The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Zhu Jun's soldiers and horses are powerful, but now that we have defeated Qin Jie, without reinforcements, it will be very difficult for him to take down Wancheng. I guess he will not act rashly."

"So Qu Shuai doesn't have to be in a hurry, discuss a plan, and it won't be too late to go to fight Zhu Jun."

Xu You was not as anxious as Liu Zheng. After Liu Zheng expressed his thoughts, he immediately explained to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng shook his head. Maybe he was not in a hurry, but Huang Zhong didn't want to wait too long, and the longer the delay, the worse it would be for Liu Zheng. He had to fight back to Runan City as soon as possible.

After a long time, firstly, he was worried that Zhang Ji would leave Runan, and secondly, he was also worried that Zhang Jiao would die too soon, and there would not be enough buffer time for him.

"Ziyuan, the longer the delay, the worse it will be for us. The news that we have defeated Qin Jie should not have been revealed yet. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can continue to use a wave of ambushes to pretend to be Qin Jie's men and horses." , and then charged at Zhu Jun's army at close range."

Liu Zheng proposed to fight back against Zhu Jun, and he already had a rough plan in his heart, that is, now that he has captured Qin Jie, Qin Jie's men will immediately dress up the Yellow Turban Army as an official army, approach Zhu Jun, and launch a sudden attack.

Inadvertently, Zhu Jun would definitely be dealt a huge blow.

However, this plan still needs close cooperation.

After listening to Liu Zheng's words, Xu You fell into deep thought.

After a while, continue talking.

"If that's the case, I have a plan to defeat Zhu Jun. He might as well listen to me."

"Ziyuan, please tell me."

"We can indeed give Zhu Jun a heavy blow by pretending to be an officer, but in order to increase the chances of success of this plan, we must do the following."

"Well, please elaborate."

"First, Commander Zhao Hongqu in the city must try his best to cooperate with us. It is best to be able to fight Zhu Jun first. When the battle reaches a stalemate, our army will fight out."

"At this time, our identity as overtime officers and soldiers appeared. Although we can improve the morale of the officers and soldiers in a short period of time, when we attack from the back and turn back, the morale of the officers and soldiers will drop faster. The speed of the rout will also accelerate."

Xu You thought very comprehensively, and explained a sentence to Liu Zheng in detail, making Liu Zheng nod and agree with Xu You's words.

"Well, that's really the key point."

"Secondly, once we pretend to be the army to deal with Zhu Jun, we will definitely enter the core battlefield, and there will be many casualties, so in terms of manpower, you should consider it yourself."

"Thirdly, to capture the thief first, to capture the king and get close to the official army is also an opportunity for us. If there is a chance, we must kill Zhu Jun first, behead the enemy's commander, and the official army will definitely be defeated."

Xu You explained the points he had considered to Liu Zheng in detail.

The plan that Liu Zheng thought of at the beginning to pretend to be an official army was perfected by Xu You, and the chance of success immediately increased greatly.

"Okay, listen to what Mr. Ziyuan said. It's not too late. Brother Sun Zhong, you take someone back to inform Marshal Zhao Hongqu, and ask him to fight Zhu Jun, and tell him our plan, and ask him to cooperate. , defeat Zhu Jun, success or failure depends on one action."

Liu Zheng quickly arranged the rest of the matter properly, and now Sun Zhong is also convinced of Liu Zheng, so he naturally agreed without saying a word, and immediately returned to Wancheng with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

But Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to leave. He re-dressed more than 6000 people under his command in Caiyang City, and seconded 5000 troops from Sun Zhong, except for Liu Zheng's own cavalry team. 1 people were gathered.

It seemed that the officers and soldiers under Qin Jie's command were similar to those before, and then they slowly started to rush towards the direction of Wancheng.

Of course, Qin Jie, Cai Mao and the others were taken by Liu Zheng and held as prisoners in the team.

A day later, Liu Zheng's army was gradually approaching completion, and Sun Zhong and others had arrived here a few hours earlier. Now, it must be going according to plan, Zhao Hong's men and Zhu Jun should be fighting.

Liu Zheng ruled out the scouts, and after inquiring in the past, he found that there was a battle outside Wancheng, so he hurried to lead people to Wancheng.

