The Han army, with its iron cables and boats, was vast, with more than 10,000 men and horses preparing to cross the Yellow River for the third time.

Moreover, the place where the Han army crossed the river this time was basically chosen under the eyes of the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Puyang. On the Yellow River embankment just north of Puyang, tens of thousands of cavalry armors shined, flags fluttered, horses neighed and people roared, plus umbrellas and honor guards.

Here, we have already begun to cross the river...it is extremely powerful.

The sky was clear and cloudless, and you could see very far from a high position. Therefore, on the top of Puyang City, everyone from ordinary soldiers to leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in the city gathered around to watch the movements of the Han army from a distance.

At this time, seeing the power of the Han army, the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army on the city couldn't help but look worried:

"The number of Han troops is even greater than before!"

"This is natural. Every time a city is conquered, heroes and warriors from nearby areas will lead their troops to defect. Isn't it the same when we attacked the city that day?"

"The quantity doesn't matter. Now you and I have also fought in wars. Don't you know that armor and horses are the most important things? The Han army's so many armors and cavalry are the most terrifying."

"Yes, the Han army is so sharp. This time they spared us from Puyang and came to Henan. What if Xiancheng, Zhencheng, and Fan County also imitated Baima, and Dunqiu and other places were all lost at once? How could we here?

Didn’t it become an isolated city?”

…………

Yanzhou Yellow Turban Qu Shuai Bu Ji, who was over fifty years old and dressed in simple civilian clothes, could only frown and remain silent when he heard the discussion of his group of young men.

"Commander Qu, why don't we attack him halfway across the river!" At this moment, a man on the top of the city suddenly asked for a fight.

The leaders heard the sound and looked over, but when they saw the speaker, they each held their breath, as if they were afraid of this person.

It is said that this person's surname is Liang Mingyuan and his courtesy name is Zhongning. He is one of Bu Ji's two most relied-upon deputies. He is in his thirties and his appearance and behavior are quite impressive.

In fact, you don't even need to look at the behavior. Just by listening to the name, you can tell that this person has a good background, and the Liang family is indeed a historically large family in Puyang City. Liang Zhongning himself once traveled to study... but his family background is not good.

Okay, so after years of wasting time without an official position, my whole family joined the Yellow Turban Army.

"Isn't what Deputy Commander Liang said inappropriate?" After a long pause, Bu Ji's other assistant, dressed as a simple old farmer, didn't even have a serious name. He was just the Taiping Dao master who was usually called Uncle Zhang, and then he spoke slowly.

Retorted. "I see that although the Han army crossed the river under our noses, they specifically crossed the east bank of Pu River. If we want to attack them, we have to cross the pontoon bridge on the east side of Pu River. Who will be able to cross the river by then?"

No one is afraid of hitting him."

As soon as this statement came out, most people, including Bu Yi, nodded in agreement, and no one was willing to attack without permission... Puyang these days is located at the triangular junction of Pu River and the Yellow River. It is an important place in terms of economy, transportation, and defense.

It is the best choice, which is why it can become the top city in the Central Plains connecting the north and the south. However, if the waterway is blocked, it will make people more suspicious.

Liang Yuan and Liang Zhongning sighed deeply when they saw this, but they could only endure it and explained to the divination:

"Shuai Bu, how could I not know that the Han army's landing on the east side of the Pu River was deliberate? It seemed arrogant but was actually cautious? How could I not know that an attack at this time would not have any great effect? ​​However, the Han army had won many times before.

, and now he is crossing the river directly in front of us. If his arrogance cannot be dampened, I am afraid that the hearts of the soldiers in the city will be shaken again..."

Bu Ji, Uncle Zhang, and even the other leaders woke up in an instant... You must know that the Han army came with great force this time and captured four counties and five cities in a row, all of which were quick and easy. They also crossed the river repeatedly, rising and falling.

, the Yellow Turban Army simply had no way to deal with it, and could only be beaten passively. In addition, defeated troops repeatedly entered Puyang, and the morale in the city had already been somewhat depressed.

