Chapter Ninety-Eight
Hua Xiong slowly put away his bow and arrows, and rode his horse into Rencheng leisurely.
Gao Shun wiped a handful of blood from his face, and said excitedly,
"My lord, there are not many enemy troops in this city."
Hua Xiong smiled, "Nonsense, otherwise how dare I come to attack?" ”
"Lord, how did you find out?"
"It's simple. The enemy had to send troops to escort grain and grass, and also went into the mountains to search. ”
"The city must be empty, so I decided to take the initiative!"
Hua Xiong's analysis is reasonable and to the point.
Gao Shun was immediately in admiration.
"The lord is really wise and almost demonic."
"Learn more from me, little brother."
Hua Xiong patted him on the shoulder and laughed.
There were only a few hundred Yellow Turban troops in Ren City, and only a few of them escaped.
The rest were slaughtered!
Soon Hua Xiong found a large amount of grain and grass in Rencheng.
"These should all be transported to Dongping, if they are all burned, then the Yellow Turban Army will definitely collapse without a fight!"
Gao Shun's eyes were fiery.
"Yes, set fire!"
Hua Xiong commanded in a deep voice.
Five hundred cavalrymen collected a large amount of tung oil from the city, and poured it not only on the grain and grass, but also sprinkled it all over the city.
As soon as Hua Xiong went down the fire, the entire Rencheng soon fell into a large sea of fire.
Wang Yu was searching for traces of the enemy, and the subordinates next to him suddenly patted him with a frightened face.
"Boss, look at ......"
Wang Yu was stunned for a moment and looked in the direction of his finger.
I saw that in the thick of the night, Rencheng in the distance was on fire!
Wang Yu's hands and feet were cold in an instant.
He didn't dare to hesitate at all, and hurriedly gathered his subordinates and returned to Rencheng.
But by the time they rushed back to Rencheng, the fire had already burned Rencheng to ruins.
……
Dongping City.
"You mean...... Ren Cheng is gone? ”
Zhang Rao's eyes were red and he glared at Wang Yu.
Wang Yu nodded in fear.
"Poof......
Zhang Rao directly squirted out a mouthful of donated blood.
"Boss!"
"Chief!"
His subordinates panicked.
Zhang Rao sat back with a miserable smile and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Rencheng is the transit point for the Yellow Turban Army to transport grain and grass, and a large number of grain and grass are piled up in the city.
It was destroyed, which means that in this battle, the Yellow Turban Army has been defeated!
At that moment, another herald hurried in.
"Chief, Huaxiong's army has been drawn and is heading towards Dongping!"
Zhang Rao's eyes darkened.
He boured up his spirits and led his men to climb the Dongping city wall.
Outside the city, Huaxiong's 40,000-strong army arrived.
They did not put on a siege posture, but surrounded Dongping City on three sides and began to set up camp.
Zhang Rao gasped.
This Huaxiong ...... It's ruthless.
After burning his own grain and grass, he sent a large army to suppress the border.
It can be said that they are interlocking!
I can't attack or defend either.
……
Wolf Army Camp.
"Hehe, the lord is out of the horse, and it's really a top trick. With only 500 fine horsemen, he captured Rencheng. ”
Guo Jia sighed sincerely.
"Yes, he also burned all the millions of grain and grass of the Yellow Turban Army, which is really admired by his subordinates and others."
Cheng Yu also echoed with a smile.
The others looked at Hua Xiong's eyes, and they were also full of admiration.
Five hundred elite horsemen turned the grain route of the Yellow Turban Army upside down.
even destroyed Ren Cheng.
Such a move is definitely a great achievement!
"Lord, since the Yellow Turban Army has no food and grass, and the army's morale is unstable, why don't we take advantage of the situation to attack?"
Ma Dai asked curiously.
"There's no rush. Since there is no food and grass, then we simply wait for a while, and they will naturally break themselves. ”
Hua Xiong said with a smile.
"Not bad. Moreover, the lord's hand is surrounded by three ques, and the enemy cannot have fighting spirit, which is really a clever plan! ”
Guo Jia said with a smile.
Siege three is a strategy in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
If the city is surrounded, the defenders in the city will have no way to survive, and they will fight to the death.
But once a way out is revealed, their will will will be shaken.
Hua Xiong had also seen the art of war before, so he used this strategy.
……
Time flies like a white horse, and it is more than half a month in a flash.
The food in Dongping City was quickly consumed.
Not to mention the weeds, even the horses of the cavalry were killed and eaten.
The Yellow Turban Army in the city was all as pale as paper, and they were weak when they spoke.
Zhang Rao saw it in his eyes, but he was extremely worried.
But he couldn't do anything about it.
He had remorse in his heart, he had known that this would not have attacked Yanzhou.
It's a pity that it's too late now.
Just as Zhang Rao was remorseful, a herald ran in out of breath.
"Boss, there is movement in the Huaxiong army."
Zhang Rao was startled, quickly stood up, and climbed onto the city wall.
I saw that in the camp of the wolf army opposite, suddenly the camp gate opened, and a team of soldiers walked out.
Zhang Rao originally thought that the other party was going to attack him.
Surprisingly, however, the soldiers did not carry weapons.
They walked out of range of the Yellow Turbans' bows and arrows and began to build stoves and grills.
In front of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, they even began to cook together.
"Fragrant kebabs."
"And roast whole sheep, brother, won't you have a bite?"
"Tut-tut, it's so fragrant!"
"As long as you surrender, you will be guaranteed to eat and drink spicy food."
The soldiers were roasting meat and shouting to the Yellow Turban Army in the city.
Smelling the aroma coming from the wind, the eyes of the hungry Yellow Turban Army turned green.
They kept swallowing their saliva, wishing that it was themselves who sat there eating meat.
Food was scarce in the city, and ordinary soldiers only had one bowl of gruel a day.
Although Zhang Rao is the leader, he is not much better.
He looked at the wolf soldiers outside the city who were eating meat and drinking a lot, and almost cried.
This Huaxiong is too not human, right?
In front of so many hungry men, let his subordinates eat barbecue.
This is simply messing with your own army's morale!
Sure enough, soon there were Yellow Turban sergeants who couldn't stand it.
The two soldiers could not resist this temptation, so they secretly opened the city gate and ran towards the wolf army.
"I surrender, I surrender, I want to eat barbecue!"
But they didn't run two steps, and Zhang Rao on the city wall gave the order to release arrows.
After a rain of arrows, the two men were shot into a sieve and fell straight to the ground.
"Whoever throws himself to the enemy will end up like this!"
Zhang Rao said viciously.
There was a dead silence on the walls.
Although he said the most ruthless words, Zhang Rao still had a headache when he got off the city wall.
How can this be done?
When he shot two deserters just now, the rest of his men looked at them with unkindness.
Zhang Rao frowned.
Wang Yu on the side saw his boss's worries, leaned in, and whispered,
"Boss, why don't we withdraw our troops?"
"How to withdraw?" Zhang Rao smiled bitterly, "Once we leave the city, Huaxiong will pursue, and the army will be in turmoil at that time." ”
"But it's better than starving to death in the city."
Wang Yu sighed and said helplessly.
Zhang Rao was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.