Chapter 154: Zuo Mustache Eight Defeated and Retreated
At this time, Zuo Beard Zhanghachi, who was still waiting for news outside the city, was very proud when he heard the shouts coming from inside the city. He broke through a county town in one day, a speed that he didn't have in the previous counties.
At this time, the shouting and killing sound from the city was tantamount to a heavenly sound, and he had already imagined such a picture in his mind, his 20,000 troops caught up with the thousands of officers and soldiers in that district, and then carried out a large-scale massacre, no matter what, he would not believe that the thousands of defeated generals in the county town could be his opponents.
After waiting for half an hour, Zuo Zhangba felt that something was wrong, not to mention that the officers and soldiers on the city wall did not move at all, they seemed to be indifferent to the Yellow Turban Army that attacked the city. And his 20,000 troops entered the city, but they never sent anyone out to deliver the letter.
"You take someone in and have a look, and quickly report the situation inside to me." Zuo Shohachi instructed a centurion next to him.
The centurion of the Yellow Turban Army led his hundred-man team, while paying attention to the movements of the officers and soldiers on the city wall, and quickly moved towards the city gate. But when they arrived at the city gates, they were greeted not by their compatriots, who were supposed to be stationed here, but by a group of officers and soldiers who were waiting for them.
This small group of Yellow Turban Army, including the centurion, was horrified, and in a hurry, he didn't know what the situation was, and the centurion only had time to leave a desperate sound: "Attention, it's officers and soldiers." Then he was killed by the soldiers of the Ruishi Battalion who were waiting here.
The remaining soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army hurriedly picked up their weapons to resist, but how could they be the opponents of the Ruishi Battalion squad that exerted their full combat power, except for the more than thirty people who frantically turned around and fled, all the others were killed by the Ruishi Battalion soldiers.
Zuo Zhanghachi also saw the changes at the city gate, and he knew at this time that he had been tricked. In fact, when the warrior battalion and the shooter battalion launched an attack at the beginning, one of the key points of attack was the city gate, and Zuo Beard Zhanghachi also saw the movement at the city gate at that time, and he thought that the officers and soldiers in the city were trying to escape from the city, and now it seems that the officers and soldiers should have started the operation of closing the net at that time.
More than 30 Yellow Turban soldiers who had escaped from the city gate returned to the camp and told Zuo Shohachi what he had seen. Hearing this, Zuo Zhangba was furious and shouted: "Abominable court eagle dog, everyone rushes with me, I want to wash the entire county in blood." “
After finishing speaking, Zuo Zhangba rushed towards the gate of Xiangyuan County, he had lost his mind at this time, and only wanted to vent his anger at being calculated by the officers and soldiers by killing like crazy. Seeing this, the Yellow Turban Army behind him also gave up the ladder and rushed to the north gate of Xiangyuan County, which had not yet been closed.
But at this time, the north gate was not what it was when the station was first opened, and Zeng Yu was trying to lead the Yellow Turban Army into the city, so he didn't deliberately arrange elite soldiers to guard it at all. At this time, in order to completely eat the 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who entered the city, he specially ordered Xiang Zhi to lead a thousand soldiers from the Ruishi Battalion to guard.
After Wang Qing let go of his hands and feet, he killed the three captains led by the Yellow Turban Army in a few moves, and the morale of the Yellow Turban Army plummeted. The soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion are the eruption after many days of accumulation, and their combat power is outstanding, and they are simply unmatchable for the Yellow Turban Army at this time.
Zeng Yu, who was on the city wall, saw the one-sided slaughter of the Yellow Turban Army by the Ruishi Battalion, and immediately ordered to start collecting prisoners, and asked Xiang Zhi to lead a team of 1,000 people to quickly come to guard.
So at this time, the left bearded Zhangbachi who tried to seize the city gate, they encountered Zeng Yu, the most elite trump card. Although the Yellow Turban Army still had 10,000 soldiers left, the city gate was already narrow and the offensive surface was small. Even the elite of the 2,000 Yellow Turban Army in the headquarters of Zuo Zhangba is not the opponent of the soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion in terms of coordination, individual soldier quality, or their own equipment.
Zuo Zhangba ordered his subordinates to attack many times, but all of them were repelled by the Ruishi battalion led by Xiang Zhi, and the city gate was still under the control of the officers and soldiers, while the Yellow Turban Army got nothing but a few hundred corpses.
What worries Zuo Zhangba even more is that at this time, the shouting and killing sound from the city has gradually weakened, and it has been replaced by an ever-strengthening persuasion to surrender.
"Put down your arms, surrender and don't kill~~ Put down your arms, surrender and don't kill~~"
Hatefully glanced at the soldiers of the Ruishi Battalion who were sticking to the city gate, and Zuo Zhangba reluctantly ordered: "Withdraw!" ”
He wanted to attack the city strongly, hoping to rescue the Yellow Turban Army who fell into the ambush, but he didn't expect to encounter such a difficult bone to gnaw, his 10,000 soldiers continued to attack, and the opponent only 1,000 people withstood it, and the casualties were far lower than his own. I hated that I didn't discover the tricks of the officers and soldiers earlier, and if I had cooperated from the outside at that time and cooperated with the Yellow Turban Army that entered the city, even if the officers and soldiers wanted to win, they would definitely have to pay a greater price.
Zeng Yu and Guo Jia drove to the left on the city wall and led the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army to retreat, they ordered a pursuit, and they had no more men to pursue. The two of them did not enter the camp they had set up last night after seeing the team leave, but walked further ahead without stopping.
