sweeping the world

Chapter 581
However, as Zhong Xing guessed, after half a month, the ice and snow will start to melt, but even if the ice and snow have already started to melt, large-scale operations will not be possible for a while.

Xie An led the army to Didao before the ice and snow melted. He brought two cavalry corps, one infantry corps and nearly [-] county soldiers.

A large number of troops arrived in Didao, making the camp densely populated.

Of course, such a big move by the Han army could not be concealed from interested spies. Zhang Zuo was able to know that the Han army would invade Zhang's Liangguo on a large scale after the weather allowed.

Less than a year after Zhang Chonghua succeeded to the throne, he was captured alive near Langjuxu Mountain, and [-] to [-] Liang army elites were taken in. For Zhang's Liangguo, it is truly important in terms of politics and strength. Suffered a heavy blow.

When the king of a country is captured, the blow to the morale of the army and the people of the country must be very serious. Panicking is only the foundation, but a change in the mind of the people will cause great trouble.

As soon as the news of Zhang Chonghua's capture was confirmed, many aristocratic families in Xiliang couldn't sit still.

Since ancient times, the aristocratic family has only valued the family, and any country or society is secondary.In times of peace and prosperity, they were attached to the imperial power, taking advantage of the power they had and their local power, and absorbed the common people like moths.Whenever they are squeezed by the imperial power, they will do everything they can to cause chaos in the country. The powerful families will either directly participate in the competition, or look for the so-called real dragon to stir up the situation.

There is no country in the eyes of the family, and only family interests, so there will be no loyalty.Seeing that the State of Shijie Zhao was destroyed in just six or seven years, and the State of Tuoba Dai was also on the verge of perishing under the pressure of the Han army. According to the cognition of the aristocratic family, the State of Han will obviously become a country that has the potential to complete the Great War again. The unified dynasty cannot resist and can only choose to join it.

There are quite a few families who also want to jump from a broken ship to this giant ship of the Han Dynasty. The difference is that the situation in Zhang's Liangguo is more serious. It has something to do with the fact that the Han Dynasty sent a large number of spies into Zhang's Liangguo, and it is more likely that Zhang Chonghua was captured. , and some actions of Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi.

The lord was captured, and the eldest son was just a yellow-mouthed child. On the contrary, the two brothers of the lord are old and have been working hard. The country is in great trouble and there is power struggle inside. How to deal with the external crisis?

There are many factors for the demise of a country. Sometimes external pressure is not the main reason for the demise of the country. It is because the country is not united internally while having external pressure, and the demise of the country is caused by internal and external difficulties.

Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi are both ambitious people, they have been spying on the throne of King Liang for a long time, Zhang Chonghua's position was determined by Zhang Jun himself, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi have no big names and can only hide their ambitions.If Zhang Chonghua didn't have any accidents, no matter how unwilling Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi were, they could only endure and be courtiers of the emperor's relatives, but if Zhang Chonghua had an accident, that would be two things.

In fact, there was no need for much provocation or instigation from the Han side. Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi would have taken their own actions after Zhang Chonghua was captured.

With the Han army about to invade, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi dare to act rashly?Their thinking is actually more practical, precisely because the Han army wants to invade, so they should seize the throne as soon as possible.

Zhang Yaoling, the eldest son of Zhang's Liang Kingdom, was not established as the prince in advance, and he was too young. His mother clan was not strong enough to influence the country's trend in one fell swoop. Is it a good thing for your child to be the King of Liang?

Zhang Zuo has a confidant named Zhao Chang. Zhao Chang is the right Sima appointed by Zhang Chonghua. This right Sima has done a great deal for Zhang Zuo.

About two months ago, as soon as the news of Zhang Chonghua's capture was confirmed, Zhao Chang began to operate, wooing and buying civil and military personnel in the court, and made Zhang Chonghua's fake edict, and cooperated with Zhang Zuo to dispatch the [-] troops back to the court. Issue the false imperial edict and read it out.

The false imperial edict has only one core meaning, that is, if something unexpected happens to Zhang Chonghua, Zhang Zuo will be appointed as the envoy, the governor of all Chinese and foreign military forces, and the general of the Fujun to assist the government.

Not one step is in place is what Zhao Chang and Zhang Zuo agreed to mean. It probably means that they should save some face and not make things too ugly. They should grasp the overall situation first and wait for the success of the situation before ascending the throne.

