Chapter 140: The Battle of Yangzhou (12)
The remnants of the city were handed over by Zhou Tai, all of them were imprisoned in the prison of Yangzhou City, he left a hundred soldiers to guard these prisoners, and the rest of the soldiers he took to the east gate, along the way encountered a lot of shadows of people and horses haunted the streets and alleys, they passed all the way and were also subject to a lot of interrogation, he couldn't help but admire Zhou Yu a little, he really expected things like a god can arrange people in advance, so that his general will not go around to fight fires. Came to the city tower of the east gate to see the battle situation, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the group of people below was fighting, it was clear that they were here for vacation, the people under the city tower came to the city slowly with torches all the way, and slowly began to set up a ladder - although there were not many soldiers on the city tower, they also began to throw down logs and boulders, who knew that this ladder had not been erected, and the Yellow Turban Army under the city had all run away.
Zhou Tai was a little funny when he watched this scene, because he didn't know who the generals outside were? How to command the siege of the city will be such a straw bag, how can they break through Yangzhou City like this, he appeased the deputy general and left five hundred men and horses to help defend the city, and hurried to the south gate.
There was already an empty camp left in the big camp outside the east gate, and only one Xiaoshuai was still commanding the old, weak, sick and disabled picked out by Han Xuan to carefully attack the east gate of Yangzhou City. When Han Xuan left, he gave him a death order, even if he couldn't break through the east gate, he must defend the east gate, and he must not let anyone out of the city! This order is in the ears of this little handsome, it is the gospel, there is no need to forcibly attack the city and make a show, to ensure that no one in the city will come out, which is similar to the previous siege. Han Xuan arranged everything here to do everything in the camp of 10,000 troops rushed to the west gate of Yangzhou City to prepare to recapture the grain and grass of the west camp, if he was one step late and let Qu Shuai Wan Bing take the lead, then there would only be fire and a picture, and now his own soldiers and horses would be afraid of him! It would be better if he could get acquainted with each other—otherwise—
"Governor—what now? Han Xuan, the old dog, has been hanging behind us, watching the sky light up in less than half an hour! At that time, I am afraid that we will be flanked by the south gate and the enemy forces behind us. "Gan Ning's five hundred men and horses are considered to be the shame of the Yellow Turban Army, and they are arranged to be used as scouts at the front, Han Xuanshuai followed them unhurriedly, and the soldiers beside Gan Ning approached Gan Ning and asked him in a low voice. Now they can't get close to Han Xuan at all, and if they can't kill him, they won't be able to complete the task given to them by Zhou Yu.
"Well-there are still about ten miles away from the south gate, you go find General Ding Feng and ask him to see if there is a suitable ambush nearby, even if you can't kill Han Xuan, you have to take advantage of the opportunity of darkness to give this old boy a hard time, scare and scare him so that he doesn't dare to speed up the march! After meeting General Ding Feng, you directly checked the battle situation at the south gate quickly, and came back quickly to report - my side will try to slow down the march! Gan Ning didn't have any good way but to delay time first, he knew that as long as the Qu Shuai Wan Bing of the South Gate led the troops to save the West Battalion, then Huang Zhong would take a thousand soldiers to copy the back of the Yellow Turban Army at the South Gate from behind; And Jiang Qinhui cut off Wan Bing's retreat from behind, in fact, the most pressure is still Zhou Yu and Dian Wei, who have to be attacked by the Yellow Turban Army of the Western Battalion and Qu Shuai Wan Bing, but I don't know how he will fight this battle! Worried about Gui, he still wants Ding Feng to cooperate with him to fight an ambush battle and eliminate the new force of the Yellow Turban Army as much as possible.
"Smack—what? The West Battalion was attacked by the Yangzhou Army and was about to be broken? Chen Dashuai's soldiers and horses are on par with me? How many people from the Yangzhou army attacked the camp? "When Gan Ning hadn't arrived at the East Camp, Qu Shuai Wan Bing took the lead in receiving the news that the West Camp was being raided, and he also felt that there was something unusual tonight, why was this Yangzhou Army so elusive? This is four gates running back and forth, their own North Battalion has been taken by them, if the West Camp is ended, then their own army will be hungry! Hungry soldiers will mutini if they don't make a good fuss, and it hurts a little to think about it.
"Dashuai - Chen Dashuai sent 4,000 men and horses to attack the west gate of Yangzhou City, that is, when there were not many people in the camp, the Yangzhou army launched a second raid, and their men and horses were equal to the number of people and horses in the West Battalion, so Chen Dashuai asked me to ask Dashuai to send troops to rescue! The 2,000 Yangzhou troops that attacked for the first time have been completely annihilated by Chen Dashuai, and the current strength is a little tight! "This messenger is also a clever ghost found by Zhou Yu.
"His grandmother's - why did so many people pour out at once, where did the Yangzhou army come from so many people? Order-You can gather 5,000 men and horses to rescue the West Battalion, and the two of you will stay behind to guard the South Battalion, and the siege can be suspended! "Qu Shuai Wan Bing is not a second goods who doesn't know anything, he also knows that if he goes to the rescue, and then the Yangzhou army returns here, his southern battalion will be over, and now this situation can only shrink the defense is more secure. I don't know what the situation is in the city for so long, and judging from the fact that the secret passage is sealed, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out. At this time, Wan Bing thought of going back to save Chen Yu and retreating south with grain and grass, and only by walking from the south could he reach Huiji County, Wu County and join the other Qu Shuai, and they couldn't gnaw on the hard bone of Yangzhou City.
