The Taishan Army and Ru Ying Huangjin finally moved northward.
During these days of repairing supplies in Yingyang, although the Taishan Army was mainly stationed at the original Han camp ramparts, it still followed military regulations and set up small villages at the four entrances of Weiqiu along the peripheral arteries. Although the Han Army turned around to attack Taishan again The possibility of defeating the Han army was unlikely, but Zhang Chong, who had always been cautious in using troops, decided to arrange it in this way to block the potential offensive line of the Han soldiers.
At the same time, during the days of renovation, the Taishan Army had strict discipline. They did not loot the countryside or kill the people. They only systematically searched the properties of the wealthy people in the countryside and distributed all the seized wealth to the people. The slogan of sin has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in this series of practical actions.
The fact that so many heroes defected to the Taishan Army this time has a lot to do with the strict discipline of the Taishan Army. Too many Guizhou leaders who could not survive have defected to the Taishan Army, thousands of them a day, clogging the roads. But the local heroes faced the Taishan Army. When the armies came out from all directions, they all fled first. The positive and negative effects of the above made the Taishan Army very powerful in the central area of Yingchuan.
Generally speaking, these newly defected heroic members will not be able to enter the Taishan Army's battle order from the beginning. On the one hand, they are not familiar with it yet and dare not leave their backs or hearts to them. On the other hand, these new recruits Those who defect to the enemy often do not have strong combat effectiveness and cannot directly go into battle.
Therefore, the Luo Gang and Pan Zhang tribes who were recruited in Puyang are still being trained in Puyang.
But this time, the Taishan Army did not reject anyone who came, and directly selected its strongest troops to train four battalions and two thousand soldiers. The reason was very simple. Zhang Chong did not have enough troops now, so he had to put up a rack quickly, otherwise he would be in trouble. They will suffer losses when they join forces with Ma Yuanyi and He Yi.
But despite this, the four businesses compiled by Zhang Chong are not simple, and they are all somewhat pretentious.
The first is the Yingyang camp, and the camp general is Ma Bao, a local hero who has come to seek refuge. It is said that he is a descendant of Ma Fang, the Marquis of Yingyang, but in the territory of Yingyang, there are not only a thousand but also eight hundred such people. He is now He was a powerful man among the iron officials and disciples. After the battle of Yingyang was settled, he killed the officials and defected to Zhang Chong with 600 iron official slaves.
The second is the Xiangcheng camp, and the camp general is Li Jing, a ranger from Xiangcheng. He took advantage of the chaos and was defeated by the local wealthy Li family. He took the remaining 400 people to Taiping Road.
The rest are the two battalions on the left and right of Sicheng. The generals are Xu Zhong and Chen Guang. They are all rangers from Sicheng who are on the run. Seeing the majesty of the Taishan army, they came here to fight for their future.
In addition to expanding the four battalions of troops, the Taishan Army was also digesting the prisoners of the Han Army.
Zhang Chong had no use for most of the military officials in the Han army's infantry and cavalry, but continued to stay with him as auxiliary soldiers in the collision team. These people had family and national colors, and their interests were highly consistent with the Han Dynasty, even if He surrendered to Zhang Chong, but Zhang Chong still had no use for the sake of the purity of his army.
But Zhang Chong absorbed the remaining Han soldiers. He absorbed a total of one thousand cavalry and one thousand armored soldiers. Among these one thousand cavalry, 800 were Han cavalry who had been forced to surrender in the Battle of Changshe. In other words, in this battle at Yingyang, the Han cavalry surrendered less than 200 people in total, which shows the great attrition of the Han cavalry in this battle.
The number of these two thousand surrendered troops was close to Zhang Chong's own main force, which almost doubled the number of troops at Zhang Chong's disposal. During most of the time they stayed in Yingyang, the officers of the Taishan Army were familiar with these new troops. When you join the surrendered troops in the sequence, you can't say that you have too much trust, but you must at least be familiar with them.
Isn't Zhang Chong worried about problems when absorbing so many surrendered troops? Of course he has this concern. But Zhang Chong made three preparations.
