After the end of the patrol, Huang Fu Song had a preliminary understanding of the situation of the various departments, and held a military meeting overnight, and after the discussion of everyone, combined with his own strategy, Huang Fu Song formulated a specific battle plan.

Because Huangfu Song came late, he didn't see the combat effectiveness of Guangzong's Yellow Turban with his own eyes, and he fought with Zhang Liang that night, which was a hasty response and very restrained with soldiers, so it was a draw.

This time, his plan was divided into two steps: first, send a team of men and horses to attack tentatively to see how effective the Guangzong Yellow Turban was, and then through this attack, try to find the weakness of the Guangzong Yellow Turban, and after finding the weakness, launch a large-scale attack on its weakness.

In order to show that he would not favor one over the other, in order to avoid the dissatisfaction of Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo's old troops, and also to be more able to "command like an arm", this unit that undertook the task of "tentative attack", Huang Fusong decided to select it from the headquarters. Since it is a tentative attack, there is no need to choose the most elite troops, and of course the weakest troops cannot be selected, it is best to choose medium-level troops, so that we can better see the true combat power of the Yellow Turban of Guangzong, and only then can we make an accurate judgment on the strength of the enemy and us.

Fu Xie was the first to actively ask for battle.

Fu Xie and Huang Fu Song are from the same state, Huang Fu Song has always admired him and reused him, although Fu Xie's troops are only one thousand and five, but they are also an elite army under Huang Fu Song, so Huang Fu Song praised his courage, but rejected his invitation to fight.

In the end, Huangfu Song selected two divisions from the main force composed of Luoyang's elite and strong, led by a lieutenant surnamed Liu of the Fifth School of the Northern Army, and undertook the task of this exploratory attack. A ministry usually has five songs under its jurisdiction, and it is generally based on one or two thousand people, and two departments are four or five thousand people. It is definitely not enough to use these four or five thousand people to attack the city, but Guangzong Yellow Turban has a military camp outside the city, and it is enough to use these thousands of people to attack their barracks.

After selecting the battalion leader to take charge of the offensive task, Huangfu Song left Captain Liu and the military commanders of these two departments alone, and gave a face-to-face lecture, and the rest of the generals got up to leave.

Liu Bei came with Zou Jing, he was white, and he was not qualified to enter the account, so he stayed outside the account and waited.

He stood under the sun for a long time, sweating profusely, his face was flushed, and streams of sweat flowed down his cheeks, dripping onto his armor, and sliding to the ground, but Rao was still fully armoured, standing by the sword, and not even going to the pocket.

At this time, Yan Zhong was curious about Liu Bei, turned his head and looked into the tent, and saw that Zou Jing was talking to a general, and before he came out, he walked over and said with a smile: "Liu Jun, isn't there a building over there?" It's a little shady. Why are you standing in the sun outside your tent? With his right hand clenched into a fist, he gently hit the armor on Liu Bei's chest, and said with a smile, "Look at your heat, this armor is almost soaked with sweat." ”

There is a watchtower not far from the handsome tent, the generals and colonels who come to the handsome tent to participate in the military discussion each have their entourage guards, many of these entourages have gone to the bottom of the watchtower to take a cool and avoid the sun, and now they see their own master coming out, and they are swarming from under the watchtower.

There are few people who stay outside the tent and do not avoid the sun, and Liu Bei is one of them.

"Master Yan! The watchtower is small and there are many people enjoying the shade, rather than going there to crowd and get heated, it is better to be cool here. ”

No matter how many people there are in the watchtower, at least they can avoid the sun, and no matter how few people outside the tent are, it is impossible to be cooler than under the watchtower. When Yan Zhong heard this, he knew that Liu Bei was unwilling to belittle others and elevate himself, so he said so, and he didn't expose him, and said in his heart: "This guy is also generous." ”

Although Liu Bei was sweating profusely and standing straight, if he wanted to achieve great things, as a man, he had to be ruthless to himself. Liu Bei is now Zou Jing's entourage, so he has to look like a little entourage, the lord will discuss matters in the tent, how can the entourage run to enjoy the cool? If you can't even endure the little hardship of sun exposure, what can you achieve?

Yan Zhong looked at Liu Bei familiarly, and couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Jun, you are really a loyal and righteous person!" ”

While speaking, Zou Jing came out of the tent, exchanged pleasantries with Yan Zhong for a while, and then took Liu Bei back to the camp.

On the morning of the next day, Huangfu Song called the general drum again, and the captain and Sima Yun of more than 1,000 stones gathered the army, climbed the watchtower, and watched Captain Liu lead his troops to attack the camp set up by Guangzong's yellow turban outside the city.

The east side of Guangzong City is adjacent to the Qing River, and the Zhangshui River is twenty miles to the west. The east and west of the city or the water are too close, or the soil is too soft, which is not suitable for the deployment of troops.

The south and north of the city are suitable. The main force of Guangzong's Yellow Turban stationed outside the city was in the south of the city, and at the same time, Huangfu Song's Chinese army was also in the south of the city, so Huangfu Song chose the south of the city as the direction of the tentative attack.

At the beginning of the hour, Huangfu Song beat the drum of summoning generals.

In the rumbling sound of war drums, the Zongyuan, Yan Zhong, Liang Yan, Zou Jing, Dong Min, Niu Fu, Fu Xie, and other Sima and school captains of more than 1,000 stones all came, and the cloud gathered the army. Captain Liu took the two soldiers selected yesterday out of the Han camp and lined up in front of the camp.

