Pingzhou City, since Guo Tai led the army to rise, quickly captured Pingzhou City, not far from Baibo Valley. However, although it is said to be an attack, in fact, before the incident, Guo Tai had basically controlled most of the townships, pavilions, and li in Pingzhou City, and even many people in the county town joined the Yellow Turban Army.

"What? The right virtuous king of the Hu people wants to see me? And brought 30,000 horses?! Mrs. Guo was stunned when she heard the news. Although it is said that it and the Huns are nominally an alliance, in fact they are just doing their own thing, just making a name to avoid conflict between the two families.

"General, be careful! The Hu people come uninvited, and there must be a plan! Yang Feng on the side reminded in a low voice.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Mrs. Guo nodded, and then said, "But no matter what their plans are, since he dares to come, we can't wait for it!" Otherwise, wouldn't it fall into the prestige of our Han people?! Come with me to greet the right virtuous king of the Hu people! ”

"No!" When Yang Feng and the others heard this, they immediately responded loudly. Well, although they rose up against the Han Dynasty, and although they also joined forces with the Hu people against the Han Dynasty, they never forgot their Han identity. Well...... At least that's what Mrs. Guo thinks.

Huyuquan stood outside the city of Pingzhou City, with only about 10 Hu warriors as escorts, and the remaining 30,000 troops stayed about 3 miles outside the city of Pingzhou.

"Hmph, just this garbage, if it were me, 1,000 people could hit 200,000 people!" Huyuquan looked at the Yellow Turban Army on the city wall with his spare eyes, thinking disdainfully in his heart. Obviously, after seeing the appearance of the Yellow Turban Army, he was even more dissatisfied with Li Yi's record and prestige.

At this moment, the gate of Pingzhou City slowly opened, and then more than a dozen people were seen slowly walking out of the city. Well, apparently Mrs. Guo already knew about the situation outside the city, so he also brought the same number of people as the other party.

After a while, Mrs. Guo stopped at a distance of about 5 or 6 steps from Huxuan Spring, "Haha, I am really flattered that King Youxian is here!" Mrs. Guo laughed.

Hearing this, Hu Yuquan also arched his hand and said, "General Guo, I'm not very good at polite words, so I'll just say it directly." This time, I led the army to come, but it was on behalf of Shan Yu to do a business with your army! ”

"Oh?" Mrs. Guo was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then her expression became solemn, "I hope that King Youxian will forgive me, but our army's food stock is not much." Guo said too carefully. Yes, he guessed the meaning of Huxuan Spring, but it is not difficult to guess, after all, there is a great drought in Bingzhou, not only Li Yi and Hu people have to worry about food, but he Guo Tai is also the same.

"Hehe, General Guo is too worried, how can we Hu people ever take our friends' things for nothing? That's why I brought 30,000 iron horsemen over this time, hoping to attack the southern counties of Xihe with General Guo, and if I can, I can also help you attack Hedong County. Huyu Quan laughed when he heard this.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Mrs. Guo and the others suddenly changed, and their breathing became even more rapid. Seeing this, Hu Xuanquan was disdainful in his heart, but he still smiled on his lips, "The captured city belongs to you, and we Hu people only need half of the grain, grass and military supplies." ”

"This ......" Guo Tai groaned when he heard this, but obviously, this question was not so difficult for him to answer, "King Youxian has said so, if I refuse again, wouldn't it be too faceless?" Mrs. Guo looked at Huxuanquan and smiled, "King Youxian, please inside!" ”

"Please!" Seeing this, Huyu Quan replied with a smile.

Later, the group entered Pingzhou City, held a banquet and swore a blood alliance, and at the same time, made a detailed discussion on how to attack the Xihe counties and Hedong counties.

The next day, Guo Tai led an army of 70,000 and united with the 30,000 cavalry of Huyuquan to send troops to the southern counties of Xihe County. After all, in these counties, the largest number of soldiers is only 2 or 3,000 people.

In just a few days, it directly swept the entire southern part of Xihe County. Then it was even more non-stop, and directly attacked Hedong County in one fell swoop with the power of a great victory.

