Zhang Bao, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, led the army north to Youzhou and conquered Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou, he personally sat in Jixian County and sent several generals under his command to attack Yuyang, Youbeiping and Shanggu and Daijun in two directions. One of them is Gao Sheng, Yan Zheng is the vanguard, leading 50,000 troops to attack Shanggu and Daijun, and the other road is Cheng Yuanzhi as the main general, Deng Mao is the vanguard, also leading 50,000 troops, attacking Yuyang and Youbeiping.

Cheng Yuanzhi led the Yellow Turban Army, all the way to attack the city and pull out the village, the momentum was like a bamboo, and successfully conquered Yuyang City, the seat of Yuyang County, and killed Yuyang Taishou and other officials. For a time, the eastern counties of Youzhou shook, and they were panicked as if they were about to end. And Cheng Yuanzhi himself is also proud of everything, and he didn't take the small Youbeiping County in his eyes.

Yuyang County, a large county with a population of nearly one million, was taken by him without much effort, and a small county with a population of only 100,000 yuan was worth nothing.

However, when Cheng Yuanzhi proudly led the army to attack Youbeiping County, he encountered the resolute resistance of Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping, and Gongsun Zhan, the county governor, Gongsun Zhan personally led 2,000 county soldiers to ambush the Yellow Turban Army outside the city of Youbeiping County, Cheng Yuanzhi was defeated and retreated to Yuyang.

Cheng Yuanzhi was newly defeated, the morale of the army declined, and it was difficult to attack Youbeiping again in the short term. As a result, Zhang Bao's task of plundering wealth given to him could not be completed, and he was very anxious.

At this time, Deng Mao said: "The general doesn't have to be worried, it's not that we don't have the opportunity to complete the task assigned by the general Digong." ”

Cheng Yuanzhi asked strangely: "The task given to us by General Digong is very difficult, now we have only conquered one Yuyang, and there are Liu Zheng and Gongsun Zan in Youbeiping, it is difficult to overcome in a hurry, how can we complete the task?" ”

Deng Mao said: "Although we have conquered Yuyang County, there are still several counties that have not been captured. As long as we capture a few county seats, we may not be able to complete the tasks assigned by the general of the prefecture. ”

Yuyang County covers a vast area, with a total of nine counties under its jurisdiction, including Yuyang, Qianping, Yuxi, Anle, Hunu, Pinggu, Luxian, Yongnu and Quanzhou. Now Cheng Yuanzhi led the army to capture only five counties in the central part of the country, including Yuyang, Anle, Hunu, Pinggu, and Luxian, while the four counties of Qiping and Yuxi in the north, and Yongnu and Quanzhou in the south have not been conquered.

Cheng Yuanzhi said suspiciously: "The essence of Yuyang County is in the five central counties, and the two northern counties are in the mountains, which is not conducive to the march of the army, and the two counties are poor, and there is not much oil and water to catch down." The southern counties of Yongnu and Quanzhou, although not as mountainous as the northern counties, were swampy everywhere, which was also not conducive to the march of the army, and these two counties were also very poor. ”

Deng Mao said with a smile: "General, what you know is the situation a few years ago. As far as I know, Yongnu is still very poor, but Quanzhou has changed a lot. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi said in disbelief: "How much can change in two or three years?" ”

Deng Mao said: "If it were somewhere else, it would be impossible to change much in two or three years. Quanzhou, however, is an exception. The general should know about the snow salt and Moutai bars that have been marketing in the two states in the past two years? ”

"Are you talking about the snow salt and wine sold by the Li Family Chamber of Commerce?" Cheng Yuanzhi asked.

Deng Mao nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Deng Mao and asked, "What do you mean......?"

Deng Mao nodded and said: "The Li family's snow salt and Moutai liquor have been selling well in Youji and Hebei in the past two years, and even Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Sili in the south have been sold, and they must have gained a lot. After all, the Li family is just a newly rising family, and it is impossible to have those century-old strong heritage. For example, the Tian family, the Zhang family, and the Xian Yu family, hundreds of years of development, let them build a strong dock fort, we can't conquer it now, but the Li family has only been a couple of years old, and it is definitely not possible to build such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack dock fort, and it doesn't take much effort to capture it. ”

The Eastern Han Dynasty was a dynasty that controlled the country, and there were too many powerful families in various places, and these big families that had developed for hundreds or even hundreds of years were built with strong estates. These estates were built in dangerous places that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and their defenses were even stronger than those of some large cities.

