The group of guards in the camp suddenly woke up and drew their swords one after another, but it was too late.
Zhu Gongdao shouted loudly and grabbed He Qun's knife-wielding right hand with his left hand like lightning.
He Qun felt the pain as if his bones were shattering inch by inch.
The next moment, hot blood sprayed all around. Zhu Gongdao held He Qun's head in his left hand and said sternly, "Those who do anything without mercy will be killed without mercy!"
Everyone was shocked by his angry shout and did not dare to react.
Suddenly, a bearded leader slashed at Zhu Gongdao with a knife. He was indeed brave.
Zhu Gongdao struggled to chop with the opponent, but with just one blow, the man's knife was knocked away and he staggered to the ground.
Zhu Gongdao was about to kill him, but when he saw the blood seeping out of the man's expression, he was obviously injured first.
Zhu Gongdao snorted and asked a tiger guard to come up and tie him up.
Qin Yuan gritted his teeth and said loudly: "He Qun is dead, Zhou Cang, do you still want to be buried with him? We don't think about ourselves or our families, whether we starve to death or surrender the Jizhou army."
All the generals looked at each other, seemingly undecided.
Cries of killing also rang outside the camp. More than two hundred tiger guards came up and killed He group's soldiers nearby.
There were also small fires burning in the distance. It was Zhang He who led his cavalry to burn the Yellow Turban tents, in conjunction with Qin Yuan's surrender, to give him greater momentum.
Under Zhu Gongdao's angry eyes, the dozen or so guards in the camp all threw down their weapons and claimed to obey Qin Yuan's orders. In fact, they had long wanted to surrender. Fortunately, they surrendered just by taking advantage of this step. They were frightened. Life is enough.
At this time, a tiger guard also took out He Qun's head to intimidate He Qun's soldiers.
After a while, the Chinese army was controlled by Zhu Gongdao and a group of tiger guards. During the Anti-Japanese War, Japanese soldiers used small numbers and momentum to control many Imperial Army troops.
More than a dozen Yellow Turban generals were forced to do so under threat or so to speak. . Under the leadership of several people, they all expressed their intention to surrender to the Jizhou Army.
Not all the Yellow Turban Army surrendered. When the order to surrender the Jizhou Army was passed on, several generals immediately fled with their troops.
Yuan Xi was on the city wall, looking anxiously at the firelight of the Yellow Turban Army camp. Tian Feng also stood aside nervously. After all, no one could tell until the end. Strategy was strategy, reality was reality.
When the scouts reported that the Yellow Turban Army had surrendered, Yuan Xi was stunned for a long time, and then he felt extremely excited, but he still pretended to be calm, otherwise it would be a loss of dignity for the Yuan family.
"Mr. Yuan Hao, I have to trouble you to preside over the surrender. There is another Yellow Turban main force at the moment." Yuan Xi tried his best to restrain the joy in his heart and said in a trembling voice.
Tian Feng nodded and said sternly, "Second Young Master, don't worry, we have already agreed on many matters. The surrender of another Yellow Turban is the most important thing. We can't be careless."
Yuan Xi smiled and said calmly, "I have their family in my hands. Capturing and surrendering the Yellow Turbans will get twice the result with half the effort. Just now it seems that some of the Yellow Turbans have fled eastward. If they can meet the main force of the Yellow Turbans, it will just distract their military morale. As the saying goes, what is lost is gained by mulberry." East corner.”
Recruiting millions of Yellow Turbans is indeed a tedious task, which is why talents like Xiao He, Xun Yu, and Tian Feng are even more important. Under the instructions of Yuan Xi, Tian Feng, and others, nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban troops laid down their weapons, but They are all still stationed on the spot.
Millions of family members also allocated some tents to station on the spot.
Jinan Guodong, Tugu.
After many interceptions, Guo Jia and Zhang Liao finally retreated to Tugu in Jinan with more than 1,500 cavalry.
On the journey from Yanzhou to Tugu, about 500 cavalrymen were killed, but they successfully slowed down the march of the main force of the Yellow Turbans.
Once he was stationed in Tugu, Zhang Liao was busy arranging his soldiers and preparing for the next battle.
