In the sixth year of Guanghe, October 20, Dan, Yecheng.

On the Zhangshui River in the east of Yecheng, a new batch of military supplies was prepared and sent to the columns in the lower reaches of Zhangshui. Lu Zhi's Hebei Han army camp, part of the supply came from here.

Because Yecheng is dozens of miles away is Fukou, which connects Shangdang, Pingyang, Jinyang and other agricultural basins. A steady stream of military rations was sent from this winding mountain road to Yecheng, and then transferred to the Han army's large camp.

However, the efficiency and cost of land transportation are not as good as water transportation, so the Bingzhou military rations supplied by Yecheng are only a partial supplement to the Han army, and most of them still rely on the giant bridge warehouse north of Handan.

On the head of the east city of Yecheng, under a canopy, Zhang Ze, the Taishou of Wei County, looked at the thousands of sails competing on the Zhangshui River with a gloomy expression, and said with emotion:

"The war has dragged on for a long time, and I don't know how many people have been requisitioned and bankrupt. I only hope that Lu Shuai can pacify the moth thieves a little faster and give the people a breather."

An old official on Zhang Ze's side is named Feng Fang, who is from the family of Fanyang Dahao in Wei County. His ancestor was Feng Yang during the period of Emperor Xuan of the former Han Dynasty, not only he was 2,000 stones, but his eight sons were all 2,000 stones, so he was also called the family of 10,000 stones. Up to now, the Feng family no longer has the Xuanhe of the past, but it is still a wealthy family among the famous Zhao and Wei.

Especially this person named Feng Fang, who is Zhang Zeyi's confidant.

At this time, hearing his own Taishou say such things, Feng Fang said with a smile:

"Fujun, you are too worried, I thought that even if Lu Shuai could quickly pacify the Hebei Moth Thieves, I don't think these Qiandu would be able to breathe."

Zhang was attracted by this theory and asked curiously:

"Why?"

Feng Fang pointed to the north and said to Zhang Ze:

"Fujun, look at the world today. Youji, Qingxu, Yanyu, Guanlong, Jingyang, where there is no beacon fire. Even if the Hebei thieves were flattened, there are also Taishan thieves, Qiang people, and Xianbei people, which of these is not a big trouble. So behold, this Qianshou can't rest. Besides, how do you think these Qiantou will be thieves? It's not that I can't live anymore. As long as these people can't be settled, then this thief will be more and more suppressed, as long as one or two thieves are missed, they can go to other places, and they can pull out a deviant army that will cause chaos in the world. So, Mr. Fu, did you say that the world is still settled?"

Zhang Ze was so heavy by these words that he sighed, stopped talking, and just looked at the busy people on Zhangshui.

But Feng Fang continued to talk:

"Fujun, you don't have to be sentimental. This head is like the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered, as long as the wildfire burns, the next year will be full of verdant plains. The principle of controlling chaos is the same as this, and there can be no great rule if there is no chaos. So, I want to say, it's good that the world is in turmoil. If there is chaos, there will be rule for the next two hundred years."

In fact, Feng Fang's words were a bit rebellious, but there was not much surprise from Zhang Ze's expression, obviously it was definitely not the first time that the two had talked about this topic.

Does that mean that Zhang Ze is going to rebel? No, although Zhang Ze is not a pure minister who does not care about fortune and misfortune like Chongfu, he is also a person who has a heart for the Han family. But the heart of the Han family does not mean that they want to be loyal to one person, they are capable Hanchen actually know in their hearts that the current Han family is like a towering giant tree that has been corrupted, looking big, but it is already terminally ill.

But they didn't want to overthrow the Han family, but to once again assist the surname Liu to visit the Guangwu story and the Sanxing Han family in the chaos of the world. Therefore, they are very comfortable talking about the principle of controlling chaos.

At this time, Feng Fang boldly said to Zhang Ze:

"Fu Jun, this Yecheng has dragon energy. I expect that in the chaos of the world, there will be dragons and snakes rising according to this. When Guangwu first entered Hebei, the first thing he arrived was Yecheng, which cannot be said to be the king of Yecheng."

Zhang Ze didn't believe these dragon qi theories, but he agreed with Feng Fang's statement that this Yecheng was indeed a good place to build a foundation in troubled times.

First of all, from the outer city defense, on his left is the Taihang Mountain Range, which stretches for thousands of miles, as a barrier, and then not far away there are several grain-producing areas in Fukou and Chengzhou.

But even with these advantages, Zhang still feels that it is not good enough.

In his opinion, if Yecheng wants to catch up with an imperial capital like Luoyang, it is necessary to dig a canal leading to the big river, so that the river can connect all parts of the world. And now Yecheng is still too narrow-minded, and there is no king

Anger.

