The most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms

Sun Jian and Liu Bei met and heard that Zhu Jun had been killed and his head chopped off by bandits. He was furious on the spot and immediately led his troops to pursue him.

Seeing this, Liu Bei had no choice but to return to the village first.

Although it is important to avenge Zhu Jun, the Yellow Turban Army in Wancheng cannot be forgotten because of revenge.

Therefore, after Liu Bei returned to the village, he discussed with several captains under Zhu Jun to continue the siege.

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Zhou Cheng and others did not take the main road, but led people into the mountains and forests.

If he kills Zhu Jun, he will definitely attract revenge from the army.

However, the official army had many cavalry. Zhou Cheng now only had 14 horses but 43 men.

If you ride a horse and take the main road, you will be easily overtaken.

Moreover, it is easy to hide your whereabouts in the mountains and forests. There are wild animals, wild fruits, etc. in the woods, and it is also easy to obtain food.

At this time, a man behind him asked:"Captain, where are we going next?"

The man who asked the question was seven feet tall and slightly thin. His name was Xu Fang, and he was the chief appointed by Zhou Chenggang.

In fact, not only Xu Fang, but others also want to know.

Although they all trust Zhou Cheng, the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang is already on the verge of being wiped out.

In addition to the Northern Army brought by Zhu Jun, there are also powerful troops from various places, local county soldiers, etc., all chasing the moth thieves everywhere.

The world is so big that there is no place for it.

So, where to go next? How to survive is what everyone is most concerned about.

Zhou Cheng took out the map from his body. He did not stop. Instead, he carried the iron gun and held the map. As he walked, he said:"We continue eastward to Feishui and go north along Feishui back to Yingchuan.""

"ah!"

"Go back to Yingchuan!"

When they heard that Zhou Cheng was going north to Yingchuan, the Yellow Turbans were dumbfounded.

Because they fled from Yingchuan all the way to Wancheng. It was a narrow escape, and now they are going back to Yingchuan!

Of course, when they heard that Zhou Cheng He did not follow Guangzong from Yingchuan to the north, and luckily saved his life.

Zhou Cheng explained calmly:"There are few officers and soldiers, so we can only concentrate our forces to attack the big cities in various counties. We go north and march with the officers and soldiers." The route is the opposite. As long as the broken troops in Nanyang are collected along the way, there should be many more people. When the time comes, we can raid Yingchuan, seize the city, prepare more money and food, and go north to the Taihang Mountains to live in, or even go out of Yanmen to the grassland. Otherwise, just rely on It's hard for people like us to survive in this world"

"We listen to the village chief"

"Okay, wherever the village chief goes, we will go."

The Yellow Turbans around Zhou Cheng were all from poor backgrounds and could not understand the characters.

However, the Eastern Han Dynasty had begun to use official script. Although Zhou Cheng seemed to have a little more effort, he could understand it.

Now after hearing Zhou Cheng's analysis, the Yellow Turbans Convinced, at least Zhou Cheng had a general direction and goal, instead of leading them blindly.

All the way east, Zhou Cheng finally arrived at Feishui, and on the way, he collected many Yellow Turban defeated troops.

When Zhou Cheng found the ship , nearly two thousand people have gathered around Zhou Cheng.

These people are broken soldiers scattered in the mountains and wilderness. If no one leads them, they can only wait for the massacre by the officers and soldiers, so they are willing to follow Zhou Cheng.

However, these two Half of the thousand people were old and weak women and children. They were civilians who were captured by the Yellow Turban Army when they attacked the city and looted the stronghold.

Zhou Cheng did not abandon these old and weak women and children, not because he was merciful, but because he understood the usefulness of the old and weak women and children..

When the Yellow Turban Army faced Shangguan troops, they would often drive away the old, weak, women and children, allowing them to withstand the attacks of Shangguan cavalry, and even bows and arrows.

If they encountered Shangguan cavalry in the wild, Zhou Cheng would have to do the same.

Otherwise, facing It was difficult for Zhou Cheng to think of a way to deal with the large group of cavalry.

……

Nanyang is a famous county in the world. There are people who have food, and there are many Yellow Turban troops in Nanyang area.

Therefore, although they were defeated and pursued by the government troops, there were still a large number of Yellow Turban troops hiding in the wild.

After Zhou Cheng embalmed Zhu Jun's head, he placed it on his own banner with the word Zhou.

He now calls himself Qu Commander, and appoints two brave veterans as school captains.

As they headed north along the Feishui River, they were constantly joined by the disintegrating Yellow Turban Army.

There are hundreds to thousands of people every day.

More than a month later, Zhou Cheng actually brought nearly 10,000 yellow turbans with him over the mountains and re-entered Yingchuan County.

Although it took less than a year, Yingchuan experienced a devastating disaster. The fields were barren and the villages were empty.

