Faced with this kind of arrogant operation by his teammates, Wang Zheng obviously felt that his anger level was increasing rapidly.

Patience also falls in a straight line, and you hit the bottom right before your eyes.

However, there had been discussions with Mi Heng, and if calculated according to time, Yuan Shu would be crowned emperor not far away, so he was an excellent target to attract firepower. Wang Zheng thought about it again and again, and decided not to fall out for the time being.

"The imperial edict is being prepared in Kaiyang." Wang Zheng sneered and said, "Then we will discuss this matter when we go back and put it on hold for now."

"The most important thing right now is to immediately capture the remaining cities in Mount Tai."

"What else..." His eyes swept across the faces of the generals one by one, and Wang Zheng said in a deep voice: "It's just that the thieves are known, and peace is restored!"

Taishan County borders Qingzhou to the north and Xuzhou to the east. It is rich in resources and is an important source of powerful soldiers. It can be said that everything is good. The only shortcoming is that it is the most heavily infested with bandits.

In the third year of Chuping (192), the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou launched a large-scale uprising and defeated the counties of Yanzhou (governing Changyi, southeast of today's Juye County, Shandong Province). They killed Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou. Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei, and others welcomed Cao Cao.

Yanzhou Mu.

It can be said that Cao Cao's ability to become a prince was not only recommended by his elder brother Yuan Shao, but also inseparable from the great support of Bao Xin, the representative of the local Taishan people.

However, after Bao Xin's death, Taishan County remained outside Cao Cao's sphere of influence for a long time.

In the third year of Chuping, Tao Qian took the lead in forming the new Kwantung Allied Forces, and the four parties responded. In addition to various forces in Xuzhou, several nearby states also gathered together, such as Zhou Qian, the former governor of Yangzhou, Kong Rong of Beihai State of Qingzhou, and Pei Guo, Prime Minister of Yuzhou.

Yuan Zhong, Runan Governor Xu Mi...

The only person in Yanzhou who responded was Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan.

At that time, Tao Qian not only changed his position from the governor of Xuzhou to the governor of Xuzhou by attacking the imperial court, but also moved the Xuzhou administrative office from Tan County in the East China Sea to Pengcheng, and assumed a posture of marching westward and northward to strive for hegemony in the Central Plains.

In this year, Tao Qian joined the camp of Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan, and also had a head-on collision with his nemesis Cao Cao for the first time, but the location was not in Xuzhou, but in Faqian, Dongjun, Yanzhou.

"Three Kingdoms: Chronicles of Emperor Wu": "There was a rift between Yuan Shu and Shao, so Shu asked Gongsun Zan for help. Zan sent Liu Bei to garrison Gaotang, Shanjing to garrison Pingyuan, and Tao Qian to garrison Fagan to force Shao. Taizu and Shao met in an attack, but both were defeated.

Of".

In order to eliminate Cao Cao as soon as possible, Tao Qian took the initiative to attack, but ended up being defeated and fled.

After this battle, Geng Geng was in his arms, and he made a lot of efforts. When Xiapi Que declared a rebellion, Tao Qian did not choose to wipe out the rebellion immediately, but instead encouraged it to attack Taishan County. His original intention was probably to let Ying Shao resist casually. Tao Qian

Then take advantage of the situation to invade Yanzhou.

Of course, he was severely beaten by Cao Cao later, which not only severely damaged his vitality, but also completely lost the hearts and minds of Pengcheng. He just regained control of the East China Sea in despair, and his administration became more difficult again. This is already known to everyone, so I won’t go into details.

If the original plan had been followed, although Ying Shao was wavering at this time, he was still leaning towards Tao Qian to a greater extent. The highest official in the county was like this, and Taishan County should have been defeated in one fell swoop.

But something happened in the middle that made Ying Shao finally change his mind.

Seeing Tao Qian and Ying Shao pretending to fight in Fei Guo of Taishan County, Cao Song of Langya County became anxious. He felt that Tao Qian had completely fallen out with his son. How could he continue to stay in Xuzhou?