There were many generals and colonels who were ordered to come to watch the battle, but fortunately, there were many watchtowers built by the Chinese army. Today is a sunny day, the sky is blue and cloudless at this time, the rising sun is not long to sprinkle the brilliance, the fields and forests near and far are green and verdant, looking forward to the left and right, only to see the Qing River, Zhangshui are like jade belts, the Qing River is near, you can clearly see the water light reflected on the river surface.

Liang Yan and Fu Xie, as Huangfu Song's favorite generals, are in the same watchtower as Huangfu Song. Also in this watchtower are the sect members, Yan Zhong, Dong Min, Niu Fu and others.

"What a pity! Pity. Yan Zhong looked at the scenery and suddenly sighed.

Not long after Captain Liu came out of the camp, he hadn't lined up yet, and the generals knew that the attack was only tentative, so they were all more relaxed, Huangfu Song heard his whisper, turned his head and asked with a smile: "It's a pity that the main book even says it's a pity, I don't know what a pity?" But is there any inadequacy in the formation of Captain Liu in front of the battalion? ”

Huangfu Song was in the front, and the generals were lined up behind him, so he didn't see that Yan Zhong was looking left and right and looking at the scenery before, thinking that he was in pity of the formation of Captain Liu, so he asked.

Yan Zhong replied unhurriedly: "No, no." Raising his eyelids, he looked at the Han soldiers in front of the camp, and said, "I heard that Captain Liu was born in a general's gate, and he rarely practiced the art of war. ”

"And what are you pitying?"

"It's a pity that this place is too far away from the giant deer to see its city from the watchtower."

From Guangzong to the west, after Zhangshui, another one or twenty miles is Julu County. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu was in Zhang Han, where the giant deer was broken.

Huangfu Song said "oh", and said with a smile: "The thieves will fight and the main book will be in good time, when the war drums will be beaten, and the soldiers will be released, the main book is still interested in hanging the ancients, pinning on the feelings, and the brave warriors are also." ”

"General, loyalty is so timely, but it is because Guangzong Yellow Turban will be defeated."

"We waited for the soldiers to come to the city, and before we handed over a single arrow, how did the drama know that the Guangzong thieves would be defeated? Why are you so sure? ”

Yan Zhongyao pointed to the northwest of the camp and said, "Dare to ask the general, do you know where it is?" ”

Huangfu Song followed his finger and looked, the northwest outside the Han barracks is the northwest outside Guangzong City, but a vast field, with hills and low trees, and Zhangshui flowing outside: "Is the gentleman talking about Zhangshui?" ”

"Definitely."

"So are you talking about Continental Ze?"

From Guangzong to the northwest, across the Zhangshui, there is a Daze in the north of Julu County, named Daze of the mainland, covering an area of tens of thousands of hectares, the ocean is vast, it is one of the famous Daze in the world. In the past, Dayu ruled the water, "the north through the water, to the mainland", the mainland said that the continent Ze.

Yan Zhong shook his head again and said, "Definitely." ”

"What's that?"

"Not far northwest of Guangzong City, there were sand dunes in ancient times, which existed in the former Han Dynasty."

When Yan Zhong said this, Huangfu Song suddenly said, "It turns out that Jun is talking about the Dune Palace. ”

"Yes, yes."

The terrain in Guangzong County is flat, the soil is generally sandy, piled up into mounds everywhere, so the ancient name is sand dunes, there are two monarchs who have built a palace here, one is the king of the Shang Dynasty, and the other is the king of Zhao during the Warring States period. However, the reason why this place is famous is not because of the two palaces in succession, but because three emperors and monarchs have died directly or indirectly in this place since the Shang Dynasty.

The most recent one is the First Emperor, who died on the sand dune platform on his way to patrol the world. Going back up, King Wuling of Zhao, who implemented the "Hufu Cavalry Shooting" to make the Zhao State strong, also died here, because his sons fought for the throne, he was trapped in the sand dune palace, and finally starved to death in the palace. Further up, although the king of Shang did not die here, the reason why he died was because of arrogance and indulgence, and building a sand dune palace was also a part of his arrogance. Shang Xun, Qin Shi Huang, and Zhao Wuling King are all male lords of a generation, especially the First Emperor, who is the ancestral dragon of China, but they all died directly or indirectly here, how can this sand dune platform not be taboo for the kings of the world? How can it not be famous at home?

Huangfu Song realized something and said, "What does the main book mean?" ”

"This land of trapped dragons is also. The real dragon has fallen here one after another, what about the three brothers of Zhang Jiao? Even if he relies on a large number of soldiers and sufficient food, and can defend the city for a while, sooner or later he will be captured by the general! In the battle of Julu in the past, Xiang Yu was famous all over the world, and now after the war of Guangzong, the general will also be able to shock the sea. ”

Huangfu Song laughed and said: "Song is a puppet, he only knows how to serve the country and the people, and he can't be compared with Xiang Yu." After pondering for a moment, he said in his heart, "Although the land of the trapped dragon is nonsense, but the soldiers and many villagers and wild people believe this. Therefore, he ordered, "Pass down the words of the master book, and tell the three armies, and say that the northwest of the city is a dune platform, and the true dragon is still alive so far, not to mention the horned thief?" ”

The herald answered, that is, went downstairs to deliver the message.