Li Hong saw Yan Rou. The fiery red war horse, the fiery red cloak, and the majestic burning clouds.

He exclaimed, walked up quickly, and shouted loudly, "Brother Ziyu..."

Yan Rou flew off the horse, ran a few steps, grabbed Li Hong's big hand, and shook it repeatedly: "Zimin, if you don't come again, we will cross the Holy Water East."

Li Hong smiled: "Zhuo City is still in our hands, and Zhuo County has not been lost yet. Brother Ziyu still has the power to fight again. How can the saying of crossing the Holy Water East?"

"Zhang Niujiao is powerful, and the Yellow Turban Army cannot be underestimated. They have 100,000 troops who have crossed the giant horse water one after another, and 50,000 troops are coming in the future. Compared with them, our strength is too weak and we are unable to fight back at all." Yan Rou said a little discouraged.

Li Hong patted his shoulder and comforted him: "There will always be a solution. Last year, the Yellow Turbans of Guangyang started a crime, captured Jicheng, killed the governor, and killed the prefect, and the momentum was terrifying. Didn't you defeat them and eliminate the Yellow Turban Army under the command of Lord Liu?"

Yan Rou shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Last year, there were not so many Yellow Turbans in Guangyang, with most common people, so it is much easier to fight. Now this army has no strength and number of people as last year."

As the two were talking, Xian Yufu hurried over. Compared to the last time they met in Guangning, he was much thinner.

"You have to pay attention to your health." Li Hong said with concern, "You have lost more weight after not seeing each other for a month or two."

Xian Yufu was worried and waved his hand weakly.

"The situation of the war is developing too fast. We have been defeated continuously, so how can we have the heart to sleep? I heard that you are here, Ziyu and I came overnight just to ask you if you have any strategies to get rid of the enemy?"

Li Hong grabbed Xian Yufu's hand and said with a smile: "You have a good rest first, and we will discuss it after we have enough energy."

"Let's go, go, get in, get in. Have your injuries completely healed?" Yan Rou asked.

"Okay, I've just a few more scars." The three of them walked together intimately, and the older Xian Yufu was sandwiched between them. Seeing Li Hong, Xian Yufu's mood suddenly improved, and his extreme fatigue seemed to have been relieved a lot.

"I would have been following you all the time." Yan Rou said regretfully, "You arrived at Shanggu and fought many battles, and every game was exciting and refreshing. I stayed in Yuyang and only caught a few small battles, without any meaning."

Li Hong smiled embarrassedly. At that time, the prefect of Yuyang, He Yi insisted on Yan Rou staying to guard Yuyang City. Yan Rou was not easy to refuse due to mercy, but she missed the opportunity to go north with Li Hong to kill the enemy. He has been resentful and has complaints to this day.

When Li Hong saw Yan Liang following behind, he immediately remembered that he did not introduce him.

"Come on, let me introduce you to me. At this time, my new guard, Cao, is named Yan Liang and Yan Zishan. He is the thief Cao, the subordinate of the Zhongshan County Government. He has only arrived here today."

Xian Yufu and Yan Rou stopped and looked at Yan Liang, with surprise on their faces.

Yan Liang did not expect that Li Hong would suddenly stop and introduce two adults to him, and felt warm. It was always very exciting to be valued by his superiors.

"The Lord, please see the two lords."

Yan Rou is a military officer in the county government, which is bigger than the thief Cao who is in charge of the guards, but the gap is not big.

He hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "I dare not take it, I dare not take it. Now we are all working under the lieutenant's account, and we are all colleagues, so don't be too polite."

Xian Yufu looked at Yan Liang carefully, gave him a greeting, and said to Li Hong with a smile: "Is the Prime Minister here?"

Li Hong nodded, "In the big tent. We were chatting by the river just now."

"He is so generous. He puts such a good man under your tent. Do you know what Yan Zishan's nickname is?"

Li Hong shook his head, looked at Yan Liang and asked strangely: "Is Zishan very famous?"

Yan Rou laughed.

"Yan Zishan is nicknamed Hutou, and he uses a tiger-headed sword. When he was eighteen years old, he wanted to make a living, so he carried this sword to kill all over Hebei. As a result, because he was too arrogant, he had no one under his command, and instead offended many masters from Hebei. In the end, no one asked him and ended up in a mess."

Yan Liang's face turned slightly red, and he stood aside and looked embarrassed.

Li Hong became curious and asked quickly: "What's next?"

Xian Yufu continued: "Later, he returned to his hometown in Changshan Kingdom to help the local county suppress bandits. Once, one man and a knife killed more than 100 bandits. The county magistrate despised him for being too murderous, refused to leave him in the county government and sent him to be a small pavilion chief. But Yan Hutou became famous since then."

"When did the tiger-headed brother follow the Prime Minister?" Xian Yufu turned to Yan Liang and asked.