Anyi.

"Humph! This group of Yellow Turban remnants, do they think that they can continue to do whatever they want in Hedong if they pull the Hu people?! Zhu Jun snorted coldly after receiving the news. The Baibo Yellow Turban Army had invaded Hedong County before, but they retreated directly after only plundering.

And what made Zhu Jun most angry was that after they took Xihe County, they didn't attack Taiyuan County, which looked weaker, but ran to attack Hedong County! What does this mean? Doesn't it mean that they are a little afraid of Li Yi and not afraid of him Zhu Jun?

Well, although the relationship between Li Yi and Zhu Jun is good, the martial artist ...... Sometimes it is inevitable that people will compare themselves to each other, even themselves. As the saying goes, there is no first martial arts and no second, even if Zhu Jun has always regarded Li Yi as a junior, many times when he hears that the world counts the first merit of pacifying the Yellow Turban on Li Yi's head, he will still feel a little unhappy in his heart.

Naturally, he couldn't run to talk to Li Yi about this kind of unhappiness, but obviously, Huyuquan and Guo Tai's troops undoubtedly became the target of Zhu Jun's anger.

"Pass my orders, gather troops, and go together to meet these thieves!" Zhu Jun ordered angrily.

However, although Zhu Jun was very angry, he was still very aware of the strength of the enemy, after all, there were many more people than his troops alone. In addition, with the assistance of the Hu cavalry, Zhu Jun did not run stupidly to fight with the other party. It was only to deploy troops in the three counties of Puzi, Beiqu and Pishi to guard against the enemy's attack.

Jizhou.

Since Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan started the incident, he has continued to attack all parts of Jizhou, and at the same time recruited the remnants of the Yellow Turbans from all over Jizhou, and in just two months, he pulled up an army of nearly 500,000 people. I have to say that compared to the number of people, the Yellow Turban Army really did not miss anyone.

It's just that the war is obviously not a simple competition of numbers, just like in mid-June, Zhang Niujiao led an army of 100,000 to attack Taiyuan, but was repelled by Wang Yun, Zang Min and his son, and Guan Yu even killed more than a dozen enemy generals on the battlefield. Since then, Zhang Niujiao has never entered the boundary of the state.

Outside the city of Xiatao, Zhang Niujiao led an army of 100,000 to surround this county, this city is the only way for Changshan to enter Julu County, as long as he breaks through Xiatao County, then he can all the way to capture the original base camp of Julu this Taiping Road, and further strengthen his power.

It's just that Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, has already deployed heavy troops again, just to guard against the early attack on the pottery, after all, as the base camp of Taiping Road in the past, God knows how many Yellow Turban remnants there are. If it is really captured by Zhang Niujiao, there will definitely be countless crowds of people in the entire giant deer at that time, and it will be even more difficult to calm this chaotic army at that time.

"Bastard! You can't take a single pottery, so how can you defeat Jizhou and overthrow the Han Dynasty?! Zhang Niujiao shouted angrily, for three days in a row, the Yellow Turban Army didn't even touch the city wall of Xiatao, how could this not make Zhang Niujiao not angry? was defeated in Taiyuan, he can still find a reason, after all, Zang Min is the former general of the Huns, and his subordinate Guan Yu is the right-hand man under the command of the unequaled marquis.

But what about the pottery city? Are there any famous players?! No! There are only more than 10,000 soldiers, but even so, they still can't take the Taocheng, how can the ambitious Zhang Niujiao be willing?

"Big brother, the soldiers and civilians in the pottery have made up their minds to defend it, and it will be difficult to capture it for a while. The younger brother thought that it was better to surround it and persuade him to surrender. Seeing this, Chu Yan hurriedly persuaded him. Just some time ago, Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan became brothers of the opposite sex, not only because the two were very kind-tempered, but also because Chu Yan's power developed very quickly during this time, and he was no longer the little bandit leader who had just taken refuge in him.

