Jade and Xian Yufu turned over their horses and galloped away.

Li Hong laughed, and he said to Tian Chong: "Uncle, if it is really the Yellow Turban Army attacking, you are an unpredictable prophet." ”

Tian Zhong touched his mustache and said proudly: "I have fought for decades, and I am not as good as you in sending troops to set up formations, but this combat experience is definitely better than yours." ”

Zhao Yun, who looked solemn, stood next to the two of them, and saw Li Hong and Tian Zhongqi calm, still talking and laughing at this time, and admired them very much. He wanted to calm down, but his heart was beating violently, and he felt a little suffocated. He had a strong urge to jump on his horse and fight with his spear on his horse.

He has been in the army for less than half a year, and he has been following Lord Taishou as a guard, and has not participated in any battles. Follow Lord Li Han to break through from Zhending City, that was the first battle he experienced, the first bloody battle. Later, he went north with Li Han and fought several battles with the sporadic Yellow Turban Army, but they were all small battles with dozens of people.

That day, the troops at the foot of Bears Ears Mountain were surrounded by the black panther Yicong, and Li Han was outnumbered, so that Zhao Yun, who had the best martial arts in the army, fought alone. Li Han wanted to rely on Zhao Yun's outstanding martial arts to provoke and kill several good opponents, and the troops took the opportunity to break through. Unexpectedly, the first time Zhao Yun played alone, he met the famous tiger head in Hebei. He had never participated in a major battle, and he longed to follow the famous leopard in battle and make a name for himself.

How exciting it was for an army of thousands of cavalry to rush across the endless plains. Zhao Yun clenched the handle of the sword tightly, and his palms began to sweat.

Li Hong suddenly heard his slightly heavy breathing, and smiled at him: "Zilong, relax." ”

Zhao Yun blushed, feeling a little embarrassed by his excessive nervousness.

Li Hong walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said, "Thousands of people, tens of thousands of troops fighting, unlike the battle between our hundreds of people in Bears Ears Mountain that day, there is a big difference between them. The small battle of hundreds of people, the martial arts and courage of the soldiers, and the cooperation between everyone are very important and are the key to victory. However, the great war emphasizes the dispatch of troops, requires flexible command, and requires tacit cooperation between various departments, and the strength and courage of each person no longer have any effect. ”

"Zilong, fight a few more battles, watch a few more battlefields full of bloody flesh and blood, and corpses are everywhere, and you will soon become a brave and good veteran." Tian Zhong said indifferently, "After a long time, I got used to fighting. ”

A scout hurried to his horse.

"What's going on?" Zheng Xin asked angrily, "Why did this happen again?" What about scouts twenty miles away? ”

The scout was startled when he saw Zheng Xin getting angry.

"My lord, it was the troops of the Hejian Kingdom who came to escort grain and grass." The scout hurriedly replied.

Li Hong immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that this trip is lucky, and it will come whatever it wants.

As soon as Zheng Xin heard that it was his own person, a hanging heart immediately fell to the ground, and his expression immediately turned from anger to joy.

"They came from behind us, and they came from the trail. Our scouts are all on the main road, so ignore them. The scout explained apprehensively.

Zheng Xin nodded in understanding, waved his hand and said, "Be careful, be careful." There you go. ”

Li Hong turned to Zheng Xin and said solemnly: "When you arrive in Hebei, the mountains, rivers, villages and cities are different from those in northern Xinjiang, you have to urge the scouts to adapt to the environment in time, this kind of negligence can no longer be repeated." ”

Zheng Xin blushed and said softly: "We have already noticed it when we were in Beixincheng, but the changes are too great, and the scouts also need a familiar process, so it is inevitable that they will be overlooked." ”

Li Hong himself was born as a scout, so of course he knew the difficulties of the scouts.

"If possible, recruit some soldiers in Hebei to supplement the scouts." Li Hong said to Zheng Xin: "The officer in charge of escorting grain and grass in this Hejian country is very skillful. If it were the enemy, we would be caught off guard today. ”

Zheng Xin smiled bitterly: "It's a powerful character." Chu Feiyan almost ate us last time, and another one came out this time. It is said that this place in Hebei has outstanding people and talents, which is true, and I have seen it. Look at the tiger's head, the height of martial arts is not below you; Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan of the Yellow Turban Army are admirable in their mental scheming; The Zhao Yun next to you, good martial arts, good character, good looks, good knowledge, no need to guess to know, the future achievements are extraordinary, this kind of rare people seem to be more in Hebei. Admire and admire, what a good place. ”

Tian Zhong "poofed" and was happy.

