The west wind was strong and the war horses were whistling. On the bank of the Ying Shui River, a big blood-colored flag was fluttering against the cold wind.

"Chief, Sable bids farewell."

Miao Cicada smiled sweetly at Ma Yue, revealing two rows of jade teeth like braided shells, looking unusually eye-catching, at this time she had reverted to that dirty beggar costume, and was bidding farewell to Ma Yue.

Ma Yue nodded and said in a deep voice, "Take care of yourself, girl."

"After I return to Luoyang, if there is any news from the court, I will have someone come and report it to the chief immediately."

Miao Cicada gave Ma Yue a last look and turned to leave.

Guan Hai licked his dry lips and said to Ma Yue, "Bo Qi, are you really going to let her go? This scar-faced woman is not very good-looking, but a fine skin and tender flesh is really attractive, so why not reward me with pleasure? Hey, hey, hey, hey ......"

Ma Yue coldly swept Guan Hai a glance, coldly said: "Another word of nonsense, I will let people geld your words!"

Guan Hai was shocked, hurried to protect the crotch and fled.

"This guy Guan Hai ~ ~" Pei Yuan Shao shook his head and said to Ma Yue: "Bo Qi, is it really just like that to leave Nanyang? After all, we've been fighting in Nanyang, so we are familiar with Nanyang's terrain and the Han army, but we know nothing about Yingchuan."

Ma Yue turned back and swept Nanyang, and said gloomily, "Yuan Shu has a high person to help him, Nanyang has no more way for us 800 stragglers to live, when will we not leave now?"

Pei Yuan Shao frowned in defiance and said, "With those few piles of beacon fires?"

Ma Yue's eyes flashed coldly and said in a deep voice: "Don't underestimate those beacon fires, if the eight hundred stragglers continue to stay in Nanyang, one day they will be defeated under these small piles of beacon fires!"

Pei Yuan Shao was horrified and said, "Is it really so powerful?"

Ma Yue nodded his head stolidly and said in a deep voice: "Although cavalry moves quickly, it is far more restricted by terrain than infantry. If the cavalry want to go to and fro, they must go through the mountain passes, river crossings, and these beacons are built precisely in these vital places, with these beacons as the number, our army's every move is difficult to escape the monitoring of the Han army, no matter how our army moves, the Han army can make arrangements."

Pei Yuan Shao depressed, "No wonder we have not captured a city in Nanyang for more than ten days, it turns out that the Han army has already prepared in advance. Darn! If I had known, I should have led my men to pull down these damn beacons."

Ma Yue said coldly: "It is useless, if you pull them down today, the Han army can repair them tomorrow, it is just a pile of dry firewood, it will not take much time at all."

Pei Yuan Shao thought about it and suddenly thought of something and said with horror: "Bo Qi, will Yuan Shu that thief billet come after us with his army and build beacon towers all over Yingchuan? That would be a big deal."

"Don't worry about it." Ma Yue said coldly, "There are many plains in Yingchuan, which are connected by thousands of miles. Even if the Han army builds beacons all over the plains, it is still useless. Even if Yuan Shu does not come, if he dares to come after me, I will make sure he cannot come back. Hmph."

Pei Yuan Shao looked ahead with his hand on the cool canopy for a moment and said happily, "Bo Qi, it's that guy Zhou Cang who has come back and brought someone with him."

In just a few moments, Zhou Cang and the man had already galloped close to the front, and the two of them successively turned down their horses and fell down in front of Ma Yue.

"Big chief. Deng Mao has come to join us."

Zhou Cang's words fell, the man beside him had already grabbed a step forward and said aloud: "I, Deng Mao, have admired the great leader's mighty name for a long time, and would like to raise the crowd to join him!"

"Deng Mao?"

Ma Yue's heart moved, this name seems somewhat familiar.

Zhou Cang said: "Deng Mao and a fellow villager, originally Yingchuan Governor Bo Cai's general, after the defeat of the army, led our soldiers in the front of the Qing Dan Mountain and became a bandit. I bumped into him on my way back, so I was drawn to join him."

Deng Mao also said: "I have six hundred elite soldiers in my fortress, and I would like to follow the chief's command. And in the nearby mountains there are Liao Hua, Peng Tuo two people, each with hundreds of soldiers, I can say that one and come to join."

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Outside the city of Luyang, Yuan Shu's army camp.

After listening to the scout's report, Kuai Yue gladly said to Yuan Shu, "General, the eight hundred stragglers have already avoided Yingchuan, Nanyang is fixed."

Yuan Shu was pleased to hear this and said, "Good! Good! Very good! If Nanyang is fixed, Yidu should take the first credit, and I will immediately report to the emperor, stating Yidu's merits."

Kuai Yue said, "I am ashamed, although the 800 stragglers have left, it is not the work of Yue, but Ma Yue's initiative to avoid leaving."

Yuan Shu said, "You don't have to be modest, if not for your beacon fire plan, it would have been difficult to expel the 800 stragglers."

The side of Jin Shang eyes jealous, coughing to Yuan Shu said: "General, although the bandits are gone but the threat is not removed, if the grass is cut but not to eliminate the root, fear that the bandits go and return, the disaster is still strong. For today's plan, we can order one of the generals to lead thousands of divisions into Yingchuan and Yingchuan army to attack them, to exterminate the 800 stray pirates in Yingchuan County, in order to eliminate future problems."

