Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 130: Defeating a Million Yellow Turbans VI: Will Li Xi be obedient?
"This... Zhang Jiao has mobilized Zhang Xi?" Jian Shuo was the first to shout in the big tent, his face turned pale, and then he exclaimed:

"It's absolutely possible! The imperial army is all gathered here, and General Li is here again. It's absolutely possible that Zhang Jue will mobilize Zhang Xi, the Yellow Turban, and gather a large army to attack us together."

Jian Shuo's shrill scream rang out, and after Yang Biao, Huangfu Song, Zang Min, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi and others in the big tent reacted, their expressions became extremely ugly.

Originally, Zhang Jue led an army of 300,000 and concentrated it in the three cities of Julu, Guangzong and Xiaquyang, which gave them a headache.

Now if another Yellow Turban leader, Zhang Xi, came with 200,000 or 300,000 Yellow Turbans, they would be facing a main force of 500,000 to 600,000 Yellow Turbans.

How do they resist?

Moreover, the more everyone thought about it, the more they felt that Zhang Jue would call Zhang Xi to help. After all, this was a critical moment in the battle between the government soldiers and the Yellow Turbans.

"Old general, what should we do? If Zhang Xi leads a large army to help us, it will be difficult for us to fight him, right?" Yang Biao asked Li Hong tentatively with a pale and ugly face.

Faced with the joint efforts of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Xi, Yang Biao really lost confidence and placed all his hopes on Li Hong.

Li Hong's face did not show much expression. Facing Yang Biao's test and everyone's gaze, Li Hong looked at his think tank, Jia Xu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, young Guo Jia and others.

However, Jia Xu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai and little Guo Jia all had frowns on their faces.

Faced with the 300,000 troops stationed in the three cities of Julu, Guangzong and Xiaquyang, which formed a pincer attack, and the possible support of 200,000 to 300,000 Yellow Turban troops outside, there was no way for the four men to do anything even though they were all wise men of the time.

Seeing that the four of them had no solution, Li Hong was not worried. Instead, he stroked his beard and smiled:

"Zhang Jiao is managing the three cities of Julu. Even if he attacks the city for a short time, it will be useless. Not only will he lose soldiers and generals, but there is also Zhang Xi leading a large army outside who can attack at any time and cooperate with Zhang Jiao from inside and outside. This is a very bad strategy."

"Pass on my order. The army will be stationed in the joint camp and wait for Zhang Xi to lead the army to Julu and join Zhang Jiao. I have an idea to defeat the enemy!"

Li Hong stroked his gray beard, smiled, and spoke loudly. However, more than 20 people in the big tent were all moved and looked at Li Hong in shock. Did Li Hong have a plan to defeat the enemy?
"This... General Li already has an idea of ​​defeating the enemy?" Jian Shuo, who was sitting not far from Li Hong, was completely stunned.

Facing the alliance of Zhang Jue and Zhang Xi, with 500,000 or 600,000 soldiers and horses, he felt powerless. But Li Hong suddenly said that he had an idea to defeat the enemy?

So awesome?
Jian Shuo was shocked. Thinking of how Li Hong had won every battle in the past few years and how he had come up with all kinds of brilliant strategies, Jian Shuo believed it for a moment and asked Li Hong excitedly:

"General Li really has a plan to defeat the enemy? I wonder what it is?"

Li Hong said that he had a plan to defeat the enemy. Some people in the big tent were surprised, some were suspicious, and some did not believe it. When they heard Jian Shuo asking questions for them, they all looked at Li Hong.

"Haha, although I have ideas to defeat the enemy, it won't work if I say it out loud." Li Hong said, stroking his gray beard.

There was a strange look on his face.

He did have an idea of ​​how to defeat the enemy, but he couldn't say it.

He originally asked Li Xi, the fourth-generation descendant of the Li family, to disguise himself as Zhang Xi and join the Yellow Turbans, all for the sake of today.

However, the words cannot be spoken, and they cannot be fully spoken.

After several years, how has Li Xi become? It is hard to say whether he will covet the power of the Yellow Turbans.

After all, among the Yellow Turbans, Li Xi was the great leader, second only to the emperor and above hundreds of thousands of people. Would the other side not listen to him, their great-grandfather?

Li Hong is not a man who always speaks with confidence.

Of course, this is nothing. Li Hong remembered that in history, Zhang Jue did not last long before dying of illness. At that time, the Yellow Turbans were leaderless, which was also an opportunity for the officers and soldiers.

Although the Yellow Turbans were powerful, they had many flaws.

