After Zhang Bao exited Zhang Jiao's quiet room, he immediately rushed to the next place. In that place, people come and go all day long, and the river is endless. And the owner of that place is naturally the youngest of the three Zhang brothers, "General Rengong" Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang is more than eight feet tall, full of muscles all over his body, and his face is majestic. At this moment, he was scolding a young marshal of the Yellow Turban Army who was kneeling on the ground.

"Rubbish! lost dozens of brothers, and didn't even catch a single hair from others! Do you still have the face to see Lao Tzu? ”

The little handsome man who knelt on the ground didn't dare to argue, but lowered his head.

"The human general [the abbreviation of General Rengong], in fact, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on Lao Xi. That Dong Fat Man is said to be another '10,000 enemies' who emerged from Liangzhou after Duan Cheng, who just died a few years ago. When you meet such a guy, there are no hundreds or thousands of soldiers rushing up, but you can't tire him to death......"

A few handsome people on the side exonerated the little handsome on the ground in unison. Zhang Liang thought about it, his anger gradually subsided, he walked to the side of the handsome man who made a mistake, kicked this guy angrily, and said angrily:

"Get out! Don't let Lao Tzu see you within three days! ”

received a heavy kick on the waist, and the little handsome was not only not afraid, but overjoyed, and thanked him repeatedly:

"Thank you! Thank you! I'm going to get out of ......."

The other handsomes who were standing on the side also breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Renjiang's temper is like this. A kick means that this matter is over. Not showing up for three days means that everything will be back to normal on the fourth day.

After Zhang Liang sent his subordinates to plead guilty, Zhang Bao walked into Zhang Liang's military conference hall.

"Sixth brother!"

"Second brother, what's the matter?"

The two brothers usually take care of their own affairs, and if there are no important events, they don't see each other often. Zhang Liang had a straight temper, and he didn't bend around with Zhang Bao, so he asked straightforwardly.

"In four days, the Han army will go to battle with all its troops."

"What?"

Hearing the news, Zhang Liang was startled at first, but immediately reacted and shouted happily:

"Good! Lao Tzu waited for this, and the group of fearless ghosts from Jingshi finally dared to come out of the camp! Second brother, you wait a while. Come on, get together! I'm going to get the little ones ready to fight! ”

Seeing Zhang Liang's excitement, Zhang Bao was also infected by him a little. He didn't sell it either, and then threw out the next good news.

"The eldest brother will personally come forward to teach these hateful Han soldiers a lesson."

"Really?"

Zhang Liang became more and more excited.

"There is an eldest brother who has made a move, it seems that those Si Li sons and daughters are in danger of escaping now! In this case, second brother, we will also go out with the whole army to try to destroy the enemy in one go! ”

"How to arrange the formation, sixth brother, you have to think about it. This battle is not small, and the eldest brother is not interested in any battle! ”

"I know. Second brother, rest assured! ”

As a result, along with the orders conveyed by the top management of the Yellow Turban Army, the general mobilization of the Yellow Turban Army for war also began vigorously. A big battle with more than 100,000 people is about to begin!

Four days passed quickly.

In the past four days, Zhang Bao can be said to be busy. After all, it is not an easy task to manage the affairs related to the 150,000-strong army, especially the distribution of logistical baggage. In the absence of a large number of capable helpers, this task is naturally even more arduous. If it weren't for the Yellow Turban Army's extremely extensive system of "the commander in charge" and the fact that all kinds of matters within a unit could be handed over to the commanders who led the troops to deal with by themselves, even if Zhang Bao was split into eight for use, it would have been far from enough.

Of course, this kind of careless management method has greatly weakened the ability of the top management of Taiping Dao to dominate and control the internal affairs of the Yellow Turban Army. If it weren't for the incomparable lofty prestige of the "Great Sage and Good Teacher" Zhang Jiao, the Qu Shuai, who each held hundreds and thousands of subordinates tightly in their hands, might not have obediently obeyed the various orders issued by the high-level of Taiping Dao.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are both understanding people, and they know that today's organizational form is too loose, and the authority is exercised by many commanders below, which is not a long-term solution. However, the current situation is grim, and the Yellow Turban Army is not suitable for large-scale reorganization and reorganization. However, after defeating Dong Zhuo's army in front of him, if he wants to take advantage of the victory, he must reorganize the current more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Bao expected that the next few days would be even busier than the past four days.

More than 100,000 troops went out to fight, and if they were victorious, they cleaned up the battlefield, counted the captures, recorded the prisoners, arranged rewards, and registered military merits...... This large pile of chores is enough to keep Zhang Bao busy for more than ten days.

- If you lose......

- However, with the eldest brother [Zhang Jiao] out of the horse, how could the Yellow Turban Army fail?

The day of the decisive battle was set for a quick time. From early in the morning of this day, all units of the Yellow Turban Army began to bury pots and cook, straighten out weapons and armor, and wait for the order to go to war. Some soldiers with experience in the Great War know that before a full-scale battle, it will take an extremely long time just to get the 100,000-strong army in formation.

