Chapter 56: Temptation
Now that their thoughts have been unified, everyone has removed the little contempt for Zhang Jiao in their hearts, and they even feel a headache about the current arrangement of the Yellow Turban Army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Yellow Turban Army has no generals, and it is recognized that its military strategy has not been very good. The leaders of the Yellow Turban Army are also truly aware of their own shortcomings. Having learned and grown up in the war, they may still not know very well about the way to military strategy, but at least they have gradually understood how to play to their strengths.
Where is the Yellow Turban Army stronger than the official army?
First of all, there is their number, that is, their strength. Generally speaking, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army is several times or even more than ten times that of the official army.
There are many people, which is the advantage of the Yellow Turban Army;
The second is the courage of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight. Although the officers and soldiers dare to fight and fight, in the final degree of ruthlessness, there is still a gap between them and the Yellow Turban Army. When the two sides fought, if the morale was equal, the fierceness of the first three waves of the Yellow Turban Army's offensive was far superior to that of the officers and troops.
This is the advantage of the Yellow Turbans.
But the disadvantages of the Yellow Turban Army are also quite numerous:
First, their logistics are terrible, and although they occupy one city after another, and their forces and territory are constantly expanding, they are not able to develop the talent in these places. As a result, the Yellow Turbans' management of the local area was mainly based on simple and crude plunder.
Waves of plundering are very good for the Yellow Turbans' finances, but in the end, they are just such waves. After a wave, the Yellow Turban Army, which looted the place, had no follow-up income and no long-term supply.
This is very unfavorable to the Yellow Turban Army, which has already formed a confrontation with the official army. What's more, the Yellow Turban Army occupied the place, and after taking possession of the city, because they did not have the desire and ability to manage the city, the life of the people under the Yellow Turban Army was worse than before.
After bulldozing the wealthy families who really controlled the place, the Yellow Turban Army did not establish a new grassroots control force, nor did it have time to control production, which made the Yellow Turban Army more and more disorderly.
During this period, there were even some people who fished in troubled waters, and carried out those brutal things in the name of the Yellow Turban Army, which made the reputation of the Yellow Turban Army more and more corrupt, and the people's hearts gradually became disgusting.
Under such poor logistics, another shortcoming of the Yellow Turban Army has been constantly exposed, that is, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army are too inferior, the training of their soldiers is too poor, and the equipment is not good at all...... The combination of these disadvantages makes the characteristics of the Yellow Turban Army extremely distinct.
The Yellow Turban Army's offensive is very strong, but such a strong offensive can only be maintained for a short time, once it enters the confrontation, the Yellow Turban Army is not getting stronger and stronger, but getting weaker and weaker.
But, it takes time......
"What if...... There's plenty of time! I'm sure the Yellow Turbans will completely collapse themselves. After carefully analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao first made such a judgment.
"The problem is that we don't necessarily have that kind ......of time," Li Qin interjected: "Your Majesty's personality is not unknown to you. And even if His Majesty is patient, those ministers in the court may not be patient. It seemed to them that we soldiers were gathered here, and that we were not moving was a sin in itself. ā
"So...... The court will definitely not give us enough time. He will force us to enter the army with orders first, and if we don't agree, he will replace us...... And the result of the rash battle with Zhang Jiao...... Just think about the appearance of Meng De and Wentai. Huangfu Song said this, his brows furrowed tightly: "This is a trouble." ā
"Whether it's trouble or not, we must go north as soon as possible! Qu Zhou is still a little far away from Guangzong. I suggest that we set up camp directly close to Guangzong City and deploy all kinds of materials, especially those for Zhang Jiao Dao...... All kinds of cotton clothes and clothes, pigs, sheep and dog blood must be prepared. Even if we really can't confront Zhang Jiao for a long time, we must be prepared. Li Qin sincerely suggested.
This is the proper meaning of the question, and everyone does not object.
In any case, it's always right to be more prepared. Therefore, Huangfu Song quickly issued an order to let all parts of Jizhou collect all the materials they needed. Not to mention the thick clothes, after hearing about the defeat of Cao Cao and Sun Jian, everyone knew what this was for.
It's just that......
"A thousand pigs, three hundred sheep, six hundred dogs...... Dozens of water hose cars, a number of husbands, and carpenters...... What's going on here? Regarding the material mobilization order issued by Huangfu Song, the officials and wealthy families in Jizhou are not very clear: "Is it used to build a large camp and an army?" However, there are too few pigs and sheep. Could it be that the Emperor likes to eat dog meat? ā
"No, it's not like that...... This is to defeat Zhang Jiao. I heard that Zhang Jiao's demon magic needs the blood of these beasts to crack it. "Some well-informed people told them what they had heard.
Although they may not absolutely believe Huang Fu Song's claims about the use of these materials, at least they understand that Huang Fu Song does need these things.
"Whether it's a prop used to break the demon law, or a tool to improve your own life...... Anyway, let's get these things for the Emperor as soon as possible. We're counting on him to help us get rid of the Yellow Turban Thieves. The officials thought carefully and finally made such a decision.
