At this time, Zhang Mancheng's face was ugly, but he did not lose the style of a king and the state of a general.

Although he was furious, he was still directing the battle as best he could.

Seeing Liu Zheng and others coming to support, he was overjoyed and immediately thanked Liu Zheng and others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are so good to be here, thank you for your help this time. The situation is critical, I won't say much about thanks, and when these officers and soldiers are repelled, I will definitely thank you very much. ”

When Liu Zheng saw that Zhang Mancheng was still alive, he first breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to worry about Zhang Mancheng again.

He glanced at the battlefield and soon saw the more than 30,000 officers and soldiers present and Zhu Jun (ju) who was directing the battle in front of the official camp

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Zhu Jun is a person, Liu Zheng can still see it at a glance, after all, he has seen Zhu Jun from a distance when he passed through the city wall on the battlefield of Runan City before.

Although he only glanced at it from a distance on the city tower, Zhu Jun, who was one of the three major lieutenant generals, was dressed very differently from others, wearing golden armor and riding on a jujube red war horse, with a red cloak swaying in the wind. Let him stand out in the crowd.

"Sure enough, it's Zhu Jun. ”

Liu Zheng read it carefully in his heart.

Since they saw Zhu Jun, then these people are the officers and soldiers who came from the direction of Runan City, and as Xu You speculated, these people did not directly attack Nanyang from Runan City. Instead, he went south to Jiangxia and joined Qin Jie's soldiers and horses, and now Zhang Mancheng was caught off guard.

Later, Liu Zheng and Zhang Mancheng could also hear some of Zhang Mancheng's words in the simple conversation.

Originally, there were only more than 10,000 villagers on Qin Jie's side, and Zhang Mancheng used 100,000 Yellow Turban troops to annihilate Qin Jie's soldiers and horses in one fell swoop, and he could even defeat Jiangxia County because of this.

But Zhu Jun's 20,000 officers and soldiers suddenly came out from behind, disrupting Zhang Mancheng's plan, making Zhang Mancheng's men frightened by the sudden appearance of the officers and soldiers, panicking, and letting the Yellow Turban Army gradually lose the upper hand.

A battle that was originally guaranteed to be won became confusing and gradually lost the opportunity.

And now the appearance of Liu Zheng and others has also given Zhang Mancheng a little confidence, thinking that they still have the strength to fight.

But Liu Zheng didn't think so, after all, the official army came prepared, and after Zhu Jun and Qin Jie joined forces, there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

The key is that Liu Zheng also saw Sun Jian and others beside Zhu Jun, the other party's soldiers are strong and strong, even if Zhang Mancheng is now here, counting Liu Zheng's more than 10,000 people, there are still 100,000 troops in total, and they may not be the opponents of these 30,000 officers and soldiers.

"Zhao Hong, you continue to charge me with men and horses, block these officers and soldiers, and kill Qin Jie's gang first. ”

Because of the appearance of Liu Zheng, the Yellow Turban Army here temporarily stabilized some positions, and after their morale recovered, Zhang Mancheng directly ordered Zhao Hong to continue to charge the battle, intending to fight these officers and soldiers here to the death.

But Liu Zheng immediately spoke out to stop Zhang Mancheng's plan of action.

"Envoy, don't go on the offensive. ”

"Huh? ”

Liu Zheng's opening made Zhang Mancheng immediately a little unhappy, and he glanced at Liu Zheng with a frown.

"Envoy, although we have temporarily stabilized our position, the losses of the soldiers and horses under our command are serious, and it is no longer enough to compete with these officers and troops, so it is better to retreat first and fight again in the future. ”

"What do you mean, boy? Does it boost the morale of others and disturb the prestige of our army? ”

Liu Zheng's persuasion did not get Zhang Mancheng's consent, but Zhang Mancheng had some intention to blame Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng despised Zhang Mancheng in his heart, scolded this guy, couldn't recognize the situation, and if he blindly continued to fight, he would definitely die, but he could only patiently explain to Zhang Mancheng.

"Envoy, it's not that I want to boost the arrogance of the officers and soldiers, but that the morale of the officers and soldiers is booming at this time, if our army forcibly attacks, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, our army is already weaker than the officers and troops, although there are more soldiers and horses than the other side now, but blindly attacking will inevitably lose the troops. If we win, it is fine, but in case of defeat, our army will be a place of no return, and it will inevitably be unable to continue to compete with the officers and troops. ”

Although Liu Zheng said it more tactfully on the surface, he was actually 100% sure in his heart that the Yellow Turban Army would be defeated in this battle. Qin Jie in history killed Zhang Mancheng in this battle, so that the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army began to fall into a place of no return.

There are more than 200,000 troops, and almost no one survives.

But he couldn't say it directly, after all, he was the only one who knew what happened next, and the others didn't know that they would lose this battle.

After Liu Zheng's words were finished, Xu You, who was standing beside Liu Zheng, immediately opened his mouth to chase Zhang Mancheng and added.

"Envoy, what my family Qu Shuai said is right, this time the battle is temporarily retreated, using the soldiers and horses of other counties in Nanyang County, we still have nearly 200,000 troops, and we can still compete with the official army, but if we continue to fight, once we fail, the main force of our army will be lost, and not only will we not be able to keep Nanyang County at that time, but we will also suffer a big defeat and delay the uprising plan of General Tiangong. ”

Zhang Mancheng originally planned to continue the attack and ignore Liu Zheng's words, but Liu Zheng and Xu You insisted on doing so, and he had to reconsider whether his decision to force the attack was correct.

Especially when Xu You said that he would delay General Tiangong's plan to revolt, Zhang Mancheng was silent.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Mancheng saw the general Zhao Hong beside him, and the others did not agree to continue the battle, so he gave the order and began to retreat.

"Okay, in today's battle, temporarily stop the troops, withdraw to Nanyang first, wait for us to rest and recuperate, and then fight with these officers and soldiers again."

After Zhang Mancheng's words were finished, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The 100,000 Yellow Turban Army present may be slightly difficult to fight with the officers and soldiers, but if you just choose one place to break through, it will be very easy.

At this time, on the side of the official army, Qin Jie hurriedly walked to Zhu Jun's side.

"My lord, these Yellow Turban thieves still have reinforcements! This is troublesome, the original plan we formulated was to use the strange soldiers of adults to disrupt the morale of these Yellow Turban thieves, and now the reinforcements of the Yellow Turban Army have appeared, which can relieve their predicament. ”

"I look at the appearance of these Yellow Turban Army, it seems that they are planning to retreat."

"What then? Do you want us to kill the chief of the Yellow Turban thieves first? ”

Qin Jie immediately asked Zhu Jun with a frown.

"Do you have a way to kill that coach Zhang Mancheng?"

Zhu Jun also wondered why Qin Jie would say such a thing.

Qin Jie immediately said.

"There is a solution, but it doesn't always work."

"Oh? What's the solution? ”

"I have a lieutenant under him, who is good at shooting, can shoot a two-stone bow, and has excellent archery skills, if he is allowed to shoot, he has great certainty, and he can shoot the thief head with one arrow."

As soon as Qin Jie's words were said, Zhu Jun was immediately quite annoyed.

"You have such a plan, why didn't you tell it sooner?"