Great Han Empire

Chapter 143

In the next few days, Li Hong's subordinates became more daring, and even attacked and killed the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army a little recklessly.Hutou, Fist, Wen Chou, and Lu Huanyang led their troops to the camp several times. The soldiers roared in, and then roared away again like a storm.But the Yellow Turban Army ignored them and only focused on attacking the city, as if they had given up counterattacking the cavalry.

The weather is getting colder and colder, the north wind is howling, and the sky has been overcast, but there is no sign of snow.

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Seeing Tian Zhong walk in, Li Hong was furious, slapped the desk in front of him angrily, and shouted: "Why? Why isn't it snowing yet?"

Tian Zhong ignored him, walked up to Gao Lan, and asked a few words in a low voice.

"No more food?" Gao Lan asked in a low voice.

"No more, we must withdraw today, otherwise we will kill the horse." Tian Zhong said with a heavy heart.

Gao Lan's face showed grief, and he stopped talking.Lord Feng Yi and the six thousand soldiers are hopeless, and so are the tens of thousands of people in the city.Jizhou's army was defeated again and again, no matter how powerful Ren Baozi was, he was powerless.Although Li Hong tried his best, made detailed plans and preparations for such a small chance of survival, and for such a short few hours, he wanted to survive from death, try his best to turn the tide, and rescue the imperiled Yingtao City, but God did not help. In vain.

"My lord, where are we going to retreat?" Tian Zhong asked.

"Go to Xinducheng." Li Hong sighed and began to pack the things on the case table.

Zhao Yun strode in, bowed and said, "My lord, all the parts have returned to camp on time."

Without raising his head, Li Hong said calmly: "Order all the ministries to evacuate in the direction of Xindu City immediately."

A trace of helplessness flashed across Zhao Yun's face, and he bowed to retreat.

"That's right." Li Hong stopped him suddenly, and said loudly, "Order the troops to walk slowly, don't camp tonight, and camp in the open air."

Zhao Yun, Gao Lan, and Tian Zhong stared blankly at Li Hong, thinking that he was simply crazy.In such a cold day, he even let the soldiers camp out in the open.

"Let the soldiers find a forest that can not only block the wind, but also use local materials to light a fire for warmth." Li Hong said lightly.

Li Hong was looking forward to a miracle from heaven.How can there be no snow in such a cold day?Today, and tonight, is the last chance to save Yingtao City.Tomorrow the troops will be two hundred miles away.

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Zhang Niujiao took a look at the paperwork handed over by Sun Qin.Then he put down the bamboo slips with a melancholy expression, and sighed softly.

"Is it the rear urging food again?" Sun Qin asked softly.

Zhang Niujiao nodded silently, and said with a heartache: "The weather is too cold, and people have already started to die in many places in Changshan."

"Should we attack the city tomorrow?" Qin Qin suggested, "Marshal Anding has already urged the food several times, and it is also very difficult for him."

Zhang Niujiao looked down at the map on the table, and said worriedly: "Wait until the last batch of scouts come back and see where the Leopard's troops have retreated. If he has indeed retreated a hundred miles away, we will attack tomorrow." City. It’s just that if the leopard is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles.”

"Marshal, if the leopard dies, are Zhang Shuai and Zuo Sima very dangerous in Youzhou?" Sun Qin glanced at Zhang Niujiao and said cautiously, "If..."

Zhang Niujiao interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Shuai An Ding has made arrangements, and they will not be prisoners soon."

Sun's complexion changed, and he asked in surprise: "Isn't it a prisoner? What is that?" Then he realized that this was a secret of the Yellow Turban Army, and he was not qualified to know it. : "Slip, slip. Marshal, I slipped."

Zhang Niujiao gave him a stern look, but didn't say anything to blame him.

Then he pointed to Yingtao City on the map, sighed, and said regretfully: "Oh, why don't leopards take the bait, this bait is not good."

