He was carried by a crazy war horse and ran dozens of miles away. Dong Zhuo, who had just returned to Handan City the next afternoon, found that he had become a commander who had become a bare-headed commander. Cao Cao ran away at dawn with more than 10,000 remaining soldiers gathered in the city. There were even less than 500 Xiliang soldiers who remained in the city and refused to follow Cao Cao.

Fortunately, Li Ru, Niu Fu, Xu Rong and other scattered generals rushed back to the city one after another, and the Qifeng Cavalry did not intercept them around the city.

"No matter how powerful the enemy is, there are only 500 people. They are not iron-clad and need to rest. If the general can use the families of various tribes in the city to go out of the city to wipe them out, he will definitely win." Xu Rong saw the strong soldiers with no less than ten thousand people above the city and suggested to Dong Zhuo.

These people are all gentry soldiers in Handan City, and not all their strength is. This is why Zhang Jiao could only fight to Guangzong but could not defeat Handan before.

The powerful gentry and tyrants in various places are also the main reason why the Yellow Turban Army cannot succeed.

Xu Rong's suggestion is quite reliable, because Chu Yan is indeed trapped and exhausted. If tens of thousands of strong soldiers attack them, they will undoubtedly be defeated.

However, the gentry in Handan City could not sell Dong Zhuo's face, first of all, because they had no friendship with the Xiliang barbarian.

Secondly, Dong Zhuo followed the eunuch's path, and the gentry from all over the country were ashamed to join him.

Finally! Naturally, Yuan Shao greeted the heads of the families of all the big clans in the city, asking them not to fund Dong Zhuo. The party members must not allow eunuchs to have a strong armed force outside.

So, before Dong Zhuo could speak to the heads of the big clans! Li Ru sighed first, "I am afraid that a prison cart will come to take you to Luoyang soon. For the sake of this, I can only prepare more money and send it to the Ten Generals."

"Your Majesty wants to punish me?" Dong Zhuo said in a daze.

However, seeing the messy scene under the city, Dong Zhuo knew that he should be doomed this time, but he had defeated all of the tens of thousands of troops. He could not escape the responsibility of the chief general.

"There is no need to worry about this. As long as I go back to Xiliang to operate, you will soon be restored and take power in Xiliang again." Li Ru said confidently.

As long as Xiliang is in chaos, the court needs to suppress it alone, and the only person who can suppress the people of Xiliang is Dong Zhuo.

While Dong Zhuo was mentally preparing to be taken to Luoyang by a prison car, a team of cavalry came over at the city. It was the Flying Cavalry led by Chu Yan. Although there were only more than a hundred cavalry, it caused more than 100 defenders on the city to panic.

In this battle, the invincible image of the Wind Cavalry was deeply imprinted in their hearts. Even if they had a ten-to-a hundred-fold advantage in numbers, they would not dare to fight with them.

"Listen to Dong Zhuo in the city, your subordinate Li Jue and Guo Si Er are in my hands. If we agree to our three conditions, we can return them to the two of them." Chu Yan sent a loud soldier and shouted to the top of the city.

After he finished shouting, Li Jue and Guo Si who were tied up were escorted out by several cavalrymen.

Looking at the scene under the city, Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and asked, "What can I do?"

After thinking about it, Li Ru said, "The two generals Li Guo will be of great use to you in controlling Xiliang in the future. Moreover, you cannot let down the hearts of all the generals under you. Even if you pay some price, you will have to exchange them back."

Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "Let's leave this matter to Wenyou to deal with!"

After Li Ru held his fists and took the order, he asked the city about Chu Yan's specific requirements.

The first thing Chu Yan said was to return the corpses and equipment of the Rising Cavalry. Li Ru nodded and agreed without thinking about it.

It’s not that he doesn’t know the importance of these equipment styles, but before handing over, he will personally record the styles of those equipment with many craftsmen. Even if the original object is returned to Chu Yan, they will not be able to create it again in a long time.

The second thing Chu Yan said was that they should immediately clean the battlefield outside the city and burn and bury the bodies.

This is also a matter of course. After all, there are only a few hundred people in the Qifeng Cavalry. Now there are no injuries and there are only more than one hundred people in front of you. It is unrealistic to ask them to collect more than 100 people in their corpses.

When searching for these corpses, Dong Zhuo will definitely get a lot of recycled weapons and equipment and the property carried by the soldiers. It is beneficial to take up the property, and Li Rudangru will not refuse.

Of course, these benefits are also in vain, because Chu Yan’s third article is compensation for money and grain, 20,000 stones of grain, 50 million yuan, 1,000 kilograms of gold and silver, and 1,000 pieces of cloth.

Chu Yan originally thought that Li Ru would not agree to this, but Li Ru agreed without thinking. Then he passed a message to the major families in the city, asking them to collect 20,000 stones of grain and the gold, silver, copper and cloth that Chu Yan asked for.

If they give it, then Dong Zhuo would exchange it for Li Jue and Guo Si without any cost. If they don’t give it, then you can compete with the cavalry outside the city and the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army that are about to arrive.

