I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 40
Jizhou is located in today's North China Plain. It is rich in products and rich in people. It is naturally much better than Bingzhou.Moreover, Jizhou is adjacent to Youzhou in the north, and Sili and Yanzhou in the south. The geographical location is very important, and it will be very important for him to plan for the world in the future.Therefore, Li Shimin set his next goal in Jizhou.

The army headed east all the way, rushed quickly, passed through Hongshan Pass, and arrived in Jizhou.After walking for several days, Li Shimin arranged for a large army to be stationed in Zhongshan, and then sent out a large number of scouts to inquire about the news of the Yellow Turban Army.

When marching and fighting, intelligence is also extremely important. Although Li Shimin has [-] cavalry in his hands, his strength is still very limited.

After being stationed in Zhongshan for several days, the army has also raised its spirits, its morale is good, and its morale is high.

Soon the news came from the scouts that there was a Yellow Turban Army, the exact number of which was unknown, attacking Zhending.

Li Shimin quickly packed up the camp and headed towards Zhending. The army rushed all night without delay.

Along the way, there are refugees fleeing in all directions, dragging their families with them, panicking, and a scene of the end of the world.

"Father, where are we going?" An immature child asked his father suspiciously. "Feng'er, let's go to a place where there are no bandits. Don't be afraid that I will protect you." A middle-aged man and a sister-in-law were walking among a group of fleeing people.

Suddenly, they heard someone yelling terribly: "The Yellow Turban Army is coming, the Yellow Turban Army is coming!" The fleeing people hurriedly avoided.

The Yellow Turban Army rushed into the crowd, showing their sharp butcher knives, wantonly slashing and killing the refugees, one by one innocent people fell in a pool of blood, and the cries resounded through the sky.

Just when they were in despair, a sound of horseshoes came from a distance, and accompanied by the tremor of the earth, a group of swords and guns lined up with bright armor could be seen faintly, and a team with a large flag embroidered with the word Li in black came to kill them. come over.

Someone shouted: "Folks, we are saved, it's the government army." This team was the former army led by Li Shimin.

This group of bandits apparently also found the cavalry who came, and they all turned around and fled south.How could Li Shimin give them a chance? The three thousand cavalry were like sharp knives piercing into the hearts of these gangsters. under the horse.

Naturally, this mob was no match for Li Shimin, and they were all wiped out or captured alive in a short while.

Everyone saw that they were indeed officers and soldiers, and they all had a feeling of survival after a catastrophe. Many people hugged each other and cried, and some cried loudly while hugging their dead relatives. Li Shimin obviously had no time to take care of these people and told them to go north. walk away.

"Wen Yuan, bring the prisoner here, I have something to ask." Li Shimin said to Zhang Liao.

After a while, a handsome young general in full armor came forward with the captives.

Zhang Liao said viciously: "My lord has something to ask, you must answer honestly, or I will cut off your head with a knife."

"Yes, the young one must know everything." The prisoner said with a terrified face.

"You don't have to be afraid, as long as you tell me honestly, I will let you go. Who is attacking Zhending in front, and how many soldiers are there?" Li Shimin stared into his eyes tightly.

"If you go back to the general, the [-] troops led by General Zhang Niujiao are in front of you, and they are attacking Zhending day and night." The prisoner said tremblingly.

"Have you missed anything?" Zhang Liao asked viciously, pulling out his saber.

"More, more. Five miles east of Zhending is our big camp, and there are about 2 soldiers in the camp who are resting." The prisoner finally confessed all of them.

After giving Zhang Liao a look, he immediately understood, drew his sword and finished the prisoner. This thief killed innocent people, and he deserved death.

"My lord, I thought that we would quickly wipe out the enemy's camp first, and then kill the Yellow Turban army in one fell swoop." Xi Zhicai said to Li Shimin.

"That's right, our army should concentrate our forces, attack the thieves' lair first, and then wipe out Zhang Niujiao's army in one go." Li Shimin said calmly.

Immediately, without further hesitation, he led the army to attack Zhang Niujiao's camp, and gave him a drudgery.

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Seeing that Zhang Niujiao could not win the battle for so long, he was furious, and beheaded the generals who had failed in the siege, and issued a death order to kill all the Han troops guarding the isolated city.

In particular, he couldn't let go of the young general in white robe. These days, he was the one who led the Han army against him and caused a lot of casualties to his team.

