Chapter 74: Bian Xi's decision
Wang Chen did not hesitate to order the evacuation, but the Yellow Turban Army in the grain hoarding could not chase after him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Even if it is limited by the situation of the camp, the four-legged war horse is much faster than the two-legged Yellow Turban Army, not to mention the leader of this Yellow Turban Army, as well as the Yellow Turban Warriors who rely on it, how many of those remnants of the Yellow Turban Army are not afraid? Not to mention having to catch up and deal with the group of cavalry in front of you!
In the presence of a general with strong prestige, or a real elite of a hundred battles, he may really catch up, at least entangle the enemy who steals the camp in front of him, but unfortunately the Yellow Turban Army stationed in the grain hoard does not have either.
The retreat without entanglement was very smooth, dozens of cavalry led by Wang Chen and Tai Shici harvested a circle in the camp again, and then swaggered and withdrew directly from the direction of the gate that had just broken in, and the weak Yellow Turban Army and the Yellow Turban thieves did not pose any threat to Wang Bao and others who were sticking in front of the gate at all, after the cavalry led by Wang Chen converged with the infantry army, he directly ordered the retreat without hesitation, and directly evacuated the Yellow Turban Army camp along the retreat route that had already been chosen.
After achieving his goal, Wang Chen is as far away from the source of danger as possible!
Burning the grain hoard that was treated as the root of life in ancient times, Wang Chen had every reason to believe that if he dared to continue to stay on the side of the Yellow Turban Camp and try to expand the results of the battle, the first thing he would do was Bian Xi and the Yellow Turban Army who ran to the rescue of the grain hoard, and after discovering the losses on the grain hoard, he would really run over and play with himself!
[Sure enough, I can't count on the pig teammates in the county town to take the initiative to help! ] 】
Looking at the subordinates who had reduced their staff to almost one hundred, Wang Chen was a little distressed before leaving, and after looking up at the county town and still not the slightest movement, he was also speechless in his heart.
Obviously, the theft of the camp in the Yellow Turban Camp should have been known to the county town, and there has been no movement so far, so it can only be said that the county town can't count on it at all - whether it is the news obtained from Tai Shici's side, or the news confided in those prisoners, the people on the county side have been labeled by Wang Chen as "no need to expect"!
"My lord! It's time for us to withdraw!"
When Wang Chen was secretly complaining, Tai Shici on the side saw him looking in the direction of the big camp and the county town, and rode his horse a little closer and reminded him respectfully.
"Well, let's go!"
Tai Shici's reminder, Wang Chen bowed slightly, then turned the horse's head to evacuate, and by the way, let the poison island meet halfway.
And it wasn't until Wang Chen and his party evacuated for a while that the Yellow Turban Army chasing them in the camp arrived, but they could only look at the dark night helplessly, and the symbolic search was gone.
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When the sky began to brighten, the noisy Yellow Turban Camp could be regarded as restoring a certain order.
Behind this order, after deducting the fact that the sky has become brighter, it is probably because the Yellow Turban Army used force to kill the three-digit guys who dared to run around, and the bloody scene made those panicked Yellow Turban old and weak and Yellow Turban thieves be "calmed down", and they stayed where they were and didn't dare to do anything more.
Outside the grain hoard that has become a wreckage, the Yellow Turban Army who had just completed the disaster relief was covered in black ash and embarrassed like black people, while Bian Xi and other high-level officials who were watching on the side did not have the heart to laugh.
Not only did no one laugh, but the Yellow Turban soldiers who were fighting the fire were all looking at the faces of fear and horror, looking at the grain hoards that had been burned out, smelling the aroma and burnt smell of chestnut rice, beans and other grains, knowing how precious the grain was now, in addition to resenting the officers and soldiers who burned the grain last night, they just didn't know what to do!
"Your Excellency!"
Seeing Bian Xi leading people to stand by the burned grain hoard like a sculpture, a Yellow Turban Army tooth keeper who seemed to have come out of the coal heap, whispered with some trembling.
"How much is the loss of grain and grass, and the battle damage of our army?"
Hearing the words of the Yellow Turban Army, Bian Xicai slowly turned his head, and his voice was not loud but made his hair stand on end.
If you look at Bian Xi's face carefully, you will find that the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, who was still a bamboo in his chest yesterday, has a pair of eyes that are already bloodshot, and he looks like a wounded beast, which may be eaten at any time!
The Yellow Turban Army's eyes swept away, and he couldn't help but shiver all over his body, and when he heard the bland words that made people feel like they were being poured with cold water head-on, he had the illusion of being stuck in the ice. And after coming back to his senses, the Yellow Turban Army Tooth Keeper hesitated slightly: "My lord, this ......"
"Huh?!"
Bian Xi raised his eyebrows, but when he saw that the Yellow Turban Army Tooth Keeper was looking around, he immediately reacted.
It is true that the loss of the grain hoard cannot be concealed, but if you guess and report it openly, it is definitely two different things, and looking at the eyes of the Yellow Turban Army Tooth Keeper, as well as the eyes of the Yellow Turban Army and other directions of the camp around him, I know that if the bad news he says spreads, the consequences will be even worse!
