Entering Yangzhai County can be regarded as officially entering the scope of Yingchuan County, which means that it is possible to encounter the Yellow Turban Thief at any time.

The scouts had already been released, and were within reconnaissance range for fifty miles ahead. Almost every quarter of an hour, scouts kept coming back to report and relay the situation around them. Without them, the whole army would be blind!

"General, they have been discussing for a long time, what is the situation ahead?" The army stayed for a long time and hadn't set off, Li Ming looked at those senior generals discussing things, and couldn't help but find Zhu Yong and ask.

"The main vanguard of the Yellow Turban Thieves has not yet been discovered, but five small teams have been found to attack Jiaxian, Yingyin, Linying, Xiangcheng and Yingyang. Now the five county commanders have sent people to ask for help, and we have to save them, but if we divide the troops, we are worried that the enemy's main force will suddenly arrive, and then we will suffer from the enemy on our backs! Zhu Yong sighed, Yingchuan's situation was not optimistic.

"How many people are there in these squads?" Li Ming asked curiously.

"According to the messenger for help, there are probably about 3,000 to 5,000. What, you're going to go over? Halfway through Zhu Yong's speech, he naturally saw the longing in Li Ming's eyes, and couldn't help asking.

"I want to go, of course I want to go! It's just that there are only 400 people under my command, and I didn't deliver food in the past? In other words, how many people are there in their county? Also, how is the equipment on the Yellow Turban Thief's side? Li Ming replied a little unwillingly.

"There are only 500 people in the county, and it's good to be able to defend, and you still expect them to come out to help you? Unless you gain an absolute advantage, it's almost impossible to get their help! However, it is worth rejoicing that the equipment of those yellow turban thieves is very bad, and there are also problems with military rations, otherwise they would not have rushed to attack the county seat with three or five thousand people! Zhu Yong thought for a while and said.

"Three or five thousand is a lot, so you can't beat the county seat?" Li Ming was a little puzzled.

"If it were our army, three or five thousand would already be able to fight with the county seat! But the Yellow Turban Thieves are different, most of the Yellow Turban Thieves are rioters, they are not trained, and their equipment is also very bad, there is almost no iron armor, and leather armor is very scarce. Not to mention that they don't have the experience of attacking cities, unless they fill them with human lives! Unless the county commander is afraid that they will surrender voluntarily, there are not tens of thousands of people, and I am afraid that it will not be so easy to knock down the city! Zhu Yong said disdainfully, in fact, from his attitude, it can be seen from the side that the main force of the Han Dynasty really did not pay attention to these yellow turban thieves.

Li Ming didn't remember anything else, but remembered that this yellow turban thief seemed to fight and get up, destroy and rise again, over and over again, and when the princes begged Dong and there. Zhang Yan, the oldest in seniority, seems to have waited until Lao Cao pacified Hebei before being recruited.

Perhaps this is due to the factors of chaos in the world, and the army has not used force, so it may not be a reason to exterminate them all. But then again, if they are all wiped out, then where will they earn merit? I don't know why, Li Ming thought of the word 'self-respect for thieves' again, and suddenly felt that the water in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was really deep!

"Perhaps, next time I should consider improving my intelligence!" Li Ming couldn't help but think.

"What are you thinking?" Zhu Yong looked at Li Ming's contemplative appearance and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Thinking that if I directly lead the 400 people from my headquarters to kill him directly, can I be allowed to recruit troops on the spot? If nothing else, I'm worried about the armor and food! Li Ming said in a low voice.

"If you really dare to fight, you can be given the right to recruit troops, but the number of people cannot be large, at most two thousand. As long as you defeat a group of skirmishers, I can even make you a lieutenant! Zhu Jun suddenly appeared next to the two of them and said coldly.

"No jokes in the army?" Li Ming couldn't help but swallow his saliva, this temptation was great!

"There is no joke in the army! If you can't win, don't come back! Zhu Jun said angrily, then turned around and instructed Zhu Yong directly, "You take your Natun over to help!" ”

After saying that, he didn't bother to care about Li Ming, and turned around and left directly, obviously there were other things to deal with.

"Master, what do you mean by that?" Li Ming was a little confused.

"Brother, I'm affected by you!" Zhu Yong couldn't cry or laugh, "What else?" The head of the family is having a headache about this matter, so we are here to discuss this matter in private, and we have been arrested directly. 500 people to deal with 3000 yellow turban thieves, the key is that most of the soldiers under your command are still recruits, even if you can win, you have to break your bones! ”

"Can't you say that?" Li Ming was immediately unconvinced, "What if we win?" Besides, it can still recruit soldiers, but the quota of 2,000 people! Two thousand heavily armed recruits can't defeat more than three thousand thieves? ”

"You're justified! Or is there no way back now, how are you going to fight? When Zhu Yong heard this, he weighed it carefully, and suddenly he could only grit his teeth.

"The closest to Yang Zhai is Yingyang, why don't we go over?" Li Ming proposed.

"I said you were stupid, but I didn't expect you to be really stupid!" Zhu Yong suddenly complained, "Yingyang and Xiangcheng are so close, we have been fighting for less than half a day, maybe the Yellow Turban thieves over there will come to help, and then you plan to suffer the enemy on your back?" ”

"Then where do you say to fight?" Li Ming knew that he was unprofessional, anyway, he preferred to fight with others directly, rather than having a headache over who to fight like this.

"Jiaxian! There has been no plague of yellow turban thieves in the vicinity, and the township is relatively intact. Now most of the villagers are afraid that they have taken refuge in Jiaxian, and after the war, we can even recruit a group of young people to supplement the team! Zhu Yong glanced at the march map in the camp tent, and then proposed.

"Okay, I'll get ready and leave tomorrow?" Li Ming proposed.

"It's almost afternoon now, and it's not realistic to rush over in half a day, and it can only be tomorrow! Besides, this armor weapon, as well as food for 2,000 people, still need to apply to the quartermaster! Zhu Yong thought for a while and said.

"Isn't this not recruiting yet?" Li Ming was a little puzzled.

"Wait until you're recruited to apply, it's too late!" Zhu Yong replied angrily, "Besides, you don't have weapons and armor, and you don't have food, why should others enlist in the army?" ”

"I see, these things are for those young people to enlist in the army with peace of mind! Speaking of which, if I go to the enlistment and no one else brings anything, then I am really worried that I will be used as cannon fodder! Li Ming couldn't help muttering when he heard this.

"What are you talking about? Also What does cannon fodder mean? Zhu Yong heard it, and couldn't help but be curious.

"It's equivalent to sending sacrifices to consume the enemy's defending materials during the siege of the city!" Li Ming can only explain casually, as for whether Zhu Yong can understand it or not, it is none of his business.

"That's an apt description, but why is it called cannon fodder?" Zhu Yong is obviously struggling with the word cannon fodder.

"Don't worry about these details!" Li Ming is helpless, in this era, how should he explain the word cannon fodder. At the same time, I can't help but secretly make up my mind in my heart that there are some words that are beyond this era, and it is better not to say them later.

It would be too torturous to encounter such a situation again!