Dongjun, Puyang.

"The general is going north to Jizhou, how to deal with the forty or fifty thousand Yellow Turban captives left behind?" Qiao Mao asked Liu Fan.

A few days after Liu Fan returned to Puyang, he received an edict from Liu Hong ordering him to go north to Jizhou.

Expected, but also unexpected.

Dong Zhuo was defeated, and he won a big victory in Dongjun, and it was expected that the imperial court would make him go north.

He was able to control veterans such as Huangfu Song and Zhu Wei, which was unexpected for Liu Fan.

"Disperse the Yellow Turban captives, give them some money and food, and let them go back to their hometowns." Liu Fan replied to Qiao Mao.

Liu Fan didn't have time to stay in Dongjun, so he couldn't say that the Yellow Turban prisoners were arranged as properly as Yingchuan.

A few days later, Liu Fan bid farewell to Dongjun and led his headquarters of 5,000 soldiers and horses north to Jizhou.

Wei County, in the north of Dongjun, belongs to Jizhou.

To the north of Wei County is Julu County. Julu County is the hinterland of Hebei, and Zhangjiao Yellow Turban has always been active in Julu County.

After Zhang Jiao defeated Dong Zhuo in Xiaquyang, he did not order more than 200,000 Yellow Turban troops under his command to go out of Julu and capture the counties of Jizhou.

Instead, he continued to hold Julu County with an army of 200,000. Zhang Jiao knew that although the Han army was defeated, there was still the power to threaten them. Don't be arrogant easily, although he has an army of 200,000 in his hands, his combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Han army.

Zhang Jiao has already received the news that Bocai was defeated by Liu Fan, and the Yellow Turban, the main force of Ruying, was wiped out. made it impossible for him to convey and receive news from Nanyang.

At this time, Zhang Jiao's strategy has been chaotic, and the only way to do this is to take one step and see one step.

The Han court will definitely send more people to attack them, as long as they can defeat the officers and soldiers again, Jizhou will be in their pocket, and they will rely on Jizhou and sweep the world.

Zhang Bao is in the northernmost city of Julu, and Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang are in Guangzong City, the southernmost part of Julu. Serve each other as horns, support each other, and prepare for the next attack of officers and soldiers.

At the beginning of August, Liu Fan led the army to Quzhou County, Julu County, after Dong Zhuo's defeat, the army was originally stationed in Anxiang, Liu Fan ordered the army to withdraw from Anxiang to Quzhou, which is separated from Guangzong County.

Liu Fan did not stare at Xia Quyang like Dong Zhuo, but looked at Guangzong City firmly.

After Liu Fan came to the camp of the Quzhou army, Julu Taishou Guo Dian and Wu Heng Zhonglang sent the sect members out of the camp ten miles to meet Liu Fan.

Since Dong Zhuo was demoted, the army was panicked, and if they wanted to stabilize the morale of the army, they must have a strong general to guard the whole army.

There are few people in the world who can take on this important task, Huangfu Song, Zhu Wei, and the rising star Liu Fan. Liu Fan's fame in the army faintly surpassed that of Zhu Wei and Huangfu Song.

At this time, Liu Fan is their backbone. Although it is not enough to immediately promote the soldiers of the army, it can stabilize the morale of the army.

In the first battle of Xiaquyang, heavy losses were taken. The Northern Army lost more than 10,000 people, and now there are less than 20,000, and more than half of the county soldiers in various places have also lost, only more than 5,000 people.

Julu Taishou Guo Dian recruited 5,000 volunteers in various places to enrich the army.

After Guo Dian and the sect members welcomed Liu Fan back to the camp, Liu Fan immediately summoned the colonels and Sima to come to the camp of the Chinese army.

He was the second commander to be replaced, and he had to inspire the soldiers and know the officers so that he could better command the whole army.

Liu Fan looked at the captains and Sima, and among them, there were few people with high morale.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the Northern Army is known as the elite of the Han Dynasty, but it is not easy to lose." Liu Fan scoffed. Liu Fan said this to test it.

The captains of the Northern Army had ugly faces, and they dared not speak out in anger.

