Chapter 12: Escape from Death

Liu Guanzhang and the others, after ordering all the soldiers and horses, did not say goodbye to Huangfu Song, and went directly to Yingchuan to join Zhu Jun.

At this time, Huangfu Song sent Zhang Liang's head to Jingshi and offered his victory.

Just because of Dong Zhuo's repeated defeats, the imperial court ordered Huangfu Song to lead the troops on his behalf and go to Guangzong to attack Zhang Jiao.

After Huangfu Song captured Guangzong, he learned from the remnants of the Yellow Turbans who had surrendered that Zhang Jiao was dead.

Huangfu Song immediately rushed to Qinghe, burned Zhang Jiao's Taoist temple, and ordered someone to dig up Zhang Jiao's coffin, kill the corpse, and send it to Beijing to receive merit.

Emperor Ling was really overjoyed when he saw this, and crowned Huangfu Song as the general of the chariot and cavalry, leading the Jizhou pastor. Huangfu Song hurriedly went to the table and played Lu Zhi's meritorious and innocent deeds.

Emperor Ling betrayed him a favor and reinstated Lu Zhiguan.

As for Liu Guanzhang's work, Huangfu Song did not mention a word.

By the time Liu Guan and Zhang rushed to Yingchuan, Zhang Bao had already wandered to Sizhou and Henan Yin. They traveled all the way west until Yangcheng, and only then did they find Zhu Jun's army.

At this moment, Huangfu Song has won a great victory, and he will immediately return to the court. Zhu Jun has been unable to attack here for a long time, and I am afraid that some people will take the opportunity to slander him.

He was secretly annoyed, and suddenly someone reported that Liu Xuande had come to vote. Zhu Jun was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurried to greet him.

After a visit, Liu Bei did not say anything about Huangfu Song's beheading, but only said that he came to help and broke Zhang Bao's thieves.

However, it is said that this Zhang Bao led an army of 80,000 or 90,000 and was stationed at the bottom of a mountain valley, and only one valley mouth was connected to the outside world.

He was covered with rolling logs and rocks on both sides of the valley, and it was extremely difficult to capture in an instant.

Zhu Jun originally wanted to trap him here, but Huangfu Song had already won the class teacher, and if he didn't take Zhang Bao again, I am afraid that he would be guilty of nothing.

Liu Bei heard Zhu Jun talk about this, and he couldn't come up with any good way.

Because Guan Yu valued the people because of the light doctor, Liu Bei wanted to return to the military camp and find him for ideas.

After arriving at the camp, Liu Bei asked Guan Yu: "Second brother, I just saw you stroking your beard and smiling, but there is a way to break the enemy?" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "I knew that the second brother would definitely have an idea!" ”

Guan Yu said with a smile: "Although I don't have any plans, but the third brother is in Chen Liu's strategy, you can give it a try." ”

Zhang Fei didn't remember at first that he had set aside any strategy in Chen.

Or Liu Bei reminded him, Zhang Fei said in surprise: "Second brother wants to attack with fire?" But isn't this strategy hurting the peace of the heavens? ”

Liu Bei heard Zhang Fei say this, and expressed the inappropriateness in his heart. He didn't speak again, to see what the second brother had to say.

Guan Yu said with a smile: "So this plan needs to be set on fire during the day, and when the wind blows in the valley, the fire will spread upward." Except for the group of yellow turbans lying in ambush on both sides of the valley, the rest of the people will not immediately fall into the flames. When the time comes, if we keep the way, they will surely abandon the valley and flee. ”

At this time, I only heard Zhang Fei ask: "What if General Zhu Jun doesn't want to let them escape, and insists on forcing the Yellow Turban into the valley?" ”

Guan Yu replied: "The valley mouth here is wide and not suitable for guarding, otherwise the yellow turban will block this valley mouth, and there will be no need to ambush on both sides of the valley mouth." The thieves are strong, and if General Zhu Jun is forced, it is easy to be self-defeating, so it is better to release them and take the opportunity to cover up and kill them from both sides. ”

When Liu Bei and Zhang Fei heard him say this, they couldn't help but nod their heads again and again, thinking deeply.

Subsequently, Liu Bei went to Zhu Jun to offer advice. Zhu Jun was overjoyed when he heard this, and felt that this strategy was feasible, so he summed it up with Liu Bei.

The next day, Zhu Jun ordered the sergeant to prepare something to start the fire, and after noon, the valley wind rose strongly.

Zhu Jun ordered the sergeant to set fire, and for a while, countless rockets fired into the slopes of Taniguchi Mountain. At this time, the weather is dry, and the vegetation on the mountain is vigorous, and once it is ignited, it quickly burns. With the help of the valley wind, the fire burned directly down the hillside.

