I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 120 Raising troops and breaking the Yellow Turban

Liu Jian learned of the movements of the Nanyang Yellow Turban troops, and immediately raised his troops to Wancheng, where Chu Gong, the prefect of Nanyang, greeted him.

After the meeting, Liu Jian asked Chu Gong to be in charge of contacting the various ethnic groups in Nanyang to add arms, food and horses to his army, including the accompanying servants of the three armies.

At this time, the various ethnic groups in Nanyang County faced the frenzied looting of the Yellow Turban Army, and their attitude towards the Central Army was naturally submissive. During this period, whatever Liu Jian asked, the Nanyang ethnic groups basically had to support what they wanted, without any bargaining or bargaining.

Afterwards, Liu Jian asked Jingzhou Inspector Xu Qi to lead the Jingzhou Inspector Department to reconcile with him quickly, and sent troops to defeat Zhang Mancheng together.

Among the Nanyang Zhulu army, Zhang Mancheng is Zhang Jiao's direct descendant, and at the same time he is the one who respects Zhang Jiao's will the most. His soldiers and horses are also the most among the Nanyang Zhulu troops.

If the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang County could not afford internal strife, and tried their best to hijack the county town to supply Zhang Mancheng with food and grass, Zhang Mancheng would have defeated Wancheng by now.

At that time, if Zhang Mancheng defends Wancheng to fight against Liu Jian, in terms of Liu Jian's military strength, it will take a lot of effort to completely eat him.

But now, Zhang Mancheng's rear is unstable and retreats quickly. The situation is in Liu Jian's hands. Whether it is offense or defense, everything is under Liu Jian's control.

At this time, Sun Jian, who was recruited by Liu Jian from Xiapi to be the assistant army Sima, had arrived in his army.

Liu Jian immediately held a military meeting to discuss with his subordinates how to defeat the enemy.

In addition to Sun Jian, there are also seven Sima assistants appointed by He Jin in the army for him, and Xu Rong, Huang Zhong, Cheng Pu, and Gao Shun, all of whom were promoted by Liu Jian after he served as Zhonglang general , was in the same rank as Sun Jian, and held the army with him.

In the army tent, Liu Jian looked around at the people and said: "The moth thieves in the southern border of Nanyang are driven by profit. They have already attacked and killed each other. They intend to separate the counties for self-defense. Zhang Mancheng led the army south to pacify them. This is us. When the three armies are attacking quickly, I intend to move my troops forward to cover up and kill the moth thieves, and crush the crowd, I don't know what you think?"

When the words fell, Sun Jian, the commander of the Zuojun, was the first to stand up and speak out.

"General Zhonglang, the internal strife of the Nanyang moth bandits has become apparent. Mancheng has retreated, and the defeat has become apparent. It is not difficult to break through. The last official please order three thousand troops from the headquarters to go down from the Wanhe River along the Baihe River. Mancheng led the army in a hurry. Quick retreat, short of horses and food, will inevitably be sleepy, the last official leads the army first, and goes straight into the middle of the second army. Drive the soldiers to cover up the kill, and you will win a complete victory!"

Chu Gong, the governor of Nanyang County who was listening in the tent, had been attacked by Zhang Mancheng in Wancheng before, and knew that the number of opponents was quite large.

"Sun Sima, Mancheng has [-] people under his command, and you only have [-] soldiers rushing to the rear. Once it falls, it may be difficult to escape and ascend to heaven."

Sun Jian laughed loudly, and his words were full of domineering pride: "Zhang thief's men are all gangsters, a hundred thousand people, most of them are old and weak people, they are said to be soldiers, but they are just waiting to die in the army of moth thieves. He has neither formal training nor battle experience," he said.

"There are more than [-] people besieging Wancheng. If they are elite, they can go down to the city within three days. The Lord Chu refused to defend Wancheng for [-] days. He didn't advance an inch, which shows that his army is loose! What's the point? There are three thousand Soldiers and horses come first, feet and man become heads!"

With these words, Chu Gong, the prefect of Nanyang, was blushing. He was bragging in front of Liu Jian before, and he was proud of the achievements of thousands of county soldiers defending Wancheng to block Zhang Mancheng's more than [-] people.

Listening to Sun Jian's implication now, it's not that Chu Gong is capable at all, but that Zhang Mancheng's subordinates are mobs. If it were someone else, Wancheng would have been finished...

Isn't Sun Jian's remark clearly a slap in the face of the eunuch?
Sigh... This Sun Wentai, a mere county magistrate, is so presumptuous!
Liu Jian thought to himself, Sun Jian is outspoken, has a bold personality, and doesn't care about other people's face at all. This character is more or less easy to suffer in the officialdom.

After Sun Jian finished speaking, Liu Jian did not rush to make a decision.

He looked at the people around him again: "Wentai's bravery is worthy of praise, what else do you think?"

At this stage, it is very important for Liu Jian to communicate more with everyone, accumulate more marching experience, and increase his own knowledge. Learn from.

Xu Rong stood up again.

"Sun Sima's words are very kind. Xu has heard about Sun Sima's bravery for a long time, and knows Sima's bravery. With Sima's ability, it is not difficult to conquer the enemy first, but the key lies in Wancheng."

"There are many rich people in Wancheng, and it is also an important place bordering Yingchuan and Luoyang. The city wall is strong, and there are many people. The thieves will not attack and take advantage of the gap to take Wancheng."

"According to Xu's intention, we still need to divide our troops to ambush in Wancheng, so there will be gains!"

Sun Jian looked at Xu Rong in surprise.

