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Volume 2 The Rise of the Zhang Family 262 The Turks Reappeared on the Second Day of the Battle of Xiaoguan

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    "By the way, what are the Turkic barbarians outside the customs doing now?" Zhang Yang asked after the previous incident.

    "There is no action now. When we changed the guard, I heard from the night watchman that before dawn last night, there was no lively life outside the customs. Their nerves were tense all night, fearing that those Turkic barbarians would come to the night.  Attack."

    Seeing Zhang Yang¡¯s question after intercepting him, Boss Ma immediately answered Zhang Yang, for fear that his answer would be slow and cause displeasure.

    "Oh, when you change the guard, the soldiers who were guarding last night told you what the Turkic barbarians did last night after a busy night. With the character of the Turkic people, they must have been active outside the customs all night.  There will be a lot of action required."

    "Did Zhang Yang hear the boss's answer?" After Zhang Yang thought for a while, he asked Boss Ma again.

    "What did they do last night? Those Turkic barbarians didn't do anything else last night, they just did one thing. Captain Zhang, you can tell by looking outside the gate. Those Turkic ants were busy all night last night. In the end,  What kind of tricks are you doing outside the customs!"

    "Oh, let me take a look!" Regarding Boss Ma's reply, Zhang Yang did not make too many remarks.

    After all, since Boss Ma dares to say this, then what happened to the Turks who were busy all night last night must be laid out in the open, and the details can be seen at a glance. Otherwise, given the situation where Zhang Yang just went crazy just now, Boss Ma will definitely  I don't dare to make any trouble at this time.

    So under this premise, Zhang Yang naturally heard Boss Ma's answer.  He just replied indifferently and then walked to the city wall and looked outside Xiaoguan.  Look at what these tens of thousands of Turkic vanguard troops did after a busy night last night.

    Zhang Yang, who was holding on to the wall pier and looking outside Xiaoguan, saw that the scene before him was already very different from yesterday.

    I saw that yesterday there was still a dry and yellow grassland outside the pass.  At this time, it has changed a lot. Most of the yellow weeds are gone now.  It has turned into pieces of yellow land with exposed soil. It seems that the land has been turned into a solid dirt road after countless people's running. I believe that next year, with a little cultivation, this land will become a fertile land.  Good farmland.

    In fact, the reason why this small plain turned into grassland instead of fertile land is because Wonju has a sparse population and does not need so much arable land.  There really isn¡¯t that much population to farm: there is also the fact that Xiaoguan is located at a key point in and out of the pass, and because of the strong Turkic power outside the pass, they disturb the Tang Dynasty every year and march south to the border, causing serious damage to the stability of Xiaoguan.  Danger.

    Therefore, Xiaoguan, which is in a critical position, naturally does not dare to open up wasteland on this small plain outside the city. If the harvest season comes, the Turks will go south to Xiaoguan to invade the border.  Not to mention that the cultivated grain will be plundered by the Turks, making them busy, and it will also become an enemy, allowing the Turks to have enough grain to attack Xiaoguan.  Enter the pass.

    Therefore, when there is enough land in the pass for the residents of Xiaoguan to cultivate, this small plain is naturally vacant. The defenders of Xiaoguan, with the intention of utilizing waste, turned the entire small plain into a quick  Small grassland.

    Every year when the pasture is strong, the war horses near Xiaoguan can be allowed to go out to eat and gain weight. Not only that, there are no trees on the grassland that are thicker than the wrist. They have discovered that the defenders will immediately go out and cut them down. This ensures that  Even if the Turks reached Xiaoguan, they did not have enough large-scale timber construction equipment, so they could only go to the distant mountains to cut down and build.

    This greatly increases the difficulty of the enemy hero, and also prolongs the time of guarding Xiaoguan, giving reinforcements more time to come to aid, especially since this is a grassland that turns into a piece of withered yellow grass every autumn.  , if this is lower than a person who doesn't care about these withered grass, then the enemy will be in serious trouble. Just a small snack can start a prairie fire.

    There are many armies, but it is futile in the face of water and fire. Moreover, this is the dead grass of a prairie, but it is the easiest to burn. It does not require much effort at all to make the entire prairie burn and turn into a sea of ??fire.  .

    Why Zhang Yang is so clear is because Zhang Yang, Qin Liyan, and Ran Hongzhi had this plan before the war. After the Turkic vanguard army all entered this small grassland and launched an attack on Xiaoguan, they would  Let's start a prairie fire.

