Chapter 17: Rumors

Well...... Not bad! ”

This report deserves to be praised, that is, Zhang Han did it himself, and this is what it looks like. Looking at this excellent report, and then looking at his younger brother with red eyes and messy hair, Zhang Han had to sigh that the power of love is infinite...... Oh, even if it's Lori Love!

"Wow~,,,,, it's okay!"

Seeing Zhang Han nodding, Zhang Heng immediately jumped up, applauded loudly, and walked quickly in a circle in the house. Zhang Han smiled and didn't blame him, he ...... at the beginning Well, that was a long, long time ago.

"Little San, I didn't sleep all night last night, go and rest first, I'll write to Kang Chengjun now, ask him to take care of you, and come back to get ...... when you wake up"

Zhang Han picked up the pen and began to write a letter to Zheng Xuan, in the letter, he asked Zheng Xuan to be an iceman, help him test Cai's tone, and if Cai agreed, he would marry them first. Zhang Han considered the words, he was just asking for his younger brother, and he didn't mean to oppress people with power, so don't let Cai misunderstand.

After writing the letter to his mother Zhang Wang, Zhang Han put down the brush and put down the family affairs. His mind returned to the military operation in front of him. This time, although the possibility of a fierce battle was very small, and it was roughly equivalent to an exercise, it was Zhang Han's first command of a large army, and he could not but be cautious.

However, Zhang Han didn't think about it for a while. There were more than thirty of the guards he brought with him from his home, all of whom were orthodoxes in the clan studies. is either outstanding in martial arts, or has a good staff, and he is in his favor. After coming to Qingzhou for a few years, Zhang Han did not want to attract attention, so he only ordered Wu Zifang to lead the military. These people only have one day to work for two or three days, and they have nothing to do, and every day they take maps and sand tables to make war games and draw up battle plans. For confidentiality. Zhang Han also specially arranged a courtyard for them in the corner of the inner courtyard. Over the years, needless to say, the level has already been raised to a higher level, and the big rivers and rivers have been studied thoroughly. With Wu Zifang's internal response, he is also well aware of the situation in the Han army. Now. Finally, there is a place to play, and the marching plan is done without leakage. Zhang Han didn't have anything to worry about.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Han thought of the cavalry, Wu Zifang arrived in Qiancheng County the day before yesterday, and it took two days to cross the river now!

All counties along the way have received orders and are ready in advance. Wu Zifang led the men and horses to carry weapons and a small amount of grain and grass, and the cavalry marched very smoothly, and they had already arrived in Qiancheng County in less than three days. The great river has a wide surface and can be seen from afar. Like a lake and sea, there is no edge in sight, and the turbid river is flooded with layers of waves. The small fishing boats on the mighty river look increasingly unreliable. Wu Zifang was stationed in Hedong and couldn't help but curse.

Qiancheng County is barren and poor, Wu Zifang personally went out to collect and scrape in every possible way, but only found two boats with 100 stones and a 'big boat' with more than 200 stones, and the rest dozens were all small fishing boats. Despite the boatmen's vows, Wu Zifang said that he would not let two horses ride on the same small fishing boat. Although there are many rivers in Qingzhou. But there are not many people in Qingzhou, Wu Zifang counted it. If you count those who can plane twice, there are less than a quarter of the cavalry. Therefore, Wu Zifang had to be careful.

"Remove your armor!"

At the sound of an order, everyone began to remove their armor. The armor of the cavalry is a simple half-body armor, that is, the chest and back are protected by six large pieces of iron connected by leather strips, and it is not heavy to wear. But when the iron armor reaches the water, it becomes a heavy burden, and Wu Zifang has passed the assessment of armed absconding, and he is very clear about this.

Immediately, he ordered the soldiers to tie two planks to the front and back, so that even if they did not fall into the water, they would not sink for a while. Then, he divided the cavalry as much as possible between those who knew how to be water-based and those who could not, and as soon as they got on the boat, they were asked to sit down, hold on to the boat, and leave things to the water-based soldiers.

It's not that Wu Zifang is too careful, Taiping Road is widely spread, and no one dares to guarantee that there is not one or two among the seventy or eighty boatmen. Don't look at the cavalry are all elite, if they really reach the water, ten may not be able to beat a boatman. In this way, even if something goes wrong, the damage will be minimized.

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"Lord!"

Zhang Han led an army of 8,000 and left Lin on May 13, marching all the way for more than 20 days, and did not reach the plain until June 9. Zhang Han saw a group of people standing outside the plain city from a distance to greet him, and was about to step forward, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice, and when he looked sideways, it turned out to be Wu Zifang.

Wu Zifang bowed down and was about to salute, Zhang Han hurriedly turned over and dismounted, rushed forward, and helped Wu Zifang up. Zhang Han looked up and down for a long time, there was no trace of injury on his body, and his heart couldn't help but be full of joy, and then Zhang Han noticed that Wu Zifang's face was a little weird, and he couldn't help but ask with concern:

"Boju, what's the matter?"

