After reading the document, Yan Rou handed it to her beard and fist.

"You guys see, too."

"Sir, let me tell us. I barely know a few words. My beard is not much better than mine. What news is coming from Zhuocheng?" asked Fist.

"As we predicted, Lord Guo, the Muslim of Jizhou, led an army of 50,000 to attack the Yellow Turban Army. In addition, Lord Prefect urges us to cross the giant horse water as soon as possible and capture Fanyang." Yan Rou put away the bamboo slips and said with a smile: "Lord Prefect said it easily. We only have such a few troops, how can we capture Fanyang City?"

"Why can't it? Zhang Niujiao's tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were eaten by us piece by piece. Why can't we capture a city?" Hu Zi said disdainfully.

Yan Rou was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued, "I think we should cross the river first and meet the birds."

"Before leaving, the captain said, everything is listened to Lord Yan. But I have an idea?" said Fist.

"Tell me. People say that our place is a thief's nest, and it's so angry that it sounds. The lieutenant trusts us and lets us take on the task of chasing Zhang Niujiao alone. If we do this well and can still destroy some of the enemies, that would be very ideal. So what about the horse thief? He will still kill people and make contributions." Yan Rou said boldly, waving his strong hands.

"Ziyu, what are we doing after chasing Zhang Niujiao? Are we a guard cavalry for him? I think it is more appropriate to go to the siege of the city."

"Siege the city?" Yan Rou immediately said, "This idea is good. We are not many people, and the troops who beat Zhang Niujiao cannot fight. They can only watch the big fat sheep but dare not pounce on it. Since we can't deal with him, we might as well surround Fan Yang and block the Yellow Turban Army's follow-up troops in Fan Yang City. If Zhang Niujiao is not rescued when he dies, the troops in Fan Yang City will not be able to run out, and they will be wiped out sooner or later."

"Your idea has a premise." Hu Zi pointed at Yan Rou and said, "If Zhang Niujiao gave up defending Fan Yang, crossed the Yishui River directly, and withdrew from Zhongshan Kingdom, then the troops he stayed in Fan Yang to restrain us will not be too much. Only when Fan Yang has fewer troops can we surround the enemy. If they have a large number of people, break through the city, tens of thousands of people, and run away as soon as they rush, we can't stop them."

Yan Rou and his fists nodded, expressing their agreement with Beard's concerns.

"We don't have accurate information in this regard now." Fist said hesitantly, "I think we will cross the river first, and at the same time send people to inform the fearless troops to strengthen reconnaissance and pay close attention to the movements in the direction of the Yishui River. If Zhang Niujiao wants to leave, he can only go from the Shuangsu Ferry, Yidu and Xudu. If the large forces of the Yellow Turban Army and the food and supplies are concentrated in these three ferries, it means they are ready to give up Fanyang City."

"In other words, the Yellow Turban Army who stayed in Fanyang just wanted to restrain us and cover the large army to cross the river. Their number must be not large. Let's hit them." Yan Rou said happily, "What do you think?"

"It is indeed a great contribution to being able to capture Fan Yang City." Hu Zi said excitedly.

Zhang Niujiao led his troops to Fanyang City without entering Fanyang City, but rushed directly to Yishui River.

On the north city tower of Fanyang City, Zhang Baiqi looked pale and silently looked at the moving army outside the city, feeling sad.

After the entire Jiuliting army was wiped out, he was always very depressed and suffered a great mental blow. He had never had the courage to meet Zhang Niujiao. The general always trusted himself and used him, and discussed everything with him. As a result, in the critical battle, his negligence caused the general's plan to encircle and annihilate the Leopard Army. The Yellow Turban Army not only suffered major losses, but also pushed the general into a very embarrassing situation. It was a trivial matter to damage the general's reputation. The serious reason was that the general might lose the position of the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Baiqi fell into deep self-blame. Chu Feiyan was worried that he would commit suicide because of Zhang Niujiao's scolding, so she always intentionally arranged for him to avoid Zhang Niujiao.

