When Guan Yu's Zuo Xiaowei troops appeared in the Dongping Army Formation, his army immediately collapsed.
Afterwards, the Taishan Army began to attack the enemy's position from front to back, but more specifically at the capture point, because there was no resistance at all.
The collapse of Dongping's army was naturally a good thing, but its chaos also objectively made it difficult to capture military officials.
When the Dongping national army was in chaos, Liu Gan, a powerful man without salt, led his troops to charge against Guan Yu's tribe who came out from behind, but he was quickly shot to death by an arrow from Chen Huan who rushed towards him. The powerful soldiers of Zhao Shu and Li Zou protected him. Li Zan's shogunate, such as Wang Kai and Xu Si, rushed all the way to Wenshui. There were several elegant boats parked there. They were originally used to cross Wenshui, but later they gave up after seeing that the Yellow Turbans of Mount Tai did not use the waterway. Already.
And now those few ships have become the livelihood of Li Zan and others.
Wu Zi, who was in the front line of Dongping Kingdom, was broken through by Zhang Da's armored soldiers. Wu Zi fought with Zhang Da for more than ten rounds and was finally captured. However, Liu Xiang, another warrior of Dongping Kingdom who joined forces with him, was not so good. As luck would have it, his head was taken directly by a few Taishan Army soldiers.
It is worth mentioning that the one who took off Liu Xiang's head was Zhang Shi, who was originally under Zhang Da. It seems that he can join the collision team this time.
There was also Gao Ya who fought with Xi Shen on Mount Gao. Seeing the collapse of Dongping troops at the foot of the mountain, he originally wanted to retreat from the western foot of Mount Gao. But in the end, he was entangled by Xi Shen. In the end, he had no choice but to lead Gao Ya with his troops. Surrender.
The smartest one was Huang Cen, a local snake. He was already leaning against Li Zan, but when he saw Li Zan running toward Wenshui, he immediately followed him.
When they arrived at the Wenshui River, they swarmed up. Many people were squeezed in the Wenshui River and were still struggling to climb onto the side of the ship. However, the Dongping soldiers who had already boarded the ship did not care about their friendly troops and shook their heads wildly. Oar, go straight up to Wenshui River.
The Taishan Army on the shore had already arrived, and Chen Huan directly ordered his troops to fire arrows. The Dongping soldiers on the three ships were hit by arrows and fell into the water, but the ones in the ship's cabin were lucky enough to survive. They traveled all the way in the opposite direction and finally saw the west bank of Wenshui River. After arriving in Zhangxian County in a hurry, they rushed to Zhangxian County with Li Zan in their arms.
Li Zan is ruthless and still wants to defend Zhang County. Of course, this is mainly Huang Cen's intention. His family and business are all in Zhang County. If Zhang County is lost, he will have no meaning in living.
After entering the city, Li Zan and others were still in shock. Especially his aide Xu Si was frightened and immediately remembered what happened yesterday.
Yesterday, Li Zan was determined to go out of the city to ambush the Yellow Turban Army. On that day, Xu Bin and his friend Li Xian from the county teamed up to do divination, and he also joined Li Zan's shogunate with him. The two went to a Taishan Prefecture Temple in the county to pray for dreams and fortune-telling. Good or bad.
That night, Xu Bang dreamed that the ambush failed miserably, and the Dongping national army fought for the boat to escape, but he was squeezed into the water, and was about to drown. Suddenly, a goddess in palace clothes appeared in front of him, and stretched out her hand to pull him onto the boat. Then, with eyes full of golden light, he returned to the boat. The goddess disappeared, but he only had a peach charm in his hand, writing:
"Peace and joy."
Later, when he woke up from the dream, Xu Si didn't take it seriously. But this time during the escape, his friend Li Xian obviously walked with him, but when he finally got on the boat, he couldn't get on the boat, so in front of Xu Si, he Drowned.
