My hands trembled at the sight of this blood-stained book.

There are no soldiers in Fangcheng, relying on the guards and people to defend the city, it is conceivable that the current Fangcheng has been exhausted. Putting everything aside, we must not let Fangcheng follow in the footsteps of Zhuo County. Today's Zhuoxian County is a ruined wall, the city is full of slaughter, and less than half of the people can be seen except for the army. And the corpses caused in the siege of the city in the past few days have been covered with streets and blood stains everywhere.

It is written in the bamboo slip that Fangcheng has been besieged for four days, so I don't know that this is my decision now. From the last repetition of the word "as soon as possible", it can be seen that the city is about to be destroyed. If you want to rescue, you have to send troops immediately.

"Jiang Hua, pass on my order, Zhongtun, Xiatun, Xintun, and Beitun immediately gather and prepare to go on the expedition. The Shangtun Department was left to defend the city. ”

"Yes." Jiang Hua hurriedly went down to give the order.

"Second brother, Zhuo County will be handed over to you." When I finished speaking, I saw the corpse of the servant still lying there. "Bury him well. Third brother, follow me. I took Zhang Fei and walked towards the school grounds.

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In April of the first year of Zhongping, the general trend of the world can be described as unpredictable.

Since the rebellion in March, rebels all over the world have raised flags in response, and for a time the Han court has fallen into an embattled situation. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty hurriedly took He Jin as the general, and led the five battalions of Yulin to be stationed in the capital pavilion, and the weapons were ordered to guard the Beijing division; In addition, from the Hangu Pass, Otani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, Kopingjin and other Kyoto Passes, set up the garrison of the Commandery; Then he issued an edict to all localities to strictly defend themselves, and ordered all states and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, order weapons, and gather rebel troops.

The general He Jin ordered Lu Zhi to lead 700,000 troops to be in charge of the northern front and deal with Zhang Jiao's million-strong force; Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led tens of thousands of troops to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan area near the eastern capital. However, the Yellow Turban Army was menacing everywhere, and the armies of the Han Dynasty failed in both battles, and only Lu Zhi and Zhang Jiao won and lost each other in the Yizhou area, and the two armies fell into a stalemate. So the Yellow Turban Army wanted to go north to Youzhou to open the second battlefield, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou governance.

Zhuo County is on the way north for the Yellow Turban rebels. And Fangcheng is sixty miles south-east of Zhuoxian County, and the two cities are horns of each other, jointly guarding the south gate of Jixian County, which is governed by Youzhou.

Yesterday, more than 10,000 rebels led by Cheng Yuanzhi were annihilated by the Yue cavalry battalion outside Zhuoxian County, which frustrated Zhang Jiao's plan to try to lead the flames of rebellion to the center of Youzhou. Now that the rebels' road to the north has been completely blocked by our cantonment cavalry battalion, as long as Zhuoxian City is in my hands one day, Zhang Jiao's second battlefield plan will be unable to be implemented and stillborn.

At present, Fangcheng, which is the horn of Zhuoxian County, is besieged by 3,000 rebels, and the fall of the city is imminent. If Fangcheng falls, Zhuo County will face rebel pressure from both southwest and Fangcheng counties, and another more tragic battle to defend Zhuo County will inevitably be staged. Therefore, Fangcheng is very important to our army. It can be said that if you lose the square city, you will lose the county seat.

From the beginning of the noon assembly to the beginning of Shen Shi (15:00 Beijing time), our cavalry of 2,800 cavalry battalions has been running wildly for nearly two hours. Cavalry is different from infantry, and the high mobility of cavalry is beyond the reach of infantry; The well-trained cavalry was different from my previous group A cavalry, and even in the advance of the troops, the formation of the cantonment cavalry battalion remained relatively intact.

The sun is like fire, and we are sweating profusely. The horse is like a swallow, maneuvering at high speed in the northern hilly area. The wind howled, slashing at our faces like knives, blowing away the beads of sweat from our faces. The four parts of the tun cavalry battalion went straight into the square city like sharp knives.

In order not to let my bad riding skills delay the speed of the whole army, I still rode with Zhang Fei, sat behind him, and looked at the cavalry around him who were all in good spirits, riding horses like flying and riding like tigers. I can't help but think of the famous sentence of the anti-gold hero Xin Qiji: "Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger." Yuan Jia was hastily, sealed the wolf Juxu, and won the Canghuang Beigu. ”

What a great ambition and the courage to restore the old mountains and rivers! I can't help but be full of confidence and high morale in Fangcheng.

Jiang Hua slowed down his riding speed and approached: "Captain, it's only ten miles away from Fangcheng." If you attack now, you have to stop the troops and recuperate. ”

"Okay, rest now. Don't solve the siege of Fang City today. I answered behind Zhang Fei.

The order was given, and the cavalry began to slow down and rested at the foot of a small mountain. I jumped off my horse and looked around, and though there were only two thousand eight hundred horsemen, it had already occupied the foot of the hill.

The four Simas of Zhongtun, Xiatun, Xintun, and Beitun all sat around me, waiting for orders.

"Jiang Hua, you are very familiar with this area." I looked around.

"My lord, I was a thief in Fangcheng before I was promoted to Sima."

"So that's the case, no wonder you are so accurate in the distance of Fang Cheng. What will the scouts sent out before departure come back? ”

Jiang Hua stood up and looked ahead, and said happily: "I'm back!" ”

I stood anxiously waiting for the scout to report on the rebels.

"The Yellow Turban rebels numbered nearly 3,000 people, all infantry, and divided their troops to encircle the eastern, southern, and western gates to attack. Now, Sanmen is in a hurry. "And there wasn't a single rebel outside the north gate. There is no sign of an ambush. The scout was out of breath.

"Without besieging the north gate, it seems that the rebels are bent on taking the city, and they don't want to annihilate the defenders in the city." Xintun Department Sima Sun Lulu continued.

"Gong County Ling is a good official of my big man." I couldn't help but sigh. attracted the puzzled eyes of the four of them.

"There is not a single rebel at the North Gate, and it is entirely possible for Gong Xian Ling to abandon the city. But he didn't. Now that Sanmen is in an emergency, he has the heart of death to live and die with the city and share the hardships with the people. Gong County's murderous heart can't help but make people sigh. I sighed. It attracted the excited expressions of the four of them.

"All Sima obey orders!" I stood, speaking solemnly, drawing the attention of the resting knights around me.

"Humble duty!" The four Sima replied in unison.

"Beitun, Xintun and I immediately set off, bypassed the West Gate rebels, passed through the North Gate, and went straight to the East Gate Rebels. Zhongtun and Xiatun will set off later, your target is the rebels at the West Gate and the South Gate, I don't want to see half of the rebels fleeing! Is there a problem? ”

"Nope!" Si Sima replied.

"Okay, action!"

The order was issued, and Sima from Beitun and Xintun immediately gathered 800 cavalry and prepared for departure. I jumped on Zhang Fei's horse, and Zhang Fei pulled the stiff rope and took the lead in running. I turned my eyes and looked, and eight hundred horsemen followed closely behind, flying like a dragon in the turquoise hills.