It is said that Zhang Jiao was defeated by Liu Yuan, and then led the remnants of the defeated army to flee to the east. Halfway through, Zhang Jiao thought about it and was angry and embarrassed, and after an old injury attacked, he squirted a few mouthfuls of blood and passed out. The leaders under his command were in a panic, but they led the army and fled to Xindu, the capital of Jizhou Prefecture.

Xindu, the capital of Anping County, is also the capital of Jizhou.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Jizhou Assassin Shi was killed, and Xindu fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban, and now it has changed from one of the best metropolises in the world to a sparsely populated, desolate and boundless abandoned city.

A cool breeze blew, and the blood-stained straw and rotten pieces of cloth on the streets of Xindu flew up in a mess, revealing the rusty broken swords hidden underneath.

Suddenly, there was a loud but scattered sound of footsteps, and the doors and windows on both sides of the street were sparsely pulled apart and opened a few gaps, but I saw a few pairs of timid eyes looking at the street.

On the road, a group of soldiers with yellow scarves walked by dejectedly, so frightened that the doors and windows were immediately closed tightly

Liu Yuan looked at the map, didn't raise his head, and asked Dian Wei beside him, "Is there a whereabouts of the remnants of Zhang Jiao?" ”

"Yes, young master." Dian Wei said: "Just now came the news that the remnants of Zhang Jiao's army have entered Xindu. ”

"Sindu?" Liu Yuan raised his head and said, "Zhang Jiao is running really fast, it's only been half a day, and he has already run more than 100 miles." ”

"Hehe, aren't you scared? Young Master, what should I do next? ”

"Pass the order, confiscate the blades, dismiss the Yellow Turban captives, let the sons and daughters have a full meal, set off when it is dark, and must rush to Xindu when it is ugly!"

"Whoa!"

On this night, Zhang Jiao woke up quietly, looked around, and said weakly: "Someone." ”

saw that Hula was pushed open, and more than a dozen leaders rushed in.

"Great Sage and Good Master, how are you?"

"Great sage and good teacher, you have to take care of your health!"

Listening to everyone's gossip of greetings, a warmth rose in Zhang Jiao's heart, and he coughed lightly a few times, asking people to help him up, and said, "Where is this?" ”

"Sindu."

"Sindu?" Zhang Jiao groaned slightly, and said, "Can the Youzhou army pursue?" ”

"Nope." The generals shook their heads.

"Let's talk about the current situation of Shinto."

"Yes. Three months ago, our Taiping army cut through the walls of Xindu and captured Xindu. However, because you entered Ye County in the west, the army, grain and grass here were evacuated, so"

"So we must immediately lead our army south!" Zhang Jiao's face swelled with a strange blush: "The city of Xindu is broken, and it can't stop the Youzhou Iron Horse; There is no food and grass, and it cannot support an army of 30,000; An empty city is to block the attack of the Youzhou army, and it is impossible to stay for a long time. Therefore, everyone, give the order at once, the army is marching out, and we are going south! ”

"Great sage and good teacher, where are we going south? Which city do I mean? ”

"Guangzong!" Zhang Jiao said categorically: "Guangzong still has a lot of grain and grass and 30,000 troops, although it is not elite, it is not bad. Moreover, Guangzong is close to the Qinghe River, the water potential of the Qinghe River is quite large, and there is only one boundary bridge connected to Qinghe County, if the Youzhou army pursues it, this heavenly master only needs to disconnect the boundary bridge and enter Qinghe County, so that Liu Yuan can look at each other across the river, helpless! ”

When Liu Yuan's army marched into Xindu, he did not see a single Yellow Turban soldier. Please ask the remnants of the letter, and ask carefully, only to know that an hour ago, Zhang Jiao's army had gone south!

"It's so fast!"

Dian Wei kicked a rotten piece of wood away, and was very unhappy: "Young master, Zhang Jiao fled south, what should we do?" ”

Liu Yuan knew that Zhang Jiao had fled south, so he took out the map he carried with him and carefully investigated it under the faint oil lamp.

