72 Battle for the Yellow Turban
Li Zhen saw that no one was silent, and shouted: "In this case, the generals will listen to the order and order Zhang Fei, Zhang Jaw, and Dian Wei to go out with me on the expedition, Xu Huang will come back with Guan Yu, and Guan Yu will sit in Liaoxi, inspect the civil affairs of various places, and settle the displaced people." ”
Several people looked at each other, stood up and said, "I didn't listen to the order." ”
Before Li Zhen set out on the expedition, he adjusted the Liaoxi army, and brought a thousand light cavalry, a large halberd and an escort battalion with open jaws, and the rest were all left in Liaoxi, so that the base camp had enough defensive strength to feel at ease, otherwise the party was unstable, and he was not at ease to move forward.
Although Li Zhen brought a small number of men and horses from western Liaoning this time, and the total number of people transporting grain and materials was only 5,000, Li Zhen was still confident that all his troops had participated in the great war on the battlefield. This time I went just to recruit talents and earn some fame, there is no need to fight hard, just run if you can't fight. There are many Yellow Turban soldiers now, and the good tiger can't stand the wolves, and if the army is disabled for a little military achievement, it is not what he wants.
Along the way, he saw many small groups of Yellow Turban soldiers and fleeing homeless, Li Zhen ordered to purge these Yellow Turban Army, and the army took the capture of prisoners as a war achievement, so during this time, many people were captured, and the homeless people were taken in, a total of 10,000 people. These people, Li Zhen, wanted to resettle them in western Liaoning in order to increase the population of western Liaoning.
Li Zhen handed over these captives to Zhang Jaw and asked him to escort them to Liaoxi, and he himself led his army to Suxian. Because the spies came to report that there were a large number of Yellow Turban troops in Su County, with a total strength of about 30,000, and about 8,000 people were equipped with armor and weapons, and the rest were all shoddy goods. These people are attacking the county seat, and the city gates are in danger.
Li Zhen had to pay attention to this, and 30,000 people could attack the city of Youzhou Zhishuo in a precarious situation, which showed that this group of people had a certain combat effectiveness and the command ability of the leader. However, we still have to find a way to save Su County, we can't fight hard, the former Youzhou Assassin Guo Xun and Taishou Liu Wei have been killed by the Guangyang Yellow Turban, and the current Youzhou Assassin Liu Yu is in danger, and saving Su County can also make Liu Yu owe personal favors. In the future, Liu Yu is the first person in Youzhou, and I believe that my vision will definitely have a big return in the future.
After two days of marching, Li Zhen led the army to approach Suxian County and let people stop and recuperate, and he took Zhang Fei and others to observe the enemy situation near Suxian. Soldiers take the opportunity to recharge on horseback, or polish their weapons and wait for orders.
Li Zhen and others were dense in the woods, looking towards the city seat, only to see countless Yellow Turban troops under the city frantically climbing the ladder and climbing towards the city wall, and the officers and soldiers above smashed down with arrows or stones, going down in waves, up again and again, attacking the city gate again and again. There was a camp around the city gate, a simple trap for horses, and a patrolling man and horse, constantly wandering.
After Li Zhen observed, he rode away, and Zhang Fei shouted behind him: "Third brother, watch for a while, when can we go into battle to break the enemy?" Several people immediately stepped forward to hear what Li Zhen had to say.
Li Zhen smiled mysteriously: "Wait." ”
"Wait..." Zhang Fei and the others were puzzled, what are you waiting for? As soon as he wanted to speak, he saw that Li Zhen had already walked away.
Back in place, Li Zhen asked people to find a remote place to set up camp. In the big tent, Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Third brother, you said that you came to the rescue, why did you set up camp here, what are you waiting for?" ”
Li Zhen asked people to sit down before he said slowly: "I will wait for the time, when the Yellow Turban Army is about to break through the city gate, it is also the time for us to destroy them." ”
Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Zhang Jaw and Zhou Cang shook their heads, not knowing what Li Zhen meant, how to destroy the enemy when the city gate was broken.
