In 183 A.D., in the sixth year of Guanghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, on the fifth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, under the leadership of Zhang Jiao and others, the largest religious form of organization uprising broke out in Jizhou, and there were rebel armies in all states of the world, with more than 300,000 people, and the momentum was unprecedentedly huge.

The rebel army was all ordinary peasants, each with a yellow scarf tied on their heads, so they were called "yellow turbans" or "moth thieves", mainly led by the three brothers Zhang Jiao, of which Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were "General Digong" and "General Rengong" respectively; Under Zhang Jiao and the three of them are the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in various places, mainly Bo Cai, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou District, and Peng Tuo, the deputy commander of Bocai; Bu Ji, the leader of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou District; Zhang Mancheng, the leader of the Yellow Turban in Nanyang District, "God Envoy"; Ma Yuanyi, leader of the Yellow Turban Army in the Jing and Yang regions; Cheng Zhiyuan, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Guangyang, and Deng Mao, the deputy general. There were also some unnamed leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in various places, a total of thirty-six teams.

Within half a month, there was a peasant uprising in 28 counties in seven prefectures across the country, they burned down the official offices, killed the officials, and plundered everywhere.

Since the news of the outbreak of the uprising reached Zhuo County, Liu Yi and others have been discussing countermeasures in the house every day, because the riot happened suddenly, the imperial court has not reacted, so the states and counties can only rely on their own strength to resist the Yellow Turban Army, since the news of the Yellow Turban Army rebellion came out, Cheng Yu immediately suggested that Liu Yi recruit troops on a large scale.

Before, because of Liu Yi's official position, even if he knew that there would be a rebellion, he did not dare to recruit troops on a large scale, but now the state and county rebellion has sprung up, and the state, county and county government has become a pot of porridge, and he can't care about whether the officials below will have transgression, so Liu Yi accepted Cheng Yu's suggestion and wantonly gathered soldiers inside and outside the county, and in just a few days, through Liu Yi and others, under the influence of reason, money temptation and forceful drag, finally gathered a team of about 10,000 people, compared with less than 4,000 soldiers before.

In fact, there would have been more soldiers, Liu Yi was unwilling to recruit everyone, so he only selected some young men with good physical fitness from the crowd who responded to the call, and Liu Yi screened out the old, weak, sick and disabled. When dealing with the army, Liu Yi has always adhered to the concept of "more soldiers are more than fine".

Because Liu Yi had ordered the Arsenal Division to store a lot of equipment under Cheng Yu's suggestion before, plus the two thousand war horses he bought before, there were more soldiers, and it was just so that no one could have a set of equipment.

These days, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu discuss military affairs in Liu Yi's room every day, Zhang Fei and Wang San work day and night to train those newly recruited soldiers, and Cui Si is responsible for sending people everywhere to explore the movements of the Yellow Turban Army in real time.

At this time, in Liu Yi's house, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu were looking at the map hanging on the wall, discussing the direction in which the Yellow Turban Army might come from.

"Lord~Lord~" Cui Sisi shouted outside and ran over.

In the past few days, Cui Si has been very busy, not only to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from looting his shops, but also to send people out to inquire about the news at all times, and when he hears important news, he has to report to Liu Yi in time, so he has to run back and forth between Liu Yi and various shops every day.

Cui Si stuck out his tongue and panted and ran to Liu Yi's room.

"Lord~Huh~Big event~It's not good~" At this time, Cui Si said breathlessly while holding his stomach with both hands.

Seeing this, Liu Yi hurriedly took a cup of tea and handed it to Cui Si, patting Cui Si's back to give him relief.

"Don't worry, take a sip of tea first"

Cui Si took the hot tea handed by Liu Yi, and he didn't care about burning his mouth, so he drank the tea in the cup in a few gulps.

After recovering a little, Cui Si anxiously said to Liu Yi and Cheng Yu, "Lord, sir!" Big things are wrong! There is a large wave of Yellow Turban Army coming towards us, and it may arrive in our county in less than half a day! ”

Liu Yi and the others were shocked when they heard this.