    If you can't burn them to death, you have to choke them to death with smoke, because in this late autumn season, the grass on the grassland has basically withered and turned yellow. Most of it has dried and can be burned directly, and only a small part is still due to moisture.  If it is not completely dry, it cannot burn, and the dead grass that cannot burn will release a lot of smoke in the event of a fire, which can cause people to suffocate to death.

    It¡¯s a pity that threeThe three originally well-laid plans were shattered overnight. With the busy work of tens of thousands of Turkic vanguard troops, they cleared all the dead grass on the entire grassland in just one night, leaving only the dead grass under the grass.  The soil is still in place.

    But Zhang Yang doesn¡¯t have much regret about this, because it has been difficult to implement since Huangfu Song¡¯s big fire during the Three Kingdoms period.

    Huangfu Song was a military strategist at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He became a Taiwei and was granted the title of Marquis of Huaili and led the shepherd of Jizhou.

    When Huangfu Song was young, he had literary and military ambitions, was good at poetry and calligraphy, and was good at bow and horse.  He was evaluated as Xiaolian and Maocai.  Taiwei Chen Fan and General Dou Wu successively appointed him as an official, but he did not answer the call.  Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty made him a minister and promoted him to the governor of the North.

    Zhang Jiao, a Julu man from Zhangjiao, calls himself a "great virtuous teacher". He serves Huang Lao and is known as "Taipingdao".  He raised his disciples, drew talismans for them and cured their illnesses; he also sent eight disciples to travel around, transforming the world with his Taoism and winning the trust of farmers.  In more than ten years, he has gathered hundreds of thousands of disciples throughout the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan.  So, he arranged his disciples into thirty-six directions.  There are more than 10,000 people in Dafang and six or seven thousand people in Xiaofang, each with its own commander.

    In the first year of Zhongping Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty (184), Dafang Ma Yuanyi and others first gathered tens of thousands of Jingyang disciples, with Zhongchang Shi Fengwei and Xu Feng as internal responders, and agreed to start a rebellion together on March 5th inside and outside.  Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiao's disciple Tang Zhou betrayed him.  Write a letter to the court to inform.  The Han court captured Ma Yuanyi and broke up his car in Luoyang, and ordered the Jizhou governor to arrest Zhang Jiao and others.

    Zhang Jiao saw that the matter had been exposed.  Then the message was spread in all directions at night, so "eight states were affected at the same time."  The rebels all wore yellow scarves on their heads to mark the event, which was known as the "Yellow Turban Rebellion" in history.  Zhang Jiao calls himself General Tiangong.  His younger brother Zhang Bao was called the General of the Lord of the Land, and Zhang Liang was called the General of the Lord of the People.  Wherever the Yellow Turban Rebels went, they burned government offices and plundered villages and towns. For a time, states and counties were lost, officials fled, and the whole country responded.  The capital was shocked.

    The Eastern Han Dynasty court was frightened and immediately took repressive measures. First, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the states and counties to set up eight passes outside Luoyang - Hangu, Taigu, Guangcheng, Yique, Fuyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.  Duwei, deploying protective guards;

    Then, He Jin was appointed as the general and led the left and right Yulin troops to garrison the capital pavilion; the imperial court also adopted Huangfu Song's suggestion.  Lifting the party ban, pardoning party members all over the world, giving Zhongzang money and Xiyuan stable horses to the soldiers; in addition, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty appointed Lu Zhi as the North Zhonglang general, Huangfu Song as the Zuo Zhonglang general, and Zhu Jun as the Right Zhonglang general.  General.  Mobilize elite troops from all over the country to attack the Yellow Turban Rebels.

    Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun dispatched five schools (the five schools of the Northern Army, which are the main standing army of the central government, namely Tunqi, Yueqi, Infantry, Changshui, and Shesheng) and Sanhe (Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan)  The cavalry also recruited strong men, totaling more than 40,000 people.  The two of them each led a unit to jointly suppress the rebels in Yingchuan (the county governed Yangzhai).

    Zhu Jun first fought against the Yellow Turban Army's Bocai tribe, but failed.  Huangfu Song retreated to Changshe).  Bocai led his troops to surround the city and set up camp.