Li Zhen said with a smile: "I see that Su County will not be able to break for a while and a half, there is still the strength of defense in the city, and after consuming the enemy's physical strength in the past few days, seeing that Su County is about to break, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely rest early, that night is when their defense is the weakest, we only need to send people to burn down the camp, and we can defeat the Yellow Turban." “
"Lord, what if the Yellow Turban Army sees that the city gate is about to be breached, and continues to storm and break through the city?" Jaw asked.
"It's ·····." Li Zhen frowned, why didn't he think of such a thing, it seems that he still thought too simply.
Zhang Jaw stood up and said: "The attention of the lord is good, we just need to send someone into the city quietly, tell Lord Thorn Shi about the situation, let them persevere, and then we will attack inside and outside, ·····." ”
"Good attention." Li Zhen applauded, the famous generals of history are quick and wise, and under their own arrangements, they have added some suggestions, so that they can be more foolproof. "But whoever can go into the city is now all surrounded by men."
Zhou Cang shouted: "Lord, I can go in at night." ”
Li Zhen nodded, it is best to have Zhou Cang to go, when they trained, they practiced climbing the high walls of the city.
After writing the letter, Li Zhen asked Zhou Cang to take it with him, and watched him enter the city at night.
Three days later, Li Zhende's spies reported that the gate of Suzhou County had been damaged, and the generals in the city had fought to the death to keep it safe, and now the Yellow Turban Army had returned to the village to rest.
Li Zhen was sure that it was now, and urgently recruited everyone to come to the account and arrange the task.
It is the time when people are most sleepy, and in the quiet of the night, only the sound of insects is heard. It was also when the wind was high and the night was dark, but there were a team of men and horses under the city of Suxian who touched the outside of the village, and Li Zhenxia gave an order, and the whole army held rockets and put them in the village indiscriminately, and burned countless camp tents for a time. The patrolling Yellow Turban Army was dozed at night because of the attrition of the siege during the day, and when they heard the screams, they woke up and shouted: "There is an enemy attack." ”
But this is the camp has already burned into the sky, illuminating the corner of the wall, and the rumbling sound of iron hooves also came, and the light cavalry led by Zhang Fei rushed in an instant, shouting: "Kill!" Zhang Feiyue jumped over the trap and rushed in with a shot to open the camp gate, and the soldiers behind got out of the way, allowing the cavalry to enter first, and followed behind.
Zhang Fei, who was the big head in front, went in and saw people with one shot, and no one could dodge the second shot. The cavalry in the back just rushed forward and fired rockets everywhere, and some of the Yellow Turban soldiers in the tent ran out without even having time to put on their clothes. When the cavalry or infantry saw it, it was a sword, and for a while the crying voice in the village shouted.
A person walked out of the big tent in the center of the camp, and when he saw the panicked Yellow Turban Army, he fastened his battle armor and held a big knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, move closer to the middle camp." “
Such a loud voice resounded through the camp, so that the panicked Yellow Turban Army found the leader and hurriedly moved closer to the middle camp. But it also allowed Li Zhen, Zhang Fei and others to find the thief leader, and Li Zhen shouted: "Kill the enemy general first." “
Zhang Fei heard that the thief captured the king first, scolded the mother first, and danced with a spear, rushing into the middle camp to kill directly. The leader of the Yellow Turban stepped forward with a knife and prepared to solve Zhang Fei with one sword. Zhang Fei sped up his horse and rushed to the other party, the Yellow Turban leader gathered strength, and when the two sides were not separated from each other, Zhang Fei's horse suddenly jumped up, and the eight-zhang spear pierced into the chest of the Yellow Turban leader, and when the two passed by, Zhang Fei cut off the head of the Yellow Turban leader.
Li Zhen shouted that the head of the thief was dead, so he shouted: "The thief is dead, surrender and don't kill." The herald ordered the three armies to shout: "The bandits are dead, surrender and do not kill." In less than an hour, the besieged Su County was resolved, and Li Zhen asked Zhang Fei and others to lead the men and horses to capture prisoners everywhere.
At this moment, the gate of Suxian County opened, and a person in front of him, wearing golden armor, shouted: "There is General Fenwei ahead." ”