In the sixth year of Guanghe reign, on May 21st, the Taishan Army and the Dongjun Yellow Turbans divided their forces and then headed westward, surrounded by carriages and horses. Sixteen thousand of their troops galloped along the official road.
And this time, the fate of Taiping Road in Dongjun is once again in the hands of others. Either Zhang rushes westward on this road, successfully breaks through Aocang and blocks Huangfu Song's northward journey, and history takes a real U-turn. Or Zhang
Chong was defeated, and the history of Taiping Road returned to its original track. But no matter what, Taiping Road in Dongjun failed to seize this opportunity to change its destiny.
To be honest, although Zhang Chong didn't know what the plan was for Dongjun Taiping Road, he already regarded it as a guard dog in his heart. In this era of great strife, he was still asking for land and housing. No wonder in history, Huangfu Song
The Yingchuan Taiping Road has been completely wiped out over there, but these people are still running around on the south bank of the Yellow River, neither going north nor south to support Yingchuan. This is the pattern of co-authorship.
In fact, Zhang Chong regarded Dongjun Taipingdao as a guardian dog, and Dongjun Taipingdao also regarded Zhang Chong as a thief in the religion. Bu Ji said:
"Zhang Chong is not an ally, but he actually has different intentions. It is not a good deed for a great virtuous teacher to start a big thing, but a traitor gets involved."
Things tend to be like this, when you hate someone, that person probably hates you too. Their differences are just silly and sad.
But no matter who is the stupid one, Zhang Chong's first attempt to form a coalition with the forces within the sect failed anyway.
Without the support of Dongjun Taiping Road, Zhang Chong now has enough elite troops, but the military strength to defend the city is not enough. In order to deal with the subsequent series of wars, Zhang Chong will definitely occupy multiple city strongholds to form a three-dimensional structure.
A certain depth of defensive zone.
However, using Zhang Chong's capable field troops to defend the city would not only be cost-effective, but would also weaken the current military strength. Therefore, Zhang Chong needs a certain number of military forces that can stand in the same camp as him.
.For this reason, Zhang Chong could only start what he did in the Taishan area, defeating the powerful, equalizing the land, and blasting a certain number of field-protecting soldiers to defend his stronghold.
It stands to reason that Zhang Chong's first priority now should be to attack Puyang urgently. Because the battle for Puyang is related to Zhang Chong's entire strategy of coordinating the north and south Taiping Road, rather than breaking down some small dock walls on this road to divide the fields.
But Zhang Chong doesn't think so. If he doesn't destroy all the dock walls now, when he confronts Huangfu Song, the money and food of these wealthy families will be used by Huangfu Song. By then, he and Han
The strength of the soldiers will be increased again.
Secretary Gao Sheng meant that even so, Puyang must be occupied first, and then the troops must be sent back to break the dock walls. There must be a sequence.
But Zhang Chong shook his head and pointed out that if Gao Sheng did what he did, it would be good in theory, but not in practice.
In terms of time, when they arrive in Puyang, it will be June. Then he doesn’t know how long it will take to attack Puyang. If it takes a month, then it will be July immediately, and then he can divide his troops and return to break these dock walls.
, divide the fields, and recruit the soldiers to protect the fields, it will take at least October. In this way, it will take four months.
Historically, the Han Dynasty prepared troops in March, marched south to Yingchuan in April, defeated the Yingchuan Yellow Turban in May, defeated the Runan Yellow Turban in June, defeated the Dongjun Yellow Turban in August, defeated Zhangjiao and Zhangliang in October, and ten
Zhang Bao was defeated in January. If the historical process had not been interrupted, the Taiping Road troops were raised in April, and Huangfu Song came out of the border in May, then we would now be in the stage of confrontation with the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans.
If it took him four months to raise the field guards, then according to the progress, Huangfu Song would have already reached Dongjun. So there was not enough time.
It was also at this time that Zhang Chong decided to take a two-pronged approach and decided to divide his troops.
Now he has 8,000 victorious troops and 8,000 old troops. Now that he wants to establish a base in the Heji area, he can leave the old camp here and divide the troops into 2,000 troops to break down the walls and equalize the fields in this area.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chong leaned on his horse and shouted to the guards behind him:
"map."
Then a guard immediately pulled out a map captured in Dong'a. This was a map of counties in the Heji area of Yanzhou. It was not very accurate, but the names of each county were there.
Zhang Chong looked at the map and immediately ordered Shi Fan Chang, the secretary who accompanied the army:
"I want you to write this military report."
Fan Chang, acting as Zhang Chong, took the penholder with him, and immediately leaned on the saddle to write. Then he heard Zhang Chong say:
"Order Dong Fang to lead a hundred cross-collision troops, leading Heifu, Xi Shen, Wang Han, and Yan Gang and a hundred cavalry, and combine two thousand troops to stay in the Heji area, defeat Juancheng and Linqiu counties, and use this as a stronghold
Establishing the Heji base area. The requirements are to break down the wall of the dock in this area, divide the fields, and pull out a field guard who can hold a knife and not shake in the face of the enemy."
Zhang Chong has finished speaking, while Fan Chang has already started writing. He is indeed the first pen-writer of the Taishan Army. Of course, he is definitely not as good as Cai Yong, but who told Cai Yong not to write this kind of thing.
The five generals Zhang Chong proposed all had their own considerations. For example, why Dong Fan was chosen as the main general was because Zhang Chong promoted Dong Fan and wanted him to have the qualifications to take charge of his own affairs. Because Dong Fan was from Jiyin, Yanzhou, and they wanted to
The two counties of Juancheng and Linqiu they occupied belonged to Jiyin County. It was easier for Dong to open up the situation by visiting the people in the township.
