Cheng Yuanzhi, the commander of the Yellow Turban, has a vision of a large strategic pattern, and this time he led an army of 50,000 to raid Youzhou, not for the purpose of looting again, but for huge political influence.

Youzhou is an important state capital of the Han Empire in the north, once it is taken, Youzhou is far away from the border, and the Han court is beyond the reach of the whip, and it cannot be besieged from all sides like other states and counties, laying a solid territory for the Yellow Turban Army At the same time, it can completely shake the entire Eastern Han regime, not only hitting the arrogance of the Eastern Han regime but also increasing the morale of the Yellow Turban Army.

Cheng Yuanzhi set up a heavy camp here, leaving three thousand elites to be guarded by his confidant Zhao Quan, and then led the army to prepare for a surprise attack on Youzhou City.

After Zhao Quan led the logistics baggage battalion, he bid farewell to the commander Cheng Yuanzhi this morning, and then arranged for his subordinates to be ready to send grain and grass resources to the front at any time to ensure the strength of the front attack.

At this time, he was taking a few subordinates to carefully check the safety and fire prevention issues of each warehouse, and when he was inspecting, suddenly there was a big chaos outside the camp, Zhao Quan was shocked, he didn't know what was going on, and quickly ran to the camp gate with a group of cronies.

I saw that the Yellow Turban Army was crowded in front of his camp gate, and they looked panicked and threw off their armor, and at first glance, their former army was defeated and returned.

How could the army that had just set out suddenly come back defeated? Zhao Quan didn't know what the reason was, but at this time, he didn't have the opportunity and time to understand the situation on the battlefield in front of him.

Zhao Quan immediately made a decision, ordered his subordinates to block the camp gate, not to let the chaotic army rush in, if the chaotic army rushed in, it would completely disrupt his own camp, he was also afraid that these chaotic troops were mixed with the enemy's spies, and when the time came, he would give himself a robbery camp while the chaos was over, then the general trend would have gone.

As a result, there were too many rebels in front of the door, and they were all frightened, they instinctively wanted to get into their own camp, seeking safe refuge, and when they saw that Zhao Quan didn't open the door to everyone at all, these rebels shouted, and directly knocked down the fence that was not strong, and rushed in like a swarm, and the whole camp was completely chaotic.

Zhao Quan was in a hurry, and immediately ordered his subordinates to pick up swords and guns to block those rebels, and shouted loudly: "The rebels must squat on the spot, if anyone dares to attack the grain and grass, they will be killed." ”

The 3,000 sergeants received the order, and they launched a counterattack against the routs who rushed over.

The Yellow Turban Army was originally a peasant, whether it was coerced or bewitched by the Taiping Road, it was good to put down the hoe and go to the battlefield, where is there kung fu to rectify the training, and there is no military discipline, at this time everyone is afraid, and no matter what military discipline, everyone instinctively only wants to escape to the depths of the camp in order to seek safety, as a result, three thousand Zhao Quan soldiers scuffled with countless routs, and finally Zhao Quan killed the killer, wielding the long knife in his hand to cut the head of the person, which somewhat stopped the chaos.

At this time, the deputy general beside Zhao Quan was already frightened by such a crowd and immediately made a suggestion to Zhao Quan. "General, the front has been defeated, I think the official army must be very strong, let's just burn the grain and grass and run directly."

Zhao Quan drank off the adjutant general's suggestion on the spot: "Now our entire army is all here, where are we going, besides, we burn the grain and grass, even if I run away with these people, then how can we maintain the food and drink of these people and horses, they are not scattered in a hurry?" Now is not the time to run, we must use these camps and food and grass to contain the rebels, reorganize our forces, stabilize our positions, and prepare to meet the attack of the officers and soldiers. ”

The adjutant general said with a pale face and a trembling voice: "But now that the front is defeated, the defeated army has retreated, maybe there will be officers and soldiers chasing after you, how can you and I resist?" ”

Zhao Quan said with great certainty: "I observed that although the rebels retreated, there was no dust behind them, and I only heard the screams and cries of these rout soldiers outside, and I didn't hear the shouts of killing behind me, and if you look at the rout soldiers in the distance, they have begun to stop fleeing, and they have begun to sit on the ground and gasp, which proves that the officers and soldiers have withdrawn." ”

The lieutenant general stretched his neck and looked back, it was true, those routs were no longer rushing to him, but sat on the ground one by one to breathe, which really showed that the danger behind had been lifted.

"And you see, this time the general brought out 50,000 horses, and the battle was quite short, but there were a lot of routs who ran back, what does this mean?"

The lieutenant general looked around in confusion, he really didn't understand why, why was this pinched?

Zhao Quan has been defeated many times, and he has lost experience in defeat, which has nothing to do with personal bravery, with a group of rabble who are not even as good as pigs to conquer the world, even if Marshal Tianpeng goes down to earth, he is helpless. So he patiently explained to the adjutant general: "This shows that there are not many officers and soldiers, and they dare not pursue at all." ”

"Is that so? Oh, that's right. ”

"I just took this opportunity to gather the chaotic army and stabilize the morale of the army, if General Cheng comes back, we can fight again, if General Cheng can't come back, then we will use the grain and grass in our hands and a large amount of money, we will act alone, and take our brothers to continue to fight with the officers and soldiers, and lay down a peaceful and prosperous era."

At this time, the lieutenant general suddenly realized at that time, and then he was full of excitement.

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't come back, does that mean that guy is finished in the chaos? If he dies, then this army is this Zhao Quan, Zhao Quan treats people generously, but he also has a decision, he follows him, that is, the second-in-command of this army, and he can get ahead.

"Okay, what General Zhao said is that as long as the officers and soldiers don't chase after us and give us a respite, we can make a comeback."

Zhao Quan said firmly: "Now, we must hurry up and take advantage of the official army-"

At this time, the chaos outside the camp, which had slowly become smaller, suddenly reappeared, and a cry of fear sounded again: "Oh no, the officers and soldiers are here-"