0141: Victory in sight
Yingchuan Yang Zhai, among the thatched houses of Sima Hui.
"Tsk, is this Li Zikang too big, he has been in Yuzhou for so long, and he doesn't know how to come and see us...... And the teacher! Guo Jia complained a little unhappily.
At the age of 14 this year, he has long eyebrows and clear eyes, although he is not childish, he can be regarded as a beautiful man. But what makes people even more noticeable is his eyes that seem to care nothing about everything in the world. Well...... How could someone with such a look say such a thing......
"Hehe, Ajia, Zikang is the general of the unified army after all, even if he has time, it is impossible to leave the army here. If you want him, you can wait for the crown to go to Bingzhou~ Maybe when Zikang leads the Northern Expedition, you can also follow the famous history~" Xun Yu on the side suddenly quipped.
Xun Yu is 21 years old this year, but unlike his nephew Xun You, who is 6 years older than him, he was not recruited by the general He Jin, and he has no plans to become an official for the time being, so he has always stayed in Yingchuan. For this classmate who has known him since he was very young, he likes it very much, not for anything else, just because Guo Jiana is quite proud of his analytical talent.
"Cut, who's going to take credit for following the back of his ass! If only I were to command him! Guo Jia replied angrily when he heard this. Well...... The eyes that seem to care nothing about everything in the world seem to be deceiving.
Seeing Guo Jia and Xun Yu arguing over there, Sima Hui, who was drinking tea on the side, smiled and narrowed his eyes. Although he has superb talent, Sima Hui has never had any interest in being a scholar. Because in his opinion, it is the wish of a scholar to serve the country, but if most of the time can only be spent fighting with eunuchs or various traitors, it is better to teach in the countryside. At least now, seeing that the children he once taught have become great talents one by one, this satisfaction makes Sima Hui very gratified.
In Yanzhou, Li Yi, who followed Huangfu Song all the way north, enjoyed the easiest war since participating in the counterinsurgency. Perhaps it was because the battle situation in Yuzhou and Jizhou had spread to Yanzhou, so the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou was not as prepared to fight with officers and soldiers in the field as in other places, but defended the city one by one.
In this case, there is naturally no problem for Huangfu Song and his generals, after all, for them who have a large number of siege equipment, it is not too easy to attack this kind of city that has no siege equipment and the defending troops are a group of chaotic people.
And what about Li Yi? But because the troops under his command were all cavalry, they were directly idle. Of course, he was not really idle, but he was stationed at a distance from a city gate with Cao Cao, who also led a thousand-man cavalry.
Huangfu Song knows how to use people's hearts very well, so on the bright side, he will leave a door for the enemy army when besieging the city. In this way, it is naturally impossible for the enemy to defend the city desperately. And when they tried to flee for their lives from the unbesieged gate, it wouldn't be long before a group of wolf-like cavalry appeared in front of them.
"Li Junhou, can't you leave some for the lower officials?" Cao Cao looked at Li Yi and smiled bitterly.
Along the way, all the enemies outside the city were basically killed by Li Yi and the soldiers of the Duliao battalion under his command, leaving only one or two kittens that were difficult to chase or too scattered. This made Cao Cao, who wanted to take the opportunity to make a profit, full of resentment towards Li Yi and his subordinates, after all, as a cavalry general, he could not lead his subordinates to establish credit, and his own pressure was also very great.
"Ahem, Mengde, I didn't mean to take the credit, I just ...... You also know that the enemy can't even withstand a charge when he does this......" Li Yi coughed dryly twice, and replied a little strangely.
Li Yi obviously didn't expect Cao Cao to complain that he grabbed other people's heads, but on the contrary, Li Yi did have such a dirty idea in his heart. After all, there are so many heads, why is Cao Cao cheap? But now that Cao Cao complained in person, he really didn't know how to answer, after all, if he agreed, wouldn't he admit it?
Hearing Li Yi's explanation, Cao Cao felt as if there were 10,000 grass and mud horses running over in his heart, but on the contrary, he couldn't do anything about Li Yi, because Li Yi really didn't say anything. The enemy was too weak to resist the onslaught of the cavalry under Li Yi's command at all. But Cao Cao also knew that Li Yi still had a word to say, that is, Cao Cao's cavalry was too weak.
The places where the two sides are stationed are actually not far from the city, but on the contrary, every time they arrive first, it is the cavalry of the Duliao battalion that arrives first, and even if they finally arrive at the same time, they kill more of the cavalry of the Duliao battalion. This disparity ultimately led to this result.
"Riding and shooting, marching speed, and melee ability...... Cao Cao thought, glanced at the white tiger under Li Yi's seat again, and silently added a little more in his heart, "There is also the ability to resist the tiger's roar...... Sooner or later, one day, I, Cao Mengde, will train a cavalry that is stronger than this Duliao battalion! Cao Cao swore silently in his heart.
Huangfu Song in Yanzhou was smooth, but Zhu Jun, who went to Nanyang, Jingzhou, ran into trouble. Although Zhang Mancheng, the former commander of the Nanyang Canal, was killed by Qin Jie and Xu Xuan, but then under the leadership of Zhao Hong, the commander of the new canal, it was still difficult for the officers and soldiers to compete. By the time Zhu Jun arrived in Nanyang, the number of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang had reached more than 100,000 people. And Zhu Jun's side, after uniting with Qin Jie and Xu Xuan, the number of troops is only 40,000.
Moreover, Zhao Hong was very jealous of Zhu Jun, who defeated Bocai and Peng Tuo, and did not give Zhu Jun any chance at all. And in this regard, Zhu Jun didn't have much to do. Although all kinds of siege equipment can be built, if you really want to attack Wancheng, you still have to rely on human lives to fill it, and obviously, Zhu Jun doesn't want to storm Wancheng, at least not at the moment.
Therefore, Zhu Jun ordered Qin Jie, Xu Xuan, Sun Jian and others to recruit local troops to attack the rest of Nanyang, while he led his army to surround Wancheng, waiting for a good opportunity to attack the city.
At the same time, Jizhou.
Dong Zhuo pursued Zhang Bao all the way, won victory after victory, and drove him all the way to Quyang, Julu County. And after that Zhang Bao fled for more than a month, he had already been killed, and he didn't dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but with an army of about 100,000 to defend Quyang.
Seeing this, Dong Zhuo, after observing the defense of Xia Quyang, ordered it to be surrounded and besieged.
In just a month, the Yellow Turban Army, which had shaken the world before, was killed and defeated again and again, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before it was completely pacified. However, the vast majority of people are obviously not surprised by this result.