In the end, he was killed directly by Tao Qian.

This is a very bad rule!

At that time, the separatist power of the feudal lords was beginning to show, and they often attacked each other, but they basically restrained each other and maintained the principle that harm should not harm the small family.

If we infer from a rational point of view, it is right for Tao Qian to have grudges after being defeated by Cao Cao once. However, as a mature politician, from the perspective of maximizing interests, it is more correct to capture Cao Song alive and blackmail Cao Cao.

The choice to kill Cao Song was completely at the expense of one's strengths and weaknesses. Not only did it cause trouble and create a deadly feud, it also gave Cao Cao the best righteousness and reputation.

This is a great man who rules the world with filial piety.

Therefore, it is very likely that Cao Song's death was actually because the former Third Duke was too rich. Once his wealth was exposed, he was directly killed by a bunch of red-eyed gangsters to seize the treasure.

After this accident happened, the impact was so great that not only did Pengcheng be massacred later, but even Ying Shao, who had been flirting with Tao Qian, became anxious.

This is so unethical!

Zhou Mu asked me to greet his father, but Cao Song died near my territory. Will he think that Tao Qian and I did it together?

If we lose the city again...

Fearing that Tao Qian would be implicated, Ying Shao immediately turned against him and began to fight with Tao Qian in Fei Guo. He wanted to clear away his own suspicions, but he was unable to do so and failed to hold on.

Perhaps because he was worried about directly forcing Ying Shao and his Taishan soldiers to rebel, Cao Cao did not immediately attack Cao Song after his death. However, Tao Qian, the culprit, could no longer bear it and directly attacked him in the autumn of the fourth year of Chuping.

Xuzhou launched an attack. Not only did the Xuzhou soldiers retreat steadily, but they also slaughtered the entire Pengcheng, killing hundreds of thousands of people.

Seeing how badly Tao Qian was beaten, Ying Shao was frightened and fled to join Yuan Shao before Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou.

It was also in the first year of Xingping, when the prefect of Taishan County became Liang Mao, whom Cao Cao personally appointed and removed, and because of his talent, Taishan County initially became one of Cao Cao's territories of power, but it was still in a

semi-independent state.

Because the most powerful force in Taishan County is the "Taishan Bandits" headed by Chang Xi.

Among the thieves in Mount Tai, Zang Ba was the leader in terms of influence in the world and reputation in later generations. However, at this time, he had gathered together with Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others to camp in the East China Sea area of ​​Xuzhou.

It is not within Mount Tai.

The only one left, Chang Xi (also known as Chang Ba), was the one who was least able to deal with Cao Cao.

In the original history, the Taishan group of bandits represented by Zang Ba first attached themselves to Tao Qian and then supported Lu Bu. However, after the defeat of General Fei, even though they maintained a semi-separated state, they basically belonged to Cao Cao's side, and even in Guandu.

Make contributions in battle.

Changxi was completely different. He had surrendered and rebelled many times. He was so famous that Zhuge Liang even mentioned it when he wrote "The Later Disciple".

As the saying goes, if you can't defeat Changba with five attacks, you can't cross Chaohu from four directions.

Regardless of the reason why Cao Cao failed to clear out the bandits in Mount Tai, Wang Zheng had no scruples.

Before sending troops, what he wanted was a complete Taishan County that was truly under his control.

Wang Zheng acted vigorously and resolutely, and immediately issued orders: "To defeat Gao Chu, we cannot do without a general to guard us. Xu Fang, please lead three thousand troops and horses to stay and guard here."

"Liang Fu, Philadelphia, Bian County and other places are connected to Langya. It is not only a logistics channel for our army, but also a retreat. There is no room for failure. Zhang Rao, Lu De and Wu Niu will lead the troops to control the garrison."

He raised his head and looked at the sky. The rising smoke seemed to blacken the sky. He stared at the map on the wall. The splendid mountains and rivers represented by those ink lines were extremely quiet and docile under Wang Zheng's sword-like gaze.

