In late March of 185, Cao Cao, the governor of Dong County, led his army to Chang Yuan with 5000 troops, Liu Bei, the captain of Chenliu, led his army to Jiyang with 2000 troops, and Bao Xin, the minister of Jibei, led his army to Jiyang with 6000 troops, forming a three-sided siege against the Yellow Turban army of Zhang Liang of Chenliu.

In early April of the second year of Ping, Zhang Liang rate 50,000 yellow turban abandoned Chenliu, down Yingchuan, and Ma Yue met in Changshe, even camping dozens of miles, a great sight. On the day of the resumption, Zhang Liang built an altar in Changshe to sacrifice to the sky, and named himself General Shenwei Tian, and Ma Yue as the invincible General, Cheng Yuanzhi as the Fat Ride General, He Yi as the Che Cavalry General, Gao Sheng as the Guard General, Benghua, Peng Tuo Bianxi, Sun Zhong, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuan Shao, Guan Hai and other heads of various sizes were called generals. After the distribution, he slaughtered pigs and goats and rewarded the three armies.

At night, Ma Yue's camp.

Guo Tu looked gloomy, approached Ma Yue and said with worry: "Zhang Liang is very smart! Although the leader is the general, his status is above Cheng Yuanzhi and He Yi, but the military must still follow the orders of the general, and the three leaders, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and Pei Yuan Shao, are also generals, so the intention of dividing the 800 stragglers is obvious."

Ma Yue said coldly, "I do not know? But now is not the time to turn the other cheek."

Guo Tu said in a gloomy voice: "Zhang Liang is inviting Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and Pei Yuan Shao to a banquet in the camp, I am worried that Zhou Cang and other three leaders might be bribed."

Ma Yue waved his hand. He said in a deep voice: "Don't be suspicious, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and Pei Yuan Shao are all loyal and righteous men, they are with me in times of crisis and between life and death, how can they turn their backs so easily?"

Guo Tu said, "Zhang Liang regards the leader as a thorn in the flesh, and fears that he has a plan, so he should be wary of it."

Ma Yue coldly said, "If a tiger has the intention to hurt a man, how can a man not have the intention to harm a tiger? If Zhang Liang wants to divide the eight hundred stragglers through Guan Hai, Zhou Cang or Pei Yuan Shao, in order to achieve the purpose of control and use, then it is a wrong calculation.

Zhang Liang's camp. The torches were bright.

Zhang Liang raised his wine goblet and said aloud: "Generals, please drink this cup full!"

Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, and Pei Yuan Shao raised their cups and drank them all, Zhang Liang slapped the table and said aloud, "It hurts! A long time has not been such a pleasure to carry on ~ ~"

Guan Hai will cup of wine in a drink, so long Qi and fist up, "I military affairs, can not stay long. Here farewell."

Zhou Cang, Pei Yuan Shao see this also rose one after another, angrily said: "I also have military affairs in Wu, farewell."

Zhang Liang frowned and said, "Three generals and please stay."

Guan Hai's thick eyebrows are tight, glaring back at Zhang Liang buzzed: "What else?"

Zhang Liang tried his best to show a generous smile on his face and asked, "It's late at night, when people are resting, what urgent military affairs?"

Pei Yuan Shao said, "I need to patrol the night."

Zhang Liang said, "All three of you are generals, you can just arrange your pawns to go on night patrol, why do you need to go there?"

Zhou Cang said, "The military order of the chief. I dare not disobey. Farewell."

The three of them arched their hands together, turned around and Yang long and went away.

The smile on Zhang Liang's face gradually froze, and the veins on his arms rose. The wine overflowed from the palm, a good tall bronze wine goblet was crushed flat. The three of them are still claiming to be the leader of the army, but they do not take the order of the General of Heaven into consideration.

Zhang Liang said coldly and quietly: "The most hateful person is not Zhou Cang three people, but Ma Yue ear! If you don't get rid of Ma Yue, Yingchuan soldiers will not be able to return to the heart."

