Chapter Twenty-Four: The Yellow Turban

On this day, Liu Ze retreated the camp five miles. On the second day, Guan Yu challenged, and returned defeated, and Liu Ze retreated five miles. The next day, Zhao Yun went out and lost again, and the camp retreated, so after seven or eight days, Liu Ze retreated thirty miles.

Zhang Jiao's health is not good, after listening to Zhang Liang's report, he is also very happy, it seems that this new Liu Ze is not as good as Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi, this old guy is in the camp step by step, forcing my army to Guangzong, deep ditch and high base, so that my Yellow Turban wrestlers can not make contributions, hehe, this Liu Ze, hairy boy, see how I clean you up, go back to your Liaodong as soon as possible. Ordered Zhang Liang to send scouts to investigate the situation of Liu Ze's camp.

Two days later, Zhang Liang said to Zhang Jiao: "Big brother, the scout understands, this Liu Ze doesn't know the art of war, the camp is not in order, and the guards are not strict, you see?" Zhang Jiao laughed, couldn't help but pull his chest, coughed violently a few times, and said: "Order Zhang Yan, Zhang Niujiao, Zhangba, and other generals, at midnight today, lead the army to attack Liu Ze's camp, and be sure to kill them all, so that the light of my Taiping Dao will shine on the entire Shenzhou." Zhang Liang said: "Big brother, look at this, do you still need to fight in the Yellow Turban Lux?" "Of course I have to go, just leave a thousand guards around me." Zhang Yan was beside him and said: "General Tiangong, this Liu Ze is accustomed to using troops, insidious and cunning, fought against Wuhuan twice, and destroyed more than 100,000 Wuhuan men and horses. Zhang Jiao said with a smile: "Wuhuan invaded Liaodong and is not familiar with geography. Now Liu Ze came from afar, and he is not familiar with the geography, he has withdrawn from the camp continuously, and he is afraid of my yellow turban wrestlers, and he is breaking it tonight, don't say it again. Zhang Yan sighed.

That night, Zhang Liang, Zhang Yan, Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Ba and others led an army of 80,000, led by the Yellow Turban Lux, and quietly touched Liu Ze's camp.

When he came to Liu Ze's camp, when Zhang Liang looked, he saw Diao Dou slack, the guards were loose and evacuated, and there was a faint smell of wine in the camp, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and led the Yellow Turban wrestlers to rush to the camp, and the rest of the people scattered to kill other camps.

Let's say that Zhang Liang led the troops to rush into the camp of the Chinese army, the guards saw it, shouted, and suddenly scattered the birds and beasts, the Yellow Turban wrestlers were in high morale during this time, and raised their knives to cut the camp tent, when Zhang Liang looked at it, it was empty, and then he expected to be in the plan, and shouted, "Retreat!" The team panicked, huddled together, only to hear the sound of drums, a rocket flew to the camp, Zhang Liang did not look closely, his feet were covered with thick firewood and grass, the rocket landed, coaxed to ignite the firewood and grass, 20,000 yellow turban wrestlers like headless flies, strung around, Zhang Liang saw the fire behind him, shouted: "Don't panic, the whole army rushed forward, broke out of the village." When he rushed to the back of Dazhai and got up early, Zhang Liang sighed secretly in his heart, regretting not listening to Zhang Yan's words, and ordered the wrestlers to break through the camp tent, soak it with water, wrap it around his body, and rush backwards without his life. Zhang Yan, Zhang Niujiao and others were also treated in the same way, and the Yellow Turban Army was burned to pieces, only to flee for their lives.

Zhang Liang and others led the remnants of the defeated soldiers to run towards Guangzong, ran not far, a trumpet, Zhang Fei on the left, Guan Yu on the right led troops to kill, Zhang Liang was shocked, and ordered Zhang Yan Zhang Niujiao Shuai Lux to resist, smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and slipped first. Zhang Yan Zhang Niujiao finally escaped, caught up with Zhang Liang, another horn sounded, Dian Wei on the left, Zhao Yun on the right killed again, Zhang Liang let the Yellow Turban Lux form a formation to charge, run to this time, even the iron man should be soft, the Yellow Turban Lux was soon broken through the formation, Zhang Liang was helpless, taking advantage of the dark night, with the guards, desperately fled back to Guangzong City.

Tianming cleaned the battlefield, the Yellow Turban Army was captured more than 20,000 people, and countless people were burned to death, especially the Yellow Turban Warriors, who were taken care of, and it is estimated that there are only 1,000 people who returned to Guangzong City. Liu Ze's army slowly returned, and set up a large camp outside the city.

Zhang Liang returned to Guangzong and cried to report to his eldest brother, Zhang Jiao didn't wait for Zhang Liang to finish speaking, when he heard that less than 1,000 of the 20,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers had returned, he spurted blood and fell unconscious. Now the generals of the Yellow Turbans are panicking, the boss of millions of people, the absolute spiritual leader, if they can't wake up, how can this great cause of Taiping Dao continue? Zhang Liang hurriedly asked people to find a doctor, the doctor came, and he pricked the needle and poured the medicine, and after tossing for a long time, Zhang Jiao finally opened his eyes. Zhang Jiao lamented in his heart, 20,000 wrestlers have invested a lot of money, well-equipped, loyal and reliable, and almost invincible.

Zhang Jiao looked at the generals around him and said, "Led by General Digong, supplemented by Zhang Yan and Zhang Niujiao." After saying that, he fell into a coma again. Zhang Liang finally knew that Zhang Yan could outperform him, and ordered Zhang Yan to be in charge of the city defense, Zhang Niujiao to be in charge of the security in the city, and to guard his eldest brother. After Zhang Yan was ordered, he inspected the city defense, boosted morale, and actively prepared for war.

