In late March of the second year of Zhongping (185 AD), Dongjun Taishou Cao Ying led an army of 5,000 into Changyuan, Chen Liuduwei Liu Bei led an army of 2,000 to force Jiyang, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, led an army of 6,000 according to Jiyin, and formed a three-sided encirclement of the Yellow Turban Army under Chen Liuzhang Liang.

At the beginning of April of the second year of Zhongping, Zhang Liang led 50,000 yellow scarves to abandon Chen Liu, Xia Yingchuan, and Ma Yue joined forces in Changshe, and camped for dozens of miles, which was a grand view. Fu Ming said, Zhang Liang built an altar to worship the sky in the Changshe, self-proclaimed Shenweitian general, and Ma Yue was named the invincible general, Cheng Yuanzhi was the hussar general, He Yi was the general of the chariot cavalry, Gao was promoted to the general of Wei, Liao Hua, Peng Tuo, Bian Xi, Sun Zhong, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Guan Hai and other big and small leaders were all called generals, and they were divided, and they killed pigs and sheep, and rewarded the three armies.

It's night, Ma Yue camp.

Guo Tu's expression was gloomy, he approached Ma Yue, and said worriedly: "Zhang Liang is so clever! Although the big leader is a general, he is above Cheng Yuanzhi, He Yi and others, but the large and small military must still abide by the orders of the general, and the three leaders of Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, and Pei Yuanshao are also generals, and the intention of dividing the eight hundred liukou is obvious. ”

Ma Yue said coldly: "Don't I know? But now is not the time to turn around. ”

Guo Tu said in a dark voice: "Zhang Liang is feasting the three leaders of Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao in the camp, and the villain is worried that Zhou Cang and the other three leaders may be bribed. ”

Ma Yue waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The public should be suspicious, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, and Pei Yuanshao are all loyal and righteous people, and they are in danger with me, and they are between life and death, how can they turn their backs so easily?" ”

Guo Tu said: "Zhang Liang regards the big leader as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he is afraid that he has a heart of intrigue, so he should be wary of it." ”

Ma Yue was cold, the tiger hurts people, how can people harmless the tiger's heart? If Zhang Liang wanted to divide the eight hundred liukou through Guan Hai, Zhou Cang or Pei Yuanshao, in order to achieve the purpose of controlling and using them, he would have miscalculated.

Zhang Liang camp, the torches are bright.

Zhang Liang raised the wine cup and said loudly: "Generals, please drink this cup to the full!" ”

Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, and Pei Yuanshao raised their glasses from afar, drank them all, Zhang Liang slapped the table and said loudly: "Happy!" It's been a long time since I've been so happy~~"

Guan Hai drank all the wine in the cup, then stood up and hugged his fists and said: "A certain military affairs is here, and I can't stay for a long time, so I will leave." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao also got up one after another, and said proudly: "A certain person also has military affairs in his body, so he will leave." ”

Zhang Liang frowned, and said solemnly: "Three generals, please stay." ”

Guan Hai's thick eyebrows furrowed, and he looked back at Zhang Liang and said, "What else is the matter?" ”

Zhang Liang tried his best to show a broad smile on his face, and asked, "In the dead of night, when you are resting, what are the urgent military affairs?" ”

Pei Yuanshao said: "You need to patrol the night." ”

Zhang Liang said: "The three of them are all generals, and the night patrol can be arranged for the pawns to go, so why do you need to go in person?" ”

Zhou Cang said: "The big head leads the order, and some dare not disobey it, so I will leave." ”

The three of them bowed their hands in unison, turned around and walked away.