Zhang Ze did not do it for nothing in Wei County, he has been surveying the water veins and delineating the plan for digging the canal. He planned to dig a ditch to connect Zhangshui, Huanshui, Qishui, and then directly into the river, so that a water transportation network could be formed.

But to dig such a canal, it is not something that he can do, and the consumption of manpower and material resources is impossible to complete without the permission of the court.

But how could the imperial court in Luoyang allow Yecheng in Hebei to become a threat? Therefore, this waterway can only be completed by a separatist force that has risen from Hebei.

In fact, Zhang Ze's thinking about the future trend is much deeper than Feng Fang, a native of Hebei.

The world in Feng Fang's eyes is nothing but Hebei, and the foundation he sees is Yecheng. But Zhang, who is from Hanzhong and transferred to the world, knows better. There are at least five under heaven that can form the foundation of the division.

One is Luoyang in the world. Whoever controls the major river basins and the Central Plains must take Luoyang as the center. The second is Chang'an. All the forces that have risen in the west are all based on Chang'an, which has four solidifications, which can be attacked, retreated and defended, and controlled inside and outside.

The third is Chengdu, which is not far from his hometown. The power that rises from the southwest will build its capital here, according to which the country of abundance will either go north to Chang'an or east to the Yangtze River. The fourth is Moling, the current Moling is not enough to pay attention to, but if there is a force in the south, it will most likely be capitalized, all because of the tiger standing in the dragon plate here, the terrain is dangerous and solid, and the Central Plains can be planned to enter the Central Plains, and the retreat can be ruled by the river, which can be described as a king and a tyrant.

As for the five, that is the Yecheng he has here, all those who rise from Shandong, all take this as the capital, there are Hebei Raofu, Youyan Dama, and the back of the plateau, the capital is here, condescending, there is a tendency to build.

It's just that although this Yecheng is a good place, he knows his own family affairs. How can he, a Hanzhong person, have prestige and be famous according to this? When the time comes, the world will be in turmoil, and I am afraid that he will also welcome a Han clan according to this. I just don't know who is the lord of this Yecheng again.

Just when Zhang Ze was in reverie, outside Zhangshui in the south of the city, there was a sudden commotion.

At this time, the captain of the south of the city rushed over with several people, and as soon as he came, he said:

"Fujun, countless boats and boats suddenly came outside the city outside Zhangshui, and they were coming all the way towards us."

Zhang Ze was shocked, he couldn't figure out where this came from? But without thinking much about it, Zhang Ze led his soldiers and galloped to the south wall of the city, where he saw clearly.

This is a number of small boats, they are led by a huge boat, from the upper reaches of the Zhangshui downstream, and then look at the apricot yellow on the giant boat, the left is written for the heavenly road, and the right is written to hang the people to punish crimes.

Don't think about it, this must be the giant Tarzan thief among thieves.

But didn't it say that the Taishan thieves were blocked in the Bianshui by the people on the Hanoi side? How did they get here?

yes, how did the Tarzan army get here? From the end of September to October 20, what happened to the Taishan Army in these 20 days?

After Guan Yu took Guangwu City at the mouth of the river as the vanguard of the whole army, his troops directly led the boat division to the river, and then soon encountered the interception of the small Hanoi Dahe boat division.

But Zhang Chong's army is an expert in water warfare, and he is the water Korogang who used to mix in the big river. His men led 30 boats down the river and smashed the Hanoi soldiers to smithereens, opening the southward passage in one fell swoop.

Then, the Taishan soldiers did not go ashore in Hanoi, but continued to go south along the river. Finally, in Liyang, Wei County, the Taishan army divided its troops.

Among them, Guan Yu's department continued to set up large ships to take the Xingyang people who had originally accompanied the army to Puyang, and then repaired there, and continued to expand the base area in the Heji area.

Zhang Chong also appointed Guan Yu as the commander-in-chief of the Heji region, leading the Puyang and Heji regions, and making the festival. Originally, Xi Shen, Heifu, and Wang Han in Heji were all subject to its control.

It also shows how much Zhang Chong trusts Guan Yu.

You must know that when foreign troops are stationed outside, they are generally awarded a scepter. But the scepter and the scepter have different powers, which can be roughly divided into two categories. One is the fake festival, which is also the most conventional, that is, the fake festival general can not report to Zhang Chong during the war, and has the right to directly kill the disobedient officials. But this is only in wartime, and in peacetime, you still have to report before you can kill.

But what? clause

The second type of authority is the envoy, that is, Zhang Chong granted Guan Yu, and this authority is terrifying. It is allowed to have the right to kill any official under his jurisdiction under 2,000 koku without asking for instructions.

