All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 360: Retreat When Encountering Clouds Zhang Junyi

The Zhen family was born into a powerful family in Zhongshan State. They did well in the court and became a prominent family.

Yuan Shao's marriage into his family was essentially to stabilize the situation in Zhongshan Kingdom.

After the Cao family conquered Hebei, Cao Pi fell in love with Zhen Mi again. Besides the fact that she was indeed very beautiful and attractive, he also wanted to stabilize the local area.

When such a powerful and influential family in the local area came to him and expressed their willingness to join him and even help capture Yecheng, Chen Ran refused without hesitation.

There is no special reason, I still say that.

Accepting the allegiance of these local tyrants can indeed lead to quick victory.

But what happens next?

They are still local tyrants, and their power may even increase further and grow into an aristocratic family!

Did Chen Ran come to this world to easily unify the world?

No, he wanted to give the Han people a bright and peaceful world!
The aristocratic and powerful families still exist, so what is the world like? It's just a change of skin.

He refused Zhen's offer to join him and preferred to conquer Yecheng on his own.

"Lord."

Jia Xu stepped forward and said, "I have a plan."

"Wenhe's strategy" Chen Ran wanted to laugh. Whenever Jia Xu came up with a strategy, someone would usually be in trouble.

Sure enough, Jia Xu said, "We can spread this matter to Yecheng and cause civil unrest."

This is not the end. Jia Xu continued, "If the news leaks out, there are other parties involved. Once chaos breaks out, we will surely win by taking advantage of the situation and attacking the city!"

As expected of Jia Wenhe, who would hurt others without hurting himself, he would cheat others with his first move.

Chen Ran thought about it and nodded his approval, "Good."

"Second son."

In Yecheng, the defending general Zhang He earnestly advised, "Don't leave Yecheng now."

Zhang He was originally a subordinate of Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou. He surrendered after Yuan Shao captured Jizhou.

There is no doubt that as a surrendered person, his status in Yuan Shao's army was not high.

In order to attack Gongsun Zan, which could bring him military merit, Yuan Shao brought Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Qu Yi and others.

As for the task of staying behind and not making any contribution, it was Zhang He's turn to do so.

"I don't want to leave either." Yuan Xi sighed, "But my father ordered me to ask Gongsun Zan for marriage. The two families want to form an alliance to fight against the Chen bandits. I have no choice."

Yuan Shao did not give up Yecheng, on the contrary, he attached great importance to it.

Guo Tu was arranged in advance to rush over to take charge of the city defense.

The problem was that Guo Tu was still on his way, but Yuan Xi planned to leave Yecheng before he arrived.

There may only be a few days of delay, but many times a few days is enough to decide everything.

"Don't worry, Junyi." Yuan Xi consoled him, "Yecheng has many soldiers and sufficient food, and the city defense is strong. Chen Ran's main force has not arrived yet, so you just stay and guard the city until your father leads the army to help."

In this era, there were cities and forts everywhere, and no family dared to just build a house and live in it.

Food, population and other supplies are concentrated in these places.

If Chen Ran’s army wants to obtain the spoils, they have to attack continuously, which consumes a lot of time, energy and manpower.

Therefore, he had to use most of his transportation capacity to transport food and supplies, which naturally slowed down the army's crossing of the river.

The number of troops that arrived at the vicinity of Yecheng at this time was not even as large as Yuan Shao's troops defending the city, let alone a siege.

In fact, Yuan Xi was still a little scared in his heart, so he took the opportunity of having a legitimate reason to stay away from such a dangerous place.

Zhang He could do nothing but watch and see that persuasion was of no use.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi had just fled out of the city, and Guo Tu, who was supposed to take charge of the situation, would take two or three days to arrive.

At this critical moment, rumors spread in the city that the Zhen family and other big families in the city intended to collude with Chen Ran's army outside the city to surrender the city!
Zhang He naturally did not believe such rumors. After all, he was not a brainless warrior.

But the key evidence, the letter of surrender written by Zhen to Chen Ran appeared in front of him, and the defenders caught the messenger who sneaked out of the city, which made him believe it.

Since he believed the evidence that Zhen was planning a rebellion, he naturally believed the evidence of powerful families colluding with the enemy that Jia Xu had fabricated.

If it were Guo Tu, he would definitely not believe it. After all, he knew Chen Ran's attitude towards powerful families. How could these families possibly come to him for support?

Even if this was true, Guo Tu would choose to appease the people and put it aside for the time being, waiting for Chen Ran to be defeated and withdraw his troops before settling the score later.

But Zhang He didn't have this ability to distinguish. He was a military general and could only do one thing at this time, which was to swing his sword.

Zhang He wanted to control all the suspicious families in the city, but these powerful families would not sit idly by and wait for death.

When the county soldiers and the family's private soldiers started fighting, what happened next was no longer something Zhang He could control.

"Lord."

Jia Xu, who was in charge of this matter personally, smiled and said, "It's your plan~~~"

"Okay." Chen Ran simply stood up and put on his armor, "Call Wen Yuan over, I will attack the city myself!"

The city was in chaos. The defenders were busy fighting with the private soldiers of various families. When Chen Ran attacked the city, the defense forces on the city walls were very weak.

Of course, no matter how weak it is, it is still a world-famous fortress and it is not easy to break through.

In order to win the battle in one fell swoop, Chen Ran chose to go into battle himself.

