The time has entered the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and nearly two months have passed since the 200,000 Yellow Turban Army and the 40,000 official troops confronted each other outside the city of Changshe.

The sun in May is already very hot, and the officers and soldiers in the city still have a shady place, but the Yellow Turban Army under the city is miserable.

Especially in the afternoon, the sun seems to be hanging overhead, shining straight up on people's scalps. The Yellow Turban camp trampled on the 200,000 army for two months, and there was not even a single weed on the ground. Although there is no shortage of water, if a puff of dry powder-like dust is added to the dry and hot summer, the mouth and nostrils that were originally dry seem to be covered with a layer of gauze, which makes people breathless.

Looking at the camp of the Yellow Turban Army from a distance, the camp is like a big steamer steaming straight up, and it is impossible to distinguish whether it is water vapor or smoke and dust, and it rushes straight into the sky, so that people can feel the hot air at a glance. The hot air steaming on the earthy yellow earth seems to blur the scenery not far away, making it difficult to see it realistically.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army, which had been tortured by Guo Bin's troops, finally couldn't stand it anymore, in order to shrink its strength, try to avoid the nuisance of Guo Bin's army, and also to escape the summer, Bo Cai decided that the Yellow Turban Army camp would move further north.

This decision was widely appreciated by everyone in the Yellow Turban Army for two reasons. One is Guo Bin's 700 cavalry, which is like a mosquito in summer, lingering and avoiding. The Yellow Turban Army in the big camp has been devastated by it for more than half a month, and they can't even sleep well, plus the heat during the day, everyone has no energy, where is the strength to attack the city?

The second reason is the weather. This midsummer day is too hot, and the Yellow Turban Army under Changshe City, those who have military tents are better, and the absolute majority of those who don't have big tents are exposed to the scorching sun every day, and their sweat is dried. Some people were clever enough to cut the weeds in the north of the camp and put a grass circle on their heads to block the heat a little, which was imitated by countless people.

When Bocai inspected the camp, he saw this posture and simply ordered the army to retreat five miles back and garrison troops in the bushes north of the city. Even the large battalion in the west of the city of Changshe was also withdrawn to prevent the officers and soldiers from taking the opportunity to sneak attack.

This withdrawal was unanimously approved by the vast number of Yellow Turban Army, which had been poisoned by the blazing sun, so the action was extremely swift, and it only took half a day to settle down. Moreover, the officials and soldiers did not send people out of the city to obstruct them, but only watched the Yellow Turban army retreat into the bushes to escape the summer from the city.

Seeing the big move of the Yellow Turban Army, someone had already gone to report to the two lieutenant generals, Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun.

The two were discussing the military situation, when suddenly a sergeant came to report that the Yellow Turban Bandit Kouba camp outside the city was heading north.

The two looked at each other, and they could see the shock in each other's hearts.

Huangfu Song slammed the table and said excitedly: "What a Guo Qianyang, he actually guessed it!" The Yellow Turban Thief really did as he said and went north! ”

When Zhu Jun heard this, the unnaturalness on his face flashed, but he didn't speak.

In the past two months, the shadow of the first defeat has been hanging over Zhu Jun's head.

If you want to talk about this Zhu Jun, he is also a famous and civil and military master. He came from a humble family, and when he was a teenager, he was famous for supporting his mother. He is a good person, righteous and light on wealth, and the township respects him. Later, he was raised by Xu Jue as filial piety. Moved to Lanling Order, with special political achievements, was recommended by the above table. Soon after visiting the history of Jiaozhou, he led only 5,000 soldiers to break the rebels and pacify Jiaozhou. After the war, he was awarded the title of Pavilion Marquis of the capital and entered the court as a counselor.

It is precisely with this important resume of the thief that Fang was recommended by the ministers of the court this year, and he was worshiped as the general of the right middle lang, and led an army of 20,000 to exterminate the Yingchuan Yellow Turban with Huangfu Song. To say that the current Han Dynasty is in the world, in addition to He Jin, the general who led the troops to defend Gyeonggi, it belongs to Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun, the three newly sealed Zhonglang generals. Therefore, Zhu Jun, who has prosperous official luck, is proud of the spring breeze and is in a good mood!

However, Zhu Jun, who was on the rise, was defeated in the first battle of Yingchuan at the hands of the Yellow Turban Army Bocai. Even Sun Jian, known as the Jiangdong Tiger, was besieged and seriously injured, but it was his village soldiers who bravely rushed to kill him regardless of life and death, and then carried him back.

This battle was too big a blow to Zhu Jun, and the three-way army of the imperial court was the first to engage the Yellow Turban Army, and he wanted to get off to a good start and get a good fortune. Wait for the first place, play the court, and let the world know that although he is at the bottom of the three Zhonglang generals, he is by no means worse than the other two.

Therefore, seeing the retreat of the Yellow Turban army, Zhu Jun ordered Sun Jian, who was known for his bravery, to lead his troops to attack and advance. Who knew that this was originally a trick of the Yellow Turban Army to lure the enemy, and when Sun Jian broke away from the official army, he saw that the Yellow Turban Army turned back and killed him, and surrounded Sun Jian's troops.

