Because the two major princes fighting in the north and south of Hanzhong are stronger than himself, and because his rear is unstable, the King of Hanzhong decided to return to Jingzhou and no longer compete with the Zhao army for the land of Hanzhong. Of course, the eastern part is still in his hands.
Naturally, he will not give up the land of three counties. After all, this is also the western peripheral defense line of Jingzhou. Even though the Han army is now on good terms with the Zhao army, Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, also knows very well that he has always been with the Zhao army.
All are enemies.
Because it was known from the intelligence that the Shu army in the south was sending reinforcements again, the Zhao army in Chenggu and Xicheng counties, as well as Yang Wangqing and others, needed to go south to Hanzhong City to take charge of the attack on the Shu army. Therefore, Yang Wangqing captured part of the Shu army.
The soldiers and armor equipment were sent to the Han army for their return to Jingzhou to arm the soldiers for the purpose of taking over the place.
In addition, the King of Hanzhong also paid to buy war horses from the Zhao army. Yang Wangqing took out a thousand horses from the prepared war horses of his own soldiers and the captured Shu army horses, and sold them to the Han army. For the Han army, there may not have been many horses in the past.
, but there are still a lot of them on the Jingzhou territory. You must know that as the Zhao army swept across the north, the north's war horse resources were destined to the south. Unless there was an instruction from the Zhao government in the north, the southern princes would not want war horses at all.
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After settling the relationship with the Han army, the civil servants who accompanied the army have also arrived. With the establishment of local government soldiers and county soldiers, Zhao Jun's local government here has been successfully established, and his rule over the local area has also been formally established. Next
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Naturally, the local government was responsible for the government affairs. With the completion of these affairs, Yang Wangqing, who was officially appointed by King Zhao as the Commander-in-Chief of Hanzhong March, and his generals rushed to the outside of Hanzhong City to confront the Shu army in the south. Hanzhong, Nanzheng,
White water line.
Hanzhong City, the center of the Hanzhong region, is located in the northeast of Nanzheng County. At this moment, this former government seat has become the place where the Shu army and the Zhao army faced off. The entire Hanzhong region, except for the three easternmost counties, is occupied by the Han army.
, nearly two-thirds of the remaining territory has been occupied by the Zhao army. However, most of the more prosperous areas are in the south, and now they are in the hands of the Shu army.[
Outside Hanzhong City, Zhao Jun was marching out of camp in an orderly manner. He was so calm that he did what he did every day. He got up every morning, had a meal, marched out of camp, formed a formation, attacked the city, and then threw the mess on the ground and collected the corpses.
, returned to camp. Even though the Zhao army outside the city did not have the upper hand, the Shu army inside the city did not dare to leave the city easily, let alone harass the Zhao army outside the city.
During these few days, the two sides were simply practicing. The two sides were facing each other in the north of the city. No one on either side made any moves easily. But during these few days, the commander of the Shu army was killed by the Zhao army in Xicheng County. Ten thousand people were killed.
The rest of the army was destroyed by the Zhao army. At the same time, during this period, the Zhao army had successfully taken over the land it occupied, and also stabilized the King of Hanzhong, allowing him to return to Jingzhou and give up the dispute with the Zhao army.
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However, today, the banner of the Zhao army has changed. The banner of the Hanzhong Marching Governor was erected outside Hanzhong City for the first time, and inside Hanzhong City, the new commander's banner was also erected on the city. Zhao Jun and Shu
The army commanders arrived at the front line almost in no particular order.
General Jiang Poyun and deputy general Meng Hao of the Shu Army arrived at Hanzhong City first, but they already felt that the generals in the counties in southern Hanzhong did not want to see them. The two of them also knew the reason. It was related
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The Northern General sealed Yan Zhang's affairs. But these matters were not decided by them, so Jiang Poyun and his two men could only bear the attitude of these generals. They believed that as the Zhao army approached, all the Shu army generals would
The most important thing is to resist the Zhao army.
"Dong dong dong... Wu Wu Wu..." The sound of drums shook the sky, and the sound of horns continued. Under the sky, amid the loud sound of horns and the passionate sound of war drums, thousands of soldiers of the Zhao army lined up.
They formed a neat square formation, shouted loud chants, and surged forward with neat steps. Their blood was already boiling, and the primitive beastiality was surging in the hearts of the soldiers.
Jiang Poyun, the general of the Shu Army in the north, was already watching on the city wall. When he saw the Zhao army's formation and their majestic momentum, and then looked at the nervous look of his own soldiers, Jiang Poyun couldn't help but feel nervous. His own side
The soldiers are not as good as the opponent and have been frightened by the opponent's momentum.
In addition, Jiang Poyun was also worried about Zhao Jun's huge number of various equipment. Behind each military formation, there were ballistas one after another. These ballistas were covered with iron sheets and had two huge cannons on both sides.
