When Zhang Jiao arrived in Zhou Village, the siege was still continuing. The dead and wounded filled the open space outside the earthen wall, and the descendants attacked almost by stepping on the corpses of their predecessors.

Hua Xiong stood on the earth city, blood dripping down his black armor to the ground, and he attacked violently for nearly four hours, making Hua Xiong and the others extremely tired, and the hands holding the knife were a little trembling.

Looking at the Yellow Turban Army who were screaming and killing one by one, the soldiers in the earthen wall had a desperate look in their eyes. In the face of the strength advantage of the Yellow Turban Army, it was not that no one had suggested that Hua Xiong surrender, but the person who proposed it was killed by Hua Xiong.

Zhang Jiao led hundreds of cavalry to the Yellow Turban Army, and when he saw his tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, the panic he had before stabilized. The general saw Zhang Jiao bowing and saluting: "Why is the lord not sitting here in Qingyun?" ”

Zhang Jiao's face turned red, if he let himself say that he was defeated by the official army and fled here, where would he put his old face. He glanced at the captain of the guards beside him.

The captain sighed knowingly: "Qingyun was attacked by the officers and soldiers of the brigade, and more than 10,000 brothers were all killed. He was embarrassed to say that he was defeated by less than twice as many officers and soldiers as himself, which could be regarded as saving face for Zhang Jiao.

Zhang Jiao coughed dryly, looked at the direction of Tucheng, saw the corpse on the ground, and frowned slightly: "Zhou Village is only guarded by 16,000 people, and my 70,000 Yellow Turban Army has been attacking for four hours, why haven't you taken it down yet?" ”

The general reported the truth: "When the last general led his troops to arrive, Anlin's general Zhao Yunzhi was killed, the scene was chaotic, and it took some time for his subordinates to rectify the defeated army. Our army has been attacking for two hours, and the officers and soldiers in the city have suffered heavy casualties at this time, and the last general guarantees that within two hours, our army will take Tucheng. ”

Zhang Jiao nodded: "Zhao Yi can be in the city?" ”

The general smiled bitterly: "Zhao Yi killed General Zhao with the method of digging out his heart before the end of the world, and led thousands of elite horsemen to escape. The last general couldn't catch up, so he could only surround the earthen city. At the end of this matter, I will send a fast horse to report, has the lord not received a report? ”

"The way to dig out the heart? Thousands of fine riders! Zhang Jiao's eyes flashed, his face changed drastically, the commander of the official army of Qingyun also used the method of digging out his heart, plus the thousands of elite cavalry that the general said, Zhang Jiao could be sure that the commander of the official army who defeated him was Zhao Yi.

The general's fast horse did not report, but before he had time to return to Qingyun, Zhao Yi launched an attack. In other words, when Zhao Yi broke through and fled, he had already made a plan to attack Qingyun.

"This son's tactical command is quite disciplined, and it is a big problem for our army." Zhang Jiao sighed. His eyes turned to greet the soldiers: "Leave 10,000 soldiers to continue the siege, and all the troops will follow me to support Song Liu!" ”

Zhang Jiao reorganized his troops and horses, and marched towards Song Lin with 40,000 Yellow Turban troops. Less than a quarter of an hour after leaving Zhou Village, Tanma, who was listening to the military situation in front, ran over in a panic, and saw Zhang Jiao turn over and kneel: "Lord, Lu Zhi's army has captured Song Liu, and my brothers have suffered countless casualties!" ”

This news exploded in Zhang Jiao's ears like a thunderbolt from the sky, Song Liu had his own army of 70,000, and he was defeated in less than a day against 40,000 officers and troops. Even if there are more than 70,000 pigs, the officers and soldiers can't catch them all in a day.

"What's going on? The army was defeated so quickly? Zhang Jiao questioned the soldier.

