At the beginning of October, the war report in the northwest spread all over the world, Liangzhou was in chaos, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

Hanyang Changshi Gaixun garrisoned Ayang County, the rebels besieged the city several times and could not advance an inch, turned to Jincheng, attacked and killed Jincheng Taishou Chen Yi, robbed the overseers to engage in Bian Yun, and Jincheng engaged in Han Yue. The assassin Shi Zuochang was indifferent, so that the two surrendered to the rebels. Bian and Han had a great reputation in Liangzhou, and the people and Qianghu were very fond of each other, and for a time the people of Jincheng joined the rebels, and the rebels became more and more powerful.

A war report sent by Gai Xun, and at the same time, he also impeached Zuochang for embezzling tens of millions of military salaries, and it was precisely because of the lack of pay for recruiting soldiers that led to the rebellion of Qiang Hu Linzhen and killed Leng Zheng, the captain of Huqiang, and asked Liu Hong to remove Zuochang from the post of assassin Shi.

The Yellow Turban War in the Central Plains once fell into a stalemate, Zhang Jiao's whole army broke through from Guangzong, most of the officers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and the Yellow Turban army broke through again.

However, the movement of the Yellow Turban army made Huangfu Song, Cao Cao and other counterinsurgency generals on the northern front scratch their heads.

A sentry in old armor stumbled into the tent and knelt down to report: "Report! Generals, Du Lieutenants, and subordinates broke through most of the Yellow Turban to the bank of the Yellow River, but for some reason they did not cross the river and turned to Yangping County in the northeast. ”

The Han army on the northern front is now camped in the north of Wei County, and they have pursued the Yellow Turbans who broke out of the encirclement all the way to this point, because Zhang Jiao has successfully broken through, and they have prepared for the worst.

Huangfu Song was surprised: "They don't cross the river? ”

The sentinel cavalry replied: "Yes, my subordinates don't know why, they arrived on the shore for only two hours, and then they waved their troops and continued to drive towards Yangping County. ”

"I see, you stand down." Huangfu Song waved his hand and said, "Freshen up and have a good rest." ”

"Thank you, General."

The sentry cavalry waited to retreat, and Huangfu Song turned around and frowned at the map of Jizhou in the tent for a long time.

"Send three sentinels to Pingyuan, Yangping, and Qinghe counties, and strictly check the movements of the Yellow Turbans at all times, and find out where they are going to set up camp!"

Cao Cao next to him waved his hand when he heard this, and a man who looked like a retinue beside him hurriedly ran out of the military tent to give an order, Cao Cao said: "General Huangfu, but I know why they don't go to Dongjun?" ”

Shaking his head, Huangfu Song's face was mixed, and he said: "I don't know, but it is naturally best for them not to cross the Yellow River, as long as it does not affect the surrender of Yuzhou, the battlefield can only annihilate all the rebels before the midwinter of Jizhou." ”

Cao Cao nodded and chuckled, less than seven feet tall and covered in armor, looking a little more powerful, and replied: "Yes, the Yellow Turban generals don't know how to soldier, and if they don't cross the river, they can't be connected with the Central Plains Yellow Turbans. ”

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While the general and the cavalry lieutenant were making plans in the military tent, on the road from Handan City to Wei County, a captain led his subordinates to encounter a small stream of Yellow Turban routs.

There was no battle, when the sergeants of the Changshui Battalion and the three-zhang banner appeared from the small hillside, the group of hundreds of Yellow Turban troops broke by themselves, some put down their weapons, and some fled in all directions and were surrounded and killed by the Han army.

Ma Yue jumped off the horse's back, clasped his waist knife and walked to the surrendered yellow scarf and asked, "Who is the leader?" ”

There was a commotion among the Yellow Turban rebels who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and a swarthy man stepped forward with some fear, bowing his head and not daring to look directly at Ma Yue.

"Be bold, don't kneel yet!"

Yan Xing stood beside Ma Yue with a big iron spear, and when he saw the leader get up and walk in front of Ma Yue, he immediately shouted: "Kneel!" ”

When the leader heard this, he knelt down in front of Ma Yue, and kept kowtowing and said, "The general spares his life!" We won't make yellow scarves anymore, the general spares his life! ”

Ma Yue looked around at this group of yellow turbans left and right, some people were still wearing yellow headbands, some people had already taken them off, their faces were yellow and thin, and their faces were full of vegetables, he didn't know that those soldiers were the rumored yellow turban wharves, but he felt that there was a big gap between these yellow turban troops and the yellow turban elite who stole the camp that night.

Even though they looked weak and skinny, Ma Yue was still puzzled.

He had seen many Yellow Turban soldiers who looked worse than them, but he had never seen the Yellow Turban Army who bowed down and surrendered when they bowed their heads.

Ma Yue looked back at the soldiers he led, their armor was strong, their weapons were sharp, and their military appearance was neat, but he knew that once these people behind him were scattered in the war, more than half of the dead and wounded would become a small rout, and the soldiers who could support them until the battle were killed were probably less than 12 out of 12.

But the Yellow Turbans are different, they are a group of people with fanatical religious beliefs, and although most of them were just peasants with their backs to the loess a few days ago, they have not been the same since they tied the Yellow Turbans.

They had a firm goal and ideals, burning all harsh taxes and overthrowing the rule of the Han Dynasty.

For the sake of this dream, it is almost never the case that their troops, despite their low combat effectiveness, surrender before the last step.

Ma Yue pressed the knife on his waist with his left hand, frowned and asked, "Where are you from the Yellow Turban Army, and who is your commander?" ”

The small leader of the Yellow Turban Party in front of Ma Yue is called Xu Zhong, a native of Jizhou, his ancestors have been farmers for generations, he has six brothers, and in his generation he caught up with the great sages and good teachers to propagate the teachings, and he was a disciple who followed Zhang Jiao very early, the eldest brother and the fifth brother died in the battle with Lu Zhi with the general of the earth, the third and the youngest died on the way to the county with the general Rengong, the fourth is the most promising, tall and strong was selected into the Yellow Turban Force, some time ago Zhang Niujiao led the crowd to burn the Han army's baggage and died on the beach at night.

In their heyday, as the early disciples who followed Zhang Jiao, their seven brothers had more than 2,000 people together, but in a year, Jizhou was in full swing, and Xu Zhong only had so many villagers left in his hands.

Hearing this, Xu Zhong lowered his head and hurriedly said: "Back to General, Xiaomin left the Yellow Turban Army with his fellow villagers, and he is no longer the Yellow Turban Army. Looking up, there was no anger on Ma Yue's face, and then he swallowed his saliva and continued: "In the past, I was a subordinate of General Tiangong, and Qu Shuai was Zhou Cang. ”

"Zhou Cang?" Ma Yue asked, "Is it a black-faced beard that grows quite strong?" ”

In the first battle when Lu Zhi started his army in Jizhou, the cavalry commander who was dismounted by the town after blocking Guan Yu's sword, a roar at that time made Ma Yue remember it deeply.

Xu Zhong replied: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a black-faced beard." ”

Ma Yue nodded lightly, Zhou Cang was very brave, and then asked with some playfulness: "Aren't you Yellow Heaven believers very loyal to the Great Sage and Good Master, how can you sneak out of the barracks, and Zhang Jiao treats you badly?" ”

At the mention of Zhang Jiao, Xu Zhong's honest peasant face showed sadness and hideousness, and he sniffed fiercely, and Xu Zhong said: "Great sage and good teacher, no more." ”

"What!" Ma Yue hurriedly probed and asked, "Zhang Jiao is dead?" ”