Just when Zhang Liang's army was about to break through Ping'an Ridge, there was also a shocking shout outside the mountain pass, and the two generals Liu and Zhao under the command of Huangfu Song arrived with 20,000 officers and soldiers, and fought with Zhang Liang's army of 10,000 sword and shield men and archers defending outside the mountain pass.

At this time, a scout came to report: "General Rengong, about 20,000 officers and troops outside the mountain pass have just entered a state of battle with our army's defensive troops; In addition, General Zhang Yan of the battalion came to report that the officers and troops raided the camp of our army overnight, and the battalion suffered heavy losses. I hope that the general will return to help quickly. ”

Zhang Liang listened to the scout's report and snorted coldly: "Reinforcement? I'm not going to go back and die! The number of officers and soldiers in the Huangfu Song camp is only 50,000, 20,000 have come to me, and there are 30,000 left

There will be no more than 20,000 people sent to attack the camp, if Zhang Yan can't even block 20,000 officers and soldiers, what use does General want him to do? Rubbish! ”

In fact, Zhang Yan didn't figure out how many officers and soldiers attacked the camp, and there was not much real damage, but the officers and soldiers used a large number of rockets and burned down a lot of camps, which looked imposing.

There were only 10,000 officers and soldiers who attacked the Yellow Turban camp, half of whom were crossbowmen, which were not suitable for close combat, so the attack was accepted when it was good for a while, and it was withdrawn, leaving only Zhang Yan and tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers who had been nervous, and they were afraid that they would not be able to sleep well tonight.

In the two battlefields of Ping'anling Pass, the officers and troops outside the pass have the advantage, after all, there are many more people; The Yellow Turban Army has the advantage in the mountain pass, and the officers and soldiers of Anping County in the mountain pass have been cold and unable to resist at all, only the suppression of the generals can barely meet the enemy, Zhang Liang analyzed the current situation, and made up his mind to take Ping'an Ridge in one go, so he personally led the remaining more than 6,000 Yellow Turban Army to join the battle in the Ping'an Order.

The morale of the Yellow Turban Army, which received two groups of support, was greatly boosted, and after a desperate fight, the officers and troops with a geographical advantage were finally defeated, and Cui Xiu retreated to the mountain with 5,000 remnants. After Zhang Liang occupied the Ping'anling Pass, he immediately sent his men to strengthen the fortifications, while sending people to meet the Yellow Turban Army fighting with the official army outside the pass.

The 10,000 Yellow Turban Army because they had already set up a position, occupied favorable terrain, and the crossbowmen and sword and shield hands were well matched, so they resisted for a short time, but after all, the number of officers and soldiers was doubled, and they were well-equipped, so they gradually showed their defeat, Zhang Liang sent people to respond after occupying Ping'an Ridge, and the Yellow Turban Army retreated while fighting, and the officers and soldiers pursued closely, and finally the Yellow Turban Army that withdrew was less than 5,000 left, and the crossbowmen lost most of it.

The officers and soldiers followed, hoping to recapture Ping'an Ridge in one go, but it was already the end of the crossbow, and they were resolutely blocked back by the Yellow Turban Army, so they could only rest in the mountain pass, and sent someone to ask Huangfu Song for instructions.

In this battle, more than 5,000 officers and soldiers of Anping County were lost, and more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of Liu and Zhao were sent by Huangfu Song. The Yellow Turban Army lost more than 8,000 people, Zhang Liang's 20,000 elites lost more than 6,000, and Zhang Jiao's personal soldiers still had 1,000 and 5,000 left. After the battle between Zhang Liang and the official army, the sky was already dark, both sides were tired and sleepy, and they fell silent before dawn, and no one wanted to attack again.

On a hill in Ping'an Ridge, Cui Xiu gathered the remnants of his defeated soldiers, and found that there were only 4,000 people left, and he ran away a little just now, looking at his disgraced subordinates, he sighed in his heart: Although he is a civilian official, he is also familiar with the art of war, and he thinks he has a strategy, but he can't even hold a Ping'an Ridge, he thinks he is fully prepared, but he still doesn't know the army! These officers and soldiers had never seen blood, and they were forcibly dragged to the battlefield, but they encountered such a bloody battle for the first time, and it is no wonder that they did not collapse.

Cui Xiu calmed down, thought for a moment, ordered his subordinates to eat and rest, sent people to Xindu to report the news, and ordered his subordinates to guard the Xindu City and close the city gate. He also sent people to report to Bohai County and Hejian County to ask for support, especially Bohai County, the county town of Nanpi is located in the lower reaches of the Qing River, in a strategic location, so the imperial court has 30,000 regular troops here.

Cui Xiu looked at the mountain in front of him, a mountain spring flowed down the mountain, clear to the bottom, and flowed along the river valley to a small waterhole not far away, this waterhole is the lake left behind when the Qing River passed here, and now only this microcosm remains, and on both sides of the waterhole is the mountain pass position occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.

