The 6th year of light and the 23rd of August.

Henan County, Yuanling.

On the day when He Yi led his troops to attack Suoting, Zhang Chong, the general of Taiping Dao and the commander of Taishan Fangqu, led 30,000 people to settle in Yuanling.

Two days ago, the Taishan army defeated the Yuanling soldiers and won a big victory again.

Before, when Mi County was besieged, Hou Feng, the county lieutenant of Mi County, not only invited reinforcements to Jing County in the north, but also invited Yuanling in the east.

However, unlike the carelessness of Jingxian, Yuanling did not pay much attention to Mi County. Just because after the destruction of Xinzheng City in the south, the Yuanling side has already prepared for the clear of the wall.

The reason is very simple, the Taiping army went all the way north, marched for several miles, and was crowded with people. It is impossible for such a large-scale march to take the southern foot of Songshan in Mixian and Jingxian in the west, and can only go to the Great Plain of Eastern Henan on the line of Yuanling and Guancheng. Therefore, Yuan Ling Ling made preparations to stick here early on.

Seeing that he couldn't fall out of the Yuanling soldiers, Zhang Chong decided to attack the Yuanling.

From what Zhao Fuzi said, Zhang Chong has a clear understanding of the geography of the Yuanling. Henan County is worthy of being the core area developed by China from the source of civilization, and it is a county and a city elsewhere, and it is a prosperous point in Xiaoyi.

Take this mausoleum, for example. Because it is located in the eastern plain of Henan, the people are prosperous, in addition to the city of Yuanling, there are two cities in the east of it, and two cities of Linxiang; There is Hanling in the north thirteen miles, and there is Jiaocheng in the northeast.

And there are a lot of pavilion risks. Among them, there is Zohou Pavilion in the west of the city, the pavilion of Yongxin Station is a post, and there is Huayang Pavilion in the southeast of the city thirty miles. And on the dangerous terrain, there is Baiyanpi in the south, Hanwanglei in the southwest, and Dakui Mountain at the junction with Mi County. They are all dangerous places where troops can be stationed.

And this time, after the Yuanling Han soldiers cleared the wilderness, they stationed four battalions of soldiers in Han Wanglei and Baiyanpi. Among them, Han Wanglei is said to be the location of the Korean garrison during the Warring States Period, which is a semi-permanent fortification, and can be used as a garrison to this day.

Yuan Lingling ordered Han Wanglei to garrison two battalions here, with a total of 1,000 soldiers, to block this line of communication.

After probing the battlefield situation, Zhang Chong made the following arrangements.

Li Jing, who was newly deployed, led 400 people from the Xiangcheng battalion to lure the battle in front of the Han Wang's base. The Yuan Ling soldiers stationed in Han Wanglei did not pay attention to the harassment of a small group led by Li Jing.

But the military order came from the Yuanling in the back, they thought that this guerrilla was a small part of the enemy lost soldiers, and it was best to eat this small part and accumulate a small victory into a big victory, so they ordered the Han soldiers in the Han Wang's base to go out of battle.

After receiving the order, the Han soldiers left the dangerous position of Han Wanglei and attacked Li Jing's troops. Li Jing's troops fought and retreated, luring the enemy to the ambush circle arranged by Zhang Chong in the rear.

At that time, the Taishan Army Gaoya, Wu Zi, and Ma Bao were ambushed in all directions. More than 1,000 Han soldiers in the ambush circle were hastily ambushed, and they lost their chances and fell directly into the disadvantage. At this moment, an army wearing a red military robe under the banner of the Han army broke through the encirclement of the Taishan army from the rear, rescued the Han army of Han Wangli, and then went straight to the Yuanling.

On the city of Yuanling, looking at the rout soldiers who were clamoring to enter the city, Yuanling Wei and others had a headache, and the soldiers and horses under the city must be their own soldiers and horses, and they would not be put into the city, for fear that they would mutiny. But the county magistrate has already ordered that after the four doors are closed, the door is not allowed to be opened without another order.

