"Hahaha, congratulations, brother, for being promoted to the position of Zhonglang General." Before anyone arrived, Dong Zhuo's rough voice came over first.
At this time, Dong Zhuo still felt a little proud. Dong Zhuo felt that he had made the right bet. Now Li Xiang had a bright future. He had a good family background and a lot of credit. He might be able to rely on Li Xiang to support him in the future.
Although Dong Zhuo was also jealous of Li Xiang's great achievements, he established a relationship with Li Xiang without paying anything. Dong Zhuo was still very happy.
Dong Zhuo didn't know that he had given Li Xiang a top adviser without knowing it. He didn't give anything at all. And if there were no actual benefits and it was just a verbal brother-in-law, Li Xiang would not do it.
What was actually paid for Dong Zhuo.
After a lot of explanation, Li Xiang finally understood what happened. General Hu Ben, Chi Jie, Guan Nei Hou, Li Xiang just casually reported his military exploits last time, but Liu Hong was so generous this time, he really gave him a lot of rewards.
Of course, these are not important to Li Xiang, who has long been rebellious, and Li Xiang does not intend to hang out on Hanting, a dilapidated ship.
What Li Xiang really cares about is this decree. At least on the surface, Li Xiang's status is almost the same as that of Lu Zhi and others. By then, if the Yellow Turbans are defeated, naturally they cannot kill all the many Yellow Turban captives. After all, this number is
Millions. At that time, the disposal of a large number of Yellow Turban prisoners became a problem.
And since Li Xiang's status as the Tiger General is almost the same as Lu Zhi's, it is not a problem to find a few reasons to deal with some of the Yellow Turban prisoners.
The Yellow Turban captives are all young and strong laborers. Once these people are sent to Bingzhou, these laborers will definitely further accelerate the development of Bingzhou and contribute to the construction of Bingzhou. Moreover, these laborers are potential soldiers and will be able to greatly deepen the development of Bingzhou.
The war potential of Bingzhou.
However, how could Li Xiang understand Liu Hong's surprise when he saw Li Xiang's battle report. Before, the news the Han Ling Emperor received every day was a piece of bad news, either lost here or defeated again there.
Even though there was an occasional small victory, the Yellow Turban Army quickly brought it back. Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was so concerned about Li Xiang's victory, and uncharacteristically gave Li Xiang so many rewards.
In fact, the eunuchs sent by Liu Hong came to Jizhou a long time ago. However, at that time, Li Xiang was still fighting in various places in Jizhou. In the chaos of war, how could those eunuchs risk their lives?
I'm looking for Li Xiang to deliver the message.
However, Yecheng has been surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army. Even if the eunuchs wanted to enter, they would never be able to enter, and they did not have the courage to enter. Therefore, they directly placed the imperial edict on Dong Zhuo first, and then Gao Gao.
He happily returned to Luoyang with the "local specialties" sent by Dong Zhuo.
Everyone in Ye City had just learned about the news about Li Xiang, not to mention that Li Xiang had just arrived and had not yet had time to enter the city.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo was the first to tell Li Xiang about his promotion.
Of course, at this moment, Li Xiang also returned to the area around Yecheng again and joined Dong Zhuo. And Li Xiang's arrival meant that the decisive battle between the Han and the Yellow Turbans on the Jizhou battlefield was finally about to begin.
Although a decisive battle was about to begin, Li Xiang did not bring many troops, so Li Xiang divided his forces again.
Along the way, with Su Lie as the chief general, Ju Yi and Zhao Yun as deputy officers, and Jia Xu as military advisor, they led 3,000 cavalry and 3,500 to 5,000 infantrymen for training while heading to the border between Hebei and Bing to cooperate with Qin Qiong in dealing with Wang Qing, at least to allow Wang Qing to
Qing has no influence on the war situation in Jizhou.
Although Tian Feng had already said that the army formed by these Yellow Turban prisoners would be fine, Li Xiang still sent some cavalry to Su Lie just in case.
The other route was naturally led by Li Xiang himself, led by generals Xing Tian, Feng Yi and military advisor Tian Feng, who came to Yecheng with 7,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to help Lu Zhi.
"Brother, you and I should go to the city to meet Master Lu first. This battle requires Master Lu to take command." Li Xiang said with a smile on his face as always.
"My dear brother said, let's go together, let's go together."
Although Li Xiang and Lu Zhi are now both nominally in the position of Zhonglang General, no one is inferior to the other. It stands to reason that Li Xiang can command this battle, and Li Xiang can also compete for the position of chief general.
But after all, Lu Zhi is the elder. He has been in the officialdom for a long time and has a far-reaching reputation. With Lu Zhi in front, Li Xiang will naturally take the initiative to succumb to Lu Zhi. Forcibly seizing power from Lu Zhi will not only have little hope, but will also appear to be ignorant of etiquette.
It will also offend some people. Li Xiang will naturally not do such a loss-making business.
Therefore, as soon as Li Xiang heard that he had been promoted to Beizhonglang General, he had already decided to take the initiative to give up power to Lu Zhi.
Now that the Yellow Turbans have lifted the siege of Ye City and concentrated their forces in one place, Li Xiang and Dong Zhuo can enter and leave Ye City at will.
Others may not be able to see the Yellow Turbans, but how could Chi You and Li Yan fail to see that the Yellow Turbans' advantages in Jizhou are now very limited.
Now that the combined military power of Dong Zhuo, Li Xiang and Lu Zhi of Yecheng is not much worse than the power of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou.
With Dong Zhuo and Li Xiang roaming outside, it is no longer possible for the Yellow Turbans to attack the Yellow Turbans head-on with their current military strength.
If the Yellow Turbans were still surrounding the city on all sides instead of being concentrated, then the individual troops would be relatively weak, and it would be easy for Dong Zhuo and Li Xiang to find opportunities outside.
Therefore, if the Yellow Turbans want to continue to attack the city, they must dedicate a force to contain the wandering forces of Dong Zhuo and Li Xiang.
But if less of these troops are sent, they will only be able to beat dogs with meat buns and never come back. But if too much is sent, the current strength of the Yellow Turbans will not be able to support them at all.
When the Yellow Turbans lack cavalry, if they want to contain tens of thousands of cavalry with infantry, it is absolutely not enough to have hundreds of thousands of troops. But if hundreds of thousands of troops are sent out, what will the Yellow Turbans do with the remaining troops of the Yellow Turbans?
Go and capture Yecheng.
Therefore, under the advice of Chi You and Li Yan, Zhang Jiao also lifted the siege of Yecheng. He took the initiative to concentrate his troops and waited for the Han army to leave the city in order to fight decisively and never give the Han army a chance to defeat them one by one.
With Chi You and Li Yan present, Zhang Jiao could naturally see clearly. After gaining the ability to fight decisively, the Han army would never let go of the opportunity.
Although the Jizhou battlefield has improved, the situation at Huangfusong in the Central Plains is still not optimistic.
In the Central Plains, even with the strong support of the aristocratic families, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun still lost consecutive battles, and most of Yanzhou and most of Yuzhou were lost.
Therefore, today's big men are more anxious than the Yellow Turbans. Nowadays, the big Hans are more anxious about seeking a decisive battle than the Yellow Turbans.