After a little hesitation, Bian Xi, who calmed down, directly ordered the grain hoard that had been burned, as well as the Yellow Turban Army with panic on his face: "Lux leads the team, surround the grain hoard, we must protect the remaining half of the grain and grass!"
"Whoa!" *N
Hearing Bian Xi's order, several Yellow Turban wrestlers respectfully accepted the order and began to escort the Yellow Turban Army around the grain hoard.
Not to mention the other people in the camp who heard Bian Xi's order and thought that there was really still half of the grain left, they were also secretly relieved in their hearts, and none of them noticed, or not many shrewd people noticed that the expressions on Bian Xi's faces were not very good-looking when Bian Xi led the team to leave the grain hoard in a hurry......
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Later, the camp tent used by Bian Xi himself.
Several of Bian Xi's subordinate generals, as well as Taiping Dao Sacrificial Wine and others, were all angry and gloomy, listening to the half-kneeling Yellow Turban Tooth Keeper report the terrible news.
"Our army lost more than 5,000 last night, many of them were coerced people, and they were not killed by the officers and soldiers but escaped from the camp, and the Bian generals and Yellow Turban wrestlers stationed in the grain hoard were all killed in battle, and the defenders of the grain hoard also lost nearly 100 people! Combined with the loss of men and horses in the rear battalion, more than 300 people were killed in the battle of our army headquarters, and less than 100 corpses were left by the enemy!"
"More than eighty percent of the grain stored in the battalion's grain hoards was directly burned by the officers and soldiers, and even if we desperately grabbed the grain out, only about a little more than one percent of the grain and grass remained......
Hearing the report of the Yellow Turban Army Tooth Keeper, everyone's faces, including Bian Xi, were black.
Especially when he heard the report of the Yamen general, and the grain and grass in the grain hoard were only a little more than 10% left, knowing that the people who were now besieging the county town and consuming it every day had a feeling of darkness in front of them.
A little more than one percent of the grain and grass?
Of course, it is not a small amount, and it can even supply 10,000 people for almost a month, but now there are 50,000 or 60,000 people! Strictly speaking, this surplus grain and grass is at most enough for the Yellow Turban Army besieging the county for a few days, and then what if the food runs out? Are you waiting to die under the county?
Without waiting for Bian Xi and the others to speak, a Yellow Turban military general who was a little educated and was in charge of grain and grass said with a sad face: "If you have the other two side camps, you will have to go to collect three days' worth of grain tomorrow!"
In the side camp, there is also a certain amount of food reserves!
However, for the sake of checks and balances, the two side camps blocking the two gates of the county town only took grain from the main camp once every three days, and the main grain reserves were stored in the main camp.
This method, of course, is effective in controlling the two side camps, so that those old and weak who have little combat effectiveness except for a large number of people, and bandits and bandits who have taken refuge in them, cannot have any resistance to the order given by Bian Xi before - if you don't want to go without food, you must obediently listen to the Yellow Turban Army, and if you want to escape and leave, you will also face the problem of lack of food!
Now, most of the grain reserves in the main camp have been burned......
The atmosphere in the camp tent was even more silent, and everyone couldn't help but look at Bian Xi, who was in the main position of the big tent, wondering if their boss could solve the dilemma they were facing.
"How many days can the food supply outside the headquarters be reduced?"
Bian Xi's face struggled for a few moments before he asked the general who was in charge of grain and grass.
"My lord, even if the supply is reduced, but at least one gruel per day, at most it will support half a month!"
Regarding Bian Xi's inquiry, the grain and grass official calculated in his heart, gave a very unoptimistic answer, and said with some hesitation: "Besides, even if the supply is reduced as much as possible, those who are coerced are easy to say, but those who take refuge in the thieves and the like...... They may not be willing to accept the reduction of supply, and there will inevitably be trouble!"
The thieves referred to by the grain and grass officials are, of course, those who wear yellow scarves and have poor discipline.
There are not too many problems with the supply reduction of those old and weak who have been coerced, but those Yellow Turban thieves who may even draw their swords against the Yellow Turban Army because of the benefits will obediently accept their own supply reduction?
"Nope! It's not about reducing the supply, counting the remaining grain and grass, and waiting for a notice......"
Bian Xi shook his head, and began to say his plan in a somewhat gloomy tone.
With Bian Xi's words, the eyes of everyone in the military tent began to change, from stunned at the beginning to frightened and afraid, and finally to hesitation and hesitation!
"My lord, isn't that the solution?"
When Bian Xi finished speaking, a Yellow Turban military sacrifice wine even couldn't bear to open his mouth, but it was not easy to protest directly.
"It's brutal!"
Seeing that someone raised objections, Bian Xi, who was also a little entangled in his heart, even distorted a face that looked cunning, and shouted to everyone in the tent word by word: "But, do you have a better way now?!" Now that we have less than half a month's worth of food, it is better to fight to the death now than to starve to death or be chased and killed by the officers and soldiers of the county town when they retreat, and solve the current problem regardless of success or failure!!"
Bian Xi's words made everyone in the tent have nothing to say, even if it was the Yellow Turban Military Sacrifice Wine that had just raised an objection, at this time, except for opening and closing his lips, there was no better opinion to put forward, so he could only remain silent.
"Then let's do it!"
Seeing that no one objected anymore, Bian Xi, whose eyes had become fierce and firm, gave the order without hesitation.