Chapter 137 Emperor's Edict

Dong Zhuo gulped, his facial features were almost twisted together, and he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

"It hurts me too!"

Dong Zhuo tightly covered his heart, gasped for breath, his eyes almost protruded, two thousand Liangzhou iron cavalry and five thousand yellow scarf wrestlers collided fiercely, but the two thousand cavalry were hit You can turn your back on your back and be at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, seeing that the situation was not right, Li Jue hurriedly turned around and led his troops out, and even fished Guo Si out of the camp of the Yellow Turban wrestlers, Dong Zhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If the general is lost, this battle will be even more difficult to fight.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Li Jue led his army to rush out, so the Xiliang iron cavalry lost more than 700 horsemen, while the yellow scarf warriors lost more than 2,000 people. Decapitated.

Seeing Xiliang iron cavalry take the initiative to retreat, the leader of the yellow turban wrestlers laughed loudly: "The officers and soldiers are afraid, kill them!"

Even though nearly 2,000 people were killed or injured, the remaining 3,000 yellow turban warriors were still unstoppable, and they rushed out in one go. After winning the first battle, the morale of the Yellow Turbans rose sharply, while the morale of the officers and soldiers fell.

"Hmph, the Yellow Turban Thieves are no more than the crowd of Wuhe, so they are nothing to be afraid of."

Dong Zhuo's army waved the flag, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou drew their swords and shouted orders, and the 8,000 infantry immediately marched forward. The sword and shield fighters in the front row lined up a whole shield wall and marched forward. After all, it was Lu Zhi who led them. The quality of the soldiers of the Northern Army is very elite.

However, the soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal ones, and the horizontal ones are afraid of the deadly ones. Three thousand yellow scarf fighters rushed up viciously, and the axes and hammers in their hands fell heavily on the shields of the officers and soldiers. A hole was torn in the formation of the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Jiao signaled to Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang was overjoyed, and shouted: "Listen everyone, the yellow scarf warrior summoned by the great virtuous teacher has possessed his body, and the whole army is on top."

Zhang Liang gave the order, and the 50,000 yellow-turban bandits began to move, and finally a total of 50,000 infantry were fully pressed. The 8,000 infantry were originally very elite, but the 3,000 yellow-turban warriors were like crazy, and they were torn apart on the front line of the officers and soldiers. A hole, so the 50,000 yellow scarf thieves who followed immediately killed through this hole.

The 50,000 Yellow Turbans surrounded the 8,000 Northern Army into several regiments, divided and killed them.

The house leak coincided with the continuous night rain, at this time, the gate of Quyang city opened, and another group of people rushed out of the city gate with a big banner. It was Zhang Bao who saw his elder brother come to rescue him, so he mobilized The soldiers and horses in the city should cooperate with each other inside and outside.

"My lord, what should I do!"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ji couldn't help asking Dong Zhuo.

"Walk!"

Dong Zhuo said fiercely: "The Yellow Turban Bandits have an army of more than 100,000 men here, and this general only brought two thousand cavalry. How can he be the opponent of the Yellow Turban Bandits?"

Zhang Ji was taken aback when he heard the words: "However, if the battle is defeated, I'm afraid the court will have to convict."

Dong Zhuo snorted: "It's better to convict the court than to lose your head, so withdraw quickly!"

Dong Zhuo made a prompt decision to withdraw his troops. More than 1,300 iron cavalry from Xiliang accompanied him. The four generals Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji followed closely. The mobile force rushed out of the encirclement of the Yellow Turban Thieves, quite embarrassing.

Zhang Jiao saw more than a thousand cavalry guarding Dong Zhuo and killed him, so he didn't send troops to stop him. Anyway, two legs can't run with four legs, so there's no need to stop him.

"Surround and annihilate the official army."

Although the soldiers of the Northern Army are all elite, they are hard to beat with two fists and four hands. Nearly 100,000 yellow turbans are besieging from all sides. Even the iron man may not be able to support them. crumbling.

Luoyang.

"What? Dong Zhuo lost too?"

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Ling of Han couldn't help frowning. Although he was not a good emperor who worked hard to govern, the major affairs of the country were only the sacrifices and the army. Failure in the war was unacceptable for any emperor, let alone the "National Emperor". The Han Dynasty that will perish with the weak, and perish with the strong alone".

The pale-faced Han Lingdi turned even paler, and said angrily: "Although Lu Shangshu delayed the military, at least he has never suffered a defeat in Hebei, but this Dong Zhongying was defeated by the Yellow Turban Bandit. I insist on punishing him. No!"

Situ Yuan Huai came out and said slowly: "Your Majesty, didn't Dong Zhuo win a battle a few days ago? I'm afraid Dong Zhuo was eager to fight, and he was called a thief."

When Dong Zhuo became governor of Hedong, Bingzhou Inspector was suggested by Situ Yuan Huai. Usually, Dong Zhuo often donated gold and silver to Yuan Huai. Now that Dong Zhuo was defeated, Yuan Huai had to speak for Dong Zhuo.

Hanling Emperor Liu Hong snorted coldly, and waved his white and tender palm: "Forget it, let's think that he will be punished for the sake of fighting for the court, and the death penalty will be reduced!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Hong looked at a fat figure beside him, and sighed: "General, Dong Zhuo was defeated. I am afraid that the bandit chief Zhang Jiao is arrogant, and there is no one in Hebei to stop him. Otherwise, Lu Shangshu will be released from prison." How about letting him commit crimes and meritorious deeds?"

He Jin heard the words, took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, didn't Zuo Zhonglang general Huangfusong just win a big battle in Changsha? Now it's really overkill for Huangfu Yi to hand over the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou area, why not let him How about Huangfu Yizhen going north?"

Liu Hong looked delighted: "That's right, Huangfu Yizhen's Changshe has broken 100,000 yellow scarves. If Huangfu Song is the commander, he will definitely be able to defeat the Hebei bandit army."

He Jin chuckled, and was about to step back when he heard a cough next to him, it turned out to be Da Si Nong Cao Song.

He Jin suddenly realized, and said again: "Your Majesty, Cavalry Captain Cao Cao led his troops to help Changsha. He has made great achievements in breaking the bandits from Huangfu Yizhen, and he should be rewarded."

Liu Hong snorted: "Since Cavalry Captain Cao Cao has made great achievements in breaking the thief, he should be rewarded. How should the general reward him?"

He Jin rolled his eyes: The Yellow Turban bandits in the Qingzhou area had already been wiped out in the First World War, but this place is safe. If Cao Cao is sealed here, Ju Gao (Cao Song's word) must be satisfied.

"The bandits in Qingzhou are still in danger, and the governor Gong Jing is in urgent need of a general. How about appointing Cao Cao to Jinan to be the Minister of State? How about leaving the town?"

Liu Hong nodded: "All right, order Shangshutai to draft an edict, and order Huangfu Song to take up his post today. As for Cao Cao, let's do it together. It must be done quickly."

He Jin said he was stepping down, and by the way, he took a look at Situ Yuanhuai: Old fox, Dong Zhuo you recommended lost the battle, and Huangfu Song recommended by me won the battle. Needless to say, I am proud of it.

On the other hand, Yuan Huai looked at He Jin with a half-hearted smile: The people who butchered pigs and dogs only gained His Majesty's favor by relying on their younger sisters. How can they compare with the fourth generation and third father of my Yuan family? Let's read the libretto on a donkey, and we'll see.

Liu Hong issued an order, and Shang Shutai immediately drafted an edict, several horsemen galloped in Luoyang City, left Hulao Pass, and went straight to Yuzhou.