Although Zhang Niujiao hated Zhang Baiqi's incompetence and the battle of Jiuliting disappointed him, Zhang Baiqi was a powerful general in the Yellow Turban Army with both civil and military powers. He has made many military achievements for the Yellow Turban Army. He cannot completely deny others because of the failure of this battle. Therefore, Zhang Niujiao has never mentioned this matter. He wanted to wait until the matter is calmed down before letting Zhang Baiqi command the army.

Fang Biao hurriedly ran up the city tower and shouted to Zhang Baiqi: "Zhang Shuai, the Grand Marshal wants to see you."

Zhang Baiqi had no expression on his face. He looked out of the city blankly and smiled bitterly.

"I won't go. I left twenty thousand brothers and escaped alone. I have no shame to see him. I won't go."

Fang Biao looked at him sympathetically, knowing that he had not yet come out of the shadow of defeat, and was extremely depressed.

He waved to the servant behind him, asked him to reply to the Grandmaster, walked to Zhang Baiqi himself, and said carefully: "The Grandmaster said that in the battle of Jiuliting, the responsibility for failure is with him, and it has nothing to do with you. Zhang Shuai should not blame himself too much."

Zhang Baiqi's heart trembled. His gratitude to the general, his grace to the general, his guilt for the soldiers who died in battle, his hatred for himself, and all kinds of complex feelings suddenly surged into his heart. He sighed deeply.

"Is the Grand Marshal going to give up Fan Yang?"

Fang Biao immediately said, "Yes. Now in Changshan, Zhao State is in critical condition, and the official army is attacking very fiercely. The general must quickly return to Changshan to command the battle, so he ordered Sun Shuai and Zuo Sima to escort food and supplies across the river, leaving Zhang Shuai and I to hold on to Fanyang for a period of time, and restrain the Youzhou army that was chasing him."

The clouds in the sky are very thick, and the sun is invisible. It is gray, vast and bleak. The wind on the river surface is very strong, and it passes through the bare treetops from time to time, making a roar. The clear river water reveals a hint of coolness, gently patting the low shrubs on both sides of the river.

Chu Feiyan stood by the Yishui River, silently watching everything in front of her, feeling a little depressed.

He has sent people to urge Zhang Niujiao to take action first and go south quickly. If Zhang Niujiao gets his news immediately, he should have arrived at Yidu now.

The situation in Changshan is now very critical, and it is at the point where Zhang Niujiao must rush back to deal with it himself.

Because Chu Feiyan's 50,000 troops rushed back to Changshan in time, they cooperated with Wulu and Wang Dang's troops and quickly repelled Guo Dian's attack.

Then came the news that Zhang Niujiao's failure in the Northern Expedition spread among the Yellow Turban Army, which immediately triggered a major earthquake in the Yellow Turban Army. The leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, who had their own thoughts, had no intention of fighting, and began to form cliques to re-elect new leaders of the Yellow Turban Army.

More leaders had the idea of ​​preserving their strength and returning to Taihang Mountain. They considered that Zhang Niujiao's tens of thousands of main forces had basically been lost during the northern expedition, and the future of the Yellow Turban Army was slim. Many leaders even ordered their troops to withdraw from the front line. Some small leaders in the rear began to secretly transport grain into the mountain, preparing to withdraw from Taihang at any time.

The disintegration of military morale directly led to failure on the battlefield. Bai Zao's troops, who were defending Xiangguo, had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield because of insufficient supply supply and heavy losses. In anger, he not only did not return to Handan to meet Yang Fengjun, but instead led his troops to the Taihang Mountains directly.

Wang Dang's troops in Changshan Yellow Turban Army followed Guo Dian and had to withdraw from the middle because of supply issues. As a result, they were ambushed by Guo Dian near Yuanshi City. Wulu, who had been following him, not only did not provide timely support, but instead turned around and retreated first. Wang Dang's troops could not hold on, and in the end the entire army was wiped out. Only Wang Dang led hundreds of people to break through and escape.

Wang Dang immediately joined Chu Feiyan's subordinates and surrounded Wulu in Shiyi who was about to escape into the Taihang Mountains. Now the two sides are fighting. If the enemy does not fight, he will fight first.