Speaking of which, the Guangzong Yellow Turban Army claims to be 400,000, but in fact the real number is only 150,000. And the real army of 150,000 people is actually the same as the Han army, which claims to be 120,000, but is actually 40,000, and it also contains a lot of water in it.

The figure of 150,000 is just a total population. In the army of the Yellow Turban Army of Guangzong, there are many old and weak women and children.

These old and weak women and children are all family members of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army. Of course, most of the families of the Yellow Turbans who were counted among the 150,000 people were the families of local believers in Guangzong. The families of the Yellow Turban soldiers from the rest of Jizhou were placed in a relatively safe rear.

Really calculated, in the Yellow Turban Army, which has a number of 150,000 people, Ding Zhuang, who can go into battle and fight after simple combat drills, is about 100,000.

Among the 100,000 Ding Zhuang, of course, there is also a difference between elite and ordinary troops. There are three most elite troops of the Guangzong Yellow Turban Army, the first elite unit is the "A Sergeant Battalion" commanded by Zhang Liang himself; the second elite is the "Flying Cavalry Battalion" led by Zhang Jiaoyi's son Zhang Yan; The third elite is the "Nine Battalions" directly under the jurisdiction of Zhang Bao.

The "Armor Battalion", as the name suggests, is made up of strong armored warriors. This army, numbering about four thousand, is fully equipped, and it is not inferior to the national soldiers of the Han army. Even the most important weapon of the Han army, the strong crossbow, was equipped with thousands of them. Most of the members are brave and light men in the countryside, or pious backbone personnel of Taiping Road. In terms of combat effectiveness, Zhang Liang is confident that he can outperform the local county soldiers of Jizhou of the same size.

The "Flying Cavalry Battalion" is naturally a lightly armed cavalry unit. Unlike Yanzhou and Xuzhou, which are inland states and counties, Jizhou and Youzhou, which are next to each other, are both border states and counties. Since it is not far from the pasture of the Hu people, it is not difficult to get war horses. Therefore, the number of cavalry under Zhang Yan was as high as 3,000. Even compared to the number of cavalry of the Han army, it is not far behind.

As for the "Nine Ground Battalion", strictly speaking, it is not actually a unit suitable for frontal combat. The head of the "Nine Places Battalion" included 300 armor soldiers, 400 light cavalry, 80 swordsmen and light warriors, and more than 100 Five Elements soldiers.

"Sun Tzu: The Fourth Military Form" has a cloud: "The good defender is hidden under the nine lands". The name of the Nine Ground Camp comes from this sentence of the art of war.

The main task of these seemingly miscellaneous personnel is not to engage the enemy head-on, but to raid and sabotage, assassinate and kidnap, reconnoiter behind enemy lines, steal intelligence, propaganda for psychological warfare, guard key personnel, and so on. If we use the terminology of later generations to describe it, the establishment of the "Nine Ground Battalion" is like a synthesis of spy personnel, reconnaissance troops, and special forces.

If the 150,000 Yellow Turban Army is compared to a person, then the "Jiashi Battalion" is the arm, the "Flying Cavalry Battalion" is the feet, and the "Nine Places Battalion" is the eyes and ears of the people. Taking these elite soldiers in their early 8,000s as the foundation, as the main force to break the enemy, and then using other Yellow Turban Army as cannon fodder, is the basic tactic used by the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army.

As for the rest of the Yellow Turban Army, it was quite chaotic in terms of organization. Generally speaking, with 500 to 1,000 people, as a battalion leader, led by a small commander. Above the little marshal, there is a "peace messenger" to coordinate the battle of about ten to twenty little marshals. And above the "Taiping Messenger" is the "General of the People" Zhang Liang.

It is impossible for an army of 150,000 to be dispatched on the battlefield. As soon as the old and weak are pulled into the battlefield, it will be a burden, and there will not be much combat ability. Second, the size of the battlefield is also difficult to accommodate so many people at one time. Although the area around Jizhou is all plains, it will be a little troublesome to find an open terrain that can fully deploy 100,000 troops.

Therefore, in Zhang Liang's plan, he was only going to dispatch 70,000 elite troops, divided into three routes, and launched from the middle and both flanks of the battlefield, so as to use the superior forces of his own side to surround the enemy army and launch a three-sided attack on it.

These three armies, each with 15,000 men on the left and right, opened the battle line from the two flanks to divide the strength of the Han army. As for the Middle Route Army, it was composed of 40,000 elite soldiers, including the "Armor Battalion" and the "Flying Cavalry Battalion", which shook the Han army from the front.

On the surface, the Yellow Turban Army's division of the 70,000-strong army into three lines seems to violate the principle of concentration of forces. In fact, this is also the reason why Zhang Liang has too many troops in his hands, and there are too few elites, which is difficult to fully deploy.

ps: Historically, Zhang Yan was not a member of the Yellow Turban Army, but the leader of another "Black Mountain Army" that arose after the fall of the Yellow Turban Army. The "Black Mountain Army" can be regarded as a branch of the Yellow Turban Army, and it also has a bit of a reputation in history. However, in this article, the matter about the Montenegrin Army will be arranged separately, and those who know it should not spray.