Huang Zhong, who was ambushed outside the southern camp in advance, watched Wan Bing take the men and horses out of the camp, and now he wiped out the small group of Yellow Turban troops entrenched in the grove, and re-sealed the secret passage. The Yellow Turban Army, which was still besieging the city just now, suddenly retreated to the camp like a tide, and for a while, Cheng Yu, who commanded the defense at the south gate, was also a little puzzled, and couldn't understand why the Yellow Turban Army outside suddenly withdrew!
"Report - Lord Zhang asked the little one to send a battle report!" When Cheng Yu was wondering, Zhang Zhao, who was stationed at the West Gate, sent someone to deliver an urgent battle report. He opened it and looked at it, and his heart was suddenly settled, and the battle report said that outside the west gate, he found that the Yangzhou army was attacking the Yellow Turban Army attacking the city from behind, and he could vaguely see that the big flag was the "Zhou" character flag, and it was possible that the reinforcements of the lord had arrived, Zhang Zhao asked Cheng Yu if he was out of the city to attack. Cheng Yu has already guessed the enemy's intention to withdraw after reading the battle report, it seems that the fire outside the West Gate must be Zhou Yu's deliberate attraction of the enemy, and there will definitely be an ambush on the road to ambush the enemy for reinforcements, then the current Nanda camp must be very empty, but now there is a lack of a general who is rushing into battle, I don't know what happened to the East Gate!
"Master Cheng—why are you quiet here? What about the Yellow Turbans besieging the city? "I want Zhou Tai Zhou Tai to arrive, when Zhou Tai rushed to the south gate with the rest of the men and horses, he found that there was no sound of fighting at the south gate, if he hadn't seen the injured soldiers, he would have thought that the Yellow Turban military was asleep!
"Youping came at the right time, everything is okay in the city? The lord has now led his men and horses to fight with the Yellow Turban Army outside the West Gate, and just now Zhang Zhao has sent a military newspaper to see the lord's handsome flag! Now there is an important task entrusted to you, but I wonder if you have the guts? "Cheng Yu now has no internal worries in Yangzhou City, only external troubles remain, if this is the case, it is also the time for them to counterattack in an all-round way.
"Everything is fine - the last general captured about 3,500 soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and all of them were put in prison to wait for the post-war treatment. From the mouth of the interrogating Yellow Turban Army, I learned that they sneaked in a total of 5,000 people, but I don't know if they were yin by themselves, and as soon as they entered the tunnel, someone put smoke from the entrance of the tunnel, and many people were smoked to death. Only a small part of the Yellow Turban Army at the East Gate will attack the city again, but I don't know where their large army is, the South Gate and the North Gate are quiet, won't they all be concentrated at the West Gate, right? In that case, the lord will be in danger, and he won't be able to bring too many men and horses with him on this long-distance run! The last general asked for an order to go out of the city to rescue the lord-" Zhou Tai said and realized that something was wrong, the Yellow Turban Army besieging the city had about 50,000 men and horses, and there were no enemy troops at the north gate, and there were about 5,000 men and horses outside the east gate, and there were not many people outside the south gate now, if this was the case, Zhou Yu's appearance just showed that they were all rushing towards Zhou Yu, he couldn't let his lord have an accident, so he immediately took the initiative to ask Ying to go out of the city to rescue.
"Don't worry about Youping, there are Dian Wei and Jiang Qin to protect the lord, he will be safe and sound, and the lord dares to play a banner outside the West Gate to show that he has a perfect plan, now that he knows that they have all gone outside the West Gate, then now bother Youping to go out of the city from the south gate and directly take the enemy's Nanda camp, and then you can copy the back road to the West Gate to support the lord. I'll go to the West Gate now to prepare for the lord, and if the situation is not good, I will immediately receive the lord into the city!" Cheng Yu was not worried about Zhou Yu's safety at all, he despised the Yellow Turban Army as a group of rabble, as long as Zhou Yu, Dian Wei, and Jiang Qin joined forces, they would be able to fight their way out, and it would not be a problem to escape. Now he wants to cooperate with Zhou Yu to put a few camps outside the city first, and then surround the Yellow Turban Army outside the West Gate.
"Okay - the last general commands! I just don't know how many people I should bring with me when I go out of the city this time? "When Zhou Tai came over, he brought 1,500 men and horses, and the defenders of the south gate here were only 2,000 people, and I don't know how many people and horses were guarding the camp in the Yellow Turban Army village outside the city.
"The south gate only needs to leave five hundred elite soldiers, plus there are thirty-six teams of shadows in the city to respond, and the city gate will be safe! Youping, you can take 3,000 elite soldiers out of the city to raid the camp, I expect that the camp will definitely exceed 5,000 people! There is mental arithmetic or not, these people are not enough for you to stuff your teeth! You won't be afraid, will you? ”
"Haha-Master Cheng told a joke, a certain Zhou Tai never knew what he was afraid of! Just look—"