Pingshou County, Beihai Kingdom.

The news that Guan Yu had conquered Qi had already reached Beihai.

But January and February are the two most important months for the Yellow Turbans, because they are busy with spring plowing.

Therefore, even if the news came through, it did not attract much attention. Land should be cultivated and cultivated, and the situation in Beihai remained chaotic.

Some people may wonder why the Beihai Yellow Turbans are farming honestly, but why is the situation still in chaos?

the reason is simple.

The Yellow Turbans and the Yellow Turbans are not subordinate to each other, and they attack each other from time to time.

Moreover, most of the Yellow Turban leaders are illiterate and have no ability in internal affairs, so they all do things according to their own preferences.

For example, from time to time you want to kill people, from time to time you want to rob, and from time to time you want to take people's wives and daughters.

The yellow turban soldiers at the bottom farmed the land mostly because of their own subjective actions and not under the orders of the leaders.

It is really difficult for these big bosses to manage the place.

So in fact, despite the fact that the Yellow Turbans occupied Donglai, Beihai, drove away the local powerful and corrupt officials, all the land was also in the hands of the Yellow Turbans.

But just because they didn't know how to govern, the local situation turned into a mess, even worse than when there were powerful officials.

In particular, they killed a large number of powerful people, and outside businessmen did not dare to go in and sell, and internal transactions were limited. This made it easy to lack daily necessities such as oil and salt, and even caused internal conflicts.

Therefore, when Guan Yu first entered Beihai, he attacked the city and captured the territory along the way. He easily broke through the city where Beihai was held and captured Pingshou County.

Once these two lands are obtained, a good situation has opened up. As long as we continue to push eastward, we can pacify the entire Beihai.

But what Guan Yu didn't expect was that when there were internal conflicts, the Yellow Turbans would continue to engage in internal conflicts and fight endlessly. But once external conflicts came in, they would immediately unite and deal with the outside world as one.

Under the leadership of Qu Shuai Zhang Rao, the largest Yellow Turban force in Beihai, an army of two to three hundred thousand Yellow Turbans gathered together. Guan Yu was caught off guard and was besieged in Pingshou.

If Guan Yu hadn't defended the city, and if the Yellow Turbans were not united and unwilling to attack desperately, Pingshou might have already been on the verge of collapse.

This situation is actually a transfer of contradiction.

Generally speaking, it is a method commonly used by politicians in later generations.

For example, in the German Empire that later triggered World War II, the country fell into internal conflicts. In order to solve these problems, the head of state resorted to launching wars to shift the conflicts.

The Yellow Turbans in Beihai were forced to shift their conflicts.

This was something Chen Mu had expected. Guan Yu had already guessed such a result when he asked for orders to attack Beihai.

But there is no way.

The internal conflicts within the Yellow Turbans in Beihai were a protracted war that continued until Kong Rong took office a few years later.

Later, Kong Rong wanted to get involved, but was almost wiped out by the Beihai Yellow Turbans.

Although Kong Rong can be regarded as one of the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, he had a miserable life in his own territory. Zhang Rao, Guan Hai and Guan Cheng took turns to bully him, and he was almost killed several times.

Later, he was beaten to the point of being displaced, and he could not even control the county he controlled. He finally fled to Zhuxu County, south of the county. The actual area under his control was only one county, which was far less glamorous than people imagined.

Therefore, it was precisely because the Yellow Turbans were rampant in Beihai and the turmoil lasted for too long that Chen Mu took advantage of this moment to send troops.

He couldn't wait that long.

Beihai is the territory he must capture. Otherwise, if he only captures the four areas of Le'an and Qi in the Jinan Plain, it not only borders Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, but also has millions of Yellow Turbans behind him. He will be attacked from both sides. This is something Chen Mu is not willing to face.

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Therefore, when Guan Yu had cleared Qi and the military was at its peak, he asked for orders to go to Beihai. Even though he knew that Guan Yu might encounter great trouble, Chen Mu had no choice but to agree.

Upstairs in Pingshou County City, Guan Yu looked at the endless Yellow Turban army outside the city and frowned slightly.

Why are these yellow scarves like locusts that can never be killed?

On the battlefield in Jizhou, Zhang Jiao only gathered 200,000 troops, and they were divided into various places. Now Zhang Rao under the city has gathered more than 300,000 troops, which is more than Zhang Jiao's men and horses. In one place, Qu Commander is more powerful than General Tiangong.

, where can I explain this?

"General, I know that Guan Cheng, Zhou Tao, Li Bo, Wang Dan and others have always been dissatisfied with Zhang Rao. If they gather together, they will definitely not work together. How about tonight I lead my troops to attack at night and disrupt their position."

Guan Hai was subdued by Guan Yu, and like Zhou Cang, he voluntarily obeyed Guan Yu's orders, and followed Guan Yu on the battlefield of Qi and made great contributions.

Because he knew the internal situation of the Yellow Turban better, he made suggestions.

