"Commander Qu, something is wrong!" Niu Gui said in a panic to Xu Weidao, who was actually training the new recruits.
Xu Wei asked: "What happened? What caused such a panic?"
Niu Gui said in a panic: "The Youzhou army was dispatched. Yang Feng was defeated. He was defeated by Gongsun Zan's 10,000 cavalry, and his 30,000 men were completely wiped out!"
Xu Wei did not expect that the defeat would come so quickly. It had only been more than ten days, and it seemed that it would be difficult for him to wait for the autumn harvest.
Niu Gui continued: "The Bingzhou army has also been assembled. Now we just don't know whether they will send troops from Hukou Pass or Jingkou Pass."
We were preparing to deal with them from Hukou Pass, and we were preparing to concentrate our forces to deal with Zhang Niujiao and others from Jingkou. This was not a good thing for Xu Wei and others.
"It seems we have to prepare early!"
Xu Wei found Old Man Wang and asked him to lead the transportation team to transport supplies to the Taihang Mountains. This was just in case. He also harvested sweet potatoes in advance. It would be okay if he could not harvest the wheat he planted. Xu Wei had this preparation. Anyway, he was now
He had 3 million shi of grain in his hands, enough to feed 100,000 people for several years. He originally planted this grain because he was worried about famine in Jizhou. But if these sweet potatoes were taken away by the Han army, Xu Wei would cry to death.
Then bring the 60,000 soldiers who are still training to Hukou Pass and prepare for the worst!
The words were divided into two parts. After Yang Feng's tribe was completely wiped out, Zhang Niujiao asked Chu Feiyan and other tribes to get closer to each other, otherwise Gongsun Zan and the others would find an opportunity, while slowly advancing towards Lunu City.
They couldn't catch up with Gongsun Zan's cavalry, but Liu Yu's infantry didn't have four legs. Zhang Niujiao wanted to annihilate Liu Yu's tribe first. At the same time, he sent someone to notify Bai Bo, Zuo Xiao, and Guo Daxian to lead their troops to support them. The four tribes were occupying Qinghe and others.
After the county, they wiped out the powerful and recruited refugees on a large scale. Now there are 150,000 troops. When they bring in the troops, the Yellow Turban Army will have 300,000 people. Zhang Niujiao does not think that such a powerful Yellow Turban Army is the frontier of Youzhou.
The army can defeat it!
And Gongsun Zan led 10,000 cavalry and wandered around Zhang Niujiao's hundreds of thousands of troops for a long time, but he never found a chance! He even led the cavalry to attack Zhang Niujiao's headquarters, hoping to capture the thief first and capture the king first.
But Zhang Niujiao was already on alert. His 30,000 men had been gathering in a dense square formation. If Gongsun Zan's cavalry dared to approach, Zhang Niujiao would fight back with crossbows. Over the next few days, Gongsun Zan's men suffered hundreds of casualties, but they failed to find a chance to defeat the Yellow Turbans.
Any branch of the army.
The only thing he did was slow down Zhang Niujiao's march. Due to the harassment of the cavalry, Zhang Niujiao's troops could only march 20 miles a day.
At this time, Liu Yu also sent an order for Gongsun Zan to bring his cavalry to join him. Liu Yu was also worried about Gongsun Zan's safety. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves around him, and they were also the most powerful Zhang Niujiao tribe!
As soon as Gongsun Zan returned, Liu Yu led the Youzhou army to retreat back to Tang County.
At this time, Zhang Niujiao also came to Lunu City with 120,000 reinforcements.
Huang Long looked ashamed and said to Zhang Niujiao: "Commander, it was my subordinates who did something wrong and allowed Gongsun Zan and others to escape."
Zhang Niujiao said seriously: "This is our mistake. No one thought that Youzhou's cavalry would be so powerful and could defeat 30,000 of our troops in one hour. But they have no chance. Now we have hundreds of thousands of people gathered together."
