Chapter 36: Strong Coercion
Now the situation in the state of Chen is very simple: the official army occupies the northwest of the state of Chen, and the Yellow Turban army occupies the southeast of the state of Chen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoYangxia is the key to the conflict between the two.
At this time, it was Zhang Bao, the general of Digong, who commanded more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army, and Qu Shuai Gao Sheng, Yan Zheng, Zhang Min and others.
More than half a month has passed since the failure of the Changshe, and Zhang Bao has regained his strength in Yangxia, and his morale has almost recovered. Now, Zhang Bao has the confidence to attack north.
When Liu Beijun arrived in Fugou, Zhang Bao's army of 50,000 had already established a large village on the bank of Wuyan Mountain, thirty miles outside Fugou City. And on the Smoky Mountain, he built something like an altar.
"These thieves...... They're conspiring. Zhu Jun kept his face calm and was vigilant in his heart.
Although he didn't know what Zhang Bao was calculating, he knew that Zhang Bao would never do work in an inconsequential place, and since he was doing something there, it showed that he thought that such an approach would be effective for him to win.
Zhu Jun had a headache about this, and he urgently needed more help. Yes, for Liu Beijun's arrival, Zhu Jun was infinitely happy.
This is not only because Liu Bei brought in reinforcements that he urgently needed, but also because Liu Bei brought fierce generals that he did not have under his command.
"Guan Yu, Zhang Fei...... I am afraid that the martial arts of these two people have the power of ancient cloth and nationality. Zhu Jun was very happy about this.
He is an old war general, and he knows better than anyone what a fierce general in many places in the army represents. After Liu Beijun joined, his confidence suddenly became abundant, and he decided to launch an attack on Zhang Baojun.
Three days later, Zhu Jun entered the army.
20,000 officers and troops and Liu Bei's 5,000 men marched out of Fugou City in a neat procession, marching noisily against the rising sun in the east. For a while, the flags covered the sky, the drums shook the ground, and the sergeants in red robes were like red waves, surging forward. Their full murderous aura rose to the sky, inexplicably driving away the clouds in the sky, revealing a clear sky.
However, in the face of the clamor and coercion of the officials and soldiers, the Yellow Turban Army did not react.
When the pace of the officers and soldiers stopped at a stone's throw in front of their camp, the "stop the battle card" on their gate was hung high. They didn't have any idea of fighting the officers and troops. Facing the sturdy camp built by the Yellow Turban Army, Zhu Jun sighed helplessly.
"The calculation was wrong. He originally thought that the Yellow Turban Army would take the initiative to meet the threat of his own army, but he didn't want the Yellow Turban Army to ignore his stubble at all.
Now the Yellow Turban Army is hiding in the camp, and Zhu Jun wants to break through the camp, but he lacks the equipment to attack the city.
Looking at the camp like a small city, Zhu Jun sighed helplessly.
After instigating the soldiers and horses to shout and abuse in front of the Yellow Turban Army camp for a long time, but did not lead them to attack, Zhu Jun had no choice but to retreat and set up his own camp less than five miles away from the Yellow Turban Army camp, and put on a strong appearance of pressing the Yellow Turban Army step by step. He wanted to rely on such urgent suppression to force the Yellow Turbans to attack him.
However, something very surprising happened, Zhang Bao of the Yellow Turban Army unexpectedly calmed his temper, no matter how Zhu Jun sent people to abuse and provoke in front of the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army calmly closed the village and should not let them shout arbitrarily, only guard their own camp.
Looking at the increasingly tightly guarded Yellow Turban Army fighting the village, and looking at the gradually completed buildings on the top of the mountain, Zhu Jun seemed to have understood something: "Are they pinning their hopes of victory on that?" Therefore, they will desperately guard the camp and set up their own camp in this position...... Damn, they've figured it all out. ”
Zhu Jun guessed this, but the current situation, even if he guessed, it was useless.
Because the Yellow Turban Army's camp is already here, their monitoring range has already guarded the main road to the Smoke Mountain. Although the Smoky Mountain is not high, it is still nearly 100 meters above the surface. For such ups and downs, if there is no suitable road, I am afraid that it will be difficult to rush up the mountain.
"If you want to rush up the mountain, you must take the Dazhai of the Yellow Turban Army, and if you want to take Dazhai, you must prepare certain siege equipment. Although I don't know what will happen in the future, since the Yellow Turban Army is stuck here, then we must prepare accordingly. Zhu Jun thought about it and secretly made up his mind.
This is already a matter of necessity - after discovering that the camp of the Yellow Turbans has become a knot that cannot be bypassed, breaking this knot is necessary. To this end, Zhu Jun began to mobilize more people from the rear of Fugou City to the front line, cut down the surrounding trees, and built the corresponding siege equipment.
The movements in the camp of the officers and soldiers could not be concealed from the Yellow Turban Army. After all, the distance between the two is too close, and the Yellow Turban Army still holds the only commanding height in this area, so they can completely see every move of the official army.
