Chapter Ninety-Three: Internal Peace Talks
Night fell quickly, probably because he didn't expect that there would be ambushes here, Gong Du didn't do any defense or vigilance, just like the camp of the Yellow Turban Army that Ye Zhao had seen in the past, it was no longer a camp, the tents set up at random According to Ye Zhao's knowledge, it was the treatment that only the Yellow Turban generals and some elites in the Yellow Turban Army, such as archers, could have, most of the Yellow Turban Army sat on the ground in the open air at night, and several people nested together to warm each other and get through the night.
Dealing with such an army, Ye Zhao and his subordinates have accumulated rich experience, although dealing with a group of refugee-like troops is actually not something to boast about, but Ye Zhao has gone all the way, several times with less to win more, that record is still very bluffing, in terms of merit, it is much easier to fight the Yellow Turban Army than to fight the Hu people in the frontier.
Dozens of canisters of fire oil were thrown into the camp a hundred steps away with improvised catapults set up in advance, and most of the Yellow Turban Army relied on straw or something to keep warm, and at this moment they were stained with fire oil, and the pungent smell choked many people to wake up from their sleep, and looked at the dark night sky blankly, and then found that the little starlight in the sky seemed to be close to them, and it was still getting closer.
"It's a torch! Come on! "Some of them have reacted quickly, and many people are still stained with fire oil, and if they are stained with flames at this moment, the consequences will be unimaginable.
It's just that at this time, it was obviously too late, but after a short whistling, the countless torches in the sky fell in the camp, and some fell on dry ground, which failed to work, but many of them fell on the place where the oil tank was broken before, and with a bang, a piece was ignited.
The Yellow Turban Army, who couldn't dodge, was caught in the fire, and those who didn't have fire oil on their bodies rolled on the spot and were extinguished, but it was not so easy for those who were already stained with fire oil to put out the fire.
Some unlucky ghosts are wrapped in flames all over their bodies, so that the places where there is no fire are also ignited by them, people are in extreme pain, there is no way to keep calm, these people who are wrapped in flames can still take care of the overall situation, driven by instinct, crazy to run around, or roll into a ball, the flames that were not too big were constantly spreading to the surroundings with the help of these people, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they had already swept through half of the camp.
Countless Yellow Turban soldiers fled in the opposite direction in panic, and the escape of these people led more people to blindly obey, even if it was a human being, the instinct of fear of flames could not be avoided, which made many people subconsciously rush in the opposite direction of the flames.
Gong Du came out of the tent in armor indiscriminately, trying to command everyone to stabilize, and at the same time sent people to extinguish the fire, but the firefighters had not yet arrived, and suddenly shot countless arrows from behind the flames and fell, in the dark night, I could only see the yellow turban soldiers who rushed to the flames to extinguish the fire fell down in pieces, looking farther through the flames, I could vaguely see rows of officers and archers in the position behind the flames in formation, through the fire, I couldn't see how many people fell to the ground, but there was not only fire in this direction, but also officers and soldiers, there was this concept, It was enough for most of the Yellow Turbans to give up resistance and start fleeing for their lives.
Although Gong Du tried his best to stabilize the formation, his personal guards had just formed a formation and were broken through by the panicked Yellow Turban Army.
The sudden night breeze blew the flames here, making the fire even bigger in an instant.
"Qu Shuai, let's retreat to Geling!" A yellow turban general grabbed Gong Du, who wanted to go up desperately, and tried to dissuade him: "That official army withdrew from Dingying, it was obviously a trick, at this moment Shangcai has been lost, our army has been ambushed again, it is impossible to fight back, let's retreat quickly!" ”
Gong is unwilling, but at this time, it is useless to be unwilling, these Yellow Turban Army is not a regular army, the military discipline is scattered, at this moment, no one even listens to him except for his own personal guards and generals in the army, at this time, it is already considered a bombing camp, don't say it is Gong Du, it is useless for anyone to face such a situation in this dark environment, Gong can't do it, even if it is replaced by Ye Zhao, it is also not good, he can only run away from the county, and then think of countermeasures.
Therefore, in the case of Gong Du's extreme reluctance, the Yellow Turban Army was driven in the direction of Geling by Ye Zhao's fire, plus three waves of arrow rain.
"Lord, do you want to chase it?" Ding Li saw that the enemy army had gone far, but Ye Zhao did not give the next order, and looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously.
"Don't chase it, wait here, let Fang Yue send the soldiers and horses out as soon as possible, join me, you and Qiu Chi return to Dingying, recruit the Quartet volunteers, first recruit the soldiers and horses of the five schools, don't recruit the auxiliary soldiers first, the grain and grass are heavy, and distribute them from Shangcai!" Ye Zhao shook his head, he didn't have the primary purpose of killing the enemy, it was enough to drive Gong Du towards Geling.
"Whoa!" Ding Li agreed when he heard this, and after saying goodbye to Ye Zhao with Qiu Chi, Pegasus headed in the direction of Dingying.
The rear is temporarily worry-free, so Ye Zhao asked Guan Hai to guard Cai, Fang Yue with the main force of soldiers and horses in three days to meet Ye Zhao, this is the first time since Ye Zhao snatched the Yue cavalry camp from Huangfu Song, the first time to march the two groups together, after arriving in Geling, he ordered Fang Yue to dispatch troops and horses, cut down branches, based on the distance of ten miles from the city wall of Geling, dragged back and forth around, and made the illusion of a large army advancing to confuse the Yellow Turban Army in the city.