He was wearing three layers of armor. The innermost layer was made of silk, and outside the silk armor was a chain mail made of finely crafted small rings.

In addition to the chain mail, he did not wear heavy iron armor, but rhinoceros armor.

That's right, it's armor made of rhino skin. The skin on the back of an adult male rhino can be as thick as four centimeters at its thickest point, and it's very strong.

The defensive power of the rhinoceros armor after processing is even stronger than iron armor.

Later generations often said that the rhinos in the Central Plains disappeared due to climate change.

But in Chen Ran's opinion, the more likely possibility was that they were all killed and skinned to make armor.

They arrived in a hurry and there was not enough time to build large siege equipment such as goose carts. Chen Ran simply used an extended ladder to attack the city, the kind seen in movies and TV dramas.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Ran would not do such a rude thing.

However, the current environment does not allow this, and there is no time to wait, so I have to rely on my own bravery to solve the problem.

Archers armed with large crossbows and bows and arrows stepped forward and suppressed the defenders with long-range shooting.

The soldiers carrying ladders shouted and stepped forward, erecting the ladders against the city wall.

In order to prevent the ladder from being overturned by the defenders using forks and other tools, dozens of strong men swarmed up and pressed down the bottom of the ladder to stabilize it.

Chen Ran bit the blade of a beheading knife in his mouth, held up an iron shield in one hand to protect his body, and climbed the ladder forward with the other hand.

There was a continuous sound of "dong dong dong", which was the sound of the defenders' bows and crossbows hitting the iron shields.

Chen Ran climbed up very quickly. When he was still a few steps away from the parapet on the city wall, he suddenly swung the iron shield in his hand to deflect the long weapons that were stabbing down from the defenders.

He exerted force with his legs and leaped over the battlement to the top of the city wall.

The iron shield and the beheading sword were wielded, driving away the defenders, protecting the entrance to the long ladder, and protecting more soldiers from climbing to the top of the city.

As the number of people increased, Chen Ran led his men to sweep the top of the city wall, protecting the entrances and exits of the long ladders to ensure that more people could come up.

After controlling a section of the city wall, Chen Ran once again led his soldiers down the city wall and came to the city gate to fight fiercely with the defenders.

It is obvious that as long as the city gate is opened, Yecheng will be conquered.

Zhang He was shocked when he heard the news. He hurried to the city gate with his troops, wanting to destroy all the enemy troops that had entered the city.

Without a doubt, he ran into Chen Ran.

Seeing hundreds of cavalrymen rushing over, Chen Ran, who was on foot, did not retreat, but instead rushed forward with his soldiers.

The soldiers formed a formation and raised their shields to block.

The cavalry charged forward, and chaos suddenly broke out on both sides, with people and horses falling down, and the sounds of people shouting and horses neighing were endless.

The most intense fighting broke out right at the city gate.

"Zhang He of Hejian is here!"

Zhang He on horseback roared repeatedly, "Die, you thief~~~"

This is actually a tactic. If a general performs well on the battlefield, it can boost the morale of his soldiers and enhance their combat capabilities.

Just like Zhang Fei liked to shout loudly when he was fighting, it was a battlefield skill.

As soon as the words fell, Chen Ran swung the iron shield in his hand over.

It is true that military generals shouting loudly on the battlefield can boost morale.

But correspondingly, it also greatly increases the risk of being attacked, and only powerful generals dare not use it.

Zhang He waved his spear to knock away the flying iron shield, but he underestimated Chen Ran's strength.

Not only was the spear knocked away, his arms became numb, his knuckles were torn and bleeding, but the iron shield also continued to have force and hit the chest of the horse under him.

Under the huge impact, the warhorse's sternum shattered immediately, and blood and flesh flew everywhere, and it fell directly to the ground.

Zhang He was thrown out, feeling dizzy and having splitting chest pains.

He struggled to get up, but saw Chen Ran striding towards him and standing beside him with the beheading knife held high in his hand.

"My life is over~~~"

Zhang He closed his eyes in pain, waiting for the moment when his head and body would be separated.

'Meet Zhang He, a character in the novel. He is one of the Five Elite Generals. He is good at leading troops and has excellent vision. When he meets a famous general, he knows how to avoid the sharp edge, which allows him to live a long life. He is one of Cao Cao's generals.'

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

Zhang He's most famous ability is not his fighting ability, but his good eyesight.

When encountering Zhang Fei and others, he always runs away very fast. Even if he goes forward to fight, he has to fight in a group.

When forced to fight alone, he would deal with the opponent immediately and run away without risking his life.

Especially when meeting Zhao Yun, he would always slip away first to show his respect.

He was afraid that Yun would get so angry that he would stab him off his horse!
After all, in the novel, Zhang He witnessed with his own eyes how Gao Lan, who was as famous as himself and one of the Four Pillars of Hebei, was killed by Zhao Yun with one shot in a head-on battle.

This psychological trauma from facing Zhao Yun accompanied him throughout his life.

Chen Ran acted quickly and modified it into a general under his command.

Zhang He didn't feel the coldness on his neck for a long time. He opened his eyes in confusion and looked at Chen Ran.

"Will you submit to me?"

Zhang He knew very well that he had lost Ye City, and even if he returned alive, he would be killed by the furious Yuan Shao.

Now I have another chance to change my attitude, so I immediately performed the ceremony without hesitation.

"He, meet the lord~~~"

(End of this chapter)