Faced with the natural danger of Dangchang City in Minzhou, Zhong Shidao came up with his own method.
During the day, the Song army was ordered to storm the strongest fortress in Dangchang City, which exhausted the defenders. That night, Zhongshi Daoli led seventy-six dead soldiers and quietly climbed up the mountain wall behind the fort.
Most of these dead soldiers were raised by the Zhong family. Most of them were strong border people recruited from Dangxiang and the Tibetan tribe near Hengshan. They were provided with good food and drink on weekdays and were strictly trained. Every one of them was loyal to the Zhong family. Incredibly.
The other half are brave men recruited from the army who dare to die.
That night Zhong Shidao took these dead soldiers and climbed up the cliff behind Danchang Fort at the risk.
Zhang Yue and his staff watched as Master Zhong Daoshen's pioneers led seventy-six dead soldiers to climb up the cliff without fear of death, relying entirely on ropes to pull them up. Under their feet was the rushing Qiang water. If anything happened, Be careful and you will die if you fall.
Cai Jing exclaimed: "All I saw was that my hands and feet were sweating. I never expected that they would actually climb up."
Zhang Yue said to his left and right: "I don't know who can be more courageous in cultivating the way of a teacher."
When Zhang Yue said this, Wang Junwan looked a little unhappy.
Wang Junwan never expected that Zhongshi Dao would dare to attack the dangerous Dangchang Fort in this way. At this moment, he was both ashamed and admired, and remained silent beside Zhang Yue.
Zhong Shidao had already led the troops to the top of the mountain. At this moment, one of the dead soldiers accidentally fell from the mountainside. The people watching below all exclaimed in unison.
But seeing this dead soldier desperately stretching out his left and right hands in the air to make a false grab, he finally fell into the Qiang water with a splash and was swept away by the waves. However, what is admirable is that in order to avoid alerting the defenders, this dead soldier The soldier didn't utter a single exclamation from beginning to end, and just fell down the cliff silently.
In this way, the seventy-six dead soldiers became seventy-five.
Zhong Shidao immediately led the dead soldiers to attack Danchang Fort from the back mountain. Suddenly, the sound of killing was heard, and the defenders also discovered them, and a fight began.
A scream of despair would constantly come from the fortress.
Zhang Yue paced back and forth under the city.
After a cup of tea, the city gate rope was cut with a steel knife, the suspension bridge fell with a bang, and the city gate of the fortress was half opened.
Everyone was overjoyed to see this scene, knowing that the matter was done.
Then the Song army ambushing outside the city took the opportunity to rush in...
After dawn, when Zhang Yue arrived at the fortress from the winding mountain road, he learned that the stubborn enemies in the city had been eliminated.
All the more than five hundred soldiers were wiped out. Except for the hundreds who died in the stubborn resistance last night, the rest surrendered. In addition, there were seven or eight hundred family members.
Zhang Yue saw that there were corpses everywhere in the stronghold, Zhong Shidao was also injured on the shoulder, and seventeen people had been injured or killed after the dead soldiers fought last night.
Zhang Yue met Master Zhong and said, "I thought Uncle Yi was just a good man in both civil and military affairs, but I didn't expect that he was still a brave general!"
Zhong Shidao cupped his fists and said with a smile: "It makes the commander laugh."
Zhang Yue asked Master Zhong to heal his wounds while he met the captured city lord.
When the city lord learned that Zhang Yue was a bachelor of Longtuge, he was immediately in awe.
The city lord's surname was Mu. The other party said to Zhang Yue: "Long Tu's men are really soldiers from heaven. They are like gods. I am convinced!"
Zhang Yue said: "You, the seven clans of the Mu family, surrendered first and then rebelled. I wouldn't tolerate you, but I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have a good life and won't let me kill more, so I can exempt you from the death penalty this time."
"Thank you Long Tu, thank you Long Tu!"
Zhang Yue said: "I can spare your life, but you have to help me persuade the Sakon Fort to surrender. Can you do it?"
