Yan Rou and Xian Yuyin led their troops to the city of Anxi.

Li Hong sent people to Beixincheng and asked Zhongshan Prime Minister Zhang Chun to return to Nulucheng immediately to preside over the military and political affairs of Zhongshan. At the same time, he wrote a quick cavalry to write to Guo Dian, the governor of Jizhou, and told him that the Nulucheng in Zhongshan had been captured. Should the cavalry of Youzhou continue to go north to recover other county towns in Zhongshan, or to go south to Zhending City to participate in the war.

Wei Zheng was entrusted by Li Hong and rushed to Anxi City to persuade Fanli to surrender. The surrendered troops of the Yellow Turban Army were stationed in the prisoner camp outside the city.

Li Hong ordered the soldiers to set up camps outside the city, some of which were placed in tents to accommodate refugees and some of them were placed in the Leopard Army cavalry. All Xianyufu's infantry were stationed in the city and guarded the city for vigilance.

At the end of the month, Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan, rushed to Nulu first. He was very grateful to Li Hong for helping him regain the county and several small counties in such a short time. Although several counties in the northern part of Zhongshan were still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, with the power of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, it was a matter of time to recover. Zhang Chun immediately started his daily work with the former county officials, and the first thing was to appease the refugees in the camp.

Li Hong has always been with Zhang Chun, and likes to chat with him. He listens to him talk about the management methods and management experience of the county government's internal affairs, which has benefited Li Hong a lot. In Li Hong's heart, Zhang Chun is a good official who cares about the country and the people. If the prefects of the county government in the Han Dynasty were like Zhang Chun, there would probably be no rebellion in the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Chun is knowledgeable and talented, especially classics and history, and is very proficient. At night, when it was late at night, the two of them sat in the study, lying on the stove, one talked endlessly, and the other listened with relish, and often stayed up all night.

Xian Yufu just didn't like Zhang Chun. He thought Zhang Chun was cruel and scheming, so he advised Li Hong to contact him less. Li Hong seemed to have not heard of it, and he still fucked with Zhang Chun every day, just like Zhang Chun's servant.

Fan Li surrendered. Under the custody of Fengyun Iron Cavalry, his troops also walked into the captive camp under Nulu City.

Guo Dian, the governor of Jizhou, wrote a letter. He first commended Li Hong for his contribution to seizing Nulu City, and praised the Prime Minister Zhang Chun who was able to return to Zhongshan to preside over the military and political affairs in time, and then politely refused Li Hong's request to go south to Zhending City to participate in the war. Now the Yellow Turban Army was defeated by the official army and was about to be destroyed. Of course, Guo Dian did not want Li Hong to take his troops to steal his contribution at this time. He agreed to Li Hong's troops heading north to recapture the entire territory of Zhongshan.

Li Hong immediately ordered Yan Rou's army and Yan Liang's infantry to go north to seize the county towns of Wangdu, Tang County, Puyin, Beiping and other counties as soon as possible. Xian Yu Yin led his troops to the northwest to regain Shangquyang. He led the Yushi army and Black Panther Yi to attack Hanchang from the south. Wuji and gradually moved closer to the Zhending City of Changshan to support Guo Dian's army's attack. Xian Yu Fu led more than 2,000 people to guard Nulu City.

When the troops arrived in Hanchang, the Yellow Turban Army had already evacuated.

Li Hong immediately ordered the troops to set up a camp and no longer move in the direction of Wuji. When he arrived at Wuji, he would connect to Bishui River and Qinshui River, which was Zhending City. He was too close to him, and Guo Dian, the governor of Jizhou, might have an objection.

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Li Hong was awakened by the noisy screams outside the tent.

He got up and hurriedly put on his outer robe. Just as he wanted to go out to see what was going on, Zhao Yun had already rushed in.

"Sir, Lord Guo's troops are surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army."

Li Hong immediately lowered his head and looked at the map on the table, and asked, "How did you get the news?"

