People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 7 God said so!
Everyone knows how terrible the plague is. Fu Xie doesn't think the Yellow Turbans can survive it. Now that so many days have passed, the Yellow Turbans should be almost dead.

However, he remained vigilant when entering the woods.

Fu Xie must be very careful to avoid close combat with the Yellow Turbans. If his side is infected with the plague, it will be the end of him.

If it weren't for the need to prevent the remaining Yellow Turbans from bringing the plague into Jizhou counties, he would not even want to enter the woods.

There are always some people with strong luck who can survive the plague. What we need to do is to clean up these people.

"Order the entire army not to approach any Yellow Turban corpses found. If a Yellow Turban is alive, they can only be shot from a distance.

If anyone accidentally gets sick, I will have to quarantine him and wait for him to die!"

Fu Xie's order was passed on among the more than a thousand Han soldiers, which made the soldiers nervous.

There was no need for Fu Xie to emphasize this, as they themselves knew how terrible the plague was.

In comparison, the Yellow Turbans seem less scary, and most of them should be dead by now.

According to Fu Xie's experience, only one out of ten people would survive the plague, so it would be considered good if 500 of the 5,000 Yellow Turbans survived.

This thief is really not worth mentioning in front of me.

The Yellow Turbans were a motley crowd and could fight against local government officials, but Huangfu Song's Han army consisted of soldiers from the five schools of the Han court, a real central standing army.

The Yellow Turbans could not confront such an elite force head-on.

Previously, when Fu Xie followed Huangfu Song to fight against the Yellow Turbans, he captured three Yellow Turban leaders, Bu Si, Zhang Bo, and Liang Zhongning, and made great military achievements. Now he was just trying to wipe out a remnant of the Yellow Turbans, so naturally he didn't take it seriously.

After climbing over a hillside, a mountain breeze suddenly blew past with the swaying of leaves, bringing with it a foul and foul smell, which made Fu Xie's face change immediately.

"Be careful, there are plague corpses ahead, don't get close, take a detour!"

At Fu Xie's command, the entire army immediately changed direction and moved forward, while also carefully observing the situation around them. At this time, they did not want to get in close contact with any of the Yellow Turbans, whether they were dead or alive.

The soldiers were already in a tense state of battle, with their bows and arrows already on their strings. Any living creature that appeared in their field of vision at this time would inevitably be shot to death by the arrows.

After going around to the top of a forest on one side, Fu Xie saw the source of the stench, which immediately made him gasp.

The area ahead of the original route that was blocked by the forest was filled with hundreds of corpses, apparently all of them were thieves who died of the plague.

If I had walked a little further, it would have been troublesome.

Although he was still frightened, he was also quite relaxed. The sight of these hundreds of corpses could only mean that the Yellow Turban plague had completely broken out, and his own judgment seemed to be correct.

Continuing forward, they found many crude camps and bonfires of the Yellow Turbans in the valley in the forest, but there was no trace of the Yellow Turbans anymore, only a few scattered corpses abandoned.

Fu Xie was a little confused. Could it be that the remaining Yellow Turbans had migrated deeper into the country to stay away from the infected people?
After thinking about it, there seems to be only this one explanation. However, the plague has broken out, and no matter how hard the Yellow Turbans try to run away, it will be in vain.

With a cold snort in his heart, Fu Xie ordered the soldiers to avoid the corpses and continue moving forward. However, before entering the valley, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

But after shaking his head, he felt that he was overthinking.

Although the valley was a natural ambush site, the Yellow Turbans couldn't even survive the plague, and it was unknown whether hundreds of people could survive, let alone an ambush. He laughed at himself for being overly cautious, and followed the soldiers into the valley.

The valley here is long and winding, with dense and tangled shrubs and trees on both sides. After all, it is a dangerous place, so the Han army kept alert and observed the surroundings, and the journey was relatively calm.

Finally they reached a bend and looked forward, they were shocked to see hundreds of Yellow Turban bandits resting gathered in the deep valley ahead.

The turn was too sudden and both sides looked at each other in shock, but the Yellow Turban reacted very quickly and the next moment he screamed and ran deeper into the ground.

When the Han army was about to shoot arrows to kill them, the Yellow Turbans had already run away.

Fu Xie immediately ordered urgently: "Chase them quickly, the forest is complicated, don't let them run too deep!"

Upon receiving the order, the Han army quickly chased after them, and the troops of both sides moved quickly through the valley, one in front and one behind.

The Yellow Turbans were good at escaping. Although they showed panic, they always kept a close but not too distant distance from the Han army.

The Han army only wanted to end the battle quickly, so the pursuit was very close.

On the way, they also found that on many hillsides in the distance, there were piles of Yellow Turban corpses lying in all directions. The dense scene was shocking.

They just thought that it was a sick corpse that was moved to a distant place by the Yellow Turbans, so they paid no more attention to it. At this time, they were more focused on the Yellow Turbans fleeing in front of them, and they couldn't be distracted to do anything else.

So some weird details just flashed through their minds and were forgotten.

……

While the two sides were chasing each other, on the hilltop above the valley, hundreds of people were lying quietly on the ground, observing the movements below.

"Your prediction was indeed accurate. The Han army was fooled!" Wang Dang became a little excited and slapped the ground fiercely: "No matter how elite the Han army is, I will catch them in the trap today!"

Wang Dang had no idea how much the Yellow Turbans had suffered from the elite Han army before him. He was absolutely gnashing his teeth, but he had not been able to fight back before. Today he finally got the chance.

Previously, Xu Chen claimed to have received a revelation from God that with just a little preparation and lure, he could ambush the Han army and win. Wang Dang was skeptical at first, but now he has nothing to say.

Although the Yellow Turbans he led were not as well-equipped or well-organized as the elite Han army, they were able to break out of the chaos of fighting and could definitely be considered capable fighters.

At least Wang Dang was confident in an ambush battle where he had more people against a smaller force.

"The next step is to engage in close combat. Heaven has given me the revelation that I will win. All we need to do is fight with all our might!"

Xu Chen used a very relaxed tone and a smile to boost the confidence of Wang Dang and the other Yellow Turban soldiers around him. As his identity was already mysterious, verbal hints could play a big role.

The Yellow Turbans had already been frightened by the repeated attacks of the Han army, so it was necessary to motivate them in this way.

Facts have proved that his approach is useful. Both Wang Dang and other Yellow Turban soldiers looked more confident after hearing his confirmed prophecy.

God is on my side, how can I lose?
It was not until the two parties in the valley below reached a dead end that Wang Dang stood up boldly, and his huge roar resounded throughout the valley.

"Brothers, follow me and kill all the officers and soldiers below. We will win this battle. This is what God says!"

(End of this chapter)