In mid-June, Hara Ping Castle.

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The original Pingcheng is bordered by the Hutuo River in the east, and the Wushan Mountain is in the west, and the galloping road passes through the city from the north and south directions, and goes straight down to Jinyang. It is an important town in the southernmost part of Yanmen County and the last barrier to protect Jinyang. Out of the Wushan Pass, the dangerous terrain that continues from the Yanmen Pass immediately tends to be gentle, within ten miles there are first small hills and small ridges, and then there is a plain with green grass.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi led an army of 100,000 to set up a huge defensive formation two miles away from Yanming Ridge in Wushan Pass. They set up a horse-repelling array about 300 paces long on the gallop road and in an open area of one mile on both sides of the galloping road, and the horse-repelling array was densely packed with 20,000 soldiers. Six phalanxes of 5,000 men were lined up at the rear of the Horse Rejection Formation, and three layers of giant shields were erected at the front of each phalanx. Behind the phalanx of 5,000 people was a phalanx of 50,000 people, and at the front of each phalanx were three chariot formations.

On a small hill behind the formation, a wooden platform was temporarily erected. On the left side of the wooden platform is the Daxu, on the right side is the flag commander, in front is the herald, and in the rear is the war drum soldier.

Zhang Yan stood on the wooden platform, looking up at the red morning sun in the sky, with a lot of thoughts.

Now, everyone says that the general was in the gall pottery back then, and he defeated the 200,000 Yellow Turban Army with only 10,000 iron cavalry. Every time Zhang Yan heard this, she felt very uncomfortable. In fact, it was not, but he was reluctant to explain. During the Great Battle of Gauntlet, if it weren't for the sudden death of the commander, the general and his Fengyun Iron Cavalry would have been defeated. At that time, it was Yang Feng's 70,000 army that was fighting with the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, and before he could fully enter the battle with 50,000 horses, the marshal died. The death of the big marshal directly led to the defeat of the Great Potter, and also created the myth of the leopard.

The Yellow Turban Army spent a painful time in the shadow of the leopard, until Jinyang was caressed, and the Yellow Turban soldiers were still terrified every time they saw the general's iron horse. Today, can we overcome this fear and overcome the Xianbei people? Zhang Yan looked at the 100,000 soldiers in the field, her heart was heavy, and her eyes were full of sadness. How many people will be left after the war? In the past five years, the officers and men of the Yellow Turban Army have been brave and fearless for the hope in their hearts, and millions of people have died, but everyone has received nothing but blood and tears. Today, just when everyone saw a glimmer of hope, the Xianbei people came in. This time, the Yellow Turbans are fighting for the hope that is coming, and the soldiers should be more brave and fearless, and the Yellow Turbans should also win a great battle and make a name for themselves.

Zhang Yan is grateful to the general, and even more grateful to Xu Rong, the general brought hope to the Yellow Turban Army and millions of displaced people to continue to survive, and Xu Rong gave the Yellow Turban Army a chance to create brilliance. Xu Rong personally planned and formulated the Battle of Yanmen Pass, he prepared everything, and even boosted the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, and then he left the last glory to Zhang Yan and the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army is not a rebel, it is not an ant thief, the Yellow Turban Army is to survive, it is to let thousands of people who cannot survive to live, and today, the Yellow Turban Army will use its own blood and victory to tell the people of the world that the Yellow Turban Army is fighting for the great Han.

"Feiyan, what are you thinking?" Zhang Baiqi asked softly. He and Huang Ting stood behind Zhang Yan on the left and right, observing the battlefield intently all the time, lest there be any omissions.

Zhang Yan pointed to the big silk floating in the air, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Ziyin, what will the great sages and good teachers and the handsome spirits in the sky think when they see me standing under the banner of the Great Han and commanding the battle?" Will you call me a rebel? ”

"No, it won't." Zhang Baiqi looked at the black Chinese character Da Xu, his heart twitched, and bitterness and pain filled his body and mind in an instant, "Feiyan, no, we will kill the Xianbei people, we will protect the people, we will protect the Han, we have done nothing wrong, whether it is a great sage or a good teacher, or a great handsome, they will not blame you, they will definitely bless us to defeat the Hu people." ”

Huang Ting looked at Yanming Ridge in the distance, sighed, his expression was gloomy, and at this moment, he saw a battle flag appear on Yanming Ridge.