The smile on Zhang Liang's face gradually stiffened, the roots of green tendons burst out from his arms, the wine overflowed from his palms, and an intact high-legged bronze wine cup was pinched and flattened. Gao Sheng, who accompanied the drink, also stood up and said to Zhang Liang: "Ma Yue is already a general, but the three of Zhou Cang still claim to be the big leader, and they clearly don't take the orders of the heavenly general in their eyes, which is really hateful. ”

Zhang Liang said coldly: "The most hateful person is not Zhou Cang's three people, but Ma Yue'er!" Ma Yue said that if he does not get rid of it, the soldiers of Yingchuan will not be able to return to their hearts. ”

Gao Sheng's eyes were cold, and the murderous intent appeared in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "General Tian, the last general can lead a group of men and horses, break into the Ma Yue camp in the dead of night, and stab them to death!" ”

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "No, the eight hundred rogues are all tigers and wolves, if it doesn't work, I'm afraid that they will be harmed, so we should slow it down." ”

Gao Sheng was shocked when he heard this, and remembered that when he was the elder teacher, he saw the neat and murderous momentum of the 800 Liukou army, which was really not comparable to the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang said: "Eight hundred liukou, the division of tigers and wolves, if it can be used by me, why worry about big things?" I will take it, I swear to take it~~"

……

Wei's city effect, Cao Ying's camp.

Cao Ying was looking at the map at the desk, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan stood solemnly according to their swords, all described as cold, Chen Gong and Cheng Yu were all around the case, pointing to the map, the two were discussing with Cao Ying, and suddenly heavy footsteps sounded from outside the tent, as soon as he heard the footsteps, Cao Ying smiled and said: "It must be Yuan Rang (Xiahou Yuan's table) back." ”

Cao Ying's voice fell, and Xiahou Dun's tall and sturdy figure had already stepped into the tent.

"Mengde, sometime and so."

Cao Ying said: "Yuan Rang, is there any news of Yingchuan thieves?" ”

Xiahou replied: "Tanma reported that Zhang Liang's thieves had entered the Changshe at the beginning of the month and met with Ma Yue's thieves, but there was no fire. ”

Cao Ying was surprised and said, "Haven't you ever been angry? ”

Xiahoudun replied: "No." ”

Chen Gong smiled and said, "This is expected, how can Yingchuan's Yellow Turban Thief be so easy to deal with?" If Ma Yue was so uncomposed, it would be impossible for the eight hundred Liukou to sweep the two counties of Nanyang and Yingchuan successively, causing Qin Jie to be defeated repeatedly, and Yuan Shu and Zhao Qianzhi were helpless. ”

Cheng Yu nodded and said: "Although Ma Yue is not easy to match, Zhang Liang should not be underestimated. ”

Chen Gong and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and said in unison: "However, Yingchuan Yellow Turban has a fatal hidden danger. ”

Cao Ren on the side showed a thoughtful look on his face, and couldn't help but ask, "What's the hidden danger?" ”

Cao Ying struck the festival and said: "One mountain is difficult to accommodate two tiger ears. ”

Chen Gong said: "Ma Yuezhi to Zhang Liang is like a tiger lying on a barren hill, but if there is wind and grass, it will burst out and hurt people." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Zhang Liangzhi is to Ma Yue, and it is like dry firewood accumulated in the room, but there are sporadic fires, which are skyrocketing fires." ”

"Tigers? Dry firewood? ”

Cao Ren's eyebrows tightened, puzzled.

Cao Ying stroked his palms and laughed: "Zhongde, Gongtai said well, haha~~"

While laughing, heavy footsteps sounded outside the tent again, Cao Ying squinted his eyes and said, "The fire is the best!" Yingchuan's sky-high fire seems to be about to ignite soon~~"

Cao Ying's voice fell, and Cao Hong's majestic figure had already entered with a straight face, and he hugged his fists and said proudly: "Lord, the military horses have been sent to the camp." ”

……

The sun hangs in the sky and there are no clouds.

By the beginning of April, the Yingchuan Plain was already lush and full of life, with fertile fields on both sides of the official road in good order, and farmers and woodcutters coming and going. As early as more than a month ago, the poor people in Yingchuan who had not been able to flee were pleasantly surprised to find that the 800 rogues who had recently entered Yingchuan were very different from the yellow turban thieves in the past.

In the past, the Yellow Turban thieves not only robbed grain, burned houses, but also coerced people, but there were men, women, old and young, all killed, very brutal, but the 800 Liukou did not commit any crime against them, only those big families in the township, the county Lishi clan suffered from the old disaster, not only many people were killed, but also the money and grain were robbed.

