Kong Rong nodded, stroking his beard with his hand and said calmly: "The reinforcements have arrived? Have you received their message or seen the reinforcements' flag?"
"This... the sky is dark and far away, and the reinforcement flags cannot be seen, and there are no messengers..." Tai Shici said.
Kong Rong pondered for a moment and said: "If reinforcements arrive, they should probably set up camp first, then find a way to get in touch with us, and then cooperate with the inside and outside to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Suddenly chaos broke out in the enemy camp outside the city. Could it be that the Yellow Turban thieves used cunning tactics to deliberately pretend to be in chaos and trick us into leaving the city?
The book of war says that soldiers never tire of deceit, but it is better to find out before sending troops..."
Taishi Ci wanted to scold his mother in his heart, but he still said patiently: "Prime Minister, these yellow scarf thieves are just a bunch of rabble, how can they know the art of war?
The enemy camp was suddenly in chaos. Is it possible that there were capable people in the reinforcements who took advantage of the fact that the Yellow Turbans were not prepared to catch them off guard? "
"Well...it seems to make sense..." Kong Rong nodded in approval.
Taishi Ci was really anxious, so he took another step forward and said, "Prime Minister, it has been more than ten days since I last saw Liu Xuande and others.
Counting the days, their reinforcements should arrive!
If Liu Xuande's reinforcements were really outside the city, and they were fighting bloody battles with the Yellow Turban thieves outside the city to save us, but we were hiding in the city without any response, wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable?
And even if there is a scam, I am confident that I will bring the soldiers back safely and prevent the Yellow Turban thieves from following up in the city! "
Kong Rong thought for a while, Tai Shici was indeed a fierce general. Last time he went out single-handedly to ask for help, and after meeting Liu Bei, he was able to break through the enemy siege and fight back to the city. This is not for nothing!
Because he said: "General, don't get excited, I didn't mean it like that, I'm just worried about the safety of you and the soldiers in the city!"
Taishi Ci said: "Since you have joined the army, you should not put your personal safety first!
Prime Minister, this opportunity must never come again! Give the order to go out of the city to meet the enemy! "
Kong Rong nodded and said: "Okay! Then let the general lead two thousand troops and go out of the city to meet the enemy!
But you still have to be careful. If you find something is wrong, then..."
"Your Majesty, General!" Taishi Ci had already strode out with his hands in hand.
Kong Rong couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "This young man... is too impatient, too impatient... Don't you think that haste makes waste, and small gains mean that big things will not be accomplished..."
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Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, various schools of thought have contended in China.
For example, Confucianism values wisdom, enriching, and strengthening the people, and allows people to have swords, guns, swords, halberds, and other weapons in their homes.
Legalism, on the other hand, advocates the ignorance, poverty, and weakness of the people, and prohibits people from possessing any weapons.
After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it adopted Legalist ideas to govern the country, so it collected the weapons of the world and cast them into 112 golden figures. The Qin Dynasty, which banned the possession of weapons by the people, became the shortest-lived dynasty in history.
Since the Han Dynasty, the country has adopted a policy between Confucianism and Legalism, allowing people to own knives.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, private soldiers became even more popular. Many large clans and gentry would raise private soldiers to protect family security and interests.
But they cannot hide the armor secretly. If they find it, they will be considered as traitors.
The reason is also very simple. The same two teams, one wearing armor and the other wearing civilian clothes, will definitely beat the civilians with armor when fighting.
Not to mention private armed forces, most local county soldiers, state soldiers, and rural soldiers are not equipped with armor.
Only the elite border troops and the forbidden troops protecting the emperor will have a higher armor readiness rate.
This is one of the reasons why a group of farmers armed with hoes and dung forks can beat the army back steadily.
But today they met Lu Bu's two thousand elite men, it was like a piece of tofu hitting an iron plate.
After the gate of the camp was breached, Lu Bu took the lead and personally led the camp into the camp.
The weapons in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army could hardly cause any harm to this group of tiger and wolf warriors. On the contrary, they were so vulnerable to the butcher's knife trapped in the camp.
The gap between professionals and amateurs was immediately revealed.
Lu Bu, under the protection of Dian Wei, led the vanguard as if they were in an uninhabited land, and soon rushed directly into the center of the Yellow Turban Army camp.
Seeing a decent-sized tent in the middle, no need to ask, this must be the bandit leader's tent!
Just at this time, Guan Hai also put on armor and rushed out with a long knife.
Guan Hai was a monk halfway, but he only relied on his superior arm strength and a big sword in his hand to kill everyone.
The mastery of technical movements such as riding and fighting, which require long-term training, is not firm enough.
Therefore, they did not ride horses during fierce battles.
Dian Wei took a look and thought, wouldn't the opportunity come now?
He yelled: "Lord! How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? Leave this thief's head to Dian Wei!"
After saying that, he also turned over and dismounted, brandishing the two halberds in his hands and rushed towards Guan Hai.
By the time the gates of Duchang were opened and Taishi Ci rushed out of the west gate with two thousand people, Lu Bu had already led his men to plow the Yellow Turban camp in the west of the city several times.
Hearing that the defenders in the city had also come out, Lu Bu turned his horse and faced them.
Taishi Ci came up and looked at Lu Bu. He raised his hands and clasped his fists on horseback and asked, "My lord, Taishi Ci, is this general coming with Pingyuan Liu Xuande to save the siege of Beihai?"
"I am Lu Bu! Have you heard of it? Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian!"
Lu Bu also took a look at this super famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Taishi Ci was also stunned. How come it was Lu Bu who came to kill Liu Bei who he had clearly invited?
Lu Bu continued to speak loudly: "I heard on the way that Kong Beihai was besieged by Yellow Turban thieves in Duchang, so I came here to rescue him!
This is not the time to make a good deal. Now that the Yellow Turban Thief’s coach is dead, it’s time for the swarm of insects to be leaderless!
Please send a message to Kong Beihai as soon as possible, general, and ask him to have all the officers and soldiers in the city leave the city to retreat from the enemy immediately! Try to catch them alive! "
Since it was clear that he was here to help him, Taishi Ci also knew that he shouldn't ask more questions about why Lu Bu was here.
The opportunity was not to be missed, so he hurriedly asked the soldiers around him to return to the city to report the news. He clasped his fists and said, "Marquis Wen, please let us know how to fight next!"
Lu Bu said: "You clean up the mess here and surrender the Yellow Turbans. I will continue to destroy the Yellow Turbans' camp in the north of the city!"
As he said this, he was about to invite everyone to join him in moving to the Beida camp.
Taishi Ci hurriedly said: "Marquis Wen, wait a moment, listen to me..."
Lu Bu asked: "Why, what's wrong with what I said?"
Taishi Ci said: "It's not that Marquis Wen said something inappropriate, it's really...there are only more than 3,000 horses in Duchang City. Now I have brought out 2,000, and the remaining 10 million cannot leave the city.
Moreover, how can the Duchang garrison compare with the tiger and wolf troops under Marquis Wen? I’m afraid it will be difficult..."
