Xu Yixian looked at the enemy army going up the river, and then at Zhang Dai who was being lifted up by a basket, with a cold and numb look on his face.
He is extremely ambitious, comparing himself to Zhuge Liang.
It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong is not Liu Bei. He often doesn't listen to advice, and even if he does, he only listens to half of it.
Zhang Xianzhong is a very contradictory person. When he is cruel, he kills in cold blood, but when he is gentle, he loves his people like a son.
Historically, Zhang Xianzhong once restrained the troops in Sichuan and did not allow soldiers to bully the people. Violators would be beheaded. Right Prime Minister Yan Ximing was also beheaded by Zhang Xianzhong because he lived in a mansion. He required civil and military ministers to be honest and simple.
And they are not allowed to marry local women.
But when Zhang Xianzhong was angered by the Sichuan gentry, he took the lead in the killings, and many innocent people were also implicated.
In this time and space, Zhang Xianzhong was similar in Hubei. He was also very good to the people at the beginning. Gradually, things changed. Government orders were often changed inexplicably, and he had his own set of reasons.
Xu Yixian, this Zhuge Liang, can't keep up with Zhang Xianzhong's thinking.
"Mr. Xu!"
Zhang Dai came to the tower, smiled and bowed.
Xu Yixian stood up politely, raised his hands and said in return: "If you persuade me to surrender, there is no need to waste your words. My lord is still fighting abroad, how can I surrender to the enemy at home?"
Zhang Dai found a place to sit down by himself, spoke in a casual tone, and said with a smile: "I won't lie to Mr. Xu, nor will I tell lies about Zhang Xianzhong's death. But Zhang Xianzhong was indeed defeated. Only the cavalry was left.
Block it. Does Mr. Xu know about this?"
Xu Yixian's face was expressionless, but his fingers trembled involuntarily, and he sneered: "This is a lie. Our army of 800,000 horsemen and infantry went out, how could only the cavalry escape? Your Excellency, please come back."
"Please look outside the city." Zhang Dai pointed outside.
Xu Yixian stood up and walked over, holding the parapet with both hands to look around, but saw He Jiuyi escorting the two of them across the moat.
He Jiuyi shouted to the city: "Commander, surrender, the king's army has been wiped out, Wang Fuchen and Zhang Mingzhi are here!"
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers guarding the city were in an uproar, and panic quickly spread.
Wang Fuchen and Zhang Mingzhi were both generals under Zhang Xianzhong, and they were veteran thieves who had been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years. And although He Jiuyi was a native of Hubei, he was also a rising general star under Zhang Xianzhong.
Of the three generals, one surrendered to the enemy and two were captured. Zhang Xianzhong must have suffered a defeat!
Zhang Dai walked to Xu Yixian: "Mr. Xu, if our army continues to attack the city and the morale of the troops in Hanyang City fluctuates, how long can you hold on?"
Xu Yixian was silent.
"If you surrender now, all the soldiers in the city will be spared death, and they won't even have to dig mines or serve prison sentences," Zhang Dai said. "Take their wives and children with you and go to the north to divide the fields. Past sins will be forgotten."
At this moment, news of the great plague in the north had reached Zhao Han's ears.
He really didn't want to kill any more people, and he didn't want to delay the attack because it would consume a lot of food and grass.
Zhao Han seemed to think about it and re-set his policy: all the property of the soldiers under Zhang Xianzhong would be confiscated, and they would immigrate to Henan with their families and treat them as ordinary people to share their land. Even if they had hidden wealth, as long as it was not much, they would not be held accountable.
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Of course, when you immigrate, you have to separate them into different states and counties.
Henan is already empty of houses, and the plague is also prevalent in Shandong. It is necessary to try to increase the population as much as possible.
As for the old thieves and generals under Zhang Xianzhong, they were carefully screened out and immigrated to Dongbo (Taiwan) and Qiongzhou (Hainan) to reclaim wasteland!
Xu Yixian still didn't speak.
Zhang Dai continued: "As for you, you can serve as a civil servant and go to Henan to assist immigrants. In the future, promotions will be treated equally without distinction. You boast of Zhuge Liang, and you must be full of talents. You can be promoted quickly as a civil servant."
Xu Yixian felt very aggrieved. He was Zhang Xianzhong's military advisor. He had the merit of surrendering the city, but he could only be an official?
But so what if we don't surrender, Hanyang will be captured sooner or later.
Xu Yixian sighed: "I have no say in the army in the city."
Zhang Dai sat back to his original seat and said with a smile: "I am waiting for your good news here."
Xu Yixian could only go to the general who defended the city, and after a few words, the matter was settled quickly.
Zhang Xianzhong had been defeated, and the Datong army was approaching the city. No one was willing to hold on and risk death. The military counselors and soldiers knelt together to welcome King Wu into the city.
In order to show his majesty and intimidate these soldiers and generals, Zhao Han rode a Wari horse, wore a full set of armor, and came with his soldiers in stride.
Xu Yixian knelt on the ground and looked up at Zhao Han.
The armor reflects the sun, and the horse on his crotch is extraordinary, making Xu Yixian feel that he cannot look directly at him.
The other soldiers were doing the same thing, kneeling on the ground and shivering.
After taking Hanyang, the city immediately became a material transfer station, freeing up a large number of troops to go north to occupy the territory.
More than 100,000 regular soldiers, peasant soldiers, and more than 200,000 civilians marched northward along several rivers.
The rivers in Hubei basically run north-south, and the main cities are also along the rivers, which serve as passages for troops to enter.
Just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, the journey went very smoothly, with people watching the wind falling along the way, and they quickly captured Huangpi, Xiaogan, Hanchuan, Yunmeng, Yingcheng, Anlu and other places.
