Yan Rou led his troops and rushed to the vicinity of Fanyang.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army gathered densely on both sides of the convoy, and tens of thousands of torches burned in the night, and the firelight lit up half of the sky.

They looked at the Yellow Turban Army's grain and grass convoy in front of them, and they were at a loss.

They received news from the scouts that after leaving Fanyang for thirty miles, the Yellow Turban Army suddenly turned around and returned to Fanyang, and no longer continued to the Yishui River.

Yan Rou and his subordinates were confused and didn't know what was going on. The Yellow Turban Army didn't withdraw, why? Has there been a change on the battlefield in Jizhou?

"Captain, do you have any news?" Yan Rou asked.

No one answered. It has been five days since I received news from Li Hong. His last message was just two words: "Tailgating." "Tailgating instead of tailgating, this made Yan Rou and the others very uncomfortable.

"Your Excellency won't hide from us to take Beixincheng, close the door and beat the dog." Yan Wuxing said suddenly.

Yan Rou, beard, and fist looked at each other and shook their heads.

"To go to Beixincheng, you have to cross two rivers, unless you kill all the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army, everyone can see it." The beard touched his beard and said, "Where did the Lord go?" ”

"The Yellow Turban Army withdrew into Fanyang City overnight, and the Yellow Turban Army in Fanyang City increased to 30,000 people. We can't be surrounded by people, we can't fight, why are we staying here? Fist said dejectedly, "Forget it, don't think about it, go back to sleep." ”

Yan Rou laughed, stretched out his thumb at his fist, and said loudly, "High." ”

"Let's go, let's go back to sleep."

The next morning, the Yellow Turban Army all withdrew into Fanyang City.

At noon the next day, Yan Rou received a document from Li Hong, telling him that the main cavalry force had successfully ambushed 15,000 people of Chu Feiyan's army at Fanxingting, and then attacked Beixincheng, completely cutting off the enemy's retreat. Yan Rou was asked to boldly surround Fan Yang. At the same time, this document was sent to Zhuocheng and Jicheng, and asked the two adults to do everything possible to raise soldiers and horses to rush to Fanyang to participate in the battle of encircling and annihilating Fanyang's Yellow Turban Army.

On the third day of the capture of Beixincheng, Li Hong ordered Xian Yuyinbu to garrison Beixincheng, and he took about 4,000 cavalry including the Jade Department and the Black Panther Yicong to cross the Yishui River and rushed to Fanyang City to join Yan Rou's troops. An army of 7,000 surrounded Fan Yang. The Yellow Turban Army also had no intention of breaking through, but only stationed heavy troops to defend the city.

At dusk, Li Hong stood on the empty field, looking at the majestic Fanyang City Tower, and watching the apricot yellow Daxu of the Yellow Turban Army flying on the city tower, and his heart suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Zhuo County, Zhuo County, I finally took it back.

Suddenly, he thought of Zhang Chun. What Zhang Chun said that night by the Shengshui River was deeply imprinted in his mind. These people are desperate people, I killed one after another, did I do the right thing? Who the hell am I? Why don't I know if I'm doing the right thing?

Li Hong fell into deep thought. The lost memory could not be retrieved, and he seemed to have lost the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. He didn't know what he should do in this vast world. What should I do? What's right? What's wrong?

Li Hong stood in the bleak cold wind, letting his long hair flutter, and he was crazy for a while.

Tian Zhong and many of his subordinates stood in the distance, looking at Li Hong's increasingly thin body, and their hearts were full of admiration for him.

He alone led 10,000 cavalry, in just over a month, to turn the tide and wipe out more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops. Ever since he met this kid, he has been killing, killing, and living with war horses and war knives every day, without stopping for a moment. This idiot boy may have been born for war.

It was getting dark.

Yan Liang took out the cowhide from his bag and prepared to send it to Li Hong. Tian Zhong took it from his hand and strode towards Li Hong.

"People's ......"

Li Hong suddenly woke up.

Tian Zhong put on a somewhat shabby mattress for him, and said with a smile: "When, I'll get you a fur coat, winter is coming." ”

Li Hong sighed and said, "Uncle, give it to the wounded soldiers, they need it more." We are too poor. ”

"If you don't eat well, dress badly, or sleep well every day, your body will not be able to withstand it."

Li Hong smiled lightly, "I eat the same things and wear the same clothes as the soldiers, they can withstand it, why can't I?" ”

"You and them go back, I still have something to think about."

Tian Zhong glanced at him silently, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Old man......"

Tian Zhong looked back at him, waiting for him to speak. Li Hong hesitated for a moment and asked, "We killed so many Yellow Turban soldiers, right?" ”

Tian Zhong smiled bitterly and whispered: "For them, starvation is death, war death is death, anyway, it is death, it doesn't matter how they die." With that, he turned around and strode away.

Li Hong looked at his back, and suddenly remembered the Yellow Turban veteran who was trampled to death on the battlefield of Jiuliting. His heart twitched unconsciously, violently and painfully.

"Zishan......" Li Hong shouted loudly.

Yan Liang flew over.

"Tell Lord Yan to rush to Zhuocheng immediately and bring Sima Huangting of the Yellow Turban Army to Fan Yang."

"Then ...... you," Yan Liang asked hesitantly.

"Zilong is here, it's okay. Hurry up. ”

In the night, Zhao Yun led two war horses, one black and one white, and stood with a gun.

