Chapter 617: Preemptive Strike The Han army is coming
When Zhang Xiong successfully left Zhang's mansion with the help of his old department, he rushed to the camp as fast as he could in his life.
Cao Zhang is not stupid after all.
Just in case, he had already used his identity as the chief general to send a crony named Ren Xiong to take over the military power in the camp.
Cao Wei's military law was strict, and he had always been most afraid of what happened to him, so Cao Zhang thought that when he made this arrangement, he could generally rest easy.
It's a pity that no matter how smart Cao Zhang is, he is not Cao Cao after all.
He underestimated the complexity of human nature.
He didn't know what people would do when they went crazy.
For Zhang Xiong, with the current situation, it is difficult for him to mobilize the army in the city.
But there is an army that will unconditionally obey Zhang He's orders, and this army is the pro-army that has followed Zhang He for many years.
What's more, although Cao Zhang sent someone to take over the military power of the battalion, in order not to leak the news, Ren Xiong, who knew that there were many ears and eyes of Zhang He in the battalion, did not reveal Cao Zhang's true intentions to others.
In this case, it means that Zhang He and Zhang Xiong are still generals with a high status in the Wei army.
So when Zhang Xiong appeared outside the camp, he was not stopped by the sergeant, and soon entered the camp smoothly with his identity.
After entering the camp, Zhang Xiong remembered Zhang He's instructions, and with his token, he successfully gathered the hundreds of pro-troops, and led them out of the barracks and quickly rushed towards Zhang's mansion.
Everything happened too quickly.
Or in Ren Xiong's view, Zhang He is a lamb to be slaughtered at the moment, and he would not have expected Zhang He to suddenly have such a move.
This led to the fact that after Zhang Xiong led hundreds of pro-troops out of the camp, he got the news for a long time.
As soon as he got the news, Ren Xiong was taken aback.
It is a very dangerous thing for a general to transfer troops without permission, let alone the current situation.
But at the moment, Zhang He has not been convicted, and Zhang He's identity is far away from himself, which makes Ren Xiong hesitate.
In the case that Zhang He has not yet been convicted, even if he issues a military order to arrest Zhang He, how many sergeants will obey?
Ren Xiong also went on to think that if he rashly issued an order to arrest Zhang He, it would most likely ruin Cao Zhang's plan for tonight.
After thinking of these two points, Ren Xiong chose a wise way to protect himself.
He sent someone to Chang'an Palace City urgently to report the matter to Cao Zhang and let him make a decision himself.
The people sent by Ren Xiong knew the urgency of the matter, so after he received Ren Xiong's order, he hurriedly rushed towards Chang'an Palace.
After taking Chang'an, because of the greed for the comfort of Chang'an Palace, each generation of the Cao family who sat in Chang'an would subconsciously set aside a place in Chang'an Palace City to build a mansion for themselves.
For this, Cao Cao and Cao Pi both turned a blind eye.
In their opinion, this is another manifestation of the Cao family's overriding of the Liu family.
But Chang'an Miyagi is comfortable, but there is a hidden drawback.
This disadvantage is that Chang'an Palace City is located in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, but the military camp in Chang'an City is in the northeast corner of Chang'an City.
One side is in the southwest and the other is in the northeast, which means that the people sent by Ren Xiong have to cross almost the entire Chang'an City to see Cao Zhang.
In normal times, of course, this is not a serious matter, but when the situation is critical, it is very delayed.
Although Ren Xiong's people were running all the way, he was still one step slower.
Before Ren Xiong arrived at Chang'an Palace, Zhang Xiong had already led his army to the outside of Zhang's mansion.
After returning with his army, Zhang Xiong did not lead his army into Zhang's mansion.
He knew very well what Zhang He's purpose was for him to bring his troops here.
Looking at the Wei troops besieging Zhang's Mansion, a fierce look appeared on Zhang Xiong's face.
Under his order, the hundreds of pro-soldiers behind him raised their weapons without hesitation and slashed towards those Wei soldiers who were their comrades a moment ago.
This sudden scene caught the Wei army outside Zhang's Mansion off guard.
Like the Wei army in the barracks, they didn't know that Cao Zhang was going to attack Zhang He.
The order they received was to lead an army to protect Zhang He.
Under this kind of order, coupled with Zhang He's prestige in the Wei army, how could they have imagined that Zhang Xiong would suddenly lead his army to attack them?
Due to the surprise, those Wei soldiers died in shock under Zhang Xiong's personal sword before they even had time to draw the blades at their waists.
After clearing the Wei army outside the gate, Zhang Xiong immediately sent people inside to welcome Zhang He out.
And Zhang He, who had been prepared for a long time, came to the gate of the mansion in a military uniform soon after.
