Zhang Niujiao led his troops to leave Jiulihe the next day.

He led his troops, escorted food, supplies, and swaggered towards the Dingxing Ferry.

Li Hong did not chase and did not intend to besiege Dingxing Ferry, but ordered the troops to quickly reach the Jiulihe battlefield and bury the remains of his comrades. Because of hatred, the Yellow Turban Army discarded the remains of the fallen soldiers of the official army everywhere. Li Hong and the soldiers were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

In the Battle of Jiulihe, Xian Yufu and Yan Rou suffered heavy losses, and Yan Zhaoqu, Xian Yuyin and Tie Yue, were also completely lost, with only 800 men left in the two troops. Li Hong followed the old method to fill the losses of the cavalry with infantry and reorganized 10,000 Iron Cavalry.

Although Yan Rou and Xianyu Yin's troops were very few, neither of them was willing to return to Zhuocheng with Xianyu Fu. They both wanted to follow Li Hong to continue to fight. Judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that the Fengyun Iron Cavalry would return to the northern border without destroying the Yellow Turban Army.

Xian Yufu solicited Li Hong's opinions. Li Hong was overjoyed and could not find it. Yan Rou and Xian Yuyin were both rare generals and civil and military talents. They were able to take the initiative to join the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, which would be of great help to the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Li Hong immediately discussed with Xian Yufu to re-arrange the establishment of the troops.

According to Xian Yufu, Li Hong led 10,000 troops as the captain of Li Feng, which was not allowed according to the military law of the Han Dynasty. Ten thousand people already had three armies according to the military law of the Han Dynasty. The person who led the three armies was not a general, at least he should be a general or a prefect, otherwise it would be inconsistent with the law. After the Yellow Turban Army was pacified in the future, once someone wrote to the court on the pretext of this matter and impeached Li Hong, the emperor would definitely be punished. Therefore, the governor Yang Huang must immediately ask the governor to write a letter to the court to inform the court of the court and obtain the court's permission to prevent the trouble in the future.

Li Hong was very grateful to Xianyu Fu and thanked him repeatedly. He knew nothing about this. Even Xianyu Fu reminded him that he was confused, let alone deal with it. Fortunately, he had Xianyu Fu as a friend, so he thought about everything for him.

Although Li Hong's qualifications are not enough to lead 10,000 troops, there are frequent wars in Youzhou now, and the matter is urgently followed. All the interests of the country are the priority, and this unit still needs to be commanded. Fortunately, Li Hong has the three authorizations of the prefect of Youbeiping County, the captain of Huwuhuan, and the governor of Youzhou. He can barely command the three armies in name.

Considering that Yan Rou and Xian Yuyin were both soldiers in charge of military affairs in each county, and had a rich experience in leading troops to govern the army, Li Hong wanted to establish a first-level division system. The minimum officer of the first-level division was the military Sima, and the salary was twice as high as that of the military personnel. They led the position of Sima as the county government, which was basically the same in terms of position, but this matter must be approved by the governor's office and the two county governments. If the prefect of the county government where the two were located did not agree, they would have to go back obediently. Of course, it would be okay to borrow it for the time being.

Li Hongjian's three divisions were left, middle and right. Xian Yuyin was the army Sima in the left, Yan Rou was the army Sima in the middle, and the right division was temporarily led by Junhou Yushi.

Because Li Hong was the captain of Xing Lifeng, he had no right to appoint officers of the first-level Sima level of the army. Now Li Hong and Yu Shi are still affiliated with the Lulong Pass border army of Youbeiping County. If Yu Shi is to be promoted to Sima of the army, then the prefect Liu Zheng personally criticized it.

Each unit has three thousand people, and the commander of three qus, and each qu has one thousand people, and the commander of three garrisons. In this way, the entire unit will have eighteen chief and deputy chief officers, plus Tian Chong, Zheng Xin, and Yan Liang, who are twenty military officers and more than thirty chiefs of the town.

The left part of Xianyuyin is composed of three songs of Tie Yue, Xiaolan and Lei Zi. The middle part of Yan Rou is composed of three songs of Beard, Fist, and Yan Wuwei. The right part of Jade is composed of three songs of Heng Ji, Shooting Yingtong and Lu Huanyang. Shooting Tiger commands Black Panther Yicong. Yan Liang commands the personal guards. Tian Chong leads the rear guards. Zheng Xin leads the scouts.

Li Hong had just announced his appointment, and laughter suddenly broke out in the tent.

"What's going on? Is there anything wrong with me?" Li Hong asked inexplicably, pointing to his nose.

Everyone laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu looked at each other, a little strange.

"Tiger head..." Li Hong pointed at Yan Liang and shouted loudly: "What's going on?"

