Chapter Seventy-Three: The Beginning of War
As soon as Li Ru said this, Dong Zhuo showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and said thoughtfully: "Wen You, then according to what you mean, should we get rid of him or befriend him?" ”
Li Ru thought for a while, and finally said: "Now the main purpose of your lord is to collapse this rotten man, therefore, we should not be an enemy of a powerful general like Xuanyuan Che for the time being, of course, if he dares to interfere with the lord's major affairs, then we must get rid of him." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Okay, then let's do it first, now, let's sum it up again, so that tomorrow's battle can be defeated more naturally." Dong Zhuo said this, and immediately, the two discussed tomorrow's battle in the tent.
It is said that Xuanyuan Che and Cao Cao returned to Cao Cao's big tent, and after they each sat down, Cao Cao opened his mouth and said: "This Dong Zhuo is afraid of bad intentions." ”
"Yes, I think so too, I even doubt that this Dong Zhuo has a heart of disobedience, and wants to use the hands of the Yellow Turban Thief Army to consume my Han military strength and achieve his ulterior purpose."
As soon as Xuanyuan Che said this, Cao Cao suddenly stared at him in surprise, he didn't expect Xuanyuan Che to think so.
Although he felt that Dong Zhuo's arrangement today was a little ill-intentioned, at most he felt that Dong Zhuo wanted to borrow the hands of the Yellow Turban Army to kill these generals who did not give him face, but he didn't expect that Xuanyuan Che actually thought of Dong Zhuo's intention to rebel, which is a very serious accusation, if there is no real evidence, just this sentence, if someone with a heart hears it, he can put Xuanyuan Che in prison and wait to be beheaded.
"Brother Xuanyuan, be cautious, if this word spreads, you will be finished." Cao Cao hurriedly said.
"Brother Meng De, with the relationship between you and me, will you still spread this word to other people's ears?" Xuanyuan Che said with a smile.
"I naturally don't have to worry, it's just that I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what happens, if one ear hears this, then you're in trouble, and even the general can't save you." After all, this Dong Zhuo can come here to lead the three armies, but the result of the discussion between the emperor and a group of ministers in the imperial court, you are so suspicious, aren't you saying that the emperor and the ministers have no vision and do not know people. ”
"Brother Meng De, don't worry, with the elite guards of you and our army, even if you have strong ears, you can't get close." Xuanyuan Che said, seeing Cao Cao's expression that he was about to preach again, he hurriedly said, "Okay, it's my carelessness, I won't say this kind of thing in the future, okay." ”
"General Xuanyuan, you have to remember your own words." Cao Cao finally said.
"Don't worry." Xuanyuan Che said, "However, since Dong Zhuo has arranged it like this, in order to avoid accidents, shouldn't we be a little precautionary." ”
Cao Cao felt that Xuanyuan Che's words were very reasonable, although they did not ask for or even shirked the task of the first attack before, but it was only because they were worried about Dong Zhuo's plan, but this did not mean that they did not want to break Guangzong City, destroy the Yellow Turban, kill Zhang Jiao, and take the greatest credit for this Yellow Turban Rebellion.
The two of them can then begin to discuss how to arrange their troops tomorrow, and plan for the worst, that is, how to turn the tide and destroy the Yellow Turbans in the event of a great defeat of the Han army.
And so the day passed.
In the early morning of the second day, outside the city of Guangzong, the Han army was cooking in pots early and curling smoke, which soon attracted the attention of the Yellow Turban Army in the city.
Before the Han army finished breakfast, the four walls of Guangzong were already full of Yellow Turban Army, and at the same time, large catapults and ballistas were also erected.
"Big brother, how are you feeling?" At this time, in the county office of Guangzong City, in a luxurious room, a man with gray hair, bloodless face, and extremely thin body was lying on the bed, looking extremely empty.
On the edge of the bed, there was a middle-aged and stout man standing, with concern and anxiety on his face, and a hint of excitement, and the expression on his face was extremely complex and contradictory.
"What else, my body, I know, I'm afraid it won't last long, in the future, the cause of this Taiping Sect will depend on you and the second brother." The man lying on the bed had an extremely weak voice, and when he said this, there was infinite nostalgia in his eyes.
"Big brother, you'll be fine, you have immortal arts, you are a person who is determined by heaven, it is impossible to go like this, our Taiping Sect members are still waiting for you to recover physically, and then preach to the world."
It turned out that the man on the bed was Zhang Jiao, but, perhaps because of the frequent use of immortal arts, the middle-aged man who was originally in good health was already terminally ill at this time, like an old man who was about to die.
And that middle-aged strong man is Zhang Jiao's third brother, Zhang Liang, during this time, Zhang Jiao was terminally ill, and everything in Guangzong City was handled by Zhang Liang.
But because Zhang Jiao cast an immortal method when he first entered Guangzong, so that all the people in the city became fanatical believers in the Taiping Sect, this news has not been known to the outside world, otherwise, with Lu Zhi's military strength at that time, once he knew Zhang Jiao's situation, he would have already attacked the city, and how could he give Zuo Feng a chance to frame him.
