Chapter 161 continues to attack
When Bo Cai heard that the sergeants in the Tiger Prison Pass at this time were all new recruits who had just been recruited, a new flame of hope ignited in his heart.
Of course, what Han Xian and Yang Feng said was right, the position they were in now was indeed dangerous, and they could rush to support the Han army in Luoyang at any time.
But for this point, Bocai has his own considerations, and the nearby states and counties that are a little closer are under their troops.
For example, Jizhou is the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army, and Xuzhou is being besieged by Zhang Niujiao and his people, even if it is a little farther away in Youzhou, although their people do not have an advantage, they are still confronting the Han army.
In this case, there are not as many Han troops who can come in a short period of time as imagined, and there may even be no Han troops who can support them in time.
Since it is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why don't they fight hard, of course, if the Tiger Prison Pass is all the elite of the Han army, then it will naturally be different.
But now there are only some new troops with no combat experience in the Tiger Prison Pass, and Bo Cai feels that their chances of winning the Tiger Prison Pass are very big!
Coupled with the fierce battle just now, they themselves lost thousands of people, and the other party's losses will not be less than them, or even more than them!
It is possible that there are less than 5,000 Han troops left in the Tiger Prison Pass now, how can such an opportunity be missed, he must not let the hope of success slip away from his hands!
After Bo Cai explained the situation he considered to Han Xian and Yang Feng one by one, he looked at them fiercely and waited for their reply.
Han Xian and Yang Feng fell silent at first, they were both carefully considering Bo Cai's suggestion, and slowly their eyes became firm.
They feel that their Lord is right, and now is indeed an opportunity given to them by God, and if they miss it, they are likely to hate it for life!
So the two nodded almost at the same time, expressing their agreement with Bo Cai's suggestion and continuing to attack the last difficulty before Luoyang: Tiger Prison Pass!
After ideological unity, the Yellow Turbans continued to act, and this time Bocai decided to still use their most advantageous aspect, their numerical advantage!
Don't look at the successive battles, their losses are greater than those of the officers and soldiers, but their numerical base is there.
So far, they have lost nearly 30,000 people, but their strength is still as high as more than 60,000 people, and the other side only has a few thousand new troops!
Such a large gap in numbers will bring great psychological pressure to the opposing soldiers, and maybe the opponent's army will collapse without a fight after several sieges!
However, what made Bo Cai feel a little pity was that during their retreat, the officers and soldiers were closed again, which made Bo Cai feel a little headache!
He didn't expect that the other party would have a spare city gate, and sure enough, the Tiger Prison Pass was the last choke point of the Han Dynasty, and the facilities and equipment were much more complete than the ordinary city.
In fact, how did Bo Cai know that Zhu Jun and they didn't have any spare city gates at all.
They just unloaded the gate on the other side of the Tiger Prison Pass and installed it on the side of the city gate that the Yellow Turban Army had broken.
Now, if the Yellow Turban Army can go to the other side of the Tiger Prison Pass, they can find that the Tiger Prison Pass opposite them is actually a situation where the door is wide open!
Zhu Jun and they can't help it, where can they go to build a new city gate in such a short period of time, fortunately, the Yellow Turban Army can only attack one side, otherwise they really won't have a move!
With the city gate, the Han army's heart was a little easier, at least they had a geographical advantage, and they were much stronger than before.
As for saying that Bo Cai will set a fire again and scorch the tiger prison again, Zhu Jun didn't even think about this, the Yellow Turban Army had beaten him unprepared before!
If such a surprise attack can succeed once, it is already a big shit luck for the Yellow Turban Army, if it can succeed a second time, he Zhu Jun might as well jump off the pass and pull it down!
Bocai also knew that the previous strategy could no longer be used again, one was that the Han army was on guard, and they would never succeed so easily.
Another is that their reserves of fire oil are no longer enough, and an army like them that can only rely on looting to solve the problem of supplies is really not much in reserve.
If you use up a little, it will be less, the fire just now has used up seventy percent of their kerosene reserves, even if he wants to use fire again, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!
Since skillful attacks can't be used, then continue to use the most orthodox and cruel siege method, relying on manpower to attack the city!
Bocai divided his army into three groups, each with more than 20,000 people, and led by him, Han Xian, and Yang Feng to attack Tiger Pass!
They will spend the next day endlessly attacking Tiger Prison Pass until they completely destroy the Han army's will to resist!
Looking at the Yellow Turban Thief who was sharpening his knife, Zhu Jun, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao looked at each other and smiled bitterly, the only thing they could do now was passive defense.
Even they are powerless to defend and counterattack, it is not easy for these sergeants under their command to fight a good battle to defend the city, don't think about counterattacking Shenma!
With the sound of the desolate horn, the Yellow Turban Army began their countless sieges, and now on the city wall, looking at the Yellow Turban Army rushing over like an ordinary ant colony, Zhu Jun shouted:
"Ladies and gentlemen! Now we are in a desperate situation, and I know that everyone is desperate, but we will not back down and will not back down! Because behind us is our own homeland, do you want to watch those thieves ravage our homeland with impunity? It's just death today, let's fight with them! ”
After hearing Zhu Jun's words, the new soldiers, who had been pale before, quickly recovered their fighting spirit, and they knew that what the old general said was right!
They really have no way out, they are all from the people near Luoyang.
If these hungry wolf-like Yellow Turbans capture the Tiger Prison, their families will be exposed to the butcher's knives of the other side.
They were just ordinary people before, what was for the Han Dynasty and the court, it was not attractive to them, only for their families would they raise their courage!
The new army of the Han Dynasty, which had recovered its morale, quickly threw themselves into defending the city under the leadership of Zhu Jun and the three of them, and they sacrificed their lives to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, all for the happiness and tranquility of their families!
The fierce siege lasted from the afternoon to the evening and from the evening to the second half of the night, and the fierce fighting, which lasted for six hours, left both sides very tired.
The Yellow Turban Army is slightly better, and they can at least have two other groups of people to rotate, but the Han Army on the Tiger Prison is not so good.
They could only get a moment's rest after repelling a wave of enemy attacks, and then devote themselves to their posts again before the second wave of the Yellow Turbans arrived.
If it weren't for the belief of their families, they might have collapsed a long time ago, but now they wouldn't be able to hold on for long even if they wanted to.
Because after half a day of fierce fighting, these new troops were greatly reduced, and now there are no more than a thousand people standing on the city wall.
At most, a few people will block the next offensive of the Yellow Turban Army, and then Zhu Jun will have no available soldiers, and the hearts of Zhu Jun and the three of them have sunk to the bottom!