Looking at the corpse of Wei Jun who fell to the ground, there was no unbearability in Zhang He's eyes.
Perhaps not long ago, they were comrades who fought with him, but from the moment Cao Zhang was about to attack him, they were already undying enemies.
This is also a point that Zhang He, who is a veteran, is obviously better than Cao Zhang and Ren Xiong.
Zhang He can have today, relying on his own knife and gun to fight all the way, he knows that he either doesn't do it, or he does it.
After converging with hundreds of pro-soldiers, Zhang He decisively ordered:
"Before Cao Zhang can react, let's go to Yongmen quickly!"
Chang'an, as a large city, has nine gates.
The Yongmen Gate is located to the west of Chang'an City.
There is another reason why Zhang He regarded Yongmen as the direction of his breakthrough - there were many of his old troops in the Wei army defending Yongmen.
Although those old troops may not follow him to rebel, as long as they don't get the exact order, they will most likely not attack themselves.
Before the action, Zhang He had already considered everything very clearly.
Under Zhang He's order, hundreds of pro-soldiers escorted Zhang He and quickly headed towards Yongmen.
And after Zhang He made this step, Cao Zhang, who was located in the palace city of Chang'an, got the news from Ren Xiong in hindsight.
When he learned that Zhang Xiong had led hundreds of people to leave the camp, Cao Zhang couldn't help but scold in a hurry:
"Ren Xiong damn it! Ren Xiong damn it! ”
Now Cao Zhang may have experienced some of Sima Zhao's emotions in history.
Although Cao Zhang is not as decisive as Zhang He in some aspects because he is a guaranteed student, his IQ is not low.
It was not difficult for him to guess what was the reason why Zhang Xiong led his army to leave the camp.
It was precisely because of this guess that Cao Zhang felt extremely angry.
Why did he agree to Xiahou Nan's plan to set up a banquet and ambush him?
In addition to the fact that this strategy seems safer, it is also because he wants to minimize the impact of killing Zhang He.
In his heart, he must have the intention of killing Zhang He, but no matter what, Zhang He is always the left general of Great Wei at the moment.
In terms of Zhang He's identity, if you want to kill him under normal circumstances, you must either have the right to fake Jieyue in your hands, or you must have an edict from Cao Pi.
But neither of these two Cao Zhang currently have them in their hands.
Although there is something to follow, Cao Zhang is not lacking in the decisiveness of the power.
But as the chief general of Chang'an, he has to consider the impact this incident will have on the morale of the Chang'an army.
After all, in addition to his identity, Zhang He, as a famous general, also has a lot of prestige in the Wei army.
But now everything has changed.
If he can take Zhang He by surprise at the banquet, then Cao Zhang can use the identity of the princes and the chief general of Chang'an to announce Zhang He's guilt in public.
In this way, even if there is damage to the morale of the army and the people in Chang'an, it will be within a controllable range.
But if Zhang He was allowed to lead the army to rush out of the mansion, even if he could lead the army to intercept Zhang He in the streets, it would undoubtedly expose this matter to the eyes of the people of Chang'an City.
So what will the people think?
In the absence of an edict and a false edict, the people would not have thought that his attempt to hunt and kill Zhang He was justified.
They will most likely think that this is an infighting at the top of the Wei army!
Such an idea will not only make the people lose confidence in the Wei army, but also make the majesty of the Great Wei disappear in the hearts of the people of Chang'an.
As soon as he thought of this possibility, Cao Zhang was about to go crazy.
He will never allow this kind of thing to happen that will be recorded in the history books and ridiculed by future generations for countless years.
Cao Zhang hurriedly took out the tiger talisman on his waist and handed it to Ren Xiong's messenger, and ordered at him:
"Let Ren Xiong dispatch troops to encircle and suppress Zhang He!"
"Go!"
The last sentence, Cao Zhang almost roared.
Under Cao Zhang's roar, Ren Xiong's envoy was so frightened that he hurriedly left.
Then Cao Zhang hurriedly ordered to gather the guards in the Chang'an Palace.
He wanted to personally lead his troops to stop Zhang He.
Maybe Zhang He is likely to have led the army out of the mansion at the moment, but Chang'an City is very large, and if Zhang He's actions can be controlled within a limited range as soon as possible, then this is also a measure to make up for the loss.
The thousands of guards in the palace city of Chang'an were quickly assembled under Cao Zhang's orders.
After assembling the sergeants, Cao Zhang immediately rushed out of the palace with them on his horse.
After Cao Zhang had just led his army out of Miyagi, he bumped into Wei Zhen who had come to report the news shortly after.
After Liangzhou was recaptured by the Han army, Wei Zhen, the assassin of Liangzhou, fled back to Chang'an City in disgrace.
