When Chen Hansheng and his army arrived, Zhang Jiao was preparing to retreat.
"Big brother, I see that the enemy's formation is in disarray, and they seem to have the intention of retreating.”，The one who spoke was Zhao Yun. He saw through the movements of the Yellow Turban Army at a glance.
Han Sheng nodded and ordered," Feng, attack the left wing first. Third Brother, attack the right wing. Zilong, attack the middle. All roads must strive to move forward."
"Yes."
Seeing the Han army pressing down with overwhelming force, the Yellow Turban Army, whose morale was already in turmoil, was terrified. Before the Han army could reach them, many soldiers abandoned their weapons and tried to escape. The Yellow Turban army was instantly in chaos.
Nearly 60,000 troops charged into the Yellow Turban army. The 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were like mice that had seen a cat and fled in all directions without putting up any resistance.
Lu Bu led the cavalry to charge in from the left flank and soon penetrated deep into the Yellow Turban army's hinterland. At this moment, everyone in the Yellow Turban Army was running for their lives. Zhang Jiao was wrapped in the crowd and could not escape as quickly as possible.
Lu Bu urged his horse forward and went straight for Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao couldn't escape due to the crowd, so he could only fight back with his sword. In the end, he was hit by Lu Bu's Heavenly Halberd in just one round.
With Zhang Jiao dead, most of the Yellow Turban soldiers put down their weapons and surrendered to Han Sheng. At this point, the battle could be considered to have come to an end. In this battle, less than 20,000 of Zhang Jiao's 150,000 Yellow Turban soldiers had escaped. The rest were either killed or captured. Among them, about 30,000 were killed, including the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Jiao, while more than 100,000 were captured. Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army was completely annihilated. As for the nearly 20,000 people who had escaped, they were already frightened and could not do anything.
After the battle, Han Sheng praised Lu Bu in front of the entire army. The soldiers admired Lu Bu's outstanding performance in this battle. Thinking about the heroic bearing of a single horse taking on twenty-one battle generals, everyone couldn't help but be fascinated. However, there was one person who was unhappy. Don't misunderstand, he wasn't jealous, he was just unconvinced. Dian Wei believed that if he were to lead the cavalry, he would definitely be able to achieve the same achievements, or even better.
For this reason, Dian Wei had looked for Han Sheng several times, hoping that he could transfer some people with Lu Bu and let him lead the Tiger Rushing Cavalry.
Han Sheng understood what Dian Wei was thinking, but he didn't agree to his request. Because in terms of leading cavalry in battle, Dian Wei was inferior to Lu Bu. At the same time, Han Sheng was afraid of hurting Dian Wei's self-esteem, so he comforted him and promised to let Dian Wei be the vanguard in the upcoming battle.
Although Dian Wei didn't get the result he wanted, he was satisfied with the position of the vanguard. After Dian Wei left, he stepped up the training of the army. He had been holding back his energy and was prepared to take the lead in the upcoming battle to beat Lu Bu.
After Han Sheng killed Zhang Jiao, he sent people to Luoyang with Zhang Jiao's head to present the victory. At the same time, he reorganized his army and prepared to continue south.
Han Sheng led the army to rest in Guangping for seven days. During this period, Dian Wei came to Han Sheng every day, begging him to let him lead the troops first. However, Han Sheng was worried that Dian Wei would be too eager to make a contribution and the enemy would take advantage of it, so he did not agree.
Dian Wei had to listen to his big brother.
Han Sheng rested in Guangping for seven days before continuing south. By now, Han Sheng's army had expanded to 130,000.
When they arrived at Zhaoge, they received news from Yingchuan that the Yellow Turban army in Yingchuan had been breached. One of the leaders of the bandits, Zhang Liang, had died in the midst of the rebels. Zhang Bao had led less than ten thousand remaining soldiers to flee to Mount Mangdang.
It turned out that the Han army had been attacking Changshe for a long time. Later, due to the advice of Cao Cao's counselor Guo Jia, the Han army first lured the enemy out of the city by feigning defeat, then besieged them from all sides. When the Yellow Turban army was defeated and returned to the city, they disguised themselves as the defeated Yellow Turban soldiers and sneaked into the city. In the middle of the night, this elite troop quietly opened the city gate. Nearly 100,000 Han soldiers took the opportunity to charge into the city. The Yellow Turban army was caught off guard and was instantly defeated. Nearly 200,000 Yellow Turban soldiers had been wiped out. Only Zhang Bao had escaped with less than 10,000 people.
Cao Cao and his subordinates had performed extremely well in the battle to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan. Putting aside the fact that the soldiers were brave and good at fighting, just Guo Jia's resourcefulness alone was enough. Without Guo Jia's plan, even if the Han army could win in the end, they would have to pay a heavy price.
