"Mr. Xu, we have been looking for them for three days, and we are sure that they are around here, but we have not found their figures yet!" Zhang He said to Xu Shu with some embarrassment. He sent people to chase Bu Ji that day, but he was lost. Okay, now I have finally found clues, but unfortunately I still haven’t found the specific location. If it weren’t for the signs that someone had been active nearby, I might not have been able to find this place. At the same time, Zhang He also admired this group of people in his heart. A group of rabble-rousers actually Being able to be so cautious is something that cannot be underestimated.
"Haha, General Zhang doesn't have to be like this. We are not familiar with the terrain here, so being able to find them in just three days is already very valuable!" Xu Shu quickly smiled and said, joking, this place is so hidden, there is not even a road, Yi It's difficult to defend, so it's good to find it. Now Zhang He has not only determined the specific location, but also narrowed the scope to a few places. It's already very difficult!
"Oh, it's still my fault. If it weren't for my negligence, I would have found them long ago!" Zhang He still blamed himself a little. After all, when they retreated that day, he should have led people to chase them in person, but he sent Others went forward, which led to Bu's escape in the end.
"Haha, General Zhang, don't take it to heart. This is all destined by fate. Just wipe them out. Now please ask the general to observe this place closely and find out their specific hiding place!" Xu Shu saw this picture. , I stopped talking about this topic with him and had no choice but to arrange a new task for him.
"Yes, don't worry, Mr. Xu, I will definitely find them!" Zhang He said very solemnly,
When the two of them were studying how to find these people, Zhang Mancheng from Runan couldn't sit still. Zhu Jun and Huangfu Chongping had settled Yingchuan, and they would attack themselves next. As the saying goes, strike first to gain advantage, and strike later to suffer disaster. Zhang Mancheng took the lead in attacking and personally led his troops to fight. Before the Han army could react, the army directly attacked Xuchang. Burning, killing and looting along the way made the people miserable. Within a few days, Zhang Mancheng's army was stationed under the city of Xuchang.
"Zhang Shuai, if we can't capture Xuchang this time, we'll be in trouble. There are no soldiers in Runan anymore. If we are attacked by Cao Cao, we will be homeless!" Han Zhong said to Zhang Mancheng. After all, he and He brought 20,000 people to Nanyang. After more than a month of rest, he gathered 40,000 troops. If they were separated to defend the city, there would be no hope. Now the people have seen clearly the face of the Yellow Turban Army. Not to fill their stomachs, and no one wanted to join them. It is really not easy to gather more than 40,000 soldiers now. If they are scattered again, there will really be no way to fight back.
"What General Han said is absolutely true, so we must capture Xuchang. Runan is a small city and can no longer support our 40,000 troops. We have to find another place. Xuchang is the largest city nearby, and it is far away from Cao Cao's east. The county is the only place that the Han army must pass through when marching south. As long as we occupy this city first, we can choke Zhu Jun and give Bocai's Wancheng a chance to breathe. Xuchang is rich and has a large population, but we just can't occupy it. "It's okay as long as you loot it." Zhang Mancheng said with a smile that he had already thought about it. It would be best if he could defeat it. If he couldn't defeat it, he would just go back to Runan. If that didn't work, he could lead his troops to various places. Live carefree!
"Two generals, since we have already arrived at the city, we no longer discuss whether it is necessary to attack the city. Instead, we should think about how to capture the city quickly. Otherwise, if Zhu Jun's army arrives, we will be in trouble!" Zhao Hongdao
"Well, that's right. That makes sense. In this case, go and call him Bocai. I heard that he has set up 30,000 cavalry in Wancheng. This is a powerful reinforcement. Once they come, they can contain Zhu as much as possible. So handsome, when our two sides merge, we will have a hundred thousand soldiers, and we won’t be afraid of the Han army anymore!” Zhang Mancheng said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, that's a good idea. I'm just afraid of being beaten by Zhu Jun, so I don't dare to come out!" Zhao Hong said with a smile.
