Why did Zhang Ji lead his troops to Jingzhou? Because Zhang Ji is in Shaanxi County, looking around, there is no hope on the Chang'an side. On the Luoyang side, you have to go all the way to Hangu Pass. Hedong County in the north is just as miserable as him, and it is not oil and water at all. In Yizhou in the southwest, it is not easy to enter Wuguan. After all, only Jingzhou has money and grain, it seems to be a soft persimmon, okay, then Jingzhou.

So Zhang Ji led a large army directly across the Funiu Mountains and entered the Jingzhou boundary. The Liangzhou Iron Cavalry came and went like the wind, and they came to rob, and they acted even faster. Without waiting for Jingzhou to react, Xixian and Danshui had already been beaten down by Zhang Ji. When there was a great drought in the north, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Yizhou in the south were not affected much. First, the climate is different, and second, the southern river network is dense, and basically there is no worry about water shortage. So this year's harvest in Jingzhou is also very good. Zhang Ji plundered two counties in a row, and when he saw the grain piled high in the treasury, he was so happy that he didn't know what to say. Liangzhou Erlang, who hasn't eaten a full meal for a long time, even people and horses, had a good meal.

After eating and drinking enough in Xixian, Zhang Ji squinted his eyes and had a different kind of thought. Chang'an is dilapidated, and Liangzhou has always been a place of war. Neither of these places is a place where you can live. Since the death of the Taishi, for so many years, he has been miserable. Although he was also named a marquis and a knight, this title is also good for this Liangzhou. After leaving the customs and going to Kanto, who takes himself, the general of Zhendong and the Marquis of Pingyang, seriously?

Nanyang is a good place, the land is fertile, the grass and trees are lush, and there are many households. If you occupy this place, are you afraid that there will be no food to feed the army? When the time comes, Lao Tzu has grain in his hands, and he has the heroes of Liangzhou soldiers, so why don't you fight whichever you want?

The border land of Liangzhou is mixed with Hu and Han. The Han people will inevitably be infected with the stinking problem of the Hu people, who only talk about force and ignore reason. Therefore, the princes of Liangzhou, whenever there is a conflict, they always move the knife first, and no one can help anyone, and then sit down and talk. And they rarely think about their future. There is never a long-term plan. Like Dong Zhuo, such a good situation in history was spoiled by him alone. After Dong Zhuo's death, the generals of Liangzhou, except for the kings and hegemons in Chang'an Sanfu and Liangzhou, none of them thought of sending troops to Kanto to fight for the world. If Jia Xu could really find a warlord worthy of his assistance, he would not have been in Liangzhou for so long.

Zhang Ji only thought about snatching Nanyang and becoming the king here, but he never thought about what to do if he snatched Nanyang and Liu Biao and Sun Jian to beat him. Is it necessary to consider the next way of retreat in advance, such as choosing a thigh hug or something like that? He only cares about the present, not the future. Perhaps, Liangzhou Erlang was born to die on the battlefield. has experienced too much life and death, the future, tomorrow or something, in Zhang Ji's eyes, I am afraid that it is better than a meal of food and a pot of good wine.

Since he has set a small goal for the time being, Zhang Ji is also a clean and neat person, so he plans to achieve it immediately. After Zhang Ji laid down Liguo County, he arrived at the boundary of Qixian County along the turbulent water. With a lifetime of soldiers, Zhang Ji naturally has no shortage of military vision, as long as he takes the county, the new field in the lower reaches of the county will enter the range of the Liangzhou iron cavalry. Once you take Xinye, a dangerous place, it is equivalent to cutting Nanyang in half. Below Xinye is Deng County and Xiangyang, and up is Zhiwan County of Nanyang County. Xinye will have more room to play at that time. Whether to fight Wancheng or Xiangyang, it depends on his mood.

Seeing that the Liangzhou army was menacing, and the two armies had not yet faced each other, they immediately sent envoys to Xinye, Wancheng, and Xiangyang to ask for help.

