To be honest, the Yellow Turban Army's combat strength was indeed quite low, especially in an environment like the city where they could not rely on numbers to display their strength!
Therefore, the Yellow Turban soldiers who entered the city had no combat strength to speak of and were easily defeated by Zhang Yu!
As for the Yellow Turban soldiers, who were all farmers, once someone was afraid of death and ran away, it would cause a series of reactions, resulting in a great defeat!
Therefore, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, had personally led the army and died in the Yellow Turban army, which made Zhang Yu sigh!
If you didn't show off and relied on the favorable terrain to defend, wouldn't Yanzhou still be yours?
But now, they had all been given to Cao Cao!
After taking down East County, the entire Yanzhou was now Cao Cao's territory!
Because of this, Cao Cao had the authority to mobilize the troops of the various counties. In total, he had more than 25,000 soldiers!
At the same time, as Cao Cao rushed to East County, Zhang Yu introduced Dian Wei to Cao Cao!
"My lord, this man is called Dian Wei. He has the courage of ten thousand men and is highly skilled in martial arts.”
"If we killed him and his horse, the East County rebel army wouldn't have been pacified so quickly!”
Hearing Zhang Yu's words, Cao Cao also turned his gaze to the burly man behind Zhang Yu!
From his appearance alone, it was obvious that Dian Wei did have the appearance of a fierce general. It was just that he was a little ugly and looked a little terrifying!
Standing next to the handsome Zhang Yu gave Cao Cao a strange feeling!
However, since he was a talent, Cao Cao naturally would not look down on Dian Wei just because of his appearance!
Thus, Cao Cao said to Dian Wei!
"Killing Sui Gu is enough to prove your bravery. How about you temporarily become a lieutenant and follow me?”
Speaking of which, Cao Cao originally wanted Zhang Yu to protect his safety!
However, Cao Cao also understood that Zhang Yu's stage should not only be his own guard. His stage should be the vast world!
It would be a waste of talent if he were to stay by his side as a commander!
Therefore, Cao Cao had not said anything. Now that Zhang Yu had recommended a brave general, he could no longer keep his mind on finding a bodyguard!
Thus, Dian Wei naturally became Cao Cao's personal commander!
After settling the people of East County, Cao Cao personally led 20,000 soldiers, Zhang Yu, Dian Wei, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Yue Jin, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Cao Ren, and other generals!
He headed straight for the border between Qing and Yan, preparing to fight to the death with the remaining 700,000 Yellow Turban soldiers!
While they were marching, Xun You also suggested to Cao Cao!
"Cao Gong, the Yellow Turban Army has more than seven hundred thousand soldiers. If we want to make them all submit, our lack of troops is still a big problem, so we can only use tactics!”
"I suggest that Cao Gong personally lead five thousand troops to the front of the Yellow Turban army. When the battle breaks out, he will be defeated and lead the Yellow Turban army to pursue him to Dongjun City!”
"After that, the lord defended the city. All the generals led more than a thousand troops and charged out from the rear of the Yellow Turban army to form a counter-encirclement!”
"When the Yellow Turban Army is defeated, the 300,000 Yellow Turban soldiers with high prestige who have already submitted to Cao Cao will shout on the city wall!”
"As long as the rest of the people surrender, they will have land to divide, food to distribute, and their safety will be guaranteed. In this way, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army will definitely surrender!”
Zhang Yu involuntarily revealed some admiration when he heard Xun You's words!
When the army attacked, attacking the city was the lowest priority, but attacking the heart was the highest priority!
Xun You was worthy of being called the mastermind of wisdom. He had dealt with the life and death of the Yellow Turban Army in a flash!
However, using Cao Cao as bait was a little risky!
Thus, Zhang Yu tried to persuade him, but was stopped by Cheng Yu!
"Now that General Zhang Yu has defeated 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in East County, the news has naturally spread.”
"In this battle, General Zhang Yu should be an ambush. Otherwise, once the Yellow Turban Army sees General Zhang, they will be so scared that they won't dare to chase after him!”
"Moreover, the Yellow Turbans are just a stepping stone for Cao Gong to rise up. General, you don't have to worry!”
Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Zhang Yu could only agree helplessly!
Cao Cao laughed out loud when he saw Zhang Yu worried about him!
"Mu Jun need not worry, Uncle naturally understands. Moreover, Dian Wei is by my side to protect me, what are you worried about?”
When Cao Cao said this, Dian Wei patted his chest and said!
"Young General, don't worry. With this general here, I will definitely ensure that my lord is safe!”
After being persuaded by everyone, Zhang Yu did not say anything more and began to act according to Xun You's instructions!
A few days later, Cao Cao personally led five thousand troops and Dian Wei toward the main force of the Yellow Turban Army. The eight generals were Zhang Yu, Gao Shun, Le Jin, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, and Xu Rong!
Each of them led more than 1,500 people and scattered around, waiting for the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to kill Cao Cao.
When Cao Cao and the main forces of the Yellow Turban army met, Li Damu, the leader of the Yellow Turban army in Qingzhou, led the Yellow Turban army to attack Cao Cao!
In his opinion, if he could kill Cao Cao, then he, Big Eye Li, would naturally become famous throughout the world. Perhaps he could also become a king and change the dynasty!
Reproduce what even the great teacher Zhang Jiao failed to do!
However, it was quite laughable. Cao Cao had conquered 300,000 soldiers from Qingzhou and dominated the world, but none of his generals were from Qingzhou!
Besides, other than Guan Hai, who was still in the North Sea, there was no one with a name in the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. It was really strange!
When Li Damu started to chase after Cao Cao's main force, Cao Cao followed Xun You's plan and led his troops to escape to East County!
Seeing this situation, Li Damu felt even more delighted. When he reached East County, Zhang Yu and the other eight generals led their troops to attack!
For a moment, the Yellow Turban army mistakenly thought that the government army was attacking on a large scale and was in chaos. Zhang Yu also took the opportunity to rush into the midst of the more than 700,000 Yellow Turban soldiers and kill the leader of the bandits, Li Damu!
Seeing that Li Damu had died in battle, Cao Cao's army charged out in large numbers. There were also countless relatives of the Yellow Turban soldiers on the city wall who urged them to surrender!
Thus, the 700,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, excluding the fleeing bandits, knelt down and prayed to surrender, ready to join Cao Cao!
At this point, the disaster of the million soldiers of Qingzhou was completely resolved by Cao Cao, and Yanzhou had a million more mouths to feed!
For a time, rations were extremely scarce. Cao Cao had no choice but to temporarily distribute a portion of the rations to the people who had returned to normal!
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