Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and asked: "Now that the enemy is outnumbered, even if he is together with the state pastor, he only has 25,000 troops, how can he fight against the millions of Yellow Turban thieves?" What's more, now that there is a lord in Yanzhou, don't talk nonsense in the public station! ”

Chen Gong said with a smile: "Liu Dai is afraid that he has the courage of a reckless man, but he has no wisdom, this time the Yellow Turban thieves will definitely go out of the city to meet the attack, so I am afraid that he will die for a lifetime." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info However, the lord has the talent of the heavens and latitudes, the ambition of the Han family, the prestige and the township, and is willing to lobby the wealthy family with a three-inch tongue to support the lord to succeed Yanzhou pastor! At that time, the lord will respond to the call and will defeat the thieves in one fell swoop! ”

There have indeed been many cases of outnumbering the people throughout the ages, but they are not as good as this disparity in strength, the reason why Cao Cao decided to fight is entirely because he has no way to retreat, his lips are cold, once the Qiuqiu is broken, then the next target is Dongjun. At this time, it is not a choice of war or not to fight, but how to win? Either win or die, so Cao Cao decided from the beginning to decide the Yellow Turban Army to fight for life and death.

Cao Cao smiled, turned his head and asked Xun Yu again, "What does Wen Ruo think?" ”

Xun Yu arched his hand and said: "The lord has a good way of governing the army, and the strategy is rarely matched, and now he is outnumbered, and he will be able to shock the Quartet, and the grand plan for hegemony is just around the corner!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu meaningfully, because Xun Yu said for a long time is basically equivalent to saying nothing, but it made Cao Cao feel very comfortable, he nodded, and said: "According to the strategy of the public platform, we will rectify the grain and grass of the soldiers and horses today, and open the hill early tomorrow morning!" ”

In the city of Xiaqiu, in the state pastoral council hall, Liu Dai was dressed in armor and sat on the main seat, and on both sides sat Bao Xin, Fan Fang and other civil and military officials, Liu Dai asked: "General Bao once fought with the Yellow Turban thieves, but I don't know how many soldiers and horses the enemy army has?" ”

Bao Xin hugged his fists and said: "Yuzhou Mu, the Yellow Turban thieves are menacing, the last general has ordered the detective horse to reconnoiter day and night, and after reporting the Yellow Turban Army, it stretches for dozens of miles, all over the mountains, and there are about a million people!" ”

"Hehe, haha!" Liu Dai let go of what joke he heard, he looked at Bao Xin with disdain, and said: "Didn't General Bao be frightened after suffering a defeat, or is he looking for an excuse for his defeat?" Millions of yellow turban thieves? Even if that horn is alive, it is only a million thieves, and now the thief is dead, and the group of thieves is falling apart, even if they gather again, it is good to be able to make up 100,000, where are there still millions? ”

Bao Xin said: "The last general has been fighting with the Yellow Turban thieves all the year round, and he knows the nature of the thieves, but this time the thieves are indeed powerful, and they are by no means comparable to the rogues of the past, even if there are not millions, there are seven or eight hundred thousand people!" There are no less than three and a half million good fighters! ”

Liu Dai shook his head and said: "General Bao, don't be alarmist, if there are really hundreds of thousands of thieves, they have traveled thousands of miles, but how can they supply grain and grass?" You can't attack the city on an empty stomach, right? ”

Bao Xin said: "There are many thieves, and the grain and grass are indeed not good, but all the way to attack the city and plunder the land, I am afraid that I have also looted a lot, the enemy is menacing, we are invincible, we should defend the city to the death, and wait for reinforcements for the army as the best policy!" The thieves come from afar, and the advantage is to fight quickly, once they can't conquer it for a long time, and there is no food to plunder, they will definitely collapse without attacking! ”

Fan Fang suddenly answered on the side: "General Bao's words are wrong, the thieves are working hard to attack far away, and the men and horses will be in trouble, if we take advantage of its unstable foothold, the Buqi soldiers will attack secretly, and we will be able to file its edge!" What's more, when it comes to the Yellow Turban thieves, hehe, they are really vulnerable, although they are numerous, they are all composed of untouchables, their weapons are dilapidated, and they have no armor to protect themselves, the formation is scattered, and the orders are not orderly. As long as we attack the middle lane with cavalry, the infantry hold down the position, and the strong bows are used to shoot at it, the thief army will definitely be defeated! ”

He was originally a guest general, and he has not been treated well by Liu Dai, and now Bao and Liu are arguing, so they naturally lean to Liu Dai's side, and want to take this opportunity to make war exploits and grasp some real power.