"How can it be so fast! Your men should have heard the news in advance, huh? Cheng Yu asked anxiously.

Cui Si looked at Liu Yi and Cheng Yu, and said to Cheng Yu helplessly, "Mr. I don't know, after that guy thief came out of Guangyang, the soldiers divided into two roads, all the way to Gongsun Zhan's right Beiping, all the way to us, the gang of thieves who went to Gongsun Chan burned and looted along the road, and the action was very slow, but they ran to our gang of thieves, and they didn't go to the nearby counties along the way, so they came directly to us, and when my people found out, they had already arrived at the border of Zhuo County, and I am afraid that it will not take the evening to attack here!" ”

After Cui Si finished speaking, he poured himself another cup of tea, and then drank it with a grunt.

After hearing Cui Si's words, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu fell into deep thought.

"As I expected! These people don't bother other counties and counties, they come to us when they come up, they must have taken a fancy to our money and food! ”

After listening to Cheng Yu's words, Liu Yi immediately ordered the guards around him, "You immediately go to the school training ground to call Yide back to me, and tell Wang San to gather the army immediately!" ”

When the guard heard this, he hurried out.

"Si'er, can you find out how many thieves are coming to us?" Liu Yi asked.

"No less than 20,000 people!" Cui Si hurriedly replied.

Hearing that there were less than 20,000 people, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu relaxed.

"20,000 people, with our current strength, as long as we make good use of the moat of the city wall, it is not a problem to hold on," Liu Yi's frowning brows just now also stretched after he finished speaking.

"Don't take it lightly! Although those Yellow Turban thieves were ordinary farmers before, and their combat effectiveness was not strong, don't forget that our soldiers are not so strong in combat! Although we usually train very hard and have exterminated a lot of bandits, after all, we have not gone through a major battle of more than 10,000 people, and there are still thousands of recruits, so our current odds of victory are five or five! ”

After Liu Yi listened to Cheng Yu's words, the luck psychology that had just been bred was all gone.

"Sir is right! The lion fights the rabbit still needs all its strength, not to mention that we are facing an enemy twice as large as me, it seems that I am underestimating the enemy, fortunately, there is a reminder from Mr.! ”

While the three of them were talking, Zhang Fei was wearing armor and holding a snake spear, and hurried over from outside.

As soon as Zhang Fei walked into Liu Yi's house, before everyone could speak, he excitedly shouted at Liu Yi, "Lord! Are you in such a hurry to call me to come out? ”

"What are you doing! You can't be serious! Liu Yi saw that Zhang Fei didn't care, so he reprimanded.

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he informed Zhang Fei of the news that Cui Si had brought back, and after Zhang Fei heard that there were only 20,000 people on the other side, he stood up and asked Liu Yi for help.

"My lord! It's just 20,000 people, and it's a fart! It's enough for you to give me 5,000 men, and I promise to screw off the head of the enemy leader and bring it back to you!" Zhang Fei patted his chest and shouted to reassure Liu Yi.

Liu Yi saw that Zhang Fei was so light on the enemy, and couldn't help but reprimand, "Yide is not allowed to underestimate the enemy!" Do you think they're still bandits who don't even have weapons? After all, it's 20,000 people, can you guarantee that those people under your command won't run away when they see such a big battle? ”

Zhang Fei was speechless when he was reprimanded by Liu Yi, after all, let alone the soldiers under him, even Zhang Fei had never fought with so many enemies, so Zhang Fei didn't dare to refute Liu Yi's reprimand.

Seeing this, Cheng Yu on the side hurriedly persuaded him, "Don't blame General Zhang, General Zhang also wants to share the worries of the lord!" ”

After listening to Cheng Yu, Liu Yi realized that what he had just said was a little heavy, and after looking at Cheng Yu gratefully, he looked at Zhang Fei again and said angrily, "When you charge into battle, if you drop the chain for me at that time, see how I will clean you up!" ”

In fact, it was not that Liu Yi deliberately provoked Zhang Fei's thorn, but that Liu Yi had never experienced such a big battle, and he had to face an enemy of 20,000 people.

