After receiving the news halfway, Xun You immediately divided his troops.
Two thousand infantry rushed to the county seat of Muxian County as originally planned to replace the cavalry led by Xian Yuyin, while the main force turned around and rushed to Zhang's manor outside the city.
Before he sent out the army, he had found out clearly that although the Zhang family in Mo County was not a prestigious family, they were still powerful and owned a large estate. The Zhang family had been in the army for several generations, and they were considered generals, with elites like the Euphorbia Soldiers.
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Few people are not enough, we must go all out.
Prior to this, Xinpi had already led some of his bodyguards to set up roadblocks at key intersections to prevent anyone from the Zhang family from escaping.
Xun You acted very quickly. That afternoon, 2,000 infantry cavalry, 2,000 Youzhou cavalry, and 8,000 infantry, a total of 13,000 people, surrounded Zhang's manor.
After Xun You personally observed the defense of the manor, he ordered people to persuade him to surrender and ordered the construction of ordnance in preparation for a storming attack.
The Zhang family is not weak, the fortress is strong, and the troops guarding the dock are also elite. However, after seeing the battle flags of Xun You and Qu Yi, they were a little confused.
They always thought that the one who would attack Jizhou would be Youzhou Mu Yuan Shu, but they never expected that it would be Xun You and Qu Yi.
In the Battle of Tanhan Mountain, Xianbei in central China, which had been rampant outside the Great Wall for more than ten years, was wiped out in the battle. Xun Youwei, the governor of Youyan, guarded the northern border. He was already a hero in the hearts of many Youzhou and northern Hebei people, even more so than the White Horse General Gongsun Zan.
In order to win the hearts of the people, many people in Jizhou had thought of joining the army and serving under Xun You.
What's more, he also has Qu Yi, who once defeated Gongsun Zan and was even more famous than Zhang He, and the world-famous Youzhou Tuqi.
On the third day, Yan Rou, Qi Zhou and others arrived with 20,000 Youzhou infantry and surrounded the manor.
Seeing this scene, Zhang He's elder brother Zhang Wu, who was staying at the manor, knew that he was outmatched and asked to surrender to prevent both the enemy and the enemy from being destroyed.
If there is no war, no blood, everything is easy to talk about. Once the action is taken, killing is inevitable. If the attacker suffers too many casualties and becomes red-blooded, it is possible to massacre the entire manor.
Since we are destined to lose, we might as well surrender and save our lives.
Xun You accepted Zhang Wu's surrender and immediately led his troops south, attacking all the way.
Shocked by the news that Min County had been lost and that Zhang had surrendered without a fight, Renqiu, Gaoyang and other counties along the way surrendered. Half a month later, Xun You's troops came to Leling, the capital of the Hejian Kingdom (Succeeded).
Lecheng's city was fortified, and the Hutuo River was used as a pond. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and refused to surrender.
Xun You ordered to move to the city, and at the same time sent troops to attack nearby counties and promote land conservancy.
There was no big family in Hejian, and the Zhang family in Mo County was considered the leader. Since the Zhang family had surrendered, how could anyone else dare to confront Xun You head-on. They had no choice but to give in and find ways to smoothen the relationship, hoping to get along with Xun You.
The relationship was based on cooperation in exchange for Xun You being open-minded.
Xing Yong from Yan was elected as the representative and met with Xun You.
Xun You was very considerate and immediately received Xing Yong and treated him as an honored guest.
But he declined Xing Yong's request. It was said that he was acting under an imperial edict, and no one could refuse unless the emperor issued an edict. Instead of spending time persuading me, it would be better to go directly to the emperor.
Xing Yong had no choice but to rush to Xingzai.
Zhang He stood on the general platform, looking far into the distance, staring at the official road in the distance, hoping that there would be news, but also fearing that there would be news.
Liu Bei is attacking Wei County, and the offensive is very fierce. There was news from Wei County a few days ago, and they kept asking him for help. In the past two days, the news has become sparse. There are only tourists outside the city, and there is no news from inside the city.
It was probably Liu Bei who discovered the connection between them and used his cavalry to blockade Wei County.
