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Chapter 3 Breakthrough

The victorious auspicious clouds did not stay above Guangzong for too long.

After Zhang Bao joined forces, Quyang, which was originally a force of horns with Guangzong, fell. Huangfu Song, the general of the Northern Central Army, contacted the gentry of Zhongshan County in the north and Anping County in the east, and formed a siege against Guangzong's Yellow Turban Headquarters.

According to the existing information, moving westward to meet with Zhang Yan Heishan Camp lingering in Changshan County became the only choice for Zhang Jiao and others.

In order to cover the main force's successful breakthrough, the three agreed that a team of people must be arranged to attack eastward, creating the illusion that the main force of the Yellow Turbans attempted to advance westward, and to gain valuable strategic opportunity for the main force to successfully enter the Changshan territory.

But how the brother who was feinting the attack in the east retreated became a problem facing the three of them.

"Soon running west!" Zhang Bao suggested excitedly.

"If this will lead all the official troops to the west, the feint attack will be in vain." Zhang Jiao shook his head and rejected General Earth's clever plan.

"To the south is Huangfu Song from Yuzhou north, or go east or north?" Zhang Bao pointed his hand at Zhongshan, north of Julu and Anping County on the map.

"The Red Emperor has just lifted the party and corruption ban. Zhongshan and Anping gathered with the Hebei rich clans. The private military force is very heavy. Going there is like a trap." Zhang Liang gently raised Zhang Bao's finger. The Red Emperor originally pointed to Emperor Yan, but in Zhang Liang, he refers to the Han emperor Liu Hong, who represents fire virtue. Of course, this also contains the meaning of Huangdi defeating Emperor Yan.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place!" Zhang Jiao drew a path along Zhongshan in the northeast of Julu County on the map, and the junction of Anping County.

"For three days, the brothers who are feinting attacking in the east can hold on for three days. Once the brothers in the west successfully enter Changshan County within three days, the official army will inevitably follow up westwards, and the security in the northeast will be relaxed. At that time, the brothers in the east can move their cameras to win a glimmer of hope."

While speaking, Zhang Jiao poked hard among the mountains and ridges at the junction of the two counties.

"It's here! I asked my brothers who were born in the woodcutter. There is a place called "Luohuling" at the junction of Julu and Anping County in the northeast. It is small and sideways. Even the county annals have not been recorded. Only local hunters know. After the feint attack, everyone must retreat here as quickly as possible and wait for news from the west. This small mountain village is our decision to decide our success or failure!"

"The winner..." Zhang Liang stared at the map and nodded in agreement.

That night, the Yellow Turbans faced the dawn, braved a new round of storms, and embarked on a great journey that later generations called the "Jizhou Great Swift".

The three hundred Yellow Turban Cavalry who participated in this feint attack to the east only knew that they would attack to the east, but they didn't know where the future was.

"Brother, let's go with me and my second brother!" Zhang Liang, who was arranged to lead the main force to the west in front of Guangzong's northern gate, called on his elder brother and proposed to exchange positions with him.

"Third brother, if I don't take action personally, how could the official army believe in this feint attack? What's more, do you think that if there are many powers, you will be alive, and there will be few powers?" Zhang Jiao tightened Zhang Liang's right arm and continued, "There is a real possibility that you have to take on the responsibility of this leader and pass on the fire of the Taiping Sect!"

"Don't let my mother-in-law, third brother, don't worry, with me here, brother will arrive in Changshan safely!" Zhang Bao's confidence was passed to the two of them through the nervous night. The three bowed their hands under the moon and made a promise to meet Changshan a month later.

When Zhang Jiao's horse hooves stepped out of the north gate of Guangzong City, he knew that he had inevitably rewritten the magnificent history of the Three Kingdoms like Xiang Shaolong in "The Legend of Qin". From the child's selfless protection, he understood the expectations of the people of the world for the mission of the Yellow Turban Army. This is a spiritual sustenance that transcends religious beliefs. He cannot be a sinner to the world in order to cater to history.

It is people who write history, not history manipulates people.

"The Lord of Heaven should bear the weight of the world. I would rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world." Zhang Jiao looked back at Guangzong City, which was gradually moving away behind him, and told Zhang Bao this famous saying that was included in the "Records of the Kingdom of Heaven" by later generations...

At noon the next day, the "General of Heaven"'s flag appeared under the city of Xindu County, Anping County.

The prefect of Anping was facing a great enemy and immediately sent five thousand horse archers, lit up wolf smoke and beacon fire, and asked the Zhongshan and Hejian counties to send troops to help.

But as soon as the Anping defenders left the city, Zhang Jiao's "thousands of troops" had disappeared without a trace.

Immediately afterwards, emergency military reports of "Yellow Turban Thiefs" were reported in Nangong, Fuliu, Tangyang and Raoyang counties in Anping County.

"The Yellow Bandits cast spells! This is a clone technique!" Anping was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, driving his 10,000 elite soldiers back and forth throughout the Anping territory, sometimes south, sometimes north, sometimes looking east, sometimes advancing west, as if a new climax of the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out in Anping County.

