CHAPTER XXXV
On this day, Sun Jianbu, as always, came to fight outside Wancheng, this time Xu Ji personally accompanied the army, he still needed to see in person how the yellow scarves in the city reacted. Of course, Sun Jian couldn't really let Xu Ji run too close to the front army, and it was estimated that seeing such a young man in the city was a few arrows, for this kid who was deeply valued by Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, Sun Jian still released enough kindness, after all, the network is operated by himself, and Sun Jian obviously has three flavors.
Of course, Zhao Hong at this time was also personally supervising in the city, obviously Zhao Hong was also impatient to see Sun Jian's reality, of course, he covered it up very well, Sun Jian also routinely ordered the soldiers to start humiliating the yellow scarf, but if someone looked carefully, they could find that the expressions and states of Sun Jian's subordinates today were not that lax. Xu Ji saw the state of the soldiers and knew that Sun Jian had indeed explained to them, Xu Ji looked up at the soldiers on the city wall, the distance of this arrow can still see a rough outline, and Zhao Hong's yellow flag with the word "Zhao" in the big book is too ostentatious, Xu Ji can't see it, of course, Xu Ji never put Zhao Hong in his eyes, and seeing Zhao Hong's appearance, Xu Ji immediately realized that the situation he expected was likely to happen, and Xu Ji immediately went to inform Sun Jian.
Of course, Sun Jian also saw Zhao Hong's banner, but Sun Jian didn't think much about it, although he paid attention to the deeds of the local general, Sun Jian did not contact the strategy of the Yellow Turban, in the final analysis, Sun Jian still despised the Yellow Turban, although Xu Ji did not agree with this method, but it was not easy to say anything, every opponent is worthy of respect, every opponent has merits, although Zhao Hong has nothing powerful, but it is not easy without mistakes and omissions, at least before, he did not do well.
Sun Jian was skeptical of Xu Ji's reminder, Sun Jian didn't think that Zhao Hong's appearance would indicate that the Yellow Turban had moved, after all, it was not the first time that Zhao Hong had arrived at the city in person, and Xu Ji had to explain: "If the Yellow Turban Thief didn't move, why did Zhao Hong come in person since he was ready to defend it?" Zhao Hong's pacification of the people in the city would make more sense than supervising the war himself. What's more, there is still Bocai, if the general is there, he will be there in person at a non-critical moment? ”
Sun Jian asked Sun Jian, Sun Jian put himself in this situation and thought about it for a while, and found that this is indeed the case, the most important thing in defending the city is the military and the people's heart, Bo Cai must always pay attention to the city defense, Zhao Hong obviously doesn't have to bother, Zhao Hong needs to pay attention to the people's hearts and grain and grass. Then Zhao Hong personally went to the front line is nothing more than two possibilities: one is that the yellow scarf will have action, and the other is that Zhou Aihong came to inspect on a whim. Zhao Hong obviously couldn't come here on a "whim" on the premise that he had already been here two days ago, so there might be only one left, the yellow scarf couldn't hold it back, and Sun Jian's thinking at this time became very simple, that is, to estimate that this time it was the temptation of the yellow turban or simply prepare to eat his two thousand people.