"According to the letters from the families who took refuge in Zhang Tianxi, Zhang Tianxi did not recognize the will, and Zhang Guan, Zhang Yong and others refused to recognize it." Xie An said with some pity, "It's just that they kept quite restrained They did not lead troops to attack Zhang Zuo and his subordinates."

The ice and snow have melted. It seems that the weather has been sunny recently. The road will become hard in another ten days and a half. At that time, the Han army will invade Zhang's Liang Kingdom.

"Jincheng is guarded by Zhang Chong. There are about [-] Liang Kingdom's frontier troops in the city, and nearly [-] soldiers recruited from the surrounding areas." Zhong Xing is the frontline commander, and collecting enemy intelligence is inevitable: "The deputy general is Yi Guai .”

Every country divides its military into different levels. Of course, the central army belongs to the echelon with the most gorgeous equipment, but the frontier army is definitely the most able to fight, and some troops that are temporarily recruited from young adults are the weakest.

The Liang Kingdom of the Zhang Clan is the same family politics as the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that was destroyed. The difference is that the Zhang Clan itself is the strongest family in Xiliang, unlike the Sima Clan, which dominates weak officials and strong officials.

Because it is all family politics, no matter whether they are civil servants or generals, they are actually from various families, big and small, and those who can become the principals of an army are basically the children of big families.

Xie An knew very well what the family politics was like, so he asked, "Is there an enemy general who secretly communicated the song?"

"The general's expectation is not bad." Zhong Xing said mockingly: "Except for some generals, Vice General Jincheng has secretly joined the big man, promising that our army will cooperate with the outside as soon as it arrives."

The war has not yet broken out, but the enemy country has important generals who have taken refuge in advance. Apart from the prospect of Zhang's Liangguo looking bad, it is inseparable from the strength of the Han Dynasty. You should look down or look down on it.

Jincheng is an important military town in the east of Zhang's Liang Kingdom. After many years of construction and reinforcement, the city's defense facilities are complete and complete.

Zhang Chong is a son of a local rich family in Jincheng. He has been the prefect of Jincheng for some years, as early as when Zhang Jun was in charge.

What does ingrained say?This is probably the case with Zhang Chong.Zhang Chong's family has always had a good reputation in Jincheng, and they have good friends with most of the families in the city. If he leads the army to defend the city, he can coordinate the assistance of most of the families in the city, and can also get the greatest support from the people in the city.

The generals of the Han army, including Xie An, of course have enough confidence in the combat effectiveness of the army they lead, but they are also happy to be able to capture Jincheng, an important military town, more easily, but they should not take it for granted.

"... We can't rule out that the enemy is using a trick, but as long as we remain cautious enough, we won't be afraid of the enemy's deception." Zhong Xing didn't dare to make any guarantees, and said, "Everything will be based on the battle experience?"

Xie An knew what Zhong Xing meant, so he just nodded with a smile.

Time flies, and on the eighth day after the ice and snow melted, the Han army in the Di Daojun camp began to move out in batches.

As a vanguard, Zhong Xing led his headquarters to Fuhan. On the way, he did not encounter Zhang's Liang army, but was only harassed by some small groups of Qiang, Di, and Zahu.

Out of Didao to the northwest is a flat plain. During this period, there was only a river called Taohe blocking the way. The forward had the responsibility of building bridges when encountering water. Zhongxing's troops spent three days building three bridges on the other side of the Taohe River. Only the pontoon can be regarded as moving forward.

"Those barbarians are too annoying." Dou Ah was really a little annoyed: "The number of shares per share is too small, but there are too many teams."

In addition to opening roads in the mountains and filling bridges when encountering water, the forwards still have the responsibility to eliminate threats for the rear army. No one knows how many Hu tribes were left behind when the Fu clan moved. Look at their continuous attacks on the Han army. , It should be that each tribe leaves some manpower.

A part of Dou'a's headquarters was left by Zhong Xing to eliminate threats. They continued to explore around the marching route, and found some barbarians and cleaned them up, but the process of cleaning up was not smooth.It's not that they can't defeat those barbarians, but those barbarians will disperse and flee once they are attacked. The Han army can catch some, but there will always be fish caught.

The enemies that can be found cannot be wiped out, and there are still enemies that have not been found. Clearing out threats has always been a big trouble in military affairs. It may not be possible to wipe out all those guys until the end of the war. Dou is eager to participate in the war. Really I don't want to be dragged into this kind of trouble.

