Chapter 52

As Zhang Liang was picked and killed on the spot, the morale of the enemy army finally collapsed, the army scattered and the whole war entered garbage time.

"It's so strange..." Huangfu Song rode over, "Xuande, have you seen the enemy general?"

He led the army to charge several times, but he didn't see where Zhang Jiao was. He even thought that Zhang Jiao had already run away.

"Zhang Jiao didn't see it, but the hero Zhang Liang...has been picked and killed by Yide." Liu Bei pointed to the ground beside Zhang Fei, where Zhang Liang's body is still there.

"It's so strange, I can't find Zhang Jiao everywhere... can't I run away early?" Huangfusong was a little worried.

The leader of the bandit can't be destroyed, no matter how many bandits are destroyed, it's useless.

"That's not the case. The subordinates asked the captives, and Zhang Jiao died of illness a month ago." Liu Bei took the initiative to explain.

After all, some of Zhang Liang's personal guards were also captured before, and it was only after inquiring that they found out the news.

This is also the reason why the Yellow Turbans have no desire to attack after these two months. Their great teacher died of illness.

"Passed away from illness?" Huangfusong was a little surprised, only Zhang Liang remained as the leader of Guangzong Yellow Turban...

Wait a minute, did Liu Bei take the first prize?

The problem is no one to blame, he rushed in and rushed forward, the purpose is to find where Zhang Jiao is, behead him or capture him.

Who knew that Zhang Liang's camp was nearby, and Liu Bei led his army to kill it, beheading Zhang Liang by mistake, who can be blamed for this?

"Xuande, you are so lucky!" Huangfusong sighed.

The strategy of the raid was formulated by him, but it was Liu Bei who beheaded Zhang Liang to establish the victory of this war.

This credit is reported up, no less than myself.

At this point, he doesn't envy Liu Bei. Everyone has their own luck. It can only be said that Liu Bei's luck is particularly good.

Gathering the defeated Yellow Turban army and treating the wounded, even if it takes the convenience of a surprise attack, casualties are still unavoidable.

The war is not over yet!

The remnants headed by Zhang Bao are still entrenched in the Lower Quyang area. Many of the defeated troops this time went north to join him.

There were still [-] defeated soldiers, but they fled in the direction of Taihang Mountain.

After hearing about this incident, Zhang He subconsciously thought of Zhang Niujiao, who will raise troops next year. He will gather more than [-] people, excluding the hermits in Taihang Mountain.

It's just that this has nothing to do with Zhang He. At worst, if they rise up, they will be leveled by their own people.

Then Zhang Yan retreated into the Taihang Mountains, and people like himself kept fighting with them for five or six years until Liu Hong passed away.

In just a few seconds, Zhang He has already made arrangements to raise the thief and wait for the chaos in the world.

"Brother, let's not get involved in the next battle of Quyang?" Back at the barracks, Zhang He offered to propose.

All the credit for beheading Zhang Liang has been taken away, and it must be given some soup to the other generals.

Don't worry about scarcity but inequality. If this goes on, people will hate you.

After Zhang He finished speaking, he was immediately approved by Sun Qian and others.

"That's right. We have been fighting for too long since we started our army. Except for General Zuo Zhonglang's order this time, we won't be able to stand out." Seeing this, Liu Bei nodded and smiled.

Two days later, the army surrounded Quyang.

Although Zhang Bao now has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, plus the [-] to [-] defeated troops who escaped from Guangzong, it seems that they still have some combat power.

But in the face of the siege of Huangfusong and Julu prefect Guo Dian, they had no choice but to close the city and defend to the death.

"Brother, I heard that the closed city is usually useful only when there are reinforcements, otherwise it is just driving yourself to a dead end." Looking at the closed Xiaquyang City, Zhang He couldn't help teasing.

The four of Liu Bei have never been in contact with siege and defense battles, so naturally they don't know if it is true, and they are just thinking about it.

"Now they are guarding the city behind closed doors, and there is no possibility of reinforcements to support them. Every day they defend, their morale will drop a bit. Speaking of whether General Zuo Zhonglang is aware of this, the last two days have been completely besieged and not attacked." Zhang He said in a low voice.

His knowledge is mixed, so he will show off when he has the opportunity.

It's not just showing off. If Liu Bei and others can learn from it, it will also be beneficial.

The main reason is that Zhang He thought that in history, Liu Bei became the commander of Gaotang, but because of Gaotang, he was attacked by thieves and lost his official position.

Liu Bei, who started out as a thief, has never fought a city defense battle, including now.

There is no city for him to exercise the problem, so he can only make up for the theoretical knowledge first, and count as much as he can make up.

If it doesn't work, I can only gamify it to defend the city.

Huangfusong probably really intended to hit the morale of Zhang Bao's troops, so he surrounded them for five or six days without launching an attack.

