Chapter 814: Conquering Taiyang

Five thousand Iron Eagle warriors quickly attacked the city. The absolute gap in strength made the defenders unable to resist. When they were about to retreat to the vicinity of the city tower, they suddenly discovered that their general had disappeared. In an instant, the already precarious defense collapsed in an instant. Countless defenders dropped their weapons and fled in panic amid shouts of "the general has escaped" and "the magistrate is missing."

The chaos at the top of the city immediately caught Zhang He's attention. He immediately responded that there must be something unexpected happening in the city, so he said to the guards beside him: "Send a signal to the cavalry immediately and ask them to block the south gate. No one can escape the net and escape. There is only one person, I will only ask him."

Immediately afterwards, a huge roar shot up into the sky, and a sharp whistle suddenly broke through the sky. A few miles southwest of Haiyang City, in the woods next to the river near Haishui, a cavalry team of a thousand people suddenly rushed toward them. Galloping away in the direction of the south gate of Haiyang.

At this moment, the south gate of Taiyang opened with a roar, and dozens of people ran out of the city. After leaving the city, they headed east. It was the county magistrate of Taiyang and his party.

They had already heard the shouts from the northern city wall. At this time, the Taiyang defenders were in chaos on the city wall. After Zhang He ordered the cavalry to dispatch, he also ordered the soldiers on the city wall, "Those who surrender will not be killed!" After the general's order, Anton's soldiers on the city wall all shouted in unison: "The general has fled, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

In an instant, the defenders on the city wall fell to their knees. While gathering the prisoners, Sergeant Anton divided his troops into separate lines and attacked both sides along the city wall. At the same time, he opened the city gate to welcome the army outside the city.

Soon, the armies from the east and west of the city successively attacked the city, and the city of Taiyang was destroyed.

Seeing the city gates open and the army filing into the city, Zhang He finally breathed a long sigh of relief. In less than three days, he finally captured the city defended by 5,000 soldiers and horses. The army suffered about 4,000 casualties. It should still be possible. Let your lord be satisfied. You know, this is the first time Zhang He has led an army to attack a city.

What he didn't know was that Huangfu Chaobo was satisfied from start to finish. He was already very satisfied. Zhang He had already done a good job in controlling the rhythm during the siege. Although there was still a little bit of jerkiness in it, you must know that this It was his first time to lead an army to attack a city, and being able to do this was beyond Huangfu Chaobo's expectations.

The reason why he sent troops to Huainan this time was actually that he and Pang Tong also had the purpose of training generals. Neither Huang Zhong nor Wang Ran and Zhang He were very skilled in siege warfare, but for the future wars of the Anton Army, Conquering cities and territories will be the norm.

Huang Zhong was fine, but Wang Ran and Zhang He had almost no experience in attacking cities, and Zhang He was the next leading general that Huangfu Chaobo had planned.

Today's Anton Army only has four armies, excluding the Guards. The other three armies, the Tiger Army, the Dragon Xiang Army and the Qianniu Army, are all led by generals with a command value of about 90, and Zhang He's surroundings are basically only smaller than those of Zhao Yun. Slightly lower, the command value is a few points higher than that of Huang Zhong, and he is definitely a leader of one party.

You know, with the development of the Anton Army, only the fourth army is not enough, so Zhang He's training came into Huangfu Chaobo's sight.

Of course, he can also train generals. For example, Huang Zhong has been following him and experienced dozens of battles, large and small. His command value has increased from the initial 86 to 88 after a few years. As time goes by, Huangfu Chaobo believes in him. His command value will definitely reach 90+, and Huang Zhong's command ability will reach a higher level.

Two quarters of an hour later, the city had quieted down. Chen Jing sent someone to report that the army had completely controlled the city and invited Huangfu Chaobo to enter the city.

Huangfu Chaobo smiled at Zhang He and said: "General Zhang, the first one to enter the city should be you, the commander in chief of the war, let's go!"

"Don't be afraid!" Zhang He was stunned and immediately replied;

"Okay, no need to refuse, this is the honor the general deserves!"

"If you don't dare, my lord, please enter the city first!" Zhang He insisted;

Huangfu Chaobo was helpless,

He could only say: "Okay, then general, let's enter the city together with me. Dianwei, please order the trap camp and Tiebei camp to follow me into the city, while the other soldiers and horses will camp outside the city."

With that said, he picked up the horse's reins and walked slowly towards the city gate. Zhang He quickly followed after seeing this, but he was slightly behind Huangfu Chaobo by half a horse, and was at the same position as the Guards General Dian Wei. , one on the left and one on the right guarding Huangfu Chaobo.

Amidst the cheers of the soldiers at the top of the city, Huangfu Chaobo and his party slowly entered the city. As soon as they entered the city, Chen Jing rushed to the city gate to greet him. When he saw Huangfu Chaobo, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Return to my lord, the army." We have taken control of the treasury and government offices in the city, and all the prisoners have been gathered in the military camp in the city, waiting for the lord to deal with them."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said to Zhang He: "General Zhang, pass this general's order that the Iron Wall Camp will take over the defense of the city. The other troops will withdraw from the city within an hour and set up another camp outside the city. All prisoners will be carefully screened. The generals above the team leader are all detained separately, and all the prisoners with A-level qualifications or above are carefully selected, and they are placed together with the A-level or above craftsmen in the city and their families, and then they are kept under unified custody."

Zhang He accepted the order and agreed to the promise. After thinking for a while, Huangfu Chaobo added: "I ordered the treasury to be counted, and 10% of the money, grain and property was used to purchase wine and meat. I also ordered to reward the three armies and 20% of it was used to make up for it. Lord Yiren lost his troops and horses, so they were handed over to the Yuzhou Army, and all other property was sent to the military camp in the city for safekeeping."

"Also, invite General He Man, the commander of the Yuzhou Army, and the representatives of the foreign lords, and tell them that I have something to discuss with them." At this point, Huangfu Chaobo turned to Zhang He and said, "General Zhang, all the cities captured during this expedition will be handled according to this."

"I obey your orders!"

"Shi Ah, send someone to pass on the order to Huang Zhong, and tell him about my arrangements just now, and let him also carry out this."

"I obey your orders!"

"Okay, General Gao, follow me to the county government office, and the rest of you can go about your own business. Tonight, we will gather the generals above the rank of colonel to discuss matters, and by the way, we will celebrate for everyone." As he said this, Huangfu Chaobo waved to everyone, and led Gao Shun and the Xianzhen Camp to the direction of the county government office.

The rest of the generals took the order and left, busy completing the tasks assigned by Huangfu Chaobo.

Soon after arriving at the county government office, a personal guard came outside to report: "General, General Huyan sent someone to report that he has captured the group of people who escaped from Taiyang City and is on their way to the county government office."

"Okay, just bring him in when he arrives."