Sun Qin glanced at him timidly, and said cautiously: "If it's not snowing, this bait won't smell good."

"That's right..." Zhang Niujiao kowtowed his right fingers lightly on the desk, and said thoughtfully, "Why isn't it snowing in such a cold day?"

"Commander, if it really snows, we have to attack the city and surround and wipe out the Leopard's cavalry army. Are there enough troops?" Sun Qin asked softly.

Zhang Niujiao thought for a while and said, "Even if he breaks through, how many cavalry will be left?"

Sun Qin shook his head and said in a low voice, "I'm not familiar with cavalry combat, and I've never confronted a leopard head-on. There are no other troops to confront him head-on, so I can't say for sure."

"Did you scare him in the Zhuojun battlefield, why did you speak so without confidence?" Zhang Niujiao patted the table angrily, and asked.

Sun Qin blushed and remained silent.

Wang Dang rushed in and shouted loudly: "Commander, the leopard army is camping at Yanghezhuang, eighty miles away from us."

Zhang Niujiao looked at Wang Dang's flushed face and asked, "Is it cold outside?"

"It's cold." Wang Dang cried out, rubbing his hands vigorously.

"Order the troops to attack Yingtao City with all our strength tomorrow."

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Feng Yi pushed the door open and walked out of the house.

The wind on the city tower violently blew the big flag standing high in the sky, and the shrill cry was creepy.

It was pitch black in the city.Outside the city, the camp of the Yellow Turban Army was also pitch black, except for a few lanterns near the gate that glowed faintly red, swaying left and right with the wind.

Feng Yi let out a long breath.The hot air exhaled from the mouth immediately turned into a white mist and disappeared in the biting cold wind.

He stretched out his ten fingers out of thin air, and moved his hands a little.

The old man was deeply moved by the leopard's bravery and fearlessness.It's been ten days.He led his troops like a group of ferocious wolves, galloping around Yingtao City day and night, patiently and meticulously looking for the Yellow Turban Army's flaws, preparing to deal them a fatal blow and rescue the besieged Yingtao City.

A young martial artist can still perseverely work hard for an unknown possibility, a glimmer of life, and never give up, how can he be willing to fall behind others and give up lightly.If you have hope, go for it, fight for it with perseverance, and a miracle may happen.

If you win the battle, you must meet him, treat him to a drink, and talk about the hardships and adventures of defeating Zhang Niujiao.A Han slave living in Xianbei has this kind of ability, which shows the prosperity of our great Han country.One horn, one horn can overthrow the 400-year history of the Han Kingdom?

Suddenly, he remained motionless, and slowly raised his head to look at the dark night sky, then he roared with all his strength:

"Beating the drum..."

The sound of war drums broke the dark silence in an instant, resounding throughout Yingtao City.

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Zhang Niujiao jumped up and ran out of the big tent like flying.

The cold wind howled, the handsome flag shouted, and sporadic little snowflakes fell in the dark night sky.

In the dark night, the battle drums thundered on Yingtao City, and the flames shot up into the sky.

"Marshal, it's snowing." Wang Dang and Sun Qin ran over panting.

Zhang Niujiao slowly withdrew his big hand from the air, and when he looked carefully, there were only three or four small drops of water on his palm.

"Heizi, bring your troops up and take down the West Gate at all costs." Zhang Niujiao said loudly.

Wang Dang bowed and saluted, and then ran like flying into the dark night where people were neighing.

Zhang Niujiao looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, and remained silent for a long time.Grandson stood on one side, bowed his head and said nothing.

"Do you know what the leopard is doing now?"

Grandson smiled wryly.On the Zhuojun battlefield, he stayed at Dingxing Ferry from the beginning to the end, and didn't win any battles.Later, when he went to Fanyang City, he was released as a prisoner of war before the first battle was fought.useless.Think he is useless.Now the commander-in-chief asks him this question, how does he know.He didn't say anything.

