After reading the paperwork, Zhao Yun handed it to Li Qiong and Li Xun casually, and said, "You can also take a look." ”

"Third general, don't embarrass us, we are illiterate, you can tell us directly. What's the news coming from Yecheng? Li Xun asked.

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "As we predicted, General Huangfu Song led an army of 50,000 Yellow Turban Army to attack the Boundary Bridge. In addition, Wang Zhijun urged us to march east along the Zhangshui River and lay down Quzhou as soon as possible. Zhao Yun put away the bamboo slips and said with a smile, "Wang Yuanjun said easily. We only have such a few people, how can we defeat Quzhou City? ”

"Why not? Zhang Jiao's hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops have been eaten by us piece by piece, why can't we build a city? Li Qiong said disdainfully.

Zhao Yun didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued: "I think we should cross the river first and join Brother Pengju's men." ”

"Before leaving, the lord said that everything is up to the three generals. But I have an idea? Li Xun said.

"Tell me. Big Brother trusts us and lets us take on the task of chasing Zhang Jiao alone, if we do this well, we can also destroy some of the enemy, it will be very ideal. Zhao Yun waved his big hand and said proudly.

Li Xun pondered his words and said, "Three generals, what are we doing after Zhang Jiao?" Do you want to be a cavalry escort for him? I think a siege would be more appropriate. ”

"Siege?" Zhao Yun immediately said, "That's a good idea. There were not many of us, and the troops who were fighting with the horns could not move, so they could only watch the big fat sheep, but they did not dare to pounce on it. Since we can't deal with him, let's just surround Quzhou and block the follow-up troops of the Yellow Turban Army in Quzhou City. If Zhang Jiao doesn't save him when he sees death, the Yellow Turban Army in Quzhou City will not be able to escape, and sooner or later they will be annihilated by us. ”

"Third General, there is a premise for your idea." Li Qiong said, "If Zhang Jiao gives up holding on to Quzhou and directly withdraws to Guangzong, then he will not have too many troops left in Quzhou to contain us." Only when Qu Zhou has fewer troops can we encircle the enemy. If there are many of them, break through the siege and go out of the city, tens of thousands of people, and they will run away as soon as they rush, we will not be able to stop them at all. ”

Both Zhao Yun and Li Xun nodded, agreeing with Li Qiong's concerns.

"Right now we don't have accurate information on this." Li Qiong hesitated and said, "I think we will cross the river first, and at the same time send someone to inform Captain Yue's army to strengthen reconnaissance, pay close attention to the movement in the direction of Zhangshui, determine Zhang Jiao's plan, and then make countermeasures." ”

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Zhang Jiao and his troops did not enter Fanqu Zhoucheng, but directly marched east along Zhangshui.

On the upper floor of the north city of Quzhou City, Zhang Baiqi was pale, silently looking at the army moving outside the city, gloomy and sad.

After Ge Ting's entire army was annihilated, he was always depressed and mentally devastated. He never had the courage to meet Zhang Jiao.

The great sage and good teacher have always trusted himself, reused himself, and discussed everything with him, but in the crucial battle, because of his own negligence, the plan of the great sage and good teacher to encircle and annihilate the Youzhou army fell short. The Yellow Turban Army not only suffered heavy losses as a result, but also pushed the great sages and mentors into a very embarrassing situation. It is a trivial matter that the reputation of the Great Sage and Good Teacher is damaged, and the serious thing is that the Great Sage and Good Teacher may lose the position of the leader of the Yellow Turban Army because of this.

Zhang Baiqi fell into deep self-blame. Chu Yan was worried that he would apologize for Zhang Jiao's scolding, so he had been deliberately arranging for him to avoid Zhang Jiao.

Although Zhang Jiao hated Zhang Baiqi for being incompetent, and Ge Ting was disappointed in the first battle, Zhang Baiqi was a fierce general in the Yellow Turban Army after all, and he had made many achievements for the Yellow Turban Army, and he could not completely deny others because of the defeat in this battle. So Zhang Jiao never mentioned it. He wanted to wait for this matter to settle down before letting Zhang Bai ride to lead the army.

Fang Bao hurriedly ran up to the city tower and shouted to Zhang Baiqi: "Zhang Shuai, the great sage and good teacher want to see you." ”

Zhang Baiqi's face was expressionless, he looked blankly at the outside of the city, and said with a wry smile: "I'm not going." I left 20,000 brothers to escape alone, and I had no face to meet him. I'm not going. ”

Fang Bao glanced at him sympathetically, knowing that he had not yet come out of the shadow of defeat, and was extremely depressed.