You know, the power of punishment is in the right to punish. And now Zhang Chong has granted Guan Yu the envoy festival, in other words, Zhang Chong is to hand over all the base areas south of the river to Guan Yu, and it is all up to him to decide. This can be described as the treatment that the ancient marshal has never had.

After rotating Guan Yu's army, which had been fighting the longest, back to Heji, Zhang Chong's army went ashore in Liyang.

Liyang was originally a military station for the Han dynasty to control and contain the east, and the famous Liyang soldiers were stationed here. But it's a pity that before, Lu Zhi had already transferred Liyang's soldiers to the combat sequence because of the serious losses in previous wars.

Therefore, at this time, when the Taishan army went ashore, there was no obstruction at all.

In the end, there were 4,000 people in the middle of the Taishan Army, 4,000 cavalrymen, 2,000 right captains, 2,000 rear captains, and 2,000 Ruying yellow turbans, totaling 14,000 people.

Among them, 2,000 Ruying Yellow Scarves are all Yongrui who have been reduced again. It can be said that in the first battle of Xingyang, the Taishan army actually annexed the Ruying Yellow Turban. Originally, only 2,000 of the nearly 10,000 Ruying yellow scarves were selected, which can be said to be the best of the best.

The two thousand Ruying yellow scarves were also officially dressed in armor, and they were ordered to be the former military academy captain department of the Taishan Army, and the captain Dong visited in the establishment.

That's right, Dong Wan was reinstated again.

After the army came ashore, they went straight to Yecheng, which was the stronghold of Hebei chosen by Zhang Chong. This is not surprising, Zhang Ze can see the superiority of Yecheng, how can he Zhang Chong not see it? Moreover, at this time, Yecheng was behind the Han army in Hebei, and the attack here would not encounter fierce resistance from the Han army.

On October 18, Taishan's army rushed to the Zhangshui River, attacked a Jindu, and intercepted all the boats that came downstream. After all the boats and boats that could be requisitioned were completed, the Taishan army infantry division got on the boat, rode along the coast and hurried, and finally appeared in the eyes of Zhang Zeyi, the Taishou of Wei County, and others on the 20th.

As the vanguard of this battle was Ding Sheng, the later captain of the Taishan Army.

At this moment, he stood on a small boat in high spirits and yelled at everyone:

"Brothers, let these Yecheng Beiling see how powerful our rear lieutenant department is, kill!"

On the Zhangshui River, the dense leaf boats are all shouting:

"Kill!"

Xiao Zhi's killing aura approached Zhang Ze in the southern city.

At this moment, Zhang Ze saw sweat on his forehead, he was also a general, and he used to fight the entire Hebei Yellow Turban alone with one city, so that the other party hit his head and bled under Yecheng. So, it stands to reason that he shouldn't panic.

But unfortunately, just the day before yesterday, Zhang Zegang complied with the military order of Beizhong Lang General Lu Zhi and sent 3,000 Yecheng soldiers to Handan.

What's even more terrifying is that at this moment, these 300 soldiers are still scattered all over the city. The Taishan army went down the river from the waterway, the speed was too fast, and Zhang Ze didn't have time to gather his troops at all.

This is not over, just when the boats in front are dense and full of water. There was another wave of smoke and dust on the left bank, and between the thunder of the wind, thousands of cavalry regiments were moving at high speed, and it was clear that they were planning to cross the bridge from the east of the city.

Dangerous! Dangerous! Dangerous!

But Zhang Ze really deserves to be a first-class general of the Han family.

At this time, Zhang reacted quickly, and he immediately asked the soldiers to beat the guard drum in the city. Then let people go out of the east of the city and burn the Jinqiao in Zhangshui.

And here, when the high-spirited Ding Sheng led his troops down the river, he suddenly encountered a problem.

He stepped on the head of the boat and looked at the city. Suddenly, the three-leaf boat at the front suddenly stopped, and then the armor on the boat fell into the water unexpectedly.

The nearby robes were shocked and were about to be fished, but unfortunately these armorers were wearing iron armor and were sinking rapidly, and everyone was at a loss for a while.

But at this moment, suddenly a man rushed into the water like a swimming fish, and swam towards the sinking armor. The soldiers on the boat were shocked, and it turned out that it was Ding Sheng, the rear colonel, who had just jumped down.

Ding Sheng grew up near the water and is skilled in water. Seeing that the robe fell into the water, he jumped without thinking about it.

Ding Sheng's soldiers saw their own lieutenants doing this kind of thing, and more than a dozen of them were watery, and they gritted their teeth and jumped along

went down.

Rescuing people from drowning is dangerous because they struggle, which is why Ding Sheng's soldiers began to hesitate. But now that the captains have jumped, what can be done? Dry!