He only wanted to attack Zhang Mancheng, but he didn't think about this step, but this person easily revealed the key to expanding the results of the battle, and his military ability was obviously not inferior to his own.

Liu Jian praised: "Okay, Meng Tong is very thoughtful, Wentai is very brave, with you two here, why not worry about great achievements? On the Wancheng side, Meng Tong will lead an army to help Lord Chu to guard. Tai and Han Sheng can attract elite cavalry to pursue Man Cheng first, and then make a surprise attack, and the rest of the army, just waiting for Wen Tai and Han Sheng to make meritorious service, will gather together and attack the moth bandits, hoping to kill Man Cheng in one battle!"

"Here!"

"Order all the troops to make meals at the third watch tomorrow, prepare at the fifth watch, and assemble and move tomorrow morning!"

"Here!"

After everyone took their orders, they went out of their tents one after another to order soldiers, but Liu Jian called Huang Zhong, Gao Shun, and Cheng Pu to stop.

"The battle of the Yellow Turban is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds. How I will show my merits to the court in the future and what jobs I will find for the three of you are all in the battle of suppressing the moth bandits. In the next day's battle, you should work hard and make contributions bravely. If I can build a successful career, I will not be held responsible, and I will recommend it to the imperial court."

Liu Jian's words moved and inspired Huang Zhong and others.

At this time, Liu Jian was still thinking about them.

"I will fight hard and live up to General Zhonglang's high expectations!"

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Rang County belongs to Nanyang. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is surrounded by plains, with low mountains and ridges. It has few mountains, many hills, wide plains and surrounded by water sources. It is very suitable for the army to set up camp. .

And now, there are more than [-] troops stationed here.

However, it is better to say that there are more than [-] bandits than an army of more than [-].

Previously, on the plain fifteen miles east of Rang County, there were thousands of dilapidated camps connected to each other, stretching from side to side, spreading out from north to south, occupying a vast area of ​​nearly five miles, but around the thousand camps , but there are still many people in ragged clothes and wearing yellow scarves and yellow soap sitting on the ground.

They don't have tents, so they can only live in the open air, with the sky as their quilt and the ground as their bed. When viewed from a height, there are many people sitting or lying around the tent, all in disorder and disorderly. Clothing also varies.

If you insist on saying that they have something in common, it's just the yellow scarf wrapped around their heads.

At this time, in the most central tent of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Mancheng was wearing armor and a yellow soap towel, and was looking solemnly at the rear information sent back to him by the Yellow Turban scouts.

Five days ago, Huangjinqu Shuaishixu and Tiemei confronted each other on the plain north of Xinye. The soldiers of both sides fought bloody battles, causing thousands of injuries.

Three days ago, Huangshan, commander of Huangjinqu, imitated Lion's Beard and set up in Zaoyang. He disobeyed Zhao Hong's military orders above, and did not produce food, fodder or ordnance, and used all the looted goods in Nanyang County for his own use.

This move angered Zhao Hong, and the two sides fought each other, and then agreed to withdraw from each other, losing more than [-] people...

Seeing this, Zhang Mancheng only felt dizzy for a while, and his body leaned back a bit, as if he was about to fall to the ground.

"Qu handsome!"

Behind Zhang Mancheng, two yellow scarf guards hurried forward to support Zhang Mancheng and keep him from falling down.

Zhang Mancheng clutched his chest tightly, as if feeling pain in his chest.

It hurts.

After a while, Fang saw Zhang Mancheng straightened up slowly.

He looked down at the battle reports of his colleagues in his hand again, bit his lip tightly, and blood trickled down the corner of his mouth.

But he used too much force and bit the corner of his mouth.

He didn't feel sorry for the thousands of people lost due to the fighting between the various parties. The Yellow Turban Army has millions of people. Although most of them are ordinary people who are not good at fighting, the number of soldiers who are good at fighting is not many, but after all, the number is basically there. Losing a few thousand people doesn't hurt.

The point is that all sides are fighting each other, and the overall situation is at stake.

How long has it been since the eight states joined forces?It's only less than three months!
In the past three months, the Yellow Turban Army has conquered the city and conquered the land, and its power has shaken the world. It has even conquered countless families in Wubao in various states, and seized their wealth and goods, and their power has shocked the world!
I thought that the capture of many powerful manors could enrich the infantry, arm the three armies, push Luoyang, and change the Liu family's world.

But who ever thought that before the great cause was accomplished, Zhu Xiaofang had already started fighting among himself.

Zhang Mancheng had heard about the nursery rhymes spread in Nanyang before, so he knew something bad was going on, so he could only give up Wancheng, which he was about to acquire, and led his troops to rush south, hoping to be there in person to contain it before something happened to the Yellow Turbans. .

But unfortunately, Zhang Mancheng was a step too late.

Starting with the internal strife between Shixu, Huangshan, Tiemei and others, the Yellow Turban Army will no longer be united.

They overthrew the program and purpose of the Han Dynasty, and became so vulnerable in the face of huge interests and wealth.

"Quickly dispatch sentry cavalry to where Han Zhongjun is, and tell him that Wancheng is empty, and let him lead his troops to Wancheng quickly, and must conquer it!" Zhang Mancheng weakly ordered his yellow scarf guards.

Now that several groups of people in the south are fighting among themselves, he has to go back, but after all, Wancheng is an important town in Nanyang, and it was a pity that he let it go after being attacked by him a lot in the past.

"Don't worry, Qu Shuai, I'll send someone to notify Han Shuai!"

(End of this chapter)