Last time, it was mentioned that the Han army and the Yellow Turban Army were in close combat. The Han army had superior weapons, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was high, and the battle was stalemate for a while.

At this time, the Chinese army of the Yellow Turban Army had not yet entered the battle, and the Han army had already begun to transfer troops from the large camp to participate in the battle.

The current situation seems to be evenly balanced, but in fact, sooner or later, the balance of victory will tilt to the side of the Han army. On the one hand, the Yellow Turban Army that came this time was not more than the total number of Han troops, and on the other hand, it was a morale problem. Now the morale of the Yellow Turban Army is high, and everyone is not afraid of death. But with the increase of casualties, morale will fall, because not afraid of death does not mean that you are not really afraid of death, as time goes by, after the passion of the soldiers retreats, they will begin to fear death, and the Han army's weapon advantage will be highlighted, and that is the moment of defeat of the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Yan knew this very well, he had led the troops for Zhang Jiao before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and his most brilliant victory was when he had just joined the Taiping Sect and had not yet become Zhang Jiao's disciple and righteous son, at that time his name was Chu Yan, and it was he who commanded the troops to annihilate Zhao Xian's troops, killed Zhao Yun's father Zhao Bao, and even Zhao Xian almost died in that siege and annihilation battle.

Chu Yan used that perfect victory to get Zhang Jiao to notice him. That victory was not only his own most brilliant record, but also the most brilliant record of the Taiping Sect. Because Zhang Jiao was afraid that beating the Han army too painfully would attract the attention of the Han court, the Taiping Sect did not organize such a large-scale riot again. Although Chu Yan's victory almost brought a crisis to the Taiping Sect, Zhang Jiao did not blame Chu Yan and accepted him as a disciple. Chu Yan took advantage of that opportunity to recognize Zhang Jiao as her father-in-law and changed her name to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan already had outstanding military talents, so he was very clear about the trend of the war. But he didn't choose to retreat now, to preserve his strength, he needed to wait, he was waiting for the morale of his troops to fall, he was waiting for the troops to not be able to support it. He needed to let the Han army know that he was not retreating on his own initiative, but was defeated, because he needed to lead the Han army to the ambush site without a trace.

The battle situation was as Zhang Yan expected, and the Yellow Turban Army gradually showed a decline. At this time, the Chinese army of the Yellow Turban Army had already been pressed, and Zhang Yan had also fought with the generals of the Han Army many times, and if it continued to drag on, the Yellow Turban Army would be destroyed.

Even Zhang Niujiao found out about this situation, and he rode his horse to Zhang Yan with blood all over his body, and said, "Senior brother, withdraw." ”

Zhang Yan nodded indifferently, and ordered the herald beside him: "Mingjin, retreat." ”

The Yellow Turbans received the signal to retreat, and immediately rolled back like the waters of the ebbing tide. But the soldiers who had already been mixed with the Han army could not withdraw with the large army.

Zhang Niujiao looked at the soldiers who were isolated because of the retreat of his comrades, his eyes were full of sadness. But in fact, when Zhang Niujiao learned of Shizun's plan, he knew the fate of the Taiping Sect disciples he brought over this time. It's just that for the sake of the great cause of the Yellow Sky, such sacrifices are sometimes necessary.

Zhang Niujiao turned his head and saw that Zhang Yan had begun to "flee" with the withdrawn troops without looking back, if he continued to stay in place, he could only become a member of the sacrificed, so he immediately rode his horse to catch up with the retreating troops.

The Han army also found out that the Yellow Turban Army was defeated and began to flee, but they couldn't pull out their hands to chase after them for a while, because the Yellow Turban Army soldiers who had been surrounded by them suddenly resurrected like chicken blood and launched a counterattack against them.

The Han army did not understand the teachings of the Taiping Sect, so it was not clear why the Yellow Turban soldiers, who had become outcasts, rose again. That's because the new doctrine of the Taiping Sect was improved by Liang Xu, and the ideas of the cult organizations of later generations were added to it.

When the outcasts first found out that their comrades behind them had abandoned them and run away, they were also in despair, and even their despair overshadowed their fear of death, which cleared their minds for a moment. They remembered that the teachings of the Tianping Sect stated that as long as those who sacrificed for the great cause of the Yellow Heaven were eligible to enter the coveted Yellow Heaven Holy Land. In the Yellow Heaven Holy Land, there is no sickness, no aging, no death, and what is even more desirable is that there are not only endless riches, but also endless beauties. So they don't need despair, what they need is yearning. So their eyes turned red, and they became crazy and fearless of death again, no, it should be said that they just wanted to die, but they had to pull a few more pads before they died.

The madness of the abandoned sons of the Yellow Turban Army caught the Han army off guard. But after all, the Han army was outnumbered, and the return of the abandoned sons of the Yellow Turban Army could not last long.

At this time, the Han army was divided and began to break away from the battlefield, bypassing the two warring sides on the battlefield and chasing the fleeing Yellow Turban Army.

Lu Zhi felt very puzzled, and he did not give the order to pursue. Although the Yellow Turban Army was indeed defeated, this Yellow Turban Army was not all of the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army at all. The Yellow Turban Army, which is playing against itself today, is equipped with a very small proportion of weapons, and there are not even half of them. There are a large number of former Jizhou Han soldiers in the Yellow Turban Army, and the Jizhou Han Army has more than just such a few weapons, so where did these people go?

As for the inside story, Lu Zhi didn't know at all, whether there was a split within the Yellow Turban Army, or whether the Yellow Turban Army had set up an ambush? Seeing that when the Yellow Turban Army retreated, there was no longer even a formation, it didn't look like a fraud, but for the sake of safety, Lu Zhi felt that it was better not to chase.

Lu Zhi looked at the troops that had been separated and saw that the word "East" was embroidered on the banner in their formation. Lu Zhi kind of understood, it was Dongfang Xiong who privately ordered the army to pursue in order to get back the field for himself, and wanted to beat the water dogs.

Dongfang Xiongzheng, accompanied by Jun Yue, rode back to the position of the Chinese army in despair. Just now it was his desire to survive that overcame the family's sense of honor, so he fled in a hurry, but now that he is safe, he began to regret why he didn't have the courage to die in Zhang Niujiao. He is not for glory, but to face his people again without shame, and wants to die.

The Dongfang family lost three battles in a row, and they lost cleanly, and the merits they made when they had a small fight with the Yellow Turban Army before were canceled out. Because only this time was a real large-scale confrontation, and he actually damaged his own morale before such an important battle began. If this matter is transmitted back to the imperial court, what will Emperor Liu Hong think of the Dongfang family? Impotent?

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