And he, Xu Si, really survived, what a miracle! Could it be that he was also lucky? He did not tell the leader Li Zan about this, but silently changed his mind.
That night, the Taishan Army digested the prisoners outside the city and surrounded Zhang County with water.
And this siege lasted until April 23rd.
On this day, Li Zan, who was sitting in the county office, called Chu Si to him and asked:
"Why is the mutton so thin lately! Why can't you do this?"
The kneeling Chusi said aggrievedly:
"Minister of the State, the mutton these days is indeed thin and barren, but this is entirely due to the lack of care of the county officials who transported it. The sheep sent are either thin or old."
As a member of the public family, Li Zan always pays attention to the fine food and fine meat, so even during the war, he will organize people to buy the best lambs. This is not just to satisfy the appetite, but also to satisfy the family of the public family.
The food is decent. Not to mention the lips of the orangutan and the tail of the elephant. Now the conditions are a little more difficult, so forget it if you can't get these. But one meal of lamb a day is not too much. He Li Zan has dedicated his life to the Han Dynasty for decades.
Can’t eat lamb at this time?
So Li Zan naturally called the county official who was transporting the ingredients and scolded him for not being careful in his work.
The county official seemed to have a hard time and looked troubled, but in the end he didn't tell Li Zan and just agreed.
Li Zan also saw the difficulties of the county officials, but he did not think about what was wrong with the difficulties. He was eating and sleeping all night because of the moth thieves. It was the time when he needed nourishment. How could he stop eating meat at this time?
At that time, people like me were starving, no one was in charge of defending the city, and the Yellow Turban thieves entered the city. It was not the people who suffered the loss?
After Li Zan arranged this matter, he asked the county officials to retire. During this period, he was really worried about coordinating the city's defense. This will still give him a headache.
At this time, Wang Kai came in by name.
Wang Kai was well-known in Yanzhou and had a close relationship with Zhang Miao, one of the eight chefs, so he was trusted by Li Zan. Basically, he could enter and leave Li Zan's shogunate at will as long as he had a common name.
After Wang Kai came in, his face was not good. Li Zan was surprised when he saw Wang Kai took off his crown of virtue and placed it on the ground. Then he gathered his clothes and bowed heavily to Li Zan, and said:
"The prince of the government is trapped in Zhang County, surrounded by thieves, and the people in the city are in chaos. It is time to show frugality to show that the superiors and subordinates are united to tide over the difficulties. But why use the fatness of a sheep to scold the county officials? Isn't it like giving people a handle?
, let the outside world think that Mr. Fu only cares about enjoyment?"
Li Zan didn't expect that Wang Kai would give him a big surprise as soon as he came in. Hearing these words made him feel uncomfortable. What does it mean to be trapped in Zhang County? Isn't it Li Zan who guards Zhang County and keeps out the enemy? He is the country's leader.
Guarding the country, he is unparalleled in courage. Why is it that when Wang Kai talks about it, he becomes trapped in Zhang County? I never thought that Wang Kai could not speak so well before.
What else does it mean to show frugality? What's wrong with Li Zan eating mutton? He is a son of the public family and a natural carnivore. How can he be called a carnivore if he doesn't eat meat? And to put it bluntly, Zhang County can be thrown away, but he is a carnivore.
The status and dignity of the clan's descendants cannot be lost.
But what Wang Kai said is that he really needs to pay more attention to giving people the power to make the outside world think that he, Li Zan, is a person who is greedy for pleasure, which will damage his reputation.
So in the end, Li Zan pretended to be surprised, apologized hurriedly, and then let the matter go.
This was what Wang Kai came to talk about. Now that he saw that the leader knew his mistakes and could correct them, he had fulfilled his duty of admonition. Therefore, after reporting some more on the city defense situation, Wang Kai withdrew.
Li Zan looked at Wang Kai and sighed. He picked up the honey water on the table and poured himself a bowl. After drinking it, he felt better. But after looking at the honey water in the clay pot, he sighed again and called out.
