Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 522
The Xiongnu tribe suddenly broke face with the Yan army on the border, and fought in the northern part of Shanggu County, Yan State. After receiving this news, Zang Tu, who regarded the Xiongnu as his greatest hope, was of course as if he heard a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and his eyes suddenly went black. After resisting to stand firm, Zang Tu immediately asked the little eunuch Zhongxing with red eyes, "Why? Why did the Xiongnu at Zaoyang suddenly start fighting against us? Did you explain why?"

"Reporting to the King, I don't know." Bank of China said with a mournful face, "Shanggu just reported that several Xiongnu tribes in the area around Zaoyang seemed to have gone crazy, and suddenly united to fight south, killing many of us. The border residents also took away a lot of our things, and Shanggu doesn’t know exactly why the Xiongnu turned against us.”

Zang Tu's face was livid, and he looked at the Yan army's Southern Expedition team that was still setting out one by one under the swearing-in stage. Zang Tu calculated for a moment, and then ordered to the officials of Yan State next to him: "Three orders, first, strict Block the news and never let our expeditionary army know about this situation. Second, send an order to Shanggu County, only to guard the camps and cities, and not to send troops to fight back. Third, immediately send people to contact those Hun tribes to see Why did they turn against us, and if it was our fault, they can make amends as they please, and we must not delay our request for help from the Huns because of this matter."

The officials of the Yan State who were present hurriedly agreed together, but Zang Tu's face was still very livid. Looking at the Yan State army that was heading south, Zang Tu couldn't help feeling panic, and secretly said: "Whoa, this side As soon as the army was raised, the Huns on the frontier suddenly turned against the widow's army, could it be that the sky is going to destroy our country of Yan?"

Zang Tu may be a bit too unfounded on this point, because the army of Yan State had already made secret preparations for rebellion. In fact, after the Yan army suddenly raised troops, the surrounding Han army was obviously caught off guard, so that two days later , Nanzheng Yan army successfully crossed the border and officially entered the territory of Hengshan County, which is named Zhao's land, but they did not encounter even a single soldier from the Han army along the way.At the same time, Yan Guo's secret work also found important news, which confirmed that although Yan Yao, the guard of Hengshan County of the Han army, recruited the county soldiers at the first time and assembled the army to counter the rebellion, but because of the rush of time, there was absolutely no possibility of arriving before the Yan army. In front of Dongyuan, an army of more than [-] people was formed to fight.

This important news reassured Zang Tu a little, and it also greatly increased the confidence of Zang Quan, the eldest son of Zang Tu who led the army. He did not discuss with Yan Xiangzhao, who assisted him in the expedition, and directly ordered the Yan army to march southward at a rapid pace. It only took three days to lead the [-] Yan army directly to the Quni city in the north of Hengshan County. The Quni defenders dared not go out to fight, so they had to close the city and stick to it. After the persuasion was rejected, they immediately sent troops to attack the city, and then took the advantage of sufficient preparations to take down Quni County in just one day, forcing the Quni County Magistrate to abandon the city and flee south with the remaining defenders , It gave Yan Jun a good start very smoothly.

The victory in the first battle naturally increased Zang Quan's confidence, and Zang Quan once again ordered the Yan army to march southward in a hurry, along the Chidao to take the East Yuan City of Hengshan County. The two county towns of Kuxing, which eliminated the hidden dangers of the Yan army on the grain road, were also flatly rejected by Zang Quan, saying: "Our troops are limited, and the division of troops will only give the tyrants the opportunity to defend Dongyuan. The best strategy is to win Dongyuan first."

Zang Quan couldn't be held back, and Zhaoshe had to keep his mouth shut when he lost his tail. At present, the [-] Yan army continued to move south, and it still only took two days to approach the vicinity of Dongyuan at the speed of marching. To everyone's surprise, Yan Yao, the guard of Dongyuan County of the Han army, did not concentrate his troops to defend the city, but chose to lead a patchwork of less than [-] troops to build a camp outside the city, posing that he would fight with the Yan army. The posture of the decisive battle outside the city.

