In March of the seventh year of Guanghe (184 AD), the crusade corps of the Han Dynasty was officially formed.

Emperor Liu Hong listened to the suggestion of Huangfu Song, and focused on building eight strategic bases in the east, south, west, and north of the surrounding areas of Luoyang, as well as the northwest, southwest, southeast, and northeast, respectively, Hangu Pass, Dagu Pass, Guangcheng Pass, Yique Pass, Xuanyuan Pass, Xuanmen Pass, Mengjin Pass, and Xiaopingjin Pass.

The main force of the Southern Army was unable to carry out large-scale transfer because it was necessary to garrison the northern frontier areas, confront Xianbei Wuhuan and Hu, and defend the frontier territory, so there were only four battalions of officers and men of the Southern Army plus the second battalion of new troops newly recruited by Beidi County for the left middle general Huangfu Song and the right middle general Zhu Jun to drive. More than 30,000 people of the sixth battalion aimed to go to the Yuzhou Thorn History Department, and the Yingchuan front line faced the Yellow Turban Army on the Yingchuan side.

The five schools of the Northern Army, which were more powerful, were all under the jurisdiction of Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang, with a total of more than 50,000 people, and the goal was the Jizhou Thorn History Department against the elite of the Yellow Turban Army led by the three generals of heaven, earth and man.

At the same time, Emperor Liu Hong appointed Henan Yin He Jin as the general, and at the same time made every effort to contribute all the private money he had saved for nearly ten years, and handed it over to the general He Jin to use as a military salary and coordinate the rear.

In April of the same year, after Zhu Jun, the general of Youzhonglang, led an army of 5,000 to the front line as the vanguard for more than a month, Huangfu Song also led the remaining 25,000 troops to slowly launch and march to Yingchuan County.

Now Liu Wei, who has the dual identities of the prince of the Han Dynasty and Sima of other departments, rode a jujube red pony named Chitu and followed the side of Huangfu Song, looking extremely excited. This is the first time since Liu Wei came to this time and space that he has been out of Luoyang City, a big man, and a thousand miles of fertile fields, for a young man who has never been far away, it is all false to say that he is not excited.

As excited as Liu Wei was the Tiger Ben Armor of about 300 people behind him. Liu Wei appointed his emperor Lao Tzu as the Sima of other departments, and in fact, the troops that could be commanded were only these 300 tiger army.

As the defense force of the palace, the Tiger Ben Army is undoubtedly the top in terms of candidates and equipment, and as the three hundred Tiger Ben soldiers who followed Liu Wei on the expedition, it is simply the top of the top, it is no exaggeration to say that even if Wu Kuang is still alive, he may not be able to become one of the three hundred, so it seems that the level of these Tiger Ben soldiers can be seen.

Of course, the purpose of the Tiger Ben Army to go out with Liu Wei was definitely not to obey Liu Wei's orders at will, to make a surprise attack with a long army, and to kill the Yellow Turban thieves in order to make war achievements, their mission was actually very simple, that is, to protect the safety of Sima Liu Wei of other departments. Therefore, it is not so much that these 300 tiger soldiers are the ruler of Liu Bian, but that they have already received the death order of Emperor Liu Hong, but it is just that Liu Bian is addicted to the general.

It's just that Liu Wei has never cared about this, he cares more about the person who is already on the front line, his assistant army Sima, Lu Bu.

As Liu Wei expected, Lu Fengxian, who is still white, did not hesitate at all after receiving the letter of appointment from the imperial court, and went directly to Luoyang, along with many ranger partners. In short, there are a lot of people brought by Lu Fengxian, and there are more than 100 followers of Xiangzi.

In this way, Liu Wei hastily calculated that the Tiger Ben army led by himself plus Lu Bu's personal entourage turned out to be a small 500 people, although such a number is not like the 100,000 million army that he read about in some romance novels in later generations, but looking at the present, it is not a small number, you must know that the frontline troops brought by Zhu Jun to the Yingchuan battlefield are only 5,000 people.

Huangfu Song and Liu Wei were particularly careful, so that the 25,000 army was divided into three echelons, the front army of 10,000 people marched at a speed of 50 miles a day, intending to quickly support Zhu Jun's department, the Chinese army of 10,000 people marched at a speed of 30 miles a day to get through the front and rear, and the rear army of 5,000 people, that is, the one where Huangfu Song and Liu Wei were located, slowly followed at a speed of 20 miles a day.

Since the beginning of this month, Zhu Jun and Yingchuan frontline battlefield size more than ten battles, all dominant, since the Songshan Xuanyuan Pass, it can be described as overwhelming, invincible, less than a month, Zhu Jun has led the vanguard troops to occupy the Yangren, Xiangcheng, Yexian three cities.

Zhu Jun later left 500 soldiers to guard each of the three cities, and left most of the heavy grain and grass in the city, and led 3,000 soldiers to attack Yingyang lightly, intending to intercept the water source and besiege Yingchuan.

Huangfu Song held the battle report transmitted to him by the messenger in front of him, and said to Liu Wei with a smile: "If you want to follow the marching speed of the ministers and His Royal Highness, I am afraid that if you cross Songshan Mountain and get out of Xuanyuan Pass, Zhu Zhonglang has already sent the head of that wave of talent to Luozhong." ”

"Is Zhu Zhonglang so good at fighting? Or is the enemy Bo Cai so incompetent? "Although Liu Wei doesn't know anything about this marching war, but the historical story of the suppression of the Yellow Turban is still well known, if it is according to Huangfu Song's statement, is it true that his own participation has boosted morale, so that the Han sergeant is so invincible? You must know that in Liu Wei's impression, Zhu Jun was beaten by Bo Cai when he went to the battlefield, how can he have the scene of beating Bo Cai to Yingchuan City like this.

