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Chapter 956 Battle of Hengzhou (Part 1)

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    At this time, Hengzhou had held on for more than a month and was fighting to the death under the fierce attack of the Han rebels.

    After Yang Liang, the king of Han Dynasty, raised his army, in order to capture everything north of the river, he sent General Liu Jian to set out from Jingxing to seize the Yan and Zhao areas.  After Liu Jian sent troops, he was facing Hengzhou, and the governor of Hengzhou at this time was Huang Mingliao.

    Hengzhou is Shangzhou, and Zhending County, where it is governed, is the area around Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province in later generations.  Hengzhou borders Hedong to the west, Youdai to the north, and controls the Hebei Plain to the south. It is a battleground for military strategists.  In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Hengzhou (called Zhenzhou in the Tang Dynasty) was upgraded to Zhending Prefecture. Until the end of the Song Dynasty, it was the frontline command center for the Central Plains Dynasty to fight against foreign invaders.

    After the Northern Expedition, Huang Mingyuan's trusted generals in Fengzhou produced four governors, namely Zhang Wenyuan, the governor of Zezhou, Zhang Changxun, the governor of Laizhou, Ouyan, the governor of Yuzhou, and Huang Mingliao, the governor of Hengzhou.  Among the four, Huang Mingyuan has the lowest status, but his position in Hengzhou is the best.  He was awarded the title of Governor of Hengzhou not only for his outstanding military exploits, but also because his brother was Huang Mingyuan, so he was hereby granted the title.

    At this time, Huang Mingliao was only twenty-one years old. He had been in the army for five years. He had made many military exploits and was brave and invincible. There were few opponents in the world. Even Yang Guang knew the bravery of Huang Mingyuan and his brother.  If Huang Mingyuan hadn't said that "there are several brothers, they shouldn't all be in Gyeonggi", Yang Guang would even transfer Huang Mingliao to Chang'an to hold important positions.

    "However, Huang Mingliao is still in the emperor's heart.

    After the Northern Expedition, Huang Mingyuan took a long leave of absence for Huang Mingliao, forcing him to complete the marriage.

    Mrs. Yang is one year older than Huang Mingliao. Because her grandmother and mother died one after another, she had to observe filial piety for four years, which delayed her marriage.  When they got engaged, Madam Yang was only eighteen, but now Madam Yang has been waiting for him for four years and is already twenty-two years old this year. Yang Yichen couldn't help but urged him several times. If they don't get married, they will become an old girl.  .

    In April this year, Huang Mingliao got married to his fianc¨¦e Yang when he could no longer delay.

    The couple took office at the end of April. Before leaving, Huang Mingyuan told Huang Mingli to develop military equipment in Hengzhou and strengthen Hengzhou's defense.

    Huang Mingliao was young, and when he first arrived in Hengzhou, he was naturally not taken seriously by others.  However, Huang Mingliao was not a weak person. He brought hundreds of old Fengzhou soldiers with him. After arriving in Hengzhou, he seized the military power in Hengzhou City with a golden sword and demoted several people who did not obey orders.  The general announced his arrival forcefully.

    Although Huang Mingliao had no local foundation, he relied on the trade channels of the Sihai Merchant Group and seized military power, so he was not afraid at all.

    When Huang Mingliao took office, in addition to his bodyguards, he also had a group of accountants from the Four Seas Business Group. These accountants were all talents carefully cultivated by Huang Mingyuan. Huang Mingliao took several people with him and checked Hengzhou's accounts within two days.  Clearly.  Huang Mingliao followed the plan and imprisoned several corrupt people who did not obey his orders.

    Suddenly, the city of Hengzhou was in panic.

    Huang Mingliao¡¯s maternal ancestor¡¯s family, the Boling Cui family, has the family¡¯s core sphere of influence in the Dingzhou and Hengzhou areas.  Although the Cui family didn't agree with Huang Mingliao's nephew, as the Huang family gradually became more powerful and they became friends with Huang Mingyuan, they reluctantly supported him.  Moreover, Huang Mingliao's wife Yang's father, Qinxing County Duke Wei Chichong, served as General Yitong in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He was stationed in Hengshan County (ie Hengzhou) and served as the prefect of Hengshan County.  With the help of Cui and Yang, Huang Mingliao divided and disintegrated the forces in the state, but also stabilized his footing.

    Huang Mingliao had been training troops in Hengzhou for three months, and the Han Dynasty Rebellion broke out.