So around the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhang Bao's department will launch a breakout, and thousands of people will rush out of the city.

As a result, he was not only easily defeated by Huangfusong, but also almost took the opportunity to enter the city, so that Zhang Bao had to give up the fleeing soldiers.

This move also made the soldiers in the city even more desperate...

"Report!" Another three days later, early in the morning, a soldier came to report, "The gate of Xiaquyang is open, and some thieves will come to surrender!"

"Quickly, assemble the army!" Huangfusong was eating breakfast, and immediately got up and gave the order.

The army quickly assembled and marched towards Xiaquyang.

Sure enough, the gate was opened, tens of thousands of soldiers had already left the city, and the leader dragged a head and knelt down on the ground.

"It's you who surrendered? Where's Zhang Bao?" Huangfusong stepped forward to ask in person, but in fact he had guessed something.

"Zhang Bao went against the law and committed rebellion. He has been punished by the common people. We were also coerced into joining the Yellow Turbans. I hope the general will spare our lives." The Yellow Turban general hurriedly offered his head, and said in fear.

Huangfusong nodded, ordered someone to take over the head, and then took it to the prison camp for the prisoners to confirm.

About ten minutes later, the captives continued to mourn, and reported to the soldiers who took the head to confirm that it was indeed Zhang Bao's leader!

"Okay, you put down your weapons and catch them!" Huangfusong nodded, and immediately announced to everyone in front of him.

It's just that he didn't let them die after all, but after these soldiers surrendered, they, including the previous captives, were all murdered on the spot!

They even found Zhang Jiao's cemetery, dug up his body, chopped off his head, and flogged his body...

"This..." Liu Bei wanted to say a few words of persuasion, but was stopped.

"Brother, little brother once heard a saying." Seeing that Liu Bei couldn't bear the killing of tens of thousands of people, Zhang He stepped forward, "Treat your comrades in arms as warm as spring, and treat your enemies as cruel and ruthless as severe winter."

If tens of thousands of captives riot, or take the opportunity to break out and regroup elsewhere, it will undoubtedly increase the cost of the crusade.

Even if they didn't care about it, tens of thousands of people had a lot of expenses every day, and Huangfusong didn't have that much food to support them.

Killing them on the spot is obviously the safest way.

Whether benevolent or not, benevolence and righteousness are never reserved for the enemy.

"Such a wise and famous saying, but I don't know which great sage said it?" Huangfu Song approached with a smile.

"I didn't know where I heard it when I was young, but now I know the general meaning. I don't know what the original content is, let alone who said it." Zhang He said with a look of shame.

"That's a pity. Someone who can say such words must be a great talent." Huangfusong laughed.

"It's really a pity." Zhang He echoed.

Not far away, the three of Guoyuan looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang He and them co-authored 36 Strategies, all in plain language, and the three of them were in charge of editing.

After a long time, I realized that Zhang He was young and intelligent, but he didn't read much and lacked cultural background, so he was used to using vernacular.

According to this logic, this sentence may not be what some great sages said, but it came from Zhang He himself.

It is somewhat a pity that if Zhang He can read more, he may not be able to become a great Confucian.

I also don't understand why Zhang He refuses to admit that this is what he has realized, and even 36 tricks say that he heard it by chance.

How many people desire to be famous in the world for writing books, but Zhang He does the opposite, and even conceals it when writing books.

It's strange to say that he doesn't want to be famous, and it's obviously wrong...

One thing everyone knows best is that the Yellow Turbans in Hebei have no established system, the three brothers of the Zhang family have been punished, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion has been settled, a great victory!
 According to the words of Romance, there can still be a high promotion in this period to fight, and then Yan Zheng beheads Zhang Bao and surrenders.

  However, Liu Bei and even Zhang Liang have already been killed, so it is not appropriate to continue to take credit, so it is good to arrange soy sauce.

  In history, Liu Bei made great contributions to Anxi County, and after he whipped the governor, he voted for Gongsun Zan in the romance, but in the official history, he wandered to Xuzhou and met Wu Qiuyi who was recruiting in Xuzhou... It may also be Gongsun Zan’s reminder that Xuzhou enlisted in the past, and then became Xiami county magistrate, Gaotang captain, and Gaotang order.

  This achievement is already higher than his crusade against the Yellow Turban.It's a pity that Gaotang was breached by thieves, so he had to rely on Gongsun Zan again.Personally, I think whether this is also a test, similar to Zhu Jun's crusade against Liang Long and his rebellion.

  It's just that Zhu Jun's family is rich and can pull up [-] soldiers, but Liu Bei doesn't have the ability, so he was defeated.

  Of course, with the current credit, it is impossible to be just the county magistrate, so I have other arrangements.

  Ask for collection, ask for recommendation, ask for follow-up reading!
  


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