Those yellow scarves lying in ambush on the hillside had nowhere to escape, and at this moment they were walking away one by one, screaming miserably.

And the yellow turban in the valley, as soon as he saw a fire burning at the mouth of the valley, thick smoke billowed in, and the fire spread rapidly along the hillside. Although the fire had not yet burned in, the billowing smoke and the terrible howls of the people who were burned outside the valley had already made them panic.

Zhang Bao didn't want to be burned to death in this valley, but unfortunately his spell failed for some reason, so he quickly ordered the army to rush out of the valley.

When the yellow turbans heard the military order, they ran out one by one, and when they reached the valley, they were already sleepy and tired.

Suddenly, the war drums beat, and countless Han troops were killed from both sides. The Yellow Turban Army was immediately defeated, and Zhang Bao hurriedly led the army to Yangcheng and fled.

It turns out that this Yang City has long been occupied by the Yellow Turban thieves. When he saw Zhang Bao's army defeated, he hurriedly opened the city gate and put Zhang Bao's army into the city.

After Zhang Bao entered the city, he closed the city gate and did not come out.

In this battle, Zhu Jun's army killed and captured more than 30,000 Yellow Turban thieves, and after arriving in Yangcheng, he ordered this place to be surrounded, and Zhang Bao must not be allowed to escape again.

Zhang Bao was worried in the city, and his subordinate Jing Xu said: "General, it is better for you to come out in disguise, and then gather the old department and regroup." ”

Zhang Bao sighed: "If I want to do this, I am afraid that I will be laughed at by the world." ”

Jing Xu also said, "In the past, Han Xin was also humiliated by his crotch, as long as the general can succeed in the uprising and sit firmly in the Dragon Court, who will say irresponsible things?" ”

Zhang Bao was greatly moved when he heard this, but he was still not at ease, so he said to him: "Even if I have this idea, I am afraid that I will leak the secret." At that time, there was no army to protect it, but it was killed by the Han army. ”

When Jing Xu heard him say this, he rolled his eyes and said, "General, I have a plan. ”

After Zhang Bao heard this, he hurriedly said: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Jing Xu was not in a hurry, "I look at the strict government, I am afraid of war and death, and I have long been disobedient." If he made a stand-in and then sold a flaw to him, he would definitely kill the stand-in and surrender. When the time comes, we will be able to get out of this cage when we get out of the city. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Bao muttered there for a while, and then ordered: "You call Gao Sheng, and we will discuss it in detail." ”

Jing Xu took the order out, and after a while, he found Gao Sheng, and Zhang Bao instructed him to do this.

After Zhu Jun sent a large army to surround Yangcheng, he continued to send troops to attack.

After the last big defeat, these Yellow Turban Army were attacked so fiercely that they panicked even more.

This group of Yellow Turban Army was unwilling to rebel in the first place, but they were superstitious and afraid of all kinds of witchcraft of the Taiping Dao, so they didn't dare to disobey. At this moment, they knew that their lives were about to be lost, and many people were resentful.

Zhang Bao's subordinate general was strictly administered, and after seeing that he entered the city, Zhang Bao was hungover from time to time, and he no longer had the idea of defending the city.

Yan Zheng saw that Zhang Bao was so self-defeating, so he secretly had a different mind.

After gathering his cronies, he said to them: "We are peasants who do not want to revolt and have been coerced. Now that the Han army city is about to be destroyed, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to save our lives at that time. I now have a way to live, would you like to help me? ”

When everyone heard that they could live, they quickly nodded and agreed.

Subsequently, Yan Zheng took advantage of Zhang Bao's drunkenness to assassinate him. Then, with the help of his cronies, he opened the city gates, knelt down and surrendered.

The rest of the Yellow Turban thieves, seeing that Zhang Bao was dead, also surrendered one after another.

After Zhu Jun got this head, he was overjoyed and hurriedly offered his victory.

At this moment, Liu Bei was in his tent, and happily said to the two brothers: "From now on, Haiyan River is clear." ”

Zhang Fei was indignant: "As long as there are these ten permanent servants, the world will not be peaceful." These people can't live anymore, and now that there are no yellow scarves, there will be white scarves and green scarves in the future. ”

Liu Bei didn't know this truth, but as a member of the Han family, he was unwilling to accept this reality.

They didn't know that this Zhang Bao was just a stand-in at all. The real "Digong General" has already quietly escaped and left under the protection of Jing Xu and Gao Sheng.

It's just that it was carried out in a hurry at that time, Zhang Bao and others didn't understand it at the moment, everyone in the world thinks that Zhang Bao is dead, if the old department is summoned in the name of Zhang Bao, how many people will believe it?