Chapter 495: Family
After a summer rain, the hills and valleys between Mount Tai and the Great River began to cool down visibly.
The rain moistened the forest and washed the greenery brighter.
But in this emerald green, a strong red broke the original vitality, which was death.
A group of crimson Han soldiers had just ambushed a group of homeless people in the woods.
After a lot of rage, the men got dressed again, and then carried the heads of the homeless people, carrying the tattered and the few rations on their backs, and went back with a smile and a smile.
As for those women, because Cao Gong was too strict, they didn't dare to bring them back to the camp, so they could only slash them.
It's a pity.
The group of Han soldiers walked a small four miles along the forest road and came to a huge camp. And after they had examined the military charms with the men outside the camp, they returned to their tents.
Those heads can't take advantage of the merits now, and they will have to wait for the battle to be taken out later.
So, the men threw the head into the corner of the tent and left it alone.
Obviously, this group of Han soldiers belonged to Cao Cao, but they were not Cao Cao's direct forces. They were the captives that Cao Cao collected and surrendered after he conquered Qi and Le'an.
Among them, there are not only the original Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, but also some powerful tribes from all over the country.
Qingzhou Yellow Turban, as the pillar of Taiping Road, also has ideals and strength. But as the Taishan side went out of the mountain to fight, and then the Yellow Turbans of Le'an, Jinan, and Pingyuan counties went north to the big river to support the main road, and those who stayed began to fall.
First of all, Sima and the superior of Qi Guofang directly showed the tyrannical and cruel side, and the arson plundered the countryside and did not produce, making the Yellow Turban of Qi quickly become a thief soldier.
And the Yellow Turban Army in Beihai and Donglai is not capable of turning the tide, on the contrary, the Guan Cheng of Donglai began to gather on the sea to form itself, and the Guan Hai of Beihai also had to be encouraged and supported in the attack of the local Han army and the Langya soldiers in the southwest.
The reason why the Langya soldiers in the southwest desperately attacked and plundered the Yellow Turban Army in the North Sea was more because of revenge in addition to the need for external defense.
The bandits of Langya Mountain and the Yellow Turban Army began to become blood feuds when Zhang Zhen defeated Zang Ba.
After that, the two sides chose very different paths.
Zang Ba escaped death in the mountains, and after returning to the old peak, his father directly handed over the power to Zang Ba.
Zang Ba lived up to his father's expectations, first annexed the 34 thieves of Langya and Wulian Mountain, and completely controlled the Langya Kingdom. After that, Zang Ba chose the right person again and got a rich reward.
When Tao Qian first took office in Xuzhou, Zang Ba led his elite troops to ambush and ask for return. Subsequently, Tao Qian, with the support of Zang Ba, quickly swept away the obstacles in the state and successfully suppressed the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans entrenched in the countryside.
Since then, Zang Ba has become Tao Qian's confidant, and he has been regarded by the latter as Langya Taishou and relied on the Northeast to serve as the party.
In this way, under the leadership of Zang Ba, the Langya group of thieves quickly transformed from a mountain liao thief to a division of the Han army, completing the leap of class.
So far, Zang Ba Weihe has no difference for a while.
But what Zang Ba never forgot was the defeat at the Yilu Pass, in which he not only lost his past prestige and ambition, but also left a deep arrow mark on his body.
Later, the Taishan army moved to the Central Plains, and several commanders of the Kehan army went north to conquer Hebei. Zang Ba did not dare to touch the front of Taishan County, so he had to focus on the direction of expansion in Beihai.
So after that, Guan Hai and Zang Ba fought several battles in the southwest of Beihai, each with their own victories and defeats.
But Guan Hai's entire energy was delayed because of this, and he could only watch the situation in Qingzhou become more and more corrupt.
The disintegration of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban gave Cao Cao a chance, but any gift had its price.
Why did Cao Cao put these Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in a battalion? It is because the military discipline of these people is so poor, if it is a joint venture, Cao Cao is afraid that the elite soldiers he brought out will deteriorate.
There are about 1,000 Qingzhou soldiers in this army, and they have been camping here for six days.
Since the beginning of June, after the Han army on the plains began to suffer several setbacks in the plains and Jindu, there was no longer the organizational strength to provoke the Taishan army.
On the contrary, Jinan has begun to act.
They first aimed at the Taishan area in the west, and blocked the mountain pass by sending heavy troops to prevent the Taishan army in the Taishan area from converging with Zhu A's Taishan army.
After that, Jinan marched towards Zhu'a.
Led by Cao Cao's clan general Xiahoudun, he led 1,000 Jinan troops and 3,000 Qingzhou soldiers out of Licheng and went straight to Zhu'a.
Zhu A's Guo Shu immediately reacted, and then the two armies began to fight in the valley between Mount Tai and the Great River.