"Haha, that's not the case. I dare not say anything else. This wave of talents is not so easy to give up. I still remember when we first met the leader. At that time, the leader was selecting his direct disciples. The leader had to accept a total of thirty Six direct disciples and seventy-two second-generation disciples. Bo was originally a second-generation disciple, but in order to become a direct disciple, he secretly trained every night. Finally, he squeezed in and became a direct disciple, and the one he defeated was He has become his personal soldier! So he will not give in so easily this time. I think he is holding his breath to seek revenge from the Han army!" Bocai laughed.
"Haha, if Zhang Shuai hadn't said that, we really wouldn't have known such a thing. This Bo Cai is really not a master who gives up easily. In this case, let's ask him to bring troops to support. I want to use In a few days, the Han army will come!" Han Zhong laughed.
"Well, in order to seize the opportunity, we will attack the city first tonight to see how the defense of Xuchang is. If we can defeat it, we will make a profit!" Bo Cai said with a smile,
"Okay, then I'll lead the team myself and give it a try!" Zhao Hong said with a smile.
The breeze was calm that night and the moon was quite bright. Maybe I sensed that something was about to happen. Xuchang City was unprecedentedly quiet. The insects did not chirp, the mosquitoes and flies did not fly. Even the sound of frogs disappeared without a trace. So The quiet environment made Zhao Hong a little uncomfortable, and he always felt uneasy. It was too quiet. Looking up, he saw that there were people on the city wall, and he could still faintly hear conversations, "Get ready, raise fire, attack." City!" Zhao Hong shouted and rushed up with his men. This was the first night battle. The more difficult thing was to attack the city. The Xuchang defenders fought back hard. Although there were no generals in command, the common people knew about the Yellow Turban Army. They all came to the city wall to help, and with the help of aristocratic families, Xuchang was unable to attack for a while. Zhao Hong fought all night, and the two sides shouted all night. As for fighting, there was no such thing. At this time, most people had night blindness and could not see at all. The original intention was to scare people and see if they could deceive the city gate into opening, but in the end, It's all work in vain, the only useful thing is to keep the people in Xuchang city awake all night.
Waiting until daybreak, Zhang Mancheng personally commanded the army to attack the city. This time he got serious. He stopped making all the bells and whistles and just carried the ladder and pushed the siege truck. Although Xuchang City is big, there is not much The military strength, thanks to the help of the common people, was just enough to withstand Zhang Mancheng's attack, but over time, it will definitely fail.
"Go and ask for reinforcements!" The prefect of Xuchang quickly sent people out to ask Zhu Jun and Cao Cao for help. Fortunately, there were still many people from the Xun family in the city, especially Xun You, a son of the Xun family, who was here to help defend the city. Repulse the first attack of the Yellow Turban Army, and remind yourself to ask for help, otherwise the city would have been destroyed long ago. As long as the Xun family does not retreat, there will be a chance to defend the city! "Everyone, stay here and move all the useless junk onto the city wall. We will use it to defend the city later!" Xun You actually didn't have any good ideas. He sent people to dig several large deep pits inside the city gate, and dug a four-meter-deep trench along the inside of the city wall. This eliminated the possibility of the Yellow Turban Army digging tunnels, and Xun You blocked all the city gates. , so that if the Yellow Turban Army really breaks through the city gate, they will not be able to enter the city. The only way to enter the city is to enter through the city wall. Xun You ordered people to transport all the soil to the city wall to heighten and strengthen the city wall. Zhang Mancheng and others were gnashing their teeth when they saw it!
"Who is guarding the city? How could they figure out a way to strengthen the city wall so quickly?" Zhao Hong was a little helpless. He was already fast enough, but in just one day, Xuchang's city wall had been raised a lot. Aren't you inviting trouble to yourself?