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Xu Rong stood on the Yanming Ridge and was shocked.

Guo Yun, Ding Yuan, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, and the Han soldiers who walked up to Yanming Ridge one after another were dumbfounded.

In the distance, 100,000 mighty and majestic Yellow Turban troops lined up into a huge phalanx, and their majestic momentum made people's blood boil and their hearts surged.

A tired Han soldier fell to his knees, he burst into tears, raised his hands high, used all his strength, and cried hoarsely: "Great Han...... The army of my great Han kingdom ......"

The hoarse and excited shouts resounded through the mountains and fields with the whistling mountain wind, and the soldiers of Yanmen Pass, who had been walking for a day and a night, were suddenly awakened by this cry, and the soldiers swept away their fatigue and frustration, all raised their weapons, and shouted wildly, "Great ...... Chinese...... Big...... Han ......"

On the Yanming Ridge, the joy was thunderous.

Guo Yun was in tears, crying silently. Ding Yuan covered his face, tears streaming down his cheeks.

The soldiers shouted and ran like madness, and the tattered Han battle flag fluttered high in the air, waving in the wind.

"Let's go, my lord, let's go into the city and rest for a while, and then go to war." Xu Rong smiled, looked at the excited Guo Yun and said loudly.

Guo Yun nodded again and again, he wiped a handful of tears, pointed to the army in front of him, and asked with a little confusion: "Lord Xu, there are 200,000 people here?" Our army is not enough, and we still can't stop the Xianbei Iron Cavalry. ”

Xu Rong said with a smile: "These 100,000 people are just a frontal block, and we still have 100,000 people." ”

"Where?"

Xu Rong pointed to the mountains behind him, "They are all in ambush in the mountains, and they will come out when they should come out." Rest assured, we will win this battle. ”

"Lord Xu, it's very inappropriate for you to put the frontal blocking battlefield under the mountains." After Ding Yuan's mood stabilized, he immediately calmed down, he pointed to the battlefield and said, "Lord Xu, this terrain is just conducive to cavalry charging and not conducive to infantry resistance. Although you have reinforcements on the hills on both sides, you may not be able to resist the repeated onslaught of the Xianbei people. ”

Xu Rong glanced at Ding Yuan and asked, "That's what Lord Ding thinks?" ”

"Yes, that's not right." Ding Yuan said without hesitation, "The blocking battlefield should be placed on Yanming Ridge." ”

Xu Rong nodded and smiled slightly: "Very good, very good." Since Lord Ding thinks it's inappropriate, then Xianbei people must think so too. ”

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan were surprised when they heard Xu Rong say "very good", and they looked at Xu Rong in puzzlement, not knowing why he put down such a defeated formation.

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Xu Rong jumped off the war horse, walked to the two of them, and whispered: "If there are 200,000 people in front of you, after the Xianbei people can't attack for a long time, they will definitely worry that they will lose too much, and then they will withdraw to Yanmen Pass, then we will lose this battle, not only did we fail to hit the Xianbei people hard, but also gave up Yanmen Pass." ”

"The purpose of our battle is actually to inflict heavy losses on the Xianbei people. As long as a large number of Xianbei people are killed and injured, whether it is Tuoba Feng or Kuitou, they must hurry back to consolidate their territory, at this time occupying Yanmen Pass no longer makes any sense to them, and it is the top priority to protect Danhan Mountain and the northern Xianbei from being encroached upon by other tribes, especially Murong Feng, the Xianbei Lord in the middle of the country, has not been injured so far, which is a huge threat to Tuoba Feng and Kuitou, who have suffered a great loss in strength. ”

"If any of the three of Kuitou, Tuoba Feng, and Luozhi Luoluo die here, Xianbei will immediately be in chaos. If all three of them fled back with their troops lost, Xianbei would soon be in chaos. These three people are not strong, for the other commanders of the Xianbei tribe, this is the best chance to eliminate them and re-divide the prairie, I believe that no one is willing to let go of such a good opportunity. ”

