Eighty-eight Cheng Li can not agree
Seeing the front army collapse and fleeing back, most of the Yellow Turban soldiers were not thinking of immediately rushing to fight the Han army, but turning around and running.
The remaining square formations were not attacked by the Han army and collapsed directly. Everyone turned around and fled back, regardless of Bu Yi's orders.
Bu was stunned and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to go up with a knife to stop the defeated soldiers, trying to reorganize the army and fight again. As a result, many of the personal soldiers were killed by the weapons and ran away with them.
The two sides have been fighting for less than half an hour, and the outcome has been decided, and the next one is actually a sweep.
Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan led the cavalry to drop their horse bows and hold their swords in their hands, and galloped into the Yellow Turban Army's defeated group. For a moment, a bloody storm caused. Cao Ren's speed could not keep up with the cavalry, but the infantry formation that was arranged could crush all the nearby defeated soldiers.
When Guo Peng saw that the situation had stabilized, he took the crossbowman square formation to pick up the bars behind him. Seeing the lonely Yellow Turban soldiers running in different directions, he ordered a rain of arrows to shoot them all to death, and then followed the square formation to advance together.
From the battle to the victory, the Han army's large formation was not messed up at all, and the cavalry was still in the middle of the infantry in the wings. The sound of war drums representing the attack was always ringing, symbolizing the continued attack.
The Yellow Turban soldiers ran away desperately, and the Han army chased them desperately, and soon chased them to the vicinity of the Yellow Turban Army's camp. When the women and children in the camp saw their families scattered back, they immediately fled to the surrounding area without any chance.
The entire camp was in chaos, and the Han cavalry chased and did not even have time to kill the Yellow Turban soldiers and their families that they could see.
At this time, when the rebels in Dong'a County saw that the Han army had won, their morale was greatly boosted. Under the leadership of Cheng Li, they opened the city gate and went out of the city to attack the Yellow Turban soldiers. After a series of killings, they entered the Yellow Turban Village and began to avenge hatred for being besieged for many days, and they attacked them especially fiercely.
Bu Yi was here and was cut off by Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Yuan picked Bu Yi's head on his big gun and ran around to show off his power.
The frontal battlefield ended with just one stick of incense, but the pursuit lasted for more than an hour.
At sunset, Guo Peng ordered the troops to withdraw, gathered the troops and gathered them around him, and was not allowed to leave the team and began to clean the battlefield.
After a while, a strong man from Dong'a County came out of the city with hot food to reward the army.
Guo Peng also met Cheng Li, the leader of the Yi soldiers in Dong'a County.
Cheng Li was over forty years old, over eight feet tall, with a long beard, a straight face, a serious aura between his eyebrows, and his eyes were bright and bright, and he could control people.
When Guo Peng saw him, he was wearing light armor and a ring-headed knife, with some blood stains on his body. He held a plate of meat and handed it to Guo Peng.
"Chi Li, the head of Dong'a County, on behalf of the fellow villagers of Dong'a County, thanks Guo Sima for his rescue!"
Cheng Li saw Guo Peng who led his army to aid and wrote the words "Changshui Sima Guo" on the banner, and called Guo Peng Sima. After seeing Guo Peng, he was surprised at Guo Peng's youth and asked him about his name again, which made him even more surprised.
"So it was Guo Lang in Yingchuan?"
It seems that Cheng Li has also heard of Guo Peng's reputation and knows what Guo Peng has done before. Now he is even more moved when he sees Guo Peng's real person and the war just now.
"Lu Zhonglang has a successor!"
Cheng Li expressed his feelings: "Guo Lang defeated the Yellow Turbans and saved countless lives. The future is promising, and the future is promising!"
Guo Peng said modestly that he had just started out and had a lot of things to learn. This time he was just lucky. The teacher was coming with a large army later. Their goal was to go south to Nanyang to completely solve the problem of the Yellow Turban Army.
Although the Yellow Turban Army in Hebei has been pacified, there are still a very difficult task waiting for them later.
Cheng Li looked at Guo Peng with great appreciation and invited him to stay in the city for one night, but Guo Peng declined.
"The soldiers are outside and there is no supervision from the general. I am afraid there will be problems, so I'd better live in the military camp. County Chief Cheng can go back by himself. Our army will rest for one night tonight and will continue to set off tomorrow morning. I will go to Nanyang and I won't bother you."
Cheng Li was very impressed by Guo Peng's ability to command the army, so he asked to stay in the military camp to talk to Guo Peng about what happened in Hebei, saying that he also likes military affairs.
Guo Peng knew that this man had used a thousand rebels and three thousand strong men to withstand the siege of nearly ten days of the Yellow Turban Army, and he also knew that this man had some skills.