Tanma replied: "Zhao Yi, the commander of the Youzhou official army, is holding the banner of the lord with a head hanging on it. Spouting wild words that the lord was dead, many of our soldiers saw the head of Zhao Yi's army hanging immediately, as well as the banner of the lord, and they actually believed it and collapsed without a fight. At this time, Lu Zhi's army of 30,000 was marching towards this side. ”

Zhang Jiao's breathing suddenly increased, his face was very ugly when he covered his chest with his hands, a bloodshot overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao Yixiaoer, I will kill you!" The body shook violently twice, and if the general next to him supported him, Zhang Jiao would fall under the horse.

"Lord take care of your body, at this time, Lu Zhi's army is coming, what should I do?" The general asked Zhang Jiao.

At this time, the morale of the new victors of the officers and troops has greatly increased, while their own morale has been greatly reduced, and they will definitely lose in the battle at this time. Zhang Jiao's face was pale and frightened, and he raised his arms with difficulty: "Retreat!" ”

Zhang Jiao retreated, along with the Yellow Turban Army that attacked Zhou Village. Hua Xiong stood in Tucheng, seeing Zhang Jiao's army quickly withdrawing, his face showed an unbelievable look, his side suffered heavy casualties, as long as the Yellow Turban Army had another impact, his side might be broken, and the Yellow Turban Army actually withdrew at this time.

Previously, Hua Xiong thought that the Yellow Turban Army was doing something weird, until the other party walked out of seven or eight miles, and tens of thousands of troops disappeared on the horizon. Hua Xiong's body seemed to have lost any support, and he sat on the ground in a dejected manner, his hands and feet shaking unconsciously.

When Lu Zhi's army came to Zhou Village, it was already completely dark, and the Zhou Village was unusually quiet, and there was not even a sound at all. With the faint light of the torches, Zhao Yi and the others only saw corpses all over the ground.

Huaxiong's entire army was wiped out? Zhao Yi rose to this idea.

Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo walked briskly towards Tucheng: "Where is General Huaxiong?" Dong Zhuo climbed up the earth city, looked around at the corpses of soldiers lying on the ground around him, Dong Zhuo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, walked on this not wide city wall, and finally found the sleeping Huaxiong.

Lu Zhi ordered his soldiers to search for them in the city, except for Hua Xiong, there were less than 1,000 soldiers left in the whole army, and these 1,000 soldiers were also covered with scars.

Dong Zhuo placed Hua Xiong on horseback, and came to Zhao Yi angrily: "Zhao Yi, as the commander of this battle, you have to take full responsibility for this battle!" Leave your soldiers behind, even if you have made great achievements, I will also show you for your crimes! ”

Zhao Yi snorted: "General Dong, is this blaming me for being unfair?" ”

"Yes, I know that you have a disagreement with General Dong, I thought that at this moment, we will cooperate with each other, you will put the general righteousness first, abandon personal grievances, who would have thought that you would declare a personal vendetta, if we didn't come in time, Huaxiong's department would definitely be wiped out!" Dong Zhuoyi was saying rhetorically, hating to cut Zhao Yi with a thousand knives.

Zhao Yi stared at Dong Zhuo with gloomy eyes: "I don't know what happened, please don't talk nonsense general." The reason why Huaxiong suffered this big defeat was because he didn't listen to my orders. I said that building an earthen city would inevitably affect the flexibility of the army, and he built an earthen city instead. Isn't this a clear idea that the Yellow Turbans want us to be eliminated first? If it is said that the communiqué has a personal vendetta, he Huaxiong also started first. At that time, the reinforcements of the Yellow Turban Army were coming, and our department did not have such strong fortifications as Tucheng, and the hard roof would only wipe out the whole army. After weighing the pros and cons, I decided to lead my troops to break through and find another fighter. ”

The big hat that disobeyed the order was fastened on Hua Xiong's head, making Dong Zhuo open his mouth and not know what to say. If you don't follow the order, you should be beheaded according to military law, Zhao Yi didn't do that at that time, but left Hua Xiong's life. Dong Zhuo's anger didn't know where to sprinkle it, so he snorted coldly and left here.

