CHAPTER XXXI

The moon is dark and kills the night, when the wind is high and the fire is set on fire.

There was surprisingly no moonlight tonight, and even the stars seemed very few, and Bocai was upset and drank too much wine, and was already drunk and lying in the tent at this time. At this time, there were faint cautious movements outside the Yellow Turban Camp, and without exception, they were all holding all kinds of fire-starting things.

The guard of the Yellow Turban Camp at this time was unexpectedly loose, and the high-intensity siege of the city all day had exhausted everyone's energy, and at this time, except for a few dozing guards in the Yellow Turban Camp, they were unaware of the approaching pace of death.

At this time, it was the third watch, when people were most sleepy, Chen Zhi and Mi Qian each led a piece and quietly touched into the Yellow Turban camp, the pine oil-soaked cloth strips have been brought out of the city by three hundred elites, and there are a lot of fire oil, and these soldiers who have been touched into the camp by four hundred are scattered throughout the camp, and the remaining two hundred people are ambushed ten miles away, all they need to do is to light torches and beat the war drums. Xu Ji stayed here, although Chen Zhi and Mi Qian were both opposed to Xu Ji being too close to the battlefield, but Xu Ji still came in person on the grounds that he needed to launch his own orders.

After about a stick of incense, Xu Ji looked at Changshe City, a few clusters of firelight suddenly appeared at the head of the city, Xu Ji turned around and picked up the drum and beat it fiercely, with Xu Ji's drum, the two hundred people scattered in the forest suddenly raised their torches, almost instantly a drum sounded, and the camp more than ten miles away suddenly burst out of countless fires, accompanied by the shouts of "Han army attacking the camp", the originally quiet camp was like water in the oil pot for a while, and at this time, the wind rose, The original scattered firelight extended to the entire camp in just a few breaths, and the sleeping Yellow Turban Army ghosts escaped from the camp tent crying wolf, and the leaders hurriedly organized the soldiers to extinguish the fire, but there was no river around the Yellow Turban camp, and it was also the early autumn coming, the weather was dry and dry, the fire became more and more fierce by the wind, and there were more pine oil and fire oil, and the fire not only did not decrease but the smoke was billowing out.

Bo Cai was awakened by a noise in his drunken dream, and shouted outside the tent: "What is the reason to be so alarmed? ”

The colonel outside the tent rushed in and cried: "Somehow there are fires everywhere in the camp, and there are even more drums, there are not many soldiers and horses outside the camp, and the fire can't be extinguished. ”

Bo Cai was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and in an instant he woke up from all the wine, and he shouted, "Take my armor." He kicked away the panicked colonel, picked up the saber from the desk, and two more colonels came in outside the tent carrying Bocai's armor and hastily dressed them. Bocai lifted the curtain of the tent, and the sight that greeted him almost made him vomit a mouthful of blood: the fire was full of smoke, the sergeants of the battalion fled in panic, and the sound of war drums penetrated the shouts and cries of the soldiers into Bocai's eardrums. In an instant, only one thought came out of Bocai's mind: Could it be that the sky is going to kill my Bocai?

At this moment, a small colonel interrupted Bo Cai's confusion: "Qu Shuai, how should this be?" ”

Bo Cai woke up at this time, looked around, and pulled out his sword: "Don't fucking mess with me, you go and find out a few people who can manage things for me, this must not be the official army in the city, Cao Cao will never arrive at Changshe so quickly, it must be the blind one who walked away." The little colonel promised to leave quickly.

But Bo Cai knew that even if this was not Cao Cao or the official army in the city, it was already a devastating blow to the Yellow Turban Army, and after this battle, it would be a fool's dream to recover in a short period of time, and besides, would Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song let go of this opportunity? Bo Cai raised his eyes and looked at a messy camp, although the fire around him was monstrous, but Bo Cai felt the bitter cold, this may be his Bo Cai's most difficult battle, thinking of this, Bo Cai suddenly smiled, if life can be as vigorous as this fire, it is not in vain.