Chapter 49 Repeating the old tricks

After Zhu Jun separated from Qin Jie with his people, he led 2 horses and quickly killed Xinye City.

Xinye City is not very famous nowadays, but it is also an important place in Nanyang County. It is the fortress of Xiangyang. If you want to go to Xiangyang, Xinye City is a relatively lively road.

Historically, Liu Bei once led troops to station in Xinye, and it was at this time that Xu Shu went to join Liu Bei.

But now, it's just a small city with little reputation, where Peng Tuo, one of the little Qu commanders of the Yellow Turban Army, is stationed.

Peng Tuo's strength is not bad among the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, with more than [-] soldiers and horses under his command.

After occupying Xinye City, it can be regarded as a side of power, but after Zhu Jun's men arrived in Xinye, Peng Tuo understood that his little manpower was nothing at all.

It took only half a day for Zhu Jun's 2 people to break through the gate of Xinye City and enter the city.

Peng Tuo managed to escape through another city gate, but the Yellow Turban Army under his command was not so lucky.

Most of the soldiers and horses were beheaded by Zhu Jun's men, only a small number followed Peng Tuo and escaped through other city gates.

After Zhu Jun beheaded the Yellow Turban army under Peng Tuo's command, he successfully regained Xinye City, and then he did not stay long in Xinye City, and led the army directly to attack Wancheng.

When they arrived in Wancheng, in fact, Zhao Hong's talents had just returned to Wancheng not long ago. The gates of Wancheng were closed tightly, and the surrounding walls were in full swing, because Zhao Hong also knew that the officers and soldiers would attack from other places at any time.

After Zhu Jun surrounded Wancheng, he did not surround all four walls of Wancheng, but only surrounded some of the city gates, leaving some gates on purpose, so that the Yellow Turban Army in the city could flee in fear and reduce his attack. The pressure to kill the Yellow Turban Army was precisely because of this. When Sun Zhong and the others came over, they entered the city and met Zhao Hong without much effort.

After Sun Zhong chatted with Zhao Hong about the results of Liu Zheng and others' discussions, although Zhao Hong had a lot of worries in his heart, he didn't want to miss this great opportunity to defeat Zhu Jun.

If Zhang Mancheng was still around, Zhang Mancheng might not have agreed to Liu Zheng's style of play, but Zhao Hong was different. Zhao Hong was a man without much brains. He was born as a farmer, and he was not proficient in marching and fighting. Most of the time just listening to other people's opinions.

So Liu Zheng's opinion reached Zhao Hong, and Zhao Hong naturally did not refuse.

In this way, Zhao Hong ordered Sun Zhong to lead the soldiers and horses of Wancheng to go out of the city to fight against Zhu Jun's [-] army.

In Wancheng, leaving aside the more than 2 people brought by Sun Zhong, there are still nearly 10 soldiers and horses, and there are [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.

Although it was difficult for these Yellow Turbans to deal with Zhu Jun's soldiers one-on-one on the battlefield, their numbers were several times that of the enemy's, and they could still rely on the advantage of their numbers to display some of their own momentum.

After several captures, although Sun Zhong didn't gain any advantage in front of Zhu Jun, he still blocked Zhu Jun, making it impossible for Zhu Jun to break through Wancheng, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

In the battle between the two sides, the Yellow Turban Army consumed tens of thousands of people, and Zhu Jun also lost a lot of people, but they didn't gain much.

Moreover, Sun Zhong had the previous agreement with Liu Zheng. Knowing that he could not win, he still charged with the soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban Army. After several fights, the fighting momentum of the Yellow Turban Army increased instead of decreasing.

On Zhu Jun's side, because of the long-term battle, he rushed towards Xinye City non-stop, and did not rest much along the way. Although the soldiers and horses under him were not exhausted, they did not have much will to fight.

Instinct is at a disadvantage.

Zhu Jun pinned his hopes on Qin Jie who rushed over from Cai Yangcheng.

After all, according to the time he had agreed with Qin Jie, Qin Jie's army should have come from the direction of Cai Yangcheng at this time.

This is why Zhu Jun has been closely defending the attack of the Yellow Turban Army in Wancheng, and has never thought of retreating temporarily.

