But as Zhong Xing guessed, half a month later, the ice and snow began to melt, but even if the ice and snow have begun to melt, they will not be able to carry out large-scale actions for a while.
Xie An led a large army to Didao before the ice melted, bringing with him two cavalry corps, an infantry corps, and nearly 30,000 county soldiers.
A large number of troops arrived at Didao, and the camp was densely packed.
Of course, such a big movement of the Han army could not hide from the spies who had intentions, and Zhang Zuo was able to know that the Han army would invade Zhang's Liangguo on a large scale after the weather permitted.
Zhang Chonghua succeeded to the throne less than a year before he was captured near Wolf Juxu Mountain, and he also folded in the elite of the Liang army of 10,000 or 20,000.
The capture of the king of a country will inevitably deal a very serious blow to the morale of the military and the people of the country.
Just the news of Zhang Chonghua's capture was confirmed, and many families in Xiliang began to sit still.
Since ancient times, the family has only valued the family, and what country and what society are secondary.
In times of peace and prosperity, they were attached to the imperial power, taking advantage of the power in their hands and the power in the local area, like moths taking the people as nourishment.
Whenever they are squeezed by the imperial power, they will do everything they can to make the country chaotic, and the powerful families will either directly participate in the competition, or they will find the so-called real dragon to stir up the storm.
There is no country in the eyes of the family, and there are only family interests, so there will be no loyalty.
Seeing the collapse of the Zhao Kingdom in just six or seven years, and the Tuoba Dynasty was also dying under the advance of the Han army, according to the family's understanding, the Han State would obviously become a dynasty with hope of completing the unification, and could not resist but chose to join it.
There are not many families who also have the intention to jump from a broken ship to the giant ship of the Han Kingdom, the difference is that the situation of Zhang's Liangguo is more serious, and it is related to the fact that the Han State sent a large number of fine works into Zhang's Liangguo, and more because Zhang Chonghua was captured, as well as some actions of Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi.
The lord of the country was captured, and the eldest son was just a yellow-mouthed child, on the contrary, the two brothers of the lord of the country were old and had been working hard, and the country was in great trouble and there was an internal power dump, how to deal with the external crisis There are many factors for the demise of a country, and external pressure is sometimes not the main reason for the demise of the country, but the fact that the country is not united internally while there is external pressure, and the internal and external difficulties lead to the demise of the country.
Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi are both ambitious people, they have long spied on the throne of King Liang, Zhang Chonghua's throne was determined by Zhang Jun himself, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi have no big name and can only hide their ambitions.
If Zhang Chonghua didn't have any accidents, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi, no matter how unwilling they were, could only endure and be a courtier of the emperor's relatives, but Zhang Chonghua had an accident, that would be two words.
In fact, there is no need for the Han side to provoke or agitate, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi will have their own actions after Zhang Chonghua is captured.
There is a Han army about to invade, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi still dare to act on their idea that it is actually more practical, it is precisely because the Han army wants to invade that they should seize the throne as soon as possible.
Zhang Yaoling, the eldest son of the Zhang family's Liangguo, was not made the crown prince in advance, and he was too young, and the maternal family was not strong enough to affect the country's trend in one fell swoop Zhang Zuo has a confidant named Zhao Chang, Zhao Chang is the right Sima sealed by Zhang Chonghua, and this right Sima has done a big thing for Zhang Zuo.
About two months ago, as soon as the news of Zhang Chonghua's capture was confirmed, Zhao Chang began to operate, co-opting and bribing the civil and military forces in the court, and making Zhang Chonghua's fake edict, cooperating with Zhang Zuo's 20,000 troops sent back to the court, and taking out the fake edict in one fell swoop and reading it.
The fake edict has only one core meaning, that is, if Zhang Chonghua has any accidents, Zhang Zuo will be appointed as the envoy, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and the general of the Fu army, to assist the government.
Not doing it in one step is what Zhao Chang and Zhang Zuo mean after they agreed, probably because they feel that they should save some face, and they can't make things too ugly, they should grasp the overall situation first, and wait for the time when the water is right before ascending the throne as king.
"According to the letters from those families who took refuge, Zhang Tianxi did not recognize the testament, and Zhang Qiang, Zhang Yong and others refused to admit it."
