Chapter 172: The Yellow Turban also attacked quickly
"Strategist, are you unhappy because I vetoed your best policy?" When Fang Yun was arranging the follow-up matters, he looked at Xi Zhicai's complicated expression and stepped forward to ask.
In the case that a series of conditions have been met, at the beginning, Xi Zhi planned to let Fang Yun lose the last game, through a cannon fodder-style fiasco, so that the enemy completely underestimated Fang Yun, and then dispatched a larger number of troops, so that he could obtain a greater degree of victory and kill the enemy to the greatest extent.
But Fang Yun vetoed this suggestion and chose the middle strategy, that is, this strategy now, directly eating the enemy's rapid attack force, but also exposing a certain strength of his own side, the enemy is afraid that he will not be easily fooled again.
For a large army of tens of thousands, three thousand people is still a little less, even if it is cavalry.
Because of this, Fang Yun asked a little worriedly.
"The lord chooses the middle policy, and he has his own reasons for choosing the middle policy, and as a subordinate, he shouldn't say much." Xi Zhicai smiled faintly.
His calmness was actually equivalent to telling Fang Yun that he actually knew the truth of choosing the middle strategy, so there was no need to worry.
Why did Fang Yun choose the middle strategy, because the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was not high now, even if Xie Yuan brushed the military skills, he couldn't quickly improve their morale, and this morale was declining little by little over time.
Nowadays, no one in the Yellow Turban Army knows that there was a problem with food in the past, so that the whole army does not have much strength and has no combat effectiveness at all. But before he could recover his body, a large army of the enemy came, and defeat seemed to be a foregone conclusion.
It is for this reason that the morale of the soldiers is always not raised. Encouragement doesn't work. What they need is something tangible. to restore their self-confidence.
If it's this time. In order to lure the enemy's large army, sacrifice a part of the people to create a big defeat, then God knows if this deception will turn into a real defeat. At that time, the morale of the army will be completely weakened, everyone will go their separate ways, and all plans will be meaningless.
The reason why Fang Yun chose the middle strategy was to give them insight and insight, even if it was a second-line army, even if they had no combat effectiveness at the moment. The morale is also not strong, but it is still possible to destroy the enemy and defeat the enemy.
In fact, the results were very good, and the morale of the soldiers was now very high, and the fear of the enemy was much lessened. Therefore, in terms of results, it makes too much sense to choose the interests of the other party's cloud.
"Why is the military advisor so worried?" Fang Yun asked suspiciously.
"I'm just worried about the rapid attack troops sent out by the lord, after all, the results of the battle have not come back for a day, and I always have to worry a little." Xi Zhicai replied with a wry smile.
"Haha, why should the military advisor worry about those guys? As long as they follow our plan, then even if they can't fight, they can at least get out of the way, and even if there are casualties, there won't be too many casualties. The leader is Chen Tao's kid. In terms of the control of the soldiers, there are not many in the whole battalion who can compare with him. We should believe in Him. Then silently waited for him to bring back the good news! Fang Yun smiled, and then walked towards the handsome tent.
It's just that what he doesn't know is that Xi Zhicai is not only worried about the quick-attack troops sent out, but also about whether the enemy will attack on a large scale the next day when he receives the defeat of the cavalry troops and is attacked by the quick-attack troops.
Time, in the end, is still too little, if you give the Yellow Turban Army under Bo Cai half a month, it would be good!
On the other hand, since nightfall, starting from the east gate, the cavalry unit of the Yellow Turban Army that made a big bend to the rear of the enemy's rapid attack force, watching the opponent's fast attack force kill towards the base camp, Chen Tao smiled and commanded the troops to start moving.
They followed the glow-in-the-dark path and began to move in the opposite direction. From the very beginning, in addition to arranging a counter-night attack, the so-called central strategy also arranged a quick attack force in response to the fact that the enemy had just arrived and had not yet gained a firm foothold.
It's just that what I didn't expect was that the ideas of the two sides were so similar, and they all sent cavalry troops. The difference is probably the difference in numbers, the Han army sent 3,000 cavalry, while Fang Yun sent 6,000 cavalry.
Naturally, the equipment is not comparable to the Han army, but in terms of numbers, it is redundant to the Han army, and the most important thing is that each person is equipped with three throwing guns, and even for other purposes, each person still has a torch in his hand.
After the enemy's troops had left them far away, the cavalry units of the Yellow Turban Army also began to kill towards the Huangfu Song headquarters.
"I'm so tired, the general is too, today he actually asked us to march in a hurry. At the end of the day, I just felt like my bones were going to fall apart. In Huangfu Song's headquarters camp, the soldier in charge of guarding the east camp gate complained to his companions.
"The most important fighter on the battlefield is that if the cavalry sent out before can have an effect, maybe we will be able to start a comprehensive pursuit of the fleeing Yellow Turban Army tomorrow, and then we will complete this battle without blood, and I don't know how many merits we can accumulate, I hope that it will be good to be promoted at that time, no more, I will be satisfied." Another soldier also chimed in.
The night is long, and if you don't chat, you only feel very uncomfortable in this dark environment.
Suddenly, they seemed to hear a rumbling sound, what seemed to be the sound of horses marching rapidly.
At first, it was natural to think that it was a quick attack cavalry sent out by the headquarters, but there was a little strange in my heart: hadn't it been less than a quarter of an hour since I had been out, and why did I hear the sound of them coming back? Even if the quick attack is smooth, it shouldn't look like this!
Soon, they realized that something was wrong, and a fiery dragon appeared in the distance of Gain. It is not difficult to see that this is an army with torches moving, and the rapid cavalry sent out by the headquarters does not light torches!
Obviously, this should not be the cavalry of the headquarters, but the troops of another force, most likely the Yellow Turban Army!
So, they quickly rang the gong, and the well-trained Han soldiers jumped out of the tent one after another in their clothes as soon as possible, and quickly entered the fighting posture.
However, they were still a little slower in the end, and the large army had already reached the front, and the two hundred cavalry in front began to throw their torches into the camp. Some of these torches fell on top of the tent, and although there was no ignition for it, it lit the tent closest to the perimeter.
The next moment, the cavalry troops were charging, and at the same time, they took out a throwing spear and threw it at the Han army.
This kind of spear thrown with the help of horsepower is no less lethal than a bow and arrow, and because it is large enough, it is also full of penetration. Immediately, there were dozens of soldiers who rushed to the front, don't tie them into hedgehogs.
"Sons, follow me into the enemy camp!" Chen Tao shouted, and took the lead in riding his horse to kill it. The soldiers behind him didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to the Dongying Gate.
With the series of actions of throwing torches, throwing short spears and sabers, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army quickly fought their way out and began to kill towards the location of Beiyingkou...... (To be continued......)
PS: Got a cold...... The status is a bit down, but the update shouldn't change!