Chapter 159: Burning the Yellow Turban Camp
"Captain Cao, the enemy is strong, I don't know if you have any ideas." Ye Chen asked with a smile.
Cao Cao said, "General Ye, Cao just came, the situation is not familiar, I don't know what General Ye suggests." ”
"Haha, what advice can I have. Don't hide it from Cao Duwei, our army has been stared at by 30,000 yellow turbans, as long as we appear, they will guard against us, so it has been several days outside this yellow turban camp, and I haven't found a single opportunity. ”
Ye Chen briefly told Cao Cao about the situation. Cao Cao is not stupid, let him attack the Yellow Turban Camp of more than 100,000 people, if he is not absolutely sure, he will not do it.
The two chatted briefly for a few more words, and then separated, after all, the two have no basis for mutual trust, and they do not belong to each other, so they are prone to contradictions together.
The situation did not change because of Cao Cao's arrival, and the Yellow Turbans were still besieging the city, but they did not dare to attack the city unscrupulously.
"Brother Huangfu, although the Yellow Turban siege is not fierce now, we can withstand it, but in the long run, we will still not be able to hold on." Zhu Jun said.
In fact, Huangfu Song has been thinking about a strategy to break the enemy, but the yellow turban is powerful, and he doesn't have many troops in his hands, so there has been no good way, but yesterday he looked at the city wall for a day and finally thought of a countermeasure, but it still needs to be improved, so he hasn't told Zhu Jun yet.
"Brother Zhu, don't worry, I already thought of a strategy to break the enemy yesterday, but it still needs to be improved, so I didn't tell you about it." Huangfu Song said.
Zhu Jun's eyes lit up and said, "Oh, what do you have a good plan?" ”
"Brother Zhu, I saw that the camps of the Yellow Turban today were all built directly in the grass, and they were all places with withered grass." Huangfu Song said.
Zhu Jun thought for a while and said, "Fire attack? ”
"That's right, it's a fire attack." Huangfu Song replied.
"It's really feasible, this plan is completely feasible, those yellow turbans don't understand military common sense, and they camp on the grass, it's a good time to attack with fire.
Zhu Jun said excitedly. The sorrows that had been weighing on his heart for many days were released.
"It's just, huh?" Huangfu Song sighed.
"Why is Brother Huangfu sighing?" Zhu Jun asked. Huangfu Song already has a strategy to retreat from the enemy, so he should be happy.
"Brother Zhu, this fire attack can only retreat the enemy, but not annihilate the enemy, we only have more than 5,000 people and horses in Changshe City, 2,000 or Liaodong Ye Chen's soldiers and horses, and our 3,000 men and horses can fight less than 2,000." In the past few days, the Yellow Turbans have lost some of the defenders, and now there are only more than 3,000 people left, some of whom are still wounded.
The troops are insufficient, even if they attack with fire, they can only repel the encircled Yellow Turbans, although the Yellow Turbans will lose a lot, but they can still save the strength of tens of thousands of people, so although Huangfu Song has a strategy to break the enemy, he is not happy.
"Brother Huangfu, the two thousand cavalry led by this Ziyi have extraordinary combat power, it is no problem to let them go into battle, I think they can rush out, let them go to find Ye Chen, tell them our strategy, and then the inside and outside should be combined." Zhu Jun said.
"Well, it's feasible, let's ask Ziyi to come over and discuss."
Soon Huangfu Song sent someone to call Tai Shici.
"Ziyi, what do you think?" Huangfu Song asked after telling Tai Shici about his strategy.
"General Huangfu, General Zhu, in fact, there is no need to be like this, when the time comes, I will lead two thousand cavalry to attack from the city, and my lord will attack outside, and I will be able to annihilate most of the Yellow Turbans and eliminate the main force of the Yellow Turbans." After listening to Tai Shici asked.
"But without you rushing out, explaining our strategy to Ye Chen, and agreeing on the attack signal, how would he know, and how could he cooperate?" Zhu Jun asked suspiciously.