The Yellow Turban Army is nothing more than an army of displaced people, and its ability to attack fortifications can only be described as miserable. It's okay for them to conquer some cities that are not well defended, but they are not capable of conquering those real fortified cities. Of course, there are also the strong fortresses built by the top powerful gatekeepers, which they also can't overcome.

However, for some wealthy people who did not build a strong fortress, they liked to attack the most. Because attacking such a place not only does not cost much, but the gains are also considerable.

Since the Yellow Turban Army started the incident, whether it is in Jizhou or Youzhou, I don't know how many times such things have been done, Cheng Yuanzhi certainly has no psychological obstacles, nodded and said, "Okay, just do what you say." ”

The decision was made, and Cheng Yuanzhi asked Deng Mao to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Yongnu and Quanzhou, intending to slaughter the Li family as a fat sheep.

As soon as Deng Mao led the Yellow Turban Army from Yuyang City, Li Pengfei received information.

As a special warfare elite who traveled from later generations, Li Pengfei knew too well the importance of intelligence in warfare, so in the first two years or so, he had already begun to set up his intelligence system. And Yuyang County can be said to be his old nest, and its intelligence system is even more penetrating into every corner, how can the movements of the Yellow Turban Army be hidden from his ears and eyes.

Li Pengfei, who got the information, had a sneer on his face, and said in his heart that the young master hadn't gone to your trouble yet, but he had sent it to the door by himself. Since you dare to reach out first, then I will chop off one of your hands first. This 10,000 Yellow Turban Army happened to be the object of the training of the 5,000 cavalry under his command, so that the sons and daughters under his command could really see blood.

With a decision, Li Pengfei immediately asked Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Yue Fei to find them and explain the situation to them.

When Guan Yu and the others heard the news, they were immediately furious. Especially Zhang Fei, this guy glared angrily and said loudly: "Big brother, the Yellow Turban traitor deceives people too much!" We didn't go to them for trouble, and we dared to come to Tai Sui's head to break ground, then we will let him have no return! ”

Li Pengfei said: "Okay, what Yide said is exactly what I want. Although we can't take the initiative to attack the rebels because we are confined to the general righteousness, there is nothing we can do to protect the township from the traitors. ”

After saying this, Li Pengfei began to assign tasks.

He glanced at Guan Yu and the four of them, and said loudly: "If the Yellow Turban rebels come to attack, they will inevitably come along the official road by the Gu River. Yun Chang, you led a thousand elite cavalry and ambushed on the left side of the official road at the junction of the two counties; Zilong, you also led a thousand elite horsemen to ambush on the right side of the official road at the junction of the two counties. After the two of you see the Yellow Turban traitor coming, don't move and let him enter Quanzhou. Wait until I give an order, and then kill them together, so that not a single thief can escape from Quanzhou. Yide, you lead a thousand elite cavalry, as the vanguard, I personally lead two thousand cavalry as the middle army, together to meet the rebels head-on. Pengju, you lead 500 cavalry to protect the manor, so that not a single thief will invade my Lijiazhuang. ”

Although the 10,000 Yellow Turban Army was not looked at by Li Pengfei, Lijiazhuang was his old nest, and in case of emergency, Li Pengfei could not give the Yellow Turban Army a chance to take advantage of it, so he did not come out of the nest, but left 500 cavalry to guard the manor.

Despite this, Li Pengfei believed that with the 5,000 cavalry under his command, he would definitely be able to deal with the 10,000 rabble of the Yellow Turban Army.

Seeing that there was really going to be a war, Guan Yu and the others were all enthusiastic, and they responded in unison: "Oh! ”

As soon as the words fell, the four turned to leave.

Soon, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei gathered their troops and horses and left the village. Yue Fei began to arrange the defense of the manor.

Li Pengfei's first battle in this troubled era is about to begin.