In mid-May, Qingzhou Qu Shuai Bu Ji was defeated outside the city of Linzi and suffered heavy losses, and although he sent people to collect the fleeing personnel, less than half of them remained. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Having lost all his baggage, Buji's life was very difficult, so he decided to switch to Jinan.

In order to ensure safety and avoid being pursued by the Youzhou cavalry, Bu Ji chose a road in the southern mountains and conquered the cities of Changguo, Yuling and Tugu along the way.

Not only was a large amount of baggage obtained, but the personnel quickly recovered to nearly 100,000 people.

Bu Ji is a shrewd man, quickly summed up the gains and losses, found that their biggest flaw is that there is no cavalry, in the field, encountering cavalry only to be slaughtered, so he decided to occupy a city as their base, if the cavalry attack, they can quickly enter the city, no matter how powerful the cavalry, it is impossible to fly up the city wall, with the protection of the city wall, they will be much safer.

After careful selection, he decided to occupy Licheng.

First of all, the city was very modest for them, relatively easy to conquer, and there was no shortage of water in the city, and they were not afraid of being attacked by water; More importantly, the southern part of the city is the remnant of Mount Tai, if you can't do anything, you can lead your troops into the mountains to avoid the pursuit of cavalry.

Finally, Licheng is at the junction of Yanzhou and Qingzhou, with Jinan in the east, Taishan County in Yanzhou to the south, Jibei County in Yanzhou to the west, and Pingyuan County in Qingzhou to the north.

The idea has been decided, bypassing the tall Jinan State Administration Dongpingling, and quickly marching towards Licheng County.

The mighty Yellow Turban army, the frightened defenders of Dongpingling did not dare to go out of the city to intercept it, and let it go west.

Although the county commander of Licheng County organized the personnel in the county to actively defend, he was helpless in front of the Yellow Turban Army of nearly 100,000 people, and the city was soon breached, and the county commander, the county Cheng and others were martyred.

Qu Shuai Buji moved into the county government office as his command center.

After learning from the pain, Bu Ji meditated for a few days and quickly made adjustments.

First of all, 5,000 physically strong men were selected to form elite soldiers to defend the city; secondly, 10,000 regular soldiers were formed to go out to plunder; There were also 20,000 auxiliaries as cannon fodder and baggage soldiers.

Xu He, the general of the Jinan State, was appointed as the general of the elite soldiers, responsible for the daily training of the troops, and was responsible for the defense of the city.

Sima Ju, the general of Le'an County, was responsible for the management of the regular army and auxiliary troops, and was responsible for going out to raid the counties and raising grain and grass for the army.

The first to be attacked were Tai County in Jinan State, Zhu'a County in Pingyuan County and Lu County in Jibei State, and after plundering supplies and population, they quickly returned to Licheng.

Bu Ji continued to select the best from the newly raided population to join the army.

Moreover, he referred to the management model of officers and soldiers and managed the army and their families separately.

Not only do elite soldiers eat well, but their families can also get good treatment; Regular soldiers and their families enjoy average treatment, they are not well fed, but they are well fed; It would be good for auxiliaries and their families to be half-fed; As for the families who did not have family members to join the army, they were only on the verge of not starving to death, and the reason why Bu Ji took them in was that when they were attacking the city, they could wave their flags and shout, cheer them up, or use them as cannon fodder to consume the materials in the city to defend the city, and when they fled, they could delay the pace of the enemy's attack and cover him and his elite soldiers to escape.

At the beginning of June, the news that Zhang Bao, the general of Digong, was killed in Xiaquyang City, made Bu Ji very distressed and felt that the Yellow Turban Army was not in a good position.

In late June, there was news that Tiangong General Zhang Jiao had been beheaded in Julu City. The army that killed Zhang Bao and Zhang Jiao was from the Youzhou army, and it was also the Youzhou army that defeated him in Linzi, no wonder the combat effectiveness was so strong, fortunately he escaped from Linzi City in time.

The ensuing situation made him even more frightened, Guangzong City was besieged, and Zhang Liang, the general of Rengong, could not escape the clutches of the Youzhou army sooner or later; And when the Youzhou army was confronting Guangzong, it sent a large army to quickly sweep away the Yellow Turban forces in the counties and states of Jizhou.

