Chapter 48: The Ten Thousand Annihilators (1)

"Mr. Xu, we've been looking for three days, and we're sure they're around here, but we haven't found their figures yet!" Zhang He was a little embarrassed to Xu Shu and said, he sent someone to chase Bu Ji that day, but he lost it, and now it was not easy to find the clue, but unfortunately he still did not find the specific location, if it were not for the signs of someone moving around here, I am afraid that he would not be able to find this place, and at the same time Zhang He also admired this group of people in his heart, a group of rabble can be so cautious, it is really not to be underestimated,

"Hehe, General Zhang doesn't have to be like this, we are not familiar with the terrain here, and it is already very valuable to be able to find them in just three days!" Xu Shu hurriedly smiled, just kidding, this place is so hidden, there is not even a big road, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it would be good to be able to find it, now Zhang He not only determined the specific direction, but also narrowed the range to several places, it is not easy!

"Alas, it's still my fault, if it weren't for my negligence, I would have found them a long time ago!" Zhang He still blamed himself a little, after all, when he retreated that day, he should have personally led people to pursue them, but he sent others forward, which led to the final escape of Bu You.

"Hehe, General Zhang doesn't have to take it to heart, this is all destiny, as long as they are eliminated, now please ask the general to closely observe this place and find out their specific hiding place!" As soon as Xu Shu saw this Zhang Ai, he didn't talk about this topic with him anymore, so he had to arrange a new task for him.

"Yes, Mr. Xu, don't worry, I must find them out!" Zhang He said very solemnly,

When the two of them were studying how to find out these people, Zhang Mancheng of Runan couldn't sit still, Zhu Jun Huangfu Chong pacified Yingchuan, and then he would do it to himself, as the saying goes, the first strike is strong, and then the next attack suffers, Zhang Mancheng took the lead in attacking, personally led the men and horses to the expedition, and took advantage of the Han army did not react, and the army directly attacked Xuchang. Burning, killing and looting along the way, the people were miserable, and within a few days, Zhang Mancheng's army was stationed under the city of Xuchang.

"Zhang Shuai, if we can't capture Xuchang this time, it will be troublesome, there are no soldiers left in Runan, if we are attacked by Cao Cao, we will be homeless!" Han Zhong said to Zhang Man, after all, he and he brought so many 20,000 people over in Nanyang, after more than a month of rest, collected 40,000 troops, if they really came separately to defend the city, then there was no direct hope, and now the people have seen the face of the Yellow Turban Army, if it is not to fill their stomachs, no one is willing to join them. It's really not easy to gather more than 40,000 soldiers now, and if it is broken up again, then there is really no power to fight back.

"What General Han said is extremely true, so we must take Xuchang down, Runan City is small, and it can't afford to raise our 40,000 troops, only to change a place, Xuchang is the largest city in the vicinity, and far away from Cao Cao's East County, it is the only place for the Han army to go south, as long as we occupy this city first, we can choke Zhu Jun's throat, and give Bocai's Wancheng a chance to breathe, Xuchang is rich and has a large population, we just can't occupy it, as long as we loot it." Zhang Mancheng said with a smile, he had already thought about it, it was best to fight down, and if he couldn't beat it, he would go back to Runan, but he couldn't do it, he could lead his troops to wander around the world, and he could live freely!

"Two generals, since we have already arrived in the city, we will not discuss whether there is a need to attack the city, but think about how to capture the city quickly, otherwise if Zhu Jun's army arrives, we will be in trouble!" Zhao Hongdao

"Well, that's good. This is reasonable, in this way, go and call him Bocai, I heard that he has formed 30,000 cavalry in Wancheng, this is a powerful reinforcement, they can contain Zhu Jun with the greatest strength when they come, and when the time comes, we will have 100,000 people when the two sides merge, and we are not afraid of his Han army! Zhang Mancheng said with a smile

"Yes, yes, this is a good idea, but I'm afraid that he will be beaten by Zhu Jun, so I don't dare to come out!" Zhao Hong said with a smile,

"Haha, that's not it, don't dare to say anything else, this wave is not so easy to give up, I still remember when the two of us first met the sect leader, at that time the sect leader was selecting personal disciples, the sect leader had to accept a total of thirty-six personal disciples and seventy-two second-generation disciples, originally Bo was the second-generation disciple, but in order to become a personal disciple, he secretly trained every night, and finally squeezed in to become a personal disciple, and the one who was defeated by him became his personal soldier! So this time he won't admit defeat so easily, I think he is holding his breath to seek revenge on the Han army! Bocai laughed

"Haha, if it weren't for Zhang Shuai to say, we really didn't know that there was such a thing, this Bocai is really not a master who easily admits defeat, since this is the case, then ask him to bring troops to support. I think it won't be a few days, and the Han army will come! Han Zhong said with a smile

