It's okay for the Yellow Turban Army to bully some unarmed ordinary people, but when the people take up arms, then it's not so easy to bully.

And the Yellow Turban Army is actually from the common people, they just rebelled when they were desperate at the beginning, killing officials and eating big households. But they did not have a strict organization and discipline, and they were too indulgent in the process of killing officials and eating big households, so that they began to fade, from the original good to a wicked person.

Their evil is just an uncontrollable madness, a hysterical depravity. At that time, they were lawless, from starting with a difficult life and not being able to survive, to finding that as long as they took up arms, then they could obtain everything that they had never imagined before.

Wealth, food, women, forcibly taken, can get everything at no cost. Then they will definitely not go back and live the hard life of facing the loess and facing the sky.

But then they came down, and they were drunk by the officers and soldiers of the court, defeated them, and beat them back to their original form at once. At this time, they also realized that what they had gained would also be lost, and they also realized that they were not as powerful as they imagined.

They will also be killed by the more powerful court officers and soldiers.

Die!

Who is not afraid of death?

At the beginning, the Yellow Turban Army could be said to have a certain spirit of faith, but later they became degenerate, especially after Zhang Jiao's death, they also had no spiritual leader. The set of Taiping Road, they also slowly forgot about it.

Besides, what beliefs, spirits, ideas, etc., for the current Yellow Turban Army, are all empty, and what they are most concerned about is whether they still eat and drink every day, and whether they can still live.

Today, the Yellow Turban Army actually really has a sense of fear for the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, even if they will not admit that they are afraid of the officers and soldiers of the government, but in fact, they are afraid. Just as a thief is a thief, a soldier is a soldier, and a thief is naturally afraid of a soldier.

This time, they went out of the mountains to plunder, just because they really had no way, there was no way to live, and they had to loot until they could continue to maintain themselves in the mountains.

They had no intention of fighting the officials and soldiers in earnest. At least not to really fight this kind of battle.

Everything can also be said to be at the right time, and there are also these Yellow Turban Army, and the counties they attacked earlier seem to be too smooth. Therefore, for a while, I thought that the officers and soldiers of the government were just like this. At least this is the case with the officials and soldiers in the Beihai region, who dare not confront them.

When they arrived in Beihai, they found that it was completely different from what they imagined, the government here in Beihai actually mobilized the people in the city to defend the city together, so that they couldn't attack it for a day. Moreover, there were many dead and wounded.

For the current Yellow Turban Army, they are really afraid of death, and they easily dare not fight with the officers and soldiers of the government. This siege was only because the wealth of Beihai City made them red-eyed, and for some of the above reasons, they launched siege battles on impulse, but as a result, they still failed to defeat the soldiers and civilians defending the city in Beihai.

In this way, they also had to start to wonder if it made sense for them to continue the siege now. They don't have much hope to expect to break through Beihai City.

Gong Kuang was invited together by the leaders of the Yellow Turban tribe.

"Leader Gong, the situation is not right, we have been attacking for a day, and we can't see a chance to capture Beihai City at all, unless we continue to besiege Beihai City, and then transfer a large army to participate in the attack. Otherwise, with our little men, I'm afraid ......"

A leader said to Gong Kuang.

These Yellow Turban leaders came from different places of the Yellow Turban tribesmen, and they were all defeated by the imperial officers and soldiers and fled to Mount Tai to join Guan Hai.

"Siege ...... It's not an easy task. Unless the defenders are not prepared, let us succeed in a sneak attack. Should have ...... We found that Beihai City was prepared, and when our sneak attack on the city failed, we had to consider giving up looting Beihai City. If we had withdrawn earlier, then we wouldn't have lost so many sergeants. Pity...... Hehe, aren't you too willing? Now what do you say? ”

Gong Kuang said with a sneer.

Gong Kuang was responsible for attacking the west of the city, but after he launched a wave of strong attacks at the beginning, he found that Beihai County was indeed not as good as the ordinary county town, not to mention whether the city wall was higher and larger than the ordinary county town, and the dense city guards on the head of the city also made him realize that something was wrong with the situation. Therefore, in the next few sieges, he just ordered his men and horses to make a feint, not a desperate siege. In this way, Gong Kuang's men and horses, the loss is not too serious.

