Chapter 54: The War of This Age
There were still some generals in the Yellow Turban Army. For example, Bo Cai, who robbed in Yingchuan, defeated the 40,000 imperial army led by Zhu Jun and almost killed Zhu Jun himself. If it weren't for Sun Jian's rescue from his own village bravery, Zhu Jun would never have retreated into Changshe County with more than 10,000 remaining soldiers and gained a foothold based on the city wall.
This battle can be said to have set a good start for the Yellow Turban Army's great rebellion, allowing the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Yanzhou to plunder the place even more unscrupulously, because the imperial court has no large army to wipe out them for the time being.
Unfortunately, Bo Cai is under a group of peasant people who have never studied, which is destined to be able to be glorious for a short time. After winning the hard power, he quickly lost the strategy.
Where is Yingchuan?
In the east portal of Sili, it was impossible for Emperor Ling to see the portal being broken and the Yellow Turban Army entered Luoyang, so he would send reinforcements to support Zhu Jun.
And what is the Yellow Turban Army composed of?
A bunch of hungry farmers and people.
If you let these people plunder and rob, they are indeed hard enough and cruel enough, because if you don't rob them, they will starve to death. But if you ask them to attack the city guarded by more than 10,000 troops, their ferocity will be lost instantly.
Because, only during the process of robbery will the food in their hands become more and more, and the number of people will become more and more, and the more they fight, the more they become more and more confident.
But when they attack the city, they will continue to die, and their food will become less and less day by day due to consumption, which will make them panic and lose confidence.
The most important thing is that the discipline of the Yellow Turban Army was dispersed and was not suitable for long-term attacks. After a few days of attack, everyone began to passively slacken. Bo Chu wanted to rush these farmers who originally only knew how to farm to fight with people on the city walls, which had become very difficult.
At this time, Huangfu Song, who was sent by the court to help Zhu Jun, came. This man was a veteran of troops. Although he brought more than 20,000 people, after entering the city to meet Zhu Jun, he was not in a hurry to fight back. Instead, he observed the movements of the Bocai Army camp, as well as the local terrain and weather conditions.
Soon, he became scheming.
"The bandit army set up camp on the weeds, and they are seeking death. I predict that there will be strong winds these days. We only need to send a small team to leave the city when the wind is strong in the second half of the night and ignite the fire at the upper wind position to wipe out the enemy." Huangfu Song suggested to Zhu Jun in the meeting hall in Changshe City.
"All the generals, are there anyone willing to go out of the city to set fire overnight?" Zhu Jun was overjoyed and asked more than 30 generals sitting in four rows in the hall.
These people were either brought by Huangfu Songxin, and had never seen the scene of tens of thousands of troops fighting each other, and were nervous.
Or the defeated general who had been defeated with Zhu Jun a few days ago and was frightened by the terrifying combat power of the Yellow Turban Army. He did not dare to fight with them, but he would not dare to take a small team of troops out of the city to stroll around the Yellow Turban Army camp where tens of thousands of people gathered.
"I am willing to go." Just when Zhu Jun was disappointed, a man who was more than eight feet tall, with a big round face and big-faced man who was sitting in the middle of the line and bowed and shouted to him.
This person was Sun Jian who came to help with his own village warrior a few days ago. If it weren't for his super personal combat power, the Bo who cut with a big knife would not have the power to fight back. At this time, Changshe County would have probably become a place where Bo Cai robbed and rested.
"Are you sure?" Zhu Jun looked at Sun Jian with great appreciation.
"The last general has a man under his command, whose surname is Huang, whose name is Gai and whose courtesy name is Gongfu. He is specialized in setting fires at night. With him, he will definitely be able to complete General Huangfu's plan." Sun Jian said confidently.
"Is that right? Come up, I will do my best for him." Zhu Jun said happily.
At this time, those who dared to go out of the city to fight against the Yellow Turban Army were enough to become role models for the three armies and be praised to boost morale.
Soon, Huang Gai, who was half a head taller than Sun Jian, was taken to the camp by Sun Jian. Zhu Jun had some impression of this person. That day, he was following Sun Jian and helping him to kill Bo Cai. Immediately, Zhu Jun personally poured a corner of Huang Gai to drink.
However, after Zhu Jun brought the wine to Huang Gai, Huang Gai held his fists and said, "The military order is on his body, and Gai dares not drink. If Gai can burn the enemy camp and win and turn around, it will not be too late for the general to appreciate the wine again."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Jun praised Huang Gai a little more, patted his shoulder and laughed, "Public overthrow and being cautious and moderate, is the talent of the general. If I can win this battle, I will show you the merits. This time, when you go out of the city to fight, you can just speak up."
Huang Gai was not polite, and listed all the things that caused the fire and asked Zhu Jun to arrange for someone to prepare.
