"In ancient times, those who were good at using military force were able to prevent enemies from getting in touch with each other, making them unable to treat each other when they were in numbers, and preventing the noble and the inferior from helping each other."
"It's not hard to find a way. The most difficult thing right now is how our army can fight one against three?" Zhang Liao took a step closer, stood in front of Fazheng, and stopped Fazheng, who had been wandering around.
Both of them are people with clear distinctions in love and hate and straightforward personalities, so Fazheng has been working closely with Zhang Liao these days, and both of them are good at using soldiers. Although Fazheng lacks a little experience, Zhang Liao makes up for each other.
, the two of them worked together, and had successively used tricks to defeat Wei Jun, making Jiang Qi unable to resist.
Fazheng, who was still thinking about his strategy, was not annoyed when he was interrupted by Zhang Liao. Instead, he smiled softly and asked, "Who does General Zhang think the enemy general Zhang He is?"
"Zhang He?" Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, and said honestly: "I'm not familiar with this person. The few times we met, we were on the battlefield. I heard that he defeated Gongsun Zan several times, and used his troops in perfect harmony. He was a member of Yuan Shao's command.
A good general."
Fa Zheng hummed, turned around again, and said softly: "In this battle, we first saw through the reality of our enemies in Wei County, and deceived me with suspicious soldiers. However, this was false and the other was true, and they used light soldiers to travel southward, taking advantage of my unpreparedness and destroying me."
General Fan is a general. He uses troops to make changes and is good at judging the current situation. He is definitely not comparable to those like Jiang Qi who stick to the rules and are rigid in using troops. Therefore, he must be the one who came from Zhang He... This person is extraordinary."
At the end of his speech, he actually praised the other party. Zhuge Xuan was amused and couldn't help but said: "It's a pity that such a good general can devote himself to serving Yuan and not be used by the country!"
Zhuge Xuan saw that he worked hard for Yuan Shao in several battles, and even Fan Chou was almost defeated and killed by him. This shows his loyalty to Yuan Shao. Even if such a person is a good general, it is difficult for the court to use him.
After hearing this, Fazheng held a different view. He shook his head and said: "Your Majesty once said that seeing words is like seeing people. In my opinion, it can also be said that 'seeing soldiers is like seeing people'. He is good at judging the situation.
, How can a person who uses military tactics to change the situation be a stick to the rules? To say that he only wanted to assist Yuan Shao, even if he died, I don't believe it. After all, Zhang He is not a traditional military figure like Jiang Qi. He defeated our army just because the situation was not yet
It is disadvantageous for Yuan Shao, but if the situation changes, how can Zhang He sit still and die?"
Zhang Liao's eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice: "What Xiaozhi means is that Zhang He..."
Fazheng blinked at Zhang Liao and said no more. A person's style of using troops can reflect his character traits from the side. Zhang He was flexible in using troops, and he was also adaptable. People who are good at adapting will always be in front of danger or opportunity.
It is accurately grasped that before the two Yuan forces joined forces, they seemed to be evenly matched with the imperial court. Zhang He was inconvenient to express his attitude, but what happened next?
Zhuge Xuan once again disagreed with Fazheng. He couldn't help but frowned and said: "If so, what if he defeated General Yangwei again? He worked so hard for Yuan Shao, but he offended the court too much. When he wants to change his mind in the future, he should
How to change?"
Fa Zheng actually wanted to say that Zhang He not only almost completely defeated Fan Chou, he even killed Zhang Chao, the lobbyist sent by the imperial court to show his loyalty. I think that Zhang Chao was originally the defeated general of Runan, but the emperor saw it
Because of Zhu Jun's reputation and his close relationship with Zhang He, he was sent to be a dispensable lobbyist with no hope. If he could succeed, he would succeed, and if he didn't, he would be fine. So Zhang He killed Zhang Chao and
It will not affect the imperial court's major policies, but at most it will cause some panic and indignation when his head falls off the streets of Chang'an.
