Youzhou is not close to Qingzhou, and there is a Jizhou in the middle. And Jizhou is the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turbans, and Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, is in Guangzong, and Guangzong is in Jizhou. However, it is precisely because of Zhang Jiao's relationship that most of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou is concentrated in Guangzong, and it is rare in other places. So Li Xiang and others went all the way through the state and county, and arrived in Qingzhou smoothly.

It's just that they passed through Jizhou with such fanfare, and although the Yellow Turban Army had no ability to stop it, it was impossible not to find them. When they learned that their destination was Qingzhou, they naturally had to report to the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

Knowing that there were officers and soldiers from Youzhou to help Qingzhou, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army immediately divided a part of its forces and waited for Li Xiang and them to arrive. This time it was Zou Jing as the main general, although he knew that there were many Yellow Turban soldiers, but he still thought that the Yellow Turban Army here would be like Cheng Zhiyuan, as the chief general of the first army, he stupidly ran out to fight alone, so he didn't prepare any plan, and led the army directly to meet him.

But this time, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army is not stupid, he will not fight with you at all, and he will meet more directly than Zou Jing and fight. Although the number of soldiers and horses in Youzhou is ten times that of the last time, it is still far behind the Yellow Turban Army.

Li Xiang couldn't stay out of the matter this time, a green dragon glaive knife danced, crisscrossing the crowd, and no one was his enemy. But no matter how strong one person is, he cannot change the course of war. In desperation, Li Xiang had no choice but to find Liu Bei and Zou Jing, and suggested that Liu Bei lead an army to retreat first, reorganize the formation after opening up the distance, and let his own people resist the Yellow Turban Army. Then Zou Jing led another army and formed a formation behind Liu Bei. He and Zhang Fei stayed here, entangled the pursuers, and left time for Liu Bei and Zou Jing to form a formation. Such resistance will definitely make the Yellow Turban Army retreat.

Zou Jing, as a lieutenant in Youzhou, the first person in the military, is not a complete waste, listening to what Li Xiang said is reasonable, he nodded decisively and said: "This plan is feasible, just do it!" Xuande, you go first, I'll come later! Yun Chang, you and Yide should also be careful. ”

Li Xiang and Liu Bei responded at the same time, "Oh! "Each turned around and went about his own business. Li Xiang led a small group of people, no longer trying to disrupt the enemy army, but began to gather scattered officers and troops everywhere. When he met Zhang Fei, he thought that he conveyed Zou Jing's general order, so Zhang Fei, like him, began to gather officers and soldiers. These two fierce generals came and went as soon as they wanted in the midst of the army, and no one could stop them, and soon they each gathered five or six hundred people.

At this time, Zou Jing and Liu Bei had already led a large army to withdraw some distance. Seeing this, the Yellow Turban Army immediately chased after him. But when Li Xiang and Zhang Fei saw who was chasing fast, they rushed up and killed indiscriminately. After several battles, the Yellow Turban Army also saw that whoever came out would die, so no one dared to rush to the front, at most they went hand in hand with other companions. In this way, Zou Jing and Liu Bei distanced themselves from the Yellow Turban Army and had a gap in the formation.

Li Xiang saw that there were more and more Yellow Turban troops gathered around, and if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded by regiments, although he was not afraid, but he was afraid that there were only a few officers and soldiers left. So he greeted Zhang Fei and turned around and withdrew.

When the two of them retreated to Liu Bei's front, Liu Beijun left them a passage, which they closed immediately after passing. When the Yellow Turban Army caught up, they faced the officers and soldiers who were already in a strict formation. The Yellow Turban Army relied on the strength of the crowd, and the continuous charge finally broke Liu Beijun's formation. Liu Bei had already prepared and immediately led his troops to flee. After fleeing not far, he encountered Zou Jing's military formation. After Liu Bei passed, Zou Jing blocked for a while, and after the Yellow Turban Army finally broke Zou Jing, he then encountered the formation set up by Li Xiang and Zhang Fei.

This made the Yellow Turban Army feel that the interception of the official army was endless, and it broke through for a while. Although they broke through in every battle, the Yellow Turban Army, which had little training, relied entirely on human lives to fill in, and the casualties were much greater than those of the officers and soldiers. It was too much of a loss to fight like this, so I had no choice but not to chase it.

Getting rid of the pursuers, Zou Jing reorganized the army and counted the casualties. It was found that although the battle was defeated this time, the losses were not too great. In the face of an enemy ten times more than oneself, and even more defeated, the loss of less than a thousand men is already a blessing in misfortune.

After sorting out the army, Zou Jing couldn't take a break, so he summoned the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang to discuss what to do next. Although he was lucky enough to retain most of his strength this time, the purpose of rescuing Qingzhou was not achieved. And they have already been defeated for a while, and if they fight again, they are afraid that their morale will be lost.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said: "We came to help Qingzhou on the order of Liu Taishou, if we return without success, won't people think that we are incompetent?" We must relieve the siege of Qingzhou in order to live up to the trust of Liu Taishou. Since the enemy is outnumbered and invincible, then use a plan! In my opinion, the Yellow Turban thieves are all farmers, and they don't even know a few words, and we only need a little trickery to turn defeat into victory! ”