"Well, in order to seize the opportunity, let's attack the city first tonight, and see how the garrison of Xuchang is, if we can beat it, then we will make money!" Bocai smiled,

"Okay, then I'll lead the team to try it myself!" Zhao Hong said with a smile

The night breeze is not dry, the moon is also quite bright, it may be aware that something is going to happen, Xuchang City is unprecedentedly quiet, insects do not sing, mosquitoes and flies do not fly, even the sound of frogs has disappeared without a trace, such a quiet environment, but it makes Zhao Hong a little uncomfortable, always feel unsteady, this is too quiet, look up, the city wall is crowded, faintly can still hear the sound of conversation, "Prepare, raise fire, siege the city!" Zhao Hong shouted, with people rushed up, this is the first night battle, more difficult is the siege, Xuchang defenders fought back, although there is no general command, but the people know that the Yellow Turban Army is brutal, all on the city wall to help, plus the help of the family, Xuchang for a while and a half can not attack. Zhao Hong attacked all night, shouted all night on both sides, as for the fighting, it did not exist, at this time most people had night blindness, they couldn't see at all, they originally planned to scare and see if they could deceive the city gate, but the result was a busy job, and the only useful thing was to let the people in Xuchang City not sleep all night.

Wait until dawn, Zhang Mancheng personally commanded the army to attack the city, this time it was a real game, no longer get those bells and whistles, directly carried the ladder, pushed the siege vehicle and pressed up, although Xuchang City is big, but there are not many troops, fortunately the people helped, this just resisted Zhang Mancheng's attack, but after a long time, it will definitely fail.

"Hurry up and ask for reinforcements!" Xuchang Taishou hurriedly sent people out to ask Zhu Jun and Cao Cao for help, fortunately, there are still many people in the Xun family in the city, especially Xun You, a son of the Xun family, who is here to help defend the city, so that he was able to repel the first attack of the Yellow Turban Army, and reminded himself to ask for help, otherwise the city would have been broken a long time ago, as long as the Xun family did not withdraw, there was a chance to defend the city! "Everyone will defend it for me, and move all those useless rags to the city wall, and use it to defend the city for a while!" Xun You actually doesn't have any good ideas. Sent people to dig a few big deep pits in the city gate, and dug a four-meter-deep trench along the inner side of the city wall, so as to cut off the possibility of the Yellow Turban Army digging tunnels, and Xun You blocked all the city gates, so that if the Yellow Turban Army really broke through the city gate, they could not enter the city, and there was only one way to enter the city, that is, from the city wall. Xun Yu ordered people to transport all the soil to the city wall and used it to heighten and strengthen the city wall, Zhang Mancheng and others who watched it were gritting their teeth!

"Who is guarding the city, and how can they come up with a way to strengthen the walls so quickly?" Zhao Hong was a little helpless, he was fast enough, but it was only one day, and the city wall of Xuchang had increased a lot, isn't this recruiting blackness for himself.

"It is estimated that it is the people of the Xun family, this Xuchang City is their base camp, it seems that we have met our opponents again!" Zhang Mancheng stroked his forehead with his hand, very uncomfortable, since the start of the army, except for the sneak attack on Runan, it has not been smooth, I really don't know which way to offend the immortals! I had to speak: "Do the two generals have a good idea?" ”

Han Zhong and Zhao Hong glanced at each other and smiled bitterly, what is the way, now it seems that Xuchang is defending to death, that is, to consume himself. "General, there are many mosquitoes and rain in this summer, so it is better to bring water to flood the city!" Han Zhongdao

"Where is there so much water around here? Besides, they won't just watch us bring the water over, not to mention that we don't have that much time, this place is not far from Zhu Jun and them, if you really rush, you can get there in a day! Zhao Hong directly denied it, after all, it was too unrealistic, if the operation was not good, if it was not good, he would have to pit his own people.

"Well, in addition to water attack, this is a fire attack, otherwise it will not be able to attack for a while and a half, and now there is so much earth on the city wall, and fire attack is not easy to use. By the way, where did they get so much soil, it looks like it was just dug up! Zhang Man became enlightened

"Looks like you've met an expert at defending the city! Even if we attack it, it is estimated that we will have a lot of damage, so I think we will not fight Xuchang first, first go to the surrounding area to loot, and then cooperate with Bocai to ambush Zhu Jun on the road, and if we win, we will continue to pursue and kill the Han army, and if we lose, we will return to Runan to hold on, and then we will defend like Xuchang, see what they do! Han Zhong said

"Hmmm! Good idea, as long as there is enough food and grass, we can hold on, and we are not afraid that he Zhu Jun will attack the city! Zhang Mancheng thought about it and found that he could only do this!

