The so-called fire in July and clothes in September. The time is about to enter July, but there is only some enthusiasm in the land of Heshuo, which is undoubtedly good news for the two armies inside and outside Zhending City.

At least you don't have to survive to death under the pressure of the scorching heat.

In this slightly breezy weather, Zhang Chong, who had just won the great victory of the Yuan clan, led the base camp to Zhending City, and as soon as he arrived at Zhending City, he held a meeting of the whole army to summarize the garrison of Zhending City.

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The first year of Taiwu, June 17.

Outside the city of Zhending, the Northern Expedition of Taiping was marching.

At this moment, Zhang Chong had already summoned the civil and military subordinates of all ministries to prepare for the first pre-war pacification of the whole army.

Zhang Chong had already learned about the battle situation in the previous two days from the self-presentation of Zhang Ying and Li Xian'er.

In fact, since the three flying armies of the Flying Dragon, the Flying Tiger, and the Flying Leopard entered the city of Zhending, the soldiers in the city came down to burn the warehouses outside the city.

At that time, Xu Huang of the Flying Tiger Army also urged the firefighting, but it was too late, except for a warehouse a little farther away, the rest were burned to ashes.

When Zhang Chong listened to this paragraph, he coldly asked Li Hu, Xu Huang, and Xi Shen:

"So, do you know that the city can't be underestimated?"

As soon as these words came out, the three generals sweated profusely, and they didn't dare to speak.

In fact, this was indeed a deliberate or unintentional concealment by the trio, who did not resent their cavalry at first, and finally let the infantry pick peaches.

But later, after Zhang Ying and Li Xian'er led 2,000 rear army marshals to attack Zhending City and were frustrated, the third general knew that it was not good and was worried about being reprimanded, so they also joined the subsequent attack.

The city was shot with a rain of arrows, and the three flying horsemen also attacked the city head like flying locusts on their horses, and also killed and wounded the Zhending army.

After the setback, generals Zhang Ying and Li Xianer were unwilling. Especially Zhang Ying, he is a member of the Zhang Chong clan, an old brother, and then a heavy general in the Marshal Department of the Rear Army.

So Zhang Ying and Li Xian discussed and decided that the military report should still be sent to the base camp behind, but tomorrow they will continue to attack the city, and they will have to atone for their crimes.

But who knows, at night, they were attacked by Tian Kai himself and 100 dead soldiers under the city.

Zhang Ying never thought that the city would dare to go out of the city to attack at night, but fortunately, they still implemented the regulations of the old Taishan Army, no matter how late and tired they were, they must get married before they can rest.

Therefore, Tian Kai just harassed the surroundings for a while and then retreated.

And Zhang Ying was worried that going out of the camp to pursue at night would give the enemy a chance to ambush, so he held back and watched the enemy army march away.

On the second day, the rear-marshal's headquarters, which was full of fire, launched a fierce attack on Zhending City, but except for adding another hundred casualties, it did not achieve any substantial results.

So Zhang Ying and Li Xian stopped thinking and began to expand the camp wholeheartedly, waiting for the arrival of the base camp behind.

When Zhang Chong received the military report from Zhang Ying and Li Xian, he estimated in his heart that this must not be easy to fight. At that time, Liu Hui of the Zhending royal family was close to the left, so Zhang Chong asked Liu Hui if he could understand Zhending.

He Liu Hui is the first line of the King of Zhending, how can he not understand Zhending?

However, this is the first time Liu Hui has spoken to Zhang Chong in person, Rao is a descendant of the royal family, this will inevitably be excited, he knows that this is his opportunity.

