Chapter 256: Pursuit (1)
The sky gradually began to be cloudy, and there was gunsmoke everywhere inside and outside the city, and there was no trace of the Yellow Turban Army on the streets of Guangzong County, and Zhou Yu, who had not rested all night, was sitting in the lobby of the county office, waiting for the battle report outside the city and inside the city.
Dian Wei and Zhou An led the men and horses to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in the city, and Liu Bei lived up to expectations and led a thousand men and horses to firmly control the four gates of Guangzong County in his hands, he divided the captured Yellow Turban Army into several waves, and then tied up all the backbone elements of the Yellow Turban Army or killed them on the spot, leaving the Yellow Turban Army all honestly stayed in front of the city, he picked out some people from the disrupted Yellow Turban Army to help defend the city, and then controlled by the Han Army as the leader, which is equivalent to five Han troops in later generations supervising ten Yellow Turban Army, and so on, Liu Bei's 1,000 Han army plus 2,000 captives controlled the four gates in his hands, and the remaining captives were all handed over to Dian Wei and Zhou An's men and horses.
Last night, when Zhou Yu and Dian Wei broke through the county government and entered, Zhang Jiao had already walked out of the north gate with his henchmen and took away all the Yellow Turban Army at the north gate. Zhou Yu temporarily gave up pursuing Zhang Jiao, but he didn't know what the battle situation of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei was outside the city?
"Report - General Liu Bei asks to see the marshal!" A guard of Zhou Yu ran in at the door, and Zhou Yu looked up and saw Liu Bei dressed in military uniform, the hair on his head was a little messy, and his face was black, except for the blood, which was smoked, and he looked a little embarrassed.
"Tell him to come in—you go and prepare a basin of water for General Liu to clean his face!" Zhou Yu is thinking about where Zhang Jiao will flee next, the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou and Youzhou are basically left with Zhang Jiao's power, and it is impossible to go where Liu Yan and Gongsun Zan want to go in Youzhou, although Jizhou Mu Hanfu is a civil official, but he is not bad in defending the city, there is no one available under his command, and it is not an ideal place for Zhang Jiao. The only places Zhang Jiao chooses to go to next are Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yingchuan, but Zhou Yu is a little uncertain about where he will go.
"The last general Liu Bei came to hand over the order - the four gates of Guangzong County have been firmly controlled by the last general, I wonder if there is any news from the second and third brothers of the last general?" In public, Liu Bei still didn't dare to hold it up, and directly replied to Zhou Yu in official words, he didn't see Guan Yu all the way. Zhang Fei's figure didn't see anyone coming in at the city gate, and he wondered if Zhou Yu had other arrangements.
"Brother Xuande doesn't have to be polite - you worked hard in the first battle yesterday, wash your face first, Yun Chang and Yide I have already sent scouts to find out the news of the two, I think I will soon know their news, the two of them have joined forces and no one has left them, as long as they want to run, no one can catch up. How many captives did you surrender last night? "Zhou Yu he doesn't know what Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are doing, according to last night's deployment, even if there are more enemy troops, getting the news of the fall of Guangzong County will definitely cause the army to be in turmoil, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both have the courage of ten thousand people, and they can always escape if they can't fight.
"Gong Jin - last night's battle was really happy, although you gave me a thousand men and horses, but these horses really opened my eyes, led the army to sweep the four gates without harming a single person, I trained the army and your army to compare, that is, a heaven and an earth. They actually know how to cooperate with each other, instead of killing the enemy in one go, is this a formation? By the way, did Zhang Jiao's old boy run away from the north gate? Liu Bei washed his face and made it, poured a sip of water violently, and began to ask about Zhang Jiao's whereabouts, looking at Zhou Yu's appearance, he knew that Zhang Jiao must have run away, but this is also expected, Zhang Jiao is known as the 150,000 army under his command, even if it is not good, there are 70,000 or 80,000 troops for him to deploy, if even the back road is not well arranged, it is impossible for such a person to make such a big battle.
