The next day, Wang Yun bid farewell to the old patriarch and led his team to quell the rebellion.

Just after leaving the village, flying cavalry came to report that the day before yesterday, the Yellow Turbans with 30,000 horses had descended to Gushi and were sending troops to Linyang.

Wang Yunzheng was about to lead his troops to Linyang to relieve the siege. After a while, another horse came over. Fifty thousand Yellow Turbans were gathering in Southwest An City, and they were heading towards Pingyu with great momentum.

Linyang is in the northeast of Gepo, and Pingyu is in the northwest. A quick horse can reach the two places in less than a day, but there is a Hong River in between. It is not easy for the cavalry to cross the river. If they go to one place, they are likely to be attacked by thieves in the other place.

Destroyed by the army.

"Is there any news from Meng De?" Wang Yun asked.

"Cao Qidu just arrived in Yang'an yesterday, and there is no battle report yet."

Wang Yun hesitated. All the counties in the southern part of Runan County had been captured by the Yellow Turbans. Pingyu was the administrative seat of Runan. If it was lost again, the remaining counties might not dare to resist. Runan County would all be occupied by the Yellow Turbans. Logically, he should go first.

Relieve Pingyu's difficulties.

But once Linyang was lost, the two thieves' armies merged into one place, but there were 80,000 troops. No matter how powerful the elites he led were, it was difficult to resist them. Both places were important, so what should we do?

If the soldiers of the two prefectures and counties can resist one or two, he can rescue one and then go to the other. However, since Emperor Guangwu abolished the captaincy of the inner county, there is no standing army. In this war, a temporary capital was set up.

Lieutenant, the soldiers recruited were only civilians who had served in the military before and had no combat experience. This caused the officials everywhere to change their colors when they heard about the bandits.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Yun made a decision resolutely, "We will divide our troops to rescue, Cha Sima, you go to Linyang, I will personally lead two thousand people to stop the rebel army who wants to go to Pingyu."

Divide the troops? Zhang Mo's face turned green when he heard Wang Yun made this decision.

There are only 3,000 people in total, so they still need to divide their troops? The moth thieves are incompetent in combat. They have 80,000 people, and even 8,000 pigs can kill 3,000 people.

"Father, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to divide the troops."

"What's wrong?" Wang Yun looked at her, "If you have any ideas, please tell me."

Zhang Mo didn't have any good ideas at the moment, but she knew that she was already weak, and she shouldn't make herself weaker. Instead, she should concentrate her superior forces, avoid the strong and attack the weak, and win the battle quickly.

If 3,000 men go against 30,000 men in Linyang, they still have a good chance of winning. It is better to deal with one end first and then save the other, rather than failing to save both sides and possibly losing troops.

"Perhaps Prefect Pingyu can hold the city for the time being. My daughter feels that we should concentrate our troops on Linyang first."

Wang Yun shook his head, "No, if Pingyu is lost, even defending Linyang will be of little use."

With a confident smile on his face, he said, "Furthermore, the royal guards are elite. They killed the more than ten thousand bandits yesterday without any effort. I have some confidence in repelling the bandit army by dividing our troops."

Hearing what he said, Zhang Mo felt even more uneasy. Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, let alone arrogant generals. Moreover, this Wang Situ seemed to be leading an army for the first time. If Zhang Babai said such words, she would definitely believe that he has such ability.

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"Father..."

Zhang Mo wanted to persuade her again, but Wang Yun interrupted her, "You don't need to say anything, as a father, you can make your own decision."

"Then adoptive father, please be more careful!"

Alas! Maybe it is possible. Now we can only hope that those soldiers can be equal to a hundred, and the other general is a rookie.

The chariot guard had already sent soldiers to cut wood and build rafts in preparation for crossing the river. Wang Yun ordered his troops and horses to set off in a mighty manner.

The cavalry was fast, and they caught up with the 50,000-man moth thieves in less than two hours.

The moth thieves were not afraid of the officers and soldiers who suddenly appeared behind them. On the contrary, their eyes lit up when they looked at those tall horses.

A young man who looked like a commander was riding on a brown war horse with a fairly shiny coat. He looked at the galloping team with a smile and said with a hint of ridicule, "The officers and soldiers are here to send us mounts and weapons."

His voice suddenly rose, "Young men, if you want a mount, go and grab it yourself."

“Ho, ho, ho—”

All the moth thieves started shouting and drinking happily.

The man waved his hand, and the thieves immediately silenced themselves. He gave a few instructions to the herald beside him, and someone immediately rushed to the team to deliver the message.

Soon, several flags were waved, and the moth thieves also started to move.

At this moment, Wang Yun's team had already rushed over. The menacing knights didn't even wait to stop, and they charged directly towards him, causing the young man to laugh again, "I'm afraid this officer is just a fool. How dare such a small person be so straightforward?"

He came to charge into the battle, he really brought us something."

The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. In this case, the best strategy is for the cavalry to wander around the outside of the enemy's formation and retreat at the slightest contact. When the enemy comes on the road again, they hang back to harass and pursue them, nibbling away bit by bit.

"Riding school, go around to the rear of the officers and soldiers and intercept them on their way. Today the Japanese general wants to keep all these two thousand cavalrymen." The man ordered.

The Yellow Turban's only eight hundred riders received the order and immediately drove their horses to the rear.

After the officers and soldiers rushed into the enemy formation, the effect was the same as yesterday. They quickly killed a group of moth thieves. The battlefield was filled with blood mist and screams continued.

