Everyone in the tent was silent for a long time, Xu Ji looked at everyone's hesitant appearance, and said softly: "There is a gain if you give up, and there is a gain if you lose." ”

This short cross was like Hong Zhong Dalu, Zhu Jun immediately woke up, the Han army forcibly held the east gate of Wancheng This defense line is just a waste of time and needless sacrifice of more soldiers' lives, the core of Xu Ji's strategy is undoubtedly very simple, that is, to pay the least price but can reap the greatest benefits. And the so-called giving and giving, Xu Ji means that he wants to give up the east gate he has already obtained in exchange for the long battle line of the yellow scarf, so as to get more opportunities to take advantage of.

Everyone in the tent is not stupid, and they will naturally be able to figure it out when they wake up. The previous inability to make a choice was nothing more than being blinded by immediate interests, and almost everyone regarded it as very important to this city gate position that Sun Jian almost seized with his life. But Xu Ji was the only one who didn't look at the momentary gains and losses in front of him, and he clearly knew that capturing a city gate did not mean that he could conquer a city, and sticking to this small city gate position was not only a senseless sacrifice, but also a more flexible advantage of giving up the small number of Han troops.

And after Xu Ji woke up everyone, everyone present more or less realized that the battle in Wancheng was not only a useless waste of time, even if there were only 50,000 yellow scarves, it was enough to grind the Han army, which was more than 10,000 people, not to mention that no one really knew how much combat power the Wancheng Yellow Turban still had, and no one could say what kind of backhand the yellow scarves still kept.

But retreating is one thing, how to retreat is another very particular thing, and it is very ignorant for the overall situation to retreat without inducing the enemy army, and it is meaningless to give up the east gate because of this. What Xu Ji needed to achieve was that the Yellow Turbans might divide their troops to pursue or abandon Wancheng, and then continuously consume the Yellow Turbans' vitality through the Han army's ambush counterattack and rapid cruise. And now the problem is how to lure the Yellow Turban into chasing after him, which is of course not Xu Ji's responsibility. Xu Ji proposed a strategy, and Xu Ji was not interested in the rest of the specific operations, which was also very good to avoid the bad situation caused by his possible monopoly of power.

On the other side, Zhao Hong had already gathered his troops and horses and led his troops to the east gate, and he was determined to prove that he could defeat the Han army. Wancheng, where 100,000 yellow turbans were stationed, was actually breached by someone, and the number of enemy troops was far less than his own, which was enough to make Zhao Hong ashamed. And the only way to wash away this shame is to personally defeat or even defeat these Han troops to win in order to save the face they have lost.

Gao Shun was extremely unimpressed with Zhao Hong's approach, but at this time, even Zhao Hong himself knew that Lu Dao was taking the risk, but what Zhao Hong needed was to re-establish his prestige in the Yellow Turban Army, even if he knew that it was a wrong decision, he would still do it regardless of the consequences, which may be regarded as the helplessness of the superiors. And Bo Cai has already lost even any confidence in Zhao Hong, Gao Shun may still care about the victory or defeat of the Yellow Turban, but Bo Cai only cares about whether his revenge can be realized.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were naturally very concerned about the movement of the Yellow Turban, and they had already received the scout's reply as soon as Zhao Hong gathered the soldiers. For Zhao Hong's almost desperate approach, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are very glad to have listened to Xu Ji's strategy, if the two armies really hold each other, it will inevitably be the Han army with few people who will suffer, and it is obvious that the Han army can't withstand such attrition, but for the two people who are thinking hard about how to lure the enemy deep, Zhao Hong is tantamount to throwing himself into the net, since the other party sent it to the door himself, what reason is there not to accept it?

Now that it has been decided, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song immediately chose to abandon the defense line they had built at the east gate, of course, Xu Ji will not forget to light a fire. Only the complete destruction of the East Gate can force the Yellow Turban to continue the pursuit and also force Zhao Hong to divide his troops, otherwise the East Gate will become the biggest weakness of the Yellow Turban in Wancheng, and the Han army can choose to sneak attack at any time when the garrison of Wancheng is empty, which is absolutely unacceptable to Zhao Hong, not to mention that he personally led the army without an inch of success, how could Zhao Hong choose to stop his steps?

