The war in Western Hubei was nearing its end, under the attack of Sun Jian, Cao Caoyi, Yuan Shao and Huangfu Song's army by land and water, the Yellow Turban Army completely collapsed, and Zhao Hong only led more than a thousand remnants of the army to break through and rush to the direction of Yuyang.

Chasing the remnants of the Yellow Turban, Sun Jian went to chase him, but Ye Zhao ignored it.

With his remnants of the army, he found the main force of Huangfu Song, and saw Liu Bei and Zhang Fei following behind Huangfu Song.

"Xiu Ming is here." It was the first time for Huangfu Song to face Ye Zhao with such a kind attitude, and when he saw Ye Zhao coming, he smiled and said: "In this battle, Xiu Ming should be credited with the first credit!" ”

"Qiang~"

Ye Zhao didn't say much, and directly drew his sword and walked towards Liu Bei.

"Ye Zhao, what are you doing!?" Yuan Shu was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly drew his sword and said, "You dare to assassinate Shangguan?" ”

"The last general has no disrespect, but this thief not only harms me, but the five thousand soldiers under my command who are tired are almost killed and wounded, and they even escaped from the battle, if you don't kill this thief, how can you correct my army's heart?" Ye Zhao pointed his sword at Liu Bei and said.

"Who escaped?" Zhang Fei said angrily: "It was you who used the soldiers carelessly, if it weren't for me and my brother risking their lives to fight out of the encirclement and move in to rescue the soldiers, how could you be arrogant here at this time?" ”

"Ha~" Ye Zhao laughed angrily: "I don't respect the order, I am greedy for merit, but Zhao Hong is vigilant, not only the tired three hundred soldiers died tragically in front of the battle, but also made my fire attack plan incomplete!" ”

Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and said in a deep voice: "The general is a battle-hardened person, so he should see clearly, is Ye Zhao careless in using troops?" ”

After hearing this, Huangfu Song was silent for a moment, shook his head, looked at Liu Bei and said, "You are the one who led the troops to advance?" ”

Previously, Huangfu Song saw clearly from the beacon tower, if there was no small group of soldiers and horses to advance, causing Ye Zhao's two armies to be incoherent, maybe there would be no need for the main force to shoot at all, Zhao Hong had already been defeated, and Ye Zhao's troops would not have suffered heavy losses.

Although when he asked Ye Zhao to fight the front station, Huangfu Song was already prepared for Ye Zhao's heavy losses, but as Ye Zhao said, he was a famous general who had been on the battlefield for a long time, in this kind of thing, he disdained to lie, and he didn't think that it was necessary for him to tell this lie for Liu Bei, so naturally he could see that the situation of the battle had reversed, and Ye Zhao's clever plan could not advance but fell into a bitter battle, which was caused by the small wave of troops adventurously.

Liu Bei didn't speak, but Yuan Shu on the side said disdainfully: "Heh~ Asking for help? Meng De and Wentai had already set off when Xiuming was fighting with the Yellow Turban Thieves, why do you need to ask for it? Or ......"

Yuan Shu looked at Liu Bei with some amusement: "Do you think that if General Huangfu is unwilling to send troops, you can ask for reinforcements?" ”

Don't look at Yuan Shu who doesn't wait to see Ye Zhao on weekdays, but he is the person who attaches the most importance to the family, in the past, Ye Zhao committed a crime, which made him dissatisfied, at this moment Liu Bei was white, between Ye Zhao and Liu Bei, he subconsciously began to speak for Ye Zhao.

Liu Bei's face was a little pale, although Ye Zhao was angry before, he didn't directly talk about his identity, Yuan Shu opened his mouth at this moment, but it was the humiliation of Hongguoguo, Rao is Liu Bei's city mansion is deep, and now he is only two or three years older than Ye Zhao, and he is still in his prime, and the hand holding the scabbard is a little white.

On the one hand, he was angry, but on the other hand, he clearly knew that after this incident, he would not be able to stay in the Huangfu Song army, and if he stayed any longer, it would only make people laugh.

