Chapter 183: Sitting on the Second County (I)
There was no entertainment these days, let alone on the battlefield. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info It's been a bloody battle all day during the day, and I'm already exhausted. In the middle of the night, except for a few soldiers in charge of patrolling the camp, the rest were basically asleep. However, under strict military discipline, even when these soldiers were asleep, they were still wrapped in armor and their blades were placed in their positions, and they were indeed elite soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles. Even if they are facing only a rabble, they dare not relax in the slightest.
When the commotion on the city wall broke out, the soldiers who had been asleep instantly jumped up from the ground and quickly ran out of the camp one by one. In addition, the soldiers didn't know what was going on, and they scrambled to ask each other, and there was an uproar for a while, and the camp that had fallen into dead silence came to life in the blink of an eye...
This is also the thing that leaders have always been most worried about, and the nerves of people on the battlefield are tense. Many soldiers would not leave their weapons even when they were asleep, and this was the case, and they might be fine during the day, but they would wake up in the middle of the night. Coupled with the night blindness that is more common in this era, one may even be bombed if it is not done well.
Considering the means of command in this era, it was almost impossible to stop the bombing of the camp at night, and it could only be said after dawn. In that case, the casualties to the army would definitely be huge, which is why the generals of the unified army were so worried about bombing the camp. At night, even loud noises are forbidden.
The generals, who were also awakened, were the first to worry about the enemy's night attack, the second to bomb the camp, but when they came out of their tents and looked up, they found that the situation did not seem to be as they had thought.
There was indeed civil unrest, but it was not them, but the enemies with whom they had fought during the day.
Just when Yan Shao and the others were hesitating in their hearts, whether they should take advantage of this rare opportunity to attack the city, or wait until the next day, when everything was clear and everything was clear, the riot on the wall of Huangxian County ended, everything was as if nothing had happened, and there was a creaking sound in the direction of the city gate.
"My lord?" Li Jing walked up and looked at Yan Shao as if asking.
"How?" Yan Shao lowered his head and asked.
Maybe martial arts are not like this, but Yan Shao is also tall and big, and he can look down on most of the people in the army, even Wu Anguo and Sun Guan are a few points shorter than Yan Shao.
"Someone came to report that the city gate was opened, someone came out from inside and said that the city was going to be sacrificed, and there seems to be no sound of soldiers and horses fighting in the city, and it seems that the riot in the city has ended..."
"In this way..."Yan Shao groaned for a moment and looked into the distance.
Unfortunately, there were soldiers pouring out all around, and it was fine to look up at the walls, but if you looked around, it was easy to be blocked by these soldiers. Yan Shao is indeed tall and big, but he is not tall enough to surpass everyone.
"Anyway, let's go with me first..."
"No!" Li Jing hugged his fists.
This person has been following Yan Shao since he begged for the Yellow Turban, and he is also the captain of the armor soldiers beside him. Martial arts, which is almost the level of Sun Guan, may be two or three points inferior to Sun Guan, but loyalty, this is the most important thing for Yan Shao.
The most feared thing in this position is to have ill intentions, ability is second, but loyalty is the first.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Yan Shao doesn't like that kind of ability, such as Dian Wei.
It can be said that if it weren't for Dian Wei's desperate battle, Cao Cao would have grown grass on his grave as early as the Battle of Wancheng, not to mention the Battle of Chibi.
However, this kind of warrior is not easy to find, Zhao Yun's martial arts are similar to Dian Wei, but the two are completely different. Dian Wei is a fierce general on the battlefield, but he doesn't know anything about strategy, and his role is similar to that of Guan Hai Zhoucang and others, they are all the kind that go into battle to fight, counting on him to command the army to fight? It's basically no different from daydreamingββββββ it's the same as expecting Guan Hai to be on his own, it's just a joke.
Zhao Yun is different, brave and strategic, strong in martial arts, he is a real general, with a little training, his future achievements are limitless, and even if he is the commander of an army, it is not impossible.
It's too condescending to let such a person be a personal guard...
What's more, don't look at the talent under Yan Shao's account now, in fact, the gap is very serious, and the generals are okay, there are Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, Wu Anguo, and Sun Guan.
