Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Goal—Xiaquyang
Ye Teng spent 160,000 gold in the Li Family Medical Center and bought 100 high-grade Avatar Pills and 600 Intermediate Avatar Pills. Then, he didn't go to see the others in Ye Mansion, and walked straight out of the city.
When he arrived at the temporary barracks, Ye Teng called Cai Hui, Xie Gengxin, Wan Hao, Hu Feng, Guo Yong, and Xu Xian, arranged the tasks for the next stage, and made temporary adjustments to the army.
In the next stage, according to Ye Teng's arrangement, a regiment will be led by himself to attack and advance to the east, aiming at Quyang, looking for an opportunity to brush up on meritorious points.
The second regiment was led by Cai Hui, and still returned to Qianbi Village, attacking the surrounding Yellow Turban Cottages, brushing up meritorious points, and obtaining the village building order.
Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, it was no longer possible to obtain the village order for the second time to break through the same cottage. However, during the Yellow Turban Uprising, the village building order was refreshed, probably because the cottage at this time was a Yellow Turban cottage, which was different from before. Therefore, although the Ye family army had broken through the cottage before the Yellow Turban Uprising, it could still obtain the village building order if it was broken again at this time.
Guo Yong's independent battalion returned to Shilongzhai, abandoned the village, and merged with Qianbi Zhai, under the leadership of Cai Hui.
In terms of the army, Ye Teng first drew 100 people from the junior special arms in the hands of his generals who were eligible for the transfer of intermediate special arms, and transferred them to the Beiwei Army, increasing the number of Beiwei troops directly under him to 500.
Then, troops were transferred from the second regiment and the main battalion to make up for the battle losses of the first regiment, so that the first regiment was fully equipped. Of course, in order to prevent Cai Hui and Guo Yong from making a fuss, only third-order soldiers were drawn.
Another 200 intermediate-grade Fan Dan were given to Cai Hui, 100 were given to Xie Gengxin, Wan Hao, and Hu Feng, and 50 were given to Xu Xian and Guo Yong.
That night, Ye Teng celebrated the victory with the soldiers in the barracks and cherished each other's separations for tomorrow.
The next day, July 22, 184 A.D., Ye Teng led a group of more than 10,000 elite troops in the cool summer morning light, preparing to attack and advance thousands of miles towards the target in the east.
Cai Hui and Guo Yong pulled out the camp and returned to Qianbi Village and Shilong Village to rectify and fight.
Because there is plenty of time, along the way, as long as he encounters the yellow scarf, as long as the other party is not strong enough to eat the other party will break his teeth, Ye Teng is to destroy the village every village, see people kill people, and harvest countless meritorious deeds, money and food and a number of village building tokens, just because of the long-distance attack, in addition to the necessary military food, many other resources harvested, even including ordinary weapons and equipment, can only be given up, which is really a bit of a waste.
In early October, Ye Teng finally arrived fifty miles west of Xiaquyang.
According to the memories of his previous life, Zhang Bao, the general of Digong, would retreat to Xiaquyang at the end of October, and was destroyed by Huangfu Song in November.
Ye Teng's plan was to kill Zhang Bao before Huangfu Song.
On the one hand, Xu Xian was asked to stare at Zhang Bao's whereabouts, and on the other hand, scouts were sent to reconnoiter all the forces and terrain within 100 miles south of Quyang, not only to maintain the efficiency of Ye Jiajun's meritorious service points, but also to make Zhang Bao dare not come, but also to choose the terrain and landform to create the most conducive situation for ambushing Zhang Bao.
Time slipped slowly in Ye Teng's half-hearted anti-bandit operation, until October 28, Xu Xian came to report that Zhang Baozheng was running from south to north, towards Quyang, leading nearly 20,000 troops around him, nearly half of which were junior special troops - Yellow Turban Warriors.
At the same time, there are many player forces along the way, and it is estimated that Zhang Bao will be constantly harassed and attacked by player forces on the way to Xiaquyang.
The imperial army led by General Huangfu Song followed Zhang Bao, with a difference of only two days, and was expected to arrive in Xiaquyang on the 31st.
