I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 345 An Important Turning Point
The 24 local bandits in Youzhou began to gather their soldiers to join Guan Yu's command.

In fact, in terms of strength, no matter how well-trained and honed in actual combat the soldiers and horses of the bandits are, they are still inferior to the regular army of the Han court.

But the good thing now is that although Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun have many people, most of them are apprentices who follow their big clan. Compared with the bandit army recruited, it is still not as good.

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Before the winter had completely passed, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun gathered a group of the most elite soldiers and horses, with Zhang Chun as the commander, and before Xun Yu had fully recovered, he used the elite army to kill Wuzhong County. go.

Although the Zhang family is very confident in winning the Wuzhong mining area, in order to guard against Xun Yu and Gongsun Zan's own surprise attack, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun decided to take the method of making a fool of themselves.

Zhang Chun commanded the troops of the brigade, holding back the main force of Gongsun Zan and Huang Zhong from the front, but Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju selected the most elite 7000 people from each army to attack Wuzhong County. mining area.

According to their calculations, Xun Yu did not have any elite soldiers and horses in his hands that could stop the 7000 men.

In the eyes of the rebels, these 7000 people are enough to subdue Xun Yuzhi.

But what they don't know is that at this moment, according to Xun Yu's plan, Guan Yu has led the newly assembled five thousand thieves, plus his two thousand Liaodong vassal soldiers, ambushing Wuzhong County on the only road , just waiting for Zhang Chun to come forward and throw himself into the trap.

This battle brought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's reputation to another level.

Before Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's soldiers arrived in Wuzhong County, they were ambushed by Guan Yu's prior arrangements.

Not to mention the quality of the soldiers and horses on both sides, but only the quality of the generals on both sides.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's ability to use troops today is indeed not comparable to that of Zhang Chun.

Moreover, in terms of strategy, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also reminded by Xun Yu and made arrangements in advance, which allowed them to take the lead.

They knew Zhang Chun's strength very well, but Zhang Chun was completely unaware of the troops that Guan Yu could mobilize.

Under such circumstances, the outcome of the war can be imagined.

In the case of wrong information, Zhang Chun's [-] elite were wiped out by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Of course, the concept of total annihilation does not mean killing all.

In this battle, the troops led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beheaded a total of [-] levels.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei themselves were beheaded over twenty levels each.

Among the [-] soldiers, many of them were also local frontier guards in Yuyang County in the past. Although they followed Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, they were not so firm in their beliefs.

In the final analysis, these people's rebellion is mainly for money. Although this obsession with profit is a sufficient reason for rebellion, once it is hit hard, this reason will collapse faster than anyone else.

Under the threat of their lives, many rebels who came to attack chose to surrender, or surrender unconditionally.

Of course, the biggest blow to the rebels was Zhang Chun being captured by Zhang Fei during the chaos.

This matter is something that no one thought of.

The sniper battle in Wuzhong County became the turning point of the Youzhou Rebellion.

The victory of this war represented that the official army of the Han Dynasty changed from passive defense to active offense.

The news reached Xun Yu first, but Xun Yu was not surprised by the result.

In fact, the outcome of this battle was already within Xun Yu's calculations. He publicized the minerals in Wuzhong County with great fanfare from the very beginning, just because he wanted to take this opportunity to lure Zhang Ju to send elites to attack Wuzhong!

Xun Yu had already made a seduction strategy with Guan Yu, as long as Zhang Ju dared to send troops to attack, he would make him pay the price in blood.

And just as Xun Yu expected, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun were indeed hit.

This raid wiped out one of the most elite troops under Zhang Ju's hands, causing the opponent's vitality to be greatly damaged.

Regardless of the fact that Zhang's rebellious soldiers claim to be one hundred thousand, most of them are mobs. It is not so easy to find another [-] elite soldiers from these people.

As for Zhang Chun, known as the Heavenly King of Anding, he was knocked off his horse with a spear by Zhang Fei during this battle.

According to Zhang Fei's personality in the past, he would definitely give Zhang Chun a make-up knife and directly poke a hole in him.

It's just that after years of experience and learning from Liu Jian, Zhang Fei is no longer the brave man he was back then.

He is well-deserved, and he can take on the talent of a general who guards one side alone.

Zhang Fei was not impulsive, he captured Zhang Chun alive and brought him back to Guan Yu.

But Guan Yu handed over this person to Xun Yu's hands.

