I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43 Fighting Zhang Bao

In Changshan County, Li Shimin had been stationed for nearly two months. During this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao quickly organized and trained the Yellow Turban captives into an army. More than 2 people.

Li Shimin divided the 5 horses into two armies. According to the army names of the previous Tang Dynasty, he named them Longxiang Army and Longwu Army, with Guan Yu and Zhang Liao each leading an army.The two generals were naturally very excited, and secretly vowed not to let the lord down.

Zhao Yun fulfilled the mission of appeasement, and all the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Changshan and Zhongshan counties were eradicated.With the cooperation of Xi Zhicai, the displaced people also returned to their homes one after another and began to save themselves. Li Shimin had a stable rear camp and base.

In addition, Zhao Yun himself is very famous in the Zhending area, and soon absorbed volunteers from all over the country, as well as some young people who wanted to join the army and serve the country.There are more than [-] people in total, and Li Shimin named this team the Wuwei Army.

Now Li Shimin has a total of about 7 troops, including 1 cavalry from the Shence Army led by himself. Li Shimin renamed the original Yanmen Iron Cavalry to the Shence Army.There are more than 2 Longxiang Army under the command of Guan Yu, more than 2 Longwu Army under Zhang Liao, and more than 1 Wuwei Army under Zhao Yun.

Soon, Gan Xinghan also brought the emperor's decree, and named Li Shimin as Huben Zhonglang General Guanneihou. Everyone congratulated him one after another, but Li Shimin didn't care at all. up.

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As recorded in history, because Lu Zhi was unfavorable in suppressing the rebellion, and because of the villain's advice, Bei Zhonglang was taken down by Emperor Ling and replaced by Dong Zhuo. The army has been defeated, and so far it has been huddled in the Wei County area, not daring to act rashly.

Seeing this, Li Shimin knew that the opportunity had come.So he recruited his main generals to announce the order and prepare to attack.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin led an army of 6 to kill Julu.Gan Xinghan led a team of about 1 to guard Zhongshan and Changshan counties.

According to the memory of the previous life, at this time the main force of the Yellow Turban Army was confronting the imperial army in the Guangzong area. The old nest was empty, and the number of Yellow Turban Army stationed in Julu should not be large.

This battle is to destroy the old nest of the Yellow Turban, let it suffer from the enemy, and then join the imperial army to annihilate Zhang Jiao's main force in one fell swoop, and complete this unworldly feat.

It's just that the Yellow Turban Army in the Guangzong area is where they made their fortunes. They have a deep foundation and a relatively good "mass foundation". , no longer dare to act rashly.

The army rushed all the way, and soon reached Gaoyi County, which was eighty miles away from Julu.At this time, the scouts called Malay to report, and found a yellow scarf army of more than 15 people in front of them. The Chinese army was marching towards our army with a big banner.

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "Maybe it's Zhang Jiao who sent the army to deal with him. If the attack is really determined, it's completely self-inflicted. It's okay, just take them first and let him know that I, Li Shimin, are not easy to mess with."

Li Shimin sent Guan Yu, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, and gave them combat orders.

Immediately, the army immediately moved into action, Li Shimin asked Guan Yu to lead a surprise attack from the front with [-] cavalry, and rushed to the enemy's central camp, disrupting its formation.In terms of this cavalry raid alone, I am afraid that few people are Guan Yu's opponents.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao each led their own troops to attack from left to right, like two sharp knives piercing the enemy's ribs, and they themselves commanded from the center, moving at the right time, and wiped out the bandit army in one fell swoop.

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This yellow turban army was led by Zhang Bao, the general of the land, with the intention of killing Zhending and completely destroying Li Shimin's team.It turned out that Zhang Jiao also knew that there was an army that had wiped out Zhang Niujiao's army under his command. After a period of inquiry, he found that there were not many officers in this army.

In order to obtain the Zhending official warehouse to replenish food, grass and weapons, and at the same time prevent oneself from being attacked in advance, the old nest will not be guaranteed.Therefore, Zhang Jiao mobilized many troops around him, forming an army of 15, and asked Zhang Bao to set out from Quyang.

Zhang Bao fought aggressively towards Zhending along the way, and he did not encounter any resistance from the officers and soldiers along the way, so he relaxed his vigilance. Moreover, he felt that he had an army of 15, and the officers and soldiers were only more than [-], so he was definitely not his opponent.
Therefore, he didn't take Zhang Jiao's words to remind him to march cautiously, he didn't even send out scouts, and he didn't even notice that there was an army of officers around him staring at him.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and in the woods in the distance, wild birds roared and flew in all directions. There were bursts of rumbling loud noises coming from far and near, as if some huge monster was chasing here.

There was an experienced Yellow Turban veteran who shouted: "It's cavalry, it's official cavalry." Zhang Bao, who was walking leisurely at this time, also noticed something unusual, and Ma Shan realized that it was probably official cavalry.Hastily shouted: "Arrange to meet the enemy!"

It's just that in this panic, the Yellow Turban Army failed to effectively organize a complete imperial formation, and the official army led by Guan Yu had already killed them. Thousands of troops, with momentum like a rainbow, cut towards the Yellow Turban Army like a huge flying sword .

