Chapter 237: Charcoal in the Snow
After listening to the reports of the two Yellow Turban generals, the Yellow Turban Leader had a gloomy face, not angry at their inaction, but shocked by the enemy's generosity.
Several oversized siege weapons, as well as dozens of ballistas, were quietly pushed to the vicinity of the camp, in addition to showing the enemy's strong military production capacity, I am afraid that there are some strategists' virtual and real skills at work, otherwise it is impossible not to receive any movement in advance. The leader can imagine how desperate it must have been when he finally came to a clearing after experiencing fire and stampede, and thought it was safe, only to find a row of ballistae pointed at them with sharp crossbow arrows.
"And then? Isn't it that these two camps are in a corner, why didn't the other camp send troops to support? "The Yellow Turban Leader held several other generals accountable.
"President, most of the soldiers were sleeping at that time, and I had already ordered the officers to wake them up as quickly as possible, but to prevent the enemy from moving away from the mountain, I could only let the soldiers who were outside the rotation go to support, and a total of two Yellow Turban Corps of 150,000 people were sent over." These yellow turban generals are all high-level players, and it is common for them to stay up all night in previous online games, even without rest for two or three days in a row, and they can quickly cheer up when they are woken up in the middle of the night. But the average player can't, waking up from a deep sleep in the middle of the night, and it takes a while to adjust and line up in line.
"The two camps were not far apart, and when I led the army to help, there was already a lot of fire and screams. Moreover, the enemy army had already been prepared, and sent people to intercept the road between the two camps, although the number of enemy troops was only thirty or forty thousand spearmen, it was definitely the strongest force I had ever seen, and the 300,000 fifth-order Yellow Turban Army was no match in front of them. While we were in the midst of a fierce battle, a heavy cavalry struck out from our flank, disrupting the entire formation, and then irretrievably routed. ”
When the leader of the Yellow Turban heard this, he reluctantly closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, the change of one night was so great that he hoped that this was a dream he had when he took a nap after exterminating the imperial army.
The next report was more like a nightmare than the last, and the number of people who died in the fires and stampedes in the camps attacked by fire was close to 100,000; Later, more than 100,000 people died from crossbow arrows and bows in the process of escaping, especially when the Yellow Turban Army swarmed out, the population density of a crossbow arrow could almost string ten people, and all kinds of arrows fired by crossbows or bows poured out desperately, and just stuck at the time when a small half of the people escaped, which was equivalent to a half-crossing attack.
The situation in the other camp was not much better, after sending half of the soldiers in the camp to support, they were attacked by the officers and soldiers of the county government and a mysterious force, and their self-righteous fortifications did not bring any advantages, and soon fell into the hands of the enemy. After losing three walls, the Yellow Turban generals, who had been directing the operation, had no choice but to abandon the camp, fearing that the enemy would surround and set fire to the camp on all sides, and took advantage of the many losses of the officers and soldiers of the county government to lead the remaining 100,000 people to abandon the camp.
But the nightmare was not over, and before they could retreat from a safe distance, they were overtaken by a heavy cavalry force. Even though this heavy cavalry force only had about 5,000 people, those who were born in Guangling, Xuzhou, had never seen a cavalry charge of this scale, and the officers had no experience in dealing with cavalry, and some temporary plans for cavalry could not slow down the pace of the iron cavalry at all. In addition, when retreating, many of the Yellow Turban Army and its subordinate troops were scattered or chaotic, it can be said that it was no longer systematic, and more than 100,000 people were like a bloated fat man, being dragged and bitten by several groups of flexible wolves, and finally lost too much blood and collapsed. As a last resort, the Yellow Turban generals could only lead the most elite Yellow Turban Army to retreat, leaving the rest of the people in charge of the palace. The Yellow Turbans or the Yellow Turban Army can be without, but the Yellow Turban Elite must not be destroyed, otherwise there will be no capital to make a comeback in the future.
At this point, the three camps of the Yellow Turban Army all fell, the number of prisoners was nearly 500,000, and the number of dead and wounded was no less than 400,000. On the contrary, the camp that was attacked at night at one o'clock in the morning received the news early, and fled into the mountains with the Yellow Turban Army, which had cleaned up the battlefield and built a large camp, and escaped. The 1.2 million Yellow Turban Army in Yandu County was almost wiped out overnight, and countless materials and baggage were lost.