But apparently Sun Jian didn't figure it out: "Wen Lie, what do you think the Yellow Turban thief means this time?" ”
Xu Ji looked at Zhao Hong's banner from afar and slowly exhaled a breath: "Prepare with both hands, if the general is defeated, then I am only afraid of danger, but as long as the general retreats and is not chaotic, that wave will inevitably stop Zhao Hong from pursuing." At that time, Xu Ji's plan was successful. ”
Here Sun Jian continued Xu Ji's plan in an orderly manner, but Zhao Hong was already a little impatient, although he had already determined the idea of attacking, but after all, he was still worried about being ambushed, so he had to wait for Sun Jian's flaws, of course, Sun Jian would not let him down, and soon Sun Jian's soldiers began to take off their armor and sit on the ground, seemingly not worried about the yellow turban in the city to launch a surprise attack, and at this time Zhao Xiu rushed to the city just right, and said loudly: "General, the thieves outside the city despise us so much, the villain asks for battle." ”
And Bo Cai, of course, was by Zhao Hong's side at this time, and immediately spoke out to stop him: "By all means, Sun Thief must have an ambush if he is so presumptuous, how can he attack easily?" Not to mention the loss of morale if it is calculated, if it loses the soldiers, it will inevitably outweigh the losses. ”
Zhao Xiu said coldly: "How does Bo Shuai know that Sun Thief must have an ambush?" Could it be that he has something to do with the Sun thief? ”
Bo Cai was furious when he heard this: "Zhao Xiu, don't you think that Bo Cai's knife in his hand is unhappy?" Who here doesn't know the enmity between Bocai and the thief? Or did General Zhao have evidence that Bocai collaborated with the enemy? ”
At this time, Zhao Hong hurriedly came out and persuaded: "Bo Shuai is angry, Zhao Xiu is just a momentary anger, don't go to your heart." Zhao Xiu didn't hurry up to apologize to Bo Shuai? After saying that, he looked at Zhao Xiu, and Zhao Xiu reluctantly hugged his fists and said: "Bo Shuai, it was Zhao Xiu's inappropriate words, please forgive me." Bo Cai's momentum immediately realized that it was extremely inappropriate for him to do this at this time, and he went down the steps given by Zhao Hong, and Zhao Xiu over there immediately said to Zhao Hong again after asking for the guilt: "General, Zhao Xiu is willing to forgive the sin, only the soldiers and horses of the headquarters are needed, please attack the Sun thief." ”
It was inconvenient for Bo to say anything to stop him at this time, so Zhao Hong also said: "Then I will allow you to atone for your sins." He Yuan, you will lead the headquarters as a reinforcement and press for Zhao Xiu. ”
Zhao Xiu and He Yuan were ordered to go down, and when they saw the two of them going down, Bo Cai once again gave his hand to Zhao Hong and said, "Why did Zhao Shuai agree?" If the Sun thief planted an ambush army, wouldn't there be no return? ”
Zhao Hong pretended to be helpless and said: "I also know it, and I don't want to break its sharpness." It is good to win, but they can also take advantage of the situation to defeat the Sun thief, and it is good to be defeated, just so that they know the strength of the official army of the Dao. ”
Zhao Hong said that Bo Cai really didn't want to say anything, but Bo Cai was secretly a little uncomfortable in his heart, Zhao Hong glanced at Zhao Xiu, he happened to turn his head and saw it, obviously hiding what he was doing, but Bo Cai was helpless, after all, this was not his Yingchuan.
And Zhao Xiu had already gathered the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, no more, no less, exactly 2,000 people, plus the 2,000 people of He Yuan's department who suppressed him for him, counting 4,000 people, Zhao Xiu was confident that he could easily defeat Sun Jian.
After a stick of incense, the gate of Wancheng slowly opened, Zhao Xiu led his troops to rush out, and the soldiers under Sun Jian hurriedly retreated, and they didn't even have time to pack up the banner armor, and Zhao Xiu saw this and shouted: "Hugh has gone Sun Thief, chase!" ”
Seeing that Sun Jian's troops fled all the way, leaving behind the ordnance on the ground, where had the yellow scarves seen such sophisticated equipment, they immediately began to loot when they saw it, where did they remember the order of their own general, Zhao Xiu looked at it, this is still chasing a fart, he fished such a large amount of materials before he went out of the city, and simply stopped chasing for the division to pack up the ordnance discarded by Sun Jian and happily led his troops back to the city, and Zhao Hong came to greet him in person to show his reward, but Bocai was very dissatisfied, Zhao Xiu's eyes were full of disdain when he looked at him and the eyes of the yellow turban soldiers around him were also full of suspicion, and Bo Cai coldly dropped a sentence: "Congratulations." After leaving alone, Zhao Xiu behind him laughed.