And now stationed in this valley is a force that has just broken out of the big camp and is ready to detour through the passage between Mount Tai to the back of Zhu'a.
The morale of Cao Cao's army was generally high.
Because the backbone of these people is basically the former Northern Army officials, and then they fought and tempered in the Cuihan battlefield in East and West Beijing, and their combat level and will are the crown of the Han army.
And those Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that were subordinated to Qingzhou have poor military discipline, but their combat power is also very high. It is precisely because it can constantly vent that its desire to fight is stronger than that of ordinary armies.
Therefore, with such soldiers, and the number of troops is much higher than that of Guo Shu of Zhu A, the development of its battle situation is naturally not surprising.
After Guo Shu defeated Xiahoudun's troops in the early stage, he then stayed in the fortress and no longer fought in the field.
In this way, Xiahou soldiers besieged Zhu'a, hoping to force the Taishan army in the city by besieging the city. The same is true of the dock walls arranged by Guo Shu in various places outside the city, all of which are surrounded by Han soldiers.
It was against this background that Han Chang and his team of fifty people were surrounded in a mountain dock with the remnants of Mount Tai.
That's right, as the battle intensified, Han Chang rose again.
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Zhu Atanzuo, who was born in the mountains sent out by Han Chang, came back, and the news he brought back was very bad.
There are all kinds of news outside the city, and it is said that the general Guo Shu has shrunk inside the city after the defeat outside the city of Zhu'a. It is also said that the Taishan army was attacked by Cao Cao's cavalry from the north in Pingyuanjin, and was defeated, and then lost all the dock walls on the other side of the river.
It is also said that Cao Cao's army is returning, and the Taishan army teams in the Taishan area will be strangled.
For these news, Han Chang didn't believe much, he still knew the ability of his top boss Guo Shu, and knew that he would not lose so quickly.
Not to mention that the Taishan Army deployed in the Pingyuanjin area is a strong army in the field of the rear army, even if it is three times as large as them, it can fight a dozen.
Why is he Cao Cao so powerful?
But Han Chang still had to decide to break through.
Because the reserves in the fortress were already very dangerous, and because they had been trapped in the fortress for a long time, the morale of Zhu Abing under Han Chang's command was very low.
After a few days of exploration, Han Chang decided to abandon this mountain and first move closer to the army in the west.
Han Chang didn't plan to break through directly, that would be too damaging to the troops.
He had a plan.
There are two Qingzhou soldiers around him, one is a hundred-person team from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and the other is a powerful force surnamed Zhang, and the number is comparable to the Qingzhou soldiers.
Han Chang has been talking to him for the past few days
He has been letting people pass on the news for the past few days, and deliberately contacted the local tyrant surnamed Zhang outside.
The local tyrant always felt that Han Chang was going to surrender, and he was also greedy for this military merit, so he contacted Han Chang and them with the Qingzhou soldiers on his back.
Han Chang was able to obtain news from the outside world on the one hand, and replenish some supplies on the other hand.
And today, he, Han Chang, is ready to break through here with this local tyrant surnamed Zhang, so that he can understand what it means to be a soldier who is not tired of cheating.
It's just a pity that Han Chang actually doesn't want to be so troublesome at all.
He thought why the Qingzhou soldiers and the local tyrant surnamed Zhang had four times the strength of him, but they still chose to besiege and not attack? He even took the initiative to contact the local tyrant surnamed Zhang and said that he wanted to surrender, why was he so ecstatic?
There is no him, because he Han often has a resounding name, called "Taishan Army".
If they are not from Qingzhou, they will not understand their complicated thoughts about the Taishan Army at all. For example, the local tyrant surnamed Zhang is from the west of Le'an Country, and it is actually not far from Mount Tai.
He was full of fear of the Taishan Army, because four years ago, I don't know how many of the great clan heroes he was familiar with were planted in the hands of the Taishan Army, how could this not make him afraid?
And now that the Taishan army is back again, and he still wants to attack these people, what do you want this local tyrant surnamed Zhang to do.
And this local tyrant is simply afraid of the prestige of the Taishan Army, and those former Qi Guofang Yellow Turbans are deeply afraid.
When Lao Qu Shuai was still there, the relationship between Qi and the Taishan Army was very close, and even after Lao Qu Shuai and the Taishan Army jointly defeated the Langya thieves, he felt that the Taishan Army's combat strength and military discipline were strong, and he also specially let some of his own elites go to Mount Tai to study.
The reason why the Yellow Turbans of the Qi State were able to quickly occupy the central part of Qingzhou was inseparable from their combat power. And this is all the work of these Qi State officials who were trained in the Taishan Army.
But unfortunately, these latter people were purged shortly after Sima He ascended to the throne.
