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The so-called elastic defense, to sum up, is the eight words "The enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I advance." What are the benefits of elastic defense? Complete turtle-style defense is not desirable. The so-called long-term defense will lead to failure, so defense must be flexible and proactive. Elastic defense is an active defense.

On the front of the enemy's attack, adopt a firm contraction defense. On the sides that the enemy cannot take care of, or even in the face of exposed loopholes, you must attack resolutely, injure and hurt the enemy, so that he cannot attack with all his strength. This is the key point of elastic defense.

Of course, Zhang Jiao didn't understand these things. It seemed a bit too late to let him learn now, but it didn't matter. Zhang Jiao's position in Julu is actually more important in stabilizing people's hearts. As for military affairs, it should be left to professionals to be responsible. Although Zhang Jiao is nominally responsible for military affairs in Julu, Pingxiang, Guangping and Quzhou, in fact, two women, Zhao Aier and Yiren Liu Yan, as well as two generals Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan, were combined as his military aides to organize the entire Julu offensive and defense. The battle in Guangping was naturally planned by these people.

Liu Yan and others were prepared for Dong Zhuo's determination, so they had already formulated flexible defense measures on the Guangping battlefield. The focus of defense was on the Yellow Turban Army's headquarters. The heavy responsibility of attack restraint was taken by players. As for what the final battle could be fought and how far it was, it was hard to say.

After Dong Zhuo took office, he had been lingering in Yecheng, but no matter the forces on the court camp or the senior leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, they would not be paralyzed by Dong Zhuo's superficial actions. On the contrary, after the reinforcements from Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou arrived one after another, the situation in Guangping was unprecedentedly tense, which made every person on the battlefield of Guangping feel a sense of crisis that was about to break out.

First, the cavalry of Liangzhou entered Nanhe, forming a deterrence against Julu from the west. At the same time, the cavalry of Liangzhou began to clear the logistics channel from Quliang to the front line. Zhang Niujiao's cavalry troops were driven back to the north of Guangping. On the other hand, Lu Bu and Fang Zhiwen, two of the most powerful troops, were entrenched in Jingxian, staring at Julu from the side and from the back, and Gongsun Zan's army entered Guangzong, which put huge pressure on Quzhou. The layout of the entire battle has been basically completed, and the war has come to a time to be detonated at any time.

When Guangping was covered with clouds, the Yellow Turban Army was in very good shape on other battlefields.

At the beginning of the uprising, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who were ordered to go south to Yuzhou, each led an army to control the Shook and Changshui battalions in the five universities. The Sanhe knights and the newly recruited elite soldiers and warriors totaled more than 60,000 to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and Runan. Zhu Jun also submitted a letter to recruit Sun Jian from Xia Pi as the Sima of the Army, and brought young men from the same village and recruited various elite soldiers from Huai River and Si River. More than a thousand people set out to join Zhu Jun's army, which looked strong and powerful.

But then, Zhang Mancheng led the army to attack and kill Chu Gong, the governor of Nanyang County. The Runan Yellow Turban Army Bo Cai defeated the prefect Zhao Qian in Shaoling, and responded to Zhangjiao, Jizhou. The Han army heading south was in Yingchuan, and Yingyin did not make any profit in the first battle. In late March, Zhu Jun's army was defeated by Huang Turban Bo Cai and retreated. Huangfu Song, who had lost his flank, had no choice but to retreat to Changshe defense with Zhu Jun. The subsequent Bo Cai led a large army to besiege the city. The Han soldiers were few and their morale was low.

This is also when Cao Cao was ordered to go south to provide assistance, and Cao Cao's first battle was about to take place.

Zhang Mancheng was not blinded by the temporary victory. He began to gather the population of various places, and ordered Bo to take advantage of the government army hiding in Changshe to replace the main force, lead the troops around Yingchuan and head south to occupy Daoyang. He led his army north to capture Ancheng, using the three cities of Daoyang, Ancheng and Runan as the foundation to cover the base in the Tongbai Mountain area behind him, and put on a long-term separatist posture.

The Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou was not those who knew nothing but rely on their hard work, but soldiers who had undergone regular military training. Therefore, although the current form of Yuzhou is very good, Zhang Mancheng and others knew that this form would soon reverse. The bigger the stall, the faster the failure would come. Therefore, the most urgent task is to plunder the population and build a solid defense line and rely on the mountainous areas to establish a consolidated base, so that the cause of Taiping Road can be persisted.

As a result, a large number of small cities in Runan County fell into the hands of player forces, and these player forces would undoubtedly become the first line of defense to resist the official army. What Bocai has to do now is to try his best to hold back the vital forces of the official army in Changshe and buy time for the construction of southwest Runan.

In Jingzhou on the other hand, on Tongbai Mountain, the Yellow Turban Army was suppressed by Liu Bei all the way and barely defended Biyang Peace Forest. The form was not good. However, because these two places had already penetrated into the mountainous areas, Liu Bei's logistics pressure was too great, and coupled with the ubiquitous Yi Ren troops, Liu Bei's own troops were not enough to advance straight, so the two sides temporarily stopped the battle.

However, Liu Bei took this opportunity to extend his hand into the traditional territory of the aristocratic tribes in Xiangyang and other places, and took advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves to expand his military strength.

As for the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, they have now been suppressed by local aristocratic races, or they have actively retreated to the surrounding areas of Mount Tai, where they have established a solid city to resist the attack of the official army. Needless to say, Qingzhou is the world of players in the Yellow Turban camp.

