Zhang Zou and his two horses conquer Pingzhou

Author: Sharpshooter Lao Feixia

Zhang Zou and his two horses conquer Pingzhou

However, Cao Cao received a letter from Zhang Shun and read it carefully. What he said were all the things he had experienced since he sent troops to Jizhou——

Jizhou divided its troops. Li Jun and Zhang Shun each took the west and east. Zhang Shun led the Eastern Route Army. He was named "Yaksha Who Turned the Sea" Zhang Tiedan, and led Li Ying, Duan Sanniang, Zou Yuan, and Zou.

Run four generals, led fifteen thousand troops, attacked Jingjing, Luan, Ping, and camped in the four states.

These four states, if viewed on later maps, would be the area from Tangshan to Qinhuangdao.

Among them, Luan, Ping and Ying prefectures were occupied by the Khitan during the Five Dynasties period. During the Chongxi reign of Emperor Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty, they were promoted to Zunhua County in Ji Prefecture.

The four prefectures were not originally populated areas, and with Yelv Chun's southern expedition, many troops were transferred, making the territory increasingly empty.

Therefore, Zhang Shun's troops arrived with overwhelming force. They attacked Jingzhou and Luanzhou one after another, and when they reached Pingzhou, they met their opponents.

This opponent was Zhang Jue, deputy envoy of the Liao Xing Army.

Zhang Jue was a Jinshi from the Liao Kingdom, with both civil and military talents. He was also a native of Pingzhou, so he was highly popular among the people.

In recent years, Khitan's power has been declining, and military disasters and banditry have occurred one after another. Xiao Dili, the envoy of the Liao Xingjun Jiedu, and the prefect of Pingzhou were all killed by the rebel army. It was all thanks to Zhang Jue's expedition to the east and west to put down the rebellion.

Therefore, "the people of the state took charge of state affairs," leveled the state, camped the two states, and the military and political power were all in Zhang Jue's hands.

Before Yelu Chun conquered the Song Dynasty, he ordered Zhang Jue's army to obey orders, but he refused to obey. He said: The enemy of the country is the Jurchen. Their power is booming. The king and others do not want to resist. Instead, they want to provoke the neighboring countries and start a war on both sides. This will cost their lives.

That's the way to go, I'm sorry if you don't follow it.

It means that you are looking for death, and I will not accompany you.

Xiao Qian was furious when he heard about it, and persuaded Yelu Chun to send his trusted ministers to Pingzhou to serve as magistrate, hoping to seize his power.

Zhang Jue instigated the people to stop the carriage of Xinzhizhou on the way and beat him until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. The man had no choice but to leave in despair.

Yelu Chun and Xiao Qian became increasingly angry, but they were afraid of forcing Zhang Jue to rebel, so they had no choice but to swallow their anger and seek to gain the territory of Song State first before making any calculations.

However, how did Zhang Shun know about his abilities?

When they attacked Luan River, Zhang Jue seemed to be missing. Zhang Shun became more and more careless and led his troops into Pingzhou. Unexpectedly, when crossing the Luan River, ambushes appeared everywhere, and Zhang Shun attacked him with a move and a half-cross.

According to Zhang Shunxin: "The Luanhe River flows from northwest to southeast and merges into the Bohai Sea. It is the boundary between Luanzhou and Pingzhou."

"My brother took Li Ying as the vanguard, and brought his uncles and nephews from the Zou family as the middle army. After Duan Sanniang joined forces, he cut down trees to make a bridge and chose a narrow place to cross it."

"Li Ying led 3,000 men to cross first, and there was no obstacle. When his younger brother led the Chinese army to cross, the people and horses had not crossed halfway. Suddenly, a flood came from the sky, and the pontoon bridge was immediately destroyed. The people and horses on the bridge were all feeding the fish and turtles."

"At that time, my brother was also on the bridge. Fortunately, he had water. He escaped back to the west bank through the waves. I saw the turbid current of the Luan River rolling in, cutting our troops on both sides. It was expected that the Liao people must have built a dam upstream. When I crossed the river,

Flood it with water."

There is nothing more poisonous than water and fire. When Old Cao saw this, he was speechless for a moment: He used fire to defeat the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom, and the Pingzhou defender used water to attack Zhang Shun. Isn't it just that he can retaliate in front of his eyes and pay back quickly?