"They are probably from the Xun family. This Xuchang city is their base camp. It seems that we have met our opponent again!" Zhang Mancheng stroked his forehead with his hand, feeling very uncomfortable. Since the start of the army, except for the sneak attack on Runan, there has been no success. However, I really don’t know which god I offended! He had no choice but to say, "Do you two generals have any good ideas?"
Han Zhong and Zhao Hong looked at each other and smiled bitterly. There is no way. Now it seems that Xuchang is just holding on to death. "General, there are a lot of mosquitoes and rain in this summer, so why not divert water to flood the city?" Han Zhong said
"Where is there so much water around here? Besides, they won't just watch us bring water here. What's more, we don't have so much time. It's not far from Zhu Jun and the others. If we really need to hurry, If you do, you can arrive in one day!" Zhao Hong denied it directly. After all, it was too unrealistic. If the operation is not good, one of his own people may be trapped.
"Well, in addition to water attack, there is also fire attack. Otherwise, we will not be able to attack for a while. There is so much dirt on the city wall now, and fire attack is not easy to use. By the way, where did they get so much dirt? It looks like It was just dug!" Zhang Mancheng said
"It seems that we have met an expert in defending the city! Even if we attack, we will probably do a lot of damage, so I think we won't attack Xuchang first, and loot the surrounding area first, and then cooperate with Bo Cai to ambush Zhu Jun on the road. If we win, we will continue to pursue the Han army. If we lose, we will return to Runan and defend. Then we will defend like Xuchang and see what they do!" said Han Zhongdao
"Yeah! What a good idea. As long as we have enough food and grass, we can hold on and we won't be afraid of Zhu Jun attacking the city!" Zhang Mancheng thought for a while and found that this was the only thing he could do!
One of the three pretends to attack the city every day, and the other two lead their own troops to loot everywhere. Within a few days, Bocai also arrived and joined the looting. Bocai was a cavalryman with fast speed and strong maneuverability. Within a few days, the area around Xuchang was robbed, and a large amount of supplies were transported to Wancheng. By the time Zhu Jun's army arrived, the area around Xuchang had changed beyond recognition.
"Kill!" Zhu Jun was marching, and suddenly the sound of killing came from behind, left and behind, startling the Han army. It was an ambush. Zhu Jun, as one of the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty, reacted very quickly to the battle. Zhu Jun changed his formation and assumed a defensive posture. At this time, Zhu Jun was very grateful to Feng Fang for coming. Because the big shield he brought came into use at this time. With a big shield and a long spear thrust forward, he waited for the Yellow Turban Army to come up and kill him. Bo Cai's hatred for Zhu Jun and the others was really continuous. Incessantly, the enemy was extremely jealous when they saw each other. Bo Cai used the impact of his war horse to charge back and forth. After all, the large shield was limited and could not fully cover it. Bo Cai targeted areas where there were not many places to shoot, and the Han soldiers complained that they were killed. Not enough. Zhang Mancheng had more infantry, so he had to form an array on one side due to lack of military supplies. There aren't many bows and arrows to use, so we just build momentum for Bo Cai. To put it bluntly, we just support the show!
Zhu Jun struggled to hold on, feeling a little regretful in his heart. Why didn't he explore the road ahead of time? But who would have thought that he would encounter an ambush in this plain area? Why don't we come together with these people? It seems that this group of people is laying siege to the city. Fake, the real intention is to target yourself. "Hold on, don't panic, the archers will shoot the arrows when they are right. The Yellow Turban Army has trouble shooting, so shoot the horses first!"
