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Chapter 39 Ambush at Mayangpo

Handan, during the Warring States Period, the capital of Zhao State has been a military battleground and a military important place since ancient times.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhao State was a military important military location to guard the northern vassal states. Although time passed through the Eastern Han Dynasty, Handan's role was still irreplaceable.

Now, Handan has fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army.

Handan has a solid city and high walls, complete equipment for defending the city, and abundant food and grass. It is one of the main grain storage areas of the Yellow Turban Army in Hebei. There are 20,000 Yellow Turban Army stationed in the city, all of which are the elite of the Yellow Turban Army. The surrounding counties are even more soldiers and horses, forming a junction with Handan, which is as solid as a golden soup.

The Yanrong army recovered Xiangguo County, and the Yellow Turban Army in Zhao were all in the southern part of the country, and the surrounding areas of Handan. Xiangguo County was located in a remote area, with a population withered and surrounded by mountains, and did not attract the attention of the Yellow Turban Army. Even if the Yellow Turban Army in Xiangguo County was destroyed, the Yellow Turban Army in other counties did not make much noise.

However, since the Yanrong army led the army through Surenting, entered the southern part of Zhao State and approached Handan, the Yellow Turban Army in the southern part of Zhao State began to truly pay attention.

In the southern part of Zhao State, Handan was mainly based on Handan, and there were not many troops stationed. Handan was stationed with 20,000 elite Yellow Turban Army, and Yiyang had 10,000 Yellow Turban Army, with a total of only 30,000 troops. The situation suddenly became a crisis.

Handan is one of the main key places for storing grain and grass and weapons. The Yellow Turban Army attaches great importance to the safety of Handan. As soon as the 30,000 Yanrong's army entered Yiyang County, various Yellow Turban Army in Wei County became alert. The Yellow Turban Army in Wu'an County, Liangqi County and Quliang County all took action. The troops were divided into three groups, with a total of 50,000 troops rushing to Handan to provide assistance with great fanfare.

In Yiyang County, in the tent of the Yanrong army.

Major military officials such as Yan Rong, Dian Wei, and Han Meng gathered together.

"As soon as our army entered Yiyang County, the Yellow Turban Army gathered a large army. Wu'an County, Liangqi County's 30,000 Yellow Turban Army troops can arrive in Handan in five days, and Liangqu County's 20,000 Yellow Turban Army troops will arrive in Yiyang County in three days. Now, Yiyang County is stationed with 10,000 Yellow Turban Army troops and rely on the city to defend. It is difficult for our army to attack. Even if the city is broken, our army will suffer a lot of casualties. If we don't take advantage of the current capture of Yiyang County, the 20,000 Yellow Turban Army troops in Quliang County will arrive in three days. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army troops in the two counties will be combined, and the number of people will skyrocket to 30,000, and we will never have the chance to break Yiyang County."

In the big tent, Yan Rong sat high in the first place, with a worried face on his face explaining to the generals.

"In Lao Dian's opinion, what should we do to fight Yiyang in this broken place? If I were Lao Dian, I would directly lead the army to attack Handan, confronting the 20,000 elite Yellow Turban Army in Handan, killing them alone, letting them taste the bitterness."

Dian Wei grinned and said impatiently.

"Old Dian! Don't talk nonsense! The city of Handan is strong and the walls are high, and the city guarding equipment is sufficient. We lack excellent siege equipment. How to capture Handan City?" Yan Rong frowned and glanced at it, as if he had escaped from the world. Tian Feng, who closed his eyes and rested, asked, "I wonder what good plans do you have?"

Tian Feng opened his eyes slightly, stroked his long beard lightly, and said lazyly: "At this time, I believe that the adults have an idea in their mind, why do you still ask?"

In order to invite Tian Feng, Yan Rong took great pains and tried his best to invite Tian Feng into the army. But since Tian Feng entered the army, he was as if he had turned a blind eye to the matter outside the window, and had never said anything more, let alone give advice.

"Then Yan will first express his ideas. If there is any inappropriateness, I hope the gentleman will give me more advice."

Seeing Tian Feng nodding slightly, Yan Rong straightened his body, brewed for a while, and said to everyone: "According to my will, my 30,000 army should......"

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The next day, it was in Yiyang County.

Night has just come.

On the way to Yiyang to Quliang, there is a hillside called Mayangpo.

Mayangpo is the only way to Quliang to Yiyang. If the Yellow Turban Army in Quliang wants to reach Quyang as fast as possible, it must pass here. If it takes a detour, it will take two days to delay.

The situation is urgent now. If Quliang's 20,000 Yellow Turban Army wants to reinforce Yi Yang as soon as possible, he will definitely pass by here.

The army passed by Mayang slope, and the road was about five miles long. A few dozen meters south of the road was a river. The river was not big, but the water was fierce and surging. The north of the road was Mayang slope, which was an inclined hillside with a slope of about two miles wide. The hillside was covered with smooth stone layers, and almost no grass grew.

This is a spectacular scene. Every time the sun shines, the surface of the stone layer of the entire Mayangpo will be bright, and it will feel dazzling for several miles away.