Yan Liang bowed respectfully and said, "Last year, the Yellow Turbans in my hometown, and I couldn't stay there, so I took my parents to escape to Zhuo County. This spring, I saw that the situation was still good, so I was ready to return to my hometown. When I passed by Nulu City, I saw Zhongshan recruiting soldiers and immediately went to apply for the conquest. Later, I was spotted by the Prime Minister and transferred to the mansion to be a disciple Cao."

"So you are so famous." Li Hong exclaimed.

Yan Liang looked even more embarrassed and embarrassed.

Xian Yufu and Yan Rou had met Zhang Chun, and several people sat in the big tent to discuss military information.

Li Hong's opinion is very clear. The current strength gap with the Yellow Turban Army is too far away. If you face it head-on, you have no chance of winning. Referring to the method of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army last year, it is nothing more than stalemate first and then win by surprise. After the troops reach a certain number, you will wait for an opportunity to fight with them. But now you can't even do stalemate, and the troops can only retreat blindly, so this battle is difficult to fight.

Xian Yufu was immediately discouraged. He asked in frustration: "No chance at all?"

Li Hong frowned and smiled bitterly: "It's true that there is no turning point. Even if there is a turning point, we have to create this turning point ourselves. To create this turning point, we need the troops. Without the troops, it will be useless to say anything."

Zhang Chun sighed and said slowly: "We have no troops now. Even temporary attacks cannot be used?"

"Why?"

"Every time the Yellow Turban Army occupied a place, it opened warehouses and released grain to the local people, and they were very popular with the people. Now people from all over the world are looking forward to the Yellow Turban Army's attack at their doorsteps, so that they can burn government offices, kill bullies, rob rich people, have food and clothing. Now the people are standing by the Yellow Turban Army, helping them and sending messages to them. Now a few people are willing to join the army to fight them? In addition to the private forces of the rich and wealthy families."

Li Hong was so angry that he heard this.

"My sir means that there are no people on the ground in Zhuo County who are willing to help us, right?"

Zhang Chun had no expression on his face. Li Hong turned his eyes to see Xian Yu Fu and Yan Rou. The two looked solemn and nodded at the same time.

"No matter what, we must delay the enemy's attack speed. If we can drag them to snow in Zhuo County, maybe the situation will turn around." Zhang Chun pondered for a long time and said slowly.

Several people in the big tent were silent.

"If the Xianyu Yin team of Shanggu County arrived in time, we still had 25,000 troops west of the Shengshui River, half of which were cavalry. We can make full use of the mobility of the cavalry, effectively attack the enemy's supply lines, and carry out small-scale raids to achieve our goal of delaying the enemy's attack. The infantry guarded Zhuocheng, and more than 10,000 people guarded a city. Even if the Yellow Turban Army invested 100,000 people to attack, it would probably take some time?" Zhang Chun looked at the map on the table and said to the three:

"Our troops can only barely support the battlefield of Jizhou. The main force of the imperial court is now on the battlefield of Xiliang. We cannot count on reinforcements, we can only rely on ourselves."

"The Yellow Turban Army suddenly entered Youzhou. Their strategic intention was very obvious, which was to occupy the entire Youzhou. They wanted to lay a foundation, consolidate their sphere of influence, establish a stable and large rear for occupying a larger territory in the future, and seizing greater interests."

"Youzhou is located in the northern border, far away from the Central Plains, and Kyoto. If they succeed this time, it will be very difficult for us to completely annihilate them in the future. Once it becomes a state of being too big, it will be a disaster for the people of Youzhou and the Han Kingdom."

"So we all have to persevere, stick to the west of the Shengshui River, and leave the Yellow Turban Army in Zhuo County. As long as it snows, the supply of the Yellow Turban Army will be difficult, and the siege will not continue. A turning point may occur."

"Last year, several generals completed their last strike against the Yellow Turban Army. Didn't they all be in winter? This year, it may be the same in Youzhou."

Li Hong, Xian Yufu and Yan Rou all nodded repeatedly and agreed with Zhang Chun's opinion.

They all admired Zhang Chun very much. At first, they thought that Zhang Chun was defeated by Zhongshan because he was incompetent. Now it seems that this is not the case. This person is still very talented and knowledgeable. It is probably because the Yellow Turban Army's attack was too fierce. How many troops can he bring together with Zhongshan? Without troops, no one can defeat the enemy.

Li Hong felt that Zhang Chun was definitely a good official. His words by the river showed that he had emotional sympathy for the Yellow Turban Army. The soldiers in the Yellow Turban Army were all ordinary people. If it were not for the purpose of survival, who would have taken the initiative to die and rebel? What is the crime of rebellion? It implicated the nine clans. Zhang Chun's indignation with this dark world does not prevent him from continuing to be an official in the court, continue to receive the court's salary, and continue to work hard to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army. The public and private are clear, and the emotions and laws are separated, such a person must be a good official.

