In the sixth year of Guanghe, June 10, outside Puyang City.

In the scorching heat of June, at the hottest time of the year, Zhang Chong's Taishan Army's 6,000 elite soldiers lined up in the wilderness east of Puyang City.

Zhang Chong stood on a nest car, looking at the big city in front of him in the south of the river, thinking about how to fight this Puyang.

As the south bank of the Yellow River to rush the big city, Puyang City as high as four zhang, the periphery of the deep trench and lead the big river water as a moat, is Zhang Chong Zheng'er eight years to fight the first strong city, really to attack do not know how many people to die.

Then look at Puyang Jin on the edge of Puyang City, a good fort. This Puyangjin is actually built by two big walls in Hebei and Henan, and between the two big stones is a permanent wooden bridge across the big river. And now this Jiahe Daqi has been built into a military stronghold as a peripheral fortification of Puyang City.

After only one glance, Zhang Chong's military quality knew that the key to this battle was to occupy the river in Puyangjin first. Otherwise, the Taishan army will attack Puyang, and the Han army in the clamp will attack the flank of the Taishan army. Therefore, it is necessary to lay this river first, and then we can talk about attacking Puyang later.

But Zhang Chong frowned on the nest car and looked at the clamp by the big river. This is not a single Jin, I don't know who has expanded three wooden villages in this Yan, and the finished font will enclose Jinqi inside, which can be said to be ironclad and solid.

This Puyangjin clamp is not easy to fight!

Not only that, Zhang Chong looked at the flags on Puyang City and Puyang Jin, and obviously felt that there were reinforcements in Puyang, and there were ten banners at the head of the camp alone. This is obviously beyond the strength of Dongjun.

In fact, Zhang Chong guessed correctly, Puyang did come with reinforcements.

Dongjun Taishou's name is Cao Shao, and he is the son of the late eunuch Cao Jie. His person is a typical character of a eunuch's child, greedy, cruel, violent, and cowardly.

During his tenure as the Taishou of Dongjun, he didn't know how much he extorted and extorted, and destroyed several wealthy families in the territory, which was a veritable Taishou of the broken family. But when the Taiping Road incident broke out in April, the people saw that the Taiping Road in the territory was swarming, and they didn't think about defending the land and the people, so they wanted to run into Beijing and find Zhang Rang for shelter.

It's just that when he ran to Baima, he suddenly heard that the wealthy families in the county had raised troops to help, and even Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang who had crossed the river, was going to send troops to the south.

It's no wonder that Cao Shao suddenly rose up, how could a Kyoto disciple like him not know the majesty of the Northern Army. As long as the northern army arrives, those moth thieves are just chickens and dogs. Since the proper military exploits were sent, why didn't he Cao Shao?

Therefore, when Cao Shao returned to Puyang in May, he united the Tian clan of Puyang, the Cheng Gong clan of Baima, and the Ji clan of Wei County, unified the county guards in his hand, pulled up a team of 2,000 people, and then looked north in the city, waiting for when the northern army could go south.

Just kidding, if the northern army doesn't come, Hugh wants him Cao Shao to go out of the city.

Cao Shao didn't wait long, on the first day of the sixth month, a full 1,000 soldiers of the Northern Army went south along the Hejin River to Puyang, and then began to rely on Puyangjin to start building a barracks, looking like they were going to be nailed to Puyang.

Cao Shao hurriedly sent a batch of supplies and corn to the northern army outside the city, and then asked who the main general of this road was.

Seed sage!

Cao Shao is secretly complaining, why? Because their relationship between the Cao family and the Zhong family is not harmonious.

The Tane clan is a famous family in Kyoto, and its family is a nobleman who has been inherited from the pre-Qin period after Nakayama Fu of the Zhou Dynasty. Their family is not only noble in blood, but also in terms of official fortune in this dynasty, and 2,000 stones have been born since the time of Emperor An. And this one is called Chongshao, the son of the current Guanglu doctor, and he is also a kind, and he often conspires with Yuan Shao's gang in Kyoto against these eunuchs.

Now that the seed is coming, Cao Shao doubts whether he can successfully get the merits.

Cao Shao's mind didn't belong, and seven of the seeds outside the city were not satisfied, and eight were not angry. Originally, he could have made great contributions with the main force to fight three zhang, but now he wants to fight the partial division of Taiping Dao here, and the difference in merit is too big.

Previously, they had already driven to Dangyin, only one step away from Yecheng, and then he was suddenly called by Lu Zhi, asking him to divide his troops to go south to the river to defend Puyang.

Here's what Lu Zhi said at the time:

"Shen Fu, when you arrive in Puyang, you will stand in Puyang Jin, and Puyang City will be horns of each other, and your most important task is to ensure the safety of Puyang City and prevent the westward advance of Taishan Yellow Turban. Then it is to hold the crossing of the Yellow River and keep the southward passage of our army. ”

The seed shao knows the Taishan Yellow Turban, and its predecessor is the Taishan thief! Killed three 2,000 stones, it was the first giant before the Taiping Dao, and poor Kong Rong's kid was hanged by these thieves.

But what Lu Zhi said, Chong Shao was still not very happy in his heart, and I took the northern army south to just be able to hold the ferry and Puyang? That's too much to underestimate him.

But Lu Zhi is a meritorious general, and he respects the seed, and he received his order because he had many ideas in his heart and did not show them.

But Lu Zhi is a great Confucian, don't be too perceptive to people's hearts. He saw that the seed was not convinced, so he carefully explained the seed sage:

"Shen Fu, I discussed it with Huangfu Jun and Zhu Jun before they were ordered to go on the expedition. The only terrible person in this Taiping Dao is this Taishan Yellow Turban. Because he is a real thief and a giant bandit, his exploits are all fought in previous wars, and he cannot be underestimated. Therefore, all the way north, I paid attention to the movement of this Taishan yellow scarf.

