Li Hong and Zheng Xin's first thought was that there was a traitor in their army.

The location of their ambush was determined after repeated consultations and a review of the terrain, and the people who knew the exact location were only a few military officers, and no one else. Zheng Xin suspects that the mole is in the pro-guards. Recently there are no new faces in the troops except for them. Li Hong thought about it and felt that it was impossible, even Yan Liang couldn't enter the big tent, and the other attendants had no chance.

Then both of them thought of Xian Yufu.

Before the troops left, Xian Yufu had been here once. In response to the offensive posture of the Yellow Turban Army, he and Li Hong once again discussed specific countermeasures. In today's absolute disadvantage, it is impossible to turn defeat into victory and drive Zhang Niujiao out of Zhuo County. But if you want to keep it, it's a dead end. A solution must be found.

Li Hong has been thinking about this problem all the time, and it is obviously not the way to limit his thinking to Zhuo County. The strategic goal of the Yellow Turban Army was to occupy Youzhou. They have made meticulous preparations to achieve this strategic goal. In their opinion, if they devote their main forces to attack Youzhou, the Jizhou army will definitely attack Changshan and Zhongshan and cut off their retreat. So they first attacked Julu, the center of Jizhou, and forced the Jizhou army to concentrate near Julu to fight with them. Once a stalemate is formed, the situation in Jizhou will be temporarily stabilized, and then the main force will be concentrated to storm Youzhou. At this time, not only was there no need to worry about the back road, but the troops in Jizhou were also unable to go north to support Youzhou.

In doing so, the Yellow Turbans obviously did not have the ability and confidence to fight on two fronts at the same time. The current stalemate between the two sides on the battlefield in Jizhou was deliberately created by the Yellow Turban Army, and it was also what they needed.

If you want to defeat Zhang Niujiao, the breakthrough should be in Jizhou. If Jizhou is supported by Yanzhou, Sili and Qingzhou troops, and the army reaches a certain number, they can launch a counteroffensive against the Yellow Turban Army of Zhao and Changshan. If Zhang Niujiao's attack on Youzhou is blocked, and Lao Nest is attacked by the Jizhou army, in this case, he is most worried about supplies. If the supplies can't keep up in time, once the heavy snow falls in the north, the troops may face the fate of annihilation. The only way is to withdraw the troops and withdraw to Changshan Zhongshan. Withdrawing, not only did the main force have no losses, but also consolidated and stabilized the old nest, and next year we can continue to fight again.

Li Hong explained his thoughts to Xian Yufu in detail.

The direction of Zhuojun was mainly to defend the city, and his cavalry troops were guerrilla attacks on the other side in the field, so as to hold back the enemy and leave the Yellow Turban Army west of the Shengshui River as the main purpose. At the same time, it is necessary to ask the three adults of Youzhou Thorn History, Zhuojun Taishou, and Zhongshan Kingdom Taishou to come forward and ask for help from Lord Jizhou Mu Guodian, and be sure to ask the Jizhou army to launch a counteroffensive against the Yellow Turban Army next month to threaten the enemy's lair and supplies.

If the armies of Youzhou and Jizhou can hold out until the first snow of winter, the tide of the battle will turn around. When the heavy snow comes, the Yellow Turban Army's supply will be difficult, and it will be difficult to continue the siege, and Zhang Niujiao will definitely retreat. In this way, the three parties will form a stalemate in the long winter. Next year, we'll talk about it next year.

If the Jizhou side can't do it and can't muster enough men to fight back, Youzhou can consider giving up Zhuojun and retreating to Jicheng.

Xian Yufu accepted Li Hong's proposal.

It was on this night that they, together with Xian Yufu, made a plan to ambush the Yellow Turban Army's Huanglong Division. At the same time, Li Hong suggested that the 3,000 men and horses of Xianyu Yinbu, who had already rushed to the vicinity of the Shengshui River, be urgently transferred to Fangcheng. If the ambush was successful, his troops immediately went south to the city and rendezvoused with the Silver Department to participate in the blockade of the Left Colonel of the Yellow Turban Army.

Xian Yufu certainly won't be a mole. If he is a traitor, it is estimated that the Yellow Turban Army has already reached Yuyang. However, after Xian Yufu returned to Zhuocheng, he would discuss with several adults about asking for help in Jizhou, and this operation must be mentioned. And the county officials around a few adults, who can guarantee that there are no Yellow Turban Army among them.

