Zhang Jiao has been in a very bad mood these days. Although Chu Yan worshiped him as his father-in-law, the relationship between them was known to the Yellow Turban Army, and there was nothing to be happy about. He is still obsessed with Chu Yan. A person who led troops to fight would make such a low-level mistake, he couldn't figure it out.

Xiao Yan understands very well. Xiao Zuo was defeated, the camp was attacked, and Zhang Baicai's entire army was annihilated, these are all bloody examples. Who dares to pat their chests and say, I can defeat the Youzhou army? If there is, it is only Zhang Jiao, of course Chu Yan does not believe his words.

Xiao Yan persuaded: "Chu Shuai didn't come to save you, but it means that he has a problem." If before dark, the Youzhou Army's iron cavalry pounced, with their combat effectiveness, it shouldn't be a big problem to tear up the car formation. At that time we were no longer superior in numbers. Great sage and good teacher, don't be angry anymore. What didn't happen, who can tell. ”

"Zigan, you mean that we can't stay up until midnight?" Zhang Jiao looked at Xiao Yan and asked in a cold tone.

Xiao Yan boldly looked directly at Zhang Jiao, and said in a sincere tone: "Great sage and good teacher, in fact, we are indeed not sure. If Li Yi is like you, if you want to destroy the other party at all costs, you don't know how long we can hold out as a great sage and good teacher? The reason why we persevered after Yue Fei led the Youzhou Iron Cavalry to the Gehe Battlefield was only because Li Yi was afraid of losing too much strength and did not use the Iron Cavalry to launch a strong attack. ”

Xiao Yan saw that Zhang Jiao didn't make a sound, he knew that Zhang Jiao actually understood Chu Yan's helplessness, but he really hated Li Yi and Youzhou Jun too much.

First of all, General Digong and the 400,000 Yellow Turban brothers in Youzhou were all folded in the hands of Li Yi and the Youzhou Army under his command. Coupled with the fall of the 400,000 Youzhou Yellow Turban Brothers, this has hurt the vitality of the entire Yellow Turban and Taiping Dao cause.

Then it was on the Jizhou battlefield, the great sage and good master personally led 200,000 troops to attack Yecheng, except for the tens of thousands of people lost in the siege battle, all of them were eaten up and swallowed up by the Youzhou army iron cavalry little by little, which almost announced the bankruptcy of the Yellow Turban Army and the Taiping Dao.

All these things add up, and he hates the great sage and good teacher.

"Great sage and good teacher, let's take Chu Shuai's opinion, give up the baggage, and withdraw Qu Zhou as soon as possible." Xiao Yan saw that Zhang Jiao did not lose his temper, and took the opportunity to propose.

"What are you afraid of, could it be that Li Yi will have wings and fly to Quzhou to block us?" Zhang Jiao said disdainfully, "With so much grain and grass, transporting it back can solve many problems of our army, and we must not give up." ”

Xiao Yan's face suddenly became very ugly, and he said urgently: "Great Sage and Good Master, this batch of grain and grass is gone, we can still replenish it, but if our tens of thousands of soldiers are gone, there is no way to replenish it." ”

Zhang Jiao glanced at him coldly, and was about to speak, Sun Qin hurriedly ran into the big tent and said in a panic: "Marshal, Zhao Yun's troops appeared in Guangping. ”

Zhang Jiao's face sank, and he stared blankly at the map, and there was no response for a long time.

"Sun Shuai, how is Qu Zhou?" Xiao Yan hurriedly asked.

"The major general sent someone to deliver the news, he asked Zhang Shuai to defend the city with a thousand men, and the army had already rushed east with him."

"Great sage and good teacher, let's hurry back to Quzhou." Xiao Yan said anxiously, "Quzhou is an empty city now, once it is occupied by Zhao Yun, we will be blocked by him to retreat." ”

"What are you anxious about?" Zhang Jiao glared at Xiao Yan fiercely, pointed to the map and said, "Zhao Yun was still shouting on the other side yesterday, and today he ran to Ping'en, why did he fly?" ”

"Li Yi may let Zhao Yun attract our attention on the other side, and the main force will pass through Quliang to Guangping, and then go straight to Quzhou to block us, which is entirely possible." Xiao Yan immediately retorted.

Sun Sunqin walked to the map, pointed to Guangping City and said, "From the Lieren to the Quliang line, we have no garrisons. It is indeed very likely that Li Yi quietly crossed the river from the people and rushed to Guangping through Quliang. He deliberately did not play his own banner, but played Zhao Yun's banner, indicating that he wanted to set up a maze and hoped that we would be indecisive and win time for him to seize Guangping. ”

"What about the defenders of Quang Binh?" Zhang Jiao asked.