Victimized by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, Liu Biao came to Jingzhou and repaired the city defense of Nanyang, a strategic place. Although it is a small city, it is still not to be underestimated, and Zhang Ji also shook his spirit, risked the arrows and stones, and went to the forefront to command the siege battle.

Zhang Ji's troops were all cavalry, and there was a shortage of siege equipment, but he still risked his life to attack under Zhang Ji's encouragement. General Zhang is right, when he came to this rich place, who would want to go back to the barren land of Liangzhou in a gloomy way. Conquer the city in front of you, and then enjoy the wine, meat, and women!

For several days in a row, the Liangzhou army roared, attacking the city without dying, the city defense saw that it was crumbling and could not hold it, suddenly the city head cheered, the defenders looked back, in the southeast, a black line meandered, when the head of a big flag, was pulled straight by the wind. Looking at the fiery red color, you know that our reinforcements from Jingzhou have arrived.

When Zhang Ji heard the loud cheers in the city, he knew that reinforcements were coming, so he called out to his nephew Zhang Xiu and said: "Wen Jin, you come to command the siege, and I will bring in the army as reinforcements." ”

So Zhang Xiu continued to lead the army to attack the city, and Zhang Ji led a Liangzhou cavalry and went straight to Jingzhou to reinforce the army. Zhang Ji didn't take the Jingzhou reinforcements to heart at all. If he said that he didn't know the bottom of the siege war, then he led the cavalry to charge into battle, looking at the world, he was not afraid of anyone. Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, that is the iron-blooded prestige of a knife and a gunshot.

The general of Xinye listened to the urgent report of Yuxian County, and immediately brought the Xinye defenders out of the nest to aid Yuxian. If the county falls, Shinno will also be in danger. When I saw it, I arrived at the county, and when I saw that the city was still there, I was overjoyed. He was about to whip his horse and enter the city. Suddenly, an army of Biao appeared. Looking at the banner, it is the people of Liangzhou.

The general of Xinye saw Liangzhou and said angrily: "The thief army plundered Liangzhou, and now they are coming to harm me in Nanyang, and the sergeants obey the order and drive out this group of thieves with me!" ”

So the trumpets and drums shook, and the three armies marched. As soon as the two armies saw each other, under the swords and spears, countless people fell screaming. On the one hand, he wants to occupy this world of flowers, and on the other hand, he wants to protect his family and land. Both sides were obviously Han compatriots, but when they met, their eyes were blood-red, and they howled viciously and stabbed each other with the blades in their hands.

The Liangzhou cavalry relied on the tall horses, and after rushing into the enemy formation, they wedged in, and Zhang Ji led the cavalry, constantly rushing and killing, and constantly creating chaos. Countless human heads rolled to the ground, and soon, blood soaked the ground, and under the trampling of countless human legs and horse legs, the earth was mixed with flesh and blood, and it was a muddy mess.

Zhang Ji led the army to kill through the formation, and made another arc to kill back. As soon as the new field commander saw that he had fought with the enemy, he lost the lives of many of the Pao Ze brothers, and he was even more heartbroken. These are all local people, among whom are his village party, neighbors, and clansmen. The general of the new field guard howled and looked at Liangzhou Qi, and shouted loudly: "Crossbowman, shoot for Lao Tzu!" Shoot for Lao Tzu! ”

The crossbowmen who were protected in the back row by the sword and shield soldiers began to exert their might, and pieces of black clouds roared towards the sky above the Liangzhou cavalry. Zhang Ji laughed, and with an order, the cavalrymen buried their heads in the horses' necks and walked crookedly. They dodged a large number of arrows, and only a few hit the target, however, the key points behind the chest of the Liangzhou cavalry were all covered with iron armor, unless they were extremely unlucky and were shot by horses and knocked to the ground, most of the others were fine.

Many Liangzhou cavalrymen who were hit by arrows brutally pulled out the arrows hanging on their bodies and threw them to the ground, haha screamed, raised their swords, and rushed back to the Jingzhou military formation.

