58, Bing Lin Xiao County (Supplementary Leave Chapter 2)
From Xuexian County to Peixian County, there are actually some county towns and villages in between.
Such as Qi County, Guangqi County.
It's just that this time the troops arrived in Yuzhou, it was a strategic shift for the purpose of carrying out a surprise attack. As for the so-called biting off more than they can chew, neither Wang Zheng nor Mi Heng and others had the intention to waste time on the way, so they all refused to enter. Sneak all the way, hiding by day and emerging at night.
At this point, the states and counties we passed along the way seemed not to notice it at all, let alone respond to the summons.
After leaving Xue County, the army galloped through the starry night for three consecutive days, attacking for hundreds of miles. By now, it had crossed the border of Lu State and entered Pei State.
Looking at the looming city in the distance, it didn't look majestic or tall, but Wang Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
Is that the "Sishui Pavilion"?
This place is almost known to everyone in the Han Dynasty.
Because Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang once served as the "Pavilion Chief of Surabaya".
And Wang Zheng, a time traveler, knew that this place also had a close connection with another unparalleled hero of the ages.
It was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was a native of Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui), his ancestral home was Sishui.
Yuanzhang, whose courtesy name is Guorui and whose surname is Zhu, was born in Pei, and moved to Jurong and then Sizhou. His father Shizhen first moved to Zhongli in Haozhou. He gave birth to four sons, Taizu Qiye.---" "History of the Ming Dynasty"
A mere hundred miles away, but able to simultaneously have contact with the only two unified commoner emperors in the thousands-year history of the Chinese dynasty...
Does it really contain the so-called emperor's energy?
The Eternal Dragon Enclave, the hometown of a generation of emperors...
At this dawn moment when the sky was clear and the air was clear, Wang Zheng carefully realized the strange emotions growing in his heart.
While he ordered the whole army to rest and set up camp on the spot, he and Ni Heng, Wu Sheng, Xu Fang and others pointed out distant cities in the wilderness, discussing the past and present from time to time, and nostalgic for the past.
It's a pity that the troops were so quick this time, but it's not appropriate to add extraneous matters and go to the county to pay homage.
With such emotion, after taking a short rest at night, they set off again in the early morning. By dawn the next day, the heavenly army had arrived beside a large river.
It is the big river of Surabaya.
The ancients adhered to the principle of being close to mountains and rivers when building cities. It can be said that several important cities in the history of the Celestial Dynasty, such as Qufu, Yanzhou Zoucheng, Rencheng, and even Surabaya, were born because of it.
Mi Heng had already noted it on the map, so everyone was well prepared and specifically chose to cross the river near Pei County, where the river is the narrowest.
It took a day to collect boats along the coast, cut down trees and make rafts, then crossed Surabaya that night, and spent another two days crossing a steep and desolate plain.
At this time, it was less than a hundred miles away from Xiao County.
It took nearly half a month from Kaiyang to here.
With such efficiency, although Wang Zheng was still too slow, Mi Heng on the side was stunned with a look of disbelief.
...
The next day, when Wang Zheng's army approached Xiao County in a mighty manner, they immediately jumped some people in nearby villages and towns.
Seeing such a large army suddenly appearing, with so many people covering the mountains and plains, the villagers were stunned and frightened.
At Wang Zheng's signal, Xu Fang arranged for the Tianfu Army to disperse to comfort him, and at the same time temporarily detained him so as not to alert the people of Xiao County in advance.
Immediately, the army accelerated its advance again under Wang Zheng's order.
This time, however, they were not polite. The villagers directly took the merchants they saw along the way and brought them to the king, so as not to let the news leak out.
At noon when the sun was in the middle of the square, Xiao County had appeared in Wang Zheng's eyes.
This surprise attack was so fast that the city defense troops finally reacted when the leading troops of the Heavenly Army were approaching four or five miles away from Xiao County.
The royal army and Zheng's army were all in square formation below the city. At this time, the people of Xiao County did not even know where the enemy was coming from.
...
In the second year of Xingping, there were three owners of Yuzhou at this time, and two of them were old acquaintances of Wang Zheng.
Yellow Turban, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu.
After Yuan Shu was defeated by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at Kuangting in Yanzhou, he turned south to Yangzhou. However, except for Liang State, which was occupied by Cao Cao who was pursuing all the way, most of Yuzhou at this time was still under its control.
For example, Sun Bi, the governor of Yuzhou at this time, was appointed by Yuan Shu (the son of Sun Jian's brother).
Xiao County is also within the jurisdiction of Yuan Shu.
For today's civil and military forces in Xiao County, the biggest threat is naturally Cao Cao.
Fortunately, after capturing the Liang Kingdom, he began to focus on Xuzhou from the year before last.