Not long after, another group of Yellow Turban soldiers rushed up like crazy under the leadership of several tough men.

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The young general in white robe wielded a long spear, and the spear danced fiercely, moving in and out of the crowd seven times, killing the yellow scarf soldiers and fleeing with their heads in their arms. All the enemies who approached him, without exception, were all killed by one shot.

Corpses were also piled up around the young general, and his white robe was also stained red, revealing a murderous look.The Yellow Turban Army finally felt scared and didn't dare to charge up again.

It's just that one person's strength is very limited after all, and he cannot reverse the situation of the battle.As more and more enemies who are not afraid of death rushed over, all the gates of the city had been lost, only the gates he guarded were still resisting.

"Is it possible that I, Zhao Zilong, will die today?" This person is Zhao Yun, who is also known as the "Three Men of Yannan" along with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.Zhao Yun asked himself unwillingly.

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Li Shimin rushed all the way to the place where Zhang Niujiao was camping. The yellow scarf soldiers who guarded the camp obviously didn't expect to meet the Han army officers and soldiers here, so the defense was not strict, but very careless.

When Li Shimin's army was in front of him, Zhang Niujiao's generals remembered to blow the horn and shouted for enemy attack.It was too late, Guan Yu took the lead, gathered all the strength of his body, picked the Feiyuan gate to reject the horse pile, opened the passage of the rear army, and rushed in.

The enemy camp suddenly exploded, and it was a mess. No one could organize an effective resistance, and they all fought on their own.

The big camp of the thieves was very messy, and they had no military skills to use, so as soon as Li Shimin and the others rushed in, they first became chaotic.

The [-] cavalrymen under Li Shimin's command were all the elite of the Han army. Most of them knelt and surrendered, and some fled.

A total of more than 1000 soldiers were captured in this battle. Li Shimin left [-] troops to guard Zhang Niujiao's camp, guarding the prisoners and taking care of the captured money and food.

This battle also captured quite a lot. According to Li Shimin's preliminary estimate, there were 5 taels of gold and [-] shi of grain.

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At this time, the city of Zhending was also in jeopardy, and Zhao Yun's bravery alone could not restore the defeat.Zhang Niujiao's attention was all on Zhending City, and he didn't notice that there was a tiger behind him ready to bite at any time.

Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army was exhausted from attacking the city and their morale was low, Li Shimin quickly made deployments, and asked Zhang Liao to lead 3000 troops to enter from the east, and Guan Yu to lead [-] troops to enter from the west. He himself stared at Zhang Niujiao, waiting for the opportunity , Sealing the throat with a sword.

When Zhang Niujiao found out that the Han army was coming, he was also very panicked. According to the previous investigation, there should be no officers and soldiers around. Where did they come from?
Before he had time to think about it, Zhang Niujiao hurriedly mobilized his troops to deal with the Han army.But it was already too late, the Yellow Turban Army had exhausted all their vigor in attacking Zhending, and it was already at the end of their strength.

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu pierced the thief's chest like two sharp knives. The generals under Zhang Niujiao's command were like moths flying into the flame, and they were all killed by them.

In front of the galloping iron hoofs, the yellow scarf soldiers with low morale are like grass seedlings under the sickle, leaving no grass where the blade passes.

The bandit army was terrified, and it was gradually showing a tendency to collapse.Seeing that the defeat was imminent, Zhang Niujiao also chose to put all his eggs in one basket, and immediately ordered the siege army to withdraw and counterattack, so as to stabilize the battle situation.

Seeing that the enemy and ourselves have completely fallen into a melee, Li Shimin knew that the opportunity had come.Leading the most elite three thousand cavalry under his command, he descended like a tiger and rushed towards Zhang Niujiao's army.

The defensive formation formed by the Yellow Turban Army in a hurry was easily broken by Li Shimin.Zhang Niujiao can be regarded as an excellent leader of the Yellow Turban Army, seeing that he had no way out, he became cruel and led the main force of his army to kill Li Shimin.

The armies of the two sides collided violently, the mountains fell and the ground cracked, and dust flew up.Right now, Zhang Niujiao still has more than [-] million soldiers, and he has an absolute advantage in military strength.

Two fists were no match for the opponent, Li Shimin's three thousand cavalry were submerged in the enemy's crowd, and the impact speed of the cavalry also dropped. In the midst of a bitter struggle...

(End of this chapter)