Back and forth several times, the formation of the Jingzhou army was rushed to pieces by Zhang Ji and his troops, except for a small number of men and horses who were still gathered with the Xinye guards, the others had already been killed and scattered by Zhang Ji.

General Shinno's heart was dripping blood, and just now, his younger brother died in front of his eyes. He said to the left and right, "It looks like we're going to die here this time." However, he died in order to defend the land and protect the territory, and he died a well-deserved death. I don't want to be stingy with the reward behind us. Now I just hate that I didn't kill a few more Liangzhou thieves. ”

All the sergeants wept and wept: "I wish to die with the general." ”

The general of Xinye commanded the remaining archers again: "You guys, cheer me up and aim your bow and arrow at that Liangzhou general." If we can pull a Liangzhou thief chief to accompany us to the funeral before we die, it will be worth it. ”

The remnant crossbowmen listened, and said yes, suppressed their hearts, breathed deeply, and suppressed their breath. Then he raised the bow and crossbow in his hand. Concentrate and hold his breath, aiming at the Liangzhou military general who was dancing with teeth and claws in front of him.

Zhang Ji didn't know that someone had been staring at him, and he was leading people to shout and slash around. As soon as he turned around, he saw that under the banner of the Jingzhou Army, there were still a small number of people gathered, so he laughed cruelly and said: "Zhongerlang, follow me to take the head of the enemy's general!" ”

So Zhang Ji led his troops to take the new field guards. General Shinno had long put life and death aside, and ordered: "Don't move, and stay closer." ”

After a few breaths, Zhang Ji was about to rush to him, and General Xinye still said, "Bring it closer." ”

In the end, General Shinno saw that Zhang Ji's saber had been waved high, so he used all the strength in his body to shout the last roar of his life: "Release the arrow!" ”

Although Zhang Ji was a little puzzled as to why these people didn't resist, he didn't have time to think about it, and the saber had already slashed down. When a big head flew up, Zhang Ji's complexion changed greatly, and there was a sound of "Hugh Xiu Xiu", he had already been hit by several arrows in his body, so close to the distance, he didn't have time to dodge, and several arrows were all deep into the body, only the tail of the arrow was left.

Zhang Jizhen let out a tiger roar and fell off the horse.

While Shinno Shou's head flew up, his eyes were still staring at Zhang Ji, until he saw Zhang Ji hit the arrow, he smiled with relief, and everywhere he saw it, the colors faded, and the world was dark.

The cavalry behind Zhang Ji saw his own general cut off the head of the enemy general with a clean knife, and then his own general suddenly fell to the ground with an arrow, and the cavalry was furious, rushed forward, cut off the Jingzhou military flag, and chopped a group of remnants under the military flag into pulp, and then stopped.

When he turned back to look at Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji still didn't lose his breath, and only said in a trembling voice: "Go back to the camp." ”

The horsemen did not dare to slack off, so they wrapped Zhang Ji with a flag, placed it between the horses, and galloped all the way back to the camp to see Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu saw that his uncle went out alone, but now he has become a blood gourd. couldn't help but be furious and asked, "That's how you protect the general?" ”

The horsemen bowed their heads and did not dare to speak. Zhang Ji tried to open his eyes and said, "Wenjin." ”

Zhang Xiu knelt beside Zhang Ji and said, "Uncle, I'm here." ”

Zhang Ji said with difficulty: "The enemy will be deceitful, so I have this calamity." Don't blame the soldiers. When I die, you will serve in my place. If there is chaos today, if you have the opportunity, you will find a male lord to descend to ensure that my Zhang family is well-founded. Ahem, ahem. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Ji coughed sharply, and as a stream of dirty blood gushed out, Zhang Ji stopped breathing. Zhang Xiu roared: "Uncle! Two lines of tears trickled down the tiger's eyes.

Zhang Ji died, Zhang Xiu took charge of his army, he ordered the soldiers to retreat for 30 miles and set up camp, and the whole army mourned.