Lu Zhi and Li Xiang, who were still marching, were suddenly disturbed by an anxious voice. When they looked towards them, they saw a blood-stained messenger running towards them. He was riding his horse while shouting anxiously. .
Although troops were sent to pursue this time, Chen Liu naturally had to take precautions. Therefore, among the four lieutenant generals, Lu Zhi and Li Xiang were responsible for the pursuit, while Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun continued to guard Chen Liu to prevent any accidents from happening.
"What happened?" Lu Zhi asked urgently as soon as he heard that something happened to the vanguard army.
After a long while, Lu Zhi and Li Xiang finally asked what happened. At the same time, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out that Cao Cao and Sun Jian only encountered an ambush, rather than suffered an ambush.
In fact, the Yellow Turban Army did set up an ambush. However, with Cao Cao's suspicion, he naturally discovered that there was something unusual about the Yellow Turban ambush.
Therefore, Cao Cao directly used a small group of light cavalry to disguise themselves as a large army and feigned an ambush, while Cao Cao and Sun Jian directly launched a surprise attack.
However, Cao Cao and Sun Jian's vanguard only had 30,000 troops, but the Yellow Turbans had 50,000 troops.
Although Cao Cao and Sun Jian had calculated carefully and unintentionally, they had been suppressing the ambush troops of the Yellow Turbans. But if it took too long, it would be difficult to pursue the main force of the Yellow Turbans. Therefore, Cao Cao and Sun Jian decided to attack Lu Zhi and Li Xiang asked for a delay. At the same time, it was also to allow Lu Zhi and Li Xiang to send talents to receive the Yellow Turban prisoners.
After all, the 50,000 Yellow Turban Army is 50,000 people. After they are defeated, it is enough to capture them, but they cannot all be killed.
"General Dong Zhuo, I order you to immediately lead 40,000 troops to support." Lu Zhi said seriously.
Of course, while Lu Zhi and Li Xiang were working hard on the ambush, Chi You and others, nearly a hundred miles away, were also discussing the ambush.
"Second brother, this is an army of 50,000 people. Are you abandoning it so easily?" Zhang Dingbian asked with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.
Although Zhang Dingbian himself had already discussed this plan with Chi You and Li Yan before, at this moment, it was still a bit difficult to accept given Zhang Dingbian's character. An army of 50,000 people, these are 50,000 Yellow Turban compatriots, just like that Treated as an outcast.
"Brother, this is also a helpless method. If you can't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf. Without the sacrifices of these 50,000 brothers, our plan will not be successful. When the time comes, we will only sacrifice more brothers and there will be more soldiers. We cannot retreat to Puyang." Chi You replied with a helpless and sad look.
Of course, Chi You's sad and helpless look was just for Zhang Dingbian and Li Yan to see. As for Chi You, he was actually very calm about the sacrifice of 50,000 people.
In order to achieve the final goal, Chi You did not mind the sacrifice of these 50,000 people. What's more, Chi You knew that only a small number of these 50,000 people died in the battle, and most of them were just captured.
Moreover, Chi You had another reason that he did not reveal.
That is, although it seems to be very good now, after the truce between the Han Dynasty and the Yellow Turbans, the number of the Yellow Turban Army seemed to be too many. With the remaining territories of the Yellow Turban Army, they simply could not support that many troops.
In fact, the reason why the Yellow Turban Army could maintain an army of millions in the past was because the aristocratic families were too rich. Although the Yellow Turbans did not lack food for the time being after plundering the aristocratic families in the world, they could not just sit back and rest.
Therefore, downsizing the military strength must be the next thing the Yellow Turbans will do. Chi You's throw of 50,000 troops this time is just to temporarily advance this step.
Chi You didn't believe that the Han Dynasty, which was already in the sunset, still had the strength to counterattack him. I'm afraid that for this war, the Han Dynasty's treasury had already been emptied.
As for the aristocratic families, if it weren't for the yellow scarf's butcher's knife in front of them, how could they support the big man so much. If not, these aristocratic families would be eager to suck out the last trace of nutrients from the big man, let alone give him blood transfusions.
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When the Yellow Turbans withdraw their troops and pose a threat to these aristocratic families, I am afraid that those aristocratic families will immediately cut off their support for the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Chi You knew that the next battle would probably be the last battle between the Yellow Turbans and the Han Dynasty. And the next time would probably be a few years or even more than ten years later.
It is precisely because of this that even if he has to lose more troops, Chi You will have to consume another wave of Han. What's more, even if Chi You does not lose that part of his troops now, he will definitely take the initiative to reduce them in the future.
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"kill……"
It didn't take long for Dong Zhuo, who was ordered to provide support, to arrive at the battlefield.
Originally, the Yellow Turban Army was at an absolute disadvantage. Cao Cao and Sun Jian could defeat the Yellow Turban Army by spending more time on their own. The reason why they asked Lu Zhi for help was because they did not want to waste time.
There were only 50,000 Yellow Turbans in front of them, but there were hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans in front of them. Of course they knew which one had the greater credit.
Of course, Cao Cao and Sun Jian did not intend to defeat the main force of the Yellow Turbans with their own tens of thousands of people. If they were to attack the main force of the Yellow Turbans with this small number of troops, they would not even be able to make waves. And the two of them just wanted to trick the main force.
They just stayed with the main force of the Yellow Turbans and fought for opportunities for the main force of the Han army behind them.
But even so, when the time comes, the two of them will definitely be the first to contribute in this battle. Compared with this, the military exploits of the 50,000 people in front of them are a bit insufficient for Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Sesame or Sesame.
If you want watermelon, with the shrewdness of these two people, they will naturally consider it clearly and clearly.
The addition of Dong Zhuo's 40,000-strong army was like the straw that broke the camel's back. With the addition of these 40,000-strong army, the Yellow Turban Army immediately collapsed.
Regarding this defeated army, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo all tacitly agreed not to take any more care. They captured as many as they could. As for the escaped Yellow Turban soldiers, forget about them. None of the three of them were interested in caring about the lives of those people.
A small force was hurriedly left behind to escort the prisoners, and all three of them continued to advance directly.
Dong Zhuo naturally had the same thoughts as Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Therefore, after the battle, Dong Zhuo did not take much rest and directly followed Cao Cao and Sun Jian to continue moving forward.
With Li Ru on Dong Zhuo's side, he would naturally not let go of such an opportunity to make a great contribution. As early as on the way to support, Li Ru analyzed the current situation in detail for Dong Zhuo and the reasons why Cao Cao and Sun Jian asked for help.
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During the march, Cao Cao and Sun Jian both looked at each other and sighed in their hearts. Another person came to take the credit.
However, the two of them comforted themselves immediately. After all, with the addition of Dong Zhuo's 40,000 troops, they were more certain of success in this trip.