Li Hong made a quick decision and quickly evacuated.

On the way to withdraw the army, he suddenly thought: since Zhang Niujiao knew about this plan and focused his attention on Xiaofang Mountain in the north of Zhuo County, why couldn't he raid Zuo Colonel in the south of Zhuo County? The left school department is on the way to attack Fang Cheng, and it must be defenseless.

He immediately called a few soldiers and told them what he thought. After careful discussion, everyone felt that the odds of victory were very high, and they could fight. There are only a few difficulties, one is the exact location of the left colonel's troops. If he had already rushed to Fang City, he would naturally have no way to raid. The second is to go to Fangcheng for more than 300 miles, and in order to be in a hurry, it is necessary to march day and night. If you raid the enemy in such a situation, the soldiers and horses will be very tired, the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced, and the casualties will also increase. If the casualties are too great, is it necessary to fight this battle?

Li Hong believes that it is necessary to fight, and it must be fought.

After defeating the left school headquarters, the flank of the main force of the Yellow Turban Army attacking Zhuocheng was completely exposed in front of the officers and troops, and there was a certain threat to them. Fangcheng was in the hands of the official army, and the three cities of Zhuojun and Liangxiang on the west bank of the Shengshui River were horns and supported each other, which could effectively delay the enemy's offensive speed. If it is entangled with the left school department in Fangcheng, it will not be of any help to the officers and soldiers who are holding Zhuocheng. The defeat of the Yellow Turban Army's Zuo Colonel had a great impact on the Yellow Turban Army's attack on Zhuocheng, far greater than the annihilation of the Yellow Dragon Army.

Li Hong was lucky.

The marching rhythm of the Left Colonel of the Yellow Turban Army was very well controlled, and they kept moving slowly. Colonel Zuo believed that this could ensure that the soldiers had strong combat effectiveness and abundant physical strength, and after arriving at Fangcheng, they could quickly take the city and complete the comprehensive encirclement of Zhuo County.

Today, they rushed to Dukang Pavilion, sixty miles away from Fangcheng.

Blue sky, clean and spotless. White floating clouds float leisurely in the air. The white sun was delicate and weak, and it looked lazily at the endless plains below.

Du Kangting is very famous in Youzhou, it is a huge plain, a land of ointment.

Hearing that the Yellow Turbans were coming, the crops in the field had already been harvested by the nearby residents.

Zuo Colonel stood on the great plain, looking around, and there was an indescribable comfort and joy in his heart. That kind of emptiness, that kind of majestic emptiness, makes people feel refreshed, and they can't help but shout.

"Ah......h

Colonel Zuo finally couldn't help but shout, and the hatred and anger that had been stored in his heart for a long time seemed to suddenly erupt at this moment. He thought of countless dead comrades-in-arms, remembered the great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao, and remembered the yellow Tianzi battle flag fluttering in the air. He yelled as hard as he could, letting tears soak his eyes.

He was an orphan, a beggar, and later joined the Taiping Road to learn how a person should live his life. mediocrity, begging for a lifetime, and finally dying without a place to be buried. Raise the sword and fight to the death with this world that has never known fairness, and in the end it will also die. Die, and die with a bang. So he picked up the war knife and followed Zhang Jiao all over the world. He is a medicine boy with a basket behind Zhang Jiao.

He felt the earth tremble, he felt the sun tremble, he felt the sky spin.

He shouted wildly: "Heaven...... Dead ......"

* The sound of horses' hooves in general broke the silence on the plain and woke up Colonel Zuo, who was immersed in grief. The scouts of the Yellow Turban Army rushed from the rear of the army, from seven or eight different directions, like frightened birds. Zuo Xiao had just been released from his relaxed heart, and suddenly he beat violently. Big thing, big thing, so many scouts running back at the same time, something big must have happened.

Colonel Zuo was not tall but strong and powerful, his black face was covered with dense fine wrinkles, his short beard was like a needle, and his melancholy eyes seemed to have endless sorrow. He stood silently on the plain, silently looking at the galloping soldiers, and suddenly felt that the ground was really shaking, not his own hallucination.

He shook his whole body and roared violently: "Beat the drum and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

The fierce and passionate war drums rose into the sky, resounding through the empty plains, echoing between the empty heaven and earth.