After Zhang Fei heard Liu Yi's words, he was still sullen by what Liu Yi said just now, but now he was happy again.

"Don't worry! I promise to cut off the head of the thief and give it to the lord! ”

Cheng Yu laughed when he heard this: "General Zhang is brave! The lord and I have already thought of a plan for the general's meritorious service, general, please see..."

Hearing this, Zhang Fei hurriedly stepped forward and looked at the place on the map that Cheng Yu was pointing to.

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It is said that at this time in the palace of Luoyang, since receiving the news of the Yellow Turban Uprising, every day in the court meeting, the officials of all parties expressed their opinions and argued endlessly, the main battle was mainly Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others, and the main and main "ten permanent servants" Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Feng Zhen and others, these people because of the Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong's young age, playing with the little emperor in the palm of the hand, so that Emperor Ling said "Zhang Changshi is my father, Zhao Changshi is my mother". These ten people not only ran rampant in the countryside and harmed the people, but also single-handedly caused the "disaster of the party" that moved the world at that time, and imprisoned those scholars, doctors, nobles and others who were against them as "party members", which hurt the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

Although the ten permanent servants are very favored by the little emperor Liu Hong on weekdays, but now that the chaos has come, in the face of the strong oppression of Huangfu Song and others, Zhang Rang and others have to temporarily avoid the edge.

In the end, Emperor Ling Liu Hong accepted the suggestion of Empress Lingsi He, and took his foreign relative, He Jin, as the general, and led the five battalions of Yulin to be stationed in Duting, and ordered the weapons to guard the Beijing Division, and at the same time accepted Lu Zhi's advice, and set up the garrison of the Duwei at the Kyoto Pass such as Hangu Pass, Dagu, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin, and issued an edict to strictly defend all places, and ordered all prefectures and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, and point weapons.

At the same time, Huangfu Song also asked to lift the confinement of the scholars and doctors, and take out the palace money and the good horses of the West Garden to give them to the soldiers to improve morale.

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At this time, in Beiping County, right, in Liu Bei's mansion, Yao Lie was standing in front of the door, facing the direction of Zhuo County, looking very worried.

"Brother Lie is still worried about Brother Yi?"

Yao Lie turned around when he heard this, and saw that it was Liu Bei, and after making a salute, he said melancholy: "Since I heard about the Yellow Turban Uprising, I have been uneasy all day long, worried that something will happen to the lord!" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, a trace of yin owl flashed under his eyes, and then he smiled and comforted: "Brother Lie, don't worry!" The thieves in the vicinity are all heading here, and there will be nothing wrong with Brother Yi! ”

"But why did I write so many letters back, and my lord didn't reply to a single one? How can this not be worrying! ”

"Brother Lie, don't worry, I believe that I have already asked my subordinates to send them to Zhuo County, the reason why I didn't reply may be that Brother Yi is currently busy resisting the thieves, and there will be news of Brother Yi in a while!"

Hearing this, Yao Lie nodded suspiciously.

After the two chatted a few more words, Liu Bei pretended to be embarrassed and said to Yao Lie, "Brother Lie, there is something I want to discuss with my brother!" ”

"Brother Xuande has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he made a very sincere look and said, "These days I get along with Brother Lie, and I really feel that I hate to see each other late, so I want to make my own opinion and want to become brothers with a different surname with Brother Lie, and from then on I am willing to live and die with Brother Lie, and share weal and woe, but I don't know what Brother Lie wants?" ”

Yao Lie saw Liu Bei looking at himself so sincerely, thought about Liu Bei's care for himself during this time, and was also a little moved by Liu Bei's proposal, but when Yao Lie looked up and saw Sun Fei behind Liu Bei who seemed to be smiling and looking at him viciously, he immediately dispelled the idea of worshipping Liu Bei.

"Thanks to Brother Xuande's love! It's just that the world is in turmoil at present, Yao has not fulfilled his promise to Gongsun Taishou, and he has not been able to see the lord, so he really has no intention of thinking about anything else. ”