People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 48: Success or failure depends on this one move! (Please read~)

Outside the city of Fanyang, the government army was growing stronger and stronger. After Zou Jing and Gongsun Zan forced the Yellow Turban bandits away, the Fanyang nobles did not feel at ease. Each family immediately provided manpower and food to fully support Zou Jing and Gongsun Zan.

As long as these brutal bandits are not completely eliminated, they will always be a sword hanging over the heads of the powerful families in Zhuo County.

Those who break the rules and challenge the existence of the powerful must go to hell!

Xu Chen's massacre of the local tyrants in Zhuo County and Gu'an County directly made all the local tyrants in other counties furious, and the impressive achievement of taking Gu'an in one day made them even more uneasy.

The powerful people in Fanyang, represented by the Lu family, brought their own servants and private soldiers to join the government soldiers as a volunteer army. Even the Fanyang County Magistrate sent the county lieutenant with troops to join Zou Jing's army.

This caused the original team of only 5,000 officers and soldiers to suddenly expand to more than 8,000 people. Each family spared no effort with only one goal, which was to work together to kill the Yellow Turbans!

In order to catch up with the Yellow Turbans as quickly as possible, Zou Jing and Gongsun Zan did not stay in Fan Yang for too long. They finally managed to shorten the distance of two days to less than one day. They had to catch up with the Yellow Turbans at all costs.

Under his urging, the various rebel forces completed the deployment very quickly.

Lu Zhong gathered his own six or seven hundred soldiers, put on his armor and mounted his horse, ready to personally lead the army into battle.

But at this time, Lu Ling, the second son of the Lu family, came over with a frown, stood beside Lu Zhong and pulled the reins.

"Brother, why are you using your own strength to protect the safety of Zhuo County? We just need to protect Fanyang. The lives of other counties have nothing to do with us. If the bandits slaughter them all, it may not be a bad thing for us."

Lu Ling looked at Lu Zhong in confusion. If it were according to his idea, he would hope that the Yellow Turbans would clean out all the other counties. In that case, the Lu family could enter the scene behind the Yellow Turbans. This would undoubtedly be an opportunity to expand their own strength.

Even if we don't talk about these, he was not willing to use his own family fortune to consume for Zhuo County.

Lu Zhong glanced at him and said, "You have to be able to defend a city. If Zou Jing hadn't led his troops to help us today, Fanyang might have been captured by now, and you and I would have been killed."

Lu Ling was choked up, thinking back to the Yellow Turbans' attack on the city today, he also felt a little scared: "Brother is right, but if the Yellow Turbans want to break the city with all their strength, there will be a lot of casualties. If they break other counties, they will naturally not be able to harm Fanyang anymore."

Lu Zhong added: "What if they are desperately trying to break into my Fan Yang, would you be willing to gamble with your life and property?"

Lu Ling was stunned, and now he was completely speechless. He could only let go of the reins in disappointment.

After hearing what Lu Zhong said, he finally came to his senses. He realized that he had been thinking too simply. Compared to the intrigues and despicable actions he saw over there, the overall safety of the Lu family was more important.

Lu Zhong sighed and gave final instructions before going to the battle.

"Now that my father is in trouble and the outcome is still unknown, you and I are the pillars of the Lu family. When I am not around, you will be in charge of the Lu family, so you must also act like the head of the family.

You must remember that no matter what you deal with in the future, you must prioritize the survival of the clan, and do everything in a safe way. Don't be greedy for small profits and put the cart before the horse.

As for today's events, the Yellow Turbans are the common mortal enemy of the nobles of Zhuo County. As long as they are not killed, none of us will be able to sleep peacefully. At this moment, there is no need to worry about minor gains and losses. The right thing to do is to work together to suppress the bandits!
I will go with the troops of Zhuo County to fight against the bandits. With the army deployed to encircle and suppress them, there is no way the Yellow Turbans can escape. Before I return victorious, you just need to take care of your family."

After Lu Zhong finished speaking, he squeezed his legs lightly around the horse's belly, and then rode away, leading his family soldiers through the streets of the county town, and finally walked out of the city gate to join Zou Jing's army. Lu Ling stood on the top of the city and watched his brother go east with the army of officers and soldiers, and then the army of more than 8,000 people disappeared from his sight. At this time, he had an inexplicable premonition in his heart.

But he quickly shook his head and didn't take it seriously. The 7,000-strong army was already an advantage in terms of manpower when it came to encircling and suppressing the bandits, not to mention that Zou Jing and Gongsun Zan could still mobilize troops from the counties and towns along the way.

The local powerful people will certainly be happy to cooperate with this.

Just as my brother said, the Yellow Turbans are the common mortal enemy of the local warlords. As long as we can kill these Yellow Turbans, everyone will definitely contribute!
If you dare to slaughter the noble families like pigs and dogs, you will have to bear the wrath of the noble families!

By then, the officers and soldiers will have a huge advantage in manpower and will be able to completely encircle the bandits. No matter how powerful your small Yellow Turbans are, they will only have more than 3,000 people, and there will be no chance of a reversal.

Thinking of this, Lu Ling felt that his ominous premonition was really inexplicable, so he shook his head and turned back.

The subsequent situation was exactly as Lu Ling had expected.

In the following days, the officers and soldiers kept chasing the Yellow Turbans. Although they were always left behind by the Yellow Turbans, they also absorbed officers and soldiers from counties and towns along the way. In the end, the army of officers and soldiers had expanded to more than 10,000 people.

After the Yellow Turbans were caught by the government soldiers, their movements were greatly restricted and they could only run around being chased. After all, the gap in military strength between the two sides was too great. Once they were blocked by the government soldiers, the consequences would definitely not be good.

However, for the officers and soldiers, the advantage in military strength also limited the army's marching speed, which made it difficult for them to catch up with the Yellow Turbans who had outstanding leg strength.

The officers and soldiers naturally couldn't stand being led around by the Yellow Turbans all the way, so Zou Jing discussed strategies with Gongsun Zan and the leaders of various rebel armies.

After discussion, they finally decided to split up the army and after strangling the vital passage of Zhuo County, they would have the most elite troops led by Zou Jing to drive out the bandits, slowly shrink the encirclement, and kill the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop!

Dividing the troops to encircle and strangle the enemy was the ideal effect for the officers and soldiers, but in the eyes of Xu Chen on the other side, it was a completely different picture. When the scouts reported the division of the officers and soldiers, he knew that the opportunity had come.

Running away is a very important skill, especially for an army. Whoever runs faster has more room to maneuver. In this regard, the Yellow Turbans are far superior to the officers and soldiers.

It is still unknown whether the officers and soldiers surrounded him or he involved the officers and soldiers. What Xu Chen can be sure of is that, at least so far, the initiative is still in his hands.

All along, the choice of whether to fight and where to fight has been in Xu Chen's hands. Now that the officers and soldiers have taken the initiative to make changes, he also needs to make corresponding adjustments.

“It may seem that the division of officers and soldiers can achieve encirclement, but it also gives our army a chance to break through. The volunteer soldiers coming to Zhuo County from all directions have low combat effectiveness, which is their weak point.

We cannot afford to be caught in their net, nor can we let the net break. We must not only break their net, but also drag the people into the water!"

Xu Chen immediately took out the scribbled map, his eyes fell on the path back to Fan Yang, and made the next decision.

"Break through the officers' and soldiers' defenses, fight back to Fanyang and seize the city. Success or failure depends on this!"

(End of this chapter)