It's just that Gao Shun's anger and Bo Cai's hatred have no chance to retaliate.

Xu Ji's plan had won a complete victory so far, and Xu Jida did not think that the capture of the city gate could be regarded as a victory from the beginning, in his opinion, it was just a means and way to seek a more favorable battle situation. Since the core purpose of war is to obtain the greatest benefits, there is no doubt that the gains and losses of one city and one place are not very worthy of attention. In other words, compared with the gains and losses of the overall situation, it is a kind of behavior to put the cart before the horse, and it seems that the pattern and magnanimity are too small.

Of course, it doesn't mean that one city and one place are not important, but from the overall situation, then the momentary gains and losses do become less worth caring about, and Zhao Hong's death is enough to prove this. Zhao Hong put the gains and losses of Wancheng in the most important position, so he was so anxious about just losing the East Gate, and this anxiety cost him his own life. In fact, if Zhao Hong had taken a longer-term view, he might not have been easily put on the spot by Xu Ji because of these.

The so-called attack must be saved, which is not only to grasp the enemy's weakness, but also to take the initiative to force the other party to expose its flaws, so as to gain greater initiative. Zhao Hong just showed his own flaws, his eagerness to recapture the east gate of Wancheng made him lose the space to adapt, or the position of Zhao Hong and Xu Ji from the beginning to the end of this war is not equal, although the Han army was at a disadvantage at the beginning, but the position of the decision-makers on both sides is just the opposite. Xu Ji's opponent is Bo Cai, and Zhao Hong is nothing more than a puppet-like existence in Xu Ji's eyes. After Bocai lost his right to speak, Zhao Hong was not an opponent to Xu Ji at all, all of Xu Ji's caution and backhand were just to beware of Bocai, and Zhao Hong was never in his field of vision. So from this point of view, Zhao Hong can be regarded as a very unjust death, because he is just a substitute for Bocai, and Xu Ji can't wait to lead his troops to pursue Bocai, so the result of his plan will be much more perfect.

But killing Zhao Hong can also be regarded as a surprise, at least at this time, Wancheng will fall into a situation where the dragons are leaderless, then this will be a huge opportunity for the Han army. But for Bo Cai at this moment, the status quo is not so good, he originally thought that Wancheng, which was foolproof, collapsed in just one night, it seems that everything is too fast, and Bo Cai doesn't even have time to react to what happened. The whole situation was completely out of Bocai's control when Zhao Hong decided to go out of the city to pursue, Zhao Hong took away most of the combat power, and there were no more than 20,000 people left to fight, that is to say, now the balance of strength between the two sides has changed.

The Yellow Turban Army, which originally had the advantage of numbers and the geographical advantage of defending the city, now not only faced the Han army with similar numbers but far superior combat effectiveness, but also something that caused the Yellow Turban to have an even more headache, that is, Wancheng, which used to rely on geographical advantages, is now unable to defend it with 20,000 people. Then the situation that the Yellow Turban has to face is very embarrassing, that is, to fight head-on with the Han army. In any case, the combat effectiveness of the Han army under the command of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song far exceeded that of ordinary county soldiers, so Han Zhong did not think that Wancheng could continue to rely on the Yellow Turban, at least the outer city said that it could not continue to be defended.

Especially when the Han army stepped on the burned east gate with the high morale of the new victory, the murderous aura that was almost clearly felt came to the face, Han Zhong immediately chose to withdraw to the inner city, although Gao Shun thought that he should take advantage of the Han army's unstable foothold to attack, but Han Zhong vetoed, Gao Shun is a general, he only needs to think about the victory or defeat for a while, and Han Zhong is different, he is the principal designated by Zhao Hong, he is now a commander, can not just look at the victory or defeat of a battle. Han Zhong was more sober than Zhao Hong, and it was obvious that the focus now was not to attack the Han army but to protect himself, because a head-on confrontation was obviously a losing situation.

At this time, the Yellow Turban had completely lost its original advantages, and the next one gradually became stronger than the Han army.

It's also really interesting to say, the situation completely reversed overnight, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

At this moment, Bo Cai felt powerless, he seemed to be completely counted to death by the person hiding behind the scenes, and he was constantly pushed step by step by him into a dead end without any room for turn, and now, he really couldn't change the situation. Bo Cai only started to slow down, Xu Ji forced him to slow down every time, and the accumulated slow steps caused Bo to realize the seriousness of the problem by the time he was already out of luck. Xu Ji is not good at putting people to death in one step, but he can slowly make a person lose the ability to resist, just like the vivid portrayal of the yellow scarf in Wancheng at this time.