While disorganizing the surrendered troops and adding them to the battalions under his command, he also ordered the army to preach and explain the policies of the Taishan Army. Whether it was the holy treasury system or the temptation of dividing the fields in the future, they were very attractive to the poor Han soldiers. Finally, Zhang
Chong has also ordered Zhang Dan's army stationed in Fengqiu to march westward and join him in Xingyang. By then, the two armies will have more than 10,000 troops, and the ratio of these two thousand surrendered troops is not an exaggeration.
When the Yellow Turbans of Taishan Army and Ruying went north, the strength of the troops was as follows. Among them, the main force of Taishan Army was 6,000, the cavalry was 2,000, the infantry was 4,000, and the new auxiliary army was 2,000. Then there were the rear army and the old camp of 18,000.
The work of pushing baggage carts. All the mules and donkeys that Zhang Chong used to go south have been given to the old camp to be used as draft animals for the baggage carts.
The Runan Yellow Turban He Yi tribe has a military strength of 8,000, of which 6,000 are strong and brave, forming a group of its own. The last tribe is Ma Yuanyi's Yingchuan remnant, with a military strength of 10,000, of which 6,000 are capable of fighting.
In other words, the Taishan Army, Runan Army, and Yingchuan Army are roughly equal in strength. This gives both Ma Yuanyi and He Yi a certain sense of security.
Then Ruying's two armies also followed them, totaling about 10,000 people. Therefore, according to the last statistics, the total number of the Yellow Turban Army heading north to Aocang was close to 50,000.
Such a large-scale march was naturally very impressive. Along the twenty-mile journey, apricot-yellow flags were fluttering, and the armor was fierce. But the commanders of the three armies were worried.
Just because of one thing: there is not much food.
The Ruying Yellow Turbans were already short of food earlier. Peng Tuo's decisive battle was earlier because the entire army only had enough grain to feed them for another ten days. However, the Taishan Army galloped for hundreds of miles and only brought sufficient rations.
What kind of food should I bring? Fortunately, the Han army had enough food for the barrier at that time. A few days before the war, a batch of military rations had just been delivered from the rear.
However, after the defeat of the Han army, there was no more food supplies coming in. After the rations in the barrier were divided between the Ru and Ying armies, they were expanded and most of them were consumed by the prisoners. Therefore, the food reserves at that time were only enough for about 20 days.
Previously, in order to raise food, three groups of Yellow Turbans sent troops to four villages to attack the dock walls and plunder food. However, this did not fundamentally solve the problem and could only maintain a short-term supply.
To solve this problem, the fundamental thing is to conquer one or two Han army cities, so as to obtain large-scale supplies.
After discussing with Ma Yuanyi and He Yi, Zhang Chong decided to attack Changshe again.
Now that the three armies are fighting together, the military command naturally has to be discussed by the three of them. But in fact, both Ma Yuanyi and He Yi know that in terms of military strategy, no matter how proud they are, they cannot compare to the soaring general Zhang Chong.
After all, Zhang Chong’s past achievements are there. So generally as long as what Zhang Chong says is reasonable and well-founded, these two people will listen to Zhang Chong’s suggestions.
The same is true for the attack on Changshe this time. On the one hand, the Thai-Henan coalition forces are indeed short of food, and Changshe has been attacked several times by Bo Cai before, but the city has not been broken. There must be a lot of savings in the city. On the other hand, the Taishan Army needs
A strategic environment where you can advance and attack, and retreat and defend.
The Taiyu Yellow Turbans indeed want to go north to Aocang, but they are not going to die. Changshe is located below Xingyang. If they want to go north to Xingyang, this Changshe is the only way. If this city is not captured, the Han army here can contact Yang
The remnants of the main force of Zhai's Han army attacked the Taiyu Yellow Turbans from the rear.
At that time, if they were to attack Xingyang in front and be attacked by the Han army in the back, it would be very dangerous.
For this reason, Changshe must also be defeated and leave a way out for itself.
