CHAPTER XXXI
At this time, Bocai was still planning when to occupy the Changshe, and even she had already figured out how to ask Zhang Jiao for credit from the giant deer, and he even fantasized about being able to further become a generous Qu Shuai and not just limited to the Yingchuan area, of course, the ideas are all beautiful, people always have to have some hope to have the motivation to struggle, Bocai's expectations are not very large, once Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are defeated, there will be no war in Yingchuan for a long time, and the Han army has no spare strength to manage Yingchuan, which has completely fallen, Then Zhang Jiao will naturally hand over all the affairs of Yingchuan to Bocai, and even hand over the strategy task of Yanzhou to him.
And the premise of all this must be that Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are defeated, in fact, there are not many cards in the hands of the Han army, Luoyang still needs to be guarded, all states and counties need to suppress the Yellow Turban, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Changshe are already the largest force that Emperor Ling can come up with, after all, Yingchuan is the academic center of the Han Dynasty, if Yingchuan falls, then Emperor Ling needs to bear the pressure and blame from Qingliu and Yingchuan scholars, and this is obviously what Emperor Ling is unwilling to face.
And this also prompted Emperor Ling to order Cao Cao to be the captain of the cavalry, leading the last point that can be drawn to aid Yingchuan, and Bo Cai who got the news began to be anxious, all the yellow scarves in Yingchuan have been transferred by him to besiege the city, and the rest are only some women and children and wounded soldiers who have no ability to fight, for this part led by Cao Cao, he does not have any mobile forces to stop, and Cao Cao led the cavalry, Bocai still knows a lot about this group of peasant soldiers under his command, although the Yingchuan Yellow Turban is huge, but it is only more than a thousand cavalry, It is not enough to block Cao Cao's rescue, so the only way left is to storm the Changshe, as long as Cao Cao gallops to the aid before the city is broken, Bocai has already won a big victory, and then only need to occupy the Changshe to make Cao Cao return in vain, cavalry, after all, it is impossible to attack the city, and since Cao Cao was ordered to rush to help, it is impossible to carry siege equipment, so Cao Cao can only look at the Bocai who refused to defend the city in vain.
Just when Bo Cai got the news that Cao Cao was ordered to help, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song also got the news, and this news made Zhu Jun resist Xu Ji's strategy, just imagine that you only need to stick to Cao Cao to support Changshe without risking going out of the city to fight, compared to the risk of the two, Zhu Jun, who was defeated by Bo Cai, still hopes to choose the more conservative latter, but Huangfu Song has an objection: "Gongwei, when you and I are edicted to fight for thieves, the soldiers go out of Luoyang to know that Luoyang's troops are empty, and Cao Mengde's troops will never be much, It is unknown whether they will be able to arrive before the city runs out of food, and how can we rely on it? Wen Lie is ready, how can we break our trust in others? ”
Of course, Zhu Jun couldn't refute it, of course he knew that it was not practical for Lu Dao to rely on Cao Cao's support, but he didn't dare to take risks, the previous defeat made it difficult for him to maintain a peaceful state of mind, and of course, he didn't change Xu Ji's strategy in the end.
But Chong Bo only got the news the day after the day began, the yellow turban outside the city launched a fierce offensive, obviously this time Bo Cai came up with the real main force, the garrison of the Han army can obviously feel the increase in pressure, and these responsible for the siege of the rear of the team is Bo Cai's personal guard, Bo Cai is anxious.
Almost at the same time, Xu Ji and Huangfu Song both realized the arrival of the opportunity, once people began to be impatient, then the mentality would be unbalanced, Bo Cai was eager to break through the Changshe, so he was no longer so vigilant about the big camp and the food team, obviously because he was in a hurry to break the city and all the elites were drawn to attack the city, Xu Ji even touched the yellow turban when Bo Cai was away from the camp to attack the city, not far away, there were only veterans in charge of making food and a small number of patrol soldiers in the big camp, but compared to such a huge camp, these soldiers were too few.
