Chapter 67: Breaking the City
Huangfu Song's affirmative words immediately attracted Cao Cao's attention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"During the previous war, our army was going to drive the yellow turban thieves out of the city gate, but a thief general suddenly took out a piece of talisman paper, and as soon as he put it on the city gate, several lightning bolts appeared, killing the soldiers at the gate of our army, and lost the opportunity to recapture the city gate, I originally thought that this was just an excuse for the soldiers to escape responsibility, but I didn't expect that this was the real thing."
After Cao Cao heard this, his face was amazed, and he said helplessly: "I didn't expect that this Taiping Sect Zhang Jiao really got the immortal inheritance and learned spells." No wonder so many civilians believe in him and are willing to rebel against the Han for him. ”
A few people were talking here, the fire on the front line was still burning, and Xuanyuan Che also got the news, and was about to give the order to attack the yellow thief, when he suddenly thought that Zhang Daochang, the master of Lei Yun, had given him a piece of earth spirit stone, which could change the geographical structure of 1 cubic kilometer, and suddenly had an idea.
Ordering the cavalry to wait for orders, he moved to the front line, and against the burning fortifications, Xuanyuan Che used the Earth Spirit Stone.
I saw that a huge three-dimensional virtual map appeared in front of Xuanyuan Che, and with Xuanyuan Che's thoughts, there was a change on the virtual map, and I saw that the burning fortifications in front of him gradually sank to the ground, and finally covered with dirt.
When the two-kilometre-long fortification was completely sunk into the mud, the virtual map showed that 20,000 cubic metres of alteration had been used.
After Xuanyuan Che confirmed to use it, he saw that the virtual map in front of him suddenly disappeared, and immediately, the entire fortification began to sink into the ground.
Soon, when the entire fortification fell into the flat ground, the Han army began to charge at the Yellow Turban Thieves under the orders of the generals, although it experienced several waves of arrow rain, but under the previous experience, and Xuanyuan's unpredictable means, the Han army has a lot of momentum, and the speed of the charge is also a lot faster.
At this time, Xuanyuan Che used the persuasion skill against the Yellow Turban Thief opposite, and the 700,000 Yellow Turban Thief immediately surrendered to Xuanyuan Che and launched an attack on the previous robe in the army.
Suddenly, there was a riot in the Yellow Turban Army, and many Yellow Turban thieves were killed by their former comrades in an unsuspecting manner.
At this time, the Han army also rushed together with the Yellow Turban Thieves and fought each other.
Maybe the most front, are the elite of the Yellow Turban thieves, although because of the rebellion of some Tongze, the chaos, but still barely able to kill the Han army, but it can be seen that the Han army is all elite soldiers, can continue to rush, but after all, the Yellow Turban thieves are only a few, but an hour later, the Yellow Turban thieves were a little unable to resist and began to retreat.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, the two cavalry troops on both sides of the Yellow Turban Thief suddenly launched an attack on the Yellow Turban Thief. Even if the Yellow Turban Thief had defended left and right, on the one hand, he was pinned down by the army in front, and on the other hand, because the difference in strength was too great, it didn't take long for him to be defeated by the two cavalry armies, which instantly disrupted the formation and became a mess.
The two flanks in the rear were defeated, and the frontal army of the Yellow Turban Thieves facing the Han Army suddenly increased the pressure, and the Yellow Turban Thieves, who were already somewhat unable to resist, were even more defeated on a large scale.
Seeing this form, Cao Cao and Huangfu Song in the rear were overjoyed, the battle situation was decided, and as long as they could capture Changshe City, the battle would be over.
So two hours later, the Han army finally approached the east city gate, Xuanyuan Che knew that it was time to do it himself, and then moved to the city, before the yellow turban thieves who were guarding the city reacted, Xuanyuan Che released five thousand Golden Eagle Divine Guards, killing the city gate, and a minute later, the second batch of Golden Eagle Divine Guards were released.
Under the attack of 10,000 Golden Eagle Divine Guards, even if the Yellow Turban Thieves were numerous, they could not stop the Golden Eagle Divine Guards who were very close to the city gate, and could only watch this group of divine guards, open the city gate, and create an absolute opportunity for the Han army outside the city to attack the city.
Just as the Han army outside the city was about to rush in, a yellow turban thief general suddenly took out a piece of talisman paper and put it on the city gate, only to see several lightning bolts immediately spread all over the entire Yongdao, and dozens of golden eagle guards who had not yet come out died instantly under the attack of this lightning. Turn into black charcoal.
Xuanyuan Che was furious, the oblique moon halberd swept away, the divine dragon flicked its tail out, and the yellow turban thieves within ten meters of his body were all killed in an instant, and then, the halberd rushed towards the general.
The Yellow Turban general was not afraid at all, and was even extremely excited, because he knew that this Xuanyuan Che was a general in the Han army, and if he could kill him and go to his head, his status in the Yellow Turban Army would definitely rise, and he would immediately kill Xuanyuan Che.
Xuanyuan Che dared to rush like this, naturally not only because of his anger, but also because of his ultimate probing and discovery, this military general had only just entered the ninth order, just a ninth-order military general who did not enter the ranks.
The general was holding a steel spear, and in the face of Xuanyuan Che's oblique split, he immediately shot to resist, but Xuanyuan Che's halberd was a sharp dragon tooth, ignoring defense, and possessing powerful destructive attributes.
