Although Liu Bei's arrival was not a particularly big help to Lu Zhi, Chen Meng and his words today were something that Lu Zhi did not expect at all.
Lu Zhi does not like military affairs. To be precise, Lu Zhi prefers politics and literature, and wants to make some achievements in politics and literature. But it seems that God has been joking with Lu Zhi. The official position appointed by the imperial court to Lu Zhi is
It turned out to be mostly about suppressing the rebels.
Lu Zhi looked at the map in front of him, recalled what he had done before, and smiled helplessly.
"It is enough to give the Han people peace for the rest of my life!"
But now the 150,000 rebels in Guangzong City are the first obstacle that prevents Lu Zhi from bringing peace to the Han people.
Lu Zhi now has less than 50,000 troops in his hands. Counting the two thousand soldiers brought by Liu Bei, the number is just over 50,000. If a strong attack is used, let alone whether it can be captured, the casualties will definitely be huge.
Lu Zhi doesn't want to resort to forceful attack just yet.
"We must find a way to lure out the Yellow Turban rebels in the city."
But how to lure out the Yellow Turban rebels from Guangzong City, Lu Zhi had not yet thought of it.
"Come here, go and invite Chen Meng over." Lu Zhi said to a soldier outside the tent.
When Chen Meng received Lu Zhi's order to summon him, he was being trained ruthlessly by Zhang Fei. Therefore, when Chen Meng heard the news, he ran away without hesitation as if he had seen a savior.
Chen Meng came to Lu Zhi's camp and saw Lu Zhi with a sad face.
"General Zhonglang, we've arrived on business," Chen Meng said.
Although Chen Meng was not Lu Zhi's student, Liu Bei was Lu Zhi's student, and Chen Meng was Liu Bei's fourth brother, so Chen Meng also called Lu Zhi his teacher.
"On business, I want to start a decisive battle with the Guangzong Yellow Turban rebels. Do you have any suggestions?"
When Chen Meng heard this, he immediately understood the purpose of Lu Zhi summoning him.
"If you want a decisive battle, field battle should be your first choice."
"Oh, tell me your thoughts quickly."
"Today, there are 150,000 rebels in Guangzong City, while the Central Army of the Han Dynasty only has 50,000. If we attack by force, it will be detrimental to the Han army. Moreover, the previous battles in which the Central Army defeated the Yellow Turban rebels were all field battles. Field battles are based on our
We use our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. And to attack forcefully, we use our weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths. Therefore, if we want to defeat the Yellow Turban rebels in a decisive battle, we must fight in the field." Chen Meng said.
Yes, we must fight in the field...
"But now the Yellow Turban rebels are hiding in Guangzong City and won't fight with me. What can they do?" Lu Zhi said.
"Retreat to advance." Chen Meng said.
"What do you mean?"
"What the anti-thief Zhang Jue wants to do most now is to go to Yingchuan to join Zhang Bao and others. If we give the anti-thief Zhang Jue such an opportunity, then I think the anti-thief Zhang Jue will definitely not give up this opportunity.
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Inside Guangzong City.
Zhang Jiao was sitting alone in a hall. From time to time, the noise of his subordinates carrying defensive equipment could be heard outside the hall.
After more than ten years of preparation and more than ten years of hiding, who would have thought that one month before the uprising, he would be betrayed by a traitor, and the traitor who betrayed him was also a disciple he loved very much.
Zhang Jiao couldn't help laughing at himself. According to his plan, he should have revolted in Luoyang City and outside Luoyang City at the same time. In this way, he would definitely be able to capture Luoyang in one fell swoop and overthrow this decadent dynasty. But all this was because of the traitor's betrayal.
As a result, his uprising plan had to be advanced, and as a result, he launched an uprising in a hurry. This led to the current situation.
"It's all my fault that I didn't investigate anyone I met!" Zhang Jiao laughed at himself.
However, Zhang Jiao did not give up. Because he still had hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, millions of people who believed in him, and the most important thing was this decadent and ruined dynasty.