Just when Zhu Jun was struggling to resist, Sun Jian, Cao Cao and others arrived. Cao Cao was very resourceful. When he saw the situation, he knew that Xuchang was worry-free, so he took a detour to the back of the Yellow Turban Army, and secretly arranged for Xia Houyuan to be behind the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Mancheng had a good ambush on his way back to Runan, and Xia Houyuan at least had long sleeves for long-distance raids. Historically, he often traveled six to seven hundred miles a night to launch surprise attacks, which made it difficult for people to guard against him. When the arrangements were in place, there was a sound of drums, and Cao Cao's army was dispatched, attacking directly from behind. At the same time, Sun Jian also arrived, and Sun Jian attacked from the side. With two people joining him, Zhu Jun's pressure was greatly reduced, and he immediately switched from defensive to offensive mode. , the Han army, which had been suppressed and beaten for a long time, was very angry. Now they were trying hard to kill the Yellow Turban Army, which directly blinded Bocai and the others. They saw that the Yellow Turban Army were like leeks, growing one after another. After falling down, several people looked very distressed. It seemed that there was no way to fight this time. After all, the reinforcements of the Han army had arrived. After some discussion, they felt that it would be safer to withdraw their troops. They quickly took their own people back to their homes and found each other. mom! Zhu Jun and others did not chase after each other, gathered their soldiers together, and then chose a place to rest. After all, the sudden encounter caused a lot of damage. Although the Han army had more generals, there were more Yellow Turban soldiers, causing a lot of casualties to the Han army! Only Cao Cao attacked from behind and suffered little damage. Cao Cao told them and led his troops to pursue him. It looked like he was going to kill Zhang Mancheng. After all, he was an infantryman and walked slowly. If he chased Bocai, he might not be able to do anything. He still has to fight back!
Regardless of how the fight was going on here, another of Bocai's soldiers secretly headed to Bingzhou with more than 800 people. On the way, this group of people were on tenterhooks. The big families didn't dare to mess with them, and the small people had nothing to rob. , just like this, we arrived all the way to Hedong in frustration, "As soon as we cross Hedong, we will reach Bingzhou. Then we will choose a place and recruit troops to accumulate strength!"
"General, there is a Wei family in the east of the river. They have been a big businessman for several generations. They are very wealthy, but they don't have many soldiers in the family!"
"Wei family? Descendants of Wei Qing?"
"Yes!"
"Robbing him first, otherwise we will starve!" After the soldier finished speaking, he personally led people to sneak into Wei's house at night.
"Kill!" shouted kill, and the Wei family members were beheaded by the Yellow Turban Army while they were still sleeping. The famous genius Wei Zhongdao did not escape this bad luck, and was stabbed when he just fell asleep. Hacked to death. "Hurry up, get all the gold, silver and food away, hurry up!" the soldiers shouted, urging everyone! Because the Wei family was engaged in business and did not live in the city, they were wiped out by the Yellow Turban Army. Except for Wei Jian, who was studying abroad, his whole family was wiped out! The Yellow Turban Army did not stop after robbing the things, and rushed directly to Bingzhou. The officers and soldiers arrived only after dawn. There was no other way except lamenting the misery of the Wei family and cursing the Yellow Turban Army. After all, this kind of thing happened a lot now. , but this Wei family was unlucky, and he happened to encounter it. After this Yellow Turban Army arrived in Bingzhou, they took over the mountains and became kings, recruited nearby refugees and grass bandits, and slowly developed into another force!
"Mr. Xu, I found it, haha, I found the hiding place of these people!" Zhang He said to Xu Shu with a smile. After several days of exploration, Zhang He finally found the cave where Bu had been hiding.
"Oh! Congratulations to General Zhang. Will General Zhang bring them to justice?" Xu Shu joked with Zhang He in a rare good mood.
"Oh! Don't mention it. I caught a yellow scarf thief who came out and asked about the situation inside. I didn't expect this divination to be a qualified rat!" Zhang He smiled and told the situation inside. Xu Shu only frowned when he heard this. It seemed that Bu was determined to live in this cave for the rest of his life.
"Lewd and immoral, you are not a son of a man!" Xu Shu was very angry after hearing this. First, he was angry at Bu Ji's actions, which were simply the anger of both humans and gods. Second, he was angry at those women who had lost their minds and became the playthings of the Yellow Turban Army. They didn't even know Resist.
