Because the Eighth Division of the Yellow Turban Army was not far from Xiangyuan County, Wang Qing led his troops to set off at dawn the next day in order to ambush in advance. At this time, the environment in the wild is not as good as now, except for the vicinity of the county seat and the vicinity of some villages, the other places are very primitive environments, so Wang Qing and they are not worried that they will not be able to wait for the Yellow Turban Army led by Zuo Zhangba.

The same was true of the cavalry battalion, which, after carrying a day's rations, set out a little earlier than Wang Qing and the others to ambush the road between Xiangyuan County and Tunliu County. And Wu Shi and Pei Yuanshao, after Wang Qing and them left, they dismantled the camp and then moved to Xiangyuan County, everything was carried out according to the plan that Zeng Yu made for them yesterday.

On the way from Changzi County to Xiangyuan County, there was nothing dangerous, and Wang Qing also knew that they were not ambushing each other this time to kill and injure each other in large numbers, but to make the other party despise him. Therefore, Wang Qing led 5,000 soldiers of the Ruishi Battalion, and after walking for most of the day, he planned to go to a forest next to the official road to ambush.

And in order not to let the Yellow Turban Army be caught off guard by his sudden sneak attack, he still left a lot of flaws in the ambush, as long as the Yellow Turban Army who came here had a little experience, he would definitely be able to discover his ambush. Thinking of this, Wang Qing also felt interesting in his heart, maybe he was the first to design an ambush, but he hoped that the opponent could discover his general in advance.

Zuo Zhangba led the Yellow Turban Army of nearly 30,000, and after breaking through Changzi County, he can be said to be full of spirits. Hearing the pressure of the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou to kill the county guards of Youzhou before, now that it is gone, at this time, he only wants to take the entire Shangdang County as soon as possible and clear the way for General Tiangong to attack Luoyang.

At this time, there were only three henchmen and lieutenants by his side, and the other two led a force to attack the other two county towns, and since they dared to send troops to stop them, now was the time for them to suffer the consequences of doing so. Just like two days ago, he met a group of officers and soldiers who were said to have set off from Yang'a County to support Changzi County, but he met them head-on, and was dumpled by 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in an instant, and all of them were captured or killed, and no one escaped.

"Qu Shuai, we caught some people fleeing from the county town ahead, they said that a group of officers and soldiers came to Xiangyuan County, it is said that their troops are more than we encountered a few days ago, I think we should be cautious, so as not to capsize in the gutter." A lieutenant under the command of Zuo Zhanghachi said.

"What if there are more officers and soldiers, it's not the same death, can there be so many of us. Look at so many people in their county town Changzi County, and they haven't been attacked by us yet. Another lieutenant said disapprovingly.

"Officers and soldiers have always been scheming, if we are calculated by the other party and cannot complete the task assigned by General Tiangong, can you afford this responsibility?" The previous lieutenant was not convinced, and he lifted Zhang Jiao out, hoping to attract the attention of Zuo Zhangba and adopt his own opinion.

He did it, and the four words of General Tiangong did attract the attention of Zuo Zhangba, and he asked the war horse general to slow down, and asked the captain: "Tell me, what should we do, is it because there are a large number of officers and soldiers in front of me, let me give up the attack?" ”

"Of course not, if we don't attack, how can we complete the task of General Tiangong. The subordinates mean that we need to be cautious and send more people to investigate to avoid the other party ambushing us on the road. ”

"However, this matter will be handed over to you to carry out, as long as we take down the entire Shangdang, I will ask General Tiangong for credit for all of you." When Zuo Zhangba heard this, he felt that there was nothing wrong with this, and he couldn't delay anything, so he readily agreed.

"No!" As soon as the lieutenant heard this, he was ordered to go to his headquarters, and there were a thousand regular Yellow Turban soldiers under his command, and the work of investigating the enemy situation was naturally entrusted to them.

After this little episode, the Yellow Turbans continued to advance, but some of the soldiers who had just been sent out to the front to investigate the news had already taken a step ahead of them.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zuo Zhanghachi ordered to stop advancing, and everyone camped to rest first, and then continued to advance tomorrow, anyway, according to his understanding, at this time, it was at most a day's journey from their destination, Xiangyuan County. After the march on this day, there were no signs of officers and soldiers in front, and Zuo Zhanghachi gradually did not pay so much attention to the proposal of the previous captain. However, when he set up camp at night, he still arranged for men and horses to patrol at night, not only to prevent the sneak attack of officers and soldiers, but also to prevent wild beasts from attacking the camp, after all, there are more wild beasts than people in the wild at this time.

Outside of their camp, there were indeed a few uninvited guests, and these people were scouts of the Ruishi Battalion. After Wang Qing let the Ruishi battalion ambush in the woods, he did not make much preparation, and everyone used the dry food they brought, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Yellow Turban Army.