Therefore, when Zhao Hong led his troops to the east gate and saw the raging flames, he just glanced at them coldly, and then left his deputy general Han Zhong to lead most of his men and horses to continue the pursuit. Of course, Zhao Hong did not expect the Han army's plan, because even Bo Cai did not expect it, and no one would believe that Zhao Hong might be defeated. But both Gao Shun and Bo Cai have a faint uneasiness, and when Bo Cai, who stayed in Gao Shun's army, saw the situation at the East Gate and suddenly remembered that this familiar fire was like a long society, it was too late, Bo Cai looked up to the sky and sighed: "Time is not for me, God does not bless me for the yellow scarf!" ”

Besides, the Han army at this time, due to Cao Cao's escort, the wounded and logistics troops of the Han army's rear army have safely withdrawn to Sun Jian's camp that was burned down by Xu Ji's fire, and the front is divided into four divisions, and the main force is responsible for luring the enemy is Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's Chinese army, Xu Xuan and Qin Jie each led a part of the column left and right to ambush, Cao Cao also rushed back immediately after escorting the rear army, Chen Zhi temporarily took over Cao Cao's cavalry, he will be the most important chess piece in Xu Ji's plan, Because Sun Jian, who was known for his personal bravery in the Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun army, was inconvenient to fight because of his injury, Chen Zhi had to make a temporary cameo.

Soon, Zhao Hong's troops slowly caught up with him under Zhu Jun's deliberate control, but Zhao Hong obviously didn't think that the Han army still had any ability to fight back, but he definitely couldn't imagine the Han army's plan was so big that it would make more noise than he imagined, and Xu Ji didn't want to give these pursuing yellow turbans any chance.

Zhao Hong was already carried away by anger and eagerness at the moment, he didn't realize the possible danger at all, but blindly urged his subordinates to speed up the pursuit. At this moment, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's troops suddenly changed direction and began to charge in reverse.

Zhao Hong was shocked when he saw this scene, and then he was ecstatic, in his opinion, the Han army's troops were too few, and daring to return to the army was simply self-defeating, in his opinion, the Han army not only did not flee but wanted to die and struggle, it was too stupid, so he urged his corporal to meet the attack again.

Both sides maintained a high speed of movement, and in a short time they collided with each other. After all, the Han army had few people, and it was divided into troops, so it was quickly surrounded by the Yellow Turbans, Xu Ji was in the Chinese army at this time, seeing that the Han army was surrounded, he pulled his sleeves unhurriedly, and glanced at the position of Zhao Hong's banner, Shi Ran said to Zhu Jun: "General, it's time." ”

A look of clarity flashed in Zhu Jun's eyes, and then he smiled and said, "Order, sound the cannon!" ”

With this cannon sound, a cavalry suddenly appeared behind the Yellow Turban Army, and suddenly appeared like a ghost. The leader was a young white horse with a spear in his hand, because the distance was too far to see his face. And Zhao Hong felt that something was wrong when he heard the sound of the cannon, and saw that this group of cavalry became more and more uneasy, and this was not the end, as the cavalry slowly began to accelerate, there was an infantry on the left and right sides of the Yellow Turban Army formed a battle formation and surrounded the Yellow Turban.

Zhao Hong only had one sentence in his heart at the moment: he was ambushed. But he knew that he couldn't show even a little panic now, he was the main general, and he would be the courage of the soldiers, and he would be messed up if he messed up the yellow scarf. So Zhao Hong shouted: "Give me a rush, as long as you exterminate Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, the two old horsemen and soldiers, you will not be afraid, don't forget that Wancheng and our men and horses are all on me!" ”

But Zhao Hong himself knew very well that there were no extra troops in the city that could be deployed to support, and it was impossible for them to think that they would be ambushed and fall into such a crisis. Even if there were reinforcements in the city, Zhao Hong didn't even have the slightest confidence that he could wait for rescue after defeating the Han army trapped in the center before the Han army closed down. In the final analysis, it was the appearance of the cavalry that made Zhao Hong desperate, the cavalry of this era was like a killing weapon, and the infantry was almost defeated when they encountered the cavalry.

At this moment, the cavalry led by Chen Zhi had already accelerated to the fastest, and it was less than ten miles away from the rear army position of the Yellow Turbans. And Chen Zhi was very clever and didn't directly chisel into it. Chen Zhi's tactics were very simple, the three thousand pro-army were divided into two teams to cruise around the Yellow Turbans, and the changed direction surrounded the Yellow Turbans through mobility, but this made Zhao Hong even more uncomfortable, this is like two hungry wolves on the grassland, only when they see a flaw, they will only shoot, which can disturb the morale of the Yellow Turban Army and the concentration of the Yellow Turban Army during combat more than directly rushing to kill. The infantry battle formations of Xu Xuan and Qin Jie are also getting closer and closer.

