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Zhang Bao shouted loudly, but the blade in his hand was still trembling slightly. It was unknown if it was because he was truly afraid, or because the thundering sound of the horse hooves caused him to lose his balance. He could not help but tightly hold onto the blade in his hands, and forced himself to calm down.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Like a thunderstorm, the ten thousand cavalrymen were getting closer and closer. What surprised Zhang Bao was that the cavalry did not hold any swords or spears, but held bows and arrows instead. The long Arrows was already nocked to their bowstrings, staring at the great array of xanthopanax like a tiger staring covetously at its prey.

"Ghost …"

Finally, the soldiers of the xanthopanax saw the twenty thousand odd grimaces, even though many believed that they were actually from the cavalry of Youzhou, and not some heavenly soldier. However, there were still people who cried out in fear. Fear was the disease that spread the fastest, following the screams, the hearts of the soldiers of the xanthopanax were clenched tightly.

"Prepare to shoot!"

Zhang Bao screamed as he tried to suppress the fear of his soldiers. xanthopanax raised his bow and arrows, and Arrows s flew into the sky one after another. The Arrows that fell from the sky could maximize the damage to the cavalry's warhorses, and once the cavalry's warhorses were injured, the intense pain would cause the war horses to lose control.

"Shoot!"

Almost at the same time, both sides gave the order to shoot. A Arrows soared into the sky, drawing a beautiful parabola in the air, flying towards the opponent's array. Many Arrows even collided in the air, causing sparks to fly everywhere.

"Puff puff puff …"

One by one, the Arrows s stabbed into the enemy's formation, and immediately followed with waves of miserable screams. Countless of soldiers were shot to the ground, and the wails became louder and louder. Team after team of cavalry of Youzhou ran in front of the formation as waves of Arrows flew towards them.

Although the xanthopanax had the advantage in numbers, it could not stop the cavalry of Youzhou's nimble movements. More than twenty thousand cavalrymen surrounded the xanthopanax like a giant hedgehog, constantly rushing past its front line. The mounted Arrows s in the process shot further, and their killing power was greater, but there were not many of the xanthopanax's Arrows that could defend against the assault.

"Phew …"

Yang Lin raised the blade in his hand, with over twenty thousand horses following behind him slowly. When they were about one arrow away from the Yellow Scarves' Great Formation, the cavalry stopped in their tracks.

Looking at the great formation of the xanthopanax, Yang Lin could not help but sigh. It seems that the light cavalry was not enough, if he could not break through the enemy's formation, he could only watch and sigh. If he wanted to destroy the enemy completely, he would have to break through the enemy's formation.

The two sides were in a deadlock. No one could do anything to each other. Although there were many casualties in the xanthopanax, the formation was still neat and orderly. After all, Zhang Jiao's xanthopanax had been fighting with the officials and the cavalry for a long time.

"First team, turn into a second team, then retreat back to the camp."

After a moment of stalemate, Zhang Bao gave the order to retreat. Under his command, the entire Yellow Scarf Brigade slowly retreated. It was a pity for the injured xanthopanax soldiers, as long as they couldn't walk on their own, Zhang Ding would throw them into the snow and retreat.

They never thought that they would not have gone far, when Yang Lin waved his hand, as if he had said something. More than a thousand riders dismounted from their horses, and walked towards the xanthopanax soldiers who were injured. The soldiers of the xanthopanax closed their eyes and prayed for their comrades.

When they opened their eyes, they saw the cavalry of Youzhou s helping the injured soldiers stand up, helping them to bandage their wounds, and some even supported their warhorses.

Immediately, murmurs came from the Yellow Scarves' Great Formation. Some of the xanthopanax soldiers even stopped and stared blankly at their comrades who were leaving on their horses. Even the General of the Yellow Scarf Army soldiers were at a loss and couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

"Retreat, hurry and retreat."

Zhang Bao roared, waking up the dazed xanthopanax soldiers. Zhang Bao, in his heart, understood better than anyone else that Yang Lin's move was stronger than shooting ten thousand Arrows into the xanthopanax's formation. It could be said to have directly destroyed the Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves's morale.

Master, Qing He County Zhou Biao is here.

Yang Lin was in the middle of commanding the riders to set up camp when a personal guard suddenly ran over to report. Just when Yang Lin wanted to go into the city to take a look, he did not expect Zhou Biao to come first. When Yang Lin came out of the camp, more than a thousand cavalrymen came to the entrance of the camp, led by the Qing He County's Zhou Biao.

"Master Yang Lin came all the way here, I didn't welcome you at all, I'm sorry."

As soon as they had met, Zhou Biao was quite courteous and immediately went forward to pay his respects. Normally, since both of them were taiwai, it would be fine if they were polite to each other. However, Yang Lin had travelled a long distance, and was here to save Qing He, so his manners were understandable.

"You are welcome, Master Zhou Biao. However, the camp is currently being constructed, and is unable to receive Sir, I hope Sir Zhou Biao can forgive me. "

What Yang Lin said was also the truth. The soldiers had just made their move, they didn't even dig out the trench. Yang Lin was attacking from afar this time, and even the staff did not follow him. The reason why he prepared to enter the city was to find Zhou Biao and ask him to provide logistical support.