"Lord Zhu, rest assured, through observation in the past few days, it has been determined that my father-in-law is outside the Yellow Turban Camp, as long as the Yellow Turban Camp is on fire, my father-in-law will definitely not let go of the opportunity and will definitely attack outside." Tai Shi Ci said very confidently.
"Normally, that's true, but if they don't happen to be around, or if they don't understand our intentions for a while, they miss the opportunity." Huangfu Song said.
"Two generals, you don't know the way our guard battalion fights, in wartime, all of our guard battalions will remain in a fighting state, even if they sleep, they can be assembled in more than half an hour, and our scouts will definitely monitor the movements within a radius of fifty miles, even if my lord is not outside the Yellow Turban camp, it will not be too far away, and the speed of the cavalry is completely in time."
After Tai Shi Ci finished speaking, Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun looked at each other, if it was really according to what Tai Shi Ci said, then the combat effectiveness of this army was probably even more terrifying than they imagined.
Huangfu Song thought for a while, if he could attack from both sides, the effect would definitely be much better, and he could ensure that all the main forces of the Yellow Turban would be annihilated, but if Ye Chen could not arrive in time, then he would miss this opportunity, but no matter what, they were sure to break through the Yellow Turban, and the siege of Changshe would be resolved.
"Okay, just according to Ziyi." Huangfu Song finally decided that even if he couldn't exterminate the main force of the Yellow Turbans this time, the Yellow Turbans would go by then, and if he had no morale, he would replenish his troops, and he could immediately wave his army to the south and exterminate the Yellow Turbans.
Will Ye Chen know? Will it cooperate? It should be, at least Tai Shici has this confidence.
Huangfu Song and Tai Shi Ci discussed some details again, and then went to prepare separately, but Tai Shi Ci had nothing to prepare, because everyone was in a state of war readiness and could go to war at any time.
After two days of careful preparation, Huangfu Song has done everything.
At night, the night is dark and the wind is high, and it is the time to kill people and set fires.
A team of people quietly came out of the city of Changshe, slowly approaching the camp of the Yellow Turban, and the Yellow Turban has always been loosely defended and has no defense at all, in addition to the Yellow Turban's own lack of military knowledge, there is also arrogance, thinking that the defenders in the city are completely pressed and beaten, and do not dare to come out and take the initiative to attack.
More than 1,000 people slowly lurked around the Yellow Turban Camp, and when the appointed time came, they would light a fire at the same time.
They first lit the grass around them, then immediately lit a large number of torches, threw them all over the Yellow Turban camp, and then took out their bows and arrows, lit them, and fired rockets further into the camp.
Because there was so much dead grass here, the fire started in a short time.
The yellow turbans had no discipline at all, and they were in a big fire, thinking that they were not going to fight the fire, nor preparing the camp, even if they retreated in an orderly manner, but they were not, they were in a mess, shouting loudly.
The Yellow Turbans ran back and forth, shouting at each other, which aggravated the chaos of the entire camp, except for some Yellow Turban wrestlers who were not in chaos, and the rest of the Yellow Turban elites also followed suit.
The fire was not saved, it was out of control all of a sudden, and when the fire burned, it was too late for them to save at this time, so they pushed each other, and slowly turned into a stampede, many yellow scarves were pushed down, and then ruthlessly trampled by the chaotic crowd.
Bocai saw that the fire was burning, and his heart and gall were broken, so he immediately went out of the camp and shouted, trying to control the chaotic situation, but the entire camp was in chaos, hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves were piled together, there was no restraint, and his own discipline was poor, which showed how chaotic the scene was.
Bocai also sent Yellow Turban Lux to try to intercept the chaotic crowd and organize them, but although those Yellow Turban Lux were unexpected, they could not stop the tens of thousands of crazy people.
These yellow turban wrestlers did not last a few minutes before they were scattered and finally disappeared, some running with the flow of people, and some were pushed down and killed.
Bo Cai watched all this, knew that the general trend had gone, and was ready to run out with the few remaining Yellow Turban wrestlers, and if he could run back to Yingchuan, then there would be a chance to make a comeback.
But at this time he heard the sound of horses' hooves, which seemed to be a talisman, which frightened him out of his body and cared about anything else.