Chapter 168 Fighting the Yellow Turban
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty can't wait to know what is the strength of the first completed soldiers and horses in the Eighth Lieutenants of the West Garden. Now Lu Zhi, Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun have all sent troops to fight against the Yellow Turban Education. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered Wen Han to send troops to Jizhou to assist Lu Zhi and fight against the thief's first horn.
After Wen Han received the order, he immediately prepared for all the dispatch of troops. On the night before the dispatch of the army, Wen Han, Guan Yu and Xu Huang almost passed through Zhou Long's excessively nervous and worried nagging. Later, if not, Cao Cao came over and wanted to say some auspicious congratulations before Wen Han sent troops. Then he suggested to Zhou Long that Wen Han and others should rest early and recuperate before he could lead the army to fight. Then Zhou Long closed his mouth and stopped nagging.
On the second day, Luoyang campus ordered troops to line up. Wen Han wore a white crown on his head, hung a plum blossom white robe on his body, and was wearing a ring armor with a ghost. He held a tiger and a silver gun in his hand. He sat down to step on the clouds and black horses. He lined up at the front of the array. He was extraordinary and majestic.
Guan Yu was dressed in a parrot green robe and held 82 catties of green dragon moon knife in his hand. Two feet of beauty floated with the wind. A pair of red phoenix eyes were dazzling, riding a black horse, standing there like the momentum of a mountain.
And Xu Huang, although young, was dressed in black armor with a grimace face, showing a murderous atmosphere all over his body. The big axe in his hand was full of cold light, as if he was longing for blood and constantly calling.
He Jin was the general. Of course, he came to see him off. Seeing that these three people were young and successful, and their momentum was extraordinary, he couldn't help sighing. It's really a hero out of a teenager.
"Report to the general! The whole army has been approved and can start at any time!"
"Good! Extraordinary! The good news that I'm waiting for you to make great achievements in Luoyang!"
"I will live up to the general's expectations!"
After Wen Han reported to He Jin, who was standing on the parade platform, He Jin took the lead in drinking the strong wine. After that, everyone smashed the glass to the ground to show his intention to return in triumph.
After that, under the order of He Jin, Wen Han led the army out and walked out of the Luoyang city gate. There were many people outside the city gate to welcome him. I wish Wenhan's soldiers and horses a success, and Wen Han waved his hand and responded one by one. The people of Luoyang were enthusiastic and sent Wenhan's team of 5,000 soldiers and horses for two miles before they were willing to return.
Wen Han led the starry night on his way, had little rest all the way, and ran to Jizhou. Five days later, Wen Han caught up with the army led by Lu Zhi. Wen Han led Guan Yu and Xu Huang into the army to pay a salute. He said what he came from. Lu Zhi was overjoyed and stayed in front of the account to listen to the tune, and had a long talk with Wen Han's three brothers.
Lu Zhi was kind to Wen Han. On that day, he was slandered and colluded with the Qianghu people. Lu Zhi once stood up and spoke for him. Wen Han thanked again and again for this.
Lu Zhi laughed: "I and Cai Feibai are best friends, and the champion is a good friend. On that day, Cai Feibai was killed by a treacherous minister and was released to the field by the emperor. Before leaving, there were many instructions to let me take care of you for him.
You are upright, polite and righteous, young and successful. The future of Hanshi needs to be supported by these young people. Therefore, I also want to say something to help.
He only hates the power of the eunuch dog faction, and the emperor does not listen to the advice of the old man, Zhu Jun and Huang Fu Song. If it hadn't been for He Guo's uncle and others who exposed the collusion between the rebel minister and the Yellow Turban Religion, and understand your innocence, I'm afraid that you have lost your life here. Hey... the eunuch is a little ghost. When will the emperor wake up?"
After Lu Zhi said, a gust of wind just came, making Lu Zhi's white hair fly and old-fashioned. Seeing that his eyes were red and tears in his eyes, Wen Han immediately advised him. After sighing, Lu Zhi loved the three Wenhan brothers very much. He told the three people about his many experiences of marching and fighting. On the one thing, he didn't know the time.
For several days, Lu Zhi's 50,000 army and Zhang Jiao's 15th army confronted the northern part of Jizhou. The two sides only had a few small battles, and the main forces of the two sides had never had a head-on confrontation.
At this time, the world was attacked by yellow scarf thieves. Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were the leading centers of the uprising and moved around Jizhou. The Yellow Turban Army led by Bo Cai and Peng Tuo controlled the front line of Yingchuan, Runan and Chenguo, and became the main force in the East. Among them, Bu Ji's troops were active in the area of Dong County, and Zhang Mancheng's troops were mutiny in Wancheng, and the soldiers were in the area of Nanyang. Among them, there are soldiers and horses led by the commanders of all parties who continue to attack the states and counties.
The flames of war spread throughout the Han Dynasty. Zhang Jiao was so powerful that Lu Zhi did not move for the time being. Suddenly, I heard that Cheng Yuanzhi, a yellow scarf thief, commanded 50,000 soldiers to commit crimes against Zhuo County, Youzhou. After discussing with Wen Han, because the army and Zhang Jiao's army are still, there should be no big war in half a month, so he decided to let Wen Han lead his soldiers to solve the danger of Zhuo County first.
After Wen Han took the order, he rectified the soldiers and horses. He did not dare to be slow. He avoided Zhang Jiao's troops and rushed to Zhuo County, Youzhou.
Although Cheng Yuanzhi led a large number of thieves and 50,000 soldiers, Wen Han did not pay much attention to the number of thieves. Because most of the yellow scarf thief army is composed of ordinary people and farmers without strict training. In other words, it is a group of rabble.
