My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 294 Victory in the first battle
Countless bloody historical experiences told Lu Yi that when an individual holds the power of life and death over the people of the world.

He has the final say over everything in the universe.

And when this person occasionally keeps his promise when it is in his own interest.

He is a gentleman who keeps his promise and is praised by the world.

When this person betrays his promise to avoid loss of interests,
He is a heroic figure who achieves great things and is not concerned with trivial matters. Although it is difficult for him to be called a hero, he is still feared by most ordinary people.

The key is not whether this person keeps his promise or breaks it.

The real key point is whether it conflicts with his interests.

The world is bustling with people seeking profit, and the world is bustling with people seeking profit!

If we do everything according to the eyes of others, what fun is there in life?
What other freedom is there?
If a person disregards his own interests for the sake of so-called integrity and the expectations of the public.

Let’s not talk about whether this person is a hero or a coward.

However, if he wants to make a world-changing career, he will definitely face many setbacks and difficulties.

Because there are too many constraints and fetters on this road, and the burden is too much.

Failure is a high probability outcome.

Zhuge Liang is a vivid example.

On the contrary, Sima Yi and his son, whose swearing was louder than farts, are the best illustration of this truth.

In this world, most people praise Zhuge Liang not because they want to become Zhuge Liang themselves, but because they are worried that others will compete with them to become Sima Yi.

Only a villain would use the standards of a gentleman to demand others, and if things don't go as he wishes, he will fly into a rage and jump up and down.

A true gentleman, on the contrary, will always expect others to meet the standards of a villain, and will remain calm even when the sky is falling in front of him.

Lu Yi doesn't want to be a gentleman, nor does he want to be a villain.

He just wants to be a winner.

Because history is written by the victors.

If one day in the future he can be the master of the house.

Although the trend of Chinese national integration is unstoppable.

However, Lu Yi was able to control the form and intensity of the fusion to the best of his ability.

Perhaps at that time, he might have rewritten the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China as the Five Barbarians' Naturalization.

And once Lu Yi, knowing the future, falls halfway to victory, history may still repeat itself according to its powerful inertia and trajectory.

Personal reputation is insignificant in the face of national justice and there is simply no comparison.

Therefore, the third target is just an alternative target for Lu Yi, which he can choose or not.

After clarifying the purpose.

Lu Yi made arrangements immediately.

He first reported the matter to the imperial court. After several rounds of arduous defensive battles, Lu Yi led the soldiers and civilians of Yanmen in a bloody battle and repelled tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops who had never appeared before. He beheaded more than a thousand people, but failed to kill Qu Shuai who commanded the troops.

He saw that this Yellow Turban army seemed to be intending to flee eastward to Zhuo County. In order to prepare for the battle, he had to follow closely behind this Yellow Turban army and defend Zhuo County.

Not to mention that Lu Yi, the prefect of Yanmen in Bingzhou, had nothing to do with Zhuo County in Youzhou, but a crucial letter of victory from Lu Yi appeared among the emergency documents among the snowflakes.

The fact that Lu Yi defended Yanmen Pass was a great achievement. After that, he went to other places to fight for the territory of the empire without any complaints, which made him a loyal minister.

Lu Yi was confident that Liu Hong would approve of his actions after receiving his memorial, so Lu Yi's trip was justified.

However, even if Liu Hong did not allow Lu Yi to go on an expedition to other places without permission, he still had to take care of it.

Now the Yellow Turbans are rising up everywhere and there are wars everywhere in the Nine Provinces. Liu Hong can't even deal with the Yellow Turbans like Zhang Mancheng of Nanyang and Bo Cai of Yingchuan who are right next to his bed. How can he have the ability to control Lu Yi who is thousands of miles away?
Therefore, just show your appreciation.

Moreover, as Liu Hong's power declines in the future, the princes of various states and counties will be more interested in Liu Hong than Lu Yi is now.

After getting the name of the expedition, Lu Yi still left behind his trusted generals Cheng Lian and Cao Xing to lead a thousand soldiers from the Yanbei Camp to guard the Pingcheng base camp, and the right army strategist Chen Gong, who had outstanding defensive talents, led ten thousand auxiliary soldiers to guard the Pingcheng base camp to ensure the safety of Yanmen while also taking into account the supply of food and fodder for Lu Yi's army advancing eastward.

He led a thousand soldiers from his own Flying Tiger Battalion and three thousand veterans who had not yet been assigned as the commander-in-chief. Together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's School Sword Battalion and Yanyun Battalion, a total of six thousand Bingzhou cavalry formed the Eastern Route Army and attacked Zhuo County, which was only separated from Yanmen County by Dai County and Zhongshan County.

At the same time, he appointed Lu Bu as the deputy commander of the southern route, commanding Wei Xu and his own Tianlang Camp, and controlling Gao Shun, Song Xian's Xianzhen Camp, Zhang Xun, and Hou Cheng's Xiaoyao Camp. A total of 3,000 troops secretly sneaked into Zhen's Fort in Zhongshan County. On the premise of saving themselves, they kept their promise to protect the safety of the Zhen family for Lu Yi. However, when Lu Yi failed to defeat Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao and other Yellow Turban Army, he could only stay in Zhen's Fort and rely on the city wall for defense, and he was not allowed to fight outside the Zhen's manor.

