PS: Merry Christmas to book friends! I don't know if everyone was disturbed by the shock last night, or if they were at the epicenter, but I hope that this will not delay everyone from getting up early today to read a book, of course, more importantly, don't forget to vote for Xue Lian, (*^__^*) hehe......

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Within dozens of miles around Yecheng, there are several satellite cities, Pingyang City in the east, Wucheng in the south, Jiuhou City, Dirty City and so on in the west.

Pingyang City, more than ten miles east of Yecheng, is the location of the Yellow Turban Army's camp, and the Yellow Turban Army's camp tents are dense and overwhelming.

Sima Xiaoyan hurriedly walked into Zhang Jiao's big tent and reported: "Great sage and good teacher, the gongs and drums in Yecheng are noisy, and the firecrackers are ringing in unison, as if they are celebrating some happy event. ”

Xiao Yan and Xiao Zuo are of the same clan, which can be regarded as brothers. His father was a small official in the county, because he was appreciated by the county order, and his income was good, Xiao Yan also benefited a lot from this, and became the companion of the son of the county order, and his father hoped that he would be famous in the future. Xiao Yan is very smart, and in the past few years, he has achieved quite a lot.

However, just when he was about to succeed in his studies, the second party ban broke out, and the county order that appreciated his father was implicated and he was dismissed. And the new county order is a family of eunuchs, and his father, the cronies of the former county order, is naturally not interested, and suppresses it in many ways. And Xiao Yan himself is also from a common people, no matter how hard he tries, at most he is to help others write and settle accounts, and he can't get on the stage, and he has empty ambitions but can't show them.

Later, Taiping Dao arose in Julu County, and his subordinate brother Xiao Zuo became the first batch of disciples of Taiping Dao. Under Xiao Zuo's persuasion, Xiao Yan joined Taiping Dao.

Soon Xiao Zuo's talent was favored by Zhang Jiao, and he was responsible for the affairs and finances of the teaching, and he could be regarded as Zhang Jiao's cronies.

In this year's Taiping Road incident, Xiao Yan also followed Zhang Jiao to raise troops and became Zhang Jiao's Sima, equivalent to the chief of staff in the army in later generations, giving advice to Zhang Jiao.

Zhang Jiao was secretly taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "Is there a cable report?" ”

Xiao Yan shook his head and whispered, "I can't figure it out, I don't know what Li Yi is doing." In my opinion, if there is still no news of Yue Fei, let's simply launch a general attack on Yecheng, there is really no need for us to wait like this. ”

Zhang Jiao nodded and said, "I think so too, if we don't have any news tomorrow, let's start launching a general attack the day after tomorrow." What do you think? ”

When Xiao Zuo sat next to the desk, Zhang Jiao asked, "When will Sun Qin's grain and grass arrive?" ”

Xiao Zuo said casually: "It's already Quzhou, and it's almost four or five days away." ”

Zhang Jiao asked again: "Is there any news from Xiao Zuo today?" ”

Xiao Zuo shook his head and said with some concern: "There was no news last night, and there was no news this morning. I have sent for him. I wonder what went wrong with him in the column? ”

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

Xiao Zuo smiled and said, "The great sage and good teacher can be relieved. Xiao Zuo's troops are very strong in combat, even if they encounter the cavalry of the Youzhou Army, they have the strength to fight. ”

Immediately, his face changed greatly, and he cried out in a lost voice: "Yue Fei won't run to the people, right?" ”

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

At this moment, the soldiers came to report that the scouts had brought new news. Zhang Jiao, who was uneasy in his heart, immediately asked the scout to come and report.

The news reported by the scout was the news that Xiao Zuo's entire army was wiped out in the Ancient Mansion, and the city was occupied by Yue Fei.

Zhang Jiao's heart was dripping blood.

After Bao Dan, another of his own warriors died. Not only that, but he also lost 25,000 of his most elite troops.

What's even worse is that the city of Lieren was occupied, and his back road was cut off.

Although it is said that on the vast Jizhou Plain, the occupation of Lieren City does not mean that your army has run out of food and grass, especially in Quliang, Qiqiu and other counties are still under your control.

However, if you want to get food and grass conveniently, people are the key. Because this chokes the passage of the Zhangshui River, as long as the cities along the river such as the Lieren are under the control of their own army, they can get continuous supplies through the Zhangshui River.

