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Chapter 133 Lao Tzu's Soldiers Are Coming [Chapter Two]

Bo Cai and Peng Tuo's first target was Yangzi County, and the second target was Yingyin County. However, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo led troops to reinforce Yingchuan County. The three of them did not run to Yangzi County, but ran to Changshe County to hide.

The main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan had to be divided into two. Bo Cai led 100,000 soldiers to surround Changshe, and Peng Tuo led 100,000 troops to attack Yangzi County. When Yangzi County was about to collapse, Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo led 10,000 or 20,000 people to kill again. Although they were defeated by Bo Cai and Peng Tuo, the two led thousands of remnants to escape into Yingyin County.

The Yellow Turban Army was repeatedly damaged, and only more than 100,000 of the original 200,000 troops were left, and they had to divide the troops into three places, blocking Yangdi, Yingyin and Changshe cities.

If the Yellow Turban Army attacked other places, it could easily be captured with its initial fanaticism and military strength, but Yingchuan was different. This was a place where countless literati were crowded with people. The city was slightly disrepaired, whether it was a prefect or a county magistrate, they would be scolded to be scolded.

I don't say that the strange power is in chaos. No matter how hard Taiping Dao can fool people, it is difficult to fool people from the literati. The city is strong and difficult to break, and there is no mass base. I counterattack and attack for a month or two, but I couldn't take down a Yingchuan city.

One hundred and two hundred thousand people gathered together but failed to capture Yangdi City. After the troops were dispersed, even if they sacrificed their lives to boost morale every day, their morale was weakened a lot.

Bo Cai tortured the arrested officials and asked for a while. What he knew was the last year or what everyone knew.

After a day of quarrel, just when the morale of the Han army in Changshe City was high, the Bocai army suddenly retreated outside the city, Huangfu Song and the generals were all dumbfounded.

"Why did the thief... suddenly withdraw his troops?"

Zhu Jun looked puzzled, and suddenly thought of something, but he still frowned and looked at Huangfu Song, who was also frowning.

"If the thief suddenly withdrew his troops. If we didn't lure our troops to attack, the court would have sent a large army to reinforce. But... But which other court's lord came to reinforce? If the court had only 10,000 or 20,000 reinforcements, how could that wave retreat easily?"

The generals nodded, but some bitterness appeared on the corner of Huangfu Song's mouth.

"I'm afraid... Ambassador Dong has led his troops."

"Ambassador Dong?"

Everyone was stunned, and Huangfu Song sighed even more.

"It's Lintao Tiger Baby."

Huangfu Li spoke without thinking about it.

"Lintao children..."

"Shut up!"

Huangfu Song was very annoyed Huangfu Li. If he had not sent someone to inform his family of two thousand acres of land, he would not have angered Dong Buyi to rob food from the border.

"snort!"

Huangfu Song was annoyed about what Huangfu Li did, but in front of so many people, he couldn't mention last year's incident again.

After drinking Huangfu Li with a cold face, Huangfu Song sighed lightly to Zhu Jun.

"The tiger's best is to rush thousands of miles away. Half a year ago, I noticed that the Yellow Turban Thief wanted to rebel. I once sent a message to Prefect Dong in winter. It was just because the road was difficult to go on because of heavy snow. When Prefect Dong sent a letter to the court, the court had already learned about this."

After Huangfu Song talked about Dong Hu's incident, all the generals knew what was going on. There was an incident in Lintao. Dong Hu led 10,000 troops across the border and entered Lintao. In just one day, the civil war in Lintao was pacified. When they were still leading troops, Dong Hu also submitted a memorial, hoping to lead 5,000 Lintao Township brave generals to atone for their sins.

Zhu Jun frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Lintao is thousands of miles away. It takes a month for the messenger to go back and forth. In such a short time, can the tiger kid really bring 15,000 people to come?"

Huangfu Song sighed and said, "If the infantry and cavalry came with their baggage, they would probably have to barely enter Luoyang at this time, and it would take ten days and half a month to rest. But if the tiger kids led tens of cavalry to march quickly, they would have come around Yingchuan at this time."

A general clasped his fists and said, "Will the thief retreat be broken?"

Huangfu Song felt bitter, but he did not show any loss and smiled and said, "The thieves are just farmers. Now there are wheat valleys that are about to mature. The thieves can build camps based on grass today, and they will definitely be like this tomorrow. It is not difficult to break the thief."

When everyone heard this, they all nodded silently.

"I don't know why the thief suddenly withdrew his troops. You still need to be cautious. No one is allowed to leave the city privately. Beware of the thief's plan to lure the enemy."

Everyone clasped their fists.

"promise!"

The generals agreed, but Huangfu Song frowned, and he was a little worried about the troubles ahead.

In just one day, there were no Yellow Turban bandits under Changshe City, and more than 100,000 bandits gathered in Yingyin County, but Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo were shocked.

Yangdi City is broken?

Did Huangfu Song die in the Changshe?

I don’t know, Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo and others were surrounded by countless yellow turban men, and they couldn’t even know anything about the outside news.

A room full of frown...

"well……"

"We have said a long time ago that when Huwa leads tens of five soldiers and has 20,000 soldiers, how can we be so humiliated by a group of thieves?"

"Now, Changshe thinks it's a lot of danger..."

If he hadn't received the letter that Dong Hu had analyzed that he would lose, Dong Zhuo wouldn't feel so frustrated, but after he led the thousands of troops recruited by Cao Cao, his defeat and defeat would make him feel frustrated.

