Chapter 3: The Storm Rises Section 42 (I))

He looked older than he was really old, tall and thin, with a long face and long beard, two thick and thick eyebrows, and a pair of shining eyes, looking aggressive and very confident.

His attitude towards Li Hong was modest and respectful, which surprised Li Hong very much. When Li Hong first saw the trial that day, the trial was very contemptuous and arrogant.

On behalf of the Julu County Government, Fu Zhu first apologized for the negligence of Li Hong and Fengyun Iron Cavalry.

"Lord Feng died suddenly, and there was no one in the city to command, which caught us off guard, plus there were many things in the city that needed to be dealt with urgently, and the government had fallen into chaos for a long time, so it was really rude to delay until now to come to see your lordship."

When Li Hong said this, he was very embarrassed, feeling that he was small and narrow-minded, and his face immediately turned red.

"We are worried that the sudden withdrawal of the Yellow Turban Army is a trick played by them, so we dare not slack off a little, and we are on full alert, and at the same time send someone to inform the adults. During this period, there will inevitably be negligence and negligence, please be sure to bear with me. The child couldn't speak, and he was offended, so the lower official apologized on his behalf. He continued.

Seeing that he was about to apologize, Li Hong hurriedly stopped and didn't dare to say anything.

"I wonder if you have any definite news about the Yellow Turban Army right now?" Frustrated asked.

Li Hong nodded, "According to the scout's report, they are rapidly evacuating in the direction of Gaoyi City. ”

Fu Zhu sighed, and said with a gloomy expression: "Lord Feng and Lord Yizhou Mu Guo died one after another, giving us a heavy blow. The two adults are no longer alive, and the Yizhou army has also been lost, and the situation in Yizhou ......" He shook his head vigorously and lamented, "What a mess." ”

Li Hong asked strangely, "How could Lord Feng be killed?" What did he do on the battlefield? ”

"My lord has long wanted to die, and this time the head office got his wish." "Ever since the ant thieves attacked the city, he has been living on the west tower, vowing to fight to the death with the soldiers. At noon today, the Xicheng people were lost, and the adults were killed by the ant thieves in the battle, and they were martyred. Although Pan Duwei led reinforcements to arrive in time and recaptured Xicheng from the ant thieves, the head of Lord Feng could no longer be found. It's a pity that Lord Feng is loyal to the country, and he can't be all dead when he dies, and there is no heavenly reason. ”

Li Hong looked at the heartbroken face of Fu Zhu and asked again, "What does Lord Fu mean when he says that Lord Feng has the heart to die?" ”

He let out a long sigh and explained: "The year before last, the ant thieves rebelled and killed Lord Feng's entire family, Lord Feng's grandparents, parents, wives and concubines, and more than 100 children and grandchildren were all killed. Originally, last year he was going to return to his hometown and retire for the rest of his life, who knows......"

His eyes were red, his expression was a little excited, he took a short break, and continued, "My lord suddenly suffered this catastrophe, his mind changed greatly, and he was as murderous as his life. His heart had long since died with his family. He has always wanted to die, he has always wanted to die, and this time he finally got his wish, fulfilled his wish, and died as he deserved. ”

Li Hong was silent, and his heart ached. Lord Feng is not the only person in the world who has suffered such a tragic disaster, and it is not Lord Feng alone who has thrown himself into the battlefield to vendetta and kill the other party because of this kind of disaster, but thousands of people. The result is the same, kill, kill, kill flesh and blood.

The two were silent for a long time.

"Is Lord Fu still going back to the city today?"

"Not back. I walked around the camp and took a look. I wonder why Hu Qi is so powerful, under the command of adults, he defeated an army of more than 100,000 ant thieves with only 10,000 horses. ”

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In the evening, Gao Ran and Lao Gui, as well as dozens of veterans of the guard tun, rushed to the camp outside the city of gall with a cart of grain and grass.

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At night, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the atmosphere was relatively depressing.

In this battle, because of the sudden retreat of the Yellow Turban Army for unknown reasons, they luckily held the city of Gauntlet. However, because the Yellow Turban Army prepared to organize an army of more than 100,000 to encircle and annihilate the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, the troops not only did not succeed in the surprise attack, but fell into a melee and suffered heavy losses.

Yan Zhao's troops used 3,000 people to block the 10,000 people of Chu Feiyan's front army of the Yellow Turban Army, but the 3,000 people were basically wiped out, and in the end only more than 100 people remained, and Li Han and Fu Qiang were killed.

Xian Yu Yinbu blocked Chu Feiyan's left flank enemy, with 3,000 cavalry against 20,000 infantry, resulting in the loss of more than half and more than 1,600 soldiers.

Li Hong personally led the Jade Division, Yan Rou Division, and Black Panther Yicong, a total of more than 9,000 people and 70,000 people from the Yang Feng Division of the Yellow Turban Army, although the initial heavy damage to the enemy's blocking troops, but then Chu Feiyan's right wing of 20,000 horses and horses came up, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate, and the iron cavalry suffered large losses, with nearly 2,000 soldiers killed.

In the comprehensive losses, the Fengyun Iron Cavalry lost two soldiers, 17 commanders, 6,600 soldiers, and more than 1,000 wounded. Only 7,000 troops were now able to fight on horseback, more than half of which had been lost.

If it weren't for the inexplicable withdrawal of the Yellow Turban Army, Chu Feiyan's central army and left flank would have been killed on the western battlefield. Under the bloody battle, even if the Fengyun Iron Cavalry can successfully break through, there are only three or four thousand people left at most. It was a very lucky victory.

