Chapter 20 It's time for a meeting
It has been almost five months since Li Xuan first entered the chaotic Three Kingdoms. According to time, after exploding the explosive development in the early stage, the shortcomings of the Yellow Turban camp's lack of momentum and management scattered began to gradually become obvious. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was corrupt, even so, once this decadent state machine was running, the peasant uprising that had no clear plan and only knew how to burn, kill, loot, could not resist it.
In history, during the short year of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, signs of each other's own governance and even fighting each other began to appear in the middle and late stages. Of course, there were many wise men in the court, but it also exposed Zhang Jiao's biggest shortcomings. Although he had a reputation among the people to subvert the Han rule, he was not a material for playing politics, and he lacked talents in this area.
However, although the Yellow Turbans had already declined during this period, as Zhang Jiao's base camp, Jizhou, the birthplace of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this phenomenon was not obvious, and the Yellow Turbans were still rampant. However, with the arrival of the army led by Lu Zhi, it also indicates that this peasant uprising that shook the foundation of the entire Han Dynasty was about to come to an end.
In history, with Zhang Jiao's death, the Yellow Turban immediately fell apart and collapsed. It can be said that the reason why the entire Yellow Turban Rebellion could last until now was due to the reputation that Zhang Jiao had managed by the people for decades.
In Jizhou and Julu County, a huge grain transport team walked slowly along the spacious official road.
Before the three armies moved, food and grass took the lead. In ancient times, in addition to the quality of the army on both sides, the regular cold weapon war was ultimately the food and grass logistics and foundation of both sides.
In order to overthrow the corrupt Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao worked hard for decades. Even an outsider could not understand this principle. However, although his reputation was high, how could his personal power be compared with the state machine of the entire Eastern Han Empire? In terms of this foundation, even if he was given another ten years, he would be at a disadvantage.
Moreover, because the incident happened suddenly and the specific planning and deployment were not made, the expansion speed of the Yellow Turban Army far exceeded expectations. Sometimes, a large number of people may not be a good thing. Although Lu Zhi's anti-rebellion army was less than that of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, it had a complete logistics supply. With the help of local gentry in Jizhou, it can be said that it has all the advantages.
Lu Zhi obviously also saw the fatal shortcomings of the Yellow Turbans. He did not rush to fight, but instead took steady steps, strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and continuously compressed Zhang Jiao's living space. Lu Zhi's strategy was very simple, which was to drag the other party to death. Once the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou were destroyed, the remaining Yellow Turbans in various places would fall into the dilemma of having no leader, fighting for themselves or even fighting each other, and it would be only a matter of time.
General Zong, this generation is now the scope of our army's activities, why should we be so cautious? The brothers rarely gather together and go to drink a bowl together in the evening. In the evening, the grain team set up camp, and a deputy general of the army commander came to the grain transport officer and said with a flattering look on his face.
Zong Sheng is the main general of this grain transport team and is steady. It is precisely because Lu Zhi is interested in this and entrusts him with the important task of escorting grain.
Zong Sheng glanced coldly at the flattering deputy general, a hint of disgust flashed deep in his eyes, and waved his hand: Military orders are like mountains, General Lu entrusted the important task of transporting grain to me, how can it be contrary to military rules?
The general said very much. Facing Zong Sheng's cold gaze, the deputy general shivered deeply and quickly bowed.
Let’s record this time. If there is another time, I will tolerate you, but the military rules cannot tolerate you. If you are punished with both crimes, you will definitely be asked to fall to the ground. Zong Sheng snorted coldly, waved his hand, and said coldly.
Yes, the last general sued the deputy general and sued him for his crime. His confidant withdrew from the tent, but when he turned around, a bone-broken cold flashed across his originally flattering face.
Apart from the camp, the deputy general did not return to his camp, but turned around. After seeing no one paying attention, he quietly left the camp and came to a small wood. After confirming that no one was following, his index finger suddenly placed on his lips and made a clear whistle sound from afar.
In the quiet forest, there were suddenly a few black shadows, and they ran by the woods quickly. They came to the deputy general in an instant, knelt on one knee, and bowed: I will see the coach Qu
Get up. The deputy general waved his hand, his face disappeared from the cusp of the previous time in the military camp, flattery, and a hint of arrogance on his somewhat rough face.
Coach Qu, the brothers have arrived. At the speed of this grain team, they will arrive at the military camp of the official bandits tomorrow. If they don’t do anything, they will have no chance. One of the men stood up and asked.
The deputy general nodded, took out a Baijuan from his arms, spread it out on the ground in the moonlight, gritted his teeth and snorted coldly: This is the defense map of the grain escort army camp, I am responsible for the defense of the south gate, I will transfer the vigil tonight, and replace our people, I will raise the fire as a sign, you will lead people, and you will enter from here, don't care about the food and grass, but you can go straight into the central army, kill Zong Sheng first, I have a way to hold the other three battalions guards
If Zong Sheng hadn't been in trouble and repeatedly ignored my kindness with military rules, why would it take such a big effort to talk about this action? In the end, a strong sense of anger flashed in the eyes of the deputy general.
Don't worry, tonight, our brothers will send Zong Sheng to Qu Shuai, and bow to expose Qu Shuai's hatred.