Although the hillside of Mayangpo is not steep, it is extremely smooth and difficult for horses to walk. It is also named Mayangpo because of the dazzling light during the day.

At this time, on the official road passing by Mayangpo, countless torches were burning, and the heads were surging, and the light was extremely dazzling. Countless big men wrapped in yellow turbans, wearing yellow clothes, holding weapons, were walking in a hurry.

This is the Yellow Turban Army from Quliang. In order to arrive in Yiyang faster, they almost rushed through the night and shortened the three-day time to two days.

The 20,000 Yellow Turban Army, the formation of the forced marches was already in chaos, like a refugee, swarming forward. The road in Mayangpo was particularly spacious because it was close to the river bank. Even so, the Yellow Turban Army's team continued for three or four miles long.

Gradually, 20,000 Yellow Turban Army entered Mayangpo, and a long team almost crossed the entire Mayangpo.

"What are you slowing down? All hell is going to do is to let me go faster! If someone delays the marching time and delays my major affairs, I will kill him alive."

Among the Yellow Turban Army's team, a burly man rode a tall horse and kept scolding the Yellow Turban Army who was marching beside him. The burly man was named Zhou Meng, with a fierce look on his face. He was the leader of this Yellow Turban Army. When he saw the slow-moving Yellow Turban Army, he raised his hand and whipped it with a whip.

"The big leader, the brothers were exhausted after forcing their troops overnight. Why not find a place to rest for a while!"

A leader of the Yellow Turban Army rode his horse to Zhou Meng and said gasping.

Zhou Meng snorted coldly, and was about to angrily blame the leader of the Yellow Turban Army. Before he could speak, his body trembled suddenly. A dangerous feeling arises from his heart. His whole body tensed up instantly, and he looked up at Mayangpo in horror.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

It seemed like the sound of objects colliding on the ground. Under the dark night, it seemed like a terrifying ghost knocking on the door at night, making people feel creepy.

Above the Mayang slope, there was a constant sound of hardwood hitting, and it sounded like a sudden rain. Flashes of trembling waves were as fierce as mountains collapsed and cracked. The earth was trembling and trembling. Even the rivers in the rivers on the south side of the official road boiled, shaking and splashing in the violent trembling of the earth.

"What's going on?"

Among the panicked Yellow Turban Army, Zhou Meng said in panic.

"Ah? It's rolling wood! It's rolling wood! The rolling wood rolled down from the hillside of Mayangpo."

As soon as the horrified voice fell, in the dark curtain, round wood had already appeared in the sight of the Yellow Turban Army.

The number of logs is countless, covering the sky. The large ones are as thick as millstones, more than two meters long, and the short ones are as thick as bowls and more than one meters long.

It's night now. If it's daytime, you will find that the entire Mayang slope is densely filled with logs rolling downwards quickly. The momentum is not inferior to the galloping horses, and it is even more than that.

"Help! I don't want to die!"

"My legs! My legs! Save me! Save me!"

"My arm! My arm! Who can help me!"

"Jump the river! Jump the river! Jump the river!"

For a moment, the Yellow Turban Army in Mayangpo was in chaos, with heavy casualties and wailing everywhere.

These logs were made temporarily by the Yanrong army. There was a small forest at the north gate of Mayangpo. For this ambush, almost 10,000 troops were used to cut down trees one after another. After half a day, thousands of logs were prepared. Thousands of logs lined up, almost covering the entire distance of Mayangpo.

Rolling wood and thunder stones are a powerful tool to defend the city. Today, on this Mayang slope, a grand scene of rolling wood killing enemies with the help of the slope of the hillside.

The rolling wood rolled down from the high place of Mayang slope, and with the help of the slope of the hillside, the speed became faster and faster. When we reached the official road below Mayang slope, the heavy logs and the rolling rushing momentum were no different even compared to the sledge hammer of ten thousand pounds. It was as fierce as a high-speed truck. It could be imagined what kind of bloody scene would a truck hit a flesh and blood body? Any Yellow Turban Army that came into contact with was either dead or injured, and even worse, it was crushed into meat paste.

The 20,000 Yellow Turban Army troops, under the impact of a shocking wave of wood-rolling formation, were not one ten, either dead on the spot or jumped into the river. Some Yellow Turban Army troops who jumped into the river still could not escape the fate of being killed by wood-rolling. With dozens of breaths, the 20,000 Yellow Turban Army troops were wiped out, and only two thousand people survived the death, and the rest splattered blood on the spot.

After the wood rolled over, there was a sound of yelling and killing sounds on the slope of Mayang.

Countless soldiers were extremely excited as if they were injected with chicken blood, screaming and charging down Mayangpo.

The Yellow Turban Army, who survived the death, had already been scared out of their courage. They were exhausted and they didn't even have the strength to escape. Before they could wake up from the horror of the dead, the Han soldiers had already arrived in front of them.

At first, there were sporadic Yellow Turban Army resisting, but in an instant, they were killed by fierce Han soldiers on the spot. Even the somewhat unbearable Yellow Turban Army collapsed on the ground and surrendered.

The two thousand surviving Yellow Turban Army had almost no resistance and surrendered.

In this battle, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated, and the 20,000 Yellow Turban Army that came from Quliang were wiped out.
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