Sili, Jizhou, Sili, Yanzhou.

It was an expedition. Ma Yue led the Changshui battalion, which had been strengthened by him, and roamed the North China Plain.

Running all the way and wandering all the way, passing through the white horse and bumping into the rebellion of the county lieutenant, and the county soldiers of Puyang were eliminated together, Ma Yue crossed the level of conscription again, and when he crossed the Luo River and arrived on the north bank, the soldiers and horses behind Ma Yue had reached 3,600.

He is not Emperor Zhu Jun's Fu Song, and Liu Hong will not give him the talismans, and according to the law, he does not have the right to recruit troops on the spot.

He dared to recruit troops on the spot, but he relied on Liu Hong not to kill him.

Of course, if he doesn't lose the battle.

Among the 3,600 people who followed Ma Yue, 1,500 were the Sanhe cavalry recruited by Si Li, with the best equipment, and there were more than 300 veterans of the Changshui Battalion, the most elite.

1,400 infantry, the equipment is worse than that of the county soldiers, 700 pairs of leather armor, 500 ring knives, the others are bamboo spears and wooden guns, and the equipment is only slightly better than the yellow turban thief.

The remaining 700 people were recruited from the various villages, and the weak hunting bows and sharpened wooden arrows could only ensure that the long-range strike capability of Ma Yue's troops was no less than that of the Yellow Turban Army.

Recruiting cavalry doesn't have to think about it, horses are more valuable than human lives these days, and a bad horse is enough to sell enough for a family to leave their hometown and start a good life again, where will they follow Ma Yue to fight the Yellow Turban Army.

Most of the counties passed through on the road sent some food to Ma Yue, barely enough for this battalion to use for half a month, and the baggage supplies of the imperial court were mainly transported to the main force on the northern and southern fronts, and he could only find his own way, which meant that Ma Yue must pacify the counties of Dongjun as soon as possible, and return to Sili as soon as possible or go south to Yingchuan and other places to support Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's troops.

The Yellow Turban Army has a sufficient popular base, but the people who responded to the Yellow Turban Uprising are all poor and poor, but few people with thin property participate in the Yellow Turbans, but they rarely participate in the righteous conquest of the Yellow Turbans.

The people themselves can't eat enough, where is there any surplus food for the Han army?

"Ugh." Guan Yu straddled the horse, looked at the archers and infantry formations of the front army, and sighed and said, "San Lang, let them fight hard with the Yellow Turban Army, it will be sent to death." ”

"I know." Ma Yue nodded, the newly recruited volunteers were different from the previous elite of the Han Dynasty, but what could be done, Ma Yue said: "I can't fight hard with the Yellow Turban Army with the cavalry." ”

In the first battle of the Jizhou Plain, the cavalry of the headquarters plunged into the sea of Yellow Turbans and won a lot, but the tragic situation of fighting with the Yellow Turban Cavalry made Ma Yue unforgettable.

No matter how elite the cavalry is, it also needs the support of a complete battle formation, and the melee cavalry is never a class that can take charge on its own.

Strong as Zhou Cang, he was knocked off his horse in the continuous fighting of the cavalry collision, not to mention these ordinary Three Rivers cavalry.

In the distance, a city emerges on the horizon, adjacent to Luoshui River Bay, Hemu City.

Seeing this city means that you have entered the territory of the ancient patriotic kingdom.

The ancient Weiguo is north to Handan, and south to Hemucheng.

