Yan Rou and Xian Yuyin rushed to Anxi City with their troops.

Li Hong sent people to Beixincheng and asked Zhang Chun, the minister of Zhongshan, to immediately return to Nulu City to preside over the military administration of Zhongshan. At the same time, he wrote to Jizhou Mu Guodian with a fast horse, telling him that the Nulu City of Zhongshan State had been captured, and whether Youzhou Iron Cavalry would continue to go north to recover other counties in Zhongshan Kingdom, or go south to Zhending City to participate in the war.

Wei Zheng was entrusted by Li Hong and rushed to Anxi City to persuade Fan Li to surrender. The Yellow Turbans were stationed in a prisoner camp outside the city.

Li Hong ordered the soldiers to set up a large camp outside the city, some tents to house the refugees, and some to house the cavalry of the Leopard Army. All the infantry of Xian Yufu were stationed in the city to defend the city.

At the end of the month, Zhang Chun, the minister of Zhongshan, rushed to Nulu first. He was very grateful to Li Hong for helping him recapture the county government and several small county towns of Zhongshan Kingdom in such a short time, although several county towns in the north of Zhongshan Kingdom were still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, but with the power of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, it was a matter of time before they were recovered. Zhang Chun immediately took the former county officials to start their daily work, and the first thing they did was to pacify the refugees in the camp.

Li Hong has always accompanied Zhang Chun, likes to chat with him, and listens to him talk about the management methods and management experience of the internal affairs of the county government, which has benefited Li Hong a lot. In Li Hong's heart, Zhang Chun is a good official who worries about the country and the people, if the county government of the Great Han Kingdom is like Zhang Chun, it is estimated that there will be no such thing as a rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Chun is very knowledgeable, especially in the classics and history, and is very proficient. In the dead of night, the two of them sat in the study, lit the fire, one talked endlessly, the other listened with relish, and often stayed up all night.

Xian Yufu just doesn't like Zhang Chun. He thought that Zhang Chun was ruthless and scheming, and persuaded Li Hong to have less contact with him. Li Hong was as if he hadn't heard it, and he still soaked with Zhang Chun every day, just like Zhang Chun's attendant.

Fan Li surrendered. His troops, under the watchful eye of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, also entered the prisoner camp under the city of Nulu.

Jizhou Mu Guo Dian came to the book. He first commended Li Hong for his contribution to the capture of Nulu City, and praised Minister Zhang Chun for being able to rush back to Zhongshan State in time to preside over the military and political affairs, and then politely refused Li Hong's request to go south to Zhending City to participate in the war. Now that the Yellow Turban Army has been beaten by the official army and is about to be destroyed, Guo Dian certainly doesn't want Li Hong to lead the troops to rob him of his credit at this time. He agreed with Li Hong's troops to go north to recover the entire territory of Zhongshan.

Li Hong immediately ordered Yan Rou's troops and Yan Liang's Yiqu infantry with a total of 4,000 men to go north and recapture Wangdu, Tang County, Puyin, and Beiping County as soon as possible. Xian Yu Yin led the department to the northwest and recaptured Shangquyang. He led the Jade Department and the Black Panther Yi to attack Hanchang and Wuji from the south, and gradually moved closer to the direction of Changshan Zhending City to respond to the attack of Guo Dian's army. Xian Yu assisted Li Han, Fu Qiang and more than 2,000 guards to guard Nulu City.

By the time the troops arrived in Hanchang, the Yellow Turban Army had already withdrawn.

Li Hong immediately ordered the troops to set up a large camp and no longer move in the direction of Wuji. When you reach Wuji, even across the Bishui River and the Qinshui River, it is the real city. If you get too close, Jizhou Mu Guodian may have an opinion.

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Li Hong was awakened by the noisy shouts outside the tent.

He got up and hurriedly put on his robe, and just wanted to go out to see what was going on, Zhao Yun had already rushed in.

"My lord, Lord Guo's troops are surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army."