In the end, Captain Yuan Ling still opened the door, and if the soldiers and horses outside the city were really lost, he couldn't bear this responsibility. But just as he put down the drawbridge, the city suddenly burst into flames. ….

Yuan Lingwei shouted that it was not good, and was busy asking people to pull up the drawbridge again, but there were already big axe men below who cut the drawbridge and rushed all the way towards the open city gate.

It turned out that it was the Guo Yu Department of the Taishan Army who rescued Han Wanglei's Han soldiers before. They rescued the Han soldiers of King Han and dragged them back to Yuanling. Now that the head of the city is really released, Guo Yu took out an iron spear and stabbed the Han soldiers on the side to death, and then broke into the city with the soldiers, and the Han soldiers could not resist and retreated. In this way, the garden tomb fell. Most of the civil and military officials in the city committed suicide.

The Taishan army went to the next city, and from the last Xingyang, only one city was left in the north.

To tell the truth, Zhang Chong's campaign command ability has reached the pinnacle. Just like the battle of Han Wanglei this time, Zhang Chong integrated a variety of tactics, and the way of war and reality has been understood by Zhang Chong.

But it was also when Zhang Chong was about to make persistent efforts to raise troops towards Guancheng, he received a letter from He Yi and He Bo.

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"I'll just say, this He Yi has a backbone in the back of his head. You see if it's being expected by Naigong now."

Who else can say this, it is the self-confessed first general in the Taishan Army, Ding Sheng is also.

This will be in the county temple of Yuanling, Ding Sheng scolded He Yi in front of the rest of the handsome faces of the Runan Yellow Turban. But none of those Runan handsomes dared to squeak.

Without him, it's not that they don't feel ignored, or that they are afraid of Ding Sheng. It's that one of these people is counted as one, and they all want to take this opportunity to jump ship under the command of the general who rushes to the sky.

One thing to say, people who have never fought with Zhang Chong will not understand how cool it is to be invincible. Before, they followed Lao Qu Shuai into battle, and they didn't fight with their lives.

But now it's good, with better ordnance than the Han soldiers, good food, good atmosphere, they didn't contribute much in every battle, and the other side was already defeated. What a jovial battle this is.

Of course, there are also bad things, that is, what the Taishan army is talking about, all the seizures will be returned to the public, so that these little handsome people live the same life as the pawns below.

But to say that this Runan yellow scarf is good. It's just that these people used to be the head of Qian, in fact, they didn't start to live a good life, they only started in April, and it didn't take long for corruption to be affected by the Taishan army. Therefore, when they live a full day with three meals a day, these little handsomes are also satisfied.

After Ding Sheng said some strange things, he saw that these Runan yellow scarves did not have thorns coming out, so he stopped talking. He turned his head to look at Zhang Chong, who was contemplative, and suggested:

"Shuai Qu, we have to send troops immediately. It's too late, and I'm really going to be beaten out by He Yi's kid. Let's fight hard, how can we let that backbone benefit."

After Ding Sheng finished speaking, Xie Bi on the side also said to Zhang Chong:

"Qu Shuai, Daqi usually doesn't listen to words, but this time he said that the score is not bad. This Xingyang is in the middle of the world, once this place is captured, it will be the world's sideways, and people of insight in the world will use this after the war, and the Han Court will not be lucky. Not to mention taking advantage of the momentum, it will also retain its strength and look at both ends. Therefore, the battle of Xingyang is like the battle of the giant deer at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the battle of Kunyang at the end of the new era. Whoever wins this battle will have great prestige. Therefore, this Xingyang must not be obtained by any ceremony."

Xie Bi is a wise general in the army, and although Ding Sheng was damaged, he was happy. ….

Who said that we have no resourcefulness, this Xie Bi is my mouth, what he means is what I mean.

Zhang Chong listened to Xie Bi's words, nodded, and looked at the staff in the army again. He Kui, Tao Dark, Yan Zhuang, Zhao Da, Chen Qin and others were all listed, and even Guo Tu, who had been captured before, stayed at the end of the team with a calm expression, looking like he had already abandoned the darkness and turned to the light.