At this time, Xu Ji, who was surrounded by the yellow turbans, said to Zhu Jun: "General, where Zhao Hong's banner is located is what Bing Feng is pointing at, the greater the pressure on him, the more panicked he will be, and the faster he can defeat him." ”

Zhu Jun thought so, and immediately ordered the Han army that formed a circle to slowly change the formation in the action, forming a conical formation to point to where Zhao Hong's banner was, which was no less than the last straw that crushed him for Zhao Hong, who was already in a hurry, due to the front and back attacks, the pressure in the area where he was instantly increased sharply, and what was even more terrifying was that the back road was still truncated by Chen Zhi, and there were interceptions on the left and right, and it seemed that the simplest forward was even farther away from Wancheng, and Zhao Hong was already in chaos at this time. At this time, the captain of his personal guard suddenly said to Zhao Hong: "General, I'll wait to escort you to break through, the Han army has already laid an ambush, and if you don't retreat, I'm afraid it will be too late." ”

Zhao Hong listened to the chatter and said: "Yes, yes, yes, break through, break through!" There was a little tremor in his voice, but fortunately there were Zhao Hong's personal guards around, and as soon as this order was given, Zhao Hong's personal guards began to move towards Chen's position, and the banner was left behind. Although there are cavalry in the place where Chen Zhi is, as long as he breaks through the defensive line that does not seem to be solid, he can quickly retreat to Wancheng, which is correct according to common sense, and even said that this is very correct. But Xu Ji had already expected it, and even he deliberately wanted Zhao Hong to feel that it was easier to break through there, for the simple reason that the pursuit was of course sharper and simpler for the cavalry.

Therefore, the real main force of this ambush was only the Chinese army of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song and the cavalry that Cao Cao temporarily handed over to Chen Zhi's commander, and Xu Xuan and Qin Jie's troops were just suspicious tactics, so that Zhao Hong mistakenly thought that the scale was huge, but in fact, the killing move was only Chen Dao. This means that Zhao Hong can only succeed if he loses his ability to react, otherwise it will be difficult for this strategy to succeed.

Just when Zhao Hong was about to crash into the cruising circle of Chen Zhi's cavalry when he was escorted by his own personal guards, Chen Zhi suddenly got out of the way, although this made Zhao Hong very strange but he was very happy, but he didn't realize that this was an illusion that made him relax his vigilance, and when he reacted, it was too late. Just when Zhao Hong's personal guards escorted Zhao Hong out of the battle circle, Chen Zhi suddenly led hundreds of horsemen to chase after him, and this was the time when these personal guards were the lightest and most unprepared. Chen Zhi broke up their formation with a simple charge, and what made Zhao Hong even more desperate was that none of his personal guards were the enemy of the white horse junior general in front of him, he was like a killing god in the crowd, easily provoking his own personal guards.

Zhao Hong was desperate, he broke away from the large army and broke through alone in order to save his life, but Chen Zhi's pursuit completely wiped out his only remaining hope, and at this time, looking back, his soldiers were gradually surrounded, and it was only a matter of time before the rout was defeated.

Chen almost cleaned up Zhao Hong's personal guard team back and forth at this time, looked at the big banner still erected in the Yellow Turban Army and said with a smile: "I don't know that there is such a general who abandoned his soldiers and died in disregard of the Yellow Turban, hehe, as the Lord expected, Zhao Hong, you are just a straw bag, far inferior to Bocai." ”

Zhao Hong was furious when he heard this: "What are you, I am the handsome ...... of the Yellow Turban"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Chen Zhi stabbed with a spear, and a generation of Yellow Turban Qu Shuai immediately took his head, Chen Zhi didn't take a second look after killing Zhao Hong, and his own soldiers took Zhao Hong's head and cleaned it up, he turned around and shouted: "Withdraw." ”

On the other side of the battlefield, the Yellow Turban could no longer withstand the continuous squeeze and advancement of the official and military infantry battle formations, and the head of Zhao Hong brought by Chen Zhi when he led his troops back made the Yellow Turban completely lose the ability to resist. At this time, of course, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban also found that their commander had disappeared, and saw that Chen Zhi's corporal was carrying a head, and when he looked closely at Zhao Hong, the Yellow Turban collapsed in an instant, and all surrendered.

At this time, Wancheng didn't know that Zhao Hong had already given the head, and Han Zhong was still organizing soldiers to extinguish the fire at the east gate, and at this moment, the east gate that was originally standing was overwhelmed by the fire and collapsed. Seeing this scene, Bo Cai sighed softly: "The city gate collapsed, I'm afraid it's a sign from God, General Gao, I'm afraid that Zhao Hong ......" Although the words were not finished, Gao Shun already understood.

Gao Shun looked at the east gate of the ruins, and said slowly: "Wait, it happens to be clear with the general's hatred." ”

His expression was resolute and cold as iron, but there was a fiery aggression in his tone.