Therefore, the people of Yingchuan rushed to tell each other, there are many people who help the old and the young, and return together, only more than a month, the village house is rebuilt, the chickens and dogs smell each other, and the counties of Yingchuan will gradually recover to the weather. These kind and simple people are illiterate, and they don't know what righteousness is. Their only requirement was to be able to save enough food after a year of hard work, and that's it.

As for who rules them, it is not their concern, let alone their decision.

"Boom~~"

On the official road leading from Yangcheng to Yangzhai, there was a sudden sound of chaotic horses' hooves, which suddenly attracted the attention of the farmers on both sides of the official road and who were working in the fields.

On the river beach on the right side of the official road, more than 100 healthy horses are leisurely eating grass, and more than 10 strong men are gathering around two businessmen to drink and eat leisurely. The two of them bought more than 100 good horses in Liangzhou, and wanted to sell them to Xuzhou for a good price.

At this time, several house slaves had already discovered the swept cavalry, and shouted bitterly: "Master, it's not good, the Yellow Turban Thieves have killed ~~"

Su put his hands on the awning and looked at it for a moment, a gleam suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that the master who receives the horses is here, I have been a merchant in Su Shuang for many years, and I have never seen such a foolish business!" Hey, the officials and soldiers actually paid money to buy horses for thieves, it's really evil. ”

Zhang Shiping glanced at Su Shuang, and said in a deep voice: "We only need to make money, and we don't care about doing so much, tell the brothers, hurry up and leave~~"

Su Shuang shouted, more than a dozen strong men quickly turned over their horses, and more than a dozen horsemen galloped away in the direction of the Si Li's lieutenant headquarters, and the speed of escape was much faster than the speed of the Yellow Turban Thieves chasing, these merchants not only had excellent mounts, but also first-class riding skills, far from the Yellow Turban Thieves' group of half-hung cavalry riding inferior horses could be compared.

"Oh~Oh~Oh~~"

The Yellow Turban cavalry rushed over with a strange scream, and rushed like a tide to the healthy horses grazing leisurely on the riverbank, and only a dozen horsemen from the brigade were divided into a dozen horses to chase the fleeing merchants, but they gave up after only a few miles.

This cavalry is not Ma Yue's 800 Liukou, but a cavalry led by Zhang Liang's general Cheng Yuanzhi, and it is also the only cavalry in the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Liang's department. Cheng Yuanzhi watched the more than ten horsemen go away, knowing that he couldn't catch up anymore, so he had to curse and retreat, and when he saw the more than 100 healthy horses on the river beach, he couldn't help grinning with joy again!

There has always been a shortage of horses in the Yellow Turban Army, and even many generals can only fight on foot, and suddenly getting such a large number of war horses, Cheng Yuanzhi can't help but smile.

However, Cheng Yuanzhi was happy for less than a quarter of an hour, the dust and smoke on the official road in front of him returned, and another group of cavalry came over violently, although the number was small and only more than fifty horsemen, but the iron armor was forested, the red cherry blossoms were like blood, the steel blades were shiny, and the cold air was pressing, but the momentum was much stronger than his Yellow Turban cavalry, and this cavalry was one of the eight hundred Liukou of Ma Yue.

Almost at the same time that Cheng Yuanzhi received the return of the horse exploration, Zhou Cang, who was leading the army to patrol, also received the report of the horse exploration, saying that a group of businessmen drove more than 100 healthy horses through the territory of Yingchuan and were resting on the river beach near Yangzhai. Zhou Cang's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and before he could report to Ma Yue, he immediately ordered more than 50 cavalry soldiers from his department to come over and loot.

"Huh~~"

Zhou Cang drank the war horse, and his eyebrows were tightly locked. More than 50 rogue rogue rogue slowly spread out behind him in the shape of goose wings, and all of them looked bad, staring at Cheng Yuanzhi's more than 100 rogue riders like wolves.

Cheng Yuanzhi rode forward, greeted Zhou Cang, and said in a condensed voice: "Zhou Cang! How are you staying? ”

A trace of cold murder flashed in Zhou Cang's eyes, and the thunderous voice of a horse leaping suddenly sounded in his ears: If you see a war horse, regardless of its affiliation, regardless of the reason, regardless of life and death, they all clamored and rushed forward~~ swear to grab it!

(To be continued)