said that Cheng Yuanzhi under the city was full of ambition at the moment. There was only one lonely city left in front of him in the entire Youbeiping County, and the generals under his command went to Quanzhou to ransack the Li family. With the wealth of the Li family, when he returns, he doesn't know how much money he will bring back. At that time, with a lot of soldiers and enough food, his status in the Yellow Turban Army will definitely be greatly improved, and he may be able to become a general second only to the three generals.

It's just that what makes Cheng Yuanzhi a little puzzled is that Deng Mao's guy has been going to Quanzhou for half a month, why hasn't he led the army back yet?

At this moment, a personal soldier walked in and reported: "Report to the general, General Deng Mao's envoy has returned." ”

Cheng Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that he really wanted to see who was coming, just now he was talking about why Deng Mao, this kid, has no news yet, and there will be news about this kid soon.

Thinking so, Cheng Yuanzhi said without hesitation: "Biography! ”

Soon, a soldier dressed in the standard dress of the Yellow Turban Army walked into Cheng Yuanzhi's big tent. Cheng Yuanzhi recognized that this was a personal soldier by Deng Mao's side, and he was very trusted by Deng Mao.

Cheng Yuanzhi recognized the person, without any suspicion, and asked happily: "Deng Mao, that guy is back?" How much time else does he have? How much grain did you get from the Li family? ”

The Yellow Turban soldier replied quietly: "General Huicheng, my general is behind, and there are about fifty miles to reach the camp." The general asked me to report to General Cheng first. ”

After a pause, the Yellow Turban soldier continued: "This time, the general of my family has gained a lot in the Li family, with a total of 10,000 yuan in money, 100,000 yuan in grain, 3,000 horses, and countless livestock. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi listened to the report of the Yellow Turban soldiers and was overjoyed. This Li family is really rich, and the family is relative to the harvest in the entire city after he captured Yuyang City.

The Yellow Turban soldier continued: "The general of my family has already sent 5,000 troops back to Yuyang City, and after learning that General Cheng personally led the army to attack Youbeiping, the general of my family personally led 3,000 cavalry to rush over. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where did Deng Mao get the 3,000 cavalry?" ”

The Yellow Turban soldier said, "The horses of these cavalrymen were all obtained from the Li family. ”

Only then did Cheng Yuanzhi remember that the soldier had reported just now that Deng Mao had obtained 3,000 horses from the Li family. It seems that this guy has formed 3,000 cavalry from these horses.

Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't help but feel a sinking in his heart, in this way, wouldn't Deng Mao's kid have a big increase in strength? Will he take the opportunity to seek self-reliance?

Cheng Yuanzhi interrogated the messenger sent by Deng Mao again, and let him go down.

The speed of the cavalry was unmatched by that of the infantry, and about half an hour later a scout came to report that he had seen a cavalry coming from the west towards the camp, only ten miles away. The cavalry was under the banner of Deng Mao, and the size was about 3,000 people.

At this point, Cheng Yuanzhi no longer had any doubts, and said to his subordinates on the left and right: "General Deng Mao is back, let's go out of the camp to greet him." ”

Cheng Yuanzhi can't help it, although Deng Mao is nominally his subordinate, but the two have no clear subordination. Inside Taiping Road, both of them are party commanders and have equal status. Now that Deng Mao has obtained the wealth of the Li family and his strength has increased greatly, he must not be able to treat it with the same attitude as before.

In fact, Cheng Yuanzhi regretted a little, why didn't he send one of his cronies to ransack the Li family in the first place. If that's the case, you don't have to worry about that.

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As soon as the horn sounded, the middle door of the Yellow Turban Army camp was opened, and Cheng Yuanzhi led the general cronies and colonels, and 10,000 troops out of the camp and set up a position.

At the same time, 3,000 cavalrymen wearing yellow turban armor and yellow turbans also appeared in the western wilderness.

The movement of the Yellow Turban Army's camp naturally also attracted the attention of Tuyin City, Gongsun Chan and Taishou Liu Zheng got the report from their subordinates, and hurriedly caught up with the city, they thought that the Yellow Turban Army was about to attack the city again.

To the surprise of Gongsun Zan and Liu Zheng, the Yellow Turban Army did not want to attack the city, but as if they were going to welcome someone. Could it be that Zhang Bao personally came to Youbeiping?