These scouts also saw the soldiers sent by the Yellow Turban Army to investigate, but the other party was obviously not a professional scout, just roaring from the official road, and did not carefully explore the surrounding environment, they were more like looking at the surrounding terrain, which is the gap between ordinary soldiers and well-trained scouts. Therefore, these soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army naturally did not find the scouts of the Ruishi Battalion, on the contrary, the scouts of the Ruishi Battalion followed their back and forth traces all the way, and sneaked to the outside of the temporary camp of the Yellow Turban Army.

But they only dared to observe from the outside, according to their experience, the Yellow Turban Army's camp can be said to be full of flaws, the patrol team can not fully monitor the entire camp, and some patrols have even hidden in the corner and napped. At this time, if a team comes to sneak attack, it will definitely succeed in one fell swoop, but the location here is empty, and once the Yellow Turban Army scatters and flees, it will be inconvenient for them to pursue.

After observing for a while, all the scouts returned along the road and reported their observations to Wang Qing. Wang Qing understood this, and only hoped that everything would go well tomorrow, otherwise they would only have to confront the Yellow Turban Army head-on, and even if they could win, the results of the victory might be greatly reduced.

After a night's rest, the 30,000 yellow turbans got up one after another after dawn. Many of them were just ordinary people a few days ago, and now they have not formed a specific organization, and they all spontaneously form small teams, each of them after simply eating their own dry food. Zuo Shohachi ordered the whole army to continue to advance, and their scouts had already set off first.

After advancing for more than an hour, a scout suddenly came back with a fast horse, and he ran straight to his lieutenant to report to him what they had discovered.

This lieutenant had advised Zuo Shohachi to march cautiously before, and he didn't dare to make his own decisions when he heard this, so he came to Zuo Beard with this scout. He said to Zuo Zhanghachi: "Qi Yu Qu Shuai, the people we went to investigate seem to have found traces of officers and soldiers. ”

"Huh? Let's talk about the specifics. Tsukasa first signaled the army to stop advancing, and then asked the captain, and the other two captains also noticed that something was wrong and followed them.

"Let me tell the people I sent to investigate, this is what they just discovered." Du Weijia said.

The Yellow Turban Scout stepped out from behind Du Weijia, saluted to the left, and then told their discovery. They are still the same as yesterday, ten people in batches to probe forward, they are the first batch today, they have walked farther today, when passing by a forest, there is a Yellow Turban scout who found many birds above the woods, but none of these birds landed in the woods below, but only hovered over the age of the trees.

The soldier himself was a mountain man, and he knew that birds were afraid to enter the forest, usually because there was a risk in the forest, and so many birds were like this, so it was likely that there were a large number of things in the forest that frightened them. He was not sure, so he told the others the news, and as a result, they looked near the woods, and between the official road and the woods, they found traces that seemed to be the walking of a large group of men and horses, and then they thought of their captain's order to ask them to probe the officers and soldiers, and they guessed that there was a very high probability that there were officers and soldiers in the ambush in the woods.

"Qu Shuai, I'm sure the officers and soldiers are in ambush here." After the scout finished reporting, Du Weijia immediately said to Zuo Zhanghachi.

"Yes, this is what your men found, tell me what you think." Zuo Zhanghachi nodded, and then said to Du Weijia.

"Now that we have found their traces, of course we are attacking directly, we were worried about their ambush before, but now that the ambush has been discovered by us, then we don't have to worry." Du Weijia knew that he had won the trust of Zuo Zhangba, and he would definitely have a higher status in Zuo Zhang's heart than others, and he said proudly at this time.

"Haha, okay, just do it, the officers and soldiers will definitely not think that their ambush will be discovered by us, if we attack first, they will definitely be surprised, I really want to see the officers and soldiers look frightened when they see us." Zuo Shohachi said happily, he had already begun to imagine the scene when the officers and soldiers were defeated.

"Everyone obey the order, prepare for battle, and move forward!" The three lieutenants received the order and shouted one after another, and the 30,000 Yellow Turban Army began to move.

At noon, Tsukasuto saw the woods where the scouts were ambushed, and he ordered the army to disperse and fan towards the woods.

The Yellow Turban Army stopped about one hundred and fifty paces away from the woods, and Zuo Beard Shohachi sent someone to shout into the woods, he knew that if the officers and soldiers were inside, they must have seen their own situation, and now Zuo Beard Shohachi felt that the officers and soldiers must be trembling in the woods.

Sure enough, not long after the shouting, thousands of officers and soldiers appeared in front of the Yellow Turban Army one after another. One of the leaders stood up and shouted to the Yellow Turban Army: "It's a bit of a level that the Yellow Turban thieves can actually discover my ambush, but if you want to attack Xiangyuan County, you must first ask me if the knife in my hand agrees." ”