    Du Xiaochang, the general of the Hussar of the Hengzhou Hussar Prefecture, was a close confidant of Yang Liang. He wanted to hijack Huang Mingli and raise troops from Yang Liang.  After Huang Mingliao learned the news, he led more than ten personal guards to break into Du Xiaochang's house at night and killed him.  He also summoned the generals of the Huqi Mansion with Du Xiaochang's head in mind, saying that Du Xiaochang intended to rebel with the King of Han and that he would attack the King of Han.

    Everyone was afraid of Huang Mingliao's power, and they across each other. As a result, Huang Mingliao cleared Du Xiaochang's confidant, and also disposed of many officials who did not follow his life. Therefore, he completely grasped the Hengzhou Army.

    Hengzhou is not a border state, and its armaments are lax. Moreover, Jingxing Pass, the core pass of Hengzhou, is controlled by the King of Han at this time, and its garrison also obeys the orders of the King of Han. Therefore, Huang Mingyuan only has two or three thousand soldiers and horses.

    At this time, the gate to the west of Hengzhou was wide open. Huang Mingliao reduced his troops and mobilized civilians and young men to defend the city; at the same time, he strengthened the city wall and dug deep trenches to prepare to defend Hengzhou.

    And Bingzhou officials who were unwilling to rebel, such as Sima Zhangxiang of Bingzhou, also came to Hengzhou and informed Huang Mingliao in detail about the rebels.

    Huang Mingli was so happy that he entrusted all the government affairs of the state to Zhang Xiang and concentrated on preparing for the war.

    Liu Jian led an army of 20,000 people from Bingzhou and headed straight for Hengzhou.Come.  Hengzhou is the remnant of the Taihang Mountains, with a higher terrain. From Hengzhou to the south and east, there is a flat plain, overlooking the mountains.

    At this time, many prefectures and counties in Hebei also responded to Yang Liang's rebellion, and Liu Jian was ready to take the opportunity to cooperate with the prefectures and sweep across Hebei.

    After leaving Jingxingguan, it is only a hundred miles away from Zhending.  Huang Mingliao ordered his cavalry outside to constantly harass Liu Jian's advance. When Liu Jian arrived outside Zhending City, he saw the Hengzhou Army waiting in full formation.

    Liu Jian sent people to call the city, but Huang, Mingli and Liao all responded.  Liu Jian sent another envoy into the city. Huang Mingliao pretended to introduce him, but then he killed Liu Jian's envoy in front of all the soldiers in the city and hung his head on the top of the city.

    Liu Jian was furious and drove his army to attack the city.

    Zhending City is tall and majestic. Although Huang Mingliao only had less than 3,000 people, he could firmly keep Liu Jian out of the city with the help of the strong city, rolling wood, stones, and golden crossbows.

    Liu Jian also built a well fence several feet high and placed crossbowmen on it in an attempt to suppress the Sui army on top of the city.  Huang Mingyuan had built dozens of catapults and placed them inside the city wall. When the rebels' manholes approached the city wall, dozens of catapults were launched in the city to bombard the artillery carts.

    The rebel manhole railings were smashed one after another by the Sui army, and the rebels on the manhole railings suffered heavy casualties.

    Seeing that his plan failed, Liu Jian cut down a large number of trees from outside Hengzhou City and piled them under Hengzhou City.  It was autumn at this time, the grass and trees were dry, and thick smoke billowed out immediately after the trees were set on fire.

    The Sui army at the top of the city was roasted, their beards and hair were scorched, and it was difficult to fight. The people in the city were frightened when they saw the fire raging on all sides.

    There is a temple of the Queen Mother of the West outside the northwest corner of Hengzhou City. Seeing that the people were frightened, Zhang Xiang, the Sima of Bingzhou, went to the city to look at it and worship again. He cried and said, "What sin did the people of Hengzhou have to burn like this! If the Queen Mother is alive, she can send rain to save them."  , the people of Hengzhou are grateful!"

    After Zhang Xiang finished speaking, a large number of clouds immediately gathered on the Temple of the Queen Mother of the West. A moment later, heavy rain fell suddenly, and the fire outside Hengzhou City was extinguished.  The soldiers felt Zhang Xiang's sincerity and all of them died.

    Among the rebels, they thought this was a miracle, and everyone was afraid of it.

    At this point, the momentum of the rebel attack weakened, and Hengzhou City reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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