The people on the left and right didn't dare to try to persuade him any more, but they heard Zhang Liao shout loudly: "Come here! Beat the drum!"
The war drums sounded again, and the Han soldiers carried the long ladder and rushed towards the Qixian city. Just when everyone's attention was focused on the Qixian city, a tall figure suddenly appeared in the crowd... Zhang Liao rushed towards the city with a big sword in his hand.
In the team!
Seeing their general taking the lead, the morale of the Han army, which had been hit by the failure of successive sieges, was revived. The shouts became louder and louder, but the generals and colonels in the Han army were all holding hands for Zhang Liao.
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At this time, the defenders on the top of the city seemed to have noticed this situation, and arrows were fired at Zhang Liao one after another. Zhang Liao danced wildly with his broadsword, knocking down the arrows, but without stopping at all, he rushed over the frame in the blink of an eye.
The long ladder on the moat. Zhang Liao's bravery stunned the defenders on top of the city.
In fact, after several hours of fierce fighting, the defenders on the city were already very tired. The archers' arms were numb, and the arrows they shot lost their power and lost their accuracy. This also made Zhang Liao's
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While the defenders at the top of the city were stunned, two Han soldiers had already put up the long ladder on the city wall. Zhang Liao held a big knife in one hand and held the long ladder with the other hand, and climbed up quickly. When Zhang Liao climbed up
Halfway through, the defenders on the city came to their senses, and someone pushed down a log on the head.
Zhang Liao's climbing speed did not slow down at all. He shouted loudly and hit the tree with the back of his knife. With a muffled "bang" sound, the tree flew up into the air, turned somersault, and landed on the top of the city. It actually destroyed the city.
The defenders above were smashed to pieces, and everyone in the city shouted in surprise.
Taking advantage of this gap, Zhang Liaofei jumped up to the top of the city, flying his sword up and down, making him invincible. Jike stayed on top of the city for several hours, not even bothering to take a sip of water, waiting for the Han army to retreat.
When I was about to take a breath, I didn't expect that a murderer rushed up. Ji Ke pulled out the sword from his waist, but after all, he was just a scribe, and the sword was just a decoration. Can he still hope to fight against Zhang Liao?
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Seeing the gap on the top of the city getting bigger and bigger, Ji Ke knew that the situation was over, he looked up to the sky and sighed, suddenly put the sword on his neck, used both hands to exert force, blood surged up, and he slowly fell on the top of the city.
To Zhang Liao's surprise, Jike committed suicide. Instead of giving up the resistance, the defenders intensified their resistance. Zhang Liao chopped down more than a dozen defenders and civilians who rushed towards him. He swung his sword and shouted loudly: "
Stop it all!"
The two sides who were fighting fiercely stopped when he drank. Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "Ji Ke is dead. The one who puts down his weapon will not be killed!"
Some defenders shouted loudly: "No! We want to avenge Master Ji!"
Although this Qixian city is strong, it is not as good as the training center in the western suburbs of Xiangyang City, but the Han army attacked it so hard. This is the strongest one among the several cities Liu Xin planned to capture. Zhang Liao
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It is certainly an important reason to install some heavy siege equipment in order to keep the city intact as much as possible. However, the more important reason is that Jike has won the hearts of the people in peacetime, and the soldiers and civilians of Qixian County are willing to fight to the death. Zhang Liao has already seen this.
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Zhang Liao knew that now was not the time to reason with the defenders and civilians. He slammed the sword in his hand on the ground, turned around and said: "Although each has his own master, Lord Ji's loyalty and bravery are admirable! Who's here?
, carry Mr. Ji down to the city, so that he can calm down. In addition, we will provide pensions to Mr. Ji’s family members, and no one is allowed to harass them. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"
In this siege, the Han army suffered heavy casualties, and the soldiers were all resentful. If the defenders did not dare to surrender, they could just take the opportunity to kill and avenge their dead comrades. Without the support of the city wall, even these defenders
No matter how brave the soldiers and civilians are, they are just a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the powerful Han army.
After hearing Zhang Liao's words, the soldiers became anxious and started talking among themselves.
Zhang Liao's face darkened and he shouted: "Execute the order!"
The military orders were like a mountain. No matter how unwilling they were, the soldiers did not dare to say anything more. A few people went up and carried Jike's body down. The soldiers and civilians of the Yuan Army who were guarding the city saw that the Han general respected Jike, and their military morale suddenly increased.
They collapsed, threw away their weapons one after another, prostrated and begged to surrender, and Qixian was conquered.
Zhang Liao didn't want to kill a lot, but regardless of the Yuan army defending the city, there were still many civilians here, and these civilians were all strong men in the county. If they were to kill all these people, they would lose the support of the people of Qi County.
.He captured Qixian County to use it as a base to resist the Xianbei cavalry going south. If he lost the support of the people, it would be difficult to defend the city, let alone use it as a base to launch a counterattack.
After the soldiers and civilians guarding the city surrendered, Zhang Liao did not break his promise and pardoned everyone. Those who were willing to stay and fight against the Xianbei cavalry were incorporated into the people's army, and those who were unwilling to stay were given travel expenses and dismissed.