"Zhang Jiao's main force is in Ye County, and he will never go to the east of Jizhou." Liu Yuan ruled out Zhang Jiao's speculation that he would take advantage of the smoke screen of the southern escape to go east, and set his eyes on Qinghe County: "He didn't dare to return, and went from Julu to Guangping, so he could only go south to Qinghe, and then go west to Guangping, and then enter Ye County, Wei County." ”

"Guangzong!"

Liu Yuan's eyes lit up and he stared at Guangzong.

Historically, Guangzong was Zhang Jiao's tomb.

Moreover, the terrain of Guangzong is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are a large number of Yellow Turban troops stationed, and it is not too far away from Ye County, which is the most ideal place for Zhang Jiao.

"Lao Dian, immediately order the army to march quickly, and you must rush to Zhang Jiao before blocking the boundary bridge! Second, Feiying sent a letter to Anyang Hero Tower, asking him to inform Lu Zhi and drag Cheng Zhiyuan! ”

"Uhh

After Dian Wei retreated, he smashed his mouth and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, I didn't finish eating those eagles, otherwise the task assigned by the young master would not have been completed. Thinking of this, Dian Wei's throat rolled, and he remembered the taste of roasted eagle meat with spirits

Anyang, the base camp of Lu Zhi's army.

In Anyang City, the largest and most prosperous restaurant, the Hero Building, is located not far from the county office.

Early in the morning, the shopkeeper of the Hero Building took the two juniors and walked towards the county office.

"Stop!"

The county guard stopped the shopkeeper and said, "Military land, idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Good morning, two military masters, Xiaomin has important matters that need to meet Lord Lu Zhi of Beizhong Lang, and I am tired of informing him." ”

"You're a small people, and you actually met General Beizhong Lang? Got a fever, huh? The guard on the left looked arrogant, mocking and touching the hilt of his sword with a threatening look.

The guard on the right hurriedly stopped him and whispered, "You kid is confused, right?" This man is the shopkeeper of the Hero Building, right? ”

The left guard nodded inexplicably and said, "Not bad." ”

"Who's behind the Hero Building?" The right guard said: "Champion Hou! It's the general of Beizhong Lang, a big man who also wants to bow his head, you dare to stop him?! Look for death! ”

The left guard was startled, and his raised face immediately nodded, smiled, and said to the shopkeeper: "Wait a minute, the shopkeeper will go to report immediately." ”

When Lu Zhi received the report, he pondered while instructing his subordinates to bring the shopkeeper into the house.

The Hero Building is affiliated with the Central Plains Commercial Bank. And the Central Plains Commercial Bank was Liu Yuan's tool for collecting money. The shopkeeper of this hero building asked to see him, presumably at the behest of Liu Yuan. There must be some military intelligence that needs to be exchanged.

When the shopkeeper entered the door and saluted, Lu Zhi was not verbose, and said directly: "What is the important matter of the champion Hou?" ”

"Lord Zhonglang, my owner sent a message in the early hours of this morning, let the little one inform Lord Zhonglang of the news."

"Oh?" Lu Zhi said indifferently: "Let's hear it." ”

"The owner has defeated Zhang Jiao in Julu, yesterday afternoon, Zhang Jiao's remnants retreated to Xindu, the owner led the army to pursue, Zhang Jiao abandoned Xindu again, fled to Guangzong. The proprietor's meaning is to ask Bei Zhonglang to drag Lord Lu Zhi to Cheng Zhiyuan in Ye County. ”

"Oh!" Lu Zhi was shocked: "The champion Hou is really powerful, Zhang Jiao has become a lost dog, and he fled in embarrassment!" You go back and pass the message, the meaning of Dao Champion Hou Lu someone already knows, just let him rest assured! ”

The shopkeeper resigned when he heard this.

At this time, a person came out of the back hall, and at first glance, it was Gongsun Zhan.

"Teacher."

Lu Zhi glanced at him and said, "What does Bogui have in mind?" ”

"Teacher," Gongsun Zhan frowned, and said, "Liu Yuan wants the teacher to hold back most of the Yellow Turban's troops, and annihilate Zhang Jiao himself, and take the credit alone!" ”

"How could Bergui have such an idea?"