However, when he thought of his own body, Zhang Jiao could only helplessly shake his head.
Zhang Jiao could feel that his body could not hold on for much longer.
Zhang Jiao knew very well whether the healing water was useful or not.
"If it was useful, would my body still be like this?" Zhang Jiao thought in his mind.
"I want to be open-minded, full of knowledge, and have repeatedly asked for official positions but failed. If it weren't for this decadent dynasty, how could I be like this?"
Zhang Jiao angrily slapped his hand on the ground next to him, but he slapped it on a book.
"The Art of Peace"
Zhang Jiao picked up this book and remembered that he accidentally met the Nanhua Immortal in the mountains and received this important skill from him.
"Haha, there are no immortals in this world! They are all just deceiving themselves and others."
However, the astronomy, geography, strange objects, etc. recorded in the book really benefited Zhang Jiao greatly. From then on, Zhang Jiao began to establish the Tao of Taiping, preaching against exploitation, making money, and advocating equality and mutual love. In this way, he won many awards.
The support of the broad masses of working people.
"With Zhang Jiao like me, I'm sure my name will go down in history!"
Although he knew that his body could not hold on for long, Zhang Jiao did not give up yet.
"If I can defeat the officers and soldiers outside the city, I will personally lead the troops to Yingchuan to reunite with Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, and then great things can be accomplished."
But now that he was besieged in Guangzong City, Zhang Jiao had no idea how to defeat the officers and soldiers outside the city. He rushed out and fought with the officers and soldiers in the field, but Zhang Jiao was not crazy yet.
The previous few field battles with officers and soldiers made Zhang Jiao completely see the difference between his troops and the Central Army of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, at this time, Zhang Jiao had no idea of having a field battle with the Central Army of the Han Dynasty.
However, what should we do now? Zhang Jiao looked around and found no one. On this occasion, there was no one who could help Zhang Jiao make suggestions.
Zhang Jiao felt that he was too tired.
Guangzong City Wall.
There are many yellow turban warriors standing on the city wall. These yellow turban warriors are not the immortal officials in Taoist legends who can subjugate demons and eliminate demons with infinite power. They are the yellow turban rebels who have followed Zhang Jiao for a long time and are against Zhang Jiao.
Yellow Turban rebels who are very loyal and in good physical condition. These Yellow Turban warriors are Zhang Jiao's core strength.
After being besieged for many days, although the morale of the Yellow Turban warriors was not very low, they had completely lost the momentum they had when the uprising first began.
"Retreat, retreat, the officers and soldiers outside the city retreated."
I don't know who shouted.
After hearing this cry, the yellow scarf warriors on the city wall looked outside the city.
The officers and soldiers outside the city were slowly retreating until they disappeared completely.
"Can the officers and soldiers really retreat?" A leader of the Yellow Turban Warriors said to himself.
"You guys keep a close watch here, and I'll inform the Heavenly Master of this news." The leader said to the yellow scarf warriors around him.
After the leader finished speaking, he hurriedly got off the city wall and ran towards Zhangjiao in a hurry.
"Heavenly Master, Heavenly Master, the officers and soldiers have retreated, the officers and soldiers outside the city have retreated." The leader began to shout as soon as he entered the courtyard where Zhang Jiao was.
After Zhang Jiao heard this, he stood up quickly and asked:
"Is this true?"
"Seriously, seriously. I saw it with my own eyes. Now there are no officers and soldiers outside the city."
"Take me to the city wall quickly. I want to check it out for myself."
Zhang Jiao came to the city wall, and there was nothing else outside the city except the trenches dug by the officers and soldiers during the siege.
"Did the officers and soldiers really retreat? Why? Did something happen to Yingchuan? Could it be that these officers and soldiers were going to Yingchuan?"
Just when Zhang Jiao was puzzled, a scout came to report that the officers and soldiers outside the city had gone south, and they were leaving in a hurry.
And Yingchuan is just south of Guangzong. This chapter has been completed!