The sun was setting, dusk was approaching, and the battlefield had finally quieted down after a day of hustle and bustle. On the battlefield is the figure of Youzhou soldiers who come and go to clean the battlefield.

Therefore, in the battle of Duting, the 25,000 troops of Xiao Zuo, a general under Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turban Army, were annihilated.

Because Xiao Zuo, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in the early stage, had a very resolute will to resist, and the belief of this Yellow Turban Army was also very firm, the morale was high, and the battle was very tragic. It was not until Xiao Zuo was given the head that the Yellow Turban Army lost the will to resist, and the battle went relatively smoothly.

Because of the tragic fighting in the early stage, the Yellow Turban Army suffered a lot of casualties, including more than 7,000 killed in battle, more than 3,000 seriously wounded, and relatively few minor injuries, only more than 2,000.

The Youzhou Iron Cavalry took advantage of the time and place, and won a complete victory with one hit, but the casualties of the Youzhou cavalry were not small, with more than 1,000 killed in the battle and nearly 2,000 lightly and seriously injured.

In fact, if it weren't for Yue Fei's proper strategy and timely killing of Xiao Zuo, the outcome of this battle would probably be a little hanging, because the Youzhou army at that time was really on the verge of collapse. After all, this cavalry has only been pulled up for a short time, and the source of soldiers is very complicated, including local civilians in Youzhou, as well as displaced people in Youzhou and Jizhou, and even a large part of the Yellow Turban Army prisoners. In addition, the time to form an army is too short, and there is basically no training, that is, Yue Fei has a strong ability to boost morale, otherwise if he changes to anyone else, it is unknown whether this army can go to the battlefield, let alone win this battle.

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That night, the army was stationed on the plain outside the Ancient Pavilion, cleaning the battlefield overnight, burning the corpses of the dead on the spot, and collecting the bodies of their own dead at the same time.

It is now the height of summer in June, and nearly 10,000 people have died on both sides, and if it is not dealt with in time, it will definitely trigger a plague disaster that will sweep through several counties and even the entire Jizhou.

In fact, the corpses of the cavalry of the Youzhou Army who died in the battle were also about to be burned immediately after they were collected, but the army wanted to bring their ashes back to Youzhou and bury them together. Li Pengfei had already made arrangements for this, and after capturing Jixian County, he set aside a place in the north of Jixian County to bury the bones of these battle-dead personnel.

The place he chose was actually the Ming Tombs of the later generations. He planned to make it a cemetery for the fallen soldiers, so that future generations could pay their respects.

The next day, the Youzhou army rushed to the city of Lieren, sixty miles west of the Ancient Mansion, with a large number of Yellow Turban prisoners and wounded, as well as booty.

Lieren City was originally a place where Xiao Zuo's Yellow Turban Army was preparing to garrison, and there were not many Yellow Turban Army defenders in the city, and it was easily conquered by the army led by Yue Fei and Zhao Yun.

Immediately, the two led the army into the city of Liren, cutting off the road between the Yellow Turban Army attacking Yecheng and Guangzong in the rear.

Then, Zhao Yun rode back to Yecheng alone and brought the news to Li Yi. Although the Yellow Turban Army has a strong army, as high as 150,000, Yecheng is too big, and there is no way to completely block the entire city, let alone prevent Zhao Yun from entering the city.

On the battlefield of Jizhou, since Lu Zhi was falsely accused and dismissed, the military horses of the imperial court lost every battle, retreated step by step, and soon retreated from Guangzhou to Yecheng. If Yecheng is lost again, Wei County will also be lost.

Now the 150,000 troops of Zhang Jiao, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, have surrounded Yecheng, and the siege battle is raging every day, and Yecheng is like a lonely boat under the wave, and there is a danger of falling at any time. This made the residents of Yecheng very frightened, especially those fleeing from all over Jizhou

Just when everyone was panicking all day long and had nothing to do, suddenly came the news that the cavalry general Li Yi's general Yue Fei had annihilated more than 20,000 Yellow Turbans in the Ancient Mansion.

This news came very timely, and it greatly stimulated and encouraged the fighting spirit and confidence of the soldiers and civilians defending the city. On that day, the whole city celebrated the victory as if it were a festival.

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Yue Feibu suddenly disappeared in Linzhang, which made Zhang Jiao's carefully prepared plan to encircle it not work. Although he didn't know the reason for Yue Fei's sudden withdrawal, he understood that now on the battlefield of Wei County, it was this cavalry army that posed the greatest threat to the Yellow Turban Army. If Yue Fei is eliminated, the Yellow Turban Army will basically take Yecheng.