After hearing this, Lu Zhi's face was ordinary, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "The most important thing now is to defeat the Yellow Turban and return the Han Dynasty to a Qingping." Instead of fighting for success! Isn't it the same who killed Zhang Jiao? As soon as Zhang Jiao dies, the yellow turban has no leader, it is a good time to destroy the thief! You have to remember that everything we do is for the Han, not the individual! ”

Gongsun Chan lowered his head and hurriedly admitted his mistake, but the trace of dissatisfaction that flashed in his eyes did not let Lu Zhi see it.

In Gongsun Zhan's view, there is no conflict between serving the country and entering the center of power. Instead of giving the opportunity and credit to others, why not do it yourself? But Lu Zhi's thought made him very speechless, and even rose to the point of stupidity

Gaodu, and the county of Shangdang County, is the closest county seat to Sili Hanoi County.

Here, about 12,500 troops were stationed. It was Huang Chang's 5,000 heavy cavalry, more than 3,500 light infantry (nearly 500 people were lost when Huguan was captured), and 4,000 crossbowmen.

A few days ago, Huang Chang took Zhao Yun as the vanguard, and ordered two thousand heavy cavalry to block the way to Huguan, and completely wiped out the two Yellow Turban Army at Huguan and Huguankou, but now it was stationed in Gaodu unknowingly under the condition that Zhang Yan did not expect at all.

"General Huang, taking advantage of Zhang Yan's unnoticed, did he immediately send troops to attack?"

Liu He, the commander of the heavy cavalry, Zhao Yun, who had been promoted to deputy commander, the commander of the light step, the commander of the bow and crossbow battalion, and the general Huang Chang were discussing the strategy of the march while looking at the map.

"The so-called soldiers are fast, so they naturally have to attack as soon as possible." Huang Chang said: "But which city to attack has to be discussed carefully." ”

"Not bad." Zhao Yun also pointed to the map and said: "The main force of Zhang Yan's army is stationed in Wen County, and there are also yellow turbans stationed in Qinshui, Yewang, Huaixian, and Shanyang. Our main purpose is to cripple or even annihilate Zhang Yan with one blow. Therefore, which city to attack is the most important thing. I propose to send scouts to scout the place where the Yellow Turbans are hoarding grain and grass first, and then make a decision! ”

"Zilong means attacking the Yellow Turban Granary?" Huang Chang's eyes lit up and said, "It's a good idea!" I guess that Zhang Yan's army must be in Huai County! Huai is the capital of Hanoi, the city is high and thick, and it is the closest to Van County, so "

"Huaixian?! Reasonable! Liu He also said: "Zhang Yan is much gentler than the other Yellow Turban Qu Shuai. The city of Huaixian County was not greatly damaged, and the Hero Building was not forced to close. Therefore, the scout battalion Flying Eagle should be asked to pass on the book and ask a detailed question. ”

"Okay, that's it!"

Yingchuan, Chosha.

It was summer, and the sun was like fire.

Huangfu Song's army was stationed on the side of a large reed swing outside the Changshe.

The reeds within a few tens of meters of the perimeter were cleared. Huangfu Song is a veteran of the battlefield, so he naturally knows the scourge of this reed, if Bocai is a fire, then the army under his command will definitely suffer heavy losses.

In fact, Bocai also thought of this solution. Helplessly, the emperor was old and spicy, the military camp was carefully arranged, and the reeds were cleaned up, so he couldn't find a chance to start.

The two armies held each other in Changshe in this way, and Huangfu Song could not attack the Changshe that Bocai was defending, and Bocai could not escape the encirclement of Huangfu Song

Dingtao, Zhu Jun's army has been stationed here.

Last time, Sun Jian offered a plan of water attack, when Zhang Liang's army attacked Dingtao, he dug the embankment of Heze Lake, making Dingtao a radius of dozens of miles into a flood, Zhang Liang was flooded and lost about half of his army, retreated to Chengshi, and confronted Zhu Jun.

Although Zhang Liang suffered heavy losses, he still had more than 100,000 troops, and Zhu Jun's more than 50,000 people were still difficult to take.

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