In the 21st year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Ma Chao's coalition forces were unfavorable in Guanzhong and retreated successively. The King of Wei raised the masses to pursue the victory and conquered Huaili, Wugong, Jixian, Chencang and other cities with considerable strength. Zhang He, who was the general of Pingdi at the time, was able to lead his troops because of his contribution to shooting and killing Pang Tong, and was responsible for rushing to Yongxian and Xianxian on the front line, intending to go straight to Longyou and encircle Ma Chao's troops' retreat.
Zhang He was good at constructing the battle terrain and used his troops to change his troops. He then attacked the south of Xingguo and plundered the cattle, horses and supplies of various Qiang and Di tribes. At this time, Pang De, who was left in Longshan, led thousands of light cavalry to arrive. After Zhang He fought with him for several battles, he moved more than 1,000 households and returned safely.
A few years later, Zhang He conquered Guanzhong. The rebels in Bingzhou were defeated in all directions, and he became promoted to the right general and Duxiang Hou. After the King of Wei Cao Cao reorganized the central army in Yecheng, he and the central general Cao Zhen, the central leader Cao Xiu, and the later general Zhu Ling were all the chief generals of the central army.
Among these four people, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu are both heart-warming and are outstanding figures among the younger generation of the Cao family; and Zhu Ling and Zhang He are both old generals who were once abandoned and re-activated by the King of Wei. This arrangement shows the profound meaning of the King of Wei.
Starting last month, the King of Wei Feng, sent a large army to the south in the army, and arrived at Wancheng, and sent the general Cao Zhang, the general of the cavalry, to manage the troops in Xinye. The backbone of the stamina Cao Zhen, and the general of the southern expedition, Xiahou Shang, the general of the Southern expedition, to Sui County.
Following the three generals, the generals of the central army in Yecheng and generals from all over Jianghuai, Yanyu and other places in Jianghuai, Yanyu arrived one after another. Since the army was gathering, the momentum was shaking the sky and the earth.
Several years ago, the Jingzhou army and Lejin stationed in Xiangyang repeatedly fought and seized many cities such as Zheng County, County, Suiyang, and Wuxiang. The military camps built were close to Chishan, Yicheng.
Most of this series of operations were just a battle between partial divisions, and victory and defeat had nothing to do with the overall situation. Now that Cao's army was suppressed with huge forces, the war immediately escalated. The strongholds near the north of the Jingzhou army were removed one by one, and all the generals abandoned the city and left.
Just five days ago, Zhang He led thousands of infantry and cavalry southward and raided a unit of Jingzhou Army stationed in Zhangxiang.
The commander of this force was Guo Mu, the general who was highly valued by Guan Yu in recent years, and the prefect of Nanxiang.
Guo Mu was also a veteran of Yuan Dynasty. He was experienced and did not neglect to defend the city. However, Zhang He had fought in Jingzhou and was familiar with the surrounding geography. He led his troops through deep valleys and streams to defend the weak west direction of the city. When Guo Mu urgently dispatched people to reinforce, Zhang He took advantage of the chaos to urge his army to climb the city. He broke Zhangxiang in one battle and killed Guo Mu.
After he entered the city, the troops of Zhao Lei, the general who had arrived at the rescue, arrived just now, and Zhang He immediately forced Zhao Lei to retreat.
As soon as Zhangxiang was broken, the Jingzhou army stationed at Jiashi Pass was threatened and had to retreat immediately. Zhang He set up an ambush on the way, which severely damaged the Jingzhou army.
Within two days, three battles and three victories were won. Zhang He won the victory in Zhen Brigade and returned to the camp in Jingyang. He was about to meet the King of Wei who sent an envoy to summon him. After asking, he found out that the Central Army's report was sent to Wancheng, and the King of Wei summoned the generals to discuss.
Zhang He did not dare to be negligent, and he didn't even have time to change his armor. He hurriedly followed the envoy to Wancheng.
Wancheng was the capital of Nanyang County. In the past, Guangwu was revived in Nanyang and was built as the southern capital. Zhang Heng of Nanyang once wrote the "Nandu Fu" and said: With the terrain, Wuguan is hidden westward and Tongbai is exposed eastward; Cangwa is flowing into a ditch, and the square city is built as a wall; Tanggu rushes behind it, and the water flows into its chest; pushing Huai to rush, and the three directions are connected. It can be seen that this place is a thoroughfare between the north and the south, and a key water and land.
