Chapter 192: Ambition
Zhang Chao and other twenty men crossed the Wenshui naked, although they were embarrassed, they finally escaped with their lives.
He resented the small size of Minister Li Zhan, but he just objected to his military strategy and sat on the wall and watched, and he would not save him when he saw death. Therefore, after Zhang Chao escaped with his life, he did not plan to return to Li Zhan's tent, for fear that he would lose his life there.
But in fact, Zhang Chao really blamed Li Zhan, Li Zhan never took Zhang Chao's opposition to his military strategy in his heart, and the reason why he didn't save Zhang Chao was not that he didn't give the order, but that he gave the order, but the various departments did not move forward.
The troops under Li Zan are roughly divided into two parts: the county soldiers and the Haoqiang troops. The county and county strokes his own 200 county soldiers did not dare to fight at all, and when they heard that they were going to the front line, these pampered soldiers were directly frightened and cried. In addition, it is Zhang Chao's thousand-life Zhang Bing, these people have already fallen into the front; Then there were 200 Dongping army soldiers and 200 Zhangxian soldiers, after the order, they just shouted in unison, and there was no more. As for the powerful troops, it is even less worthy, these powerful ghosts and ghosts, they can also fight hard battles, but the premise is that the economic division of the imperial court must set an example in front.
Now the soldiers of the four counties of Dongping Kingdom are not on their own, and they want us to block the cavalry of the enemy's charge? What do you think!
Yes, Li Zan gave orders several times, but all the departments were still grinding, and then grinding until the entire army of Shou Zhang Bing under Zhang Chao was wiped out, of course, they killed the most themselves, but there were not many who were really killed by Zhang Conflict.
This is the characteristic of the powerful soldiers, it is easy to recruit, but if you really want them to die, then don't think too much. Why did the state of Wu in later generations repeatedly fail to fight abroad, but when defending the land, it could be killed? It is because the military system of Wu is a trilogy system, soldiers are generals, and the country does not raise soldiers, but delegates the establishment to the generals. Which of these military leaders is not sparse? Which one is not a soldier under his command?
But they did not take the initiative to attack, but they still maintained the military formation in an orderly manner. Because they still understand the truth, it is their common interest to block this wave of Taishan yellow scarves outside Dongping.
Zhang Chong looked at the front of the formation for a while, and saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, so he collected his troops and retreated to Xie Bi's military formation, and he was a horn with him, waiting for the main force behind to arrive.
At this time, Xie Bi already knew that his love had sacrificed He Cheng, and he caressed He Cheng's face with grief and was speechless for a long time. And when Zhang Chong led the army back, he heard He Cheng's feat and dying words, he took out the water bag on horseback, replaced wine with water, worshiped He Cheng, and solemnly said:
"Good boy, regenerate my family in the next life, and be a brother again."
Zhang Chong saw He Cheng's younger brother He Kang again and asked:
"Can you ride a horse?"
He Kang wiped away his tears and replied to Zhang Chong with a resolute face:
"Go back to Qukui, ride."
"Okay, Ah Qo, bring a horse to Ah Kang, and he will follow you in the future and be my subordinate to the army."
Then Zhang Chong turned back to He Kang and said:
"Before his death, your brother said, "The thief will not be destroyed, so don't bury him." It's just your brother's ambition, today, I hope you continue your brother's ambition, destroy the Han thief, and restore the Ming Dynasty. ”
He Kang's tears burst into tears, and the young man gritted his teeth and swore:
"I swear that I will not be compatible with Han Dog."
At this time, the main force of the rear army of the Taishan Army also arrived one after another, but only Zhang Dan's captain's department came, and he didn't see Guan Yu's department, and he didn't know where he went.
Zhang Dan led Li Damu, Dian Wei, Wei Zhou, Guo Liang, Yu Ban, as well as Wang Han and Li Bi, a total of three thousand five hundred soldiers in seven departments, and more than 5,000 old battalions.
The Dongping soldiers on the opposite side were shocked when they saw the military of the Taishan Army on the opposite side, there are so many people?
The commanders of the Dongping army immediately appeased their subordinates, such as Wu Zi, the commander of the Dongping Army, who said:
"The Yellow Turban Army has always taken women and children, and they look huge, but they are vulnerable, so don't panic."
Wu Zi had 200 soldiers under his command, plus Liu Shen's own troops, a total of 400 soldiers and a department, which stood in front of the Dongping National Army as a front army.
Wu Zi is a good general, good at sticking, but he has not yet made a career, and when Lu Bu enters Yanzhou in the future, his people will become the generals under Lu Bu, so that Jiyin is too guarded, and he can also take the city under Cao Cao's attack.
On the side of Wu Zibu is Huang Cen's Zhang County soldier, this one has nothing to say, he has already formed a blood feud with the Yellow Turban Army, he is also ruthless, and directly promised in front of the battle:
"Repel the Yellow Turban thieves, and reward each of them with a thousand dollars after returning to the city."
He has 200 soldiers under his command, and if he goes back this time, the reward alone will cost 200,000 yuan, and he can buy a Taishou.
A retainer on the side persuaded Huang Cen, saying that it would be too much of a loss to send this money.
Huang Cen commanded his people in front of all the soldiers:
"Money is a dead thing, if I don't destroy the thief today, even if there are thousands of dollars, it is also for the thief, it is better to send it to the heroes, and work together to destroy the thief."
When the rest of the crowd heard this, their cries shook the sky and their morale was high.