    At that time, there were few soldiers in the city, the numbers were huge, and the army was frightened.  Huangfu Song comforted his men and said: "There is a strange change in the army, and it is not outnumbered. The thieves have camped on the grass, which is prone to wind and fire. If it is burned at night, there will be a great panic. I will send out troops to attack it, and we will attack it from all sides.  Tian Dan¡¯s work can be accomplished.¡±

    ("Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Biography of Huangfu Song") As everyone wished, a strong wind blew up that night.  Huangfu Song ordered his soldiers to put up torches and climb up the city wall. He first sent his elite men to sneak out and set fire to the city, shouting, and then lit torches on the city in response.  Huangfu Song took advantage of this momentum and rushed out while beating the drum.  The Yellow Turban rebels lacked combat experience, panicked and scattered, and were forced to retreat.  At this time, Cao Cao was also ordered to arrive, so Huangfu Song, Cao Cao, and Zhu Jun joined forces to pursue the victory.  The Yellow Turban rebels resisted tenaciously and tens of thousands of people were massacred.  Huangfu Song was granted the title of Duxiang Marquis by the Jin Dynasty.

    Then, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun took advantage of the victory to suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and Chen Guo areas, pursued Bo Cai, attacked Peng Tuo, and won consecutive victories to pacify the three counties.

    In August, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban Buji tribe in Cangting, captured Buji, and massacred more than 7,000 people.  At this time, Zhang Jiao occupied Guangzong and controlled the hinterland of Hebei. Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo went to suppress it, but were defeated one after another.  The imperial court ordered Huangfu Song to lead his troops to attack.  At this critical moment, Zhang Jiao died of illness, and Zhang Liang took on the heavy responsibility of guarding Guangzong.

    Huangfu Song failed to succeed in his attack on the city, so he closed the camp and rested his troops to observe the changes.  When Zhang Liang was confused, he relaxed his vigilance.  Huangfu Song immediately mobilized his troops at night and rushed into his formation at rooster crow. The Yellow Turban Army hurriedly responded. Zhang Liang died in the battle. More than 30,000 people were killed in the battle, and more than 50,000 people drowned in the river.  Huangfu Song burned more than 30,000 yellow turban baggage vehicles, cut Zhang Jiao's coffin open, stabbed his body, and passed it on to the capital ("Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Biography of Huangfu Song").

    In November, Huangfu Song and Feng Yi, the governor of Julu, captured Xiaquyang, killed Zhang Bao, and beheaded more than 100,000 prisoners.  The Han Dynasty appointed Huangfu Song as the general of Zuo chariot and cavalry, leading the shepherds of Jizhou, and the Jin Dynasty granted him the title of Marquis of Huaili, with a total of 8,000 households in Huaili and Meiyang counties.

    ??The Yellow Turbans¡¯ great offensive was just like this, Huangfu Song¡¯s fire was so great that the entireThe general situation has changed. Originally, the Yellow Turbans were very likely to win. Even if there were no left, they would not be wiped out in such a short period of time.

    As long as Bocai's army traps Huangfu Song in Changshe, it is very likely that they can invade the land of Sanfu and gain more space for the Yellow Turbans to move. After the Han Dynasty loses these tens of thousands of elite soldiers, its strength will inevitably be greatly reduced. In the end,  If it is solved, it may change from now on.

    So from then on, forming a camp with grass became a taboo for all generals. Therefore, Zhang Yang and others only planned to try the original burning Turkic vanguard army. If the general was careless and committed such a  Even if they made a big mistake, they didn't mind. They used a big fire to burn the Turkic army of Ashdewumuchu in Xiaoguan just like Huangfu Song burned the yellow scarf army of Changshe Bocai.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? If the other party's generals are cautious, and do not make such a stupid mistake, then forget it, and let them escape, and there is no loss.

    That¡¯s why Zhang Yang felt deeply regretful that the Turkic army had cleared away all the dead grass on the entire plain.  It's back to the same as before, time is also fate, I want to take advantage.  It's not that simple and easy. You have to fight for military success by yourself.

    After Zhang Yang sighed, he continued to observe other places.  In fact, there is not much place to observe, because outside Xiaoguan, there is only such a large pond. Apart from the plain in front of it, there is only the moat that was drained by the Turkic army yesterday.

    This sight made Zhang Yang furrow his brows and look solemn, which made Boss Ma and others beside him feel their moods hit rock bottom.

    ??????????????????????????? Zhang Yang, who acted brave and resourceful, showed such dignity.  It can be seen that he must have discovered some serious problem, otherwise he would not let Zhang Yang, who even led 3,000 cavalry to charge against thousands of Turkic cavalry, did not frown like this.

