Chu Yan stood on the top of a small hill on the edge of the river, raised a water bag, and raised his head to drink a sip of cool water.

When he and Zhang Jiao returned to Guangzong, the Yellow Turban Army was in a state of disintegration, and there was a tendency to disperse in a hurry. Zhang Jiao has no strength, and the weight of his words is certainly not as good as before, but Chu Yan handed over the military power in time and handed over his 100,000 army to Zhang Jiao. The leaders of the Yellow Turban Army were shocked, and immediately did not dare to mention anything about the re-establishment of the big leader.

It is an indisputable fact that Zhang Jiao's position in the Yellow Turban Army is irreplaceable. In the face of the eyes full of expectation, trust and hope, he only needs to bravely shoulder the burden, temporarily forget the shame of the failure of the Western Expedition, and solve the current crisis faced by the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Jiao first killed several small leaders who shook the morale of the army. They were responsible for providing grain and grass to the front, and when the battle situation on the front line was urgent, they not only failed to fulfill their responsibilities, but took the lead in stealing grain, resulting in the Yellow Turban Army suffering heavy losses on the front line.

After Zhang Jiao quickly quelled the internal strife of the Yellow Turban Army in a short period of time, he immediately began to prepare for foreign warfare. What is needed at this time is a victory that can revive the morale of the Yellow Turbans.

Chu Yan, who followed Zhang Jiao back to Guangzong, led his troops to fight back early.

It takes time for Zhang Jiao to deal with the internal disputes of the Yellow Turban Army, to reorganize and assemble troops, and to prepare for an attack. However, the armies of Huangfu Song and Liu Yu were eyeing each other, and they could launch a second round of attacks on the Yellow Turban Army at any time.

In this case, Chu Yan had no choice but to send troops to delay their attack on the Yellow Turban Army.

According to Chu Yan's thinking, if the Yellow Turban Army captured Guantao and Qingyuan, it would cut off the nearest communication line between the two official armies in Jizhou, and change the unfavorable situation of the Yellow Turban Army today. Especially for the officers and troops of Ganling, because once this road is cut off, Ganling becomes an enclave hanging alone in the north of the great river, and it becomes very unsafe.

If the safety of the Ganling Kingdom is not guaranteed, Huangfu Song, Liu Yu and others must have scruples and dare not easily launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army.

Huangfu Song and Liu Yu originally wanted to take advantage of the civil strife of the Yellow Turban Army to launch a fierce offensive to achieve the goal of annihilating the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible, but after Chu Yan suddenly captured Guantao and Qingyuan, he was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would take the opportunity to attack the Ganling Kingdom and wipe himself out in the north of the great river. So he had to give up the attack for the time being, and urged the cavalry general Li Yi to go south to join the battle as soon as possible.

Chu Yan wanted to defeat the cavalry general Li Yi and his Youzhou Iron Cavalry. More than 600,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were defeated in his hands, and more than 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were killed in the battle.

As long as Li Yi goes south, he will have a chance.

Now that opportunity is right in front of you, within reach. Chu Yan carefully planned a game to lure the enemy into an ambush, and so far, there have been no loopholes.

The scouts of the Yellow Turban Army flew over and reported: "Chu Shuai, the army in Qingyuan City is still ten miles away from us, and the Youzhou Army is following the pursuit. ”

Chu Yan smiled slightly and asked, "How far is the distance between Du Chang and the Youzhou Army?" ”

The scout said, "About ten miles." ”

"Oh?!" Chu Yan was suddenly surprised, and he hurriedly asked, "How is the speed of the Youzhou Army?" ”

The scout said again: "Back to Chu Shuai, it's very slow, it's about the same as walking. ”

"Why is this happening?" Chu Yan asked strangely, "Is Du Chang's army running too fast?" ”

The scout hurriedly replied, "General Du withdrew at the same time with thousands of people in the city. The people walked slowly, and the Youzhou army followed behind, as if they were very scruples, and did not speed up to catch up. ”

Chu Yan's brows slowly furrowed, and her face became more and more ugly.

"Chu Shuai, what's wrong?" One of his cronies, Bai Finch, who was standing behind him, asked in a low voice.

"This Du Chang, why is he so confused. They are the soldiers who lure the enemy into doing whatever it takes. Only if the cavalry of the Youzhou Army can kill us non-stop along the way, will the enemy lose vigilance, their speed will become faster and faster, and the formation will become more and more chaotic and thinner, so that it will be very easy to kill them, and there will be a chance to annihilate them completely. I didn't give him a few words, he actually did this kind of thing to slow down the enemy's speed in order to preserve his strength. Chu Yan was remorseful and extremely angry.