"Brother Chu, I know you don't want your brothers to have too many casualties, but if there is chaos today, then Li Yi will be pinned down by the Hu people in Bingzhou. If we don't take advantage of this time to expand our territory as soon as possible, and wait for the situation to change, won't we have to go back to being bandits again? Zhang Niujiao sighed when he heard this.

Hearing this, Chu Yan said again, "Although the words are so, my brother feels ......"

Before Chu Yan's words were finished, he was stopped by Zhang Niujiao, "I have made up my mind, I don't need to say more, early tomorrow morning, I will personally go to the front of the battle to supervise the battle!" I don't believe it, a small pottery city can't be attacked! Zhang Niujiao looked at everyone murderously, the meaning is obvious, if anyone dares to work tomorrow, then don't blame him for being polite.

The next day, the Yellow Turban Army attacked the city again, and Zhang Niujiao, as he said, personally led more than 100 people and Chu Yan to supervise the battle not far from the city. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed by him on the spot, but how much credit this person has made before. This situation made the Yellow Turban Army panic at the same time, but they could only desperately attack the Taocheng City.

Just at this moment, an arrow flew rapidly towards Zhang Niujiao, this kind of arrow is very common on the battlefield, because the soldiers defending the city in order to save physical strength and shorten the speed, so many times the arrow under the city is just aimed in one direction and shoots directly. After all, there are so many enemies under the city, even if you shoot like this, you can guarantee a high hit rate.

However, this arrow obviously flew in the wrong place, you must know that although Zhang Niujiao is not a fierce general, how can such a stray arrow want to shoot him?

Just as he was about to draw his knife and shoot down this arrow, he heard a loud shout, "Big brother! Be careful! Then I felt a black shadow pounce on me and throw myself to the ground. Then, he felt a sharp pain in his throat, but it was the arrow that hit him that he didn't know when.

"Big brother! Big brother! Chu Yan, who knocked Zhang Niujiao down, shouted in grief, and the surrounding group of guards surrounded Chu Yan and Zhang Niujiao for the first time. Then, there was a rush of footsteps, but the yellow turban generals not far away saw Zhang Niujiao fall to the ground and rushed over one after another.

“…… Belch...... Hmm......" Zhang Niujiao's eyes widened, and he raised his hand to Chu Yan tremblingly, his expression was hideous, obviously he wanted to say something, but he was hit by an arrow in his throat, but he couldn't say a word.

"Don't worry, big brother! Yan will definitely take good care of the brothers! At the same time, break through the pottery city to avenge you, big brother! Chu Yan cried out in pain.

“…… Not...... Hmm......" Zhang Niujiao whimpered again when he heard this, but unfortunately he didn't make any sound until he died.

Putting down Zhang Niujiao, who had died completely, Chu Yan looked around at the many shocked generals and shouted, "From today on, I, Chu Yan, will be renamed Zhang Yan." And promise you brothers that they will inherit the legacy of the eldest brother and lead the brothers to live a good life! ”

"Now, give me orders! Capture the city of Xiatao, I want to use the blood of the people in the city to pay tribute to the spirit of the eldest brother in the sky! Zhang Yan yelled.

"No!" Hearing Zhang Yan's words, the people who were close to the average in the group of generals answered loudly, while the others hesitated, looked at Zhang Yan, and then at the corpse of Zhang Niujiao on the ground, and finally hurriedly took the order to leave.

After they left, Zhang Yancai squatted down again, hugged Zhang Niujiao in his arms and walked towards the barracks, while beside him, those guards continued to protect Zhang Yan and retreated with him.

"Big brother, don't blame me, brother, it's just that I really think that if the eldest brother does this, it will only put the brothers in a desperate situation......" Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Niujiao's dead appearance and said lightly, "We are just a group of farmers, attacking cities or something, it is not our forte at all, only defending Montenegro and building a city in the mountains is the best choice, but why don't you understand, big brother?" ”

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Niujiao as if talking to herself, but the guards beside him didn't seem to hear it. It wasn't until almost before the battle that one of the guards, who originally belonged to Zhang Niujiao, reminded in a low voice, "Boss." ”

End of June.

