Liu Bei lived up to the soldiers' expectations of him.
He led the vanguard army to gallop forward. On the way into the northeast, he defeated the small roving troops of the Yellow Turban Army three times in a row, saved a city that was surrounded, wiped out six strong bandits who took advantage of the fire, and protected some people who were threatened by the bandits. Rural areas invaded by strongmen.
A lot of loot was also seized.
According to the prior agreement and Liu Bei's reputation, everyone consciously handed over the captured trophies to Liu Bei for safekeeping. After the war, Liu Bei counted the military exploits of the soldiers and distributed the trophies.
Liu Bei still didn't keep any property for himself. He distributed all the property to the officers and soldiers who fought bloody battles according to their merits, and implemented his own fairness and integrity.
He did not show favoritism because he was one of his trusted subordinates, nor did he hold back because Xu Xuan's subordinates were unfamiliar subordinates. He upheld the principle of fairness and left every soldier speechless.
Xu Xuan lamented this and said frankly that Liu Bei's style of doing things has not been seen for a long time. Very few generals can do such a thing. The generals who can do this are all generals who can leave their names in history.
As a result, the soldiers were more convinced of his orders, respected him, and were willing to charge into battle for him.
The morale of the army is getting higher and higher.
When the army entered Anping State and ran into a branch of the Yellow Turban Army with three to four thousand men stationed in a camp, the soldiers were willing to obey Liu Bei's order and launch a surprise attack on the unprepared Yellow Turban Army.
In this battle, Liu Bei took the lead and led the assault. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were on the left, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun were on the right. Qian Zhao, Dong Huang, Zhen Yan and Xu Xuan led the troops to guard him on the left and right, and attacked with him. Soon they The hastily organized defense line of the Yellow Turban Army was torn apart, causing their complete collapse.
The Han army, which had enough food, drink and money, had completely surpassed the Yellow Turban Army in terms of morale and fighting will. Coupled with the gap in combat experience, defeating the Yellow Turban Army was no longer a matter of concern.
So Liu Bei won another hearty victory.
After this great victory, Liu Bei did not continue to advance. He realized that he had entered the key defense area of the Yellow Turban Army, so he used the Yellow Turban Army's camp to transform into a Han army's camp, waiting for the arrival of Lu Zhi's main force.
On April 28, Lu Zhi's main force arrived at the camp, integrated the army and continued to move forward. He personally directed a battle, defeated a Yellow Turban army of about 4,000 people who went out to fight in the city, and successfully surrounded Fuliu County.
According to the latest intelligence, a large number of Yellow Turban troops are coming from the direction of Xindu County to Fuliu County, seemingly trying to defend Fuliu County and prevent the Han army from succeeding.
His encirclement and reinforcements campaign was not successful in Julu County, but he was successful here.
"It's the right time for the Yellow Turban thieves to start fighting among themselves. They didn't help their friendly troops when they were in trouble. Now that they themselves are in trouble, who can come to save them?"
Qianzhao stood beside Liu Bei and mocked the Yellow Turban Army as much as he could, seeming to look down on them.
Liu Bei did not join in the mocking.
He remembered some things that happened in Luoyang City.
"Zijing, you have not experienced it, but what I can tell you is that for many people, internal enemies are more terrifying than external enemies. Therefore, before dealing with external enemies, we must fight internally to determine the outcome. This is unsolvable. of."
Qianzhao looked at Liu Bei in surprise.
"Xuande, I remember you said back then that brothers working together are more powerful than gold. It is because of our unity that we can defeat so many troublesome guys."
"Yes, I said so, and I think so too."
Liu Bei slowly shook his head and said: "It's just that many times, you can't help yourself. The consequences of not fighting within yourself will be more tragic than the consequences of internal strife. There will always be someone forcing you to fight within yourself. It won't work if you don't fight within yourself."
Qianzhao had just left his studies as a teacher and came to Liu Bei's side to join the battle. He had not experienced the struggle between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school, and did not know much about it, so he was very energetic and looked down upon many things.
"Xuande, when did you become like this? You were not like this at the beginning."
Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Qianzhao, grinning.
"Zijing, was Liu Xuande more successful back then or Liu Sima now?"
Qianzhao was immediately speechless.
Are Street Fighter and the founder of the Yue family comparable?
As a person with a certain family background, Qianzhao would not make such naive assumptions.
The so-called right god envoy Yan Sheng and his more than 100,000 tribesmen sounded quite bluffing, but in fact, the 10,000 troops led by Lu Zhi and Liu Bei completely suppressed them without spending much effort.
