Chapter 66: The Battle of Zhili VIII
In the Yellow Turban Battalion, Peng Tuo said respectfully to Bo Cai: "Qu Shuai, everything is ready, just wait for your order!" ”
"How's the situation in Hanying?" Bocai did not give a direct order, but asked rhetorically.
"According to the detailed report, Yuan Benchu didn't take us seriously at all, today our army suffered a small defeat, Yuan Shao felt that it was easy to eliminate our army, and after returning to the camp, he even let people put up a celebration banquet, and allowed soldiers to drink!" Speaking of the situation of the Han camp, Peng Tuo's emotions were obviously excited, since the Yellow Turban started the army, although the Han was not well prepared, and hit this sick tiger by surprise, but now the Han has reacted, the Yellow Turban Army has rarely achieved great results, Bocai is also smooth sailing on the way, and has not encountered much resistance at all, and now a golden opportunity is in front of him, as long as the Han army in front of him is defeated, and the soldiers are in the Bishui Pass, then Bocai's prestige will be greatly increased, even more than the great sage and good teacher, He Peng is the deputy general of Bocai, so naturally there are no benefits.
"Is the news true?" Bocai still asked uneasily.
"Don't worry, Qu Shuai, the last general specially sent someone to inquire about the news near the Han camp, and found that the Han army was indeed putting on a feast, drunk and lax!" Peng Tuo replied.
"Okay, pass on the commander's order, the whole army is assembled, and the commander will defeat the Han army in one fell swoop!" After listening to Peng Tuo's words, Bo Cai finally made up his mind.
The camp of the Han army, except for Cao Cao's army in the camp, remained on guard, and the other armies accepted Yuan Shao's reward, tens of thousands of soldiers ate and drank together, although it was not as drunk as Peng Tuo said, but it was indeed drinking, but it was not a lot, after all, Yuan Shao was not a fool, even if he was arrogant, it was impossible for him to really let the army drink heavily, and use the safety of the camp to gamble that he would not attack the camp.
At night, the moonlight today is particularly dim, and it is difficult for anyone walking outside to see the road clearly.
Armies in yellow clothes and yellow armor quickly approached the Han camp in the distance, and although they were very careful, they were exposed.
"Enemy attack!" A mournful shout sounded, and then the war drums were beaten, and the Han soldiers, who had already rested, got up and prepared to meet the battle.
Bo Cai's face was gloomy, he had long expected that this attack on the camp was very likely to be discovered in advance, after all, the Yellow Turban Army lacked training, and if he wanted to let them approach the Han camp without making a sound, it was obviously good to look at them, unless the Han camp army was a pig, they would not be able to find out.
Speaking of Bocai's bad luck, the guard of the Han army was indeed relaxed tonight, but Cao Cao asked the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp.
For Cao Cao's speculation, everyone didn't think so, even the Cao soldiers didn't believe that the defeated Yellow Turban Army dared to attack the camp today, and then the accident still happened, a Cao Army soldier just glanced at the distance, only to see a group of black shadows approaching, the soldier was not sure, ready to get closer and observe again, but the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos, several soldiers fell because they couldn't see the road, and there was a burst of angry scolding, these voices happened to be heard by the soldier, and there was a scene in front of him.
Bocai glanced at the Han camp and found that he was only three hundred paces away from the Han camp, so Bocai decisively ordered the whole army to light torches, the cavalry charged as the vanguard, and the infantry followed closely behind to assault.
Only 300 steps, for the cavalry that charged quickly, it was only a moment, although there was an early warning, but there were still not many people in the Han army who really reacted.
The 8,000 Yellow Turban cavalry cut down the Han soldiers who had just gotten up and had not yet woken up to the ground like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and at the same time threw the torches in their hands to the nearby camp tents, igniting a sea of fire.
"Quick, organize to meet the enemy!" Cao Cao led hundreds of soldiers under his command to quickly come to support, and Cao Cao couldn't help but shout as he looked at the messy Han soldiers.
However, instead of having any effect, his shout attracted the attention of the Yellow Turban Cavalry.
After all, the ancient army is not a modern army, there are no high-quality grassroots officers, once they encounter an emergency, they will make a mess, most of these Han troops are new soldiers, naturally they cannot be expected to calm down as quickly as veterans.
"Quick, there's a big fish here!" A yellow turban cavalryman pointed in Cao Cao's direction.
Hundreds of Yellow Turban cavalry swarmed and slaughtered Cao Cao and hundreds of soldiers around him.
"Resist, don't mess around!" Xiahoudun and others desperately withstood the attack of the Yellow Turban cavalry, but the situation in the Han army camp became more and more chaotic, some people were gathering to resist, but most of the people had collapsed, especially the more than 20,000 Han troops who came from behind, these people stayed in Luoyang so far, and they had not experienced the battle formation, so they were naturally very panicked, on the other hand, Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao's army reacted quickly, although Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were also scattered a lot, but he still quickly assembled troops under the protection of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and gathered thousands of people to resist the Yellow Turban Army. Seeing this, the other soldiers also joined the resistance.
Although the military quality of the Yellow Turban Army was not good, they moved forward bravely one by one, and the reason was naturally that Bocai promised to defeat the official army and let the Zhili area be plundered.
"Lord, I can't stand it anymore, let's withdraw!" Xiahoudun said to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao only had a few hundred people from his own headquarters around him, and he collected hundreds of routed troops in the chaos, but under the continuous onslaught of the Yellow Turban Army, the defense line was already precarious.
Finally, a Yellow Turban soldier burst into front of Cao Cao, and although he was quickly killed by Cao Cao's own soldiers, this was undoubtedly bad news.
Xiahou took out his spear like a dragon, picked off a few Yellow Turban soldiers nearby, rode back to Cao Cao's side, and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, if you don't withdraw, it's really too late!" Just now, Zhao Rong, Feng Fang and others had fled under the protection of their own soldiers. ”
"Retreat! To the west" Cao Cao finally made up his mind to retreat, Yuan Shao's military camp was in the west, and Cao Cao was stationed with more than 20,000 people from Luoyang, but these 20,000 people had been defeated, and now they could only hope that Yuan Shao could withstand it, and wait for Cao Cao to resist together.
"Hahaha! The Han army is nothing more than that, the general ordered that the army should not stop, and defeat the Han army in one go! Watching countless Han soldiers being slaughtered like lambs, Bo Cai laughed.
More than 10,000 Han troops, who had lost the command of the commander-in-chief, scattered and fled one after another, without any desire to fight.
"Qu Shuai, Yuan Benchu of Ximen has not been defeated, and even Chun Yuqiong, the captain of the right military academy, has already led the army to join Yuan Shao because of his proximity to Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao has also gone to Yuan Shao!" Listening to Peng Tuo's return, Bocai's face, who was originally happy, gradually became solemn, the assembled Han army was not easy to deal with, especially the two fierce generals under Yuan Shao's command have made him feel palpitations until now!