There was a sudden earth-shattering bang on the battlefield, and then the horn of the charging bull horn soared into the sky. The battlefield that had just fallen silent was once again full of killing sounds, and the roar of galloping war horses resounded throughout the plain in an instant.

Li Hong looked at the cavalry soldiers who rushed to kill on the battlefield, dumbfounded.

Yu Shi and the other troops did not greet Li Hong, and hurriedly rode away.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were divided and surrounded on the battlefield, with no intention of surrendering. Knowing that there was no way to live today, they calmed down, and only hatred burned violently in each of their hearts. Seeing the officers and soldiers gathered around with their blood-drenched weapons pointed at them, the soldiers' pride erupted again.

"Kill ......"

I don't know who suddenly roared loudly. The battle-spirited soldiers echoed in unison, and killed the surrounding enemies without hesitation.

The warriors of the Wind and Cloud Iron Cavalry held back the fire in their bellies, waiting for this moment.

Everyone did not wait for the horn of the charge to sound, and they roared in unison, leaped on their horses, and pounced on the Yellow Turban soldiers with wild shouts.

Massacre, brutal and bloody massacre.

The weak Yellow Turban infantry was cut off one stubble after another by the soldiers of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry like leeks, and one by one the fresh lives were ruthlessly and wantonly devoured.

Li Hong sat on the black earth, looking up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

Tian Zhong rode his horse slowly.

He walked to Li Hong's side and said with a smile: "Who is so bold that they dare to fight privately?" ”

Li Hong looked at the old man in surprise, and said with a smile: "Uncle, have you never had the opportunity to exert the power of assassination, and you are in a hurry?" ”

Tian Zhong nodded solemnly, "Not bad." Let's see how many violators of military discipline may be caught this time. ”

Li Hong laughed.

"It may have been the enemy's initiative to attack. Don't always think badly. ”

Tian Zhong looked at Li Hong strangely, and said very puzzled: "People, it seems that you have never been willing to punish soldiers who violate military discipline. ”

"Small discipline violations, let's talk about it." Li Hong said casually.

"If minor violations of discipline are not dealt with, military discipline will be relaxed, and sooner or later it will lead to a major disaster." Tian Zhong tightened his old face and said very unhappily.

Li Hong was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." The old man is right, and he has to deal with it heavily. ”

After a while, the shouts of killing became quieter and quieter, and gradually calmed down.

At dusk, the sun is setting, the twilight is hazy, and the wind is gusting.

On the plain of Du Kangting, the horn of victory sounded one after another, and the plain was full of the sound of soldiers celebrating victory.

The cavalry on the battlefield began to look for their battle flags one after another, and gathered in the main division.

The troops waited for Pegasus to arrive.

"My lord, just now it was the Yellow Turban Army who took the initiative to invite the battle, and saw that the matter was critical, so they launched an attack first. Now the war is over. ”

She Yingtong led the shooting tiger to Li Hong, bowed down and said.

Li Hong saw that there were two cloth belts wrapped around the body of the shooting tiger, and knew that he was injured, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Huzi, are you seriously injured?" ”

Shooting the tiger was childish, smiled awkwardly, and did not make a sound.

Tian Zhong suddenly stepped forward and asked pretending to be serious, "Huzi, did you attack first?" ”

Shooting Tiger was startled, shook his hands in a panic and said, "No, no." The little lazy brother was also there at the time, you ask him? ”

Everyone laughed when they saw him in a hurry.

"Have you seen Colonel Zuo, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army?" Li Hong asked.

"He was stabbed with a spear and is dead." Yan Wuxing replied rather regretfully: "Colonel Zuo is very famous in the Yellow Turban Army, he is very popular, and he has a way to lead troops. The formidable combat effectiveness of these 30,000 soldiers was far beyond our expectations. If the other Yellow Turban troops are also so difficult to fight, we will be in trouble. ”

Li Hong nodded and said disappointedly: "It would be nice if I could capture him, at least so many people would not die." ”

He turned his eyes to the battlefield strewn with corpses, and said sadly: "Why bother to die in battle, isn't it good to surrender?" ”

Heng Xi snorted disdainfully and said, "If you don't hit hard, how do they know how powerful our Fengyun Iron Horse is?" Kill their guts, let them hear that our hearts will be terrified, and the next time we encounter a battle, we will fight. ”

The fist shouted even more arrogantly: "Kill, every time we kill each battle, the enemy will become fewer and fewer, and we will become stronger and stronger." ”

Jade looked at the murderous eyes of the fist and shook her head helplessly.