At midnight, the spring breeze outside the city was a little cool, constantly blowing on the earth and making the Yellow Turban soldiers in charge of the Bocai army who could not stand the cold, retreated into their tents to sleep. They had never thought that the imperial army that was defeated by them in the city would launch an attack on them at night. After all, their number was several times that of the imperial army in the city.
Taking advantage of the clouds in the sky covering the moon, Huang Gai led more than a hundred soldiers with a specially made reed tube to touch the outside of the city. Don’t underestimate the reed tube you are holding. It is a piece of the fire-induced crimp. Moreover, during the action, if someone’s reed tube is lost, he may have to beheaded or tortured after returning, because letting everyone hold it in their mouths to prevent everyone from making a sound.
The so-called good at night walking and setting fires actually means that this team of people is not blind in the night and can walk at night. Don’t underestimate the ability that future generations have. In this era, most people do not have such ability.
After all, there are not many people who can eat fish, meat and meat since childhood in this era. Only when there is meat and meat in ordinary food can you avoid night blindness.
Soon, Huang Gai touched the upper hand and used his oral skills to imitate the nightingale and shouted a few times. More than a hundred subordinates dispersed around and prepared for each place suitable for ignition.
After all, it is not so easy to defeat tens of thousands of enemy troops with one fire. We must consider the enemy's reaction after discovering the fire. It is unlikely to really burn so many people with fire, so that they don't know where to retreat, crowd and trample on each other, and get distracted, which is the purpose of setting fire.
In Changshe County, the soldiers went to bed in the afternoon. They got up and had dinner on the second day. There were more than 30,000 troops who had already completed the armor and spears. Sun Jian was granted the position of Sima of the Army by Zhu Jun and led all the cavalry in the city to line up in the city gate. Once the Yellow Turban Army camp became in chaos, he would take the more than 500 cavalry and rush towards their retreat route.
In less than half an hour, a fire broke out outside the city, and a line of fire that lasted more than ten miles long was boiling towards the Yellow Turban Army's camp under the urging of the strong wind. The dew in the early spring made the burning dead grass with thick smoke. When a small amount of the Yellow Turban Army on duty in the camp discovered the flames, the thick smoke had already drifted into the camp along the wind.
"Fire, fire, enemy attack, enemy attack, quick, beat gong..."
The Yellow Turban Army camp suddenly exploded, with gongs, shouts, coughs, collisions, and quarrels.
After fighting with Sun Jian, he suffered some internal injuries. Bo, who had just recovered in the past few days, was suddenly awakened by the sound of the gongs. He quickly asked the guards to put on his armor, trying to go out of the camp to calm the panic of the soldiers.
However, in the face of the thick smoke of the fire, no matter how he shouted, it was useless. Most of the Yellow Turban soldiers ran spontaneously in the direction without fire. Although he knew that there must be an enemy's back move there, he could not stop it.
"It was at this moment that the three armies listened to my orders, raised fire and fought out." Zhu Jun stood on the city gate tower and watched the chaos in the Yellow Turban Army camp from afar, and shouted to the soldiers inside the city wall with all their strength.
Upon hearing this, Sun Jian and the more than 500 cavalry he led were all tied with black facial scarves stained with water. After tied up the facial scarves, the infantry raised a torch in one hand and a spear in the other, and lined up after the cavalry.
"Crack..."
The city gate was pulled open, Sun Jian took the lead, Cheng Pu was on the left, Han Dang was on the right, Zu Mao was behind, and more than 500 cavalry ran out of the city with rumbling.
Once there are hundreds of horses, the momentum of running is very scary. At some point, it is not impossible to break through the Wanjun camp.
When more than 500 horses run, it is not about momentum, but about power. The rumbling sound of horse hooves can make many timid civilians unable to hold their weapons, especially when they have night blindness and are completely unable to figure out the direction.
In fact, the cavalry under Sun Jian may not be able to see things at night, especially when the sky is filled with thick smoke.
However, they had already made arrangements. Huang Gai, who had set the fire, had already gone to the front and lit a guided fire for them.
"Put the horse tightly, shoot the horse forward, don't worry about anything else, just rush forward." The horse ran much faster than the Yellow Turban Army who touched the head and didn't know how to figure it out. Soon, more than 500 cavalry led by Sun Jian took over the fleeing Yellow Turban Army.
Most of these people were in disheveled clothes and had no weapons at all. The Yellow Turban Army was crushed from behind by a brigade of more than 500 horses. The result can be imagined.
The flat push is the effect that Sun Jian's troops had after contacting the Yellow Turban Army. They only needed to keep riding their horses forward and clamping their right arm to continuously cut through the skin, body, and pricks on the horse armor on the chest of the Yellow Turban Army that blocked their roads, and could inflict all those blocking the way.
There are almost no one who can stand in the place plowed by more than 500 horses. Even if some people escape by chance and are not seriously injured, they will be stabbed to death by the infantry holding torches with spears or cut off their heads with knives.
Chapter completed!