So he told Zhang Chong everything about the truth:

"Your Majesty, this Zhending was called Dongyuan in the early years, and it was occupied by the Zhao people from the Zhongshan people back then, so the Hutuo River ferry in the north is also called Dongyuan Ferry. Later, during the Gaozu period, Chen Feng rebelled, and Gaozu pulled out this city and renamed it Zhending, and it has been used here since then. ”

Seeing that Zhang Chong was still listening with relish, Liu Hui was sure in his heart and continued to extend:

"If you talk about it, it must be said that the river is heavily congested. It is in the middle of the secluded Ji, the pillow is in the mountains and the show, and the Zhong Ling is crossed by the Ji wilderness. There are mountains and rivers in this place, it faces the water, leans on the Heng Mountain, connects the Yinghai on the left, and reaches Taihang on the right. It can be said that when Yan Zhao is chong, he is stronger than Heshuo. More importantly, if we want to go north to the secluded land, the army must be decided. ”

Seeing that Zhang Chong was puzzled, Liu Hui said a paragraph about the secret in northern Xinjiang. Its humanitarianism:

"Although this dynasty fought in the west, it was heavier than in the north. The king may have heard that the ministers of the Han family often abandoned Xizhou, but he has never heard of abandoning the northern frontier? That's because Northern Xinjiang has its own set of rules, and it doesn't cost the Han family money and food. Specifically, it is to use Jizhou's money and grain to transfer and merge, so that the two border states will defend Xianbei, and Jizhou will also be peaceful. It is precisely because of the fact that the two states of Youzhou and the two states all rely on Jizhou to lose, and whoever emptifies Jizhou will master the northern Xinjiang. ”

After speaking, Liu Hui glanced at Zhang Chong, the meaning is obvious, we are about to take the entire Jizhou, and it is really difficult to support the two states in the back, and the opposite side will either pour troops to fight south, or send the table to surrender, and there will be no possibility of long-term confrontation at all.

Zhang Chong understood what Liu Hui meant, and he was also thinking about it.

If the ownership of Jizhou determines the ownership of northern Xinjiang, then the original strategy may have to be adjusted. Because as long as the northern part of the state and Youzhou don't want to be swallowed, then their only chance is this battle.

Originally, Zhang Chong did not consider the hostile forces in the northern part of Bingzhou, especially in the Taiyuan area, as a war variable. But looking at it now, it's still reckless.

But don't panic, it's too late now.

also thought of this loophole, Zhang Chong also admired Liu Hui more and more, and motioned for him to continue. So, Liu Hui continued:

"And the money and grain sent from Jizhou to Zhuoxian County and Taiyuan in Youzhou have two post roads, and these two roads all have to go through Zhending. In other words, once we occupy Zhending, the connection between Youzhou and Youzhou and Jizhou will be blocked, so Zhending is that Merge and Youzhou are life and death, and once we launch an attack on this place, we will inevitably suffer from the crazy counterattack of both sides. ”

"In the western part of the state, the most critical place is Jingchengkou. As the necessary place for the Taiyuan area and the state soldiers to go east, Jingchengkou is on the left side of Zhending. If our army is under the city of Zhending, and at that time there are troops from the state to the east, interspersed with my rear road, it will be a great disadvantage. ”

"In terms of the north, the most important thing is the Hutuo River ferry in the north of Zhending, Dongyuan Ferry. If the Youzhou army wants to go south, it must pass through the Hutuo River. In the eastern area, our army has Dong Shuai and the rear army marshal headquarters stationed in Xiaquyang, which can ensure that we have no worries in the east, so the only way for the northern army to go south is to attack from Dongyuandu. Therefore, before our army arrived at the city of Zhending, the minister asked to divide into two soldiers, one soldier to capture the well, and the other soldier to go down to Dongyuandu, then Zhending will be held by my arms and disposed of at will. ”

Zhang Chong was overjoyed and hugged Liu Huidao:

"I'm not happy to have a good plan, but happy to have a humerus!"

So, Zhang Chong listened to Liu Huice, and ordered Le Jin, the general of the iron cavalry department, to take the Jing Cheng order, and supervised the headquarters of 500 iron cavalry to gallop to capture the Jing Cheng. With Liu Hui's good sense of the situation, he was promoted to the governor of the account, led 300 horsemen to the north, went straight to the rear of Zhending, and captured Dongyuandu.

