Regarding Zhang Jiao's plan to destroy the Youzhou Iron Cavalry and cut off the arm of the cavalry general Li Yi, Zhang Baiqi and Xiao Yan resolutely supported it. It's not just about revenge, it's also directly related to the survival of the Yellow Turbans.

The cavalry general Li Yi is undoubtedly the henchman of the Yellow Turban Army, if he can eliminate the most powerful Youzhou Iron Cavalry under the command of the cavalry general Li Yi or severely damage it before evacuating Wei County, Li Yi will become a toothless tiger and has no ability to threaten the Yellow Turban Army.

In this way, not only can you continue to keep the list and reprimand, but you can also block the mouths of the soldiers under your command, and after returning to Guangzong, you will not be ridiculed by many people, and you can retain a little face of a great sage and good teacher.

Secondly, the imperial court now has very limited troops in the Hebei battlefield, and it is difficult to send reinforcements in the short term. Therefore, as long as the fifteen thousand iron cavalry under the command of the general Xiaocai were eliminated, it would inevitably lead to the imperial court not having enough troops to launch an attack and seize several counties in the eastern part of Wei County, such as Lieren and Zhangzhang. The Yellow Turban Army only needs to leave a small number of troops to defend the Liehe and the Denunciation, and there is no need to send heavy troops to guard the western part of Julu County, and the main force of the army can support other battlefields, and can concentrate on fighting the enemy of Ganling State wholeheartedly for a decisive battle.

If you don't fight the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, you will withdraw in disgrace, and it is a trivial matter for the great sages and good teachers to lose face, and it is a big matter for tens of thousands of troops to be pinned down and reprimanded. Because once the Yellow Turban Army retreats to Julu County, Li Yi's iron cavalry, the remnants of the Northern Army in Yecheng, and the official army Cao Cao who came to help will chase after them. Not only did they want to take back the Lieren and rebuke Zhang, but they also wanted to attack Quzhou and Ping'en in the east, threatening Guangzong, Julu, and other places where the Yellow Turban Army was stronghold. Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army could only guard the front line of the Lieren, the rebuke and the Quliang with heavy troops, and endure the suffering of the enemy on the belly and back.

Without heavy troops to support the battlefield of Ganling Kingdom, I am afraid that Guangzong and the Yellow Turban Army of Qingyuan and Guantao will also be severely damaged. In this way, the Yellow Turban Army is really going to be in a desperate situation.

Therefore, it is necessary to have a decisive battle with Li Yi's cavalry army, even if it is a heavy loss.

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Because there was no obstacle and no enemy cavalry harassment, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Bai's cavalry wanted to rush to the ancient city of Ping'en as soon as possible to join the friendly army, and they were afraid that the cavalry of the Youzhou Army would attack them at any time, so they walked faster and faster, and the farther away from the main force behind.

At noon, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army did not rest, took out some dry food from their pockets, and ate as they walked.

Zhang Baiqi estimated the distance between the main army and the rear army, and couldn't help but be very anxious.

Now I am looking forward to the appearance of the Youzhou Iron Horse, but it is like a ghost, and there is no shadow in sight.

"Order the troops, stop the advance, and rest in formation." Zhang Baiqi shouted loudly, and said in his heart that if you don't come out, I'm not leaving?

At this moment, from the rear of the troops, several scouts of the Yellow Turban Army galloped in, shouting and shouting along the way.

Zhang Baiqi's heart suddenly beat violently, and the feeling of suffocation suddenly filled his body, and the sound of heavy breathing could be heard clearly.

His eyes widened as he stared at the scouts who were getting closer.

"The great sage and good teacher are besieged in Gehe." The news brought by the scout made Zhang Baiqi almost jump on the spot.

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Zhang Jiao stood on the bank of the Ge River, a hint of joy flashed on his cold face.

The Youzhou Iron Cavalry of the cavalry general Li Yi appeared in the end.

On the hill opposite, thousands of officers and soldiers lined up to form a huge defensive formation with a long depth according to the terrain. The heavily armed soldiers, each armed with their own weapons, stood in full formation, and lined up to the back of the hill.

Zhang Jiao saw several familiar battle flags in the colorful battle flags fluttering in the wind, including the cavalry general Li Yi, the one with Yu Yu, and the one with Zhang Fei, and he even saw the cavalry general Li Yi. Li Yi was riding on a snow-white war horse, and the dark armor was covered with a red cloak, which was very easy to identify.

On the banks on both sides of the Ge River, on the riverbed, in the valley, two miles away, under the shadow of countless battle flags looming and under the command of the continuous shouts one after another, countless cavalry columns formed eight charging phalanxes, ready to attack the Yellow Turban Army.

