But Liu Hui told Zhang Xiang all his plans, and Zhang Xiang stopped hiding them.

He also told Liu Hui that they had already decided to defect to the Taishan Army.

It turns out that since the Taishan Army's Feilong and Feihu cavalry suddenly arrived at the border between Zhao and Changshan, that is, the Bai people area, the heroic rangers in the southern part of Changshan Kingdom were in a frenzy.

They had heard too much about the glorious military exploits of the Taishan Army.

In particular, the battle of Xingyang is well known to the whole world. After the defeat of Aocang, they helped more than 100,000 poor people in Qianshou across the river, making everyone know that this was a rebel army.

In the eyes of the head of Guizhou, the Taishan Army is a rebel army; in the eyes of the powerful, the Taishan Army is a violent army.

But these are not important to the heroic rangers of Changshan, because in their eyes, the Taishan Army is the largest force that can conquer Hebei. These people have long wanted to defect to the Taishan Army for the sake of wealth.

Don't talk about dividing up their land. I'm sorry, but our rangers and heroes have nothing but this knife in our hands.

So they didn't lose anything, but they gained the possibility of great wealth, which made them uneasy.

Although someone like Zhang Xiang seemed to have some family background, he was actually just a hunter who relied on his family to make a living. Therefore, Zhang Xiang had already discussed with some nearby rangers and planned to go south to join the Taishan Army.

And now his old master Liu Hui has also arrived and wants to join the Taishan Army.

At this time, Zhang Xiang felt that the Taishan Army was more ambitious.

After all, in Zhang Xiang's eyes, his old master was a real princely family and the ruling class of the Han Dynasty. Even he abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side and wanted to join the Taishan Army. Doesn't it mean that he has a bright future?

Therefore, Zhang Xiang introduced some nearby heroes to Liu Hui, such as Bu Sheng, Zhang Yan, Li Feng, Guo Chao, etc., who were all nearby warriors. In addition, dozens of miscellaneous Hu Ye also joined the list.

Unlike most people who think that Hebei is dominated by Han people, in fact many Hu people have been living in Hebei. For example, Changshan and Zhongshan were both the lands of the Rong and Di, and after the Huaxia, there were still many tribes of Rong.

People live together.

In the following hundreds of years, a steady stream of grassland barbarians came to Changshan from Daidi. Although they were not registered as households, they also thrived in the Changshan area.

Therefore, these dozens of miscellaneous men are similar to the savages of Shanliao. This time, Zhang Xiang called them to strengthen their momentum.

After all the heroes knew that Liu Hui turned out to be the true king, they all elected him as the leader. Liu Hui also did his part. He made an alliance first, then chopped trees into soldiers and split clothes into flags, and led more than a hundred people south to Mount Tai.

The army is gone.

…

The first year of Chengtian, the first year of Guanghe, March 10th.

To the west of Xiangguo City, there is the Jitoushan Camp of the Taishan Army.

At this time, half a month had passed since the Taishan Army besieged Xiangguo City, and all the engineering equipment in the camp had been completed. The officers and men of each camp were well fed by the continuous supply of supplies.

It seems that the time to attack the city is coming.

So Guan Yu called Dian Wei Yigan and all the main attacking generals to the camp to inquire about the war preparations.

After years of fighting, Dian Wei has grown into a qualified military commander.

At this moment, he was serious about his words and led the next cadre of the army into the Chinese army's tent.

After paying homage to Guan Yu, Dian Wei and others took their seats separately.

They all knew what Guan Yu called them to do.

Like Qu's commander Zhang Chong, Guan Yu was also a strategic, capable, and calm coach. Although he was still slightly inferior to Qu's commander in every aspect, old subordinates such as Dian Wei all respected Guan Yu.

Knowing that Guan Yu's military power was the most important, even at night, Dian Wei and other generals still put on their helmets and armor and put their uniforms into the tent.

Because he understood Guan Yu's style of conduct, Dian Wei directly introduced the previous main attack tactics.

Dian Wei summed it up in four words:

"Step by step."

Dian Wei wanted to take advantage of the Taishan Army's sufficient combat readiness and abundant troops. Instead of rushing to attack the city wall, Dian Wei first dug trenches, piled up barriers, and advanced layer by layer to the bottom of the city.

After that, they used watchtowers and powerful crossbows to continuously harass the Han troops on the top of the city.

Then they would bombard the city with stone carts to reduce the morale of the city. When the morale and reserves in the city were exhausted, they would then organize an siege. This could be done in one go.

In fact, this is exactly what Dianwei did during the past half month.

Now the camp has been advanced to a position only 500 steps away from the city wall. Three giant nest carts have been pushed to the front of the base, and twenty stone-shooting machines have been set up on the high slopes of the camp.