The other party said: "My family's life is in the hands of the general. I will do my best. Besides, the general has these heavenly soldiers and generals under his command. Our people dare not resist."
Zhang Yue laughed loudly when he heard this, and immediately ordered someone to untie the other party, and then gave him food and wine to calm his shock.
After the other party had eaten and drank enough, he left the city and went to a fortress to lobby. The owner of this fort was his own brother. This man told the story of the Song Army's heavenly soldiers and generals. The Tibetan people were most in awe of ghosts and gods. Seeing the Song Army's behavior You can climb up any cliff, and you feel that the other person is blessed by the gods. This brother also immediately surrendered the city.
With the leadership of these two people, more than ten fortresses in Dangchang City surrendered within one day.
Zhang Yue borrowed the power of his master's teachings to capture Wang Shao's Dangchang City in one day. Wang Jun could not capture it in a month. Zhang Yue moved all the people out of the fortress, moved away all the food and supplies, and finally burned them on fire to solve this henchman's problem.
After Xihe implemented the art of war, he divided it into three armies. Wang Junwan was the third general, with an initial force of 8,000 troops. After Zhang Yue was transferred to Beijing, Wang Shao increased his troops to more than 12,000 people and provided him with the best treatment and resources.
Because Wang Junwan's group originally followed Wang Shao, many officers and soldiers in the army were Wang Shao's cronies. Wang Shao's dismissal this time will definitely have a big impact on these people.
Zhang Yue's direct lineage was Jing Sili's first army, but they suffered a lot of losses in Tabaicheng, but Wang Shao did not provide them with additional troops.
The struggle between the first and second leaders between Zhang and Wang was also reflected in the army, and the generals below could not help but take sides. Now, although Zhang Yue defeated Wang Shao to the end, he reused his confidant general Wang Junwan, but this does not mean letting the past go.
Regarding the personnel of the Third Army, Zhang Yue still made some clean-ups.
It is inevitable that the confidants who followed Wang Shao will be assigned idle positions or find a reason to send them away, and the vacant positions will be filled by his confidants Zhang Kai and Zhongshi Dao arrangers.
Zhang Kai, Zhongshi Dao must arrange his cronies in the army to control the entire military power.
Of course, these actions should not be done too much, otherwise it will affect the combat effectiveness of the army. Therefore, Wang Junwan must be appeased, but he will gradually be sidelined.
As for Wang Jun Wan Zhangyue, he had already agreed to recommend him as the imperial envoy, and the governor of Yingzhou acted as a consolation.
Wang Junwan knew that he was in the wrong team, but Zhang Yue was still willing to guarantee his promotion. For this reason, he had nothing to say.
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After capturing Danchang City and regaining Minzhou, Zhang Yue could justifiably demonstrate his merits for Zhongshi Dao and promoted him to Xihe Road Military and Horse Supervisor, as Wang Junwan's deputy general.
As for Zhang Yue, Zhi Tongyuan Army actually served as the supervisor of Wang Junwan's third army. Through this series of means, Zhang Yue minimized the impact of deposing Wang Shao.
It cannot be said that Zhang Yue was nepotistic and excluded dissidents.
Officials are accountable only to the source of their authority.
If you promote him, you can make him move, but Wang Shao's replacement can't move him, or he can't do it, and he will not work hard if there is a war.
Zhang Yue immediately reported the news that Minzhou had been lost and recovered to the officials, and at the same time asked Zhang Shen to lead Qin Feng Road's troops to take over Minzhou.
After hearing the news that the Song army had defeated Minzhou, the leader of the Diezhou Fan tribe ordered an expedition. Guo Si, the leader of the Taozhou Fan tribe, led troops and horses to Zhang Yue's army to express his submission.
At the same time, Zhang Yue led Wang Junwan, Zhong Shidao, and many soldiers from Minzhou, Diezhou, and Taozhou to the north to Hezhou for rescue.
As for the news that Zhang Yue had captured Minzhou on two or three days, Wang Shao was particularly unhappy when the news reached his ears.
