Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 198: Seeing the Majesty of the Han Family Again

When the cavalry quickly brought He Man's head to Liu Bei, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

How come Guan Hai was killed just to cross the river and guard the pontoon bridge? Why did he wait until tomorrow to cross the river? He Yi is the only one left, and he is not enough for the cavalry to charge several times. We can finish today's task.

After asking a few questions about the causes and consequences of the battle, Liu Bei ordered the Huben Cavalry to assemble and rush towards the Yellow Turban camp on the opposite bank.

He ordered the auxiliary soldiers to turn the trees they had cut down for camping into heavy weapons, and before it got dark, they would take advantage of the situation to break through the enemy's camp wall.

At this moment, the Yellow Turbans suffered a great defeat, and people must be in panic and fear.

If they were fast enough, they could capture the Yellow Turbans' makeshift camp in half an hour, clean up the battlefield and bury the bodies.

Liu Bei silently calculated the time in his mind and fortunately he was still in time.

Golden drums sounded, and the dense sound of horse hooves rushed towards the floating bridge. When the cavalry reached the riverside, Liu Bei saw that Guan Hai did not send troops to chase the scattered Yellow Turbans, but instead led his troops to attack the Yellow Turban camp. He could not help but praise: "Not bad, Captain Guan's military strategy is becoming more and more proficient."

"I know the importance of hitting the snake at its weakest point, catching the leader first, pinching its throat, and pressing its back."

Liu Bei said with a chuckle.

As long as He Yi's troops were defeated, the remaining Yellow Turban rebels would be dead no matter they fled to the countryside or hid in the mountains. There were powerful tribes in the counties and villages, and there were ferocious beasts in the mountains. Even if they were in groups of hundreds and did not carry any daily necessities, they would find it difficult to survive by hiding in the mountains.

If they are a group of thousands, it will be easier to deal with. Just send Guan Hai to wipe them out.

The reason why the Elite Battalion was transferred all the way from Qingzhou to here, wasn't it to let them find an opportunity to march into Runan County and cut off Yuan Shu's arm?

After Runan was lost, only Jiujiang and Lujiang counties were left under Yuan Gonglu's rule. If he still dared to claim the title of emperor, imitate the emperor's system of clothing, and change Jiujiang to Huainan Yin, Liu Bei really didn't know what to say.

Yuan Shu was the only one who jumped and danced even before his death, attracting the attention of people all over the world.

Thinking of Yuan Gonglu in history, he wanted to drink honey in the middle of summer, but there was no honey available. He couldn't understand why he ended up like this, so he fell on his bed and vomited blood and died.

Liu Bei could not guarantee that Yuan Shu, who did not understand his situation at the moment of his death, would repent after his defeat and realize that the one who would replace the Han Dynasty was not Dangtu Gao, but him.

Logically speaking, a normal person should not act rashly and brazenly declare himself emperor in defiance of the world.

Even if Liu Bei led his troops back north, Liu Yao of Yuzhang County was defeated by Cao Mengde, and there was Jiangxia County of Jingzhou next to Lujiang. At this moment, he was carrying the banner of the Han royal family. There was no one in the royal family with a higher reputation than him. If he wrote a letter to Liu Jingsheng and asked him to send a general to lead an army to attack Lujiang, Liu Biao would not have refused to give him this face.

Liu Bei looked towards the south and thought to himself, "Yuan Gonglu, if I were you, I would just keep quiet right now. You're almost surrounded on three sides by the Han royal family, why are you still struggling? Face up to the reality as soon as possible, so that you don't get so angry that you can live a few more years, right?"

In order to make Yuan Shu wake up as soon as possible, Liu Bei decided to defeat He Yi and He Man, and leave Guan Hai to lead his troops to attack Liu Pi who was besieging Ling County. He then led the cavalry south along the river to Longkang County to meet Sun Bofu, and captured Zhang Xun, a general under Yuan Gonglu.

If there is a chance, I will deal with Qiao Rui as well.

