After a period of marching, the army can be regarded as arriving in Jizhou and entering Wei County.

During this march, Liu Bei's biggest feeling was that in addition to Dong Zhuo's really extraordinary, there was also the fear of the Han army among the general public and local officials.

Liu Bei couldn't find any other more suitable words to describe this feeling.

It's fear.

The Han army marched, and the people and local officials of the Han Empire were terrified of it, which seems to be absurd, but this is the real situation.

Lu Zhi's marching route was reported in advance, and He Jin's series of material preparation actions were also carried out on this basis, and the grain and straw materials needed by the army were prepared on the marching route, and if he deviated from the scheduled marching route, Lu Zhi would be responsible.

During the march, especially when passing through the county seat, small town, and farm, what Liu Bei could see was the closed gate and the guarded and hostile eyes behind the gate, and the people there guarded them like thieves, guarding against the Han army.

Although Lu Zhi strictly restricts military discipline, Liu Bei still has to say that when this army is marching, the marching state of most soldiers is really not as good as the elementary school students queuing up to do exercises in school.

So during this march, he happened to remember an old movie he had watched called Armageddon.

There is a scene in that old movie that depicts the march of a certain Kuomintang corps, probably taken by aerial photography, one by one winding and marching long dragons, unable to see the end at a glance, the scene is very grand and magnificent, and there are many people in the middle of it.

That was not neat in Liu Bei's eyes, and he felt that it was no wonder that they were going to lose.

But then he heard that after watching the movie, some knowledgeable veterans said that their steps at that time were not so aligned at all, and if it was really such a queue, it would not be easy to defeat them back then.

It turns out that it's called neatness?

Liu Bei, who was accustomed to seeing the National Day military parade, was very surprised at the time, thinking that this should be considered neat, so what does chaos and disorder look like?

Since then, Liu Bei has studied more about the ranks and steps of the marching army, and has really studied some Taoism, and witnessed with his own eyes how the army that lacks organization in the real situation marches into the army.

To use a figurative expression, it is the greedy snake in the video game that was knocked out of the head and scattered all over the place after eating too much and growing up, and the snake moved forward in a crooked and broken state, and there were people running away anytime and anywhere.

Not one or two people, but the whole army is always one or two.

For this reason, Lu Zhi also assigned Liu Bei a task during the march, that is, to take his army to supervise the march, and once he encountered those who fell behind and were ready to desert and escape, he was directly arrested and executed to enforce military law, so as to deter those big-headed soldiers who tried to escape and did not escape.

The quality of this army is not bad, it is mainly recruited, not captured by strong men, so there are not many people who escape.

During the period from the departure of Luoyang to the arrival of Wei County, there were almost more than 300 people, more than 100 of whom were arrested by Liu Bei and carried out military law, and the others were really experienced in the soles of their feet, and Liu Bei could not catch them.

This is all good, Liu Bei also heard that some armies were not strict enough when they marched, and as a result, when the army arrived at its destination, it had already run away a third of the people, and even more than half of them.

How can this still be warn?

Therefore, when Lu Zhi marched, he paid special attention to the army's ration control.

When it was relatively close to the Land of Three Rivers, he did not let the soldiers carry more than one day's rations with him, and when the distance was relatively far, he changed to not let the soldiers carry more than three days' emergency rations with him, so as to prevent them from finding opportunities to run away.

Therefore, food is also the best magic weapon for the main general to control the army.

Lu Zhi had a good grasp of the scale, so when the army arrived in Wei County, the main force was still alive and could still fight.

Then the big guy hurriedly held a military meeting with Wei Jun Taishou to see what the current situation was.

After a glance, I realized that the scale of the Yellow Turban Army's troubles in Jizhou was really not small.

At first, the Yellow Turban Army only made trouble in Julu County, and then spread to Anping Kingdom, Changshan Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom, and in about two months, this Yellow Turban Army had already occupied a relative advantage within the scope of the four counties, and the local county soldiers could not raise their heads.

Half of Jizhou has been affected by the Yellow Turban Army, and the most seriously affected Julu County has even been killed and basically fallen, and the situation is very critical.

However, in many places, the Han army was not completely defeated, and there were still many county soldiers who resisted in key cities, and because the Yellow Turban Army wantonly slaughtered landlords and plundered their wealth in the local area, it also caused some landlords to counteract.

They used their own resources to pull up a small army of men and horses to fight with the Yellow Turban Army, protect their land and property, and attracted a lot of troops from the Yellow Turban Army, and the battle was quite good.

Therefore, on the whole, the forces of the Yellow Turban Army are not out of control, the situation is still controllable, and the possibility of winning is still very high.

Lu Zhi synthesized all the current information a little, and then ordered Liu Bei to mark the situation of the enemy and us on the map and give a lecture on the battle situation.

This is what Lu Zhi focused on cultivating Liu Bei.

Liu Bei lived up to his expectations, marked the current situation on the map, and then preached the current battlefield situation to many captains, military commanders and other officers who participated in the battle, so that they could have a general understanding of the battlefield situation.

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Lu Zhi continued to speak.

He believes that the task that the current army needs to complete is to concentrate the main force to attack Julu County, and Julu County, as the lair of the Yellow Turban Army, will not give up no matter what, so as long as they fight against it in Julu County, they can find the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

The combat effectiveness of the Han army can basically be determined above the Yellow Turban Army, so as long as it can have a decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army, it can basically defeat the threat of the Yellow Turban Army, and then the Han Army can destroy the remnants of the enemy in a relatively relaxed posture and pacify Hebei.

As for Lu Zhi's general strategy, none of the officers had any opinions.

Lu Zhi also specifically questioned Dong Zhuo, who has rich combat experience.

"What does Captain Dong think of this battle?"

Dong Zhuo smiled.

"What Lu Zhonglang said is also what I want to say, and I have no other opinions, everything is arranged by Lu Zhonglang."

Lu Zhi nodded.

"Since this is the case, then the whole army should prepare, after replenishing grain and grass in Wei County, enter Zhao State, and then enter Julu County, and the troops will point directly at Julu County, find the main force of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and start a decisive battle."

Lu Zhi gave an order, and all the officers took the order and went out to prepare, and Dong Zhuo was no exception.

Liu Bei was left behind by Lu Zhi and entrusted with the important task of pioneering.

"Xuande, I don't want you to be a pioneer, but since you have joined the army, in this army, I must not take any special care of you, on the contrary, I have to use Ling as a pioneer, so that I can successfully command the whole army, including Dong Zhuo."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Although the teacher is relieved, the disciple knows the teacher's painstaking efforts."

"Helmets and armor must be worn neatly, must not leave the personal guards, and must pay attention to protecting yourself."

Lu Zhi stretched out his hand to sort out Liu Bei's helmet again, and said with concern: "The Yellow Turban Thieves don't have strong combat power, they are just a rabble, it's just a crowd of people, you have a lot of cavalry, I'm not worried that you will fall into a heavy siege, so everything depends on you." ”

Liu Bei nodded.

"The disciple obeys."

Then, Liu Bei left the tent and went back to rectify the army.

(End of chapter)