The two looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the crisis in Xiangyuan County had been solved, and it was time to check the harvest. The departure of Zuo Zhangbachi and the disappearance of the sound of fighting at the city gate let the Yellow Turban Army in the city know that they had been abandoned, and whether they were dead or alive could only rely on themselves.
The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, who had already been surrounded, lacked iron-blooded combat discipline, and under the continuous persuasion of the officers and soldiers to surrender, except for a few diehards who still wanted to resist and were killed, all the others were squatting on the street at this time. As for the other Yellow Turban soldiers who escaped by luck, Pei Yuanshao volunteered to lead his battalion of soldiers into small teams to pursue.
Zeng Yu asked Lei Li to continue to guard the city wall to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from going and returning, and then he and Guo Jia went down the city wall. Coming to the streets of the county, the people and businesses in this area have been temporarily relocated, so there is no other sound except for the angry shouts of the soldiers of the shooter battalion.
However, the 20,000 Yellow Turbans were confined to a few streets, and several thousand were killed, and although the blood flowed was blocked by various things, it gradually flowed near the city gates. Zeng Yu and Guo Jia walked in a pool of blood, and they didn't mind, they walked to the place of battle, and the soldiers of the shooter battalion and the Ruishi battalion they met on the way saluted him one after another.
At this time, the captives of the Yellow Turban Army were guarded by Wang Qing and Wu Shi respectively led their respective headquarters soldiers, and the two also saw Zeng Yu coming, and immediately greeted Zeng Yu and saluted.
"Thank you for your hard work, Ziwu, are your injuries okay?" Zeng Yu motioned for the two to be exempted, and then asked Wang Qing. After all, Wang Qing was just injured yesterday, and now Wang Qing looks like he is covered in blood, but Wu Shi is quite clean.
"Big brother, I'm fine, it's all on the enemy." Wang Qing replied.
"Yi Yue, your archer battalion has made a great contribution this time, and I am worried that the reward prepared by Yaozu is not enough." When Zeng Yu came over just now, he saw that many Yellow Turban soldiers had fallen to the ground with arrows, so he said to Wu Shi with a smile.
"The lord has won the award, this is all the credit of everyone, if it were not for the temptation of Brother Ziwu, and without the soldiers of the Wushu Battalion led by Commander Pei to stop the counterattack of the Yellow Turban Army, it would be impossible for me and the brothers of the Shooter Battalion to have such a great opportunity for meritorious service." Wu Shi said modestly.
"Haha, Yiyue, I'm very happy that you can think so, everyone has a share in the credit this time, and I and the military adviser will not forget it, after the military judge counts the merits, when he returns to Anping County, it will be unified to all the soldiers." Zeng Yu smiled, and then said to Wang Qing and Wu Shi.
"The subordinate soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion (Archer Battalion) have thanked the lord!" The two thanked Zeng Yu together.
"Lao Pei, why didn't you see him, this time his martial arts camp performed very well, I still want to praise him." Zeng Yu waved his hand and asked them.
The Warrior Battalion and the Marksman Battalion were responsible for ambushing both sides of the street, and the Warrior Battalion only had 5,000 soldiers, while the Yellow Turban Army entered the city had 20,000, so when they came out, some of the Yellow Turban Army took advantage of the chaos to flee into other streets. In order to ensure the tranquility of the county, and in order to capture more young and strong, these escaped Yellow Turban Army routs naturally could not let themselves go.
Zeng Yu listened to their answers, nodded and said he understood. At this time, Wang Qing asked, "Big brother, what should I do with these captives?" ”
"Do you have statistics on how many captives have been captured?" Zeng Yu asked rhetorically.
"It has not yet been counted, and the preliminary estimate is that there are about 14,000 people, but some of them were wounded by arrows." Wang Qing replied.
"Take the wounded for treatment first, and take the rest of the prisoners to the camp outside the city to take care of them." Zeng Yu looked at Guo Jia, thought for a while, and said.
"The camp outside the city? My lord, when we entered the city, we demolished the camp. Wu Shi asked curiously.
"Haha, our own camp has been demolished, isn't there someone who has built a new camp for us? Although they didn't build it very well, if you rearrange it, it's ready-made. Guo Jia said with a smile next to him.
"The military advisor has good means, and he has been taught!" Wu Shi said to Guo Jia.
"What about the casualties of the battalions?" Zeng Yu asked.
"Back to the lord, the Yellow Turban Army lacks long-range weapons, because there is a military battalion in front of the block, so the soldiers of the shooter battalion did not meet the Yellow Turban Army in short combat, at this time only a few soldiers fell from the upper floor and received minor injuries, and the others at most overused their fingers, but it was good to rest for a day or two." Wu Shi replied first.
"Where's the Sharp Battalion?" Zeng Yu looked at Wang Qing.
"Big brother, after the first battle, the Ruishi battalion suffered a total of about six hundred casualties, and the specific data will not be known until Yulong counts." Wang Qing replied.
"Well, remember to arrange for the injured soldiers to be treated first, don't be afraid to spend money, they are all our brothers, as long as there is hope, we must save them." Zeng Yu explained to Wang Qing.
He knew that the Rui Shi Battalion under Wang Qing was the fiercest in battle, and many of them were injured and resolutely refused to retreat, so the wounded soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion were often seriously injured, and the treatment was the most difficult.