Maid, let her take away this honey water. Isn’t it just a matter of working together? This is not easy.
The maid was about to take away the honey water, but was finally stopped by Li Zan, who said:
"I'll just drink another bowl and you take it away."
The Taishan Army besieged the city on April 20, and it has been three days now. Except for the initial tentative attack, the Taishan Army outside the city has never attacked.
But the civil and military officials in Zhangxian City all knew the Taishan Army's plan, which was to encircle the area for reinforcements. Yesterday, these bandits had already displayed their power under the city and placed all the flags of the reinforcements from Fucheng in the north under the city.
It seems that the Fucheng soldiers are finished. Who can save them?
Two gloomy days passed in the city. On April 22, Wang Kai once again went to the county office to find Li Zan. This time it was about the morale of the soldiers in the city.
Before he entered the county temple, he saw in a corner of the county temple that the Zhang County Magistrate, who was supposed to be in charge of county affairs, was talking to a few sheepherders. The open space outside the county temple was full of sheep and chickens, and he even saw
When we arrived at Quail, you must know that there is no such thing in the city. Looking at the posture of the county magistrate Zhang, it is obvious that he is counting the ingredients to be supplied to the temple. Who needs to be supplied to?
Wang Kai couldn't believe his eyes. A dignified chief officer of Bailihou even wanted to take care of the affairs of a chef. Is it so important to eat meat? Does it have to be handled by the county magistrate with three hundred shi?
And hasn't the Prime Minister already agreed to show frugality? Now is a difficult time. The reason why he came this time is because the morale of the strong warriors in the city is low. The main reason is lack of supplies.
He went up the city wall yesterday. First of all, there was not enough firewood. Only twenty people on a section of the wall had a brazier. You must know that even though it is April, it is still cold at night. There is no brazier for warmth, and those who don’t even have winter clothes
The brave men simply cannot withstand one night. Secondly, the corn supply has also been reduced recently, and these brave men now only eat half of the normal daily grain. If it were not for the propaganda in the city before, it is said that the yellow turban thieves outside are
Poor people who can't afford to eat, after they break into the city, they will definitely take away everything from all of you, yes, including your wives.
If it weren't for this fearful rumor that forced these local brave men to work hard, Wang Kai firmly believed that this Zhang County would have been destroyed long ago.
But there is still a huge hidden danger here, that is, the local county captain Huang Cen's 100-level county soldiers. In the battle at Gaoshan Ridge that day, Huang Cen once promised that as long as he returned to the city, no one would reward him with a thousand yuan, and he also talked about destroying his family and making trouble.
We should also use this money to reward the warriors.
However, in the Battle of Gaoshanling, the Dongping Kingdom suffered a disastrous defeat. Half of the two hundred Zhangxian soldiers originally died trying to grab the ferry and return to the city. In the end, only a hundred of them followed Huang Cen and fled into Zhangxian County.
These Zhangxian soldiers didn't say anything about reward money at first, but they became more and more clamorous in the past few days, asking for the reward they had promised before. They asked Huang Cen for it, but Huang Cen refused to give it because he was giving reward to warriors, not deserters.
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But Zhangxian soldiers have their own accounts. Didn’t their Zhangxian sons sacrifice their lives outside the city? Didn’t they bleed? Didn’t they protect you Huang Cen when he returned to the city? Now I don’t want your 200 men, but only 1,000 yuan each.
There are only a hundred people left alive, and the payment to each of them is only 100,000 yuan from Huang Cen.
But Huang Cen refused to give up, and the two sides almost came to blows. If Wang Kai had not been the mediator to get Huang Cen to agree, blood would have been shed in the city.
So this time, Wang Kai came to discuss this matter with Li Zan.
Now the bottom is suffering, but if you want to be stable at the top, you should spend some money, cut some flesh, and pretend to be in the same boat, sharing the hardships, so that we can tide over the difficulties together!