After confirming this point through detailed work, Zhaoshe Huawei immediately became suspicious and said, "What the hell is Yan Yao doing? His army strength is only one-third of ours, and it is entirely possible to garrison all of them in Dongyuan City and concentrate our troops to hold on." The city, why do you have to go out of the city to set up camp? Give us a chance to fight outside the city? There shouldn't be any conspiracy in this, right?"

"Xiangguo is too suspicious, so there are so many conspiracies?" Zang Quan said with a confident smile: "No matter why Yan Yao is setting up camp outside the city, we must not miss this opportunity. Hurry up and continue going south. Opportunity for the tyrant army to set up camp outside the city, fight them to the death outside the city!"

Zang Quan failed to get what he wanted this time. After he pulled the army to Dongyuan City, the Han army who set up camp outside the city decisively rejected the Yan army's invitation to a decisive battle and chose to stick to the camp. Although Zang Quan bullied the Han army The barracks were not as strong and tall as the city, and after a little preparation, they immediately attacked the Han army's barracks, but the Han army led by Yan Yao fought back with limited fortification advantages, and repelled two large-scale attacks by the Yan army.

It was only after the Yan army failed to attack for the third time that Zhaoshe realized Yan Yao's intentions, and hurriedly said to Zang Quan: "Young master, it seems that Yan Yao's intention is to set up camp outside the city on purpose. , taking advantage of our eagerness for battle, to lure us to attack his camp outside the city with all our strength, first using the camp outside the city to consume part of our morale and strength, and then retreating to the city to defend the city. In this way, our main force can be restrained, Let us not have time to attack other cities in Hengshan County, and buy more time for other tyrant troops, if we are fooled by him and just attack by force, I am afraid it will only play into his hands."

After pointing out Yan Yao's vicious intentions, Zhao She dropped the tail and added, "The best way is to quickly divide our forces, take Quyang and Kuxing in the northwest and northeast first, protect our grain roads, and move the main force eastward to take Go down to Jingxing, cut off the road for the Taiyuan enemy to reinforce Dongyuan, and then wait for the rear army led by our king to arrive, and it will not be too late to jointly take down Dongyuan.”

Zang Quan rebuffed Zhaoshe's proposal after a short calculation, and said, "No, we can't divide the troops. Strictly shaking the troops outside the city is a great opportunity for us to wipe out the Hengshan tyrant's army in one fell swoop. If the army is in the camp outside the city, use field battles to weaken the tyrant's army as much as possible, and then take down the east wall and completely wipe out the remnants of the enemy in the city, then even if we don't need to divide our troops, we will have the entire Hengshan County at our fingertips."

It was useless to persuasion, and Zhaoshe had no choice but to let Zang Quan toss around. After all the three strong attacks on the first day failed, Zang Quan, who refused to give up, launched three more strong attacks on the Han camp on the second day. Under the calm command of the young commander-in-chief's old man Yan Yao, the Han army, whose strength was only one-third of the Yan army, still resolutely defended the camp outside the city. Opportunity in the camp, he gritted his teeth and persisted until it was getting dark, and the Yan army was forced to return to the camp to rest.

It was night, and Zhao She, who had a keen sixth sense, lost his mind and felt uneasy. He begged to see Zang Quan overnight, and urged Zang Quan to arrange an army in advance to prepare for the assault, and sent more scouts to closely monitor the movement of the Han army's camp, lest the Han army take advantage of it. Under the cover of night, they withdrew to the city overnight to defend the city.Zang Quan once again categorically refused, thinking that the Han army had defended the camp for two consecutive days, so they would not abandon the camp and return to the city so soon. Three days later, they continued to attack the Han army camp.Zhaoshe Tuowei tried to persuade him again and again, but Zang Quan still refused to listen.