Just wait for Dianwei's order to launch the first wave of attacks on the city.

So Dian Wei came here to ask for orders.

"All the officials are ready and are just waiting for Commander Guan's order."

Dian Wei said this.

Guan Yu smiled and said:

"Since you already have a strategy, go ahead and do it. I will watch you destroy the city from here in the camp."

General Dian and Wei stood up, cupped their fists and sang to Guan Yu.

…

The next day, Dian Wei stood on a chariot in military uniform and shouted to Jushou on the top of the city:

"Is Mr. Ju in front of you in the city? Can you listen to my words?"

Under the cover of several decks of cards, Jushou looked at Dianwei below and replied loudly:

"I'm Jushu. If you have anything to say, just say it."

As if reciting something from memory, Dian Wei read out the prepared words of persuasion:

"Today, the business has ended, and the Han Dynasty that you said you were holding on to is no longer there. Are you holding on to the dangerous city for the sake of the court in the east, or for the court in the west? I think neither of them cares about you, so why bother? "

Jushou paused for a moment, held the city wall and cursed:

"You are such a crude person, you can also show off your words. How can I be loyal to one person and one surname? I am loyal to the name of Taoism. And those Tao thieves are all unfaithful and unjust, how can they know that I am loyal? thought?"

After hearing this, Dian Wei turned to a scribe next to him and said:

"Feng Sheng, why is this different from what you said? Don't you think you have left out all the omissions? You asked me to say these docile words, and you were humiliated by this person in front of the battle? You want me to tell you, what a fucking bullshit. Kill him directly."

The scribe next to him was Feng Fang. He was a little embarrassed at the moment, but he changed quickly and immediately complimented Dian Wei:

"That's right, General Dian is simple, let's just do it."

Dian Wei ignored Feng Fang, who was sometimes ineffective, and waved the triangular yellow flag in his hand.

Then, sixteen large cowhide drums were beaten behind the chariot.

"Squeaky"

First, twenty stone-shooting machines, under the command of a muscular man, placed polished stone bullets on their long arms, and then under the command of a small military officer under his command:

"put!"

Twenty polished stone bullets were fired at Xiangguo City on the opposite side.

Because these stone bullets were polished almost the same, their accuracy was slightly higher. But even so, only two of them hit the city, and the others all hit the city.

But just these two people destroyed the city.

The Han army had used a stone machine to defeat the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans before, so they naturally recognized these things. But they never expected that the Taishan Army's stone machine would be so powerful.

The generals around Jushu were so frightened that they hugged Jushu and went down the city, fearing that the stone bullets would kill them.

The results of the first round of launches were not ideal.

Taishan Army quickly adjusted the distance and started the second round of firing. This time, 15 of the 20 shots hit, which undoubtedly greatly improved the accuracy.

Afterwards, the Taishan Army's stone-throwing locomotives continued to hit the city head with stones from this distance.

In the blink of an eye, the two hundred stone bullets polished in half a month were consumed here.

At this time, the appearance of Xiangguo City had changed. The tent poles that were originally erected were all broken, and from time to time, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty let out horrifying wails.

But even so, except for a few places where the turning stones collapsed, the rest of Xiangguo City is intact. It seems that it will be difficult to conquer Xiangguo with only a stone machine.

After taking a look at the situation at the top of the city, Dian Wei waved the second red flag.

The Qingzhou Army, which had been waiting for a long time, began to charge forward under the leadership of their respective military officials, carrying their carriages and trench carriages.

…

It was a hundred miles south of the Xiang Kingdom where the fighting was taking place.

At this time, in the wilderness, Zhang Nan and Guo Mo, who were supposed to be stationed in Yiyang, were retreating to Tantai, the nearest stronghold with their 700 remaining soldiers in embarrassment.

In the team, the wretched county official Feng Wei was also included. He saw that although these 700 soldiers were defeated, they could still ensure the order of retreat, and he couldn't help but nodded:

"This is a strong soldier."

But why couldn't such a strong army defend Yiyang?

Feng Niao himself didn't know much about it. He only knew that yesterday he was working in the military mansion, and suddenly he heard a boil outside, and then saw Zhang Nan, wearing a bloody armor, rushing in with a wave of soldiers.

At that time, Feng Min was startled, thinking that there was a fight among the Taishan Army and they wanted to kill old people like them.

But Zhang Nan burned the eucalyptus slips in the city and retreated from the west of the city with the county officials, including Feng Miao.

At that time, the city was already in chaos, with shouts of killing everywhere, and then the gates were tightly closed on all sides. It was obvious that the people in the city were afraid and did not want to get involved in the fighting outside.
To be continued...