In the autumn of the first year of Xingping, August 12

Runan Taishou Feng Yao launched a fierce attack on the Runan Yellow Turban. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On August 15, Zhou Cang took the lead in capturing Nanton County, which was 100 miles north of the county and Pingyu, and lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and a member of the general, Zhou Cang was furious, refused to accept surrender after breaking the city, and wiped out more than 1,000 Yellow Turbans in the city, killing more than 3,000 enemies in total, and then searched the local gentry who were connected with the Yellow Turbans, exterminated them all, and confiscated all family property.

After Feng Yao received the expedited express, he was startled, and hurriedly replied to Zhou Cang, appeased Zhou Cang, and ordered him not to condone the soldiers, so as not to have too much impact.

After Zhou Cang received Feng Yao's reply, he calmed down, strictly restrained his troops, did not allow anyone to violate military discipline, and recorded all the soldiers who died in the battle in a timely manner, so that they could be compensated in the future, and rewarded the soldiers who were too seriously injured in the battle, and rewarded them with houses, fields, slaves, money and grain, etc., and placed them all in Nanton City, and recorded their meritorious deeds in detail, and then rewarded them for their meritorious deeds in the future.

As soon as Zhou Cang's move came out, the people of Nanton suddenly recovered from fear, and the city was jubilant, and Zhou Cang's reputation suddenly started in the Nanton area, all of them were afraid and respected by Zhou Cang, and the yellow scarves of Ruyang County were frightened, and fled when they heard the wind, and retreated to the west to call the mausoleum.

On 16 August, Ji Ling sent a letter of praise to Xincai County, where 1,000 troops were surrendered and nearly 2,000 enemies were destroyed, but 3,000 yellow turbans were surrendered, and the total strength of the unit reached more than 8,000 people, and after nearly 1,000 wounded soldiers were settled, there were still more than 7,000 soldiers.

On the same day, Dai Ling captured Gushi County, Dai Ling personally attacked the city, took the lead in climbing the city wall, up to nine feet tall, a big shield even blocked and smashed, coupled with the amazing appearance of the terrifying and shocking earth-breaking mace, a stick was swung out of two or three enemy soldiers died tragically, under the opening of these two heavy weapons, Dai Ling's army only suffered less than 100 casualties, and then captured Gushi City, more than 1,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in the city surrendered, and more than 1,000 people fled out of fear, according to the news of the scouts, The fleeing yellow turbans fled to the county seat of Liyang County, forty miles to the west.

Feng Yao personally led the Second Route Army of 5,000 people, more than 100 horses, according to the agreed plan on August 13, arrived at Gushi City was August 17, spent four days on the road, Feng Yao rushed to Gushi City with grain and grass, first praised Dai Ling in front of the generals, and then took Dai Ling alone to the secret room.

"Dai Ling, how long has it been since the rebellion of the displaced people in Pingyu City?" Feng Yao asked with a serious face.

Dai Ling was a little uneasy, he saw a hint of reproach in the eyes of the lord Feng Yao, Dai Ling immediately knelt on the ground and replied: "Since following the lord in Pingyu City, Ling has not dared to forget the grace of the lord for a day, and it has been a whole year and another month. ”

Feng Yao didn't actually want to punish Dai Ling, if that was the case, Feng Yao would punish him in public!

As a servant, Dai Ling's status has always been lower than that of other generals, and it is not compared with Zhou Cang Chen Zhi and other righteous brothers, but Dai Ling is definitely the most loyal one, when there is danger, the first thing that comes to mind is to protect Feng Yao's safety, and he never shows off when he makes meritorious contributions.

What Feng Yao wanted to blame was that Dai Ling should not be brave enough to attack the Solid First City, in case he unfortunately lost a general because of this, how could Feng Yao be embarrassed?

