought this year.

Then simply don't farm the land, all the walls are cleared, and the people retreat to the county and county seats.

Xixian, Luosan, Xinyang, Gwangju, Gwangsan, Gushi, and Shangcheng have a total of six counties in one state. Seven cities, left for Li Dingguo to attack the city slowly, there is no one in the field at all, and don't want to grab a grain of grain.

If there are not so many people in the city, there are more than ten checkpoints and camps in various passes of Dabie Mountain, and the people just move to guard the passes.

Liu Wenxiu and Bai Wenxuan of the Middle Route Army were crazy, and there were more and more enemy troops guarding the pass, and they tried to attack other checkpoints, but they also found more and more enemies. Therefore, the south road is finished, and they are still tackling key problems, and finally they have to fall and escape.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi on the North Road are similar, and the seven cities are strong and clear, and they are even more ruthless than those in Guangji.

If they ignore these seven cities and go directly to Lu'an, which has no strong walls and clear fields, then they will have to cross five great rivers in a row.

As for the regular army of Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui, they have moved along the Huai River to Huoqiu.

Huoqiu's water network is crisscrossed, and there are many farmlands, so the cavalry can't run at all, and the army is also very difficult to transport food.

Hoqiu must be guarded!

The drought is not severe, and irrigation water is abundant, and this year is expected to be a bumper harvest.

In order to keep food, Huo Qiu gathered three regular divisions, and Zhao Han only had six regular divisions in total.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi were unwilling to attack the city of Jianqiang Qingye, nor did they want to attack Lu'an, which had to cross five rivers, so they could only choose to attack Huoqiu along the Huai River.

One side must attack, one side must save, and it is destined to be a big war.

Fei Ruhe led his troops to be stationed at the junction of the Huai River and the Shi River, Zhang Tieniu was stationed at the junction of the Huai River and the Wei River, and Huang Shun was stationed in Huoqiu County, between the two.

This is to block the southbound passage, Li Dingguo at most sent a small force to the south to attack, and the army must fight a tough battle in Huoqiu.

If you dare to go south or east without fighting, then wait for the grain route to be cut off!

In desperation, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi could only camp across the Shi River and Fei Ruhe across the river.

When the former unloaded the grain and grass from the ship, Zhang Tieniu and Huang Shun immediately led troops over to converge.

The two sides are separated by a river of history, and they get up all day long and stare dryly, and no one dares to take the initiative to cross the river to attack. And eighty miles upstream of the Shi River, there is also the county town of Gushi, which is clear and clear.

This confrontation is more than half a month.

"We can only cross the river in Linshui Town," Li Dingguo sighed, "We have been here a few times before, and the sentinels have repeatedly explored, and the only place to cross the river is there." ”

Ai Nengqi said: "We know, and the enemy knows it, so I'm afraid we won't be able to fight it easily. ”

The place where Li Dingguo can cross the river is only ten miles of river.

Further south, the Shi River forks into several, and after crossing one another, it can make people insane.

This is how the attackers have a headache, they have to think about how to cross the river, and the Datong army only needs to think about how to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

"Let's take a pontoon." Li Dingguo made up his mind.

They spent a few more days making many bamboo rafts and rafts.

The river in Linshui is only 40 meters wide, and because of the drought, the water channel is only 30 meters wide.

Bamboo rafts and rafts were tied up and carried into the river to build pontoon bridges.

Huang Shun's troops were a little further downstream, and Fei Ruhe was responsible for defending this place, and Zhang Tieniu was in the middle to deal with the two friendly forces.

"Boom, boom!"

The artillery that has long been tried at the point where the ammunition falls, and the accurate firing falls in the middle of the river.

As soon as a salvo was fired, two pontoons were damaged.

"Build a pontoon bridge, and all of you will be rewarded with ten taels!" Li Dingguo roared the order.

The people responsible for building the pontoon bridge were all death squads, and although the bamboo rafts and rafts were damaged a lot, these death squads really didn't die.

It went on for days, with constant shelling and bridge-building.

Once the bridge is built to the center of the river, it is the fire gunners to fire a salvo at the enemy, and when the pontoon bridge is built, it will be the year of the monkey.

On the eighth day of the bridge, a sentry suddenly came back from the south and reported: "Dudu, the enemy cavalry wants to cross the river in the south!" ”

However, it was Li Dingguo who sent cavalry to go around sixty miles, wanting to swim quietly at night.

It's a pity that there are many landlubbers in the cavalry, and they don't dare to swim directly across the river, so they must first make a bamboo raft, which was discovered by the sentry of the Datong army.

When the cavalry smuggling was discovered, Li Dingguo finally became ruthless: "The people bear the soil and fill up the river!" ”

Of course, it is impossible to fill in the history river, only this section can be filled.

The 40-meter-wide river channel is only 30 meters wide due to dry weather, and the water flow is extremely slow, so it is relatively easy to fill in a road.

It's just a bit time-consuming.