And now is a window period. The current situation in Yuzhou is generally beneficial to Zhang Chong.
At present, in Yuzhou, the entire frontline Han army includes Zuo Zhonglang General, You Zhonglang General, Han soldiers in various counties and counties, and powerful tribes. There are more than 50,000 powerful tribes, among which the powerful tribes account for 50,000 people. Half of it is indeed the core hinterland of the empire.
However, these military forces were unable to help Zhang Chong for a while. Huangfu Song, the general of Zuo Zhonglang, had deteriorated and was unable to serve as director. The imperial court had sent a new commander south to Yangzhai to take charge of the work. Before the commander had taken office and had run-in and reorganized all the ministries, his troops It is difficult to send troops to intercept Zhang Chong.
The right middle man general Zhu Jun had just been reprimanded by the Hanting Central Committee and ordered him to quickly join up with the left middle man general. But Zhu Jun had his own plan. He thought that his strategy of going south to Runan was very good, and he directly inserted himself into the Yellow Turban Army. On the waist and eyes.
Together with Wang Yun, the prefect of Yuzhou, he mobilized the Ruyang Yuan family, the Zhou family, the Shangcai Huan family, Song Gong Kong family, Shaoling Chen family, Zheng Qiang Fan family, Pingyu Chen family, Xu family, Liao family, and Dai family. The Zhou family in Ancheng, the Ying family in Nandun, the Zhang family in Xiyang, the Li family in Xiping, and the Sun family in Qisi.
Which of these powerful families did not produce two thousand stones, had thousands of servants, and hundreds of troops. With a little mobilization of arms, Runan alone had a powerful tribe of more than 10,000 people, to cooperate with Zhu Jun's headquarters of more than 10,000 Han troops The main force swept away the fallen leaves like the autumn wind, and the Runan Yellow Turbans who had stayed behind were completely defeated.
After only half a month of marching south, Zhu Jun had already captured and killed 20,000 Yellow Turbans and captured countless cattle and millet. Moreover, this offensive directly mobilized the Runan Yellow Turbans from Yingyang to go south, greatly reducing the pressure on Huangfu Song's tribe in Yangdi. So he reported to Chen Shangshu, please stay in Runan and drive all the way. But for Zhang Chong, Zhu Jun's troops have to face Huang Shao coming from the south and have no chance to disturb his retreat. Therefore, this division is also useless. Already.
So for a while, the only people who had the chance to cause trouble to Zhang Chong were the local soldiers and horses of Changshe. But what's the use of those troops?
On August 20th, 50,000 Thai and Henan troops marched northward, and on the 24th they surrounded Changshe.
The powerful Zhong family and the Han family of Changshe mobilized their clan soldiers to defend with the county magistrate of Changshe, but they only held off for three days before the city of Changshe was captured. Several generals from the Taishan army climbed up the stairs first, and the Yingyang camp general Ma Bao even killed the Changshe county captain and won the battle.
In this battle, except for a few children, the Zhong and Han families were all wiped out by the Taishan Army. Although these two families resisted the Taishan Army, Zhang Chong did not massacre their families. Not only that, Zhang Chong also specially hosted a banquet for the heads of the two families. , Zhong Yu and Han Rong. The reason for this is that one of them has a relationship with the chief priest, and the other has a family that is kind to the Taishan people.
How to say this.
Zhong Yu is Zhong Yao's father, but more importantly, they are party members. To be honest, they are somewhat related to Taiping Dao. There is a high-level executive in Taiping Dao in Hebei named Zhong Xian, who is in the position of offering wine. And this person is a member of the Zhong clan, so Zhang Chong did not torture Zhong.
And Han Rong is even more different. His father's name is Han Shao. Twenty years ago when Gongsun Ju led the uprising in Mount Tai, Han Shao was the county magistrate of Ying. At that time, the chaos was turbulent and refugees were everywhere. Many people fled to Ying.
