February of the first year of Jian'an was like the warm and cold weather, which gave people hope, but also extinguished your hard work at all times. This was the most difficult month. On the one hand, the Zurong army took advantage of our army's insufficient troops and sent small groups to harass Haihun several times to plunder the property and livestock. On the other hand, clan leaders from all over the country heard that Liu Yao was critically ill, and they were defeated in the expedition to attack Zhourong, and they stationed their troops to defend themselves, resulting in the serious shortage of troops guarding Haihun. Not to mention counterattack, they were in a difficult position to protect the existing place.

Fortunately, after the great defeat, Xu Shao and Xu Jing also knew that they were eager for quick success and instant benefits. In order to make up for the mistakes of the previous series, they worked hard among Shangliao, Pengze and other clans, trying their best to mobilize the clans to send troops to help each other. In addition, with Taishi Ci, Liu Ye and I'm trying their best to support, Haihun finally survived the most difficult stage.

At the end of February, there were 5,000 soldiers gathered in Haihun, and more than 3,000 of them were strong men selected from the clan tribes and family soldiers. When it comes to the ability to fight against a single battle, they are much stronger than the soldiers who were recruited before. However, since these soldiers had just been drawn from various clans and had not undergone unified training, they would inevitably have a great discount on their combat effectiveness.

But now, time no longer allows us to wait.

I can't wait to slowly train them into a mighty army with unified commands and familiar formations.

The annual spring plowing is about to begin. You can miss anything. You can't make mistakes during the farming season. If you miss the season, the harvest of the people will not be settled in the year. No one will support the power in power who makes people hungry. It is not what we want after a war. At the same time, Liu Yao's condition is getting worse and worse, and I'm afraid it won't last long.

On this day, when he sneaked into Yuzhang, the scouts from the two places in the west city brought information: Zhuge Xuan sent troops to help Zhu Rong, because Zhuge Xuan took away Zhuge Xuan's position as the prefect of Yuzhang because of Zhu Hao's arrival. Zhuge Xuan was appointed by Liu Yao, so Zhuge Xuan held a grudge. Once Zhu Rong lobbled and made a wish, the two joined forces to fight against Liu Yao together.

However, Zhu Rong was usually arrogant and indulgent, unable to tolerate others, and was greedy for money. After winning, he was even more proud and never took other people seriously. Zhuge Xuan's previous dispatch of troops was not only not good, but also got any benefits from Zhu Rong, but also offended Liu Yao, and he had complaints in his heart.

This news came so timely. I was worried about how to disagree with Zurong. I was worried about Zhuge Xuan's alliance, and thought: If Zhuge Xuan's complaints spread widely in Yuzhang City and spread to Zhurong's ears, I would feel hatred if Zurong is a person. In addition, Zurong is now full of complacent ambitions and thinks that Liu Yao is seriously ill and the overall situation in Yuzhang is controlled by himself, and there is no need for Zhuge Xuan to help him. In this way, the two of them will become more and more grudges, and the alliance will be broken without confrontation.

In early March, the new grain was not collected and the old grain was exhausted. Exciting news came from Yuzhang. The gangster-like Zurong proposed to borrow grain from his ally Zhuge Xuan, but was sternly rejected by Zhuge Xuan, which shows that the food in Yuzhang City was about to be exhausted. Without food, the people's hearts would be unstable and the army would have no fighting spirit. The conflict between Zurong and Zhuge Xuan also became sharp with the issue of borrowing food.

The best time to send troops is here.

The sea is dark, the meeting hall.

"General Ziyi, now he has not been able to nourish the food and grass, and he has had a quarrel with Zhuge Xuan. It is time to attack. I am willing to lead an elite force as a pioneer, seize the pass and the camp for the general, and defeat the enemy." I advised confidently.

"Campus Hou, Jiaoqiu City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are more than a thousand elite troops of the Jiaorong Army. The former general Ziyi led 5,000 people to attack but failed. Now our army is weak and there are still some self-defense. How can we get rid of it again?" Xu Jing saw that I was full of confidence and could not help but refute.

I smiled and said, "The soldiers are in the elite, not in the crowd. This time I can only get one thousand soldiers selected by our headquarters. Since the enemy of Jiaoqiu is prepared, why don't our army pass by Jiaoqiu and take Xicheng directly. The defense of Xicheng is not strong in combat. If our army raids, the city can fight down."

