Lantian County: "Ming Gong, our army's fire oil is almost exhausted. Huang Fu Song's lieutenant walked to Huang Fu Song's side helplessly, glanced at the military camp that stretched for miles not far from the city, and said to Huang Fu Song.

"Huh? So fast? Huangfu Song frowned, glanced back at the lieutenant general, and then glanced at the dark walls under his feet and the charred corpses of the enemy soldiers inside the moat with a heavy expression.

The adjutant general nodded, sighed and said: "Ming Gong, our army has retreated to Lantian for half a month, and the materials and military rations transferred from Chang'an are consumed very quickly, and they can only hold on for another half a month at most." ”

"Got it" Huangfu Song nodded lightly, looked at the Zhangliang military camp in the south with a focused expression, and suddenly said in a sentence: "Is it all the north wind blowing recently?" ”

"Huh? Well, yes, during this time, the north wind blew a lot, and it blew very strongly, which was different from the situation in previous years. Although he couldn't keep up with Huangfu Song's thinking, the deputy general still nodded and said.

"I hope it can blow for a long time" Huangfu Song narrowed his eyes, as if he had thought of some way, but it seemed that because of the length of the north, he didn't dare to make a decision easily.

"Hey, what's going on in Luoyang?" With a sigh, Huangfu Song asked in a somewhat heavy voice.

In order to resist the troops of Zhang Liang and Zhang Jiao in the Sanfu region, the imperial court can be said to have sent all the soldiers and horses, and now 200,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in Yuzhou are in Sizhou, and the situation is extremely critical

"Captain Zhang's soldiers and horses are still stationed in Xinzheng, and the 200,000 ant thieves under the command of Bocai should not be able to enter Sizhou, but Captain Zhang's soldiers and horses are only more than 20,000 people, and the situation is a little tight." The adjutant general said with a worried face.

"The biggest threat is not Bocai, but the Yellow Turban Commander of Nanyang, known as the "God Envoy" Zhang Mancheng, this person is deeply valued by Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang led the troops to attack my Sanfu, the entire Jingzhou Yellow Turban Army has actually been under Zhang Mancheng's rule, if Zhang Mancheng leads the army north to join Bocai, the two coalition troops are as many as 340,000, Luoyang's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are impossible to hold, when the time comes" Huangfu Song looks very haggard, now the Han world can be said to be precarious, there is a danger of annihilation at any time, in case Luoyang is captured, That big man really exists in name only.

"Duke Ming, why didn't Your Majesty edict the Divine Marquis to go south? Shenhou has more than one million elites in his hands, and wanting to pacify the Yellow Turban Army is like probing for something" The deputy general has always been puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more, and at this time, seeing that Huangfu Song was interested in talking about the current situation, he couldn't help but ask out loud.

"A million elites are elites!!" Huangfu Song had a deep helplessness on his face, and said with a wry smile: "But these million elites are Shenhou's subordinates!" ”

"Huh??" The pupils shrank, the deputy general was a smart man, from Huang Fu Song's words, he guessed Huang Fu Song's thoughts, in Huang Fu Song's view, the Son of Heaven did not dare to use Liu Tai, worried that after Liu Tai went south, Liu Tai would aim the contradiction at the imperial court

"Hehe" Seeing the frightened look of the deputy general, Huangfu Song smiled and said: "Don't think too much, everything is not a foregone conclusion, whether the Shenhou will have different intentions, no one knows, the situation can still be maintained at this time, Your Majesty will not let the Shenhou go south, if it really comes to a critical moment"

In the eyes of some imperial generals such as Huangfu Song, the biggest reason why Emperor Ling did not let Liu Tai go south was that he was worried that Liu Tai would take the opportunity to occupy the Central Plains prefectures and counties such as Ji and Qingdao, after all, most of these states and counties have now fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves.

If Liu Tai will rebel, then Huang Fu Song does not believe it, because the ancients have always talked about faith and righteousness, everything about Liu Tai was given by Emperor Ling, and Emperor Ling has always unconditionally supported Liu Tai's actions, even if Liu Tai changed the law in Northern Xinjiang, he was not punished by Emperor Ling, Emperor Ling treated Liu Tai like this, if Liu Tai also rebelled, I am afraid that Liu Tai will be marked with a big cross in the hearts of the people of the world, and then the gains will outweigh the losses.

Of course, although the meaning of raising troops to rebel and separating states and counties is similar, there is at least a fig leaf, the fig leaf of the imperial court, and it does not need to be to the point of meeting each other, and Liu Tai's power has been monstrous at this time, if the entire Hebei is under his rule, who is still Liu Tai's opponent? As long as Emperor Ling has a case, Liu Tai is likely to be the emperor as soon as possible, who can stop him when the time comes?

"En" Deputy General nodded, knowing that some things are very taboo, it is not good to say more, after all, the Son of Heaven and the Divine Marquis are both high-ranking figures, even if the Emperor Fu Song is not good to talk about in private, in case he offends the Divine Marquis or the Son of Heaven, no one has a good time.

"Ming Gong, what is the use of the oil and sulfur that you want to prepare a few days ago? These things are all flammable, and if the water goes out, Lantian County will be destroyed on it. The adjutant general asked at Huangfu Song.

"Hehe" Huangfu Song withdrew the corners of his mouth, glanced at the deputy general, smiled meaningfully, and said: "Fire is a great weapon to kill the enemy!" ”

Runan, the county town of Xinxi, ==========, was one of the most prosperous counties in the Han Dynasty in the past, and it was also an important place for the Han Dynasty to control southern Xinjiang with Yuzhou, but at this time, Runan has completely become a hell on earth!