"You've only lived twenty years, what do you know? I think you're very good, and you're also a ...... of our northern Xinjiang."

"Alright, alright." Zheng Xin looked at Tian Zhong again and again, "I know what kind of person I am, your old man is merciful, and he is merciful." ”

Li Hong and Tian Zhong laughed.

At this moment, the sound of a bullhorn to disarm the alarm was heard in the distance.

A fully armored officer arrived with a few retinues, Pegasus.

Li Hong, Zheng Xin, and Tian Zhong dismounted and greeted them.

The officer saw it from afar, immediately flew off his horse, and walked a few steps. He seemed to recognize at a glance that it was the leopard Li Hong who walked in the middle, and stopped walking to salute from a long distance.

"Xiaguan Zhang He greets your lord."

Li Hong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

This man was very young, about eighteen or nineteen years old, tall and strong, slightly dark-complexion, with an angular face, a pair of piercing eyes, a resolute expression, and an elegant and heroic temperament.

Li Hong immediately felt good, and asked with a smile: "You are the troops of the Hejian Kingdom?" ”

"Exactly. On the orders of the Prime Minister, the lower officials took 500 people to escort grain and grass from Gaoyang City day and night. Zhang He's tone of voice was not happy, and he spoke eloquently, which made people sound very comfortable.

"Are you ......" Li Hong didn't know what position he was in, so he deliberately slowed down his voice and asked.

"Xia Guan is now the county lieutenant of Gaoyangcheng County in Hejian Country."

"Before leaving, did the Prime Minister tell you that after the grain and grass were delivered, your troops would stay behind and participate in the battle against Boling City?" Li Hong asked.

"Lord Cheng of Gaoyang County has explained to me, and after seeing the Lord Captain deliver the grain and grass, he will stay under the adult's account to serve." Zhang He said very respectfully, "The military rank of the lower official is small, and I can't see the Prime Minister." ”

Li Hong laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Is County Lieutenant Zhang from Hebei?" ”

"Xia Guan is a native of Hejian County. He joined the army last year and has been following Lord Guo's army to participate in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. Three months ago, he was wounded on the battlefield of Zhao and returned home to recuperate. I just received my appointment to Gaoyang City this month. ”

"Oh, I see. You surprised us by appearing from behind us. Your route is very hidden, and if it's the Yellow Turbans, we're going to be raided. Li Hong said appreciatively.

Zhang He hurriedly explained: "The Yellow Turban Army is very rampant now, infesting impermanence, and it is impossible to prevent it. For the sake of grain and grass safety, I deliberately led my troops to set off from Gaoyang in advance and went around to the back of the army. There was an army of cavalry of adults in front of me to open the way, and I naturally sat back and relaxed. ”

Li Hong was greatly surprised when he heard this, looked at him carefully again, secretly praised him in his heart, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Li Hong then introduced Zheng Xin and Tian Zhong to him.

"You and Tian Junhou will immediately handle the handover and hand over the grain, grass and troops to him."

"Then, I'm ......," Zhang He asked hesitantly.

"When we first arrived, there are many things that are not clear, and I want to ask you carefully. You follow me for the time being. The troops set out half an hour later. ”

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Zhang He looked at Li Hong's back in a daze, his eyes full of questions.

"Uncle, is he really a leopard?"

Tian Zhong nodded cautiously and asked strangely, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang He shook his head and said with great admiration: "It's too surprising for me that adults are so young. He wasn't at all like I thought. ”

"What's the difference? Tell me? Tian Zhong asked with great interest.

"After the lord became famous in the first battle of Lu Longsai, his prestige spread all over the world, and everyone in the world knew his legendary experience in the Xianbei country, everyone thought that he was a bloodthirsty and murderous barbarian man, but who knew that he was such a heroic figure." Zhang He said excitedly with a look of adoration.

