Chapter 31 Turning the Tide

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 31 Turning the Tide

It is said that Dong Zhuo took over Lu Zhi's position and led his army to continue fighting against Guangzong's Zhang Jiao army. Lu Zhi had already surrounded the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City, but the Yellow Turban Army was huge in number and supported by Guangzong's city wall.

If he was forced into a desperate situation, he would definitely fight to the end. Lu Zhi's attack on Guangzong also needed time to prepare enough siege equipment. It was worthy of a continuous siege, but he was killed by a treacherous villain.

Dong Zhuo saw that the stalls left by Lu Zhi were not that easy to deal with, so he decided to temporarily give up the attack on Guangzong, turned around and led his army towards Quyang to the north of Guangzong. However, what Dong Zhuo did not expect was that Quyang's Yellow Turban Army also

It was not easy to deal with. Many of his soldiers had fought many victorious battles with Lu Zhi before. Although it was difficult to win the siege of Guangzong, most of the soldiers believed that Lu Zhi's strategic decision was correct.

But now Lu Zhi was suddenly dismissed and arrested, and Dong Zhuo was parachuted in. Dong Zhuo is of mixed Qiang and Han descent. He is very different from the Han people in the Central Plains in terms of appearance and speech and behavior. Therefore, these soldiers inevitably have something in their hearts.

Dissatisfied, and unable to openly express his dissatisfaction, the gradual spread of this emotion caused Dong Zhuo's current army to become increasingly depressed. Dong Zhuo, an outsider, lacked foundation and prestige, and it was difficult to command his troops on the actual battlefield.

He had many soldiers and generals, so the first battle in the attack on Quyang was only a 50-50 draw with the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army seemed to feel that Dong Zhuo's soldiers were not very good at fighting, especially their fighting will. They had no morale or momentum on the battlefield, and there were even many deserters. Dong Zhuo killed many deserters in a fit of anger, and then faced his subordinates.

The general cursed, but the effect was still not good. What he didn't expect was that the main force of Zhang Jiao's yellow scarf army, which was originally besieged in Guangzong, had already broken out of the encirclement and came directly towards Dong Zhuo from behind to fight with him.

Quyang's Yellow Turban Army teamed up to double-team Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo had expected that the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City would come out. His initial idea was to lead his troops to destroy the Yellow Turban Army in Quyang first, and then release the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City. The Yellow Turban Army's combat effectiveness would actually increase after they left the city.

It's a big discount. At this time, if I lead my army back to fight these Yellow Turbans, I will definitely win.

However, Dong Zhuo thought of everything except that he led his army to attack Quyang but failed. Not only did he fail to capture Quyang before Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army arrived and eliminate the Yellow Turban Army here, but he also exposed his current lack of confidence in the army under his command.

The lack of control caused the morale of the Yellow Turban Army to rise, but the soldiers under his command became weaker and weaker. Many soldiers became deserters, and the situation gradually got out of control.

Dong Zhuo said in his heart that this dog emperor listened to the slander and left such a huge mess to himself. He really believed what those eunuchs said. Ten lives would not be enough to kill him. And he came all the way to help you suppress the bandits in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Originally, he

However, none of the elite soldiers under his command could be brought with him. He could only bring with him the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although these officers and soldiers themselves were not bad in terms of equipment and combat capabilities, because Lu Zhi was captured and he came from outside the country, he could not lead them in a short period of time.

There is no way to regain control of this army. It is really a trap for these guys.

Dong Zhuo didn't say much. He was experienced and knew that the unit under his command no longer had any combat effectiveness. It had no chance against the Yellow Turban Army's two-sided attack, so he took a small group of people willing to follow him.

The soldiers took advantage of the chaos and fled. As for the life and death of the remaining soldiers, he was too lazy to care and had no way to care.

But Zhang Jiao led his troops out of Guangzong City, and they were unstoppable along the way. They did not encounter much resistance at all. He himself felt a little strange. They were obviously the same army. He was the one who was beaten so hard that he was running away, but now he was

He suddenly became so weak, but he didn't care how many soldiers he had. How badly he was beaten by these officers and soldiers before, now he has to pay back double the amount.

The troops that Dong Zhuo left behind were not interested in fighting. Some of them fled, some surrendered to the Yellow Turban Army, and some were unwilling to escape and surrender to the Yellow Turban Army, so they had to fight to the end. These few remaining soldiers who were willing to fight to the death were still there.

It caused a lot of trouble to the Yellow Turban Army, but the situation was over and they were eventually wiped out by the Yellow Turban Army coming from all directions.

