On that day, the Han army in Pitang officially surrendered to the Taishan Army on the periphery under the leadership of Ren Jun. Afterwards, Ren Jun was retained as the leader because he was the first to rebel, and was later sent directly to the Taishan Army's collision team. I don't know how many people he let go.
envious.
It's a pity that the only fly in the ointment is that Zheng Hun ran away after all. Mao Shao was also injured. Originally, his troops had already made contact with the Taishan Army, but who knew that the credit was robbed by Ren Jun anyway, and then he led
When Bu Qu went to intercept and kill Pan Zhi, he was not there. After a bloody battle in the end, only Pan Zhi's Bu Qu was killed.
In the end, he had neither the merit of being a righteous man nor the merit of being a leader, so Mao Shao was kidnapped by Ren Jun and surrendered. After that, he became only a general and was subordinated to Colonel Ding Sheng.
I think Mao Shao also regretted it. At that time, Chen Qin, the chief secretary of Ding Sheng's department, personally recruited and surrendered. If he had surrendered at that time, he would have been promoted to a garrison general at least, but now, hey!
Time is also fate.
After dealing with the remnants of the Han army in Pitang, the Taishan Army had been reorganizing in the Guancheng area for two days. After tidying up, the entire army headed north again.
Zhang Dan's troops stationed in the small town of Yanshi had sent out several messages, saying that the Han cavalry from the Xingyang area had arrived nearby. Zhang Dan's troops were worried about the enemy's preemptive strike and eagerly asked Zhang Chong about his next plan. Should he continue to let Zhang Chong go?
Should Danbu hold on? Or move south to join our army as soon as possible.
When these messages were sent to the Taishan Army shogunate, Zhang Chong was very annoyed. He said to He Kui next to him:
"It is expected that Adan has been with me for a long time, learned something, and later took the lead in the army. He should be a decisive person. But look at these letters? There is no need to think for himself. They are all waiting, relying on, wanting. Waiting for Ben
The army ordered, move closer to our army and ask for my army’s support. Huh!”
He Kui smiled and comforted Zhang Chong:
"Qushuai, you are a bit harsh. A'dan still has his own opinion, otherwise how could you let him do the work? The reason why he is like this is just a matter of superiority and inferiority. He asked for help several times because he thinks he is more handsome than you.
You are far-sighted. So, it’s not because Adan has no opinion, it’s because you are too powerful.”
He Kuixiao flattered Zhang Chong, and sure enough, Zhang Chong laughed and said jokingly:
"Looks like it's still mine."
He Kui knew that Zhang Chong was not really angry with Zhang Dan, nor did he not know the reason for Zhang Dan's request. The reason why Qu Shuai was so anxious was all because of one person, the divine envoy Ma Yuanyi.
This man is catching monsters again, but this time he is not talking about dividing the troops, but is instead preaching in the army.
After Ma Yuanyi went north with the Taishan Army, Zhang Chong and others said that he had changed, because Ma Yuanyi followed Zhang Chong's command all the way, and even the command of the 6,000-strong Yingchuan Yellow Turbans was gradually handed over to Zhang Chong.
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But soon Zhang Chong understood why Ma Yuanyi stopped fighting? He started fighting over ideology.
Ma Yuanyi led the group of yellow scarf warriors he organized to preach Taiping Tao doctrines everywhere in the Taishan Army camps. Ma Yuanyi was worthy of being the most first-class preacher in Taiping Dao. Not only did the doctrines he taught cater to the interests of the grassroots, but he even had the same food and accommodation as the Taiping Tao soldiers.
Together.
You must know that at this time, the Taishan Army was still affiliated with the Taishan Fang of Taiping Dao. This was a fact known to the entire army. But in fact, Zhang Chong rarely preached in the army because he did not agree with the specific teachings of Taiping Dao. Although he
There are also preachers, but most of them talk about land distribution and how we can make decisions for the poor.
So when Ma Yuanyi came to the grassroots level, he quickly converted a group of Taishan Army grassroots officers and soldiers to Taiping Dao, and they performed the same rituals and recited the Taiping Sutra as Ma Yuanyi did every day.
Zhang Chong soon learned about this. He hurriedly informed the military officials at all levels and ordered each battalion not to allow Ma Yuanyi and others to enter the camp to preach. On the other hand, he hurriedly discussed the resolution of the matter with a group of military staff.
road.
This incident made Zhang Chong immediately realize that a question he had deliberately avoided for a long time could no longer be avoided.
That is whether the Taishan Army is a religious army or an army dedicated to the leadership of Guizhou.
The answer is of course very clear. Zhang Chong never thought of relying on religion to transform the world. But in the past, because the Taishan Army was weak and weak, it needed Taiping Dao as an ally to win over the vast number of Guizhou believers below him. So Zhang Chong needed
It has been developing under Taiping Road.
But nothing has only advantages and no disadvantages. Although Taipingdao's rebellion against the Han Dynasty was righteous, in the final analysis it was a primitive religious organization with a lot of mystery and ignorance.