As Liang Zhongning said, if we don't take any action, something will really happen!

"But what if we attack by force and lose?" Bu Yi asked seriously after thinking about it for a while.

"If we lose, we will lose." Liang Yuan replied helplessly. "We have already lost so many games and lost so many cities, why not lose another one? But if the raid succeeds, the situation will be different... I

I personally led a small group of cavalry in the city to suddenly cross the Pu River to charge and kill. No matter whether we won or lost, we would withdraw immediately. At least we would make the tens of thousands of troops in the city understand that we are not timid people."

"Not good." Bu Ji immediately shook his head. "The army in the city still needs to rely on Zhong Ning's talents and wisdom, so just send a brave young commander..."

Liang Yuan couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard the words... This yellow scarf Yanzhou Qushuai Buji was firstly a generous man, secondly he was good at listening to advice and accepting advice, and thirdly he really relied on people like them who were outside the Taiping Dao sincerely, which was not in vain.

He, Liang Yuan, made up his mind to defect to this man that day.

Of course, generosity is generosity, and as the commander of an army, it is not good to be too lenient. So, Liang Zhongning turned around to give orders, but asked Wang Du, the Weixiang garrison who had returned from defeat a few days ago, to personally lead the troops out of the city and cross the Pu River.

Trying to strike...such an action has the feeling of punishing someone on behalf of someone else.

However... the first vanguard of the Han army to cross the river was Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide from Yan.

The generals of the Yellow Turban Army in the city were high up and could see clearly that Wang Du followed the instructions and led the 300 cavalry that had been scraped together in Puyang City to quickly cross the Pu River and attack the Han army that had just landed ashore. The Han army was at that time

However, only fifty or sixty people came ashore, so they had no chance of fighting.

However, as soon as the battle began, these fifty or sixty cavalry, led by a Han general, chased away the three hundred cavalry on their side like ducks!

Wang Du couldn't take it back, so he was wrapped up by his own defeated soldiers and fled back to Pushui... In the end, it was the Han army who took the initiative to offer gold to take back this group of fifty or sixty Han cavalry, otherwise he would be afraid

It may not be known if we chase across the Pu River and reach the city.

In Puyang City, the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, like the ordinary soldiers around them, almost all turned pale and did not know what to say... For many of them, this should be the first time they had seen the regular army of the Han army in a field battle.

Power.

"Uncle Zhang," after a moment's pause, Bu Si was the first to wake up, and then he hurriedly gave serious instructions at the top of the city. "Take people out of the city to pick up Wang Du at the edge of Pu River, comfort him, and tell him

, saying that this time I saw clearly that it was indeed not his fault, and asked him to relax and return to the city to cultivate."

Uncle Zhang immediately handed him over and left.

"Zhongning." Bu Ji continued. "The Han army is so powerful, let's..."

"Shuai Bu!" Liang Yuan, whose face was pale and pale, suddenly bowed and bowed. "I underestimated the Han army. I asked Commander Bu to allow me to leave the city!"

"Why are you leaving the city at this time?" Bu was stunned.

"Commander Bu!" Liang Zhongning did not answer directly. Instead, he immediately pointed to the endless stream of Han troops on the Yellow River and said, "You said, with such an army, who can stop the capture of Xiancheng, Zhencheng, and Fanxian cities?

?”

Bu Ji immediately fell silent.

"Since we can't stop them, we can't leave them alone at this time!" Liang Yuan quickly said sincerely. "Commander Bu, hurry up and order me to go to the cities in Henan and Uncle Zhang to go to the cities in Hebei to quickly gather the troops! Only

Only by gathering our forces together can we stop the Han army!"

"You're right!" Bu Zai suddenly realized. "That's how it should be... But what happens after we gather our troops? We still have thirteen or four cities. If we all gather together, we are afraid of another 20,000 troops. Although Puyang is big, it has already

I can’t pretend anymore.”

"Go and attack Baima." Liang Yuan seemed to have already thought about it. "Gather the troops first, and then go to attack Baima and Weixiang... After that, place 10,000 troops in each of the two places, and join Puyang to the west of Pu River.

