Zhang Chao and other 20 men crossed the Wenshui River naked, and although they were embarrassed, they finally escaped with their lives.
He resented the narrow-mindedness of the Prime Minister Li Zan. He just opposed his military strategy and sat on the sidelines without saving his life. Therefore, after Zhang Chao escaped with his life, he had no intention of returning to Li Zan's tent, for fear that he would die if he did so.
Leave it all there.
But in fact, Zhang Chao really wrongly blamed Li Zan. Li Zan never took Zhang Chao's opposition to his military strategy to heart. The reason why he could not save Zhang Chao was not that he did not give the order, but that he gave the order, but the ministries
He hesitated to move forward.
Li Zan's troops were roughly divided into two parts: county soldiers and powerful tribes. His own two hundred county soldiers did not dare to fight when the county soldiers were killed. When they heard that they were going to the front line, these pampered soldiers were immediately frightened.
Crying. In addition, Zhang Chao's Qianrenshou Zhang Bing, these people were already trapped in the front; then there were 200 Dongping Lu soldiers and 200 Zhangxian soldiers. After the order was given, they just shouted in unison, and nothing happened.
As for the powerful troops, they are even less worthy. These powerful and powerful soldiers can fight hard even if they fight hard, but the premise is that the imperial government's military masters must set an example from the front.
Now that the soldiers from the four counties of Dongping Kingdom are not available, they want us to block the enemy's charging cavalry? What are you thinking!
Therefore, Li Zan ordered several times, but all the ministries were still dawdling, and then the whole army of Shouzhang soldiers under Zhang Chao was wiped out. Of course, the ones who killed the most were themselves, and not many were actually killed by Zhang Chao's cavalry.
This is the characteristic of powerful tribesmen. They are easy to recruit, but if they really want to use all their strength, don’t think too much about it. Why did the Wu Kingdom in later generations often fail in foreign wars, but can use all their strength when defending the territory? Is it because Wu
The military system of the country is a tribe system. The soldiers are divided into generals. The country does not raise troops, but delegates the establishment to the generals. When there is an emergency, the generals will have their own troops to go into battle. Among these military leaders, which one does not take orders? Which one does not?
Threatening your own soldiers?
However, they did not take the initiative to attack, but they still maintained the military formation in an orderly manner. Because they still understood the reason, and it was their common interest to block this wave of Taishan Yellow Turbans outside Dongping.
Zhang Chong stood on horseback and watched for a while in front of the formation. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of him, he withdrew his troops and retreated to Xie Bi's formation. They became horns with him and waited for the main force behind to arrive.
At this time, Xie Bi already knew that his beloved general He Cheng had been sacrificed. He caressed He Cheng's face in grief and was speechless for a long time. When Zhang Chong led the army back, he heard He Cheng's heroic deeds and his dying words.
He took out the water bag on his horse and replaced the wine with water to worship He Cheng. Zhuang Su said:
"Good man, you will be reborn in my family in the next life and we will be brothers again."
Zhang Chong saw He Cheng's younger brother He and his wife again and asked:
"Can you ride a horse?"
Mr. and Mrs. He wiped away his tears and replied to Zhang Chong with a determined look on his face:
"Go back to Qukui and ride."
"Okay, Ah Que, bring me a horse and give it to the husband. From now on, he will follow you and become my retinue."
Then Zhang Chong turned back to Mr. and Mrs. He and said:
"Before he died, your brother said that if the Han traitors are not destroyed, don't bury him. It's just your brother's ambition. Today, I hope you will continue your brother's ambition to destroy the Han traitors and restore the Qingming Dynasty."
He and his wife burst into tears. The young man gritted his teeth and swore:
"I, Mr. He, swear that we are incompatible with Han dogs."
At this time, the main force of the Taishan Army's rear army also arrived one after another, but only Zhang Dan's captain's troops came. Guan Yu's troops were not seen, and they didn't know where they went.
Zhang Dan led Li Damu, Dian Wei, Wei Zhou, Guo Liang, Yu Jin, Wang Han, and Li Bi. There were a total of seven tribes with 3,500 regular soldiers, and more than 5,000 old battalions. Banners and flags were flowing all over the field.
The Dongping soldiers on the opposite side were shocked when they saw the Taishan army on the opposite side. There were so many people?
The military commanders of Dongping Kingdom immediately comforted their subordinates. For example, Dongping Lu Wei Wu Zi said:
"The Yellow Turban Army has always brought women and children with them. They seem to be very powerful, but they are vulnerable. Don't panic."
Wu Zi had 200 soldiers, plus Liu Xiang's own troops, a total of 400 troops per unit, which stood in front of the Dongping National Army formation as the front army.
Wu Zi is considered a good general, good at holding on, but he has not yet made a fortune. When Lu Bu enters Yanzhou in the future, he will become a general under Lu Bu, become the governor of Jiyin, and can also hold the city under Cao Cao's attack.
Next to Wu Zibu were Huang Cen's Zhangxian soldiers. There was nothing to say about this. They had already formed a blood feud with the Yellow Turban Army. He also became ruthless and promised directly in front of the battle:
"Repulse the Yellow Turban thieves and reward each of them with a thousand coins when they return to the city."
He has 200 soldiers under his command. If they all have to go back this time, the reward alone will cost 200,000 yuan, which can even buy a governor.
A retainer nearby advised Huang Cen, saying that it would be a huge loss if the money was given out.
Huang Cen scolded him in front of all the soldiers:
"Money is a dead thing. If I don't destroy the thieves today, even if I have thousands of them, they will be guarded by the thieves. Why don't I give them to the heroes and work together to destroy the thieves?"
