Volume 3 The Quest for the Yellow Turban Chapter 121 Departure
The next day, early in the morning.
Before dawn, Li Zhi was asleep, and suddenly the big tent was violently opened, waking him up.
Sensing that someone had entered, Li Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, quickly turned over, and pulled out the sword by the pillow.
After taking a closer look, seeing that it was the old general Huangfu, Li Zhi breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the old general Huangfu and asked helplessly: "It's still early, what is the matter with the old general coming to find the juniors?" ”
The old general said anxiously: "Last night, the old man received a letter from his godbrother, saying that he would go out of the city to fight the Yellow Turban to the death in three days!" ”
"What?!" Li Zhi shouted, lifted the quilt violently, ran down from the couch quickly, grabbed the sleeve of the old general Huangfu, and asked nervously, "Why is this so?"
If they could hold out in the city for a few more days, why would they go out of the city for a decisive battle? ”
"Alas!" The old general of Huangfu sighed and said: "I think that when my godbrother saw that there were no reinforcements coming to help, he had the idea of death, and he didn't want to sit still in the city and wait for death, so he went out of the city and died with the yellow scarf!" ”
"Three days..."After listening to the emperor's explanation, Li Zhi spread his sleeves and stood there in a daze, silently thinking about the little time left.
Immediately, he suddenly came back to his senses and shouted loudly outside: "Someone! Drumming Gathering! ”
"Knock knock..."
A rapid drum beat came, waking up the sleeping soldiers, and after waking up, they quickly put on their clothes and shoes.
After a few officers quickly got dressed, they shouted to the crowd: "Hurry, hurry...!" If you get up late, you will be dealt with by military regulations! You bastards, don't hurry up! ”
As he spoke, he hit the few people who hadn't gotten up yet with their scabbards.
"Oops! Don't fight again, I'll get up! Those lazy people didn't want to get up, and after being beaten up by their superiors, they quickly got up and cried their mother.
After all the soldiers got up and came to the playground, they lined up one after another, waiting for their lords.
But after Li Zhi came to the playground, all the soldiers under his command had already lined up several large phalanxes, Li Zhi saw this, nodded with satisfaction, and was very satisfied with the rapid response of his troops.
Before Li Zhi came to the military formation, he shouted loudly to all the soldiers: "Last night, Ben Hou received a letter from Duke Lu, Guangzong can't hold on, and Duke Lu wants to go out of the city to fight to the death with that yellow turban horn!"
However, there were only more than 10,000 people in the past, and now after the fierce battle in the past few days, there must be only five or six thousand people now!
Going out of the city like this is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, we are all people of the Han Dynasty, how can we sit back and watch our comrades fall into a desperate situation and ignore them?!
Now, Ben Hou is determined to lead troops to rescue him and others, do you want Ben Hou to fight on the battlefield again?! ”
As soon as Li Zhi's words fell, all the soldiers shouted in unison: "Swear to pursue the lord's ......!" ”
Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, then his face turned straight, and he shouted loudly: "The army under the command of Ben Hou has never had a military name at the original time.
Now that the yellow scarves are everywhere, the people of the world are struggling to make a living, and we and other people in troubled times can only struggle in pain to survive.
In this campaign, Ben Hou hopes that you and the others can retreat with their whole body, so from today on, the army under Ben Hou will be called the beggar army! ”
As soon as Li Zhi's words fell, all the soldiers shouted in unison: "Thank you, lord!" The beggar army wins! ”
Seeing that the morale of all the generals under his command was high, Li Zhi nodded, turned over and shouted to the soldiers: "All the soldiers listen to the order!" ”
"My subordinates are here!"
"Because this candidate is not good at military affairs, therefore, this rescue of Guangzong, the beggar army will be led by the old general Huangfu, you must not slack off!"
Hearing this, all the soldiers looked at each other, and some of them were even more sad.
Because they had besieged the old general Huangfu, and now they were under the command of General Huangfu, they were afraid that they would be treated like dead soldiers, so they hesitated and didn't know whether to listen or not.
Seeing the hesitant expressions of the yellow turbans in the army, Li Zhiluo thought about it for a while, and then understood their concerns, and glanced at a few veterans who had been following him since the beginning of the army.
After receiving the hint, the veterans took the lead in giving a military salute to General Huangfu, and then shouted: "I will obey the order!" Swear to follow the old general! ”
After taking a few veterans to speak, the other soldiers under Li Zhi's command also reacted and shouted loudly: "I'll obey the order!" Swear to follow the old general! ”
And the yellow scarves in the army, under the psychological effect of conformity, also shouted.
After Li Zhi pacified these yellow scarves, he turned his gaze to the old general Huangfu on the side, and said respectfully: "In this way, the little nephew has entrusted the begging army to the old general, I hope the old general can cherish the begging army, don't let him wait for too many casualties." ”
The old general Huangfu looked at the military array in front of him and nodded with satisfaction, and didn't care too much about Li Zhi's words, so he dealt with it casually: "Don't worry, the old man is provincial." ”
Seeing the contempt of the old general Huangfu for the lives of the soldiers, Li Zhi was a little unhappy in his heart, but then suppressed it and didn't say anything.