I just don’t seem to have heard of this person’s name, but he has no reputation?
In the evening, Guo Peng and Cheng Li talked about the war in Hebei in the military camp. Guo Peng was very surprised by Cheng Li's cautious military thinking and rich knowledge, and did not understand why he was not famous.
Then Guo Peng asked about his background and knew that he was from a poor family and had family resources, but he had no way to go. He had been studying at home and could not become an official even in his forties. If this continues, he would probably have to wait until he was fifty to go to the Imperial Academy and sixty to seek an official.
Guo Peng really couldn't watch a man with military talents grow old like this and couldn't get a place to use his skills.
"If County Magistrate Cheng is willing, Guo is willing to recommend County Magistrate Cheng to his teacher. County Magistrate Cheng has civil and military talents. Would he be willing to stay in this little Dong'a until he was fifty?"
Cheng Li was moved, thinking about it again and again, but shook his head with regretful expression.
"If he had been recruited a few months earlier, Cheng would have been happy to go to the battlefield. At present, the overall situation has been decided. The Yellow Turban bandits are not in a state of chaos. It is just a matter of two or three wars. Even if Cheng goes, what's the point? Thank you Guo Lang for your kindness, Cheng, I appreciate it."
"Even if the Yellow Turban Rebellion can be calmed, there will be many disasters in the world. The Xianbei in the north, the Qiang Rebellion in the west, and the barbarians in the south, the Han Dynasty is not stable. How could there be one year of war in these years? The country is in danger, and it is time for the military personnel like Cheng County Magistrate to contribute their efforts!"
Guo Peng held Cheng Li's hand and slowly spoke: "Guo has no other skills and his official position is low, but Lu Zhonglang made great contributions in this battle and will definitely be valued by the emperor in the future. Why don't Cheng County Magistrate meet Lu Zhonglang with me? At that time, I would like to ask Lu Zhonglang to be the filial and honest official as the Chief of Cheng County Magistrate and contribute to the country. Isn't it beautiful?"
Cheng Li was moved when he saw Guo Peng's sincere expression.
This is the first time in so many years that a celebrity has recognized his talents and knowledge in this way and provides a way for himself to be a filial and honest official.
After thinking about it for a while, Cheng Li almost agreed, but suddenly frowned. After a long time, he shook his head.
"My hometown was destroyed by war, the elders were displaced, the city was ruined, and the county magistrate had not yet had serious illness. At this time, it was a time when people needed to stabilize the situation. If Cheng left at this time, abandoned his hometown and pursued his personal glory and wealth, how could he be worthy of his hometown and his hometown's trust?"
Cheng Li bowed deeply to Guo Peng: "Guo Lang appreciates it, Cheng is very grateful, but at this time, Cheng must not leave his hometown elders."
Guo Peng sighed, knowing that he could not persuade Cheng Li, so he nodded, held Cheng Li's hand, and said, "Since that's the case, Guo will not force it. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion is quelled and Dong'a is restored to stability, Guo will recommend Cheng County Magistrate to his teacher. At that time, I hope that Cheng County Magistrate will never refuse."
Cheng Li was moved, his eyes were slightly red, and he bowed again: "Thank you Guo Lang."
At dawn, Guo Peng ordered the entire army to get up and prepare, pack up supplies, set off after breakfast, and head for Nanyang.
He handed over the broken camp and hundreds of captured prisoners to Cheng Li and Dong'a Yi army to guard and deal with it, leaving them with some weapons and arrows.
Guo Peng and Cheng Li held hands and said goodbye, saying goodbye.
Cheng Li looked at Guo Peng's back as he led his army to leave, and after a long time, he sighed.
Xue Fang came to Cheng Li and whispered: "I heard that Guo Lang intends to recommend you to Lu Zhonglang, why did you refuse? You are over forty years old, and if you don't ask for an official career, you really have to wait until you are fifty?"
Cheng Li shook his head.
"It is because of this that I cannot agree. Guo Lang is willing to recommend me, so I left my broken hometown and displaced elders to pursue my personal glory and wealth. After doing such a thing, how will Guo Lang and Lu Zhonglang view me like this?"
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Xue Fang said in surprise: "So, did you deliberately refuse?"
Cheng Li nodded.
"If Guo Lang really cares about my talent and knowledge, he will not forget to recommend me again in just a few months. If he just talks around the scene and is polite, I will not be embarrassed in the future.
I am over forty years old and have long lost the ambitions of my youth. If I can die of old age and die in my hometown, it may be a good thing. This time, let God decide whether my Cheng Zhongde can be famous all over the world or die in my hometown in obscurity!”
Chapter completed!