Zhao Yunshangmo replied, a fishy smell suddenly rushed in from the big tent, and Zhang He walked in with a bloody man.

Li Hong looked up and was surprised.

"Secret Guan Wenchou greets the Lord." Wenchou, who was defeated in disgrace, struggled to kneel down, but was blocked by Zhao Yun and Zhang He.

"No. Tell me quickly, what's going on?" Li Hong waved his hand and asked anxiously.

"Five days ago, Lord Guo led his troops to Yuluntun, 30 miles away from Zhending City, and Zhang Niujiao led his troops to defend and do not retreat. The night before yesterday, the Bailu army of the Yellow Turban Army, Chu Feiyan, Wang Dang, Sun Qin's army, and Wulu army suddenly appeared in Yuluntun, caught us off guard. Lord Guo led us to retreat urgently, and when he arrived at Guhongling, the entire army was surrounded. The lower officials were entrusted by Lord Guo and led a hundred cavalry to break through the encirclement and fight for help." Wen Chou said loudly in a hoarse voice.

Li Hong kept lying on the map and found the general direction as Wen Chou narrated.

"Sir, this is Lord Guo's document." Wen Chou took out a short bamboo slip covered with blood from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yun beside him. Li Hong opened it casually, took a look, and put it on the desk and pondered silently.

Zhang Niujiao finally took action, and after he divided his troops, he took action immediately. The timing was very clever, which forced Li Hong to amazed Zhang Niujiao's use of troops.

It can now be seen that Bai Luo stayed at the foot of Taihang Mountain and Wulu handed over the troops, which were all intentional arrangements by Zhang Niujiao. Even Chu Feiyan attacked Liwu and Boling, which was all implying that Guo Dian was fierce in the Yellow Turban Army and the morale of the troops were low. There were not many Yellow Turban Army troops left in Changshan.

At this time, Zhang Niujiao led his army to launch an attack, which made Guo Dian retreat repeatedly, forcing Guo Dian to gather the power of the Jizhou official army and launch a counterattack against the Yellow Turban Army. Then Zhang Niujiao pretended to be defeated and retreated step by step, causing Guo Dian to mistakenly believe that this was the best time to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, and then pursued it step by step. Zhang Niujiao lured Guo Dian into the trap he set.

At this time, Zhang Niujiao was still worried because there was a strong Fengyun Iron Cavalry in the north who could go south to participate in the war at any time. So he further showed his weakness, and even refused to lose his troops and retreated to Zhending City. At this time, Guo Dian already believed that the Yellow Turban Army was about to be defeated by him, and there was no need for Li Hong's Leopard Army to go south to help.

The Yellow Turban Army gave up Zhongshan Kingdom and the county towns of Zhongshan Kingdom, which was actually a hint that Li Hong and Guo Dian had greatly reduced their strength and were about to be defeated. As a result, Li Hong asked to divide his troops to recover the entire territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, and Guo Dian actually agreed. Therefore, the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, which poses the greatest threat to the Yellow Turban Army, lost the possibility of concentrating its strength to attack the Yellow Turban Army, and also lost the possibility of timely rescue after the main force of the official army was surrounded.

At this time, the five thousand troops of Fengyi who were left behind in Gaoyi City were probably also restrained by the Yellow Turban Army. He had even fewer troops and did not work at all.

Li Hong looked at the map blankly, at a loss.

Li Hong once reminded Guo Dian that Chu Feiyan was not in Zhongshan Kingdom, which means that he might have gone to Changshan. But because Guo Dian was his superior, he was much older than him, so it was hard to say it directly. He actually wanted to tell him that it would be better to transfer his storm cavalry to the front battlefield to attack the Yellow Turban Army. The two armies have a greater grasp of the joint attack and annihilation of the Yellow Turban Army, and they are not afraid of any tricks for the Yellow Turban Army.

