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Chapter 161 Zhang Xu's Poison Scheme
Zhang Huan's death caused very serious consequences. The entire Northwest Territory lost its military commander. Liangzhou, and many counties in the Western Regions, for the Xianbei army, completely lost their resistance. Only a large number of girls stationed in the Northern Army Zang County can still maintain its opposition to the Xianbei people, but it is not a threat. The entire northwest region has opened its arms to the Xianbei army.

If Zhang Huan was still there, the Xianbei people would never dare to attack Liangzhou easily, because if Zhang Huan mobilized the army in the northwest to entangle them here, then the reinforcements of the Han army behind them would completely besiege them here Of course, that was Duan Jiong's original idea, but the Xianbei army set out in the direction of Anding County, and it was impossible for Zhang Huan to live in Liangzhou and command the overall situation.

Because there is Wuwei County in the west and Beidi County in the north, Anding's army is weak, and it goes directly to Chang'an. If you sit back and watch the enemy go straight to Anding, it will cause a sensation in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Zhang Huan can only grit his teeth and fight hard, but, He didn't expect Tan Shihuai to come so quickly. What's terrible is that he even used 3 or [-] horses as bait to kill Zhang Huan.

After Tan Shihuai achieved his goal, the whole Liangzhou immediately fell into resistance. Tanshi Huai ordered his soldiers to plunder Liangzhou, and Liangzhou had already gathered a large amount of wealth and grain due to cattle herding and land reclamation in recent years. Falling into the hands of the Xianbei army, they broke through county towns one after another, bound the residents as slaves, and moved out the food and wealth. Many county towns were burned directly by them.

Tan Shihuai has no intention of occupying the land of Liangzhou. It is a bit close to Chang'an and other confidantes of the Han Dynasty. If Liangzhou is occupied, it will definitely be a continuous attack by the Han Dynasty, and the rear may also fall. This is not worth the candle Yes, his real purpose is the Western Regions outside of Liangzhou. He wants to plunder Liangzhou, then use these supplies for the army, and then conquer the entire Western Regions.

The Western Regions are different from Liangzhou, and they can also be connected with the original Western Xianbei, which is extremely convenient in terms of support and supplies.

When Xianbei looted everywhere in Liangzhou, set fire to kill people, and walked slowly towards the west, Duan Jiong's army had just arrived at Shuofang County, rested here for two days, and immediately set off again, and the news of Zhang Huan's death , and no outsiders have known about it yet, and only these soldiers and scholars in Guzang County know about it. After Zheng Xuan learned about this kind of news, he also wanted to send the news, but the entire Liangzhou was under martial law.

His messenger couldn't get out either, so he could only wait silently for reinforcements.

And during this period, he brought Zhang Gong's grandson with him and taught him personally, in order to repay Zhang Huan's kindness to the people of Liangzhou. As a result, he discovered that this unattractive, farmer dressed He also praised him very much, so he worshiped him as a long history and asked him to cooperate in the management of Guzang County.

At that time, some people were displeased with his appointment, but since Mr. Zhang had no famous words, this man managed the county in a tight and orderly manner without any chaos, which was surprising at the time.

On this day, Zheng Xuan, Sima of the Northern Army Infantry Battalion, Zhang Xu and others stood on the city wall, looking forward to it. After a while, Zheng Xuan sighed helplessly and said, "Reinforcement has not arrived for a long time, what can we do?" , he looked at Zhang Xu beside him again, and asked, "Xianbei caused chaos. There is no safe land. I wonder if Youzhen has any plans?"

Zhang Xu was taken aback for a moment, shook his head, and said, "People in the mountains and fields don't know anything about military affairs. Please forgive me, Mr. Zheng."

Zheng Xuan sighed helplessly again, turned his head and left, only Zhang Xu and the Sima of the northern army were left. Zhang Xu glanced at him and asked, "The Xianbei army is approaching, this place is an important military location, what if The general doesn’t have any strategies to defend against the enemy, we will die!” The army commander Bao Hong frowned, looked outside the city, thought for a moment, and then said: “Gather some strong men as an army to resist Xianbei.”

Zhang Xu was a little helpless, and after waiting for a while, he asked, "General, outside of Guzang City, how many villages are there? Can food, grass and luggage be transported into the city? Is there a river well?" Bao Hong was taken aback, and turned his head to look He looked at him and said: "The food and baggage in the villages have already been moved into the city, but many cultivated fields have not had time to harvest. Most of the lakes here are dry, and the river water can only drink horses. In recent years, for the affairs of the villages, we have opened There are many wells, and yellow dragons often appear."

"There is a yellow dragon in the well, which means that when the yellow spring comes to the world, there must be a great sage who will die." Zhang Xu paused, and then said: "Tan Shihuai is a great man, and he dared to lead so many soldiers here because the cultivated land has not yet been cultivated. Harvesting, he can get food and grass by himself, and he looted in Liangzhou, I am afraid his purpose is not there anymore, but in the Western Regions, if the general can hold the city gate for several days, I think he will not storm the county "

Bao Hong was a little surprised, and asked, "Aren't you ignorant of military affairs?"

"Ahem, Zheng Zheng is a gentleman, he is not moral in military affairs, and he doesn't want to disclose it. I have a strategy that can make the Xianbei army suffer. I wonder if the general can use it?" Zhang Xu stared into Bao Hong's eyes, and asked earnestly. , but complained in my heart, if I escaped from Liangzhou earlier, I would have to find a way to survive. At this time, I would have already gone to Anding!
Hearing that the farmer said that he had a way, Bao Hong didn't believe it, but looking at the confident and calm eyes of this man, he was silent for a while, and then asked: "Let's talk about it", Zhang Xu approached After talking in his ear for a while, Bao Hong jumped up and shouted in a panic: "How is this possible? If so, Liangzhou was not destroyed by Xianbei, but by us!!!"

"Hehe, kindness doesn't command the army, general, if you don't want to, then you can sacrifice and pray day and night, and pray to God to save our lives!" Zhang Xu smiled coldly, turned around and was about to leave, Bao Hong gritted his teeth, hesitating After waiting for a while, he quickly stopped him and said, "I can use Youzhen's strategy, but Zheng Gong will definitely not allow it, so I don't know what to do?"

"Zheng Zheng is a gentleman, but he doesn't know anything about military affairs. I don't want to know about this matter. We can use it as an inspection tour." Zhang Xu said in a low voice. Bao Hong frowned and nodded from time to time. The two discussed for a while before finally After finishing speaking, Bao Hong looked at Zhang Xu suspiciously, and said, "Your Majesty is really the grandson of Duke Zhang?"

Zhang Xu's expression was calm, without panic.

"How can it be false?"

On the same day, Bao Hong, Sima of the Infantry Battalion of the Northern Army, suggested to Zheng Xuan that he should personally lead a team to go out on patrol, and he would definitely come back before sunset. Zheng Xuan agreed after he would seek his own death, and Bao Hong rushed out of the city with nearly a hundred knights. Zheng Xuan watched them go away.

However, Zheng Xuan never thought that after they went out, the first thing they wanted to do was to find some dead bodies. These soldiers of the Northern Army were also very surprised, looking for dead rats, dogs, or people?why is that? ?

(End of this chapter)