It's just that Zhang Chao's death was seen by most people as being killed by Han Sui, and Fazheng would not take the initiative to reveal this secret. He still believes that Zhang He seems to have left no escape route, but in fact he has not done everything. Just as
Zhang Chao is just an insignificant lobbyist. Historically, there are many cases where the lobbyist was killed first and then surrendered due to the situation. The same is true for gathering troops to attack Fan Chou. Zhang He is still Yuan Shao's man, so naturally he has to work for Yuan Shao. He gathers troops and horses.
Instead of sneaking a surprise attack on Zhang Liao, he went to Neihuang to attack Fan Chou. How could he not want to get things done?
No matter how much damage Zhang He would cause if he chose to attack Zhang Liao by surprise, as long as Fan Chou became the leader of the war on this side, he would have no retreat in the future.
This is what Fazheng admires very much about the other party. He glanced at Zhang Liao in a very subtle way, knowing that the other party also understood what he meant, and he felt very relieved: "Zhang He is good at using power, how can we be inferior to others?
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Zhuge Xuan listened to Fazheng's plans for the next battle, and saw that Zhang Liao, who had rich combat experience and was good at fighting, was constantly discussing and improving with him. He felt a sense of crisis in his heart. It seemed that not only was the current chaotic world, but also the
From now on, the world will probably be dominated by these capable and talented young people. There are many people like him who are appointed officials based on their reputation, but they will be unable to defeat them in many aspects.
This sudden sense of crisis lingered in Zhuge Xuan's heart. He looked at Fazheng, who was talking eloquently and confidently, and suddenly thought of his two older nephews. One was studying at the Imperial Academy and would be awarded an official title next year;
One of them follows the emperor and goes out with the army. What would happen if the two brothers were also standing here?
Zhuge Xuan was looking forward to this day very much.
Due to Zhang He and Jiang Qi's first victory and then defeat, their morale was low and they did not dare to rush into battle. They also lost a large number of cavalry, so they built a deer village outside Ye City as a siege. Chunyu Qiong, the right general appointed by Yuan Shao, came here proudly and naturally looked down on these two men.
As a newly defeated general, he issued a military order for the two men to divide their forces and personally supervise the construction of Luzhai. Among them, Zhang He built the east wall of the city, and Jiang Qi built the south wall of the camp. Chunyu Qiong and the cavalry commander Lu Weihuang were in charge of the central army, close to Jiang Qi.
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As a partial general, Zhang He was assigned to do the trivial tasks of building Luzhai. This made many of his subordinates angry and secretly scolded Chun Yuqiong for seeing nothing but showing off his authority as soon as he came. Zhang He heard these rumors,
He didn't stop him or say anything. Instead, he repaired Luzhai in an orderly manner.
Chunyu Qiong assigned him to build the camp to the east of Ye City, because the north, west, and south of Ye City were not safe, and only the east was Yuan Shao's sphere of influence. In order to prevent Ye City from becoming an isolated city, he built the camp to the east to defend against the enemy.
It became a top priority. This project was larger than the Luzhai built by Jiang Qi. Zhang He personally supervised the construction and it was not completed for nearly two days.
The weather was still fine that day, and there was no wind in all directions. The temperature suddenly became hot. The air was filled with the smell of burning. A twisted black ash fell from the sky, and it happened to hit the nose of a Yuan Jun. He hit him hard.
He sneezed and looked up at the sky without knowing what was going on. He saw that the sky was suddenly filled with black ash, and billowing smoke suddenly appeared in the camp to the south!
"General!" Someone called Zhang He, who was walking towards him.
Zhang He looked solemn and ordered: "Get ready to meet the enemy!"
Yuan Jun subconsciously picked up his weapon. The ground under his feet suddenly shook, and the dust covered one side of the sky like smoke. A muffled sound like thunder and drums came from the distance, and the sound got closer and closer, as if it was winter. Thunder exploded. But Zhang He's subordinates were all ready. They had followed Zhang He in dozens of battles and had faced many Gongsun Zan's raids. How could this sound be unfamiliar to them? For a moment, calmness replaced panic. They He greeted his comrades loudly and tried to gather into a military formation to cope with the impact of the cavalry.
