The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

But at this time, a Yellow Turban Army with more than [-] people came from outside Zhuo County. It was said to be the Yellow Turban Army, but most of its backbone and leaders were former bandits and gangsters, as well as some small gangsters. Because the current scale of the Yellow Turban Army is far worse than in history, Zhang Jiao's ability to control the Yellow Turban Army in various places has further declined. Many bandits and bandits took the opportunity to directly wrap a piece of yellow cloth on their heads and call themselves Yellow Turbans. Army.

Naturally, the military discipline of this kind of fake Yellow Turban Army is not very good. They are constantly burning, killing and looting along the way. After capturing those towns, they will coerce all the people in the city to join the army. Those who are unwilling to join will be Kill. But in fact, most people will have to choose to join, because wherever these Yellow Turban rebels pass by, they are like locusts passing through, plundering everything that can be eaten and used. Those people who continue to stay in their hometowns will only Can starve to death.

Precisely because he knew how terrifying these Yellow Turban troops were, the magistrate of Zhuo County immediately panicked when he heard that a Yellow Turban army of tens of thousands of people was rushing towards him.

In order to be able to cope with the imperial court's request for help, the county magistrate of Zhuo County had sent out all the hundreds of county soldiers who were more capable of fighting. Now there are only more than [-] soldiers left in the county who have just been recruited. How can the newly trained soldiers compete with so many Yellow Turbans!

Just when Zhang Lian, the magistrate of Zhuo County, felt at a loss because of the Yellow Turban rebel army approaching the border, Liu Bei came to the door with his own recommendation, saying that he could lead the rebel army to destroy this Yellow Turban army.

Zhang Lian had also heard about Liu Bei's name during this period. He claimed to be a clan member of the Han Dynasty and spent a lot of money to recruit troops in the county. He heard that a rebel army of more than [-] people had been formed during this period. , according to reports from the men he sent to observe, although the rebels under Liu Bei had not practiced for a long time, they seemed to be quite organized during the usual drills, and they had complete weapons and armor, and their equipment was even better than The county soldiers before entering the county were all taller.

So the other party came to recommend himself to him. Zhang Lian didn't think the other party was joking, but after all, the other party only had [-] rebels, so Zhang Lian suggested to him to be on the safe side whether he should take the initiative to go out of the city and fight with those Yellow Turbans. If the thieves are out fighting, they can stick to the city together with the county soldiers in the city.

But Liu Bei rejected the other party's proposal. After all, the capital of the Han Dynasty was besieged and it was too busy to take care of itself. It was impossible to have troops to rescue Zhuoxian County, so sticking to the city was just a slow suicide. There was only one way to survive. Then It is to defeat the invading Yellow Turban bandits and let other Yellow Turban thieves know the power of the rebel army in Liu Xuande's hands in Zhuoxian County, so that these guys will not dare to invade easily in the future, and Zhuoxian County can also get some respite in this troubled world. machine.

In the end, Zhang Lian was persuaded by Liu Bei and allowed him to lead his troops out of the city to fight the Yellow Turban thieves. In addition, in order to boost morale, Zhang Lian even took out some of the remaining copper coins in the county government and distributed them to Liu Bei's rebel soldiers as payment for this dispatch.

Soon, Liu Bei led his two thousand rebels out of the city. To be honest, he was very confident about this battle. After all, during this period, he fully understood the wealth of the boss behind them. For the sake of this scale, For such a small rebel army, the money spent by the other party was probably enough to buy the entire Zhuoxian County, so the equipment of the rebels under his command was even better than that of the imperial guards in the palace.

In addition, his eldest brother Huang Zhong, his fourth brother Guan Yu, and his fifth brother Zhang Fei all have bravery that no man can match. How could those Yellow Turban thieves, who were just some bandits and grass bandits as the main force, be their opponents?

At this time, Ye Tianlong, who knew that the war was about to start here, also sent Shi Qian over in advance to find out for Liu Bei the enemy's strength in advance. The leader of this Yellow Turban Army was named Hao Dadan, who was originally a gangster. He has more than a dozen lives on his hands. In recent years, he has gathered dozens of murderers who have lives in their hands on the nearby hills. He can be called a domineering party. No one dares to provoke him. The caravans passing by the top of the mountain are just I can pay the toll obediently to him.

Later, with the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Hao Dadan saw an opportunity and took the opportunity to bribe a Yellow Turban Army commander with money and successfully infiltrated into the Yellow Turban Army camp. Later, when the commander was unfortunately killed by a court official After the army killed him, he took the position of commander in chief, and it only took about half a month to expand the team from more than a thousand people to more than [-] people today. However, this number of people looks scary. Many of them are old and weak with little fighting ability. The only ones who can really fight are about [-] young men. Most of these people were originally bandits and bandits from various places. And those city gangsters and the like.