As Cao Cao said when Zhu Jun asked him about his opinion of Xu Ji: "Wen Lie is not slow to use tactics, and he does not seek a fatal blow, but he can penetrate people's hearts and attack his weakness." Wen Liegui is not arrogant or impatient, and he forces people to the Jedi one after another, this is Wen Lie's scheme. ”

Of course, Xu Ji is far from being mature at this time, in fact, many times Xu Ji has given the Yellow Turban enough time to react, but Bo Cai was calculated by Xu Ji and missed the first move, and he was tired of dealing with the doubts of Zhao Hong and the rest of the Yellow Turbans, and Bo Cai's mentality was too impatient. And Zhao Hong couldn't see Xu Ji's plan at all, which was one of the important reasons why Xu Ji's strategy achieved such great results. But this is also what Cao Cao greatly admired, the continuous use of tactics to force the enemy to make wrong decisions, and then a strong attack to attack the enemy's flaws, this is what a strategist needs most, that is, the grasp of the timing and the embodiment of the overall situation. Moreover, Xu Ji's strategy is correct, neither too much of a sword to go sideways, nor limited to using the general trend to suppress people, which is destined to Xu Ji's strategy will not cause too much damage to himself regardless of success or failure. And what Xu Ji is best at is to leave himself a backhand that is enough to fight back, and even a backhand that can break the net.

This is not so good for the Yellow Turban, the situation is getting worse and worse, and the morale of the soldiers in the city is also low, Han Zhong has to think about the way out for himself and his soldiers.

Zhao Hong's death made Bo Cai once again the backbone of the remaining Yellow Turban in Wancheng, and Han Zhong still had enough respect for Bo Cai, at least at this moment when he couldn't make a choice, Han Zhong needed Bo Cai's help.

"Bo Shuai, now that the matter has come to this, where should I go?"

Bo Cai didn't want to participate in these things, but after all, it was a comrade's relationship, and it was not his character to let it go: "For today's plan, there are only two ways: surrender or die." According to the temperament of the two old horsemen, Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun, if they win, they are afraid that the soldiers in the city will be able to save their lives. ”

Han Zhong frowned and asked, "Is there really no chance to defend Wancheng?" Just let Zhao Shuai sacrifice in vain? This ......"

Bo Cai chuckled and said: "Zhao Hong just brought about his own destruction, Bo Cai said something selfish, if he had listened to Bo Cai's advice earlier, why would he lose the good situation?" It was originally a mess left by him, and Bo Cai didn't want to participate more, but he said it because of the love of the robe. ”

Of course, Han Zhong didn't know this, but most of them were a little unwilling, and he was pretentious, so he asked this question, and Bo Cai's completely faceless scolding could be regarded as making him completely break the idea of struggling: "Bo Shuai also descended?" ”

After hearing this, Bo Cai glanced at Han Zhong in surprise and said, "General Han doesn't want to use Bo Cai as a qualification?" ”

Han Zhong immediately realized that he had said something very stupid, Bo Cai had escaped from Yingchuan to Nanyang with great difficulty, obviously Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song would never let him go, and he was the one who had personally defeated Zhu Jun, which was enough for Zhu Jun to kill him without asking the reason. Of course, Han Zhong knew that Lu Daobo was very taboo about this, and hurriedly admitted his mistake: "It's that Han Zhong is not thoughtful, but he has no intention of harming Bo Shuai." ”

Bo Cai said coldly: "That's it, you think about what to do." After saying that, he turned around and left, Han Zhong behind him smiled helplessly, it is normal for Bo Cai to be so unhappy, he can still surrender to save his life, and Bo Cai's face surrender is inevitable to die, which is an extremely embarrassing thing for the former Fang Qu Shuai, but it also proves Bo Cai's ability, and it can make Zhu Jun hate such a person, I am afraid that there are not many.

Of course, Han Zhong would never want to fight with the Han army, and there is indeed no chance of winning, although this is a little cowardly, but it is the wisest choice, Han Zhong quickly wrote the surrender letter, but Han Zhong encountered a problem again, who will send this surrender letter?

It can't be himself, Han Zhong denied his intention to go at the first time, who knows if Zhu Jun will be cut directly with a knife, his current life is still quite expensive, not to mention that Qin Jie is there, how can he let himself go, then Bo is impossible, it can't be himself, there are not many candidates left, Han Zhong's final decision is Gao Shun, the reason is very simple, Han Zhong has long been dissatisfied with this guy who has a straight face all day long, and he just happened to test the attitude of the Han army.