Xie An said with some pity: "It's just that they maintained considerable restraint and did not lead troops to attack Zhang Zuo and his subordinates. ” The ice and snow have melted, and it has been sunny and good weather recently, and the road surface should become hard after ten days and half a month, and that time is when the Han army invaded Zhang's Liang Kingdom.
"Jincheng is guarded by Zhang Chong, and there are about 30,000 border troops of the Liang Kingdom in the city, and nearly 50,000 soldiers recruited from all around."
Zhong Xing is the forward commander, and it is inevitable to collect intelligence on the enemy: "The adjutant general is Yi Tui." ” Each country will divide its army into levels, and the Central Army is of course the most ornately equipped echelon, but the most capable of fighting is definitely the border army, and some of the troops that are temporarily conscripted into the army are the weakest.
Zhang's Liangguo is the same family politics as the destroyed Eastern Jin Dynasty small court, the difference is that the Zhang family itself is the strongest family in Western Liang, unlike the Sima family, which is weak and strong.
Because they are all family politics, whether they are civil officials or military generals, they are actually from various large and small families, and the main class that can become the head of the army is basically the children of big families.
Xie An knew very well what the situation of family politics was, so he asked: "Can there be an enemy who will secretly communicate with the song?"
"It will be as the Lord expects."
Zhong Xing said mockingly: "Except for some generals and colonels, Vice General Jincheng has secretly defected to the Han and promised that as soon as our army arrives, it will meet with the outside world." ” The war has not yet broken out, but the enemy country has important generals who have taken refuge in advance, in addition to the prospect of the Zhang Liangguo looking bad, it is inseparable from the strength of the Han State, although the enemy generals secretly take refuge in the Han State is a good thing, but for the anti-bone boy should be looked down upon.
Jincheng is the military town of Zhang's Liangguo in the east, under the construction and reinforcement of many years, the city defense facilities are perfect and complete, and it is not that it cannot be defeated, but the loss will definitely not be light.
Zhang Chong is a son of a local clan in Jincheng, and he has been the Taishou of Jincheng for some years, as early as when Zhang Jun was in charge.
What is ingrained in what is said is probably Zhang Chong's situation.
Zhang Chong's family has always had a good reputation in Jincheng, and most of the families in the city are also good friends, and he can lead the army to defend the city, and can coordinate the assistance of the various families in the city to the greatest extent, and can also get the greatest support from the people in the city.
The generals and colonels of the Han army, including Xie An, certainly have enough confidence in the combat effectiveness of the army they lead, but they can easily seize the military town of Jincheng, which is naturally a happy attitude, but they can't take it for granted.
"It cannot be ruled out that it is a military ploy of the enemy, but as long as we maintain enough caution, we will not be afraid of the enemy's deception."
Zhong Xing didn't dare to play any package tickets, and said: "Everything depends on the war encounter."
Xie An knew what Zhong Xing meant, smiled and just nodded.
Time flies, and on the eighth day after the ice and snow melted, the Han army located in the camp of the Di Dao army began to march in batches.
Zhong Xing, as the vanguard, led the headquarters to approach Caohan first, and did not encounter Zhang's Liang army on the way, but was only harassed by some small groups of Qiang, Di, and Zahu.
Out of the Di Road to the northwest is a plain of Pingchuan, during which there is only a river called Tao River to block the way, the forward has the responsibility of building bridges in the water, Zhong Xing's department spent three days on the Tao River to build three pontoon bridges, before it can be regarded as continuing forward.
"Those Hu people are so annoying."
Dou Ah is really a little irritable: "The number of shares is too small, but it is too many teams." ” In addition to opening roads in the mountains and filling bridges in the water, the strikers actually have the responsibility of clearing the threat for the rear army, and no one knows how many Hu people were left behind when the Fu clan was transferred, looking at their continuous attacks on the Han army, it should be that each tribe left some manpower.
Part of the Dou'a division was left by Zhong Xing to clear the threat, and they continued to explore around the march to find some Hu people and clean them up, but the cleanup process was not smooth.
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It's not that they can't defeat those Hu people, it's that those Hu people will scatter and flee once they are attacked, and the Han army can catch some, but there will always be fish caught in the net.
The enemies that can be found can't be cleared, and there are enemies that haven't been found, and the military affairs of eliminating threats have always been a big trouble, and they may not be able to eliminate all those guys until the end of the war, Dou'a is eager to participate in the war, and he really doesn't want to be dragged in this kind of trouble.