As the chief, He Kui did not directly say that in his position, he could combine the speeches of the previous strategists, check and fill in the gaps, and offer Zhang Chong a more systematic decision-making.

As a newcomer, Guo Tu has a lot of intentions, so he met Zhang Chong's gaze and took the lead in making suggestions:

"Qu Shuai, I think that He Yi is a person, ambitious and wise, fierce and timid, jealous and less powerful. He sent troops to Xingyang, and there was only one ending, and that was to drive the king."

"Oh, how do you say that?"

Seeing Zhang Chong asking, Guo Tu was overjoyed. Busy explaining:

"Xingyang is an important town in the world, so He Yi only has two thousand armor, what can he do? When the time comes, the soldiers will be under the city, but they will dull the blades of the Han soldiers for us. When the time comes, we will raise 100,000 troops and go away with dignity, isn't this Xingyang still in our hands?"

After Guo Tu finished speaking, Yan Zhuang came out to refute it. Guo Tu was found by him from the captive, so Yan Zhuang had a psychological advantage over Guo Tu, so he refuted it unceremoniously:

"That's nonsense. Guo Tu, don't you know that we have broken the Yuanling here, and Xingyang has already sent thousands of troops to Guancheng? Now the situation is that we will take the road of managing the city, and there will be many soldiers and a long way to go. On the contrary, He Yi's side just avoided the real and made a false one, and the fight happened to be when Xingyang was the weakest."

As soon as he heard Yan Zhuang say this, Guo Tu was blindsided at that time. He really didn't know this information, otherwise how could he analyze it like this?

So, in the final analysis, these wise and resourceful people eat intelligence very much, and peripheral strategists like Guo Tu, the core information can't fall into his hands at all.

How can he offer valuable advice?

In this way, Guo Tu's first strategy in the Taishan Army was refuted by Yan Zhuang in this way, he didn't dare to argue with Yan Zhuang more, but just bowed to Zhang Chong and returned to the line.

But Guo Tu, who returned to the queue, looked at the high-spirited solemnity, and his eyes were dark.

After Yan Zhuang refuted Guo Tu, he suggested to Zhang Chong:

"Qu Shuai, the current situation is quite like the flavor of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang competing for entry into Guanzhong back then. At that time, Liu Bang took advantage of the decisive battle between Xiang Yu and Zhang Han's main force in Hebei and took the lead in entering the customs from Wuguan. Although in the end, Xiang Yuti's army entered the customs and won the authority to rule the world, but it was this entry that Liu Bang's prestige soared. Whether it was the three chapters of the law after entering the customs or the household registration of the world in the palace of the Qin Dynasty later, these made Liu Bang, a prince who was only the last of the ranks, a force that could compete with Xiang Yu. Therefore, He Yi's attack on Xingyang must be countered."

"Specifically, you can go through three steps. First of all, the two Lu brothers who were in Weimi County were ordered to go north directly to recover He Yi's department. If it is returned to the south, if it insists on going its own way, it will directly cut off its grain route.

Then select the elite cavalry in the army, double the road, avoid Guanxian, and go straight to Xingyang. Our army is less than 100 miles away from Xingyang, and at the speed of cavalry, it can be reached in one day. When the cavalry arrived in Xingyang, there were fighters to fight, and no fighters were cruising nearby, as long as He Yibu broke into the city, they would follow and kill. ….

In the end, our main army continued to march north along the plains with overwhelming momentum. Break the county and conquer the army, and finally conquer Xingyang."

After saying this, Yan Zhuang saluted Zhang Chong, and then retreated into the column. He was confident in his strategy, and it must be the best strategy right now.

In fact, just as Yan Zhuang expected, several other staff members listened to Yan Zhuang's complete strategy, and felt that they couldn't think of a better one, so they were silent.