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As Liu Bei expected, the remaining Yellow Turbans were terrified. They were not good at building camps, and Guan Hai, who was familiar with the Yellow Turbans' fighting style, treated them symptomatically. After breaking through the camp, he ordered the soldiers to fight and shout at the same time.

They were also Yellow Turbans many years ago, and only after they joined the army of Lord Xuande did they understand what it meant to see the light after the clouds were cleared. Except for those who committed the ten unforgivable crimes, the rest of you will be punished according to your crimes. The most serious crime is to serve only twenty years of hard labor before being pardoned, and those with lighter crimes will serve even less. As a result, the Yellow Turbans in Dan County surrendered.

Now that the camp has been breached, there is no way out. Even ants are greedy for life, let alone humans. Do they want to be buried here? Before the soldiers could shout in unison for the second time, the Yellow Turban soldiers had already turned their backs on their weapons and surrendered.

They didn't trust what the Han army said, so could they not trust what General Guan Qu said?

When Guan Hai was the leader, He Yi, He Man and others were nowhere to be found. The Yellow Turbans did not kill the Yellow Turbans, so we surrendered. We surrendered with a changed mind.

When Liu Bei led his army on horseback, he saw the scene of countless Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers kneeling on the ground. In addition, there was He Yi with his head rolling to the ground, a look of horror on his face, his mouth wide open and his eyes wide open.

Liu Bei was slightly stunned. This was too fast.

He just arrived, and already the 20,000 Yellow Turbans were pacified like this?

Not only Liu Bei, but all the clan leaders, officials, and knights standing on the city wall of Qiao County were dumbfounded.

From the time Lord Xuande led his army to arrive to the time the Yellow Turban bandits bowed their heads in surrender, it took less than an hour. Did tens of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits surrender so easily?

Due to the long distance, they could not hear what the Qingzhou army shouted. They only saw them defeating the enemy along the way. Even the Yellow Turban camp could not withstand the charge-like offensive, and they all surrendered after they broke through.

After a long while, someone stroked his beard and sighed: "The Qingzhou army under Lord Xuande is indeed as swift as thunderbolt. No wonder they can control the four directions, dominate the world, and terrify the princes."

The others couldn't help but nodded when they heard this.

You don't know until you compare. The comparison will shock you. The Yellow Turbans almost broke through the siege of Qiao County several times before. It was thanks to Xu Chu and his rangers that they withstood the offensive.

Moreover, there is a shortage of food now. It won’t be long before people in the city will start to eat each other. The morale of the defenders will drop further, and the city may be breached.

In this way, the Yellow Turban bandits, who had posed a huge threat to the various powerful families and the county soldiers in Qiao County, were defeated so easily that not a single piece of armor remained.

This was not an ambush, nor an attack on the two wings, but an upright frontal field battle. With only two thousand men, they defeated more than ten thousand enemies, chased them all the way and broke through the camp walls, successively defeating twenty thousand. There was no more powerful army than this.

The magistrate of Qiao County could not help singing: "How magnificent, how beautiful, how majestic, how great the wind! Lord Xuande of Pingyuan has risen up with vigor and vigor, and his country is beyond measure. His army and soldiers all have a strong and heroic spirit."

"I have heard that Lord Xuande has a majestic and beautiful appearance. Today, I may see the majesty of the Han family again."

As he spoke, the county magistrate took out a piece of fine silk from his sleeve and wiped his tears.

The heads of the Xu and Zhu clans could not help but curse inwardly, what a shameless county magistrate! Isn't this what the officials said when Emperor Gengshi ordered Emperor Guangwu to take the post of Inspector of the Imperial Capital to Luoyang to repair the palace? Don't think that our clan has no records and cannot understand your flattery.

The head of the Xu clan could not help but nod and said, "Lord Xuande's spirit flag is looking back, passing on the punishment from heaven, and it has brought prosperity to our Han family."

The Zhu clan leader also smiled and said, "The will of heaven is constant. Only when the virtue of the Han Dynasty is so great can Lord Xuande rise up."

The listeners all nodded in praise.

There was only one person who seemed worried, and everyone saw that he was the patriarch of the Cao clan.

(End of this chapter)