Zhou Cheng and others tried their best to avoid counties and villages along the way. They relied entirely on hunting wild animals, picking wild vegetables and fruits, hunting wild animals, and netting fish and shrimps in streams and rivers. Therefore, they never had enough to eat.

Sometimes, I even just pick up a handful of leaves, grass, or pull out some grass roots and put them directly into my mouth to chew.

However, none of the more than 10,000 people complained, and no one chose to leave.

Although it was very hard to cross the mountains and there was not much to eat, it was good to be able to survive.

What's more, Zhou Cheng also killed Zhu Jun to avenge Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

Therefore, the nearly 10,000 Yellow Turban Army members all felt that they could survive by following Zhou Cheng, their commander-in-chief.

Zhou Cheng proclaimed himself Qu Commander, and under the banner of fulfilling the last wish of the great virtuous teacher, he temporarily organized more than 10,000 troops.

He first selected 2,000 strong men from nearly 10,000 yellow turbans, armed with long spears, to form the Huben camp.

Another 500 people were selected and equipped with bows, arrows and steel knives to form the Shenwu Camp. However, the bows and crossbows are now limited, and most people only carry stones on their backs as long-range throws.

Then 300 tall and strong men were selected, equipped with shields and steel knives, to form the Rock Camp.

Later, 200 old soldiers who were good at shooting and extremely brave were selected, equipped with war horses, bows and arrows, and spears, and named Dawn Cavalry.

At the same time, in the mountain forest, a large amount of wood was cut to make specific spears.

This kind of spear is 5 meters long, as thick as a forearm, and has a sharpened spearhead. Two or three people hold one together to form a spear phalanx, which is used to withstand the impact of enemy cavalry.

Although it was a copycat of the Macedonian spear phalanx, it was the only formation that Zhou Cheng could simply use and train in the shortest time.

In the woods, a large amount of wood was cut and made into wooden shields. Everyone, old and weak, women and children could work together to hold up the shield and use it to resist bows and arrows.

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Zhou Cheng was riding on his horse, looking at the city in the distance. Xu County was in front of him, and Zhou Cheng had already sent scouts to investigate.

There are only 500 county soldiers in Xu County, and they were plundered by the Yellow Turban Army. Therefore, the city gates and walls were damaged and have not been repaired in time.

"The Dawn Cavalry and the Huben Camp followed me and destroyed the city with one drum!"

Zhou Cheng shouted.

As Zhou Cheng took the lead in charging out, followed by 200 Dawn Cavalry and 2,000 Tiger Camp, they rushed towards Xu County.

Xu County was just a small city with weak soldiers and major generals, and the city was not renovated.

Dong Dong Boom!!!

The war drums were like muffled thunder, shocking the heartstrings!

At this time, the soldiers on the city tower saw the Yellow Turbans coming back and hurriedly informed the county captain and closed the city gate at the same time.

However, before the school captain arrived, there was Zhou Cheng first sent his troops into the city, killed the officers and soldiers at the city gate, and opened the city gate.

Zhou Cheng had already rushed into the city gate.

Zhou Cheng took the lead and showed no mercy with the iron gun in his hand. In a matter of seconds, more than ten people died at the city gate. Under his gun.

The Yellow Turban Army around Zhou Cheng were all veterans. They followed Zhou Cheng and were not afraid of death. Therefore, they quickly occupied the city gate and attacked the county government.

At this time, the county captain Chen Chong He came in a hurry with five hundred county soldiers.

"The thieves and bandits should stop being so rampant!"

When Chen Chong saw Zhou Cheng, he clamped his legs on the horse's belly, urging the horse to speed up and charge towards Zhou Cheng.

However, Zhou Cheng didn't take Chen Chong seriously at all and rushed his horse to attack.

Sure enough, the two horses missed each other and rushed towards Zhou Cheng. However, in less than a round, Chen Chong was killed by Zhou Cheng.

"Those who surrender will avoid death!"

Zhou Cheng cut off Chen Chong's head again, raised his right hand high, and at the same time shouted to the soldiers brought by Chen Chong.

Chen Chong's soldiers were all young men who had just been recruited. They dropped their weapons and surrendered without much resistance.

After capturing Xu County, Zhou Cheng ordered the Yellow Turban Army to plunder and rob all the people in Shen Nei, taking away livestock, food, etc. No matter whether they were nobles, wealthy merchants, or craftsmen and farmers, they would not be spared.

Moreover, Zhou Cheng also led The soldiers quickly captured Kunyang, Wuyang, Dingling, Linxian and other counties, plundering more than 50,000 people.

At this time, Zhou Cheng had more than 10,000 strong men and more than 50,000 old, weak, women and children.

The Yellow Turbans returned to Yingchuan, And they captured six county towns in a row. The news quickly spread to Luoyang, alarming both the government and the public.