"The general said that the defeat of our army is all due to Dong Zhuo's stubbornness, our army is completely obedient to Dong Zhuo's orders, and it is Dong Zhuo who is defeated, not our northern army." Just when the lieutenants did not dare to speak, a man of about forty years old stood up and defended.

The middle-aged man wears armor and a helmet, his body is more than eight feet long, and his appearance is gentle.

He looked like a learned Confucian, not a battlefield general.

"Who's down there?" Liu Fan asked the middle-aged man.

"Lieutenant of the Northern Army, Liu Biao, Liu Jingsheng." Liu Biao bowed and replied to Liu Fan.

The lieutenant marquis of the Northern Army, although he is only a petty officer with a rank of 600 stones, but his five battalions are forbidden to soldiers, which is not to be underestimated.

"Among the eight handsome, Wei Jun is the most talented, and when I saw it today, he really lived up to his reputation." Liu Fan nodded in admiration.

To be honest, Liu Fan really doesn't look down on the captain of the fifth school of the Northern Army. The northern army is strong, not in its military attachés, but in its soldiers.

The Tun Cavalry Battalion, the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and the Changshui Battalion are all knights, and they are also carefully selected Hu knights from Wuheng and Xiqiang.

The shooting battalion is all good at shooting.

Infantry battalions, the largest in number, are the elite selected for the states and counties.

The rank of the lieutenant in the five battalions is more than 2,000 stones, and the official positions are idle, and most of them are held by the heart of the royal family, and most of them have no ability.

"My Liu Biao is only slightly famous in Shanyang County, but I didn't expect the general to know." Liu Biao was surprised.

Although he is the same clan member of the Han family, Liu Fan's name moves the world, and Liu Biao is still unknown at this time.

Liu Biao was also a well-known party member, who had participated in the Tai Student Movement, but was criticized for his friendship with Zhang Jian in the same county and was forced to flee.

After the second disaster of the party was lifted, Liu Biao was recruited by He Jin as a subordinate of Peng, and was recommended to enter the court again and serve as the marquis of the Northern Army.

"It will be so, why speak of soldiers? When I first met with you, I was slightly disappointed in my heart, and I can imagine how the morale of the soldiers was. There are only 100,000 yellow turbans in Guangzong City, they are just people who pick up hoes, and there are more than 40,000 elite soldiers in our army. Liu Fan talked and laughed freely, as if he was a disciple of 100,000 people, insignificant.

As soon as the colonels and Sima heard this, the general of Zhengbei was reasonable, and at the beginning, the 30,000 northern army defeated the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou. Why are you afraid of Zhang Jiao now?

What's more, the reinforcements of Zhu Yun and Huangfu Song in the direction of Nanyang are about to arrive.

"I am the general of the expedition to the north, according to the edict of the Son of Heaven, the governor of Jizhou military, holding a scepter, the right to cut first and then play, what I say, is the military order, whoever dares to disobey my military order, will not be spared." The next moment, Liu Fan changed his face and said sternly.

"No!" The generals had straight faces and kept in mind.

Liu Fan's words were slight, so that the generals didn't know what kind of medicine Liu Fan was selling in his gourd.

The new official has three fires, and it doesn't look like it!

"The defeat of Xia Quyang greatly reduced the morale of our army, and I heard that the general was good at surrendering the army without a fight, but I don't know if the general has a plan against Guangzong."

In the middle of the camp, the sect member asked Liu Fan on the main seat.

"If Zhang Jiao has a heart, he has a plan. Use Zhang Jiao's desire to fight, and plan the plan. If Zhang Jiao has no intention, there is no plan. The city of Guangzong was high and well-fed, and the Yellow Turban soldiers defended it with all their might. Even if we break through, we will kill a thousand enemies, lose 800 ourselves, and have dry bones in the corner mound, so there is no need to use this strategy at all. Liu Fan calmly replied to the sect member.

"In the battle of Xiaquyang, Zhang Jiao was ashamed and self-confident in the battle, and at this time he must be in a hurry to fight and want to completely defeat our army. I don't know how the general will calculate? Julu Taishou Guo Dian asked Liu Fan.

"Tomorrow, we will set up camp and go to Guangzong City, and then make a decision." Liu Fan ordered.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

He is not very familiar with Zhang Jiao, so he can't jump to conclusions.