Chapter 193: Yellow Turban Talent

When Su Fan returned to Yingchuan again, there were even fewer people by his side; besides the thirty men brought by Gao Niu, only Xi Zhicai remained.

Su Fan was naturally delighted that Xi Zhicai was willing to arrange for his family to go to Su Fan's territory, so he personally led him back to his domain.

Touring Su Fan's territory, Xi Zhicai felt even more admiration for him. He could naturally see clearly just how great the potential for development was on Su Fan's side.

In particular, the opening up of over a million *mu* of fertile land was the most terrifying aspect; each *mu* could produce five or six *shi* of grain, and it could be harvested twice a year.

Grain is the most important indicator for a territory; if grain is insufficient, the region will not be peaceful.

In just two or three short years, Su Fan had built that place into a prosperous pastoral land; his ability and ambition were definitely the ideal lord that many strategists pursued.

Xi Zhicai was not a person loyal to the Han Dynasty, and the Divine Han was actually not worth his loyalty; after all, he didn't even have a channel for promotion.

Along this journey, Su Fan also sensed the changes in Xi Zhicai and felt some joy in his heart. He knew that the man was already almost in his pocket.

"Zhicai, how do you think we can defeat the Yellow Turban army in Yingchuan Commandery?"

Su Fan and his group had arrived in the Yangzhai area for nearly half a month, but they had not entered the city.

One reason was that Yangzhai City was surrounded by the Yellow Turbans; if they wanted to enter the city, they would have to break through the Yellow Turban army's encirclement.

With Su Fan's strength, breaking through alone would not be difficult; after all, he had now recovered to the Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation and could fly on his sword.

But the others could not.

In this world, for those of the Martial Dao and the Scholar Soul Dao, wanting to fly was not that simple. Even if one reached the Gang Refining or Soul Refining realm, one could only cast wind-riding spells like a Qi Refining cultivator.

Furthermore, entering the city wouldn't achieve much. From Xi Zhicai, he learned that family disciples like Guo Jia and Xun Yu had long since left the Yingchuan Academy to travel to various places.

However, they did not enter the city but kept wandering around the perimeter, waiting for the great battle between the two sides. For both of them, such a battle would be of great help in broadening their horizons.

Especially this kind of large-scale command battle; even Su Fan had never commanded one before.

Although he didn't intend to become a famous general, it was fine to broaden his horizons. Moreover, such a battle could reduce the number of experts significantly.

He had now recovered his Foundation Establishment cultivation, but at most, it was equivalent to the first three layers of Soul Refining or Gang Refining.

The Yellow Turban camp stretched for dozens of miles and was divided into two: one was Bo Cai's camp, and the other was Peng Tuo's camp.

Su Fan and Xi Zhicai had observed both camps from afar.

There was indeed a huge gap between the two.

Bo Cai's camp, just looking at the energy, was not quite seamless, but it was hard to find any major flaws. Clearly, this person was also proficient in arranging troops and formations; the entire camp was laid out tightly and orderly.

The interior was not chaotic, unlike the other camp, which was very messy, with chaotic energy that could not be unified.

This situation was the norm for the Yellow Turban Army; after all, most of their leaders were people who knew nothing about warfare.

Perhaps their personal martial prowess was decent, but they were just like wandering knights.

Comparing the two camps, the gap was clearly visible.

If it were only Peng Tuo's side, the Imperial Army would likely have broken out long ago, even though Peng Tuo's camp had nearly ten million people.

But half of them were the old, weak, sick, and disabled, which could be said to be a burden.

This was also a major characteristic of the Yellow Turban Army: the military and the people were one; in front were the soldiers, and behind were the soldiers' families.

How could such an army have combat effectiveness?

But Bo Cai's army was different. He only had one million, but they were all elite and strong. Although they were not as well-trained as the Imperial Army, combined with the Yellow Turban Warriors and the advantage in numbers, they could always suppress the Imperial Army.

After all, the Imperial Army only had 200,000 Imperial Guards, and as for the other 300,000, they were just local troops, whose combat effectiveness was not much stronger than the Yellow Turbans.

The Imperial Guards might be able to fight one against ten or even more, but once the numbers reached a certain level, it would be very difficult to do so.

Moreover, Bo Cai was quite proficient in military formations. When the military energy was deployed, the energy of the million-strong army mixed together, which was also very terrifying.

It could be said that if Bo Cai could gain a few more years of experience and have the inheritance of the Military School, he would very likely become a true famous general.

Su Fan and Xi Zhicai had been looking for flaws in the Yellow Turban Army these days. Peng Tuo's camp was easy.

But although Peng Tuo's camp and Bo Cai's camp were separated, they were connected. Once you attacked Peng Tuo's army, you would be attacked by Bo Cai.

You might even be caught in a pincer attack from front and back.

And if you wanted to attack Bo Cai's army, well, even when there was only Bo Cai at the beginning, the Imperial Army couldn't take him down.

Now it was even more difficult.

So the two of them had observed for half a month but had no good ideas. Even Xi Zhicai had a solemn expression at this moment.

"That Bo Cai is not someone who could trap the Commandant Zhu. The camp he set up, while not impregnable, would be very difficult to crush relying on the current Imperial Army in Yingchuan Commandery."

"If he were given a few more years to train an elite force, I fear the Imperial Court would be in even greater danger then."

Xi Zhicai muttered.

This sentence was clearly a compliment to Bo Cai.

"Hehe! Brother Zhicai, you are praising this person. If Bo Cai knew of your praise, I wonder if he would be happy."

"Brother Ning'an, you jest. From now on, Bo Cai's great name will surely spread across the Divine Land, while I am but a mere scholar."

Xi Zhicai was still quite humble. He really couldn't compare to the other man right now. In terms of cultivation, he was far inferior; it was said that Bo Cai was an expert above the fourth layer of Soul Refining.

And he was only at the ninth layer of Soul Nourishing.

In terms of ability, the other man could command an army of a million and suppress the Imperial Guards so they couldn't leave the city, while he himself probably couldn't command tens of thousands of troops so easily.

"Brother Zhicai, you are being humble. Do I not know your ability?"

"However, this Bo Cai is indeed not simple. It seems the Imperial Army still needs foreign aid to defeat him." Su Fan also sighed deeply; he felt secretly sorry for Bo Cai in his heart.

This man was a talent, but it was a pity that it was very difficult for him to recruit him. After all, his own power was not yet comparable to the other man's. After this battle, his status in the Taiping Dao would likely be among the very top of the Thirty-Six Channel Commanders.

He might even be higher than Zhang Jiao's few personal disciples.

After all, such a capable Yellow Turban Channel Commander was quite rare in the Taiping Dao. Most other Channel Commanders relied on having many people to ravage the local areas.

Someone like Bo Cai who could confront the elite Imperial Army was truly too precious.

If this person did not die and grew up in the future, he would not be inferior to those famous generals of the Three Kingdoms. ===== CHAPTER 194 =====