When Gao Shun learned that he was entrusted with a "heavy task" to deliver the surrender letter, although Gao Shun had a good temper, he couldn't help but secretly scold Han Zhong for being shameless, Sun Jian was injured by himself, and almost killed his subordinates, this is obviously digging a pit for himself to jump, but can you not go? Obviously, the answer is no, after all, Han Zhong is the principal designated by Zhao Hong, since Zhao Hong is dead, the Yellow Turban of Wancheng is naturally headed by him, and he is very subordinate, so there is no reason to refuse. Even if these are put aside, Gao Shun himself adheres to the way of the general, since the order is given from above, then he should do it, so even if he is full of dissatisfaction, Gao Shun still set off.

The Han army has reoccupied the east gate at this time, this time it is more simply the inner city is surrounded, obviously with the intention of trapping the Yellow Turban, this is Xu Ji's meaning, there will be no more benefits to fight again, rather than forcibly attacking the city and sacrificing the lives of the soldiers, it is better to besiege but not attack, I believe that such a sense of oppression will collapse the Yellow Turban faster.

Gao Shun rode alone to the Han army camp, and greeted him with Sun Jian, who was injured by himself, after so many days of recuperation, plus Sun Jian was only suffering from skin injuries, and he was already alive and well, seeing Gao Shun Sun Jian also greeted Gao Shun with a smile, for such an opponent, Gao Shun had a sense of heroic sympathy, but unfortunately he was not good at words, and he only smiled.

And it was not Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song who received Gao Shun, or even Xu Xuan and Qin Jie, but Xu Ji. For this matter, of course, Xu Ji asked for it himself, and the reason is very simple, since he came alone, he was bound to surrender, and everyone had a lot of grudges with the Yellow Turban, but Xu Ji was an outsider from beginning to end, and it was very appropriate to be the principal. Today's Xu Ji's status is very different from that day in the Changshe, and now Xu Ji has confirmed the name of "military advisor", after all, he is good at everything, which is enough to make others trust him.

Gao Shun's first reaction when he saw the young man in the big tent was: The Han army deceived me.

Of course, Sun Jian immediately explained to him: "General Gao, don't underestimate my military division, although the military division is young, but from the long society to the present, it has all relied on him to plan, otherwise how can it be so simple?" ”

Hearing the word Changshe, Gao Shun instantly thought of Bocai in the city, followed by a deep fear, this young man played with more than 100,000 people between applause, this ability made Gao Shun cold: "It turned out to be you." There was deep emotion and embarrassment in his tone.

Xu Ji said with a smile: "It must have been unexpected by the general, but Gan Luo is twelve years old and in the phase, and Xu Ji is fourteen this year, so it is reasonable." ”

Gao Shun didn't say anything more, but just took out the surrender letter from his arms: "Gao Shun is here to deliver the surrender letter." ”

Xu Ji got up and took it, and threw it on the desk without looking at it, looked at Gao Shun's puzzled eyes, and chuckled: "Please surrender, what's there to see, Wen Lie took over this errand this time just to see General Gao." After all, there are not many people who can make Sun Wentai admire. ”

Here, Sun Jian also smiled and said, "Okay, you Xu Wenlie, will you tell me if you can't do anything?" If you face off against General Gao's two armies, are you sure of victory? ”

Xu Ji shook his head: "No, but as long as I can't make General Gao, it's enough to lead the army." ”

These words made Gao Shun suddenly fight a cold war, this young man's methods are indeed vicious, it may be very powerful to get rid of an opponent, but it is more terrible to make people powerful and have nowhere to go, this is more torturous than death. Although Gao Shun was still calm on his face, his heart was turbulent, this time he really believed that the fourteen-year-old boy in front of him was the person behind Bocai's mouth, and what he said was not exactly what Bocai was referring to?

Gao Shun secretly raised his eyes and looked at Xu Ji, this ordinary young man did not have the arrogance of the children of the big family, nor did he have the hateful appearance of ordinary scholars, but his eyes were like a bottomless abyss, as if there was a power that devoured everything.

Xu Ji opened his mouth and said, "General Gao, don't you have anything to say?" For example, didn't Bocai ask you to find me? “

Gao Shun was finally shocked, is this young man in front of him a human or a ghost? How did he know this?