    "Captain Zhang, this is what you are doing. Did you find out what kind of conspiracy the Turks are planning, or did you discover some problem?"

    ??Looking at Zhang Yang, who was frowning and frowning.  Boss Ma asked kindly and curiously from the side.

    "Nothing, thank you for your concern. I have nothing to do. I just saw the Turkic army. They cleared all the dead grass in the grassland outside the pass last night. Not to mention, they also filled up more than half of the moat. Oh, it was so fast.  , it looks like there¡¯s going to be a fierce battle today!¡±

    As Zhang Yang said "alas", his frown suddenly relaxed. After saying that sentence, the scowl on his face disappeared, and he began to become sunny, cheerful and full of confidence. At first glance,  It's just that the knot in my heart has been lifted.

    In fact, even if Boss Ma didn't come to interrupt, Zhang Yang's frowning face would not last long, because Zhang Yang had prepared the scene in front of him, and now Zhang Yang  What others face is just winning the lottery after they share it.

    It was neither the best plan to win the lottery, nor was it their worst plan that the Turks would make a camp out of grass as they most optimistically considered, and that they would burn the tens of thousands of vanguard troops to pieces with a huge fire.  After winning the lottery, the Turks completed all the preparations overnight. Attacks from inside and outside made them exhausted and in danger of destruction and death at any time.

    The current lottery winning is still very acceptable to Zhang Yang, and it is also the most likely situation they expected to face.

    "It turns out that Captain Zhang is worried about this. There is nothing we can do about it. There is such an obvious gap in strength between the approaching Turks and us. It is impossible to go out and launch an attack on the Turks. If we don't let  They came to attack the city.

    But Captain Zhang, don¡¯t worry. Not to mention that the Turks still have a small part of the moat that has not been filled in. Even if it is filled in, they can launch an attack on us, and we can make it impossible for them to eat. Now, brothers  But we are all recharging our strength, waiting for a showdown with the Turks to let them know how powerful we are, how accurate our bows and arrows are, and how sharp our swords are.

    And Lieutenant Zhang, don¡¯t forget that the Turks filled up more than half of the moat overnight last night, but I can guarantee that the Turks paid a high price to fill in the moat last night, at least thousands of people were killed and injured.  So much.

    Lieutenant Zhang, you don¡¯t know that when we came to change the guard today, the brothers who kept watch last night told us that after nightfall last night, lights began to brighten in the distance. At that time, they saw the grassland  The end is crowded with people.

    At that time, they didn¡¯t know what the Turks were doing. Later, probably around the second watch, as people flowed from far to near, they saw clearly that it turned out that the Turks organized 10,000 to 20,000 people to cut the grass there.

    Later, when they came within our shooting range, our archers on vigil began to go crazy, shooting specifically at the place where the enemy's firelight gathered. Under the hail of thousands of archers' arrows, they soon?They put out the torches, but by then they had hundreds of dead and wounded.

    Later, because all the nearby enemy torches were extinguished, the brothers reduced the frequency of shooting. However, once the moonlight was accurately sighted, the brothers still shot without injury and killed many Turkic soldiers.

    Especially in the later period when the Turks began to fill in the moat, there were many casualties.

    The moat is close at hand. Even if the enemy does not light the torch, he can still see the surging black shadows. When the enemy keeps filling the moat with soil and stones, facing these moving black shadows, brothers  , but no mercy.

    All the thirty arrows that no one had in hand were shot. The screams of the Turks were endless. After the Turks retreated at five o'clock, a trail of blood and arrows were left outside the pass.  The wreckage of the arrow.

    Now during the day, if the Turks come to fill in the moat, our brothers guarantee that they will suffer more casualties than at night.

    "I'm afraid it's the Turks who think the casualties are too great, so they don't dare to come during the day, and they do this sneaky thing at night!"  "

    After Boss Ma finished speaking, Zhang Yang raised his head, shook his head at him and said:

    "No, the Turks will definitely come back to fill the moat during the day. They are just resting and recuperating now. They will appear in half an hour at most. How about we make a bet? I bet that the Turks will come back in half an hour at most.  Will appear?"

    As soon as he heard that Zhang Yang wanted to make a bet with him, Boss Ma was about to agree, but just when he was about to speak, there was a vibration in the distance, like thousands of horses galloping, which made Boss Ma quickly stop him.  If you speak.

    Because he knew what this shock meant, saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao had arrived!  (To be continued)!  ~!

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