Chapter 60, the decisive battle of Qinghe

When everyone in Huairong County was in a panic, Zu Zhao became more and more calm, and his eyes glowed.

In the eyes of others, it was a fierce 3,000 bandits, but in Zu Zhao's eyes, it was a military feat that could make him famous.

There is a crisis in front of us, but also an opportunity.

As long as he annihilates Zhang Zizhong's bandits, the bandits around the entire Huairong County will be wiped out, and it will undoubtedly be a morale-boosting existence at the moment when the Eastern Han Dynasty is in a hurry to face the Yellow Turban Army.

Whether it is Lu Zhi, who is close at hand, or Huangpu Song, who is far away in King Qin, Kyoto, as long as they achieve the great victory in front of them, it is difficult not to attract their attention.

In Zu Zhao's eyes, the Yellow Turban Army is a stepping stone.

Uncle Liu Huang stepped on this stepping stone to become the emperor of Shu, Cao Mengde stepped on this stepping stone and became a hero who commanded the princes of the world, but Sun Jian made his younger brother the emperor who dominated Jiangnan.

Zu Zhao crossed over here to naturally make the biggest political capital. The most important thing is that the current Yellow Turban Army is no longer a homeless people, but more like a group of bandits who do all kinds of evil, raping and plundering everywhere they pass, leaving no grass for thousands of miles, which has violated the original intention of the uprising.

What Zu Zhao prefers to do is to protect the displaced people outside Huairong County and the grassroots living and working in peace and contentment in the city, rather than the Yellow Turban Army who kill people and set fires.

He took out the map and drew a big circle in Zhang Zizhong's lair and Huairong County, where he was located, and he set his eyes on Xiaoqinghe.

His eyes looked at the map, and a bold note in his heart slowly took shape.

When Zhang Xian was afraid, he had already found that Zu Zhao around him was already very calm, and then looked at the surrounding phantom cavalry, where was there a little bit of fear? At that time, these white and chubby gentry around them seemed to be so frightened that they were going to pee their pants.

"I don't know if the post supervisor has a way to retreat from the enemy?" Zhang Xian asked in a low voice.

Zu Zhao nodded calmly and said in a slow tone: "If Zhang County's order cooperates, I have the certainty of annihilating the enemy!" ”

"Annihilation?" Zhang Xian asked almost silently.

Zu Zhao nodded silently.

"I don't know how to cooperate with the postal superintendent?" Zhang Xian wanted to say that it was impossible, but thinking of Zu Zhao's great achievements, impossible things happened often, and he didn't ask very well.

"Make me a wooden spear, and a wooden shield, and mobilize Huairong County into soldiers and horses that can be requisitioned! Their Yellow Turban Army is pouring out, all the men are rushing up, and our Huairong County will also mobilize all men to participate in the war! When the two meet, the brave wins! ”

"Good!"

……

Zu Zhao walked out of the county office and found that the entire Huairong County was in a panic, and couldn't help but shake his head, this Zhang Xian is also a scholar's material, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize people's hearts, so panicked, not to mention mobilizing men to participate in the war, I'm afraid it is not easy to find people.

"Pass on my words, just say that my ancestor Zhao wants to talk to the fathers and elders of Huairong County, and I hope that all the young adults in Huairong County can come!"

Anyway, there is the pavilion chief of Huairong County, Wu Chang, and the people of Huairong County are almost worshiping Zu Zhao, hearing that Zu Zhao, the victorious little general, wants to talk to everyone, they have gathered to the county government from all directions, from Zu Zhao defeated Zhang Zizhong and repelled it, Zu Zhao's prestige is in full swing in Huairong County.

In this Huairong County, there are the displaced people who were put in by Zu Zhao also have the original residents, the displaced people are grateful that Zu Zhao kindly put them in, for the displaced people, Zu Zhao is their life-saving benefactor, and even in many of the grass huts of the displaced people are offered Zu Zhao's tablet, in order to show that they will never be grateful to the great kindness of the benefactor, and the residents are even more grateful to Zu Zhao is not only Zu Zhao in the fire and water, they see Zu Zhao is not only a benefactor or as a general existence of the Qingtian Lord.

So Zu Zhao said hello, and Huairong County was empty for a while, and they gathered in front of the county office, which surprised Zu Zhao at that time.

"Fathers and elders of Huairong County, believe that everyone knows who I am, and it is a matter to let everyone come today! That is, our grain and grass in Huairong County are about to be robbed! The elders all know that I have just escorted a batch of grain and grass, relying on which the fathers and elders can drink a meal of gruel and barely survive, but now the Yellow Turban Army in Shiling County is coming soon, and they have slaughtered three villages along the way and stolen all the grain! ”

"That Yellow Turban Army is really murderous, I have a relative in Wazi Village in the north, and they are all dead in the village, this is true......"

"They are murder and arson, the big stone village of Wazi Village was all burned, and there are also big girls and little daughters-in-law who have been raped, many of them have no clothes, those people used to be poor, but now they are bullying the poor like this......"

"They are now armed with knives, and they can rob and kill people if they want to, and they are worse than bandits......"

"things, they turned out to be poor people, they are so mad and have no humanity ......"

The discussion came and went, obviously what Zu Zhao said was true, the Yellow Turban Army outside the city had already gone crazy, in order to get food, they had already killed the red eyes, once they picked up the knife, there was no longer the idea of being poor.

