The first year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, May 6, 184 AD.
The common people camped 500 horses and 500 knights were placed on the boats in batches. They left Moling City and went up the river to Lujiang County. After nightfall, the night sky was dark and lightless. Thick rolling clouds covered the sky and closed the moon, making a rumbling sound.
, and suddenly it started to rain in the overcast sky.
This year, the rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River is much higher than in previous years. Taking Moling City as an example, the amount of water has tripled. If it continues, the surge in river water will easily wash up the river banks, causing the fertile fields to be flooded and the rice seedlings that are about to be harvested to accumulate water.
After being soaked in water, the roots will rot, and after a few days when exposed to the sun, they will fall piece by piece.
However, Ma Jun and others had already noticed the changes in the rainy season, so they arranged for the people to go out of the city early to dig canals and build ponds of different sizes and shapes to divert the excess water during the rainy season to the outside or store it for more than a month.
The busyness finally did not cause much damage to the crops in the fields.
On the ship, in front of the deck, under the red flag, Zhu Kui is wearing a bronze armor with a square silver-white iron piece embedded in the middle as a breast shield. The picture is oiled and waxed. It is really bright and bright, and he looks like a heroic young general.
At this moment, he was standing on the bow of the boat, feeling the coolness of the raindrops on his face. He didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. This trip to the north would be an extremely difficult and dangerous journey.
Following the current and the wind, the boat was as fast as an arrow off its string. It took one day to arrive at Lujiang County and disembark. Then we took the overland route and headed directly to Yingchuan to return to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's large forces.
Zhang Jiao deployed Taoist disciples in thirty-six directions, with the large square in charge of more than 10,000 people and the small square in charge of six or seven thousand people. Each had its own leader, who was under his unified command. The Yellow Turban Army was powerful but fought independently. Except for Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao,
In addition to the Julu Yellow Turban base camp led by the Zhang Liang brothers, the Yingchuan Yellow Turban led by Bo Cai and Peng Tuo and the Nanyang Yellow Turban led by Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong and others were the most serious, and were surrounded on three sides and approaching Luoyang. Therefore, in addition to
Beizhonglang general Lu Zhi led the troops from the north to attack Zhangjiao, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. The two middlemen generals attacked Yingchuan separately to relieve the urgent need.
"Brother Zhu, it's raining heavily. What are you doing just standing there? It's time to go to the cabin to rest. Are you still angry with Shu Shu'er?" Shu Shu'er came out of the cabin with an apologetic and coquettish look on her face.
With a look on his face, he said with a smile: "If you don't even bring an umbrella, how can you kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds if you have gonorrhea?"
Hearing this, Zhu Kui looked away from the river, turned around, smiled, took the paper umbrella from Shu Shu'er, and moved her closer to him, covering them together, and looked at her affectionately.
"You still know that I will be angry! But now that you are here, how can I drive you back? However, you should be a soldier by my side. You have to dress up as a man and don't let outsiders know that there are women in the army.
Cause trouble."
"Okay, I get it, dressing up as a man is Shu Shu'er's strength." Shu Shu'er hugged Zhu Kui tightly, praising herself proudly.
"Let's go back to the cabin."
When he woke up, it was already bright. In the dimly lit cabin, Zhu Kui stretched out and glanced at Shu Shu'er opposite, who was still sleeping in a bold and unrestrained posture. He kicked off the quilt and curled up a little, looking at Zhu Kui.
Smiling and shaking his head, he stepped forward and gently covered the blanket.
Then he got up and went to the hatch, lifted the curtain, and looked at the low bank where the flowers and plants were blown by the north wind. He asked the soldier on duty at the hatch: "Where are you?"
"Just passed the Tiger Forest..." the guard replied.
"So fast." Zhu Kui sat up, got out of the cabin, stood on the deck, and looked to the side at the area of Lujiang County and Anhui County. It was shining in the morning sun. The old trees on the bank were sparse, and occasionally river birds came from the sky.