Soon, the voices of soldiers and horses came from the direction of Cai Yangcheng, and Zhu Jun finally showed a long-lost smile.

"Lord Zhu Jun, our spies said that there are tens of thousands of horses coming from Cai Yang's direction, dressed in official uniforms, it should be Qin Jie's people!"

At this time, Xu Yan hurriedly walked towards Zhu Jun. He found out the news, and immediately said something to Zhu Jun.

At this time, Zhu Jun was worrying about how to deal with the Yellow Turban Army that kept rushing out. After hearing Xu Jiao's words, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Great, Qin Jie is finally here. I've been waiting for him for a long time. As soon as his soldiers arrive, we will be able to launch a counterattack against this wave of yellow turban thieves. It will be easy to kill those rebels. "

Zhu Jun cheered up immediately, and began to spread the news to the generals around him, so as to cheer up people's hearts, and stabilize the already impetuous military spirit.

Not long after Xu Wei passed the news to Zhu Jun, a group of people wearing official uniforms appeared in the direction of Cai Yangcheng.

These people rushed towards Zhu Jun's position straightly.

And Zhu Jun took a look from a distance, and after seeing these officers and soldiers, he immediately became excited, and began to increase the charge of his soldiers and horses, blocking the yellow scarf thieves who kept rushing out of Wancheng.

The soldiers and horses of the two sides fought together, and the battle became more and more fierce.

Zhu Jun originally had some soldiers and horses guarding him, but because of the attack of Qin Jie's army, he sent all the soldiers and horses to deal with the Yellow Turban Bandits in Wancheng, so Zhu Jun didn't have many soldiers and horses around him at this time.

And he thought that after Qin Jie's army gradually approached him, he would directly join the battle against the Yellow Turban Bandits, but he didn't expect that when these reinforcements appeared, they would directly attack Zhu Jun's position instead.

Under the leadership of Zhou Cang, the Yellow Turban Army, who was wearing official uniforms, drew their swords and slashed at the officers and soldiers around them.Those officers and soldiers thought it was their teammates coming over, so they were totally defenseless.

There were screams for a while, and hundreds of people around Zhu Jun were killed in an instant.

The sudden defection made Zhu Jun look back from the front immediately. He didn't even understand what happened, but he only saw these reinforcements, killing his own soldiers, and in the blink of an eye , he beheaded some of the soldiers around him, and thousands of people rushed to surround his base camp, and they were about to surround him.

At this time, Zhu Jun realized something, and immediately warned the people around him.

"No, these people are not Qin Jie's men, they are yellow scarf thieves!"

Zhu Jun shouted, wanting to remind the soldiers and horses around him, let the few remaining troops fight against these yellow scarves pretending to be officers and soldiers.

Chapter 50 Killing General Zhonglang

But Zhu Jun's reminder was too late after all.

Zhou Cang and Xu Huang had already reached Zhu Jun's side, beheading all his personal soldiers, hundreds of them died in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang took the lead and slashed at Zhu Jun's side with an axe.

They always keep in mind what Xu You said before.

Capture the thief first, capture the king first, as long as Zhu Jun is caught first, they will have already won half of the battle.

So after Xu Huang rushed out, the first thing to do was to fight Zhu Jun first. As long as Zhu Jun was stopped, the next task of fighting against the army would be much easier.

The soldiers and horses around Zhu Jun suffered heavy losses. Without helpers, Xu Huang's impact was enough to pose a great threat to him. Therefore, when Xu Huang rushed to kill him, even though Zhu Jun was unwilling to face it, he still raised his knife to kill him. block.

He wanted to stabilize his figure under Xu Huang's attack, and wait for other soldiers and horses not far away to come to support him.

Don't look at Zhu Jun as a commander, and he is quite old, but he is still able to deal with Xu Huang's blow with ease.

Xu Huang's big ax slashed at it with one blow. Zhu Jun was able to block the long knife with one hand, and was not injured by Xu Huang's attack.

In addition to Xu Huang's attack, he can also fight with Xu Huang freely.

But it is true, he is one of the three Zhonglang generals hand-picked by the court at any rate, if his strength is too weak, how can he lead the attack and deal with the Yellow Turban Army.