A formation of horns is formed south of the Yellow River! But no matter what, we cannot let the Han army seize the city wantonly, otherwise we will really only have one Puyang city and 20,000 soldiers left!"

"That's right, that's so right." Bu Yi supported the battlements and nodded repeatedly. "Now if we don't move, we will be defeated by the Han army one by one. In the end, even Puyang will be gathered together by the Han army."

The entire Dongjun County was defeated!"

"Then please ask Commander Bu to give the order and do this quickly!" Liang Yuan continued to urge.

"It's still wrong." Bu Ji suddenly realized something again. "Those cities in Hebei are easy to deal with, but what about Henan? The Han army has already crossed the river, how can you gather troops and horses?"

"Let go of Xiancheng." Liang Yuan said helplessly after a moment of silence. "When the Han army crosses the river and attacks Xiancheng downstream of the Pu River, I will sneak around from behind and go to Zhencheng and Fan County.

Gather your forces."

Bu's face turned gloomy for a moment, but he had nothing to say.

"After I have gathered the troops from the two counties, I will not go back to Puyang directly, because the Han army will hit me head-on." Liang Yuan continued. "Instead, I will unite the soldiers and horses of several cities on the east side of the county, attack from both sides, and lay down the enemy."

Dong'a, then cross the river from Cangting in the north of Dong'a to Hebei to find Uncle Zhang. At that time, our coalition forces will return to Puyang from the north..."

Bu Nodded slowly, and then gave another warning: "Wang Du fought several times over Dong'a but failed to capture it... If the Han army is in a hurry, don't fight and just cross the river directly from Cangting!"

Liang Yuan immediately agreed, and then went directly to the city to prepare.

However, after walking only a few steps, he remembered something again and turned back to bow to Bu Ji: "There is one more thing, please remember it, Commander Bu!"

Bu has hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Zhong Ning, just say it."

"I know that Commander Bu is a loyal and kind man, but if Uncle Zhang and I are intercepted by the Han army," Liang Yuan said sincerely, "I also ask Commander Bu not to save us two, just treat them as dead."

Alright...just guard the great city of Puyang and wait patiently for General Tiangong in the north and Bocai Boshuai in the south."

After saying this, Liang Yuan directly grabbed the knife and walked away.

But Bu was about to speak but stopped, but in the end he was speechless.

Sure enough, after the Han army crossed the Yellow River, just as Liang Zhongning thought, they directly chose to go south along the Pu River, and they bared their teeth and claws unscrupulously, as if they wanted to direct their troops towards Xiancheng downstream of the Pu River.

In the evening, Puyang saw the Han army retreating away, and the civilians also chose to temporarily return to Dunqiu on the north bank of the Yellow River, where Weiguo stopped to rest, and Zhang Bo and Liang Zhongning also took advantage of the dusk to leave.

Puyang, prepare to gather troops and horses from the cities occupied by the Yellow Turban Army in Henan and Hebei.

The divination has been set up at the top of the city, and I personally watch it from a distance.

But just as the two groups of people hurriedly disappeared into the dusk, and Bu was preparing to go down to the city to rest, a young commander could not help but knelt down and begged the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Commander in public on the top of the city.

.

"Why is this?" Bu was confused.

"Qu Shuai!" The young handsome man gritted his teeth and said. "I didn't dare to say anything when Deputy Commander Liang was here before. Only after he left did I dare to ask you, old man... Can you let me go and pick up the brothers in Xiancheng?

You can just send a letter! My brother is also there, I really can’t bear it!"

Divination has been in trouble for a while.

"I know that Commander Bu is in trouble." The young commander hurriedly kowtowed again. "I listened clearly in the audience just now, and I also know that the overall situation should be the most important thing. I also know that Deputy Commander Liang does not care about his own life and death, as if he is just doing business.

... Therefore, I only ask Commander Bu to allow me to deliver the message one day after the Han army besieges the city, so that the brothers in Xiancheng can have a chance to break out of the siege and not have to hold on and die!"
To be continued...