The heralds of the Yellow Turban Army rode their horses back and forth between the embankments, riverbeds, and valleys.

"Great sage and good teacher, the car formation has been arranged."

"Great sage and good teacher, the dense defensive formation has been completed."

"Great sage and good teacher, the assault is complete."

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Zhang Jiao turned his eyes around.

The 40,000 soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in linen and yellow turbans relied on the heavy wagon formation, on the river valley on both sides of the Ge River, on the riverbed of the Ge River, into more than 300 small phalanxes with different status conditions, forming a huge rectangular defensive formation. In this narrow strip of less than 1,000 paces in length and width, the soldiers of various arms are arranged in different formations, which seems to be crowded and staggered, and there is no chaos.

Although the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were surrounded, except for a little nervousness, they were all in good spirits and their morale was like a rainbow.

If a man has the will to die, he is indeed fearless.

Xiao Yan drove ashore from the riverbed, ran to Zhang Jiao's side, and said with a smile: "Report to the great sage and good teacher, everything is ready." ”

Zhang Jiao pointed around, shook his head with emotion, looked at Xiao Yan and said, "We all said that if this battle is fought in Gehe, it will be perfect. Today we got our wish. ”

After a pause, Zhang Jiao said again: "Li Yi is a good person. We wanted to fight him, and he wanted to fight us, and even the battlefield was chosen in the same place. ”

"He's amazing." Xiao Yan smiled knowingly, "Does the great sage and good teacher want to talk to him for a few words?" ”

Zhang Jiao raised his head, looked at the hill opposite, looked at the fiery red cavalry general flag on the hill, and the man on the white war horse under the banner, and shook his head. He raised his hands and roared: "Drum ......"

Dozens of large and small war drums rang out at the same time in an instant, low, violent, thick, and passionate drums soared into the sky, like a stormy wave.

Xiao Yan, who had been looking at the opposite hill, suddenly changed his complexion, his eyes widened, and he let out a wild shout: "Great sage and good teacher......

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Zhang Baiqi led the troops all the way to gallop. Li Yi, the general of the cavalry, did not take the lead in launching a siege against him according to their plan, but attacked the more powerful Zhang Jiao, which made Zhang Baiqi feel a little incredible. But no matter which one Li Yi fights, as long as the other Yellow Turban Army quickly outflanks it, it can inflict heavy damage on the Youzhou Iron Cavalry.

This is the purpose of the Yellow Turbans.

Zhang Baiqi ordered the troops to abandon their baggage and advance lightly. Twenty thousand Yellow Turban soldiers flew between the plains and the mountains. In order to encourage the soldiers, Zhang Baiqi gave up riding, and he ran at the front of the line panting with his weapon in his hand like everyone else.

Time is too precious now. The sooner you get to the battlefield, the more Yellow Turban soldiers you can save and the more enemy cavalry you can kill.

This Yellow Turban Army used to be Zhang Baiqi's old subordinates, disciplined and well-trained. The soldiers were all from crop families and had very good physical strength, and they could barely support themselves after such a long high-speed run.

Seeing Ge Ting gradually appearing in the field of vision, everyone shouted excitedly.

Zhang Baiqi really couldn't hold on, and his legs were as heavy as lead. At the urging of his guards, he climbed onto the white horse with difficulty. He drove his horse to a hill and looked back. The troops were like a long, stout gray dragon, with no head or tail in sight, and the sweaty soldiers were running with their heads down.

He shouted excitedly: "Brothers, Ge Ting has arrived. After a little more travel, we will meet with the great sages. ”

"Kill all the Youzhou Iron Horsemen and avenge your dead brother."

The soldiers ran for more than 40 miles in a row, all with pale faces, sore hands and feet, exhausted, and severely overdrawn. Now don't talk about going to war, it's a problem to get them to line up.

Zhang Baiqi saw that the soldiers were swaying and out of breath, as if they couldn't hold on to their weapons, and his heart was very weak. Rushing to the Gehe battlefield like this, what else can you do except send him to death?

Now it's all about the great sages and good teachers. If they had fought fiercely with the enemy, and for more than an hour, both sides would have suffered heavy casualties and would have been difficult to sustain. At this time, you suddenly rush over, no matter how you fight, you can get miraculous results.

"Zhang Shuai, let's go over this hill, do we want the soldiers to rest?" Attachment rode over and asked in a whisper.

"Nope." Zhang Baiqi said resolutely, "Rest, everyone may be exhausted and unable to run anymore." And so on and so on until the end of the battlefield. When the enemy suddenly sees our reinforcements appear, the morale of our army will be greatly reduced, while the morale of our army will be greatly boosted. ”