Bocai raised his sword and shouted: "Don't panic, God bless me with the yellow scarf, God bless me with a great sage and good teacher." "Speaking of taking the lead in cleaning up the rout, Bo Cai does have some ability, at least he has enough prestige in the eyes of the Yellow Turban soldiers, he can keep calm and calm the panicked Yellow Turban soldiers, but the Yellow Turban camp is too big, and the wave can only be collected in a small part after all, as the fire gradually decreases, except for those who died in the fire, more than 50,000 Yellow Turban waves have only collected less than 20,000, and at this time, Bo Cai still has no way of knowing the cause of the fire, but what he needs to face now is not to find out the cause of the fire, It is the neat array of officers and troops outside the city of Changshe, obviously Bocai's worries have come true, Huangfu Song has been observing since the fire, the fire was too big before, Huangfu Song concluded that the Yellow Turban camp had mutinied, but the smoke was not the time to attack, so he simply went out of the city first, and when Bocai gathered the rout, Huangfu Song's department was not only full but also in place to wait for work, and when the fire was about to be extinguished, Huangfu Song ordered the whole army to stand by.

And what's worse is that Bo Cai suddenly felt that the ground began to shake faintly, and there was a flat river here, and the black pressure in the distance under the smoke screen was approaching quickly, and Cao Cao had also arrived!

Bocai immediately made a decision and shouted: "Brothers, rush with me." "Shouting to rush towards Huangfu Song's military formation, but the morale of the Yellow Turban is at its lowest point at this time, and the night has not been rested, the original scattered formation is even more chaotic, but the wave is too clear, Cao Cao is menacing, it is obvious that he has already arrived but is waiting outside a stone's throw, at this time the cavalry that was accelerated by these cavalry broke into the Yellow Turban formation is just a massacre, and Huangfu Song's department is also an infantry although it is a strict formation, the fire makes the Yellow Turban lose the protection of the camp and force them to choose to go in the opposite direction, But people can't run away after all, Cao Cao's light cavalry charged to the rear army of Bocai in an instant, at this time in Xu Ji saw a huge impact on him The cavalry easily tore open the formation of the yellow scarf, like a sharp blade to cut the rear army of the yellow scarf, and then Cao Cao's cavalry suddenly changed formation, from a long snake to four teams changed direction and chiseled out, and the impact of the yellow turban formation was torn apart in just ten breaths. Huangfu Song stroked his beard and praised: "Mengde's cavalry attainments have already begun to glimpse the way. ”

Xu Ji couldn't help but echo: "Wen Lie has never seen a cavalry army charging into battle, and when I see it today, it is really sharp and difficult. ”

Huangfu Song smiled and said: "Cao Mengde has taken the lead, otherwise how can it be so easy?" If there is a camp to rely on, accompanied by a spear to reject horses, Cao Mengde would not want to be able to make an inch, if it were not for Wen Lie's fire, I think Cao Mengde would also be helpless with the Yellow Turban Battalion. ”

Xu Ji shook his head and sighed lightly: "I'm afraid General Yizhen didn't pay attention, Cao Mengde's timing is already perfect, it is the dilemma of the enemy's army, with this eyesight alone, Cao Mengde is by no means ordinary." ”

Huangfu Song smiled: "Reasonable." Then he drew his sword and shouted, "Arrows! As soon as the words fell, I saw the flag in the commander's hand, the archer behind the sword and shield bent the bow and released the arrow, and the front of the unsuspecting Yellow Turban Army fell instantly.

Xu Ji turned his head, even though he was no longer a recruit who had just entered the battlefield, Xu Ji was still very disgusted with this kind of scene. Huangfu Song saw that the archers had finished the first round of arrow rain and shouted again: "Gun! The pikemen behind the sword and shield soldiers in the formation were very strong and stretched out from the gap between the sword and shield, and Huangfu Song turned his head to Xu Ji and said, "If there is no rejection of the horse, the gun formation is also a way to deal with the cavalry." Obviously, he admired Xu Ji very much, so he taught him by word and deed. Xu Ji nodded and said, "It's like rejecting the horse, but it's a little ......."