Guo Jia took Xu Chu and Hu Wei to inspect Tugu's city defense.
What Guo Jia didn't expect was that the rustic county captain was actually a young man in his early twenties.
"Does Guo Zhizhi want to inspect the city defense?" asked the county lieutenant who was setting up defense on the city wall.
"Yes, I heard that you were recommended by General Junyi?" Guo Jia couldn't help but asked curiously. He knew that the arrogant Zhang He usually did not recommend him. Once he did, there must be something special about him.
The county captain cupped his hands and said, "I am from Jinan. My surname is Yi, my given name is Rong, and my courtesy name is Junyun. General Zhang recommended me as the county captain of Tugu, regardless of my previous suspicion of leading troops to attack."
"As the saying goes, we should not avoid hatred when doing external things. Besides, we are all ministers of Yuan Qingzhou, so there is no hatred at all." Guo Jia said soothingly.
Zhang He indeed has the style of a famous general in ancient times. Perhaps apart from General Li Mu during the Warring States Period, there were only generals from Tang Xianzong in the mid-Tang Dynasty. Li Shuo could look down on Zhang He. Li Shuo also recruited the Fanzhen rebel generals and entrusted him with important tasks. Later, the rebel general was grateful for his sincerity, and later tried his best to pacify Pinglu Jiedushi.
Yi Rong quickly said yes.
Guo Jia, under the leadership of Yi Rong, thoroughly inspected Tugu's defense.
At the end, Guo Jia nodded approvingly and said, "Jun Yun is really a capable man. In such a short time, he not only strengthened the city wall, but also trained the soldiers in an orderly manner."
"Tugu City is small, but it is the gateway to Jinan. It has few soldiers and more than a thousand soldiers, so we can only start with city defense and soldier training."
Guo Jia took out the military report from Yuan Xixin and said sternly, "Our army surrendered millions of Yellow Turban family members at the foot of Jinan City. However, their resettlement has become a problem that cannot be solved in a short time and a half, so we cannot allow them to be pursued. The Yellow Turbans are coming to Jinan."
Yi Rong understood and asked, "That means Tugu is the battlefield for the decisive battle with the Yellow Turbans?"
"The Yellow Turban thief is only half a day's journey from here. We are going to drag him to Tugu to buy time for the Young Master to surrender to the Yellow Turban family, and then wait for the Young Master's reinforcements from Jinan." Guo Jia also felt tired after saying this. Coming to fight with the army is really hard, not to mention that he has been in poor health.
Under Tugu City, the Yellow Turban Army is stationed.
Guan Hai felt deeply frustrated and powerless.
The Yellow Turbans who had escaped from Jinan met up with Guan Hai's main force near Tugu. Likewise, the news that his family members had been captured also spread throughout the army.
Although Guan Hai controlled the defeated Yellow Turban soldiers from Jinan, this only deepened the soldiers' suspicion and suspicion. If things go on like this, there may be a risk of bombing the camp.
The Jizhou Army in Tugu also kept sending letters of surrender. If it weren't for the strong suppression by Guan Hai's soldiers, this Yellow Turban Army would have collapsed immediately.
Historically, after Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, Cao Cao's Eighth Route Army went south to confront Guan Yu. They used the same method as Yuan Xi, conveying the information that the Jiang base camp mausoleum and family members at the rear of Jingzhou were attacked by Sun Quan, in order to disturb the minds of the troops.
Since there were not many generals at hand, Yuan Xi urgently recruited and settled the Yellow Turbans, and then personally led his troops with Zhang He to Tugu to fight the main force of the Yellow Turbans.
Millions of Yellow Turbans surrendered, and Yuan Xi left three thousand soldiers behind for Tian Feng to guard Jinan. In this way, Zhang He only led 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. In addition, Yuan Xi's two thousand garrison infantry seemed to be outnumbered.
But Yuan Xi had to step up the decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army, because although Cao Cao did not move, he still peeked aside. Yuan Xi, who was well aware of the role of psychological warfare, needed to take advantage of Cao Jun's victory to force the Yellow Turbans to surrender, so he brought hundreds of Yellow Turban surrender soldiers to call for surrender.