Ge Ling, county government.
After Ye Zhao made the illusion that the army was coming, He Yi and Liu Bi temporarily chose a truce, and this county ya, as the center of the city, has become a forbidden area for the three forces at the moment, and no one can come in, which is considered a safe zone.
Liu Bi and Gong are both sitting in the county government at the moment, their faces are not very good-looking, who would have thought that the situation would suddenly become like this?
"Why are the officers and soldiers here?" Liu Bi frowned and said, "Ruyang, is there something coming?" ”
"Nope." Gong Du shook his head: "Or that Huangfu Song has already broken through Bocai and is heading south, and it is impossible for that side to fully grasp Huangfu Song's movements." ”
"So fast?" Liu Bi frowned, saying that it was incredible, how could it be said that there were 100,000 troops on the other side of Bocai.
"Who knows, but I heard that the wave was burned back by Huangfu Song's fire, which is similar to the method of sneaking up on my camp that night, so I think it is that Huangfu Song." Gong Du shook his head, at this time, there was no need to care about this.
"Huangfu Song?" Liu Bi frowned: "If it's really Huangfu Song, this battle will be difficult to fight, and it is impossible to wait for me too much support over there." ”
"Dashuai, Qu Shuai is here!" Just when the two of them were worried, a yellow turban general came in.
"How many people did you bring?" Liu Bi and Gong both raised their eyebrows when they heard this, and looked at the Yellow Turban general.
"It's not much, only fifty people, but there are a lot of people around." The Yellow Turban General bowed.
Liu Biyan snorted coldly when he heard this: "It must be the Yellow Turban wrestler who is accompanying him, this He Yi is really afraid of death." ”
Gong Du sighed helplessly, although the two sides were secretly not in the same camp, but at this moment, when the official army was besieging the city, even if the combined strength of both of them had already taken the advantage, but at this time, they had to make peace with He Yi, and if they continued to fight, they would only cheapen the official army.
Although it is not all the way with the Yellow Turban, at this time, the officials and soldiers are calling, and they have no place to reason.
"Please!" Gong Du saw that Liu Bi stopped talking, and hurriedly said.
"No need, Ben Shuai is already here!" With a rough voice, He Yi strode in from outside the door, followed by two people behind him, on the left hand is He Man, the first fierce general under He Yi, and on the right hand is Huang Shao, this time he was able to squeeze into this Geling, it was all up to Huang Shao to deceive Liu Bi, no matter what he thought before, after this incident, He Yi had already regarded Huang Shao as his confidant.
"You two came so early." Glancing at the furnishings in the hall, He Yi smiled casually and walked straight to the main seat.
"What are you doing?" Liu Bi stopped in front of He Yi suddenly, but his eyes were staring at Huang Shao with murderous eyes, if it weren't for this bastard's deception, how could he end up in today's field, and he still had to make peace with He Yi.
"My Qu Shuai is the Runan Qu Shuai personally appointed by General Tiangong, and he is in charge of all the Taiping Sect members in Runan, if this main seat is not for my Qu Shuai to sit, could it be that Liu Shuai wants to sit in this position instead of my Qu Shuai?" Huang Shao stood behind He Yi and looked at Liu Pi who was flashing with fierce light in front of him, but he was not afraid, and asked with a smile.
"It's all you despicable villain, who caused me to end up in the field today, today, I will kill you first!" Liu Bi glared at Huang Shao with red eyes, and suddenly drew his sword and slashed.
He Man, who had been prepared for a long time on the side, snorted coldly, and the iron rod in his hand was already protected in front of Huang Shao.
"Bell~"
The sword and stick collided, and there was a spark, He Man didn't move, but Liu Pi was so shocked by the anti-shock force that he staggered back a few steps, and the arm holding the sword was even more sore.
"Good skills, this must be the first fierce general under Qu Shuai, known as the He Man brother who intercepts the sky and the Yaksha." Seeing that Liu Bi's eyes were red and he wanted to go up again, Gong Du hurriedly dodged to separate the two sides, and smiled at He Yi: "Inviting Qu Shuai to come today is to discuss the affairs of the officials and troops outside the city, Qu Shuai should know that if you and I continue to fight, it will not benefit anyone, and it will only cheapen the officials and soldiers." ”
"Ben Shuai naturally knows, otherwise he wouldn't be here today." He Yi set aside Gong Du and sat directly on the main seat, Huang Shao had already analyzed with him before coming, although their troops are at a disadvantage now, but there are officers and troops outside the city, and if they continue to fight, it will only be a situation where the fish will die and the net will be broken, Liu Bi and others are powerful, and they naturally will not want to die with them at this time, so at this time, He Yi must be stronger than the two in order to obtain greater benefits, for Huang Shao's words, He Yi is very convinced, so he showed a high profile as soon as he came.
"How is Qu Shuai ready?" Gong Du pressed Liu Bi's shoulder and looked at He Yidao.
"It's good to say, Ben Shuai doesn't want to cheapen the officers and soldiers, in the final analysis, you and I are both doing things for the great sages and good teachers, as long as the grain and grass in the city are divided into forty percent of me, Ben Shuai can defend the south gate, how about it?" He Yi looked at the two and smiled.
"Your family wants forty percent, but you only keep one, don't you think it's too much?" Liu Bi looked at He Yi and said coldly.
"Then there's nothing to talk about?" He Yi said with a smile.
"You ......"