Yan Liang stood up and said while smiling: "The old man said what kind of things you have to do with this. Lord Xianyu is all children and the hair is not growing. Lord Yan's army started with Lord Yan, all of them were famous Malaysian bandits in the northern border, and the whole was a nest of thieves. Lord Yu was full of foreign soldiers. Those who didn't know would think it was the invasion of the Hu army."

A burst of laughter broke out in the tent again.

Li Hong was amused and crying, pointing at everyone and said, "What a mess."

Two days later, about 2,000 troops from Zhuocheng and Fangcheng rushed over. Xian Yufu took them to take the prisoners back to Zhuocheng.

Li Hong sent a trip.

"There is no news from Jizhou so far, which is really worrying." Xian Yufu frowned and said worriedly.

"Don't worry so much, it will affect your health. It's good news to come." Li Hong comforted with a smile.

"So what's good news? The country is declining, and people are living in poverty. Wars are coming one after another. Those who suffer are innocent people." Xian Yufu shook his head and looked sad. After a while, he continued, "Even if we defeated Zhang Niujiao and defeated the Yellow Turban Army, who can guarantee that no second Zhang Niujiao will appear? Who can guarantee that the Yellow Turban Army will disappear from now on?"

Li Hong did not say anything. He usually didn't think about this kind of thing. He felt that he did not have the ability or ability to take care of it. He just wanted to do his best to fight the war and ensure the stability of the people in the country.

"Zimin, Ziyu's troops have arrived at the Dingxing Ferry and are squeezing Zhang Niujiao's crossing troops. Will Zhang Niujiao leave his baggage and quickly escape back to Fanyang?" Xian Yufu asked in another question.

Li Hong shook his head with a smile, "Zhang Niujiao has 50,000 people now, and he can deal with us. He will not rush to leave Dingxing Ferry. He will be even more reluctant to lose his food, supplies. Don't worry, I promise to regain the entire Zhuo County within this month."

"Are you so sure?"

"I have confidence." Li Hong smiled and said, "I still have 10,000 people who can roam northern Xinjiang."

On the third day, Li Hong took Xianyu Silver and Jade Tribe to set off and disappeared on the endless plain.

Zhang Niujiao has been in a very bad mood these days. Although Chu Feiyan worshipped him as his adoptive father, the relationship between them is well known to the Yellow Turban Army, and nothing to be happy about. He is still resentful of Chu Feiyan. A man who led troops to fight made such a low-level mistake, which he couldn't figure out.

Zuo Yan understood very well. Zuo Jiao was beaten away, the camp was attacked, and Zhang Baiqi was wiped out. These are all bloody examples. Who dared to pat his chest and say, "I can defeat the leopard." If there is one, it's Zhang Niujiao. Of course, Chu Feiyan doesn't believe him.

"If Shuai Chu doesn't come to save you, it means that he has a problem. If Li Hong led his troops to pounce before dark, with their combat effectiveness, it would not be a big problem to tear the car array open. At that time, we no longer have the advantage in terms of number of people. Grandmaster, don't be angry anymore. Who can explain what hasn't happened?"

"Junyi, what do you mean is that we can't wait in the middle of the night?" Zhang Niujiao looked at Zuo Yan and said in a cold tone.

Zuo Yan looked directly at Zhang Niujiao boldly and said in a sincere tone: "Pinpu, in fact, we are indeed not sure. If Li Hong, like you, would destroy the other party at all costs, he would still care about his own losses."

Zhang Niujiao didn't say anything, and he actually understood Chu Feiyan's helplessness. But he really hated Li Hong too much. More than 100,000 people, except for the more than 30,000 people who attacked the city, were all eroded and swallowed by his cavalry bit by bit. He hated him.

"Pinpu, let's take Feiyan's opinion, give up the baggage, and withdraw back to Fanyang as soon as possible." Zuo Yan saw that Zhang Niujiao did not lose his temper, so he took the opportunity to propose.

"What are you afraid of? Will Li Hong grow wings and fly to Beixin City to block us?" Zhang Niujiao said disdainfully, "So much food, supplies, transporting back can solve many problems of the Yellow Turban Army, and you must never give up."

Zuo Yan's face suddenly became very ugly.

"Master General, we can still replenish this batch of food, grass and supplies, but we have no more than 30,000 soldiers left, and there is no way to replenish it."

Zhang Niujiao looked at him coldly, and was about to speak when Sun Qin hurried into the tent.

"Master General, Yan Rou's troops appeared in Gu'an City."

Zhang Niujiao's face darkened and she stared at the map blankly, without echoing for a long time.

"Sun Shuai, how about Fan Yang?" Zuo Yan asked hurriedly.

"Chuai Chu sent someone to send news. He asked Zhang Shuai to lead a thousand people to defend the city. The large army had already rushed south with him."

"Master, let's go back to Fanyang quickly." Zuo Yan said anxiously: "Fanyang is now an empty city. Once it is occupied by Yan Rou, we will be blocked by him in the water of the giant horse."

