"Hahaha, congratulations, brother, for being promoted to the position of Zhonglang General." Before anyone arrived, Dong Zhuo's rough voice came over first.
At this time, Dong Zhuo still felt a little proud. Dong Zhuo felt that he had made the right bet. Nowadays, Li Xiang has a bright future. He has family background and merits, and he is not lacking in anything. In the future, he may be able to rely on Li Xiang to support him.
Although Dong Zhuo was also jealous of Li Xiang's great achievements, he established a relationship with Li Xiang without paying anything. Dong Zhuo was still very happy.
Dong Zhuo didn't know that he had given Li Xiang a top adviser without knowing it, and he didn't give anything at all. And if there is no actual benefit, just a verbal brotherhood, Li Xiang will not actually pay anything for Dong Zhuo.
After some explanation, Li Xiang finally understood what happened. General Hu Ben Zhonglang, Chi Jie, Guannei Marquis, Li Xiang just casually reported his military exploits last time, but Liu Hong was so generous this time that he really received a lot of rewards.
Of course, these are not important to Li Xiang, who has long been rebellious. Li Xiang does not intend to hang out on Hanting, a dilapidated ship.
What Li Xiang really cares about is this decree. At least on the surface, Li Xiang's status is almost the same as that of Lu Zhi and others. At that time, if the Yellow Turbans are defeated, naturally they cannot kill all the many Yellow Turban prisoners. After all, there are millions of them. At that time, the disposal of a large number of Yellow Turban prisoners became a problem.
And with Li Xiang's status as the Tiger General and Lu Zhi being almost the same, it is not a problem to find a few reasons to deal with some of the Yellow Turban prisoners.
The Yellow Turban prisoners are all young and strong laborers. Once these people are arranged in Bingzhou, these labors will further accelerate the development of Bingzhou and contribute to the construction of Bingzhou. Moreover, this group of laborers are potential soldiers who can greatly deepen the war potential of Bingzhou.
However, how could Li Xiang understand Liu Hong's surprise when he saw Li Xiang's battle report. Before, the news that Emperor Han Ling received every day was a piece of bad news. Either it was lost here, or it was defeated again there.
Even though there was an occasional small victory, the Yellow Turban Army quickly brought it back. Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was so concerned about Li Xiang's great victory, and went out of his way to give Li Xiang so many rewards.
In fact, the eunuch sent by Liu Hong came to Jizhou a long time ago. However, at that time, Li Xiang was still fighting in various places in Jizhou. In the chaos of war, how could those eunuchs risk their lives to go to Li Xiang to convey the order.
However, Yecheng has been surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army. Even if the eunuchs wanted to enter, they would never be able to enter, let alone have the courage to enter. Therefore, they directly delivered the imperial edict to Dong Zhuo first, and then happily returned to Luoyang with the "local specialties" sent by Dong Zhuo.
Everyone in Yecheng had just learned about the news about Li Xiang. What's more, Li Xiang had just arrived and hadn't had time to enter the city yet.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo was the first to tell Li Xiang about his promotion.
Of course, at this moment, Li Xiang also returned to the area around Yecheng again and reunited with Dong Zhuo. And Li Xiang's arrival means that the decisive battle between the Han and the Yellow Turbans on the Jizhou battlefield is finally about to begin.
Although a decisive battle was about to begin, Li Xiang did not bring many troops, so Li Xiang divided his forces again.
Along the way, Su Lie was the main general, Ju Yi and Zhao Yun were the deputy, and Jia Xu was the military advisor. They led 3,000 cavalry and 3,500 to 5,000 infantry for training while heading to the junction of Hebei and Bing to cooperate with Qin Qiong in dealing with Wang Qing, at least to let Wang Qing. Qing has no influence on the war situation in Jizhou.
Although Tian Feng had already said that the army organized by these Yellow Turban prisoners would be fine, Li Xiang still sent some cavalry to Su Lie just in case.
The other route was naturally led by Li Xiang himself, leading generals Xing Tian, Feng Yi and military advisor Tian Feng. They came to Yecheng with 7,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to help Lu Zhi.
"Brother, you and I should go to the city to meet Master Lu first. This battle requires Master Lu to take command." Li Xiang said with a smile on his face as always.
"My dear brother said, let's go together, let's go together."
Although Li Xiang and Lu Zhi are now both nominally in the position of Zhonglang General, no one is inferior to the other. It stands to reason that Li Xiang can command this battle, and Li Xiang can also compete for the position of chief general.
But after all, Lu Zhi is the elder, has been in the officialdom for a long time, and has a far-reaching reputation. With Lu Zhi in front, Li Xiang will naturally take the initiative to succumb to Lu Zhi. Forcibly seizing power from Lu Zhi would not only have little hope, but would also appear to be ungrateful, and would also offend some people. Naturally, Li Xiang would not do such a loss-making business.
Therefore, as soon as Li Xiang heard that he had been promoted to Beizhong Lang General, he had already decided to take the initiative to give up power to Lu Zhi.
Now that the Yellow Turbans have lifted the siege of Ye City and concentrated their forces in one place, Li Xiang and Dong Zhuo can enter and leave Ye City at will.
Others may not see it on the Yellow Turban side, but how could Chi You and Li Yan fail to see that the Yellow Turban's advantage in Jizhou is now very limited.
Now that the combined military power of Dong Zhuo, Li Xiang and Lu Zhi of Yecheng is not much worse than the power of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou.
With Dong Zhuo and Li Xiang roaming outside, it is no longer possible for the Yellow Turbans to attack the Yellow Turbans head-on with their current military strength.
If the Yellow Turbans were still surrounding the city on all sides instead of being concentrated, then the individual troops would be relatively weak, and it would be easy for Dong Zhuo and Li Xiang to find opportunities outside.
Therefore, if the Yellow Turbans want to continue their attack on the city, they must dedicate a force to contain the wandering forces of Dong Zhuo and Li Xiang.
But if this part of the force is sent less, it will only be a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return. But if too many were sent, the Yellow Turbans' current strength would not be able to support them.
When the Yellow Turbans lacked cavalry, if they wanted to contain tens of thousands of cavalry with infantry, it would not be enough without hundreds of thousands of troops. But if hundreds of thousands of troops were sent out, with the remaining troops of the Yellow Turbans, what would the Yellow Turbans be able to do to capture Yecheng.
Therefore, Zhang Jiao also lifted the siege of Yecheng on the advice of Chi You and Li Yan. Take the initiative to gather troops and wait for the Han army to leave the city in order to fight decisively, and never give the Han army a chance to defeat them one by one.
With Chi You and Li Yan around, Zhang Jiao could naturally see clearly. After gaining the ability to fight decisively, the Han army would never let go of the opportunity.
Although the Jizhou battlefield has improved, the situation at Huangfu Song in the Central Plains is still not optimistic.
In the Central Plains, even with the strong support of the aristocratic families, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun still lost consecutive battles, and most of Yanzhou and most of Yuzhou were lost.
Therefore, the current big man is more anxious than the Yellow Turban. Nowadays, the big man is more interested in seeking a decisive battle than the Yellow Turban.
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