Bao Xin hurriedly said: "By all means, if you deal with ordinary Yellow Turban thieves, this method will undoubtedly win, but this time the Yellow Turban thieves are in a neat formation, with the same orders, and even a death battalion and a charging battalion, all of which are composed of young and strong, equipped with armor and steel knives, and their strength should not be underestimated!" What's more, the thieves are numerous, one after the other, if the cavalry is attacked, not only will it be difficult to mess up their lineup, but they will be trapped in the enemy formation and suffer heavy losses! ”

Fan Fang snorted coldly: "We are the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, how can we be afraid of the Yellow Turban thieves? If you follow General Bao's plan, he won't even fight, just stay in the city, and be a turtle with a shrunken head? Is this how General Bao wins? ”

Bao Xin said angrily: "I'm here to discuss the battle plan, you dare to slander me, why don't we compete here, but see if your kung fu is as powerful as your mouth!" ”

Fan Fang knew that he was not Bao Xin's opponent, but when he saw Zhou Mu beside him, he didn't dare to do anything, so he sneered at each other: "General Bao is really bloody!" I didn't dare to do anything to the Yellow Turban thieves, but I was very fierce to my own people! Can such a general be undefeated? ”

Liu Dai just hoped that someone could support his point of view, but he didn't want the two to really fight, so he hurriedly cleared his throat and said, "Okay, they are all colleagues, and they have to use knives and guns for some trivial things, what kind of system do they become?" Since the two generals have their own opinions, then I will reconcile them, and General Bao will lead a thousand archers and a thousand armor soldiers to defend the city. I will personally lead an army to fight the thieves to the death! ”

Although he said that he was conciliating, in fact, he was completely partial to Fan Fang, Bao Xin was angry, bowed his head and said nothing.

Fan Fang hurriedly echoed: "Your Excellency is wise! The last general is willing to lead 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard and file the enemy's spirit! ”

Liu Dai nodded with satisfaction, and said arrogantly: "I will allocate 5,000 cavalry for you, and I wish General Fan a victory and a heavy blow to the thieves!" ”

"Whoa!" Fan Fang was overjoyed, and Bao Xin sighed, hoping that Cao Cao would receive a request for help and hurry to support, otherwise Yanzhou would be in danger if Liqiu was lost.

At noon the next day, the spies reported that the vanguard of the Yellow Turban thieves had arrived and were camping in an open field ten miles away from the city.

When Fan Fang heard the news from Tanma, he was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, and camped in the open area, which was extremely unfavorable for resisting the cavalry onslaught, and hurriedly asked: "How many soldiers and horses does the thief vanguard have, and how is the equipment?" ”

The spy reported: "The thieves are all old and weak soldiers, about 5,000 people, and all the tools in their hands are some farm tools, and they have not yet seen weapons and armor!" ”

Fan Fang glanced at Bao Xin and said with a smile: "It seems that this is the elite of the Yellow Turban Thieves that General Bao said, it is really brave!" Ha ha! Even with only a few thousand soldiers and horses, they dared to camp in the open area, haha, just let my cavalry stretch their muscles first! There are hundreds of thousands of troops behind, haha! He deliberately accentuated hundreds of thousands of these words to mock Bao Xin's trickery.

Bao Xin saw that Liu Dai had a resolute attitude in the battle, and he was powerless to change, so he was silent and let Fan Fang ridicule him.

Fan Fang saw that Bao Xin was silent, and said that he knew that he was at a loss and did not dare to speak, so he was very proud in his heart, asked Liu Dai for an order, and led the cavalry to kill him.

(Regarding the problem of stirrups, some people say that the Han Dynasty did not have stirrups, so it is basically difficult for cavalry to do slashing and slashing actions on horses, but I also inquired some information, and if you are interested, you can search for the article "On the Saddle and Stirrup Problems in Han Dynasty China", so this article will be based on the cavalry has been equipped with basic saddle pedals, and can impact and slash to tell the story)

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