People fleeing from the north have passed by from time to time in the past few days. The county magistrate Jike is kind-hearted and agrees to let the people here into the city. However, these people are worried that Qi County is too close to the Xianbei camp, so most of them just stop for a while and continue.
went south. Due to Yuan Shao's order, Jike did not dare to publicly advocate the fight against Xianbei. This was the only thing that dissatisfied the soldiers and people in the city. Now, the soldiers and people in the city discovered that this new army was sincerely prepared to fight the Xianbei people.
, the majority are willing to stay and be incorporated into Minzhuang.
Zhang Liao saw that Qixian County had been secured, and left some troops to defend the city. He led five thousand cavalry overnight to reinforce Dalinglong's battle in the city. Halfway through, he saw a long queue of torches on the opposite side, and a group of troops came towards him.
Come, the leader is Hou Qinu.
It turned out that Jike was loyal to the Yuan family. After learning that the Han army had attacked Zhongdu, he strengthened the city defense and sent Pegasus to Taiyuan for emergency. At the same time, he notified nearby counties to strengthen their vigilance. Little did he know that in the early morning, Daling
It had already fallen into the hands of the Han army, and the messenger and the message were detained by Han Yong. Later, reinforcements from both land and water routes arrived in Daling. Hou Qinu discussed with Han Yong and decided to establish another one.
Fortunately, Zhang Liao had already conquered Qi County overnight, otherwise it would have been very difficult for him and his 1,500 men to succeed.
Soon, good news came from Gao Shun. His troops had conquered Zhishi. Now, except for Pingtao County, which is twenty miles southwest of Daling, all other cities had been captured. In view of the attack on Qi County,
After learning a lesson, Zhang Liao did not order an immediate attack on Pingtao, but sent several envoys to persuade him to surrender.
At dawn, Pingtao County Magistrate came with a group of officials to surrender. But that night, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were not idle. After discussing all night, the two basically determined how to defend this area and prevent the Xianbei cavalry from going south.
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Liu Xin has never liked to disturb the people, especially at the critical moment when the autumn harvest is approaching. However, the focus now is how to build a defense line, and the people in nine counties have been mobilized. In fact, even if they do not disturb the people, the Xianbei people will attack after a while.
There will also be very few crops left in the fields. Although the Xianbei people do not rely on grains as their staple food, their war horses will definitely eat up all the wheat in the fields like pasture. Therefore, the first thing Zhang Liao did was to strengthen the walls and clear the fields.
The Jianbi Qingye here did not simply collect the surplus grain from the people's homes, but moved all the people into nearby counties. Of course, all the grain was taken away, and all the crops in the fields were harvested, regardless of whether they were mature or not.
, if there is no time to harvest, just set fire to it. In short, it cannot be left to the Xianbei people.
The Han army is not short of food. Even if the crops in these counties are harvested, it will not have much impact. Although the dispatch of troops this time is a bit hasty, Liu Xin has already stored a large amount of food and grass in Hedong County. Now, these food and grass
The line from Yong'an to Mianshangju to Jiexiu has become a huge supply base. Not only grain and grass, but also various defensive equipment and a large number of war horses.
While sending people to persuade the people in the countryside to take refuge in the city, the Han army was also nervously carrying out various preparations before the war. The cities in each county had to be repaired and reinforced, and many pits and pits were dug in the suburbs and fields.
The trenches and many hidden obstacles were set up, which were effective means of blocking cavalry attacks.
It is very necessary for Zhang Liao to race against time to prepare. Taiyuan's Bingzhou governor Gao Gan should have received the news by now. Maybe Yuan Shao in Yecheng has also learned about the situation here. Yuan Shao's army and Xianbei cavalry will appear here soon.
, he must make all preparations before the enemy arrives, otherwise not only the 70,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army he leads will face difficulties, but also countless local people.
As expected, Yuan Shao of Yecheng received news of the Han army's massive attack on Taiyuan County. However, Yuan Shao was not in a hurry. The Xianbei army outside Taiyuan City had reached a size of 210,000, and varying numbers of Xianbei cavalry passed through Yan every day.
Gate went south. With such a powerful force as support, it was not easy for the Han army to continue marching north to conquer Taiyuan.
In Yuan Shao's view, the reason why the Han army suddenly launched this war was because they learned that the Xianbei cavalry was about to go south and wanted to preemptively attack them. The fact that the Han army was able to capture nine cities in a row within two or three days showed that Liu Xin had already
The main force was dispatched. Although the Xianbei people remained stationary, Liu Xin was successfully attracted by them. This was the effect Yuan Shao wanted.
What Yuan Shao hopes most now is that the Han army will continue to move north and start a big battle with the Xianbei people near Taiyuan, killing both sides. If this battle happens, the people of Taiyuan will definitely suffer huge harm, but Yuan Shao thinks he is doing something big.
As a man, how can he care about the safety of these humble people?
In the Xianbei tent outside Taiyuan City, Kuitou once again received Yuan Shao's envoy. This time, Yuan Shao's envoy did not urge them to go south immediately, but hoped that they would set up a formation south of Taiyuan to assist senior officials in preventing the Han army from going north.
The reason why Kuitou came this time was to establish his prestige among the clan. He did not want his army of more than 200,000 to become a shield for Taiyuan City. After listening to the words of Yuan Shao's envoy, Kuitou sneered and said: "We Xianbei men are all upright.
Hero, how can you be a coward like you Han people! Pass my order and the army will immediately go south to recover the lost territory for General Yuan. On the day the city is broken, we will march for three days!"