"Lord, it's okay!"

"Wait, I'll ask you again when I get back!"

While he was talking, Zhu Yong, the Taishou of the Plains, greeted him with a group of officials, and Zhang Han didn't say much, so he greeted Zhu Yong and others before talking. Inadvertently, Zhang Han discovered a strange phenomenon. Zhu Yong and the others hugged Zhang Han in the center, and there were some small officials standing behind them, but where Wu Zifang was standing, there was a vacant space. Zhang Han noticed it with the corner of his eye, it was indeed so. I can't help but wonder in my heart, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the authority of the assassin is even heavier. It is impossible for these people in front of him to be so scolding him that they don't know that Wu Zifang has a close relationship with him. Could it be that Wu Zifang did something angry and resentful? It's not like it, the county officials and the chief officials are very normal, and they still have a bit of a smile; And those petty officials would peek at Wu Zifang from time to time, their eyes were very strange, a little wanted to look but didn't dare to look at it, and seemed a little shy...... Uh, Zhang Han's hairs stood on end.

Zhang Han endured the doubts in his heart and entered the Taishou Mansion, and Zhu Yong held a banquet for Zhang Han to catch the wind. The dancing girl is very beautiful, the hundred operas are also very exciting, the wine is over thirty years, the dishes are over five flavors, everyone is gradually familiar, persuading each other to drink and laugh, Zhang Han couldn't help but ask Zhu Yong:

"Master Zhu, I don't know what happened to Wu Zhen, Zhang apologized on his behalf?"

Zhu Yong hurriedly thanked him: "No, no!" Where did Master Zhang speak, these little officials are really shallow and make a fuss! Hey, Wu Zhi has been wronged, it's all Zhu who is incompetent, I'm sorry Wu is engaged, Zhu has made amends to the adults here, and I ask the adults to forgive me......"

Zhang Han asked carefully, and only then did he know what had happened.

It turned out that Wu Zifang led the cavalry to cross the river peacefully, and when he arrived at the west of the river, it was the world of the cavalry. Wu Zi is convenient to put

Several squads, ten miles away from each other, used horns to relay information, and killed all the way. The Yellow Turban Army is all infantry, there is no armor, and few people can shoot arrows, and when they encounter cavalry, they can't fight, and they want to escape.

The high-pitched and sharp horn sounded in the west, and was discovered by Sun Qiyun first, Wang Chenglin blew a short tone in response, and then shouted angrily, "Outflank the two wings, kill it!" ”

More than 20 cavalrymen answered in a loud voice, prepared to ride their bows, lined up with Wang Chenglin as the center, and killed the Yellow Turban Army looming in the distance.

The Yellow Turban Army also discovered the cavalry, panicked for a while, and then began to assemble, and then someone discovered that there were also cavalry troops behind them, and they were attacked on both sides! The 130-strong Yellow Turban Army immediately became a mess, some stood in place and did not know what to do, some rushed up with wooden sticks and hoes, some turned and ran, some rushed to the east, some to the west......

The yellow scarf worn by the Yellow Turban Army on his head was clearly visible, and it was estimated that the distance was about one hundred and fifty paces, Wang Chenglin blew the horn, and with the loud sound of the horn, several army commanders shouted:

"Get on the arrow!"

After several encounters, the cavalry were already familiar with the battle, and there was no more hurry, clamping the belly of the horse, the horse began to speed up, starting from a trot, faster and faster, when the sound of the whirring wind sounded in the ears, all the cavalry had already leaned slightly, drew their bows, and aimed at their enemies.

Today's wind was very strong, it was a headwind, and Wang Chenglin did not blow the horn until he was eighty paces. A loud trumpet sounded, accompanied by a few roars.

"Put!"

"Whoosh ......"

The arrows tore through the sky and let out a mournful roar, drawing a graceful arc in the air, piercing deeply into the human body, and the blood immediately gushed out, staining the dirty clothes red, and in an instant, the distance between the two sides was only fifty steps. Wang Chenglin and others took the lead in shooting two rounds of arrows, while Sun Qiyun shot three rounds, and the Yellow Turban Army was obviously much sparse. The horns sounded one after another, Wang Chenglin failed to convince Sun Qiyun, who also saw the cheapness, and took the cavalry to shoot another round, and then scattered to the two wings.

The horses' hooves rose and fell quickly over the field. There was a deafening roar, and a voice shouted:

"Kill! Kill it! ”

Wang Chenglin watched with jealousy, watching Sun Qiyun and his galloping cavalry quickly form an attacking triangular arrow, easily piercing the Yellow Turban Army's formationβ€”if that could still be called a formation. The screams of the Yellow Turbans, the dull crash, the sound of the sword cutting through the body, the tearing sound of the spear piercing through the flesh and bones, made his blood boil. Commanding the cavalry to stagger from the two wings to the middle, eliminating a few fish that slipped through the net, Wang Chenglin licked his dry lips. It's a bit unfinished.