In addition, because Nanyang has many powerful Han families and rich men, and has the benefits of iron smelting, the economy is very developed. At its peak, it has 37 counties, 520,000 households, and more than 2400,000 households, making it the largest county in the world.
However, after the chaos, the place was controlled by Zhang Zi, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao and King Cao of Wei for decades. During this period, I don’t know how many wars and conquests were experienced. The grand occasion of that year has long disappeared. The fields in the entire Nanyang County were deserted, pavilions and houses were destroyed, the township was deserted, and the bones were accumulated.
When Cao Gong was defeated in Chibi, the subsequent war in Jingzhou was not going smoothly. Therefore, during the ten years, the Cao regime gradually reduced its population and moved to Wan County first. Later, it felt that Wan County could not ensure safety, so he went to Yuzhou. In the entire Jingzhou, only military camps and a small number of civil camps were retained, with Nanyang, Xinye, Xiangyang and other military fortresses. Therefore, the surrounding areas of Nanyang were even more deserted.
Zhang He followed the envoy to gallop on the road. Not far from the city, he could still see large areas of wild forest wasteland, and even birds and beasts did not avoid the army and went around. However, tens of millions of people from the north of the city were cleared and leveled the land, and a tall altar was first in its infancy.
The group signed up to enter the city, and there was another situation in the city.
The large buildings originally in the north of the city were requisitioned and rebuilt to accommodate a large number of elite soldiers of the emperor and the entourage of the emperor. In addition, the east of the city became the residence of the King of Wei. Although the buildings in the palace did not exceed the imperial residence, they were also majestic and gorgeous. Standing far away from outside, you can see the high buildings and halls inside the high walls.
When he was about to arrive at the gate of the Wei Palace, Zhang He noticed that there were no pedestrians in the surrounding streets, and military generals were divided into military soldiers to be divided into martial law. Several military generals were recognized by Zhang He, and their troops had experienced fierce battles on the battlefield and were then transferred to the guards.
Zhang He and his group hurriedly dismounted. The messenger held the talisman letter given by the King of Wei and entered the mansion without delaying it.
When we walked to the depths of the mansion, we saw several civil and military officials coming from the offices in the mansion. Several people walked along the long corridor and bowed their heads.
Compared with these well-dressed officials, Zhang He had not removed his armor, his body was sweaty and covered in dust, and he felt out of place. He felt embarrassed himself, so he took a little slow step and fell into the end of the team, and gestured to the servants standing in the courtyard.
The servants naturally felt obediently, and immediately carried a copper basin, clean water, and rushed over to serve. Zhang He kept wiping his face twice before he felt that he could meet someone.
When they rushed into the front of the hall, several people claimed their names and bowed to the courtesy.
Zhang He stood beside Zhu Ling and looked in the hall. It turned out that the marching commander Liu Ye was talking about military information.
"Now, the governor of Yongzhou, Zhang Ji, the captain of the Huqiang, and the prefect of Anding Su Ze and others gathered troops in the Wushi and Jingyang area, and relied on the steep Longshan Mountain to defend. General Cao Hong was leading his troops to block the Long Road. In addition, there was another urgent report last night that the Wuwei Yan Jun, Zhangye Heluan, Jiuquan Huanghua, Xiping Que Yan and others all joined the county to rebel, and were appointed as the general and prefect of Liu Bei."
Speaking of this, Liu Ye gestured on the map and showed it to everyone: "Zhang Ji and Su Ze are here, General Cao Hong is now guarding Chen Cang and the other is in Yinyang."
While everyone was watching the map and discussing geography, Zhang He whispered: "Does the various departments guarding each other? What's going on?"
Zhu Ling turned sideways and whispered: "Liu Bei's main force has entered Liangzhou in a large-scale manner!"
Zhang He was surprised and said, "Is Ma Chao an alliance with Liu Bei again?"
"No. It is said that all the wealthy families in Hanyang County rebelled and raided Ma Chao, causing him to die. Subsequently, a group of wealthy families and Ma Chao's generals Pang De and others mourned Ma Chao, claiming that he died of illness and entrusted Liangzhou to Liu Bei before his death. Liu Bei's army quickly passed through Wudu and entered Hanyang and Liangzhou... It is said that its troops controlled the four counties of Liangzhou in just ten days, and the next trend is currently unknown."
Zhang He gasped.
He asked in a softer voice: "What is the King of Wei feeling when something big happened?"
Zhu Ling thought for a while: "It seems...it may be...not bad?"
Chapter completed!