Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Chapter 163: Guo Jia beats the Overlord, the Yellow Turbans’ plan to alienate and replace the leader

No matter what, Huang Chao was, after all, a disciple of his cousin Zhang Churang, and could be considered his nephew, and one of the great contributors to the development of the Yellow Turban Army to its current state.

In terms of ability alone, he is indeed more suitable than others.

However, because Wang Yu had arranged in advance for Guo Jia to be an adviser to Xiang Yu, some obvious changes have taken place in Xiang Yu now.

But don't underestimate Guo Jia. You can say that as a strategist, he may not be as good as Zhuge Liang and Xun You, but when it comes to emotional intelligence, he can definitely beat them both.

Take Cao Cao for example. He was a very suspicious person, but he really regarded Guo Jia as a confidant and wanted to entrust him with important tasks in the future.

That’s why people on the Internet say this about Guo Jia. If Guo Jia had not died of illness before the Battle of Red Cliffs, there would have been no Battle of Red Cliffs, and this battle that laid the foundation for the Three Kingdoms would not have taken place.

Because, if Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao, who was already full of ambition, he would definitely choose to listen. At that time, Cao Cao would recuperate in Jingzhou and train a truly capable navy.

As for Liu Bei and Sun Quan, they are afraid that some unexpected changes will happen because the main contradiction, Cao Cao, has temporarily disappeared.

Therefore, the loss of Guo Jia had the greatest impact on Wei.

As for Xiang Yu, the muscular man, Guo Jia basically got to know him through their interactions over this period of time. This man is like a donkey and you can only go along with him, not against him, otherwise he will give up.

Therefore, Guo Jia designed layer by layer according to Xiang Yu's personality, and corrected Xiang Yu's character slightly.

This is the difference between Guo Jia and Fan Zeng.

The latter often communicated with Xiang Yu as an elder, but naturally could not tolerate Xiang Yu's violent temper, and a rift developed between the two of them.

Guo Jia naturally avoided this problem. He was just a strategist and all he had to do was to propose solutions. It was up to you whether you listened or not.

Therefore, during the few months that Guo Jia was with Xiang Yu, through his own efforts, Xiang Yu became mature and restrained.

Judging from today's situation, Xiang Yu is indeed a good candidate to be Zhang Jiao's successor.

Therefore, Huang Chao paid more attention to his image in Zhang Jue's mind.

In the original novel, Hong Xiuquan knew that he could not compete with these two people, so he consciously withdrew from the competition, causing the Yellow Turban Army to go from being a three-way competition to being the object of two sides' strong efforts to win over.

Now, Hong Xiuquan had more talented people under his command because he had Wang Qing's men. In addition, he also won over Li Mi, a talented person with an IQ of 94.

Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army is still composed of three forces, but Hong Xiuquan is the weakest one.

However, despite this, Huang Chao and Xiang Yu did not dare to continue to force the situation, but instead maintained the situation. After all, the Han Dynasty had not yet been destroyed.

It is also because of this that Zhang Jue's life in this life is much better than in the original novel. At least he does not have to worry about factional struggles.

However, even so, Zhang Jiao's health is getting worse and worse, and his energy and physical strength are no longer as good as before.

For the future of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Jue could only disperse the power in his hands and only control the overall situation himself. At Nanhua's suggestion, Zhang Jue decided to have a decisive battle with the Han Dynasty.

Because only by diverting internal conflicts and uniting against external enemies can the Yellow Turban Army survive, and this is also his last chance.

However, before the decisive battle with the Han army, necessary preparations must be made, so Zhang Jue asked the respective leaders about military discipline, food and fodder, and military training. After learning that the million-strong Yellow Turban army had already been equipped with iron weapons, there were 500,000 soldiers in armor, including 300,000 leather armored soldiers, 50,000 iron armored soldiers, and 50,000 cavalry, Zhang Jue was immediately delighted.

After all, the proportion of armor equipment is already quite high. Even the Han army, which has the power of thirteen states, cannot have everyone equipped with armor, except for the Yanmen Army and Wang Yu Army.

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"Good, good. With such a strong force, our Yellow Turban Army will surely be able to win the battle, capture Luoyang, and destroy the Han Dynasty!" Zhang Jue laughed immediately, and then asked Zhang Ning on the side: "Ning'er, you and your sister are in charge of the Taiping Guards. Tell me about the current strength of the Han Dynasty!"

Zhang Ning immediately said seriously: "Although the Yellow Turban Army is large in number, the Han Army should not be underestimated. As far as I know, the Han Dynasty has gathered 400,000 soldiers and has eight dangerous passes. Lu Zhi has defended Hulao Pass impenetrably!"

"Not only that, Lu Zhi also has generals like Wang Yu, Zong Ze, and Wei Xiaokuan. Even if we have a million-strong army, it won't be easy to attack Luoyang!"

Zhang Jue nodded solemnly. As the saying goes, man proposes, God disposes. He tried his best to delay part of the Han army, but he didn't expect Wang Yu to show up halfway.

In the Battle of Changsha, Xiang Yan's 150,000-strong army was defeated, and the Han army in Yuzhou was liberated. Afterwards, a million Yellow Turbans gathered in Yanzhou. Before Huang Chao could encircle Lu Zhi's army, Wang Yu and Zhu Jun led their troops from Yuzhou to rescue and inflicted heavy damage on Huang Chao.

In these two battles, the timing of Wang Yu's leading the troops was too coincidental, as if he had known about it in advance.

Because Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi were together, the difficulty of attacking Hulao Pass was greatly increased.

"Everyone, is it true that our army can only attack Hulao Pass by force?" Zhang Jue asked unwillingly.

Upon hearing this, all the generals showed a solemn look. The Han army had 400,000 soldiers. If they really launched a strong attack, the Yellow Turban Army would probably suffer heavy losses in an instant with just their accumulated strength.

No one present wanted their men to be wasted in siege warfare.

"Don't worry, father!" Zhang Ning immediately spoke up with confidence, "In order to minimize casualties, Sister Hong'er and I have developed a foolproof 'separation plan', and Sister Hong'er has sneaked into Luoyang to implement it herself."

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"To alienate and change the coach?"

Zhang Jiao's eyes lit up and he asked quickly, "Explain it clearly!"

"Father, according to accurate information from the Taiping Guards, the commander of Hulao Pass, Lu Zhi, is from a farming family."

"what?"

When Zhang Ning said this, the whole room was in an uproar, and Zhang Jue was even more shocked.

"Ning'er, this is true. Since Lu Zhi is a farmer, why did he help the Han Dynasty fight against the Yellow Turban Army?" Zhang Jue asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yes, Saint, except for Confucianism and Taoism, the rest of the schools of thought are all against the Han Dynasty. The Farmers' Family and the Liu Family are at war to the death. Since Lu Zhi is from the Farmers' Family, why did he help the Han Dynasty?" Huang Chao also hurriedly stood up and asked.

Huang Chao had both respect and resentment towards Lu Zhi, the commander of the Han army. After all, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been trapped in Yanzhou, allowing Xiang Yu and Hong Xiuquan to grow stronger.

(End of this chapter)