"Good idea - if I attack Xicheng for a few days, I will lead the entire army to attack Jiaoqiu. In this way, the two sides will advance together. I will be able to teach you that the beginning and end are difficult to deal with, and you will be surrendered." Taishi Ci laughed at the high five and laughed.

Xu Jing and Xu Shao heard that Taishi Ci agreed with my idea, so they stopped insisting. After being attacked by Zhuge Xuan the last time, they knew they were outsiders about the marching and war, so they simply gave up the decision-making power to Taishi Ci to decide.

Just as he was about to send troops again, the arrival of a man almost ruined the whole plan. This man was not someone else, but Hua Xin, the prefect of Yuzhang, appointed by the emperor, who was newly issued an edict.

Hua Xin's courtesy name was Ziyu, a native of Gaotang in Pingyuan, and was famous in Guanli. When Xin was just a county official, she would go out of the palace, go home and join the door, discuss political affairs and take the mediocre people, and never hurt others with words. Tao Qiuhong, who is in the same county, is also well-known and thinks that he has witnessed Gao than Xin. At that time, Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, planned to abolish Emperor Ling. Fen privately called Xin, and Hong made a plan together. Tao Qiuhong wanted to do it, but Hua Xin stopped him and said, "You are the one who is difficult for you to depose and establish a major event. Fen is distracted but not martial, so this will be impossible. The disaster will be the generals and the clans. The son will never go!" Tao Qiuhong obeyed Hua Xin's words and did not go. Later, Wang Fen was indeed defeated and Hong was convinced.

Hua Xin's arrival broke the original peace of Haihun. Compared with Zhu Hao and Zhuge Xuan, Hua Xin, the prefect of Yuzhang, had an imperial edict from the emperor, and his reputation was much louder. Although the emperor of the Han Dynasty had no actual power now, its influence and authority were unquestionable.

When Hua Xin first arrived, he had a close relationship with Xu Jing and Xu Shao. The leaders of the wealthy families in Pengze also looked at Hua Xin differently, and these people had already regarded Hua Xin as Liu Yao's successor.

Although Hua Xin did not explicitly object to the re-examination of Su Rong, he had always advocated not to use war easily and had privately expressed his idea of ​​having to negotiate with Su Rong. Fortunately, in military terms, Hua Xin could not get in the way, but if time delayed, Hua Xin's influence would gradually penetrate into the army, which was something that Taishici and I were not willing to see.

For Taishici and I, if we want to retain our current power, we can only send troops quickly, pacify Su Rong, and then rely on military victory to suppress Hua Xin. There is no other choice.

On March 7, Liu Ye and I led a thousand elite troops toward the west city.

Before attacking Xicheng, our army's scout was rumored in Yuzhang City that Liu Yao was seriously ill and hesitated soon. After Zhuge Xuan heard about it, he would not beware that our army would attack Xicheng. However, Zhu Rong was annoyed that Zhuge Xuan refused to borrow food. Even if he sent troops to rescue him, he would have to hesitate for at least one or two days. In these two days, Xicheng had already been removed.

In fact, it only took half a day to capture Xicheng.

When our army arrived in Xicheng, I was surprised to find that the city gate was wide open, with people coming and going, and the suspension bridge did not fall. It seemed that Zhuge Xuan was not guarded at all.

I was so frustrated that I was the first to ride a horse and rushed over. The two soldiers guarding the city were turned over to the ground before they could understand. Seeing that I succeeded in the robbery, I gave orders and more than a thousand soldiers went down the mountain and rushed in.

Zhuge Xuan's army, who was guarding the city gate, was caught off guard. The commander of the army hurriedly organized the soldiers to resist, but in the face of the tide of enemy soldiers, they could not stop it.

Arrow clusters flew out in the air and drilled into people's bodies with sound. The injured Zhuge Xuan soldiers rushed down from the city tower, and even the soldiers who rushed by were trampled to death.

Life becomes insignificant at this moment.

This is the ruthless war.

There was chaos on Xicheng Street.

Although I have told me in advance not to hurt the people in the city, there are no casualties and wounded people in war. The panicked people were frightened, fled in all directions, trampled on each other, and countless casualties were killed and injured.