In fact, tens of thousands of elite Beiwei cavalry were in their hands.

Even if he really fought a war with hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, Li Hong would not be afraid. He could starve hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans to death by clearing the countryside.

The Beiwei cavalry galloped on the official roads and plains. Li Hong was able to defeat these Yellow Turbans.

He wouldn't be so stupid as to actually let his army engage in a brutal siege.

However, all these are too time-consuming and will cause loss of manpower. The best strategy is to defeat the enemy without fighting.

A coalition camp of nearly 200,000 officers and soldiers spread out to the north of Julu, undulating in an endless stream.

With tens of thousands of Beiwei cavalry at his side, Zhang Jue did not dare to send a large army out for a field battle.

In this way, the imperial army and the Yellow Turban Army in Julu County fell silent for a short time. They all sent out scouts and waited quietly for Zhang Xi to lead the Yellow Turban Army of Xuzhou to arrive.

.........

Julu City, County Magistrate’s Mansion, inside the meeting hall.

Zhang Jue, who was thin, handsome, and dressed in Taoist robes with an immortal look, sat in the main seat, listening to his subordinates report on the situation of the officers and soldiers outside the city with a frown on his face.

"Ahem, Li Hong actually didn't take any action?"

Zhang Jue coughed and spoke with a bad look on his face.

"General Hui Tian Gong, the officers and soldiers are deployed with cavalry on both sides and infantry in the middle. It doesn't look like a siege!"

The young Zhou Cang had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a simple and honest face. At this moment, he spoke respectfully to Zhang Jue.

"Brother, don't worry too much. These soldiers are obviously staying put because they can't capture our city. Li Hong is just gaining fame in vain. In my opinion, the reason why the soldiers won a great victory before was that Bo Cai and Zhang Mancheng were lured by the damn court and surrendered." General Zhang Bao snorted disdainfully.

"Yes, big brother, what you said is right. If Bo Cai and Zhang Mancheng had not surrendered voluntarily, Bo Cai's army of more than 100,000 soldiers would have surrendered out of helplessness, but Zhang Mancheng has 200,000 soldiers and the strong city of Wancheng. How could his entire army be wiped out in just a few days? Zhang Mancheng is a traitor who ruined the Yellow Turban cause. If I see him again in the future, I will eat his flesh and drink his blood."

General Zhang Liang in the hall also echoed Zhang Bao's words. When he talked about Zhang Mancheng, his face was full of anger.

Zhang Jue listened to what his two brothers said, his cloudy eyes filled with sadness and confusion.

Zhang Mancheng and Bo Cai were brought up by him, just like his own sons, so he gave them important tasks. However, he could not accept the fact that Zhang Mancheng and Bo Cai surrendered to the officers and soldiers, which simply ruined the Yellow Turban cause. However, as Zhang Liang said, if it were not for Bo Cai, it would be fine. Zhang Mancheng occupied the strong city and had food and horses, so how could he break the city so quickly?
"Cough cough..." Zhang Jue coughed violently and opened his hand, revealing a pool of blood. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were both shocked when they saw it.

"Damn it, Zhang Mancheng and Bo Cai made my brother cough up blood. I will definitely kill them both." Zhang Bao said angrily.

Zhang Jue waved his hands repeatedly and said:

"This is an old problem. Well, Li Hong has a great reputation and should not be underestimated. He did not move his troops because he guessed that we had summoned Zhang Xi to lead troops for support. I originally wanted to attack our officers and soldiers from both sides, but I didn't expect Li Hong to stay put."

"What's the situation with Zhang Xi? Has he led his troops here?"

Zhang Jiao changed the subject, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang shifted their attention to Li Hong and Zhang Xi.

"This is indeed possible." Zhang Bao agreed with Zhang Jiao's guess.

However, Zhang Bao then smiled and said, "Brother, compared to Na Bocai and Zhang Mancheng, who are ungrateful, Zhang Xi is very loyal. When the envoy I sent arrived in Pengcheng, Zhang Xi immediately entertained him well and immediately summoned all the troops to rush to Jizhou. Now Zhang Xi's 270,000 troops have already entered Jizhou and are only ten days away from Julu."

Zhang Liang also clapped his hands and laughed:

"With Zhang Xi's army joining ours, we are not afraid even if all the soldiers from different places gather together. As long as we defeat Li Hong, the world will still belong to us Yellow Turbans!"

Zhang Jue was relieved when he heard that Zhang Xi would arrive in ten days. He said softly, "In that case, we will wait for ten days until Zhang Xi's army arrives and then join forces with him!"

(End of this chapter)