Due to Wei Zhen's excellent governance ability, he is currently responsible for the duties of Jingzhao Taishou, mainly for Cao Zhang, who is responsible for maintaining law and order in Chang'an City.
Therefore, Wei Zhen can also be regarded as the first group of people in Chang'an City to learn that Zhang He raised troops to rebel.
At the first moment he saw Cao Zhang, Wei Zhen was like seeing a savior.
With a panicked face, he ran to Cao Zhang's side as soon as possible and reported to Cao Zhangyu: "Your Highness, Zhang He is reversed, Zhang He is reversed!" ”
"He led the army all the way to slash and kill the county soldiers sent by the minister to block it, and he is fleeing in the direction of Yongmen!"
Wei Zhen's tone was both panicked and anxious.
And Wei Zhen's report also let Cao Zhang know the exact movements of Zhang He.
After learning this, Cao Zhang was not in the mood to manage Wei Zhen, he hurriedly led his army in the direction of Yongmen.
Zhang He and Cao Zhang both accelerated the advance of the army, and Zhang He set off much earlier than Cao Zhang.
Compared with Cao Zhang, there are many ordinary people and county soldiers blocking the road in front of Zhang He.
For the county soldiers who stood in the way, of course, he ordered people to cut and kill decisively.
And for those panicked people, if Zhang He had been in the past, he would not have shown mercy to his subordinates.
It's just that when he thinks of Mi Yang's Weishui oath, no matter how anxious Zhang He is, he can only use intimidation to drive the people away.
The intimidation method was effective, but it also inevitably slowed down Zhang He's march.
This led to Zhang He's arrival at Yongmen, and Cao Zhang finally led his army to catch up with him.
After seeing Zhang He's figure, Cao Zhang couldn't help but scold: "Zhang He's a dog thief!"
Da Wei has always treated you well, why are you opposed! ”
Cao Zhang was charged with rebellion from the beginning, and Zhang He's head was put on the head.
But Zhang He also has a broken jar attitude right now.
Zhang He commanded hundreds of soldiers to quickly retreat to Yongmen, and at the same time stretched out his hand and pointed at Cao Zhang's nose and scolded:
"It's not my desire!
But after you are emasculated, you want to harm me, and the blade is added, how can I sit still and wait to be killed! ”
Zhang He and Cao Zhang are both fierce generals, and their tones are full of energy.
This also allowed the people hiding on both sides of the street to clearly hear the conversation between the two of them.
After hearing the words of the two of them scolding each other, there seemed to be some kind of concept in the hearts of the people that was rapidly crumbling.
This is the important ministers and clan relatives of Great Wei?
How is it the same as bandits and shrews.
Is Da Wei like this?
It takes a lot of effort and a lot of time for a dynasty to form a sense of majesty in the hearts of the people.
But sometimes it's easy to collapse.
I don't know if it was because the eyes of the people around him began to change strangely, or because of Zhang He's angry scolding, Cao Zhang finally chose the most direct way.
He ordered the thousands of Wei troops in front of him to quickly encircle and kill Zhang He.
At this moment, Cao Zhang also knew that it was impossible to maintain the majesty of Great Wei.
He has only one thought in his heart now - kill Zhang He.
The Wei army, which can be sent by Cao Zhang to guard the palace city, is naturally an elite division.
Under the onslaught of thousands of elite Wei soldiers, Zhang He gradually fell into a bitter battle.
If it weren't for the fact that there were houses around him as cover, I am afraid that the situation he faced would be even more difficult.
But Zhang He also knew that if he continued to fight like this, then he would not be able to escape from Chang'an City in the end.
Fortunately, Zhang He still has one last plan in his heart.
The closer he got to Yongmen, the more and more military defense facilities appeared around Zhang He.
After seeing those facilities, Zhang He no longer had any scruples in his heart.
He ordered dozens of his own soldiers to quickly set the wooden military installations on fire with flammable materials in hand.
Fueled by flammable materials, the fire soon burned on those military defenses.
The black smoke from the burning fire rose into the sky, beyond the obscuration of the tall city walls, and into the sky.
Zhang He's movements did not escape Cao Zhang's eyes.
At first, Cao Zhang didn't understand what Zhang He's intentions were, but he quickly reacted.
Zhang He deliberately caused a fire to tell the Han army outside the city that there was turmoil in the city!
Cao Zhang, who realized this, jumped off his horse directly in a hurry and joined the action of slashing and killing Zhang He's own soldiers.
Zhang He really deserves to die!
Due to the addition of Cao Zhang, a fierce general, Zhang He's hundreds of personal soldiers became more and more difficult to resist the offensive of the Wei army.
Seeing the soldiers in front of him fall one by one, Zhang He's anxious eyes were bloodshot.
Come, General!
Yesterday's second chapter ~
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