If Zhang Chong allowed these things to breed in the army, on the one hand, the religious authority would usurp his prestige, and on the other hand, it would also corrupt the spirit of the Taishan army officials. Therefore, Zhang Chong had been deliberately keeping these things in his mind.
And now? Ma Yuanyi obviously saw his advantages and the shortcomings of the Taishan Army. He gave up the frontal fight with Zhang Chong for the leadership of the army, and instead influenced the lower-level soldiers from the side. This method obviously worked.
Zhang Chong specifically talked to Ma Yuanyi about this matter, but what Ma Yuanyi meant was that he felt that he was not as adept at military affairs as Zhang Chong, but he felt that he had some merits in doctrine. So Zhang Chong was in charge of the army, and he disciplined them, and together they shaped the Taishan Army.
As a guardian army loyal to the Taiping Dao.
Zhang Chong was silent for a long time, without saying much, and then retreated.
It was before the Xingyang War, and he couldn't break up with Ma Yuanyi now. When the time comes, those close to him would hate him and his enemies would be quick. But after the war in Xingyang, he, Zhang Chong, had already found a way.
But this is the truth, but in the end it makes you feel aggrieved. To be honest, without Zhang Chong's bloody battlefield, the Yellow Turban Army would have been destroyed long ago.
In the previous battle at Yingyang, without him running hundreds of miles to support, the Yellow Turban Army of Ruying would have been like yesterday's flowers. But in reality? How did Taiping Road treat him? In the past, Tang and Zhou ostracized him, and Zhang Jiao wanted to depose him.
Ma Yuanyi wants to take advantage of him. How can people not feel aggrieved with all these things?
Ma Yuanyi had not preached before, but insisted on preaching before the final attack on Xingyang. He was sure that Zhang Chong would take the overall situation into consideration and did not dare to fall out with him, so he did this test.
And once this temptation is not countered, there will immediately be another temptation. Just like cutting sausages, the smaller they are, the smaller the pieces will be, and then Zhang Chong's bottom line will become lower and lower.
To be honest, Zhang Chong is also an ordinary person. He didn't know how many times he thought, let's just withdraw. Why is he the one taking care of the overall situation? Why is he always the loser?
But reason told him that the fundamental reason for all this exclusion was that Zhang Chong was powerful enough to influence the overall situation, but he did not yet have the corresponding prestige. Therefore, these people would only control him and guard against him, instead of respecting him and following him.
he.
This situation is like the historical division around 1935.
Therefore, the key for Zhang Chong to correctly untie this knot is not to give up, but to do more, turn the tide at a critical period, and tell everyone that only by following him can Zhang Chong reach the end!
So even if you are feeling aggrieved, you are just feeling aggrieved. Since you are feeling aggrieved, just find a place to vent. Unfortunately, Zhang Dan became a harmless vent.
Here He Kui was amused, Zhang Chong finished scolding, and quickly assigned the next stage of tasks.
"Zhang Dan's tribe continued to build more forts in the small town of Yanshi and successfully joined the main army."
After that, Zhang Chong continued to march north with an army of nearly 20,000 men without any delay. Zhang Chong knew that Zhang Dan's troops were indeed short of troops at this time, and he was also worried that the Han army would boldly surround and eat Zhang Dan's partial division.
On August 26, Li Damu and Dian Wei formed a front army with a total of 2,000 people and set out first to go north to open up the communication line.
On August 27, Zhang Chong and Ma Yuanyi's main force, the Yellow Turbans, bypassed Guancheng and went directly northward. The carriages and horses were moving all the way, and the army was in full bloom.
But as soon as Zhang Chong moved north, a thousand-man Han army from Kaifeng planned to take the opportunity to intercept the Taishan Army's rear.
The leader of this Kaifeng army is called Tao Wei. He is a descendant of Tao She, the Marquis of Kaifeng during the Pre-Han Dynasty. He is now a Kaifeng Wei.
Since He Miao was appointed Yin of Henan, he began to mobilize soldiers from counties in eastern Henan to rescue Guancheng. The Kaifeng Order ordered Tao Wei to take a thousand soldiers and sail north along the Bian River.
But Tao Wei was timid and returned with his troops only two days after setting off. He did not dare to take risks under Guan City, which was an egg against a stone, and a wise man would not take it. He made an excuse to the Kaifeng Order and said that the sergeants were unwilling to leave the territory because of their pay.
Fighting in foreign lands.
But the Kaifeng Order came from the grassroots level, so he naturally knew what was going on. He reprimanded Tao Wei:
"The bandits will definitely go north to Xingyang. How many soldiers will be left in Guancheng? Now they are not patrolling forward. If I can't explain it here, how will they explain it to Henan Yin then?"
Obviously, Tao Wei understood the subtext of the county prince. Since the military order above was to support the city, it must be completed. But as for other things, they would not care too much.
So Tao Wei went north along the Bian River again and got off the boat twenty miles west of Guancheng. Not long after he arrived, he saw an army of long snakes winding towards the north. He did not pursue it, but waited until Mount Tai
After all the troops withdrew from Guancheng, he led his troops into Guancheng.
In this way, Guancheng was "recaptured" by Tao Wei.
