Chapter [127] Unfavorable Start
Chapter [127] Unfavorable Start
Hanoi County, Huai County.
The city has been surrounded, and it is still besieged from all sides, without giving any way out, Yuan Shao intends to do everything right.
The army under the city was Yuan Jun who came from Hebei, with a total of 50,000 people.
At this time, in Huai County, Zhang Yang had only more than 10,000 troops.
Zhang Yang's sphere of influence was originally limited to Hanoi County. Although Lu Bu forcibly named him Bingzhou Shepherd, it was only in name, and he did not actually rule Bingzhou, and Zhang Yang did not have that strength.
Hanoi County is on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Yuan Shao can reach it directly by sending troops from Yecheng.
On the other hand, after Lu Bu left Hangu Pass, he had to cross the Yellow River.
In terms of distance, it is obvious that Yuan Shao is closer, and he does not need to cross the river, and his speed is much faster.
"My lord, the situation is not optimistic." The general said worriedly: "Yuan Shao's army is exhausted, we may not be able to resist it."
Zhang Yang was not worried, and said with a smile: "The general will definitely come to rescue, so there is no need to worry.
Seeing Zhang Yang's attitude, many generals couldn't help but relax.
"However, the speed of the general coming from Guanzhong must be a few days slower." Zhang Yang continued: "These few days, we have to fight for it ourselves, and persist until the general leads the troops."
04 "If we don't live up to ourselves and can't defend Huai County, then don't blame anyone.
The generals were shocked when they heard the words, and they all knew that the task was arduous, and they would fight against five times the enemy forces in the next few days.
"But you don't have to worry too much." Zhang Yang said with a smile: "We have the city as our backing, and before Yuan Shao dispatched troops, the general had already written to me to tell me that I had already started preparing for the defense of the city. question."
The generals below felt more at ease when they heard the words. Since they had already prepared, there was really nothing to be afraid of if they persisted for a few days.
"Okay, all of you command your troops well." Zhang Yang pointed to the outside of the city and said, "Yuan Shao's army has come from a long journey, and today they definitely need to set up camp and build siege equipment. They will definitely not attack the city. Let's just be careful, don't be too nervous. .”
After arranging everything, Zhang Yang patrolled the city again to motivate the soldiers, and then returned to the city.
As night fell, everything inside and outside the city was quiet.
As Zhang Yang said, Yuan Shao had just arrived in Huai County today, and he had no plans to go to war immediately.
But in this silent night, the two subordinates of Zhang Yang on the top of the city gathered together, plotting something in a low voice.
"Brother White Rabbit, what do you think of Yuan Shao coming to attack us?" Yang Chou asked in a low voice.
"What do you think? I don't have any opinion." Sui Gu shrugged and said, White Rabbit is Sui Gu's nickname.
"Let's put it this way, are you optimistic about Lu Bu? Or Yuan Shao?" Yang Chou continued to ask.
"Of course it's Yuan Shao." Sui Gu said without hesitation: "Yuan Shao's four generations and three princes, how can Lu be incomparable?"
These military generals have no brains, they never thought of "holding the emperor to order the princes", they just knew that the four generations and three princes sounded very awesome.
"I think so too." Yang Chou echoed, "Yuan Shao has now occupied the three states, and I think Bingzhou will definitely be captured by Yuan Shao.
"On the other hand, Lu Bu lives in the northwest, and his strength is definitely not as good as Yuan Shao. Let's hang up this time."
"Brother Yang." Sui Gu frowned and said, "You said we were defeated this time...what will happen?"
"Hey!" Yang Chou sneered and said, "What else could happen, it must be head off.
Sui Gu couldn't help but look ugly when he heard the words, obviously he didn't want to end up like this.
"Then Zhang Yang and Lu are not from the same village, but they insisted on dragging our brothers to die together. What kind of nonsense is that?" Yang Chou continued, "In my opinion, we might as well surrender to Yuan Shao. We don't have to worry about anything, why bother?" How about making Yuan Shao an enemy?"
"Then... why don't we surrender to Yuan Shao?" Sui Gu tentatively asked.
"Can you convince Zhang Yang? It won't work." Yang Chou shook his head to himself and said, "Zhang Yang and Lu Bu wear a pair of pants, maybe we will be punished."
"Why do we need to persuade Zhang Yang? If we want to surrender, do we still have to get Zhang Yang's consent?" Sui Gu Youyou asked back.
"You..." Yang Chou's eyes widened suddenly, "Brother Bai Fang means that we surrender ourselves?
"That's right." Sui Gu said coldly: "We are in charge of the city defense tonight. Open the city gate and go out directly, then bring Yuan Shao into the city, capture Huai County, and kill Zhang Yang. It is definitely a great achievement."