Liu Ze reorganized the army and prepared to attack the city. It's June weather, and the soldiers can't stand it, it's too hot. Ordered the army to move to a shady place, close to the mountains and water, to escape the heat. At this time, the siege of the city is too hot, and the soldiers can't stand it, so it's also a high-temperature job, not to mention the physical work that is too labor-intensive. Liu Ze also thought about whether it was to make siege vehicles, stone-throwing trucks or something, thinking that it was Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's war, Liu Ye came up with it, he made it so early, was it plagiarism? Whatever, the bed crossbow is still only available in the Song Dynasty, and Lao Tzu didn't make it too, anyway, it's okay to be idle, try it. Command the craftsmen in the camp, collect wood, make stone-throwing carts, siege engines. The craftsmen don't know why, Liu Ze can only draw a rough sketch, and let the craftsmen give full play to their subjective initiative.

In the blink of an eye, in July, the weather was a little cooler, the stone throwing car was successfully trial-produced, put the stone for use, the effect was not bad, it could throw two or three hundred meters, which was beyond the range of the bow and arrow, of course, Liu Ze did not put forward a way to improve, after all, he had more knowledge than the craftsmen.

On a cool morning, more than a hundred stone-throwing carts were pushed under the city of Gwangjong, and archers guarded the vehicles to prevent them from being attacked. Zhang Yan saw that there were so many behemoths lined up under the city, and he didn't know why, so he asked the defenders to be on guard carefully. But the next moment, Zhang Yan knew the horror of the behemoth.

Liu Ze waved his hand, and Dian Wei shouted: "Ready.... Put! More than 100 stones weighing nearly 100 catties rose into the air and flew towards the city. The defenders stared wide-eyed, and said to themselves, what is the situation? Immediately, the stones fell in front of them, and the bewildered soldiers were smashed into meat pies, and the people who did not hit the people fell to the ground at the head of the city, and with a loud bang, the ground smashed into a deep pit, and then the stones bounced up, rolling everywhere, and the legs that touched them must have broken bones. Not to mention that Zhang Yan was frightened, even Liu Ze and the officers and soldiers who participated in the stone throwing were also stunned by the power of the stone throwing truck. Especially when the stones are smashed on the battlements, the battlements directly collapse or smash half of the battlements. Dian Wei opened his mouth wide, froze for a moment, and immediately shouted again: "Ready... Put!! Another round of rocks flew up.

Zhang Yan saw that it couldn't be done, if it was smashed like this, how long would this city wall last, and he ordered troops to be sent to burn the stone-throwing cart. With 3,000 soldiers and horses, open the city gate, and rush to the position of the stone-throwing cart. Liu Ze ordered the archers to shoot forward, and a rain of arrows hit Zhang Yan's men and horses, Zhang Yan dialed the arrows and moved forward bravely, Liu Ze shouted: "Where is Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei?" Guan Zhang and Zhao led the cavalry to attack, and with a charge, Zhang Yan left more than a thousand corpses and hurriedly retreated to the city.

At the end of July, the officers and soldiers in Guangzong City suddenly wore linen and wore filial piety, and the scouts came to report that Zhang Jiao was dead, and the whole army wore filial piety. Liu Ze was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to prepare for the siege of the city, Guo Jia said: "Ming Gong, the mourning soldiers will win, and the city may not be able to go down." Liu Ze said with a smile: "Zhang Jiao is dead, if the Yellow Turban Army is mourned, the morale will be suppressed, and the city will be attacked at this time to promote its distraction." Liu Ze said secretly, Zhang Jiao is dead, the Yellow Turban Army is like a fly in the night, he can't see the future, and he will definitely not resist to the death.

In the early morning of the next day, 50,000 officers and soldiers, pushing siege vehicles and carrying ladders, were divided into three directions to attack the city. Zhang Yan sent the Yellow Turban Army to resist desperately. For a time, arrows flew wildly, swords and guns were raised, and the sound of screams, fights, and ladders falling to the ground were intertwined. Liu Ze ordered Guan Zhang Zhaodian to lead his men and horses to attack Dongcheng. Zhang Yan is like a firefighter, where there is an emergency, he appears with his own guards. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yundian, and Wei climbed up the city along the ladder together, and the four jumped on the city wall, and the weapons in their hands began to wield, and in an instant, the defenders at the head of the city were killed and wounded, and the officers and soldiers behind saw that the lord would be so brave, and struggled to climb up to the head of the city, and slashed with the four people. Guan Yu shouted: "Yide and Zilong block the enemy, Dian Wei comes with me and opens the city gate." Guan Yu Dian Wei descended the mountain like a fierce tiger, followed the ramp of the city wall, and killed towards the city gate, followed by hundreds of people. Guan Yu's big knife is opened, like chopping melons and vegetables; Dian Wei's double halberds fly, and if you touch it, you will die; Seeing that the two were so brave, the Yellow Turban Army shouted and immediately dispersed. Guan Yu shouted: "Open the city gate." Dozens of soldiers opened the city gate, and when Liu Ze saw it, he shouted: "The whole army rushed into the city." "Hit the horse first.

In the evening, Liu Ze's army occupied the whole city, wiped out the remaining enemies, except for the Yellow Turban Warriors, all the soldiers were killed, and more than 60,000 surrendered. At this time, Huang Fu Song, Zhu Jun and others had already pacified Bo Cai, Zhang Mancheng, Han Zhong, Zhao Hong and other yellow turbans, and Zhang Bao was broken by Huang Fu Song. At the beginning of the Yellow Turban, Zhang Jiao's death can be regarded as a short end.