Li Hong immediately lowered his head and looked at the map on the desk, and asked at the same time, "How did you get the news?" ”

Zhao Yun replied at the end of the day, and a fishy smell suddenly rushed in the big tent, and Zhang He walked in with a big man covered in blood.

Li Hong looked up and was taken aback.

"Xiaguan Wenchou, please meet your lordship." With a disastrous face and an embarrassed Wen Chou, he struggled to kneel, but was stopped by Zhao Yun and Zhang He.

"Excuse me. Tell me, what's going on? Li Hong waved his hand and asked anxiously.

"Five days ago, Lord Guo led his troops to Yulongtun, which was thirty miles away from Zhending City, and Zhang Niujiao led his troops to defend it. The night before yesterday, the 150,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army's Bai Huan Division, Chu Feiyan Division, Wang Dang Division, Sun Qin Division, and Wulu Division suddenly appeared in Yulongtun and caught us off guard. Lord Guo led us to retreat urgently, and when we arrived at Guhongling, the whole army was surrounded. Xiaguan was entrusted by Lord Guo to lead a hundred iron horsemen to desperately break through the siege and fight for help. Wen Chou hoarsely said loudly.

Li Hong has been lying on the map, following Wen Chou's narration to find the general direction.

"My lord, this is Lord Guo's paperwork." Wen Chou took out a short bamboo slip stained with blood from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Yun beside him. Li Hong opened it casually, glanced at it, and put it on the desk and groaned silently.

Zhang Niujiao finally made a move, and it was immediately after he divided his troops. This timing was very clever, so that Li Hong had to marvel at the use of Zhang Niujiao.

Now it can be seen that Bai Huan stayed at the foot of Taihang Mountain, Wulu handed over the troops, all of which were deliberately arranged by Zhang Niujiao, and even Chu Feiyan attacked Liwu and Boling, all of which hinted at Guo Dian that the internal strife of the Yellow Turban Army was fierce, the morale of the troops was low, and there were not many Yellow Turban Army troops left in Changshan.

At this time, Zhang Niujiao led the army to attack, causing Guo Dian to retreat again and again, forcing Guo Dian to gather the strength of the Jizhou official army and launch a counteroffensive against the Yellow Turban Army. Immediately, Zhang Niujiao pretended to be invincible and retreated step by step, causing Guo Dian to mistakenly believe that this was the best time to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, and then made great strides to chase after him. Zhang Niujiao lured Guo Dian into the trap he had set.

At this time, Zhang Niujiao was not at ease, because there was still a strong Fengyun Iron Cavalry in the north that could go south to participate in the battle at any time. So he further showed weakness, and even retreated to Zhending City at the cost of losing his troops. At this time, Guo Dian already thought that the Yellow Turban Army was about to be defeated by himself, and there was no need for Li Hong's Leopard Army to go south to help.

The Yellow Turban Army's abandonment of Zhongshan and the large and small counties of Zhongshan is actually a hint to Li Hong and Guo Dian that the strength of the Yellow Turban Army has been greatly reduced, and its defeat is imminent. As a result, Li Hong asked to divide troops to recover the entire territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, and Guo Dian agreed. As a result, the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, which posed the greatest threat to the Yellow Turban Army, was divided into three, losing the possibility of concentrating on attacking the Yellow Turban Army, and at the same time losing the possibility of timely rescue after the main force of the official army was surrounded.

At this time, the 5,000 men and horses of Feng Yi's troops who stayed in Gaoyi City were estimated to have also been pinned down by the Yellow Turban Army. He has fewer men and horses and does not work at all.

Li Hong stared blankly at the map, at a loss.

Li Hong once reminded Guo Dian that Chu Feiyan was not in Zhongshan Kingdom, which meant that he might have gone to Changshan. But because Guo Dian is his superior, the official is much older than him, so it's hard to say it directly. He actually wanted to tell him that it was best to transfer his Fengyun Iron Cavalry to the frontal battlefield to attack the Yellow Turban Army. The two armies will attack together and have a greater certainty of annihilating the Yellow Turban Army, and they are not afraid of any tricks played by the Yellow Turban Army.