As a result, it was only in the early morning of the third day that Zang Quan regretted his decision. When Zang Quan and Zhaoshe were still eating breakfast together, the scouts of the Yan army sent an urgent report saying that the Han army was in the city. Although the tents and flags were still in the outer camp, and the drums continued to beat, they were empty and there was no one in sight.Zang Quan was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly led the army out of the camp to check the situation. It was only then that he was extremely dumbfounded to find that the Han army had really abandoned the camps outside the city that were worth holding on to, and all retreated to defend the city in Dongyuan City. The flag didn't move at all, and the drums were played by soldiers of the Han army who tied sheep to the drums and beat them with sheep.

Of course, this discovery made Zang Quan ashamed and furious, and made Zhao She shake his head and sigh, secretly said: "The overall strength is huge, and we were tricked by a tyrant's county soldiers with less than [-] people. It will be extremely difficult for this uprising to succeed.”

It was only after he found out that he was being tricked, and Zang Quancai, who knew how difficult siege warfare was, recalled Zhaoshe's suggestion of dropping the tail. The problem of drilling Jingxing, but before Zang Quan made this decision, the secret agent sent to Jingxing sent an urgent report, saying that [-] Han troops had rushed to Jingxing from the direction of Taiyuan to set up defenses, and guarded the original Jingxing, which is famous for being easy to defend and difficult to attack, is dangerous everywhere, which basically shattered the hope of the Yan army to take Jingxing quickly.Moreover, Yan Jun's detailed work also heard rumors that the eight thousand Han troops were just the vanguard of the Taiyuan Han army, and that there were still more Taiyuan Han troops rushing towards Jingxing.Zang Quan Wenbao was also surprised again, saying: "So fast? The tyrant army in Taiyuan County fell from the sky, how could it come so fast?"

"My lord, there is only one possibility for the Taiyuan tyrant's army to come so quickly." Zhao She pointed out the key point, and said, "Even the tyrant's court has long been prepared, and it has long been expected that our king will ask him to go when he receives it." After Guanzhong Miansheng’s edict, he immediately conspired to rebel, so the troops assembled around us early on, as soon as we made a move, they immediately closed the net.”

"Nonsense!" Zang Quan said angrily, "If the tyrant's court is so well prepared, wouldn't the main force of the Zhao Kingdom in Handan be going to Hengshan County soon?"

"Young master! Urgent report, Handan County urgent report!"

As if to slap Zang Quan in the face, before he could finish his roar, a guard rushed into the tent of the Chinese army, saluted Zang Quan and said, "My lord, we sent you the secret work from Handan County. Urgent report, five days ago, Zhao Xiangxia said that he had led the main force of the Zhao Kingdom from Handan to the north, and rushed along the Chidao to Dongyuan, with a force of about 6000 people!"

Before the guard's report was finished, Zang Quan's complexion had become as white as the winter snow that had not completely melted on the field. Zhaoshe shook his head helplessly and sighed secretly: "It really is a trap, and the court is indeed a trap." Be prepared."

Zang Quan hadn't completely given up yet. After thinking for a while, Zang Quan made a strong smile and said, "No hurry, Xia said that although the husband came sooner than we expected, we still have hope. After the royal family, my father has already sent someone to contact him, to persuade him to establish himself as king in Julu, and to respond to us with troops. There are opportunities and hopes."

Snapped!Another loud slap hit the face of poor Mr. Zang Quan, and just after that evening, Zang Tu sent someone to send an urgent report, saying that the envoy sent by Yan Guo to instigate Zhao Hui's rebellion had been captured by Zhao Hui on the spot , into the prison cart and sent to Guanzhong together with Zang Tu's letter instigating rebellion. At the same time, Zhao Hui has already assembled Julu County soldiers urgently, preparing to go north to participate in the counter-rebellion.At the same time, Zang Tu also asked Zang Quan and Zhaoshe to step up their attack on the city, and must seize the two important towns of Dongyuan and Jingxing before the main force of the Han army responded.

