In this era, the mode of communication was extremely settled, and the orders of the main general were conveyed, basically relying on the herald Pegasus to transmit them. On the battlefield, it is by the sound of flags and gongs, drums and horns.

And this is also the importance of the main general's banner, the so-called chopping the general to capture the flag is also. Once the flag is taken away by the enemy, even if the main general is still there, he will lose command of the entire battlefield, and his subordinates will inevitably be in chaos, and the battle will be lost.

Therefore, when Zhang Miao led his troops to defeat Zhou Cang and chased and cut off his general banner, the situation on the entire battlefield was already under control.

Although there were still four or five thousand Yellow Turban Thieves, they were scattered all over the battlefield, and they had lost their command and were already in disarray.

The ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers didn't know what was happening, the camp caught fire, and the flag was gone, making them instinctively think that they were attacked by the main force of the official army, the banner was gone, and the main general Zhou Cang was likely to have been killed by the enemy.

Then you're going to spank yourself! Many of the Yellow Turbans threw down their weapons and began to flee.

Therefore, when Zhang Miao led his troops to kill under the city wall, the thieves who were besieging the city did not intend to fight, but fled directly. Many thieves ran too fast, and even ignored the ladder, and some thieves on the ladder couldn't go up and down, so they chose to jump off and escape, but their legs were broken, and they lay on the ground and howled miserably.

Zhang Miao looked at the city, he didn't expect that at this point, the defenders in the city did not go out of the city to chase and kill the thief army.

"Young patriarch, the thieves are all in chaos, let's chase and kill!" Deng Tu came to Zhang Miao's side, carrying a double axe.

Zhang Miao nodded, and ordered: "Leave fifty people, Deng Tu, Zhang Qi, Zhang Ping, you each lead a hundred township soldiers, chase and kill separately, with a limit of ten miles, and then return by yourself after chasing ten miles. ”

The thieves were in chaos, and they couldn't tell how many village soldiers there were, so they naturally wanted to take the opportunity to chase and kill them and completely disperse them. But it was almost dusk, Zhang Miao was afraid that he would chase too far and not come back, and it would be dark and troublesome, so he was limited to ten miles.

"Order!" Deng Tu agreed, and immediately led his 100 men to kill.

Zhang Qi was not to be outdone, and also led his headquarters to join the pursuit.

"Young Governor, what about you?" Zhang Ping asked before leaving, he was worried that there were too few troops left by Zhang Miao's side.

"I'm going to join up with the military advisor and occupy the thief camp." Zhang Miao said.

Xu Shu, the military advisor, took people to the camp to set fires, but he has not returned to the team yet, Zhang Miao is not at ease, and he personally went to look for it.

Zhang Miao walked back with fifty township soldiers for a while, and saw Sun Ji chasing after him with four or five hundred Mao villagers. As he marched, his men were slow to pick up things on the ground and examine the bodies of the dead thieves.

"Young Patriarch." Sun Ji hurriedly shouted.

"Brother Sun Ji, the thief army has been defeated, don't just care about picking up things, lead people to chase and kill, and catch as many prisoners as possible." Zhang Miao ordered.

"Okay." Sun Ji's face was slightly red, and he hurriedly agreed.

"The women can't keep up with the pace, so leave it to me first, you take the men to chase and kill in the east, with a limit of ten miles, and then return after chasing ten miles." Glancing at the two or three hundred women in Sun Ji's team, Zhang Miao said again.

"Then there is the Lao Shao Patriarch." Sun Ji said respectfully, the soldiers of Sanshui Township showed strong combat power in this battle, which deeply shocked Sun Ji and made him dare not disobey Zhang Miao a little.

Sun Ji led people away, Zhang Miao led fifty township soldiers and two or three hundred women from Mao Village, continued to go to the camp of the thief army, and when he was halfway there, he saw Xu Shu leading people to greet him.

"Young Governor."

"Brother Yuan!"

The two of them clasped their fists at each other, and they both saw the look of excitement and joy in each other's eyes.

In this battle, the soldiers of Sanshui Township defeated 5,000 thieves in Zhoucang with 400 people, which can be described as a great victory. With this battle, it is enough to make the two famous.

After joining Xu Shu, Zhang Miao did not chase and kill the thieves again, but ordered his subordinates to collect the captives who surrendered and clean up the camp of the thieves. As for the women of the two or three hundred Mao villages, they tidied up the barracks and prepared dinner.

As for the defenders of Huyang City, Zhang Miao didn't want to pay attention to it anymore.

At the head of Huyang City, looking at the chaos of the thief army outside the city being defeated and fleeing, the county commander Cheng Qi and the main Bo Fei Cheng looked at each other.

"Well, it seems, it seems that the thief army is really defeated." The county magistrate Cheng Qian muttered.

"Like." Fei Cheng nodded.

"Where did the reinforcements come from, why don't you have a banner?" Cheng Qian stretched his neck, and he didn't see the banner of reinforcements, so he couldn't help asking.

Cheng Qian didn't know, because he wanted to pretend to be a Yellow Turban soldier, Zhang Miao didn't play the flag at all, and his subordinates were only three or four hundred, and the order was just by shouting and horns, and there was no need to play a banner several feet high.

"County Zun, let's send someone out of the city to take a look, it's not good if you wait for reinforcements slowly." Fei Cheng suggested.

Cheng Qi hesitated: "Then let people go out of the city and have a look." ”

As a result, the two county soldiers were hung down from the city with ropes.

After a while, the two county soldiers ran back to the city.

Cheng Qi hurriedly ordered someone to hang them up, and before they could gain a firm foothold, he split his head and asked, "Where is the army coming from outside?" ”

"Township soldiers, it's Sanshui Township soldiers!" A county soldier panted. The other county soldier nodded vigorously.

"Sanshui Township Soldiers?" Cheng Cheng glanced at Fei Cheng, "How is it possible, where do they have such strength to defeat thousands of thieves!" ”

Fei Cheng shook his head, he couldn't believe it, but this is the case, the thief army outside has been defeated, and this can't always be faked.

"Hahaha, luck!" Cheng Qi was stunned for a while, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Fei Cheng also suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Congratulations to the county honor, under the wise command of the county honor, 50,000 thieves were killed and fled, and the corpses are all over the field, this is a great achievement!" ”

"Hahaha," Cheng Qi laughed wildly.

The soldiers of Sanshui Township are Zhang Yu's subordinates, and Changyu is appointed by himself to travel in Deng Yi, so in this sense, the soldiers of Sanshui Township are his subordinates, and now, he has kept Huyang City and killed thousands of thieves.

Thinking about the situation after the good news arrived in Xiangyang, Cheng Qi happily couldn't close his mouth, with this skill, he may not be able to be too guarded, but at least he can be transferred out of Huyang and go to Jiangnan to find a beautiful fat difference!

"This county will go back to the county office, write a good report, and let Pegasus send it to Xiangyang!" Cheng Qian said with a smile.

"Don't worry!" Fei Cheng hurriedly stopped him, "The soldiers of Sanshui Township are still outside the city, so we have to meet them first and comfort them." ”

Cheng Qian patted his head: "Confused, yes, yes, yes, this county will go out of the city to comfort the soldiers of Sanshui Township who have made great contributions!" ”

Without the Sanshui Township Soldiers, Huyang is likely to be unable to keep it, without the Sanshui Township Soldiers, how can he make such a great achievement? For the soldiers of Sanshui Township who brought good luck to themselves, they naturally have to be appeased and comforted!

ps: First update