The wheels look like upside down wheels. But Jiang Poyun knows that those
It is the runner used for winding. These repeating crossbows have different firing ranges, three hundred steps for the far one and one hundred and ten steps for the close one. They are placed at intervals and the firing speed is very amazing. Zhao Jun’s various instruments, whether for civilian or military use
, are famous all over the world, Jiang Poyun also knows these.
Behind the ballistas, there are tall catapults placed. Each thunderbolt cart is ten steps apart and is manned by dozens of soldiers. Behind each thunderbolt cart, there are two large carts transporting stones, taking turns.
They went back and forth, supplying rocks and clay pots filled with oil in a timely manner. Of course, if necessary, Jiang Poyun believed that the other party would probably throw thunder.
The effect of Zhao Jun's catapults and thunderbolts is very obvious. From the many legends about Zhaojun's thunderbolts, this mode of mixing offense and defense is also famous. In addition, although Jiang
It only took Poyun two days to arrive here, but he learned from the guard in the city.
After many days of attacks, Zhao Jun's crossbows and catapults posed a considerable threat to the defenders. Although in these few days, Zhao Jun had no intention of ascending the city. But Zaishi's attack
Next, the walls of Hanzhong City were severely damaged. In addition, the blow to the morale of the soldiers was also quite severe.
Xiao Yuanlin, the prefect of Hanzhong, looked at Zhao Jun arrayed outside the city, and his face couldn't help but twitch. The daily offensive and defensive battles in the city had made him exhausted. He couldn't sleep at night, and his eye circles were dark every day. Especially every time Zhao Jun marched.
They came out, but the defenders were not sure whether they were really going to attack the city, so the defenders had to brave the Zhao army's crossbow arrows and the boulders thrown by the catapults to appear on the city wall to guard against the Zhao army's attack.
"General, the strength of the Zhao army has increased compared to the previous few days. It seems that the reinforcements of the Zhao army have arrived again." Xiao Yuanlin said with a solemn face, although he was not satisfied with the new general who took over the position of his former boss Feng Yanzhang.
He was dissatisfied, but he also knew that if Hanzhong City was lost, it would be a big deal. Public versus private, he still knew what was more important than private.
Jiang Poyun said in a deep voice: "That's because the commander of Zhao Jun has arrived!" He looked at the flags on the opposite side and said coldly to himself, "The Commander-in-Chief of Hanzhong March, what a big name, why is this Hanzhong a place?"
It will now become the jurisdiction of your Zhao army."
"When Zhao Jun was approaching, you should have attacked, contacted the surrounding defenders, and joined forces to counterattack. At that time, Zhao Jun had just arrived and was short of troops. Their main force was fighting General Feng in Xicheng County. You could completely defeat Zhao.
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At the very least, it will force the Zhao army to retreat. In this way, it can also provide support to General Feng. Unfortunately, because you were afraid of the Zhao army on the opposite side, you did not take immediate action and watched Zhao army defeat the main force of General Feng, who was alone and weak.
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"Now, Zhao Jun has captured the eastern part of Hanzhong, stabilized their flanks, and expanded the depth of Zhao Jun's rear area. In this way, Zhao Jun can continuously move from the north to the south, and continuously transport grain and grass supplies to the safety of the rear.
Land. This battle is not easy to fight, and the Zhao army on the opposite side is not easy to fight."
Seeing what Jiang Poyun said, the faces of all the generals around him were very ugly. They all knew that what Jiang Poyun said was indeed reasonable. When Feng Yanzhang was not around, the Zhao army attacked and destroyed the cities north of Hanzhong City.
, after the troops arrived outside Hanzhong City, all the generals in the city did not dare to fight. In addition, due to the lack of troops, they could only stay in the city.
However, what surprised the defenders was that Zhao Jun did not attack the city this time. After the army approached, Zhao Jun sent more than a hundred people, each holding a simple loudspeaker, to appear outside the city within a stone's throw.
Then, a situation occurred that made Jiang Poyun's face change drastically. Zhao Jun began to persuade them to surrender. They used Feng Yanzhang as an example to persuade them to surrender. Those who were released by Zhao Jun were instead used by Shu Army to collude with Zhao Jun.
The officers of the Shu army who had been arrested for internal crimes in the Zhao army used an example to persuade the soldiers guarding the city to surrender.
Think about it, Feng Yanzhang would rather die than abandon the king of Shu, Situ Che, but in the end he was deprived of all his achievements by Situ Che, and his family was almost killed. Among the officers and soldiers released by the Zhao army,
Some of them were not embarrassed by the Zhao army, but were taken to prison by their own side. The Zhao soldiers outside the city took this as an example, and still persuaded the defenders in the city to surrender to the Zhao army.