Together, if Gongsun Zan dares to lead the cavalry to attack our military formation again, our soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army will definitely overwhelm the Youzhou cavalry!"
Huang Long said: "Liu Yu knew that the general was coming and retreated to Tang County in advance. It seems that he wanted to rely on Tang County to fight a defensive war!"
Zhang Niujiao sneered: "With the crowbar and trebuchet, any city wall will be useless in front of our Yellow Turban Army. Liu Yu is seeking his own death!"
Zhang Niujiao ordered his army to continue marching towards Tang County!
Tang County, Youzhou Army tent!
Shen Pei and Pan Feng joined Liu Yu's tribe with 6,000 remnants of the Jizhou Army.
He said from the side: "Now the Yellow Turban Army has a large number of troops. They have obtained food and ordnance from Jizhou. There are about 60,000 subordinates with the same fighting strength as our Dahan County soldiers. Among the 150,000 thieves under Zhang Niujiao's command, there are 3
Among the elites like 10,000, the other 30,000 are among Zuo Xiao and other troops. Although Zhang Niujiao's other 120,000 subordinates do not have the same equipment as the county soldiers, they are also equipped with rattan armor and rattan shields, and their combat effectiveness is not weak. Zuo Xiao
They have 150,000 men in Jidong. If we can't wipe out Zhang Niujiao's 150,000 men immediately, the number of the Yellow Turban Army will surge to 300,000 in a month at most. If we add the Lei Gong tribe of Wei County, there may be
400,000 people!”
Gongsun Zan looked at Shen Pei, the defeated general, and said with a sneer: "Our border army is not trash like you. The 30,000 Yellow Turban Army can only be defeated by this general with a single charge. Vine Armor, Vine Shield
What kind of equipment is this? It means that you, the Jizhou Army, are considered elite!"
Pan Feng said angrily, "What do you mean!"
Gongsun Zan sneered: "If you want to fight with me, I'll give you an arm!"
After saying that, he actually put one hand behind his back!
"How outrageous!" Liu Yu said angrily: "Do you still think of me as an official? The enemy is actually starting internal strife now!"
Gongsun Zan got angry when he saw Liu Yu, an honest man, and immediately apologized!
Liu Yu said: "You can win every battle only if you know yourself and the enemy. Zhengnan and the others have been fighting against the Yellow Turbans for several months, and they understand the Yellow Turbans' combat effectiveness better than we do."
Then Liu Yu asked: "With our army of more than 30,000 people, can we defeat Zhang Niujiao's troops head-on?"
Shen Pei shook his head and said: "Zhang Niujiao and the others have been fighting for two years, and their equipment is not much worse than ours. If we go to war easily, our entire army may be annihilated!"
Gongsun Zan said: "Sir, if the army is given to the subordinates to command, they will definitely annihilate Zhang Niujiao's tribe!"
In Gongsun Zan's opinion, the Youzhou frontier army can fight ten against one, but now they only have the advantage of one against five!
When Liu Yu saw the frowning Shen Pei and the confident Gongsun Zan, they didn't know who to listen to, so he looked at Liu Bei and asked: "Xuande, you have also fought against the Yellow Turban Thief, what do you think?
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Liu Bei said solemnly: "Although Zhang Niujiao's combat effectiveness is not as good as our Youzhou frontier army, their morale is very high. Last time we fought against Yang Feng's tribe, even though the entire army was wiped out, they were still fighting and did not surrender. We are in a situation where we have a comprehensive advantage."
Even then, we still suffered thousands of casualties. It can be seen that Zhang Niujiao and the others have very high combat effectiveness and fighting will, but they are not as good as us in terms of combat experience and general command. If we fight head-on, it may be difficult for us to win!"
The brave and fearless Yellow Turban Army really shocked Liu Bei. If they had not had poor combat experience and were suddenly surprised and fought head-on, Liu Bei believed that more than half of Youzhou's cavalry would have to suffer casualties before they could defeat Yang Feng's troops.