On the hillside not far away, Wang Yun looked at the battle situation in front of him. Lin Sima, who had just advised him not to charge, said, "Look, a direct charge is more powerful."

Lin Sima had a worried look on his face, "If the enemy general is timid, he will naturally be able to quickly kill the bandits. But if he is not afraid of death, he will definitely order people to surround him and kill him. Besides, we have been running around for half a day, so we should let him go."

The soldiers will raise their horses and fight again."

Wang Yun disagreed and said, "I think a quick battle is a good strategy. Raising the horse power will give the thieves time to prepare. You see, he was attacked before the formation was ready. The thieves were in a hurry."

"Let's see!"

Lin Sima responded and turned his attention to the battlefield. About a quarter of an hour later, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted, "Immediately order a retreat, the bandits are surrounding us."

Wang Yun also saw that hundreds of enemy cavalry had circled to the rear, while his own soldiers and horses had been split into several pieces unknowingly. The thieves either held sticks or stones and kept hitting the knights.

The moth thieves' equipment is weak, and many of them don't even have knives, but there are many of them. Imagine what it would be like if a large group of children surrounded a strong man with stones, and you will know what the royal elite is facing at this moment.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Yun hurriedly asked people to call for gold, but it was easy to get in and difficult to get out. The knights fought hard, and only about half of them broke out of the siege.

It was already dusk when they returned to the river. Che Hu and others had just crossed the river and saw Wang Yun coming back. Che Hu jumped on the raft and turned back.

Looking at the situation in front of him, he knew that the trip was a failure without asking.

There were 2,000 men when we left, but only a thousand or so remained when we came back. How could we divide the troops with such a small number of men?

"What should we do now?" asked the car guard, "Should we go to Pingyu or Linyang?"

Wang Yun opened his blood-red eyes and said in a deep voice, "Tell them to come back and destroy the bandit army just now."

"How many other people are there on the other side?"

Wang Yundao said, "About forty thousand."

The chariot guard was stunned. He killed nearly a thousand elite soldiers and only killed a few thousand thieves. How on earth did he fight?

Hearing Lin Sima describe today's battle situation, Zhang Mo's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of his heart. This yellow scarf general made his soldiers obey orders and prohibitions. At least he was much better than Bo Cai in running the army. I'm afraid it would be difficult to deal with.

The persimmons have to be picked on the soft side. Although I don’t know how capable the Mothie generals in Linyang are, judging from the strength of their troops, Linyang is obviously better.

"Father, we can't go to Ping Yu. Our army has just been defeated by that band of thieves and our morale has been dampened. I'm afraid we won't get any benefits if we run into them again."

"Young Master's words make sense. I think it's appropriate to resolve the crisis in Linyang first." Che Hu agreed.

Wang Yun sighed softly, "What if we go to Linyang? If peace is lost, Linyang will not be able to hold on."

Lin Sima said, "The Linyang bandit army is young. Let's at least capture them first and defend here. We will have a chance later. If we hesitate any longer, both places will be lost, and we will have no choice but to retreat."

Wang Yun hesitated and said, "Then we will go to Linyang first. However, there are 30,000 bandits there, so we may not be sure of victory."

After suffering the blow in the morning, Wang Yun was no longer so confident and arrogant. He had to admit that not all moth thieves were freeloaders.

This concern is not unreasonable. Going to Linyang has a better chance of winning, but accidents may also happen.

Zhang Mo thought for a while and said: "Father, since the enemy wants to break the city, it's better to just let them break it. Let's use Linyang as an ambush to set up an ambush and annihilate it in one fell swoop."

"Setting up an ambush with a city? How to do it?"

Zhang Mo said: "Burn Linyang on fire!"

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang set fire to the new territory and defeated Cao Ren. Although the story is fictional, it can be used for reference. The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, so we should be able to attack with fire.

Wang Yun immediately shook his head, "No, no, no, there are thousands of people in Linyang, and they were all burned down. What will they do in the future?"

Some time ago, Huangfu Song was besieged in Changshe, and finally he used the strategy of burning the camp to turn defeat into victory. But the enemy was the one who was being burned. Now that he wanted to burn a county town, how could Wang Yun be willing to do it?

"If my adoptive father can't leave a small town, all of us may be done with it. Besides, the government will come forward to resettle the people of Linyang afterwards."

As far as she knew, the area of ​​ancient cities was very small. Kaifeng, Henan, was the provincial capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It only took 20 minutes from Song Gate in the east to Daliang Gate in the west. The area of ​​the small county town was even smaller, almost.

It only has 20,000 to 30,000 square kilometers and a population of only a few thousand. It is not difficult to resettle this small number of people after the war.

Wang Yun was still hesitating, then Du Fei said: "Your Majesty, I'm going down to Linyang. There are only two gates in the north and south, with a long street in the middle. Maybe someone can block the street lanes and demolish the houses in the back.

Only burn around."

That's not enough. Wang Yun was shocked and ordered: "Car guard, you lead dozens of riders to go ahead. Send an order to Wu Zhi, the magistrate of Linyang County, to quickly summon the people to demolish the houses and block the streets, and set up firebreaks. After the city is properly laid out, we must

Hold up the city gate."

Fortunately, the raft had been tied up before, and Wang Yun led the remaining troops to cross the river at night. The next morning, they all crossed the Hong River.
Chapter completed!