The 500,000 Yellow Turban Army marched mightily across the wilderness, extremely slowly, not because of the continuous rainy weather, nor because of the unfamiliar geographical environment, but because more than half of the entire army were old and weak women and children, although it claimed to be a strong force with 500,000 strong soldiers, in fact, it was only 150,000 young and strong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order to exaggerate their strength, the Yellow Turban Army deliberately lined up all the young and strong soldiers on the periphery, and the old and weak women and children were interspersed with walking in the middle of the team.

It is precisely because of the uneven physique of the Yellow Turban Army that although the entire army has been on the order of Deng Yi to make a detour to attack Dongjun, it has been walking for more than half a month, but it has just arrived in Dingtao slowly.

In order to prevent things from changing, the Yellow Turban Army sent Chen Tianba, a fierce general in the army, to lead 20,000 cavalry, as the vanguard force, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo, and he had conquered Heze and was approaching Dongjun step by step.

The 20,000 cavalry are all veterans of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, not only are they young and powerful, they are experienced, and even the armor and weapons are different from ordinary bandit farmers, all of them are the equipment of the Luohan Army.

However, this elite army inexplicably rested on the spot after conquering Lihu and stopped advancing, not because they found out that Xiahoudun led hundreds of soldiers to guard the opposite bank, but because overnight, the generals who could command the march and fight were all gone, and now the group of thieves has no leader, and it is a crime to kill the head to send troops without authorization, so the 20,000 cavalry had to stop in place and wait to join the large army.

Fortunately, there is a lot of food in Lihu County, enough for this group of thieves to eat and drink, this time without the restraint of the main general, the canal chiefs of the following teams, at first it was quite peaceful, and within a few days they began to lead troops around to rob women's property, which caused the anger of the heavens, but in the face of the elite of 20,000, even if the local wealthy people were resentful, no one dared to openly confront it, for fear of stabbing the hornet's nest and being retaliated by the thieves, so as long as the yellow turban thieves did not come to harass, they did not send private soldiers to stop them, and they swept the snow in front of the door one by one.

The Yellow Turban Army plundered a small force of dozens of people, although they knew that the Hao clan had the most oil and water, but they knew that any Hao clan was not easy to mess with, even if it was weak, there must be more than 100 private soldiers under his command, and if he met the family, he had more than 100 soldiers, so the head of the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to offend rashly, and the two sides were at peace with each other.

But in this way, the people and shops in the county town suffered, and in just a few days, most of them have been looted, and thousands of people have been displaced.

Xiahoudun on the other side of the river can only be secretly anxious, but there is nothing he can do, if he leads his troops to attack rashly, at most he will only kill more than 100 enemies, which is just a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of thieves, if this leads to a war between the two armies, I am afraid that it will break the plan drawn up in advance, and the gains outweigh the losses.

All he could do was to patrol the riverbank with dozens of guards before dawn every day, and when he encountered refugees crossing the river, he would lend a helping hand to scare off the pursuing thieves.

The refugees who crossed the river were naturally grateful to Xiahoudun, but they were more in a daze, where could they go if they left their hometown? In front of it is the East County, is the East County completely safe? Even if it is safe, I am afraid that everything I have worked hard will have to start all over again.

There are even many unfortunate families who have lost their loved ones, although they fled the river in panic, but they are not very glad that they are still alive, often across the river, looking in the direction of home, silently weeping, and even crying, making people sigh.

Xiahoudun saw all this, but this is all he can do at the moment, sometimes he is even a little jealous, jealous of Zhang Wei and others, there is no need to sit here all day watching the tragedy unfold in front of him, now he only hopes that their strategy will work as soon as possible, and then he can return to Puyang to get drunk, hoping that the hangover can make him forget these unhappiness for a while.

Chen Tianba sat up from the bed with his head covered, and shouted in a daze: "Come on, get some hot water for Ben General!" ”

There was silence all around, and no one answered, so he yawned and shouted again, "Someone, people?" Are you all deaf? ”

Chen Tianba was furious, just about to have a seizure, but suddenly found that something was wrong with this room, he clearly remembered that after he conquered Lihu, he drank heavily with the generals in the county governor's mansion, although he drank a little more, but at least he remembered that the room he slept in was a boudoir, and the whole room was filled with a refreshing aroma, of course, a beautiful concubine of the county lieutenant on the bed.

But now the place in front of me was crude, the whole room smelled strange, the sheets were so dirty that a casual shake could lift up a layer of dirt, and what was even more outrageous was that the window paper was almost all broken, except for the bare window frames, and occasionally some spider threads were entangled.

Haven't you woken up yet? Chen Tianba rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked at it again, the surroundings were still in a dilapidated state, not at all like the magnificence of the county governor's mansion.

He walked slowly to the door, and the two wooden doors closed diagonally together, revealing a large gap, and with a gentle push of his hand, it slammed and fell heavily to the ground.

The sky was gray, and the drizzle was slowly falling, drenching the whole air, mixed with the smell of mold, which was unbearable.

The place where Chen Tianba is located is indeed a mansion, but it should be a mansion from decades ago, and now the whole garden is overgrown with weeds, thorns, and the tiles on the promenade are incomplete.

A squeak, coming from the room next to him, startled Chen Tianba, he pulled out the saber at his waist, and walked over cautiously, but saw a Qu Shuai standing at the door who drank with him yesterday, his face was slightly red, presumably he had not yet woken up, but when he saw this incredible scene in front of him, he suddenly sobered up, but fortunately there was Chen Tianba standing in front of him, in this strange environment, it was a good thing to be able to meet the old man.

After a while, in the surrounding guest rooms, people came out one after another, and there were seven or eight people coming out of some rooms, looking at the dust on their armor, they knew that they were sleeping on the ground last night, Chen Tianba counted the number of people, a full forty people, all of them were generals at the level of Qu Shuai, many of whom were actually Qu Shuai who should have been in Dingtao, and now they were gathered in such a place overnight.

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