Last year there was even more good news.
Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou, and the Qingzhou army rebelled...
These two incidents have now spread throughout the Han Dynasty, and the civil and military officials in Xiao County also know that their biggest enemy is now in dire straits and cannot protect themselves, so they naturally feel relaxed and less vigilant.
As for the Yellow Turbans, another force in Yuzhou...
They are working closely with Yuan Shu, the big brother who takes the lead, so they will not attack Xiao County for no reason.
Therefore, the people of Xiao County did not expect that an army would suddenly attack at this time.
Not the Yellow Turban...
Looking at the well-organized and powerful army under the city, no one would associate the tiger and wolf divisions that can be seen at a glance with the hordes of shrimps like the Yellow Turbans.
Where does that power come from?
The so-called spring plowing and autumn harvest.
At this time, in the farmland dotted around Xiao County, there were countless people engaged in farming.
The heavenly army came with murderous intent, and they were the first to be frightened. They dropped their farm tools one after another and crawled to the ground to run into the city.
Except for some common people at the beginning, the city defense army behind them saw that the thieves were too powerful and had already pulled up the drawbridge and closed the city gates. They allowed the people to cry and scream under the city, but they did not dare to let anyone into the city again.
The entire Xiao County was in panic at this time.
Warning bells, drums, and trumpets sounded in unison.
Under the urging of the officers, countless anxious Xiaoxian soldiers rushed to the top of the city on all sides in a team, guarding the gates and waiting in full formation.
Crossbows, trebuchets and other equipment were also pushed up to the top of the city and spread out.
Soon after, under the guard of a group of city guards, a young general shouted condescendingly on top of the city:
"Who is coming? Tell me your name."
Is it polite?
Before asking someone's name, you must give your own name first, understand?
Wang Zhengdu was too lazy to pay any attention to him. He just glanced at the top of the city and then went about arranging the generals and allocating the armies.
At this time, the general finally saw clearly the situation below the city, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Are they really the soldiers of Cao Cao?
It was a black torrent that had spread around Xiao County.
At the beginning, the armor in Wang Zheng's army was captured from Cao Cao's troops. Later, even if other forces seized, even purchased, and made their own, in order to ensure the uniformity of uniform colors, in addition to the Tianzhu camp, they would be supplemented by red armor.
The main color of the armor and clothing under his command is black.
This happened to make the general misunderstand.
Then he glanced at the large flag with the word "king" fluttering in the wind below, and the general kept thinking in his mind.
Which general in Cao's army is named Wang?
Amid his confusion, Wang Zheng had already made arrangements.
The city in Xiao County is not big, with a radius of only four to five miles, enough for ten thousand people to completely surround it.
Wang Zheng personally garrisoned the four city gates, Xu Fang and Wu Sheng were in charge of the west side, and Zhang Rao, Wu Niu and others led troops to surround the east side.
At the last south gate, Chen Jiao and his 500 troops were asked to let go, forming a situation of three surrounded by one.
If there are any civilians or enemy messengers leaving the city, they will all be stopped.
It would be best if the enemy defends timidly and abandons the city to break out.
Wang Zheng currently has no ambition to occupy Yuzhou. The purpose of attacking Xiao County is to open up the retreat route and have a stronghold to move to when attacking Pengcheng.
Since this was not his target, Wang Zheng naturally did not want to suffer too much losses in Xiao County before attacking Pengcheng.
What's more, Mi Heng had already told him that Yuzhou was still Yuan Benchu's territory.
For this potential future alliance partner, Wang Zheng had no intention of giving him a slap in the face before shaking hands.
He looked up and met the general's eyes. When he saw him opening his mouth as if he wanted to ask something else, Wang Zheng snorted coldly, then waved his hand impatiently and shouted:
"I'll give you half an hour, open the city gates, abandon your weapons and surrender!"
"If you try to resist stubbornly, you will all be reduced to powder wherever our troops come!"
The loud sound echoed over the city walls of Xiao County like muffled thunder, showing the unruly and arrogant tone.
Seeing that Wang Zheng was so presumptuous and didn't take him seriously at all, the young general became so angry that he glared and couldn't help but curse.
Just looking at the city again, the heavenly army was completely spread out. The mountains and plains were filled with figures and swords. Even the dust raised by the horses' hooves seemed to cover the entire Xiao County.
The young general made a quick estimate and knew that there were at least 10,000 people.
This number shocked him.
I also saw the rigorous formations, horses galloping and people galloping, guns everywhere, dazzling in the sun;
Such a powerful army...
He looked around with some distress, and saw that all of his soldiers were showing fear, and his heart felt cold.
Even before the battle began, morale was already so low and people's hearts were at a loss.