Chapter 35: Storming Guangzong

After taking the Yellow Turban Thief and tortured him, he learned that Zhang Jiao was preparing to attack the army of Beizhong Lang General Lu Zhi, while Dong Zhuo, who was newly promoted to Dongzhong Lang General, was at odds with Lu Zhi and went to the south with the Bingzhou army.

Jia Xu analyzed the military situation: "Zhang Jiao is about to attack Lu Zhi, but Dong Zhuo has gone to the south, our army currently has two major advantages, first, Zhang Jiao does not know that our army has entered Julu County in the south, and he does not know the details of our army, how many people there are, and what the combat power is. ”

"Second, Dong Zhuojun is gone, for Zhang Jiao, if he goes to a big enemy, he can concentrate on dealing with Lu Zhi and ignore our army."

Ma Chao opened the peep talent, and the thermal imaging scanned it, and within a radius of several miles, there was not a single red dot, and the small strand of yellow scarves they caught was just a group of patrols.

"What our army has captured is the Yellow Turban Patrol, and we must quickly attack before the time for the handover of the patrol post comes, and we will be caught off guard by the rear of Zhang Jiao."

As soon as they heard that there was a battle to be fought, Li Cunxiao and Zhang Feier immediately went out of the queue and asked to fight.

Ma Chao glanced at Li Cunxiao, then at Zhang Fei, had a plan in his heart, and said: "Now our army has a total of 10,000 elite cavalry and more than 40,000 Yellow Turban infantry. ”

"Li Cunxiao, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei divided their troops into 4 routes, each leading 1,000 elite cavalry to attack, constantly invading the rear of Zhang Jiao, and weakening the morale of the enemy."

"Whoa!"

After the 4 generals left the camp, Ma Chao ordered again: "Gao Shun, Liu Bei, Zhou Cang, you and other 3 people, each lead 10,000 Yellow Turban infantry, attack the Yellow Turban thieves in the nearby county, and clear the obstacles for our army to go south." ”

"Whoa!"

After all the generals left to prepare for the war, in the camp tent, only Ma Chao and Jia Xu were left, Jia Xu asked: "Meng Qi, you sent all the generals of the southern Hebei army at once, and divided 4,000 elite cavalry and 30,000 yellow turban infantry, and our army camp, there are still 1,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry left, if there is an enemy, how to meet the enemy?" ”

Ma Chao stared at Guangzong County on the map and said, "Jia Shi, I plan to lead the rest of the army to attack Guangzong County. ”

"Guangzong?"

Jia Xu was puzzled: "Guangzong County is some distance away from Ren County, where we are located, and it is close to Zhang Jiaojun, can we capture Guangzong County with just the two of us?" ”

"That's why I asked Li Cunxiao and them to provoke the Yellow Turbans in the past to attract the attention of the Yellow Turbans, and you and I marched from the northeast of Guangzong County."

At noon that day, Ma Chaojun went out on the expedition, and the scouts in front came to report: "The 4-way cavalry of Li Cunxiao, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei has attracted the attention of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, and the 3-way infantry of Gao Shun, Liu Bei, and Zhou Cang all wore yellow turbans, pretending to be the Yellow Turban Army, deceived several nearby county towns, and were fighting with the Yellow Turban Army inside." ”

"Good!"

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Now, all the potential factors that can threaten our army are all inseparable, and our army must march quickly and rush to Guangzong County!" ”

Half a day later, Ma Chao's soldiers came to the city of Guangzong, and the Yellow Turban general who defended the city shouted: "Who is coming?" ”

Jia Xu came forward: "We are the army of the imperial court, and we have gone all the way south from Bingzhou, breaking through the Yellow Turbans in Youzhou, and capturing the Yellow Turbans in several counties in Jizhou, why don't you open the door and surrender quickly?" Otherwise, when the city is broken, it will be the time for you to give the head! ”

"Hahahaha!"

The yellow turban general in the city laughed wildly: "You bluffed a 3-year-old child? ”

"I don't believe it, you court lackeys, what can you do to me!"

Immediately, the order: "Shoot the arrows!" Shoot them off! ”

On the city wall, thousands of arrow feathers slanted down, and the infantry phalanx immediately raised their shields to block the rain of arrows, and Ma Chao turned on the thermal imaging and found that there were not many Yellow Turban defenders in the city.

