Huangfu Song finally put down the Yanzhou rebellion again and captured Bu Ji alive, once again achieving an unparalleled feat.

With Huangfu Song's victory, the imperial court also increased pressure on Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo had no choice but to dispatch all 50,000 troops to launch a large-scale attack against Guangzong.

As a result, Zhang Jue defeated him with superior force and returned.

Nearly 10,000 troops were lost.

Adding new wounds to the world situation that has just improved.

At this time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also realized his recklessness, but Lu Zhi was on his way back to Beijing, so re-enabling him would only further demonstrate his incompetence.

Therefore, although he was frightened, Emperor Ling still ordered Huangfu Song to rush to the battlefield of Jizhou with his army to save the crisis. Dong Zhuo was dismissed from his official position and detained pending trial.

The large tent of the East County officers and soldiers.

Cao Cao said respectfully to Huangfu Song: "Congratulations, sir. This time, as long as you defeat Zhang Jiao when you go north, you will definitely achieve great success. By then, your prestige will be unparalleled." After getting along with Cao Cao for a period of time,

I was deeply impressed by Huangfu Song's peaceful personality and respected him very much.

Huangfu Song smiled bitterly and said: "I originally planned to put down the rebellion in Qingzhou first, and then go north to join Mr. Lu. I didn't expect that today's chaos would happen."

Cao Cao did not dare to answer because everyone could see that Lu Zhi's death was the work of eunuchs.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, his background as Cao Cao was there. No matter where he went, he would always be regarded as a eunuch in the eyes of the world. Therefore, he said: "Sir, don't worry, I understand that the little Qingzhou Yellow Turban will never become a big man.

As long as the rebellion in Jizhou is put down, I believe Qingzhou can spread the message."

Huangfusong shook his head and said: "It's not as simple as you think. Do you still remember the handsome Xiaoqu we met in Yingchuan?"

Cao Cao said: "Your Excellency, you are talking about Xu Kang?" How could he not remember? I think he is also conceited and smart, but he has been teased by that child several times. Even Xi Zhicai said that if this person is not removed, he will surely do it for a long time.

disaster.

Huangfu Song nodded and said: "Judging from the prisoners' accounts, this Xu Kang is from Qingzhou. He should have returned to Qingzhou by now. If I don't get rid of this person in advance, I will always feel a little uneasy."

"Your Excellency, you are worrying too much." Cao Cao was a little surprised. Although he also felt that the child was indeed smarter than the average person, it would not make Huangfu Song so afraid.

"Maybe." Huangfu Song knew that it was difficult for others to believe these words, so he said: "I recommend you as the prime minister of Jinan this time because I hope you can pay more attention to the situation in Qingzhou. After I calm down Jizhou, I will deal with them again."

Cao Cao immediately bowed and said: "I understand."

Nowadays, the officers and soldiers on Jizhou North Road are leaderless. Lu Zhi was captured by the court and returned to Luoyang, Dong Zhuoxin was defeated and dismissed, and Huangfu Song is still on the way to Jizhou.

If the Yellow Turban Army takes this opportunity to launch a massive attack, they may be able to break through the official defense line in one fell swoop and march to Luoyang again.

However, there was no movement from the Yellow Turban Army.

Because they have fallen into a more chaotic situation than the official army.

Zhang Jiao, the great virtuous teacher, General Tiangong, and spiritual leader of the Yellow Turban Army, suddenly fell ill and died.

A secret room in the palace of General Guangzong Tiangong.

Zhang Liang walked back and forth with a ferocious look on his face, clearly on the verge of rage.

In front of him, an old man with white hair and white beard stood with his head bowed, reporting to him the truth about Zhang Jiao's death.

"You mean the swordsman Wang Yue sneaked into Tiangong's mansion late at night and killed my eldest brother." Zhang Liang said with some uncertainty.

"Yes," the old man said in a calm voice: "My master's martial arts have reached the realm of transformation. There are very few people in the world who can kill my master. And after killing my master, I can move freely in Guangzong City, which has an army of 200,000."

Only Wang Yue, the best swordsman in the world, can do it."

Zhang Liang still couldn't believe it, and said: "But our Taiping Dao and his swordsman sect have always been on the same page. Why would he do this? What good will it do to him?"

The old man fell silent, obviously he had no answer.

Zhang Liang's expression changed from confused to stern, and he said fiercely: "No matter what, find out for me. If it is really Wang Yue who did it, you don't have to come back. Bring all the secret guards and kill every member of the Light Sword Xiamen for me."

Doorman."

The old man's voice remained unchanged and said: "But our mission is to protect you."

Zhang Liang asked: "What danger can I face in the army?" He suddenly thought that Zhang Jiao was also killed in the army, so he changed his words: "If the enemy can treat our 200,000 troops in Guangzong City as nothing, you can't protect me.

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The old man finally bowed and said: "Old slave, I obey."

The news of Zhang Jiao's death cannot be concealed, but we cannot tell the truth either. We can only refute it and say that the great virtuous teacher fell ill due to overwork and died of illness.

In order to maintain the situation of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Liang had tried his best to attack the army. He even had to worry about sneak attacks from the army from time to time.

Huangfu Song brought 30,000 battle-hardened elite troops to the Guangzong battlefield in Jizhou, which nearly doubled the strength of the official army, from the initial 40,000 to 70,000.