"Left Shuai, Left Shuai, the enemy's cavalry, the enemy's cavalry......" The scouts who arrived first were drenched in sweat, out of breath, and spitting.

Zuo Xiao's face was as usual, and he asked in a deep voice, "How many people?" ”

"Uncountable, uncountable......"

"Zuo Shuai, the enemy's cavalry suddenly killed us from behind...... other scouts arrived one after another, all of them looking like dirt, and they were all out of breath with nervousness.

"How many? Whose flag? Zuo Colonel asked calmly and quietly.

"There are too many, you can't see the end at a glance, there are about tens of thousands of people, most of them are Hu people, with bare heads."

"It's a leopard. I saw the Panther. ”

"It's only three miles from us, it's only three miles away."

The scouts were babbling.

Colonel Zuo's heart suddenly sank, and a chill rushed to his head. Leopard? The news sent by the marshal yesterday also said that the Leopard Army was near Xiaofang Mountain, why did they cross more than 300 miles overnight and run to Dukang Pavilion? Do you need to fly?

"Do you see clearly?" Colonel Zuo asked solemnly.

Several scouts nodded together and said loudly: "Zuo Shuai, we did see clearly, it was the cavalry of the leopard. ”

Colonel Zuo's heart almost jumped out of his heart as the ground shook more and more strongly. Cavalry, we're finally going to face off against cavalry. The world-famous leopard itself is a ball of blood, a war knife, a legend. Facing off against such a person is not a pleasure in life.

A smile appeared on Colonel Zuo's face. Fight until you die in battle.

"The order, the rear army becomes the front army, the former army becomes the rear army, and prepare for battle.

"The three armies immediately deployed their positions intensively, echelon defense, and the longer the depth, the better."

"The spearmen and shield men of the rear army immediately assembled in the front formation, and the archers followed."

"Push all the cars to the front and form a formation."

The drums of war sounded like a burst, resounding from all corners of the army, one after another. All kinds of battle flags fly in the air, colorful and dazzling. The heralds were like swallows in the fields before the rainstorm, moving in and out of the formation set up by the army, busy and busy.

The left colonel gave orders in succession, one after another.

At this moment, his heart is like water, and he will no longer be in waves. He kept looking at the sky on the great plains, looking forward to the spectacular scene of thousands of galloping horses before his eyes.

The horizon in the distance is the dividing line between blue and black.

In the afternoon, the wind was a little stronger, and it was very cold, and there was a loud crackling sound between the fluttering flags. The yellow scarf was blown to his face by the wind from time to time, soft and warm, which reminded Colonel Zuo of Zhang Jiao, Zhang Jiao's smile, and his gentle voice. His heart trembled.

Zhang Jiao's death indirectly caused the Yellow Turban Army to fall apart and fail in a short period of time, basically within a month. His dream of creating a paradise on earth became Nanke's dream with his death. Thousands of people, who had pinned all their hopes on Zhang Jiao, suddenly lost all hope again and fell back into boundless darkness and suffering.

Colonel Zuo raised his head and looked at the blue sky, looking at the endless sky, his eyes full of despair.

Why? Why is the sky so unfair? Why did he turn a blind eye to the suffering of so many people in the world? There are so many wicked people in the world, why does he protect them and continue to mutilate the poor people? Why did he take away the only hope for the people in the world?

The roar was gradually audible, clearer and louder.

Colonel Left suddenly kicked the horse's belly and galloped along the forward position of the army.

He held high the yellow banner of heaven and shouted: "Heaven...... Dead ......"

The Yellow Turban soldiers echoed in unison, "Yellow Sky should stand ......"

In an instant, the sound resounded across the plains, through the sky, and far, far away.

Then all the soldiers shouted with all their might: "The sky is dead......

Sonic boom in the sky.

Between heaven and earth, a big flag suddenly rushed out, a black Chinese character flag. It's like a ghost, breaking through the sky.

Then the fiery red banner rushed out, and then a dense crowd of cavalry warriors poured out.

"Drumming...... Responding to ......"

Colonel Zuo used all his strength to wave the Yellow Turban Battle Flag, galloped wildly, and kept shouting loudly.

Under the repeated encouragement of the commander and the encouragement of the war drums, the officers and men of the Yellow Turban were full of enthusiasm, their morale was like a rainbow, and they regarded death as if they were at home.