Seeing that his boss was irritated, Lu Liang gave a suggestion: "Can you pretend to be a convoy to attract those Hu tribes?"

When the Han army went out, either there was no supply team, or because most of the supplies depended on the convenience created by the system warehouse, the supply team would only be used by the main force and small troops without warehouses.It's not that there are no enemy troops who want to target the Han army's food roads, but they can only cause negligible troubles every time, and they can't affect the main supply of the Han army's main force.

My family knew about my own affairs, but the enemy army could only be skeptical. Dou'a kept nodding his head when he heard this: "We can definitely try."

That test really achieved a lot of results. After all, the barbarians who stayed also had to eat. They usually hunted game and ate fruits. The train is more capable of causing damage.

Dou'a has achieved considerable results, and it may have been due to good luck. When Xie An's main force arrived, other colleagues took over the purge of military affairs, and they were finally liberated.

"Yes, yes, we are pretending to be a convoy to attract the barbarians to attack." Dou'a was somewhat elated: "The barbarians are very weak, even if they know there is a scam, they will continue to attack."

They have killed a lot of barbarians recently, which can be regarded as earning a lot of military merits, but their own losses are not big, so there is no reason to be unhappy.

Xie An was thinking about something else: 【Knowing that it is a trap, but still rushing forward, those barbarians are desperately short of food? 】

Hunting and gathering is the way of survival in primitive society. It is because there is no guarantee of sufficient and fixed food, so we will try various means to increase food. Whether it is nomadic or selective settlement and farming, it all comes from the need for food. need.

Nomads, without grazing, there is no harvest. They stay here with hatred. Long-term hunting must kill a large number of nearby animals. If hunting alone can guarantee the source of food, why do people tame animals to make livestock? What are you doing farming again?

The lack of food for the remaining Hu people is good news for the Han army. Those Hu people who are constantly attacking the Han army are like mosquitoes and flies. It is a good thing to be able to clean up as much as possible to cause trouble and bloodletting for the Han army.

Dou'a led his headquarters to chase after Zhong Xing's troops, while Xie An continued to march, but kept sending out small groups of troops.

Jincheng is standing there. Knowing that a big war will break out, Jincheng must have made sufficient preparations. The Han army is not in a hurry to attack. Taking advantage of the lack of food for those barbarians to confiscate, the effect will be better. Much.

In fact, Xie An didn't think of attacking Jincheng alone, he still needed to know the specific situation. If Zhang Liang's army concentrated its forces in the city defense, the form of combat should be changed.

In the spring of the seventh year of Yuanshuo, the Han army approached Jincheng for the first time, and Zhongxing's troops were of course the first to arrive.

"No wonder it is said to be an important military town." After Zhong Xing arrived, he decided to see what Jincheng looked like for himself. He found a place with relatively high terrain and commented on Jincheng: "The city wall is more than four feet high and no less than two feet wide. Four feet. Looking at the color of the rammed earth on the city wall, the top ten feet should be urgently raised?"

Forty feet?The measurement of Sima Yijin is a continuation of Cao Wei. One zhang is the modern two meters and four two, so four zhang is a height close to ten meters.

The city wall of Jincheng is tall and tall. It looks like there are bed crossbows placed about [-] steps apart. There are many kinds of equipment on the city wall. The width of the moat is also slightly exaggerated. Many corridors have been arranged outside the city in advance. , and it really meets the specifications of an important military town,

"There are urns inside and outside each city gate..." Zhong Xing frowned and said to the left and right: "There is still a large area of ​​open space reserved in the city, and the trees within [-] miles outside the city have also been cut down, leaving nothing to be seen. Make siege equipment. The enemy general who defends the city is a master of defense?"

The master of defense that Zhong Xing talked about was Zhang Chong, the prefect of Jincheng. He stood on the tower and watched the Han army outside the city.

"There are only less than [-] people who came here." Zhang Chong actually looked very calm, turned to Yi Chuai and said, "These are the forwards of the Han general Zhong Xing, right?"

Yi Chuai was also looking at the Han army outside the city and said: "They have begun to camp. Do you want to open the city gate and send troops to attack? If the enemy is careless, they may be annihilated or severely damaged, which will undermine the enemy's prestige."

(End of this chapter)