After Xu Huang entangled Zhu Jun, the officers and soldiers around Zhu Jun finally came to their senses, and some of them who hadn't rushed up to fight Sun Zhong's Yellow Turban Army immediately came to rescue Zhu Jun.

Including Sun Jian, Xu Wei and others, they were all shocked and angry.

They wanted to come back to support Zhu Jun, but looking at the number of Yellow Turban thieves around them, they couldn't get away for a while, and there was no way to kill a bloody path from the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers.

The 1 to [-] Yellow Turban Army kept rushing out of Wancheng, and the [-] people led by Liu Zheng rushed out from behind them, attacking back and forth, which greatly lowered their morale.

Once morale was damaged, the rout of soldiers and horses accelerated.

As for Sun Jian, Xu Yan and others, they couldn't protect themselves, so they didn't care about Zhu Jun.

Although Zhu Jun and Xu Huang were able to barely deal with it on their own, when Zhou Cang also joined the battle, he was quickly defeated. One person was unable to deal with two generals, and Xu Huang slashed Zhu Jun's back with an axe.

Zhu Jun screamed in pain, forcibly endured the pain from his waist, and wanted to continue fighting Xu Huang, but there was no way to continue, unable to withstand the attacks of Xu Huang and Zhou Cang.

When Zhou Cang's broadsword slashed at him, Zhu Jun was powerless to resist, and was chopped off by a miss, cutting off his head.

Zhu Jun didn't even have time to scream, and died on the spot.

After beheading Zhu Jun, Zhou Cang screamed excitedly, as if he was showing off his might.

And when Zhu Jun died, all the officers and soldiers on the battlefield completely lost their fighting spirit.

"Not good! Zhonglang will be killed!"

I don't know who shouted something on the battlefield, and the news immediately spread throughout the battlefield.

Sun Jian, Xu Yan and others in the distance, after hearing the news, glanced at Zhu Jun, and sure enough, they no longer saw Zhu Jun.

Sun Jian's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said something was wrong.

At that moment, he already understood that it was impossible to win this battle, so he turned his head and shouted at Cheng Pu.

"Cheng Pu, break through quickly, this place is not suitable for long!"

Sun Jian took more than 1000 Jiangdong Erlang who were charging forward under his command, and immediately broke through and left without any intention of staying here, without any hesitation.

Seeing that Sun Jian was about to leave, Xu Qi didn't intend to continue the fight. He panicked and didn't dare to stay here. He also followed in Sun Jian's footsteps and began to break through.

Some Yellow Turban troops who were fighting Sun Jian in the front could not stop Sun Jian at all, and soon Sun Jian took some soldiers under his command and broke out from the flank of the battlefield.

But Liu Zheng charged over with his men. Although he saw Sun Jian on the battlefield, his soldiers and horses were too far away from Sun Jian. There was no way to catch up with Sun Jian in a short time, so he could only watch Sun Jian run away from him.

Although Sun Jian fled from the battlefield with a small number of troops, he had some regrets, but the direct beheading of Zhu Jun in this battle was the biggest gain.

Not long after Sun Jian and others fled, the battle outside Wan City was coming to an end.

It didn't take long for the officers and soldiers here to be killed by the coalition forces of Liu Zheng and Sun Zhong.

After one battle, Zhu Jun had a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. Among them, the morale of the officers and soldiers was defeated in the later stage.

Liu Zheng didn't send anyone to hunt him down, but after counting his troops, he went directly to Wancheng to rest for a while.

As soon as he entered Wancheng, Zhao Hong immediately came to see Liu Zheng, and first gave Liu Zheng a burst of admiration.Praise Liu Zheng for his great achievements in this World War I.It was unprecedented to kill Zhu Jun, one of the three Zhonglang generals, directly.

Since the Yellow Turban Army's uprising for several months, although they were quite successful in the early stage, they have never beheaded General Zhonglang, at most they have defeated and besieged.

However, Liu Zheng killed Zhu Jun directly when he fought against a general of Zhonglang for the first time. This was a huge victory and credit, which greatly improved the morale of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army and the influence of the entire Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang.