Chapter 5 Losing the first battle
With Qin Qiong's surrender, Wang Xinhao finally had the capital to fight for supremacy in troubled times.
After staying in the restaurant for a while, Wang Kai made some calculations and realized that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was about to break out. He immediately resigned from the restaurant with Qin Qiong and rushed to Luoyang City to prepare to join the army.
After walking for about half a month, Qin Qiong and Wang Kai finally arrived from Chang'an City to Luoyang City.
The two of them had just entered the city when they saw an official at the city gate holding a proclamation and loudly saying: "Your Majesty has decreed that today the Yellow Turbans are causing chaos, and we are recruiting strong men to join the army to put down the rebellion. Their treatment will be the same as that of guards. The registration location is in the east of the city."
There are limited places in the military camp fifty miles away, and registration will be closed when supplies are full."
As soon as the officer finished speaking, most of the men rushed towards the registration place, because the salary of the dormitory guards was very generous.
Besides, after Wang Kai heard what the official said, he immediately said to Qin Qiong: "Uncle Bao, God is really helping us. We were just about to surrender to the army when this good opportunity appeared."
"Lord, without further ado, let's rush to the military camp to sign up!"
The two of them ran to the military camp fifty miles east of the city, and saw many men gathered outside the military camp.
Seeing this, Wang Kai and Qin Qiong immediately joined the queue.
After a while, it was Wang Kai's turn to sign up.
General Shi Zhangchao looked at Wang Kai and asked: "Name, age, place of origin, what are your specialties?"
"Wang Kai, in his early twenties, is a member of the Chang'an family. He is good at arithmetic."
"Arithmetic? Very good. You can report to the military camp, and I will arrange for you to work with me later."
"Thank you, sir!"
After saying that, Wang Kai entered the military camp first.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Qiong also came to Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao looked at Qin Qiong's physique and nodded with satisfaction, then asked the same question.
Qin Qiong immediately replied: "Qin Qiong, twenty-one, is from Licheng, Qingzhou. He is good at spear and mace skills."
"Very good, you should also report to the military camp!"
When Qin Qiong entered the military camp, he saw Wang Kai waiting for him.
Immediately, Wang Kai and Qin Qiong went to receive the armor, and then reported to the new barracks.
Registration lasted for three days, and the number of people in the recruit camp was approaching saturation.
North Zhonglang General Lu Zhi, Zuo Zhonglang General Huangfu Song, and You Zhonglang General Zhu Jun immediately ordered the conscription to be stopped.
After the conscription was over, Beizhonglang General Lu Zhi led 15,000 soldiers from the five schools of the Northern Army and more than 10,000 recruits, a total of more than 25,000 people, to Jizhou.
Zuo Zhonglang General Huangfu Song led eight thousand soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army, two thousand Sanhe cavalry and more than ten thousand recruits, a total of more than twenty thousand people, to Yingchuan County.
General Zhu Jun of the Right Zhonglang led 7,000 soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army, 2,000 Sanhe cavalry and more than 10,000 recruits, a total of more than 20,000 people, to Yingchuan County.
Wang Kai and Qin Qiong were assigned to Zhu Jun's marching team because the general Shi Zhangchao was under Zhu Jun's command.
Following the army into Yingchuan County, Zhu Jun immediately led his troops to march towards the Yellow Turban Army's Bocai Department, because he felt that the Yellow Turban Army was just a bunch of rabble, and he could quell the Yellow Turban with just the five schools of the Northern Army in his hands.
After marching for a long time, except for the soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army and the Sanhe Cavalry, the more than 10,000 new recruits were already exhausted. Seeing that the recruits could not keep up, the coach Zhu Jun immediately ordered repairs in place. .
After getting a chance to breathe, Zhang Chao looked at the panting Wang Kai and said immediately: "Xinhao, take a rest!"