"Last year, General Huangfu killed 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in Xiaquyang Pit, which stimulated them too much. Surrender is also death, and death in battle is also death, so it is better to die in battle. Now the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army has increased dramatically, and it is estimated that it has something to do with their thinking. I'm afraid this battle is getting harder and harder to fight, and it's getting more and more cruel. ”

In the battle of Dukangting, the officers and men of the left school of the Yellow Turban Army were wiped out because they swore to die and did not surrender, and no one survived. The Fengyun Iron Cavalry took advantage of the time and place, and when it was hit, it won a complete victory, and the troops suffered more than 1,200 casualties.

That night, the troops were stationed on the Dukangting Plain and cleaned the battlefield overnight.

The next day, the troops rushed to Fangcheng, sixty miles away from Dukang Pavilion, with a large amount of booty. Li Hong stationed the camp on a hill outside the city.

Since the Yellow Turban Army attacked Youzhou, the military horses of the imperial court have lost every battle, retreating step by step, and soon retreated to Zhuocheng. If Zhuocheng is lost again, Zhuojun will also be lost. Now the 150,000-strong army of Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, has surrounded Zhuocheng, and the siege battle will break out at any time.

Just when everyone was panicking all day long and had nothing to do, the news suddenly came that Li Hongbu of the Leopard Army had annihilated 30,000 Yellow Turbans in Dukang Pavilion. This news came very timely, and it greatly stimulated and encouraged the fighting spirit and confidence of the soldiers and civilians defending the city. On that day, the whole city celebrated the victory as if it were a festival.

Li Hongbu suddenly disappeared in Xiaofang Mountain, which made Zhang Niujiao's carefully prepared plan to encircle it not work. Although he didn't know the reason for the sudden withdrawal of the Leopard Army, he understood that now on the battlefield of Zhuojun, the greatest threat to the Yellow Turban Army was this cavalry army. If Li Hong is eliminated, the Yellow Turban Army will basically take Zhuo County.

Before attacking Youzhou, the Yellow Turban Army was unaware of the existence of this army. An Dingshuai, who was hiding in the enemy camp, had only recently brought the news. This makes Zhang Niujiao very passive in arranging troops. At the beginning, they had studied how to deal with Gongsun Zhan's cavalry. Gongsun Chan only has an army of 5,000 people, a secret known to the world. But last month, Gongsun Chan suddenly left Youzhou, which really made the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army happy. Who knew that after a few days of joy, such a huge army appeared.

did not surround the Leopard Army, Zhang Niujiao was very uneasy in his heart, so he did not launch an attack on Zhuocheng for the time being. After he wanted to know the exact location of the Leopard Army, he would consider whether to attack the city first or eliminate the Leopard Army first. It was not difficult to capture Zhuocheng. An army of 150,000 attacked Zhuocheng, which was defended by more than 10,000 people, that is, a matter of a few days. Now Huanglong's 30,000 troops have arrived at the north gate of Zhuocheng, and Colonel Zuo is fighting Fangcheng. After Fangcheng was taken, Colonel Zuo led his troops to come to rendezvous, and all the 150,000 troops were gathered, and the siege could begin.

The Leopard Army is all cavalry, mobile and flexible, and is always a great threat to the supply lines of the large army. The leopard Li Hong himself is an extremely terrifying figure.

He fought in the Xianbei Kingdom, slaughtering important figures in the Xianbei Kingdom in a row, provoking Murong Feng and Tuoba Feng to use the Black Wood Token to hunt him down at the same time. Although the Han army won a crushing victory in the defense of Luronse, it earned him the reputation of a hero, because Luronse was left with only one officer, and all the glory of Luronse's soldiers was given to him alone. Just when people were amazed by his luck, he led his troops to make a series of surprise attacks, and under the command of Liu Yu, the assassin, defeated the Xianbei troops who invaded Yuyang, and killed Murong Ji, the commander of the Xianbei army. The subsequent achievements were even more impressive, he led his troops to hold on to Macheng for more than 20 days, forced back Tuoba Feng's army, and then used his usual surprise attack to annihilate the elite army of Xianbei Kingdom, annihilated the army of Titu who invaded Shanggu County, and killed Tito. This hero of Northern Xinjiang, who rose like a sharp arrow purely by virtue of military merits, has become a role model for young people with lofty aspirations in the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for the timely news from Shuai An Dingshuai this time, it is estimated that Huanglong's troops would have lost more than half. This kind of warlike man has 10,000 troops in his hands, which is more terrible than a mediocre man with 100,000 troops in his hands.