Among them, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and Sun Guan can all be called generals, but at present, there is only one Tai Shici for the time being, even Huang Zhong can't do itββββββ he has been a Nanyang marksman for half his life, Huang Zhong's martial arts may be fine, but the experience of commanding the army is basically equal to nothing, and rashly letting people without any experience lead the troops is irresponsible for himself or the soldiers and horses who are commanded.
The same is true for Zhao Yun, no matter how good his qualifications are, it can't change the fact that he is still a rookie. However, whether it is Huang Zhong or Zhao Yun, they are the most favored by Yan Shao, if they are restrained and sit by a guard, they will inevitably be a little condescending.
As for Gan Ning? Yan Shao is not worried about his ability at all, but Gan Ning's personality is not suitable for being a guard at allββββββ expecting a water thief to take care of the home? It's too wishful thinking, right?
On the contrary, Guan Hai and them are a little more likely, but Guan Hai's martial arts are really good, but he is a reckless man. Such a person may be a brave general on the battlefield, but he can't be used as a personal guard, not to mention that Guan Hai's martial arts are still a little worse.
In comparison, Zhou Cang is much stronger. Not only is his martial arts similar to Guan Hai, but he also knows a little bit of resourcefulness. It's a pity that Yan Shao is not very at ease with him. After all, he knows very well what Zhou Cang's true identity is, and if he puts such a person by his side and is responsible for his personal safety, how big is his heart if he can rest assured?
In comparison, Wu Anguo's martial arts are good, and he does not have many shortcomings of these two people. There doesn't seem to be much else other than taciturnity, but the sense of presence is too lacking compared to the first two.
In addition, Yan Shao also needed some fierce generals in his hands, and in the end, he just selected one of the sergeants who had followed him the longest time and had more exquisite martial arts to be the captain of these armor soldiers.
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Not only Li Jing, but others also followed closely with fists.
No one was worried that it would be a conspiracy, not that it was impossible, but that Zhao Yun and Tai Shici believed in their own strength.
Conspiracy? Even with thousands of troops, they are confident that they can fight their way out of the siege. Especially Zhao Yun, even if he brings Yan Shao's 'drag', he is just as confidentββββββ maybe it's a little hurtful to talk like this, but Yan Shao is indeed a drag, even more troublesome than Adou.
It's good that Adou doesn't cry or make trouble, and he can carry it closely.
What about Yan Shao?
The big man who is more than 1.8 meters is not much different from Zhao Yun. But they don't have much courage, let alone Guan Hai, even Liu Bei can't compare. Anyway, Liu Bei can still accompany Guan Yu and them to fight with Lu Bu for a while, does Yan Shao have this ability?
In fact, even if Liu Bei went, it was useless, Zhao Yun was able to come from a million army at that time. In addition to the strong martial arts, there are two other very important points, one is that Cao Cao did not let the cold arrow go, which is extremely important, otherwise Zhao Yun's martial arts are useless no matter how strong they are. Another is that no one knows that Zhao Yun was holding Liu Bei's only son Liu Chan in his arms at that time, if he knew, Cao Cao would not be merciful because of his love, but I am afraid that it is not necessarilyββββββ, and it may not be necessary, Liu Bei at that time was no different from a lost dog, and even if Cao Cao knew, he might not be able to poison a baby.
But if it was Liu Bei who was accompanying him at the time, I was afraid that the situation would be different...
At that time, let alone one Zhao Yun, even if ten Zhao Yun were afraid, they couldn't protect it, and under the fire of ten thousand arrows, it was no longer something that could be stopped by personal bravery. What's more, there are times when manpower is exhausted, even if he can block it for a while, can he still stop it forever?
But if it's just him, it's really not a trouble to get in and out or something.
What's more, Zhao Yun is not the only one here now, Tai Shici also has similar martial arts, in addition to Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, etc., each of them is a fierce general on the battlefield, and it is by no means comparable to leisure.
Even if there was really any conspiracy, a few of them alone could easily kill and disperse more than 100 people. If Huang Zhong and Gan Ning were brought in, it might not be impossible to escort Yan Shao out among the ten thousand armies.
is so brave, just one Cai Qi, can't make them afraid of something...
