Rebirth: I am the World's Heavenly Dao

The battle was won, but the enemy was defeated.

Liu Youde, Guan Changsheng, and Zhang Yanren led their troops to Qingzhou, which attracted the attention of Gan Yuqu, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army. He divided the army that was besieging Qingzhou and used 50,000 troops to fight against Youde's army. Youde had few soldiers and rushed to attack. His army was exhausted and outnumbered, so he retreated a hundred miles and set up camp to hold on, thinking about how to defeat the enemy.

Youde discussed with his two brothers: "The enemy is numerous, and we must take risky tactics to win."

Guan and Zhang nodded in agreement. Youde ordered Guan Changsheng to lead 3,000 soldiers to ambush in a valley near Qingzhou, and asked Zhang Yanren to lead 3,000 soldiers to hide in the dense forest outside the valley, waiting for Youde's signal. The two obeyed the order and made ambush preparations overnight.

The next day, Liu Youde led the remaining soldiers to beat drums and advance to fight against the Yellow Turban Army.

During the battle, Liu Youde pretended to be defeated and led his army to flee. The Yellow Turban Army did not know why, and their morale was greatly boosted, so the army pressed on and chased Liu Youde all the way.

50,000 elite Yellow Turbans were led into the valley by Liu Youde. Liu Youde shouted, Guan Changsheng led his army to fight out, and Zhang Yanren blocked the valley entrance with huge rocks. One man guarded the pass, and ten thousand men could not open it.

The three armies attacked from the front and back, and bombarded with flint. Liu Youde held the sword that called the wind and rain in the battle formation. When the sword rose and fell, the wind rose and the rain fell. What rose was the sword wind, and what fell was the blood rain.

Guan Changsheng also held the Red Dragon Crescent Blade. When the sword was swung, there was a red dragon flying in the battle formation. Every time it fell, hundreds of people fell to the ground. Without the blessing of the battle formation, the Yellow Turban Army was harvested like ants by these generals.

Under the attack of the three people, this elite Yellow Turban Army was defeated, with countless casualties, and as many as 20,000 surrendered. All of them were reorganized by Liu Youde and existed as a vassal army.

After the battle of the valley, Liu Youde ordered the soldiers to wear yellow turban clothes and pretend to be the elite Yellow Turbans who had returned from victory. The three led the soldiers to mix through the defense line of the camp, and then launched an attack in the central army camp. Liu Youde stabbed the general Gan Yu to death with a sword, and then rushed into the camp.

The three killed hundreds of Yellow Turban generals, and the Yellow Turban army collapsed without a fight, thus lifting the siege of Qingzhou.

When the governor of the state, Bai Jingwen, saw that Youde had defeated the Yellow Turbans, he led his men out of the city to attack the Yellow Turban rebels, causing countless casualties. Since then, the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have lost their power. Because of this battle, Youde's reputation spread throughout Qingzhou and Youzhou, and people called him Liu Youde, who is brave and resourceful.

Bai Jingwen rewarded the three armies and gave Youde a large amount of military equipment. When Youde was about to return to Youzhou, Bai Jingwen said: "I heard recently that Lu Zigan, the left general of Cangtian and the general of Hanzhong, fought with the bandit leader Zhang Tiangong in Guangnan. I heard that Youde was taught by Lu Hou, why don't you go to help him."

Youde thanked him repeatedly: "I didn't know that my teacher was fighting with the bandits in Guangnan. Thank you for reminding me, governor. I want to go to help my teacher."

Bai Jingwen appreciated Liu Youde, so he borrowed 10,000 soldiers, plus 10,000 soldiers from Youde's own army, and 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who had been gathered. A total of 50,000 troops took the teleportation array to Guangnan City.

Guangnan is thousands of miles away from Qingzhou, so Liu Youde had to ask the governor of Qingzhou to activate the array. The three of them led the army to Guangnan, and Youde asked to see the left general Lu Zigan.

Youde entered Lu Zigan's camp, met his mentor, and explained his purpose. Lu Zigan was delighted and kept Liu Youde.

During the conversation, Youde learned that the Yellow Turban Army used Guangnan as a defense line and gathered 5 million soldiers, all of whom were the elite of the Yellow Turbans, including 300,000 Yellow Turban warriors, who could rival the Cangtian Army.

Lu Zigan led 200,000 Cangtian Army and the remaining 1 million Han Army to resist Zhang Tiangong, and the outcome was unknown.

This Cangtian Army was not from the Chaos Battlefield. It was not brought back from the Chaos Battlefield, but was formed later, so its combat effectiveness was not as good as the old Cangtian Army.

Lu Zigan discussed with Youde: "I am resisting Zhang Tiangong and Guangnan, and the situation is deadlocked. General Huangfu Yizhen and General Zhu Gongwei are fighting with Zhang Digong and Zhang Rengong in Nanchuan. You lead your troops to help and find a way out. I will help you with another 50,000 troops and activate this teleportation array to go to Nanchuan."

Youde agreed, and then led Guan, Zhang and 100,000 troops to Nanchuan with military tokens and name cards.

Huangfu Yizhen and Zhu Gongwei won a great victory in the battle against the Yellow Turban Army, but Zhang Digong and Zhang Rengong relied on Changshan to build a defense line and set up camp on the grass. The Han army attacked unfavorably many times and was repelled by the Yellow Turban Army. In particular, General Rengong performed many magic tricks, causing the Han army to suffer from diseases.

After Youde arrived, he waited for orders under Huangfu Yizhen. Huangfu Yizhen valued Youde and took him by his side.

When Huangfu Yizhen was frustrated by the long siege, Zhang Yanren said: "The wind is strong and the weather is dry. The enemy camps on the grass. Why not use fire attack?"

Huangfu Yizhen said yes loudly and said to the three people

He was full of praise and accepted Zhang Yanren as his disciple.

After discussing strategy with Zhu Gongwei, the two ordered the Han army to tie up a bunch of grass and ambush near Changshan. When the wind direction and wind were the best, they set fire at three o'clock in the morning.

The wind took advantage of the fire, and Changshan turned into a volcano. Countless Yellow Turban soldiers were burned to death in their sleep.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang were the vanguards, leading the army to charge and kill the Yellow Turbans. The enemy soldiers were not wearing armor, and they were not as good as horses. They fled in panic.

The two armies fought until dawn. Liu, Guan, and Zhang were covered in blood-stained clothes and chased the two Yellow Turban generals Zhang Digong and Zhang Rengong. The two generals led the remaining soldiers to break through the battle and escape.

The soldiers and horses blocked the way of the two generals. The leading general was seven feet tall, with thin eyes and long beard, and had a very majestic appearance. He was appointed as the captain of Tiandu Cavalry and was from Pei County, Qiaoguo. His name was Cao Zide.

Cao Zide's original name was Xiahou Zide. His father Cao Zheng was adopted by the eunuch Cao Huachun, so he was named Cao Zide. Zide's nickname was Aman, so he was also called Cao Aman.

He was said by the great scholar Ma Ping in Beijing: "A capable minister in a peaceful era, a hero in a chaotic era."

At the age of 20, he reached Shanhaijing and was recommended as the commander of the northern gate of Tiandu. During his tenure, he strictly enforced the law and treated the princes and ministers equally, so his reputation spread far and wide.

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he was 60 years old and served as the captain of the Tiandu Cavalry. He led 80,000 infantry and cavalry to Nanchuan to help. It happened that Zhang Digong and Zhang Rengong led their troops to flee, so he led his troops to intercept and kill, beheaded more than 30,000 people, and intercepted many precious jewels and medicines, but the two Yellow Turban generals fled.

When the two generals Huangfu and Zhu learned that the two Yellow Turban generals had fled, they led their troops to pursue them, shrink the front line, besiege Guangnan, and form a large encirclement. The defeat of the Yellow Turban was doomed.

Youde led his army to charge and met two generals. With the order of General Huangfu, the three brothers led the army to Guangnan to help Youde's mentor Lu Zigan.

When they arrived in Guangnan, they learned that Lu Zigan had been dismissed for killing the eunuch who demanded bribes. Now the leader of Guangnan Han Army was Dong Zhongying, the governor of Xizhou and the general of the Central Army. Zhang Yanren was furious when he heard this and wanted to kill Dong Zhongying, but was stopped by Youde. Guan Changsheng said: "Since Lu Hou has been dismissed, we have nowhere to rely on. It is better to return to Youzhou as soon as possible."

The three brothers then led their troops back to Youzhou.

Since Dong Zhongying did not allow Liu Youde to use the teleportation array, the three took the official road and wanted to go to Nanchuan to borrow the array.

Lu Zigan returned to the chaotic battlefield and reported to the previous emperors. Taizu Liu Jiye comforted him: "The people have the will of heaven. Whoever the people choose will be the one who governs the people. You have done your best and there is no need to blame yourself."

Emperor Tianwu said bluntly: "The future generations will be stupid and the strong Han will not exist. What's the use of it? You can realize your talents here."