"What are you anxious about?" Zhang Niujiao stared at Zuo Yan fiercely, pointed to the map and said, "Yan Rou was still shouting on the other side yesterday. Today he ran to Gu'an, did he fly?"

"The leopard may allow Yan Rou to attract our attention on the other side. The main force crossed the river to Gu'an through Naiguo, and then rushed straight to Fan Yang and blocked us. This is entirely possible." Zuo Yan retorted immediately.

Sun Qin walked to the map and pointed to Gu'an City and said, "After Fang Biao withdrew from Nai Kingdom, we gave up Nai Kingdom and did not station troops. The possibility of the leopard crossing the river from Nai Kingdom is indeed very high. He deliberately did not use his own banner, but instead used Yan Rou's banner, which shows that he wanted to set up a mystery and hoped that we would be undecided to seize Fan Yang and win time for him."

"Where is the Gu'an army?" Zhang Niujiao asked.

"Before Chu Shuai left, he asked them to withdraw from Fan Yang." Sun Qin whispered.

Zhang Niujiao smiled bitterly: "He is forcing me to go back."

He straightened his body and said hatefully: "This kid now has a hundred thousand troops in his hands. His wings are getting harder and he is becoming more and more disobedient. If he doesn't act in advance, there will be no leopards now. We are not just so embarrassed."

"Master, you have raised him by yourself. No matter what you say, he is yours." Zuo Yan comforted.

Zhang Niujiao smiled self-deprecatingly and said disappointedly: "He has grown up and is no longer that delicious child. Forget it, I won't talk about him."

Zhang Niujiao waved his hand vigorously, as if he had thrown out all the worries in his heart.

"Order Fang Biao to lead his troops back to Fanyang immediately, and we will continue to stay here. After the last batch of baggage crosses the river tomorrow, we will directly arrive at Yishui River."

Zuo Yan asked in surprise: "Master, will we go back to Zhongshan Country?"

"You are right." Zhang Niujiao said calmly: "I raised the swallow no matter how you say it. Although it is not my biological son, I have no descendants. What is the difference between him and my biological son? After I go back, I will give him the position of the chief of the Yellow Turban Army."

Zuo Yan and Sun Qin were stunned.

"Master..." Zuo Yan shouted in surprise, "You..."

"Junyi, the Northern Expedition Army was wiped out. Can I continue to command the Yellow Turban Army after I go back? If I ask others to push it, I might as well take the initiative to come down. I will give this position to Yanzi, and I will feel at ease." After Zhang Niujiao made up his mind, he seemed to have become relaxed, and he said casually.

"Master, Chu Shuai is too young, and it may be difficult to convince the public. Moreover, his surname is Chu, not Zhang. Although he is your adopted son, he is not your own son. Can your subordinates obey? Even if your subordinates are willing to follow him, what about the other leaders of the Yellow Turban Army? Yang Feng, Bai Luo, Wulu, which one of them is not gathered under this banner for your reputation." Zuo Yan said excitedly: "Now that the Northern Expedition has failed, the battlefield situation in Jizhou is tight, so don't mention this matter again. Once the news comes out, the Yellow Turban Army will be in chaos and the morale of the people will be disintegrated, and failure will be a foregone conclusion."

Zhang Niujiao nodded cautiously.

"I know the severity of this matter. This matter is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the Yellow Turban Army. I will handle the future of the Yellow Turban Army carefully."

Yan Rou looked at the Yellow Turban Army that was gradually disappearing on the other side and said in admiration:

"Zhang Niujiao is Zhang Niujiao, and he is indeed a hero of a generation. He knew that the bird appeared in Gu'an, but he was still calm and did not give us any oil and water."

"I want to warn you that Yan Wuwei doesn't like people calling him Yanshan Bird. You just scream like that. Once you're done, he will find out, he will settle the score with you." Hu Zi glanced at him and said loudly.

"Beard, I warn you, if you call me to burn my butt again, I will use your military law to do it." Yan Rou pointed at Beard with a horse whip and said seriously, "Only my master can call me like this, what qualifications do you have?"

At this moment, his fist hit the horse and flew over, raising his hand and shouting: "Burning your butt, burning your butt, Zhuocheng has come to write."

Yan Rou immediately widened her eyes and wanted to eat her fist in one bite.

Beard first laughed, then laughed loudly, and then she burst into tears, unable to straighten her waist, and fell down the horse with a rumbling sound. Beard fell to the ground, still laughing wildly with her belly in her arms.

The two servants endured it so hard, but later they couldn't help it. They turned their faces one by one, lay on the back of the horse and laughed.

He arrived with his fist and looked at the group of people on the river bank with a strange look. His beard was lying on the ground, holding his stomach and laughing wildly. The two servants were laughing indulgently than the other. Only Yan Rou was tense of her face, and she seemed a little unhappy.