"What we want, Kuitou, Tuoba Feng and Luo Luo Luo will also take into account, but there is one thing they will never think of, that is, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army." Xu Rong patted his big hand with a horsewhip and said lightly, "Why did the Xianbei people attack Yanmen Pass? Because Bingzhou has no troops except for the vulnerable Yellow Turban Army, all our troops have been trapped in various battlefields in northern Xinjiang by them in various ways, as long as they take Yanmen Pass, Bingzhou is theirs, and after the fall of Bingzhou, the other border counties in northern Xinjiang are basically lost. The reason why Tuoba Feng sent troops was not only to keep his four northern counties, but that he saw the huge benefits in it, so he attacked Yanmen Pass at all costs. And the reason why Murong Feng was willing to send troops was that of course he wanted to take the opportunity to take the entire Youzhou after the fall of Bingzhou. ”

"You may think that Murong Feng has not been scathed so far, and a person as cunning as Tuoba Feng may not be willing to risk the annihilation of the entire army to attack Taiyuan. If Tuoba Feng is damaged again, the prairie will basically be Murong Feng's world. But why would Tuoba Feng take the risk? In fact, in his opinion, he has no danger at all. You know, if Tuoba Feng takes Yanmen Pass, what strength do we have to make Tuoba Feng's entire army annihilated or his vitality greatly damaged? No, we don't have any strength anymore except for the Yellow Turbans. Isn't this the reason why you are unwilling to give up Yanmen Pass until you die? ”

"What kind of army is the Yellow Turbans? Lord Huangfu Song defeated Zhang Jiao's million-strong army with tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers, and our general used 10,000 iron horsemen to drive Zhang Niujiao from Youzhou to Jizhou, and finally beat his 600,000 army to almost the end of the army, and fled into Taihang Mountain in embarrassment. Will Tuoba Feng put it in his eyes? ”

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan remembered the past achievements of the Yellow Turban Army, and the joy just now suddenly disappeared, and they looked at the army opposite worriedly, their faces were very ugly. Is Xu Rong crazy? Even if the Xianbei people were damaged at Yanmen Pass, they still had at least 70,000 or 80,000 iron cavalry, and the 200,000 Yellow Turban Army dealt with 780,000 Xianbei iron cavalry, and the difference in strength was unimaginable.

"Then you still put the Yellow Turban Army in front of the Xianbei Iron Cavalry and slaughtered them wantonly?" Guo Yun shouted anxiously.

"Yes, as long as this is the only way to firmly contain the Xianbei people." Xu Rong said with a smile, "The Yellow Turban Army has no combat effectiveness, and it has put on such a beaten posture, and although the Xianbei people can't take it in a hurry, they are unwilling to give up, so the army of the Xianbei people will inevitably slowly concentrate in the Wushan area." ”

"Your Excellency wants to use the ambush of the Yellow Turban Army to encircle and annihilate the Xianbei people?" Ding Yuan felt that Xu Rong was really crazy.

"It will be difficult to encircle and annihilate, but we can take advantage of the concentration of Xianbei forces to deal a heavy blow and hit them at all costs."

"Can the Yellow Turban Army beat the Xianbei people?" Ding Yuan asked rhetorically, "Do you think the Yellow Turban Army has this strength?" ”

"Yes." Xu Rong nodded very confidently and said, "Since the Yellow Turban Army was appeased last year, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's army has been greatly reduced, Zhang Yan has retained 50,000 troops, and Yang Feng has retained 20,000, because the number of troops is small, they are worried about accidents, and they have trained these 70,000 people for eight months, and they did not stop until last month." These 70,000 elite soldiers, coupled with sharp weapons, are very powerful in combat. ”

"I requisitioned 130,000 people from the 200,000 Tuntian soldiers in Hedong. Don't think that these 130,000 people are vulnerable. After Yang Feng took the 200,000 Tuntian soldiers to Hedong, because they missed the sowing period, everyone had nothing to do except reclaim the wasteland. Yang Feng was worried that the Tuntian soldiers would make trouble, so he had to use training to restrain them. After hearing the news, General Zhenbei specially transferred 500 elites from the Li Feng battalion to Hedong to be responsible for the training of the Tuntian soldiers. Although these 130,000 Tuntian soldiers are not as good as the 70,000 elites of the Yellow Turban Army, their combat effectiveness has still been greatly improved compared with the past. You see, there is a world of difference between a soldier training hungry and training when he is well fed. ”

"Therefore, these 200,000 Yellow Turban Army are no longer the Yellow Turban Army of the past." Xu Rong said with a smile, "Xianbei people are going to die this time." ”

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan looked at each other, suspicious, and the two frowned, very worried.