Hell on Earth, Shura World! Since Zhang Bao besieged Xinxi County, the 600,000-strong army began to plunder in Yuzhou for a long time, not only against the gate lord clan, but also even the ordinary people, completely turned into a devil army that wiped out people's surnames.

Yangzhou is rich in the world, and there are no natural disasters [***], why would Zhang Bao's army make such a short-sighted move under the worry-free logistics?

In fact, outsiders don't know that in the interior, Zhang Bao has been under great pressure, and the rebel army is a mixture of fish and dragons, not to mention loose military discipline, not even all the commanders at the grassroots level, most of them are nominally controlled by someone, so that a situation has been formed in which military orders are passed down but not handed down, and there have even been many cases of withholding military rations and burning and killing people without permission.

Zhang Bao is not a very good commander, when the incident of looting the people just happened, Zhang Bao adopted a strategy of turning a blind eye, causing the looting troops to become larger and larger, more and more terrifying, some people even in order to satisfy their own selfish desires, often after the looting, women are pulled into the army as a military record, men either join the army, or all killed, is it necessary for the elderly and children to stay?

A righteous division, because of the unclear division of labor, directly degenerated into the devil, and there is even a nursery rhyme in the market for "drove away the officers and soldiers to the Yellow Turban, and after paying the money, they paid the grain, the Han Ting soldiers collected food and did not kill people, and the Yellow Turban soldiers collected grain and slaughtered the door." It can be seen how bad the status of the yellow scarf has been in the hearts of the people in just over a month.

In this comparison, the officials and soldiers who originally exploited the people suddenly became angels, because although the officers and soldiers exploited, they would not kill people indiscriminately, nor would they leave people alive, but what about the yellow turban thieves? It's completely a tiger into the flock, eating in the mouth, looking at it, not letting go of a single one, killing if you can, grabbing when you can, it's just a bandit.

"Ming Gong, the Yellow Turban Thieves slaughtered four or five more nearby villages, these bastards are completely cannibalistic demons!!" Zhu Jun's lieutenant said to Zhu Jun with an angry face.

Zhu Jun's eyes flashed with a confused color, compared with Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun takes the people more seriously, and Zhu Jun is also very capable of governing the state and county, Jizhou has been governed by Zhu Jun, and now the prosperity of commerce, and the wealth of the people, second only to the two states in northern Xinjiang, it can be said that it took a lot of effort, and the Yellow Turban Army's massacre of the people in front of him can be said to have hurt Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun has been an honest official all his life, although he has Jizhou, but the money and food in his family are not as good as a small gate valve, and he is a rare model-level official in the Han Dynasty, but just such an official, such a general, but he can't change the current situation in front of him, and the hatred in his heart can be imagined, although Zhu Jun has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, but the enemy army is several times that of Zhu Jun.

"Hey, our army is at a disadvantage, if the enemy army does not mess up, it is impossible to break the enemy in a short time, it is better to wait for the fighter, by the way, how long can the grain and grass support?" Zhu Jun shook his head sadly, looking at the Yellow Turban Joint Camp that stretched for more than ten miles in the military camp opposite, a bloodshot fell from his lips.

"Because Ming Gong ordered the whole army to save food, now the grain and grass can be used for about a month." The adjutant general obviously knew the situation of the military rations for a long time, and said to Zhu Jun.

"A month?" Zhu Jun narrowed his eyes and responded lightly: "It's enough, it won't take a month, at most half a month, there will be chaos inside the Yellow Turban, and then it will be the time when I, Zhu Jun, will have a decisive battle with these scumbags!" ”

"Half a moon? Where did Ming Gong's words come from? Although the Yellow Turbans plundered the township and committed public anger, the army's spirit is still as stable as Mount Tai. The adjutant general was stunned and asked out loud in confusion.

"Steady as Mount Tai??" Zhu Jun smiled disdainfully, and said extremely mockingly: "Look, if the Yellow Turban Army continues like this, the whole army will be defeated in half a month. ”

"Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat!!" Zhu Jun gritted his teeth and said loudly.

=========Zhang Bao Barracks" bastards, a group of bastards are angry with me, angry with me!! Zhang Bao, who was wearing a yellow Heavenly Master robe, threw a book in his hand on the ground with a furious expression, and shouted angrily.

"Guru is angry," a talented figure who looked extremely white and pure, said lightly to Zhang Bao. This person's identity in the army is very unusual, but he is Zhang Bao's think tank, En, that is, Jia Long, one of the two Jia recommended by Jia Xu!!

"Humph!" Zhang Bao snorted coldly, and said with an extremely impatient face: "These gate lord clans, day by day, are getting more and more excessive, in order to earn the money of this master, they actually sit on the ground and raise the price, and the price of grain and grass has more than tripled!" ”

"Three?" Jia Long's pupils shrank, obviously frightened, except for the northern Xinjiang, the price of food in other states and counties in the Han Dynasty was already sky-high, but now it has tripled, that is simply an astronomical amount, how can the Yellow Turban Army eat it, how can it get this money?

"What are the Master's plans?" A gleam flashed in Jia Long's eyes, and he asked in a pointed voice.

"Intended?? Heh" Zhang Bao smiled coldly, glanced at Jia Long, and said: "It's very simple, since the sergeants and soldiers of the army have robbed even ordinary people now, there is no reason to let go of these men and women who have plenty of oil and water, they refuse to give food?" Want money? Death for money? Very well, the master will kill them first!! ”

(To be continued)