This news exploded in Zhang Jiao's ears like thunder, and the bronze lord in his hand fell to the ground and slapped the table fiercely: "The official army makes a good plan!" "The garrison of that county town has a total of five thousand men, and in this delicate situation, the difference between five thousand more and five thousand less is too great.

"Third brother, don't panic, let the soldiers see it, wouldn't it be confusing the morale of the army." Zhang Jiao rebuked Zhang Liang, stood up with a gloomy face, and walked around the hall, as if thinking about how to act. Zhang Jiao's eyes lit up and greeted Zhang Liang: "Quickly concentrate the soldiers under him, although we have huge losses, this is also an opportunity for our army." ”

Zhang Liang ordered the heralds to go to the various departments to deliver the order immediately, and it was a little strange to see Zhang Jiao's originally gloomy expression gradually unfolding, and secretly said that his eldest brother was too fast to adjust his emotions, but he was still a little strange in his heart, and asked Zhang Jiao: "Big brother, at this moment, our army has lost 5,000 soldiers, which has greatly reduced our strength and is harmful to our army, why does the eldest brother say that this is our opportunity?" ”

"There are two sides to everything, although our army has lost 5,000 soldiers, but it has held back many officers and soldiers. At this time, the strength of the Huangfu Song camp must be greatly reduced, and it is a good opportunity for us to break through. Zhang Jiao analyzed the current situation, he expected that the officers and soldiers who robbed and killed their soldiers had not yet returned to Quyang, and wanted to kill the five thousand soldiers of his department, and the officers and soldiers must send five thousand or even more than five thousand soldiers to exterminate them all. This is a good opportunity to attack Huangfu Song.

Zhang Liang also showed hope in his eyes when he heard Zhang Jiao's words, this was indeed an opportunity for the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army had been regrouping for battle, so the assembly was particularly fast, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the soldiers came in and reported: "General, the troops have been assembled. ”

"Good!" Zhang Jiao buckled his armor and touched the long sword, and walked outside the mansion.

At this time, the street was full of yellow turban soldiers, Zhang Jiao stood on the platform and looked far away, the yellow turban stretched all the way to the city gate, with these soldiers, Zhang Jiao's heart was more certain.

"I'll not hide it from you, I received bad news just now, the five thousand brothers who returned to the establishment were killed and injured by the official army." This matter had already spread to all the military camps in a radial manner from the city gates, and Zhang Jiao did not hide it.

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion among the soldiers below, and some of the Yellow Turban soldiers were originally skeptical of this news, but at this time, they were affirmed by Zhang Jiao, and their faces suddenly became ugly. In my heart, I was even more uncertain about this battle, and my unit had lost 5,000 soldiers, could I still win the battle with the officers and soldiers?

Zhang Jiao took the anxiety on everyone's faces into his eyes, and waited until this depressed atmosphere was extremely low before he spoke: "The official army is strong, and our army can only have a chance to survive if it fights to the death." ”

These words resonated in the hearts of these soldiers, this is called putting death and then rejuvenating, which is the same as the last time Zhang Jiao instigated soldiers to deal with Dong Zhuo.

The depressed aura was then replaced by a fierce murderous aura, and seeing the murderous aura permeating his soldiers, he opened the corners of his mouth and showed a smile: "Go out of the city to fight!" ”

With Zhang Jiao's order, his Yellow Turban Army opened the west gate and rushed towards the official camp. The Huangfu Song camp was not far from Quyang County, and the shock caused by the running of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops was clearly audible.

Huangfu Song watched the flames rushing towards Quyang City, and even felt the murderous aura that permeated the sky. "The Yellow Turban Army is pouring out, and it is menacing, General, Xuande has not come back at this time, our army must not confront the Yellow Turban Army head-on, otherwise it will be broken by Zhang Jiao." Cao Cao hurriedly said to Huangfu Song, at this time, the Yellow Turban Army's fighting spirit is unstoppable, not to mention that there is no Liu Bei and others in his camp at this time, even if Liu Bei and others are here, the official army is probably not the opponent of the Yellow Turban Army.

Seeing that Huangfu Song was still thinking, Cao Cao persuaded again: "General, the situation is imminent at this time, and we need to temporarily avoid the Yellow Turban Army." ”

Huangfu Song watched the Yellow Turban Army get closer and closer, and the earth-shattering shouting and killing sound could be heard clearly, and ordered: "The torch will not be extinguished, withdraw from the camp!" "The officers and soldiers withdrew from the camp in an orderly manner.

Not long after the retreat of the official army, Zhang Jiao led the Yellow Turban Army to rush here, and the Yellow Turban Army entered various camps to search, but found no trace of the official army.

"My lord, there is no one in this barracks." Men-at-Arms returns.

Zhang Jiao nodded, did not pursue the location of Huangfu Song's army, and ordered the soldiers to march towards Taihang Mountain.

Zhang Liang felt a little pity, what a good opportunity this was, and let Huangfu Song run away. Zhang Jiao blamed Zhang Liang: "Third brother, our purpose this time is not to exterminate the officials and troops of Huangfu Song's department, but to enter Taihang Mountain." "Huang Fu Song did not defend the barracks, which made Zhang Jiao a little lucky, if Huang Fu Song stuck to the barracks and had a fierce battle with the Yellow Turban Army, then even if the Yellow Turban Army broke through the encirclement of the official army, it would suffer heavy losses.

The army of the Yellow Turbans marched in the night, and the long line of torches stretched across more than two miles. Walking seven or eight miles, there was a sudden shouting of killing from the rear, and a team of elite horsemen rushed straight over. Relying on the swift sword of the horse, he rushed to kill in the Yellow Turban Army, causing a shock in the rear.