Cui Xiu looked at this scene, his eyes suddenly lit up, and gradually emitted bursts of fine light, revealing endless chills, Cui Xiu suddenly turned around and shouted: "Come on, send a team of 100 people, no!" A team of 1,000 people, go collect wolf poison weeds, crush them for me and put them into the spring water in front of them, the more the merrier, the sooner the better! After saying that, his eyes showed a feverish color

Zhuang Shaoyou set off before dawn in the early morning, and hurriedly got on the road with Luo Lin and others, galloping southwest along the Qing River. About an hour later, a group of people ran out of more than 20 miles, far away can already see Ping'an Ridge, at this time, a horse galloped on the road, the man thought he had met his own people, so he stepped forward, found that it was the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, so he turned the horse's head and was about to escape, but was captured by Zhuang Shaoyou's single horse and thrown on the ground.

After some interrogation, it turned out that it was Cui Xiu, the Taishou of Anping County, who was sent to Hejian County for help, and learned from him about the battle of Ping'an Ridge and the situation of Cui Xiu and nearby officials and soldiers.

Zhuang Shaoyou was anxious, worried about Zhang Ning's safety, although he knew that there should be no danger now, he still immediately set off and galloped towards Ping'an Ridge.

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In the official and military camp, Huangfu Song also stayed awake all night, with a tired face and a cold face listening to the reports of his subordinates

"Rubbish! It's all rubbish! 10,000 people can't even defend Ping'an Ridge! Liu Zhao and the others are also rice buckets, their movements are so slow, if they can get one step earlier, how can Ping'an Ling be lost. ”

Huangfu Song vented for a while, and then calmed down again, and began to analyze the situation, now the situation is getting more and more complicated, although he is the commander of Jizhou to suppress Huang, but the people below are not so obedient, this siege of Guangzong took a month to argue with the local officials and soldiers, and finally settled them, the original foolproof plan, unexpectedly variables, into the current situation.

Zhang Liang is now a grasshopper after the autumn, but a few struggles before this grasshopper dies are enough to drink a few pots of himself; There is also Zhang Bao of Julu, there are only 20,000 people in the hands of Guo Dian, the guard of Julu County, plus the reinforcements of Zhending and Zhongshan are only 40,000, plus the 40,000 officers and troops of Jingxian County, they can barely hold Zhang Bao, and it will be a trouble for a long time.

Therefore, we must have a quick solution and solve Zhang Liang quickly!

"Someone, let me inform Guo Dian of Julu to increase the harassment of Zhang Bao, and notify the county defenders to fully cooperate! Then send someone to inform the two generals Liu and Zhao to give me all my strength to attack Ping'an Ridge, and carefully prevent the sneak attack of the Yellow Turban Army camp, and give orders to the three armies! Eat quickly, and an hour later the whole army will attack the Yellow Turban Army camp! ”

An hour later, the Yellow Turban Army camp ran for a day yesterday, and was nervous all night, and was very tired, so many soldiers could not help but fall asleep.

Zhang Yan sat in the big tent, thinking about something worriedly, at this moment, there was a sudden shouting and killing outside, and a personal soldier hurriedly ran into the tent and reported: "Report to the general, there are a large number of officers and soldiers outside the camp who are rushing in the direction of my big camp, and they will arrive in about a quarter of an hour, and the number is extremely large, and I can't see clearly for a while." ”

Zhang Yan was shocked, immediately got up, and while walking out of the tent, he ordered his subordinates to assemble a team to fight.

Huangfu Song sat on his horse expressionlessly, standing on a downhill slope, watching the battle situation of the Yellow Turban Camp not far away, near the Yellow Turban Camp, shouting and killing, countless arrows rained into the camp, most of the Yellow Turban Army just fell asleep, they were immediately awakened, and hurriedly sorted out their equipment to prepare for the battle. When the various units of the Yellow Turban Army were still reorganizing the army, the officers and soldiers had already been killed, and the overwhelming arrows flew into the Yellow Turban Army camp as if they didn't want money, and the camp was in chaos for a while.

Zhang Yan was the first to gather his descendant Yellow Turban wrestlers, let them enter the battle to stabilize the situation, and stepped up to urge the other horses to enter the battle as soon as possible, and in less than half an hour, the Yellow Turban Army could withstand the impact of the official army.

Huangfu Song stood on his horse and looked at the battlefield situation, his brows furrowed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he ordered loudly: "The pro-military battalion will follow me into battle and kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" Rewards! A head appreciates three acres of fields! ”

Under the personal leadership of Huangfu Song, the 3,000-strong military battalion quickly rushed towards the Yellow Turban Army camp. A quarter of an hour later, the pro-barracks were thrown into battle, and the Yellow Turban Army was soon exhausted and showed signs of collapse. At this time, there were more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the Yellow Turban camp, the remaining 30,000 people in Zhang Liang, Zhang Yan's own 12,000 Yellow Turban Warriors, and other miscellaneous soldiers, but the elite only had their own Yellow Turban Warriors.

Zhang Yan saw that he couldn't resist, so he quietly ordered his descendants to withdraw from the battle quickly, and let the other soldiers gather together, and the officers and soldiers were consumed, the camp was in chaos, the soldiers were a little flustered, and they could barely resist, with the investment of the Huangfu Song's personal barracks and the retreat of Zhang Yan's descendants of the Yellow Turban Force, the pressure suddenly increased, and soon collapsed, scattered and fled, Zhang Yan took more than 10,000 people from his descendants to rush towards the direction of Ping'an Ridge, trying to meet Zhang Liang.