"Heroes?" Tian Zhong deliberately asked rhetorically, "Why can't I see it?" ”

"That's because the old man has been with him all the time and has been negligent. The adults invaded the Hu army in northern Xinjiang with successive victories, beheaded more than 10,000 people, captured and killed many barbarian generals, and their outstanding achievements have spread throughout the Central Plains. For example, everyone knows today that there is a black panther in the northern Xinjiang of my Han Dynasty, brave and invincible. ”

"Now your Excellency has defeated Zhang Niujiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, in Zhuo County, and killed the 180,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army." Zhang He's eyes widened, and he waved his hands exaggeratedly and said: "Once this matter spreads throughout the Central Plains, the prestige of the adults will be even worse than before, and I am afraid it will be no worse than General Huangfu." We used to think that the adult was a middle-aged man, and some even speculated that since he was a slave of the Xianbei people, he might still be a big man, but we didn't expect the adult to have long hair. ”

"What's so good about his ghost hair, he wears it all day long, like something, and he doesn't listen to him when he is told to tie it up with a hairpin." Tian Zhong said angrily.

Zhang He's eyes widened in surprise, and he whispered, "Uncle, it's a crime to say that." ”

"What?" This time it was Tian Chong's turn to be surprised, "Guilty? Then he remembered that he was a traitor, and hurriedly kept silent.

"This time I heard that I was asked to escort grain and grass, and at first I was not very happy, and I wanted to go to the Julu battlefield to fight. Later, when I heard that it was to escort grain and grass to Lord Leopard, and that I was temporarily asked to serve under Lord Leopard to attack the Yellow Turban Army, I immediately set off, for fear that this good thing would be robbed by others. Now there are more people who want to make military achievements, especially behind the invincible leopard, and there must be more people who want to come. ”

Tian Zhong smiled and said, "Don't worry, you've come to the right place this time." War is about to begin. ”

"Uncle, shall we go to Boling immediately?" Zhang He asked.

Tian Zhong smiled slightly, did not answer, and asked rhetorically: "Do all your people know how to ride horses?" ”

Zhang He was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Northerners, of course they will." ”

"That's good. Let's go to Liwu. ”

"Not going to Boling?" Zhang He asked in surprise.

Tian Zhong immediately pretended to be very mysterious, and whispered to Zhang He: "Boling's enemy has gone to Liwu. ”

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The sky was overcast, and the clouds were thick and low. A biting cold wind howled in the empty plains.

The tall city walls of Liwu City are majestic and straight, and it is like a weather-beaten warrior, sitting quietly by the Huanshui River, silently looking at the mountains in the distance.

Li Hong led his troops to rest overnight on the way, and rushed to the city of Liwu the next morning.

He looked at the walls of Liwu City and Hesse Forest, and thought of Lu Longsai, Yuyang City. The Xianbei people were not good at attacking cities, but for the sake of wealth, they gave up the advantage of cavalry and attacked the cities of the Han people at all costs. The cavalry fought thousands of miles to defeat the opponent, not to rob the property. But today with his own cavalry, will he also come to attack the city? What are we fighting for? Kill the Yellow Turbans?

Li Hong couldn't help but think of the bloody pass city wall, and a wave of blood suddenly welled up in his heart, and he suddenly had an inexplicable fear of the high city wall in front of him.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were poor people, had no military training, and their weapons and combat effectiveness were inferior to those of the regular army. Although they have high fighting spirit and determination to die together with the enemy, these are not enough. The Yellow Turbans were always able to take advantage of the beginning of the war, but once they held each other for too long, their shortcomings were gradually exposed until they were defeated. In Zhuo County, the officers and soldiers miraculously annihilated 180,000 of them in Zhuo County, which has a lot to do with this reason.

Of course, Li Hong understood that being able to defeat Zhang Niujiao was of course related to his flexible command, but more importantly, Zhang Niujiao did not know how to deal with the cavalry at all. The preparations for the Yellow Turban Army's attack on Youzhou were very inadequate. It is precisely because of this that Li Hong felt that he was lucky to win, and the Yellow Turban Army was defeated in an unknown way. Now that the battlefield has shifted to Jizhou, does the Yellow Turban Army have a precaution against its cavalry and a way to deal with it?

After Li Hong's victory in Zhuo County, he often remembered what Zhang Chun said to him. He didn't understand, these people were so brave and rebelled one after another, was it really as Zhang Chun said, just to not have enough to eat, for three meals a day?

