Chapter 57: Cao Cao
Bocai is worthy of being appointed by Zhang Jiao as the personal disciple of Yuzhou Daqu Shuai. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info In the face of the sudden upheaval, he was able to dispatch in a way in the face of danger, and there was a hint of a general. Taking advantage of the prestige established in the past, Bocai quickly gathered a group of men and horses, and began to command the sergeants to rush out the grain and grass stored in the camp while the fire was still burning to the rear camp.
But it's a pity that Huangfu Song, Wu Yi and others spent several days planning this 'barbecue feast', how could Bo Cai spend this night at ease? When the sparks ignited by the rockets turned into a monstrous sea of fire that could not be stopped by manpower, Huangfu Song led an army of more than 30,000 troops composed of the counterinsurgency army and the Changshe militia to bypass the sea of fire and directly attack the main formation where Bocai was at this time.
"Huang Shao! He Yi! You each lead a group of men and horses to stop the old thief of the emperor for Ben Shuai, even if we want to evacuate, we must bring this food! "Bocai is not a miser, the reason why he can't let go of these grains and military funds is because this mountain of grain is already the only grain and grass for the Bocai army. If you leave this grain and grass here, even if you flee with the army, sooner or later the whole army will collapse because you have no food to eat. In this case, why not just fight a big battle here, if you can keep this batch of grain and grass, you can retreat to the previous occupied area to rest for a while, but there is still a chance to make a comeback.
Huang Shao and He Yi are not brave generals, but at this time, even if tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers died in the fire, the number of remaining Yellow Turban Army sergeants is more than twice that of Huangfu Song's officers and soldiers. The Yellow Turban Army has never relied on individual martial arts, and when they have a numerical advantage, these Yellow Turban soldiers can always have high morale and dare to fight.
The armies of Huangfu Song, Wu Yi and others were intercepted by Huang Shao and He Yi and others. Although the battle losses were better than those of the Shangguan sergeants and the Yellow Turban soldiers, it was impossible to distinguish the victory and defeat in a short period of time in the melee of nearly 100,000 people on both sides. Bocai calculated this point correctly, so he sent his subordinates Huang Shao and He Yi to lead the army to block the army of Huangfu Song and others. It can be said that at present, the sixty or seventy thousand Yellow Turban Army led by Huang Shao and He Yi have become outcasts, and their only value is to desperately drag down Huang Fu Song's surprise army.
In the past few years, hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. Therefore, Bocai never worried about the lack of soldiers, even if all these men and horses were disabled, as long as there was food, Bocai was confident that he could gather an army of 100,000 again within a month.
Time passed little by little, and the surprise attack army led by Huangfu Song and Wu Yi shed a river of blood killed by Huang Shao and He Yi, but the night of fighting also consumed a lot of their physical strength and willpower, while Bo Cai's side used the precious time exchanged for the lives of his subordinates to rush out more than 1,000 vehicles of grain, grass and materials from the camp, and escorted these vehicles with nearly 10,000 horses to prepare for evacuation. If everything goes well, it only takes Huang Shao and He Yi to hold on for another hour or two, and Bo Cai will be able to leave the battlefield safely with this batch of grain, grass and materials.
At this moment, a cavalry force of three thousand men rushed to the battlefield. The first person has fine eyes and beautiful hair, although his figure is not majestic, but with a Han army captain's standard armor, he looks heroic and extraordinary. Behind him, a big banner of 'riding Du Wei Cao' fluttered in the wind, but it was from Luoyang who rushed to Yingchuan to support Huangfu Song, and Cao Cao, the cavalry captain of the Han army, Cao Mengde was also!
Looking at the sea of fire in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, nearly 100,000 people from the two armies outside the camp shouted to kill Zhentian, and a seven-foot strong man next to him jumped on his horse and raised his sword to Cao Cao's side: "Brother, it seems that General Huangfu took advantage of the night to launch a fire attack, although the enemy army is numerous, the defeat has been decided, and we are still a step too late to travel day and night." ”
Huangfu Song launched a surprise attack at midnight and fought all night, but when Cao Cao led his army to arrive, it was already the beginning of the rising sun. Cao Cao stood on a dirt slope and observed the situation on the battlefield for a while, and suddenly found that nearly 100,000 people on both sides were fighting with flesh and blood, but a Yellow Turban Army escorted more than 1,000 carts full of supplies and quietly evacuated to the edge of the battlefield.
Cao Cao stroked his most cherished beard, pointed at the Yellow Turban Army with a horsewhip, and said to the strong man beside him: "Zixiao, have you seen the Yellow Turban Thief Army?" But that's where our feats lie. ”
The strong man followed Cao Cao's horsewhip and also discovered the Yellow Turban Army that Cao Cao said. But when he found out that this Yellow Turban Army was only a few thousand people, he shook his head with some disappointment: "The Yellow Turban Thief Army here should be the Bocai Department mentioned in the intelligence, and the Bocai Department was full of hundreds of thousands of people in its heyday. Today, General Huangfu burned down an unknown number of thieves with a fire, and the remaining tens of thousands of remnants of the army were also defeated, and it was only sooner or later. We rushed all the way from Luoyang to Chenliu and from Chenliu to Yingchuan, just with the Yellow Turban thief army of less than 10,000 people, even if they were completely annihilated, it would not be much of a meritorious achievement, how could we be worthy of the hardships of our daily march. ”
Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Zixiao, Zixiao, you have also been familiar with military books with Captain Bendu for several years, why are you so stupid today?" Didn't you discover that the significance of annihilating that army was not in the number of people, but in another mystery? ”
The strong man was confused by Cao Cao's scolding, although he had also read the book of war with Cao Cao, but this battle was just his first battle, where could he understand what Cao Cao meant?
"The world is unfortunate, there are yellow turbans and the party is a disaster in all directions, in order to be able to lead the army to fight the thieves, how much money did I spend in Luoyang, so I got a position as a cavalry captain, where will the thousands of thieves be valued by me Cao Mengde. But Zixiao, have you ever wondered why the Yellow Turban Rebellion was able to summon countless victims to serve it with a single call? Without him, just because the Yellow Turban Army plundered all directions, they could get enough food for those victims to live by! If the Yellow Turban Rebellion didn't have enough food, how could they gather so many soldiers to serve it based on those myths alone?
Because of this, you see that the Yellow Turban Bandit Army is well-equipped, but it does not participate in this battle, but instead evacuates those vehicles full of supplies to the outside of the battlefield. If I expected it to be true, the carts should have been loaded with grain. If that army and horse were allowed to successfully take away the grain and grass, even if General Huangfu annihilated all the Yellow Turban thieves in the battlefield, it would not be long before those Yellow Turban rebels could gather a group of disaster victims who had no food to live. And if we can annihilate them here and take this batch of grain and grass, we can boast in front of General Huangfu when we are rewarded for their merits after the war. A glimmer of essence flashed in Cao Cao's fine eyes, and he saw through the essence of the Yellow Turban Army in just a moment.
Hearing Cao Cao's words, the strong man's battle spirit suddenly soared: "In this case, brother, give the order to attack!" ”
Cao Cao's face was solemn, and he raised the horsewhip in his hand: "Cao Ren listens to the order!" I ordered you to lead the army to annihilate the army of grain thieves, and if you let it transport a big cart, you will also have a useless military treatment!! ”
"The last general commands!" Cao Ren promised on horseback, turned over and beckoned thousands of Han cavalry behind him, and killed Xiang Bocai first.