Elite cavalry against the Yellow Turban Army, which was transferred by peasants, by and large. That's it. Encountering a similar number of Yellow Turban Army is just a matter of sprint. It's a little bit bigger. First of all, the Yellow Turban Army was demoralized by cavalry shooting, and the Yellow Turban Army could not catch up if it wanted to attack, and after several round-trips, the Yellow Turban Army did not collapse. If they encountered a large force of hundreds or thousands of Yellow Turban troops, they sounded the agreed code, contacted several teams or more than a dozen cavalry troops, and jointly encircled and suppressed, and they all easily won the victory. But. Large strands of yellow scarves are rare, all the way down. I only encountered two strands.

The number of cavalry was originally no more than 1,000, and this scattered number was even smaller. Wu Zifang ordered that no prisoners be kept. Regardless of whether they resist or not, all the Yellow Turban Army will be killed on the spot. It didn't matter whether it was cruel or not, the cavalry was powerless to take care of the captives, and Qingzhou had no food to feed them. Anyway, sooner or later, it's better to kill something on the battlefield.

So, Wu Zifang led the cavalry to form a large comb hundreds of miles wide, and combed the plain county repeatedly along the Yanci, Leling, Banxian, and West Pingchang, and the loss was extremely slight, and he actually came to the plain city five days in advance before Zhang Han arrived on the plain. The cavalry really killed them all the way, from the tired killing to the plains, killing more than 10,000 people in 20 days, an average of two in three days per person. The cavalry slaughtered all of them, leaving no prisoners, and was as sick as the wind, leaving corpses all over the place along the way, which greatly shocked people's hearts. For quite some time, no one dared to wear a yellow turban, a yellow hat, not even a similar color. In fact, most of the cavalry killed were pretended to be local heroes (local ruffians), bandits and homeless people, who took advantage of the shortage of soldiers and horses to pretend to be the Yellow Turban Army to take advantage of the fire to rob, and the real Yellow Turban Army and Taiping believers were not the main force. After this killing, the plains were left untouched for a while.

Zhu Yong and the others knew the truth, and they couldn't help but have an idea. In order to shock people's hearts, this guy tightly sealed the real news and drummed up several versions. In the more popular popular version, the number of enemies killed by the cavalry jumped to six figures, the cavalry was all two feet tall and killed people when they saw them, and Wu Zifang slaughtered ten people a day and was not happy. The facial features next to him said playfully, don't say it, Zhu Taishou's trick is very good, since the news came out, the Yellow Turban Army in Qinghe Land has settled down a lot. Zhu Yong said very modestly that this was nothing, and apologized again and again.

"Whatever Lord Zhu said, he was loyal to the country, how can he blame Lord Zhu for ......?"

Zhang Han naturally couldn't really let Zhu Yong make amends, and supported Zhu Yong hard, Zhang Han smiled and praised him for his clever strategy. Zhu Yong was also modest:

"How dare you! How dare you! It's just a foolish thousand thoughts, where is the calculation? Master Zhang strategized, Wu engaged in charging into battle, and in an instant, the plain was overwhelmed, and in comparison, Zhu was really insignificant......"

"Where, there! Lord Zhu is so humble......"

Zhang Han's heart was churning, but he was silent on the surface, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, talking nonsense with Zhu Yong, and secretly scolded Zhu Yong for a bloody time. This time, it's a big problem! The Yellow Turban let Qingzhou go, firstly, it was the main attack on Yang, and secondly, the Qingzhou Army did not pose any threat to the Yellow Turbans, and Zhu Yong would inevitably attract the attention of the Yellow Turban Army in this way......

No way! He had to hurry up to save Lu Zhi, as long as this old gentleman was in front, the Yellow Turban Army would not have free time to ponder Qingzhou. Otherwise, if Dong Zhuo is defeated, the Yellow Turban Army will be empty, and the situation will not be good!

However, what is Lu Zhi's current situation -- wars are raging, and the news in Jizhou is changing day by day, and everything is said......

Zhang Han couldn't help but regret that he had evacuated all the sparrows. However, the talents who have worked so hard to cultivate died senselessly in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but it is not worth it -- Zhang Jiao is too unsuccessful, and the chaos will end in a short time. Moreover, in such a war-torn situation, the role of intelligence networks is extremely small. Even if the remaining sparrows are safe and have obtained information, they are often unable to deliver it in time. There is also great uncertainty about the loss of personnel in the troubled times, and Zhang Han's sparrows piled up with real money and silver are naturally reluctant.

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