Zou Jing was also hesitating whether to withdraw or not, seeing that Liu Bei's attitude was so resolute, he had no choice but to put aside the idea of retreating to Youzhou, and asked, "Will Ji be released?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Our army was defeated for a while, and the Yellow Turban Thieves don't know how many troops they have lost. It is better for us to divide our troops into three routes, one led by Yun Chang and one led by Yide, and ambush on both sides of the road in advance. The remaining route is led by Captain Zou and me, and they fight the Yellow Turban Thieves head-on, and then they are defeated and returned, leading them into the ambush of Yun Chang and Yide, and then killing him in three ways, and he will definitely be able to kill him without leaving a piece of armor! ”

Zou Jing nodded and said: "Okay, although this plan is simple, it is enough to deal with those illiterate mud legs, so do it!" ”

The plan was decided, and everyone scattered out. When there were no outsiders around, Li Xiang said: "Big brother, your plan just now is good, but the Yellow Turban soldiers are overwhelming, but we only have 4,000 people, even if we can make a big mess of the Yellow Turban Army by killing them from three sides, I am afraid that we will not be able to really defeat them." You must know that the Yellow Turban Army has no formation at all, and they all fight separately, even if they are messed up, it doesn't matter, if you want to win a big victory, I'm afraid it's difficult. ”

Liu Bei's heart is already very magnanimous, and when others point out his shortcomings, he will not be annoyed and angry, but will accept them humbly. And Li Xiangyou saved face for him, and did not refute him in front of Zou Jing, but only said it when he only had his own brother. So after listening to Li Xiang's words, he paused and said, "How could I forget such an important matter!" What should I do now? ”

Li Xiang said: "Big brother, don't panic, although the Yellow Turban Army is fighting on its own, there is still a core, that is, their big leader." As long as the big leader is still around, they can hug the group. But if this big leader is gone, the Yellow Turban Army will immediately become a plate of scattered sand. Youzhou Yellow Turban is not like this, as soon as Cheng Zhiyuan died, the army immediately collapsed. Therefore, when we engage in battle tomorrow, my third brother and I will fight from both sides, and we should not disrupt the formation, but should directly take their big leader. If we kill their leader, we will win the battle. ”

Liu Bei slapped his hands and said, "Okay, what the second brother said is very true, just do it!" ”

The next day, Zou Jing dispatched troops and horses. Li Xiang and Zhang Fei each led a thousand men and ambushed them on the side of a small hill. Zou Jing and Liu Bei led the remaining 2,000 people and then went to challenge the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army defeated the official army yesterday, and it was when the morale was high, and seeing that Zou Jing only had 2,000 men left today, he was even more unimpressed, and he didn't want to lead the army to battle.

Zou Jing and Liu Bei's 2,000 officers and troops fled in defeat at the slightest contact with the Yellow Turban Army. Although this "escape" is a fraud, they can't win even if they want to, they are really running desperately, so this fraud looks no different from the real defeat, they all lose their armor. So the Yellow Turban Army did not have the slightest suspicion, and chased after it with a scream.

Although the officers and troops below were all panicked, Zou Jing and Liu Bei knew it and consciously led the army to flee to the predetermined location. As they passed the foot of the mountain, the Yellow Turbans also entered their ambush circle. Seeing this, Liu Bei immediately ordered someone to mingjin. Dozens of big gongs sounded together, and they could be heard clearly up and down the mountain. Li Xiang and Zhang Fei immediately led the army to kill from the left and right, and easily cut through the formation of the Yellow Turban Army.

Before rushing out, Li Xiang and Zhang Fei spotted the position of the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and rushed straight to him as soon as they rushed out. The big leader also has a relatively elite Yellow Turban Army as his guard, but in the face of the joint impact of the two fierce generals of the world, the Yellow Turban Army of these guards can't stop it even if they fight hard. In the end, it was Li Xiang who took the lead, killed in front of the big leader, raised his knife and fell, and cut him into two pieces!

The Yellow Turban Army is really still the same old problem, as soon as the big leader dies, the other middle-level leaders, and the small leaders below don't know what to do. Fearing that their men and horses would lose too much and have no foundation in the future, they fled back one after another.

The officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to rush and kill, from the ambush to the city of Qingzhou. Gong Jing in the city saw that the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos, and knew that reinforcements were coming, so he immediately led the officials, soldiers and civilians to kill them. The two armies joined forces and completely defeated the Yellow Turban Army into a rout.

The rout and escape have been completed, and it is impossible for the Yellow Turban Army to have the strength to return to the sky, so Li Xiang stopped the war horse. He has never been interested in hunting down people who have no power to resist. The most important thing is that the officials and soldiers are always ruthless to the rebellious people, and they don't know how to spare their hands when they kill, even if they raise their hands to surrender, they are merciless. For such a situation, of course, Li Xiang is not used to it. But now he doesn't even have a formal official position, so he can't stop it at all, so he simply can't see it and don't join in the fun.

Li Xiang didn't go to join in the fun, and there were no fewer people killed by the officials and soldiers. By the time the fighting had completely subsided, only a tiny fraction of the tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans had escaped, and at least 40,000 had been killed. The battlefield was littered with corpses, and there were both old and weak women and children, and many women and children were killed by the officers and soldiers holding them together. Li Xiang didn't understand it very much, didn't those murderous officers and soldiers have a little sympathy? Even killing children?

With this depressed mood, Li Xiang drank too much when Gong Jing rewarded the three armies, but he didn't know that his actions attracted the frequent attention of Liu Bei, Zou Jing, Gong Jing and others. They didn't know why Li Xiang was depressed, they just felt that he was unhappy after winning the battle, which was really incomprehensible.