Therefore, when Zhang Chong held a general meeting of the whole army on 17 June, Zhang Chong had actually made perfect arrangements for this Zhending battle, and now it was only a pre-war mobilization meeting.

Zhang Chong's line was set up on a slope ten miles outside the southern city of Zhending.

At the beginning of the meeting, Xu Huang took the initiative to state his views on the battle.

He said to Zhang Chong:

"Your Majesty, it is not simple for the last general to see the real city, the city is strong and sharp, and he has the heart to fight. Since the Northern Expedition, the last general has never seen the defenders in the city take the initiative to fight in the city. In this case, Zhending City will inevitably not be able to be breached in a short period of time. The minister is not worried about whether it will be broken, because this is under the front of our army, which is bound to be big. But the minister was worried that if our army was really decided, and the Lu Zhi army in the north would go south, the situation would be greatly unfavorable. ”

Zhang Chong heard Xu Huang's statement, and his face was happy, and sure enough, the hero saw the same thing.

Zhang Chong looked around at the many generals in the tent, and saw that most of them meant this, and felt a lot more relieved to them.

A general who can think about defeat before he wins is already an excellent general who can be reassured.

So Zhang Chong was not sloppy, and told all the generals present about the strategy he discussed with Liu Hui on this way.

For example, why do you want to take the Dongyuan ferry in the north, and why do you have to divide your troops to take Jingcheng. And why did he order Dong Wan in Quyang to the east to build a defensive position?

These were all high-ranking military officials in the army, and all of them were commanders who had thousands of lives on their shoulders. So Zhang Chong never makes any suspicions, or lets you guess, or what you don't think, I want me to feel.

Only through repeated and full communication before the war can these high-ranking commanders fully comprehend the overall strategic understanding. And even if there are other arrangements in the war, Zhang Chong will explain everything clearly. Instead of giving a rough sentence:

"Do as you are told."

Sure enough, after learning that the king had made such an arrangement, the generals were convinced on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were crying for battle, especially Zhang Ying, who went out directly and patted his chest:

"Second uncle, let your nephew fight, shame on you!"

Zhang Ying's father and Zhang Chong are of the same generation, so even if Zhang Ying is older than Zhang Chong, he still has to call him the second uncle.

However, Zhang Ying said that the second uncle had a little other thoughts at the moment, and he didn't just want to grab this first place and move out the title of the second uncle.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Ying's words came out, many other fierce generals were unwilling, so they could only retreat silently.

Zhang Chong looked around and saw that his nephew was so brave, so he gave him this opportunity.

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This time, after learning the lessons of the previous two sieges, Zhang Ying decided to adopt the siege tactics of the cave and capture the true determination.

He first built a camp in the east of Zhending City, and then secretly dug tunnels in the camp, and then sent all the excess soil and stones to the outside of the camp to build a soil slope, thinking that he was using both soil and soil.

But Tian Kai at the head of Zhending City had long noticed the strangeness in the east of the city.

At first, Tian Kai didn't find it, but he saw that the city kept sending soil to build a soil slope, thinking that the opposite side was to build the soil as a high ground, and shot on the city.

But soon, Tian Kai felt that something was wrong, and he suddenly asked Dong Jun, the guard of Dongcheng, and asked:

"Do you see where they got this soil?"

Dong Jun is really determined to be a general, and he didn't understand Tian Kai's accent at first, but he soon understood what Shangguan said, and hurriedly replied:

"Look it's from the east! But where exactly it was dug is not clear. ”

Tian Kai frowned, patted the battlements, and scolded:

"A treacherous thief, he actually wants to attack me."

Dong Jun hurriedly asked why he said that.

