Time flickered, half a month passed, and Xue Yun led the army to break the proud record of the 100,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army, which was also rumored everywhere.

"Yuan Jiajun" became famous for a while, and countless soldiers came to join the army.

At the same time, Xue Yun also discussed with everyone that it was better to incorporate the captured Yellow Turban Army.

Because if they are let go, they will return to their old army and come back to persecute the civilian population.

As for killing them, Xue Yun didn't want to kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers like the killing god Bai Qi and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, leaving a stain on their heroic biographies.

And if these 20,000 people were really killed by Xue Yun, then everyone in the world would accuse him of being cruel and inhumane.

The strategists who come to defect will also be deterred, and the blow to their reputation will also be devastating.

Based on the above reasons, whether it is to release them or kill them, it will do more harm than good.

It is better to co-opt them, on the one hand, to expand their own strength, and on the other hand, to send people to watch them and prevent them from making any small moves.

As for Yuan Shao's big break of the Yellow Turban Army, there is also the matter of him recruiting troops and horses.

When it reaches the ears of others, it is natural that some people are happy and some are sad.

To the west of the Han Dynasty is a city called Tiancheng.

This is the base camp of "General Tiangong" Zhang Jiao.

The majesty of this city is not weaker than that of Luoyang and Chang'an.

The walls were lined with strong bows and crossbows, and the soldiers were also wearing hard armor and holding weapons.

They and the Yellow Turban Army defeated by Xue Yun were completely two people.

With this weaponry and equipment, a wealthy tyrant like Yuan Shao can take it out.

Others, even Cao Cao, are enough.

They are Zhang Jiao's elite troops, the Heavenly Army.

It is a soldier sent down from heaven, and the meaning is similar to that of the heavenly soldiers and generals in the modern population.

Zhang Jiao's slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious".

completely deified Zhang Jiao, making everyone think that he was a savior sent by God to save them from fire and water.

So more and more people defected to Zhang Jiao, and in three years, he jumped from an unarmed civilian to a great prince with 400,000 soldiers and horses.

After that, under the guise of "saving the people in the world who are still in dire straits", he began his road of conquering the world.

In the years that followed, his army continued to grow, until now it numbered in a million, and all the other princes combined had less than half of his troops.

As for the site? Nearly sixty percent of the territory of the Han Dynasty has been included in his command.

Of course, Zhang Jiao knew that there were many of them, but there were no real elite soldiers, and his heart was still not steady.

So he discussed it with his two brothers.

Of these armies, ninety thousand people were drawn. Three elite corps were formed: the "Heavenly Army", the "Earth Army", and the "People's Army".

Each regiment had 30,000 men, and Zhang Jiao gave them the best weapons, armor, and horses.

Of course, the requirements for their training are also extremely high.

In this way, they had these 90,000 elite soldiers before they could relax their hearts.

Moreover, the environment in the west is much worse than that in the rich areas of the Central Plains, and the soldiers and horses trained in such an environment are naturally at least one grade stronger than other places.

In the middle of the heavenly city, there is a large hall with a magnificent architecture, a carved dragon and a phoenix, and extremely luxurious decoration.

Even the imperial palace where the emperor lived was not comparable.

At this moment, at the top of the palace hall are three chairs made of gold and silver.

The person sitting in the middle is a man over half a hundred years old, he is the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, the general of Tiangong - Zhang Jiao.

Sitting on both sides were his two younger brothers - Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

Zhang Jiao did not wear a dragon robe like the emperor, but a black robe.

It is outlined with gold and silver threads that resemble an animal resembling a unicorn.

According to Zhang Jiao's words, this animal was given to him by God, and it was the same noble existence as the emperor's dragon.

And those ordinary people who have seen the animal on the pattern think that it is as sacred as the dragon.

There are four chairs below the three people in Zhang Jiao, three people sit on them, and only one chair is empty.

Because the owner of this chair, Zhao Dong, is kneeling in the middle, being punished for his mistakes.

Zhang Jiao opened his mouth and said, "Zhao Protector, you obviously have an absolute advantage, even if you fell for Yuan Shao's tricks at the beginning, but the advantage is still there, why didn't you immediately let the whole army attack after arriving in Anhua City, but only launched an attack the next day after losing a few generals on the first day?" ”

Zhao Dong hurriedly said, "I want to lure Yan Liang and their army to come, and send people to ambush, intending to make all of Yuan Shao's forces disappear from this world in one go." Who would have thought ... ”

"Humph! Who would have thought that Yuan Shao would use fire to attack, so that you couldn't defend against it, and seeing that his army was about to fail, he left the army behind and fled back alone. ”

Zhang Jiao was so angry that he stood up directly from the chair.

Zhao Dong hurriedly said, "No, please give me another chance!" ”

"All this is because of your arrogance and self-righteousness, which has caused the 100,000-strong army to be almost completely wiped out. Giving you a chance? Yes! Next life. ”

After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, he asked Zhao Dong to be dragged out and killed, but he turned a deaf ear to Zhao Dong's plea.

Zhang Bao on the side said, "The three of you also listen, if anyone makes the same mistake in the future, I don't need to say more about the end, right?" ”

The three people below knelt on the ground and said in unison, "Subordinates, keep in mind." ”

Zhang Jiao also asked them to step down, and only the three brothers were left in the hall.

Zhang Bao said, "Big brother, don't be angry about the loss of 100,000 soldiers and horses. Those are all ragtag armies with no combat effectiveness, and the real combat fighting armies are all in the hands of the three of our brothers. ”

The army they use to fight outside the country is not a force at all, at best civilians who take up arms, and their physical fitness is completely incomparable to that of a real army.

If those princes heard this sentence, I don't know how they would feel?

The Yellow Turban Army they worked so hard to deal with was so worthless in the eyes of Zhang Jiao and a few people?

Although Zhang Jiao lost 100,000 horses, with his prestige, as long as he was given half a year, he could still gather another 100,000 troops.

Zhang Jiao shook his head and said, "Second brother, I'm not angry about the 100,000 soldiers and horses, but we all underestimate Yuan Shao's person." We originally thought that he was just a son of an official eunuch who relied on the blessing of his ancestors, had great ambitions and talents, and did not have any strategy. I didn't expect him to use his brain, which I didn't expect. ”

Zhang Bao nodded, it seemed that the information they had collected before was still a little insufficient.

"Then big brother, what should we do next?" Zhang Liang said.

Zhang Jiao was silent for a moment, and then said, "Our Yellow Turban Army has lost such a big face, do you just swallow this breath?" ”

"Are you going to continue to use troops against Yuan Shao?" Zhang Liang asked rhetorically.

Yuan Shao and the others had just won the battle, and their morale was greatly victorious.

Now they are recruiting troops everywhere, and now they are sending troops, and the outcome is unpredictable.

Zhang Jiao shook his head and said, "Beat Yuan Shao or not, but I heard that Gongsun Zhan's fierce general Zhao Yun plans to help Yuan Shao?" ”

"Does Big Brother mean...

Zhang Jiao said, "Pass the order, and after three days, attack Gongsun Zhan!" ”