The losses in this battle were so heavy, no matter how strong Huang Fu Song's heart was, he felt sad and tricky!

It is recorded in detail in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" that during the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's troops were 1560,000, Sun Quan's troops were 50,000, and Liu Bei's troops were 10,000 or 20,000.

During the Battle of Yiling, Lu Xun commanded the Wu State to resist the Shu army, and its strength was 50,000, which was recorded in the "Zizhi Tongjian", "Three Kingdoms Chronicles of Wu Zhubiography", and "Lu Xun Biography"!

And Liu Beijun is more than 70,000, less than 80,000!

This is still the deployment of troops in successive wars, the military is in a state of combat readiness, and the troops are reckless.

So, what was the situation of the population and military strength in the late Eastern Han Dynasty?

There is no clear record in the history books, but it can be roughly determined that the population at that time was about 50 million.

As for the troop strength, the standing Han army at this time was actually mainly the central army and the border army.

The Central Army is divided into the Northern Army and the Southern Army, and the total should be less than 100,000.

Due to the different situations in each state, the border army has different troops, and the three states of You, Bing, and Liang have more troops, but they will not exceed the central army, and all of them add up to about 100,000.

Seriously, there are really not too many troops on the border, after all, the border is bitterly cold, and there are few people, even if you want to build heavy troops, you can't afford to raise them! Otherwise, there would not be a common occurrence of foreign raids on the people.

As for the county soldiers, most of them are conscripted during the war and dismissed after the war, and there will never be many permanent soldiers in peacetime, and even the private soldiers of the big families are even more!

The total strength of the entire Han Dynasty is estimated to be only three or four hundred thousand!

Of course, if you count the temporary call-up like La Zhuangding, you can directly push the number up to three or four million, but that doesn't make any sense!

Just like the Yellow Turban Army, although it claims to be one million, it has not been suppressed by tens of thousands of elite soldiers!

The world where Han Nuo is now located is a Middle Thousand World built based on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", even if the population and military strength are larger, at most it will be doubled.

That's a population of 100 million, and a total strength of 7.8 million troops!

The border army did not move much, and the standing county soldiers in other states did not move much, mainly the elite soldiers of the central army and the militia recruited by the local government.

At the beginning, Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun suppressed the Yellow Turban in three ways, but they only brought 50,000 elite soldiers each.

Dong Zhuo lost 20,000 troops in Guangzong City, and Huangfu Song exterminated the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang and Dongjun, and the consumption was not small, and the rest was only 20,000 troops.

After this battle, after retreating and reuniting the army, it was only 13,000, excluding those who were too seriously injured and missing arms and legs, and the final strength that could fight was only a little more than 10,000!

What can 10,000 troops do?

It's not enough to defend the city, right?

Not to mention sieges!

Huangfu Song regretted a little, maybe he should have withdrawn his troops directly from the beginning, even if he was chased and killed by Han Nuo, he could still leave 10,000 soldiers behind, and he could still save more than 20,000 troops.

"After all, I'm still underestimating him!" Huangfu Song sighed.

However, this is actually no wonder Huangfu Song.

According to what Dong Zhuo said before, when Han Nuo killed Sun Jian, his strength was not very strong, at least not the kind that no one could beat.

Although it was reported later that Han Nuo had killed Guan Yu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, Huangfu Song's estimation of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's strength was not very accurate, and he didn't know Guan Yu's true strength at all, so it was inevitable to make mistakes in estimating Han Nuo's strength.

What's more, Han Nuo's strength growth is completely unreasonable, and the speed of opening and hanging, not to mention Huangfu Song, even Liu Bei, who clearly knows the strength of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, is still not the same?

Looking at the remnants of the army in front of him, Huangfu Song sighed again and said to the generals around him: "Everyone, straighten out the army and prepare to retreat." ”

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Liyi, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others all knew this result, and their hearts were very heavy.

This retreat means that the strategy of suppressing the Yellow Turbans has completely failed, and while they replenish their forces, the Yellow Turban Army must also be growing and growing.

When I go back and fight again, I'm afraid it's another vicious battle!

Especially when they thought of Han Nuo, their hearts were full of tastes, and it was difficult to describe!

Han Nuo's strength is still secondary, and the most important thing is that this battle almost confirmed the fact that he was a heavenly god general!

Because beyond that, there's no explanation for why he's so strong! Grow so fast!

You must know that a month ago, even Dong Zhuo was able to fight with him, and he was impressive, but until now, you let Dong Zhuo go to Han Nuo again to see if he dares?

Of course Dong Zhuo didn't dare!

He himself knew very well that if he went up, it would probably be a round of things!

Dong Zhuo still has his ambition in his heart, how can he easily bury his life!

After a period of silence, Yuan Shao spoke first and asked, "Dare to ask the general, where are we going to retreat?" ”

Huangfu Song sighed: "Handan." ”

10,000 troops is too little, and defending the city is not enough!

Nanhe, Guangnian, Guanggan, Quzhou and other county towns are too close to Julu, and if the Yellow Turban Army comes to attack on a large scale, they are still dangerous.

As for Yiyang, Quliang, Lieren, Zhuzhang and other county seats, the distance is a little farther, but they are all withdrawn so far, it is better to withdraw directly to Handan, the city is high and the soldiers are not afraid that it will be broken at all!

Hearing that it was to withdraw to Handan, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, who were frightened by Han Nuo, were secretly relieved, and they all responded: "Obey!" ”

Han Nuo didn't stay in Pingxiang City for long, and after Zhang Baiqi, Yu Yigen, Yang Feng, Tao Sheng and others roughly cleaned up the battlefield and counted the number of people, he returned to Julu City with the newly summoned 64 Yellow Turban Warriors.

The losses of the Yellow Turban soldiers were also heavy, and the last remaining soldiers who could fight after the inventory were only 8,000, Han Nuo asked Yang Feng and Tao Sheng to stay in Pingxiang City to help defend the city, and at the same time sent a message to Zhang Niujiao to divide some troops to come over, at least to make up the number of 15,000.

Back in Julu City, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning were already looking forward to it.

As soon as they entered the city, they hurriedly asked, "How is it?" How's the battle going over there? ”

Han Nuo said: "After repelling the Han army, they will not attack again in a short time." ”

"Oh? Tell me more about it, what exactly is the situation? ”

Han Nuo started from the time he took five thousand Yellow Turban Lux out of the city, and told the experience of the past two days in detail.

"In other words, there are more than 10,000 troops left in the Han army now?" Zhang Jiao asked.

Han Nuo nodded: "That's right." ”

Zhang Jiao asked with some emotion: "Then, should we take this opportunity to counterattack?" ”

Han Nuo shook his head: "It's difficult, Huangfu Song is not an ordinary person, at this time, it is estimated that he led the troops to withdraw overnight, unless we plan to chase after us and chase them dozens of miles away, otherwise it will be difficult to make contributions." ”

Zhang Jiao thought about it and sighed: "That's still it." However, I still feel a little pity! ”

Han Nuo smiled: "It's a pity, in fact, it's already very good to have the current situation!" We have at least a month of relaxation! ”

"A month?" Zhang Ning was surprised.

Han Nuo said affirmatively: "At least a month!" ”