Behind Wu Zi and Huang Cen were the troops of Gao Ya, Liu Kang, Zhao Shu, and Li Zou, with a total of 1,500 troops, and they were the main force that Prime Minister Li Zan relied on the most. And these wealthy generals, or resolute and brave, are all temporary choices. They all motivated the department in their own ways, and waited anxiously for the Yellow Turban Thieves on the opposite side to attack.
But Zhang Chong did not rush to attack, but ordered all units to be stationed, and then buried the pot to cook. It's almost noon at the end of the day, and it's time for lunch.
Zhang Chong was followed by more than 5,000 Taiping Army believers, all of whom came all the way from Jibeiguo, and there were not many people in the prime of life, many of them were old people, women and children, and to be honest, it was quite cumbersome to take these people with the army.
One is that they are physically weak, which seriously slows down the speed of the march. The other is that they do not have military literacy, and if the enemy attacks the old camp one day, it will seriously drag down the battlefield morale of the Taishan army.
But these believers in Jibei Kingdom can't take them with them, because these people can't survive in the countryside anymore, why are there so few strong men among them? It is because these strong believers have been summoned by their Qu Kui to attack the mighty dock wall, leaving only these women and children crying out in the countryside.
Therefore, Zhang Chong could only take them with him, and also put them in the Chinese army, so that when marching, there was the protection of the front and rear troops, and these believers could get the greatest security protection.
And these women and children are not only bad, such as cooking, after these people accompany the camp, the supply of military food for the Taishan army has become more rapid. Some half-aged children can't hold knives, but they can still deliver hot corn rice to the Taishan Army on the front line.
For example, the current child named Yang Wazi will be preparing to join the food delivery team.
At noon, outside the Gaoshan Pass, on the river on the west bank of Wenshui, there were cooking smoke and birds, and the air was already filled with the fragrance of millet rice and the richness of bacon.
In recent years, the Taishan army has done enough work in the reserve of military food, corn, beans, and pickles have been stored early, that is, some captured meat will be made into bacon reserves, but it is not eaten much in ordinary times, and it is used before this kind of battle, eating bacon to replenish the physical strength of the soldiers.
I only heard a gray old man shouting in a sub-district of the old camp:
"The one who delivered food to the regular army will leave in a while."
Then I saw a group of thirteen or fourteen-year-old children carrying urns in their hands and began to assemble here one after another.
Yang Wazi also heard the old man's words, and hurriedly responded:
"Come on, Sun Tou."
After speaking, he stuffed the last bit of millet in his hand into his mouth, and then he didn't care about talking to his mother, who was cooking, and was about to rush over to assemble.
But before he could take two steps, Wang Xiaoniang, who was cooking with her grandmother, called out to him, and then stuffed another millet ball into Yang Wazi's pocket, and told Yang Wazi timidly:
"Baby, this memory is still for you Uncle Zhang, don't forget, remember it and only give it to him."
Yang Wazi sighed, ran to Sun Tou, and quickly joined the friends of the food delivery team, they were going to deliver food to Zhang Daqu of the Yu Forbidden Department.
Three portions of millet balls for one person, a small piece of bacon, one pickle, and a bamboo tube with some salt and water. This is the food they eat in front of the station today.
Yang Wazi and his grandmother were the family scrolls of the Taiping disciples of Snake Hill, and his father was summoned by Qu Kui of Snake Hill and never returned. Knowing that a few days ago, Taishan's Yellow Turban Army defeated Snake Hill, and his mother took him and other Taiping Taoist scrolls to defect. These days, his aunt has also asked many people about Daddy's situation, but some people said that they were dead, and some people said that they had already gone north to the plains, and said that they would go north later.
Yang Wazi was very sad, but under the collective of the old camp of the Taishan Army, the sadness was quickly cultivated and dispersed by many partners, but surrounded by a sense of adulthood of doing great things.
These uncles of the Taishan Army are really majestic, Yang Wazi looked at his thin arms and was very envious. But Yang Wazi felt that he was already a Ding, just like that Wang Xiaoniang asked him to send Su Tuan to the general named Zhang Da, he Yang Wazi understands, doesn't he just want to have a baby with others, what does he not understand.
He had sent it to Wang Xiaoniang a few times before, and he had seen the general named Zhang Da, so he wanted to ask how he felt. Yang Wazi only has one sentence, what a good ding. Black, thick, strong, and then there is a big scar on his cheek, just without smiling, he is extremely majestic. It's a pity that every time he gives General Zhang Da the Su Tuan sent by Wang Xiaoniang, the general laughs like a big fool in the next village, he really can't understand.
But today is different, today is finally a war, and he Yang Wazi has to do something big today, feat.
He followed the food delivery team, and a companion about the same age as him tiptoed over and asked in a low voice:
"Is the thing ready? I didn't find out to your mother. ”
Yang Wazi smiled and replied:
"Don't worry, when did my Yang Wazi do things. In a while, we will kill a few Han dogs on the front line, and let the brothers see how powerful our Yang Jiabi's baby is. ”
His companion is the same as him, he is from the Yang family, and his name is Yang Gousheng. The women and children in their old camp are all divided into districts according to their hometowns, and they, the children of the Yellow Turban Army of Yang Jiabi, are all divided into a piece.
Yang Gousheng looked at the Han soldiers in the distance with hatred on his face, clutched the wooden spikes in his pocket, and muttered:
"Daddy, Auntie, I'll avenge you."