I also remembered that when Zhuge Liang first entered Liu Bei's tent, he first burned Xiahou Dun in Bowangpo, and then burned Cao Ren in Xinye. The burning of Xinye was not counted. He also built a dam on the Baihe River to contain the flow, and released Cao Ren when his defeated army was crossing the river. Water and fire combined to kill him.

Cao Cao's army was countless.

After sighing for a moment, looking down again, Pingzhou Liao general released water and destroyed the suspension bridge. The chrysanthemum army was naturally shocked.

At this time, I only heard the sound of a cannon, and behind a hill on the east bank, people shouted and horses neighed, and countless Liao soldiers came out from left and right. Judging from their size, there were tens of thousands.

Zhang Shun was stunned. He attacked two states in front of him. The soldiers and horses of one state were only one or two thousand people, and most of them were old and weak. They were vulnerable to a blow. When the chrysanthemum army arrived, they either fled at the wind, or collapsed at the sound of the drum. Otherwise, he

Don't be so arrogant that you cross the river in broad daylight.

When Cao Cao saw this, he also frowned and wondered: If Pingzhou is not a prosperous place, how could there be tens of thousands of Liao troops?

With such a large number of enemy troops, not only Zhang Shun was shocked, Cao Cao was puzzled, but the Chrysanthemum Army on the East Bank who was on the scene was even more stunned.

It is important to know that when the Chrysanthemum Army was recruited, it was just behind Lao Cao's Youzhou Eighth Army.

Although they benefited from Li Jun's trick of "luring Han'er to kill the Khitans", all these troops were stained with blood and were very violent. However, one was outnumbered, the other was unprepared against the well-prepared, and the third was against the enemy.

While fighting, there is no way to retreat——

After all, they are not the Chu army, and Li Ying is not Xiang Yu, so how can they be their opponents?

However, Li Ying was brave and wanted to give Xiang Yu a boost.

According to Zhang Shun: "At that time, my younger brother looked across the river and saw that our army was in chaos, but it was Li Ying who shouted, 'Now is the time to fight with the last ditch, it is the time for a good man to show his skills!' After saying this, he jumped into the enemy's formation with a gun and shouted: '

Who dares to be my eagle?'"

"In the Liao formation, a general in golden armor rushed out and fought with Li Ying. The rest of the soldiers and horses rushed in like a tide, killing our army to pieces. Many people fell into the water and died without knowing it."

"My brother was so worried that he ordered people to build the bridge more quickly. I saw Li Ying fighting with his opponent for more than thirty times. Seeing that he could not win, the general shouted loudly and attacked eight people with his teeth from behind. Li Ying used flying knives to kill two people in a row.

However, the Liao general took out his mace, knocked him off his horse with the mace from behind, and tied him into the formation."

"At that time, Zou Run was also on the other side. He led dozens of people to grab Li Ying. He wanted to seize Li Ying, but the Jinjia Liao general blocked him. The two horses dismounted, but they couldn't fight. Zou Run fainted with a spear and died.

Send them away."

"When my brother built the pontoon bridge and was about to go to the rescue, the troops and horses on the east bank were all gone. Half of them were killed and most of them surrendered. The man pointed a gun at my brother and others, saying that he didn't care about the cause and effect of our being with the Liao Kingdom and dared to enter the Ping camp.

One step forward and you will be killed."

"My brother had no choice but to lead his army to retreat temporarily and look around for people to inquire about. Then he found out that the Pingzhou Liao general was named Zhang Jue..."

Zhang Shun made inquiries and learned about Zhang Jue's background and abilities, and was worried for a while.

Counting the men and horses under his command, most of them were lost, leaving only five or six thousand men. He thought that no matter what, it would be difficult to defeat the opponent.

So he spent the whole night, and at dawn the next day, he summoned Duan Sanniang and Zou Yuan and asked them to take care of the troops, while he went to Pingzhou alone to act.

After Duan Sanniang heard this, her head shook like a rattle, and she kept saying that she couldn't go. If she went like this, he would definitely kill her. Wouldn't it be a waste of her life?

Zhang Shun said: "Brother Li once said that he was originally a private businessman in the Xunyang River, and he was as dusty as grass. Without Brother Wu, how could he be as proud as he is today! Think of me, Zhang Shun, first as a water thief, then as a fishmonger, and then

What kind of extraordinary person is he? We are heroes, we have been given good fortune, and we are just repaying each other with death, so how can we care about our lives?"

Zou Yuan was moved after hearing this and wanted to go with him whether or not he was alive.