In this regard, Liu Bei was deeply worried, and while he honestly carried out Zhu Jun's orders, he found Li Qin and others and asked him about the puzzle in his heart: "All the movements on our side, the Yellow Turban Army can see it clearly, and the Zhonglang General is so bold to carry out everything clearly, do you want to have a hard time with the other party?" In this way, I am afraid that it will not be very beneficial for our side, which is not very strong. ”
"If we really fight hard, it will naturally be bad for us...... But Zhonglang will behave like this, but I'm afraid it's not just to work hard with the other party. Hearing Liu Bei's doubts, Li Qin tilted his head and thought about it, or he felt something in his heart, he felt that Zhu Jun's thoughts were not so simple.
"Huh...... Not just for the sake of hard work? So for what? Liu Bei asked puzzled.
Regarding Liu Bei's question, Li Qin smiled but did not answer, but turned around and motioned to Xi Zhicai and Liu Ye who were standing beside him.
With Liu Bei's efforts these days, these two people already have a good impression of Liu Bei. Although until this time, they had not said that they wanted to join Liu Beijun, but they did not have the slightest idea of leaving.
These days, they have been working and watching with Li Qin by Li Qin's side, contacting Liu Beijun in all aspects, and occasionally answering Liu Beijun's inquiries from others, including Liu Bei's own on strategic and military issues. To put it simply, they are like two advisers in Liu Beijun, answering when they have care, and looking at them when they don't, they always seem very comfortable.
It's just that the level of the two of them is also revealed bit by bit in such a comfortable way.
In the process of mutual adaptation between the two sides, Liu Beijun's people realized that they were not ordinary soldiers, they had the ability to manage the army, and they also had their own plans to defeat the enemy. In the eyes of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, these two people are seven or eight points similar to Li Qin, but their health is too poor, but they are not like Li Qin, who both dare to charge and can strategize.
“…… However, it is enough to be Yuanhua's deputy. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei thought.
They are all nostalgic people, and naturally think that Li Qin is the best and the best.
Regarding Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's opinion, Li Qin said that he was ashamed, he knew how many pounds he had, and he also understood his restrictions in Liu Beijun.
Therefore, after Xi Zhicai and Liu Ye didn't want to go away and had a lot of plans to stay here, he tried to let the two of them come up with more ideas and show a little more prestige in Liu Beijun.
For this, he gave the two of them enough opportunities. For example, right now, Liu Bei is obviously asking Li Qin a question, but Li Qin wants to pull Liu Ye and Xi Zhicai together.
For Li Qin's help, Xi Zhicai and Liu Ye are very grateful. They glanced at each other, exchanged opinions with their eyes, and finally Xi Zhicai replied: "I think Lord Zhu Jun did this to show the Yellow Turban Army."
Lord Zhu Jun has always wanted to lure the Yellow Turban Army into attacking...... In order to achieve this goal, Lord Zhu Jun naturally made a plan to attack the camp directly. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the advantages of the officers and soldiers are unmatched by the Yellow Turban Army.
To put it simply, the officers and troops have a dizzying array of siege engines, but what about the Yellow Turban Army...... What else will they do besides building a ladder and attacking the city with ants? In the face of Lord Zhu Jun's posture at all costs, I am afraid that they will also be under great pressure. Maybe under such pressure, they can't help it. ”
"Well, there's a good chance it is." When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded approvingly. However, he was still a little worried in his heart: "In case, the Yellow Turban Army has been calm. So what to do? ”
"What else can I do?" Liu Ye suddenly laughed: "If these Yellow Turban Army keep guarding and let Lord Zhu Jun complete everything." Then Lord Zhu Jun only needs to attack directly. Once we have prepared all the siege equipment, we will be able to attack big cities like Runan and Nanyang. What's more, what about the small camp of the Yellow Turban Army. Xuande, don't worry too much about this. ”
"Hehe, I see. It seems that I still know too little about the affairs between the government and the military. Liu Bei smiled and admitted his negligence. If there is a mistake, he will admit his mistake, Liu Bei didn't think that this would lower his identity.
For Liu Bei to admit his mistake, Li Qin suddenly laughed, he took out a list from his arms and handed it to Liu Bei: "Lord, since you are here, then please help me purchase some things!" These, I think we'll use them in the next battles. ”
"Huh? What is it? Liu Bei was a little curious about the list handed over by Li Qin, he opened it and looked at it, only to see that the following things were recorded on the list: "100 catties of sulfur, 150 catties of charcoal, 750 catties of fire and salt......"
When Liu Bei saw it, his face changed a little: "Yuanhua...... Are you going to take medicine for alchemy? I'm telling you that those pills are nothing good...... Don't be fooled by those Taoist priests. Liu Bei said and looked at Li Qin very nervously.
"An-la! It's not that easy for those Taoist priests to deceive me. Li Qin smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I have other uses for these things." ”
"Oh!" Liu Bei was skeptical about this, but he still put away the list that Li Qin had given him, turned around and left.