Wang Kai stopped for a moment and then said: "Zhang Changshi, with such a hasty march, I am afraid that the new soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness. Why doesn't General Zhu order to set up camp? If the enemy attacks, our army may fall apart in an instant." "
"Xinhao, you are too unfounded. The Yellow Turban Army is just a bunch of rabble. As long as the soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army take action, it will not be easy to put down the rebellion."
Seeing Zhang Zhao say this, Wang Kai suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
'Even General Shi looks down upon the Yellow Turban Army so much. I'm afraid General Zhu has the same idea. Now that our army is deep into the hinterland, there is no knowledgeable person to remind General Zhu just in case!'
Zhu Jun's army rested in place for a while.
The spies from the Bocai Department of the Yellow Turban Army found out about Zhu Jun's army, and then immediately rushed back to Bocai to report to him: "Report to Commander Qu, the Han court troops are repairing in place thirty miles away from us. ."
"What? The Han court army came under my nose. How many people are there?"
"Qu Shuai, I can't count him, but there are definitely not as many as us."
Upon hearing this, Bo Cai immediately ordered: "Send my order and the army will set off and march towards the official army."
Following Bo Cai's order, more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops went straight to Zhu Jun's army to kill.
After a while, a group of soldiers wearing yellow scarves and holding weapons collided head-on with the sentries of Zhu Jun's army.
Seeing the appearance of the Yellow Turban Army, the sentries of Zhu Jun's army immediately made the sound of an enemy attack.
Zhu Jun was shocked when he heard the sound of enemy attack, because he never expected to encounter enemy troops at this time.
Although he was surprised, Zhu Jun was worthy of being a famous general. He quickly ordered the soldiers of the fifth school of the Northern Army to stand up and face the enemy.
At the same time, the exhausted recruits immediately wanted to get up and fight, but the recruits who got a chance to breathe after the rapid march could not move at all.
Seeing that the official army could not move, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army immediately began a brutal massacre.
But among them, there was a place where the army was massacring the Yellow Turban Army, and this was where Qin Qiong was.
Facing Qin Qiong, who was highly skilled in martial arts, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army began to kill Qin Qiong cautiously.
Besides, Zhu Jun commanded the soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army to charge and kill for a while, but he found that the Yellow Turban Army could not finish them all.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Jun suddenly realized that he had committed a taboo of underestimating the enemy.
Seeing the serious casualties among the soldiers from the fifth school of the Northern Army, Zhu Jun immediately wanted to retreat.
At this moment, Zhu Jun saw the defeat of the new soldiers again.
Seeing that the situation was over, Zhu Jun immediately sent an order for the Sanhe cavalry to dispatch to kill the Yellow Turban Army and create a retreat route for them.
After receiving Zhu Jun's order, the commander of the Sanhe Cavalry immediately led his troops to launch a charge.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Jun ordered Ming Jin to retreat.
Hearing the sound of gold ringing, the soldiers from the five schools of the Northern Army began to evacuate in an orderly manner, but the new recruits fled in all directions.
Qin Qiong, who was in the new barracks, heard the sound of ringing gold, and immediately fought and retreated, rushing towards Wang Kai, because Wang Kai basically had no ability to protect himself.
Besides, when Wang Kai saw the army defeated, he resisted vomiting and followed Zhang Chao to evacuate, because Zhang Chao was protected by personal guards.
After retreating for a distance, Qin Qiong finally arrived at Wang Kai's side.
Seeing Wang Kai's poor condition, Qin Qiong immediately stepped forward and asked: "My lord, are you okay?"
Hearing Qin Qiong's voice, Wang Kai weakly replied: "It's okay, I'm just not used to the situation on the battlefield yet. General Zhu has already ordered the evacuation. Let's rush to the direction of Changshe quickly!"
In this way, Qin Qiong protected Wang Kai and continued to evacuate in the direction of Changshe.
Zhu Jun also led the remnants of the Northern Army's fifth school to withdraw towards Changshe.
As for the two thousand Sanhe cavalry, after a fight, only a few hundred cavalry were left and retreated to Changshe.
And those new recruits were basically killed by the Yellow Turban Army.
Chapter completed!