Now that the people are lost, the first to bear the brunt is Sun Qin's department. According to the news he received earlier, Sun Qinzheng led an army of 20,000 to escort the grain and grass of the 200,000 army from Quzhou to the west along the Zhangshui, and now he may have left the territory of Quzhou and entered the territory of Zhangzhang.

And the reprimand is less than a hundred miles away from the people!

Moreover, the Youzhou army controlled the Lien, not only cut off the Zhangshui River transportation, but also threatened the land passage from Yecheng to Guangzong and other rear cities through the strong mobility of the cavalry.

Zhang Jiao knew that his 150,000 army under Yecheng was now in a dangerous situation.

In the original Battle of Changping, why did the 400,000 army of Zhao State fail, wasn't it because the back road was cut off and the army could not be supplied?

The most terrible thing is that a few days ago, he got the news that the imperial court's thief Zhonglang general Huangfu Song and Xiao Cavalry Captain Cao Cao led an army of 40,000 to the north and had entered the territory of Dongjun.

Once the Yellow Turban Army of Dongjun Bu Jibu couldn't stop Huangfu Song and Cao Cao, and let the two lead the army across the river, the one who fell into the encirclement became himself.

Li Yi, the cavalry general who was surrounded by himself in Yecheng, was not a good stubble, and the thief general Huangfu Song and the cavalry captain Cao Cao were also not good stubble. The generals of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou, Zhang Mancheng, Bo Cai, Peng Tuo and Zhao Hong were all folded in the hands of these two people, and the more than 200,000 Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou were also exhausted.

If he is defeated in the hands of Li Yi, the general of the cavalry, in addition to himself and other leaders, the brothers below may still be able to have a way to live, because Li Yi is not a person who loves to kill, the 400,000 Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou was defeated by him, and only 350,000 people were killed, and the remaining 300,000 were properly settled.

But once defeated in the hands of Huangfu Song and Cao Cao, don't say that you are waiting for the leader, I am afraid that few of the brothers below will survive. That Huangfu Song is simply a murderous maniac, most of the more than 200,000 Yellow Turban troops in Yuzhou were killed by him, and even more than 100,000 were killed by him after being defeated and captured.

This person can simply be compared to the former Qin general, the killing god Bai Qi!

As the saying goes, blessing and misfortune are not a single line, and the so-called good is not a bad spirit, just when Zhang Jiao was shocked because he got the back road was cut off, and was suspicious that the imperial generals of Dongjun Huangfu Song and Cao Cao led the army north, the scout brought a news again: Bu Ji, the general of the Yellow Turban Army of Dongjun, led an army of 50,000 troops to meet the battle after hearing that Huangfu Song led the army to attack, and the two sides started a big battle in Cangtingjin. As a result, Bu Ji was captured by Huangfu Songsheng, and the Yellow Turban Army, which lost its main general, was defeated, nearly 10,000 people were killed, and the remaining more than 40,000 Yellow Turban troops were either captured or scattered and fled.

Huangfu Song, who had won a great victory, immediately led a large army across the river and occupied Yangping, an important town in the eastern part of Dong County. Looking at its posture, it is ready to lead the army to attack its own base camp Guangzong.

When Huangfu Song and Bu Ji fought in Cangting, Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiao Cavalry, led an army of 10,000 to capture Puyang, the seat of the Eastern County, and quickly led the army across the river and entered Liyang City, the southernmost part of Wei County, to threaten his own army from the south.

Looking at the two armies of Huangfu Song and Cao Cao who crossed the river to the north on the map, as well as Li Yi's army in Yecheng, and Li Yi's general Yue Fei, who occupied the people, Zhang Jiao suddenly found that overnight, he was surrounded on all sides.

Although in terms of military strength, he still has obvious advantages, after all, he still has an army of 170,000 under his command, and his younger brother Zhang Liang also has nearly 100,000 horses, and the total number of troops in the four routes of the imperial court is only 70,000 troops, but Zhang Jiao knows that his own army, in addition to the tens of thousands of elites under his command, the rest are just exiles.

Especially now that the army of more than 100,000 people under his command has been cut off from the grain route, and will soon fall into a situation of food shortage, the army composed of those displaced people is afraid that it will collapse immediately after learning the truth.

What should I do? Is it to attack or to retreat? Zhang Jiao was a little confused.