"Someone!" Huangfu Song waved his hand and frowned: "Take down these three people, each with two hundred spines!" ”

With Liu Bei's crime, not killing is already for Lu Zhi's sake, but such a big crime, even if the capital crime can be avoided, but the living crime is difficult to escape, if he does not punish himself, not to mention how Ye Zhao reacts, Huangfu Song governs the army very strictly, if he does not take heavy responsibility, it is difficult to convince the three armies.

"General, these two escaped from the battle, and the crime is unforgivable, but the last general wants to intercede for Guan Yu." Ye Zhao coldly glanced at Liu Bei, who was pale, and pulled Guan Yu over and said, "If it weren't for Yun Chang sacrificing his life to help, I'm afraid it would be difficult to make a contribution!" ”

Huangfu Song glanced at Guan Yu, nodded silently, and said: "Since General Ye opened his mouth to intercede, he will write down this military stick for the time being, but if he commits it again, he will be punished for both crimes!" ”

"Guan Yu!" When Zhang Fei heard this, he glared at Guan Yu with cannibalistic eyes.

People's hearts are sometimes like this, Guan Yu actually didn't do anything wrong, he went back to save Ye Zhao, it was to repay Ye Zhao's kindness, and he didn't have the intention of abandoning Liu Bei, but at this moment, two hundred military sticks, even if Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's physique saw this, after the two hundred military sticks were beaten, they would have to shed their skin if they didn't die, but Guan Yu was pardoned because of Ye Zhao's intercession, not to mention that Ye Zhao was already regarded by Zhang Fei as the enemy who harmed their brother at the moment, Guan Yu accepted Ye Zhao's favor, but Zhang Fei had a feeling of betrayal.

"Please punish the three of my brothers together!" Guan Yu was also quite uncomfortable at the moment, and wanted to ask for mercy, but others were soft-spoken, so he could only use this way to prove that he was not treacherous.

"Hmph, pretend!" Zhang Fei snorted coldly, but these words made Guan Yu's heart cut like a knife.

Ye Zhao grabbed Guan Yu, pulled him up, and said indifferently: "Yun Chang didn't do anything wrong, men are not afraid of doing wrong things, what they are afraid of is that they are obviously wrong, but they still have to be angry with others, others can't make mistakes with him, it is betrayal, how can there be such a reason in this world?" ”

"What Xiu Ming said is not bad!" Yuan Shao sneered: "Such a character, why do you care? I think that strong men also have some skills, so why not stay under the Xiuming account to listen to it, it is better than following such a person who has not achieved enough things. ”

Guan Yu didn't speak, just knelt down again, and bowed to Huangfu Song: "Please punish the general!" ”

Huangfu Song frowned and looked at Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao also frowned, he couldn't understand how the ancients formed this kind of values? I suddenly felt a little jealous of Liu Bei in my heart, I went all the way, I tried my best, although I also recruited some people, but except for Dian Wei, the rest of the generals were difficult to compare with Guan Zhang's second general, Liu Bei was white, how did he make the two peerless generals follow him with all their hearts? At least in Ye Zhao's opinion, Liu Bei has not shown anything outstanding at present.

"Whatever you want!" Pleading, one time is enough, people don't appreciate it, and Ye Zhao can't put his face on it to step on it.

"Thank you, General!" Guan Yu bowed to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao ignored it, even so, but the rift between the three brothers had already arisen, and if he wanted to repair it again, look at Liu Bei's wrist.

"General, in this killing battle, our army has suffered heavy casualties!" Ye Zhao looked at Huangfu Song, bowed down and said: "Ye Zhao is willing to reward all the meritorious awards, and reward all the families of our soldiers who died in battle, please make it complete." ”

Huangfu Song glanced at the soldiers behind Ye Zhao, almost all of them were injured, and frowned: "The merits were distributed to the deceased, have you ever thought about what should happen to these soldiers who follow you behind you?" ”

Ye Zhao shook his head: "People, as long as you don't die, there will be a day when you will come out, but what the general has to do now is that my subordinates who died in vain for no reason can go with peace of mind, please allow the general!" ”

"Please, General!" As Ye Zhao's words fell, the remaining more than 500 soldiers behind him all knelt down and pleaded, although the voice was not high, there was an inexplicable generosity echoing, making the eyes of many soldiers present red.

