Last time, it was mentioned that the Yellow Turban Army ambushed Dongfang Xiong and annihilated Dongfang Xiong's troops in a very short time.

The Yellow Turban Army annihilated Dongfang Xiong's department, and did not pursue the deserters, but cleaned up the battlefield as soon as possible, recovered all the weapons and armor that could be quickly recovered, and then fled north under the personal leadership of Zhang Jiao.

The troops who ambushed Dongfang Xiong this time were also composed of Taiping Sect disciples, and their combat effectiveness after they had weapons was not comparable to those of the original Jizhou Han army who were negligent in the battle formation.

Zhang Jiao for this action to kill Dongfang Xiong, it can be said that it is not a bloody investment, he first asked the Taiping sect members who did not change their clothes to lure the enemy, in order to hide the enemy, Zhang Jiao was very cold-blooded to let those sect members sacrifice, causing a real rout. When the enemy troops were lured away, 12,000 men, only about 7,000 returned.

Secondly, Zhang Jiao called all the long-range weapons to call Dongfang Xiong, and he continued to concentrate on shooting, and there were 500 arrows at a time, so the knights with the arrows became hedgehogs, and they were full of hedgehogs.

In the end, Zhang Jiao brought the remaining 8,000 Taiping Sect disciples who could be called, and concentrated the most elite forces in Zhang Jiao's hands to entertain Dongfang Xiong.

Zhang Jiao did not personally participate in the battle when he besieged Dongfang Xiong's troops, he stayed in the depths of the woods, and observed the movements of Lu Zhi's troops on and off the battlefield through divination.

At the end of the battle, Zhang Jiao ordered Zhang Yan to lead a thousand soldiers and press the prisoners back to the camp first. And the rest are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield. Zhang Jiao didn't go to the corpses one by one to confirm which one was Dongfang Xiong, because he didn't have that much time, so he ordered the soldiers to stab the corpses of the Han army when they were searching for weapons.

Zhang Jiao had been paying attention to the movements of Lu Zhi's troops, and "saw" that Lu Zhi was about to arrive, so he ordered his troops to assemble and move northward to avoid Lu Zhi's troops.

Ever since Zhang Jiao knew that divination could still be used, inspired by his son, he had begun to study how to use divination in the field of war. He borrowed from his son's pony carriage, and he also made himself a command car, which was driven by his youngest disciple Zhang Mancheng, and he sat in the car to use divination to monitor the dynamics of the battlefield, and from time to time let Zhang Mancheng give orders on his behalf.

A commander with the Vision of God is simply a pervert! As soon as Zhang Jiao led the troops to leave, Lu Zhi's troops arrived on the back foot, and the time was mastered to the pinnacle.

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.

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