A few days later, Zhang Chun, the minister of Zhongshan, and Cao Xian, the Gongcao of the Assassin Mansion, hurried to Fanyang City with 3,000 troops.

The purpose of the two was the same, and they asked Li Hong to immediately send troops to Zhongshan Kingdom.

Now the situation of the official army on the battlefield in Jizhou is very bad, and the second document sent by Jizhou Mu Guodian to Youzhou is to tell Yang Huang, the assassin of Youzhou, that his troops failed to attack Jiumen, and hoped that he would defeat Zhang Niujiao as soon as possible and send troops to Zhongshan Kingdom.

Of course, Li Hong agreed. It's just that Fan Yang's enemies don't solve it, and everything they say is in vain. Moreover, the 180,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army were buried on the battlefield of Zhuo County, and he has a great ability to show his horns, and now he is overstretched in sending troops to deploy the formation. The news sent by Jizhou is still half a month ago, who knows how Jizhou is now? Maybe because of Zhang Niujiao's fiasco on the Youzhou battlefield, the Yellow Turban soldiers on the Jizhou battlefield were panicked, and they may have been defeated one after another.

A few days later, Xian Yuyin sent someone to deliver the news.

Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan both returned safely to the county of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Before the two of them went back, the Yellow Turban Army was already in chaos. After Guo Dian's troops lost the first battle, they immediately ambushed the troops of the Yellow Turban Army Wang Dang near Yuanshi City. Now Guo Dian's army is in Luancheng. And Wang Dang was attacking Wulu, another small handsome man of the Yellow Turban Army, and their own people fought. Bai Huan, the Yellow Turban Army who was firmly defending Xiangguo, suddenly abandoned Xiangguo and fled into Taihang Mountain. Feng Yi picked up a big bargain for nothing, and his troops are now preparing to attack Handan.

Now the Yellow Turban Army on the Jizhou battlefield is unable to launch a counteroffensive because of insufficient troops. However, because the officers and troops had won the battle and the troops needed to rest and resupply, there were no major attacks for the time being.

Li Hong let out a sigh of relief. In any case, the Jizhou army's dispatch to attack the Yellow Turban Army was the key to victory on the Youzhou battlefield. Now the Youzhou battlefield has defeated Zhang Niujiao's 180,000 army, which has also indirectly reduced the pressure on the Jizhou army. If the Jizhou battlefield can still be supported, Youzhou does not need to send troops at present.

The most important thing now is to deal with the 30,000 Yellow Turban Army in Fanyang City. If you solve them, you will have no worries, and you can concentrate all your forces to attack Zhongshan Kingdom.

Li Hong is now looking forward to snow. If there is a snowfall, you can win at least half a month.

Yan Rou hurried back, and at the same time he also brought Wang Wei's reward to the soldiers of the army.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu immediately received Huang Ting as a guest of honor.

Xian Yufu completely agreed with Li Hong's opinion, it was indeed the best policy to persuade the Yellow Turban Army to surrender and solve the Fan Yang problem without blood.

Huang Ting is Sima under Zhang Baiqi's tent, and the two have a deep personal relationship. Now the Yellow Turban Army in Fanyang City is Zhang Baiqi's final say, looking for lobbyists, of course, Huang Ting is the most suitable.

Huang Ting was a Confucian scholar and did not know martial arts. He was caught on the battlefield of Jiuli Pavilion because his riding skills were too poor and he fell under the horse in a hurry. Huang Ting is in his thirties, with an ordinary appearance, and the only distinctive thing is his beard. Because he had grown in the prisoner camp, his beard was untrimmed, and it was as messy as a bird's nest.

There were more than 13,000 captives in the prisoner camp in Zhuocheng, and Huang Ting's official was the largest, and he was responsible for daily management. When Xian Yufu escorted them back to Zhuocheng, he dealt with him every day and knew him very well. But it was the first time he saw Li Hong, and he was very scared.

Li Hong directly told him about the current situation of the Zhuojun battlefield and the current situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou. The more Huang Ting listened, the more frightened he became, and gradually his head began to sweat.

"You probably know what I meant by calling you." Li Hong said with a smile, "You go to Fanyang City, tell Zhang Baiqi about his current situation, and ask him if he surrenders or not?" Under what conditions did he surrender? ”

Huang Ting looked at him and asked timidly, "Can adults call the shots?" ”

Xian Yufu said on the side: "Lord Youzhou Thorn Shi Yang has already handed over the affairs here to Lord Captain, don't worry." At the beginning, the captain said that he would promise to keep you alive and that you would be fed and clothed. Now you see, aren't you and the captives alive and well in Zhuocheng? ”

Judge Huang let out a long sigh and said in despair: "What about the future? What will we do in the future? ”

Li Hong smiled: "Do you want to know?" ”

Huang Ting's eyes suddenly widened, and the look of anticipation on his face made Li Hong's heart tremble for no reason.

"Tuntian. There was a precedent in the previous dynasty, and this dynasty will not make an exception and must kill you. There is only one way, and I can only promise to do it. ”

Huang Ting was silent for a long time, and his expression gradually calmed down.

He stood up suddenly, walked to Li Hong's desk and knelt down, kowtowing respectfully three times.

Li Hong hurriedly helped him up, and comforted him with a smile: "Brother Xingzheng (Huang Ting's character), people always have to live, whether you rebel or surrender, in your heart you hope that you can live and live better." You are not wrong to think so, and Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, will not want you to die senselessly. If you surrender and can live, of course he will agree. ”

Huang Ting glanced at him gratefully and walked out of the big tent.