"Sir, I can't blame them. They are all forced by life. If they had a choice, who would be willing to serve as a thief!" Zhang He also sighed, feeling sad for the poor people! "Then what should we do with these people, sir? How can we eliminate the Yellow Turban Army? After all, the entrance to the cave is too small and we can't get in at all!"
"The walking dead, alas! Even if we save them, how can we put them away? The Yellow Turban Army uses the entrance of the cave as a defense. It is really difficult for us to attack. Since we can't attack, we have to outsmart them!" Xu Shu felt a little unbearable in his heart. , but there is really no other way!
"How to outwit him?" Zhang He didn't feel bad. Could it be that Mr. Xu was going to kill him? After all, he had seen how ruthless he was!
"Fire can attack water and flood!" Xu Shu said
"No, Mr. Xu, that is killing innocent people. There are many women and children here. If this doesn't work, let me lead the troops to attack!" Zhang He said quickly. It seems that his guess has come true. This old devil Xu Going crazy again.
Xu Shu also knew that his method would hurt Tianhe. If it was really used, no one would be spared. "In this case, General Zhang will attack first!"
Zhang He is good at arranging troops and horses according to the geographical location, but he really has no good way to deal with this cave entrance. At first, he organized people to curse at the entrance of the cave, but he came out once and saw Zhang He's posture. He just retreated back, even if he was beaten to death. He came out, no matter how much Zhang He scolded him, but he didn't come out, but Zhang He was so angry that he was so tired that his mouth was dry. Bu Ji actually organized people to drink wine and play with women while scolding him, while he listened outside. It was so clear, the snapping sound matched the beat of Bu Ji's curse!
"You're so damn mad at me. These people don't know how to resist. Is this really confusing?" Zhang He muttered.
"Haha, they have lost their thoughts on life. They are already in despair. Now they can't even control life and death. How can they resist!" Xu Shu said with a bitter smile,
"Come here, set fire to me and use smoke to get them out!" Zhang He shouted. No matter how he used smoke or led troops to attack, he couldn't get in, and he couldn't come out. It was just wasting away. , "Mr. Xu, I have no choice, come on!" Zhang He was helpless, he was not without gain, at least he rescued a woman from inside.
"Sir, please kill me. I have no face to see anyone. All the sisters inside are begging for death. Please kill me!" Before Xu Shu could speak, the woman directly begged for death.
"This girl, life is precious. Although there are setbacks, how can you give up so easily?" Xu Shu advised. Although he hated the aristocratic family deeply, he was still very kind to ordinary people.
"Stop talking, we don't ask for anything in this life, but we ask for death!" The girl said with dull eyes, and then while Xu Shu and Zhang He were deep in thought, she suddenly bumped her head in front of the two of them and died. Only Zhang He and the two of them looked at each other in a daze, "Mr. Xu, I agree with your method!" Zhang He said very seriously.
"All sins are my fault! Release the water!" Xu Shu said, this time is not ordinary water. It was Xu Shu who first discovered this suspicious water and started to divert the water from somewhere. This release of water was very powerful. The water poured directly into the cave.
"Hurry up and drain the water!" Bu was already a little anxious. Although he had thought of how to drain the water, he hadn't started arranging it yet. He didn't expect to be chased by someone blocking the entrance of the cave so soon!
"General, we can't get out of this row, there's too much water!"
"Then we have to line up. Hurry up and send people to guard the entrance of the cave to prevent them from rushing in. I don't know where these people come from. How did they find this place?" Bu was very puzzled.
"Mr. Xu, no one has come out here yet. Is there a drainage outlet?" Zhang He couldn't help but said after looking at it for a long time, but it didn't work.
"It's possible. Come on, light a fire and let off smoke. I don't believe it. You can still hold on!" Xu Shu never imagined that this cave was so high. He put out most of the fire and most of the water in succession, but it had no effect at all. I feel a little helpless now.