County. When he was about to starve to death, it was Han Shao who risked beheading his head to open a warehouse to release grain and saved countless people. Many people in the Taishan Army now are victims of the disaster who were rescued twenty years ago, so they are grateful for the life-saving grace that year.
, everyone still remembers it.
However, other powerful families in the city did not have this treatment. The Taishan Army used familiar procedures to inspect their property.
The capture of Changshe greatly enriched the inventory of the Thai-Henan coalition forces. Moreover, Ruying's Yellow Turbans shouted loudly after seeing the smooth and rhythmic siege and pay process of the Taishan Army. In their minds, the Taishan Army's prestige was great.
improve.
Using this Changshe battle, the cohesion of the three armies has improved a lot.
After taking a short rest and replenishing supplies, Zhang Chong left Chen Huan as the guard of Changshe, and then led the army and the Zhong and Han families to continue northward, and soon left the boundary of Yuzhou and headed towards Sili.
The school captain left.
Their next stop is Xinzheng.
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The Taishan army is attacking like a tiger over there, but what is the Han army doing here?
Did nothing! Just waited.
Of course, this is not accurate. As early as when the Thai-Henan Yellow Turban coalition moved north, Cao Cao in Yangdi suggested that Zhao Rong, who was temporarily in charge of military strategy, send troops to attack and not allow the thieves to move north.
However, Zhao Rong reprimanded Cao Cao, a defeated general, and did not adopt Cao Cao's suggestions.
In fact, Zhao Rong knew the purpose of the Taishan Army's march north. The Taishan Army's strategy of dispatching troops was too clear. Generals with a little military talent knew that the Taishan Army went north to attack Xingyang. Once Xingyang was broken, the Han army's food road in Hebei would be destroyed.
Once it's cut off, it's really hard to say how many people there will be able to survive by then.
But Zhi Gui knew that Zhao Rong had no choice. Didn't he want to fight? Didn't he want to be the Han Dynasty hero who turned the tide? But he really couldn't do it.
From the battlefield of Yingyang, only three armies of the five armies were able to retreat to Yangdi. One of the armies was afraid of being held accountable because it was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, so it never dared to merge with Zhao. In addition, the morale of the whole army was high.
They are not very high. It would be good to be able to defend the passage to Kyoto. It is really difficult to mobilize them to fight out.
Of course, there are thousands of reasons for not sending troops, but there is only one reason for wanting to send troops. If it were Cao Cao, no matter how difficult the situation was, as long as it was beneficial to the overall situation, he would work hard. But Zhao Rong couldn't do it, and all the above reasons were just
He just shirks it. In the final analysis, this person is just an official and doesn't have much responsibility.
But when he refused Cao Cao's suggestion, Cao Cao stabbed him.
He didn't know what method he used, but he actually seduced Bao Hong, the captain of the Zuo Army, and asked him to go east to Changsha with the intention of intercepting the Taishan Army.
Bao Hong, the captain of the Zuo Army, was the first to withdraw from the battlefield that day. He was worried about being held accountable and could not seek stability like Zhao Rong. With Cao Cao's chest-beating assurance, he set off with his 4,000 men.
Cao Cao said that as long as he could stop this battle, or even make an effort to intercept the westward march, he would use his connections to intercede for Bao Hong. Not only would he not be guilty, but he would also have merit.
When all the generals were hesitant, you, Bao Hong, were the only loyal warrior who stood firm and faced difficulties. Aren't you an upright and loyal minister?
This is how Bao Hong was persuaded.
But Bao Hong was not stupid. He knew that if he really intercepted the Yellow Turban Army with his small force, he would not be able to block the road, and he would definitely be able to use the mantis' arm as a chariot. Therefore, after delaying for a while in building a pontoon bridge at Yingshui River, he carefully launched it in the direction of Changshe.
Not only that, with the four thousand soldiers at hand, he also divided his troops to advance in four directions, fearing that he would hit the enemy along the way and be wiped out. In this way, he walked and stopped, and when he reached the Wuliting Pavilion outside the Changshe, he finally knew
The main force of the Taishan Army continued to move north, and the only one left in Changshe was an unknown man named Chen Huan.