Anyway, Dong Zhuo is now a bare-headed person, so he doesn’t have money or food, but he is dead. There are two Li Jue and Guo Si.

After some discussions between the families of each family, Li Ru told Li Ru that money and food could be given, but the Yellow Turban Army must promise not to attack Handan City.

Chu Yan nodded and accepted this condition, so he took Li Jue and Guo Si to evacuate the city gate first, and waited for the defenders in the city to clean up the battlefield outside the city, and handed over the bodies and equipment of the soldiers who fell from the Qifeng Cavalry to Chu Yan, and then exchanged the money and grain for Li Jue and Guo Si.

After all, in the hot summer, those corpses will smell and rot after being exposed to the sun for half a day in the wild.

In a temporary tent more than thirty miles away from Handan City, Zhang Ning, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang's generals were gathered to discuss military aircraft.

When Zhang Ning reported the results of this battle one by one, all the Yellow Turban generals, including Zhang Liang, were stunned.

Five hundred cavalry defeated Dong Zhuo's army of nearly 50,000. Not only did they seize more than 1,500 war horses that could also be used for riding and fighting, they also captured two enemy generals alive, and their own losses were less than 100. What is this situation?

Even Dong Zhuo rushed towards this cavalry with tens of thousands of pigs together, which was not the result!

However, the facts were just before them, forcing them to believe.

What almost made them fall even more shocked was that Chu Yan sent a quick horse to tell Zhang Ning that Dong Zhuo was willing to give 50 million yuan of gold and silver, 10,000 pieces of cloth, and 20,000 stones of grain to exchange for Li Jue and Guo Si, and that it would be delivered on the same day, asking her to send someone to take over so much money, grain and materials.

After asking the conditions and conditions that Zhang Ning and Dong Zhuo had discussed, Zhang Liang suddenly felt that this was a good time to take down Handan City. They just needed to take advantage of the sudden attack of the defenders in the city when they left the city to clean the battlefield and then they could take advantage of the situation to capture the city.

However, their plan was denied by Zhang Ning.

First of all, the Yellow Turban Army did not have the ability to march for more than 30 miles in half a day.

Secondly, don’t underestimate the gentry in Handan City. Without Dong Zhuo before, they could resist the army of more than 100,000 led by Zhang Jiao. Even if they abandoned those who sent outside the city to clean the battlefield, they could still defend the city of Handan.

After all, this is a large city at the capital level, and the Yellow Turban Army is not good at attacking difficulties.

"Uncle San, our war loss is nearly 20%, and our wounded soldiers are more than 70,000 yuan. After delivery, we will return it to Heishanzhai for repair. We will only bring back a small portion of the seized goods and war horses. The food and remaining money and fabric horses will be delivered to you. The next war will depend on you." Zhang Ning denied Zhang Liang and his subordinates' suggestions and stood up and spoke.

This time, the support from Heishanzhai not only helped the Yellow Turban Army reduce the food burden by half, but also helped it streamline half of its manpower, making it more elite overall. Although there is still a big gap with the regular Han army troops, it is much better than before.

As an ally, Huo Hai has done his best and Zhang Liang didn't say much, but after this battle, he also knew the shortcomings of the Yellow Turban Army. None, or a group of knowledgeable people, helped them to do strategic planning and government management.

For example, what kind of management system should be implemented when occupying a county? What kind of management system should be implemented when occupying a county? What kind of management system should be implemented when occupying several counties, or even a state?

Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning, who have learned the entire article of Taiping, must understand these things, but they seem to have deliberately not taught them to others, which led to the two brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang being just a reckless man with a little more knowledge than ordinary people, and the various commanders of the Yellow Turban Army were also mostly brainless rash.

"Ning'er is not busy leaving. Since you don't agree with our attack on Handan City, what suggestions do you have for our next battle?" Zhang Liang raised his hand and signaled Zhang Ning to continue sitting down and talking.

"Uncle San only needs to remember a few words. You should not forcefully attack the city, you should not act to harm the people, you should not fight a battle of trapped beasts, and you should surrender when you can surrender." Zhang Ning looked at Zhang Liang with complicated eyes.

"Surrender when you can surrender?" When Zhang Liang heard the last sentence, his eyes became empty.

Can you survive by surrender?

It is impossible. As one of the three spiritual leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Hong could not let himself survive. Zhang Ning's words mean that when things cannot be done, sacrifice himself and replace his subordinates with their lives.

"You, go! Go back to Heishan, don't participate in these things in the future." Zhang Liang, who had been distracted for a long time, finally waved at Zhang Ning with difficulty.

"Secret Uncle Three." Zhang Ning intervened and bent down to Zhang Liang respectfully before turning around and leaving.

After leaving the camp, Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was much more relaxed. After returning to the camp where the wind cavalry was located, she began to take good care of the wounded soldiers. With a complete set of procedures for rescuing the wounded soldiers formulated by Huo Hai and sufficient medicine reserves, most of them had no worries about life.
Chapter completed!