Lu Liang saw that his boss was irritable, and gave a suggestion: "Can you pretend to be a baggage team to attract those Hu tribes to attack?"
When the Han army went on the expedition, it was either that there was no baggage brigade, or because most of the supplies relied on the convenience created by the system warehouse, and the baggage brigade would only be used when the main force and the small troops without warehouses were used.
It has always been that there has been no enemy army that wants to target the grain routes of the Han army, but it can only cause insignificant troubles again and again, and it cannot affect the material supply of the main force of the Han army at all.
His family knows his own affairs, but the enemy army can only chase after the wind, Dou A kept nodding when he heard it: "You can really give it a try." ” After all, the Hu people who stayed behind also had to eat, usually hunting some game to eat fruits, if they could eat grain, it would definitely be better, and then there was no behavior that could cause losses more than attacking the Han army's baggage team.
Dou'a has achieved a lot of results, probably because he was also lucky, and when Xie An's main force arrived, other colleagues took over the military affairs of the purge, and finally liberated them.
"Yes, yes, we are pretending to be a baggage team to attract Hu people to attack."
Dou A was a little frowning: "The Hu people are very lacking in a tendon, even if they know that there is fraud, they will follow one after another." ” They have recently killed a lot of Hu people, but they can be regarded as earning a lot of military merits, but their own losses are not large, so there is no reason to be unhappy.
Xie An thought of something else: knowing that it was a trap, he continued to follow one after another, thinking that those Hu people were extremely short of food Hunting and gathering is the survival mode of primitive society, that is, because it is impossible to ensure the abundance and fixation of food, it will try all kinds of means to increase food, whether it is nomadic or sedentary farming, it is due to the need for food.
Nomads, there is no harvest without grazing, they stay with hatred, long-term hunting must be to hunt a large number of nearby animals, if hunting alone can ensure a source of food, why should people tame animals to make domestic animals, and what to do in farming.
The lack of food for the remaining Hu people is good news for the Han army, those Hu people who constantly attack the Han army are like mosquitoes and flies, they may not be able to cause too much damage to the Han army in one fell swoop, but they will cause trouble and bloodletting to the Han army in the attack after attack, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to clean up to the maximum.
Dou'a led his headquarters to chase after Zhong Xing's department, and Xie An continued to march while constantly spilling out small troops.
Jincheng is standing over there, knowing that a big war will break out, Jincheng's preparations must have been sufficient, and the Han army is not in a hurry to attack for a while, taking advantage of the lack of food for those Hu people to levy, the effect will be much better.
In fact, Xie An didn't think about attacking Jincheng alone, he also had to actually understand the specific situation, if Zhang's Liang 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 came to the city of Jincheng for the first time, and the first to arrive was of course Zhong Xing's department.
"No wonder it's a military town."
After Zhong Xing arrived, he must personally see what Jincheng looks like, found a relatively high place, and commented on Jincheng for a while: "The height of the city wall is more than four zhang, and the width is not less than two zhang and four feet."
Looking at the color of the rammed earth of the city wall, the top one should be urgently heightened."
The measurement of Sima 1 Jin is the continuation of Cao Wei, and one zhang is the modern two meters and forty-two, so the height of four zhang is close to ten meters.
The city walls of Jincheng are tall, looking at the bed crossbow about thirty steps apart, the city wall is equipped with many kinds of equipment, the width of the moat looks slightly exaggerated, and many corridors are arranged in advance outside the city, which is really in line with the specifications of a military town.
"There are urn cities 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 twenty miles outside the city have also been cut down, leaving no siege equipment to make."
The enemy general defending the city is a master of defense."
The defense master in Zhong Xing's mouth, that is, Zhang Chong, the Taishou of Jincheng, is standing on the top of the city tower to watch the Han army outside the city.
"There are less than 10,000 people who come."
Zhang Chong actually looked very calm, turned his head and said to Yi Di: "These are the forwards of the Han General Zhong Xing's department."
Yi Tui was also looking at the Han army outside the city, and said: "They have already begun to camp, whether to open the city gate and send troops to attack and harass If the enemy is careless, they can either be annihilated or severely damaged, and the prestige of the enemy army will be frustrated." ”: