All Heavens: Starting from Becoming a God

Zhang Bao had always been glad that General Zuo Zhonglang had learned the lesson of his defeat at Bo Cai and did not dare to attack Xiaquyang City in a large scale where more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops were stationed.

Otherwise, in a fierce confrontation, Zhu Jun would be able to tell at a glance what his own side is and what is real.

The Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Bao is not as good as Bo Cai's Yellow Turban Army, which was composed of bandits and bandits. The combat effectiveness between the two can be said to be worlds apart.

In terms of military resources, regardless of the 100,000 people under this local general, most of them are old, weak, women and children.

Most of the remaining young and middle-aged men who can be said to be capable of fighting are farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky.

It would be good if they could hold their weapons firmly and have the courage to fight the Han army, but there was no way to expect to use them for anything.

Faced with Zhu Jun's various tentative attacks recently, Zhang Bao tried his best to prevent Zuo Zhonglang from noticing his weakness.

However, with the arrival of Guo Dian, the governor of Julu County, everything became a thing of the past.

The additional five thousand soldiers and horses became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Seeing that his troops were strong and his horses strong, Zhu Jun, who had been recuperating for a long time, decisively launched a fierce attack. Now, after only two rounds of offensives, the Yellow Turbans on Zhang Bao's side were unable to hold on.

While Zhang Bao was struggling to hold on, there was joy and laughter in the large tent of the Han army commander's camp.

"Jun Ye, you came at the right time." Zhu Jun looked at Guo Dian beside him, with joy on his face.

Guo Dian faced the Zuo Zhonglang general and naturally said: "Brother Gongwei, we are all Han ministers, so we should work together to defeat the Yellow Turban bandits!"

"Okay! Well said!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they naturally understood what the other's plan was.

Zhu Jun wanted to do something good, but he didn't have enough troops. Guo Dian also wanted to do something good, but he didn't have enough troops.

The two hit it off immediately.

Zhu Jun failed to fight against the thieves before, but he managed to regain his strength with the support of Huangfu Song. He followed him all the way to conquer many states in Jingyang, and made a lot of achievements, which can be regarded as offsetting the previous mistakes.

When Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo suffered successive defeats in Jizhou, under the orders of the Han Emperor, Zhu Jun followed Huangfu Song like a fire captain to Jizhou to pacify Zhangjiao's headquarters.

When he arrived at Guangzong, Zhu Jun immediately noticed the Tu Delong aura in the city.

Feeling horrified, he quickly asked for troops to attack other cities. It happened that Huangfu Song had a plan in mind, so he allowed Zhu Jun to go to Quyang City.

But when he arrived at Xiaquyang City, Zhu Jun realized that he had underestimated the number of the Yellow Turban Army.

The painful experience he had in fighting Bocai's army made him extremely cautious. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army was low, it was true that they were overwhelmed by numbers. Zhu Jun, who only had about 10,000 troops, faced General Digong with more than 100,000 troops. He couldn't help but worry about whether he would repeat the same mistake.

After all, Zhu Jun paid a heavy price for underestimating his enemy before.

Even after several rounds of tentative attacks in the past few days, the resistance from the opponent was not too strong, but Zhu Jun still showed a steady and steady attitude.

General Zuo Zhonglang didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, he was just silently consuming the Yellow Turban Army's rolling stones, wood and other defensive supplies.

He was waiting for a good opportunity.

This situation lasted for less than half a month until the arrival of Julu Governor Guo Dian yesterday, breaking the deadlock.

The Julu Prefect mobilized soldiers and horses from many places in the county and cobbled together an army of more than 5,000 people, just to make a great contribution in this Yellow Turban Rebellion!

Guo Dian's actions of sparing no effort and even spending his own money were naturally not because he was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but because he wanted to keep his official position.

Who allowed him to rule the three Zhang Jiao brothers?

But Guo Dian knew very well that there were more than 80,000 people in Huangfusong's place, and they were not inferior to the thousands of people he had. It was certainly okay to take some credit in the past, but it was naturally impossible to make great contributions.