Even the Yellow Turban forces in the counties north of the Yellow River in Qingzhou have been driven away or eliminated, and only Guangzong City is left north of the Yellow River.

With the news brought by Zhang Huanbu, who had been transferred from north of the Yellow River, Bu Ji had a more comprehensive understanding of the Youzhou army.

The Youzhou army not only killed Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, but also Youzhou Qu Marshal Cheng Zhiyuan and General Deng Mao were captured and surrendered! The Yellow Turban Yong General Zhang Niujiao was captured, surrender! Zhang Bao's general Zhou Cang descended! General Pei Yuanshao, the escort general of General Tiangong, was captured and surrendered!

The first fierce general of the Yellow Turban Army, Zuo Zhangba, was defeated and absconded, and his whereabouts are unknown; Qu Shuai fled from the poisoned city and his whereabouts are unknown.

At this point, Qu Shuai Buji's heart has been pulled out of the cold, is the Yellow Turban Uprising wrong? Why is it so vulnerable, or is the strength of the Youzhou Army too strong?

For this reason, Qu Shuai Buji began to plan his retreat.

Pingyuan County is the most populous county in Qingzhou, with about one million people. This time, the Yellow Turban Army and their families reached more than 100,000, which greatly strengthened their strength.

First of all, the Yellow Turban Army brought by Zhang Huan, the team brought by Zhang Huan was huge, the advantage was that most of them were young and strong, and there were few old and weak women and children, and the disadvantage was that they lost all their baggage, and after crossing the river, they only plundered Gaotang County, which could not last long.

To this end, Qu Shuai Bu Ji selected 5,000 elite soldiers from them, and the rest of the personnel continued to be under the command of Zhang Huan, but asked him to form regular soldiers and auxiliary troops, occupy Taishan County within half a month, and lead the Plains Yellow Turban Army and their families to be stationed in Qi County.

News from Donglai County, the general Huang Long was driven by the Youzhou army, and has now fled to Dongguan County, Xuzhou, and the Youzhou army did not cross the border to catch up, for this reason, Bu Ji guessed that if he fled to other states, the Youzhou army did not interfere, as long as he did not make trouble in Qingzhou.

The occupation of Chixian County, Taishan County, was one of his retreats; If the battle with the Youzhou army does not go well, he can lead the men and horses into Chi County, which means that there are three caves of cunning rabbits.

The eastern part of Chixian is the remaining vein of Mount Tai, the north is hilly, the south and the west are plains, you can plunder Yanzhou and Xuzhou when you enter, and you can enter the mountainous area of Mount Tai when you retreat.

Secondly, Qu Shuai Buji began to consider the matter of recruitment; According to the news that came, the Youzhou Army made reasonable arrangements for all the ordinary people who surrendered; Regardless of whether they were captured or surrendered voluntarily, the commanders and generals of the Yellow Turban Army were appointed as official officers; This made him see an opportunity, it seems that the Youzhou Army is not hostile to the Yellow Turban Army, and their target is only the three Zhang Jiao brothers.

If he can surrender to the Youzhou Army, not only can he become a full-fledged officer, but he can also fight for a good life for the majority of Taiping Dao believers, isn't this the goal of their uprising?

So, he decided to increase the intensity of looting, and if he was forced to be helpless in the future, he could give it to the Youzhou Army as a meeting gift, in exchange for the lives of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers.

Because of the formation of an army, when they went out to raid without their families, the efficiency of raiding was greatly increased; In the following period, Taishan County, Jibei County, Dongjun, Dongping State, Lu State and other wealthy counties were plundered by the Yellow Turban Army under the jurisdiction of Bu Ji, and the harvest was rich.

And he also gathered together the horses and mules he had plundered, and selected sturdy horses and mules to form a cavalry force of more than 500 men, which served as scouts and his guards, so that he could escape; The horses that won the weak formed a baggage transport team.

War is the best school, Bu Ji constantly thinks about gains and losses, and gradually improves, whether it is his command and management level, or the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army, it has improved rapidly.