Yu Yigen swept into the big tent like the wind, looked panicked, and said anxiously: "Big marshal, the Youzhou army has disappeared." ”

Zhang Yan was shocked, and all the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army were taken aback, and their faces were worried.

Zhang Yan asked loudly, "Is the news accurate?" ”

"Absolutely, our men touched their camp at night. There was nothing in the camp except the wounded. Yu Yigen gasped and said loudly.

Yang Feng looked at Zhang Yan and said anxiously: "Three days, today is the third day." If Li Yi had left Gaotang to carry out a new raid the day after the battle, they would have been very close to their target. ”

Zhang Yan's complexion changed several times.

"The most likely place for Li Yi to raid is Xindu. If he captures Sindu by surprise attack, it will be tantamount to cutting off our retreat. Yang Feng said, "If we turn back immediately, it is possible to block him and fight again." ”

"There are more than 10,000 defenders in Xindu City, and it is difficult for Li Yi to conquer the city unless he uses a trick. Marshal, or Yang Shuai is right, we will immediately withdraw our troops, strive to block him under the city, and fight him again. Sun Qin said loudly on the side.

"You all think he's going to attack the city?" Zhang Yan turned around and looked at everyone and asked.

"Yes, now the road for my army to cross the river to the south of Mount Tai has been blocked, and there is only one way to enter the Taihang Mountain from the west, and Li Yi must be able to see it. And if we want to retreat into Taihang Mountain, it is a shortcut to take the road of Anping Kingdom through Julu County and then to Changshan Kingdom, and he will definitely seize Xindu one step ahead of us and choke our road to the west. If Li Yi can't take the city in the short term, he may be blocked by us. Although this plan is a little risky, Li Yi has always liked to use soldiers to take risks, and this time is probably no exception. A Yellow Turban Army general said.

"Dashuai, Xindu City has our food and our supplies, once Xindu falls. Even if we retreat to the Taihang Mountains, we will starve. Let's get back now. Ku Xuan agreed.

Zhang Yan shook her hand at everyone and motioned for everyone to be quiet. He looked at Yang Feng, who was silent with his head bowed and silent, and said, "He may also attack Le Cheng." Ziyu, if Li Yi raids Anping Guoxindu, we will immediately turn back, and we can still block him, but if he goes north to play Lecheng, we can't do anything. ”

Yang Feng's heart was suddenly shocked, and he was a little confused. He and his subordinates are all in Lecheng, if Lecheng is beaten down by Li Yi. That's really miserable.

The leaders of the Yellow Turban Army all felt that Zhang Yan's words made sense. Li Yi went south to play music, which is safer, more reliable, certain, and has plenty of time. The most important thing is that Yang Feng, who was originally stationed in Hejian Country, is now in the plains, so far away from Lecheng, he has no power to return to help.

"Lecheng is more than 500 miles away from Gaotang. Now it's raining heavily, and the road is difficult. If Li Yi's cavalry traveled a long distance to fight Lecheng, it seemed a bit reluctant. Moreover, Lecheng City is tall and strong, and there is a natural danger barrier of the Hutuo River, in this weather. It was impossible for his men to storm the city. I think it's more likely that he attacked Sindu. Yang Feng argued weakly.

"What does Yu Shuai think?" Zhang Yan asked.

Yu Xuan, who had been standing in the distance and staring at the sky in a daze, seemed to have suddenly woken up, and he glanced at Zhang Yan blankly.

Zhang Yan repeated.

Yu Poison smiled bitterly and said: "We were chased and killed by the cavalry general Manjizhou, and we were already covered in bruises. It doesn't matter where he attacks. But now the key is to keep the troops, to keep the Yellow Turban Army. I'll just go up the mountain. ”

"The marshal asked you where Li Yi attacked, didn't he ask if you wanted to go to the mountain?" Wang Dang cried out.

"Lecheng." Yu Poison said slowly. "Dashuai is right, he wants to attack Lecheng."

Yang Feng let out a long sigh, looking extremely depressed and painful.

"Withdraw, immediately abandon the plains, and quickly retreat to Xindu City." Zhang Yan said resolutely.

………………

Liu Yu, the prime minister of Ganling, led 3,000 soldiers into Gaotang City when the heavy rain stopped and the sun reappeared.

Pingyuan County Taishou Liu Ding, Pingyuan County Captain Ji Yong, Pingyuan County Captain Cao Shi Cui Jie and other Pingyuan County officials personally welcomed out of the city.

Liu Yu said: "The Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao caused trouble in the twenty-eight counties of the seven states of my Han Dynasty, ruined the lives of the people, and harmed my minister, which is really a great crime." ”

Liu Ding replied: "The traitor Zhang Jiao was seriously injured in the battle a few days ago, and according to the news that General Xiaocai inquired, Zhang Jiao died shortly after returning to Pingyuan City. ”

Liu Yu asked in surprise: "The news is accurate?" ”

Liu Ding, Ji Yong, and Cui Jie shook their heads. Liu Ding said: "There is no confirmation. ”

Liu Yu immediately opened his mouth and asked, "What about General Li?" Why don't you see others? ”

Cui Jie replied: "So that Bo'an knows that General Li has gone north to attack Lecheng seven days ago." ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "This kid, before I arrived to support Gao Tang in the east, he was impatient to go north to play music." This kid can run faster than a rabbit. Any news of him? ”

Although the three people on the other side knew that Li Yi and Liu Yu knew each other, they didn't expect the relationship between the two to be so good.