So Guo Dian took a fancy to Zhu Jun.

As the saying goes, adding icing on the cake is not as good as providing help when the time is right. Although Zhu Jun had suffered defeats before, he was still the general Zuo Zhonglang personally appointed by the Han Emperor, and a civil servant like himself knew nothing about military affairs.

Guo Dian simply placed the treasure on Zhu Jun, so it was Zhang Bao who suffered the most.

Just as Zhu Jun and Guo Dian were enjoying each other, a trusted aide broke into the tent and delivered an urgent message:

"General, the thief Zhang Bao appears at the east gate. Lieutenant Li thinks that the enemy's troops are weak, so he requests the general to launch a fierce attack from all four gates at the same time. When the thief's leader is unable to do anything, he will be able to capture the city in one fell swoop!"

Zhu Jun and Guo Dian looked at each other.

Zhu Jun laughed loudly, put the bright silver lion helmet on the shelf on the side directly on his head, and then ordered to his cronies:

"Send my order and the whole army will attack!"

"yes!"

As Zhu Jun's orders were conveyed, the pressure on Zhang Bao immediately increased.

The Digong general looked at the black spots that kept pouring out of the Han army's camp, and knew that he had to defend the next few rounds of attacks, even if it meant killing them forcefully.

The city gate cannot be lost!

Once the city gate is lost, the Yellow Turban Army will not be able to fight the Han army in the street without the geographical advantage.

Not to mention that just the news that the city gate had been lost would probably cause the already panic-stricken Yellow Turban Army to fall into an irreversible collapse.

After all, this is just a group of refugees.

The development of the matter was just as Zhang Bao expected. Except for the east gate where he was stationed, which was still barely maintaining its front line, all kinds of bad news had been coming from the other three gates one after another.

"General! The pressure on the south gate has increased sharply, please ask for reinforcements!"

"General, General Ximen was killed in battle! Please come and take charge. The supervising team is a little unable to stabilize the front!"

"General."

Facing the urgent military situations one after another, Zhang Bao had a headache, but he had to cheer up:

"Don't panic! As previously planned, the follow-up troops waiting under the city wall will be replenished in sequence. I will now personally go to the west gate to take charge. The matters at the east gate will be left to Hu Qushuai for the time being!"

"yes!"

Looking at the panicked expressions of his men, Zhang Bao felt a sense of powerlessness sincerely.

To put it bluntly, this general, who was born as a farmer, was just a Taoist priest who learned magic from his elder brother, and was not a qualified military strategist at all.

In other words, there are few decent generals in the entire Yellow Turban Army.

Taking advantage of Zhu Jun's siege and failure to attack half a month ago, Zhang Bao seized this free opportunity and tried to train the Yellow Turban Army into an army that obeys orders and prohibitions.

Unfortunately, what was left to him was the laziness and inaction of the refugees.

Even under the blows of the whip, this group of people could barely keep up their behavior. If the corporal punishment continued, the Yellow Turban Army would immediately mutiny.

See this.

Zhang Bao had to slow down his thoughts.

General Di Gong knew why these refugees joined the Yellow Turban Army. They were coerced into joining the Yellow Turban Army just to make a living. They had no desire to fight with the imperial army.

This group of people at the bottom of the era who are suffering from human suffering have no lofty ideals at all. They just want to survive.

For them, not joining the Yellow Turbans means starving to death, but joining the Yellow Turbans means being hacked to death by the Han army. In comparison, they hope to live a little longer.

To put it bluntly, these people are just a group of civilians who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

Therefore, during these days, in addition to personally manning the military camp, the local general also sent his close associates to strictly guard the four gates, for fear that this group of refugees would mutiny and surrender to the Han army.

But when Zhang Bao arrived at Ximen, everything he had done before was meaningless.

The Earthly General finally saw the scene he least wanted to see, and his face showed an unspeakable sadness.

"The city is broken."