Yan Sheng was a tough guy. Liu Bei's many victories over small groups of Yellow Turban troops could not deter him. He actually personally led his troops to support the battle in Fuliu County.
Before the war started, he erected the flag "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here to stand" in front of the battle line, and also made some ridiculous things to try to make his subordinates believe in their Huang Tianshen and the great sage Zhang Jiao. They were given the invulnerability buff. As long as they moved forward bravely, the weapons of the Han army could not harm them.
As a result, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was really high, and their shouts were loud and very impressive.
This battle was directly equivalent to a decisive battle, so Lu Zhi personally took command. Facing the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army, Lu Zhi frowned and ordered the Han army's crossbowmen to prepare and launch arrows to attack.
Because the Yellow Turban Army believed in Yan Sheng's words and believed that they had the bonus of invulnerability, they rushed into battle to duel with the Han army.
As a result, Lu Zhi gave an order, and the Han army's crossbowmen fired arrows like rain. The Yellow Turbans, who lacked protection, were hit head-on and suffered heavy losses under the deterrent of the arrow rain.
Many people even have doubts before they die——
Didn't you say you were invulnerable?
Am I going to die because these are arrows and not swords and guns?
This buff is a bit too hasty.
But this is not a playground, and this war is not a gentleman-style game war in the early Spring and Autumn Period.
This is a cruel Shura battlefield.
After the arrow attack, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive momentum was dampened. Like a flood that suddenly froze in the extreme cold, they almost stopped moving forward. Everyone showed fear and confusion, but Lu Zhi seized the opportunity. Orders were given to beat the drums and the whole army went out to attack.
The Han army marched forward in formation, step by step with the sound of drums, and the sound was overwhelming. As the Han army moved forward step by step, the Yellow Turban Army had no corresponding resistance and could only retreat step by step, full of fear.
When Yan Sheng saw something bad, he immediately ordered the drums to be beaten, trying to drive the soldiers forward bravely to fight for his ambition and the illusory Huang Tianshen.
But it's a pity that even the soldiers around him don't seem to believe so much in the so-called Huang Tianshen and their great sage teacher Zhang Jiao.
In this battle, the Han army won a complete victory.
Liu Bei showed great courage, leading the charge and moving forward without hesitation. All the generals under his command fought bravely to take the lead, especially Zhang Fei, who was worried about the chaos in the world. He rushed forward desperately, his eyes were red.
In the end, Yan Sheng, the unlucky guy, was also thrown into disarray under Zhang Fei's attack. All the soldiers were scattered by Zhang Fei. Yan Sheng himself was slashed in the back by Zhang Fei with the back of a knife. He fell off his horse and vomited blood, and was captured alive by Zhang Fei.
Dong Huang, a young man with a brave and good fighting spirit, rushed from left to right, killing people with blood and horses with blood. He beheaded two senior generals of the Yellow Turban Army in formation and held up two heads to show off his power.
Guan Yu was calm and composed, charging on horseback with a spear in hand, and stabbed Yan Sheng's deputy Chen Bao off his horse with one blow, killing the general and achieving meritorious service.
Xiahou Dun knocked Yan Sheng's other lieutenant Wang Duan off his horse in three rounds. Xia Houyuan sprinted towards him at high speed and stabbed him to death with a very unruly spear. He succeeded in snatching the head in front of him. Xiahou Dun was so angry that he almost lost Xia Houyuan's helmet. Beat it down.
Liu Yong and Liu Sheng, two young generals of the Liu clan, teamed up to defeat Chen Yang, a big and round yellow turban general. One stabbed him in the armpit and the other stabbed him in the neck, killing him. Blood splattered all over their bodies. All over the body.
Liu Bei himself, under the protection of Qian Zhao, Zhen Yan and Xu Xuan, also bravely charged to kill the generals and seize the flag, and achieved considerable gains.
All in all, after this battle, the Yellow Turban Army was completely wiped out, and few people from top to bottom successfully escaped from the battlefield.
A small number of them were killed by the formation, and most of them knelt down and begged to surrender. Two of the three main forces of the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army were completely destroyed.
Lu Zhi took advantage of the victory and marched forward. In early May, he successively captured Fuliu County and Xindu County, basically eliminating the Yellow Turban Army in Anping Kingdom.
What's even more interesting is that after Lu Zhi led his army to conquer Xindu County, he also rescued Anping King Liu Xu who was captured by the Yellow Turban Army and imprisoned in a prison to prepare for a day sacrifice to heaven.
————————
PS: I burped when I woke up this morning, so I’ll add another chapter.
(End of chapter)