Before attacking again, the Yellow Turbans were unaware of the existence of this army. The spies hiding in the enemy camp had only recently brought the news, which made Zhang Jiao very passive in arranging troops.

At first, they had studied how to deal with Li Yi. Although Li Yi, the cavalry general, is powerful, Zhang Jiao has already discovered that this person is best at leading cavalry raids and then fighting in the field. As for the defense of the city, he did not have any outstanding performance.

Li Yi only had 5,000 cavalry, which is a secret known to the world. But when the Yellow Turban Army attacked Yecheng, Li Yi actually brought all his 5,000 cavalry into Yecheng, which really made the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army happy. Who knew that after a few days of joy, such a huge army appeared.

Without surrounding Yue Fei, Zhang Jiao was very uneasy, so he did not launch a general attack on Yecheng for the time being. After he wanted to know Yue Fei's exact location, he would consider whether to attack the city first or eliminate Yue Fei's troops first.

It is not difficult to capture Yecheng. An army of 150,000 attacked Yecheng, which was defended by more than 10,000 people, that is, a matter of a few days. Now He Li's 30,000 troops have rushed to the north of Zhangshui to protect the flank of the main army, and at the same time cut off the road for the defenders of Yecheng to flee north; Xiao Zuozheng led the army to the people to protect the rear road of the army. After these two armies are in place, the 150,000-strong army can launch a general attack on Yecheng.

Yue Fei's troops were all cavalry, mobile and flexible, and they were always a huge threat to the supply lines of the army. Although Yue Fei is a relatively inactive figure in Li Yi's army, Zhang Jiao has a feeling that this person is definitely an extremely terrifying figure, no worse than the rest of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, the three generals under Li Yi.

For the Youzhou Army, Zhang Jiao is now hateful and afraid. This force starts with its leader, Li Yi, and everyone is like the nemesis of the Yellow Turban Army. When the official army of the Han Dynasty was defeated all the way on various battlefields, he led this army to achieve the first major victory, destroying Cheng Yuanzhi's 100,000 army in three battles, and the glory of all the soldiers of the Han Dynasty was concentrated on him alone.

Just when people were amazed by his luck, he led his troops to fight continuously, first defeating Zhang Qun's troops who attacked Quanzhou, and killing Gao Xiang, the general of the Yellow Turban Army.

The subsequent results were even more impressive, he led his troops to use his usual surprise attack to annihilate the 30,000 army of the Yellow Turban Army Digong General, that is, his proud second brother Zhang Bao, annihilated the remnants of Zhang Qun who were trapped in Yongnu, and killed Zhang Bao and Zhang Qun. Then, with lightning speed, he annihilated the two armies of Youzhou Yellow Turban Army, Gao Sheng and Yan Zheng, and pacified Youzhou.

This hero of Northern Xinjiang, who rose like a sharp arrow purely by relying on military merits, has become a role model for young people with lofty ideals in the Han Dynasty.

This time, Li Yi brought his 5,000 iron cavalry into Yecheng, and made Zhang Jiao happy, thinking that Li Yi had made a big stupid move, but he didn't expect to get the news soon that his general Yue Fei actually led 10,000 cavalry south.

Such news almost made Zhang Jiao scold his mother on the spot.

And the facts have also proved that Zhang Jiao's worries are correct, Yue Fei is indeed not an easy peer, but a wise and brave general. If it weren't for the timely news from the spies lurking in the enemy's formation this time, it is estimated that He Li's army would have lost more than half. And the ones who planned all this were undoubtedly Li Yi and Yue Fei.

This kind of warlike man has 10,000 troops in his hands, which is more terrible than a mediocre man with 100,000 troops in his hands.

After Zhang Jiao got the news that Yue Fei led his troops to cruise in the area of Lishui and Fushui, he kept trying to find a way to eliminate this army and kill Yue Fei. Then conquer Yecheng, kill Li Yi and several other generals under him, and never suffer in the future.

After the spies lurking in the enemy's army sent the news, Zhang Jiao immediately set a trap for Yue Fei's intentions. Zhang Jiao believes that he will be able to achieve his goal.

However, just when he was sure that Yue Fei had fallen into the trap, he got the news that Yue Fei had led the army to disappear inexplicably.

This news surprised Zhang Jiao at the same time, but also made him feel deeply uneasy.