But he had just easily captured Nulu City at that time and had already made great contributions. If he went to Changshan to seize the merits, it would seem too much. So Guo Dian rejected Li Hong and his cavalry's request to go south to join the war.

As a result, it is now a mess.

Now if Guo Dian's troops are completely wiped out by the Yellow Turban Army, Feng Yi, who is guarding Gaoyi City, will be the second target to be attacked by the Yellow Turban Army. If Feng Yi is eliminated, the Yellow Turban Army can immediately march straight into Julu County. Although his cavalry has more than 10,000 people, it will be difficult to defeat the Yellow Turban Army that relies on the Taihang Mountains in such a large place as Jizhou. At the same time, it is even more impossible for Jizhou to gather more than 50,000 troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army in a short period of time.

As soon as Zhang Niujiao took action, the battle situation in Jizhou immediately reversed. The defeat of the official army was a foregone conclusion.

Li Hong regretted it very much. At this time, what county town is still greedy for merit? With the main force of the Yellow Turban Army still alive, we should not blindly divide the troops, otherwise there will be room for recovery in this tragic situation today.

The more Li Hong thought about it, the more angry he became, and suddenly he pointed at the desk in front of him and had a palm. With a "crack...", the desk was cut off by his palm.

Zhao Yun, Zhang He and Wen Chou's expressions changed.

"Immediately order Yan Rou's troops, Xianyu Yin troops, and Xianyu Sui's troops to arrive at Xiaquyang as quickly as possible."

"Blow the trumpet, assemble the troops immediately and prepare to set off."

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Guhong Ridge is shrouded in the darkness, silently, only the shrill cold wind slapped the huge handsome flag and made a harsh roar. Under the mountains, the Yellow Turban Army's tents are dense and stretched for miles. Countless torches swaying in the wind, like charming gems embedded in black satin, showing a breathtaking light.

Guo Dian was in his fifties, with all his hair and beards. At this time, he was standing on the ridge, looking at the enemy camp, smiling and calm.

Last year, he was the prefect of Julu County. The Yellow Turban Army broke out first in his jurisdiction, and its momentum was so great that no one could stop him. He barely supported him for a few days and fled to Anping Kingdom. Later, General Huangfu Song led his troops to arrive, and he led the troops of the county and state to participate in the suppression of bandits.

"I wonder if Zijunke has arrived at Nulu?" Shen Pei, who was standing behind him, said worriedly.

"Zhengnan, do you really think the leopard will come day and night for help?" Guo Dian asked suspiciously.

"I will definitely come, as long as we can stay for another seven days." Shen Pei said firmly.

Guo Dian sighed, obviously without confidence.

"You will know when you see him. He is definitely a man." Shen Pei said unquestionably.

"Oh. A man?" Guo Dian turned to face him and asked in surprise: "After you came back from Liwu, you have never commented on him. I heard Zijun say that you were in Liwu and scolded him fiercely. Why did you suddenly believe him so much today?"

Shen Pei smiled bitterly and said, "Although he was a low-born man and was full of humanity, he was not a barbarian. His martial arts and talent were very admirable. I was indeed a little wrong with him when I scolded him that day. I thought he was as greedy and cunning as a barbarian, and took the opportunity to threaten us and fill his pockets. Who knew that he had really sent all the military pay to the soldiers. I would explain it to him if I had the chance."

"So you believe him?"

"Yes. He treats the Hu people like his own brothers. Although he is despised by us, from another perspective, he has a generous mind. Generally, people with broad minds are loyal and righteous people. So I believe him." Shen Pei said seriously.

Guo Dian smiled and patted his shoulder affectionately and said, "Brother Zhengnan is also a loyal, strong and upright person, otherwise he would not offend many people. Look, can we stay for another seven days?"

Shen Pei shook her head.

Guo Dian laughed, "Okay. This time I also taste the taste of blood-stained battlefield."
Chapter completed!