"Before Chu Shuai left, let them withdraw to Qu Zhou." Sun Qin whispered.

Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly: "He's forcing me to go back." ”

He straightened up and said hatefully: "This kid now has an army of 100,000 in his hands, his wings have grown stiff, and he is becoming more and more disobedient. If he hadn't acted in advance in Gehe, where would there still be the Youzhou Army now? Why don't we stop at being so embarrassed? ”

"Great sage and good teacher, he was brought up by you, and he is your person whatever he says." Xiao Yan comforted.

Zhang Jiao laughed self-deprecatingly, and said disappointedly: "He has grown up, and he is no longer the delicious child." Forget it, let's not talk about him. ”

Zhang Jiao waved his hand vigorously, as if he had thrown away all the troubles in his heart. He ordered loudly: "Order Fang Bao to immediately lead his troops back to Quzhou, and the army will set off immediately, and rush back to Guangzong directly from Quzhou." ”

Xiao Yan asked in surprise: "Great Sage and Good Master, let's go back to Guangzong?" ”

"You're right." Zhang Jiao said calmly, "Whatever Yanzi says, I brought it up single-handedly, although it is not my biological son, but I have no heirs, what is the difference between him and my biological son?" When I returned, I gave him the position of the leader of the Yellow Turban Army. ”

Xiao Yan and Sun Qin were stunned.

"Great Sage and Good Teacher......" Xiao Yan shouted in surprise, "You ......"

"Zigan, the Western Expeditionary Army has been wiped out, after I go back, can I continue to command the Yellow Turban Army? If I let others push it down, it would be better for me to take the initiative to come down. Give this seat to the swallow, and I'm relieved. After Zhang Jiao made up his mind, it seemed that the whole person had become relaxed, and he said very casually.

"Great virtuous and good teacher, the young general is too young, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. Moreover, his surname is Chu, not Zhang, although he is your righteous son, but not your biological son, will the generals be able to accept it? Even if the generals were willing to follow him, what about the other leaders of the Yellow Turbans? Zhang Niujiao, Yang Feng, Wang Dang...... Which one is not gathered under this banner for your prestige. Xiao Yan said excitedly, "Now that the Western Expedition has failed, the battle situation in Jizhou is tight, don't mention this matter again." Once the news spreads, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely be in turmoil, the people's hearts will be weakened, and defeat will be a foregone conclusion. ”

Zhang Jiao nodded cautiously and said in a deep voice: "I know the seriousness of this matter. This matter is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the Yellow Turban Army, and I will handle the future of the Yellow Turban Army with care. ”

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Zhao Yun looked at the Yellow Turban Army retreating along Zhangshui in an orderly and unhurried manner, and said with admiration: "Zhang Jiao is Zhang Jiao, and it is indeed a generation of heroes." Knowing that our army appeared in Quang Binh, he was still not in a hurry and did not give us any oil and water. ”

At this moment, Li Qiong flew over with a horse, raised his hand and shouted: "Three generals, generals, Yecheng has come to write." ”

The letter from Yecheng was sent to Ganling.

This month, Huangfu Song defeated Zhang Liang, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, on the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao, forcing him to retreat. Subsequently, Huangfu Song successfully joined Liu Yu in the northwest of Beiqiu.

At this point, the imperial army in Ganling reached 50,000 people, and under the command of Huangfu Song, Liu Yu and Liu Ding, launched an attack on the Yellow Turban Army stationed in Ganling. The three-way army met south of the boundary bridge of the Qinghe River, and then directly marched to attack the boundary bridge, directly approaching Guangzong, the old nest of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, due to the insufficient number of the Ganling army, coupled with the dangerous terrain of the boundary bridge, and the natural barrier of the Qinghe River, which is in the period of abundant water, the attack effect of the army has not been ideal, and it is currently in a state of stalemate with the Yellow Turban Army. Therefore, Huangfu Song hoped that Li Yi, the general of the cavalry, would also be able to launch an offensive against the Yellow Turban Army at the same time to reduce the pressure in the direction of the boundary bridge, and eventually the two armies would hunt in Guangzong.

It was confirmed that the reason for the retreat of the Yellow Turban Army from Wei County was indeed because they were attacked by the Ganling army, and a group of officials such as Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, believed that the victory on the battlefield in Jizhou was decided, and the extermination of the Yellow Turban thieves was a matter of day and night, so they couldn't wait to write to the imperial court to report the victory, for themselves, and of course, for General Xiaocai and his soldiers to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army's hundreds of thousands of troops, and to drive the leader of the Yellow Turban Army Zhang Jiao out of Wei County, and the most important thing is to ask the court for assistance.