After winning the Battle of Yingchuan, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun did not stop there. The two of them led nearly 70,000 Central Han soldiers to pursue Zhang Bao to Mount Mang Dang. Cao Cao stayed behind. After all, hundreds of thousands of captives needed to be watched, and the people of Yingchuan were deeply influenced by the Yellow Turban. If the army left, it was difficult to guarantee that the Yellow Turban army would not rise again.
On this day, Cao Cao was discussing with everyone in the government office whether to send troops to Zhang Jiao. The others looked at Guo Jia to see what he had to say. It was obvious that Guo Jia's previous performance had convinced everyone.
Guo Jia didn't hesitate and cupped his hands towards Cao Cao,"Now that the Yellow Turbans are wreaking havoc, everyone in the world is hoping for a hero to clear the world. This is the best opportunity for the lord to gain the popularity of the people and make a great contribution! Our army should go north and destroy Zhang Jiao as soon as possible!”
Hearing this, Cao Cao was delighted and was about to nod his head.
"After our army leaves, what about Yingchuan?" Cheng Yu asked. Without an army to guard it, the Yellow Turban Army would probably rise again.”
Just as Guo Jia was about to speak, Cao Cao spoke first,"Wen Ruo doesn't need to worry about this. As long as a general and two thousand elite soldiers were left to guard this place, coupled with the policy of pacifying the people, how could the Yellow Turban rise again?”，When Cao Cao said this, Guo Jia smiled and nodded.
Everyone felt that what Cao Cao said was reasonable, so they bowed together and said,"My lord is wise."
Cao Cao laughed, then stood up and ordered,""Zi Kao will stay behind to guard Yingchuan. The rest of the generals will follow me north to deal with the rebels.”
"Yes." All the generals agreed.
However, at this moment, a scout on a fast horse ran into the hall.
Cao Cao frowned. He instinctively felt that something had happened.
The scout went to the hall and knelt down." My lord, we just received news from the north. Zhang Jiao's army has been wiped out. Zhang Jiao himself has been killed by the former general's lieutenant, Lu Bu.”
Everyone was shocked. Cao Cao quickly walked up to the scout and said,""Are you telling the truth? Zhang Jiao had 150,000 soldiers, while the former general only had 60,000, and most of them were surrendered soldiers. How could he wipe out more than 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in such a short time?”
The scout quickly kowtowed and said,"My lord, what I said is the truth." If there is any false statement, I am willing to lead the army.”
Cao Cao calmed down and fell into deep thought. At this moment, Guo Jia asked the scout to leave.
A moment later, Cao Cao slowly said,"I didn't expect there to be such a hero in the world!"”，Then, he suddenly stood up and laughed loudly."Such a hero! I'm not lonely anymore!"
Seeing Cao Cao's heroic face, Guo Jia's eyes lit up. He was excited.
At this moment, another scout ran up to the hall with a panicked expression and knelt down to report,""Reporting to my lord, news has just arrived from Luoyang. Dong Zhuo colluded with the Shaanxi army and occupied Luoyang on the grounds of clearing the emperor's side. He kidnapped all officials and appointed himself as the Grand Tutor.”
"What!?" This time, Cao Cao completely lost his composure.
In just a moment, Cao Cao calmed down. He waved his hand to dismiss the scout, then said to the crowd,""What should we do now?"
Upon hearing this news, both strategists and generals were at a loss. However, there was one exception. This person was Guo Jia.
Cao Cao looked around at the crowd and finally fixed his gaze on Guo Jia. "Feng Xiao, Thief Dong used the excuse of clearing the side of the monarch to carry out Wang Mang's matter. How should we respond?"
Guo Jia cupped his hands towards Cao Cao and smiled,"Dong Zhuo's timing was just right. With Dong Zhuo's intelligence, he wouldn't have such a plan. I think Dong Zhuo must have a brilliant strategist by his side.”
Cao Cao nodded." Fengxiao is right. I've seen Dong Zhuo before. He's arrogant and despotic. It's harder to get him to plot than to get a pig to climb a tree.”
Hearing Cao Cao's interesting words, everyone burst into laughter.
Guo Jia also smiled and continued,"Since Dong Zhuo has a scheming person by his side, he definitely wouldn't dare to do such a thing. This could be seen from the fact that Dong Zhuo had secretly become the Grand Preceptor. What they had to do now was to kill the eunuchs to win over the hearts of the people, then treat the courtiers well to stabilize the world, and wait for the time to be ripe before committing treason.”
Cao Cao frowned and asked worriedly,""Then what should we do? He really couldn't let Dong Zhuo's evil scheme succeed!”
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