Of course he didn't know that Zhang Jiao once again divided the 300 cavalrymen, divided every thirty cavalry into a team. The captains were all wearing Taoist robes and turned into his own Taoist priests. The cavalry behind him tied up a willow branch and ran wildly, raising huge sand and dust, making the defenders of each county think that they had the illusion of thousands of troops. So in just one hour, all counties reported that they had received Zhang Jiao's siege.

What is even more surprising is that the news of Zhang Jiao's arrival greatly inspired the rebellious determination of the poor people in Anping counties. Uprisings of varying degrees were launched within each county. Some opened the city gates to welcome Zhang Jiao, and some also turned into Taoist appearances, saying that they were possessed by "General of Heaven". In just one day, the name of "Zhang Jiao" resounded throughout Anping, and the whole Anping had been in chaos.

In the next two days, Zhang Jiao led his troops to turn his horse and advanced into Zhongshan County. He did the same thing, causing Zhongshan County, which had already quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion to be in chaos again.

The prefects of the two counties were confused by Zhang Jiao's elusiveness and rebellion, and had revived in the territory, so they could only launch a tentative attack on Zhang Jiao's eastern army outside the city. These state soldiers, mainly infantry, had no power to fight back in front of Zhang Bao's long sickle.

On the afternoon of the third day, the prefects of the two states probably received the news that the main Yellow Turban forces had advanced westward. They concluded that the Yellow Turban Army in the state was weak, so they increased their offensive and rushed towards the three hundred cavalrymen from Zhangjiao from the three routes of the east, north and southeast respectively.

Faced with the official army dominated by horse archers, Zhang Jiao came up with a head-on combat plan - riding and shooting.

Before leaving Guangzong, Zhang Jiao collected all the bows and arrows left by Wang Fen's generals in the early stage and picked out the three hundred most exquisite recurve bows to equip them with this batch of "nuclear weapons".

At present, the three hundred cavalry who had been through the battlefield bent their bows and arrows, and launched the "Eagle Xiang" tactic, which was mainly circling in front of the clumsy county recruits. They saw yellow-tailed long feather arrows pierced the heads of the official army, but the long halberds of the official army always could not reach the ponytail of the Yellow Turban Army. However, although the official army could not gain any advantage, it was like a tide, and the waves retreated and the waves surged. Although Zhang Bao and the three hundred cavalry were brave, the arrows were gradually fewer and fewer, and they were exhausted. They seemed to be unable to hold on for a long time.

At this moment, the flood showers in Hebei saved Zhang Jiao's life again. I saw lightning and thunder suddenly roaring in the sky, and it was black. Under the sky, it suddenly fell into darkness with no fingers.

In the previous battle between Guangzong, Zhang Jiao called the wind and rain, and his magical skills of thunder and setting fire have resounded throughout China. Seeing this scene, the official army thought that Zhang Jiao used another spell, so he hurriedly retreated a mile away.

Zhang Jiao was overjoyed and shouted at Zhang Bao in the strong wind: "Take everyone to Luohuling immediately, be sure to arrive within half an hour!"

This was the first time Zhang Jiao revealed to everyone the hidden decisive victory point of "Luhuling". He could only hear the sound of dark clouds falling off the horse, the sound of arrows and the sound of killings gradually weakened, and only the strong wind and thunder howled under the night sky. The three hundred elite cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army were collected from the battlefield like oil paper umbrellas in less than half an hour, and disappeared without a trace, blending into the wind and rain.

As they turned around, more than 300 riders rushed on the mountain road to Luohuling in a sudden rain. No one knew whether the shocking bet was the doomsday of the Yellow Turban Master or a new sunrise in the history of the development of the Taiping Cult. Behind them, it seemed that the God of Rain also intended to help Zhang Jiao make a big profit in this life bet. The muddy road that was trampled on was flattened by the heavy rain in the blink of an eye.

After the sudden rain stopped, dawn appeared, and Zhang Jiao led 300 people to stop. He ran a hundred miles a night and finally saw the smoke of the thatched cottage hidden among the strange peaks of Luohu Village. Just a short distance away, the Yellow Turbans were forced to stop and hide in the dense bushes beside the road.

Under the same sunset, a young general under Huangfu Song was marching on the road less than one mile from Zhang Jiao and others, with the 30,000 vanguard troops of the main force of the court, the "Five Northern Army Schools".

In the vast army formation, the general led by the leader wore a charge crown, looked at a swaying tree shadow in the mountain stream, raised his horse whip, and asked a burly follower cavalry:

"Zixiao, look at the forest over there, what's wrong with it?"

The servant named "Zixiao" led his horse forward and looked into the distance. He seemed to see nothing. He was about to call a few people to explore the way, but he heard a tiger roar in the mountains and forests breaking out of the sky, and a group of sparrows flew out of the woods.

"It's just a tiger. Meng De, you are too ill... General Huangfu asked us to pacify Zhongshan and Anxian counties within ten days. If we don't hurry up, it will be too late."

The general did not hesitate anymore when he heard this and followed dozens of cavalry to the leader.

And just in the grass that the horse whip pointed just now, all three hundred yellow turban light cavalry covered their mouths tightly with their hands. Not only because of the intimidation of tens of thousands of officials who had just passed by, but also was shocked by the scene in front of them:
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