Wen Han led the army to Zhuo County. When the governor of Zhuo County saw the rescue, he immediately went out of the city gate to greet him. Later, in the conversation with Wen Han, he learned that Wen Han was one of the new eight captains of the West Garden established by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. He was immediately overjoyed and handed over the power of 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city to Wen Han, so that Wen Han was fully responsible for the war with Cheng Yuanzhi's army.
Wen Han also learned from the mouth of Zhuo County Taishou that at this time, Cheng Yuanzhi's 50,000 thieves were on Daxing Mountain, ten miles outside the city. After hearing this, Wen Han, together with Guan Yu and Xu Huang, took a team of 20 soldiers and horses out of Zhuojun City and went to Daxing Mountain to observe the enemy.
Daxing Mountain is thousands of meters above sea level, and the jungle is dense. Cheng Yuanzhi's soldiers and horses camp on trees in the mountains. At a glance, Wen Han looked at it, and the mountains were densely full of tents of the thief army.
Wen Han thought for a while and smiled. He secretly slandered Cheng Yuanzhi, who led the army, and had no common sense of leading the army to fight. At this time, the weather was hot, and the air in the mountain was dry. If there was fire, it would spread very fast.
"The third brother wants to deal with the enemy's tricks?"
When Guan Yu saw Wen Han smiling, he immediately guessed that Wen Han had come up with a plan and couldn't help asking.
"The thief camped by the tree. At this time, the weather is hot again, and the air in the mountains is crisp. It should be attacked with fire."
"Good! So, I'll go back to the city to get ready!"
After the three Wenhan brothers led the team back to Zhuojun City, the Zhuo County Taishou was anxious when he heard that they had returned, so he rushed to the place where Wen Han and others rested and asked Wen Han if there was any way to respond. Wen Han was looking for the governor of Zhuo County and asked him to cooperate with the arson materials such as arrows and fire oil.
The governor of Zhuo County knew that Wen Han had a way and was immediately overjoyed. He hurriedly prepared these arson materials for Wen Han, and then asked Wen Han when he planned to burn the mountain.
"If the northwest wind blows tonight, you can burn the mountain."
Daxing Mountain is located in the northwest, and there are many thieves. In order to prevent it from fighting the fire in time, it is necessary to increase the fire of the mountain with the help of the wind.
The governor of Zhuo County is obedient to Wen Han. What kind of person is Wen Han? Let's not mention that he fought against Qianghu in Shuofang, Bingzhou, and made great achievements and won the title of literary championship. The aura of one of the eight captains in the West Park is enough to prove his ability. The eighth lieutenant of the West Garden was personally ordered by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, claiming that he would become the eight powerful soldiers and horses in the world, and declared the world.
There is no false scholar under the reputation, which is also the reason why the governor of Zhuo County did not hesitate to hand over all the soldiers and horses of Zhuo County to him as soon as he heard of Wenhan's name, and let him be responsible for the battle with the yellow scarf thief.
After the governor of Zhuo County nod and understood, he hurried back to prepare the arson materials Wen Han needed.
At night, on Daxing Mountain outside Zhuo County.
Cheng Yuanzhi stood on the top of the mountain and looked up at the direction of Zhuo County. He was seven feet and ten inches tall, as strong as a cow, with hard and protruding muscles, and full of masculinity.
"I heard that a court soldier and horse came to Zhuo County today. He is one of the eight captains of the West Garden formed by the faint king recently. The leader is the literary champion who defeated the criminal soldiers and Shuofang Qianghu. Although this man is young, he is very good at leading the war. It seems that it is not easy to capture Zhuo County.
Cheng Yuanzhi sighed solemnly. Deng Mao, the deputy general next to him, frowned and said with a little disdain.
"General Cheng's words can make others more ambitious and destroy their own prestige. I heard that there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses here, and with 10,000 troops in Zhuo County, it's only 15,000.
We have more than three times as many soldiers and horses in the Yellow Turban Army. In this situation of great disparity in strength, even if the champion of the article has the ability of Tongtian, I don't believe that he can do anything earth-shaking things.
Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head secretly when he heard it. He thought that Deng Mao was too high. Cheng Yuanzhi had been a mountain thief and couldn't beat many soldiers and horses of the imperial court. He knew it well. Now the 50,000 yellow scarf army he has received is large, but the quality is uneven, with less than three or 4,000 people. They have experienced the baptism of war, and most of the others are farmers. Once you fight, you may be tired because of insufficient training.
On the side of the court's soldiers and horses, not to mention that the leader is a famous literary champion, I heard that most of the soldiers and horses under his command are imperial guards in the palace, and the imperial guards can protect the palace, which must be the elite with the strongest combat power. Although the number is small, the victory is in the high quality. If its own yellow scarf army fights against it, it is not too much to say that it can be one against ten.
Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi sighed again and looked at Zhuo County in the distance, and his face became more and more solemn.
"Oh, the wind is blowing. Great, it's the northwest wind. In the past few days, I have been tortured to death by this damn weather, especially in this Daxing Mountain. The woods are dense and the weather is dry. It's so hot that I can't sleep at night and sweat. The sergeants are also very energetic because of this.
A gust of wind came for a moment, which made Deng Mao cool all over and couldn't help saying a few words. After hearing this, Cheng Yuanzhi beside him, he frowned deeply, as if he had noticed something, but he didn't know what the problem was. He stood there all the time, bowing his head and meditating. Seeing this, Deng Mao ignored him and left by himself.
After half a column of incense, Cheng Yuanzhi thought for a long time, and his heart kept pounding. An ominous foreboding made his head hurt and his brain twitch.