One of the three people pretended to attack the city every day, and the other two led their troops to rob everywhere, and after a few days Bocai also arrived and joined the ranks of looting, Bocai was full of cavalry, fast speed, strong mobility, and it didn't take a few days to rob the vicinity of Xuchang, and many materials were transported to Wancheng by him, and when Zhu Jun's army arrived, the vicinity of Xuchang was already unrecognizable.

"Kill!" Zhu Jun was marching, and suddenly there were killing sounds from the front and back, which frightened the Han army, this was an ambush, Zhu Jun as the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty, reacted very quickly, immediately changed the formation, put on a defensive posture, at this time, Zhu Jun was very grateful to Feng Fang for coming. Because the big shield he brought came in handy at this time, the big shield was a big shield, the spear was pushed forward, and he waited for the Yellow Turban Army to come up and send him to death, Bo Cai's hatred for Zhu Jun and a few people, it was really endless, the enemy was very red when he saw him, and Bo Cai was using the impact of the war horse to rush back and forth to kill, after all, the big shield was limited, and it was impossible to cover it comprehensively. Zhang Mancheng had a large number of infantry, so he had to line up on one side, due to the lack of military supplies. There aren't many bows and arrows available, so it's there to build momentum for Bocai, to put it bluntly, it's to support the field!

Zhu Jun struggled to support, and he regretted it a little in his heart, why didn't he explore the path in advance, but who would have thought that he would encounter an ambush in this plain area, or this person came together, it seems that this group of people is besieging the city is fake, and it is the real intention to target himself. "Resist me, don't panic, the archers will release the arrows when they see it, the Yellow Turban Army is not easy to shoot, then shoot the horse first!"

Just when Zhu Jun was struggling to resist, Sun Jian, Cao Cao and others arrived, Cao Cao was resourceful and decisive, and when he saw the situation, he knew that Xuchang was worry-free, and directly took people to take a detour to the back of the Yellow Turban Army, and secretly arranged for Xiahou Yuan to ambush Zhang Mancheng on the way back to Runan. When the arrangements were made, a drum sounded, Cao Cao's army was dispatched and attacked directly from behind, at the same time, Sun Jian also killed, Sun Jian attacked from the side, with two people joining, Zhu Jun's pressure was greatly reduced, and he immediately changed from defense to offensive mode, and the Han army, which was pressed and fought for a long time, was very angry, and now they were all killing the Yellow Turban Army, and directly beat Bocai and them, and saw that the Yellow Turban Army and leeks were the same, falling one after another, and a few people who watched were very distressed, it seems that this time they can't fight, after all, the Han army reinforcements have arrived, After discussing it, a few people felt that it was safer to withdraw the troops, so they hurriedly took their own people back to their respective homes and found their mothers! Zhu Jun and a few people did not chase after each other, gathered each other's soldiers, and then chose a place to rest, after all, the sudden encounter, the damage was not small, although there were many generals in the Han army, but there were many Yellow Turban soldiers, which caused a lot of casualties to the Han army! Only Cao Cao attacked from behind, and the damage was not great, Cao Cao told them, and he led his troops to chase down, it seems that he wants to kill Zhang Mancheng, after all, he is an infantryman, and he walks slowly, if he chases Bocai, he will have to be counterattacked by him!

No matter how the fight is here, another pro-soldier of Bocai secretly rushed to Bingzhou with more than 800 people, on the way this group of people is worried, the big family does not dare to provoke, and the small people have nothing to rob, so they are aggrieved all the way to Hedong, "As long as we cross Hedong, we will go to Bingzhou, and when the time comes, choose a place, let's recruit troops and accumulate strength!" ”

"General, there is a Wei family in Hedong, they have been big merchants for several generations, and they are very wealthy, but there are not many family soldiers!"

"The Wei family? Wei Qing's descendants? ”

"Yes!"

"Grab him first, or we'll starve!" After the soldiers finished speaking, they personally led people to sneak into Wei's house at night.

"Kill!" With a shout of killing, the people of the Wei family were beheaded by the Yellow Turban Army while they were still asleep, and the genius Wei Zhongdao, who was famous in Siye, did not escape this fate, and was hacked to death by someone when he just fell asleep. "Hurry up, all the gold, silver and grain are gone, hurry up!" The soldiers shouted, urging everyone! Because the Wei family was in business, they did not live in the city, so they were wiped out by the Yellow Turban Army, except for Wei Qi's family who was traveling to study! After the Yellow Turban Army grabbed something, it didn't stop, and ran directly to Bingzhou, and the officers and soldiers arrived after dawn, except to sigh at the misery of the Wei family and curse the Yellow Turban Army, there was no other way, after all, there are more such things now, but this Wei family was unlucky, but he was encountered. After this Yellow Turban Army arrived in Bingzhou, it became the king of the mountains and recruited the nearby homeless grass robbers, which slowly developed into another force!