Gao Sheng's gaze is cold, the eyes of the killing machine emerged, said in a low voice: "General Tian. I can lead a standard of men and horses to break into Ma Yue's camp in the dead of night. Stab him to death!"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "No, the 800 stragglers are all tigers and wolves, if we fail, we are afraid we will be harmed, we should slow down."

Gao Sheng was shocked at the words, remembering the long social division, witnessed the 800 stragglers military appearance neatly, killing the momentum, really is not Zhang Liang's yellow turban army can be compared.

Zhang Liang said: "Eight hundred bandits. If they can be used for me, why worry about great things? I will take it, I vow to take it ~ ~"

......

Cao Cao's camp in Yushi City.

Cao Cao was looking at the map, Cao Ren and Nao Hou Yuan were standing by their swords, both of them looked cold and solemn, Chen Gong and Cheng Xian were gathered in front of the case, pointing at the map, both of them were discussing with Cao Cao in secret. Suddenly, heavy footsteps sounded from outside the tent. Upon hearing the footsteps, Cao Cao laughed and said, "It must be Yuan Jang (Xiahou Dun's epithet) who has returned."

When Cao Cao's words fell, the tall and strong figure of straight Hou Dun had already stepped into the tent.

"Mengde, I have returned."

Cao Cao said, "Yuan Jang, do you have any news about the bandits in Yingchuan?"

Xiahou Dun answered, "The scouts reported that Zhang Liang's bandits had reached Changshe at the beginning of the month and met up with Ma Yue's bandits, but there was no firefight."

Cao Cao was surprised and said, "No firefight?"

Xiahou Dun replied, "No."

Chen Gong smiled with his beard and said, "This is to be expected, how can the Yellow Turban bandits in Yingchuan be so easy to deal with? If Ma Yue was so calm, the 800 bandits could not have swept through Nanyang and Yingchuan counties, and now Taijie has been defeated repeatedly. And now Yuan Shu, Zhao Qian's stream is helpless."

Cheng Xian nodded and said, "Ma Yue is certainly not an easy match, Zhang Liang is also not to be underestimated. Underestimate."

Chen Gong and Cheng Yu glance at each other, coincidentally said: "But Yingchuan Yellow Turban has a fatal hidden trouble."

Cao Ren, who had a thoughtful look on his face, couldn't help but ask, "What is the hidden danger?"

Cao Cao said, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers."

Chen Gong said, "Ma Yue to Zhang Liang is like a fierce tiger lying on a barren hill, but if the wind blows and the grass moves, it will rise up and hurt people. He will rise up and hurt people."

Cheng Xian said, "Zhang Liang to Ma Yue is like dry firewood in the dining room, but if there is a sporadic fire, it will be a huge fire."

"Fierce tiger? Dry firewood?"

Cao Ren's brows were locked in confusion.

However, Cao Cao laughed out loud, "Zhongde and Gongtai are right, haha~"

While laughing, heavy footsteps sounded outside the tent again. Yingchuan this sky-rocketing fire seems to be soon to start~~"

When Cao Cao's words fell, Cao Hong's majestic figure entered with a straight face, clasping his fist and saying, "Lord. The army and horses have been sent to the camp."

......

The sun hung in the sky and there were no clouds.

It was the beginning of April. The Yingchuan Plain is already lush and vibrant, with good fields on both sides of the official road, and farmers and woodcutters moving about. As early as a month ago, the poor people in Yingchuan who had not escaped were surprised to find that the 800 bandits who had recently entered Yingchuan were very different from the Yellow Turban bandits of the past.

In the past, the Yellow Turban bandits not only robbed food, burned houses, but also took people hostage. But there is no subordination regardless of men, women and children, all beheaded, very brutal, while the 800 stragglers to them without offense, except for those in the countryside in the big families, even the Shi family but suffered the old disaster, not only the people were mostly killed, the accumulated money and grain were also more robbed.

As a result, the people of Yingchuan ran to tell each other, and many of them helped the old and returned to their old age in pairs, only a month later. The village houses were rebuilt and the chickens and dogs heard each other. The counties of Yingchuan were gradually restored to their former state. These kind and simple people. All of them were illiterate and did not know what was righteousness. The only thing they wanted was to be able to keep enough food for their living after a year of hard work. That's all.