He smiled and said: "Master Jia, I have been planning strategy for half a year, but I have never personally commanded the battle, and now, it is just right for me to practice my hands!" ”

After that, the commander said: "The infantry phalanx changes formation, divided into the front 4, the middle 3, and the back 3, each formation of 1,000 people, slowly advancing, the first to climb the city wall, a reward of 100 gold!" ”

"Cavalry, draw your bow and shoot the archers on the walls!"

"Whoa!"

The drums of war, the trumpets sounded, and the infantry phalanx was like a rainbow, and with the fire support of the cavalry archers of this army, they launched a fierce charge towards the city wall, and the archers on the city wall only fired 3 rounds of arrow rain before they had reached the city wall.

"Not good!"

The Yellow Turban generals were shocked, the speed of the imperial army was so fast?

He had also fought against the imperial army, and had never seen such a swift army, and he shouted: "Smash the stones down and cut their siege ladders!" ”

A bloody siege began, with boulders falling and killing more than a dozen people at a time, but there were more infantry rushing up behind and climbing the siege ladder.

All the Yellow Turban soldiers took out the Divine Blessing Talisman from their arms, and shouted: "Please God come!" ”

The talisman turned into flames and burned with the wind, and the yellow turbans were bathed in a yellow light, flashing and dazzling, and their strength became incomparably greater, but they were all delirious, and they only knew how to cut people.

Ma Chao's infantry were all Yuan Yellow Turbans who surrendered voluntarily, and when they saw that the other party was the same as their former self, they were unconscious, like pigs and dogs, and they were resentful.

"Brothers, go and save these poor people!"

Someone shouted loudly, and everyone responded in unison, all of them were red-eyed and rushed forward frantically.

With long knives in their mouths and shields behind their backs, they climbed up the ladder as if they were dead.

"Cut down the siege ladder!"

The Yellow Turban general shouted, personally drew his sword to cut down the ladder, and the infantry who climbed up pounced forward, and was thrown directly to the ground.

The general killed the infantry, and just as he was about to get up, he was overwhelmed by more infantry, and directly slashed the general's neck with a knife!

Burst!

Blood spurted out, and the infantry who killed the Yellow Turban General was excited, cut off his head, and raised it above his head: "Your guard is dead, don't surrender quickly!" ”

But the remaining Yellow Turbans were still under the blessing of the Divine Blessing Talisman, delirious, and they didn't even look at the guard's head.

The two sides launched a fierce battle on the city wall, Ma Chao saw that the situation had reached the most severe moment, stood on top of the chariot, and drew his short knife: "The cavalry team dismounts and begins to attack the city!" ”

Ma Chao's real state army, under the repeated training of Sima Cuo and Gao Shun, mounted cavalry and dismounted infantry, all of which had the attribute of "trapping the camp", quickly approached the city wall when the Yellow Turban infantry had already opened the way.

They took out the rope from their side, swung it several times, and threw it at the wall, and the hook at the front of the rope hooked the wall at once, and quickly climbed up.

One by one, in just a few minutes, the first group had already successfully climbed the city wall, and they drew their long knives, one by one, and slashed down the Yellow Turban Thieves.

Even the Yellow Turban Thief who used the Divine Blessing Talisman was only stronger than the average person, and that's it, he should be hacked to death, or he would be hacked to death.

Half an hour has passed, and the gate of Guangzong County has been opened.

The real first command of the operation, extremely fast, and efficient, Ma Chaozhi was proud, standing on top of the chariot, and entered the county town majestically.

The people who were hiding at home in the city heard that the imperial army was coming, and it only took more than one hour to break through the defense line of the Yellow Turban thieves, and they all rushed out of their homes with joy.

Seeing that there were many people, Ma Chao ordered: "Pass my order, strictly prohibit harassing the people, and do not attack any people, violators, behead!" ”

Once Guangzong County was taken, Ma Chao couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Guangzong... When Zhang Jiao's army is defeated and retreats, he can only flee to me, and take Zhang Jiao's top priority, and it will be mine! ”

The herald: "All the sergeants on the city wall should be dressed as the Yellow Turbans, and wait for the arrival of the enemy army!" ”