These days, Xu Ji led his troops to ambush day and night, ambushing a lot of Yellow Turban squads and scouts, and he didn't seem to be surprised at all about these bizarre disappearing soldiers Bocai, which made Xu Ji a little surprised, but Zhilu Dao captured a scout Xu Ji only learned that Cao Cao led his troops to come to support, and it is for this reason that there have been many deserters in the Yellow Turban Battalion recently. Xu Ji wiped a cold sweat for this, if Bo Cai investigated this matter, Xu Ji's hundreds of people were afraid that they would be found out overnight, but fortunately, Bo Cai was in a hurry to attack the city and had no spare strength to take care of these.
And Xu Ji, who learned that Cao Cao was coming, was still quite complicated, and as soon as Cao Mengde came, it was a little uncertain whether his plan could still be implemented smoothly, and Cao Cao's visit did make Bo Cai show his flaws. But Xu Ji quickly realized that now is not the time to think about these, it is not easy for Bo Cai to reveal flaws, this is one of the few opportunities, as long as God is beautiful, Xu Ji has the confidence to break Bo Cai in one fell swoop.
Bo Cai under the city of Changshe frowned deeply on the horse, the attack of the Yellow Turban had done the best they could, but although the defense of the Han army was shaken, it still seemed very tenacious, from noon to now it has attacked the city three times but was driven down, seeing that the sky is getting dark, the soldiers are also exhausted, even if Bo Cai knows that the Han army on the opposite side of the road is as tired, but the Yellow Turban has indeed lost the ability to attack. For Bocai, he is also rushing for time, if Cao Cao's cavalry is really non-stop, it will definitely be able to arrive within three days, in other words, Bocai only has no more than three days, if the Changshe does not break the wave within three days, he can only lead his troops to take refuge temporarily. After taking a deep look at Huangfu Song, who was standing with a sword at the head of the city, Bo Cai said hatefully: "Collect the troops and return to the camp." ”
Of course, the Huangfu Song at the head of the city noticed Bocai, watching him pull his horse and retreat, Huangfu Song also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the Yellow Turban's wave after wave of attacks were like the tide of the Changshe's defensive line impact crumbling, although the Yellow Turban's combat effectiveness and the quality of the soldiers were uneven, but it couldn't stand the crowd, and several times almost the city wall was captured, all of which were forced back by Huangfu Song leading his own personal guards, and at this moment, both sides were already at the end of the crossbow, but Fan Bocai left a hand after the hand Changshe lost his hand, but fortunately, Bocai collected the troops, Huang Fu Song breathed a sigh of relief and immediately felt that his legs were weak, he had been fighting in the city for a day, he was over forty years old and he was indeed tired and did not cut, but Huang Fu Song knew that the general was the courage of the soldiers, and he could not fall down if he said anything, he turned around and signaled to the captain of the guard, and the captain of the guard immediately stood under the ribs of Huang Fu Song from behind, and no one noticed it under the cover of the cloak, and the other side of Zhu Jun's responsibility was also extremely miserable, and the yellow scarf threw down nearly 3,000 corpses, Although the Han army defending the city had a geographical advantage, it was forced to pay nearly 2,000 casualties by the impact of death, which made Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song feel huge pressure, if Bo Cai attacked the city in this way at the cost of soldiers' lives, perhaps, could not survive the arrival of Cao Cao, which made Zhu Jun frightened.
Bocai, who also returned to the camp, was also very dissatisfied with the results of the battle, and was driven down again and again when he was about to occupy the city wall several times, but for the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban, Bocai really couldn't ask for anything.
The next morning, Bo Cai led the troops again, and the city was well prepared, although Bo Cai was impatient but helpless, although he was ready to break through the Changshe in a life-changing way, but the inefficiency made him outrageous, and the resoluteness of the Han army's resistance was also beyond his expectations, for the resoluteness of the two old guys, Bo Cai found that he was still underestimated, looking at this extent, it is conservatively estimated that this resistance can be maintained for at least two or three days, which is definitely not what Bo Cai wants to see.
The situation in the city is by no means the case, this is the last day to provide enough food and grass supply, and even if the supply is reduced, it can only last less than three days, and the reason why Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song dare to do this today is also because of an arrow last night, on the book: "Tomorrow night to start" four words, Zhu Jun and Huang Fu Song selected the most elite 300 people from their own guards, these 300 people do not participate in the defense of the city but in the city to recuperate.