Guan Yu took the lead, using the power of the horse to coerce the bandit army, swirling his sword wildly, opening and closing, just a few horizontal cuts, he easily tore through the enemy's defense, and then the army took advantage of the momentum like a flood bursting a dike. The cover-up was like a broken bamboo, and the defensive formation of the bandit army was smashed to pieces.

After breaking through the rebel army with tens of thousands of troops, the speed of the cavalry gradually slowed down. Zhang Bao also took advantage of this time to build a new defensive formation with tight defense. Guan Yu saw that the rebel army was well prepared and had no chance to take advantage He no longer rushes forward.

After all, he was both wise and brave. He knew that he needed to wait for Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao's army to encircle him, so that he could annihilate this group of bandits in one fell swoop. What he had to do was to hold them back and create opportunities for the main force to encircle and annihilate them.

So, with a pull of the horse's reins and a wave of the Qinglong Yanyue Saber, thousands of cavalry stood upright in a uniform manner. The two armies were separated by a hundred meters, facing each other with swords drawn.

Seeing that this terrifying cavalry did not continue to attack, the Yellow Turban Army including Zhang Bao also breathed a sigh of relief.

Holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand, Guan Yu rushed to the front of the battle majesticly, and shouted contemptuously: "Yellow Turban Bandit, who dares to fight me, is it possible that they are all eggless bastards? Haha."

Guan Yu's wanton provocation in front of the battle made Zhang Bao very angry. Since his rise to power, he had never suffered such a shame and humiliation. He said viciously to the generals under his command: "The enemy general is rampant, who dares to fight?"

"I would like to kill this person before the general of the land." A red-faced strong man responded, and then went out.

It turned out that this person was Zhan Zhangbao's confidant, Yan Zheng, and his strength was not bad. "Arrogant people, let me see you when Yan Zheng comes to meet you," shouted and rushed over, brandishing a big knife.

With the beating of war drums, the hearts of the troops on both sides were surging and their blood was boiling.

This strict government obviously miscalculated the strength of the enemy and ourselves, thinking that the world is invincible, and prepared to kill the general of the army with one blow.Guan Yu just looked at him dismissively, didn't move, just stood there holding the long knife.

When Yan Zheng rushed to the front, Guan Yu's long knife whizzed towards him, piercing Changhong's breath, and it was only a thunderbolt that cut off the man's head.

Both the enemy and our army admired Guan Yu's spirit of looking down on the world.

Pointing the long knife obliquely, he said proudly: "Zhang Bao is a traitor, if you know what you are doing, get off your horse and beg for surrender, maybe you can leave your whole body, or you will be cut into pieces."

At this time, Zhang Bao was about to explode with anger, but at the same time he was very frightened, and his fright was inexplicable.They quickly dispatched a few more generals, none of whom were Guan Yu's opponents, and most of them were killed with a single blow.More than 10 generals died in succession under Guan Yu's command.

Seeing that so many generals died at the hands of the officers and soldiers, the morale of the Yellow Turban army was low and they had lost their former vigor.Soon, the troops of Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun under Li Shimin's command also arrived, and he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered to march according to the previous general strategy.

Led by Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, the Longwu Army and Shenwu Army flanked Zhang Bao's main force from left to right. At this time, the army's morale was like a rainbow, extremely sharp, and with their well-equipped equipment, the Yellow Turban Wolf, which was quickly killed, rushed forward.

Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were both undeservedly brave and unstoppable. They quickly tore open the enemy's central camp and stabbed the enemy's heart fiercely.

Guan Yu saw that the yellow turban army in front of him was shaken, so he immediately reorganized his team and charged forward without hesitation. He saw one man and one horse, the man was like a tiger, and the horse was like a dragon swimming. step back.

Now the enemy's defensive formation is obviously vulnerable, Guan Yu easily smashed through the enemy's camp, and ruthlessly harvested the heads of the enemy generals. All the enemy generals have no single enemy.After defeating several generals in a row, he rushed straight to Zhang Bao.

Seeing that he was doomed and unable to recover, Zhang Bao hurriedly took all his confidants and withdrew towards Julu.

Guan Yu single-handedly rushed into the enemy's central army, cut off the enemy's commander-in-chief's flag with a single knife, and left laughing. At this time, the Yellow Turban army was already in chaos.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers brought thousands of troops and horses, they came to kill them aggressively. Before the officers and soldiers arrived, many yellow scarf soldiers wanted to drop their weapons and run away in all directions.Nearly [-] troops entered the Yellow Turban Army and completely defeated the Yellow Turban Army with overwhelming force.

At this time, Zhang Bao was slowed down by the rebel army, and Guan Yu, who was rushing to catch up, saw that there was no way to escape, so he could only fight to the death.

After Zhang Bao died, most of the Yellow Turbans surrendered on their knees.So far, the battle has come to an end. With less than 15 casualties, Li Shimin wiped out Zhang Bao's 2 army, captured nearly [-] people, and no more than [-] fled. .

(End of this chapter)