Those who were lucky enough to escape also fled into the stretching Yimengtailu Mountains and disappeared without a trace.
Later, the Yellow Turban of Qi State was so brittle under Cao Cao's soldiers, which was related to Sima He's Great Purge. It can be said that Sima He himself dismantled his bones.
And now these Yellow Turbans of Qi have taken refuge in Cao Cao, but this fear of the Taishan Army is still in his heart.
Therefore, when attacking Han Chang's dock wall, these Qingzhou soldiers all met and shirked each other. As a last resort, the siege strategy was chosen.
Of course, Han Chang was not aware of these circumstances, but it did not prevent him from actually taking advantage of this fear and executing his plan.
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On this day, the local tyrant surnamed Zhang arrived as promised.
His real name is Zhang Zong, and he doesn't have any big ambitions, he just wants to take the clan to protect himself in this troubled world.
From his name, it can be seen that his father's expectation for him back then was to protect the township and treat the clan well. But it's a pity that Lao Zhang left early and didn't know the suffering of his son.
Now he can't do either of these things, Xiangzi has become Cao Cao's, and his own clan tribes will also be driven by Cao Cao to fight outside, how can they be desolate.
But the hard days are finally over, as long as he can accept this Taishan thief this time, he can make a special contribution and return to the city.
When the time comes, you can be as happy as you want, and you will no longer have to stay in this mountainous area to blow the wind.
Today is the day he and Taishan will agree, the person opposite is quite good at things, if you have to say that this kind of thing is done, there will be no turning back, and you will have to rely on him in the future.
So the other side will make a covenant with him to be brothers, and they will exchange surnames to become a family.
There is no way, he Zhang Zong can only come.
With thirty elite troops and three horses, Zhang Zong walked through the mountains and forests.
Don't look at the fact that he only brought thirty people, but in fact, he has already brought all the combat power under his command. Don't look at the tribe of 100 people, but it is these 30 people who can really fight with a knife and have the courage.
With these thirty people's trilogy, even if the little brother of the Taishan Army has any crooked thoughts, he can smash it with a whip.
In this way, they stopped and stopped, and finally walked out of this mountain forest.
And once out of this mountain forest, the whole world suddenly feels vast.
In the distance, there are grass-gray ridges, near is a verdant and rich meadow, and a mountain stream flows down from the depths of Mount Tai, which makes people feel refreshed.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Zong suddenly had Wenxing, he opened his mouth and was about to write a poem, but after opening for a long time, he didn't come out with a word.
His subordinates looked at his own sect master strangely, and he didn't understand why he had to open his mouth wide, the wind was still quite strong here.
Could it be that the sect master learned some kind of dining style technique from which alchemist?
Seeing the gaze of his subordinates, Zhang Zong was a little angry, and he scolded:
"Then why hasn't Han Chang come yet?"
The head of the department who had contacted Han Changyou before hurriedly replied:
"Maybe we're here early, the people over there say that the sun will arrive if it's three poles higher, and it's still early."
Zhang Zong snorted and began to educate the people below to be vigilant.
The benefits of this kind of thing are as great as the risks. If the other side surrenders sincerely, it is good, but you must also guard against the fake surrender of the other side, otherwise he Zhang Zong will not be able to explain here?
Thinking of this, Zhang Zong suddenly had such a thought:
"It's not bad to be buried in this place."
The idea was so scary that Zhang Zong spat a few more times.
But he didn't know that his actions fell into the eyes of those tribesmen, and he was once again full of confusion.
Soon, the sun was rising, but there was no trace of the other side.
Zhang Zong already had a little ominous premonition in his heart, but he still tried to maintain his grace calmly.
But the sweaty reins showed his uneasiness.
A moment later, Zhang Zong couldn't bear it any longer, he held the horse's head, and said to the people:
"That treacherous Han Chang actually deceived me, and when I returned to the camp, he ordered soldiers and horses to join the Qingzhou soldiers and pulled out his sword together. When the time comes, I will hang him on a bamboo pole and expose him to the sun, so that he will understand the consequences of deceiving me. ”
But just as Zhang Zong was about to leave, a person ran out of the forest on the opposite side.
The man shouted:
"My good big brother, my little brother is here, why did you leave?"
As he spoke, the man kept coming forward.
When Zhang Zong looked back, this man with a red face was enthusiastically opening his arms, and he was still shouting:
"I, big brother, Zhang Hanchang!"
Zhang Hanchang? Then my name is Han Zhangzong?
Does this hateful little brother of Tarzan really want to exchange surnames with himself? Want to be a family with yourself?
In the vast northwest, I also want to write a poem:
"Ah, Xinjiang ......"
"Ah, you're really ......"
Well, I still send a picture to praise the great beauty of the West.
(End of chapter)