Chapter 158: Cao Cao
Bocai saw that the guard battalion had entered the city and wanted to attack the city gate, but unexpectedly, before he reached the city gate, suddenly a rain of arrows shot out of the city, so that the chasing yellow turbans were hit by arrows one after another, and they were killed and wounded.
Huangfu Song had already ordered people to make preparations to prevent the Yellow Turban from potentially chasing the guard camp, and sure enough, his arrangement made the Yellow Turban have to stop.
Bocai saw that the guard battalion entered the city gate, and he was very helpless, and he was rushed out by the other party, losing thousands of men and horses before and after, and as a result, the other party ran away calmly.
How could he swallow this breath, and immediately commanded a large number of yellow turbans to start attacking the city, originally because they wanted to surround the guard battalion, so tens of thousands of troops were concentrated here, so Bo ordered a strong attack.
The Yellow Turban began to storm the city wall like a tide, but Huangfu Song had already prepared, and the Yellow Turban was attacked head-on as soon as he began to attack, and suffered heavy losses.
Huangfu Song arranged 2,000 archers on the city wall, and there were a lot of rolling logs and stones, and the Yellow Turban did not expect how great the strength of the city would be, so he was not prepared for a while, and retreated after heavy losses.
Bo Cai was extremely angry, and he wanted to storm again, but he found that the morale of the Yellow Turban was extremely low at this time, and he was first rushed and killed by the escort battalion, and now he was repelled by the other party just after attacking the city, where is there any morale.
There was no way, Bocai could only order the armies to return to the camp and suspend the attack.
Bocai was very aggrieved, and suffered losses again and again under the guard battalion, but there was nothing he could do at all.
In the next day or two, Bocai did not attack the city, because the morale of the Yellow Turban had not yet recovered, and even the rear support had not been sent.
"Damn, don't let me catch you, I'll skin you one by one." In the barracks, when he thought of Bocai, who had delayed his offensive because of Ye Chen's cavalry, he couldn't wait to tear the entire escort battalion to pieces.
It's not just Bo Cai who is upset, Cao Cao in Luoyang is also very upset, it's been almost a month, and at this time things such as horses and weapons and equipment have only been prepared for him, but the grain and grass have not yet arrived, which makes him unable to send troops for a long time.
Cao Cao has been angry a few times, but people just want to delay, using various excuses to drag, Cao Cao has no choice but to urge every day.
It was nearly ten days before everything was ready, and at this time Cao Cao led five thousand cavalry from Luoyang.
When Cao Cao set off, Ye Chen and the others also quietly spared a long way, from the small road to the outside of Changshe City.
When Ye Chen and them appeared outside the city of Changshe, the most angry was Bo Cai, Bo Cai sent people to surround Ye Chen several times, but each time they sent twenty or thirty thousand people, each time they couldn't surround it, Ye Chen and they could easily run away, if the yellow turban dared to chase them closely, they would shoot with bows and arrows, causing them a lot of damage.
Bocai had no choice, so he changed the encirclement and suppression to the expulsion, but after each expulsion, it didn't take long for them to come back.
In this way, Bocai did not dare to attack the city with all his strength when he attacked the city, for fear that this cavalry would suddenly attack from behind.
Bocai only felt as sick as eating flies, and every time he saw the escort camp, he wanted to rush up and fight them.
"Give me a wide range of wooden shields to block them, we have a large army here, and they dare not rush over." Bo Cai finally decided to stop caring about Ye Chen and them, and began to concentrate on attacking the city.
Ye Chen's arrival relieved Huangfu Song of a lot of pressure, at least the Yellow Turban siege was not so violent, but if he wanted to turn defeat into victory, he didn't have the strength to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves.
After Ye Chen appeared in Changshe, Bocai summoned back the 30,000 yellow scarves fortified along the road, and then began to attack the city again.
"Fengxiao, what strategy can break the yellow scarf in front of you." Although Ye Chen knew that it was Huangfu Song who used fire to destroy the Yellow Turban in history, if he could use it, Ye Chen wouldn't mind robbing him of the credit.
"Lord, there are many methods, night attacks and fire attacks are fine, but they can't be done for the time being."