The unsuspecting general, lost his strength for a while, and the whole person leaned forward, although he stopped in time, but Xuanyuan Che's second move had arrived, and under the violent dragon, a halberd penetrated the body of the Yellow Turban General, and more than a dozen Yellow Turban thieves behind him were also implicated and died.
At this time, the lightning in the passage had dissipated, and although some Yellow Turban thieves took advantage of this time to rush into the passage, they were quickly routed by the Han army, and with the rush of one of the cavalry troops, the Yellow Turban Thieves could no longer resist.
After solving the Yellow Turban general, looking at the battle situation at the city gate, Xuanyuan Che knew that the overall situation had been decided, and he got on a horse and led the cavalry to rush and kill everywhere at the city gate, disrupting the defense of the Yellow Turban Thieves, as more and more Han troops invaded the city, the Yellow Turban Thieves could no longer resist, and the previous momentum of not being afraid of death was suddenly discharged, and many Yellow Turban Thieves began to retreat and become deserters.
A day later, the six million Yellow Turban thieves outside the city had been basically wiped out, except for the more than one million Yellow Turban thieves who took advantage of the chaos to escape, and the remaining about 7.8 million Yellow Turban thieves had surrendered.
And in the city, with the continuous advancement of the Han army, more than one million Yellow Turban thieves in the city were also killed and wounded, and Bo Cai finally gave up this Changshe City, except for leaving some troops to break off, and took the rest of the Yellow Turban thieves to abandon the city, just like the Han army before.
It's just that the Han army has reinforcements and can counterattack, but Bocai's Yellow Turban Army is the largest Yellow Turban force in the east of the Han Dynasty, and once it was defeated, it could no longer counterattack.
The Han army soon defeated the Yellow Turban Army that had broken off in the city and arrived at the county office.
At this time, the county government has been empty, and there is no one, and even some valuables have been emptied, and there is no trace of luxury.
At this time, Cao Cao and Huangfu Song also arrived in the city, and after the three of them converged, they came to a courtyard in the back court of the county government, which was where the stone tablet of the city was located.
At the sound of an order, the surrounding soldiers stepped forward one after another to slash at the stone monument of the city, and only stopped when the last blow came.
"General Huangfu, it's up to you to cut this last sword." Cao Cao said, and Xuanyuan Che also nodded in invitation.
Huangfu Song did not shirk it, this Changshe City was lost in his hands, and now he has recaptured it, which can be regarded as making up for the crime of abandoning the city before.
With Huangfu Song's knife cut down, the stone tablet of the city was suddenly broken, and then it was re-combined into an intact stone tablet, engraved with the three characters of Changshe City.
Then, the three of them went to a hall, at this time, there were already soldiers cleaned up here, the three of them came in, and after they sat down, Huangfu Song spoke.
"Two generals, although we won this battle, there are still a large number of yellow turban thieves who have fled from the long society, if we can't completely get rid of this group of yellow turban thieves, I'm afraid this yellow turban thief will make a comeback."
"What General Huangfu said, I also understand, I have sent people to follow the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and when we reach their place of residence, we will go over and deal with them completely." Cao Cao said.
"I wonder what the two of you have for the Yellow Turbans who surrendered?" Xuanyuan asked.
"These thieves, although most of them were forced to rebel, but since they chose to betray, they must not be spared, otherwise wouldn't it give the world an impression, even if they rebelled, as long as they surrendered after the rebellion, they would be fine, then the world would not be in chaos."
Huangfu Song immediately expressed his opinion and did not agree to accept their surrender.
"Then General Huangfu thinks, what should we do with this group of surrendered Yellow Turban thieves?" Regarding Huangfu Song's words, although Cao Cao was a little noncommittal, he still asked kindly.
"In my opinion, it is better to reduce these soldiers to criminal slaves and go to the northwest border to build border cities to atone for their sins." Huangfu Song said.
"I wonder what General Cao thinks?" Xuanyuan Che asked Cao Cao again.
"I think that although these Yellow Turban thieves are farmers and are not elites, they have experienced several wars, and there are also some Yellow Turban thieves who are not bad in talent and have grown into experienced elites, so we can recruit them into the army and contribute to the country, which can be regarded as making up for their previous troubles."
"No, General Cao, these Yellow Turban thieves are all brainwashed by the Taiping Sect, although they surrendered to our army at this moment, but once they join our army, they will be bewitched by the Taiping Sect again, and then they will be unstable within our army." Huangfu Song hurriedly retorted and opposed their recruitment into the army.
Seeing him refute like this, Cao Cao looked at Xuanyuan Che, hoping to get him to come forward to support him.
Xuanyuan Che actually has ideas about surrendering the army, but when he thinks of the million army under his command, Xuanyuan Che feels that his way to get money has reached the limit, and he can no longer afford to support more troops, and even the 700,000 Yellow Turban Army that he persuaded to surrender during the siege of the city before can only not be resurrected for the time being. Therefore, I didn't make up my mind, and only thought about being absorbed by the imperial court.
"I think these Yellow Turban thieves can train a lot, and they are not in a hurry to be sent to the battlefield for the time being, and when the Yellow Turban Rebellion is over, then they will have no reason to rebel." Xuanyuan said.
Hearing his words, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and Huangfu Song no longer objected.