For Gong Kuang, he was only responsible for attacking the Liu Mansion caravan camp outside the city. The other Yellow Turban leaders are worried that Gong Kuang has more men and horses, and if Gong Kuang's men and horses are allowed to attack Beihai City first, then the good things will definitely be occupied by Gong Kuang first.

Originally, in the mountainous area north of Mount Tai, Gong Kuang was already the most powerful Yellow Turban Tribe, if Gong Kuang obtained more money and food, then it would definitely develop stronger, and when the time came, they would probably have to look at Gong Kuang's face to see Gong Kuang's face.

Therefore, out of selfishness, they put forward the proposal to divide the troops.

In this way, for Gong Kuang, even if he didn't see that something was wrong with the situation, he wouldn't desperately attack the city. Because as long as they can break through Beihai City, no matter which aspect they can break through, it is the same, and they don't need all the Yellow Turban Army to break through Beihai City together and enter the city together.

However, although Gong Kuang saw that something was wrong with the situation, he also consciously preserved his strength. However, he really never thought that his current situation would be extremely dangerous, and he never thought that his current military horse would be defeated by the military horse of Beihai City.

After all, Beihai City originally only had two thousand officers and soldiers of the government, even if it was doubled, it was only three or four thousand people. And now, they are 30,000 troops. Gong Kuang didn't think that the government could defeat his 30,000 army with those 3 or 4,000 men and horses.

Gong Kuang thought at this time that even if they couldn't break through Beihai City, it was a casual matter whether they left or stayed. Come when you want, go when you want.

"That, that, Chief Gong, no one thought that Beihai City would be prepared to defend the city, plus the high walls of this city, we can't break the city at this time, and there is nothing we can do. Now, I want you to take an idea, big leader, should we continue to attack the city or withdraw? “

"What about the attack? What about withdrawal? Gong Kuang said.

"Attack...... I don't dare to say that we will definitely be able to attack, and in addition, we have been unable to attack for a long time, and everyone in our department has suffered large casualties, which has dealt a serious blow to the sergeants below, and now the morale of the sergeants is extremely low, and most of them are afraid of war......"

"Siege warfare is different from ordinary warfare, it is not as simple as killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, often if you want to break through a defended city, the attacker's strength generally has to be more than ten times that of the defending party. Theoretically, our Yellow Turban Army this time seems to meet these conditions in terms of strength. However, if the defenders of the city count those ordinary people who are young and strong, then our troops will not be advantageous at all, on the contrary, our military horses are still in a weak position. Let's attack the strength of others with weakness. To be honest, this leader has no hope of breaking through Beihai City. Gong Kuang said.

"What does the Great Leader of Gong mean...... Shall we withdraw our troops? ”

"Yes, the only way we can do this is to withdraw our troops. In fact, you can think about it, this Beihai City is here, we don't need to rush to knock down Beihai City, just send people to continue to watch, and when there is a chance, we can also continue to attack. So, there's no need to rush it. What's more, we can also use some means, for example, to let our Yellow Turban Army turn into ordinary outcasts and enter the city to lurk, and when the time is ripe, we will come to attack Beihai City again. When the time comes, let the Yellow Turban brothers lurking in the city come out and seize a city gate for us, so that Beihai City will be breached? ”

"As for your statement that the siege will continue, and more officers and soldiers will be brought in to attack the city. This is completely undesirable, one, how many military horses do we have now that can be transferred? Of course, if you say that the leader of Guanhai will come with a large army. This may be possible, after all, Beihai City is also extremely attractive to the leader of Guanhai. However, the leader of the management does not have the energy to take care of our situation here at all. If he wanted to attack the next county city, the Guan leader might attack Jinan City rather than come to Beihai. ”