But he had just easily captured Nulu City at that time, and he had already made great contributions, and it seemed too much if he went to Changshan to grab merit. So Guo Dian refused Li Hong and his cavalry's request to go south to join the war.

As a result, it is now a mess.

Now if Guo Dian's troops are completely annihilated by the Yellow Turban Army, Feng Yi, who is guarding Gaoyi City, will be the second target to be attacked by the Yellow Turban Army. Feng Yi was eliminated, and the Yellow Turban Army could immediately drive straight into Julu County. Although there are more than 10,000 of his iron cavalry, it is very difficult to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, which relies on Taihang Mountain to enter and exit in such a big place as Jizhou. At the same time, it is even more impossible for the Jizhou side to gather more than 50,000 troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army in a short period of time.

As soon as Zhang Niujiao made a move, the battle situation in Jizhou immediately reversed. The crushing defeat of the officers and troops was a foregone conclusion.

Li Hong regretted it a lot. At this time, what county town is still greedy? While the main force of the Yellow Turban Army is still there, there should be no blind division of troops at all, otherwise there is still room for redemption in today's tragic situation.

The more Li Hong thought about it, the more angry he became, and suddenly aimed at the case in front of him. "Click......" sounded, and the case was split by his palm.

Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Wen Chou's faces changed.

"Immediately order Yan Rou's department, Xian Yu Yinbu, Xian Yu auxiliary department, and rush to Xia Quyang as quickly as possible."

"Blow the trumpet, immediately assemble the troops, and prepare to go."

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Guhongling was shrouded in darkness, silent, only the terrible cold wind flapped the huge handsome flag, and let out bursts of piercing howls. At the foot of the mountains, the camp tents of the Yellow Turban Army were densely packed and stretched for several miles. Countless torches swayed in the wind, like bewitching gems inlaid on black satin, showing a breathtaking light.

Guo Dian is in his fifties and has a white beard. At this time, he stood on the ridge, looking at the enemy camp, smiling and calm.

Last year, he was also the Taishou of Julu County. The Yellow Turbans were the first to erupt in his jurisdiction, and their momentum was unstoppable. He barely held on for a few days and fled to Anpingguo. Later, General Huangfu Song led his troops to arrive, and he took the county soldiers to participate in the suppression of bandits.

"I don't know if Zijun has arrived in Nulu?" The judge standing behind him said worriedly.

"Zhengnan, do you really think that the leopard will come to ask for help day and night?" Guo Dian asked suspiciously.

"It's definitely coming, as long as we can keep watch for another seven days." The judge said in a resolute tone.

Guo Dian sighed, obviously not confident.

"You know when you see him, he's definitely a man." The judge said unquestionably.

"Oh. A man? Guo Dian turned to face him and asked in surprise: "Since you came back from Liwu, you have not made any evaluation of him, and I heard Zijun say that you scolded him in Liwu." Why did you suddenly believe in him so much today? ”

The judge smiled bitterly and said: "Although he is from a humble background and full of Hu Renwei, he is not a barbarian, and his martial arts and talents are very admirable. Pointing at Sang and scolding him that day, I was indeed a little wrong. I thought he was as greedy and cunning as a barbarian, taking the opportunity to blackmail us and enrich his own pockets, but who knew that he really gave all the salaries to the soldiers. I'll explain it to him when I get a chance. ”

"So you believe him?"

"Yes. He treats the Hu people like his own brothers, although we despise them, but from another point of view, he has a generous heart. Generally, people with a generous heart are loyal and righteous people. So I believe him. The judge said very seriously.

Guo Dian laughed, patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said, "Brother Zhengnan is also a loyal and upright person, otherwise he would not offend many people." You see, can we keep it for another seven days? ”

The judge shook his head.

Guo Dian laughed, "Okay." This time, the old man also tasted the taste of blood-stained battlefield. ”

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