Soon, Ding Sheng surfaced with an unconscious armor soldier. Spit out a mouthful of water, Ding Sheng threw the man onto the boat, and was about to continue diving, but was stopped by the soldiers.

They are really afraid that the captain will have an accident, so they will not only have a bad conscience, but also die.

This is the Taishan Army, which teaches both handouts and the Fa. Moreover, the law is greater than righteousness.

Ding Sheng saw that many people had jumped off, so he no longer insisted, so he grabbed the side of the boat and turned into the boat, and someone immediately changed into dry clothes for him. At this time, it is already October, and if you don't keep warm in the water, you can really freeze to death.

This will be in charge of the frontline of the tun general Zhang Huchen. This person is a native of Snake Hill in Jibei Province, Yanzhou, his original name was Zhang Que, and he felt that his name was not majestic, so he found someone to change his name. The man didn't know what he meant, so he got a three-name for this person, and said that you will be a tiger minister in the future.

Zhang Huchen, who has no culture, understands this, anyway, it is much better than his original sound.

When the Taishan army hit the snake hill, this person surrendered. Later, he went north to Dongjun with the army, and was promoted to a general along the way. After that, in Puyangjin, he was subordinate to the forbidden command, and once again accumulated merit to become the deputy of the team.

After that, he was transferred to Ding Sheng's command, followed the army Yingyang, won the third grade, and was once again promoted to the general of the team of 50 people. Later, the Taishan Army went north to Xingyang, and in the process, Ding Sheng's department was expanded into the captain's department, and Zhang Huchen was also promoted to deputy tun, and truly became a middle-level military officer of the Taishan army.

After that, in the Battle of Xingyang, Ding Shengbu did not participate in the war, because he did not accumulate much merit. But then when attacking Xingyang City, Zhang Huchen followed his subordinate general Jinquan first, and finally achieved the post of Tun general.

This is the struggle of a small person like Zhang Huchen, and it is also the epitome of most of the middle and low-level military officials in the Taishan Army.

He was the one who had just fallen into the water, and Zhang Huchen immediately realized the problem here. Obviously, the Han army put horses under this waterway in the south of the city. Fortunately, Taishan Jun drove a small boat, except for a few who rejected the horse in the middle, the others rowed over because of the shallow draft.

Zhang Huchen shouted:

"Brothers, hold on, there are not many obstacles in this waterway, let the armor all sit in the middle of the boat, and the other brothers will row with me."

As he spoke, he took the lead in rocking the oar, shouting the trumpet and going on together.

At this point, I still have to say that Zhang Chong's establishment of the military academy is really a big move. Because of the training of middle- and grass-roots military officials like Zhang Hucheng, the front line of the Taishan Army was able to make its own decisions and speed up the response of the troops.

Zhang Chong famously said:

"Let the officers who hear the enemy's cry make decisions."

This disparate decision-making system is very different from the top-down decision-making of the Han army. In terms of flexible changes, the Taishan army has already beaten the Han army.

With Zhang Huchen stabilizing the morale of the front-line army, the front army of the rear captain was successfully rowed under the water gate of Yecheng.

Dozens of ropes were then thrown onto the city, and the warriors from the Yimenglu Mountains jumped onto the city like apes.

At this time, at the head of the southern city of Yecheng, Zhang Ze's soldiers hurried to the city after hearing the sound of the guard drum. These Wei County Taishou soldiers were warriors selected by Zhang Ze from the Ban Yu Barbarians and Qiang people. They were armed with hooks or javelins, and every man stood guard at the head of the city with his helmet and armor.

Zhang Huchen, who climbed to the top of the city, was not wearing armor because it was convenient to climb, because although there were many people, they were still blocked in a corner of the city and could not be used.

The armor soldiers watching the battle below were anxious, and they didn't care about anything else, grabbing the rope and starting to climb. But it's a pity that some ropes didn't withstand the weight of the armor and collapsed directly. The armor fell into the water at once, and then was directly swept into the water gate by the underwater undercurrent.

But more armor soldiers climbed to the top of the city with the determination not to be afraid of death.

In this way, Ding Sheng under the city saw that his own soldiers successfully suppressed the counterattack of the Han army with their extraordinary martial arts, and more and more officials climbed the city, obviously it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.

But at this moment, Ding Sheng suddenly saw that the Taishan army on the east side of the city had somehow entered the city. Apparently a fast post-school

The lieutenant took a step and took the lead in breaking through Yecheng.

At that time, Ding Sheng's brain was stunned, and then he jumped up.

He looked in the direction of Tian Jun in the east and scolded:

"Hot girl, a four-inch Ding and grabbing it is a public blood skill. Brothers, go in with me! No one can steal the credit of our rear lieutenant department under my Ding Daqi's eyelids!"

"Sui Nai Gong Chong!"