Having gained an advantage once, Tao Wei planned to make persistent efforts, so he continued to pursue, but when he saw the rear of Taishan Army, he continued to wait and see.
But little did they know that at this time, the situation of Tao Wei's troops was coming under the eyes of a cavalry army.
When Tao Wei saw that the Taishan Army's rear army was continuing to move north, he hurriedly led his troops to follow up. At this time, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats from the southeast, and Tao Wei was shocked.
I saw a sudden cavalry force of about a thousand people charging directly out of the dense forest on the left rear, and in the blink of an eye, it crashed into the rear of the Kaifeng soldiers, causing screams for a while.
This Han cavalry was Tian Jun who was responsible for the ambush. When Tao Wei and others entered Guanxian County, Zhang Chong received the news from the city's messenger. He immediately ordered Tian Jun to take Qianqi back to the left rear.
The Han army that only advanced rashly delivered a fatal blow.
Three moments later, when the banner with the word "Tao" was cut off, Tian Jun accepted Tao Wei's head, briefly cleaned the battlefield and led his cavalry northward.
In this way, Tian Jun tried his best, and another Han soldier broke his halberd on the plain. This is the advantage of the cavalry in the plain, it is the king.
But the interesting thing is that when the Taishan Army used cavalry to annihilate another Han army, the three thousand Youzhou assault cavalry that were supposed to be stationed in Xingyang also broke into Yanshi and planned to attack Zhang who was stationed here.
Danbu dealt a devastating blow.
Zhang Dan, who always attached great importance to battlefield reconnaissance, quickly detected this situation. After discussing with the chief secretary Fan Chang, he decided to ambush halfway instead of holding on hard.
They placed the ambush location in a dangerous area from Xingyang to Yanshi, Xingze.
Xingze is actually a deep recessed water pool where the Jishui River overflows. Yanshi is the confluence of the Pu River and the Jishui River. Whenever the Jishui River overflows during summer floods, it will stop here in Yingze.
Then when the water receded, the Yingze water was left like this.
Xingze is a large moor with dense reeds, so Zhang Dan planned to lead two thousand troops to ambush the passing Han cavalry here.
In order to ensure an ambush, Zhang Dan also ordered Pan Zhang to choose two hundred people who were good at water to serve as bait around him to lure the Han cavalry into pursuit.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Youzhou cavalry to arrive and find Pan Zhang's tribe resting on the side of the road. The main force of the Han cavalry did not stop and continued to run along the official road. Only a hundred-man cavalry separated from one side.
They came out obviously to annihilate Pan Zhang and others.
Seeing Youzhou's horses rushing past, Pan Zhang and others were really a little panicked. They had never seen thousands of cavalry crossing the road, and they didn't have the courage to fight back. They all ran towards Xingze.
The hundred-man cavalry chasing Pan Zhang were flying the "Xianyu" flag. The leading cavalry general looked at the scurrying bandits with contempt, waved his hands and gave orders, and then fired a burst of arrows at Pan Zhang and others.
More than twenty people who ran slowly were shot into hedgehogs, but more of them had already swam to Zenei with Pan Zhang and disappeared.
Commander Xianyu Cavalry secretly cursed "rats" and led Baiqi to leave the queue and go around the reed swamp. But Baiqi had just passed through the reeds and was about to choose a wide area so that he could easily attack the moths in the swamp.
When the thieves continued to shoot, a denser rain of arrows directly covered them.
It turned out that when the Han cavalry came, Zhang Dan left Wei Zhou, Li Fu, and Luo Gang to continue to lurk, and ordered Huo Chan, Li Cun, and Zhang Neng to ambush the enemy cavalry from the head, waist, and tail at the same time.
General Xianyu did not break in, but when he saw that his men were stuck in the reeds, he was frightened, turned his horse's head and ran towards his troops.
How could Zhang Dan let the cavalry general run away? He quickly ordered the six soldiers lurking in the reed swamp to intercept and kill the rear cavalry of the Han cavalry. Zhang Dan chose this opportunity very well. At this time, the front army of the Han cavalry had already disappeared.
Only the cavalry of thousands of people was still marching slowly on the official road beside the reed marsh.
Zhang Dan's purpose was to eat these thousand cavalry troops.
Zhang Dan wanted to eat Han Qi, but little did he know that others also wanted to eat him.
It turned out that the Han cavalry commander Zong Yuan saw through Zhang Dan's ambush plan at a glance. As soon as Zhang Dan showed up to ambush his rear army, Zong Yuan led the front and middle cavalry back and killed them.
Fortunately, Zhang Dan had left himself a backup plan. When the clan members raised the encirclement, he led his troops back to the reed swamp, took out the small boat that had been hidden in the reed swamp, and rowed quickly towards Zexin.
Seeing that they could not catch the Yellow Turban Army, the clan members were not discouraged. They surrounded the Xingze and began to burn the reeds with kerosene, intending to trap the Yellow Turbans inside.
In this way, Zhang Dan, who had lost the battle, and his troops were besieged by three thousand Han cavalry in the middle of the river, and were in danger.