On the morning of the sixth day, the sun was shining and the surface temperature was quite high, and the Han army was full of water, ate well, and made preparations.

So Guo Peng ordered the cavalry to dismount and rush up the hill with the infantry to attack the Yellow Turban camp.

The Yellow Turbans tried to organize a revolt, but few were able to fight, most of them could not pull their bows and could not lift the stones, and the camp was quickly breached by the Han army.

And when Guo Peng led the army into the camp, he found that many of the Yellow Turban Army were too thirsty to fight, and there were not many people who could stand up.

Guo Peng led the army to kill more than 500 Yellow Turban troops and surrendered more than 800 people.

The main general of this camp was alive and well, and was slashed by Guo Peng and cut off his head.

The task of attacking the camp was completed, and Guo Peng obtained some ordnance materials, more than 500 stone corn and some livestock.

The casualties of the troops under Guo Peng's command were very small, 51 infantry soldiers and 17 cavalry casualties.

The small casualties were exchanged for such a big result, Guo Peng went to Lu Zhi to report his life, Lu Zhi was very satisfied with Guo Peng's record, and asked Guo Peng about the whole process.

After Guo Peng's speech, Lu Zhi expressed his satisfaction with Guo Peng's ability to observe the surrounding environment of the battlefield and calmly analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and his enemies.

Then he ordered Guo Peng to lead a thousand soldiers to attack another Yellow Turban camp.

This time, Guo Peng met an officer of the Yellow Turban Army who was going to face the Han army, and then Guo Peng took his cavalry to teach him how to behave.

How dare a dozen cavalrymen hedge against the Han army's 500 cavalrymen with rich combat experience?

Guo Peng led the army to defeat the Yellow Turban Army of about 1,500 people head-on, and in the way of field warfare, beheaded the Yellow Turban officer, cut off his head, and returned to the Han army camp with more than 500 prisoners, receiving Lu Zhi's praise.

Guo Peng felt that he could already command a thousand soldiers to deal with a considerable part of the military tasks, and if he wanted more soldiers, he would not dare.

After this attack ended, some of Zhang Jiao's military strongholds on the outskirts of Guangzong were swept away by Guo Peng and other generals one by one, and none of them survived.

Lu Zhi then completed the siege of Guangzong County.

In this process, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City did not attack.

Zhang Jiao didn't know why, but he didn't choose to attack, which made Guo Peng a little surprised.

Watching the military stronghold he set up outside the city being swept away, watching his wings being cut off, doing nothing, and letting Lu Zhi surround Guangzong, what is this going to do?

Is this giving up his way of life to the Han army?

Isn't that a strange thing?

Even if Zhang Jiao is incompetent, he won't even understand this truth, right?

So Guo Peng had a bold guess.

"I won't tell you, Zifeng, there is such a guess for the teacher, otherwise, this is too abnormal, the scouts who spread out said that the Yellow Turban thieves within nearly a hundred miles of the surrounding area did not have the posture of coming to Guangzong, they were not waiting for reinforcements, then, there was only one explanation, there was a problem with them, there was a problem with Zhang Jiao."

Lu Zhi told Guo Peng that he had the same idea.

The master and apprentice thought of going together.

Guo Peng and Lu Zhi both believe that Zhang Jiao may not be able to effectively command what is happening outside the city for some reason, and this reason is very likely that Zhang Jiao is sick, or the kind of illness that is not light, the kind that can't get up from bed.

Their guess was right.

Zhang Jiao is really sick, or the kind of disease that can't get up when he lies in bed as soon as he is sick, very serious, so serious that it makes his cronies around him want to cry.

Just lost his younger brother Zhang Liang, Zhang Jiao fell ill.

When he came back from outside, Zhang Jiao didn't have time to issue any orders, so he fainted, lay on the bed for five days before waking up, and fainted again after not waking up for an hour, and only woke up just now.

The Yellow Turban Army and the Taiping Daoists in the city were frightened because of Zhang Jiao's illness, and they didn't dare to make any moves.

Even standing on the city wall to garrison the county town was trembling, for fear that the Han army would organize an attack on the city at this time, and they would be leaderless.

Zhang Jiao's other younger brother Zhang Bao was guarding Xiaquyang in the north, and there were also Han volunteers clamping down, and Zhang Bao was lacking in skills.

Zhang Jiao's illness came very suddenly, and the doctor in the Yellow Turban Army said that it was an overwork disease, and that he should recuperate, and then prescribed a prescription.

Fortunately, the reserves of medicinal materials in the city are still enough, Zhang Jiao took the medicine, got a little better, woke up and lay on the bed, and was able to speak.

"How's going outside the city?"

Zhang Jiao asked.

"The Han army has completely surrounded the county seat of Guangzong."

Explain honestly to the generals who are at Zhang Jiao's bedside.

"What? What about the barracks I set up outside the city? What about the barracks that echo us? ”

"Both...... All were breached. ”

The general explained honestly.

"Why don't you save it?"

Zhang Jiao looked surprised.

"The general is unconscious, how can we go to war without permission?"

The faces of the generals were full of desolation.

Zhang Jiao's body trembled, and after a while, his face turned pale, his eyes rolled, and he fainted again.

"General! Checkmate! Checkmate!! ”

The generals shouted in panic.

However, this is of no avail.

The news of Zhang Jiao's coma spread again, and the morale of the Yellow Turban Army in the city became even more unstable.

Earlier, when they saw that the military strongholds around Guangzong County had been taken one by one, and the beacons were in shambles, they were already panicking.

Now Zhang Jiao, who is the backbone of the backbone, has not woken up for a long time, and if he does not cheer them on in front of them, they are really a little on the verge of collapse.

They weren't professional soldiers either, and they didn't have the will to fight.

Except for the thousands of Yellow Turban wrestlers with the most brainwashed and best equipment around Zhang Jiao, who have a relatively firm will to fight, most of them are still a rabble.

Seeing that one's retreat is gone, and seeing one's chances of living decline little by little until it becomes completely none, anyone will feel lost and frightened.

It was May 10th.

May of the seventh year of Guanghe was the turning point of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

From February to April, in three months, the Yellow Turban Army developed to a peak state, defeating the Han army one after another, attacking cities everywhere, and its reputation was earth-shattering.

However, they did not take advantage of their advantages in time to further expand them, but walked on the spot and did not move, giving the Han government time to breathe a sigh of relief.

The Han government breathed a sigh of relief, which was really amazing.

Originally, in April, the main force of the Han army led by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun was 40,000 people who attacked the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army and were defeated.

In the first battle, Zhu Jun was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army's Bocai Division, and had to retreat to Changshe, where he was with the Huangfu Song garrison, and joined forces to defend the lonely city.

At the same time, Lu Zhi achieved the record of killing more than 20,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army in Yecheng, and also killed Zhang Liang, the younger brother of the rebel leader Zhang Jiao, which can be described as a fruitful battle.

The two news reached the ears of the Spirit Emperor at the same time, and the Spirit Emperor didn't know whether he should be happy or cry, so after sorting out his mood, the Spirit Emperor made a deployment.

He ordered Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng to take the materials of the reward army to reward the Han army of Lu Zhi's department, and to see when Lu Zhi's department could completely wipe out Zhang Jiao.

Then he selected the outstanding ones among the disciples of the generals of the Beijing division and those with military talents, and prepared to let him lead the Yulin cavalry to the aid of Changshe and help Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun relieve the siege.

After going back and forth, Cao Cao was chosen.