Although the player can be resurrected after being killed, most of the NPC Yellow Turban Army chose to surrender in order to survive, and a few NPCs took advantage of the night and chaos to escape into the mountains and swamps, and this part of the Yellow Turban Army will not come back once they leave. Therefore, before the player is resurrected, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Leader can only be collected by about 200,000, and the player can recover to 500,000 after resurrection, but compared with the previous heyday, the strength is indeed a lot decline. The only thing to be thankful for is that the most elite Yellow Turban Army has no losses, and there is still the capital to make a comeback, but it will not be able to compete with the imperial court camp head-on for a long time.
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In a clearing near the Yellow Turban Camp, the forces of Flying Sky City met with the county government of Yandu County for the first time, and the county lieutenant had a simple meeting with Lu Shuang with his personal guards.
"General Pi, this time it is thanks to your help, otherwise the Yellow Turban thieves in Yandu County don't know when they will make trouble, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you on behalf of the county order and all the people of Yandu." The Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses, and the threat to Yandu County was greatly reduced, and the county lieutenant was able to protect the whole county from losing his land and dereliction of duty.
"County Lieutenant, where are you talking about this? You and I are also the people of the Han Dynasty, and we are the officials of the imperial court, so we should do our best to make the world peaceful, bow to the end, and die. When Lu Shuang dealt with these NPC officials, he habitually praised each other and patted each other, and said: "However, the county lieutenant only relied on the power of one county to drag down this huge Yellow Turban Army for more than a few months, so that their generation could not advance or retreat, and their morale was exhausted; He went out to battle decisively, and personally led brave and warlike men to break through the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, making it flee in a hurry, which gave the general a advantage. If you want to talk about merit, the great hero of this battle is none other than the county lieutenant. ”
"Haha, General Pi is polite."
The county lieutenant listened comfortably, but he was not a fool, he knew how big the gap was between the officers and soldiers of the county government and the soldiers of Feitian City, and the main credit for winning this battle was still on the side of Feitian City.
"It is said that the Yellow Turban thieves wantonly plundered the township, robbed a lot of wealth, and committed a lot of things that hurt nature and reason, and deserved to die. I wonder what the general wants to do with these traitors? The county lieutenant looked at Lu Shuang sincerely, hoping to hear a satisfactory answer from his mouth.
"The Yellow Turban thieves are a disaster in the township, and a lot of grain and copper coins in the camp are snatched from the hands of the people, which are originally salt and desecrate the people's money, and it is inconvenient for me to interfere as an outsider, and then I will have to trouble the county lieutenant and the county order to distribute this part of the money and grain to the people, so that the people can live." In fact, there was not much money and food in the three camps, and some of the grain was burned, so Lu Shuang pushed the boat to sell the county lieutenant and the county order a favor. If they get oil and water from it, it will be the people who will be unlucky in the end, and the number of people who will take refuge in Feitian City in desperation may increase.
"As for these captured Yellow Turban thieves, they may continue to rebel if they stay, and it would be a pity to kill them all, so it is better to leave them to the general and bring them back to the territory to be coolies, so as to make up for the losses of this expedition."
The county lieutenant opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he felt that Wang Yue, Wang He, Zhou Cang and others behind Lu Shuang, as well as a group of Danyang guards, were all looking at him, and he, a king-level general, was watched by two emperor-level generals and a saint-level general at the same time, and he was almost speechless.
"In addition, in view of the serious ravages of the Yellow Turban Thieves in Yandu County, the people were killed, the farmland was destroyed, and there is still some leftover grain in the general's territory, which will be transported over to help the people free of charge in the near future, I believe that the county lieutenant and the county commander will not refuse the general's kindness, right?" Lu Shuang asked.
"If General Pi can bring some grain over, it will indeed alleviate the food crisis in Yandu County, but I still have to report to the county order for details, and I can give an answer tomorrow." The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out for more than a month, and the county seat of Yandu was besieged for several weeks, and the food consumption in the city was too large, and it was difficult to relieve the influx of displaced people.
During the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, natural disasters and insect plagues occurred in various places, and even if the farmland was not destroyed by the Yellow Turban Army, the yield dropped a lot. If you encounter the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I am afraid that there will be no harvest. Lushuang has a large territory, complete infrastructure such as water conservancy, and extremely high production efficiency of farmers, and there is a large surplus of grain production every quarter, and only a small part is used to assist displaced people in other counties.
And if you pay, you will get something, it looks like Lu Shuang is doing free trading, but you must know that sending charcoal in the snow is more popular than icing on the cake. With the assistance and propaganda of the Flying City military, those desperate outcasts will have a greater incentive to move to Flying City to escape the war and harsh government, which can be exchanged for some food, and the price is much lower than that of taking prisoners by war. 2k reading web