Before Emperor Liu Hong plundered horses everywhere, the price of a horse was between 20,000 and 100,000 yuan. However, when the emperor plundered the horses of various vassal states (counties), the price of a war horse soared to two million yuan in a very short time.

There was a horse herdsland in the Han Dynasty, and there were at least tens of millions of horses in Liangzhou. The emperor only plundered three or five thousand war horses. How could the price of war horses soar to two million yuan?

Whether it is twenty thousand yuan, one hundred thousand yuan or two million yuan, those who can ride horses in the Central Plains are all children of powerful families. The soldiers recruited by Cao Cao using the Xiyuan war horses were all good-quality soldiers. Although he had never really been on the battlefield, he was much better than the farmers and rebels who farmed all day long.

Logically speaking, the soldiers in Dong Zhuo were all elite soldiers who were made by Cao Cao, and were even more elite than the soldiers led by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. Most of them were cavalry. As long as they were not strong enough, it was difficult to defeat them, but it was due to Dong Zhuo's identity as the "Dong family".

No matter how Cao Cao had, his family background was higher than Dong Zhuo. He was the one who was strongly recruited. It was not too difficult to control the soldiers, but Dong Zhuo was much more difficult. Most of the soldiers were children of various families in the capital, and were family members. Dong Zhuo did not want to fight with the thief to death and did not want to rescue his boss Huangfu Song, but the soldiers below had to save him. What could Dong Zhuo do?

Cut off a few heads to establish authority? They are all children of wealthy families in the capital, either from famous families or from noble families. Which one do you cut off to establish authority? It is not the case after the emperor died of illness. Wherever Dong Zhuo cut off any one he wanted.

Dong Zhuo didn't want to fight with a bunch of garbage with the cavalry, nor did he want to save Shangguan Huangfu Song, who made him feel uncomfortable, but he still had to lead five thousand men and tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves to fight with tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves.

The Han Dynasty did not have stirrups or horseshoes, and the inflexible Gaoqiaoan was used. It was difficult to maximize the speed of the war horses. The cavalry's ability to charge the formation was not so strong. Once they rushed to an enemy with several times their strength, they would easily fall into it and be poked to death by others.

Dong Zhuo's prestige could not control the soldiers below and could not be united. It also verified Dong Hu's words. Whenever he thought of losing again and again, he would think of the letters written by Dong Hu, and he felt a little frustrated.

"well……"

"General Zhu, what should I do if the thieves increase their troops again?"

Dong Zhuo was full of aggrievance, dissatisfaction, complaining, but he could do nothing. He lost nearly half of Yicong, and he could do nothing to be tough.

Zhu Jun glanced at Dong Zhuo and looked at the depressed generals. He didn't know if it was Yangdi. Changshe had an accident. Just when he was about to speak, a soldier hurriedly broke in.

"Report!"

"Report to the general, the thief...the thief retreated..."

"What--"

The generals stood up with a loud bang, and Dong Zhuo stepped forward.

"You say it again, did the thief really retreat?"

The little pawn clasped his fists and said, "The thief is indeed retreating south. I don't know whether he really retreated."

"Retreat... Could it be that General Huangfu defeated the thieves in Changshe?" Dong Zhuo murmured.

Zhu Jun looked at the soldiers with a serious expression and said, "Send someone to Changshe immediately and investigate the direction of Yangdi. I should know what happened!"

"promise!"

The soldiers hurriedly agreed with their fists and hurried out to pass the order. Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo and others could not sit still. They led their people to the top of the city. In just a quarter of an hour, a group of people stood at the top of the city. As the spies said, the bandit army five miles away was retreating south...

"General, are we sending troops to follow us and chase us?"

Dong Zhuo looked back and saw that it was Liu Ai, a member of the Cavalry Commander, who was so angry that he couldn't help but snort coldly.

"snort!"

"If you want, let's give you five hundred soldiers and you can chase you."

Li Jue, who was wearing armor, sarcastically said: "The 100,000 thieves outside the city, and all of us have only 5,000 soldiers available. How can we go out of the city to chase and kill? If the thief deliberately lure us out of the city, wouldn't it be a death sentence?"

Xu Rong looked at Liu Ai with a blushing face and thick neck, and shook his head slightly.

"There are few thieves outside the city who know the soldiers. Liu Bie's army may also lead a army to follow him and kill him. However, if he meets Huwa, even if he only has 5,000 soldiers, even if Liu Bie's army has tens of thousands of soldiers, he cannot follow him. One negligence will be a great defeat and death."

Dong Zhuo was extremely unwilling to let others know Dong Hu too much, and even more unwilling to let others know Dong Hu's method of using troops. After hearing Xu Rong's words, he was suddenly dissatisfied and was just waiting for the reprimand, but as if he suddenly thought of something, he hurriedly looked at Niu Fu who was frowning on the side.

"Niu Fu, do you think... Could it be that Huwa killed him, which forced the thief to retreat and escape?"

Everyone was stunned, but Dong Zhuo's heart couldn't help but beat faster, as if he had a premonition that Dong Hu was right around...

"Xu Rong."

"Thank all the cavalry immediately to us... to investigate Xu County..."

Before Dong Zhuo could finish his words, a soldier suddenly rushed out in the setting sun. Although he couldn't see what it was on the high flag, Dong Zhuo was inexplicably excited. He knew that except for Dong Buyi, no flag in the entire Han Dynasty had long strips like ribbons.

"Ha ha……"

"My soldiers are finally here-"

Dong Zhuo laughed at the sky, shook his arms and ran wildly under the city, and he was not willing to pay attention to the frown and unhappy people.
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