"Then what the hell did Zhu Jun and Li Yi do?! Why did those thieves from Hulu and Baibo Valley have a chance to attack Hedong County?! Liu Hong yelled angrily.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Wushuang Hou only returned to the state in December last year, and it was not until the beginning of spring this year that the recruitment training began, and the sum of the front and back is only more than 2 months, and there is really nothing that can be done about the Hu people who are all soldiers." Situ Yuan Kui hurriedly persuaded when he heard this.

"That's exactly the case, and now that there is a big drought in Bingzhou, in addition to training, Wushuang Hou also needs to solve the problem of grain and grass......" Zhang Rang, the regular attendant on the other side, also hurriedly persuaded.

"Your Majesty, although the Hu people united with the thieves of Baibo Valley to invade Hedong County, the main force of the Hu people was still pinned down by the Wushuang Marquis in Bingzhou, except for Shuofang, Shangjun, and Xihe, which had a large number of Hu people, the Hu people in other places could not attack at all. In the opinion of the minister, the unequaled marquis is not only innocent, but meritorious! The general He Jin also opened his mouth to persuade after Zhang Rang.

It was still the full support of the scholars and other three parties, but in addition to not being able to find a more suitable candidate than Li Yi to stay in Bingzhou to fight against the Huns, they also really didn't want to put their own people in it. You must know that the Hu rebellion, the resurgence of the Yellow Turbans, and the drought in various places seem to them to be almost a certain defeat.

And now Li Yi not only lost the three innocuous counties of Shuofang, Shangjun, and Xihe, but also made the enemy not even dare to attack Wuyuan and other places. In this case, it seems that Li Yi's prestige can only be used for that time. Li Yiyu's reputation and achievements over the years have given him a high prestige among the Hu and Han in the entire state, which seems to be illusory, but there is no doubt that it exists, and it is very useful.

Otherwise, why did Yu Fuluo use 100,000 troops but did not dare to storm Manbo, but instead went south to find the Yellow Turban Army in Baibo Valley to invade Hedong County? Doesn't this mean that he is afraid of Li Yi?

"Your Majesty, as for the enemy in Hedong County, please don't worry, according to the latest intelligence on the front line, General Zhu has repelled the enemy and deployed in the three counties of Puzi, thinking that General Zhu will guard Hedong, and it will not be so easy for those Hulu and Yellow Turban remnants to attack Hedong." Situ Yuan Kui persuaded again.

"Humph! Tell them to speed up and pacify those Hulu and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans! Don't grind! Spirit Emperor Liu Hong snorted coldly, but he was obviously out of breath.

Seeing this, Yuan Kui said again, "Your Majesty, now that there is a great drought in Bingzhou, Wushuang Hou has sent people to ask for help, hoping to support some grain and grass in Bingzhou. And bluntly said that as long as the current situation continues, the Hu people, who lack food and grass, will be defeated without a fight in a few months. ”

"Huh? Did Zikang really say that? As long as you support some food, those Hu people will be defeated without a fight? Liu Hong suddenly came to his senses when he heard this. Now, he really, really needs a victory, no matter what the battlefield. You must know that not long ago, Liu Bei, the county lieutenant of Anxi County, sent someone to go to the top, and it turned out to be the local county commander who tried to unite the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou and Qingzhou to praise him as the emperor!

This seems to be just a small thing about a little person who doesn't know what to say and does not know what to do, and finally gets killed. But for Liu Hong, this is definitely not a trivial matter, but a big thing at the top of the sky! Because since a small county order intends to take advantage of the chaos in the world to make a puppet emperor, what about the others?

You must know that over the years, the voice of dissatisfaction with Liu Hong has never stopped. After all, he was not the kind of orthodox heir to the throne, but was chosen to succeed him. In this case, if many scholars and doctors really collectively asked him to abdicate, what should Liu Hong do?