"Mr. Xu, I found it, haha, I found the hiding place of this group of people!" Zhang He said to Xu Shu with a smile, after a few days of exploration, Zhang He finally found the cave where Bu had been hiding.

"Oh! Congratulations to General Zhang, so whether General Zhang will bring them to justice! Xu Shu was in a rare good mood and joked with Zhang He

"Alas! Don't mention it, I caught a yellow turban thief who came out of it, and asked about the situation inside, I really didn't expect this Bu to be a qualified mouse! Zhang He smiled and told the situation inside, and Xu Shu, who listened to it, only frowned, it seems that this Bu has an iron heart to live in this cave for the rest of his life.

"Adultery, not a son of man!" Xu Shu was very angry after hearing this, first, he was angry at what he had done, which was simply the anger of people and gods, and second, he was angry that those women who had lost their minds had become the playthings of the Yellow Turban Army, and they didn't know how to resist.

"Sir, I can't blame them, they are all forced by life, if they can have a choice, who wants to serve the thief!" Zhang He also sighed, sad for those poor people! "And what should these people, sir, do? How can we destroy this Yellow Turban Army? After all, the entrance to the cave is too small to enter! ”

"O man of the walking dead, alas! Even if they are saved, how can they be placed? This Yellow Turban Army uses the entrance of the cave as a defense, we are really not good at attacking, since we are not capable of attacking, then we have to outwit it! Xu Shu felt a little unbearable in his heart, but there was really no other way!

"How to outwit?" Zhang He didn't have something wrong, isn't this Mr. Xu going to kill, after all, he has seen his ruthlessness!

"Fire and water can be flooded!" Xu Shu said

"No, Mr. Xu, that's killing innocents, there are still a lot of women, children and children here, this can't work, let me lead the troops to attack!" Zhang He hurriedly said, it seems that his guess has come true, and this old demon Xu is going crazy again.

Xu Shu also knew that his method would hurt Tianhe, if it was really used, it would really be no one to be spared, "In this case, General Zhang will attack first!" ”

Zhang He is good at arranging soldiers and horses according to the geographical advantage, but there is really no good way for this hole, at the beginning he was still organizing people to scold at the entrance of the cave, but Bu has come out once, and when he saw Zhang He's posture, he directly retracted it, and he didn't come out even if he was killed, no matter how Zhang He scolded, he didn't come out, but Zhang He was angry, and his tired mouth was dry. The snapping sound is the same as playing the beat, with the scolding of Bu Ji!

"Zhente Niang is so angry with me, this group of people don't know how to resist, this is really incomprehensible?" Zhang He muttered.

"Hehe, they have lost the idea of life, they are already desperate, and now they can't even control life and death, how can they resist!" Xu Shu smiled bitterly,

"Come on, set fire to me and smoke them out!" Zhang He shouted, no matter if he smoked it or led his troops to attack, he couldn't kill it, and he didn't come out, so he was consumed, "Mr. Xu, I can't do it, come on!" Zhang He was helpless, he was not without gains, at least he rescued a woman from inside.

"My lord, please kill me, I have no face to see people, all the sisters in it are difficult to die, please kill me!" Xu Shu hadn't spoken yet, and the woman begged for death directly.

"This girl, life is precious, although there are setbacks, how can she give up easily?" Xu Shu persuaded that although he hated the family deeply, he was still very kind to ordinary people.

"Don't say it, we don't ask for what happens in this life, but we want to die!" The girl said with a dull gaze, and then while Xu Shu was pondering, she suddenly crashed into her head and died in front of the two. only looked at Zhang He and the two in a daze, "Mr. Xu, I agree with your method!" Zhang He said very heavily

"All iniquity is mine! Let's put the water out! Xu Shu said, this time it is not ordinary water, it is the first time Xu Shu found this suspicious, where did he start to attract water, this release of water is very large, and the water is directly poured into the cave.

"Hurry up and drain the water!" Bu was already a little anxious, although he thought of how to drain the water, but he hadn't started to arrange it, he didn't expect to be chased and killed by someone blocking the entrance of the cave so soon!

"General, this can't be drained, there's too much water!"

"Then you have to platoon, quickly send people to guard the entrance of the cave, don't let them rush in, I don't know where this person came from, how can I find here" Bu was very puzzled.

"Mr. Xu, no one has come out yet, shouldn't there be a drain?" Zhang He has been watching it for a long time, and it has no effect, so he can't help but say.

"It's possible, come on, light the fire, let go of the smoke, I don't believe it, you can still hold on!" Xu Shu couldn't have imagined that this cave was extremely high, and he had put fire for most of the day and water for most of the day, and there was no effect at all, so he was a little helpless.