Chapter 281: Fleeing in a hurry
"Dashuai - in front is the camp of the thief army Zhang Bao, what should we do?" The person who spoke was none other than Bocai, how could he be here? Since he came out with the people, he has become more and more resentful of Zhang Bao in his heart, since Zhang Bao wants him to die, then he can earn a reputation if he does not stop joining the official army. Fortunately, Bocai will not just sit stupidly and wait for death, even if he defeats the Han army this time, what will happen in the future? It's not like I'm going to go back and be put to death! After thinking about it, he disarmed all the 5,000 men and horses blocking the main road in the south of the city, and then he was determined to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and went to the Han army camp alone to meet Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.
As soon as they heard that it was the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai Bocai who came to take refuge, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun couldn't believe that this was true, but they would rather believe that they had it than that they didn't, and they let Bo Cai put down all the weapons under his command, so that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun completely put their hearts at ease, and the two of them surrendered the 25,000 Yellow Turban Army and regarded Bo Cai as a guest.
"General Bo - the old man has something he wants to ask, please don't be surprised!" Huangfu Song and the others sat firmly in the big tent, Zhu Jun sat under him, and Bo Cai sat opposite Zhu Jun.
"It's okay for the marshal to say it—the last general must know everything!" Bo knew what Huangfu Song wanted to ask him, since he had already surrendered his army, even if he wanted to regret it at the moment, it was impossible for him to become more and more respectful.
"What is the situation in Yingchuan County at the moment? How can you know that we must take a road to Yingchuan, if you set up an ambush with 25,000 people, even if I have an army of 70,000 or 80,000, I will suffer heavy losses, the old man feels that there must be a reason, I wonder if General Bo can solve the doubts in the old man's heart? Huangfu Song heard that Bo Cai was going to lead the army to surrender, he didn't say a word, first disarm and then collect, waiting for the move to be done, even if the other party was sent to surrender, he could only stay obediently, as soon as he made time, he asked Bo Cai about the battle situation of Cao Cao and Sun Jian in Yingchuan County.
"Returning to the marshal, Yingchuan County has been washed away by the Han army flood the night before yesterday, and the city is now in no danger to defend! After yesterday's battle, Zhang Liang had been beheaded by the Han army, and the last general to protect Zhang Liang was almost cut off by Zhang Bao, and now the remaining 3,000 or so men and horses of the Han army were besieged by Zhang Bao's 50,000 army on a hill, and he arranged an ambush of 5,000 men and horses on the main roads in four directions. Today Zhang Bao is fighting with the Han army in order to redeem Zhang Liang's head, I just said to stop that this is the Han army's strategy to delay time, how do you know that Zhang Bao not only did not listen but also killed me, but I also have an army of about 20,000 under my command, he Zhang Bao in order to prevent infighting, he sent me out, along the way the last general has thought clearly, before was a last resort from the thief, today he repented and threw himself into the general's command, and hoped that the two marshals would take me in! "Bocai is really a talent to tell the truth in order to survive, he knows that even if he doesn't say that the other party sent scouts, he can find out, so that he can still take the lead.
"What? Zhang Liang is dead - haha, Sun Jian and Cao Mengde are really tiger generals! Even an army of 10,000 can take off Zhang Liang's head among these tens of thousands of thieves, it seems that our old guys are old, and there are successors to the Han Dynasty! Zhu Jun wiped the beard on his chin and said with a smile, he was also conquered by Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty this time, he had long been tired of the life of officialdom and was ready to retire to the countryside, but he knew that the Yellow Turban Rebellion pulled him back to the battlefield again, and suddenly heard Cao Cao. Sun Jian, these young people played so beautifully, and they couldn't help but be very happy in their hearts.
"General Bo - are you telling the truth? Did Zhang Liang really die at the hands of the Han army? If the remnants of the Han army are not very dangerous according to what you said, they can come up with a way to delay time, which means that the military situation is extremely urgent! Hmm-" Huangfu Song patted the table gently, thinking about how to quickly support Cao Cao and them, presumably Cao Cao and they won't be able to last too long, these heroes of the Han Dynasty must be saved, they will be the mainstay of the next generation of the Han Dynasty.
