The next day, when the sky was still dark, another army of 100,000 men marched out of the Yellow Turban camp without stopping, heading straight to the north.
Zhang Jiao did not deliberately conceal the matter of dividing the troops again. In other words, there is no need to hide the division of troops on such a large scale with 100,000 people. Even if Zhang Jiao really wanted to hide it, he couldn't hide it.
"Why do you think Zhang Jiao divided his troops this time?" Lu Zhi asked everyone in the hall with a hint of worry.
The Yellow Turbans suddenly sent out a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and everyone in Yecheng was not blind, so they naturally noticed it early.
"Old General Lu, from my point of view, this is a happy event.
The Yellow Turbans had previously transferred an army of 100,000 troops, and this time they transferred another 100,000 troops. Something must have happened to my lord, or the 100,000 troops sent by the Yellow Turban Army must have suffered heavy losses, which forced the Yellow Turbans to send troops again. "
After a moment of silence, Wei Xiaokuan, who was sitting on Xue Rengui's side, spoke leisurely.
Everyone in the lobby showed a hint of joy when they heard this. Regardless of whether Wei Xiaokuan's judgment was correct or not, but now that the Yellow Turbans have transferred their 200,000 troops away, and Dong Zhuo outside the city has restrained the 100,000 Yellow Turbans army, the pressure on Yecheng can be said to have dropped sharply.
The reason why the Yellow Turban army used to warn Dong Zhuo was reduced from 150,000 to 100,000 is because Li Xiang went to battle many times. The Yellow Turban is not without capable people. It can be naturally guessed that Dong Zhuo's army cruising around has already been divided. Dong Zhuo still pretended to have 50,000 cavalry, but it was nothing more than a tactic.
On the other hand, Dong Zhuo was eager to make meritorious deeds and suffered considerable losses in the confrontation with the Yellow Turbans.
Dong Zhuo's place is not comparable to Yecheng. Yecheng has been surrounded by the Yellow Turbans, and no news from the outside can get in. But Dong Zhuo has been wandering around the battlefield, fighting or retreating, and there are reports and news coming every day.
On the same day, news came that Li Xiang had broken into the city and attacked the Yellow Turban grain road. At that time, Dong Zhuo couldn't sit still. After all, no one would be happy to see others continue to make great achievements while he was wasting time here.
It was not until the news that Li Xiang had breached Julu, the headquarters of the Yellow Turbans, that Dong Zhuo couldn't bear it anymore and immediately decided to fight the Yellow Turbans.
Of course, Dong Zhuo was not that reckless. When the enemy force was strong, he would go to war without even thinking.
Dong Zhuo wanted to launch a sneak attack at first, but Li Jin strictly remembered Chi You's instructions and was cautious and cautious, so that Dong Zhuo could not find a chance.
Therefore, when a sneak attack could not be carried out, Dong Zhuo wanted to have a general battle first. If he could kill a few of the opponent's generals, it would also dampen the morale of the Yellow Turbans, and maybe he could find a chance to fight.
To ensure that nothing went wrong, Dong Zhuo directly sent his number one general, Xue Ju, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty.
Xue Ju was worthy of being the man who had defeated Li Shimin. In his first appearance, he killed the five Yellow Turban generals Sun Qing, Wang Dang, President, He Yi, and He Man on the spot, forcing the Yellow Turban general Li Jin to take action himself.
Originally, with Li Jin's strength, even if he had not reached his peak, he was not necessarily weaker than Xue Ju. However, since Xue Ju's skills were somewhat restrained by Li Jin, Li Jin was restrained in every aspect during the battle between the two.
The two men fought back and forth for fifty rounds, and Li Jin was at a disadvantage. By the seventy round, Li Jin was more defensive than offensive, and was directly suppressed by Xue Ju.
Li Jin is not the only general who leads the Yellow Turban army, so he will naturally not let Li Jin fall into danger. Seeing Li Jinwai being suppressed by Xue Ju, Yue Xi immediately went out to fight with his halberd and his horse, but was stopped by Xue Rengao and Xue Renyue together.
This is good, not only Li Jin was not rescued, but Yue Xi himself was also in crisis. When the battle reached Baihe, Li Jin and Yue Xi were both defeated.
Although the Yellow Turbans had a large number of soldiers, several generals were killed, and both generals were defeated, but the morale of the Yellow Turbans was low. Dong Zhuo, who seized the opportunity, attacked decisively and beheaded more than 20,000 people, but suffered no more than 1,000 casualties. It was a great victory.
However, Dong Zhuo was greedy and did not know how to give up when things were good. He wanted to go out to fight the next day, but he met Chi You who came after hearing the news.
Although Xue Ju is strong, he is not Chi You's opponent. Even if Chi You has not reached the peak like Li Jin, he is definitely not comparable to Xue Ju. With just ten words, Xue Ju could barely parry.
Dong Zhuo had been near Yecheng for quite some time, and naturally he heard that Chi You had a record of one against four. But Dong Zhuo only thought that the generals of the Han army were too weak, not that Chi You was too strong. Unexpectedly, today's match against Chi You allowed me to truly appreciate Chi You's awesome power.
Xue Ju was the number one general under Dong Zhuo's command, so Dong Zhuo was naturally not willing to let Xue Ju make any mistakes. Seeing that Xue Ju was defeated, he directly sent seven generals: Xue Rengao, Xue Renyue, Hua Xiong, Liang Shidu, Chang Zhongxing, Zhao Cen, and Wang Fang to help Xue Ju.
But who would have thought that with one against eight, Chi You not only did not lose, but actually defeated eight generals with one person.
After only twenty rounds of fighting, Chi You's skills had not yet been fully activated, but Wang Fang, the weakest on Dong Zhuo's side, was cut off by Chi You with his spear, and then was directly cut in half by Chi You.
Seeing how brave Chi You was and how dare he continue to fight, the others immediately turned their horses around and ran away.
But if these people wanted to escape safely, they had to ask Chi You if he would agree. Dong Zhuo's generals Zhao Cen and Chang Zhongxing were chased by the crazed Chi You and beheaded directly. Even the five generals who escaped back were more or less injured in the previous battle with Chi You.
After this battle, Dong Zhuo was discouraged by Chi You. Although they still did not forget to contain some of the Yellow Turban troops, they no longer dared to take the initiative to attack.
His eyes turned back to Yecheng. After hearing Wei Xiaokuan's analysis, all the Han generals in the hall felt relieved.
The Yellow Turbans, which had mobilized 300,000 troops, had only less than 250,000 troops left to mobilize. Although they still had a considerable military advantage over Yecheng, they still could not make the Han generals feel as powerless as before.
The next few days were very peaceful. The Yellow Turban Army outside the city did not continue to attack the city. They just surrounded the city tightly to ensure that the Han troops in Ye City could not break out. Compared with the previous battles, this was simply a world away. The difference.
Although everyone did not know what the Yellow Turban's plot was, they all felt that they only needed to strengthen their vigilance to ensure that Yecheng was not lost. On the contrary, no matter what the Yellow Turban's plot was, the ultimate goal was to capture Yecheng. Under such a premise, if the Yellow Turbans did not come to attack the city, they would be happy and relaxed.
Due to the narrow information, even Wei Xiaokuan and Xue Rengui would not have thought that the Yellow Turbans' conspiracy was not aimed at Yecheng at all, but against Li Xiang, who was wreaking havoc across Jizhou as ordered.
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