0132: The tide is turning

In fact, Li Yi knew that the reason why Lu Zhi let him go to Yuzhou was not just because Guangzong was difficult to capture, otherwise why was only his army of 80,000 left? Similarly, it is not to pacify the Yellow Turban thieves in Yuzhou faster, because even without him Li Yi, the news from him shows that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are hanging the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou and fighting. Of course, there is a purpose to speed things up, but that's just a passing thing.

Therefore, in Li Yi's view, the reason why Lu Zhi asked him to rush to the aid of Yuzhou is only one purpose, to make war achievements! In Lu Zhi's view, Li Yi's military exploits in Jizhou in a short period of time have come to an end. Perhaps he could go to the Bohai Sea to stop Zhang Baobu, but Lu Zhi was reluctant to do so, because he felt that Li Yi's Duliao battalion was too monotonous and could be easily targeted by others.

Therefore, Lu Zhi sent Li Yi to Yuzhou, and cooperated with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, he would definitely be able to obtain a lot of military exploits, and at the same time, he would also be able to increase some friendship with these two people. He still remembered that in the past, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song used all kinds of means in order to compete for Li Yi.

Among these two people, especially Zhu Jun, because Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song are already 4 or 50 years old, only Zhu Jun is in his 30s. In Lu Zhi's eyes, the two of them will definitely become a barrier to the future Han Dynasty, helping the Han Dynasty to resist or even eliminate those Hu people in the north.

Of course, it would be better if the two of them were more able to gain a foothold in the DPRK and help the scholars and doctors defeat the eunuch group, but with Lu Zhi's understanding of Zhu Jun and Li Yi, I am afraid they will not have much interest in the affairs of the DPRK and China. After all, compared with the war, the struggle in the court is undoubtedly darker and more helpless.

However, Li Yi obviously did not expect Lu Zhi's expectations of himself. Otherwise, maybe he wouldn't have left, at least he would have to wait until the eunuch sent by the imperial court arrived in Guangzong.

And just as Li Yi continued to march towards Yuzhou, it may have been that Emperor Fu Song and the others vaguely guessed that there was a head dog rapidly approaching here, ready to steal the fruits they were about to pick. Therefore, in the face of Bo Cai and Peng Tuo's army of 150,000, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun chose to quickly approach and prepare for a showdown after discussion.

Yes, during this time, Bo Cai and Peng Tuo once again gathered an army of 50,000, although these people were forcibly recruited, and they were not combat effectiveness at all. But for the two of them, the large number of people is obviously the best proof of combat effectiveness.

However, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun didn't care about this, because the troops under their command had reached 60,000 at this time. Like Lu Zhi, they have the right to recruit soldiers on the spot, but they have no intention of wronging themselves at all. Although he can show his ability to be a famous general with few enemies and many parties, if he can, which famous general is willing to do so? Not to mention, even so, their strength is still less than half that of the enemy.

Xihua, which began in the Spring and Autumn Period, as the fiefdom of the Song Hua clan, was both Donghua and Xihua. However, compared with the name Xihua, it is undoubtedly more famous in a slightly northeast place, that is, Changping! The Battle of Changping is talked about by many Warring States lovers, and many people are speculating whether the fate of Zhao will change if Lian Po is not replaced by Zhao Kuo.

However, history has no ifs, so after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang set up Changping County here. In the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, divided Changping and Xihua counties, and soon after, Changping County was incorporated into Xihua County.

And I don't know why, Bo Cai and Peng Tuo chose to station their troops in Changping, although it may not be ruled out that Changping is one of the ancient battlefields, and its own conditions are indeed enough for the 150,000 troops under the command of the two to play, but it may also be that they heard the story about Changping, so they substituted themselves as the Qin army?

It's a pity that whether it is Bo Cai or Peng Tuo, it is obviously not the killing god of Bai Qi, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are not Zhao Kuo's masters who can only talk on paper. In the face of the 150,000 troops of Bocai and Peng Tuo, the officers and soldiers led by Huangfu Song taught them a good lesson, and the war cannot be won with many people.

It can even be said that the 50,000 innocent people forcibly recruited by Bo Cai and Peng Tuo are definitely the biggest failure. Because after the officers and soldiers broke through the front of the Yellow Turban Army, these civilians, who were unwilling to serve the Yellow Turban Army, directly pulled off the Yellow Turban on their heads, fell to the officers and soldiers and began to attack the surrounding Yellow Turban Army.

In this regard, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun had already prepared, so under the internal and external attacks of these defective civilians and officers and soldiers, the Yellow Turban Army, known as 150,000, collapsed in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, Bo Cai and Peng Tuo hurriedly led the defeated army to withdraw to Xihua City. It's just that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun obviously didn't intend to let Bo Cai escape again, so they directly waved their troops to cover up the past.

This time, Bo Cai didn't have the good luck he had before, maybe because of one more Peng Tuo? Although they eventually fled back to Xihua City, the officers and soldiers who followed closely behind the Yellow Turban Army kept them from even closing the city gates. And the Yellow Turban Army on the city wall didn't know whether to shoot arrows at the city or not.

In this midst of confusion, Sun Jian led his troops to climb the city wall first, and quickly occupied the city wall with his and his warriors. Eventually, after more than an hour, the chaos subsided, and Xihua City was reoccupied by officers and soldiers, while Bo Cai and Peng Tuo were caught up by Sun Jian and Cao Cao as they fled.

The deaths of Bocai and Peng Tuo symbolized the collapse of the Yellow Turban forces in Chen State and even most of Yuzhou, and after the news spread, the surrounding officers and soldiers suddenly received great encouragement.

Jingzhou, Nanyang County.

When the Yellow Turban Army had just revolted, it was captured by Zhang Mancheng, who replaced Ma Yuanyi as the commander of Jingzhou, and quickly captured most of Nanyang County. It's just that after the news spread that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun defeated Bocai and Peng Tuo pacified most of Yuzhou, the new Nanyang County Guard Qin Jie joined forces with Xu Xuan, the assassin of Jingzhou, to send troops to kill Zhang Mancheng, who was preparing to support Yuzhou.

After learning the news, the Yellow Turban Army in Wanxian County immediately supported Zhang Mancheng's deputy Zhao Hong as the new commander, but they did not dare to go out of the city, but just hid in Wanxian County and defended it with the city defense.

In addition, Lu Zhi trapped Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, and Zhang Bao's northern front in Qingzhou and Jizhou began to shrink due to the counteroffensive of officers and soldiers, and before he knew it, the Han family had recovered many territories captured by the Yellow Turban Army. What is even more important is that the officers and men finally showed the strength they should have and regained the upper hand.

And at this time, Wang Yun, the assassin of Yuzhou, found a letter from the Yellow Turban Army.