Zhang Jiao frowned slightly, commanded the army to surround this group of elite cavalry, but this elite cavalry did not entangle with Zhang Jiao's troops, and saw Zhang Jiao's troops moving towards their two wings, so they hurriedly drove their horses out of here.

This was just the beginning, after that, in just one hour, the elite cavalry of the official army launched six attacks, and Zhang Jiao was very passive, and the official army and the Yellow Turban Army ran away without entanglement with the Yellow Turban Army.

The patience of the Yellow Turban Army was almost worn out, and some even scolded loudly, clamoring for the officers and soldiers to come out and fight to the death.

The archers of the Yellow Turban Army have been preparing all the time, and when they hear the sound of horses' hooves, they quickly release their arrows, which makes the officers and soldiers lose a lot of horses. Zhang Jiao stared at the dark night around him: "The archers are ready at any time, and the rest of the soldiers continue to march." ”

At this time, Zhao Yi's troops, who led the elite cavalry, finally arrived at the official camp day and night, and there were no soldiers guarding the empty camp, but it can be seen from the bonfire that has not been extinguished that the soldiers have not been away for long.

"My lord, has the army of Huangfu Song been broken by the Yellow Turban Army?" Gao Shun was a little worried, the reason why Zhao Yi led five hundred soldiers here was to support Huangfu Song, if Huangfu Song was annihilated by the Yellow Turban Army, Zhao Yi would lose the purpose of this trip, and using these five thousand cavalry to block tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army was simply hitting a stone with an egg.

Zhao Yi dismounted and looked at the camp, only to see that the camp was full of messy footprints, there was no sign of a fight, and there was no blood around it, indicating that there had been no fierce fighting here. If Huangfu Song led the soldiers to attack the Yellow Turban Army, he would also leave the soldiers to guard the camp, and the absence of a single soldier in the barracks at this time could only show that the officers and soldiers had retreated in a planned manner. Zhao Yigang wanted to tell Gao Shun his speculation, but at this time, the soldier came to report: "General, there are signs of movement of large groups of men and horses in the east and west. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yi groped his chin and watched from both sides of the camp. Pointing to the west: "The army is marching west!" The soldiers mounted their horses, and the five thousand soldiers marched quickly in the direction of the Yellow Turban Army's escape to the west.

After running for five miles, Zhao Yi's eyes showed excitement, because he saw a lot of torches twenty miles away. "One of these teams marched westward, and eighty percent of them were Yellow Turban Army. General Gao, order the soldiers to wrap the horse's legs with cloth, extinguish the torches, and move quickly! ”

Zhao Yi's department ran wildly, and found the Huangfu Song army following the Yellow Turban Army on the way, at this time the battle situation was urgent, Zhao Yi did not talk nonsense with Huangfu Song, and asked directly after seeing Huangfu Song: "General, is Zhang Jiao's department ahead?" ”

"It's just the right time for Bolai to come, Meng Dezheng is commanding the elite cavalry to entangle with the Yellow Turban Army, you go to help." Zhao Yi's arrival made Huangfu Song's face show joy and confidence.

Zhao Yi said goodbye to Huangfu Song and led his subordinates to march quickly towards Zhang Jiao's headquarters. Seeing that Zhao Yi's cavalry disappeared into the darkness, only the dull sound of "dong dong" came, Huang Fu Song ordered his soldiers: "Speed up and support the two generals!" ”

Although the elite cavalry led by Cao Cao entangled Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army, the casualties of the subordinate were also very large, and there were less than 2,000 people left of the 3,000 elite cavalry at this time.

The archers of the Yellow Turban Army are all ready to shoot at the string, and as soon as they hear the sound of horses' hooves, there is a rain of arrows. But the Yellow Turban Army still has to block it, if this elite cavalry is wiped out, I'm afraid that only Huangfu Song's infantry can be used. Then it is no longer an entanglement, but a scuffle.

Ruthless, Cao Cao let his elite cavalry charge again. With each round of impact, hundreds of elite riders will fall off their horses. Zhao Yi, who was still five miles away from this time, found the impact of the elite cavalry of the official army, seized this opportunity, and ordered his soldiers to march quickly.

The elite cavalry launched an offensive in the middle of the Yellow Turban Army, but the attack did not last long, and immediately turned the horse's head and dodged into the darkness.

Zhang Liang stared at the elite cavalry and left again, and was very irritable in his heart: "These people have been pestering our army for more than an hour, if we don't annihilate this elite cavalry, I am afraid it will be difficult for our army to enter Taihang Mountain." ”

Zhang Jiao didn't think about eliminating these elite cavalry, but at this time, the Yellow Turban Army was in the Ming and the official army was in the dark, and if the Yellow Turban Army was mobilized, it would definitely not be able to escape the prying eyes of the official army. The Yellow Turban Army fought with the elite cavalry, and the casualties fell second, and the key was that these elite cavalry dragged the Yellow Turban Army's footsteps.

"All the cavalry of our department moved to the central part, if you encounter harassment by the official army, immediately entangle with it, and our army will quickly surround and kill this elite cavalry!" Zhang Jiao gave the order.

And at this time, a sound like thunder shook the hearts of the Yellow Turban Army in the field, this is the sound of horses' hooves!

Could it be that in addition to the official elite cavalry, there are other cavalry here? Zhang Jiao's surprise flashed in his heart, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers: "Pay attention to your back!" ”

The soldiers of Zhao Yi's department appeared three hundred steps away from Zhang Jiao's department, and when the archers of Zhang Jiao's department arrived at the rear to set up the formation, Zhao Yi and the others were already less than two hundred steps away from the Yellow Turban Army. The archer shot a rain of arrows, and Zhao Yi threw the spear in his hand.

This scene was very familiar, and he suddenly remembered a person's name in his heart: "Zhao Yi?!" ”