Flying over, it looks like we can reach the ferry and dock in only fifty or sixty miles.
Five or sixty miles later, the wind was smooth and the water was smooth. In the blink of an eye, eight large ships came near. Zhu Kui signed up with a disc and reported to the county soldier guarding the ferry in Nawan County. The two sides confirmed their identities. Zhu Kui knew this person.
We had met several times and learned that Zhu Kui had responded to the emperor's call to go north to fight against the Yellow Turbans. I was greatly impressed and quickly arranged for Zhu Kui to disembark and land...
At the ferry, Zhu Kui rested for a day, and then rode on with the whole army the next day. He did not plan to rest in Wan County. He would march to Shu County, the headquarters of Lujiang Province tomorrow, rest for another day, and then leave Lujiang County the day after tomorrow.
After leaving the Yangzhou area, enter Yuzhou, rush to Runan, and then go to Nanyang or Xuchang. It will take about ten days to reach the Yingchuan area.
The day after tomorrow, thirty miles outside Shuxian City, Lujiang Government Office, a civilian camp with full cavalry was running on the official road. The carriages behind them were transporting the grain and grass. The wheels were rolling and rolling, raising pieces of smoke and dust.
Suddenly, the distant shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sound of thousands of troops came clearly. Zhu Kui's heart skipped a beat. There was a battle in Shu County? But in his memory, there should not be a large number of Yellow Turban troops in Yangzhou, so they dared to attack.
A county seat and county seat.
"Hurry!" Zhu Kui pulled the horse's reins and shouted loudly: "All the troops stop!" The order was passed from person to person, and quickly spread to the rear. The upright team stopped in response to the sound, which seemed to be a stop after the order was issued.
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"Ask A Cheng to come see me." Zhu Kui frowned and went to the rear to summon Wang Cheng.
After a while, a man and a horse, wearing black armor and red robes, came like a gust of wind. Wang Cheng got off the horse and saluted, "Third brother, please call me."
Zhu Kui didn't say anything to him, but said, "Did you hear the cry of killing? Please bring someone to investigate quickly."
"Huh." Wang Cheng responded, got on his horse, shouted a few words to the rear, and soon the horses galloped into the forest and dispersed to gather information.
"Let the brothers dismount and rest, and feed my horses with water from the water bags and grass to relax their muscles and bones." Zhu Kui issued another order. I thought that there must be a battle ahead. It would be a good idea to test these five hundred people.
For the first battle of the battalion brothers, he made an appointment to gather all the strength of the army in the next hour, and tried his best to raise his energy and energy to the highest level, and he would definitely fight a beautiful first battle.
Outside the county town, flags from both sides were fluttering. There was a red crowd on top of the city, and the Chinese characters were melodious. The yellow flag on the other side clearly said, "The sky is dead, the yellow sky is standing, the year is in Guihai, and the world is prosperous."
I knew it was the Yellow Turban Army attacking the city.
It's just that Wang Cheng and the others walked around the outside of the battlefield to get a rough idea of the enemy's situation. However, they couldn't find out for a while. Wang Cheng couldn't find out which commander was here. However, considering the small scale, the equipment and appearance were no different from those of farmers.
, thinking it was almost the same, Wang Cheng gathered the brothers, turned around, and reported the results to Zhu Kui.
"How many traitors are there on the other side?" Zhu Kui asked immediately after returning from the expedition.
"Looking at the formation, there are about 20,000 people, all infantry, with scattered generals and horses. However, those soldiers have no momentum, dry-faced and sick soldiers, they are just a bunch of chickens and dogs." Wang Cheng replied simply and neatly.
Twenty thousand people? What a huge number, forty times more than his own. However, Zhu Kui was not surprised when he heard this. Although the enemy's force was forty times that of his own, the Yellow Turban Army has always been weak. It was really easy for him to test his cavalry.