But the Yellow Turban Army saw Dong Zhuo leading a small force trying to escape, and they were not willing to let him escape easily. Zhang Jiao personally led the army to pursue Dong Zhuo desperately.

After being so cowardly, I couldn't help but feel furious. I couldn't calm down my anger by taking it out on my soldiers, so I also had the idea of ​​turning back and fighting these Yellow Turbans to the death.

Just when Dong Zhuo was about to despair, his savior appeared. It turned out that Xiang Yu led a thousand troops to support Dong Zhuo. He saw many fleeing soldiers along the way. While gathering these fleeing soldiers, he rushed over quickly.

Finally, Dong Zhuo was found first when he was about to be overtaken by Zhang Jiao's army.

Looking at Dong Zhuo who looked extremely embarrassed, Xiang Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny, but he didn't show it. When Dong Zhuo saw Xiang Yu arriving, he immediately felt like he had beaten a dying wild dog with chicken blood.

Recovered.

"Xiang Ji, you came at the right time!"

Xiang Yu did not reply but looked at the approaching Yellow Turban Army from a distance. He did not ask why Dong Zhuo was beaten so badly by the Yellow Turban Army. He just raised his gun, mounted his horse, and led his army towards Zhang Jiao.

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Dong Zhuo wiped the blood on his face with his hand, jumped on his horse with a loud shout, and followed Xiang Yu towards the Yellow Turban Army. He was also very powerful when he was young. He was good at riding and shooting, and could shoot the bow left and right. Those who were also good at it

The Qiang people who rode horses and archery all lamented that they were not as good as Dong Zhuo.

They are all officers and soldiers from the central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty. These soldiers under the command of Xiang Yu are completely different from those under Dong Zhuo. It is like that under Dong Zhuo, these soldiers are just a bunch of dogs with no fighting ability at all.

Xiang Yu's men turned into a pack of evil wolves, with fierce eyes and unusual bravery.

Xiang Yu rode up to the front with a gun, holding a thunder gun, wearing armor with fine scales, a red robe behind him, and a red horse under his crotch. Under the setting sun, it was like a flame that suddenly penetrated into the Yellow Turban army formation.

, the cavalry behind him followed closely, like a sharp spear piercing the enemy's heart. Xiang Yu was unstoppable and came straight towards the Zhang Jiao position of the Yellow Turban Army's center.

That horn was holding a nine-section staff, and he was still waving it in the middle of the army. He made a series of incomprehensible shouts from his mouth, which seemed to be some spells. He also saw the military formation in front of him from a distance.

There was something unusual, and his subordinates reported that he was about to catch up with Dong Zhuo, but suddenly a very fierce army appeared, led by a man who was unstoppable and was leading his army straight towards here.

Zhang Jue was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise flashed across his face, but he soon regained his composure. He probably didn't expect that the person who was coming straight to take his head was the one who had touched his knees that day.

Xiang Yu had a long conversation. At that time, Xiang Yu had just obtained Zhou Zhuo's body and looked very frail, but at that time some energy in his eyes caught Zhang Jiao's attention.

At that time, Xiang Yu told Zhang Jue that he would be willing to help Zhang Jue if he was willing to give up the command of the rebel army and leave it to him. However, Zhang Jue hesitated, even though he saw the extraordinaryness in Xiang Yu's eyes.

But after all, the opponent was only a slender sixteen-year-old boy, and asking him to hand over all the military command rights was obviously a bit too high!

And Xiang Yu didn't give Zhang Jiao any more time to think about it, he left Zhang Jiao directly, left Julu, and headed into the distance.

Zhang Jiao's rebel army is indeed gaining momentum now, but as Xiang Yu expected at the time, the actual combat capabilities of such a peasant rebel army are very limited. Although they are large in number, they lack sufficient equipment and weapons and the command of outstanding generals.

It was simply difficult to fight against the regular army of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the past, in order to consolidate the central government's rule and prevent local forces from becoming bigger and stronger, the Eastern Han Dynasty had very strict restrictions on the quantity and quality of local government troops. But now, in order to end the Yellow Turbans' rebellion as soon as possible, the emperor had no choice but to

Decentralization gives local governments and local powerful powers the power to recruit troops independently.

The Yellow Turban Army cannot compare with local governments and local powers in terms of soldier composition or war materials and equipment. More importantly, the highest guiding ideology of the Yellow Turban Army soldiers is actually the illusory "Taiping Dao" created by Zhang Jiao.

There is no way to truly defeat an army with better weapons and equipment, better training, military command quality and experience by relying on some slogans of "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand".
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