The Yellow Turban Army attacked the Han army camp, which caught the Han army by surprise and its morale plummeted.

Coupled with the superiority in numbers, they quickly occupied the east camp, and attacked the south, north, west, and center camps respectively. Among them, Zhang Baoqin led 40,000 people to attack the Chinese army camp.

Although Dong Zhuo reacted afterwards, it was too late. The soldiers scattered and fled, and they were already in a broken army.

He barely gathered 10,000 men, and hurried to meet the Yellow Turban Army. However, in such a hurry, it will naturally not be the opponent of the Yellow Turban Army, and it can only barely support it.

The Yellow Turbans killed people everywhere and set fires, and it didn't take long for the entire camp to burst into flames, and thick smoke rose into the sky.

"General, the matter has reached this point and there is no way to return to the sky, let's withdraw quickly!" All the relatives and subordinates came to persuade Dong Zhuo to flee for his life.

Dong Zhuo's body was full of traces of being smoked, embarrassed, and now he had lost the complacent and high-spirited spirit he had when he first came.

He looked at the large camp that was on fire everywhere in front of him, and the Han soldiers who were constantly being slashed and killed by the Yellow Turban Army, and knew that if he continued to hold on, his life would not be guaranteed. So he decisively ordered a retreat.

But before they could escape far, the Yellow Turban Army chased after them, relying on the strength of the crowd, surrounded Dong Zhuo and the remnants of the army under his command, and strangled the Han army layer by layer from the outside to the inside.

"General, should we recruit these Han troops to break their resistance?" A golden leader said to Zhang Bao.

Zhang Bao snorted coldly: "Hmph, we swear not to stand with the imperial court, the purpose of raising the army is to kill all these people and restore peace to the people, I will never accept the surrender of the officers and soldiers." Immediately order the brothers, and wipe out these officers and soldiers! ”

Dong Zhuo also saw that these Yellow Turban soldiers did not accept prisoners and wanted to kill themselves, he shouted loudly: "These thieves want to kill us all, they will not accept our surrender!" Soldiers, in order to survive, follow me to fight a bloody road! ”

Surrender is death, desperate but there is a glimmer of life, the Han soldiers burst out with amazing combat effectiveness in order to survive, and for a time they even suppressed the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army.

It's just that this is the last breath, it can't last too long, and the number of the Yellow Turban Army is several times that of the Han Army, and the counterattack that was just formed with great difficulty was pushed back not long after.

Dong Zhuo looked at all this with a pale face, and his heart was extremely desperate. It seems that there is no need for the Son of Heaven to punish him, and he is already going to be in a different place, but it is a pity that his life's wish has not been realized.

At this time, there was a sudden riot in the Yellow Turban Army in the north, and Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

The sharp-eyed subordinates saw that a group of soldiers and horses from the north had attacked the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, causing a riot. He said excitedly to Dong Zhuo: "General, it's reinforcements, and there are reinforcements from the north!" ”

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed: "Great, it's Hua Duwei?" ”

"It's a bit confusing, and the villain can't see clearly."

Regardless of whether Hua Xiong came or not, Dong Zhuo knew that he was saved now. He shouted excitedly: "Soldiers, reinforcements are coming, everyone is concentrating on attacking the north!" ”

The Han army rekindled their fighting spirit and launched an attack to the north with shouts.

Zhang Bao looked at the northern formation of the rebellious regiment and was furious: "Where did these officers and soldiers come from to reinforce the army!" ”

The subordinate replied: "General, they are coming from the north, it should be Zhao Qushuai who has been defeated." ”

Zhang Bao gritted his teeth: "Zhao Mu, this waste, when I go back, I will definitely cut him with my own hands!" ”

The reinforcements were naturally the Han army led by Zhang Hao. He rushed to the battlefield in time and gave Dong Zhuo, who was under siege, a chance to breathe.

However, the situation has not yet been reversed, although Zhang Hao once again led people to raid from behind the Yellow Turban Army, forming a two-sided attack with Dong Zhuo in the formation, but the number of Yellow Turban Army is too many. They came in a steady stream from all over the world to fill the void caused by the chaos.

This kept the Yellow Turbans from collapsing, and the effect of the raid was minimal. On the contrary, the Han army led by Zhang Hao was also at risk of being besieged. The situation is urgent, and if it continues like this, I will have to retreat, otherwise the whole army will be wiped out.

But if you really give up Dong Zhuo, you will definitely be punished by the imperial court, and I am afraid that the lightest one will be degraded to a white body like Lu Zhi and go to prison for the rest of your life. In this case, my previous efforts will not be in vain.

At this time, he saw the banner of the Yellow Turban Army in the distance, and thought to himself that the Yellow Turban Army commander must be there.

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as the leader is eliminated, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely be defeated."

Zhang Hao ordered the others to continue to attack inward to rescue Dong Zhuo, and he personally led five hundred cavalry to rush to the place where the banner was.

Zhang Bao looked at the five hundred cavalry who rushed towards him, and showed a contemptuous expression: "It's really self-sufficient, the generals of the officers and soldiers are not in a hurry, and they dare to attack my Chinese army with this little bit alone." ”

The five hundred cavalry directly broke through the outermost human wall and rushed into the formation, like a bamboo, constantly approaching Zhang Bao's position.

This frightened Zhang Bao's guards and quickly surrounded him.

However, due to the obstruction of the Yellow Turban soldiers, the speed of the cavalry slowed down gradually, and finally stopped at a distance of fifty steps from Zhang Bao, surrounded by water.

Seeing this, Zhang Bao laughed: "Hahaha, what do I say, this is simply self-defeating." Later, bring me the head of the man who led the troops, so that I can get to know him. ”

The guards, who were still nervous, also laughed constantly.