Yang Chouyan took a deep breath, but his heart was moved.
Zhang Yang is no more than the prefect of a county, and Bingzhou shepherd is only in name, but Yuan Shao is the fourth generation and the third prince, sitting in three states.
There is a saying that people go to high places, Yang Chou and Sui Gu both want to seek refuge with the strong and have a bigger stage.
By the way, the seller begged for glory, and gave Huai County to Yuan Shao, killed Zhang Yang, and then exchanged for the chance of a high-ranking official and a generous salary.
The two generals did what they said, and soon opened the gate of Huai County with their cronies
"Kill! Kill!!!"
Zhang Yang suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed in shock.
"What happened?" Hearing the shouts outside, Zhang Yang asked immediately.
A personal soldier hurried in, "My lord, Yang Chou and Sui Gu rebelled and opened the city gate to lead Yuan Shao's army into the city. They are already coming here, let's run away quickly.
"Damn dog!" Zhang Yang couldn't help yelling, and then followed the soldiers to go out.
When he came outside the mansion, the streets were full of flames, and Zhang Yang saw Yang Chou and Sui Gu at a glance. The two were coming here with countless soldiers and horses, and they seemed to be coming for Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang saw the two of them, and the two immediately spotted Zhang Yang.
"Quick! That's Zhang Yang! Kill him!" Yang Chou shouted.
"My lord, get on the horse!" The soldier led a horse.
Zhang Yang no longer hesitated, the most important thing was to run for his life, so he got on his horse immediately.
The incident happened suddenly, Yang Chou and Suigu rebelled, and Yuan Shao's army entered the city. Zhang Yang's generals and soldiers surrendered directly when they saw the situation was not good. Yuan Jun did not encounter much resistance at all, and took Huai County easily.
And when Zhang Yang fled, besides his own soldiers who were still loyal and followed Zhang Yang around, there was no other subordinates accompanying him.
The army of more than ten thousand fell apart, leaving only a few hundred soldiers around.
Zhang Yang fled on horseback for a long time, until he completely shook off the pursuers behind him, then he stopped and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Two bastards, how dare you betray me?" Zhang Yang gritted his teeth, his anger still lingering.
Zhang Yang in history was because his subordinates were unwilling to lead troops to rescue Lu Bu, so they rebelled and killed Zhang Yang.
Although the situation was different this time, it was similar in essence. Zhang Yang insisted on joining Lu Bu to fight Yuan Shao as enemies, so Yang Chou and Sui Gu rebelled.
"My lord, where are we going now?" the soldier asked.
Zhang Yang was silent when he heard the words, let alone where he was going now, Zhang Yang didn't even know where he was now.
Just now, he only cared about running for his life, and Zhang Yang didn't know where he ran.
"Boom..."
At this moment, a sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded. 350 Zhang Yang's face turned pale, "It's over, I was overtaken by the enemy."
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yang and his party were surrounded by a group of cavalry.
"Uncle Ya? Why are you here?"
When Zhang Yang heard someone calling his name, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the person who came, it was Zhang Liao who came from the north.
"Wen Yuan!" Zhang Yang revealed surprise, "Why are you here?"
"The general said that Yuan Shao was going to send troops to merge the state, so he asked me to help you." Zhang Liao explained: "At first, I planned to set up camp to rest, but when I saw the flames rising into the sky, I hurried to see the situation."
"What happened? The city was captured by Yuan Shao?"
"Ah~" Zhang Yang said with a wry smile: "The subordinates rebelled, and the city is open to welcome Yuan Shao into the city."
"This is a bit bad." Zhang Liao frowned and said: "From the time, the general should not have crossed the river, and now he will be blocked by Yuan Shao on the south bank.
"It's all my fault. I mistrusted the villain and lost Hanoi County." Zhang Yang looked very frustrated.
"Now is not the time to talk about this." Zhang Liao ordered: "Go to a small group of people and pass the news to Nan'an immediately, so as to prevent the general from being attacked halfway through without knowing the situation."
"No." A small group of cavalry left the large group.
"Wen Yuan, what should we do next?" Zhang Yang couldn't help asking Zhang Liao.
"Hehe, the cavalry ran all night, don't think about anything now, let's rest first and then talk." Zhang Liao said in a relaxed tone,
"Okay, then listen to you."
Five thousand cavalry were stationed on the spot. Anyway, it was already spring, and camping was completely unbearable.
With Zhang Yang's rapid defeat, the battle between Lu Bu and Yuan Shao has just begun, so it is inevitable to fall into a very passive situation.
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