This worried him.
He had fought in Xuzhou and knew the capabilities of Liu Bei and Liu Bei's subordinates Zhang Fei, Chen Deng and others. Without reinforcements, Wei County would not be able to sustain it for long.
But he neither reinforced nor reported to the judge.
During the review, Tian Feng had already made a plan, and Yecheng was the focus. The surrounding counties were all abandoned sons that consumed the imperial court's strength and delayed their attack speed. Reinforcements would only disrupt the planned plan and play into the imperial court's hands.
But seeing Wei County fall and not saving it made him worried that his morale would be damaged. If the soldiers were separated, they might collapse without a fight.
How to deal with this situation has become his biggest headache.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Xiong suddenly said, "Ah Weng, look, someone seems to be coming."
Zhang He retracted his thoughts and looked north attentively, only to see a carriage rushing along the official road.
He couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Looking at this carriage, it looks like an emissary of the judge.
Could it be that the judge ordered reinforcements?
When the carriage stopped in front of the camp gate, someone came up to ask, and immediately sent out a flag to report to the Chinese army that they were Zhang He's guests.
Zhang He was even more surprised and ordered Zhang Xiong to greet him.
He really couldn't think of anyone else who would visit him at this time.
There was Bei Zhan before. But after Bei Zhan went to Xingxing, news came back that he had not yet met the emperor, but he was invited by Zhen Mi of the Zhen family in Zhongshan to work in Jizhou Bookstore. The task was easy, the reward was generous, and
The significance is also very important, he will not come back for the time being.
Who will it be this time?
After half an hour, Zhang Xiong led the guests over.
From a high position, Zhang He could see clearly. He saw that the man looked familiar, but he couldn't pronounce his name. He hurriedly got off the platform and took a closer look. He suddenly remembered who it was, and he couldn't help being surprised and happy.
"Xing Zi'ang?"
Xing Yong cupped his hands, looking helpless.
Although they are from the same hometown, Zhang He is a martial artist, but he is a Confucian scholar with a filial and honest background. He was once offered a position in the Situ Mansion, but he did not accept it. Instead, he chose to live in seclusion in Youbeiping. He once traveled from Tianchou, which can be regarded as Northern Xinjiang.
A rare celebrity.
The two of them had no friendship at all, but today they were forced by the situation and had to take the initiative to meet.
"General, Hejian has been captured by Xun Gongda, only Leling has not yet been conquered. The Zhang family's manor outside the city of Muxian County was also defeated by Xun Gongda, and all the general's clan members were captured by them."
Although he did not receive exact information, Zhang He had already guessed the result, which was not surprising.
"Xin Zuozhi said that the war between the two armies would not bring harm to his family. He respects the general and is willing to save the lives of the general's family. He also hopes that the general can make a difference. He should not join forces with Shen Zhengnan and Tian Yuanhao and make mistakes again and again."
Zhang He was surprised. "Xin Zuozhi is in Xun Gongda's army?"
"They are in-laws, and Xin Zuozhi is now a military advisor."
Zhang He's eyes twitched.
He understood what Simpi meant, this was a deal.
If he wanted his people to be safe, he had to protect Xinpi's family from being killed by Shenpei and Tian Feng. But how could Simpi not know about Shenpei and Tian Feng, who had been in Yecheng for several years, and how could he persuade them to do so?
Besides, how can he ensure the safety of Xinpi's family in Yecheng when he is outside the city.
"Is the general in trouble?"
Zhang He looked at Xing Yong and tried to calm down. "It turns out that Zi Ang came to work as a lobbyist for Xin Zuozhi, but he was unexpected and rude."
Xing Yong shook his head. "I just stopped by to deliver a message. I don't want to convince the general. There are more important things than the lives of the general's people."
Zhang He was very unhappy and couldn't help but sneer: "What kind of thing is more important than the lives of hundreds of members of my Zhang family, so that I can work with Jun Xing to drive me all the way?"
Xing Yong ignored Zhang He's sarcasm. "Xun Gongda wants to cultivate fields in the river. Anyone who violates this will be killed."