Chapter 155: Sneak Attack on Runan

When Cao Cao began to mobilize men and horses, he had a fire in his belly, because people did have them, but they had no weapons and equipment, no money, no food, and no horses.

Cao Cao went to find them one by one, and those who were in charge, which one was not procrastinating, and asked for benefits openly and secretly. Although they didn't dare not do it with the holy decree, but they dared to drag it out for a few days, Cao Cao at this time was still that young and vigorous person, who was jealous and hateful, where could he tolerate it, and immediately went crazy.

Although Cao Cao was furious and said that he would not do it for him, he would sue the emperor, and these people also knew that the extermination of the Yellow Turban was a big deal, and they did not dare to ask for benefits, but the efficiency of the work slowed down, and it was expected that it would be several days before it was possible to send troops.

Unlike Cao Cao, who had encountered so many troubles, Ye Chen had been much more relaxed these days, he had been waiting for an opportunity and hiding in the shadows.

The Yellow Turban Army has besieged Changshe for many days, but Huangfu Song is a famous general in the end, well defended, the city has always been firmly in his hands, and Tai Shici's 2,000 cavalry has not been in battle, Huangfu Song knows that this army is very strong in attack and has to be used at a critical time.

And Ye Chen has been waiting, waiting for his official position, and also waiting for the opportunity to counterattack the Yellow Turban. The Yellow Turban is powerful, and if you want to eliminate it in one fell swoop, you must wait for the opportunity.

This wave of talent is not a simple character, after he besieged the city, he continued to attack with ordinary yellow scarves, as if he didn't care about the number of casualties, anyway, Peng Tuo in the rear kept mobilizing people and money and food for him.

Although Changshe has always been in the hands of the Han army, they are under great pressure, and the Han army in the city has suffered great losses due to the attack for many days, not counting Tai Shici's 2,000 men, and the defenders inside are only more than 5,000 people.

Ye Chen finally waited for the news of the official seal, General Jianwei, a miscellaneous general, but it is very important to Ye Chen, at least he doesn't have to worry so much about running around with soldiers and horses in the future, at least he can recruit talents in the name of a name, at least he can do a lot of things with his official body many times.

"Bonghyo, what should we do now?" For a few days, Ye Chen wandered behind the yellow scarf and didn't find any good opportunities.

The rear of this yellow scarf often transports people and food to the Changshe, but every time it has a certain scale, and it is very careful along the road, the loss of a hard attack is bound to be large, and it is not cost-effective, so Ye Chen and they have not made a move.

This yellow turban transports grain, and the people who transport the grain directly join the Yellow Turban team of Chosha and do not return, so although they have been attacking Chosha, the damage is great, but the number has not decreased.

"My lord, now that the Changshe is safe for the time being, we can't let the Yellow Turbans transport soldiers and grain and grass to the front so unscrupulously, we must mess up their rear and stop this." Guo Jia said in an analysis.

Although the Yellow Turban is now attacking the city very strongly, the city is still firmly in the hands of Huangfu Song, if it is not for Huangfu Song's own mistakes, it will not be able to be captured in the short term.

"Fengxiao, I also know, but every time the yellow turban transports grain and grass, we are prepared, although we can sneak attack, but the loss will not be small." Ye Chen didn't want his escort battalion to be too damaged, so he didn't approve of intercepting the Yellow Turban's personnel and grain and grass.

"Lord, of course it's not cost-effective to intercept here, this place is close to the battlefield, and the yellow turbans are very well guarded, but their big rear is obviously not going to be too tightly guarded, our cavalry can take advantage of the speed to go deep into their big rear and mess up their big rear, so that they can't send food and soldiers to the front line anymore, at least it will be reduced a lot." Guo Jia analyzed Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was right to think about it, besides, he knew that in history, Huangfu Song could win the Yellow Turban Army by himself, and this time he was much better than in history, at least there were more soldiers preserved, and Tai Shici's two thousand cavalry helped.