Zhongshan is the territory of Jizhou. The two Zhang Jiao brothers are now leading the Yellow Turban army of more than 100,000. If Lu Bu is too careless, his 3,000 cavalry will probably be trapped in the Yellow Turban army, unable to advance or retreat.

Lu Yi was worried that Lu Bu would be impulsive, so he deliberately arranged Gao Shun to be by his side, thinking that he should be able to persuade Lu Bu to defend patiently at the critical moment.

Lu Yi planned to use three months to defeat Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao, and after saving Zhuo County and Liu Yan's safety, he would turn around and march south to meet up with Lu Bu. At that time, he could just join forces with Lu Zhi, who was ordered by the emperor to march to Jizhou. With Lu Yi's 9,000 Bingzhou cavalry and Lu Zhi's more than 10,000 imperial troops, the two sides should be able to defeat Zhang Jue and destroy the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou before the court could punish them.

In this way, he could not only ensure that Lu Zhi, who had helped him, would not be punished and imprisoned by Liu Hong, but also defeat the Yellow Turbans in advance and annex as many captives and population as possible.

Lu Yi's plan had already been discussed in detail with Tian Feng, Chen Gong and others.

Tian Feng and Chen Gong also agreed with Lu Yi's plan and added many details.

As long as Lu Yi's plan can succeed smoothly.

Then, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Lu Yi's ambition to take advantage of the situation and annex Bingzhou could be guaranteed.

As long as he controls a state and has a population of two to three million under his command, even if the imperial court wants to send troops to conquer him because of Lu Yi's growing power, it will definitely not be able to take it down without an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000.

Now that the Yellow Turbans are wreaking havoc, it is difficult for the imperial court to assign 40,000 troops to Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song and other three people to lead the fight against the Yellow Turbans, so where could such a large army be assembled?
In other words, as long as Lu Yi's plan succeeds, he will definitely become a local lord and can create a separatist force that is no less powerful than Shu Han and Eastern Wu.

After Lu Yi's eastern army set out, they encountered a Yellow Turban army of about 5,000 people who were attacking the city outside Daijun.

Lu Yi did not miss the opportunity to practice with the Yellow Turban Army, which was one order of magnitude smaller in number, before facing Cheng Yuanzhi and others, whose numbers were several or even dozens of times his.

However, when he led his troops to the city of Daijun, the fighting spirit that had just been ignited disappeared in an instant.

Six thousand fully armed cavalrymen faced off against five thousand Yellow Turban soldiers who only had hoes and farm tools, were half-naked, and had pale faces and thin bodies. The outcome of this encounter was doomed before it even began.

Lu Yi also has to have some dignity. Facing such an opponent, if he were to go all out, it would be a one-sided massacre.

Lu Yi naturally didn't want to do so.

More importantly, to the officials and people surrounding Dai County, these 5,000 men were like 5,000 demons that were ready to bite anyone they wanted. But to Lu Yi, the 5,000 Yellow Turbans were simply fat sheep that had come to his doorstep.

As long as the leading leader among them can be identified, the rest of the ordinary Yellow Turban Army, mainly composed of the elderly, the weak, women and children, can be transformed from thugs into obedient citizens within three months as long as Lu Yi throws them into the military settlement system that has already become a system.

Without him.

Zhang Jiao still needed to make empty promises in order to gain the support of the poor people.

However, Lu Yi took practical actions to distribute fields, oxen and farm tools to ensure the survival of the Yellow Turban captives.

Good or bad, as long as you have eyes to see, ears to hear and mouth to eat.

I believe it should not be difficult to distinguish.

Originally, these people joined Zhang Jue's Yellow Turban Army because they could not survive.

Otherwise, who doesn’t know that eating breakfast is a capital crime punishable by death and extermination of the entire clan?

Who would be willing to follow Zhang Jue and risk the crime of rebellion?
Now that Lu Yi has come to power, he ensures that they are well fed and clothed, and live a worry-free life, so he is not afraid that they will disobey him.

Of course, Lu Yi still had to learn from the historical experience that Cao Cao surrendered all the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou without asking the leaders or his servants, which led to the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou banding together to disobey Cao Cao's orders and rebel repeatedly.

It is okay to absorb the Yellow Turbans, but it is absolutely not okay to absorb the leaders among the Yellow Turbans.

As long as Lu Yi discovered the leaders and chiefs of the Yellow Turbans, he would kill them one by one. This would not only completely eliminate the hidden dangers after the Yellow Turbans surrendered, but he could also send their heads to the Luoyang court to increase his military merits and rewards.