It was in this context that the Battle of Guangping became a battle that was betting on the whole world. This battle determined the direction of the Yellow Turban Army and the fate of the Han Dynasty. It was a war that concerns the entire world.

So players from both camps gathered towards Guangping. The players who could draw strength were constantly investing in the Guangping battlefield, hoping to obtain generous war dividends from this battle. No one was sure what the battle in Guangping would be like in the end. With the strong participation of Yi Ren, the strength comparison between the two sides was constantly changing, twisting, and in the future. It seemed strangely obscure.

On March 29, Dong Zhuo suddenly appeared in Guangping Camp, and the five camps in front of Guangping all out of their military forces. At the same time, Gongsun Zan's troops also arrived at the city of Quzhou, echoing Guangping, and preparing to start siege.

200,000 troops from Guangping Camp lined up under the city, and various siege equipment were continuously transported out from the camp, and countless players were preparing equipment to assist in the battle.

The Yellow Turban Army in the city was preparing to defend in an orderly manner while sending out the news that Dong Zhuo had begun the attack in full swing, but the news was actually too late, because the cavalry of Nanhe and Jingxian had already set off one day earlier. At this moment, the large areas north of Pingxiang to south of Julu were swept by elite border cavalry.

These cavalry all seemed to have the same idea and refused to attack, but the troops operating outside, whether they were the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army or the Yi Ren troops, were all destroyed.

Julu City has received continuous news of being raided by official cavalry in various places and is already prepared. Sure enough, the next day, Guangping City and Quzhou City were attacked by Dong Zhuo with all his strength.

Lu Zhi prepared a lot of things for Dong Zhuo. But similarly, the defenders in Guangping City were not idle. Adhering to Fang Zhiwen's habit, Chu Feiyan and others trained by him would let the troops participate in production and residents participate in training when they were fine, so the prepared defensive materials were quite abundant.

There was a frontal offensive and defensive battle under Guangping City. Dong Zhuo launched a large army, siege from three sides, and invested as many as tens of thousands of long-range equipment at one time. That kind of scene was absolutely shocking. Compared with the so-called big scene of the "Demon Ring", it was definitely a child playing house.

The player at the head of Guangping City looked up at the sky completely blocked by gravel, oil tanks and crossbow arrows, and realized how terrible the war was, but at the same time, this shocking scene was also exciting and the heart was snatched by it!

The female wall, shield, raw cowhide shed, tilted stone slabs, etc. effectively blocked the long-range attacks of the government army like heavy rain. Then, the city wall rose from the city walls as revenge strikes as the government army's forces. The entire city and the earth were trembling, the black smoke and fireworks were also crowds busy rescued, explosions, shouts, drums, screams... These were the footsteps of war.

In the distance, in front of the neat infantry formations of the government troops, they were also strongly attacked by the Yellow Turban Army's long-range troops. They were hit by huge rocks and splashed wood pieces, the flames of the oil tanks, and the soldiers who were penetrated by huge crossbow arrows. The unlucky ghost who had their brains broken by gravel suddenly felt a terrible roar on the position.

There was a faint commotion in the infantry phalanx viewed from behind, but Dong Zhuo, who was standing high above the war horse, did not move at all, like a statue. The wide figure made hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind him feel safe and powerful for the first time.

When both sides fought back and forth for a while, and the long-range equipment of both sides suffered severe damage, Dong Zhuo waved the giant blade in his hand and shouted loudly: "Today, capture Guangping! As a result, how can you let others do it! Follow me to attack!"

"Roar!Roar!Roar!"

The well-trained army tapped the shields and armor together, and under Dong Zhuo's leadership, they slowly advanced towards the city wall. The square formations seemed to be one, moving forward at almost the same speed at a very even interval. Dong Zhuo walked in front of the formation with a single horse. The attitude of the world's greatest attitude is absolutely heartbreaking.

"Is this a wave of him? It looks scary, I don't know if I can defend it?"

"Damn, I care about so many things, just fight! Kill one is one, and it is rare to achieve merit!"

"Haha, that's right, there's no time to think about so much now, kill people! Men are killing people!"

"Kill!"

The cloud-like crossbow arrows intersected from the sky. One side was heavy-armored infantry and the other side had the advantage of city defense. The crossbow arrow troops on both sides seemed to have not achieved any decent results. Soon, the city wall was in sight, and a bloody battle between the close forces was inevitable!

The Julu City, a hundred miles away, is still very peaceful.

In the Tianshi Mansion where Zhang Jiao was stationed, Zhao Aier and Liu Yan, two confidant military advisors, were whispering in front of the map.

"Do you have a conclusion?"

"Master, Guangping must stick to it, Julu reinforcements cannot be sent out. Quzhou is now restrained by Gongsun Zan's army. There are tens of thousands of elite cavalry on the road between Julu and Guangping. Our troops cannot go up at all. Now we have to rely on the resilience of the Guangping defender. We must withstand Dong Zhuo's first round of offensives and let Dong Zhuo put all his troops in. Only then can General Zhang Niujiao lead the Yiren troops to sneak attack the Guangping official army camp. If the defenders in Julu and Pingxiang can effectively restrain the elite cavalry of the official army. Now, one is to compare who is patient and who is resilient. Even if Guangping is the last person left, he must also bite Dong Zhuo tightly."

Zhang Jiao thought for a while, squinted his eyes and sighed, nodded and said lightly: "That's it, follow this order!" (To be continued)

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