Huangfu Song sighed: "Between the battle arrays, how can there be any human affection? Either he dies or I die, and the woman's kindness will only die in vain. ”

Xu Ji stopped talking after agreeing, and Huangfu Song didn't say anything more, and shouted again: "Ranger out!" ”

Although there are not many cavalry in the city, they can barely make up thousands, this is Huangfu Song's killing move, the frontal battle array and the side of the ranger are chiseled, this is the most effective tactics of the Han army, and this is also a lesson that Huangfu Song taught Xu Ji, war is not won by many people, and many seemingly simple cooperation can bring about huge changes.

Soon the yellow turban collapsed under the front and rear attacks, and Xu Ji learned two different combat methods, the charge and chiseling of the light cavalry, and the cooperation of various arms, which was Xu Ji's real first lesson on the battlefield, and the teaching material was Bocai.

Bo Cai, who was unable to return to the sky, only escaped under the escort of his own guards, and these were obviously not the concerns of Huangfu Song and Cao Cao, Cao Cao hastily came to meet Huangfu Song and did not even enter the city to lead the army to continue to pursue the remnants of the defeated Yellow Turban, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun rested in place, Xu Ji then said goodbye to the two and went to meet with Chen Zhi and Mi Qian, and the two departments that caused the mutiny caused by arson also suffered a lot of losses in the chaotic army, but fortunately, there were still five hundred people in addition to the hundreds of prisoners and Huangfu Song sent to Xu Ji, Of course, Xu Ji didn't plan to return these scholars to Huangfu Song, and Huangfu Song didn't mention this matter, obviously turning a blind eye to it.

Xu Ji needs Chen Zhi and Mi Qian to bring these five hundred people back to Yingchuan first, and then even if Xu Ji still wants to participate in the war, he will never use his own soldiers who die one less soldier, and more importantly, Xu Ji must explain some things to Guo Jia, and these things can only be done by his own people.

Seeing Chen Zhi is Xu Ji almost didn't recognize him, his face was covered with black smoke and blood, but he was obviously not injured when he saw the two people jumping around: "Lord, Uncle is fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

Xu Ji chuckled and said, "Look at your honor, who can recognize you as Chen Zhi?" How was the damage of the brothers last night? ”

Chen Zhi replied without hesitation: "There are still one hundred and forty-seven soldiers left in Yingchuan, five are seriously wounded, forty-three are lightly wounded, only seven of the three hundred people brought by the Lord are missing, and there are forty-six wounded, and the rest are all prisoners. ”

Xu Ji nodded with satisfaction: "Uncle Zhi is quite capable of governing the army, Mi Qian, you first lead these soldiers back to Yingchuan with the wounded, and when you see Guo Fengxiao, you tell him that the time has come, and what you should do is to start." ”

Mi Qian promised: "Then how do these soldiers arrange?" ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Guo Fengxiao will naturally arrange it." Mi Qian, this time you also work hard, I give you a word, then call it Wenrang, I hope you can practice the art of war diligently, humble and friendly. ”

Mi Qian arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Lord, now Qian is the Lord and the retainer, this surname ......"

Xu Ji smiled: "I thought you didn't like me very much, so I didn't mention it, since you are interested, then it is up to you." It's just that I don't know how Uncle Zhi should be sarcastic about you. ”

Mi Qian, no, now it is Xu Qianhan who said with a smile: "Wen Rang is a martial artist, and he laughs when he laughs, Uncle Zhi is a scholar, so naturally he won't care about me." ”

Chen Zhi on the side changed color suddenly: "Don't you think that the Lord has given you words to be with me this, that, and that?" When did Uncle Chen embarrass you, but came to ridicule me. ”

Xu Jiha smiled, watching these two living treasures arguing, and began to plan what he should do next, and this also determined how much he could get in return in this Yingchuan recovery battle.