"Lord, do you think that tens of thousands of us can destroy the Yellow Turban?"

Of course it can't be, this doesn't need to be said by Xi Zhicai, Su Xiu never thought that he would use this mere 50,000 horses to destroy hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves with hundreds of thousands of people.

Seeing Su Xiu shaking his head, Xi Zhicai continued: "Lord, do you really want to support the big man or dominate the party?" ”

If you put this outside, it will be a bit of a curse, but Su Xiu is still a Han official, as the saying goes, 'eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries', you take the court's money, but you only think about your own plan, but also support the army and self-respect, if you really want to talk about it in detail, it is a big crime of rebellion, it is to raze the three clans.

But now there are only two people, Su Xiu and Xi Zhicai, and Xi Zhicai still remembers Su Xiu's conversation at Shi Guangyuan's house vividly, and he is also very clear about Su Xiu's ambitions, so he dares to ask like this, because he also feels that the current Han can no longer be supported.

Su Xiu shook his head again and said: "Zhicai, you don't have to ask such questions, the current Han is terminally ill, even if I have the heart, I am powerless, but I can't bear my Han Li Min to kill each other excessively, if he comes to attack from a foreign race, what will I do to resist it?" ”

Su Xiu is not a saint, he really wants to dominate the world, especially when he has a certain strength, but he doesn't want to see too many casualties among the Han people, he knows very well that after a few decades, it is because the Three Kingdoms are fighting too hard that the population has plummeted, which has made the northern nomads raise their heads and there will be a situation of chaos in China. If he was to choose between hegemony and keeping the living space of the Han people, he would rather not fight for hegemony.

"Since you think so, then you can't send troops now, you and I know very well that now Taishan's army is the elite of the current Han elite, and it can influence the outcome of the battlefield, not for hand-to-hand combat in the early stage. Send troops now, then maybe the army of the imperial court has not yet come to support, and these tens of thousands of people will be wiped out. When the time comes, Mount Tai will not be protected, who will protect the Han Dynasty? ”

"Lord, this is not loyalty and selfishness, but the people who become big things are not informal, your current unbearable may make more people suffer from the chaos of war, so you must stand still now, if the Taishan army can not be decided, then what awaits us is bound to be destroyed."

"I know this, but the current situation is that the officers and soldiers are definitely not the opponents of the Yellow Turban Army, even if the Yellow Turban is in a hurry, but the officers and soldiers have neglected training for a long time, they will definitely be defeated and retreated, and this time Zhang Jiao has been preparing for several years, and in recent years, there have been disasters and famines everywhere, and there must be a large number of followers, and the officers and soldiers have not rescued."

"But we can't help it, although our Taishan is much more solid than other places, but we can't rule out the possibility of seditions by Yellow Turban henchmen, and we also have to guard against Yellow Turban thieves who have entered the country, so we can only send a maximum of 30,000 people, these tens of thousands of people must be won with one blow, so bear with it."

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In April, Yingchuan Yellow Turban Qu Shuai Bocai defeated Zhu Jun and surrounded Huangfu Song in Changshe, Lu Zhi failed to achieve results in Jizhou, and the news was transmitted back to Luoyang, and the government and the opposition were shaken. Emperor Ling was furious and urgently ordered the nearby counties to give full support.

Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Su Xiu swore to set off in mid-April and went to Changshe to relieve the siege.

Just looking at the strength and lineup, Su Xiu's tens of thousands of people are definitely the strongest and most well-equipped reinforcements in the entire Han Dynasty, including heavy cavalry, light cavalry, archers, sword and shield infantry, crossbowmen, etc., but because it was to rescue, Su Xiu asked Yu Ban to lead the infantry to follow-up press, and he took Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry to Changshe quickly.

Su Xiu remembered very well that the siege of Changshe lasted only one month, and if he was a little slower, then he would not have much chance to gain political capital in the later battle of Guangzong, which was very unfavorable to the development of Mount Tai.

During the month from the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising to the dispatch of troops, Su Xiu thought a lot, it turned out that his idea was to fight for hegemony in the world on the basis of trying to kill as few people as possible, after all, he grew up in a peaceful era and had never experienced war, so his thoughts were a little simple.

But after the enlightenment of Xi Zhicai, Su Xiu realized his innocence, and wanted to compete for hegemony and die less, so why should he take advantage of all the good things? If you want to get, you must pay, and if you want a strong nation, you must have a stable internal environment, and some sacrifices are indeed inevitable.

It's like a tumor growing in the body, if it is not removed, it will spread to the whole body, how can such a body compete with others? Only by taking care of the body and stripping off the necrotic flesh can the body be restored to health.

And the best way to solve the civil war as soon as possible is to make himself stronger, and it is best to be able to suppress and even eliminate all the princes with crushing strength, so he must save enough political capital for this Yellow Turban Rebellion to let Taishan develop as soon as possible.

Changshe City, County Yazhong

Huangfu Song paced back and forth with a frown, the Yellow Turban had been besieging the city for more than half a month, and the grain and grass in the city could only support another half a month at most, if he couldn't think of a way to break through, then the fifteen thousand troops in the city would be defeated without a fight.

However, in the past half a month, they have thought of countless methods, but this wave of talents is not an ordinary person, every time they break their plan, until two days ago, they gave up the lives of nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers, and let Cao Cao lead the elite to break through the siege and ask for help.

"Yizhen, don't turn around, my eyes are spent."

"I'm also upset, it's been half a month, we can't think of a way at all, seeing that the soldiers are fighting less and less, and the food and grass are gradually running out, if we can't think of a way, we only have one way to destroy the city."

"Alas, it's all my fault, if I hadn't taken the enemy lightly and were ambushed, I wouldn't have let my brother fall into this long society with me, plus the Yellow Turban has been attacking the city for half a month, this county town has been dilapidated, and I don't know if it can survive half a month."

"Now is not the time to find out who is responsible, now all we can do is to find a way to break through, although Meng De has gone to ask for help, but we can't pin all our hopes on this, the last two days Bo has not attacked the city, I guess it should be to prepare for a large-scale siege battle, after all, they also know about Meng De's breakthrough, if they can't take us now, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will have no chance."

"But now the soldiers are very tired, there are 150,000 yellow turbans outside the city, we have less than 15,000 people, and all of them are wounded, facing an enemy ten times my size, I really can't think of any way to break through head-on."

"We can't sit still, can we think about it?"

"I hope Meng De can move in reinforcements as soon as possible, if we want to break through on our own, it's really difficult to climb to the sky!"

Early the next morning, there was a loud drum outside the city, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun hurriedly came to the city wall, only to see a figure in the distance was slowly moving towards the city wall, not to mention sixty or seventy thousand people, and it could be pressed to the city gate in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Gongwei, it seems that Bocai is already preparing for a decisive battle."

"Yes, I can't imagine that we will die at the hands of such thieves today, I am unwilling, I am really unwilling!"