"Master Yang Lin is too polite. Master Yang Lin has travelled thousands of miles to reach here. If there is anything you need, please don't mention it. If Qing He County is able to do it, I will definitely do my best. "

To tell you the truth, Master Zhou Biao, we went on a long journey this time. We did not manage to keep up with our logistics support, so we have to trouble Master Zhou Biao.

"No problem, if Master Yang Lin has any needs, we will immediately do it."

"Hehe, then I won't be polite. If there's anything you need, I'll send someone to report it. "

The two of them stood in the snow and chatted for a while. Then, Zhou Biao invited Yang Lin to Qing He City to welcome him. Yang Lin thought about it, he felt that since the warriors had no place to stay, he would go to the banquet.

When Zhou Biao left, Yang Lin asked the other generals and strategists to help supervise the construction of the camp while he walked slowly into the camp alone. After walking a few steps, Zhang Banxian who was already waiting quietly came over. Seeing that there was no one around, he waved his hand to order his personal guards to retreat, and whispered to Yang Lin.

Master, now that the imperial court has lost all its elites, the three generals Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi are no longer capable of fighting. Looking around the world, the only person who has the ability to fight is West Cold Dong Zhuo, what do you think about it?

Yang Lin had already thought that the Zhang Banxian would ask this question, it would be a lie if he said that he did not have any other thoughts, but was now the time to make a move? From his experience of calming the xanthopanax, it could be seen that the Scholars of the world still approved of the big man. If she rebelled, then she would definitely not have the heart of the people, and would definitely leave herself without any help.

"Mr. Zhang, I am well aware of what you mean. Only, you only see the military side. But, the more important thing is the people's will. "

When Zhang Banxian saw that Yang Lin finally understood his meaning and that he did not scold him, she could not help but feel somewhat excited in her heart. For low class scholars like him, it was only by motivating the master to rebel against them would they be able to turn the situation around. He thought about it and immediately gave Yang Lin an idea.

"Master, xanthopanax Zhang Bao has already become the last threat of the imperial government, the imperial government will definitely order Master to quickly eliminate Zhang Bao. Before Zhang Bao was eliminated, the imperial government would definitely fulfill all of his needs, but once Zhang Bao was eliminated, the government would take everything away from him. This is called dying a rabbit and dying a dog to cook, and it's like hiding the bird entirely. "

Yang Lin smiled slightly and thought to himself, do I even need you to teach me that? I know a lot more about similar stories than you do. I would be that foolish to let the imperial court succeed? He clearly remembered that after the historical xanthopanax was destroyed, all the armed forces at all places were disbanded, to the point where Hanling Emperor Liu Hong was still doing whatever he wanted.

"How can the Mr. Zhang teach me?"

"Master, we must trap Zhang Bao at Qing He, we must not let them escape. But we are not in a hurry to eliminate them, and we can even allow them to move about properly, slowly waiting for the court to change. Right now, Master must not make any demands of the Emperor, even the smallest of requests, he will still attract the attacks from the Minister of the Court, saying that Master should take good care of his own bandits, and let the imperial government take care of everything. "

This Zhang Banxian was really thinking the same thing as him. Yang Lin couldn't help but smile. The reason why he was so anxious about his long journey was to control Zhang Bao and prevent them from crossing the Yellow River. And the reason why Zhang Bao was left in the Jizhou was for the sake of planning on staying in the Jizhou. He looked at Zhang Banxian and intentionally asked.

"What are we going to achieve in the end?"

"Master, Jizhou does not have a history yet, Jizhou Thorn History is Master's goal. Master, Jizhou is the center of the four northern prefectures. If you control the Jizhou, you can control the Youzhou, the Qingzhou and the Union State.

Of course, Yang Lin knew the importance of the Jizhou, but the imperial government also knew the importance of the Jizhou. Besides, the prefecture overseer system had not yet been implemented, and Ci Shi didn't have any authority. Was it a good thing to reveal his strength too early?

"Mr. Zhang, you should know that Ci Shi is only a Ombudsman with no real power."

"Hehe, whether or not you have actual power is not important. What is important is that the lord has an army that can fight well. After the Lord found the Jizhou Thorn History, he could use this as an excuse to exterminate the Yellow Mask remnants, or to resist the Hu Man's disturbance as an excuse to maintain an army for a long time and control the Jizhou and the Youzhou firmly. Even if those counties' taiwai s and County Commanders were all appointed by the Imperial Court, they would not dare to act rashly. "

He had to admit, this Zhang Banxian was indeed the material for conspiring. Yang Lin's goal at first was to gain control of the Youzhou, but who would have thought that the situation would change. Now that the imperial government had requests from him, he was actually able to bargain with the imperial government and obtain control of the Jizhou. But would the imperial government agree?

"Master, if the imperial government does not agree, then we can only use the excuse of cavalry, and not cavalry. We can't fight with Zhang Bao here, until the imperial government agrees."

"And if the court agrees?"

"Then we will eliminate Zhang Bao, and pull all of Zhang Bao's xanthopanax soldiers to open up new fields."

"Hehe, Mr. Zhang's consideration is quite comprehensive. It's just that the Mr. Zhang has never thought of it before. If we were to eliminate Zhang Bao, wouldn't the imperial government eliminate the Jizhou Thorn History again? "