Not only that, the Yellow Turban army took advantage of the terrain to ambush the troops, defeated the officers and soldiers, and lost the troops. After meeting with the army of Huangfu Song outside the city of Changshe, the situation was explained. Huangfu Song ordered the army to enter the city of Changshe nearby, and as soon as he entered the city, the Yellow Turban Army followed the defeated soldiers of the official army, and swarmed up to surround the city of Changshe. Fortunately, the 20,000 officers and troops under Huangfu Song are all new forces, and Huang Fu Song himself is a veteran general of a long war, a long-term town borderland, and extremely experienced, so he has repelled the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army many times.

The Yellow Turbans retreated after leaving behind thousands of corpses. However, they were stationed in the north and west of the city, which was clearly a preparation for a protracted war. To say that this wave of talent is also a great ability, such a big ambition, he, the Yellow Turban Army of Yingchuan County, was able to block the official army and the army in Changshe City, and Zhang Jiao dragged Lu Zhi's department in Jizhou, and then the Yellow Turban thieves were allowed to make trouble.

However, Guo Bin's arrival changed the balance of strength inside and outside the city. The morale of the officers and soldiers gradually recovered, and the morale of the Yellow Turban Thieves was constantly depleted. The comparison of forces between the two sides is good and long, but some words circulated in the army made Zhu Jun secretly angry.

To put it nicely, the morale of the officers and soldiers has been greatly reduced, all because Zhu Jun has lightly advanced against the enemy. It's not nice to say, it is said that Zhu Jun was greedy for merit because he was not angry in his heart, and he wanted to force Huangfu Song, but he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. What's more, it is said that Zhu Jun led 5,000 soldiers to break the rebels and pacify Jiaozhou, which was a false report of war exploits. Lin Lin always said that Zhu Jun was very unbearable.

When Guo Bin came to Changshe, the harassment of the Yellow Turban Army for half a month in a row boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers. The tension in the city gradually subsided, and all kinds of rumors gradually grew. Some people compare Guo Bin with Zhu Jun, saying that Zhu Jun is in a high position in vain, but he will only lead the army to the ambush circle of the Yellow Turban thieves, resulting in the loss of troops and the loss of generals, and the army of the South Road retreats to Changshe, and even a sergeant has no chance to go out of the city to make war achievements. Look at Guo Bin, the captain of the cavalry, although he is not very old, he can fight well, and in the past half a month, he has killed and injured more than 3,000 Yellow Turban thieves with 700 cavalry.

Most of the officers and soldiers in the army were newly recruited, and they were not Zhu Junyan's soldiers, so they didn't talk cleanly. When the matter reached Zhu Jun's ears, it was very wrong, to say that he was also worried about state affairs, Fang Xingjun was a little more aggressive, and besides, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how could he question the ability of a general because of a mistake?

Because the matter involves Guo Bin, it is easy for people to think that this is Guo Bin's words that Guo Bin ordered someone to release.

And Huangfu Song, who is the commander of the three armies, naturally heard these rumors, but he couldn't do anything about it. Originally, Guo Bin's words about being brave and good at fighting were released by him, and the purpose was to boost the morale of the army. But who would have thought that the soldiers below would give full play to their subjective initiative, and the more they talked about the matter, the more outrageous it became, and in the end, Zhu Jun was also involved.

However, judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Huangfu Song to order the troops not to discuss this matter, otherwise they will fall behind. Not only is there a suspicion that the depiction is getting darker and darker, but it also seems that Huangfu Song is afraid of Zhu Jun. This is not a big deal on weekdays, but now is an extraordinary period, and Huangfu Song is the commander of the three armies, if the sergeants think that he is a soft egg, where is there any prestige at all? Then how to lead troops to war?

Therefore, Huangfu Song understood the ins and outs of the matter in his heart, and did not explain it, let alone order the army not to discuss it. Fortunately, the matter was not out of his control, even if Zhu Jun suffered a dumb loss, it would not affect the major event of the South Road army to exterminate the Yingchuan Yellow Turban.

Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others in the city naturally knew the rumors in the official army, and Huangfu Song's strategy of using Guo Bin's prestige to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers could not escape the eyes and ears of the three. Zhu Jun, as the right middle general of the fake festival, is the main general of one party, and he is in a high position, which must still be open-minded.

It is true that this power struggle in Changshe City is not so big as to affect the situation on the battlefield of Changshe, and Zhu Jun is also very aware of the rumors in the city, but whenever everyone mentions Guo Bin, their hearts are not so comfortable, but it is inevitable.

As time passed, the weather became hotter and hotter, and the Yellow Turban army outside the city shrank and took refuge in the bushes to the north. They cut the weeds from the ground and covered them on top of the bushes to make a simple man-made tent, which not only sheltered from the scorching sun, but also provided ventilation in all directions, which accelerated the flow of air and kept people in it from getting too hot.

Looking at the actions of the Yellow Turban Army, and then looking at the current weather, a group of insiders in the official army praised Guo Bin's clever calculations, and at the same time, they were secretly excited in their hearts: The opportunity to be ashamed of the past is finally in front of us.

(Author's note: It was supposed to be on the shelves today, but because of a little private matter in the next home, it was delayed, so the time on the shelves was postponed. ）