Tian Kai just asked rhetorically:

"Since it's just a mountain of soil, why don't you take the soil nearby, but send it from the rear? Therefore I suppose the thieves must be digging in the camp. ”

Dong Jun suddenly realized.

Therefore, Tian Kai dug a deep trench near the city and set up more urns to listen, looking for the crypt outside the city.

But soon, Zhang Ying's excavation and siege stopped, and he was stopped by the base camp.

But it was Zhang Chong's handwritten letter, saying:

"Do you see how the city reacted to your delivery? Don't dig it, it's all in someone's house. ”

Zhang Ying suddenly felt that the other side did not go out of the city to attack him to build a dirt slope, it turned out that the other side saw his own details.

But Zhang Ying is not discouraged, if he still builds a dirt slope, then we will lead the longbowmen to shoot on the opposite side of the dirt slope first, and his own bow will shoot farther, and it will suppress the city.

Sure enough, after borrowing 400 longbowmen from friendly troops, and 200 from his own headquarters, he poured them into three times, and kept suppressing Dongcheng for a moment.

And Zhang Ying's side also began to prepare for the siege team, planning to personally lead the team to the city first. So that his second uncle can see that their Zhang family also has a tiger.

Here, Zhang Ying is dispatching warriors in the army, preparing to ascend first.

Tian Kai was also acting over there, he didn't expect that the other party's dirt slope would form such a strong suppression on his side, although there were not many deaths, but it was a serious blow to the morale of the city.

So Tian Kai attacked Tupo twice on June 19 and June 20, but was killed by the lurking dragon army cavalry.

Just kidding, Zhang Ying is not a fool, the first time he was attacked by you at night, forget it, and want to succeed several times in a row?

In fact, Zhang Ying is really not smart enough.

The night attack on 19 June was indeed expected by him. But after the counter-night attack, Zhang Ying asked Li Hu to go back to the base camp to hand over the errand.

Li Hu thought that with the treacherous in the city, maybe there would be another night attack the next day.

But Zhang Ying only thought that Li Hu wanted to share the credit, so he didn't listen to what Li Hu said, so he let him go.

Li Hu had no choice but to take five hundred horses back.

But in fact, that night, Li Hu once again lurked to the left, ready to squat for another night.

It turned out that Li Hu felt that he couldn't bear him if he didn't tell Zhang Yingjun before, so he wanted to ease the relationship between the two. After all, Zhang Ying is also a person with heels, and if he can, he can't be offended.

Then in the second half of the night, Li Hu really found a group of night raiders in Zhending City, and then killed them all in one go. And this time, the results were even greater than last night, and the first level alone took a hundred.

Li Hu finally gave twenty to Zhang Ying and coaxed this fool.

Such a rectum general is a little simpler, but he is also downright.

Seeing that the two night attacks had failed, Tian Kai decisively stopped the night attack and prepared to defend the city.

June 21st, day, majestic rain.

The Taishan army under the city raided from the east, south, west and three gates, and in the direction of the south gate, the city wall was destroyed several zhang with artillery trucks.

Subsequently, Zhao Jian, the fierce general of the Chinese Protector Army, organized 200 armor soldiers to select 200 fronts and climb the city to attack the fortification.

However, because Tian Kai, the defender of the city, led his soldiers to gallop from the east gate, personally supervised the front line of the south gate, and ordered the officials to resist in front, and the people in the rear repaired the city. So, the front is killed, and the back is repaired.

It took only a few hours for the ruined city to be rebuilt.

Zhang Chong, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw that there were heavy casualties on the city, and he also withdrew his troops.

In the end, Zhao Jian withdrew from the city with less than 100 people, and the south gate was also full of corpses, at least five or six hundred corpses rested on the city.

At the same time, the attack of the Taishan army in the other gates also did not make much progress, and it also withdrew after the sound of Mingjin.

The first time, a tentative attack, unfavorable.

How supportive, treasures, the book is going to fail.