But He Kui, as the chief, had a different opinion, and seeing that everyone had acquiesced to the solemn strategy, he finally came out and said his opinion. He only asked Zhang Chong one question:

"Qu Shuai, remember what we discussed before, what is royal and what is domineering?"

Zhang Chong nodded, he always remembered that He Kui advised him to be more upright and upright, and not to do domineering ghost tricks.

Then He Kui said to everyone present:

"The Han family has no virtue, and led our generation to raise the righteous army, do the right thing for heaven, and hang the people to punish crimes. Now, although He Yi is a private plan, he is running to Xingyang alone. But let me ask, is this He Yi still an ally?"

Zhang Chong understood what He Kui meant, and echoed:

"Yes."

"Whether it's fighting for the sake of anti-Han."

"Yes."

"Is it worthy of the righteousness of the Yellow Sky?"

"Yes."

"Then I dare to ask you, why do you want to betray the friendly army that is still standing under my Yellow Sky Banner?"

Yan Zhuang had long been unaccustomed to He Kui's hypocrisy, and he pointed to He Kui and said:

"He Jun, you really can't eat the ancients. This is a world of great controversy, and your set of righteous men and gentlemen is now asking for blindness. When Mencius traveled the world, the princes of the world did not use the way of Mencius, could it be that those princes were all the best people? It's just that the way of Mencius is out of place, and no one in the world will take it."

He Kui looked at Yan Zhuang and smiled contemptuously, he did not answer Yan Zhuang, but turned to Zhang Chong at the top, he knew that Zhang Chong must understand the truth behind this, as for Yan Zhuang's generation, hum, the pattern is too small.

Seriously, Zhang Chong really understands what He Kui means.

The royal road that He Kui walked was not an ancient one, but a real utilitarian way. Some people tend to think that those who achieve great things are not informal. Even the lower the morals of the person, the better the chance of success.

But who knows, morality and the voice of the people are a politician's greatest weapon. No matter how unbearable a person is, he also wants to be friends with people with high morals, so that he will have a sense of security and not worry about being stabbed in the back by friendly soldiers that day. It is precisely because of this principle that those who follow the royal path can win the hearts of the people, and they can make as many friends as possible and as few enemies as possible.

At this moment, for the Taishan Army, righteousness and benevolence are the biggest levers in their career. To tell the truth, compared with many other forces, where is the core competitiveness of the Taishan Army?

Take the Han family, the biggest force now, for example, it has the grace of two hundred years of glue, and the world's many heroes and strongmen may have some thoughts now, but they are generally standing here in the Han family. Even the leaders of the world, because more than ten generations have lived in the world of the Han Dynasty, the existence of the Han family has become a matter of course, just like the sun and the moon.

And what does the Taishan Army compare to it? Zhang Chong himself or the more than 10,000 elites he has cultivated in this life for many years? Not really. Compared with the Han Dynasty, the most important competitiveness of the Taishan Army is to put forward a set of prescriptions that can solve the shortcomings of the world. It is also the righteousness of the Taishan army to ask for the lives of all the people.

With this great benevolence and righteousness, don't look at the Taishan army is now insignificant compared with the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty is declining, and the Taishan Army is like the rising sun, people of insight see this trend, how not to defect to the Taishan Army.

Now He Kui means that don't ruin the reputation of our Taishan Army for the sake of He Yi, the gains outweigh the losses.

In fact, there is no need for He Kui to say this, Zhang Chong also thinks so.

He asked Meng Fu, the general of the flying army who was sitting below:

"Where has the Adan Department moved?"

As soon as Zhang Chong's words came out, the generals suddenly realized:

Yes, why did you forget that Zhang Dan, the right lieutenant who was originally stationed in Fengqiu, before they set out from Yingyang, Qu Shuai had already ordered his troops to go west, and it was time for them to arrive.

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Meng got up and replied;

"A few days ago, it was reported that the right colonel's headquarters had moved westward along Jishui, and it was only twenty miles away from Xingyang."

"Good!".

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