Outside Duchang City, inside the big tent of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Military Administration.

Guan Hai is at the top, and there are six people below.

Guan Hai glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, the news that General Zhuang Shaoyou sent troops to Qingzhou is already convinced, we should discuss countermeasures, please speak freely!" ”

Hearing Guan Hai's words, everyone in the tent looked solemn, and the body of the person under Guan Hai shook slightly, and then there was no movement.

Liu Hu, the deputy commander of the canal, scolded: "Zhuang Shaoyou of the dog day, killed more than a thousand of our brothers last night!" This revenge is not avenged, and it is not a person! Qu Shuai, although Zhuang Shaoyou is powerful, there are only more than 10,000 horses, and we have 100,000 troops in our hands, are we still afraid of him? ”

The rest of the crowd was silent.

Guan Hai looked at Zhao Ri and asked, "Vice Marshal Zhao, it was your brother who died last night, what is your opinion?" ”

Zhao Ri paused and said expressionlessly: "Although it was Zhao who died last night, everyone is a brother of the Yellow Turban Army, and they are all working under Gongzi, and this matter is all up to Qu Shuai and Gongzi!" ”

Guan Hai's first young general asked coldly: "Vice Marshal Zhao, your men and horses were killed last night when they went to loot, and they deserved it!" On weekdays, you never listen to Qu Shuai's orders, but now that something has happened, you have this virtue again, and you want to drag everyone into the water, but there is no door! ”

Zhao Ri smiled: "Childe, you can't say that, I, Zhao Ri, have been working hard since joining the Yellow Turban Army, fighting for the dream of a great sage and good teacher, and I have experienced several wars in Qingzhou over the years, which time did I Zhao Ri not rush to the forefront?" Let's just say that I won Beihai City a few days ago, if it wasn't for my Zhao Ri's efforts, would it be so easy to take it? Childe, you said that my people went to plunder, but aren't we short of food? How can you fight a war without food? Those idiot people will have to starve to death sooner or later, so it is better to make some contributions before death, so that we can calm down the troubled times as soon as possible, so as to give future generations a bright future! This is the price they have to bear! I, Zhao Ri, am not an unprincipled person, as the saying goes, different do not conspire with each other, and those who strive for the dream of a great sage and good teacher are our fellow practitioners. Those ordinary people are unwilling to join us, that is heresy, and it will be good if we don't eradicate them! Let's fight here to live and die, they hide there and steal their lives, do nothing, and when we go back and wait for us to conquer the world and establish a peaceful and prosperous world, they want to run over and enjoy it, why?! ”

The boy was so angry that he trembled: "Crooked! It's all crooked! Nonsense! The Yellow Turban Army has achieved nothing so far because there are too many scum like you! ”

"Enough! Let's not say a word! Now the discussion is what to do, not to let you talk about this useless here! ”

As soon as Guan Hai spoke, the tent was as quiet as ever.

After a long time, Guan Hai said, "Don't you speak, right?" Then start the voting table, one person, one vote, please raise your hand if you agree to the battle! ”

Zhao Ri and two of the deputy marshals raised their hands without hesitation, while the last deputy marshal glanced at everyone, hesitated, and still raised his hand.

Among the six people, only Guan Hai and Gongzi did not raise their hands, four to two.

Guan Hai sighed and said, "If that's the case, then it's decided, fight!" ”

On the ninth day of the first month of June, Zhuang Shaoyou led the army to conquer Ye County, which was occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and the defenders of the Yellow Turban Army in the city were Zhao Ri's men and horses.

When Zhuang Shaoyou's army entered Ye County, the city was already in a mess, there were cries and shouts everywhere, there were many unrestrained corpses on the street, and many women were in rags, obviously just ravaged by the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhuang Shaoyou was in a heavy mood, issued a notice to calm the people, recruited a few scribes to take over the county government, and began to rectify government affairs.

Ye County was originally a big county in Jiaodong, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping, the county order abandoned the city and fled, Ye County was occupied by Guan Hai, and then the Yellow Turban Army was defeated, Guan Hai saw that the situation was not good, immediately abandoned Ye County, and retreated into the mountains of Jiaodong. After the imperial army retreated, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Rebellion recurred, Ye County changed hands several times, and it was occupied by Zhao Ri's department the year before last.

The original population of Yexian County was more than 70,000, but after wars and turmoil over the years, the population has plummeted to less than 30,000, and most of them are displaced people who moved in later, and the order in the city is chaotic and the people's livelihood is withering. When the Yellow Turban Army retreated last night, they took away basically everything that could be taken away in the city, and burned everything that could not be taken away. The whole county is in a mess like locusts crossing the border.

Zhuang Shaoyou's face was expressionless, the life of people in the troubled world was like a mustard, he had seen too much, he was already numb, instead of being entangled with the life and death of the people, it was better to calm down this chaotic world as soon as possible, this is the move to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle.

has been ordered to mobilize 300,000 grains and grass from the granary of southern Liaoning to Donglai, the entire northern part of Donglai County has been occupied by Zhuang Shaoyou, and there are 100,000 people in the five counties, and the rest of the people scattered in various places and mountains do not know how many!

It is now the height of summer in June, although the spring ploughing is missed, the climate here is much better than that of Liaodong, you can replant a season of millet, and you can barely harvest some millet in October.

Not long after occupying Ye County, before the county government was straightened out, Zhuang Shaoyou received a scout express that the Yellow Turban Army besieging Duchang City had a strange move, and was gathering heavy troops to move to Xiami east of Duchang, with a total of more than 50,000, and its purpose was clear at a glance.