Traveling more than ten miles, Yang Feng led a few flying horses to report: "Lord, Hemu City has not been invaded by the Yellow Turban, we can rest outside the city for a while, but this morning Dong'e County soldiers came to ask for help, Dong'e County Cheng Wangdu responded to the Yellow Turban to kill the county lieutenant, burned the arsenal, the county order abandoned the city and ran, the people ran to Quqiu Mountain, Hemu City Captain did not dare to cross the border to fight thieves because of the law, and asked the lord to lead the Changshui battalion to help the people of Dong'e. ”

"Oh?" Kill Shangguan, break the county seat, and burn the arsenal...... This is called Wang Du's character, any of the three charges alone is the end of abandoning the city, not to mention instigating the county soldiers to respond to the Yellow Turban, the three Yi clans are indispensable, Ma Yue waved his hand to Yang Feng and said: "Hard work Ah Ruo, send an order to Yangping on my behalf, and tell the brothers that we will stay in Yanggu tonight." ”

Hemu City is nearly 100 miles away from Yanggu, and there is still a long way to go today.

The flag is unfurled, and the army is moving.

……

The suppression of the Han army was strong, but the prefectures, counties and counties in various places were like a vat of clear water under the ravages of the yellow turbans, and the gourd was pressed down and scooped.

Twenty miles to the east of Dong'e County, Quqiu Mountain.

The name of the mountain is canal hill, surrounding a Luoshui tributary, at this time there are thousands of displaced people hidden in the mountain, when Wang Du led the Yellow Turban Army into the city, hundreds of soldiers of the Xue family in the county fled here, and stayed in the mountains and forests at night, each with a miserable face.

What the future holds, they don't know.

There are three big surnames in Dong'e County, one is Xue, one is Fang, and one is Wang.

The rebellious Wang Du was the Wang family, and the county order was the Fang family, but he abandoned the city and ran to the county people, which caused the reputation of the Fang family to be greatly hit. The Xue clan took the opportunity of this chaos to flee to Quqiu Mountain with the old and the young, and his reputation among the leaders of Qiantou soared.

No matter which state or place, like the Ma family in Liangzhou, who relies on one person's honor and disgrace to be included in the wealthy family, is a sideshow after all.

The real wealthy family is first of all prosperous, more than 100 relatives with a big surname in a place, and the whole body is affected, once the whole family is single-mindedly mobilized by manpower, material resources, financial resources, and relationships, which are incomparable to the small surname.

This is the strength of the Hao family.

Now that the situation is chaotic, there are more than a thousand thieves with knives and spears entrenched in the county, and the same is true of the entire Yanzhou, where can they go.

"Lord Gong Cao, now the Yellow Turban is messing with the state capital, the king thief is disturbing the county, this canal hill and mountain is not a place to live for a long time, you are highly respected, and the people are waiting for you to give you an idea."

Dong'a Gongcao's surname is a member of the Xue clan, and this time he is highly respected by the people after he led the Xue family's soldiers.

Xue Gong Cao was discussing things with the clansmen, but he didn't know what the clansmen said and shook his head again and again, and when he heard this, he turned his head and saw a tall young man, and the gloom on his face dissipated slightly.

This young man's name is Cheng Wu, and his family lives in a middle school, his father was very brave when he was young, and later he studied at home, and his family style was solemn, and the people in the countryside loved this young man.

"It's Cheng Jiazi, the old man has sent people to the nearby counties and state capitals last night to ask for help, and the villagers are hiding in the mountains and fields for the time being, and there will be reinforcements to suppress the thieves in a few days."

Cheng Wu said to Xue Gongcao and said: "Lord Gongcao, the family is stricter than the boy and said that the counties themselves are afraid that they will not be able to cross the border to beg for thieves, not to mention that they must first be ordered by the county government, and it will be several days long to come and go, and the villagers will flee to the hurry for food as a top priority, and also ask Lord Gongcao to assign the officials to collect things to satisfy their hunger." ”

"The people take food as their sky, yes, what your father said is right. The old man sent someone to prepare. As soon as the words fell, the clansmen behind Xue Gongcao said: "Gongcao, didn't Cheng Wu's father accompany the army to fight thieves in his early years, why didn't he ask him for advice?" ”

"Not bad." Xue Gongcao patted his head and smiled at Cheng Wu: "Xiao Wu, you can go and invite your father here, just say that the old man wants to discuss with him where to go in the future." ”