The moon was like a scimitar, hanging high in the eastern sky, and the river breeze blowing around him from time to time brought a refreshing coolness, making Yue Fei wake up from his sleep.

Looking at the dark sky, Yue Fei was completely sleepy.

Yesterday afternoon, Yue Fei got the news from Yecheng, and Zhang Jiao began to storm Yecheng.

This news made everyone a little worried, after all, the ratio of forces between the offensive and defensive sides was very large. The total number of defenders in Yecheng is now only 30,000, while the Yellow Turban Army outside the city is as high as more than 100,000.

Now to relieve the siege of Yecheng, it all depends on whether the two imperial court reinforcements from Yanzhou to the north are fast or not, and whether they are ruthless. If the reinforcements could not understand the purpose of the Yellow Turban Army's attack on Yecheng, delayed, perfunctory or did not send troops, the battle would have been lost.

No matter what happened to Yecheng or Wei County, the Youzhou Iron Cavalry had to work hard to annihilate the enemy as much as possible and strive for more advantages for the Yecheng defenders.

Yue Fei ordered Gongsun Zan and the others to keep quiet, so as not to affect morale, and everyone still acted according to the established plan.

Yue Fei instructed the army to pay close attention to the concealment of the army while speeding up the march, so as not to be discovered by the enemy's scouts.

Yue Fei rolled over and sat up.

The pro-soldiers gathered around in groups of three or five and slept soundly. Yue Fei got up quietly, and then slowly walked out of the woods.

The soldiers on the night patrol hurried forward to salute. Yue Fei stopped them one by one and sat on the grass with them chatting.

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The horizon in the east slowly reveals a hint of fish belly white. Then, the sky grew brighter and brighter, and dawn crept in.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly broke the silence of the early morning, and they rushed towards the mountains and forests.

A scout appeared in Yue Fei's field of vision with dew all over his body.

The scout was startled when he suddenly saw Yue Fei standing next to the sentry, and hurriedly flew off his horse, and said breathlessly while saluting, "General Yue, the Yellow Turban Army is out of the city. ”

Yue Fei was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "When?" ”

The scout's face turned red, and he said a little weakly, "They quietly left the city in the middle of the night. ”

Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, looked at the scout's nervous expression, then laughed and asked, "Haven't you been monitoring the movements of the enemy army near the city?" Why didn't you find out? ”

The scout said embarrassedly: "The Yellow Turban Army went out of the city through the west gate, not through the east gate." We stayed near the east gate, so we didn't find out until the second half of the night. ”

Yue Fei nodded and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that the enemy has discovered us?" Why did they march in the middle of the night? According to the speed, they are almost at the Zhangyin Pavilion. ”

The scout immediately said: "General Huiyue, the enemy has crossed the river and gone to the other side. ”

"Crossed the river?" Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he would be in the air this time.

Yue Fei smiled bitterly at himself, then patted the scout on the shoulder and said, "You have worked hard, go and rest first." Soon the army will set out of camp. ”

The scout saluted gratefully, mounted his horse and departed.

"Crossed the river?" Yue Fei shook his head again and again and exclaimed, "The person who came up with this idea is really a genius. ”

The Yellow Turban Army crossed the Zhangshui and traveled along the north bank, and could also reach the ancient city of Ping'en. It's just that you have to cross the river again, one of which is to cross the Fushui, and the other is to cross the Zhangshui again. But they avoided the danger of walking on the south bank of Zhangshui and possibly being ambushed by the elusive cavalry of the Youzhou Army at any time.

Yue Fei felt a little crying and laughing. The leader of the Yellow Turbans was very clever, and he chose a route that was more complicated and a little longer, but extremely safe and safe. And his move was very powerful, not only made Yue Fei's plan fail, but also ensured that the troops arrived at Ping'en's ancient city on time to meet Sun Qin.

Yue Fei walked away.

The mountains and forests behind and the hills in the distance are shrouded in a faint morning mist, hazy and looming, like a fairyland.

The slightly cool mountain breeze blows gently, and the wind carries a strong fragrance of trees, which is refreshing. The green grass is covered with dewdrops, crystal clear, which makes people feel a little less bored in their hearts.

"The enemy is a general who can think, not a marionette who is at the mercy of his will. Therefore, the development of the war will definitely not go exactly according to its own settings, which is normal. Yue Fei thought so, his heart was as calm as water, and he no longer felt helpless.

Heavy footsteps sounded from behind Yue Fei.