The four people immediately discussed the details.

Zhang Chun immediately set off to Jicheng to visit the governor Yang Huang. There were no reinforcements, but there must be no problems with the supplies sent to the front line. When he went to Jicheng, Zhang Chun volunteered to take the initiative to undertake the task of raising and escorting food and supplies. After entering Zhuo County, there was no grassland, and the grass of war horses were transported from the rear. Once the horses had no grass, Li Hong's Fengyun Iron Cavalry could be changed to infantry. Therefore, Li Hong attached great importance to this issue.

Xian Yufu and Yan Rou returned to Zhuocheng and informed Wang Ru, the prefect of Zhuo County, about Zhang Chun and Li Hong, and prepared to fight to defend the city.

Li Hong led his troops to Yu Ge to strike the enemy's supplies and small troops between the Holy Water and the Giant Horse Water, delaying the enemy's attack speed.

If Xianyu Yin tribe arrives at the Holy Shui River, it will temporarily stay on the east bank of the Holy Shui River and wait for an opportunity to move.

Zhang Niujiao's troops steadily advanced to the city of Zhuojun three days later.

Zhang Niujiao led 50,000 people to camp in the western city of Zhuo County. Zhang Baiqi led 30,000 troops to station at the South Gate.

After crossing the river, the 30,000 troops from the Yellow Turban Army's left school quickly advanced towards the direction of the square city to protect the right wing of the main siege troops.

After crossing the river, the 30,000 troops of Huanglong of the Yellow Turban Army quickly headed north and took down the small city of Naiguo within one day. Then the large troops immediately advanced eastward and quickly marched towards the Shengshui River, preparing to capture the Liangxiang Ferry and effectively protect the left wing of the main force.

Fang Biao led a five thousand army as the front and marched in Xiaofangshan. Xiaofangshan is one hundred miles away from the Shengshui River.

He was Huang Long's subordinate. According to the requirements, he had to arrive at the Holy Shui River tomorrow morning. But this place was already the area of ​​the activities of the official army, so Fang Biao ordered the troops to act carefully and closely guard against the enemy's surprise attacks.

Fang Biao received news that 10,000 cavalrymen of Li Hong, the captain of the Han army, had crossed the Shengshui River and were entering the area of ​​Zhuo County. They should always beware of being attacked by his troops. This man is good at attacking wars and is best at night attacks.

Fang Biao didn't take it seriously. He was angry. He was the first to attack Naiguo City. He thought he could make a fortune, but he didn't expect that before he could reach the county government, Huang Shuai's order came and drove out immediately. Why can't he even catch a needle when he was trying hard to capture the place he had been trapped?

Scouts arrived like flying.

"Sir Sima, you can see the enemy cavalry ten miles away from us." The scout said with sweat.

Fang Biao was shocked and asked nervously: "How many people? How many people are there?"

"There are probably a few thousand people?"

"Order the troops to stop advancing, gather formations and prepare to block the enemy." Fang Biao shouted loudly: "Send someone to notify Huang Shuai and quickly move closer to our troops, and the enemy's cavalry troops appeared."

The drum sounded immediately.

The Yellow Turban soldiers quickly gathered together and set up a defensive formation.

"Master Sima, aren't we going to retreat?" At this time, several Sima of the Yellow Turban Army drove their horses and asked one after another.

"Sir Sima, the enemy has thousands of cavalry, and we may not be able to deal with it."

Fang Biao waved his hand and signaled everyone to calm down.

"Ship Huang had already expected that the enemy might attack us, so the central army following us was actually the main force, with more than 20,000 people here, and now it is ten miles away. There are still 30,000 people on our right wing, eight miles away. We just need to block here a little, then pretend to retreat, lure the enemy into the encirclement, and fight with the main force."

"How could there be troops on our right wing?" A military Sima asked in surprise.

Fang Biao glared at his eyes and scolded loudly: "Just obey my orders, ask a lot of things? Do you want to die?"

When Li Hong saw Zheng Xin rushing over as if he was crazy, he hurriedly rode his horse to meet him.

"Sir, the enemy's traces were found in Pershan."

"Pushan?" Li Hong repeated in surprise, "Pushan? Isn't Poshan on the right side of the Huanglong army? Are there enemy troops there?"

"Yes, the news is very accurate. A local village chief came to report it personally. I have sent someone to review it, and there are about 30,000 people."

Li Hong expanded the map and looked shocked on his face.

"Fang Biao's position is an ambush circle."

"Yes. The troops must retreat immediately, and it is too late."

"Retreat." Li Hong shouted to the messenger, "Notify all divisions and retreat immediately in the direction of Zhuocheng."

The messenger immediately dispersed and ran away wildly.
Chapter completed!