Great Han Empire

Chapter 129

Yan Rou quickly rushed to the vicinity of Fan Yang with the troops.

In the middle of the night, soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army surrounded both sides of the convoy densely. Tens of thousands of torches were burning brightly in the night, illuminating half of the sky.

They looked at the Yellow Turban Army's grain, grass and heavy convoy ahead, helpless.

They received news from the scouts that the Yellow Turban Army suddenly turned around and returned to Fanyang after leaving Fanyang for [-] miles, and did not continue to rush to Yishui River.

Yan Rou's subordinates were at a loss, not knowing what happened.The Yellow Turban Army is not withdrawing, why?Has there been a change in the Jizhou battlefield?

"Is there any news from Captain Captain?" Yan Rou asked.

No one answered.It has been five days since I heard from Li Hong.The last message he sent was only two words: "Following." Following instead of tailgating made Yan Rou and the others very uncomfortable.

"Your Excellency won't take Beixin City without telling us, close the door and beat dogs." Yan Wuwei said suddenly.

Yan Rou, beard, and fist looked at each other and shook their heads.

"To go to Beixin City, you have to cross two rivers. Unless all the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army are killed, everyone will be able to see it." Huzi stroked his beard and said, "Where did your lord go?"

"The Yellow Turban Army retreated into Fanyang City overnight, and now the number of Yellow Turban Army in Fanyang City has increased to 3. We can't surround ourselves with this small number of people, and we can't beat them. Why are we still here?" Fist said dejectedly, "Forget it, don't want to, go back to sleep."

Yan Rou laughed, stretched her thumb towards her fist, and said loudly, "High."

"Come on, let's go back to sleep."

The next morning, all the Yellow Turban Army withdrew into Fanyang City.

At noon the next day, Yan Rou received a letter from Li Hong, telling him that the main force of the cavalry had successfully ambushed 5000 people from Chu Feiyan's troops at Fanxingting, and then attacked Beixin City by surprise, completely cutting off the enemy's retreat.Ask Yan Roubu to boldly surround Fan Yang.At the same time, send this document to Zhuocheng and Jicheng, and ask the prefect Wang Ru and the governor Yang Huang to do everything possible to raise troops and rush to Fanyang to participate in the battle to encircle and wipe out the Yellow Turban Army in Fanyang.

On the third day after capturing Beixincheng, Li Hong ordered Xianyu Yinbu to garrison Beixincheng. He led Yushibu, Black Leopard Yicong and about [-] cavalrymen, crossed the Yishui River, and rushed to the foot of Fanyang City to join Yan Roubu.Seven thousand troops surrounded Fan Yang.The Yellow Turban Army had no intention of breaking out of the siege, but only stationed heavy troops to defend the city.

At dusk, Li Hong stood in the open field, looked at the majestic Fanyang City Tower, and saw the apricot-yellow banners of the Yellow Turban Army flying on the tower, and he felt a lot easier in his heart.

Zhuojun, Zhuojun, I finally took it back.

Suddenly, he thought of Zhang Chun.What Zhang Chun said that night by the Shengshui River was deeply imprinted in his mind.These people are desperate people, I killed one group after another, did I do it right?Who am I?Why don't I know what I'm doing right?
Li Hong fell into deep thought.The lost memory cannot be retrieved, making him seem to have lost the ability to distinguish right from wrong.He didn't know what he should do in this vast world?What should be done?what is rightwhat is wrong?
Standing in the bleak cold wind, Li Hong let his long hair flutter, and he was crazy about it for a while.

Tian Zhong and many subordinates stood in the distance, looking at Li Hong's body that was getting thinner day by day, their hearts were filled with admiration for him.

With 10,000 cavalry alone, he turned the tide and wiped out [-]+ Yellow Turbans in just over a month. How many people can there be in the world with such courage and boldness, such wisdom and courage? ?Ever since he met this kid, he has been killing, killing, and living with horses and knives every day on the battlefield, without stopping for a moment.This idiot kid was probably born for war.

It was getting dark.

Yan Liang dug out the cowhide tape from his luggage and prepared to send it to Li Hong.Tian Zhong took it from his hand and strode towards Li Hong.

"The people..."

Li Hong woke up suddenly.

Tian Zhong put some worn-out mattresses on him, and said with a smile: "When will I get you a fur cloak, winter is here."

Li Hong sighed and said, "Old man, give it to the wounded soldiers, they need it more. We are too poor."

"If you don't eat well, dress well, and sleep well every day, your body will not be able to withstand it."

Li Hong smiled softly, "I eat the same food and wear the same clothes as the soldiers. If they can withstand it, why can't I?"

"Go back with them, I have something to think about."

Tian Zhong glanced at him silently, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Uncle..."

Tian Zhong turned to look at him, waiting for him to speak.Li Hong hesitated for a moment and asked, "We killed so many Yellow Turban soldiers, right?"

Tian Zhong smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "For them, starving to death is also death, and death in battle is also death. They are all death anyway, and it doesn't matter how they die." After he finished speaking, he turned around and strode away.

Looking at his back, Li Hong suddenly remembered the yellow scarf veteran who was trampled to death on the Jiuliting battlefield.His heart twitched unconsciously, violently and painfully.

"Zishan..." Li Hong called out loudly.

Yan Liang flew over.

"Tell Lord Yan to rush to Zhuocheng immediately, and bring Sima Huang Ting of the Yellow Turban Army to Fan Yang."

"Then you..." Yan Liang asked hesitantly.

"Zilong is here, it's all right. Go quickly."