Lu Zhi saw Dong Zhuo walking away, and reminded Zhao Yi: "Huaxiong has always been reckless, why didn't Bo Lai persuade him twice, if he listened to your orders at that time, how could there be such a big defeat." ”

"If he hadn't built an earthen wall last night to expose our army to the outside, I might have said a few more words. Since he has built an earthen wall, it means that Huaxiong is not prepared to live and die with us. Then there is no need for me to persuade Hua Xiong, when one person has a bad impression of another person, the advice will also be regarded as a conspiracy by the other party. "After seeing Hua Xiong's behavior yesterday, Zhao Yi has decided to keep Hua Xiong here, because Zhao Yi is not the kind of good person who repays grievances with virtue.

Lu Zhi nodded, what Zhao Yi said made sense, and if it wasn't for Zhao Yi in today's battle, I don't know who will win and who will lose.

"This battle is thanks to Bolai, otherwise our army would have suffered heavy casualties." Lu Zhi had already praised Zhao Yi several times today.

Dong Zhuo's face was very ugly, Huaxiong's troops were almost wiped out, and Lu Zhi didn't praise it so many times.

Tanma came in and bowed down and knelt down: "General, General Liu Bei of Youzhou led five thousand soldiers to support." ”

"Oh? Hurry up and please. Lu Zhi stood up, his face beaming with joy. I haven't seen Xuande in years. ”

Liu, Guan, and Zhang entered the camp tent and bowed to Lu Zhi: "Liu Bei learned that the general and the Yellow Turban Thief were holding Yu Guangzong, and he came to help. ”

"Okay, you and I don't have to be polite, Xuande, please take a seat." Lu Zhi beckoned Liu Bei to sit down.

Liu Bei and the others bowed down and thanked him, and caught a glimpse of Zhao Yi nodding with a smile: "Brother Bolai is also there." ”

Zhao Yi raised his glass and nodded with a smile: "I am too obedient to support the general, I just arrived the day before yesterday, Brother Xuande, how is the battle in Qingzhou?" ”

Speaking of the Qingzhou War, Liu Bei showed a smile on his face, and talked about his great achievements, how to march and arrange, and how to lure the Yellow Turban Army into the trap: "Our army and Qingzhou Taishou eliminated most of the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou, and only a few remaining parties fled. ”

Lu Zhi nodded appreciatively, quite satisfied with his apprentice. Liu Bei asked how the battle situation of Guangzong was at this time, and heard that Lu Zhi's 50,000 army and Zhang Jiao's 150,000 army were facing each other, Liu Bei was afraid that Lu Zhi would be outnumbered, so he came to help.

Lu Zhi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Zhang Jiao's army has been broken by me today, and more than half of the casualties have been lost. Didn't Xuande see that our army was celebrating with wine? Saying that, he raised his glass and gestured to Zhao Yi, "The victory in this battle is thanks to Bolai's conspiracy, Xuande, you have to ask for more advice like Bolai." ”

"Brother Bolai made great contributions when he first arrived in Guangzong, and Xuande admired it." Liu Bei saluted Zhao Yi.

During the banquet, everyone pushed cups and changed lamps, and their faces were full of smiles. When Zhao Yi toasted Zhang Fei, the black general snorted lightly and drank a glass reluctantly, and it seemed that he still hated Zhao Yi's silver.

It was getting late, everyone went back to rest, Liu Bei was left behind by Lu Zhi, the teachers and students had not seen each other for many years, and Lu Zhi naturally had a lot to say to Liu Bei.

Zhao Yi returned to the camp with some swaying steps, and beckoned a few soldiers: "A few of you dig a big pit at the door of my camp tent, and spread thatch on it, so that people must look like flat ground." Thirty more soldiers were gathered together to carry a bag of earth and lay an ambush around my tent, and if they heard a noise, they threw the bag into the pit. ”

The soldiers didn't know what this strange order was, but Zhao Yi's strange orders always had an unexpected effect, so they hurriedly went down to prepare.