But before that, they were building the Luzhai. A cavalry general led the Bingzhou Cavalry to attack fiercely. They swarmed in on the smoke and divided into several spikes to penetrate quickly.
Because Zhang He's response was delayed by half a beat, Yuan Jun under his command was unable to resist for a moment. This allowed the Bingzhou cavalry to easily break in and start setting fires everywhere in the camp. They ran like tigers and wolves, running rampant left and right in the military formation. They chopped down the infantry with spears and knives. The leader of the cavalry, holding a spear in his right hand, galloped into the battle. While ordering people to set the deer village on fire, he personally led the troops to kill the enemy.
Fa Zheng's plan was to set fire to both sides of Yecheng's outer camp at the same time, and then focus on attacking the weakly defended area of the opponent's area, which happened to be the eastern area where Zhang He was. Zhang Hefu was attacked by Bingzhou Cavalry from the beginning. Moreover, the opponent still fought with all his strength regardless of casualties, immediately putting Zhang He's troops at a disadvantage.
Zhang He was in the battle and did not take the Bingzhou Cavalry's attack seriously. He saw that there were many cavalry coming, but the commander was not Zhang Liao. He obviously had other intentions and it was nothing more than a feint. So he was not afraid at all and ordered everyone to form a formation. To resist, even Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong could be stopped at first, let alone these Bingzhou cavalry.
The defenders at the top of Yecheng City also saw this scene below the city. Yuan Shang, Shen Pei, Ju Shou and others rushed to watch the battle. Yuan Shang was impatient and quickly sent an order to open the city gate and send troops out to rescue. Shen Pei and Ju Shou quickly killed him. He stopped and said earnestly: "The troops haven't moved yet, and the enemy's situation is not yet clear. It's important to first observe the momentum!"
"Aren't those infantry under the city?" Yuan Shang pointed to the southern siege where Chunyu Qiong was, where two to three thousand infantry were fighting with Jiang Qi and other soldiers and horses after setting fire to the siege.
Jushuo did not even look at the city, and said seriously: "There are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses such as Chunyu Zhongjian below the city. They cannot be destroyed in one day. Chunyu Zhongjian has not taken any action now, so the general must not take action."
Yuan Shang finally calmed down after the two people's good talk, but not everyone can analyze the situation calmly at a critical moment like Zhang He and Ju Shuo. Chun Yuqiong, who was sitting in Nanwei, saw that the situation was not good and was extremely frightened. The camp was panicked. The Cavalry Governor Lu Weihuang was beside him and quickly advised him: "Once the Eastern Siege is captured, not only Ye City will be in danger, but also our army will be in danger. Now Zhang He's troops are not in a good position to fight, so we should Send reinforcements quickly!"
"This, this, then you lead the troops now... No, let Jiang Yiqu lead the troops!" Chunyu Qiong just said what he said and immediately regretted it several times. He was not willing to let his confidant Lu Weihuang lead the troops and leave him, but he was also afraid of Jiang Yiqu leading the troops. After the horse passed by, the defense on my side was weak, so I changed my mind and said, "Forget it! It's better for me to lead the troops there myself!"
So Chunyu Qiong gave an order and led Lu Weihuang and others to send half of the troops to rescue Zhang He. He thought that this was a clever plan that could rescue Zhang He and protect himself. Little did he know that this division of troops, and Chun Yuqiong as the commander-in-chief, suddenly
The displacement immediately had an irreversible impact on the battle situation.
"Not good!" Shen Pei shouted from the top of the city: "Chun Yuqiong made a mistake!"
Fa Zheng, who was looking at the enemy formation from the archery tower in the camp, saw the movement of the banner on the opposite side. He saw the opportunity and shouted to the ordering soldier beside him: "Send troops immediately!"
After Zhang Liao, who had been waiting under the arrow tower for a long time, heard the order, he immediately mobilized his horses and led the remaining thousands of infantry to rush out of the camp. The first batch of infantry responsible for setting fire to the siege was already engaged in a melee with Yuan's army.