"Taking Dongyuan and Jingxing, how can I take this?" Zang Quan finally wailed, and said, "Xia said that he had gone north from Handan five days ago, three days at the earliest, five days at the latest, his The army can rush to Dongyuan. How can I win Dongyuan in three to five days? And Jingxing, the battlefield is so narrow, and with the reinforcements of the Taiyuan tyrant army, how can I win it? ?”

"My lord, the only way out now is to retreat quickly." Zhaoshe said again, "Save our army first, stick to the local city, and wait for the reinforcements from the Huns. Otherwise, if we don't retreat quickly, we will wait The army that Xia said has arrived, we can't withdraw even if we want to."

Zang Quan was a little shaken, but considering that once he retreated, he would be tying his hands and feet, and Zang Tu not only did not order himself to retreat, but instead ordered himself to step up his attack, it would be impossible to explain why he just retreated like this.So after thinking about it, Zang Quan made a decision that would definitely make Zhao Xiangxia smile and smirk. He gritted his teeth and said, "We can't withdraw, and we won't divide our troops to fight Quyang and Kuxing. All the troops stay here to besiege the city and fight for aid. Xia said Pifu is in a hurry to rescue Dongyuan, so he must have rushed all the way north. We should hurry up and let the army rest at ease. When Xia said that Pifu's army arrived, we would fight him head-on. Live again."

"But eldest son, are we sure about this?" Zhao She turned his tail and reminded: "As soon as the enemy's reinforcements arrive, their strength will be more than double that of ours. Are we sure that we will win the decisive battle with fewer troops? Well, Jingxing's tyrant army is not a fool, and when they received Xia's news that the reinforcements had arrived, they would definitely send troops to reinforce them immediately!"

"Soldiers are expensive, not expensive!" Zang Quan gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it. The iron cavalry of the Yan Kingdom in my hand will not be able to match the mob that Xia said in a hurry in a field battle! Just do it like this, and wait for work with ease. When Xia said that Pifu is here, we will directly fight him to the death!"

The disparity in strength is huge, and Zhao She, who was kind enough to speak out, did not know that even if Zang Quan adopted his suggestion and retreated in time, the Yan army would definitely not be able to reverse the situation that had gradually fallen into passiveness, because at this time, the general of the Han army The more than 2 Taiyuan Han army led by Tao Xi had already set off from Jinyang, and was rushing day and night towards the battlefield of Hengshan County. It would take at most two or three days to reach Jingxing.At the same time, the [-] Qi Han troops prepared by Qi Prime Minister Zhujishi have already set off from various places in Qi, crossing the plains to the west and turning into Chidao, and also rushing towards the battlefield of Yan at the fastest speed. Zhujishi, who personally led the army to the expedition, also publicly threatened: "No one can compete with the truth for the credit for defeating the traitors in the Yan Kingdom, the truth is determined!"

Not only that, but also on Li Zuoche's side. After arriving in Dai County and taking over the defense of Dai County, Li Zuoche immediately assembled [-] troops at the fastest speed and handed them over to the Han army. Under the leadership of the general Gongsun Tong, he ordered Gongsun Tong to directly conquer Juyang from Dai County, threatening Jicheng, and made the army of Yan State, which was seriously understrength, even more difficult to take care of.

What is even more exaggerated is still on the Guanzhong side. After receiving the news of Zang Tu's rebellion, Xiang Kang, who was also well prepared, immediately decided to lead the [-] Han troops including Guanzhong, Hedong and Sanchuan to march personally. What made Zang Tu and his son absolutely pissed off was that after making this decision, Xiang Kang said in a big way: "Xia Shuo, Gongsun Tong, and Tao Xi should slow down , don't wait for Zang Tu's head to be chopped off by them to use as a urinal before I arrive at Yandi with the army."

Of course, the Yan army is not completely without opportunities. As Zang Quan said, if he can take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Zhao army to rescue the Hengshan battlefield and defeat Xia Shuo's army head-on, the Yan rebels will indeed continue to jump. hope.

(End of this chapter)