When the Datong Army occupied Yingshan, Bai Wenxuan of the Central Route Army surrendered directly, while Liu Wenxiu led thousands of people to escape into the Dabie Mountains.
Although a degraded general like Bai Wenxuan has committed numerous crimes, Zhao Han will not go back on his word.
Now that he has surrendered, he should be sent to Taiwan to open up wasteland, and given dozens of old thieves, so that he can gradually compete with the headhunters, and maybe it can speed up the development of Taiwan.
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Northern Route Army.
Zhao Han's small territory in Henan has all suffered from severe drought this year.
Then we would simply stop cultivating the land, build up all the walls and clear out the fields, and the people would retreat to the prefectures, counties, and cities.
Xixian, Luoshan, Xinyang, Guangzhou, Guangshan, Gushi, and Shangcheng, a total of six counties and seven cities in one state, leaving Li Dingguo to slowly attack the city. There will be no one in the wild, and there is no chance of grabbing a grain of food.
If the city cannot hold so many people, there are more than a dozen checkpoint camps at various passes of the Dabie Mountains, and the people can just move to guard the passes.
Liu Wenxiu and Bai Wenxuan of the Central Route Army went crazy. There were more and more enemy troops guarding the pass. They tried to attack other checkpoints, but they also found more and more enemies. Therefore, the south route was finished, and they were still attacking the pass. Finally, they got into trouble.
Fall and flee.
Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi on the North Road were similar. The seven cities had strong walls and clear fields, and they were even more ruthless than those in Guangji.
If they ignore these seven cities and go directly to Liu'an, which has no solid walls and clear fields, then they will have to cross five large rivers in a row.
As for Huang Shun and Fei Yinggon's regular troops, they have moved along the Huaihe River to Huoqiu.
Huoqiu is a place with crisscrossed water networks and a lot of farmland. The cavalry cannot run at all, and it is very difficult for the army to transport food.
Huoqiu must guard!
The drought here is not serious and there is sufficient water for irrigation. It is expected that there will be a bumper harvest this year.
In order to preserve food, Huo Qiu assembled three regular divisions, while Zhao Han only had six regular divisions in total.
Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi did not want to attack the city with strong walls and clear fields, nor did they want to attack Liu'an, which had to cross five rivers. They also had no choice but to follow the Huaihe River to attack Huoqiu.
One side must attack and the other must save, and a war is destined.
Fei Ruhe led troops to station at the junction of Huaihe River and Shihe River, Zhang Tieniu stationed at the junction of Huaihe River and Pihe River, and Huang Shun stationed in Huoqiu County between them.
This blocked the passage to the south. Li Dingguo could only send a small force to the south for a surprise attack, and the larger army had to fight head-on at Huoqiu.
If you dare to move south or east without fighting, then just wait until the food route is cut off!
In desperation, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi could only camp across the Shihe River from Fei Ruhe.
When the former was unloading grain and grass from the ship, Zhang Tieniu and Huang Shun immediately led their troops to join them.
The two sides were separated by the Shi River. They got up and stared all day long, and no one dared to cross the river to attack. Eighty miles upstream of the Shi River, there was Gushi County with strong walls and clear fields.
This confrontation lasted for more than half a month.
"We can only cross the river in Linshui Town," Li Dingguo sighed. "We have been here several times before, and the sentries have repeatedly inquired about it. The only place to cross the river is there."
Enengqi said: "We know it, and the enemy also knows it. I'm afraid they won't be able to defeat it easily."
The place where Li Dingguo could cross the river was only ten miles away.
Further south, the Shi River forks into several branches, and after crossing one branch, there is another, which can make people crazy.
The attackers had such a headache. They had to think about how to cross the river. The Datong Army only had to think about how to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.
"Let's build a floating bridge." Li Dingguo made up his mind.
They spent several days making many bamboo rafts and wooden rafts.
The river in Linshui Town is only 40 meters wide, and due to the drought, the water level has dropped, and the river with water is only 30 meters wide.
Bamboo rafts were tied up one by one and carried to the river to build pontoons.
Huang Shun's troops were farther downstream. The man responsible for defending this area was Fei Ruhe, and Zhang Tieniu was in the middle to support the two friendly forces.
"Boom boom boom!"
The artillery that had already tested the impact point of the ammunition had accurately fired and landed in the middle of the river.
One volley fired, and two pontoon bridges were damaged.
"After building a pontoon bridge, everyone will be rewarded with ten taels!" Li Dingguo roared the order.
The people responsible for building the pontoon bridge were all suicide squads. Although the bamboo rafts and wooden rafts were damaged a lot, not many of these suicide squads died.
It went on like this for several days, with constant bombardment and constant building of bridges.
Once the bridge was built and reached the center of the river, the musketry soldiers would fire volleys at the enemy until the pontoon bridge was built.
On the eighth day after the bridge was built, a sentry from the south suddenly came back and reported: "Captain, the enemy cavalry wants to cross the river in the south!"
But it was Li Dingguo who sent cavalry around for sixty miles, trying to swim over quietly at night.
Unfortunately, there were many landlubbers among the cavalry and they did not dare to swim across directly. They had to make bamboo rafts first, but they were discovered by the Sentinel Cavalry of the Datong Army.
The cavalry was discovered smuggling across the river, and Li Dingguo finally became angry: "The people are carrying earth and filling up the river!"
Of course it is impossible to fill up the Shihe River, only this section can be filled in.
Due to the dry weather, the 40-meter-wide river channel is not only only 30 meters wide, but also the water flow is extremely slow. It is relatively easy to fill a road out.