As he spoke, Xu Xian took out a map and pointed out the possible location and time period for ambushing Zhang Bao:
"My lord, please see, Zhang Bao led more than 100,000 people from Guangzong, all the way to the north. Due to the pursuit of General Huangfu Song, the players all the way to the harassment continued, but in order to save time, Zhang Bao did not detour or stop along the way, and chose the most direct way to break through violently, and it has been 5 days so far, and there are only less than 20,000 soldiers left.
"But the rest are all elites, and the second-order and below soldiers have all been killed and wounded. Zhang Bao wants to enter Quyang, need to pass through the narrow flat thorn path, more than 20 miles from the beginning to the end, although the road can not be called the mountain high and dense forest, but the road is rugged, the terrain on both sides of the mountain road is dangerous, suitable for ambush.
"Since Zhang Bao must have predicted that he would be ambushed on the Flat Thorn Trail, and the more time it takes, the more dangerous it will be, so the fierce battle on the Flat Thorn Trail will be fierce and swift.
"It is expected that on the morning of the 29th, Zhang Bao will enter the Pingjian Trail and exit the trail in the afternoon. It takes about a day from the north exit of the trail to Xiaquyang, and in the middle, in the face of the exhausted Zhang Bao Yellow Turban Army, the player forces will definitely be entangled all the way to the end, until the troops who come out of Xiaquyang City to meet with them.
"Therefore, if we want to ambush the Yellow Turban Army, we must fully consider using the player's power or avoiding the player's power, otherwise it is very likely to make a wedding dress for others."
After listening to Xu Xian's analysis and report, Ye Teng then asked:
"How many Yellow Turban troops are there in Xiaquyang?"
"There are about 200,000, mainly advanced soldiers, about 50,000 third-order soldiers, and there are no Yellow Turban wrestlers."
"At that time, I'm afraid that all the third-order soldiers will have to go to the city to meet Zhang Bao."
"Yes." Xu Xian replied in the affirmative.
After a long silence, he finally made up his mind to avoid the player troops and play a big game alone. He ordered all the troops to disperse and march down to Quyang in batches as battalions and departments, avoiding all the Yellow Turbans and the eyes of both sides of the imperial court camp as much as possible, and targeting the Taojian Valley 10 kilometers south of Quyang City.
Xu Xian continued to pay attention to the movements of Zhang Bao and the receiving troops in the city.
On the afternoon of the 29th, all the troops under Ye Teng's command successively arrived at a small valley with a radius of less than 1 square kilometer - Taojian Valley. This valley is about 10 miles away from the main road to the north of the city gate of Xiaquyang.
Ye Teng ordered that except for the scout troops, all the other troops should camp and rest, and prepare for the next day's battle.
That night, Ye Teng received a report from Xu Xian that Zhang Bao's troops had walked out of the north exit of the Pingjian Trail, and the troops had suffered heavy losses, with less than 5,000 people when they came out, and almost everyone was injured.
But Xia Quyang sent 100,000 troops, just waiting at the north exit of the Pingjian Trail, at this time, the two troops have successfully met, not only did not rest, but also accelerated overnight to Xia Quyang to rush, according to this speed, it is expected to arrive at the south gate of Xia Quyang at noon tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Ye Teng convened a meeting of all the generals. Looking at the high-spirited generals, this is the self-confidence and will tempered by countless victories! Ye Teng was deeply pleased, his gaze swept over the eyes of all the generals, and he began to issue combat orders, his tone was sonorous!
Ye Teng drew the first combat token on the case:
"Xie Gengxin!"
"In!"
"Order you to lead a battalion of all the cavalry, when the Yellow Turban Army arrives nearby, listen to my orders, and attack the Yellow Turban Army with me, hehe, 500 Beiwei Army, more than 2,000 Han Army Iron Cavalry, which is equivalent to the combat power of more than 70,000 third-order cavalry, the Yellow Turban Army cannot withstand it, all this battle, your task is to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, and then follow, drive the enemy down Quyang, enter the city with the trend, and then divide your men into three, firmly control the north, west, and east three city gates and city walls, without my orders, No one on either side is allowed to enter or go out. After Hu Feng's third battalion takes over to defend the city, your department will immediately control all the main roads and yamen in the city except for the military camp, do you understand? ”
"Understood!" Xie Gengxin took the token.