Zu Zhao looked at the surging discussion in front of him, obviously the Yellow Turban Army's perverse burning and killing and plundering had aroused the bottom line of these kind people, which was also the reason why the Yellow Turban Army Weishenme was wiped out in less than a year.

"Food is our lifeblood, wouldn't it be starving to death if the Yellow Turban Army took us away?"

"Fight with them, instead of starving to death, it is better to eat enough, fight with them, maybe there is still hope of survival!"

"Yes, fight! Fight! ”

"We have hands and feet, and they are also poor people, why should they bully us!"

Before Zu Zhao could use any words to stimulate him, the displaced people who were put into the city by him were the first to get excited, they asked for food for thousands of miles, and it was easy to have a place to live and have porridge to drink, and no one was more angry than them.

The people take food as their sky, and robbing them of their food is robbing them of their lives!

Whoever robs them of their food, they will fight hard!

They are kind, but they have a bottom line and blood.

"Fought ...... with them"

I don't know how many ragged homeless people stood up, holding the broken bowl in their hands and holding the crutches in their hands, with a fierce face.

Zu Zhao didn't say anything, in this troubled era of thousands of miles in the red land, a bowl of gruel can provoke a popular uprising, and it can also arouse the blood in the bones of the homeless.

"Bloody follow a certain to Xiaoqinghe to kill the enemy, women, children, old and young, follow Zhang Xian's county order to make wooden spears and wooden shields......"

Zu Zhao's words fell, the people dispersed, the men followed Zu Zhao to the Youqi to report, and the women, children, old and young followed Zhang Xiangong to make a shield cart and a wooden spear.

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On the banks of the Xiaoqing River, almost all the women, children, and children in Huairong County carried a bundle of wooden spears piled up behind the shield cart erected high, and there were rough shields tied with a few logs, which were inserted in the cart and pushed by young men to block the opposite side of the Xiaoqing River.

And among Zu Zhao's three hundred ghost riders, each had a bow and arrow, and behind them were bundles of arrows, with tens of thousands.

Zu Zhao took a deep breath, Zhang Zizhong brought the young and middle-aged people in the old nest of Shiling County to the so-called 3,000 soldiers and horses, and he also brought 2,000 men, women and children from Huairong County to Xiaoqinghe.

Looking at the stone bridge that has stood on the Xiaoqing River for an unknown number of years, Zu Zhaoyi waved his hand and said coldly: "Demolish this stone bridge with me, this is the only way for Zhang Zizhong, I want to see how this Xiaoqing River can be crossed without a bridge!" ”

There were already young adults around him, some bare-chested, some holding ropes, some jumping into the water to destroy the bridge piers, nearly 100 young adults pulled the rope and let out a roar, and the stone bridge collapsed.

When the stone bridge collapsed, Zhang Zizhong also arrived with 3,000 Yellow Turban troops.

At this moment, some of the Yellow Turban Army were carrying chickens, some were carrying sheep, and some were carrying grain, in line with the principle of never letting go of passing by, Zhang Zizhong "raised" some grain and grass, and prepared to go to Huairong County to confront Zu Zhao again.

didn't expect Zu Zhao to appear in Xiaoqinghe.

When a group of old and young women and children appeared in Zhang Zizhong's eyes, Zhang Zizhong couldn't help but be stunned, just rely on these people Zu Zhao and him to fight to the death in Xiaoqinghe? No, there are young adults on the other side, but they are all skinny and skinny, and they can't see where they are strong.

There are also Zu Zhao's three hundred cavalry, but these three hundred cavalry have already dismounted and hid under the wooden shield.

"Zu Zhao, if you dare to come to Xiaoqinghe now, I will stew you today!" Zhang Zizhong's eyes glowed like a wolf.

"General, the bridge is destroyed, the officers and soldiers have destroyed the stone bridge!"

"Go and see if this Xiaoqing River is deep?" Zhang Zizhong is very calm and calm.

After a while, there was a scout return: "The general's Xiaoqing River is not deep, and the deepest water level is to the chest of the soldier!" ”

“haha! Zu Zhao, you made a mistake! Can such a small river stop me Zhang Zizhong? As long as I cross the river, hehe, peel your skin and pump your tendons, and vent the hatred in my heart! ”

"Kill it!"

Some of the soldiers had already gone into the water, and found that the water of the small river was not deep, and the three thousand Yellow Turban soldiers rushed down with a roar.

"Shoot me with a wooden spear! No stops! There are immortal people who rush up and kill them with guns, and today they are in the position, swearing to fight to the death! ”

Whoosh!

The wooden spears were thrown up, and the wooden spears made of moringa were piled up on the shore into a hill, and I don't know how many roots Zuzhao had, but I only knew that the moringa near Huairong County had been cut down.

"Shield! Shield! Zhang Zizhong yelled that he had already put Zu Zhao's trick.

The Yellow Turbans, who rushed to the front, picked up their shields and put them in front of them, wading through the water and moving forward.

Wooden spears are projectile, some clanging when they touch the shield, and some dodge the slit in the shield and stick into the shield.

Thirty percent of the shield soldiers were nailed to death by wooden spears because of improper protection, but seventy percent of the shield soldiers slowly stepped forward with their shields on their heads.

Step by step, they approached the shore.

The people of Huairong County couldn't help but feel nervous.