Chapter 45: Xu He Comes to Attack
The hall of the county watchman's house.
"Young master, the collected artifacts have been filled into the treasury, totaling more than 2,000 swords and shields, more than 700 spears, and 500 longbows...... In addition, the boulders and rolling logs have been reconstructed, and the walls are being reinforced. ”
Tang Wu and Tang Liu reported the results.
One of the two was responsible for collecting the utensils on the battlefield and filling them into the treasury.
One is responsible for re-preparing strategic materials such as boulders and rolling logs, and reinforcing the city walls for the next battle.
Tang Yun bowed slightly, with these henchmen, he will not be constrained when he starts doing things, his efforts in the past ten years have cultivated thirty-six general-type talents, which is obviously not in vain.
Not to mention anything else, it is to take care of Liu Taishou's family, without Tang San and Tang Si's two henchmen to do it, Tang Yun will not be so relieved, once the news leaks, it is not a joke.
"Young master, Yellow Turban captive ......"
Tang Yun waved his hand, stopped Tang Qi, who was about to speak, and said lightly: "The matter of the Yellow Turban captives, the second child has just told me that two thousand people will be selected from the young and strong to fill the army. ”
"These two thousand people, we must be carefully selected, and do a good job in their ideological work, we will have to fight against the Yellow Turban Army next."
"The other thousands of captives, let them go to work, prepare more boulders and rolling logs and other materials, and strengthen the four city walls!"
Tang Yun said, looked at Tang Qi, and said with a smile: "You are the most clever, select prisoners to fill the army, and do their ideological work, I will leave it to you, and you can't be sloppy in the slightest!" ”
Tang Yun looked at Tang Thirty and Tang Thirty-six and a few others, and ordered, "You go and help the seventh child." ”
"Whoa!"
Tang Qi, Tang Thirty-six and the others gladly accepted the order.
Tang Yun nodded imperceptibly, there were more than 5,800 Yellow Turban captives, including 2,100 old and weak women and children, and 3,700 young and strong.
Why didn't he want to expand all of the more than 3,700 young men into the army and strengthen his own strength.
But he originally only had 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and these more than 3,700 yellow turbans were more young and strong than his original soldiers and horses, and once he expanded into the army, it was really not stable enough.
Especially in the future, if you have to continue to fight against the Yellow Turban, once there is a mess, it will be a catastrophe, and you can't afford to be sloppy.
Even if two thousand young people are selected, they must be carefully selected, and do a good job in ideological work, and they must not be sloppy.
It's no wonder that Tang Yun is so careful, these Qingzhou yellow scarves have a "lesson from the past".
Historically, Cao Cao surrendered one million Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and organized 300,000 of them into Qingzhou soldiers, and then put them into battle, that is, to attack Xuzhou.
These Qingzhou soldiers from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, burned, looted, and killed the people wherever they passed.
That is, the Xuzhou Massacre in history, and the name of Cao Cao's massacre of the city also came from this.
Although Cao Cao acquiesced, the Qingzhou soldiers also fully demonstrated the nature of thieves in the war against Xuzhou.
However, the merits of the Qingzhou soldiers are also undeniable, driven by the desire to plunder, they can defeat the Danyang elite soldiers led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two 10,000 enemies.
It is the famous Danyang elite soldiers, known as "Danyang Mountain Danger, the people are more fruitful, good martial arts, noble strength, the land of elite soldiers", when Liu Bei reinforced Tao Qian, Tao Qian gave thousands of Danyang elite soldiers to Liu Bei.
This is Tao Qian's old book, he himself is a native of Danyang County, as an old warlord in Xuzhou, although Tao does not have a good general, but he has an elite Danyang elite soldiers, so he can fight against predators like Cao Cao.
Later, with Liu Bei's transfer to the army of thousands of miles, it was this Danyang elite soldier.
Driven by the desire to plunder, the Qingzhou soldiers can defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two 10,000-strong enemies, and the Danyang elite soldiers under their command have remarkable combat power.
It's just that when Lü Bu raided Yanzhou and Cao Cao returned to fight with Lü Bu, these Qingzhou soldiers were no longer so brave when they were not driven by the interests of plundering, and they were not so desperate when they fought against the world-famous Bingzhou cavalry led by Lü Bu.
Although Tang Yun also had the heart to start by absorbing the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, he didn't want to recruit such a "thief soldier" by himself, and he was driven by the desire to plunder, so he was willing to fight bravely.
Therefore, when compiling the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, we must be cautious.
Fortunately, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army at this time was only at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and it was not yet the situation of looting later.
If there was no Tang Yun's appearance, when Cao Cao incorporated the Yellow Turban Army, it would have to wait until eight years later! This is only the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion of 184.
Tang Yun was actively preparing for war here, and later there was a report from the Malays, Xu He, one of the commanders of the Yellow Turban Army, led his troops to attack.
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Three days later.
East Pingling County, outside the West City Gate.
The Yellow Turban Army was overwhelmed, with 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, all of them tied with yellow scarves, and there was almost no end in sight to the black pressure.
Under the seat of the Tiangong general Zhang Jiao, Xu He, one of the thirty-six square canal commanders, rode his horse to the west city gate, looked up at a young general at the head of the city, and said: "The one in the city is the Tang family's child?" ”
This young general, who looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, was already open-ended, and was 1.8 meters tall, wearing armor and holding an iron spear, standing at the head of the city.
It was Tang Yun.
"It turned out to be Xu Dashuai, who has admired his name for a long time!"
Tang Yun replied without saltiness.
For Xu He, he really "admired the name for a long time", because his fathers Tang Zhou and Xu He were both disciples of the great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao.
Tang Zhou was responsible for running back and forth, handling various matters for Taiping Taoism.
Xu He, as one of the thirty-six party commanders, is naturally in power in Taiping Taoism, guarding one side, and even the Xu family, where Xu He was born, was originally a big family in Zou County, Jinan County.
Although the vast majority of the followers of Taiping Taoism are poor people, the middle and high-level people are all from big families, and one by one they worship under the seat of the great sage and good teacher for profit, or for faith, or for the future.
Tang Zhou and Xu He are both disciples of Zhang Jiaozao, and they are both from Jinan County, although they are not in the same city, they also know each other.
Tang Yun naturally knew about Xu and this person.
Xu He also knew about Tang Yun, the son of Tang Zhou, and when he saw Tang Yun's not salty and indifferent appearance, he said coldly: "Tang family child! Your father, Tang Zhou, betrayed his religion and betrayed his friends! Even if it is a thousand cuts, it is not a pity! Today I will break through the city and destroy your Tang family! ”
"Herald the siege!"
Xu He rode back.
Tens of thousands of yellow turbans immediately moved, and one after another ladders were pushed out, and under the escort of the shield soldiers, they rushed towards the head of the city, and a large number of yellow turban soldiers with black pressure pressed on the rear.