"There are one county and twelve counties in Mount Tai, and the remaining cities are evenly divided, including the cities in Bo County. In order to seek for the speed and speed of troops, I will personally go and get them!"

...

At the end of April in the second year of Xingping.

In order to be efficient, Wang Zheng divided most of the newly acquired experience into five hundred third-level tiger and leopard cavalry, plus about three thousand heavenly troops, and once again set out from Fenggao in a mighty manner, like fierce tigers.

Get out of the cage.

The remaining three cities to the west of Taishan County, whether they are Bo County, Juping, or Shanren, even if they are prepared in advance, and even if the number of defenders is greater than expected, it is very likely that they are reinforcements sent by Cao Cao, but they still have absolute strength at the moment.

Unable to resist, not a single city survived for a day and fell one by one.

What makes everyone even more unexpected is that in order to be quick, Wang Zheng did not hesitate to kill or injure every time he attacked a city. However, after such continuous battles, not only did he not show signs of weakness, but he became stronger as the war progressed.

By the beginning of May, the ferocious sound of war drums was already ringing beneath the city walls of Ying County.

This is the last isolated city in Taishan County.

Wang Zheng finally encountered what could be described as strong resistance for the first time.

It's even close to resistance.

Of course, on the one hand, Ying County has nearly three thousand defenders. It is also a place with developed iron smelting. There is a natural iron mine northwest of the city, and the equipment is extremely elite.

Secondly, since Linzi, Wang Zheng once again encountered a moat that can be called a natural moat.

But the main reason was that after the attack reached this point, Taishan County was almost completely wiped out. However, neither the officers and soldiers of Jibei County nor Cao Cao's main force made any moves. Coupled with the rapid consumption of experience during this period, Wang Zheng finally no longer gave up.

Attacked blindly.

In this case, Wang Zheng slowed down his pace and chose to fight steadily. It was not until Fenggao sent a large number of new soldiers and defensive equipment that he officially began to attack the city.

On the fourth day of the confrontation between the two armies, after the recruits spent three days filling in the moat, the initial attack was also tentative and gradually strengthened. It was not until mid-May that the Heavenly Army finally captured the city in a non-stop attack.

A section of city wall, and almost able to expand the victory.

At this time, Wang Zhengjian, who had been watching the battle, raised his eyebrows, knowing that the opportunity to launch a general attack had come!

Although he did not use all his strength, under the rotation between the new soldiers and the heavenly army, although the offensive was inconsistent, light and fierce at first, the defenders never dared to take it lightly. After many days, they were already exhausted and exhausted.

Moreover, as an isolated city, there are still no reinforcements, and the heavenly army continues to recruit and intimidate...

At this time, in Ying County, despair prevailed among the defenders, and morale was extremely low. No matter how capable the county king and county lieutenant were, they would be helpless and unable to save their lives.

At noon the next day, the Heavenly Army launched a full-scale attack!

Under Wang Zheng's order, all second- and third-level soldiers from Tianzhu Camp were dispatched, and countless people climbed up the ladder with evil spirits all over their bodies.

During such a long period of consumption, all the trebuchets, bows and crossbows in the city were basically either destroyed or used up. Without the threat of equipment, the Heavenly Army was not afraid of casualties, and Wang Zheng did not care about losses.

While the elite siege troops of the ants attracted the attention of the defenders, the siege vehicles were pushed to the city gate by the soldiers. Then, they struggled to push the huge logs hung on the beams with iron chains, relying on the metal head at the front end.

Bump the city gate.

Each blow was so powerful that it shook the city gate of Ying County violently.

Of course, the defenders on the city gate tower would not let it go. They used a small number of rolling logs and stones made overnight to try to destroy the siege vehicles. Some people also poured boiling hot water and gold juice down on the defenders.

The few remaining archers in the army also gave priority to being hoisted here to attack the soldiers operating the siege vehicles.

Behind the city gate, the few remaining cavalrymen lined up and got ready.

When necessary, they would not hesitate to rush out again and fight to the death against the Yellow Turban bandits.
To be continued...