When I first saw him break through the Dongping Kingdom, I thought he was going north to Dongjun to cross the river and join forces with Zhang Jiao and others. At the time, I thought it would be a good fit. But later, when he crossed the water and entered Dongjun, he began to turn westward, and I knew that this Taishan thief was a real confidant.

Shen Fu, why do you guess this Taishan Yellow Turban is going west? ”

He is not stupid, on the contrary, he has a good education as a child of the nobility, and he guessed the intention of Taishan Yellow Turban just by thinking about it:

"They're going to attack Aocang!"

Lu Zhi nodded and sighed:

"My Han soldiers are actually not afraid of any bandits, because these people are just brave warriors, and they don't pose much threat to the Han family at all. But this Taishan thief has a world pattern, which is a big threat. You see that the five colonels of our Northern Army and the sharp soldiers of Sanhe went north, and what they ate was the millet of Aocang, and once Aocang was forced, the grain road was cut off. You and I are alone in Jizhou, and there is only one way to die. What's even worse is that now the soldiers in Luoyang are all handed over to the north and south, and there are no soldiers to defend Aocang. Therefore, I need you to immediately lead your troops south and defend Puyang. As long as Puyang is here, the Taishan thieves can only be blocked in Dongjun, and they can no longer threaten our army's grain route. When I kill the three zhangs here, I will go south from Puyangjin to break the Taishan thieves with you. ”

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Chong Shao understood the intention of his military order, hugged his fists, firmly received the military order, and went south to Puyangjin.

The planting of the shao was in Puyangjin on June 1, and then began to build fortifications, intending to use this place as a base to confront the coming Taishan Yellow Turban. Then Zhang Chong arrived with the Taishan army on June 10, and by this time Chongshao had already built three wooden fence camps, ready to deal with the subsequent attack of the Taishan army.

At this moment, Zhang Chong had been watching the nest car for more than three moments, but he still couldn't find any opportunity to take advantage of, knowing that he couldn't win quickly, Zhang Chong ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Dan to start camping in Puyang.

When the sun passed and the weather was not so hot, Zhang Chong asked Zhao Liang and Zhu Ying of the Saltless Camp to launch a tentative attack on a camp outside Puyang Jin.

Zhao Liang and Zhu Ying's saltless battalion were both Taiping Taoists of Dongping Kingdom, with firm wills and courage, so after receiving Zhang Chong's military order, they began to attack a battalion in front of Puyangjin.

But unfortunately, although Zhao Liang and Zhu Ying also had bravery, they encountered the most elite northern army in the Han Court, so after attacking for more than an hour, no one could touch the camp wall.

In this process, Zhang Chong has been standing on the nest car to watch the battle, he sometimes looks at the situation in Puyangjin, and sometimes turns his head to look at Puyang City in the west.

Zhao Liang and Zhu Ying were a little embarrassed when they retreated, especially when Zhao Liang had an arrow stuck in his shoulder, not a three-layer armor, this arrow would cost him an arm.

Zhang Chong comforted the two:

"The Han soldiers in Puyangjin are extraordinary, you see that when you attacked the west camp, there was no movement at all in the east and west camps, this is a first-class elite soldier, and he can still calm down during the big battle. Although your armament is not worse than that of the other side, but this fighting skill is much worse, don't be discouraged, see the gap clearly, and let's train our troops well later. After the soldiers are trained, they are really long and short with the Han soldiers. ”

When Zhao Liang and Zhu Ying heard this, their hearts warmed. The two are not ignorant of practice, although they are the Taiping Army of the Yanzhou system, they are actually foreign soldiers under Zhang Chong. And these days with the Taishan Army, I know that the elite of the Taishan Army can fight.

When fighting, everyone hopes that the main general will be wise and friendly troops will be good at fighting, so that their survival rate will be high. So, but now, foreign soldiers like them have regarded themselves as the next part of Zhang Chong's command in their hearts. Now, he has lost the battle, Zhang Chong does not punish and comforts them, how can he not let them be grateful.

Afterwards, Zhang Chong no longer attacked, but waited for the soldiers to set up camp and then make other plans.

The field of Puyang has always been a place of military contention, and it is also a vast plain, so it was developed early, so there are not many forests for the Taishan army to cut down and camp.

Later, the Taishan army searched for ten miles to the south, and finally found a forest, just enough wood for camping. In this way, he was busy, and after night, he set up a huge camp in the wilderness of Puyang.

And in this process, no one from either Puyang or Jindu came out to attack, and this result once again confirmed Zhang Chong's guess.

He returned to the tent in the camp, called all the generals, and told him directly what he had observed during the day:

"If we want to break Puyang this time, I think we can only take Puyang first. Originally, I was worried that if we fought Puyangdu on our side, the Han soldiers in Puyang City in the west would go out of the city to attack us, so that we would be flanked from the front and back, and the situation would be difficult. But during the day, I asked the saltless battalion to launch a tentative attack on Puyangjin, and I specifically observed the situation at the head of Puyang City. Even on the side of the city on the side of Chongpu Yangjin, the strength of the army has not changed at all. It stands to reason that if they want to go out of the city to aid the friendly forces in Puyangjin, they will inevitably have to mobilize mobile forces. But they didn't. So I boldly guess that this Puyang soldier is not the same system as the one outside the city. Later, when we set up camp, we were the most vulnerable to attacks from both sides, but they still did not leave the camp. It can be seen that the other generation looks detached and just wants to keep themselves. ”

Zhang Chong continued to talk about military strategy here, and the flying army outside carried the flag and reported in the account:

"There is a group of soldiers outside the door, saying that it is the Taiping Road in Puyang, and when they heard that we were coming, they came to defect."