Sun Jian was also very happy at this time, he only used some unused ordnance to drag down the pace of the Yellow Turban, and through Xu Ji's speculation, Sun Jian was probably able to understand that what he needed to do was very simple, constantly provoking and then constantly pretending to rout, until Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song led the troops to arrive, Xu Ji even arranged in advance for Chen Zhi to camp in advance thirty miles back from the current camp, Xu Ji was obviously ready to abandon the current camp in the next plan, Sun Jian couldn't help but sigh: "If you follow Wenlie's way, you want to escape again." It's really hard. ”
Xu Ji smiled slightly and said: "The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and today is a victory, how can the Yellow Turban thief stop here?" Wen Lie is just a guide due to the situation, if he is not greedy, this plan will not work, if he is greedy, then Xu Ji will want him to have no return! Sun Jian couldn't help but shudder, he saw this young man's ruthless heart, he seemed to have grown a little too fast in just a few months, this kind of killing is only afraid that it is only a ranger who has been fighting on the battlefield or licking blood with a knife, and this fourteen-year-old boy has such momentum, Sun Jian came back to his senses and replied with a smile: "That's natural, my Sun Wentai's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, sooner or later I will have to get it back." After saying this, Sun Jian also showed a cold smile.
One big and one small looked at each other and smiled, as if they already knew the ending.
For Bo Cai at this time, he has realized Sun Jian's plan, but at this time he is powerless, Zhao Xiu's victory not only made Wancheng Yellow Turban become a light enemy, but also shattered all the trust that he had finally gotten was not reliable, and now Zhao Hong is afraid that he will no longer care about his Bo Cai's opinion, Bo Cai pulled out his sword, but the hideous scar face was a little disheartened and lonely, he has never been able to reverse the situation, let alone avenge the brothers who died generously for him, Bocai looked at the saber that had followed him for several years, and muttered: "Bocai can't be born against fate after all, the fire of the Changshe burned not only Bocai's reputation and status, brothers and sisters, but also Bocai's ambition." It turned out that Bo Cai was defeated by this fire in his life, Ha Lu Ha ...... "Bo Cai's laughter became smaller and smaller, and he choked up after the last, Bo Cai had already met Wan Cheng at this time and saw that another defeat was inevitable, the difference was only how much time he could struggle, and Bo Cai did not have ambition anymore, and the obsession of revenge was also dissolved by the unknown master, Bo Cai had an intuition, whether it was the Changshe at that time or today's Wancheng, he was defeated by the same person twice, And there are two reasons why Bocai foresaw the defeat of Wancheng and still did not escape: one is that he is disheartened, not to mention that although the world is big, he Bocai really has no way out, and he is afraid every day is not what he wants, so he simply goes to die, at least he feels heroic; Second, Bo Cai wanted to know who the person who calculated himself twice and played with more than 100,000 people in applause almost single-handedly, Bo Cai also had a strong premonition that the person he wanted to see would not let him wait too long, because if Wancheng did not have his Bo Cai's brain, the Yellow Turban colleagues who underestimated the enemy were afraid that they would be defeated overnight. And this also indicates that Bocai has made up his mind not to participate in the affairs of the Yellow Turban, because Bocai does not want to be bored.
And this also accelerated the defeat of more than 100,000 yellow turbans in Wancheng, without a brain for calm thinking, then no matter how strong a person is, he is just a brute, and a person with a brain can easily subdue him even if he has no power to restrain the chicken, at this time, Bocai is like the brain of the "giant" of Wancheng Yellow Turban, this "giant" has lost his brain, so Sun Jian, whose strength is far weaker than him, can easily play with him.
And this is something that Zhao Hong, who was complacent at this time, did not and could not think of and understand. This is precisely the gap between him and Bocai, and he fails to realize the devastating consequences of this gap.