Relying on these four thousand relatively capable elites, Hao Daudao has captured seven or eight villages and towns in these days, grabbed a lot of food, weapons, and armor, and quickly expanded his team to more than [-] people. scale.

As for the small Zhuo County, he didn't take it seriously. After all, he knew that there were only a few hundred newly recruited recruits in this county. How could there be thousands of elite soldiers under his command? Opponent!

Huang Zhong and the others were completely relieved after listening to Shi Qian's report when the army was reorganizing. After all, the so-called four thousand elites under Hao DaDa were only able to hold one weapon at a time. As for the old and weak who were more He didn't even have a decent weapon, and most of them just went into battle with sticks. As for armor, there were only more than a hundred pairs in total. Only the old thieves who were the first to follow him under Hao Daring could. equipment. The other Yellow Turban thieves only have some simple homemade leather armor and cloth armor, and their defense power is almost non-existent.

In addition, this Yellow Turban Army has dozens of war horses. Unfortunately, Hao Dadan has few men who can ride horses, so he usually uses those war horses as a tool to provide mobility. When they arrive on the battlefield, they will still dismount and fight on foot. .

With such a patchwork bandit army lacking decent equipment and training, Huang Zhong even felt that he could be defeated by a regular army of about [-] people.

And now he is leading a rebel army of two thousand people. Although the training and combat experience of these rebels are not as good as those of the regular army, their equipment is better than that of the imperial guards in the palace. With more sophisticated and powerful firearms, it can be said that it is almost certain to defeat this group of more than [-] Yellow Turban thieves.

On the other side, Hao DaDa, who was happily chewing on chicken legs, finally received a report from the Qingqi scouts he sent out, saying that a rebel army of two thousand people was rapidly approaching them.

If it were the army sent by the imperial court, Hao Dadan would still be afraid. After all, he had seen with his own eyes how his predecessor was defeated by the small army, and even lost his life in the end. The whole process. Because of this, Hao DaDa left a deep psychological shadow on those regular imperial officers and soldiers.

But he completely ignored the rebel armies formed by the wealthy families in various places. After all, he had encountered a rebel army formed by the local wealthy families before when he attacked a village fortress. However, he was killed by his elite old thieves. They were defeated in three strikes, five divided by two, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the imperial army.

So when he heard that a rebel army of two thousand people was coming towards him, he didn't panic at all. Instead, he felt that the Zhuo County magistrate was ignorant. He had obviously sent someone to persuade that guy to surrender. Why don't you just surrender to Kaicheng? He actually sent a rebel army formed by an unknown wealthy family to attack him. This time he had to teach the other party a big lesson.

"Send the order, beat the drums! Gather the troops!" After licking the last trace of meat off the chicken leg in his hand, Hao boldly ordered to his soldiers who were sending the order.

After spending more than an hour gathering all the soldiers under his command, Hao DaDa stood on a temporary high platform and told his subordinates that there was now a rebel army of [-] people. Rushing towards them, they now want to go over and eliminate these rebels, and then rush into Zhuoxian City to eat wine, drink meat and play with women.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, who can be said to have won consecutive battles and victorious battles under the leadership of Hao Daring, have already become a proud soldier. They do not pay attention to the rebel army of only [-] people at all. Instead, they treat their own soldiers The boss was very excited about what he said about going into the urban area of ​​Zhuoxian County to drink, eat and play with his daughter. Everyone screamed with red eyes, as if they couldn't wait to go out to fight.

And Hao Bingdao looked at the soldiers with high morale under his command and felt very proud, thinking that his predecessor was really a loser! He clearly had the title of a Yellow Turban Army, but he didn't know how to quickly grow his own power. When the official army came to kill him, he had only developed a team of more than [-] people. Unlike him now, who has only half a dozen soldiers. In less than a month, the original remnant army of more than a thousand defeated generals had grown to more than [-] people, and all the soldiers under his command had high morale and were happy to hear the battle.

Compared with the two commanders of their respective armies, Hao Dadan and Huang Zhong, who were confident about the chances of winning the next battle, Jian Yong, the counselor who had just joined Liu Bei, was new to the country and did not know much about the combat effectiveness of this rebel army. The Lord's initiative to lead his army out of the city to fight the Yellow Turban bandits was full of worries.

After all, on the surface, the gap in strength between the two sides is really too big. Between two thousand and more than thirty thousand, they still take the initiative to attack. If the coach of the Yellow Turban Thief on the opposite side is smarter and knows that relying on the human sea tactic to swarm up, his own side will be completely defeated. ! After all, as the saying goes, two fists are no match for four! It is impossible for these rebels who have only been trained for a month to conjure up three heads and six arms to fight against those numerous yellow scarf thieves!

For the sake of his lord's life, Jian Yong felt that he still had to give him some advice! It would be best to lead the army back into the city before a formal battle with the enemy, and follow the advice of the magistrate to defend the city.