Don't underestimate this countryman. In this era when the official population is very small, local dialects are still the mainstay in various places. If Zhang Chong chooses a foreigner to host here, and the locals can't understand what they say, then how can he
Communicate together? This is also the reason why Zhang Chong established the camp head and basically organized and trained together according to the children of his hometown. Without him, this is the only way.
Then he assigned Dong to visit the 100-person collision team, not for him to be a guard, but for him to be a training officer. The members of the collision team were originally ten people, so training ten people would be no problem.
I joined the collision team and learned the basics of writing and training in the team. It is no problem to train fifty soldiers per person.
So this hundred-man collision team was the seed that Zhang Chong gave Dong Fan to pull out five thousand field guards. Zhang Chong's request to Dong Fan was that in three months, that is, by August, he would pull up at least five thousand soldiers.
Of course, if he exceeds the quota, Zhang Chong will be rewarded. If he fails, then Dong Fang's future will have to be wasted.
Then there are the generals that Dong visited, and they all have their own opinions. Let’s talk about Heifu first. Heifu is the oldest and most loyal brother among them. When these two thousand soldiers are divided, Zhang Chong must have one.
The one with the rope, this rope is Hei Fu. Moreover, there is another thing Zhang Chong values about Hei Fu, that is, he obeys military orders and is a very good executor. So he is not worried about Hei Fu relying on his old age to act against Dong Kan.
Then there is Xi Shen. The primary reason for choosing Xi Shen is that he is from Chengyang in Jiyin and a local snake in the north of Jiyin. Before he joined Zhang Chong's command, he had already gathered in Heji with his evil boys.
Therefore, choosing Xi Shen is because he is familiar with people and geography and can assist the emperor. Of course, another important reason is that this person has brains. Since he went to Lushan alone to persuade the Lushan bandits to surrender, this person is brave, resourceful and lucky. Zhang
Chong wanted him to be the cover-up for Dong Fang, so that if anything went wrong with him, Xi Shen would still be there.
Then there is Wang Han's Laiwu Camp, which Zhang Chong carefully considered and arranged. Almost every one of the soldiers in Laiwu Camp is the beneficiary of Zhang Chong's land allocation in the Taishan area. They are all the second sons of the family. In order to let the family share the
The army that entered the good fields can be said to be in harmony with the local nature of Jiyin.
Zhang Chong was not worried that the troops he pulled out from behind would become a mountain. There were already mountains, but Zhang Chong subconsciously wanted to neutralize the xenophobia in the area, so he inserted Taishan people into it. As for the general Wang Han, he was originally from Yanzhou.
It is natural that he is responsible for the war from Dong'a to the western boundary of the county.
Finally, there is Yan Gang. The reason why he was given these hundreds of cavalry is because this area is a great plain, which is suitable for cavalry to gallop freely. With Yan Gang's hundred cavalry, it can be said that as long as Dong Fang uses his troops properly, he will be able to defeat Heji in this area.
The area can be used as thousands of elite soldiers.
This also shows how much effort Zhang Chong put into making this division of troops go smoothly, but it was all worth it.
While he was thinking, Dong Fang had already led Hei Fu and the other four generals to Zhang Chong to take orders.
Looking at Dong Fang who was walking on thin ice, Zhang Chong encouraged him again:
"Ah Fang, you are by my side. Your behavior is not only your own, but also belongs to the entire collision team, as well as to me, Zhang Chong. I have handed over to you the hundred-man collision team, and you must treat them as my foreman.
For training officers, help me build a team. Then you will be my back-up, do you understand?"
Dong Fang knelt down to Zhang Chong:
"Qu Kui, don't worry. Dong Fang's body was shattered to pieces and he obtained the land of Heji for Qu Kui."
Zhang Chong nodded, and then called the many camp leaders of the old camp. He said to these old men:
"You are all my Taoist disciples. Now that the world is overturned, we can only escape from the land of the inchworm to survive. But I and you promise that as long as our Taishan Army is still there, you don't have to worry that your efforts will be buried.
Your meritorious deeds will be deprived of you. Afterwards, your hard work in the old camp will also be converted into meritorious deeds, and your efforts will not be taken for granted. Let me tell you something: it is between a stone and a stone, and there is no distinction between high and low.
, when discussing honors, there is no distinction. If we all eat from the same pot and bear the same risks, I will treat you the same."
After speaking, Zhang Chong said to Dong Fang:
"Ah Fang, now I will hand over the 8,000 members of the old camp to you. You must treat them kindly and reward them. You must organize and train some of the underage boys according to the military ranks and unify them into the 'Shaolang Camp'. These brats are me
Waiting for the future is also the future of my Taiping Road."
Dong Fang nodded solemnly. He knew that what Zhang Chong mentioned was his future work, so he remembered it carefully.
Finally, Zhang Chong bowed to his secretary Gao Sheng and said:
"Mr. Bai Ya, I will hand over this Heji land to you. Please guard the rear for me, please."
Gao Sheng's name was Baiya, and he was entrusted by Zhang Chong to assist Dong in visiting Liuheji and serving as the rear of the entire army.
In this way, Zhang Chong arranged the team of the Heji Army and marched all the way westward. During the journey, he broke down any stronghold walls and fought against Han soldiers. In fifteen days, he only traveled 120 miles and finally arrived. In Juancheng, Zhang Chong left Dong Fang's Heji Army and Laoying Eight Thousand to continue to build a stronghold in this area. Then he carried a streamlined six thousand elite soldiers and marched at a speed of forty miles a day. It only took five days to rush to Juancheng. Arrive in Puyang.
At this moment, Puyang is heavily guarded and a killing is inevitable.