In addition, Zhao Jun also narrated in public the various policies of the Zhao government to govern the local area. In addition, he also promised a tax-free policy for the prefectures and counties in Hanzhong, so that the garrison officers and soldiers in the city and the people of Hanzhong City would accept Zhao Jun's rule early and enjoy Zhao Jun's rule.
The army's policy of benefiting the people. In addition, Zhao's soldiers also talked outside the city about the treatment of Zhao's lieutenants, the treatment of their families, welfare and other outstanding military policies among Zhao's army, in order to encourage the defenders in the city to surrender.[
What made Jiang Poyun feel a little bit scared was that Zhao Jun was preaching outside the city that even if it was inconvenient for the defenders to surrender, they only needed to reduce their intensity during the battle with Zhao Jun... Jiang Poyun could clearly feel that,
Many of the soldiers around them had begun to whisper quietly. What was even more serious was that some archers could not help but involuntarily point their arrows at the soldier Zhao who was shouting outside the city, quietly relaxing or lowering his voice.
"Fire the arrow! Shoot me!" Jiang Poyun didn't wait for Zhao Jun to continue shouting, and immediately ordered angrily.
"General, our archery skills can reach the opponent's position. In addition, there is a huge shield in front of the opponent's soldiers, and our crossbows cannot be effective." The general beside him reported in a deep voice.
"Beat the drum, beat the drum hard, didn't you hear what Zhao Jun was shouting? Don't you feel that our soldiers have been affected?" Jiang Poyun's face darkened and he ordered angrily.
In an instant, the drums on the city wall continued to beat, resounding throughout the fields, forcing the Zhao army outside the city to shout to persuade the soldiers to withdraw to their own formation. In addition, the soldiers of Zhao did not continue the attack and returned to camp.
"Xiao Taishou, Zhao Jun released a group of our prisoners, are any of them taken into the city by you?" Returning to the prefect's mansion in the city, Jiang Poyun looked solemn and asked Xiao Yuanlin, the Hanzhong prefect beside him. Although the prefect was a civil servant,
However, with Feng Yanzhang and various senior officers under his command killed in battle, Xiao Yuanlin turned out to be the most powerful person in the counties in southern Hanzhong.
An official with a high official position. In addition, Xiao Yuanlin was also a military general. He could serve as the prefect of Hanzhong because he was temporarily appointed by Feng Yanzhang. He was not an orthodox civil official. According to Feng Yanzhang's plan, temporarily appointing military generals under his command as local officials could be very effective.
If you can help yourself well, when the land in Hanzhong is occupied by the Shu army, it will naturally be replaced by the King of Shu.
Xiao Yuanlin said in a deep voice: "There are about 6,000 prisoners of our army who were released by Zhao Jun and returned successfully. They have all been incorporated into the garrison of Hanzhong City, Nanzheng, and Baishui by us."
Jiang Poyun sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can you integrate them into the garrison? Aren't you afraid that there will be problems?"
Xiao Yuanlin said solemnly: "They are all soldiers who accompanied the general on the expedition. How can we ignore them? In addition, they were all paid back by General Feng in exchange for their lives. Our robes. What the general is worried about, we naturally also don't care about."
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They had already conducted a thorough investigation. In addition, the officers among them had been relocated, and the soldiers were scattered and organized into various armies as a legacy. Even some of the soldiers were bribed by the Zhao army, but they were separated
After that, they no longer pose much of a threat."
Jiang Poyun's face was stiff and he said in a low voice: "Is there no threat? If these soldiers captured by Zhao Jun are incorporated into the army by you, it will only allow these soldiers to spread their fear of Zhao Jun to other soldiers. At the same time, it will also
Tell others what they experienced in the Zhao army, let them know that surrendering to the Zhao army will not put their lives in danger, but if they fight against the Zhao army, they will die on the battlefield."
"Didn't you feel before that our soldiers had wavered in the face of Zhao Jun's persuasion to surrender? Didn't you feel that the soldiers were only afraid of gathering with the army? General Feng Yanzhang was still able to fight to the death with Zhao Jun.
Could it be that this spirit and will no longer exist among the Shu army in Hanzhong?"
"You inspected these soldiers, you isolated these officers who were released by Zhao Jun, and you separated these soldiers and organized them into the three-place garrison. It seems that everything is the most reasonable arrangement, but your every move
, but it has fallen into the expectations of Zhao Jun. These soldiers released by Zhao Jun will not only spread the fear of Zhao Jun to the defenders everywhere, but also allow them to provoke the entire army because of your arrangements for them.
I am dissatisfied with the entire Shu army and I am dissatisfied with the king."