Guan Yu shook his head: "The enemy is strong and we are weak. It is too dangerous for you to go out to fight in the city. We just need to defend the city and don't act rashly. I believe that after receiving the news, my fourth brother will definitely find a way to help us."

Guan Hai said loudly: "General, I am not afraid of death."

Guan Yu laughed, patted Guan Hai on the shoulder and said: "I know you are not afraid of death, but we have enough food and grass now, so there is no need to take risks. Wait patiently for a few more days and see what happens."

"All right."

Guan Hai reluctantly agreed and said, "If the general plans to go on an expedition, I am willing to be the vanguard."

"Um."

Guan Yu held on to the city wall, looked into the distance, said softly "Hmm", and said a little absently: "You are indispensable for charging into battle."

After being with Chen Mu for a long time, Guan Yu also got some influence. He often read military books, learned military tactics and strategies, and gradually became more patient. He was not as impulsive and competitive as before, and his character gradually became much calmer, and he had a vague demeanor of a general.

This is actually Chen Mu's influence on Guan Yu.

Those who are close to vermilion are red, those who are close to ink are black.

If you are with a reckless person, you will become a reckless person. If you are with a smart person, you will slowly learn to use your brain.

This is inevitable and has a lot to do with acquired influences.

So Guan Yu was thinking that his fourth brother might have received the news and sent reinforcements, so he could wait patiently for a few more days. At the same time, he couldn't help but think about what he would do if his fourth brother was here...

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Just as Guan Yu and Guan Hai were overlooking the dense and boundless 300,000 Yellow Turban army outside the city from the city tower, more than ten miles away, a small army of 1,000 people was slowly approaching the battlefield.

This army is all cavalry!

There are two horses for each person, the knight rides one, and pulls a horse carrying armor and weapons. There are stirrups on both sides, and the horseshoes are nailed with horseshoes.

The war horses did not gallop, but approached quietly and slowly, arriving at a hilly area more than ten miles away in Pingshou County.

Anyone who has ridden a horse on the grassland should know that it is difficult for a person to ride a horse for a long time. After running on the grassland for at most five or six hours, the horse will feel tired and automatically slow down.

The reason why Chen Mu and Liu Bei were able to ride a horse together was that, firstly, the horse was not galloping, but could be carried by the horse when walking slowly. Secondly, Liu Bei and Chen Mu were relatively light, and together they were only twice as heavy as Guan Yu.

It’s only thirty kilograms, so it won’t have much impact.

So it is actually difficult for one horse to carry two people for a long distance.

For example, in the Battle of Dangyang, the elite light cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were sent out, with one man and two horses, so that they could travel more than 300 miles day and night to intercept Liu Bei at Changbanpo.

Therefore, one person and two horses are the standard equipment of light cavalry.

One horse is used for riding, and the other is used to carry armor and weapons, which greatly increases the marching speed.

These thousand cavalrymen were regarded as Liu Bei's family assets, and the stirrups and horseshoes were upgraded with Chen Mu's help.

It's really not easy to get so many horses in Qingzhou.

Fortunately, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping's business had reached Jinan, and Liu Bei spent a lot of money to buy some horses from them, and finally managed to collect 2,000 war horses.

Moreover, these cavalry are not ordinary cavalry. In addition to the soldiers being elite, another horse also carries armor on its back.

During the war, the cavalry wore seven or eight kilograms of small armor, and the horses were covered with more than ten kilograms of fish scale armor on both sides of their bodies to prevent them from being stabbed from the side.

Compared to the 20kg or more Dazha armor and the 40kg or more full-coverage heavy cavalry plate armor, the defensive power of these two sets of light armor is definitely far inferior.

But compared with many ordinary cavalry today that don't even have any defensive capabilities, the light cavalry covered with light armor, plus horseshoes and double stirrups is already a huge killing weapon.

Zhang Fei sat on his horse and went up to the hills with Ju Shou, looking far away at the endless Yellow Turban army on the plain in the distance.

"There are so many people."

It was the first time for the young Jushou to see such an exaggerated battlefield, and he was immediately shocked.

I saw on the horizon in the distance, countless people, densely packed, like an army of locusts, overwhelming and with no end in sight.

At the other end of the horizon, the Pingshou City Wall, which is nearly three feet high, looks as small as a drop in the ocean in front of this boundless sea of ​​​​people, as if it will be rolled over at any time and trampled to pieces.

"Hahahahaha."

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "It's just a small battle between you and me, don't be afraid."

Jushu was infected by Zhang Fei's arrogance and felt courageous. He rolled his eyes and said, "I was just surprised that there were so many of them. How could I be afraid?"

"Then do you dare to charge into the battle with me and enter the city?"

Zhang Fei raised his spear and pointed at the Yellow Turban army.

Jushu shook his head: "Why don't you dare to do this? It's just that Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are a major event of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. We must pay attention to them."

Zhang Fei felt a headache after hearing this, and grinned and said, "Speak in human language."

Jushu glanced at this big boss with disdain and said, "Don't be reckless. Observe the situation first and find the enemy's weakest point to rush in. This way we will face far fewer enemies."

"All right."
To be continued...