Kuai Yue refuted: "General, now Nanyang is settled, people's hearts are not stable, and can not rashly raise troops, the most urgent task should be to deploy troops and condemned to choke all the passes, blocking the retreat of the bandits, and the list of security, clean up the security, ordered the counties, the countryside to reorganize the military equipment, more Mu Yi Yong soldiers, diligent training, and a few months, even if the 800 bandits to return, but also to throw themselves to death. "

Yuan Shu frowned and pondered for a moment, said to Jin Shang: "Yuan Huo's words, very much to my liking, I will lead the division to personally conquer."

Kuai Yue sighed at the words.

Jin Shang said with great joy, "General is wise."

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The last bastion of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, Guangzong City.

The black clouds were overwhelming, the sky and the earth were gray, Zhang Jiao stood on top of the city tower, looking extremely far to the south, behind Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang stood solemnly with his sword pressed, his eyebrows were gloomy.

"Ka La La ~"

By the light of the lightning, he clearly saw a huge cloud, slowly approaching from the wilderness towards Guangzong City, but it was not a dark cloud in the sky, but a cloud made up of countless armor of the Han army.

A drop of icy rain fell from the sky and quietly dripped on Zhang Jiao's face. The icy texture permeates from the cheeks all the way to the heart and lungs. The final showdown - is it finally going to start?

"Oooh~~"

The sky and earth suddenly resounded with the pale, loud and clear to the suffocating sound of the bull horn, Zhang Jiao can even feel the walls beneath his feet are trembling slightly, another lightning will come down, the piece of the Sen Sen iron armor again towards the city of Guangzong close to some.

"Dong Dong Dong ~ ~"

Immediately after the sound of the bull's horn, the fierce sound of the drums, which was so majestic that it made the blood burn, rang through the clouds.

Under the dark vault of the sky, amidst the loud bullhorns and the rousing war drums, thousands of Han soldiers were arranged into a neat square formation, shouting loud and clear trumpets, stepping forward in a neat pace, their blood was already boiling, and the primordial animal nature was surging and stirring in their hearts.

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

"Roar ~ ~"

After the infantry formation, a dozen towering black towers suddenly appeared under the dark sky dome, hundreds and thousands of Han troops focused like ants around the black towers, a rope hanging down from the black towers, tightly strangled on the shoulders of the Han soldiers. They were strangled deep into their naked muscles. Amidst the neat trumpeting of the Han soldiers, the dozen or so towering black towers moved forward, slowly but inexorably, towards Guangzong City.

"Horn woo-woo~~~"

The strange and long bull horn sounded on the left and right sides of the Han infantry formation at the same time, and by the lightning afterglow from the distant sky, there were two huge cavalry units crushing from both sides of the Han infantry position like giant pincers, and countless sharp spears converged into a forest of death, almost piercing the gloomy sky.

The wind was like a sword, the banners were flying, and Zhu Jun, the left general of the Han army, appeared in the main line of the central army under the protection of a large group of generals.

Zhu Jun abruptly raised his right arm, the loud and clear sound of the bullhorn and the exciting sound of the war drums stopped, the neat sound of the Han soldiers' trumpets also suddenly died. The sky is suddenly and strangely silent, only the distant sky, there are rumbling thunder faintly, the whole battlefield is a slaughter.

The cold killing machine between heaven and earth endlessly diffused, the Han army has entered the attack position like a huge beast, opened a bloody mouth, revealing the blood dripping fangs ......

The muscles on Zhang Jiao's face quietly twitched twice on the city tower of Guangzong.

"File~~"

In the ear-splitting sound of gold and iron, Zhang Jiao slowly drew his sword. Gradually raised high above the top, there was a stinging lightning fell, reflected in Zhang Jue's sharp sword above, immediately illuminated a dazzling silver glow, in a flash, Zhang Jue's harsh and desolate voice resounded through the city tower.

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, the year is in the first year, the world is very lucky ～～～～ followers of the great sage, summon your courage, burn your blood, wrap your armor, pick up weapons, all come up to the city tower, the moment of duel has arrived, our determination and lightning with the glory ~ ~ ~"

"Long live ~~"

Zhang Liang was the first to raise his arms and cheer.

"Long live! Hail! Long live ~~~"

Countless Yellow Turban followers responded frantically, then surged up to the city like ants, shouting fervently, waving their weapons in their hands wildly, giving vent to their enthusiasm noisily.

In the Han army's home formation, Zhu Jun's right arm gently waved down, and the harsh shouts of the messenger suddenly resounded throughout the army.

"Thunderbolt cart ~~~ release!"

"Hoo!"

"Hoo!"

A dozen ear-piercing cracking sounds, the dozen towering black towers shake violently, there are long flinging arms swinging across the air, attached to long iron ropes throwing a piece of boulders into the air.

Kara~~

Another bolt of lightning broke through the sky, and the Yellow Turban believers who were shouting madly saw clearly that a dozen black dots flashed abruptly from the sky ahead and expanded rapidly, pressing down viciously toward the head of Guangzong City ......