There was not a single seriously wounded. There are too many Yellow Turban Army, and under the fierce battle, there will be no room for survival. Whether it was the infantry soldiers of the Yan Zhao tribe or the cavalry of the Iron Cavalry Army, as long as they fell into the hands of the enemy, they were all killed.

After the preliminary cleaning of the battlefield, the Yellow Turban Army lost about 70,000 people, and if you add the losses of their siege, the Yellow Turban Army lost about 100,000 people. In this way, there are at least 100,000 people left in the Yellow Turban Army.

After Tian Zhong finished talking about the specific figures, he silently walked to the brazier, his heart full of sadness. Many familiar comrades-in-arms have since been buried in the ground, never to be seen again.

Zhao Yun secretly wept. Li Han didn't wait for the day when he walked back to Zhending City.

Xian Yufu is also saddened by himself. He and Fu Qiang have worked together in Youzhou Thorn Mansion for many years and have a deep relationship. Now that Fu Qiang is dead, after he returns to Youzhou, how can he tell Fu Qiang's relatives?

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Yan Liang, who left halfway, suddenly ran in in a hurry. In front of everyone's eyes, he did not shy away from saying a few words in Li Hong's ear.

Li Hong's face immediately became very ugly.

Li Hong silently flipped through the bamboo slips on the desk and was silent.

Frustrated, he looked at Li Hong with a solemn expression.

The officers in the big tent all stared at Li Honghe and Yan Liang who was standing behind him, and they were all very curious. Everyone wanted to know what was going on, but seeing Yan Liang's solemn expression and the appearance of rushing out to kill someone, no one dared to ask.

"Zilong, bring the map." Li Hong slowly rolled up the bamboo slips on the desk and said calmly.

As soon as Zhao Yun took out the map from his bag, Yan Liang ran over. He hurriedly snatched the map from Zhao Yun's hand, walked in front of Li Hong's desk in a few steps, knelt on the ground, and spread out the map on the desk.

There was no one in the tent, only the occasional crisp "crackling" sound of the burning wood in the brazier, and the atmosphere seemed tense and oppressive.

Li Hong slowly raised his head, looked at Fu Yu and asked softly:

"Lord Fu, can Julu County provide me with ten days of food and grass right away?"

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers in the big tent, almost breaking the roof of the big tent.

Yan Liang stood up abruptly and shouted loudly, "Brothers, there is a war. ”

Lou Lu hammered Lu Huanyang fiercely, and roared loudly: "Good, good, good, it's good to follow the leopard, there are battles every day." Good. ”

A hint of doubt flashed across his face, and he nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes." ”

"Maybe it's ready tomorrow morning?" Li Hong asked.

Fu Zhi pondered for a while, and said resolutely: "As long as the adults need it, I will immediately rush back to the city, and after consulting with Lord Changshi Chen and Lord Duwei Pan, I will be transported to the camp overnight. ”

"Thank you so much." Li Hong said gratefully, and then he waved his hand at the hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

"Set off tomorrow morning and attack Handan."

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As soon as the soldiers walked out of the Chinese army's tent, they immediately surrounded Yan Liang.

Wen Chou asked in a low voice: "Tiger Head, what did you just say to the adults, mysterious and secretive?" ”

"No wow." Yan Liang replied seriously.

Tian Chong, who was standing next to him, gave him a hard slap on the head, frowned and said, "Say it quickly, there must be something." The adults suddenly decided to make a long-distance attack on Handan City, it must have something to do with your news? ”

Zheng Xin pretended to be vicious and said to him: "If you have any news, don't tell me first, just go and tell the adults, is there no me in your eyes." ”

Yan Liang hurriedly smiled and said, "Shouyan, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it." It's too urgent, I just want to tell the adults quickly, and I forgot about you. Sorry, sorry. ”

"What's the matter?" Zheng Xin immediately asked.

"Zhang Niujiao is dead."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then happy in their hearts, and then thought about whether it was wrong, how could he know the news.

"When my men buried the corpses of the thieves in the West City, they saved a few who survived from serious injuries. One of them was a squire with horns, and that was what he said. ”

Zheng Xin, Tian Zhong and others looked at each other, and they all felt that this news was unreliable. Will Zhang Niujiao die? How can it be? He was the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and he had been commanding the battle in the camp all the time, how could he die?

Zhang He said loudly: "Where is the wounded soldier, let's go and ask again?" ”

Fist said disdainfully, "Don't go." I don't think adults believe it either, as do we do. He never said this, indicating that he also believed that the news was fake. ”

Lei Zi immediately laughed disapprovingly: "Tiger Head, you spread unconfirmed news and want to beat the military stick." ”

"you." Yan Liang raised his leg and kicked him, and said hatefully, "I want to fight, I want to kill the Yellow Turban Army, and I want to avenge the brothers of Yan Zhao's tribe." Don't you want to avenge Lord Li, Lord Fu, and the thousands of brothers who died? ”

"It turns out that you are falsely spreading the news in order to mislead the adults into sending troops to fight and to take revenge." Tian Zhong pointed to Yan Liang's nose unceremoniously and said, "I see that you are getting bolder and bolder." ”

Yan Liang hurriedly said: "Uncle, that news is really said by the enemy, not made it up by me. ”

Everyone looked very nervous and burst into laughter.

Tian Zhong patted him on the back affectionately, and said bitterly: "Your wound is still oozing blood, can you go on the road tomorrow?" ”

"I want revenge." Yan Liang shouted.

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