"And second, even if the leader of the Governor will lead a large army, how much time will it take? Let's send someone to see the chief, explain the situation to him, impress him, and then he will start to send troops and generals, until he comes to the North Sea, how much time will it take? Ten days, fifteen days? Or even longer? ”

"Thirdly, we don't have the conditions to fight a protracted siege war right now. Our Yellow Turban Army, which one is not short of food and clothing? Without money and food, you can't afford to fight a protracted siege war. ”

"Also, we will send a large army to come again, so what about the imperial court? With these times, even if the imperial court did not send a large army to come, other counties would organize military horses to come to Beihai to support. When more government officers and soldiers are brought in, it will be difficult for us to retreat at that time. ”

Gong Kuang spoke very auspiciously, which was mainly to highlight his wisdom and prepare for them to completely surrender after they withdrew their troops and returned.

"That's right, we've already started in Beihai City, so the officials of other county towns will definitely not watch us capture Beihai City, right? Maybe the government has already begun to send troops to rescue Beihai. ”

The other leaders listened to it and suddenly realized.

"In this way, we can only give up on continuing to attack Beihai City. However, what the Great Leader Gong said is right, we can keep an eye on Beihai City, and if we have the opportunity, we will send our people to lurk into the city first, and wait for the opportunity to cooperate with us to take Beihai in one fell swoop. ”

"Yes, yes, although I am really unwilling, I can't get it when I see the money in my hand, and I am really depressed. But what Leader Gong said is right, withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops first! ”

The leaders reached an agreement to abandon the siege and agree to withdraw their troops.

However, at this time, Gong Kuang said again: "The withdrawal of troops must be withdrawn, but it cannot be withdrawn so gloomy." Before we leave, we still have to give them a wave of ruthlessness, let's attack again, if we can break through the North Sea with one blow, then it will be the best. If we see that we really can't take it, then let's withdraw. In this way, we will not be depressed. ”

"Ruthless again? This ......"

The leaders hesitated again.

"Yesterday, the leader carefully observed the situation at the head of the city, and found that they were almost all ordinary people, and what we did was to kill the head of the city and fight them head-on. This time, we all selected the elite of the army, and even we all went up in person, killed the head of the city, and defended it for me. There are so many real government officers and soldiers, they are assigned to guard the city on all sides, that is, hundreds of people, and these hundreds of people can't all be together, right? In other words, for each city, it is estimated that there are two or three hundred real government officers and soldiers. ”

In addition, Gong also found that those real officers and soldiers were not all gathered together on standby, but scattered among those ordinary people, and some ordinary people were guarding the city. Therefore, even if we only have one person and one team of soldiers to kill the city, then we can defeat them. This is the only chance we have to break through Beihai City. ”

Let these leaders all go together?

The leaders looked at each other.

The mortality rate of the siege is too high, and when the siege is carried out, those generals who really attack the city themselves are generally called warriors and fierce generals. In fact, the generals who really command the army, they generally don't attack the city in person, and if they are not careful, they may really lose their lives here.

The commander gave the order to let the soldiers below attack the city, this is easy, after all, it is not they who are killed or wounded. But when it was their turn, they naturally couldn't help but feel a little weak.

But what Gong Kuang said doesn't seem to be wrong.

These leaders, the most unfortunate are all quasi-military generals, non-quasi-military generals, even if they are the strongest people, they are at most a leader. Only when you have cultivated your internal strength can you have the ability to overwhelm everyone, convince everyone, take him as the leader, and be willing to follow him and serve him.

"What? Are you scared? Now in our army, the morale of the generals is low, if you don't participate in the siege together, without you to boost their morale, will they still dare to attack the city? If you don't dare, then forget it, let's just leave. Anyway...... It is you who are unwilling, although the leader of this leader failed to seize the goods of the Liu Mansion caravan, but the earlier actions were not bad. ”

"Humph! Attack, I don't believe that our dignified Yellow Turban leader can't beat those ordinary people. Done! ”

"Okay! The leader also personally led the army to attack the city, and this time, it was a drum! ”

One of the Yellow Turban leaders made a statement, and the rest hesitated for a moment and followed suit.