More than three miles away from Tugu, Zhang He suggested to Yuan Xi to station on the high ground here to echo Tugu.
More than 200,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were scattered around Tugu. Only with Zhang He and Zhu Gongdao personally leading their troops to intercept them, Yuan Xi's army was able to quickly build a camp.
Yuan Xi and Zhang He led Zhu Gongdao and a group of tiger guards to stand and build a camp with earthen walls to watch the enemy's situation.
Behind Yuan Xi, there was a dark-faced middle-aged yellow turban soldier.
"Huang Dong, please bring the people to change into Yellow Turban clothes, and immediately contact the generals who are willing to surrender. I will reward you with a hundred gold upon completion." Yuan Xi looked at the Yellow Turban soldier named Huang Dong and said.
When Huang Dong heard the hundred gold reward, his breathing quickened a little, and he smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely be able to win half of the brothers to surrender to you."
After Huang Dong went down, Yuan Xi came to Zhang He and said, "General Junyi, I have sent a message to Guo Fengxiao, Wen Yuan and others in the city, agreeing to a decisive battle in three days, and the defense of the camp here will be busy."
Zhang He cupped his fists and saluted, and said in a solemn voice, "Young Master, please be at ease. Two thousand 'Euphalberd Soldiers' have been trained. Even if he has millions of Yellow Turbans, he will not be able to cross the thunder pond even half a step."
Yuan Xi smiled and patted Zhang He on the shoulder, and said comfortingly, "In ancient times, there was the great general Li Mu, and I have Zhang Junyi, which is enough to offset the situation. Why should I be afraid of the mere yellow scarf! Hahaha."
Three days was not long, but the Yellow Turban Army's attacks on Tugu and Yuan Xijun's camps continued day by day. After all, although the Yellow Turban Army was weak, it was not because of its large numbers.
In order to allow Zhang Liao's army to rest and recuperate, Yirong, the captain of Tugu County, personally led two thousand defenders to guard the city day and night. Under his threat that the Yellow Turbans would massacre the city if they destroyed it, five hundred strong men were also organized in the city to help defend the city.
On Yuan Xi's side, two thousand heavily armored infantry took turns to fight, resisting the Yellow Turban Army's attacks one after another. Yuan Xi was exhausted physically and mentally these days, and it was not easy to conquer the world.
We just call them Yuan Xi and Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, and they have good family backgrounds, but none of them go into battle personally, and their swords have no eyesight on the battlefield. Compared with them, we are still arrogant and sincere.
Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Army was not interested in fighting and its offensive was not very strong. During these three days, Yuan Xi's army suffered few casualties.
In the early morning of the third day, Guo Jia personally climbed onto the Tugu city wall.
Behind him were dozens of tiger guards, while Xu Chu led the remaining two hundred or so tiger guards to attack with Zhang Liao's cavalry.
Looking at the county captain Yirong, whose eyes were bloodshot, short and haggard, Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said, "Junyun is really a brave man. General Junyi recommended a talented person."
Yi Rong smiled and fell down from exhaustion. A scholar dies for a confidant. You treat me as a scholar of the country, and I will pledge myself to you. It's nothing more than this. It's admirable and admirable.
More than 1,500 cavalry under Zhang Liao's command lined up outside the city. The more than 1,000 cavalry moved in an orderly manner without any noise. Zhang Liao was indeed a cavalry general, no worse than Liu Bang's Guan Ying.
Xu Chu and two hundred Tiger Guards followed Zhang Liao as the last commando, which can be regarded as a special force of this era.
On the other side, Yuan Xijun also came out of the camp to set up a formation.
Under Zhang He's control, two thousand Euphorbia soldiers formed a fish formation, and a thousand horsemen maneuvered behind the formation. Yuan Xi, Zhu Gongdao's Tiger Guard, and Zhang He took command in the formation.
Guan Hai was sleeping in his tent with his clothes on. When he heard the alarm, he woke up immediately. After putting on his armor, he quickly gathered his troops outside the Chinese army's tent. He had been guarding against the attack of the Jizhou army.