Chu Feiyan kept looking up at the sky, sighing and worried.

Even if Zhang Niujiao rushed back to Changshan now, the situation would be difficult to recover. Zhang Niujiao lost more than 100,000 troops, which was a big blow to the Yellow Turban Army, and the high morale disappeared in a blink of an eye. If you want to revitalize the morale of the Yellow Turban Army and stabilize the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, in addition to Zhang Niujiao, you must immediately arrive at Changshan. It would be better that Zhang Niujiao can lead the troops to defeat the Jizhou army, fight several victories in a row, and capture several cities.

It's hard, it's too difficult. If the general doesn't act too rush and is eager to attack Youzhou in the north, the situation of the Yellow Turban Army this year is very good. But everything is too late. Starting from the leopard in Youzhou leading his troops across the Holy Water River, bad luck once again came to the Yellow Turban Army.

"Here, Shuai Chu, Shuai is here."

The servant behind him pointed at the other side and suddenly screamed.

Zhang Niujiao felt warm when he saw Chu Feiyan.

After receiving Chu Feiyan's emergency, he suddenly realized that the plan for the Northern Expedition he had set was indeed a big mistake. Even if there was no leopard Li Hong's Fengyun Iron Cavalry, even if his 150,000 army was attacking Jicheng, in the face of this situation, he had to retreat and return to aid.

He ignored the deep meaning of Chu Feiyan, Yang Feng and others to oppose the Northern Expedition. Now he suddenly understood, but it was too late.

When he and other Yellow Turban leaders summed up the reasons for the failure of the Yellow Turban Army last year in Taihang Mountains, they summarized many things, but ignored one fatal reason, that is, everyone's selfishness. Zhang Niujiao himself had a clear conscience. He did carry on the will of his master Zhang Jiao and live a good life for the people of the world. But what about the others? What about those who are willing to follow and reluctantly follow him? Are they also for the people of the world?

Zhang Niujiao knew it was not. Some people were for revenge, some were for themselves to make money, and some were for themselves to control more troops and do whatever they wanted. If Zhang Niujiao could not satisfy their wishes, splitting, failure would be a matter of time sooner or later. Even if they could win this year, what about next year? What about the year after that?

If the Yellow Turban Army leaders are not solved, the failure of the Yellow Turban Army will not be established in the Yellow Turban Army, the failure of the Yellow Turban Army will be inevitable if it does not establish its absolute authority, the establishment of a strict military law in the Yellow Turban Army, and the failure of every soldier of the Yellow Turban Army is inevitable.

Zhang Niujiao looked cold, but his urgent tone could not hide his anxiety. When he saw Chu Feiyan, he immediately said, "Swallow, let's go all night today."

"Dad, are you going to take a break before Beixincheng?" Chu Feiyan asked with concern.

"No. The earlier you go back, the better. If it's late, I'm afraid the Yellow Turban Army will be the gangster for Wang."

Chu Feiyan shook her head helplessly, "Wang Shuai is irritable, and if he wants to fight, he will probably finish it long ago. Let's consider how to end it when he goes back."

Zhang Niujiao whipped a whip into the air and said angrily: "If this kid makes a big trouble, the Yellow Turban Army will be divided. I will see if I won't kill him."

Chu Feiyan saw that Zhang Niujiao's servants had arrived one after another, and hurriedly got on the horse and said to Zhang Niujiao: "Let's go, dad. The troops set off in the morning, and now they are about to arrive at Fan Xingting. We will rush to catch up with them before dark."

"How many troops are left in Beixincheng?" Zhang Niujiao asked.

"Zhang Feng's five thousand people stay here. I ask them to pay attention to the three ferries along the Yishui River. When Sun Shuai and Zuo Sima's troops arrived, a total of 30,000 to 40,000 people would protect this batch of food, grass and supplies across the river. There would be no problem with safety." Chu Feiyan replied immediately.

Zhang Niujiao looked back at Yishuihe and said worriedly: "I hope Ziyin can retreat safely with his troops."

Chu Feiyan asked in surprise: "Didn't you call him back together?"
Chapter completed!