In 184, the rampant Yellow Turban Uprising was finally put down, and the peace of the past was restored to the Central Plains. In order to commemorate this hard-won victory, Emperor Liu Hong changed the name of this year to Zhongping.

184 is also called the first year of Zhongping.

However, the era of "zhongping" that people expected has not arrived at all.

Just when the Yellow Turbans in Youzhou were still resisting, Beigong Boyu, the leader of the Qianghu tribe in Liangzhou, hooked up with the powerful Bianzhang, and Han Sui and others gathered their troops to rebel. They attacked Kejun in Zhouzhou all the way, with overwhelming momentum, and the officers and soldiers were defeated without any trace.

With the backhand force, even several generals such as Jincheng Governor Chen Yi and Qiang Protector Ling Zheng suffered unexpected consequences. For a time, these Liangzhou rebels had the potential to conquer Chang'an.

It was under such a situation that the second year of Zhongping arrived with faltering steps amid heavy snow.

In Zhuo County, Youzhou, the heavy snow had just melted. The coalition forces of Liu Yan, Gong Sun and Zan, who had been resting for a whole winter, immediately began to take action, sending reconnaissance cavalry around to collect news about the Yellow Turban Army.

A few days later, outside Fanyang City, the banners were fluttering, swords and guns were shining in the sun, and the 70,000-strong army was assembled. And Liu Yan stood on the city gate tower to make the final mobilization for the army.

"Heaven above, the rebellious moth thief Zhang Jiao has been punished by heaven, and his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang have also died. Now in the Central Plains, the moth thieves have disappeared. Only I, Zhuocheng, still have tens of thousands of moth thieves.

He acted against the will of heaven and refused to be crowned. Today we will punish him according to heaven and swear to kill this unjust thief."

"Kill the moth thieves."

"Kill the moth thieves."

Tens of thousands of troops shouted in unison, the sound shook the world; they pointed their guns and struck the ground, shining brightly.

Seeing this huge scene, and remembering how embarrassed he was when he escaped from Zhuo County, Liu Yan couldn't help but feel a little proud. He really wanted to shout, "I, Liu Yan, am back again."

After so many days of scout investigation, as well as secret information obtained from other channels, Liu Yan was convinced that Cheng Yuanzhi really planned to defend Zhuocheng, and even for this purpose, he would not hesitate to kill all the Yellow Turban troops in other places in Zhuo County.

Concentrated in Zhuocheng.

At this time, there were as many as 100,000 Yellow Turban troops in Zhuocheng. Of course, most of them were rookies who had never been on the battlefield. The extent of their defensive capabilities has yet to be tested.

After Liu Yan got this information, he was immediately overjoyed. The bandits were indeed bandits, and Cheng Yuanzhi was nothing more than that. He didn't understand the tricks and imitated Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao to defend the isolated city. It looked like the Yellow Turbans were about to perish.

So he did not divide his troops, and led 70,000 main troops to attack Zhuocheng.

This time Liu Yan was determined to completely eliminate the scourge of the Yellow Turban Bandits.

At the same time, Gongsun Zan also assembled an army of 30,000 and marched towards Zhuocheng.

When these two torrent armies met at the gate of Zhuocheng, they immediately merged into one force and surrounded Zhuocheng.

Liu Yan made full preparations to attack Zhuocheng this time. All kinds of large-scale siege equipment such as arrow towers, rams, etc. were available in large quantities.

In comparison, although Zhuocheng had gone through a winter of storage and preparation, and had deep ditches and high walls to prepare for all measures, it was still somewhat unprepared to face the high-tech attack methods of the government and army.

On the first day, Liu Yan's attack was just tentative and quite satisfactory, and Cheng Yuanzhi easily defended it.

However, Liu Yan also figured out the layout and defensive characteristics of the Yellow Turban Army, and launched an all-out attack on the next day, using all kinds of high-tech vehicles such as building trucks, nest trucks, ram trucks, etc.

Faced with this all-round three-dimensional attack method, the Yellow Turban Army obviously lacked the means to deal with it. They were beaten miserable for a while, and several city walls were even captured by the government troops. In the end, it was all due to the fearless fighting style of the Yellow Turban Army soldiers.

They barely managed to recapture it, but the losses were far beyond imagination. In just one day, the Yellow Turban Army lost nearly 8,000 people, which was a disastrous defeat.

In the following days, as the Yellow Turban Army gradually adapted to the fighting style of the official army, both sides began to be in a state of panic. However, the casualties were still very serious.

Just when the fighting inside and outside Zhuocheng was fierce, an army of three thousand people quietly assembled and left the battlefield.

This team was the Beixin Corps temporarily formed by Xu Kang.

They arrived to ambush nearby on the third day when the official army attacked Zhuocheng. Therefore, they were unable to catch up with the hard battle on the second day. In the following days, as neither side used their full strength, Xu Kang could not find a chance to show his full strength.

The effectiveness of this amazing weapon in my hand.

Seeing that the two sides were very interested in continuing the stalemate and fighting a protracted war, Xu Kang couldn't hold on anymore.

This time, the troops he led were all light and simple for the convenience of ambush, and did not have much supplies at all. Seeing that there was no chance of a decisive battle in Zhuo City, Xu Kang's eyes drifted to other places again.

So, the three thousand troops came quietly and left quietly, and no one noticed them from the beginning to the end.

Of course, Xu Kang still left two back-ups. One was to send Gong Yinglian to sneak into the city at night, and the other was to send a small team to stay outside the city to contact him at any time.

After arranging all this, Xu Kang pounced on his next target without hesitation - Fan Yang.

Fanyang City guards the north gate of Zhuo County, and its geographical location is very important. It was once the main battleground between Liu Yan and Cheng Yuanzhi.

However, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army was now huddled in Zhuocheng. Liu Yan felt that they were unable to fight for Fan Yang anymore, so he also pulled the main force to the gate of Zhuocheng so that he could fight for the final victory with all his strength.

This resulted in a serious shortage of troops in Fanyang City.

This time, Xu Kang got an advantage. When his 3,000 troops invaded Fanyang City, the 2,000 troops who stayed behind dispersed without encountering any decent resistance.

Just like that, Fan Yangcheng changed hands again.

In the officer's tent outside Zhuocheng, when Liu Yan heard that Fanyang City had been captured by the Yellow Turban Army, he was stunned.

At that moment, the next general under his command came out and said: "Don't panic, Governor. I would like to send a thousand cavalry to Fan Yang and bring back the heads of the thieves. Thank you, sir." I saw that this man had a handsome appearance, not like a general, I thought.

A scholar who is a fan of Fu.

However, Liu Yan heard the words but did not agree. He was silent for a while and said: "I already know Bogui's intentions, but some thieves are not worth mentioning. Now let's attack Zhuocheng with all our strength. As long as we conquer Zhuocheng and take Cheng Yuanzhi's head,

The Yellow Turbans of Youzhou will be defeated without attack."

If Xu Kang was here, he would be surprised and speechless. This beautiful young general turned out to be the famous warlord Gongsun Zan in later generations. He frowned. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Liu Yan's words, he still had to agree.
Chapter completed!