"Chu Shuai, we have 50,000 people, even if they are in a neat formation, we can annihilate them all. Will they still be able to run? White Sparrow said disapprovingly.

Chu Yan shook his head again and again, and loudly ordered the herald behind him: "Order the front army troops responsible for blocking the attack to immediately move the blocking position forward three miles." ”

Then he looked at Bai Que and said with a wry smile: "Recently, my luck has been very bad. ”

"Chu Shuai, although Du Chang didn't do a good job, the enemy still chased after him. At most, after the siege, we will have to exert a little more effort to annihilate them. Bai Que comforted, "Everything is still in Chu Shuai's hands." ”

Chu Yan sighed in disappointment and said in frustration: "Once the siege is closed, those people will be in the encirclement. After the two armies fought, the first to bear the brunt were the innocent people, and thousands of them were slaughtered by us. ”

"This Du Chang, I'm going to kill him." Chu Yan scolded fiercely.

As he was talking, he suddenly felt a chill on his face, and quickly looked up at the sky.

"It's raining." Bai Que said lightly.

Chu Yan slowly stretched out her palm and saw one or two small raindrops falling on her hand.

"It's getting dark." Chu Yan said with a heavy heart.

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The Youzhou Army followed behind the Yellow Turban Army unhurriedly, slowly moving eastward along the river, just like the Yellow Turban Army and the escort of those people.

This situation made Zhang Fei very unhappy, he was a thorough warmonger, he couldn't hold back the excitement of going to war, and he had repeatedly asked Li Yi to lead his troops to attack, but Li Yi categorically rejected it. In desperation, he had no choice but to run to the forefront of the army to observe the situation of the Yellow Turban Army.

"General, we can take advantage of the complex terrain near the Great River, outflank the front and rear, and surround this Yellow Turban Army in the Great River." Zhang He hesitated for a long time, but after thinking about it, he still mustered up the courage, and urged him to step forward and suggest to Li Yi, "If we keep following like this, the Yellow Turban Army will always be mixed with the people, and it will not give us a chance to attack." ”

Li Yi smiled and said approvingly: "Junyi, your plan is good. Have you read a lot of books? ”

Zhang He didn't expect Li Yi to be in the mood to chat with him at this time, so he hurriedly said, "Not much." I only finished reading the books at the teacher's house. ”

Li Yi said loudly in surprise: "That's not much? Then you also learned your martial arts from your teacher? ”

"That's another Master, he's dead." Zhang He said, "Are my master and Zilong's master still friends? ”

"Oh." Li Yi smiled, "Then you are very fateful." The two of you are not much different in martial arts, and you will definitely be able to get ahead in the future. ”

"The general praised it falsely, compared to Zilong, I am far behind." Zhang He blushed and said modestly.

Li Yi was chatting with Zhang Jaw, but Zhang Fei came in person, and said in a hurry: "Big brother, after walking a few more miles, you will leave the Dahe Ancient Desert and enter the nearby hilly area." As soon as the enemy entered the hilly area, we lost the terrain advantage, and it was difficult for us to attack. If we don't attack now, we won't have a chance today. ”

Li Yi looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "It's getting dark." ”

"Big brother, isn't our army the best at fighting field battles, isn't it just right to ...... when it's dark," Zhang Fei urged, "I know you're worried about causing innocent casualties to the people, but I promise that we won't hurt many people if we rush over and divide and encircle and annihilate them." ”

"How not?" Li Yi immediately retorted, "When our cavalry rushes over, the people will immediately scatter and flee, not only blocking our attack line, but also slowing down our attack speed. If your soldiers do not kill the people, I will cut off your heads. ”

Zhang Fei was speechless. Although the Youzhou Army has strict military rules and discipline, at that critical moment, Zhang Fei really didn't dare to guarantee that someone would not be able to hold back and kill the people. Even if the Youzhou army did not take the initiative to kill the people, but the so-called city gate fire affected the pond fish, in that chaotic battlefield, the people still inevitably trampled on each other because of panic and escape, resulting in huge casualties.

"It's raining......" Zhao Yun exclaimed in surprise.

Li Yi looked up, and small raindrops began to fall in the sky, sparse and full of life. He shouted happily: "Stop moving, stop moving now." ”