So Zhang Niujiao has always wanted to destroy this army, kill the leopard, and never suffer in the future. In his opinion, even if Zhuocheng is captured, if this haunting leopard has been haunting Zhuojun, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Army has not yet hit Jicheng, and his backyard will be made by the leopard.

Outside Zhuocheng, the camp tents of the Yellow Turban Army were dense and overwhelming, surrounding the west gate of Zhuocheng.

Sima Zuoyan hurriedly walked into the big tent with Zhang Niujiao.

"Dashuai, the gongs and drums in Zhuocheng are noisy, and the firecrackers are ringing in unison, as if they are celebrating some happy event."

Zuo Yan and Zuo Xiao are from the same village. His father worked in the city and earned a good income, and since he was a child, he took him to study in the city with the children and grandchildren of the head of the family, hoping that he would become famous in the future. Zuo Yan is very smart, and after more than ten years, he has achieved quite a lot. However, because he was born in a common people, no matter how hard he tried, at most he was helping the head of the family write and settle accounts, and he couldn't get on the stage, and he had no ambitions but was unable to display them. Under the persuasion of his friend Zuo Xiao, he joined Taiping Road. Soon his talent was favored by Zhang Jiao, who was in charge of the secretary and property of the church, and he could be regarded as Zhang Jiao's cronies. Last year in Guangzong, he fled to Taihang Mountain with Zhang Niujiao to assist Zhang Niujiao.

Zuo Yan is in his thirties, thin, mediocre in appearance, short beard and long face, the only thing that is different is that he is particularly tall among his people, and it is a little out of harmony with the whole face. So he deliberately left a thick black beard on his lips to hide his ugliness. The generals of the Yellow Turban Army privately called him Zuo Mustache. A mustache is a mustache on the lips. His teacher believed in the belief of the Wei (called Neixue in the Han Dynasty, a mixture of vulgar scriptures and superstition) that he would be able to excel in the future if he was a good man. He always believed the teacher's words, and it wasn't until he fled into the deep mountains and old forests that he realized that this kind of prophecy was really killing people. He originally wanted to change his life by assisting Zhang Jiao, but he didn't expect that Zhang Jiao was not a real dragon at all, and everything came to naught.

Zhang Niujiao was secretly taken aback.

"Can you get a cable report?"

Zuo Yan shook his head and whispered: "I can't figure it out, I don't know what kind of reputation Wang Wei is doing." In my opinion, if there is still no news of the leopard, let's just attack the city, there is really no need for us to wait so long. ”

Zhang Niujiao nodded, "I think so too, if we don't have any news tomorrow, let's start attacking the city the day after tomorrow." What do you think? ”

Zuo Yan sat next to the desk and asked casually, "When will Sun Xiaoshuai's grain and grass arrive?" ”

"It's about four or five days away. ”

"Does Zuo Shuai have any news today?"

Zhang Niujiao shook his head anxiously, "There was no news last night, and there was no news this morning. I have already sent someone to Fang Cheng to find him. I don't know what went wrong with him in Fang City? ”

"Something must have gone wrong. With Zuo Shuai's caution, he will not easily cut off contact with us. Zhang Niujiao sighed and said with a heavy heart.

Zuo Yan said with a smile: "The handsome man can be relieved." Zuo Shuai's troops are very strong in combat, and even if they encounter the cavalry of the Leopard Army, they have the strength to fight. ”

Immediately, his face changed greatly, and he cried out in a lost voice: "The leopard won't run to Fangcheng, right?" ”

Zhang Niujiao was shocked, grabbed his long beard, and tried his best to suppress the fear and uneasiness in his heart.

Seeing the delicate and white, gentle and elegant Xian Yuyin, Li Hong laughed happily.