The capture of King Anding Zhang Chun was a devastating blow to the morale of the rebels. For a while, the morale of the rebels in Youzhou began to be unstable, and a feeling of panic began to spread among the rebels.

Especially those families who didn't follow Zhang Ju directly from the beginning, but joined Zhang Ju after seeing the critical situation in Youzhou, now they feel a little regretful.

They just hated their poor eyesight, and actually pinned their hopes on Yuyang Zhang, who had gained a temporary advantage in Youzhou.

After Xun Yu got Zhang Chun, he immediately set out to do three things.

The first thing is that he will send people to Yecheng to deal with Zhang Chun's opinion, and ask Liu Jian to make a decision.

The second thing is that he continues to vigorously develop the endless iron ore, and is determined to reset Youzhou's interest chain in the shortest possible time.

The third thing is that he summoned Jian Yong from Zhuo County, and asked Huang Zhong to borrow Tian Yu and Tian Chou.

The reason why these three people were borrowed was because Xun Yu wanted to use them to put pressure on Wuhuan Zhuluo.

As the leader of Wuhuan tribes in western Liaoning, Qiu Liju is indeed very powerful, but it doesn't mean that he is respected among Wuhuan.

Wuhuan Zhuluo is currently distributed among the counties of the Han Dynasty. In terms of strength, Wuhuan's strength far exceeds that of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun.

This is something that worries Xun Yu very much.

To achieve Liu Jian's ideal, it is not enough to eradicate Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun.

In this battle between Qiu Liju and Er Zhang, Xun Yu saw the potential terrifying strength of the Wuhuan people.

Among other things, let's just talk about Gongsun Zan's battles with Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, and Qiu Liju during this period of time.

To be honest, on the frontal battlefield, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun could not defeat Gongsun Zan, although they would indeed cause Gongsun Zan some trouble.

However, Qiu Liju, who owns the Wuhuan Tuqi, is so powerful that even Gongsun Zan, who has formed the White Horse Righteous Congregation, feels unprecedented pressure.

In the past, after Wuhuan and Han repaired, the Han Dynasty selected Wuhuan people from the three counties of Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Youbeiping, as well as excellent war horses from Liaoxi and Liaodong counties in the hinterland of Horqin Grassland, and compiled them into an elite cavalry with strong combat effectiveness. Commando - Wuhuan Tuqi.

The Wuhuan Tuqi were directly commanded by the prefectures and counties. They often acted as the vanguard of the Eastern Han Dynasty. They charged forward in battles of all sizes and were extremely brave, earning them the title of "Famous Cavalry in the World".

They are equivalent to mercenaries of the Han government.

Over the years, this mercenary army has continuously participated in the wars of the Han Dynasty, learned the cavalry tactics of the Han people, combined with the tactics of the Han people and foreigners on the grassland, and gradually became stronger.

The area of ​​activity of the Wuhuan people also expanded to Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong, with a population of more than hundreds of thousands.

Compared with the population of the Han Dynasty, this number is nothing, but the problem is that there are a population of 10, more than half of which can fight, and live immediately all year round, which is not easy to deal with.

In recent decades, the Wuhuan tribe has integrated a large number of different ethnic groups such as Xiongnu, Xianbei, Han, Linhu, and Jie, and the population has increased a lot.

Accumulation and slow development made Wuhuan's military strength soar.

In the fierce battle with Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan was besieged by Wuhuan in western Liaoning and almost overturned.

However, Wuhuan's current combat strength has not reached the level that can threaten the Han government.

In history, Yuan Shao, in order to deal with Gongsun Zan, joined forces with Wuhuan in Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Youbeiping for [-] troops. Yuan Shao granted the Wuhuan adults of the three counties as Shanyu, and bestowed Yin, Che, Huagai, Yuyan, Huangwu, and Zuoyu. Help the Wuhuan people establish a regular army and make Wuhuan's military strength reach its peak.

Although Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun, but at this point, he was raising tigers and lacking the overall view of the nation.

Fortunately, it was Cao Cao's later expedition to Wuhuan, Zhang Liao and Bailangshan beheaded Tadun, and took over this trouble for the northern border of the Han Dynasty.

On this point, Xun Yu and Liu Jian reached a consensus.

We will definitely not support the Wuhuan forces.

Liu Jian and Xun Yu had the same intention, either destroy their clan or integrate them, that's all, there is no third way out.

(End of this chapter)