. Turned to his five hundred soldiers and shouted loudly: "Brothers! The Yellow Turban rebels are right in front of you! You are willing to serve the country with me."
"Kill the Yellow Turbans and protect the country." The soldiers replied in unison.
"Okay, Acheng and the second brother will lead the cavalry to charge to the left wing, and the third brother and I will charge to the right wing. If the enemy's formation is chaotic, then charge towards his own line."
Finally, Zhu Kui whispered to Shu Shuerying, who was dressed as a bodyguard behind him, "Take care of yourself later and stay close to me."
Shu Shu'er went deep into the army and only a few core generals knew about the fact that there was a woman in the army.
After the distribution was completed, Zhu Kui raised the square halberd in the distance. A cold look flashed in his eyes and he ordered: "Mount the horse and set off!"
The five hundred cavalrymen divided into two groups and galloped away.
In Yangzhou, since Taiping Dao had previously transferred a large number of believers to the north, after all, the Central Plains was the center of the world, so Zhang Jiao naturally had to concentrate his troops there. However, such a move left the Yellow Turbans in Yangzhou empty of power, and the only one with the most troops left was Dai Feng.
On one side, there are about 10,000 people, plus the Yellow Turban family members, as well as some bandits and civilians who rely on them, the total number is more than 20,000...
Relying on his numerical advantage, Dai Feng conquered many small villages and had more and more men and horses in his hands. Now Dai Feng robbed some women from the houses of wealthy families in the villages and towns he conquered, and took in seven or eight wives and concubines.
His ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, and he has set his sights on Shu County, the administrative seat of Lujiang County.
Before the battlefield, on the yellow scarf side, the one in the center was Dai Feng, who was born with thin hair. There were only a few yellow curly hairs hanging weakly on his huge forehead. The protrusion of the bones on his head was obvious, with a slight concave in the middle but convex on both sides.
It rises like two hills, just like the legendary mandrill. If it were placed today, some people would definitely think that this man was a deformity.
At this moment, he was wielding his sword in high spirits and shouted loudly: "Hurry up to me, beauty. The gold and silver are right in front of you. After the city is defeated, I promise to plunder for three days, and the wealth will belong to everyone."
After all, Shu County is a county-level city. It is different from a second-level county town like Moling. The city has high walls and thick walls, and there are many and well-trained soldiers. Although the prefect Lu Kang is not good at military strategy, he divides his troops step by step and strictly defends them. The peasants under Dai Feng's command attacked several times.
They went up to the top of the city and were quickly pushed back again.
"You're a little ant thief, with a few men and horses, you can conquer small towns and villages. You invade our county and don't know what's good or bad. I'll ask you to come and go today." Lu Kang said disdainfully, and then ordered to the officials beside him: "
After the ant thieves' offensive is weakened, order Lieutenant Chen to lead 3,000 county soldiers out of the city to counterattack."
The scorching sun was in the sky, and the sound of stampeding horses resounded from the east and west sides, instantly alerting the Yellow Turban Army attacking the city.
"Report, there are unknown cavalry attacking from the left and right."
Dai Feng heard that the cavalry was shocked! He thought: "Could it be that the imperial reinforcements are coming? Hurry, send someone to intercept them."
Frightened, he immediately retreated to the rear, and at the same time commanded the surrounding troops to intercept the two sections of cavalry.
Although the Yellow Turban Army was formed by farmers, after a series of victories, relatively complete organization and simple training, they were still able to put up a lookable formation, with several large squares and several small squares arranged in sequence, and their morale was at its peak.
Dai Feng Hengdao immediately looked at the cavalry approaching from the opposite side, with a trace of pride on his lips. He had clearly seen the reinforcements. Although they were cavalry, there were only a few hundred people. They were like a lonely boat in the angry sea in front of our Yellow Turban army. It was really
It's so terrible that it's hard not to despise it.