"Oh, what joke did you tell me? It's so funny, tell me." Fist hurriedly asked Yan Rudo.

Yan Rou gave him a blank look and said angrily: "It's not what I said. Where is the document?"

The fist hurriedly took it out of his arms and handed it to him, and asked with a smile: "Who said it, who is it? I'll tell him to say it again, and I'll be happy too."

Yan Rou was really angry, so she glared at him viciously, pointing at her beard lying on the ground and laughing wildly.

He flew off the horse and grabbed his beard and asked repeatedly.

My beard felt even more interesting, and I couldn't breathe when I smiled, and I almost stopped myself.

News finally came from Jizhou.

This month, Jizhou assembled about 50,000 troops, and under the command of the Jizhou Mu Guo Dian, the Yellow Turban Army stationed in Zhao and Changshan Kingdom. Guo Dian personally led his army to attack Luancheng and Jiumen in Changshan Kingdom, and the army directly threatened Zhending City. Feng Yi, the prefect of Julu, led his army to attack Xiangguo County in Zhao and approached Handan.

However, because the number of Jizhou troops is insufficient, the attack effect has always been unsatisfactory, and it is currently in a stalemate with the Yellow Turban Army. Therefore, the Jizhou governor Guo Dian hopes that the Youzhou army will do its best to send troops to Zhongshan Kingdom after the Yellow Turban Army withdraws from Youzhou, and restrain some of the Yellow Turban Army's troops to support the battlefield in Jizhou.

The reason why the news has not been sent to Jicheng, Youzhou is because the Yellow Turban Army also appeared in the Hejian Kingdom area, causing poor traffic and it is difficult for the fast rider to arrive quickly.

The reason for the Yellow Turban Army to retreat from Zhuocheng was indeed because they were attacked by the Jizhou army. After they were attacked by the Jizhou army, the Youzhou governor Yang Huang, the Zhuo County prefect Wang Ru and a group of Youzhou officials all believed that the victory of Youzhou was decided on the battlefield. Now that it was not possible to fight, Zhang Niujiao would also withdraw from Youzhou. So the two couldn't wait to write to the court to report the victory, and of course they also wanted to annihilate more than 100,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army for the soldiers of Youzhou, and exaggerate the incident of driving Zhang Niujiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, out of Youzhou. Another most important thing was to request the court to allocate funds and assistance.

The family was happy and the family was worried. After arriving in Jicheng, Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan, was frowning and depressed all day long. Although he had never received documents from the court to deal with him, he had no confidence in his future. His colleagues in Youzhou often helped him, and at most he would just dismiss his post and return to his hometown in Yuyang, and would not suffer a prison. Since the Yellow Turban Army rebelled, many officials had been abandoned in the prefectures and counties, and no one had been killed.

But Zhang Chun did not want to be dismissed from office, and he still wanted to continue to be an official. When he heard that Li Hong's troops had won consecutive victories, Zhang Niujiao's Yellow Turban Army had withdrawn from Zhuocheng, he immediately ignited his hope of recapturing Zhongshan Kingdom. He immediately borrowed troops from the governor of Youzhou, Yang Huang, and from the prefect of Yuyang He Yi.

Now, except for the garrison troops in each city and the border passes, there are no other troops. The troops that can be pulled out to fight are now on the battlefield of Zhuo County. In Yuyang, there are 5,000 troops led by the commander Tian Kai and stationed in Jicheng. But this is the reserve force of Youzhou, and no one can move except the governor Yang Huang.

Just then, Xian Yufu hurried back to Jicheng. Yang Huang immediately asked him to discuss it.

Xian Yufu believed that Guo Dian, the governor of Jizhou, was very righteous. He promptly provided assistance in Youzhou when it was the most critical time, and solved the urgent needs of Youzhou. Now Youzhou should be rewarded. He suggested that 3,000 troops be drawn from the 5,000 troops in Yuyang, and quickly arrived at Zhuo County. Cooperating with Li Hong's Fengyun Iron Cavalry, he completely drove Zhang Niujiao out of Zhuo County. After that, the entire Youzhou army was commanded by Li Hong and immediately launched an attack on Zhongshan Kingdom to support Guo Dian's army on the battlefield in Jizhou.

As for Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan, he would sooner or later be dismissed from the court to investigate and investigate, so he didn't have to pay attention to him, and of course he would be even less likely to lend him troops. But he was familiar with Zhongshan. If he really wanted to make meritorious contributions, he could set out with the army and help out his ideas. If he really defeated the Yellow Turban Army and recaptured Zhongshan, he would have made military achievements and could reduce his guilt.

Just as they were discussing this matter, the messenger of the Jizhou Mu Guo Dian rushed to Jicheng like a flying man.
Chapter completed!