Joined by Zhang Liao and other soldiers, they gathered together and quickly rushed into the Yuan army's camp, which had become loose due to the mobilization of Chunyu Qiong's army.
The follow-up infantry was still coming forward in a steady stream. This time Fazheng also sent the garrison troops brought by Zhuge Xuan. Soon another thousand people were gathered as backup, and they quickly rushed over. At this moment, the troops behind Zhang Liao
A high flag was raised in the formation, and all the infantry gathered under the big flag. Relying on the guidance of the flag, they followed Zhang Liao's unstoppable attack all the way to Yuan's army camp, which was beginning to collapse.
Zhang He, who was stabilizing his camp step by step, was suddenly startled when he heard the news that Chunyu Qiong was coming for reinforcements. He said repeatedly: "What is he doing here? Go back and report." Before he could finish speaking, he vaguely heard the news coming from the south.
His usually calm expression suddenly changed. This tactic was so familiar, as if he had formulated it himself.
Chun Yuqiong did not expect that the opponent's target was actually Nanwei. At this time, it was too late to turn back and fight the enemy. In the narrow camp, more than 30,000 people from both sides were entangled in one place, but they did not dare to shoot arrows from the top of the city.
Lu Weihuang was ordered to return to the army in a hurry, and he met Jiang Qi who was fleeing due to defeat: "Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao is here! He is not in Dongwei!"
"What did you say?" The battle report that Lu Weihuang heard earlier was that Zhang Liao led his cavalry to attack the Eastern Siege, and then he saw Zhang Liao's flag raised in the Southern Siege. He panicked and pushed Jiang Qi who was blocking the way, and was about to lead
More than a hundred cavalry went to break out of the formation, but they met a man riding high on the horse, stabbing him with a spear in his hand.
Lu Weihuang instinctively raised his right hand to block, but the opponent moved nimbly, and the tip of his spear avoided his raised arm like a snake, and stabbed directly into the seam under his breastplate. The blood spurted from his chest spattered on the armor.
, Lu Weihuang seemed not to feel pain. He looked at the tall man in disbelief and muttered something. But in the chaos, no one could hear his small voice. When Zhang Liao exerted his strength,
He stirred up the long stick and lifted Lu Weihuang off the horse. When he fell heavily to the ground, Lu Weihuang's face was covered with blood and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
At this moment, Jiang Qi was only a short distance away from Zhang Liao. The enemy soldiers beside him were too close to him, and the spear in his hand became a burden, so he had to drop the spear and pull out the sword from his waist.
He saw Zhang Liao's opportunity to kill Lu Weihuang, killed several infantry with all his strength, and took this opportunity to try to break out of the melee.
"Reinforcements should be sent at this time!" Jushou's eyes moved, and he pointed out: "In the same way as encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, we can send two generals out of the west gate, detour behind, and raid the enemy camp."
Yuan Shang was eager to save people and subconsciously refused: "It is such a big city in Ye, if you walk from the west gate to the south of the city, all the soldiers and horses under the city will be scattered!"
Shen Pei also felt that although this strategy was feasible, it was not suitable for the current situation, so he hesitated and said: "The rescue is in urgent need of a spark. We really cannot go out through the west gate. We should respond through the south gate."
Yuan Shang nodded in agreement.
At this time, Chunyu Qiong could not care less about whether to save Zhang He or Jiang Qi. He saw the city gate was wide open, and Yuan Shang sent Liang Qi, Yin Kai and others to come for reinforcements. Without waiting to greet the rest of his troops, he ran straight to the south gate of Ye City.
, Jiang Qi kept exclaiming behind him, and the reinforcements under the city were finally overrun by Chunyu Qiong's defeated troops.
Seeing this, Zhang He had no intention of fighting again, so he had to go south to join forces with Jiang Qi. Zhang Liao, on the other hand, seized the opportunity, joined his own cavalry, and continued to fight at the foot of Ye City.