Yue Fei turned around slowly, saw the sleepy-eyed captain of the personal guard, and said, "You go and inform the departments, change the battle plan, and we will rush to the ancient city of Ping'en today." ”

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Ping'en Hou Guozhi is in the west of Qiucheng (Guomen Village) in present-day Qiu County. "Relatives and Grace Hou Table" Ping Endai Hou Xu Guanghan Hou Guo. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty began to seal in the third year (67 years ago). "Geographical Chronicles" belongs to Wei County. Wang Mang was respectful when he was married, and Hou Ping's country was absolutely gone, and he was changed to Yanping. When it came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ping'en County was set up here, but the location of the county seat was moved. Therefore, this Ping'en Ancient City is an abandoned city, also called Ping'en Ruins. The size of the city is not large, and it is located in the southeast of Zhangshui.

Sun Qin stood on the top of a cart full of grain, looking at the cavalry of the Youzhou Army in the distance, his heart was heavy.

He was shocked to receive the news of Xiao Zuo's annihilation. Youzhou Iron Cavalry crossed Zhangshui, and in the first battle, it gave the Yellow Turban Army a blow to the head, and also killed a general, which was the worst defeat of the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army since the February incident, even if it was lost to Lu Zhi last month, the army only lost more than 10,000 men and horses.

But for the Yellow Turban Army, the important thing in this defeat was not the death of Xiao Zuo and the loss of more than 20,000 soldiers, but the blow to the morale of the Yellow Turban Army. This defeat cast an ominous shadow over the psychology of both the leaders and soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Just last month, the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou, starting from the Digong general Zhang Bao, the 400,000 army was wiped out by the army led by the cavalry general Li Yi. This has dealt a heavy blow to the great cause of the entire Yellow Turban Army. Since then, the situation of the Yellow Turban Army in various states and counties has taken a sharp turn for the worse. In Yuzhou, the imperial army led by Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Cao Cao defeated Zhang Mancheng, and more than 200,000 Yellow Turban troops in Yuzhou were almost defeated. In Jizhou, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by the Great Sage and Liangshi was also defeated in the battle with Lu Zhi, and retreated all the way from Yecheng to Guangzong, losing more than 10,000 troops before and after.

For the Yellow Turban Army, the cavalry general Li Yi is a huge shadow, a painful and fearful mark engraved in the hearts of all the officers and soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Fortunately, Dong Zhuo, the newly sent commander of the army by the imperial court, was a straw bag, and was defeated by the great sage and good teacher, and the Jizhou battlefield ushered in a turning point again.

Under the command of the great sage and good teacher, the Yellow Turban Army, which had regained its morale, fought one victory after another, and even besieged the cavalry general Li Yi himself in Yecheng, which made everyone almost forget this terrifying brand.

But in the battle of the Ancient Duting Pavilion, the sudden victory of the Youzhou Army was like a hammer, smashing heavily into everyone's hearts, telling the generals of the Yellow Turban Army: The Youzhou Army is still the Youzhou Army that will bring the Yellow Turban Army a nightmare!

The shadow of failure once again came to the fore.

A mile away on the plain, black-pressed cavalry was speeding out from behind the small hills to the north, quickly gathering several huge battle flags in the middle of the plain.

With the increase of cavalry, the phalanx became larger and larger, the battle flags became more and more dense, the majestic momentum became more and more intense, and the fierce and terrifying murderous aura was mixed with the tense and suffocating atmosphere of war, and slowly, silently shrouded in the sky above the ancient city of Ping'en.

The black one is naturally the banner of the Han Dynasty, and the fiery red one is probably the battle flag of the Youzhou Army. Sun Qin thought silently. There must be Yue Fei's battle flag among those battle flags, but you can't see it from a distance, let alone the famous Yue Fei. What kind of person is he?

Sun Qin used more than 2,000 carts full of baggage to criss-cross the five arc obstacles, with a depth of 100 paces, using more than 2,000 carts full of baggage about a mile or so in front of the ferry port in the ancient city of Ping'en. If the cavalry charged, they would be intercepted by five obstacles in a row, not only would their speed be completely limited, but the cavalry would also be trapped in the chariot formation, completely exposed to the long arrows of the 10,000 soldiers behind the chariot formation.

Could it be that the Youzhou Iron Cavalry is going to attack? Sun Qin couldn't believe it. He was very confident in his blocking position. Since you are looking for death, then come.

Sun Qin turned around, facing the 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers densely arranged behind him, suddenly spread his hands, and shouted loudly with all his strength: "Beat the drums, prepare for the battle......