Zhang Hao, who was deeply encircled, also showed a trace of panic in his eyes, thinking that he was still reckless. However, when he looked at Zheng Meng, there was still a chance for him to do so.

"Cousin, do you see the man in the middle?"

Zheng Meng nodded: "Well, I saw it." ”

"Are you sure you can shoot him?"

"Hey, brother, just watch it."

Zhang Bao was still laughing wildly, but the vigilant guards had already spotted Zhang Gong and arrows, aiming at Zheng Meng on this side.

"General be careful!"

The guards were still too late to remind. An arrow broke through the air, and before anyone could react, Zhang Bao screamed in pain and fell directly.

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly surrounded Zhang Bao in the middle, only to see that the blood had stained his clothes red.

Fortunately, because the angle was not good enough, Zheng Meng only shot Zhang Bao's right shoulder, but did not shoot him in the chest and killed him.

Zhang Hao didn't care whether the enemy commander was dead or not, he shouted loudly: "The Yellow Turban Lord is dead!" ”

And the cavalrymen who were still alive around him also shouted in unison: "The Yellow Turban Lord is dead!" ”

The Yellow Turban soldiers also discovered the position of the commander of the Chinese army, and the riot that occurred immediately panicked.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Hao led his troops to rush to kill again, and soon broke out of the encirclement. News of the death of the Yellow Turban Master was then spread on the fringes of the battlefield.

The morale of the Yellow Turbans plummeted, and slowly some people began to retreat. And the Han army was like a rainbow, and with a small number of troops, it actually started a counteroffensive.

It didn't take long for Zhang Bao to wake up, he saw that the whole army was already in chaos, and knew that if he wanted to gather soldiers again, it was impossible to turn defeat into victory, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army.

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Dong Zhuo walked towards Zhang Hao with a smile on his face and bowed his hand: "Thank you Cangtinghou for saving your life." ”

Hua Xiong, who followed behind Dong Zhuo, also thanked Zhang Hao again.

Although Zhang Hao is now regarded as Dong Zhuo's subordinate, with the marquis in his body, he is still the new general of Duliao and the assassin of Pingzhou, and his official position is still a little higher than Dong Zhuo. So he showed due respect to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao also arched his hand and said: "Although the humble post has just gone south from Youzhou, it can be regarded as a subordinate of the general, and it is the duty to rush to the general, so I dare not say thank you." ”

After listening to Zhang Hao's words, Dong Zhuo smiled very satisfied, this young man seemed to be very humble, he was not arrogant and complacent, and he said it quite well. It is indeed the duty of this subordinate to save his boss.

"Are these all Mingde's generals, they are all rare fierce generals." Dong Zhuo is in a good mood now, and it is rare to praise others.

Zhang Hao explained: "These three are the leaders of the rebel army, not lowly generals. ”

He introduced to Dong Zhuo: "This is Liu Bei and Liu Xuande after King Jing of Zhongshan, and the other two are his brothers-in-law, Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang and Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide. ”

After King Jing of Zhongshan? Dong Zhuo said that he was very disdainful, and people all over the world who pretended to be relatives of the Han family basically said so, but as a result, they couldn't come up with tokens to prove their identity.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, for being too able to give birth, there are more than 100 sons registered in the royal family tree, and those who are not registered don't know how many more.

"I don't know what Xuande's official position is now?" Dong Zhuo asked expressionlessly.

Liu Bei bowed: "I am still white now. ”

As soon as Dong Zhuo heard this, he lost interest in continuing to talk to Liu Bei. I thought that if he had a half-official position, for the sake of saving his life, he would make friends with him. Forget it now.

"The thief army has been defeated, and it is time for us to return to Guangzong. Mingde, you are responsible for gathering the remnants, and we will set off tomorrow. ”

After speaking, Dong Zhuo left without looking back. But Hua Xiong also said goodbye to them.

Zhang Fei spat at Dong Zhuo's departing back: "Phew, what's it, if we hadn't risked our lives to save him, how could he have the life to pretend with us." If it weren't for the eldest brother to stop him, I would have stabbed him to death with a spear! ”

Liu Bei was a little gloomy: "Third brother, don't say it, I am an important minister of the imperial court and the commander of the northern front, and it is normal to look down on me, a grass people." ”

Guan Yu said: "In my opinion, this guy who has no one in his eyes has failed miserably this time, and when the court blames him, whether he can save his life is still two words, and the eldest brother doesn't have to worry about him." ”

"That's right, that's right, when the time comes, the Son of Heaven will be angry, but it doesn't matter if he is a big official or not." Zhang Fei said.

Zhang Hao thought in his heart: In history, Dong Zhuo suffered a crushing defeat after replacing Lu Zhi, and as a result, he was relieved of all positions by the Son of Heaven and locked up, until the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down and the amnesty was not released.

"He lost his teacher and humiliated the country this time, and the Son of Heaven will definitely blame him. And Xuande, with his counterinsurgency skills, will enter Beijing to discuss meritorious deeds and rewards, and complete the clan tokens to Zongzheng, which is a legitimate clan. ”

Zhang Hao's words lifted Liu Bei's spirits. That's right, when the time comes, if you have a token, you will be a real clansman, who would dare to say that you are fake.

Liu Bei bowed and said: "Thank you for the two virtuous brothers and Mingde's consolation." I have seen a lot of people who look down on me like Dong Zhuo, but I don't care. ”

It wasn't until dawn the next day that Zhang Hao gathered 25,000 people one after another, and counting the soldiers who were still alive under Dong Zhuo and Hua Xiong yesterday, there were more than 35,000 people in total, most of whom were still injured.

In just one day, the Han army lost nearly 15,000 casualties, the biggest defeat since the counterinsurgency.