After the beggar army had prepared the grain and grass and all kinds of baggage, the old general Huangfu turned over and shouted with a whip: "Go!" ”
After speaking, the old general Huangfu quickly whipped his horse and walked in the direction of Guangzong.
Seeing that he was so anxious, Li Zhi and Cao Cao Guo Jia glanced at each other, smiled helplessly, and followed the old general Huangfu to hurry away.
Instead, the beggar army, led by the generals and colonels in the army, trotted to keep up with them.
After the army had marched about fifty or sixty miles, the beggar army was exhausted, and the pace of the march gradually slowed down.
The old general of Huangfu was still urging the horse to march in front, and Li Zhi saw that he was too anxious, so he shouted loudly: "The old general should be slower, the army is a little unable to keep up with the general." ”
After the old general Huangfu heard Li Zhi's shout, he looked back and saw that the begging army had indeed slowed down, frowned, turned his horse's head and ran towards the middle beggar army.
When he returned to the army, he raised his whip and beat the slow marchers, and scolded loudly as he struck: "Hurry up! It's only been dozens of miles and it's so slow, you must be lazy! ”
Li Zhi saw that the old general Huangfu was a little too impatient, so he quickly stepped forward, grabbed his right hand wielding the horsewhip, and reassured: "Don't worry, old general!"
Didn't Lu Gong say that he would go out of the city for a decisive battle three days later? Now that there is time to come, there is no need to be so impatient.
Moreover, the army has already traveled fifty or sixty miles, and even the horses are a little tired, not to mention the corporal under the command of the little nephew, how about asking the old general to put out the wrath of the thunder for the time being, and let him rest for a while, and then march? ”
As soon as Li Zhi's words fell, the old general Huangfu broke free of Li Zhi's grip on him, and shouted angrily: "Bastard words!
Although Brother Zi said that he would not leave the city until three days later, however, at this time, Brother Zi must be in danger, and if I go early, I can get him out of danger as soon as possible. ”
Li Zhiyan frowned when he heard this, he also knew that what the old general Huangfu said was reasonable, but his subordinates were indeed a little unable to hold on.
If you keep advancing at this marching speed, then by the time of Guangzong, I am afraid that the beggar army will not have much combat power.
After thinking about this, Li Zhi said to the old general Huangfu and comforted him: "Don't be impatient, the old general, the army is marching in such a hurry, that is, when it comes to Guangzong, I am afraid that the beggar army will not have much combat power, let alone rescue Lu Gong and others."
It is better to let them rest for a while, and wait for them to rest before marching quickly, which will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
As the saying goes, sharpening knives is not a mistake for woodcutters, and resting now is also for a better rescue of Lu Gong in the future. ”
Originally, Li Zhi thought that his sincere words would be listened to by the old general Huangfu, but he didn't expect that after he shook his head, he said unhappily: "Brother Zi is the pillar of the country, how can he delay the rescue of Brother Zi for the sake of a few soldiers?"
Mo said that he was just tired, and when he arrived at Guangzong, as long as he could rescue his godbrother, this beggar army would be wiped out, what could he do?
How can the army formed by these yellow turbans and homeless people be compared with the pillars of the Han Dynasty like Brother Zigan? Don't say anything about the virtuous nephew, the old man has made up his mind! ”
"But..."Li Zhiyan was about to speak, when the old general Huangfu waved his hand to interrupt.
I only heard the old general Huangfu say sharply: "No, but at this time, it is the old man's leader, so you don't need to talk too much!" ”
When he had finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the army and shouted, "Keep the march haste!" Those who dare to slack off will be killed! ”
Li Zhi saw that he was so unreasonable, and was about to step forward to reason with him, but he was grabbed by Cao Cao behind him, and whispered to him: "Brother Xingzhi, don't talk about it again." ”
Li Zhi saw Cao Cao holding him, and asked with some indignation: "Why did Brother Meng De pull him down?" I want to go to the old general to theorize, for the general, how can he not cherish his subordinates so much?! ”
"Alas!" Cao Cao looked at Li Zhi, who was full of anger, sighed, and said to him: "Brother Xian doesn't know, the old general Huangfu is not only proficient in soldiers, but also proficient in legalism.
And after he became a general, he gathered the strengths of the two families and formed his own unique way of leading troops.
The old general's way of leading the troops is to be strict, fast, and refined, so it is useless for the virtuous brother to reason with him now, and if he is not careful, the virtuous brother will be dealt with by the old general Huangfu with military law.
Because when the old general Huangfu led the army, he was an iron-blooded and ruthless battlefield general, not the kind elders I have seen on weekdays......"