"100,000."
Liu Cheng frowned slightly. Could it be Zhang Bao?
"Do you know who the leader is?"
"My lord, the leader is one of the Yellow Turban Army's flag marshals, Zhang Niujiao's capable subordinate, Chu Yan.”
"Zhang Niujiao's subordinate, Chu Yan?"
Liu Cheng was stunned. He thought for a while before nodding silently.
Chu Yan was a capable general under Zhang Niu Jiao, one of the thirty-six flag commanders of the Yellow Turban Army. After Zhang Niujiao died, he named Chu Yan as the leader. Later, in order to commemorate Zhang Niujiao, Chu Yan changed her name to Zhang Yan. In the later stages of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Yan saw that the Yellow Turban Army could no longer do anything, so he renamed his Yellow Turban Army the Black Mountain Army.
Zhang Niujiao was one of the thirty-six Banner Commanders of the Yellow Turban Army. He had the largest military strength in the middle and later stages of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It was said that Zhang Niujiao had five hundred thousand Yellow Turban soldiers under him at that time. Later, during a siege, he was shot by an arrow and died from his injuries.
Liu Cheng exhaled. If Chu Yan led the 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, then the number of soldiers under Zhang Niujiao would far exceed this number.
He hoped that the figure of 500,000 had not reached yet. Otherwise, it was impossible for him to win.
"Where are they heading now?”
"My lord, Chu Yan is leading the army north. However, it was unknown whether it was in the direction of Zhuo County or Dingzhou.”
"Dingzhou?"
Liu Cheng raised his eyebrows and suddenly smiled.
"We will eat these 100,000 people. Send more people to investigate the situation of Chu Yan's army. Once they make a move, send a messenger pigeon immediately.”
"Yes!"
Liu Cheng looked at Guan Zhang and said," From now on, increase the training of the soldiers. Liang Hongyu, Chu Yue, including me, will be training the soldiers." In a month at most, I want to ensure that these soldiers can all be called the valiant and fierce archer cavalry.”
"Yes!"
Under Liu Cheng's lead, the two thousand soldiers began their hellish training.
Of course, in order to make the soldiers more motivated and to make them stronger, the soldiers had meat for every meal.
The military rations were enough to last them for a while. In terms of money, the supplies from Phoenix Village were also sufficient.
The 300 horse bandits of Phoenix Cry Stronghold had also been taken in by Liu Cheng. They were all assigned to the valiant archer cavalry, mainly to do intelligence work.
Liu Cheng needed to know the situation outside so that he could make the next decision.
Ten days later, Liu Cheng received a letter saying that Zhang Yan had led the Yellow Turban Army to massacre a village and committed all kinds of crimes.
Twenty days later, Liu Cheng received a letter saying that Zhang Yan had led an army to attack a county in Jizhou. They had successfully attacked the city and obtained supplies, but they had lost nearly ten thousand soldiers.
A month later, Liu Cheng received a letter saying that Zhang Yan had led her troops out of the city in the direction of Dingzhou.
"Are they finally heading towards Dingzhou?”
Liu Cheng curled his lips and turned around to look at the soldiers who were training.
After a month of training, the 2,000 soldiers who had joined the Valiant Archers had basically completely integrated into the Valiant Archers.
Although their combat power was still not comparable to the previous 1,000, the newly joined 2,000 valiant archer cavalry could already face the original 1,000 valiant archer cavalry head-on without falling into a disadvantage.
Even though it was only two against one that could tie, this effect was already very satisfying for Liu Cheng.
With this kind of strength, even if they were to fight the Yellow Turban Army head-on, it would not be a problem for them to fight ten or twenty thousand people.
"Generals, listen up! We'll hold a banquet today. Tomorrow morning, we'll set out from Dingzhou!”
"Yes!"
That night, Liu Cheng drank quite a bit, and the stone in his heart was somewhat relieved.
Three thousand valiant archers were enough to make the Yellow Turban Army suffer.
In Liang Hongyu's room, Chu Yue had a worried expression.
"Sister, what's wrong?"
Liang Hongyu looked at Chu Yue and wanted to laugh.
That day, Liu Cheng said that he agreed and let Chu Yue stay.
Liang Hongyu nodded in agreement immediately.
Chu Yue was fair and beautiful. She was skilled in martial arts. It was quite an amazing thing for a woman to be able to make 300 horse bandits bow their heads.
Moreover, Chu Yue did not come empty-handed. She had given him food and money, and she was so loyal to Liu Cheng.
It was also when Liu Cheng was using people. Liang Hongyu could not think of any reason to chase Chu Yue away.
Chu Yue did not have any hostility towards Liang Hongyu. She had recognized her as her sister on the first day she entered Zhuo County.
However…
It had been a month, and Liu Cheng had not touched her…
This made her feel very uncomfortable. She felt that Liu Cheng still had a grudge against her.
Chu Yue sighed and leaned her head on Liang Hongyu's shoulder."Sister, do you think husband still doesn't like me?”
"Oh? Why would he think that? You're so beautiful, who wouldn't like you?”
"Oh... That's true. Although I'm not as proud as my sister... Cough cough, I don't have a charming figure like my sister, but I also have my own strengths. However…It's been more than a month. My husband has been sleeping in the military camp every day, eating and living with the soldiers. He hasn't touched me…"
"Not touching you?"
Liang Hongyu was stunned for a moment before her pretty face blushed.
He tapped Chu Yue's forehead with his finger and said,"You! I think you're a young girl in love!"
"Oh!"
Chu Yue pouted and looked aggrieved.
Liang Hongyu looked at the moonlight outside the window and suddenly said softly,""Actually... Hubby has never touched me before…"
"Huh? Really?"
"Yes, I am. However, my husband has the world in his heart. Now that the Yellow Turban is in chaos, I think he probably doesn't have the mood to care about this matter between men and women.”
"It's precisely because the world is in chaos that we should live happily! Why did he have to think so much? If we go to the battlefield to kill our enemies, we might be killed one day. If he only realized before he died that there were so many things he had not done and left behind so many regrets…How unjust would that be!"
Liang Hongyu frowned and said,"No, my husband and I will protect you." Also, Uncle Guan and Uncle Zhang will protect you.”
"Aiya, sister, that's not what I meant. I mean…"
Chu Yue blushed and hesitated for a moment before saying.
"Why don't the two of us go and serve hubby now?”
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