Zhuang Shaoyou only has 15,000 people under his command, and he also divides a part of it to guard various counties, and there are 12,500 people in Ye County, fortunately, the elite of the first infantry division are all there, and it is not without the strength of a battle, but Zhuang Shaoyou does not plan to have a fire with the Yellow Turban Army! The 50,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army are very easy to pull up, a wooden gun, and a yellow turban is a soldier. And Zhuang Shaoyou's subordinates are all elites who have been tempered for thousands of years, and if they consume them, the gains outweigh the losses!

The people of the Intelligence Department have put a lot of effort into Qingzhou in the past two years, and now this role is highlighted, the map of eastern Qingzhou has been placed in front of Zhuang Shaoyou, plus the memory of the past in his mind, the effect is not bad!

Ye County is only more than 100 miles away from Duchang, Xiami is 20 miles away from Duchang, and 90 miles away from Ye County. The east of the city is glue, although the river surface is not as good as those big rivers in the world, but there are also more than a hundred steps wide, in the rainy season of midsummer, the river is full of water, the Yellow Turban Army is in danger, and it is not so easy for Zhuang Shaoyou to break through.

Originally, Zhuang Shaoyou didn't really want to have a big conflict with the Yellow Turban Army, and the purpose of coming here was to find Zhang Ning, but after walking from Huang County to Ye County, and seeing the brutality of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhuang Shaoyou made up his mind to completely eradicate those thieves who brought disaster to the country and the people, these people have no ideals at all, their purpose is to enjoy themselves, and they are not worthy of sympathy! Especially those thieves, none of them are a good thing!

Kong Rong of Duchang City frowned, Kong Rong of the Yellow Turban Army naturally knew about the moves, 60,000 Yellow Turban troops were stationed in Xiami, and they were deployed along the glue, and the Yellow Turban Army besieging Duchang City still had more than 40,000 people, these Yellow Turban Army changed the posture of besieging but not attacking in the past, and attacked Duchang City day and night, obviously intending to take Duchang before the arrival of Zhuang Shaoyou's reinforcements!

Zhuang Shaoyou naturally understands the current situation in Qingzhou, there are very few big cities in the eastern part of Qingzhou, Beihai is counted as one, Duchang is counted as one, Ye County is counted as one, and Jimo is also one. Now Ye County is in the hands of Zhuang Shaoyou, Beihai and Jimo are in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, if Duchang is broken, not to mention the style of the Yellow Turban Army, the fate of tens of thousands of people in the city can be imagined!

Strategically speaking, Duchang is the last stronghold in the east of Qingzhou, once this place is lost, the Yellow Turban Army will wave its army westward, and more than a million people living in Qi, Jinan, Le'an, Leling, and Pingyuan County in the west of Qingzhou will face the ravages of the Yellow Turban Army! At that time, the Yellow Turban Army coerced some strong men, expanded its ranks, and swept through the entire Qingzhou like locusts crossing the border, and even spread to Yanzhou and Jizhou, which was definitely a catastrophe for the people here!

Qingzhou has a population of more than 2 million, two-thirds of which are concentrated in the five western counties, and the rest are scattered in Jiaodong, and a large number of people die of disease, starvation, and war every day.

Although the Xiami Yellow Turban Army is powerful, more than four times the number of Zhuang Shaoyou, Zhuang Shaoyou still decided to take action immediately, and the situation does not allow him not to make a move!

On the night of the 10th day of the first month of June, Huang Zhong led the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division to raid the county town of Jiaodong, 70 miles south of Ye County, most of the 3,000 defenders in the city were annihilated, and the rest retreated to Jimo, 30 miles to the southeast.

Zhuang Shaoyoujun's actions made the Yellow Turban Army panic, Jiaodong City is not important, but Jimo City is an important anomaly, this place is the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army Vice Marshal Li, and Vice Marshal Li is the only Zhao Rima is the first to look forward. There are 6,000 defenders of Vice Marshal Li in Jimo City, and the equipment is okay, but Vice Marshal Li is not confident that these 6,000 men and horses can resist Zhuang Shaoyou's attack.

Zhuang Shaoyou, who knew the inside of the Yellow Turban Army well, made this move to mobilize the Yellow Turban Army and split it from within.

Although Vice Marshal Li secretly took refuge in Zhao Ri, but the purpose is also for the sake of interests, now there is a fire in the backyard, and the old nest Jimo is facing the danger of falling, of course Vice Marshal Li can't sit still, and strongly asks to lead the troops back to defend Jimo.

Although Deputy Marshal Li's department is only 10,000 in the coalition army, his move will definitely affect the morale of the army, if Zhuang Shaoyou is tinkering around again, the Yellow Turban Army will collapse first without fighting.

At this time, it is not easy for Zhao Ri to forcibly restrain Vice Marshal Li, everyone is an ally, not a superior! Moreover, the purpose of forming an alliance is for the sake of interests, and no one will fight to protect the overall situation at the expense of their own interests.

After some fierce bargaining, the Yellow Turban Army finally made a decision, leaving 20,000 horses to continue to garrison Xiami to defend Jiaodong, while Zhao Ri and Deputy Marshal Li led their troops to cross the river to attack Jiaodong County.

In this way, the 100,000 troops of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army were divided into three, and Guan Hai led the headquarters and another deputy commander to besiege Duchang City day and night; Zhao Ri and Deputy Marshal Li led 30,000 horses across the river to attack Jiaodong County; The remaining deputy marshal Liu Hu led 20,000 horses to garrison Xiami to prevent Zhuang Shao from swimming across the river.

In the county town of Ye, Zhuang Shaoyou received the scout report and learned of the Yellow Turban Army's actions, and immediately stroked his palms and laughed: "It's really a good plan!" No wonder even Tian Junshi praised Gongda for understanding people's hearts best! ”

Xun You smiled slightly: "The general praised it!" If the Yellow Turban Army is ironclad, then Gongda must be helpless! ”