Of the more than 200,000 Yellow Turban troops, in addition to the 50,000 who stayed in the camp, about 150,000 soldiers followed Guan Hai's order and set up a large square formation to confront Yuan Xi's army from a distance.
Guan Hai spat hard and cursed, "The Jizhou brats are finally willing to take out their turtle shells and fight openly and openly! I really think grandpa is afraid of them."
"Commander, don't be careless. You can't protect the Jizhou army. What other tricks are there?" a deputy general reminded carefully.
Guan Hai really felt useless these days and wished he could destroy the Jizhou army, so he ordered, "Let Zeng Ji from the left army and Li Guang from the right army attack, and our central army will guard against the Jizhou cavalry, and then give them a hard blow!" "
The soldiers waved their flags, and the Yellow Turban Army's left and right armies slowly moved towards Yuan Xi's army. After so many battles, the pigs have gained experience, not to mention the capable Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
However, after the left army walked some distance away from Guanhai's central army, it stopped advancing and moved to the left. Seeing the strange actions of the left army, the right army's advance slowed down quickly.
Guan Hai was furious and cursed, "Zeng Ji, what are they doing! Do you want to die?"
In the Jizhou army formation, Yuan Xi and Zhang He both saw the actions of the Yellow Turban left army, which proved that this part of the Yellow Turbans had surrendered.
"Are we going to cooperate with Wenyuan and the others in attacking the Yellow Turban Army?" Yuan Xi asked. He didn't want to be a layman in command, so he gave all the power to Zhang He.
Zhang He nodded in approval and said, "On the one hand, our army is on guard against the Yellow Turbans' right army, and on the other hand, it is containing the Yellow Turbans' central army. Wenyuan and the others can wait for an opportunity to defeat their central army."
Two thousand Euphorbia soldiers marched forward slowly with heavy steps. Although there were not many people, the heavy sense of oppression made the Yellow Turban Army's already lax morale even more frightening.
Guan Hai personally held a sword, rode his horse and led the central army to charge, and the right army slowly surrounded Yuan Xi's army.
"Drink!" Following the neat chants, the Euphorbia warriors in the front row waved their halberds one after another.
The spearmen in front of the Yellow Turban Army also thrust their spears.
Blood splashed everywhere, and the soldiers could clearly feel the screams of their companions and the gushing blood. This was the battlefield, bloody and miserable.
The soldiers in the front row fell, and those behind quickly caught up. They repeatedly used blocking and prodding movements until their opponents fell, or they themselves fell.
Yuan Xi listened to the wailing and fighting in the army, and smelled the blood and the rising dust. This was not the first time he had experienced fighting on the battlefield, but such a brutal face-to-face confrontation made him uncomfortable. His hidden violent nature was also stimulated. Yes, Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi was also growing.
The Euphorbia soldiers of Yuan Xi's army had an advantage in armor and weapons, and their morale was incomparable. After a period of fighting, the Yellow Turban army retreated steadily, and the Euphorbia soldiers attacked and the Yellow Turban army defended.
Zhang Liao and his more than a thousand cavalry were always wandering outside the Yellow Turban Army. When they approached, they bent their bows and fired. Seeing the stagnation and retreat of the Yellow Turban central army, Zhang Liao understood that the opportunity to fight had arrived.
More than a thousand cavalry formed a column, and under the command of Zhang Liao, they bravely charged into the Yellow Turban center.
Zhang He saw a cavalry assault in the distance and knew that the fighter plane had arrived. He quickly asked a thousand cavalry on the left rear to cooperate with the assault on the Yellow Turban Chinese Army to flank Zhang Liao's operations.
Zhang Liao looked resolute, held a knife and led his men, constantly splitting the Yellow Turban infantry blocking the front. For a moment, the enemy's men and horses were smashed to pieces, which was really powerful.
And Xu Chu also took the lead, wielding a big sword to stir up the wind, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and his momentum was as strong as breaking bamboo.
The closer they get to the Yellow Turban Army, the more intense the resistance becomes. Here are Guan Hai's personal guards, who have the strongest combat power. After all, they are the elites of hundreds of battles.