The Yellow Turban Army died hundreds of thousands of people last year and more than 100,000 this year, but because of the Yellow Turban Army's rebellion, they were killed by the government, and millions of people were displaced and starved to death in the wilderness. Because of the war, the fields were barren and there was no harvest, and hundreds of people had to sell their sons and daughters in order to survive, and finally simply cannibalism; Because too many people died, in the end, there was an outbreak of plague in many places in Jizhou and Yuzhou, and more people died. This kind of human tragedy has nothing to do with the Yellow Turban Army?

It is indeed a fact that today's imperial court is corrupt, the Son of Heaven is mediocre and incompetent, the officials are corrupt and pervert the law, and the tycoons of the world are rampant and domineering. But the result of the fierce battle between their forces and the forces of the Yellow Turbans was that millions of people died within two years. What exactly do the Yellow Turbans want to do? Overthrow the current imperial court and change the dynasty? Or do you want to carry this rebellion through to the end, so that all the people of the world will die with them?

Now the Yellow Turban Army is weak, and as time continues, they will sooner or later be exterminated by the officers and troops. But now they are blindly burning, killing and looting, can they solve the problem of eating for the people? Li Hong believes that it can't, but it will make more people die and make more people fall into a more miserable predicament.

He believes that in order to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, a set of methods by Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou, is more effective. It is said that the court is not good, the Son of Heaven is not good, and the government is not good, but when he was in Youzhou, he heard the people say that Liu Yu was a good official. Liu Yu tried all his means to let the people in the counties of Youzhou eat as much as possible and live a stable life. Although Liu Yu didn't do it and didn't do it well, he let the people of Youzhou see hope. Didn't the people of Youzhou rebel this year? Why can't officials elsewhere do it? The government forced the people to rebel, and in the final analysis, the root is still in the official.

If you want the people of the world to live a good life, you must kill all the corrupt officials in the world. This is the easiest way in Li Hong's heart. Although he thought it was ridiculous and naïve, he really couldn't think of a better idea. Rebellion is not a good way at all, and it has been proven.

Now, Jizhou Mu Guodian's words are right, we must solve the Yellow Turban Army in front of us as soon as possible, strive to let the people who fled their homes to escape the scourge of war come back to farm and cultivate the land next spring, and solve the problem of their food next year, otherwise, more and more people will die year by year.

In the future, we must find a way to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people. Li Hong thought secretly.

Zhang He and Zhao Yun were next to him on the left and right. Zhang He is one year older than Zhao Yun, the two are of the same age, have similar temperaments and personalities, and they appreciate each other very much, so they quickly get acquainted.

"My lord, when are we going to attack?" Zhang He asked softly.

Li Hong looked up at the sky and suddenly laughed.

"If only it snowed."

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Fan Li stood on the city wall, his stout body slowly taking two steps back.

"My lord, will the Leopard Army attack the city?" His subordinate Ji Wei asked casually.

Fan Liang smiled coldly, glared fiercely at the army outside the city, and said in a low voice: "He has no chance to attack the city." Have all the troops been withdrawn? ”

"Back to my lord, there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses left to lure the enemy."

"What about the people? How many people are walking with us? Fan Liang then asked.

Ji Wei hesitated for a moment and whispered, "About six or seven thousand people." Many of them were reluctant to leave the city, and only those who had fled were willing to go with us. ”

"Immediately drive them out of the city. Those who do not want to go are to be put to death immediately. Fan Li shouted.

Ji Wei was taken aback, "You don't need your head." If Chu Shuai knew about this, it would be worth it. ”

"Afraid of what? I'm up to it. The leopards came so fast that we simply didn't have time to prepare. As soon as the five thousand men left the city, they would be immediately hunted down by his cavalry. Now there is only one way to retreat with the people. If the leopard cares about the life and death of the people, he will not be killed, and we have the opportunity to lure him to Chongyun Mountain. ”

"I heard that he is cruel and murderous, I'm afraid he won't let us go easily?"

"No, it won't. The fact that he was able to release back the 3,000 Yellow Turban Army brothers shows that he still has a little humanity and will not slaughter the people. Fan Li said with certainty.

"I hope this time Chu Shuai's ambush is successful." Ji Wei looked at the black cavalry army under the city, and took a deep breath of cold air, "It's going to snow." ”

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