Under the protection of these people, Yan Shao also has no scruples.
There were still a lot of torches in the camp, which could be regarded as brightly lit, and the soldiers on both sides of the road could clearly see Yan Shao's appearance, and they avoided them one by one. Coupled with the constraints of the officers, one by one quickly changed into a way out of the camp.
When Yan Shao and his entourage went out from the gate of the camp, they saw more than a dozen people in gorgeous costumes, standing tremblingly outside the gate of the camp surrounded by some guards.
Next to them were some people dressed up, holding plates covered with cloths in their hands.
Even if Yan Shao didn't have a clairvoyant eye, he could more or less guess what was under these cloths. If it was changed to before crossing over, Yan Shao would probably have been cold and his limbs stiffened when he saw this thing. But in the past few years, what kind of dead person has he not seen?
Even...
At some point, he had witnessed a few scenes of torture and the like...
I even personally provided some adviceββββββ there is no way, in such a chaotic era, it is too difficult to survive cleanly...
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"Who's coming?" There was no need for Yan Shao to speak, Li Jing had already shouted loudly, and his hand covered by the armor piece was also pressed on the hilt of the knife, looking at the people in front of him vigilantly.
"Zhang Nian of Huangxian County, I've seen the envoy...", there was no need for others to speak, the middle-aged people led by him had already come up very well and bowed for a long time.
Immediately behind, there were some other people who also followed up and introduced themselves. Basically, they are all local families in Huang County, and almost all of them are at the helm of each family.
However, these big people in Huang County can be regarded as covering the sky with one hand, but they can be deferential in front of Yan Shao. Especially the helmsmen of the small families in the back, they were even more flattering, for fear of angering Yan Shao.
Not surprisingly, they did not climb the walls during the day. But they were clear about the battle situation during the day, and Yan Shao was famous in Qingzhou, far from being comparable to Cai Qi, and this time they came with thousands of soldiers and horses, so it is no wonder that they have such an attitude.
"What are you doing here, and what happened in the city, Cai Qi?"
Although Yan Shao could already guess what was going on, he still asked in a pretentious manner, and tried not to let his eyes glance at the plates held in the hands of those subordinates, so as not to expose anything.
Hearing Yan Shao's inquiry, Zhang Nian, who was the leader, hurriedly replied.
"That Cai Qi didn't know the power of Jun Huwei, and he actually tried to resist in vain, and even took someone hostage as a hostage, which was really too deceitful. Is it tolerable or unbearable, I am forced to kill it in desperation, and today I will offer the head and the city, and please make you smile! Then he clapped his hands, and saw that the men had lifted the cloth covering the tray.
Everything was just as Yan Shao expected, the bloody heads were held on the plate, especially the one at the front, who looked dead, and his eyes were wide open.
If it's fine during the day, at night...
To be honest, it's a bit infiltrating. Especially unlike people in this era, Yan Shao has experienced countless horror movies and even horror novels, and after seeing those heads, coupled with the strange atmosphere around him, he couldn't help but glance at Zhao Yun and Tai Shici standing on both sides of him.
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In fact, this is also Cai Qi's own stupidity, these families have been operating in Huangxian for hundreds of years, up and down, who is not affected by them? Even among the hundreds of defeated soldiers that Cai Qi regarded as depending, there were many people related to the family. Everything he pinned on was wrong from the start.
In the end, it was no wonder that those soldiers would fight back and point their blades at him...
In the final analysis, for the people of this city, he is just an outsider, or an outsider who brings disasters, how can he compare to these families who have taken root in Huang County for hundreds of years?
"If the envoy does not give up, we are also willing to follow the envoy..."
Looking at those kneeling on the ground, Zhao Yun's eyes had a deep disgust.
For him, he couldn't tolerate such betrayals at all, but looking at them, Yan Shao smiled lightly. "Why do you need to be like this, this Cai Qi cripples the people, so it can only be said to be retribution, a new entry into Donglai, I still need you to help, hurry up..."
Hearing this, several people who were already kneeling on the ground glanced at each other in surprise.
"Thank you!"