And as Cao Cao's threat is getting closer and closer, the Yellow Turban's offensive is becoming more and more violent, and even developed to the point that the city wall of Changshe has been occupied by Bocai several times, if it weren't for Zhu Jun organizing the people to help Bocai can successfully capture Changshe, Xu Ji, who watched the battle from afar, couldn't help but worry about the two old generals who were fighting on the front line, and there was no lack of brave men in the Yellow Turban, Zhu Jun was almost injured, if it wasn't for the personal guards to take Zhu Jun in time to be almost killed on the spot, but it also stimulated the morale of the soldiers who defended the city, although it was precarious, but after all, he held the Changshe.
And this made Bo Cai, who personally supervised the battle, very angry, but although the Yellow Turban was superior in numbers, but the Changshe was only so big, and each time the people who attacked the city could only be placed so much, although Bo Cai was as anxious as an ant on the oil pot, he was helpless, and now the situation in Yingchuan has gradually deviated from what he expected, because all the Yellow Turban elites were transferred here by Bo Cai, the pressure on the counties was immediately reduced, and even the situation of garrison counterattacks in various places occurred, and Bocai was already anxious about this, and Changshe City could not be captured for a long time, which led to a decline in his prestige.
The situation has gradually escaped the control of Bocai, recently the inexplicable scouts have disappeared, the food team has been robbed, and Bocai is tired of coping, more and more soldiers in the camp feel uneasy, the army is unstable, Bocai is deeply stressed, but he is already riding a tiger at this time, and if he does not advance, he will die, although Bocai has already retreated, but he knows that as long as this battle is defeated, what awaits him will only be the endless pursuit of the Han officers and soldiers, and with the situation that the Yellow Turban is fighting separately, Bocai has only one defeat. And it is precisely because of this that Bo Cai also resigned his determination to die to survive, and even did not hesitate to kill dozens of deserters with his own hands for this reason, Bo Cai of course understood the consequences of doing so, but he had no choice.
On the other side, Cao Cao is also a fast horse, more than 8,000 light cavalry under his command gave him the capital of a long-distance run, just one day has arrived in Xingyang, Cao Cao did not choose to rush overnight, he needs these soldiers and horses to maintain the ability to fight, and Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's persistence also gave Cao Cao enough time, just when Bocai failed to attack the city for the second time in a row for a whole day, Cao Cao had led his troops to arrive in Zhongmu, through the news that in Zhongmu perhaps, Cao Cao learned that Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were trapped in Changshe, and immediately ordered the troops to rest in place, Cao Cao's decision was very simple, the cavalry would attack Changshe early tomorrow morning, without giving Bocai any time to react, Cao Cao was confident that the 8,000 cavalry field battle would be enough to defeat the Yellow Turbans. But it was only a defeat, Cao Cao couldn't even wipe out tens of thousands of yellow turbans with the thousands of iron cavalry in his own headquarters, and all he needed to do was to liberate the tens of thousands of foot soldiers in Changshe City.
And at this time, the night is approaching quietly, the three hundred energetic elites in the city with a large number of fire-burning things quietly out of the city under the cover of the night, the distant camp is lit up with a faint fire, and the two generals standing at the head of the city have solemn expressions: "Yizhen, success or failure is only in one move, the grain and grass have been exhausted, I just hope that God will bless my Han." ”
Huangfu Song took out his saber and said while gently wiping it: "The wind is up, Gongwei, God has blessed the great man." ”
Zhu Jun looked up at the big banner with the word "Han" written on the head of the city, and said angrily: "Hecaibo is defeated, Yizhen, you go and rest, once Wenlie succeeds, you will lead the army out of the city." ”
Huangfu Song glanced at Zhu Jun deeply: "Gongwei doesn't need to worry too much, as long as the Yingchuan Yellow Turban, His Majesty will never be guilty." ”
Zhu Jun smiled bitterly: "I don't have one out of ten under my command, no matter how good it is, it's just a crime of merit, don't talk about it, so that the soldiers can rest for a long time, it can't be said to be another big war." ”
After that, the two walked down the city, and among the faint figures outside the city, a young man with a somewhat immature face said with a smile: "Big things, achievements." Behind the young man stood two strong men with calm faces.