"If you were a leopard, what would you do now?" Zhang Niujiao suddenly faced him and asked seriously.

Sun Qin took a step back instinctively, and without even thinking about it, he shouted loudly: "Rush, rush all night."

Zhang Niujiao raised his eyebrows, and a murderous look flashed across his eyes.

raid.The leopard's cavalry tactics are mainly running and running.Tonight, at midnight, it was snowing, how could he let go of such a good opportunity.

Seeing the murderous look on Zhang Niujiao's face, Sun Qin's heart trembled, and he immediately understood Zhang Niujiao's thoughts. He immediately shouted: "Marshal, we are going to attack the city, we are going to attack the city. We want food. Fish and bears It's hard to have both. Marshal, if all our main forces are devoted to the battlefield of annihilating the Leopard Army, it will be difficult for other troops to take Yingtao City before tomorrow's dark. After tomorrow night, the walls of Yingtao City will be destroyed. It will all be frozen, and we will not be able to attack the city the day after tomorrow. Commander, there is no food, and we will starve to death at least 10,000+ people this winter. Commander..."

Zhang Niujiao looked at him murderously, snorted angrily, turned around and strode towards the big tent.

Sun Qin hurriedly followed, and continued to persuade: "Commander, there must be a better chance to wipe out the leopards in the future than this time. Commander, Commander, we fight all wars to let the people have enough food and clothing, so that they can live well. Alive, they are all starving to death, freezing to death, why do we fight? Who are we fighting for? Commander..."

Zhang Niujiao turned around abruptly. He pointed at his nose angrily, and shouted at his grandson, "Am I fighting for myself? Do I want the people to starve to death? Am I just trying to avenge Master? You Do you know how good the situation in Zhuo County was at that time? But once the leopard crossed the Shengshui River, everything changed, everything changed."

Zhang Niujiao waved his hands excitedly, with a ferocious face and wide-open eyes, he roared furiously: "You say, am I a fool? Am I not good at fighting? Can Zuo Xiao not know how to fight? Zhang Baiqi doesn't know how to fight." Is it? But our 18 people are gone in a blink of an eye, isn’t it because we don’t know how to fight?”

"If the leopards are not wiped out today, within a few months, there will be no more Yellow Turban Army in Taihang Mountains. Without the Yellow Turban Army, many people will die. Who cares? Who cares?"

Zhang Niujiao pulled his throat and shouted hoarsely: "First came Huangfu Song, then there was Leopard. This is the Yellow Turban Army that Heaven wants to destroy, Heaven wants to destroy our Yellow Turban Army!"

Zhang Niujiao raised his head to the sky, raised his hands high, and shouted loudly: "Master, open your eyes and take a look at the spirit of the sky, I want to defeat the sky, and establish Huangtian again!"

Grandson was stunned by Zhang Niujiao's tyranny, and he backed away in shock, dumbfounded.

The Marshal's mind is not about leopards, gall pottery city, or food, but about the future of the Yellow Turban Army and the people of the world.

"Marshal..." Sun Qin's heart was twisted suddenly, he knelt down on the ground, hugged Zhang Niujiao's thigh, and cried bitterly: "Marshal..."

Zhang Niujiao gradually calmed down.

He gently rubbed his grandson's head, and said calmly: "Don't cry. Go and tell Yanzi that the main force of the army is moving closer to the east gate, and only one force can attack the city. If the leopard turns around to attack, the main attack direction must be East Gate. I will go to the South Gate and East Gate in person, and talk to Master Wulu and Nephew Qi Zhi about some personal matters. After you return to the West Gate, help Heizi attack the city with all his strength, at all costs."

"Master, when are you coming back?"

"After the leopard was besieged, I will come back. I will personally attack Yingtao City and kill Feng Yi with my own hands. Master was dissected and killed by him. I will crush him to ashes and avenge Master and his old man."

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(End of this chapter)