Chapter 199: Seventy-One: Intense Preparations
That night, Zhang Fan and others killed hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, one Yellow Turban general, and captured tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, and the rest escaped in the chaos by night and disappeared.
It was a great victory, with no more than a thousand casualties among the army itself, but the effect was staggering, and it was the best manifestation of the proper use of the strategy.
After cleaning the battlefield, everyone got a lot of military supplies such as grain and grass, and the Yellow Turban Army had countless weapons and armor, but most of them were inferior weapons, which were unbearable, and the weapons and equipment that could really be used were only thousands, of course, these were not the most lucrative gains, and the most important thing was that after this battle, the merit value had risen significantly!
Zhang Fan alone won 300,000 meritorious deeds, Yanyang was a little less, but there were about 200,000, and the other three people each looked like 100,000 yuan, all of which were very expensive.
In this kind of battlefield, the advantage of archers and cavalry is too great, and Zhang Fan has the most elite cavalry and the most powerful team of archers, and it is reasonable that the merit value surpasses everyone else.
Gao Sheng died under the combined attack of Zhao Fu and Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan increased his force value a little as a result, and now his force has reached 60 points, although it is not as good as the hot sun, but with his sword and archery skills It is still relatively easy to fight with ordinary generals, don't look at Zhou Cang's current force has broken through 80 points, and theoretically his strength is dozens of times that of Zhang Fan, but if it really fights, the result is still unknown!
Zhang Fan as the president of the army, the situation that needs to fight is actually not too much, most of the time he uses the wolf war bow to solve things, although the war horse is always equipped with a short knife, but it will hardly be used until the critical moment, it is worth mentioning that the iron-level equipment that Wang Chuan promised to build for the generals has been released, and now everyone is also a shotgun for artillery, although the improvement of iron-level equipment in terms of their force will not be too large, but in all aspects, it is much stronger than the exquisite weapon, and it is also a lot easier, You can use it to unleash your powerful attack power!
Now look at the five people, whether it is personal strength or army strength, they are the top among the players, but unfortunately if they have to face tens of millions of yellow turbans, I am afraid they are still overwhelmed, after all, the gap in number is too obvious, it is difficult to have a chance of winning.
"Can we follow the example of the two million Yellow Turbans we did before and trap them?" Yan Yang put forward his opinion, and he still remembers Zhang Fan's feat not long ago.
"No way!" There is no need for Zhang Fan to answer, Tie Bi has already shook his head: "The other party has a total of tens of millions of troops, and that canyon can only accommodate two million people, we may be able to block one end, but the other end can never be blocked, when the Yellow Turban Army sees that the situation is not good, immediately retreat, what can you do?" ”
"Besides, there are a thousand Yellow Turban wrestlers in the Yellow Turban Army this time, these monsters are almost invincible to ordinary soldiers, although the Tiger Guards are strong, they may not be able to stop them, and when the Yellow Turban Wrestlers launch a madness, we may not be able to hold the exit of the valley, but the gains outweigh the losses!"
Yan Yang thought about it carefully, and found that this was indeed the case, and couldn't help but feel a burst of annoyance, with the strength of the Yellow Turban Force, the only troops that could confront them head-on were the Tiger Guard, the Lion Spear Army and the White Horse Yizhi, although his Half-Moon Qiang Cavalry was also extremely powerful, but I am afraid that it was still not the opponent of the Yellow Turban Force, and it was just a waste of food.
"So what to do? Do you really want to defend the valley? This is too embarrassing! Meng Qing scolded indignantly.
Zhang Fan frowned, and his tone was extremely solemn: "I'm afraid that this time we won't be able to defend the Guò Yama Valley!" ”
"How do you say that?"
Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly asked the reason, the difference in strength between them and the Yellow Turban Army was too big, and they were still able to defend according to the danger and not necessarily be able to win, and now they can't hold on, isn't this equivalent to death?
Zhang Fan explained slowly: "Don't forget, there are still Yellow Turban Warlocks in the Yellow Turban Army!" If we choose to retreat into the Valley of Hades to hold on, as long as the Yellow Turban Warlock builds an altar outside the valley, and then leads the wind to pour the poisonous mist into the valley, although we have a blood velvet grass bag to defend one or two, but after a long time, I am afraid that it will also be damaged, and at that time it is impossible to even go out to fight, won't it become a trapped beast and be slaughtered by others? ”
"So what to do? Field? We are only more than 300,000 people, how can we be the opponent of tens of millions of yellow turbans? If you really want to fight, I'm afraid that you will be wrapped in dumplings in an instant, and there will be no place to bury you! Meng Qing was instantly depressed, the Yellow Turban Warlock was too disgusting, it was really a headache.
"There is no other way, we are facing an almost dead end! It's not impossible to retreat to the Valley of the Yama King, but in this way, we will lose the capital to fight back, and only by pinning our hopes on Lu Zhi to arrive as soon as possible, can we have a glimmer of hope! ”
Zhang Fan's words made everyone shake their heads, and Tie Bi said: "Now that Zhang Jiao has gathered a large army in Julu, he wants to fight to the death with the official army, Lu Zhi is still too busy to take care of himself, where is the spare strength to help us?" Taking 10,000 steps back, even if he really sends troops to help, the number is destined not to be too much, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial to the overall situation and will not be able to solve our urgent needs! ”
"We can't count on anyone else, we have to rely on ourselves!"
