With Xu Kang's order, the sound of cannons rolled like thunder for a while.

And the Yellow Turban Army, who rushed to the front, immediately hundreds of people fell in response, and then covered the injured parts and screamed.

This scene completely shocked their companions around them, causing them to stop charging in horror.

The ordinary infantry was fine, but the cavalry was miserable.

They are not like Xu Kang's cavalry regiment, the war horses and artillery have nearly a month of running-in training, and they also have the cloth regiment plug as protection.

They had just come into contact with the artillery, and when the deafening cannon sound sounded, the war horses were completely out of control and began to scatter and flee to the rear, not only throwing off the cavalry on their backs, but also trampling to death and injuring many Yellow Turban troops along the road.

Although Bocai's cavalry was not many, there were thousands of them, and so many war horses were out of control, and his front army was instantly dashed, and the formation of tens of thousands of people became chaotic.

In the face of such a scenario, as long as you are a person who can fight, you will not let go of such an opportunity!

So after seeing this scene, Zhao Hong immediately pulled off the yellow scarf wrapped around his head, and then waved the spear in his hand and shouted.

"Soldiers, this is the time to make meritorious contributions, kill with me!"

And Niu Sheng also raised the halberd in his hand high, letting the wild boar flag with black stripes on a white background swing in the wind while looking up to the sky and roaring.

"Invincible, invincible, we are the strongest army...... Strong! Strong! Strong! ”

Led by him, the cavalry of the cavalry regiment also began to shout, and at the same time, they began to charge at the Yellow Turban Army of Bocai after him!

For a while, in addition to the deafening sound of artillery and the rumbling hooves of horses, only the shouts of Xu Kang's cavalry regiment remained on the battlefield.

"Strong...... Strong...... Strong, strong, strong...... Strong, strong, strong, strong, strong, strong, ......strong,

This kind of scene is very shocking, seeing this scene, Lu Zhi on the city wall couldn't help but clench his fists.

"I don't want Yide to have such an elite cavalry, it's really a blessing to God!"

"yes!" At this time, a trace of excitement flashed on Huangfu Song's face, "I should break the enemy with him!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, preparing to go to the city wall to fight Xu Kang together.

But before he could take two steps, Lu Zhi grabbed him.

"Yizhen should not be reckless, Bocai gathered 100,000 people, not thousands of soldiers and horses can break it, Yide is now busy covering his soldiers into the city, we should respond to the city!"

Hearing his words, Huangfu Song thought that this was indeed the truth, so he nodded, "Well, what Brother Zi said is very true, I almost conceived a big thing with Yide, instead of helping him break the enemy, it is better to dredge the road of the city gate, so that they can withdraw to the city smoothly!" ”

"Hehe, that's right!" Seeing that he understood, Lu Zhi immediately laughed, and waved his hand at him at the same time, "Yizhen, let's go, there is me on the city wall!" ”

"Thank you, godbrother!"

After Huangfu Song thanked Lu Zhi, he walked quickly down the city wall, and then led people to maintain order at the city gate.

Soon, 60,000 Yellow Turbans, old and weak women and children who took refuge in Xu Kang all entered Changshe City.

After entering the city, they dispersed according to the command of Huangfu Song and others, and at the same time pushed the baggage carts they brought to the side of the road to keep the road smooth and create convenience for Xu Kang and others to withdraw.

After Xu Kang saw that the people in front of him had already entered the city, he immediately ordered the artillery regiment and the Huaihe soldiers to retreat, and at the same time waved a flag to the cavalry regiment to let them evacuate after the break was completed.

Thousands of people were evacuated much more quickly than tens of thousands, not to mention that the Yellow Turban Army of Bocai was now in chaos, so soon Xu Kang entered Changshe City with all the artillery regiments and Huaihe soldiers.

Seeing that their retreat was completed, Zhao Hong and Niu Sheng did not love to fight, and the banner was turned, and then with a group of cavalrymen shouting "strong and strong", they withdrew to Changshe City with Bocai's cracked expression.

So far, Xu Kang's men and horses have successfully completed the evacuation, and the battle loss rate is even less than one thousandth!

On the contrary, Bocai lost his troops in this contest of disparity in strength, with nearly 10,000 dead and wounded, and thousands of horses, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Looking at the closed gate of Changshe, Bo Cai was extremely angry.

But no matter how angry he was, he would not order his men to forcibly attack the city.

Because in this era, the degree of easy defense and difficult attack of the city is very amazing, and in the case of the desperate defense of the city, the battle loss ratio can even reach dozens to one!

That is, one of the defenders of the city will die, and dozens of those who will besiege the city will die!

This is a very frightening ratio, which is why the besiegers will slaughter the city after taking it at a huge cost.

As an effective way to intimidate and weaken the enemy, many warlords and generals in the late Han Dynasty preferred to slaughter cities.

In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was about 65 million, and in the early period of the Three Kingdoms, there were only about 23 million left.

Warlord warfare was the main cause of the population decline, and according to the statistics of later historians, more than 20 million people died as a result of the war, and a large proportion of them died in the massacre.

The most famous of them was Dong Zhuo, who slaughtered the city as a daily routine, thus cultivating a strong Xiliang army, and the Qiang and Xiongnu were very afraid of him.

The Yellow Turban Army also slaughtered the city, at first they only killed officials, and later because of the lax military discipline, in order to grab food, even the people began to kill, and the place they passed was like locusts crossing the border, so they were called "Yellow Turban Thieves",

And for Bocai, if he can capture Changshe County, he will inevitably slaughter the city.

It's just a pity that there is no if.

Today's Changshe City not only has thousands of soldiers and horses from Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi, but now there are tens of thousands of troops from Xu Kang to replenish it, and with so many troops stationed, the defensive strength of Changshe City can be said to have increased by several steps.

In the face of such a defense, if you want to take Changshe City by storming, it is estimated that even if Bocai brings all of Zhang Jiao's men, there is only half a chance.

Besides, since Zhang Jiao shouted "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand", it means that he is ready to replace the Han Dynasty as the emperor himself, how can he consume all his troops under the city of Changshe?

Bo Cai knew this very well, so after seeing that Xu Kang's men and horses had completely withdrawn to Changshe City, he understood that his trip had failed.

At the same time, he also knew that Peng Tuo was probably dead.

As the commander of the Yellow Turban, Bo Cai knew that people like them had no way back from the day of the rebellion, because the imperial court would not allow them to surrender.

And now that he saw Peng Tuo's troops retreating into Changshe City, then this can only mean one thing, that is, Peng Tuo is dead.

Although the relationship with Peng Tuo is not yet at the point of life and death, Qu Shuai, who is also a yellow scarf, Peng Tuo's death still makes Bo Cai a little sad.

After taking a deep look at Changshe City again, he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"Alas...... Pass the order down and withdraw the troops! ”