People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 29 The leader is mighty!

In the desperate situation, Gongsun Zan suddenly became extremely brave and rushed forward with a long sword in hand. The Yellow Turbans in front were either killed by the long sword or knocked away by the horses. This indomitable momentum forced the densely packed Yellow Turbans to retreat step by step.

Of course, Gongsun Zan soon suffered countless wounds after this rush, but fortunately they were all only minor injuries.

The officers and soldiers behind him followed closely, guarding him as he fled out of the door.

There was another fierce battle, and the city gate was flooded with blood. The Yellow Turbans and the government soldiers were all blood-red-eyed and fighting desperately.

However, Gongsun Zan's momentum was unstoppable, and under the powerful attack, he forcibly broke through the Yellow Turbans' encirclement. Finally, before the city gates were closed, he rushed out of the city with the officers and soldiers around him.

"If you want to live, run to your death!"

Gongsun Zan no longer cared about his officers and soldiers at this time. After leaving these words, he squeezed the horse's belly hard and drove the horse to run away in the dark.

The remaining officers and soldiers could only rely on their own legs to escape for their lives.

The Yellow Turbans naturally could not let them go so easily, and they chased after them with torches in their hands, hacking anyone they caught up with to death.

They have no mercy on the officers and soldiers. If we don't kill them, they will kill us.

However, it was already dark at this time, and even though they were holding torches, they soon lost sight of the officers and soldiers. In the end, they only gained a few gains, so they had to give up and return to the county town.

When they came back, they saw Xu Chen greeting them at the city gate with a smile on his face.

This immediately made them extremely excited. They couldn't help but raise their torches and swords and start shouting and howling. It felt like they had done something good and were seeking credit.

"We Yellow Turbans are blessed by the gods, so we are invincible. We have nothing to fear from the Han army!" Xu Chen also drew out his sword and pointed it to the sky. With his Taoist robe, he looked like a typical charlatan.

Although this kind of supernatural stuff is very artificial and is just a means to fool people, the Yellow Turbans in front of them just like this tune.

Xu Chen knew that if he rewarded them for their bravery in fighting, it would only make them happy for a while.

But if it was the gods' blessing, it would give them great confidence and eliminate their fear of the Han army.

The psychological blessing effect of this kind of cult is so unreasonable and very effective. Of course, the prerequisite is that you can really lead them to victory.

This is indeed the case. When the Yellow Turbans heard this, their expressions became even more fanatical.

The Han army officers and soldiers are terrible, but as long as the gods favor me, I can keep winning like I did today!
"The Yellow Turbans will win, the Yellow Turbans will win!"

"The leader is mighty, the leader is mighty!"

Nearly three thousand people shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens and the earth, and their fanatical and high morale reached every corner of Zhuo County.

Looking at the excited faces of the Yellow Turbans, Xu Chen felt inexplicably at peace. Only at this moment did he finally feel a little safe in this world.

Since the Battle of Jizhou, he led the Yellow Turbans to defeat the Han army twice head-on, once against the five most elite battalions of the Han Dynasty, and once against local officers and soldiers.

Although they always won by designing ambushes and then taking advantage of numbers, no matter how they fought, victory was victory. For the Yellow Turbans who were fleeing in panic, such small victories were enough to build up morale. Only an army with morale could have combat effectiveness, and only with combat effectiveness could the Yellow Turbans really have a foothold.

After Wang Dang and his group of Yellow Turbans returned, although these four thousand Yellow Turbans were not a very large force in the local area, they were definitely not small.

At least in Youzhou, Xu Chen still has some confidence that he can lead them to have a good time.

After a while of commotion, the Yellow Turbans began to clean up the battlefield and quickly counted the casualties. In this battle, more than 500 officers and soldiers were killed or captured, and their own casualties also reached 200.

Xu Chen suddenly sighed. Although they were in the same disadvantageous situation of being ambushed, the combat effectiveness of the local officers and soldiers was far inferior to that of the five battalions of elite officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

The 1,500 battalions of soldiers who ambushed Fu Xie in the woods were also ambushing with more people against fewer, but they still managed to suffer a nearly one-to-one casualty ratio, with the Yellow Turbans even suffering more casualties.

But today it is much easier to fight the government soldiers. With the advantage of ambush, the Yellow Turbans can keep suppressing the government soldiers.

It can only be said that although the Han army is strong, not all of them are that powerful. At least the local officers and soldiers are not as scary as imagined.

And Xu Chen still needs to make the Yellow Turbans even stronger and make them a truly elite force. Only then will he be qualified to say that he has established himself.

At night, Xu Chen arranged for the Yellow Turbans to close the city gates and ordered them to rest and settle down.

However, Zhang Zhongjing, who was held as a prisoner, was invited out by Xu Chen this time to treat the injured soldiers.

When it came to ordering Zhang Zhongjing around, Xu Chen was completely unceremonious. If he couldn't give Huang Jin an official position, he at least had to treat his illnesses, making the best use of his talents.

As for the other captives, we will have to wait until the Yellow Turbans gain a foothold before considering how to deal with them.

He was confident that these people would be used by the Yellow Turbans sooner or later. After all, they were all captives and had no initiative. He had plenty of ways to make them submit. Could the arm really twist the thigh?
Seeing that Zhang Zhongjing was asked to leave, Fu Xie and Ju Shou, who were also being held in custody, could not help but let out a long sigh.

They could clearly hear the fighting on the city wall and the excited shouting of the Yellow Turbans afterwards. They could guess that the Yellow Turbans' evil plan must have succeeded. After asking the Yellow Turban soldiers, their guess was confirmed.

"Bogui and I are old acquaintances. I have always known that he is ambitious and courageous. I thought he would achieve great things in the future, but I didn't expect that he would end up like me and be defeated by the evil Xu Chen. This is really a trick of fate!"

Fu Xie shook his head as he spoke, his expression even more embarrassed. Today's battle reminded him of his own situation. He was muttering about Gongsun Zan, but he couldn't tell who he was really sighing about.

Although they had anticipated that Gongsun Zan had fallen into a trap, they were still helpless when it really happened.

I knew clearly what evil plan Xu Chen was using, but I could only watch him succeed. It was not a pleasant feeling.

"To be able to easily capture the county and defeat the government troops, Xu Chen does have some skills, but he'd better not be complacent about it, otherwise he will be dead soon. Now is just the beginning!"

Ju Shou was very calm, as he was not optimistic about the future of these Yellow Turbans.

In the final analysis, the demise of the Yellow Turbans is a foregone conclusion, and the Han region will gradually become stable. This is the general trend, and it is not something that a small group of Yellow Turbans can reverse.

Although Xu Chen's Yellow Turbans can gain some advantages now, it will be a different matter once others come to their senses.

It is not an easy task to survive in a place full of tigers and wolves like Youzhou!
(End of this chapter)