Victory news continued to come from all over the country. Ping'en and Chizhang counties were successfully captured by Zhang Rao and fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army.
After Lin Han received the battle report, he ordered the scouts to inform Xu Huang, who was stationed in Guangnian, to lead his troops to set up an ambush at the main road between Guangping and Handan.
The next step is to wait for Dong Zhuo’s decision.
The counterattack of the Yellow Turban camp set off a huge wave.
In the south, Ma Yuanyi led his troops and successfully captured Liang County and Xincheng, and stationed his troops outside Yique Pass.
After Zhang Sheng and Yu Du's troops captured Ye City, they attacked Chaoge and the imperial troops guarding the northern part of Sili. They did not expect that the Yellow Turban soldiers were so bold as to attack Sili, and they were terrified for a while.
After three days of siege, Dong Zhuo, who had stationed his troops outside Julu City, finally couldn't hold on any longer.
The siege of Julu failed after a long time, and bad news continued to come from other directions. Dong Zhuo was afraid that Lin Han would tighten his grip and completely surround them, so he led his troops to evacuate Julu overnight, abandoning Guangping and heading south.
Lu Zhi expended countless manpower and energy to capture Guangping, but was abandoned by Dong Zhuo, leaving behind a lot of baggage and supplies that he had no time to take away, which benefited Lin Han.
"Should we send cavalry to pursue them?"
When Zhang Liang entered Guangping City again, his mouth was stretched to his ears and he laughed loudly towards the sky.
It was too easy to come to Guangping City.
"Don't pursue a desperate enemy. Dong Zhuo will surely set up an ambush to stop the pursuing forces from behind. Don't make any unnecessary sacrifices. Ping'en and Chizhang are now in our hands, while Fanyang, Weixian, and Yuancheng are occupied by Bu Si. With his southeastern retreat cut off, he will surely retreat towards Quliang and Handan."
Quliang is a small county town with light fortifications, so the most likely scenario is that they will retreat to Handan and then retake Yecheng. I have Xu Huang set up an ambush on the way to Handan and we will just wait for the news of victory."
Lin Han was full of confidence and had everything planned out for him.
"My nephew is able to anticipate the enemy's moves and command the troops like a god." Zhang Liang laughed wildly.
Once Dong Zhuo's army is defeated, the Jizhou army will no longer have the strength to fight, and they will be able to concentrate on counterattacking Sili and invading Luoyang.
As Lin Han expected, news of Xu Huang's victory came.
Xu Huang led the Yellow Turban Army to set up an ambush in Jize, defeating Dong Zhuo's troops heading towards Handan, killing and wounding as many as 50,000. The player's militia suffered 500,000 casualties, and countless others fled.
After capturing 40,000 main troops and obtaining 200,000 dan of food and fodder, Dong Zhuo led 5,000 cavalry to break out and escape.
Lin Han was overjoyed.
After this battle, Dong Zhuo no longer had the strength to fight and was like a dog that had lost its home.
The imperial army in Jizhou was basically finished.
On the players' side, seeing that the results of their early efforts to suppress the Yellow Turbans were defeated by Dong Zhuo in less than ten days, countless people cursed in the forum.
Especially those players who participated in various battles in Jizhou and the Battle of Guangping, greeted Dong Zhuo's entire family.
However, Dong Zhuo could not see these words as he was madly running for his life.
On the other side, Lin Han issued a new order.
"Order Zhang Rao to garrison Julu and defend the rear, and the rest of the troops will follow me south to Ye County."
"Send a message to Xu Huang to lead his troops south to Ye County, where they will reunite with the main army and enter Sili."
Most of Jizhou has been conquered, and Lin Han decided to go crazy. If he doesn't attack Luoyang, Sili, how can he deserve the title of rebel?
Zhang Jue's condition was getting worse and worse, and they could not afford to wait. If they failed this time, they would have no choice but to retreat. The victory would not be expanded, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion would end in failure.
An army of 300,000 soldiers set out, plus more than 4 million player militiamen. Their momentum was unprecedentedly strong, and they entered Yecheng with almost overwhelming force.
After joining forces with Xu Huang, Yu Du and Zhang Sheng, the main army has a strength of 500,000 and the player militia has a strength of over 5 million.
After entering Chaoge, Lin Han commanded the Yellow Turban troops and divided them into three groups.
Xu Huang led an army of 100,000 and a million player militiamen along the way.
Zhang Sheng and Yu Du led a hundred thousand main forces, blood-drinking white cavalry, and a million player militias along the way.
Along the way was Lin Han, leading Zhang Liang and Guan Hai's Qingzhou soldiers, 300,000 troops and 3 million player militia.
After the Yellow Turban troops entered Sili, the Eastern Han army was completely thrown into disarray.
Dong Zhuo was unable to escape and had not yet reorganized his army, so there was no commander to lead the battle ahead.
The three armies, with unstoppable force, took Gongxian, Jixian, Huojia, Xiuwu, Juanxian, Wude, Huaixian, Xingyang, Aocang, Pinggao, Chenggao and Sishui, and captured twelve cities in a row, aiming at Hulao Pass.
Jizhou suffered repeated defeats, Dong Zhuo's troops were routed, the Yellow Turban troops entered Sili, captured twelve cities in a row, and approached Hulao Pass.
Marching routes of the Yellow Turbans
The Yellow Turban Rebellion shocked the world and caused panic throughout the Eastern Han court.
Such a terrifying force caused panic among the civil and military officials in the court.
General He Jin ordered his younger brother, He Miao, then the governor of Henan, to guard Hulao Pass.
Dong Zhuo was even more unlucky because of a series of defeats in Jizhou, which led to the loss of the Sili gate and the Yellow Turban army at the gates of the city. Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, was furious and ordered Dong Zhuo to be dismissed from office and imprisoned in the Tianlao, where he suffered the same fate as Lu Zhi.
Historically, Dong Zhuo was imprisoned in Tianlao because he besieged Zhang Bao and was defeated by Zhang Bao many times and made no achievements on the battlefield in Jizhou. Now history has changed, but he still could not escape the result of being imprisoned.
The three armies gathered outside Hulao Pass, only one pass away from Luoyang.
Once Hulao Pass is breached, there will be no more natural defenses east of Luoyang, and the army will be able to reach Luoyang at any moment.
"Everyone, do you have any method to break through Hulao Pass?"
Lin Han knew very well that they could not delay too long outside Hulao Pass.
Historically, many turning points in wars occurred at Hulao Pass. If the battle dragged on for too long, it would be disadvantageous to the Yellow Turban Army.
He is now advancing in one fell swoop with the advantage of morale and military force.
If we stay here for too long, morale and fighting spirit will be lost, and logistics will become a problem, then defeat is foreseeable.
"Hulao Pass is bordered by mountains to the south and the Yellow River to the north. It is crisscrossed with mountains and is so dangerous that one man can hold the pass against ten thousand. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack." Xu Huang shook his head as he watched.
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