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At noon, Xiaoshuai Tuoba raccoon dog took the lead in rushing to Yanming Ridge. When he saw the Yellow Turban Army two miles away, he was immediately startled by the momentum of the 100,000-strong army. He hurriedly sent someone to inform Tuoba Feng behind, and at the same time ordered five thousand Xianbei iron cavalry to line up at the bottom of the ridge and prepare to charge.

Tuoba Feng and Tuoba Hui rushed with a group of attendants. The two of them stood on the mountain ridge and watched for a long time, hesitating.

"This is Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's Yellow Turban Army." Tuoba Raccoon said, "I sent people close to the formation of the Yellow Turban Army to carefully observe, and the battle flags of the main generals of the Yellow Turban Army are among them. This is the last barrier for the Han people, as long as they are defeated, the state will be ours. Your Excellency, give the order, and I will immediately lead someone to kill him. ”

Tuoba Feng looked ahead and was silent. Tuoba kept twisting his beard, his brow furrowed.

"My lord, the Yellow Turban Army is just a bunch of rogues, it's useless." Tuoba Raccoon smiled disdainfully, "Don't look at them putting their posture so big, in fact, they are very stupid, they don't know how to use soldiers at all, no wonder the leopard killed them with only 10,000 iron horsemen." They set up a formation two miles away, leaving us with such a long impact distance, it is simply looking for death. ”

Tuoba Feng and Tuoba glanced at each other, and both of them had a suspicious look on their faces. Zhang Yan, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, is very famous, he has repeatedly repelled the slaughter of the imperial army of the Great Han State in the area of Taihang Mountain, and this kind of person would still make such a stupid mistake?

"Xu Rong doesn't have any proud records, in comparison, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng are much more famous than him. These two are both notoriously rebellious in the Han Kingdom, even if they are very bad, they won't be so bad, right? Tuoba said suspiciously, "With 100,000 people to fight us, doesn't he want to live?" With these 100,000 people guarding the Yanmen Pass, we can't get in at all. Why doesn't he guard the Yanmen Pass, but wants to fight us here? What is the rationale for this? ”

"Hao Shuai, in my opinion, they were originally going to support Yanmen Pass, but they probably didn't expect Xu Rong to lose Yanmen Pass early, so they had to fight us here." Tuoba Raccoon laughed.

Tuoba Feng snorted coldly, "Zhang Yan can guard Yuanping or Jinyang, why does he have to find death here?" The Han Chinese have tricks. ”

"There are only these vulnerable Yellow Turban Army left in the state, what tricks can they conjure?" Tuoba sneered, "My lord, if I take five thousand people to kill them, I will definitely be able to kill them to the point of crying wolves." ”

"Don't worry, it's not your turn to fight." Tuoba Hui waved his hand and said, "The horse rejection formation is very powerful, and the cavalry will suffer if they rush forward." When the valley fell in the western Xinjiang, if it weren't for the Han people who had a horse rejection array, where would we have suffered such a big loss? ”

"Hit?" He looked at Tuoba Feng and asked.

"Hit." Tuoba Feng said resolutely, "Bingzhou is already within reach, and if you don't fight, you have to fight." If the Han people have a trick, at most they will be the same as in the western frontier, concentrating superior forces to ambush us, but this time our opponent is the Yellow Turban Army instead of the Leopard, and the difference between the two is too far. ”

"Ordered Tuoba Han to rush to Yanmingling with Hannu immediately, and we will break the horse rejection array first."

"Tell the king to let him stay at Yanmen Pass for the time being, and then come back to rendezvous after we defeat the Yellow Turban Army and occupy Yuanping City."

"Urgently order all divisions to speed up their advance, and keep a distance of five miles between each division to prevent the Han people from raiding."

He thought for a moment, and then said, "Send someone to say to Lord Luoluo, and ask his army to go faster, and not to spread too far away, so as not to have an accident." ”

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