After coming out for a long time, in order to avoid Zong Sheng seeing the flaws, he must go back as soon as possible. Please be alert, don’t miss the explanation from Deputy General Xingzang, and then turn around and return to the camp quickly.
Lord, there are more and more Yellow Turban thieves nearby. We have not been able to successfully strangle the Yellow Turban thieves in two days. On the official road, Li Lin vomited bitter water at Li Xuan with some depression.
Unlike the steady Li Shan, Li Lin is not as tall as Li Shan, and is not even as tall as ordinary sword and shield hands. He looks burly and has a bit of cunning on his face. He can tell at a glance that he is a restless person. Unlike Li Shan's average manner, Li Lin is much more active and is also the one who talks the most along the way.
This is already in the area of Julu County, and Zhangjiao's base camp is naturally different from other places. If there were some scattered soldiers here, the defeat of the Yellow Turbans would not be far away. Li Xuan rolled his eyes, turned his head to look at Li Shan and said: How far is it from Lu Shuai's army?
Li Shan looked around and said in a muffled voice: If there was no harassement from the Yellow Turban Army in the middle, he would be able to meet with the main force of our court before sunset.
Then step up the march. Li Xuan rubbed his face hard. Since he had made a decision, there was nothing to hesitate. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was a great opportunity. In the last few months, I had to drink a few sips of soup. Remember in the original work, in the end, Liu Bei was awarded the title of Pingyuan County Captain, but it seemed that he had been away soon. Since Liu Dada looked down on him, it would be better to leave it to me. I am not picky about food.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the biggest feeling that Liu Bei gave Li Xuan in the early stage was that he was very ambitious and talented, but he was unsatisfied with ordinary skills. Guan and Zhang had the courage to be unworthy of thousands of men. But during that period, you had a great force and was useless. In the first year of Zhongping, you were indeed not a high-ranking official. But in fact, you were not a high-ranking official in the army of a county. In this era when you valued family background, you Liu Bei was just a vain. What's wrong with you? If you manage it well, you would not be alone in the battle against Dong in the future.
People went to ridicule others. If Liu Bei started to operate the battle of Guandu in the first year of Zhongping, he would have taken advantage of this war to turn the pattern of the times and take advantage of the opportunity to make profits. Even if he could not get Jizhou, he would be more than enough to be the actual ruler of Youzhou with his means. With so many years of business deployment, once the Yuan family was defeated, he would probably take the opportunity to win over many old Yuan officials. In that case, if Cao Cao attacked Cao from Jiangdong, south and north, no matter how ignorant Cao Cao was, it would be difficult to take into account both the beginning and the end.
Well, just as Li Xuan was wandering around the sky and was full of thoughts, a sense of crisis suddenly flashed through his mind, and he instantly woke up from that state.
The alert eyes suddenly became solemn. He looked vigilantly at the official road ahead that could not be seen at all, and felt the rhythm that ordinary people could not detect under his feet. After practicing the Yellow Emperor Heart Sutra, his strength not only improved by leaps and bounds, but the biggest change was the change of the five senses. He could often feel the approaching crisis from a distance. He also relied on these wonderful five senses that allowed him to avoid the powerful encirclement of the main force of the Yellow Turban again and again.
As Li Xuan gave the order, although he did not see the enemy, the troops quickly formed a formation on the official road with the assistance of Li Shan, Li Lin, Li Huo and Li Feng.
The largest number of swords, shields and hands blocked the outermost periphery, forming a tight shield formation. A row of pirate soldiers lined up in front of Li Xuan and the five others. Cold gun tips gathered into a suffocating death jungle. The few twenty archers were protected in the middle, waiting intently.
Li Xuan looked up and looked at the end of the official road. There, there was a faint black line that was constantly creeping and becoming thicker.
Archer, ready. Li Xuan's face was filled with a sense of calmness. After several months of military career and countless battles, he had already transformed from a somewhat ruffian student in reality into a qualified general.
The black lines on the horizon became thicker and thicker, and the speed of squirming forward became faster and faster. The wind was filled with the collision of weapons and the screams of despair before death.
Someone was chased and Li Xuan frowned. The experience of fighting for several months allowed him to roughly identify the situation ahead from his voice.
Li Xuan looked solemn. He was chasing in such a sensitive place, and the Yellow Turbans were hunted, but if it were the Han army, that fierce battle would be inevitable.
Cricket~ Twenty archers are elites cultivated by Li Xuan during this period. Each of them is a veteran of the hundred battles who have experienced more than ten fierce battles. Although there are only twenty people, each of them is a top elite archer with amazing attack power. Not to mention the 100-step penetration, but the effective killing range is definitely outside the 100-step.
After a brief wait, the outlines of both sides finally fell into Li Xuan's eyes.
The first person was dressed as a Han army general, dragging a big knife in his hand. The originally bright chain mail was already ragged and stained with a lot of blood. His resolute face was filled with anger and unwillingness and exhaustion. He had reached the point where the oil was exhausted. Behind him, there were more than a dozen Han soldiers. Even if they were facing the killing of the enemy at any time, they still faithfully protected the general and exchanged their bodies for a glimmer of vitality.
Chapter completed!