Duan Sanniang was not the kind of woman who couldn't wait to let go. Seeing his determination, she gritted her teeth and said with red eyes: "That's all, in that case, I'm just waiting here for my brothers to return. If something unexpected happens,

Then I will go back and invite Brother Wu’s troops to kill Pingzhou into a sea of ​​blood and avenge you."

Zhang Shun and Zou Yuan quietly left the camp, found a boat, crossed the Luan River, and arrived at Lulong County, where the prefectural government of Pingzhou is located.

Looking around, the city gate was wide open, with only a dozen or so soldiers hanging around guarding the gate, as usual, unguarded.

Zhang Shun and Zou Yuan looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes: This Zhang Jue is so brave! He didn't even take the Chrysanthemum Army's invasion seriously.

The two of them were shocked and angry, but couldn't help but admire them. Zhang Shun said: "This guy is so crazy! In this case, you and I simply barge in. We would rather die than let him underestimate us, otherwise it will become more and more difficult to talk."

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Zou Yuan said: "Since I came with you, I will treat myself as dead and let you do whatever you want. I will only obey your orders."

The two agreed and ran to the city to dismount. Zhang Shun said coldly: "I want to come to see Zhang Jue. Brother Zou Yuan, please clear the way for me!"

Zou Yuan glared, took out the folded flying tiger stick from his waist, jumped up and started to hit.

His stick, famously called "hard but soft", was used with all mysteries. How could those sect soldiers be opponents? They were beaten to pieces, and the two of them marched into the city with their heads held high.

Those with good eyes slipped away early to call for help. Not long after, hundreds of Liao soldiers surrounded them. The leading few tooth generals were Zhang San, Li Si, Qian Wu and Zhao Liu. They all drew their swords in their hands and were about to attack.

Kill at the front.

Zhang Shun glanced at him coldly and said calmly: "I am Zhang Tiedan, the 'Fan Hai Yaksha' of the Chrysanthemum Army. I am here to discuss important matters with General Zhang Jue. If you are not afraid of causing trouble, just take action."

When the tooth generals heard this, their expressions moved slightly, and someone hurried to report it. After a while, they came back and said that it was Zhang Juerang who was taking the two of them to the state government office.

Zhang Shun and Zou Yuan walked proudly, and after walking a short distance to Dezhou Yamen, they saw armored soldiers inside and outside, all with sullen eyebrows and a forest of swords and guns in their hands, densely blocking the door.

Zou Yuan's face changed slightly, and then he heard Zhang Shun laugh and say: "General Zhang, I saw your extraordinary military skills the day before yesterday. I just thought you were a hero. Why did you put up such a battle? There are only two of you. Even if you want to kill me, you can't do it."

There doesn’t need to be so many people.”

Then I heard someone inside the door sneer and say: "You two are fighting at the city gate. If there are few people in the government office, I'm afraid you will come in again."

Zhang Shun smiled and said: "It's not that Zhang doesn't know etiquette, I just heard that General Zhang doesn't even pay attention to Yelu Chun and Xiao Qian. I'm afraid that his eyes are too high. If Zhang, the defeated general, doesn't show some courage,

I'm afraid the general will look down on me."

The person inside said: "There are many people who are extremely bold, but I may not think highly of you if you are bold? Tell me why you are here."

Zhang Shundao: "The army was defeated the day before yesterday. My two brothers were captured by you. Now I don't know whether they are dead or alive."

The person inside said: "So what if you die, what if you live?"

Zhang Shun smiled softly and said coldly: "If you are alive, everything will be easy. If you are dead, please ask General Zhang to kill the two of us, and then someone will come to avenge us."

It was quiet for a moment, and suddenly a burst of laughter broke out: "Hahahaha, are you looking for revenge on me? Zhang Zonghengping, with 50,000 troops under his command, as you said, Yelu Chun, Xiao Qian didn't dare to underestimate me, am I afraid of doing it?

Are the thieves here to take revenge?"

Zhang Shunyi laughed and said: "Haha, General Zhang, I just laugh at you for not seeing a real hero. How can people like Yelu Chun and Xiao Qian be compared with my brother? To tell you the truth, in the states in front of the mountain now, except for

You control everything except the two states in the hands of my brother. If you give it a little time, the nine states behind the mountains will not be owned by the Liao people. If you know the opportunity, release my two brothers and offer the two states, one day you will be able to achieve success, and it will be far away from you.

At this time, if you don’t know how to advance or retreat, Zhang’s head is here and you can take it away.”
To be continued...