Yuan Shao and Guo Dian's army of 20,000 troops confronted Zhang Bao in Qu Yang.

Although he knew that once Zhang Jiao died, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army would definitely be in turmoil.

However, Huangfu Song is currently busy integrating the original troops in Jizhou so that he can coordinate his command, so he has no intention of launching an attack on the Yellow Turban bandits for the time being.

As a result, the Yellow Turban Army and the official army could only be in a state of confrontation throughout September.

Moreover, the imperial court seemed to know this time that the Jizhou Yellow Turbans were not as weak as they thought and did not dare to give random orders. This also gave Huangfusong greater autonomy.

Compared with Guangzong who can still fight from time to time, Quyang has been as calm as water for two months.

The official army began to be busy building siege equipment, while the Yellow Turban Army was busy building fortifications with deep trenches and high forts.

In the past, Yuan Shao often sent small groups of officers and soldiers to harass Quyang. Now seeing that Quyang's defenses were built like copper and iron walls, he did not dare to send any soldiers.

But when he didn't come over, Xu Kang started to have ideas about him.

Ten miles south of Quyang, Xu Kang looked at the burned small camp with cold eyes.

Burnt wood, broken forts, broken corpses and the weird smell of barbecue.

This tragic battlefield made the bright sky today become a bit gloomier.

Behind them, Gong Yinglian and Ci Mei stood quietly. The two of them had already experienced hundreds of battles, and they were used to such war scenes.

Guan Hai then stepped forward to report: "There are more than 200 officers and soldiers in the village, and they have all been executed."

"Okay." Xu Kang said calmly. "Where are the casualties of our army?"

Guan Hai said honestly: "More than 70 people were killed. More than 100 people were injured, but they were all minor injuries. I believe they will be fine soon."

"That's good, let's go back to the city."

The team of more than 3,000 people simply cleaned the battlefield and left quickly.

Although the main forces of Yuan Shao and Guo Dian were placed to the west and north of Xiaquyang, in order to prevent the connection between Xiaquyang and Guangzong.

But because the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to go out of the city to fight in the past, he also set up some small camps in the east and south to besiege Xia Quyang. Now Xu Kang destroyed these small camps.

After Xu Kang organized his army, in order to verify the effect, he ordered the five armies to dispatch a small number of elites to attack at the same time and attack the five small camps of the official army.

Xu Kang's rear army was the weakest, so he fought against the weakest one.

I don’t know what the results of the other route armies were.

However, he was not worried about failure. After all, these so-called camps were small, with only 500 defenders at most.

Almost at the same time that the five camps were destroyed, Yuan Shao received the report from the scouts.

When it was learned that there were a total of 5 camps and more than 1,500 officers and soldiers were killed.

Yuan Shao's expression changed drastically. You must know that the combined strength of him and Guo Dian was only more than 20,000 people, so they could withstand such consumption.

Therefore, we no longer dared to rely on the enemy, so we had to shrink the defense line and withdraw most of the troops from the south and east, leaving only a few scouts to observe the situation.

After Xu Kang learned the news, he smiled calmly and immediately ordered the implementation of his second plan.

Zhang Bao was very happy to see that the reaction of the officers and soldiers was as Xu Kang expected, and he became more confident in Xu Kang's plan.

But the dissatisfaction in Yan Zheng's eyes became more intense.

After getting off the south gate of Quyang, Liao Hua immediately waved the steel gun in his hand forward after hearing the order to set off.

The team of 5,000 people trotted out of the city gate and headed south.

At the same time, three teams of the same size also left the city and disappeared without a trace.

In the evening of that day, four huge teams appeared in Xiaquyang's sight. Each team had nearly 78,000 people, and there were a large number of livestock and vehicles in the team.

It's obvious that these Yellow Turban thieves are robbing people everywhere again.

Inside the military camp.

Yuan Shao and Guo Dian have also learned about the movements of the Taiping Army.

Guo Diandao: "The bandit army is gathering people again. What should we do? Are we just going to watch it? How about sending troops to rob and kill them?"

Yuan Shao hesitated and said: "Then how many troops should we send? There are 5,000 Yellow Turban bandits in one group. If we send less, we may not be able to win. If we send more, what will happen to our camp? The two Yellow Turban thieves

Tian sent a large number of scouts to investigate the reality of our army camp, and it seems that they intend to attack us."

Guo Diandao: "They dare to attack our army camp?"

Yuan Shao said: "Why don't you dare? So we must focus on stability and not make Guangzong's mistakes again. Otherwise, the war will be even more unfavorable."

Guo Dian couldn't say anything else. After all, these people had nothing to do with them, it was just that it would be unpleasant to say it out loud.

However, if you can win in the end, all your reputation will be restored.

Still afraid of this loss.

But no one noticed that every time these soldiers responsible for plundering went out, there were only 5,000 of them. When they came back, because they brought a large number of people with them, many soldiers had disappeared among the ranks.

After another five days of this, the Yellow Turban Army's raids finally came to an end.

Xia Quyang fell into calm again.

And 50 miles away from the east of Xiaquyang, the Yellow Turban Army of 20,000 people was finishing its assembly.

They are the Yellow Turbans who keep disappearing these days.
Chapter completed!