"This old boy has already left a back road, and ran away from the north gate with people, but it is really not enough soldiers and horses under our command, otherwise he wants to run out of his horns, but he doesn't have to think about it, this time we will use 5,000 men and horses to break through the city garrisoned by 100,000 troops, and it will be considered a dangerous victory, and the lack of troops is also a headache." Zhou Yu thought about it and felt that it was somewhat inappropriate to let Zhang Jiao die in his own hands, the Han Dynasty was now beaten by the Yellow Turban Army like this, and he couldn't forget the infighting, once he took Zhang Jiao's head, then he couldn't enjoy such a big credit, and now he is already the general of Yangzhou Mu and Pingkou, and he is also the youngest feudal official of the Han Dynasty, and he really wants to let the Han Emperor reach the point where he can't be sealed, then he is not far from death, even if he can pinch and calculate, it is impossible to hide from the secret calculation at all times. Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was a good hand at unloading the mill and killing donkeys, what Han Xin's peerless handsome man was not killed obediently, and the strategist Zhang Lianggong Gao Gai was lucky to escape with his life, and he did not dare to show his true face incognito. The generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were all young and expanded their territory and made peerless miraculous achievements, but this gratifying person died young, and the existence of such a young strong and capable person is a challenge to the imperial power, once they are dissatisfied, then who in the world can stop them.
Even if you have the ability, you have to know how to restrain yourself, today with 5,000 men and horses to break the city garrisoned by Zhang Jiao's 100,000 army is already a great achievement, if you go further, it will be to bury a disaster for yourself, thinking of this, Zhou Yu is also in a cold sweat, it seems that he is a little floating during this time. The trip to Luoyang caused a lot of uproar, making himself the focus of the Han again, and slashing the face of the Yuan family and the Wang family, so that he unconsciously had a feeling that the world was under his control. At this time, the best way is to let Liu Bei lead someone to chase, and he can give him enough soldiers and horses to chase, so now it is the best choice to say that he is sick because he is not accustomed to the water and soil.
"Indeed, what should we do next? Won't you chase it? What Liu Bei wants to ask most is this sentence, no one is as active as Liu Bei in exterminating the Yellow Turban Army, he urgently needs a big credit to pave the way for his rise, and he doesn't know when he will come out if he misses such a good opportunity.
"Report - Marshal, General Guan and General Zhang have sent battle reports, and the three thousand prisoners in custody have been imprisoned in the prisoner camp, please take a look!" Zhou Yu was thinking about how to answer Liu Bei, at this time Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's battle report came, he opened the battle report and couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei broke the Yellow Turban Army last night, killed the enemy general Liu Pi, captured the enemy general Zhou Cang alive, and the rest of the rout army went to the north of Guangzong County, the two of them caught about 3,000 prisoners, and faintly saw Zhang Jiao's banner on the way back, in order to prevent Zhang Jiao from escaping, the two of them had ordered a thousand men and horses to escort the prisoners into the city, and they led the remaining three thousand men and horses to pursue Zhang Jiao, Please ask Zhou Yu to send troops to support as soon as he sees the battle report.
"Brother Xuande - look at this, it seems that you still need to lead the troops, I don't know if you are willing?" Zhou Yu handed the battle report to Liu Bei, it was really that he just wanted to fall asleep and someone sent a pillow, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already gone to chase Zhang Jiao, Zhang Jiao's hands were not many soldiers and horses, and there were at least about sixty or seventy thousand, they would definitely suffer a big loss if they caught up so rashly, and now he still has to arrange some things in Guangzong County, and it is also a good way to use Liu, Guan, and Zhang to drag Zhang Jiao.
"The second brother and the third brother are confused - aren't such a few people in the mouth of a tiger? Gong Jin - please give me a soldier and a horse, and I will go and pick them up! Liu Bei looked at the battle report and showed joy, but then his brows were tightly wrinkled, and it was taboo for soldiers to go deep alone.
"Brother Xuande - for the time being, I can only send you three thousand men and horses, if there are more, the prisoners in the city will be afraid that they will not be able to suppress it, you remember not to fight with Zhang Jiao, just follow them and wait for the opportunity to attack, if you fight, you will retreat, and when they don't chase you, you will catch up and fight." Zhou Yu can indeed use only 3,000 soldiers and horses now, and it will take a while for the prisoners in the city to be recruited, and there are always people to find someone to do the affairs in the city.
"Thank you Gongjin - I'll go first without further ado!"