Bao Hong's courage increased and he was bound to recapture Changshe.
But when Bao Hong ordered his troops to join forces, he was attacked head-on by Chen Huan.
On August 27, while Bao Hong's foothold was not stable, Chen Huan led a thousand elite troops out of the city and marched in a hurry to attack Bao Hong. Bao Hong was caught off guard at first and suffered many casualties. However, when he found that there were not many Yellow Turbans on the opposite side, Bao Hong
Hong personally led the counterattack and stopped the retreat. The two armies fought fiercely for an hour, but Chen Huan, who had fewer troops, finally couldn't bear it anymore and led his troops to retreat.
When Bao Hong decisively led his troops in pursuit, he wanted to take the opportunity to cover up the attack and enter Changshe.
In his opinion, the thieves on the opposite side do not know the soldiers. If they were to defend Changshe, he might not be able to defeat Changshe with the few troops he had. But now these thieves actually chose to go out of the city to fight in the field and wanted to attack? Now they were defeated by him.
Volume, it turned out to be Bao Hong's luck.
But Bao Hong was not happy for long when he suddenly heard that his rear was attacked by unknown cavalry and he had collapsed. Bao Hong looked at the retreating soldiers in front, and at this time they began to counterattack.
Bao Hong realized that it was over and he had fallen into the thieves' trick.
Indeed, Chen Huan's current tactic is the Taishan Army's customary tail-cutting method. This is to set up an ambush to cover the enemy's rear during the retreat, and then the front army will turn back and attack, attacking from the front and rear. Generally, the enemy will be ambushed suddenly and rarely block it.
Liveable.
Chen Huan used the tail-catching method this time, and the person responsible for the tail-catching was the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry that had already gone north. The cavalry general Ren Yun led five hundred cavalry, and directly attacked Bao Hong in the middle.
It turned out that three days ago, Chen Huan detected that Bao Hong's troops were attacking Changshe in a divided force. He quickly sent a cavalry to catch up with Zhang Chong's main army, and invited a cavalry to go south, ambush Bao Hong, and kill him in one fell swoop.
This part.
At this time, Bao Hong's troops were suddenly attacked from both sides. They lost ground and the whole army collapsed. Ren Yun led 500 cavalry and chased and killed the Han army officers with ribbons. For a time, the fields of Changshe were once again littered with corpses.
All over the fields.
But not long after, more than 2,000 Han troops from the rear caught up and supported him. Bao Hong fled into this army in embarrassment and finally escaped death.
Ren Yunbu and Chen Huan met at a place. Seeing the well-organized Han army in front, and worrying about more reinforcements behind them, they knew that the fighter plane had been lost, so they gradually withdrew into the city. However, Ren Yun was left behind by Zhang Chong to assist Chen Huan here.
Changshe.
Although Bao Hong was safe, he was still in shock. He no longer dared to set up camp at Wuli Pavilion and retreated. He no longer planned a quick victory. He wanted to "siege" the Yellow Turban Army in the dead city eight miles away from Changsha.
Bao Hong's embarrassment spread back to Yangzhai and became a joke. He was surrounded by the enemy for a long time eight miles away, and he also said that he was trapping the thieves to death. For a time, knowledgeable people called him General Rat Gut.
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But Bao Hong couldn't bear the friendly troops in the rear, and scolded the people behind him, saying that they were like guardian dogs, not even as good as guard dogs. The housekeepers would yell a few words when thieves crossed the border, but what about you people?
, when a thief passes through the border, he doesn't dare to fart, for fear that making too much noise will attract the thief's attention, which is simply cowardly. He Bao Hong is ashamed to be associated with him.
At this time, Bao Hong stabbed the lungs of Yangzhai's allies, and they cursed each other in the distance for a while. The lawsuit hit the center, and they blamed each other.
It was under this circumstance that the new commander from the center led two thousand Chinese troops south to Yangdi.
And what changes will this person's arrival bring to the chaotic battlefield in southeastern Henan?