"I think this Yellow Turban thief is just some incompetent leaders, relying on the number of people to oppress the local officials, now that my Han strong army has arrived, the state of the ants of the other generation suddenly appeared, but unfortunately Zhu Zhonglang led the vanguard is really a little, if there can be 10,000 people, I am afraid that it will be hit under Xuchang City at this moment." Huangfu Song couldn't stop laughing, and said with a twisted beard.

Liu Wei nodded slightly and asked, "I heard what the emperor said, Zhu Zhonglang actually abandoned his burden, old and weak, and went to Yingyang lightly?" ”

"Not bad." Huangfu Song smiled and nodded.

"Are you in such a hurry?" Liu Wei frowned slightly: "If Yingyang can't fight, then wouldn't Zhu Zhonglang's move be asking for his own hardship?" ”

Huangfu Song shook his head again and again: "Your Highness, do you know about Cao Di's polemic?" ”

"The so-called war, courage also. One boom, then decline, three and exhaustion? Liu Wei thought about it for a moment and immediately replied.

Huangfu Song smiled and nodded again and again: "Now Zhu Zhonglang leads the vanguard, and within ten days of connecting the three cities, it is the time when morale is strong, the enemy has been entrenched in Yingchuan for a long time, and there are garrisons in each city. ”

"What Huangfu Gong means is that the reason why Zhu Gong attacked lightly and took Yingyang directly is because the defeated troops of the three cities have not returned to the rest of the cities, so the news of the defeat of the enemy has not been spread, and the thieves in the other city should be defenseless, and Zhu Gong can break the enemy in one battle?"

"Your Highness is smart!" Huangfu Song kept his head bowed, laughed and praised: "I heard that Sun Wentai has beheaded two thieves in a row, I don't want Zhu Zhonglang to brag about it, this Sun Wentai is really not ordinary." ”

"Sun Jian has arrived?" Liu Wei was stunned when he heard the news for the first time.

"Yes, yes." Huangfu Song smiled and put the good news in his hand and passed it to Liu Wei and said: "Sun Wentai took the lead, desperately climbed the siege city, and did not retreat with several arrows in his body, this Ye City was captured by him." ”

Liu Wei took the battle report, skimmed through it, and was scared into a cold sweat: "Sun Wentai will be fine, right?" ”

Huangfu Song sighed, then shook his head.

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing this, Liu Wei also breathed a sigh of relief and said again and again.

"I hope Sun Wentai is okay." Huangfu Song continued: "I only know that he suddenly fainted after waiting for the city, probably caused by excessive bleeding. ”

"What?" Liu Wei was so shocked that his mouth grew: "You can't die like this, right?" ”

"I don't know." Huangfu Song glanced back at Liu Wei and said calmly: "The messenger told me that after Sun Wentai fainted, he fought hard to snatch it for the soldiers behind him, and he did not die on the spot, but when this war report was drawn up and then sent by the letter, Sun Wentai had not yet woken up. As for Zhu Zhonglang......"

Liu Wei was speechless, it must be known that Sun Jian's early entry into the Yingchuan battlefield is also contrary to historical facts, and there are Zhu Jun's reasons for this situation, of course, there are also Liu Wei's reasons, if Sun Jian dies like this, maybe for Liu Jian, there will be one less rebel minister who intends to split and divide the territory in the future, but the giant of such an era died so inexplicably, and he didn't even meet each other, which is even more unacceptable to Liu Bian.

"Where's Huang Gai? What about Cheng Pu? What about Han Dang? What about Zhu Zhi? Shouldn't these individuals all follow Sun Jian now? Why did Sun Jian get a few arrows in his body, and he couldn't even protect the guards? Liu Wei was scheming in his heart, but he didn't listen to Huangfu Song's words.

"Your Highness?" Huangfu Song saw Liu Wei in a daze, and called for his humanity softly.

Only then did Liu Wei come back to his senses: "What's the matter?" What did the emperor call me? ”

"Nothing, nothing." Huangfu Song smiled and said to himself: "The minister saw that His Highness was distracted, so he called." ”

Liu Wei nodded, and then pointed to a place in the battle report and asked: "There is a good news, Zhu Gong rushed to Yingyang lightly, one is to capture the city, and the other is to intercept the water source, what is the reason for this?" ”

"Your Highness can know what city is on the west side of Yingyang and downstream of Yingshui?" Huangfu Song asked with a smile.

Although Liu Wei is in the palace, he has read and understood a lot of maps of the cities of Dahanzhou County, but when it comes to the terrain, water potential, and various elements of the large and small city passes, he can't remember too much, and he heard Huangfu Song ask, although he thought about it for a long time, he didn't have an answer, so he could only shake his head again and again, waiting for Huangfu Song to say.

"It's Yingchuan." Huangfu Song still smiled and said: "Yingchuan is the seat of Yingchuan County, and it is a real fortified city. ”

"This city is located at the end of Yingshui, adjacent to Songshan Mountain to the west. The terrain is dangerous, and it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Huangfu Song continued: "Our army goes south out of Xuanyuan Pass, and needs to contain Runan to the south, and Xuchang to the north, so that it is difficult to take the six cities of Zhongmu, Changshe, Yingchuan, Xiangcheng, Yexian, and Gucheng from the north to ensure that the Yellow Turban thieves cannot go west to approach the Tiger Prison and Xuanyuan Erguan and take Luoyang directly. ”

Liu Wei suddenly heard the names of so many cities, and his mind was already blurry, so he had to ask: "According to what Huangfu Gong said, if you want to capture Yingchuan, you must first go to Yingyang?" ”