The conclusion reached made everyone speechless for a while, and they all fell silent, wanting to use 300,000 troops to resist the other party's tens of millions of troops, this is simply an impossible task, don't you see that the number of Zhu Jun and Sun Jian's combined army is nearly two million, and it has not been defeated by Bocai in one fell swoop, and it is still trapped in Songshan Mountain, and it is impossible to go out?
Zhang Fan and the others are fierce, is it true that Sun Jian, the Jiangdong Tiger, is it worse? Not to mention the four fierce generals under him, Sun Jian himself is the master of the three armies, not to mention the elite army, isn't the Jiangdong Army, which is almost all high-ranking soldiers, not elite? Aren't the two thousand Jiangdong righteous soldiers the elite of the elite?
If such an army ends up like this, how much better can Zhang Fan and the others be?
Bocai's main army has long gone, and the army blocked outside Songshan is only a hundred thousand Yellow Turban Army, three hundred Yellow Turban wrestlers and a Yellow Turban Warlock, this is such a lineup that makes Sun Jianwolf unbearable and unable to break through, it is conceivable that if Zhang Fan chooses to close the valley and defend, the situation he will face will be so sinister!
It is true that the Valley of Hades is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if the Yellow Turban Warlock really leads the wind into the valley, it will not be easy for Zhang Fan's army to get out. Even if it's Bai Ma Yicong, it's not so easy to rush out of such a trump card, right?
You can't fight head-on, and you can't defend it, this is simply a dead knot, which makes people feel infinitely anxious!
"We can't enter the Hades Valley to hold on, but that doesn't mean we can't put up a defensive position outside the valley! The canyon where millions of yellow turbans were burned is a good place where we can organize and protect and buy time! ”
Zhang Fan frowned and said: "Now that the enemy is clear and I am dark, there is still a lot of room for operation, and it may not be impossible to fight!" ”
Now it can only be like this, otherwise it will not be possible to raise your hands and surrender? At that moment, everyone nodded, and while letting the sentry cavalry team go to investigate the march of the Yellow Turban Army, they also sent Zhao Yun to lead Bai Ma Yi to attack and harass them, so as to slow down the speed of the Yellow Turban Army, provide time for everyone, and make a lot of arrangements.
After doing these things, Zhang Fan hurriedly led his army to the mouth of the canyon where millions of yellow turbans were burned to prepare for battle, which was the only place to lead to the Valley of Hades, and the terrain was dangerous, and it was very defensive, so it could be used well.
It's been a few days since the original Burning Valley, but the outer wall of the canyon is still scorched black by the fire, and you can imagine how fierce the fire was and how tragic the battle was!
The mouth of the canyon can only accommodate thousands of soldiers and horses side by side, which is very beneficial to the relatively weak number of Zhang Fan and others, unless the Yellow Turban Army chooses to bypass the rugged and difficult rock walls on both sides, it can only choose to impact here, and with the strong defense ability of the Tiger Guard, if it is not the Yellow Turban Warriors, it should not be difficult to protect this place!
The specific defense matters are still in charge of the iron wall, according to the sentry cavalry, the Yellow Turban army is still almost two days away from here, coupled with the harassment and attack of Zhao Yun and Bai Ma Yicong, it is believed that they will never reach here within three days, which means that everyone has three days to arrange a qiē, and then they must face a thunderous attack!
Tie Bi was busy, and orders were issued non-stop, and now he was not as hasty as when he faced the rising army, and he could arrange some more complex defensive facilities to rely on.
First of all, he ordered people to dig several trenches on the other side of the canyon that were two or three meters wide and one person deep, which could effectively slow down the march of the Yellow Turban army and make it impossible for them to charge.
Secondly, he had people dig many traps at the entrance of the canyon, and then build an earthen wall more than one person high like a city wall every two hundred meters, the front end of the earthen wall is extremely thick, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, and it looks like an inverted triangle from the outside, which is very unfavorable for climbing, and there are some blade fragments stuck straight at the top, these fragments are extremely sharp, and if you want to climb up, it will undoubtedly cost a great price!
These walls are hollow and man-high with holes the size of bowls, similar to modern bunkers, and while archers are unlikely to be able to hide and attack, crossbowmen and pikemen have no problem attacking the most furious of enemies as soon as they get close!
The canyon is very long, and dozens of such simple bunkers have been built, and Zhang Fan's tongue is smacked to see it, such offensive and defensive defensive measures are enough to make the Yellow Turban Army pay a heavy price, and provide convenience for the next battle.
The 300,000 army was busy, and its efficiency was very impressive, but Rao was so that it took more than a day for everyone to arrange this qiē, and everyone felt a little tired, so Zhang Fan ordered the soldiers to be stationed on the spot to rest, and he pulled the other team members into the dungeon non-stop!
He needs to complete the dungeon as quickly as possible, get the only missing Yellow Turban Chaos set, and add some hole cards for the next fierce battle!
Time waits for no one!