Although the Yellow Turban Army's casualties were far higher than those of the Han Army these days due to their ability to defend the city, Lu Zhi's frown showed no signs of relaxing at this time.
The reason is very simple. After more than 20 days of fierce battles, the regular Han army in Yecheng has dropped to one hundred thousand, and the rest are only 30,000 to 40,000 local rebels who cannot guarantee their combat strength. And the Yellow Turbans
Although the army suffered more heavy casualties, there were still more than 400,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, and these did not even include the more than 130,000 Yellow Turban elites.
In these days, more than 200,000, and even close to 300,000 corpses from both sides were buried under Ye City.
Moreover, after the bloody battles, the Han army has become exhausted. However, the Yellow Turban Army has a large number of people and takes turns to fight. The situation is much better than that of the Han side. In addition, the ordinary soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, after the bloody battle, their combat power has been greatly reduced.
There has been a significant improvement. Although it is still not as good as the Han army, it is much stronger than before the Yellow Turbans.
And Li Xiang was also puzzled that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army had suffered such huge casualties and still not collapsed. As everyone knows, Zhang Jiao spent a lot of money this time. In order to boost morale, he repeatedly took out a lot of property looted by the Yellow Turban Army.
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In these critical moments, even the cavalry from both sides dismounted and climbed onto the city wall to fight.
The Han side lost 60,000 troops, so Li Xiang naturally could not survive alone. Nearly 5,000 of the 30,000 cavalry brought from Bingzhou will never return to Bingzhou.
Among the five thousand cavalry who died in the battle, some died on the city wall, but more of them died in the raid planned by Xue Rengui. But there was no way. The Jinglan troops of the Yellow Turban Army attacked Yecheng.
The trouble caused is too great and cannot be solved without solving it.
In fact, up to this point in this great war, both sides have been unable to hold on any longer.
Needless to say, the Han army, if this trend continues, they may wipe out all the remaining 100,000 men, and they may not be able to defend Yecheng. By then, the Jizhou Yellow Turbans will be able to reach Sili and threaten the imperial capital of Luoyang.
But now the land of Sili is full of elite soldiers and strong generals. How can the remaining newly formed troops resist the Yellow Turban soldiers who have gained high morale after several bloody battles?
As for the Yellow Turbans, even if Zhang Jiao took out the looted treasures time and time again and divided the lands of powerful families to boost morale, under such huge casualties, the Yellow Turbans had to rest and prepare for the coming.
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In the Yecheng meeting hall, except for a few generals who continued to guard the city wall to prevent the Yellow Turban army from suddenly attacking, all the other principals gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Everyone present is a prince who will be in charge in the future and will be heard for a while. How can they not understand the current situation clearly. If things continue like this, the situation in Yecheng will be worrying, and the situation in the Han Dynasty will be worrying.
Just know that no one can do anything about it. It is the gap in hard power that is the most difficult to make up for.
Everyone present was helpless about the current situation, so the atmosphere in the hall was silent.
After a long time, Gongsun Zan, who was still young and vigorous, finally spoke first, "Teacher, our army is outnumbered and the situation is really unfavorable to our army. I wonder if the imperial court will send any reinforcements?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhi's face was happy at first, but then he seemed to have thought of something, and frowned again, sighing, "The imperial court has indeed sent another reinforcement, it is Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong. Now he is
I am afraid that the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry led by them have already entered the border of Jizhou."
After hearing Dong Zhuo's name, Li Xiang was slightly startled. Well, another person who worked hard to completely bury the big man is about to appear.
Speaking of which, this Dong Zhuo is not as stupid as described in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who suddenly destroyed a good deck of cards. The real Dong Zhuo is quite extraordinary.
Dong Zhuo was born into a wealthy local family in Yinfu. At that time, Min County was a remote area, adjacent to the residence of the Qiang people in the northwest. Dong Zhuo had been pampered since he was a child, and he developed an indulgent, willful, rough and fierce character in his youth.
When Dong Zhuo was young, he traveled to the areas where the Qiang people lived. Relying on his powerful background and rich assets, Dong Zhuo often interacted with the chiefs of the Qiang tribe. Dong Zhuo was not only physically strong and strong, he was also proficient in martial arts. He could ride a horse and carry two people with him.
With only a bow and arrow, he shot left and right. His savage and ferocious character and strong body made the local people fear him. Not only did the villagers dare not mess with him, but the surrounding Qiang people also did not dare to show any slights.
In order to protect themselves, the Qiang leader Haoshuai tried his best to cater to Dong Zhuo and became friendly with him so that they could live in peace for the time being. Local leaders often came to visit him with large quantities of livestock and property and called Dong Zhuo brothers.
Dong Zhuo was very familiar with the situation there. Seeing that the Qiang people respected him so much, he thought about how to use and control them, cultivate and recruit cronies among the Qiang people, and lay the foundation for his future long-term development. Therefore, driven by ambition, Dong Zhuo
He did not hesitate to spend his family property at all. Whenever the Qiang heroes came to visit his home, he would kill cattle and sheep to entertain the Qiang heroes in order to gain their support and support.
In addition to making friends with the Qiang people, Dong Zhuo also paid attention to maintaining his status and influence among the local powerful people. With his extraordinary talents, he attracted and merged with other forces to continuously consolidate and expand his power. He often played the role of a knight-errant hero, and
The local area enjoys the reputation of "Jianxia". At the same time, Dong Zhuo also recruited a large number of frustrated and downtrodden scoundrels. They were moved by Dong Zhuo's loyalty and followed him wholeheartedly.
It can be seen that Dong Zhuo is by no means as stupid and brainless as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. On the contrary, Dong Zhuo is a very shrewd person. Dong Zhuo may lack great wisdom, but he definitely has a lot of cleverness. Otherwise, he would not have been able to control the Han court with the help of Xiliang cavalry.
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Although it seems that Li Xiang thought a lot during this period, in reality it was just a fleeting moment.
"In this case, I am very happy. With the 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry from Governor Dong, the pressure on our army will be reduced a lot. I wonder why the teacher is so worried?" Gongsun Zan asked with curiosity on his face.
It seems that Gongsun Zan suddenly heard that reinforcements were coming, but the authorities were confused. Li Xiang thought silently.
"The general must be worried that Governor Dong will not be able to break through the blockade of the Yellow Turban Army and enter Yecheng." But it was Li Xiang who spoke first.
Hearing this, everyone present was filled with joy when they heard that reinforcements were coming.
This matter was easy to say at the time. After all, Yuan Shao, Liu Yu and Li Xiang were able to break out of nowhere and successfully enter Yecheng.
But the people who had seen Chi You's ferocious power these days would not be so murderous. With Chi You on the Yellow Turban side, Dong Zhuo, let alone charging into Yecheng, would be good if he could survive in the hands of Chi You.
