Although the Yellow Turban Army's casualties were far higher than those of the Han Army these days due to their ability to defend the city, Lu Zhi's frown showed no sign of relaxing at this time.
The reason is simple. After more than twenty days of fierce battles, the regular Han army in Yecheng has dropped to one hundred thousand, and the rest are only thirty to forty thousand rebels from various places who cannot guarantee combat strength. Although the Yellow Turban Army suffered more heavy casualties, there were still more than 400,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, and these did not even include the more than 130,000 Yellow Turban elites.
In these days, under Ye City, more than 200,000, and even close to 300,000 corpses from both sides were buried.
Moreover, after successive bloody battles, the Han army has become exhausted. However, the Yellow Turban Army has a large number of people and takes turns to fight. The situation is much better than that of the Han side. Coupled with the ordinary soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, their combat power has been significantly improved after the bloody battle. Although it is still not as good as the Han Army, it is much stronger than before the Yellow Turban Army.
And Li Xiang was also puzzled that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army had suffered such heavy casualties and still not collapsed. As everyone knows, Zhang Jiao spent a lot of money this time. In order to boost morale, he repeatedly took out a lot of property looted by the Yellow Turban Army.
In these critical moments, even the cavalry of both sides dismounted and climbed onto the city wall to fight.
The Han Dynasty lost 60,000 troops, so Li Xiang naturally could not survive alone. Nearly 5,000 of the 30,000 cavalry brought from Bingzhou will never return to Bingzhou.
Among the five thousand cavalry who died in battle, some died on the city wall, but more of them died in the raid planned by Xue Rengui. But there is no way. The Jinglan troops of the Yellow Turban Army have caused too much trouble to Yecheng, and it is impossible not to solve it.
In fact, up to this point in this war, both sides can no longer hold on.
Of course, it goes without saying that the Han army, if this trend continues, they may wipe out all the remaining 100,000 men, and they may not be able to defend Yecheng. At that time, the Jizhou Yellow Turbans will be able to reach Sili and threaten the imperial capital of Luoyang.
But now the land of Sili is full of elite soldiers and generals. How can the remaining newly formed troops resist the Yellow Turban soldiers who have gained high morale after several bloody battles.
As for the Yellow Turbans, even if Zhang Jiao took out the looted treasures time and time again and divided the lands of powerful families to boost morale, under such huge casualties, the Yellow Turbans had to rest and prepare for the coming Japan war.
In the meeting hall of Yecheng, except for a few generals who continued to garrison the city wall to prevent the sudden attack of the Yellow Turban army. All the other principals gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Everyone present is a prince who will be in charge in the future and will be heard for a while. How can they not understand the current situation clearly? If this development continues, the situation in Yecheng and the Han Dynasty will be worrying.
I just know that no one can do anything about it. It is the gap in hard power that is the most difficult to make up for.
Everyone present was helpless about the current situation, so the atmosphere in the hall was silent.
After a long time, Gongsun Zan, who was still young and vigorous, finally spoke first, "Teacher, now our army is outnumbered and the situation is really unfavorable to our army. I wonder if the imperial court will send any reinforcements?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhi's face was happy at first, but then he seemed to have thought of something, and frowned again, sighing, "The imperial court has indeed sent another reinforcement, it is Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong. Now he is I am afraid that the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry led by me have already entered the border of Jizhou."
After hearing Dong Zhuo's name, Li Xiang was slightly startled. Well, another person who worked hard to completely bury the big man is about to appear.
Speaking of which, this Dong Zhuo is not as stupid as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who suddenly destroyed a good deck of cards. The real Dong Zhuo is quite extraordinary.
Dong Zhuo was born into a powerful local family in Yinfu. At that time, Min County was a remote area, adjacent to the residence of the Qiang people in the northwest. Dong Zhuo had been pampered since he was a child, and developed an indulgent, willful, rough and fierce character in his youth.
When Dong Zhuo was young, he traveled to the areas where the Qiang people lived. Relying on the powerful background and rich assets of the landlords, he often interacted with the chiefs of the Qiang tribe. Dong Zhuo was not only physically strong and powerful, but also proficient in martial arts. He could ride a horse and shoot from left to right with two bows and arrows. His savage and ferocious character and strong body made the local people fear him. Not only did the villagers dare not mess with him, but the surrounding Qiang people also did not dare to show any slightness.
In order to protect himself, Haoshuai, the leader of the Qiang people, tried his best to cater to Dong Zhuo and became friendly with him in order to live in peace for the time being. Local marshals often came to visit Dong Zhuo with large quantities of livestock and property, and became brothers with Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo was very familiar with the situation there. Seeing that the Qiang people respected him so much, he thought about how to use and control them, cultivate and recruit close followers among the Qiang people, and lay the foundation for his future long-term development. Therefore, driven by his ambition, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to spend his family property. Whenever the Qiang commanders came to visit, he would kill cattle and sheep to entertain the Qiang commanders in order to gain their support and support.
In addition to making friends with the Qiang people, Dong Zhuo also paid attention to maintaining his status and influence among the local powerful people. With his extraordinary talents, he attracted and merged other forces to continuously consolidate and expand his power. He often plays the role of a heroic knight-errant and enjoys the reputation of "Jianxia" in the local area. At the same time, Dong Zhuo also recruited a large number of frustrated and downtrodden scoundrels. They were moved by Dong Zhuo's loyalty and followed him wholeheartedly.
It can be seen that Dong Zhuo is by no means as stupid and brainless as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. On the contrary, Dong Zhuo is a very shrewd person. Dong Zhuo may lack great wisdom, but he definitely has a lot of small cleverness. Otherwise, he would not have been able to control the Han court with the Xiliang cavalry.
Although it seems that Li Xiang thought a lot during this period, in reality it was just a fleeting moment.
"In this case, I am very happy. With the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry from Governor Dong, the pressure on our army will be reduced a lot. I wonder why the teacher is so worried?" Gongsun Zan asked with curiosity on his face.
It seems that Gongsun Zan suddenly heard that reinforcements were coming, but the authorities were confused. Li Xiang thought silently.
"The general must be worried that Governor Dong will not be able to break through the Yellow Turban Army's blockade and enter Yecheng." But it was Li Xiang who spoke first.
Hearing this, everyone present was filled with joy when they heard that reinforcements were coming.
This matter was easy to say at the time. After all, Yuan Shao, Liu Yu and Li Xiang were able to break out of the way unexpectedly and successfully enter Yecheng.
But the people who saw Chi You's ferocious power these days would not kill him like this. With Chi You on the Yellow Turban side, Dong Zhuo would be great if he could survive Chi You's hands, let alone attack Yecheng.
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