In the night, Zhao Yun stood with two horses, one black and one white, standing with their guns.

A few days later, Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan, and Xian Yufu, the governor of the governor's office, hurried to the city of Fanyang with [-] troops.

The two had the same purpose and asked Li Hong to send troops to Zhongshan immediately.

Now the situation of the officers and soldiers on the Jizhou battlefield is very bad. The second document sent by Jizhou Mu Guodian to Youzhou is to tell Youzhou Governor Yang Huang that his troops failed to attack the Nine Gates, and hope that he will defeat Zhang Niujiao as soon as possible and send troops to Zhongshan Kingdom .

Of course Li Hong agreed.It's just that if Fan Yang's enemies are not resolved, it's useless to say anything.Moreover, the 18 people of the Yellow Turban Army were all buried on the battlefield in Zhuojun County. Let him stretch his horns to have great abilities, and now it is too stretched to send troops to form a formation.The news from Jizhou was half a month ago. Who knows what is going on in Jizhou now?Perhaps because of Zhang Niujiao's disastrous defeat on the Youzhou battlefield, the Yellow Turban soldiers on the Jizhou battlefield were panicked, and perhaps they had already lost one after another.

A few days later, Xian Yuyin sent a message.

Both Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan returned safely to Nulu City, the prefecture of Zhongshan.

The Yellow Turban Army was already in chaos before the two returned.After Guo Dian's troops failed in the first battle, they immediately ambushed the Yellow Turban Army Wangdang's troops near Yuanshi City.Now Guo Dian's army is in Luancheng.But Wang Dang was attacking Wulu, another young commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and they fought among themselves.The Yellow Turban Army Bai Rao, who was sticking to Xiangguo, suddenly gave up Xiangguo and fled into the Taihang Mountains.Feng Yi picked up a big deal for nothing, and his troops are now preparing to attack Handan.

Now the Yellow Turban Army on the Jizhou battlefield is unable to launch a counterattack due to insufficient troops.However, because the officers and soldiers won consecutive battles, the troops needed rest and supplies, so there were no major offensive actions for the time being.

Li Hong let out a long breath.In any case, the Jizhou army sent troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army, which was the key to victory in the Youzhou battlefield.Now the Youzhou battlefield has defeated Zhang Niujiao's 18 army, which has indirectly reduced the pressure on the Jizhou army.If the Jizhou battlefield can still support, there is no need for Youzhou to send troops at present.

The most important thing now is to deal with the [-] Yellow Turbans in Fanyang City.After solving them, there is no need to worry about the future, and we can concentrate all our forces to attack Zhongshan.

Li Hong is looking forward to snow now.If there is snow, at least half a month can be won.

Yan Rou hurried back, and at the same time, he also brought Wang Ru's reward to the soldiers.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu immediately received Huang Ting as guests.

Xian Yufu fully agrees with Li Hong's opinion. It is indeed the best strategy to persuade the Yellow Turban Army to surrender and solve Fan Yang's problem without bloodshed.

Huang Ting is the Sima under Zhang Baiqi's tent, and the two have a deep personal relationship.Now the Yellow Turban Army in Fanyang City is Zhang Baiqi who has the final say, and of course Huang Ting is the most suitable to find a lobbyist.

Huang Ting is a Confucian student and doesn't know martial arts.He was caught on the Jiuliting battlefield because of his poor riding skills, and he fell under the horse in a hurry.Huang Ting is more than 30 years old and has an ordinary appearance. The only distinctive feature is his beard.Because he grew up in the prison camp, his beard was not trimmed, it was messy, and it was as ugly as a bird's nest.

There are more than 3000 prisoners in the prisoner camp in Zhuocheng, and Huang Ting has the largest official, who is in charge of daily management.When Xianyu escorted them back to Zhuocheng, he dealt with him every day and was very familiar with him.But it was the first time he saw Li Hong, and he was very scared.

Li Hong directly told him the current situation of the battlefield in Zhuojun County and the current situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou.The more Huang Ting listened, the more frightened he became, gradually his head began to sweat.

"You probably know why I called you here." Li Hong said with a smile, "Go to Fanyang City, tell Zhang Baiqi his current situation, and ask him whether he will surrender or not? What kind of conditions will he surrender?"

Huang Ting looked at him and asked timidly, "Can my lord make the decision?"

Xian Yufu said from the side: "Master Yang, the governor of Youzhou, has already handed over all the affairs here to the captain, don't worry. Back then, the captain promised to keep you alive, fed and clothed. Now take a look." , you and the captives are living well in Zhuocheng."

Huang Ting sighed for a long time, and said in despair: "What about the future? What shall we do in the future?"

Li Hong smiled and said, "Do you want to know?"

Huang Ting's eyes widened immediately, and the hopeful expression on his face made Li Hong's heart tremble for no reason.

"Defend the frontier and farm the fields. There is a precedent in the previous dynasty, and this dynasty will not make an exception and must kill you. This is the only way, and I can only guarantee this."

Huang Ting was silent for a long time, his expression gradually calmed down.

He stood up suddenly, went to Li Hong's desk, knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed three times.

Li Hong hurriedly helped him up, and comforted him with a smile: "Brother Xingzheng (Huang Ting's character), people have to live, no matter whether you rebel or surrender, you always hope that you can live. Live better. You are not wrong to think so, and Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, would not want you to die meaninglessly. If you surrender and live, he will of course agree."

Huang Ting glanced at him gratefully and walked out of the big tent.

(End of this chapter)