"Boyu (the word for silver), how are you doing lately?"

Since Zhuolu broke up, the two haven't seen each other for half a year. Xian Yuyin happily grabbed Li Hong's hand and said in a loud voice:

"Good, good. Zhuolu said goodbye, in less than a few months, you have won several battles, which is too enviable. ”

Li Hong said with a smile: "Envy what? The war was bloody and cruel. You should be a civil servant. ”

Xian Yuyin shook his head and said, "Of course, it's a pleasure to go to the battlefield to fight." It's good to follow you all the time, and you can fight several battles. When you were besieged to Horse City, I asked several times to bring troops to support, but Lord Taishou refused. ”

Li Hong immediately thanked him gratefully.

"Thank you, it didn't help you. But you are too powerful, thousands of people have resisted the attack of more than 10,000 Tuoba Feng, and they have been defending for more than 20 days, amazing, powerful. ”

Li Hong smiled awkwardly. He didn't fight with Tuoba Feng in Macheng, and everyone played their own game, not only hiding from many people, but also earning enough fame for himself, in exchange for a great credit. Do you want to tell Xian Yuyin the truth of this matter? The two big horse thieves, Fist and Tie Yue, are dead, but they suddenly appeared beside him, how should they explain to Xian Yuyin?

Xian Yuyin didn't notice Li Hong's uneasiness, and was still talking happily.

"Your Excellency wiped out 30,000 Yellow Turban traitors in the first battle of Dukang Pavilion, and the record is impressive."

"Boyu, don't you think I killed too many people?" Li Hong asked.

Xian Yuyin deliberately frowned, sniffed vigorously and said, "There is still a smell of blood on my lord's body." Soon, the whole Youzhou will know that the leopard is a bloody and murderous leopard, and he kills too many people. Isn't there anything wrong with that? ”

Li Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"You don't see what it was. By the end of the battle, there was no need for the Yellow Turban soldiers to resist, but they swore not to surrender until they were all killed. I've fought many battles, and it's the first time I've killed so many people, and it's been when my opponent has no room to fight back. I can't accept my cruelty. ”

"In the battle of Du Kangting, I'm afraid that I, a leopard who loves to kill, will never be able to escape being scolded again."

Xian Yuyin laughed.

"Since ancient times, those who have achieved great things have all had blood on their hands. Why should you blame yourself like this? ”

Li Hong shook his head helplessly, "Don't you know who I am?" ”

"I know. In Sangqianhe, if you hadn't insisted on Tuoba Tao surrendering, it is estimated that Tuoba Tao and his 5,000 men would have died long ago. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army are all poor people, and it stands to reason that the adults should make them surrender. You directly killed 30,000 of them in the first battle of Dukangting, and did not even leave a single prisoner, although the blood is a little bloody, but compared to some people, your matter is not worth mentioning. ”

"Really? Who? He asked, hesitantly.

"General Huangfu Song killed 100,000 Yellow Turban troops in Xiaquyang Pit, you know?"

Of course Li Hong knew, he nodded.

"Aside from the Yellow Turban Traitor, do you hear anyone scolding him now?"

Li Hong nodded, saying that he could understand, but he was still haunted by this matter in his heart and couldn't let go.

"People, before crossing the river, I received a handwritten letter from Lord Thorn Shi. In his handwriting, the lord said that if my troops enter Zhuocheng, they will obey the command of Wang Taishou; If you join your cavalry army, you will be under the command of the captain. Now, I listen to you, and do what you say. ”

Xian Yuyin chatted with him for a while and talked about the topic.

Li Hong looked at him and smiled slightly.

"I want your troops to join the Iron Cavalry immediately."

"There's no problem with that. I brought with me fifteen hundred cavalry, fifteen hundred infantrymen on horseback. Do you want them all? ”

"Of course, I want them all, and what is lacking now is soldiers. The gap between the infantry and cavalry of Daijun is not very big, is it? ”

Xian Yuyin's eyes widened in surprise, shook his head and said, "Lord Captain, of course the gap is big. Do you want to repeat the old trick and use infantry as cavalry? ”

Li Hong smiled and nodded.

"However, this time the infantry is infantry, and I will use them on the edge of the knife."

Xian Yuyin frowned, and said happily:

"The troops are in action?"

Li Hong smiled but did not speak.