After receiving Bo Cai's second affirmation, Huangfu Song pondered for a long time and then said: "Brother Gongwei - the military situation is urgent, Cao Mengde and they can't last too long now, you first slowly lead the men and horses forward, the old man personally led 30,000 horses to the rescue, this time General Bo and I will go together!" ”
In this way, Huangfu Song took 30,000 elite troops to the direction of Yingchuan quickly, and when Bo Cai spoke, they had already begun to approach Zhang Bao's camp, and saw from a distance that the cooking smoke had been lit in the camp, indicating that the fire was being lit in the camp to cook, and when Huangfu Song and they arrived here in a hurry, the sky had gradually darkened. Huangfu Song looked at the layout of Zhang Bao's camp, and secretly sneered in his heart.
Generally, there are fixed rules for camping, but Zhang Bao in order to prevent Cao Cao from escaping, surrounded the hill in a half-moon shape, regardless of whether there are bushes or not, anyway, even if there are tens of thousands of people in a forest together, it will soon become flat, but this camping seems a little crowded, once the camp is on fire, it will instantly sweep the whole camp, and the final thing to camp in is fireproof and waterproof, thinking about Huangfu Song's plan to use arson to rob the village after midnight.
"General Bo - there is now a mission that needs to be completed by your former soldiers, do you have any objections! The old man is talking about their loyalty - "Huangfu Song thought that it was to let Bo Cai's reliable subordinates go back to the camp to set fire, and the success rate would be very high!" He has two purposes for doing this, one is to test whether Bocai is reliable, if he can see it, then stay, if he can't rely on it, then kill him as soon as possible; Second, if the arson is successful, it will also make the thief army camp chaotic, and he can take the opportunity to cover up and respond to Cao Cao and them to break through, which is enough to kill two birds with one stone.
"This matter is easy to handle - now that Zhang Bao does not know that I have surrendered to the Han army, he can arrange for my subordinates to take a thousand Han troops to the camp to do internal response, and this can also be foolproof. The place where they hoard grain and grass is generally placed on the side of Zhang Baozhong's army tent, this place is heavily guarded and it is not suitable to set fire, and it is easier to set fire to the tent if you want to set it on fire! If Zhou Yu hears this, he will definitely sigh that when the collapse of a force starts from the inside, just like when the devil entered the Central Plains, it was the traitor who knocked on the door of Shanhaiguan with him, and swept most of China all the way, if it weren't for the people with lofty ideals who drove the devil out, then now we are living like slaves under the iron hooves of the devil, when is the most hateful traitor! The traitor's betrayal is often more ruthless and cruel than the enemy's.
"Okay—General Bo, do as you wish—I'll give you a great credit if this thing is as good as it gets!" Huangfu Song didn't expect Bo Cai to be so thoughtful, he was more subtle when he said it, but he didn't expect Bo Cai to replenish all of himself, he patted Bo Cai on the shoulder and motioned him to go down and arrange.
"Look—there's a fire in the camp of the thieves down the mountain! Brother Wentai - look! Cao Cao couldn't sleep a little, so he sat on the side of the mountain and looked at the dark night sky, looking at the brightly lit camp under the mountain, and suddenly there was a fire in a place where he shouldn't have been.
"There was a fire in the camp of the thieves—and it was! Mengde, is it a riot in the thief barracks? Sun Jian was also puzzled, looking at everything that happened in front of him with a blank face.
It's just that what happened next made them completely excited, there was a group of people and horses at the gate of the thief army under the mountain, and it seemed that their reinforcements had arrived when they heard the shouting of killing, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian, who saw this situation, immediately decided to rectify the people and horses and kill them down the mountain.
Zhang Bao, who was asleep, was awakened by the shouting of killing, and when he saw the chaotic soldiers in the camp, he could only flee in the direction of Yingchuan County with his guards, because by the light of the fire, he saw that they were all soldiers of the Han army, and it seemed that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived. Now that the enemy and our forces are unknown, it is the best policy to retreat back to the city first - as soon as Zhang Bao's banner left, the Yellow Turban soldiers in the camp followed and ran out of the camp, and as soon as the armies of Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Huangfu Song converged, they immediately pursued in the direction of Zhang Bao's escape.
(End of chapter)