It has been more than half a year since the Yellow Turban Army ravaged Jizhou, and those of the same kind who were killed by the Yellow Turban Army do not need to be detailed, just say that the rest of them have already felt that the existence of the Yellow Turban Army is not good for them.
"This group of reckless men who only know destruction should be exterminated as soon as possible!" The families hated the Yellow Turban Army very much, so after receiving the list of supplies sent by Huangfu Song, they quickly acted and exerted their powerful energy.
In the matter of exterminating the Yellow Turban Army, the interests of the family in Jizhou at this moment are the same as those of Huangfu Song and others.
As a result, under the strict orders of Huangfu Song, all kinds of materials needed in the army were gathered in excess of the amount. Huangfu Song knew the importance of these materials to the battle situation, so he asked Zhu Jun to personally garrison the rear and set up a large battalion to protect these materials from being burned by the Yellow Turban Army.
It was August 16 of the first year of Zhongping, and Huangfu Song led 60,000 officers and troops to confront Zhang Jiao under the city of Guangzong. Due to the fear of Zhang Jiao's demon law, Huangfu Song's Dazhai was a little farther away from Zhang Jiao's army, but it was stationed forty miles away from his camp. Its large village was built with giant trees, which lasted several days, and the entire camp was built like a small city.
As the camp of the official army, Huangfu Song's Dazhai naturally has a majestic momentum. When countless flags were planted on the high walls of the camp and waved in the wind, everyone felt what it meant to be unbreakable.
"What a fortified camp. Although we have 150,000 people, it is really difficult to break through the camp of Huangfu Song. Looking at the camp erected by Huangfu Song from afar, Zhang Jiao sighed helplessly.
The strength of the Yellow Turban Army was weak. All cities are not obtained by combining the inside and the outside; is to rely on the escape of the officials and soldiers, self-abandonment; A few of them have relied on their own troops to attack the city, and although they have been captured, it is a situation of great vitality.
This made Zhang Jiao really understand his shortcomings, Zhang Jiao was not very sure about the camp that attacked Huangfu Song, he turned his head to look at Zhang Sheng who was standing beside him, and asked him in a low voice: "Sheng'er, what do you think?" ā
"Can't be beaten! However, he can't be allowed to stay here in peace. I wonder if I tried to lure him out of the camp to fight us. It's not a good thing for us to keep him here! Zhang Sheng thought for a moment and said.
"How do you want to lure him out of town?" Zhang Jiao asked again.
"How about sending a war letter to Huangfu Song?" Zhang Sheng suggested.
"Well...... this" Zhang Jiao stroked the long hair under his chin with his hand, thought about it carefully, and finally nodded approvingly: "Yes, try it first!" ā
"Okay, then I'll send someone to arrange this now!" When Zhang Sheng saw that Zhang Jiao was camping, he left in a hurry. Looking at Zhang Sheng's eager back, Zhang Jiao sighed: "Sheng'er has some skills, but in this world in the future...... His strength is not enough to guide the entire Yellow Turban Army. Is...... For the sake of the entire Yellow Turban Army, I must insist on winning this battle no matter what. ā
Zhang Jiao thought, and his face couldn't help but surge with an eager red tide. His face changed, and he forcibly swallowed back the liquid he was about to export. For a moment, his mouth was full of fishy taste.
"Backlash...... Is it coming so soon? I didn't expect it to be so intense! Zhang Jiao's eyes were full of bitterness and determination: "Could it be that those two people are famous people in the future?" After all, my heavenly arithmetic strength is a little bit worse. No matter what, I'd better do my own thing! ā
At this time, Zhang Sheng came to report: "I have ordered someone to write a fierce letter and hand it to Huangfu Song." The next thing is to see if he dares to respond. ā
Do you dare?
Huangfu Song said that he really didn't feel it.
After all, it was still the time when the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was high, and he was so excited to look for it, not to find a draw. As an old and spicy general, Huangfu Song naturally does not have the habit of rashly looking for a draw when it is not necessary.
Although the letter sent by Zhang Sheng was quite fierce and full of coercion, Huangfu Song still acted as if he hadn't seen it.
He showed Zhang Sheng's letter to all the people in the tent, and immediately comforted the messenger to sit down and give him a feast. During the banquet, he tentatively asked some corner questions about the Yellow Turban Army:
"The generals of the Yellow Turban Army eat as much as we do?"
"How has Zhang Jiao rested recently?"
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In short, what Huangfu Song and the man said was some gossip, and there was no mention of the war that was about to break out between the two. It's as if they're not enemies, but friends they haven't seen each other for a long time.
The messenger sent by the Yellow Turban Army was very clever, but for the battle set up by Huangfu Song, he said that he had never accepted it. He was a little dizzy at the moment.
For Huang Fusong's question, he also answered honestly:
"The food in the army is good! I just don't want you guys to be so luxurious and have so much meat. ā
"Sect Leader Zhang, his cultivation has become more and more exquisite recently, and he retreats and cultivates from time to time, and he wants to make a breakthrough soon."
"Oh...... Is that so? Huangfu Song laughed, but he frequently persuaded wine at the banquet and enjoyed himself with the guest and host.