Looking at the soldiers who were kneeling behind Ye Zhao, Huangfu Song waved his hand and looked at Ye Zhao with a frown: "General Ben is very curious, how do you make these soldiers work together so much and fight to the death?" ”

Even if it is the elite of the imperial court, if it encounters a predicament like Ye Zhao's prescription, I am afraid that it will not be able to support the arrival of reinforcements, but Ye Zhao has survived in adversity, and the remaining five hundred of the five thousand men and horses are dead, and they are still fighting to the death, and there may be a reason why there is no way back, but no matter what the reason, this army can already be called an iron army.

"Without him, there will be a heart to die, and there will be no stealing thoughts!" Ye Zhao bowed and said.

"Will there be a heart to die, and there will be no thoughts of stealing life?" Huangfu Song repeated Ye Zhao's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stroked his palm and said: "Okay, General Ben has always thought that you are just young and vigorous, relying on a few lucky victories, unruly, now it seems that you can win the battle, it is no accident, your request, General Ben approved, but this credit has nothing to do with you!" ”

"Thank you, General!" Ye Zhao bowed deeply.

"Haha, I am afraid that he is the only one who can make Ye Xiuming bow his head, and I am afraid that he is the only one who has these soldiers, my big man will be like this, why worry about not winning!" When Huangfu Song heard this, he couldn't help laughing, he really had a little pity for Ye Zhao.

Sun Jian has been chasing out of the West Hubei thirty miles, the Yellow Turban corpses killed all over the field before leading the army back, Huangfu Song saw the victory of the first battle, immediately ordered the army to clean up the battlefield, after the camp in West Hubei, convened the generals to discuss the next step to recover Nanyang.

"Our army won the first battle, it is the time when the momentum is like a rainbow, at this time it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Zhang Man is a tiger in Wancheng, and Han Zhong, Sun Zhong, Zhao Hong are minions, Nanyang area, plus He Yi, Liu Pi, Gong Du brought the remnants of Runan, the Yellow Turban Army has 300,000 people, the number is large, ten times that of our army, I don't know what you have to break the enemy?" In the big tent of the Chinese army, Huangfu Song was high above the commander, looking at the generals and said in a deep voice.

The reshuffle of interests brought about by the Yellow Turban Rebellion has come to an end, whether it is Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven or the family class, there is no need for the Yellow Turban Army, on the contrary, the existence of the Yellow Turban Army has become an unstable factor, so now in the face of the Yellow Turban Army, the interests of the court and the family are surprisingly consistent, that is, to end this turmoil as soon as possible.

"I think that the Nanyang Yellow Turban, when Zhang Man becomes the leader, we can avoid the rest of the departments, focus on Wancheng, and gather Zhang Mancheng to become the main force, as long as Zhang Mancheng can be killed, the rest of the Yellow Turban thieves are not enough to be a basis!" Cao Cao stood up and bowed to Huangfu Song.

"What Meng De said won my heart." Huangfu Song nodded, dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, using this method of beheading is the most effective, but then he frowned and said: "It's just that Wancheng is strong, and Zhang Mancheng is hoarding tens of thousands of troops here, and it is difficult to break it in a hurry, I don't know if you have any way to quickly break Wancheng?" ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was speechless, siege warfare has been the most labor-intensive since ancient times, whether it is Huangfu Song or Ye Zhao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, they don't want to fight siege warfare, not to mention that the elite of the Yellow Turban Army gathered here, Zhang Mancheng is not Bo Cai, Liang Fa and other people who don't know soldiers.