Liu Ding shook his head and said worriedly: "There has been no news coming. ”

"He's always been like this when he fights, and when he wins the war, he comes out. Don't worry, it's okay. Liu Yu said with a smile, and then asked, "Where has the Yellow Turban Army withdrawn now?" ”

"The ant thieves who had retreated to Plains City four days ago suddenly abandoned the city and fled. Cao Cao, the captain of the cavalry, had already rushed over with his troops. Cui Jie said, "The news that General Li's army is not in Gaotang City, we suspect that the ant thieves know about it." They were probably worried that their old nest Xindu City would be attacked, so they fled back overnight. ”

While they were talking, a small group of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the plain in the distance, and galloped towards them.

Cui Jie pointed at them and asked, "Envoy, is that General Li's scout?" It seems like there's something urgent? ”

Liu Ding and Liu Yu hurriedly took a closer look.

Ji Yong next to him exclaimed: "Look at the car behind ......"

Liu Yu and Liu Ding looked at each other and smiled, and Liu Ding said happily: "You guys will follow me to pick up the car." It was the car where the imperial envoy was sitting, and a holy decree had arrived. ”

It was Fu Xie who came, he was a native of Lingzhou County, Beidi County, Xiliang, with both civil and military skills, and very good martial arts. At the beginning of this year, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the imperial court recruited people from all over the country who had the ability to lead troops to report to Luoyang and go out with the army. Fu Xie followed the Taishou Huangfu Song of Beidi County into Beijing, and was worshiped by the Son of Heaven as the protector Sima, and went out with Zuo Zhonglang to defeat Huangfu Song.

Before the expedition, Fu Xie wrote to the Son of Heaven, discussing the root cause of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and believed that the eunuchs favored by the emperor's side were also the source of the trouble.

Fu Xie followed Huangfu Song to make a lot of contributions in the battle to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou, and later went north to Yanzhou with Huangfu Song. Huangfu Song led the army to fight with the Yellow Turban Army in Cangting, Yanzhou East County, and broke the Yellow Turban Army and beheaded more than 7,000 ranks. Fu Xie's subordinates captured the Yellow Turban Army Qu Shuai Bu Si, Zhang Bo, and Liang Zhongning, and they were the first to make the most contributions.

After the end of the war, because Zhao Zhong interfered with it, he framed Fu Xie, but the Son of Heaven was deeply impressed by Fu Xie, and appointed him as the commander of Anding without asking for the guilt.

However, Fu Xie also left Huangfu Song's army because of this, entered Beijing to face the saint, and prepared to go to Liangzhou to take office. But I don't know why this plain county has come again.

The so-called misfortune and blessing relied on, which allowed him to avoid Huangfu Song's fiasco in Pingyuan County.

Although Liu Yu and Liu Ding and Fu Xie met for the first time, they had heard of each other for a long time and had been friends for a long time. The three were all upright and loyal people, with similar temperaments, and they talked happily after meeting.

Fu Xie is much younger than Liu Ding and Liu Yu, only in his early thirties, eight-foot tall, tall and heroic, probably because he has been in the army in the bitter cold land and state for many years, his skin is dark and red.

After the greetings, Fu Xie looked around and asked, "Why don't you see Li Xiaoqi?" ”

Liu Yu asked strangely, "Is the holy decree brought by Nanrong for General Li?" ”

Fu Xie nodded and said: "Yes, the DPRK received an urgent report of 800 miles five days ago, saying that Li Xiao rode in Gaotang City to break the Yellow Turban Army and killed nearly 100,000 people, and the thief chief Zhang Jiao also gave the head, and the Son of Heaven was overjoyed, so Fu Mou rushed to the plain day and night to convey the holy decree and escort the body of the thief chief into Beijing. ”

"General Li has already led his troops to attack Lecheng." Liu Ding said with a smile, "Eight days ago, in this place under our feet, General Xiaocai fought against more than 100,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army with 15,000 people, and defeated the ant thieves, killed nearly 100,000 people, and relieved the siege of Gaotang. It was also in that battle that the thief chief Zhang Jiao was seriously wounded and died when he returned to Plains City. However, his body is not in our hands. ”

Fu Xie said with some disappointment: "I see. ”

After a pause, Fu Xie asked again, "I don't know how Brother Yizhen is doing now?" ”

Liu Ding shook his head and said, "Since Sui Jiashan was defeated, I haven't seen him again. ”

Liu Yu and the others were also gloomy, they never thought that Huangfu Song, who could fight well, would be defeated so badly in the battle of Suijiashan.

Fu Xie wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something difficult to say. Liu Ding said: "Nanrong, just say anything you want, they are not outsiders." ”

Liu Yu also nodded.

Fu Xie gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Zijing, Brother Bo'an, Brother Yizhen lost too badly this time, and the imperial court deliberately pursued his dereliction of duty. I hope that the two brothers can say a few good words for the righteous brother in front of the Son of Heaven......"

Liu Ding smiled and said, "Nanrong, if you don't say this, I know what to do." I have already written a chapter to the Son of Heaven, explaining the situation on the battlefield of Pingyuan County at that time, the defeat of Sui Jiashan, the unfavorable battle of the righteous true brothers, and the fact that the thieves are too strong. I believe that with His Majesty's holy order, he will be able to see the details. ”

Liu Yu also said that he would write a recital for the Son of Heaven to explain the situation. This made Fu Xie very moved, and he believed that with the protection of these two clan relatives, Huangfu Song should be able to retreat this time. (To be continued.) )