After hearing these words, the rest of the crowd shouted loudly and their morale was high.
Behind Wu Zi and Huang Cen were the troops of Gao Ya, Liu Gan, Zhao Shu, and Li Zou, with a combined force of 1,500. They were the main force that Prime Minister Li Zan relied on most. And each of these troops
A noble general, a bold one, or a brave general is a temporary choice. They all use their own methods to motivate the troops, and anxiously wait for the yellow scarf thieves on the opposite side to attack.
However, Zhang Chong was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he ordered all his troops to camp and then bury pots to cook. It was now almost noon at the end of Si Shi, and it was lunch time.
Zhang Chong was followed by more than 5,000 Taiping Army believers, all of whom came all the way from Jibei Kingdom. There were not many middle-aged people among them, and many of them were old people, women and children. To be honest, it was quite cumbersome to lead these people with the army.
One is that they are physically weak, which seriously slows down the marching speed. The other is that they do not have military literacy. If one day the enemy attacks the old camp, it will seriously slow down the battlefield morale of the Taishan Army.
But these Jibei believers can't do it without them, because these people can no longer survive in the countryside. Why are there so few strong men among them? It's because these strong believers have been summoned by their leader to attack the powerful Wubi.
, leaving these women and children alone in the countryside crying from hunger and cold.
Therefore, Zhang Chong could only take them with him and put them in the middle army. In this way, when marching, they would be protected by the front and rear armies, and these believers would be able to receive maximum safety protection.
And these women and children are not only bad. For example, when it comes to cooking, with these people accompanying the camp, the Taishan Army's military food supply becomes faster. Some half-year-old children cannot hold knives, but they can still contribute to the front line.
The Taishan Army's main army presented hot rice and rice.
For example, the child named Yang Wazi is preparing to join the food delivery team.
At a quarter past noon, outside Gaoshan Pass, on the riverbank on the west bank of Wenshui River, smoke was curling up from cooking stoves, and the air was filled with the fragrance of millet and rice and the richness of bacon.
The Taishan Army has made great efforts to reserve military food in the past few years. Corn, bean sprouts, and pickles have all been reserved early. Even some of the captured meat will be made into bacon reserves, but they don't eat much on ordinary days.
It is used before this kind of battle to eat bacon to replenish the physical strength of the soldiers.
I just heard a gray old man shouting in a subdivision of the old camp:
"The man who delivered food to the regular troops will leave after a while."
Then I saw a group of thirteen or fourteen-year-old children carrying urns and starting to gather at the old man's place.
Yang Wazi also heard what the old man said and hurriedly responded:
"Come here, Sun Tou."
After saying that, he stuffed the last bit of millet balls in his hand into his mouth, and then ran over to assemble without bothering to talk to his mother who was cooking.
But before he had even taken two steps, Wang Xiaoniang, who was cooking with her mother, stopped him, stuffed another millet dumpling into Yang Wazi's pocket, and told Yang Wazi coyly:
"My dear, this memory is for your Uncle Zhang. Don't forget, I will only give it to him."
Yang Wazi sighed and ran to Sun Tou's place, and quickly joined the friends of the food delivery team. They were going to deliver food to Zhang Daqu of Yu Jinbu.
Three portions of millet balls per person, a small piece of bacon, a portion of pickles, and a bamboo tube with some salted water. This is what they had in front of the station today.
Yang Wazi and his mother were the family members of Sheqiu Taiping disciples. His father was summoned by the leader of Sheqiu and never came back. Knowing that the Yellow Turban Army of Taishan captured Sheqiu a few days ago, his mother
She took him and other members of the Taiping Tao family to seek refuge. These days, his mother had asked many people about his father, but some people said he was dead, and some said they had gone north to the plains.
He said he would go north later.
Yang Wazi was very sad, but under the collective experience of the Taishan Army Old Camp, the sadness was quickly dissipated by the training and support of many partners, and instead he was surrounded by a sense of adulthood of doing great things.
These Taishan Army uncles are really majestic. Yang Wazi looked at his thin arms and was extremely envious. But Yang Wazi felt that he was already a grown man, just like when Miss Wang asked him to deliver millet balls to that man named Zhang.
General Da, Yang Wazi understands. He just wants to have a baby with him, so there is nothing wrong with that.
He had sent Wang Xiaoniang several times before. He had met the general named Zhang Da and asked what he thought. Yang Wazi could only say one sentence, he is such a good guy. He is dark, thick, and strong, and there is a tattoo on his cheek.
Big Scar, as long as he doesn't smile, is extremely majestic. It's a pity that every time he gives General Zhang Da the millet balls sent by Wang Xiaoniang, the general smiles like the big fool in the next village. I really can't understand it.
But today is different. Today we are finally going to fight, and Yang Wazi is going to do something big and great today.
As he was following the food delivery team, a companion who was about the same age as him crept over behind him and asked in a low voice:
"Are you ready? Your mother didn't notice it."
Yang Wazi chuckled and replied:
"Don't worry, I, Yang Jiabi, have never had diarrhea while doing work. We will kill a few Han dogs on the front line in a while, and let the brothers see how powerful our Yang Jiabi kid is."
His companion, like him, was from the Yang family, named Yang Gou Sheng. The women and children in their old camp were divided into areas according to their place of origin, and they, the children of the Yellow Turban Army in Yang Jiabi, were all divided into one area.
Yang Gousheng looked at the Han soldiers in the distance with hatred on his face, clutched the wooden spike in his pocket, and murmured: