In the early mornings of the next few days, rebels escaped from the Yellow Turban army and arrived outside the rebel barracks in Zhuoxian County. Liu Bei continued to show his benevolence and righteousness and accepted them all. On the day of the decisive battle on April 15th,

, nearly 20,000 rebels have gathered in their camp, and it is obvious that all the rebels who were not captives of them before have come.

When Liu Bei heard that there were so many rebels, he felt a little complacent. You see, when the people in the Yellow Turban Army heard my name, Liu Bei, they all came to join me. This shows that the people all know my benevolence and righteousness.

Liu Bei seemed to see that Liu Yu had reported his merits to the imperial court, and the imperial court appointed him as the magistrate of Zhuo County, and he might be the prefect of Zhuo County.

"Liu Jun, because the number of refugees is increasing, we only have enough food for this morning. After this meal, we won't have a grain of food!" Liu Xin came to Liu Bei's tent before dawn.

Report.

"It doesn't matter, I have already made an agreement with General Zou Jing. When the Yellow Turban Army is defeated, we will be responsible for pursuing their food supply. We will have food this afternoon." Liu Bei returned.

Liu Xin retreated and listened to Liu Bei's deployment of today's battle plan. Perhaps because he saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's force, Zou Jing pulled the Zhuo County rebels into the main battle lineup. The rebels from other counties in Youzhou assisted in the attack from the side, mainly

Scatter their rebellious troops. When the Yellow Turban Army is in chaos, Zou Jing can lead 3,000 regular troops to defeat the opponent's main force in one fell swoop.

Everyone has full confidence in the main force of Youzhou. Most of the Yellow Turban Army are victims of the disaster who have just thrown away their hoes. Even if there are elite martial arts practitioners, how can they compare with professional soldiers? Zou Jing leads Youzhou's elite soldiers.

The volunteers from various counties summoned by Liu Yu were not allowed to be the main force.

When the sun gradually rose, the door of Zou Jing's military camp opened, and many elite soldiers came down from the mountain. They were well-equipped and disciplined, and they looked like elite soldiers.

It's just that soldiers like Liu Xinguan are pretty, so they probably don't have enough food and grass.

More than a dozen rebel regiments followed the Youzhou regular army down the mountain and began to march towards the Yellow Turban Army camp outside Ji County.

Liu Xin led more than a hundred soldiers to follow Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Today they only brought all the elite rebels, a total of more than 300 people, plus Liu Xin led about 500 people, following the Youzhou army.

, Liu Bei is full of confidence today.

"Liu Xin, why do you want to bring these hundreds of refugee soldiers? Is it not good to leave them in the rear army camp? Later you lead the troops to the rear and don't let them disrupt our army's formation." Liu Bei looked at Liu Xin and said dissatisfiedly.

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Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also looked at Liu Xin. Today is the day of the decisive battle. Won't he cause trouble for himself by leading the rebels? Don't kill the enemy troops and cause chaos on your own side.

Liu Xin's recruits also heard what Liu Bei said. They were indignant but did not dare to speak. They just tightened their weapons.

"Liu Xin has freedom and discretion in his heart, and he will not become a burden to our army when the time comes." Liu Xin said.

The strength of these recruits is no worse than that of the rebels, and their combat experience is no less than that of the rebels. After being replaced with captured weapons, their strength is much stronger than ordinary yellow turban soldiers.

When Liu Bei heard what Liu Xin said, he turned his head and ignored it. He felt that on the occasion of today's decisive battle, Liu Xin led the rebels to join the battle just to attract other people's attention. This approach of ignoring the overall situation and just showing off himself was too selfish.

Liu Xin didn't know what Liu Bei was thinking. He followed the Zhuo County rebels and walked with the rebels from various counties in Youzhou towards the Yellow Turban Army camp outside Ji County.

When the Yellow Turban Army saw this, they gathered everyone together. Colonel Zou Jing led his soldiers to take a position, and all the rebels stood behind them, looking quite impressive.

Zou Jing's party had about 7,000 people, while the Yellow Turban army had more than 70,000 people. The Yellow Turban army knew that the officers and soldiers were stronger than themselves, so they used all their strength to bring all the rebels who followed them with them. No matter how many of the rebels died, they could not

Don't feel bad, even if it takes some effort from the officers and soldiers, it's still good.

Liu Xin saw that two miles ahead, the Yellow Turban Army was also standing in phalanxes. Each phalanx had about 3,000 people. A total of 8 phalanxes were huge, and all the rebels were following behind them.

Today both sides are preparing for a decisive battle. Zou Jing is because the rebel reinforcements have arrived and they don't have much food and grass. The Yellow Turban Army really has no food and grass.

More than 70,000 people need more than 2,000 stones of food and grass every day, and no amount of food can support so many people. Before attacking the city wall of Jixian, they must defeat Zou Jing, so the Yellow Turban Army hopes for a decisive battle at this time.

From the time they set off in the early morning until the two sides stood in formation, about two hours passed. It was almost noon, and the two sides were ready to start fighting.

In order to defeat the opponent's will to resist in one fell swoop, neither side was in a hurry. When the rear formation of the Yellow Turban Army gradually quieted down, the war drums of Zou Jing's army sounded, and the front army began to move forward slowly.

Zou Jing had 2,500 infantry and 500 cavalry. By letting all 2,500 infantry serve as the main force, he wanted to kill through the opponent's main formation in one fell swoop and kill the local commander under the opponent's battle flag. This was the best way for elite soldiers to win with fewer troops and more troops.

Simple way.

Liu Bei's 500 soldiers turned out to be the central army on the side of the officers and soldiers. The other rebels followed Liu Bei's army, and the 500 elite cavalry stood in the rear. Their role was to wait for the enemy commander to chase and kill the enemy commander when he fled.

Everything seemed reasonable. Liu Xin followed the beat of the war drum and walked forward step by step. It was his first time to participate in such a large-scale decisive battle, and his blood couldn't help boiling, as if he had endless energy.

The drums stopped and they all stopped. Liu Xin heard the two sides calling for formation, as if they were about to start a duel. After a while, the shouts of killing rang out from the front. Each side sent a general to start a duel in the center of the two armies, because the duel

It was too far, and there was a large army blocking the front, so he couldn't see clearly.

After a while, fierce cheers came from the Yellow Turban Army. This time, the officers and soldiers were defeated.

Zhang Fei looked forward anxiously when he saw this, wishing he could go up and try it himself, but Liu Bei's face was cold, and he was very angry.

Zou Jing did not let all the rebel representatives go to the front, which was treating them as vassal troops. All decisions on the battlefield had nothing to do with him, which made Liu Bei very dissatisfied.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction. He is the captain of Youzhou. Although he is the queen of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, the usefulness of this banner depends on how much he can do. Before he enters the aristocratic family class, it has no effect.

Immediately after the second battle, Zou Jing sent out another general and fought with the opponent for hundreds of rounds without deciding the outcome. Liu Xin saw that the generals on both sides were only at the quasi-third-rate level, and the Youzhou regular army was really not that strong.

The generals of both sides returned to the battle, and the morale of the Yellow Turban army was high. The officers and soldiers fought one victory and the other lost. This made everyone see the gap in strength between the enemy and ours, and for a while they lost confidence in victory.
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