Just when the two of them were in doubt, at the end of the western vision, a cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army appeared, and it seemed that its scale was not small, and it was estimated that it would not be less than three thousand.

Gongsun Zhan and Liu Zheng's faces became ugly, such a large-scale cavalry was not a good thing for them. Previously, the Yellow Turbans had almost no cavalry, and even if the city was breached, they could flee with their cronies. Now that such a large-scale cavalry is coming, it is really no way to enter the heavens and no way to enter the earth.

Because the cavalry was still far away from Tuyan City, Gongsun Chan and the others could not see its banner clearly. But the two of them knew very well that they and the others would no longer be spared.

Just when the two of them felt a burst of despair in their hearts, they saw that the speed of the cavalry had actually increased, and finally the troops were divided into three ways and sprinted towards the Yellow Turban Army camp.

At this moment, Gongsun Chan and Liu Zheng were confused, and they couldn't figure out what the situation was.

……

Not only Gongsun Zhan and Liu Zheng couldn't figure out the situation, but Cheng Yuanzhi and a group of cronies were also confused, and they couldn't understand why Deng Mao not only did not slow down when he was still five miles away from the Yellow Turban Army camp, but began to speed up.

The speed of the cavalry charge was too fast, just in the stunned minds of Cheng Yuanzhi and the others, the cavalry was only three miles away from the Yellow Turban Army camp, that is, about 1,200 meters. At this distance, you can already see each other's faces more clearly.

In the eyes of Cheng Yuanzhi and other Yellow Turban Army, there were three people running in front of the Yellow Turban Army cavalry, one in the center with a beautiful face, a white horse in his crotch, and a Zhangba steel gun; The person on the left is wearing a green robe, with a yellow horse on his crotch, and a strangely shaped big knife in his hand; On the right, a person with a leopard's head ringed eyes, and a black steed holding an eight-point steel spear.

An electric light flashed in Cheng Yuanzhi's mind, and then he shouted: "Enemy attack!" All troops on alert! The one who came was not General Deng Mao's soldiers and horses, but the reinforcements of the imperial court! ”

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Cheng Yuanzhi was right, the 3,000 cavalry that came to the battlefield was not Deng Mao's army, but Li Pengfei's army.

After receiving a pardon from the imperial court and an order to summon the army, Li Pengfei quickly took action.

In the past two days, Li Pengfei had already sent scouts to investigate the situation in Yuyang City, and knew that Cheng Yuanzhi had once again led a large army to attack Youbeiping. There were not many Yellow Turban troops left in Yuyang City, only about 10,000 people.

Immediately, Li Pengfei decided to divide his troops into two routes, one was led by Zhao Yun with 2,000 elite cavalry, and went directly to take Yuyang City; On the other hand, he personally led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, three thousand fine horsemen, to Youbeiping, waiting for an opportunity to relieve the siege of Youbeiping County. Yue Fei stayed in Quanzhou to take care of his family. After all, there are still more than 7,000 Yellow Turban captives in the Quanzhou camp.

After getting the news that Cheng Yuanzhi was going to attack Tuyin City, Li Pengfei has been thinking about how to fight this next battle.

This battle is not as good as the previous battle with Deng Mao, when he used 5,000 cavalry against Deng Mao's 10,000 foot soldiers, this kind of battle is not difficult, as long as you don't make a fool, you can win.

But the next battle was different. The total number of the Yellow Turban Army was as high as 90,000, and he could only dispatch a maximum of 5,000 men, and the disparity between the forces of the two sides was huge. Even if most of the Yellow Turban Army were outcasts, the difference in strength was to this extent, and it was too difficult to defeat the Yellow Turban Army through frontal combat.

Moreover, once a head-on war is started, even if it is ultimately won, the cost will definitely be very heavy. Maybe all of his 5,000 men will be folded in. This is not the result that Li Pengfei hopes to see.

And if you want to win without paying much price, you can only take a surprise attack.

In the end, after careful consideration, Li Pengfei decided to take advantage of the news that the Yellow Turban Army did not know that Deng Mao had been wiped out, and defrauded the city.

On Zhao Yun's side, 2,000 cavalry disguised themselves as the Yellow Turban Army who sent the looted property back to the city, deceived the city gate, and took Yuyang City by chance.

On his own side, he sent a soldier of the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered to Cheng Yuanzhi's camp to report a false letter to dispel Cheng Yuanzhi's doubts, and then raided the Yellow Turban Army camp.