"You have been with me for a long time, don't you know how important you are in my heart!" Feng Yao reproached bitterly, "This siege is still a good victory, if there is any mistake and unfortunately dies, won't it be a disappointing of my high hopes for you!" ”

Dai Ling's heart was touched, he lowered his head in shame, he didn't dare to look at Feng Yao's eyes, his voice also changed a little, and he bowed down, "Lord, Dai Ling knows it's wrong!" Please, the Lord punishes you! ”

Feng Yao sighed, helped Dai Ling up, and said, "Don't only care about personal courage in the future!" Learn how to be the commander of the three armed forces! We still have a lot of tough battles to fight in the future, and as the main general, you must not take risks! The three armies are gone, you can still recruit, if the general is damaged, then you can go to my arm! ”

"The mausoleum will never disappoint the lord again!" Dai Ling burst into tears.

"That's good! Dai Ling, the city defense and various post-war matters are still waiting for you to arrange, this time I won't interfere for the first time, I hope you can stabilize the people's hearts in Gushi immediately! Feng Yao said.

Dai Ling was ordered to retire.

Feng Yao then summoned the strategist Zhiyue and the scout commander Liu Shun and the others to discuss the current battle situation.

Liu Shun first reported the news he had just found out one by one.

Liu Pi, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan, Gong Du learned that Feng Yao's army was attacking, and after pulling out several counties, he could no longer sit still, Gong Du personally led 10,000 troops to supervise the battle in Liyang, intending to block Feng Yao's army in front of Liyang City.

At this time, the number of defenders in the city has reached 15,000, and the total strength of Feng Yao and Dai Ling is only 11,000, if another 2,000 are left to defend the city, at most 9,000 people can only be dispatched to attack the city, this battle Feng Yao is already at a disadvantage in terms of troops, it is definitely not possible to storm the city, and it is even more infeasible to besiege the city.

Fortunately, Zhou Cang, who was in charge of the offensive on the northern front, and Ji Ling, who was in charge of the offensive on the southern front, frequently passed on good news.

Ruyin Chen also received news that the soldiers, horses, money, and grain sent by the counties had basically arrived, and Cheng Gu had led 3,000 reinforcements north to reinforce Zhoucang on 16 August.

"Ziqing, do you have a good strategy for attacking Qiyang?" Feng Yao asked.

Zhiyue said: "Fujun, it's not easy to fight in Liyang!" Gong Du is the best among the Yellow Turban commanders, even Liu Pi on it cannot be compared, the Yellow Turban Army has almost looted Runan for several months, and most of the money and food obtained are stored in Pingyu City, so if the Yellow Turban Army uses Pingyu as a backup, defends Liyang, and insists on not going out of the city to fight, our army will be helpless! ”

Feng Yao asked again: "Then will our army attack Liyang or sit on the ground and wait for reinforcements?" ”

Zhi Yue pondered for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, he struck with both palms, and got up and praised: "Fu Jun, Zhi Yue has always thought that he is good at scheming, but when he thought about it, he realized that the wisdom of Fu Jun is great wisdom!" The three-line plan of the prince of the palace is also wonderful today! ”

"Huh? Doesn't Ziqing have a clever plan to break the enemy? ”

Feng Yao didn't think he was so smart, he was praised by Zhi Yue, but he felt a little embarrassed, the reason why he attacked on three fronts was actually just to recover Runan as soon as possible, and he couldn't help but set this strategy in his mind, as for the specific good, Feng Yao couldn't explain it clearly, anyway, he thought that this was the best.

Zhiyue's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Fujun, listen to me carefully." ”

"Liu Pi, Gong Du thinks that if he concentrates the grain and grass in Pingyu City, and then guards it with heavy troops, he can sit back and relax, even if he is surrounded by the enemy, he is not afraid, and his grain can be eaten for more than three years, but this is also where his weakness lies! In this way, the other counties of Runan County will inevitably be short of money and food, and their troops will be weak! As long as the army attacks, it will be difficult to hold on! ”

"The government set the strategy of attacking the counties on the third line and six routes on the same day, and now it seems to be wonderful! Our army only needs to drag the Gongdu army and make it unable to save other counties, then Zhou Cang Jiling and others can quickly capture the other counties, and after the six-way army will be together, then send troops to cut off the grain route between Pingyu City and Liyang City, and force the Yellow Turban defenders of Liyang City to go out of the city for a decisive battle! In the end, Pingyu is just a lonely city, and the prince can use the whole county's forces to besiege Pingyu to death, even if it is a strong attack, there will be no more worries! ”