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Rang and He Jin and asked, "Zhang Changshi, General He, I don't know what the two of you think of Yuan Situ's proposal?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Rang and He Jinleng paused for a moment, obviously not understanding why Liu Hong suddenly asked this question, after all, supporting some food seemed to them to be a thing that had no problem at all. Although there is no reinforcement from the Beijing Division if there is chaos today, there is obviously still food.

However, Zhang Rang is a man who is called his father by Liu Hong after all...... Well...... So soon, he spoke, "Your Majesty, now that the Marquis of Wushuang has become the pastor of the state, he has an overview of the military and political power of the state, although it is drought, but after all, it has just begun, and it may not have a great impact." In addition, there are still a lot of grain stocks in the three counties of Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Shangdang, and the minister thinks that there is no need for the imperial court to support their grain and grass for the time being. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal! Moreover, although Bingzhou is short of grain, Sanfu and Hedong also need grain and grass from Beijing......," He Jin, who reacted, also hurriedly said.

"Hmm...... Since this is the case, he will tell Li Qing about the difficulties of the imperial court, hoping that he can understand the difficulties of the imperial court. Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction and said.

Then, he looked at everyone and said again, "Do you remember the previous Shangshu of Liu Bei, the county lieutenant of Anxi County?" Because I was too angry at that time, the matter of rewarding him was put on hold for the time being, and now, it is time to give him a reward. ”

Hearing this, how did Zhang Rang not know what Liu Hong was thinking? Hurriedly spoke, "Your Majesty, do you think that County Lieutenant Liu has made such a great contribution, why don't you make him the county commander of Pingyuan County?" Just over there in Jizhou, the thief's first horn was overwhelmed and was shot and killed when he attacked the city......"

"The minister seconded the proposal! That Liu County Lieutenant has made such a great achievement, if he doesn't reward it well, I'm afraid it will make the people of the world chill......" He Jin also hurriedly agreed.

"Very well, then it's decided! Appointed Liu Bei as the county commander of Pingyuan County, let him rectify his armaments, and assist the Pingyuan State to deal with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Yu Party! Liu Hong said immediately when he heard this.

And after Liu Hong finished speaking, Zhang Rang spoke again, "Your Majesty, over there, since the Wushuang Marquis bluntly said that the Hu people can be defeated without a fight in a few months, then we just need to wait." And the remnants of the Jizhou Yellow Turban are now killed in battle, which is not enough to worry about. Although the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou were difficult to pacify for a while, Liu County Lieutenant was one of the heroes who pacified the Yellow Turban in the past, and with his help, there was no need to worry too much about it. On the Yuzhou side, Bao Zhonglang will also defeat Gepi Yellow Turban several times in a row......"

Zhang Rang kept talking, and when he heard Zhang Rang's words, Situ Yuan Kui suddenly felt bad. Sure enough, Zhang Rang said at the end, the words changed, and his tone suddenly became stern, "The wars everywhere have achieved certain results, but only General Huangfu led 100,000 troops to Sanfu, although he has driven the Liangzhou rebels out of Sanfu, but several expeditions to Liangzhou have ended in defeat......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Rang didn't say much, but the meaning was obviously very obvious.

In this regard, although Yuan Kui wanted to explain, it was obvious that Liu Hong was not just for the problem in Liangzhou, but he could only bow his head and remain silent, and on the side, Zhang Wen and others were also the same.

Seeing this, Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction again, "Since this is the case, General Huangfu will be recalled and removed from the post of General of the Left Cavalry!" However, remembering his past merits, he stayed in Beijing for later use. In addition, speaking of ......", Liu Hong glanced around at everyone, then looked at Zhang Wen and said, "Zhang Sikong, it's up to you to take a trip!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Wen smiled bitterly in his heart, but he could only say respectfully, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Liu Hong was very satisfied with Zhang Wen's attitude, and then took Zhang Wen as the general of the left chariot and the fake festival, and Yuan Peng as the deputy general. In addition, he worshiped Dong Zhuo as the general of the captives, and returned to the commander of Zhang Wen together with the general Zhou Shen. Among these people, Dong Zhuo is a eunuch, but Zhou Shen is He Jin's person.