Xu Chu's sharp eyes saw Guan Hai under the banner of the Chinese army. He went straight to attack and killed no one in his path.
How brave Xu Chu was, and how could these soldiers withstand the impact of the war horses? The tiger-crazy Xu Chu was not called for nothing. Finally, after the founding of the Jin Dynasty, Yuan Xi was grateful for Xu Chu's hard work and meritorious service, and allowed him to be selected as one of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.
Approaching Guan Hai, a dozen yellow turban soldiers immediately stabbed Xu Chu with spears.
Xu Chu used his left hand to block several spearheads, and then stabbed several more spearheads to his right.
Xu Chu reached forward, grabbed the spear with his arm, and competed with several spearmen. This reminds us of the scene where Xu Chu's horse overtimes.
How could the other Yellow Turban soldiers miss this opportunity? The remaining spears stabbed Xu Chu again, taking advantage of his illness to kill him.
Xu Chu, who was charging forward on horseback, became an obvious target for the spearmen of the Yellow Turban Army. Xu Chu could protect himself, but he could not protect the horse underneath him.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Chu jumped off his horse, waved his sword to force the spear away, retreated instead of advancing, and rushed straight towards Guan Hai.
He is truly worthy of being a tiger idiot. He is brave and invincible. He can be ranked among the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the Jin Dynasty. How can he be an ordinary person.
Guan Hai was shocked and angry. He was angry that Xu Chu was riding alone and did not take him seriously. He was also shocked by Xu Chu's bravery.
Xu Chu stepped closer to Guan Hai, but a row of soldiers guarded Guan Hai in the middle, and another close encounter occurred.
Xu Chu shouted, and after forcing back the surrounding soldiers, he thrust the long knife into the ground, and then took out the ten knives tied to his waist.
In the thunderous roar, four swords flew out one after another, and several soldiers lined up in front of Guan Hai fell down in response.
Seeing that Xu Chu was as brave as a soldier, the other soldiers all retreated in fear. After all, they were still human beings with emotions and desires, so they were still afraid and cherished their lives.
The remaining six knives were thrown again.
Guan Hai saw a group of sharp black shadows flying towards him. There were many soldiers blocking the way. His horse had no time to move, so he could only block the halberd with his sword.
With a "clang" sound, the hand knife bounced away, Guan Hai's tiger's mouth bleeds, and the long knife was shaken out of his hand.
During this time, Zhang Liao and Hu Wei from behind also rushed up to pick up Xu Chu.
"Kill that guy!" Xu Chu shouted with a knife.
Of course Zhang Liao did not hesitate and rode straight towards Guan Hai.
Guan Hai was so frightened that he didn't care about anything else and fled to the left. One Xu Chu was enough for him to drink a pot, and another Zhang Liao came. Isn't this a joke? Why don't you run away?
The commander fled, but the rest of the soldiers had no intention of fighting. For a time, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated like a mountain. Except for the 20,000 soldiers led by Guan Hai who escaped, the remaining approximately 130,000 Yellow Turban soldiers surrendered.
The Yellow Turban soldiers in the camp saw that the situation was not good, so they all surrendered to the Jizhou Army under the persuasion of the surrendered Yellow Turban leader.
In September of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty (193), Yuan Xi's army in Jizhou fought against the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou in Jinan and Yuling in Qingzhou. Yuan Xi's army in Jizhou won a great victory and surrendered more than 200,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, nearly one million Yellow Turban family members, and the second son of the Yuan family. The reputation resounded throughout the land of Qilu.
It was Yuan Xi's foundation-building battle in Qilu land that led to the surrender of the people of Qilu land. Later, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, representatives of Confucianism in Qilu land came to the table one after another to ask Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi to enshrine Mount Tai in order to ensure peace and prosperity for the country and the people.
In this battle, Yuan Xi was powerful in the east, while Sun Ce was powerful in Jiangdong. The two young men were evenly matched. Yuan Xi's initial decision to set up Qingzhou ensured the safety of the Yuan family's flanks, and also cut off Gongsun Zan's right hand. At this point, the Yuan family was in an offensive posture, while Gongsun Zan was on the defensive.