Even Dong Zhuo, who is now hooking up with Zhang Liang, doesn't know Zhang Jiao's situation, he always thinks that Zhang Jiao sent Zhang Liang to contact him.
"How is the Han army outside the city now?" Zhang Jiao asked.
"Big brother, Dong Zhuo has already sent news, today they will launch an attack, as we discussed before, this time, we will definitely be able to defeat these Han troops and win the victory, plus Dong Zhuo will do the internal response, this world will be ours."
When Zhang Liang said this, his face was full of rampantness, and Zhang Jiao was quite worried, but at this time, Zhang Jiao had no time to think about these anymore, in order to solve this group of Han troops, after he used that move, he would definitely damage the origin, so that his life that could still survive for a while was greatly reduced, and he might even die directly.
"Third brother, after this time, the eldest brother will no longer be able to help you, the only thing I can't worry about is my daughter, your niece, she is still young, and the road ahead is still very long, I don't want to see her hurt."
Zhang Jiao's tone of arranging the aftermath calmed down Zhang Liang, who was originally excited, and he remembered that this chance to win would be at the cost of his eldest brother's life.
"Big brother, don't worry, my second brother and I will definitely take care of Xiao Ning, and we will not let her be hurt in the slightest." Zhang Liang didn't say that he would let Zhang Jiao take care of himself at this time, because he also understood that if he wanted to defeat the Han army, there was only one way.
"In this case, then I am relieved." Zhang Jiao looked at Zhang Liang's eyes, saw that he was sincere, and finally smiled with relief, and then closed his eyes to nourish his spirit for the subsequent spell casting.
Seeing this, Zhang Liang sighed lightly, instructed a female sect member to take care of Zhang Jiao, and then turned around and left.
At this time, the Han army on all sides of Guangzong City had already completed the adjustment, and at this time, the army that was the first to attack was already in front, and it was long waiting for the Chinese army camp and Dong Zhuo's order.
And in the rear of the army in the east, Xuanyuan Che was with Cao Cao, looking ahead, waiting for the battle to begin.
"How's it going, how are you arranged?" Cao Cao asked.
"Don't worry, with Yun'er's command, I will have no problem, but you, without your command, my army is afraid that its combat effectiveness will drop a lot."
"You have to worry about this, with Xiahoudun there, I am still very relieved, his ability is not much weaker than mine."
"In that case, then I will personally lead this cavalry later, and you can contact the two armies here and dispatch them in the middle."
"So be it." Cao Cao nodded in agreement, and Xuanyuan Che left first, heading to the land of the combined cavalry composed of the Golden Eagle Divine Guard and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, to prepare for the big battle that followed.
A total of 250,000 cavalry troops have been gathered, although they are joint cavalry troops, but there have been previous battles, but the cooperation of the two armies is still extremely tacit, so Xuanyuan Che is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the cavalry at all.
In just an hour, the battle finally began.
Under Dong Zhuo's order, the Han army on all sides launched an attack on Guangzong City at the same time, and countless huge stones flew towards the city wall under the projectile of catapults, or crashed into the city wall, or flew in front of the city, smashed into the city, or fell before the city wall.
Not to be outdone, the Golden Army launched an offensive against the catapults and other siege vehicles that were being transported to the city walls.
Both sides come and go, there are a lot of defending equipment and siege equipment destroyed, especially the Han army siege vehicle that braved the Yellow Turban Army to attack and advance, even if there is a thick layer of iron protection in front of the car, but there are still a lot of boulders and arrows destroyed, staying in the middle of the road, unable to move, the Han soldiers inside can not escape, can only wait for death inside.
Finally, with the continuous reduction of large machinery on both sides, the commanders of all aspects of the Han army finally gave the order for a full-scale siege.
Countless soldiers of the Han army rushed towards Guangzong City with cloud ladders and iron claws at this order, risking the attack of huge stones and arrows that had not stopped even though they had been reduced a lot, and rushed towards Guangzong City with cloud ladders and iron claws, all on all sides.
The remaining siege vehicles were also protected by shield soldiers, rushing towards the city wall, and the city gate behind them could only be broken by relying on this siege vehicle.
The Han army continued to rush to the city of Guangzong, countless ladders have been erected, there are already bad Han troops have begun to climb up, and there are also yellow turban thieves in the city who pushed the ladders away and killed the Han troops on the ladders.
Gradually, a lot of Han troops have accumulated under the city, but because the ladder is not enough, they can only hold a shield and face the rain of arrows above.
Finally, perhaps when he saw that the number of Han troops below was about the same, countless rolling wood boulders were pushed down from the city wall, and at the same time, a pot of boiling hot oil was also pushed down from the city wall by the yellow turban thieves.
For a time, there were wails all over the city walls, and there were countless casualties.
This is not the end, countless rockets were shot down from the city, and suddenly, the sea of fire in Guangzong City was surrounded, and some Han soldiers who had no time to escape were burned to death under this fire.