As for who will rule them. It is not their concern, and it is not for them to decide.

"Rumble~~"

On the official road leading from Yangcheng to Yangzhai, there was suddenly a chaotic sound of horses' hooves, which suddenly attracted the attention of the farmers working in the fields on both sides of the official road, and they all straightened up and looked ahead with their hands on the canopy.

The official road on the side of the river paralysis. More than a hundred healthy horses are leisurely eating green apples, more than ten strong men are gathered around two merchants leisurely drinking water to eat, this group of people is not others. It is Shanxi merchant Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang and the accompanying household slaves. The two people accompanied in Langzhou to buy more than a hundred horses, want to sell to Xuzhou for a good price, traveling through here, is hitting the tip to rest.

This time, a few slaves have already found the cavalry coming from the lane, and shouted in a piteous voice: "Master. Not good, the yellow turban bandits killed over ~ ~"

Su Shuang hands on the canopy to look for a moment, eyes abruptly swept a wisp of fine awning, said in a deep voice: "seems to receive the horses of the Lord came, I Su Shuang business for many years, have never seen this kind of confused trading! Hey, the official army actually pay for the bandits to buy horses, really evil."

Zhang Shiping plundered Su Shuang a glance, said in a deep voice: "We only care about making money, what do we care so much, tell the brothers, hurry up and leave ~ ~"

Su Shuang a rip call, more than ten strong men agilely turned on the horses, a dozen horses to the direction of the Secretary of the Lieutenant Department chaotic gallop away, the speed of escape than the speed of the yellow turban bandits chase much faster, these lotus people not only well mounted, riding skills are first-class, far from the yellow bandits that group of half-assed cavalry riding inferior horses can be compared.

"Oh~oh~oh~~"

The yellow turban cavalry shouted strangely rushed over, tidal wave rushed to the river bank side leisurely eat grass healthy horses, only a dozen rides from the brigade to chase the fleeing merchants, but only chased a few miles to give up.

This cavalry is not Ma Yue's eight hundred stragglers, but a cavalry led by Zhang Liang's general Cheng Yuanzhi, the only cavalry in Zhang Liang's Yellow Turban Army. Cheng Yuanzhi watched the more than ten rider dust and go, know again can not chase, only to curse back, and see the river paralyzed on the more than a hundred healthy horses, can not help but be happy to open the mouth!

The yellow turban army has always been short of horses, even many generals can only fight on foot, suddenly asked to get such a large number of war horses, can't help Cheng Yuanzhi not smile.

However, Cheng Yuanzhi happy not even a quarter of an hour, the official road in front of the dust and smoke, and a group of cavalry rampant cover over, although the number of less than fifty riders, but iron armor, red cherry like blood, steel saber Cheng bright, cold, but the momentum is much stronger than his yellow turban cavalry, this cavalry is exactly Ma Yue eight hundred stragglers in a.

Almost at the same time when Cheng received the report from the scouts, Zhou Cang, who was leading the patrol, also received the report from the scouts, saying that a group of merchants drove more than a hundred healthy horses through the territory of Yingchuan and were resting on the river bank near Yangzhai. Zhou Cang listened to the report and immediately his eyes were glowing, and he did not report to Ma Yue, that is, he ordered more than fifty horses of his own troops to come and rob.

"Phew~~"

Zhou Cang drank the war horse, frowned tightly, more than 50 horsemen in the shape of a goose wing behind his Wu slowly unfolded. All the stragglers looked unfriendly, staring at Cheng Yuanzhi's 100-odd riders like wolves.

Cheng Yuanzhi steered his horse forward and met Zhou Cang, saying in a gruff voice: "Zhou Cang! What are you going to do?"

Zhou's eyes swept a trace of cold killing machine, and his ears suddenly sounded Ma Yue's thunderous voice: If you see a war horse, regardless of affiliation, regardless of the reason, regardless of life or death, all drumming and forward ~~ vow to grab it!