It's just that Ye Chen won't let go of this opportunity to get credit, there are many yellow turbans that escaped from this fire in history, but most of the elites were wiped out, so this way the yellow scarves can no longer resist the imperial army, and they will be wiped out soon, if they can cut off more heads in this battle, this credit will not escape.

After some analysis, Ye Chen and the others decided to sneak attack Runan, Runan is the rear of the Yellow Turban, and it is also a big city, if the sneak attack can be successful, then the blow to the Yellow Turban will definitely be very big. At least the Yellow Turbans didn't dare to send all their forces to the front line, and they had to leave some to guard the city.

After deciding, Ye Chen and the others began to plan. The scouts dispersed and opened up the passage, Ye Chen and they marched at night, rested during the day, and tried to avoid the yellow scarves, but if they couldn't hide, they would eliminate them, and then dispose of the traces.

Although the Yellow Turbans knew that there was a team of men and horses behind them, they had no choice, they didn't know where they were going, and they couldn't encircle and suppress them.

Along the way, Ye Chen and the others traveled day and night, which went very smoothly, and they were not discovered by the Yellow Turban after arriving in Runan a few days later.

The Yellow Turbans don't march at all at night, but Ye Chen and they specialize in night battles, and with the high-speed maneuver of the cavalry, they can avoid the Yellow Turbans in advance.

"Fengxiao, this Runan is really loosely guarded." When they came to Runan City, Ye Chen and the others hid in a forest, and the scouts had already reconnoitred Runan.

"This is normal, this is far from the front line, it is their rear, and most of the yellow turbans in the city have been sent to the front line, leaving only some old and weak in the city." Guo Jia analyzed.

Ye Chen and Guan Yu nodded, they were very confident in attacking Runan this time, because all the feedback was that there was emptiness behind the Yellow Turban.

In fact, this is not to blame the Yellow Turbans, in the early days of the uprising, they swept through several counties, and during this period, there were not many officers and troops in the local area, and the front was still pressed and beaten by them, so for them, there would be no problems in the rear at all.

"Fengxiao, then how should this Runan fight." Although Ye Chen was also confident to fight down, he still wanted to hear what good strategies the top strategists had.

"Just storm it. Six thousand men together attacked a wall. Guo Jia said.

"Okay, then early tomorrow morning, we will attack Runan." The strategy was set, and Ye Chen asked the soldiers to start resting.

Early the next morning, Ye Chen led the escort battalion to set off, and when they arrived outside Runan City, the enemy began to panic, none of them thought that the enemy would suddenly appear under the city in the rear.

At this time, there were more than 3,000 yellow scarves in the city, and there were still yellow scarves that did not have much combat effectiveness, Ye Chen and the others were not in a hurry to attack the city, but lined up under the city first to get ready.

Ye Chen would do this because he had already found out that there were not many yellow scarves in it at all, and he was not afraid that they would prepare in advance.

"Attack" Ye Chen's overlord halberd waved, and the six thousand guard battalions began to charge.

When they arrived at the city, 6,000 cavalry and 6,000 arrows formed an arrow array that covered the city walls.

This is why they concentrate all their forces on one wall, rather than attacking several walls at the same time to disperse the enemy's defenses, as is the case with traditional siege methods.

The power of the arrow array was very huge, where did the defenders on the city wall see this formation, and immediately suffered heavy casualties, and some people were even more frightened and fled with rolling and climbing, not daring to stay on the city wall for one more minute.

The guard battalion kept the rain of arrows under the city wall, and fired several rounds in a row, but there was no resistance on the city wall at all, and if they wanted to resist, they could only use bows and arrows, but the Yellow Turbans did not have many bows and arrows, and if any, they also got to the front line.

What Ye Chen didn't know was that after a few rounds of arrow rain, there was no one on the city wall at all.

Let the guard battalion maintain a certain amount of arrow rain, especially around the city gate, the arrow rain is relatively dense, and then Ye Chen ordered and began to hit the city gate.

A quarter of an hour later, the city gate slammed open, and Ye Chen and the others rode their horses and rushed in, what Ye Chen and they didn't expect was that they didn't encounter resistance, and a county city was easily attacked.