Ye Chen sighed secretly, a top strategist is a top strategist, which shows the flaws of the other party, but why can't he do it?
"Fengxiao, why can't it be done now, when will it be feasible?" Ye Chen asked.
"Now the Yellow Turbans are too tight on our army, and they have sent 30,000 people to keep an eye on us, so it doesn't matter if they attack us by fire or at night, we can only wait for them to relax their vigilance against us, and then we will have a chance."
Ye Chen was right to think about it, tens of thousands of people were guarding against him, and any action he made would be noticed by the other party, and how else could he act.
"Report, young master, a cavalry has been found in the rear." At the time of Ye Chen's conversation with Guo Jia, the scout came to report.
"How many people are there, and under what banner?"
"It's the banner of the Han army, and there are about 5,000 horsemen." The scout replied.
"It can't be Cao Cao, right?" Ye Chen said secretly in his heart.
Although it is very likely to be Cao Cao, Ye Chen also has to be on guard, be careful, and the soldiers are treacherous.
"Order the troops to retreat five miles while preparing to meet the enemy." Regardless of whether it is true or not, be prepared, at least you don't have to worry about being flanked in front and back, even if the other party pretends to be a Han army, five thousand horsemen, and you are not afraid of fighting.
Ye Chen knew that the scout was coming to report, and the other party must still be at least thirty miles away, and he had enough time to prepare.
The distance of five miles, the speed of the cavalry, arrived in a while, the cavalry lined up in formation, making a defensive posture, but did not show any hostility, after all, the other party is most likely a friendly army.
"Captain Cao, I found a group of cavalry ten miles ahead, about six thousand or so." The scouts arrived, and Cao Cao stopped his march.
Cao Cao is also a cautious person, and it is impossible to bump into him headlong when the situation is unknown.
"What banner is the other party playing?" Cao Cao asked.
"The other party did not raise any flags."
In fact, it's not that Ye Chen doesn't play the banner, in the past, at most he played the banner of the righteous army, I thought it was boring, and it would be seen clearly, but now I can play the banner of General Jianwei, but it is too late to make it, but it is not important to Ye Chen.
The banner is useful when the army fights, and Ye Chen's cavalry likes to come and go like the wind, hide their whereabouts, and it is better not to play the flag.
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said, "Send someone to ask and see who the other party is." The order was passed on, and Cao Cao was also ready to fight.
It was only half an hour for ten miles to go back and forth, and soon the scouts would return.
"Report, Captain Cao, the other party calls himself General Jianwei Ye Chen."
"It's him." Cao Cao sat on horseback and did not move for a long time, as if he was thinking about something.
"Let's go, go meet him, and the whole army will go."
Cao Cao took five thousand men and horses and quickly arrived in front of Ye Chen's team.
Ye Chen saw that this Cao Cao was similar to what was described in history, with a shorter stature and an ugly appearance, but there was a sense of freedom and majesty, especially the eyes, looking at people like sharp swords, and their sharpness was exposed.
"Cao Cao, the commander of the cavalry, Cao Mengde, has seen General Jianwei." Cao Cao saluted Ye Chen.
"Ye Chen in Lower Liaodong, he was just named General Jianwei and met Captain Cao." Ye Chen also saluted Cao Cao.
After the two sides saluted each other, they began to look at each other's troops. Cao Cao did not bring the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and he did not have the soldiers and horses of the headquarters now, but the Yulinwei of the imperial court.
Although they are not elite soldiers in a hundred battles, they have also undergone a certain amount of training, and for more than a month, Cao Cao has been training them in addition to urging supplies, so this cavalry is still very combative.
Cao Cao looked at Ye Chen's cavalry, except for the external weapons and armor that were all first-class goods, looking at this cavalry, all the members remained silent, although there was no movement, but they always maintained a fighting posture, as long as an order was given, the other party could attack.
"Elite soldiers, they are really rare elite soldiers, this Ye Chen can make such a contribution, it is really not a simple person. It's just that the other party is too rich. This is what Cao Cao thought in his heart.
He knew how much it cost to cavalry, and he could see that the armor worn by the other party and the weapons in his hands were all high-quality, which could not be armed with a small amount of money.