Xiao Yuanlin and other Hanzhong generals also understood the problem at this moment. After a while, Xiao Yuanlin said solemnly: "How could we not know what the general said. However, in just a few seconds, the Zhao army entered Hanzhong and the army was already two times larger.
The town, that is, 50,000 soldiers. Just outside Hanzhong City, the number of soldiers increased sharply every day from the initial four to five thousand. When these prisoners were released,
When they were released, the Zhao army outside the city had received reinforcements, numbering more than 10,000. However, in the entire counties in southern Hanzhong, our soldiers only numbered 10,000. Including the local garrison, the number was only 20,000.
Even so, we still have to be responsible for the defense of cities in various places. In this case, if we don’t integrate these soldiers who were released by Zhao Jun into the army, what can we do?"
Xiao Yuanlin's words immediately made Jiang Poyun speechless. The Zhao army's invasion was too fast and too sudden, and Feng Yanzhang's army marched eastward to the Han army in central and eastern Hanzhong. As a result, the Zhao army cut off its retreat and the entire army was destroyed.
Along with the Xicheng and Chenggu areas, the southern part of Hanzhong was originally the rear area of the Shu army. If it were not for the purpose of frightening the local area and enforcing the seal to conquer the Han army, which required too many manpower, the situation would have been even worse.
Meng Hao said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, General, our follow-up reinforcements have already set off from Yizhou, and they will arrive here soon."
Naturally, Jiang Poyun and Meng Hao did not set off with the army, because Feng Yanzhang died and the Zhao army attacked, so Jiang Poyun and Meng Hao naturally rushed to the north in an emergency. After all, the Shu army in Hanzhong was already the leader of the group.
As for the army, it is natural to support them later. Mobilizing the army is not a simple matter. Especially now that the Shu army is defeated in Hanzhong.
The damage was serious, and it was not an easy task to mobilize men and horses from Yizhou. In addition, when the army was mobilized, soldiers, armor, equipment, and grain and grass supplies all needed to be prepared urgently. This was not an easy task either. The more the Han people mobilized the army, the more difficult it was to mobilize the army.
The more people there are, the more trouble there is. Generally, Dongjun needs to prepare food, grass, supplies and armor several months in advance.
Outside Hanzhong City, in the main camp of the Zhao army, Yang Wangqing, the commander-in-chief of the march, and Zhao Kang, the general of the first town army of the Forbidden Army who had come for reinforcements, gathered here.
"Grand Governor, why not attack the city directly? We have more troops than they do, and the previous attempts to persuade them to surrender have played a big role. We can definitely attack the city by force. In addition, the Shu Army's new General Zhenbei has just arrived.
In the city, I'm afraid we still can't completely control the Hanzhong Shu army at this moment. The longer the delay is, the worse it will be for us!" Duan Yan, the deputy general of the eighth town who was originally responsible for containing the Hanzhong City Shu army, said worriedly.
Yang Wangqing smiled and said: "This Hanzhong City is the seat of Hanzhong governance. It is not so easy to break the city. Although there are not many troops in the city, there are many people in the city, and they can gather casualties and young people at any time. In addition, the food and grass stored in the city
There are sufficient supplies and armor, so we will not be in trouble due to food and grass issues. In addition, according to the Shadow Division, Yizhou Shu Army reinforcements, consisting of 5,000 people, have already begun to arrive in Guangyuan County, which is closest to the south of Hanzhong."
"So, we can't confront and consume the Shu army here. We have to give full play to our strengths. Although we have many advantages over the Shu army, the Shu army is also exhausted from months of fighting. However, fighting against them is the most important thing.
It’s an inferior way of playing. Come to think of it, you all don’t want to cause any major losses to your subordinates.”
Zhao Kang asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean by the Governor, that we will not attack Hanzhong City?"
Yang Wangqing smiled and said: "If we don't attack by force, we have a huge military advantage in the south of Hanzhong, so we can mobilize a lot of troops. This time we will take Baishui County in the west of Hanzhong first. There are not many Shu troops here, and it is the Shu army heading north to Hanzhong.
, the place where reinforcements arrive first. As long as we attack here, whether it is Hanzhong City or the Shu army in Nanzheng, they will support this place. In this way, our opportunity will come."[
Qin You smiled and said: "The Governor-General wants us to attract the Shu troops from Hanzhong and Nanzheng and annihilate them outside the city?"
"Not only that, our biggest advantage now is that the Shu army's strength is far less than mine. In addition, the Shu army prisoners we have released have a profound influence on the Shu army here. Therefore, I want to
The arrival of Shu army reinforcements
Before, destroy the Shu army in Nanzheng, Baishui, and Hanzhong City. In addition, it is best to occupy these areas. If the Shu army in Hanzhong is completely destroyed, no matter how much reinforcements Situ Che sends, it will not make up for it and he will lose any control over Hanzhong.