He waved his hand to the guards behind him, told him to reply to the Great Sage and Good Master, walked to Zhang Baiqi's side by himself, and said cautiously: "The Great Sage and Good Master said that the responsibility for the defeat of Ge Ting in the first battle is his, and it has nothing to do with you. Zhang Shuai should not blame himself too much. ”

Zhang Baiqi's heart trembled. The gratitude to the great sage and good teacher, the kindness of the great sage and good teacher, the guilt of the soldiers who died in the battle, the hatred for himself, all kinds of complicated feelings came to my heart in an instant.

Zhang Baiqi let out a long sigh and asked, "Does the Great Sage and Good Master want to give up Qu Zhou?" ”

Fang Bao immediately said, "Yes." Now Guangzong's situation is critical, the official army led by Huangfu Song is attacking very fiercely, and the great virtuous and good master must quickly rush back to Guangzong to command the battle, so he ordered Sun Shuai and Xiao Sima to escort the grain and grass to march into the army, leaving Zhang Shuai and I to hold on to Quzhou for a period of time to contain the Youzhou army that was chasing after them. ”

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The clouds in the sky were so thick that the sun could not be seen, and they were gray, vast and bleak. The wind on the surface of the river was very strong, and from time to time it swept over the treetops, making a loud roar. The clear water of the river showed a hint of coolness, gently lapping against the low bushes on both banks.

Chu Yan stood by the Zhangshui, silently looking at everything in front of her, and her mood was a little low.

He had already sent people to urge Zhang Jiao to move first and advance eastward. If Zhang Jiao received his news and immediately went on the road, he should have rushed to the ancient city of Yingdu by now.

Guangzong's situation is now very critical, to the point where Zhang Jiao must rush back to deal with it personally.

Because Chu Yan's 50,000 troops rushed back to Guangzong in time, they cooperated with the army of the Rengong general Zhang Liang and quickly repelled Huangfu Song's attack.

Then came the news of Zhang Jiao's failure in the Western Expedition spread among the Yellow Turban Army, which immediately triggered a major earthquake in the Yellow Turban Army. The leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, who had no intention of fighting, began to form gangs one by one to re-elect the new leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

More leaders had the idea of preserving their strength. They considered that Zhang Jiao's more than 100,000 main forces were basically lost in the Western Expedition, and the future of the Yellow Turban Army was bleak. Many chiefs even ordered their own troops to withdraw from the front. Some of the small chieftains in the rear began to secretly stock up on food, ready to evacuate at any time.

The weakness of the morale of the army directly led to defeat on the battlefield. The Yu Poison Department, which was stuck in Nangong County of Hejian State, suffered heavy losses due to the lack of supply and supply, and had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield. In a fit of anger, not only did he not return to Guangzong, but directly led the army into the south of Julu County? The city is up.

Wang Dang, the general of the Rengong general Zhang Liang, had been leading a large army to follow and pursue Huangfu Song, but also because of supply problems, he had to withdraw halfway, and was ambushed by Huangfu Song near the old official village in the northwest of Ganling. Wulu, who had been following him, not only did not support in time, but turned around and withdrew first. Wang Dang's troops couldn't hold on, and in the end the whole army was annihilated, and only Wang Dang escaped with a few hundred people desperately breaking through.

Wang Dang immediately joined Zhang Liang's subordinates and surrounded Wulu, who was about to flee back to Jieqiao, in Lüzhai. Now the two sides are at war.

The enemy has not yet attacked, but his own men have started to fight first.

It is said that loyalty is seen in danger, but when the crisis situation really came, Chu Yan did not see any loyalty, but exposed all kinds of ugliness and selfishness.

Chu Yan kept looking up at the sky, sighing and worrying.

Now even if Zhang Jiao rushes back to Guangzong to sit in town, the situation will be difficult to recover.

Zhang Jiao lost more than 100,000 troops, which dealt too much blow to the Yellow Turban Army, and the high morale was wiped out in a blink of an eye. If you want to revive the morale of the Yellow Turban Army and stabilize the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, in addition to Zhang Jiao himself, he must rush to Guangzong immediately, and it is best for Zhang Jiao to lead the army to defeat the army of the imperial court, win several battles in a row, and capture several cities.

It's hard, it's so hard!

If the great sages and good teachers are not in a hurry and rush to the west to attack Yecheng, the situation of the Yellow Turban Army this year is very good. But everything was too late, starting from the Xiaocai general in Youzhou leading his troops south to Jizhou, bad luck befell the Yellow Turban Army again.

"Here, Chu Shuai, the great sage and good teacher are here." The guard behind him pointed to the south and suddenly shouted.