Even if the leader of the Yellow Turban Army surrendered voluntarily, Lu Yi would use a nominal position to marginalize him, cut off his connection with the Yellow Turban Army he was originally subordinate to, and not give him any opportunity or possibility to cause chaos.

Lu Yi was unwilling to launch a heavy cavalry assault directly against the 5,000 Yellow Turban Army and kill them all.

Therefore, he sent Gao Lan to persuade them to surrender, saying that as long as they surrendered, their past deeds would be forgiven and their lives would be spared.

However, the leader of these 5,000 Yellow Turban troops was obviously a die-hard Yellow Turban loyalist. Faced with such a huge disparity in troop strength and Lu Yi's appeal to surrender, this leader turned a deaf ear.

Not only did he rudely reject Lu Yi's kindness, he also intended to lead dozens of cavalrymen around him to capture Gao Lan, the envoy sent by Lu Yi.

"The Yellow Turbans here are arrogant and cannot be subdued by the kingly way. Which of you generals is willing to lead the troops to fight and destroy them?"

The Yellow Turban Army's suicidal behavior successfully angered Lu Yi.

Although Lu Yi wanted to capture as many prisoners as possible, there was absolutely no room for troublemakers among them.

However, Lu Yi is now the head of a county and the commander of an army. How can he go through everything and fight every battle personally? So he asked the generals around him.

"I am deeply grateful for your kindness, Lord Fu. I am willing to kill the thief and present his head to you!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu immediately took the lead and was the first to challenge Lu Yi, which made Zhang Fei, who was also preparing to challenge later, extremely annoyed.

"Good! Yun Chang will surely achieve complete success!"

"Ready to fight!"

When Lu Yi saw Guan Yu asking for a fight, he naturally agreed.

Now the only person who can defeat Guan Yu is his younger brother Lu Bu. The world is so big that even if there are more heroes and warriors, they can only fight Guan Yu to a draw at most. Naturally, Lu Yi does not need to worry about Guan Yu's safety and the outcome of the battle.

On the contrary, when Guan Yu led his own sword battalion of 1,000 men to fight, he ordered Zhang Fei, Gao Lan and others to restrain their generals and prepare to capture the Yellow Turban Army that might be defeated after Guan Yu won.

"Who are you? Tell me your name!"

When the Yellow Turban leader saw a red-faced general coming with an exaggeratedly shaped broadsword, he immediately led dozens of his personal cavalrymen to step forward and shouted and scolded him vigilantly.

"I am Guan Yu, the commander of the Sword Battalion under Lord Lu of Yanmen County!"

"The thief will die!"

Guan Yu was eager to demonstrate his strength in front of Lu Yi, so he did not even ask the name of the Yellow Turban leader, and directly led his troops into the formation of 5,000 Yellow Turban soldiers.

The Yellow Turban leader was shocked and immediately ordered his men to shoot arrows at once.

But what could happen is that Lu Yi's Bingzhou cavalry was armed to the teeth.

Not only are the men and horses equipped with armor, but the warriors' faces are also covered with ghost masks, and the horses' heads are also covered with horse masks.

Hundreds of sparse arrows fell on the soldiers of the School Sword Battalion who had already launched the charge, making only a series of clinking sounds.

Surprisingly, no one was injured by this rain of arrows.

After two rounds of ineffective arrow rain, Guan Yu had already led the soldiers of the School Sword Battalion into the city of Dai County, only a hundred steps away from the Yellow Turban Army.

Under the expectant gaze of countless Daizhou soldiers and civilians who were waiting on the city wall.

The Sword Battalion led by Guan Yu was like a spear that showed its sharpness in front of the world for the first time, and it pierced fiercely into the Yellow Turban Army's formation that was beginning to collapse.

It is true that the Yellow Turban Army is ready to die, but they are not fools like their leader who has been completely brainwashed by Zhang Jue and thinks that everything is decided by fate.

With a thousand fully armed men charging head-on, no one would be willing to resist.

Therefore, before Guan Yu could even approach them, they began to flee in all directions.

"How dare the thief general be an enemy of the Yellow Turbans!"

"Come and die!"

The leader was furious when he saw that the "large army" he had gathered with great difficulty was defeated by Guan Yu's charge. He immediately led his personal soldiers who had also been thoroughly brainwashed by Zhang Jue to attack Guan Yu.

"How dare you, a rat, stop me!"

Guan Yu's brows were raised and his eyes were cold. At the moment when he passed the leader on his horse, the 82-jin Qinglong Yanyue Sword seemed like nothing in his hand, and it passed across the neck of the Yellow Turban leader like a silk thread.

The Yellow Turban leader had not yet reacted.

A large head flew into the sky, and the headless body continued to fly on the horse for a distance due to inertia, before it spurted out a burst of blood and fell to the ground helplessly.

The Yellow Turban leader was beheaded by Guan Yu with a clean and sharp blow, and dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers around him were immediately chopped off their horses by the soldiers of the Sword Battalion who charged in afterwards.

Lu Yi marched eastwards out of Pingcheng and won the first battle!
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(End of this chapter)