The battle ended after only three hours. There were 2,000 Zhuge Xuan's army in the west city, and more than 300 people were killed or injured in the melee at the city gate, and most of the rest surrendered.

The shortness made all the soldiers feel that they were not satisfied with killing.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhuge Xuan led his confidants to escape from the city, but was stopped by Liu Ye halfway. Zhuge Xuan was killed in the chaos army, and the rest scattered.

On March 10, our army forced the city of Yuzhang. Taishici learned about the victory of Xicheng and also raised an army from Haihun to attack Jiaoqiu. The army of Zurong was attacked by our army from north to south, trapped in a narrow area of ​​only ten miles between Jiaoqiu and Yuzhang. Our army was at the city, and Zurong was already a turtle in the jar and had nowhere to escape.

On the 12th, the beast trapped in Zurong was still fighting, and personally led his troops out of the city to fight. In the first battle, more than a hundred of our army were beheaded by the strong morale. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zurong saw that the backward soldiers entered the city, he hurriedly ordered the city gate to be closed. Less than 100 soldiers who left the city escaped. Since then, Zurong closed the city gate and could not leave.

On the 14th, I adopted Liu Ye's plan and led an army to attack Su Rong in the Niuma Tun in the north of Yuzhang City, plundering more than 300 oxen and more than 100 horses. It's ridiculous that the wealthy mistress robbed these supplies from Zhao Yu in Guangling, but they just hid them privately and didn't know how to distribute them to the people for their livelihood. However, he plundered them on a large scale and accumulated money. Now the gold, silver and jewelry are just a pile of useless scrap copper and iron.

For Zuo Rong, what is even more unfavorable is that Yuzhang has been left in stock, the people in the city have begun to plunder the white ash at the bottom of the wall, or catch rats to fill their hunger. Moreover, as our army's encirclement is getting tighter, even the soldiers can't have a full meal, let alone go out of the city to fight.

The number of deserters is increasing day by day.

It has been more than ten days since the city siege. Liu Ye is now happily commanding the soldiers to place the pots and bowls of rice making under the city wall. The soldiers will eat in batches under the noses of the Zhu Rongjun.

At the beginning, the defenders on the city made a gesture to shout twice, and shot arrows and shouted to kill a few times.

Now, maybe I'm so hungry that I can't shout.

This destructive move by Liu Ye is really effective in dismantling the morale of the soldiers of the Zhengrong Army.

These days, many soldiers of the Rong army could not withstand the fragrance that floated over and sneaked down from the city to surrender.

The troops attack the plan, the attackers are above, and the attackers are below. Now our army sieges and does not fight, and it is also a pleasant thing to wait for the collapse of the Zurong Army.

Our army did not prepare siege equipment, and siege would only bring casualties, which was not what I hoped.

What I expect is a complete victory.

I have time now, I'll wait.

Waiting for the mutiny of the military and civilians in Yuzhang, they opened the city to surrender.

Late at night, I stood outside the camp and looked at the top of Yuzhang City from afar. There was a silence there. I could not see a soldier guarding the city. Only the big flag with the word "南" on the city tower was still swaying. However, it was soon replaced by the flag of our army.

Three days ago, the defenders of Jiaoqiu City surrendered to Xu Shao, and Zuo Rong is now in desperate situation.

When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the tent, I was woken up by Liu Ye with joy. He shook my body hard and shouted, "The defenders of Yuzhang have opened the door and surrendered."

I jumped up and asked, "Really, Ziyang, don't lie to me?"

Liu Ye smiled and said, "Who is lying to you? Get up quickly, let's go into the city."

I led Liu Ye and the generals to the south gate of Yuzhang City. I saw teams of soldiers from the Xierong army standing on both sides of the city surrendered. They were all hungry and thin, with a pale face, with a pale face and a pale face, and with pitiful eyes staring at the soldiers of our army who entered the city. The city was even more silent, with starving bodies abandoned by the road, and their condition was terrible.

While I asked Liu Ye to ask the soldiers to go to the rear camp to free up some military rations and distribute them to the captured soldiers. After the surrendered soldiers were full, they would then copy their names, hometowns and numbers one by one into the camp. On the other hand, the soldiers who entered the city to search for the whereabouts of Zuo Rong and eliminate all evil. In any case, this time, this time, the evil dog that caused trouble to Yu Zhang could no longer run away.
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