The Liangfu Yellow Turban is another branch other than the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Guanhai Department, and the leader is Xu He.

Xu He is also an old yellow scarf, more than ten years ago, before the great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao got into trouble, he had already worshiped the Taiping Dao, and he was a die-hard loyalist. Earlier, there was an incident in Taiping Road, and there were many big and small canals, and he was only one of the young generals. As for Zhang Jiao's death, the Yellow Turban was defeated, and Xu Hecai gradually rose.

As Zhao Yu said, among these yellow scarves, there are always a few who have ideals.

No matter how ambitious it is, it is not necessarily true. Compared with Guan Hai, Xu He's background is even more humble. The hatred of the dark court and the sludge of corrupt officials is even worse. Therefore, from the idea of conscience, he has not been. When Guan Hai vaguely mentioned it, he directly rejected it, and the two had a disagreement.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban is divided into two, resulting in estrangement, which is not what Guan Hai wants to see, but Xu He deliberately did it.

He felt that Guan Hai was no longer a person on the road.

Therefore, the two are stationed in different places, one is in Bo County in the north, and the other is Liang Fu in the south, although they are horns and watch each other, but they are not of the same heart.

Bao Xin led the army to attack, but there were only 10,000 people, where was Xu He put in his eyes?

What's more, Bao Xin's troops and horses are not elite soldiers.

Although Xu He is not handsome, he is still handy in the use of crowd tactics.

He only sent 20,000 soldiers and horses as bait, lured Bao Xin into an ambush circle, and shot Bao Xin.

If it weren't for Cao Chun's steel armor elite soldiers coming in time, I'm afraid Yu Ban would have folded inside.

It's not that Yu Ban is not good at fighting, Bao Xin is the one who decisives. Bao Xin insisted on fighting, and Yu Ban, as a subordinate, could only bite the bullet.

defeated Bao Xin, although the loss of soldiers and horses was several times more than that of Bao Xin's department, but victory is victory. Bao Xin even lost his life, isn't Xu He a victory?

If you win, you have to celebrate, and at this time Xu He was in Liangfu City, drinking with the leaders under his command.

When it was lively, a soldier came to report: "The officials and soldiers of Chengxian County poured out, and the army of tens of thousands came to kill." ”

As soon as the news arrived, the hall was silent.

Xu He frowned and said, "What kind of Xiahou's soldiers and horses are you?"

"The Chinese army played the banner of Cao. ”

When Xu He and the leaders heard this, they immediately realized in their hearts: "Is it Cao Mengde, the dog official?"

"It must be him. ”

A leader said: "Big leader, Cao Mengde must have sent troops to avenge Bao Xin's death." ”

Xu He nodded: "Cao Mengde is coming to attack, what do you leaders think?"

"Cao Mengde is only a few thousand people, and the big leader has an army of 200,000, and one person can drown him with a mouthful of spit. ”

Everyone was gossiping, and what they said was heroic, but in fact, all of them were a little heavy.

Fighting with Cao Mengde, not once or twice. Failure after failure, of course, is not accidental. Cao Mengde is good at fighting, the soldiers are fierce, and they are defeated and retreated, even if the troops are twenty times higher, they are still weak-hearted.

Xu He asked the soldiers who came to report: "Where has Cao Mengde's army arrived? How long is it until Liang Fu?"

"The forward of Cao Mengde's army is about 2,000, and the Chinese army is 8,000, and the forward has reached ten miles away. ”

"It's coming so fast. ”

Xu He groaned slightly, and then looked at the leaders and said: "There are only two strategies at the moment, either send troops to meet the attack, or defend the city." What do the leaders think?"

"This..."

Bosses, you look at me, I look at you, all silent.

After a long time, there was humanity: "Cao Mengde is good at field warfare, our army might as well defend the city, and when his food and grass are cut off, he will naturally lead his troops away." ”

Someone started up, and then everyone made their own suggestions, and someone said: "I have a lot of soldiers, and I am naturally not afraid of him if I defend the city." But when he is cut off from food and grass, I am afraid that he will not be able to. It is better to send a group of soldiers and horses out of the city first, and not to fight Cao Mengde, but only to keep an eye on his grain road, so as to make contributions. ”

"That makes sense!"

Many of the leaders were convinced.

Xu He nodded: "Okay, so be it." Who wants to lead his troops to rob him of his grain?"

"Great Chief, I'll go. ”

Sima Ju stood up.

"Okay, this matter is important, so I'll leave it to Brother Sima. ”

Cao Mengde attacked, and everyone lost the interest in celebrating, so Xu He ordered everyone to go back to their homes and prepare for the battle.

After the leaders left, Xu He and the others looked gloomy.

In fact, Xu He knew very well in his heart that Liang Fu would not last long here. The leader of his command proposed to rob the grain road, but their own grain and grass were also almost unsupportable.

Just like Guan Hai, Xu He is actually planning to plunder grain and grass from elsewhere, but he has not yet chosen a target.

If Cao Mengde had come a few days late, Xu He's main force might have left Liang Fu, but now, Cao Mengde's army suddenly arrived, and Xu He would not dare to move.

In the face of Cao Mengde, Xu He had a great advantage in troops, and he did not dare to fight with him in the field. If he led his troops out of the city to flee at this time, once he was embellished by Cao Mengde, Xu He could almost predict the end - a major rout could not be avoided. I can only stick to it.

Sighing slightly, Xu He summoned left and right, put on armor and held the blade, led the horses, and headed towards the city wall.

...

Yu Ban led 2,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, sprinkled scouts, and the army hurried, seeing that Liang Fu was in sight.

A scout reported: "I found a thief army out of the city and headed north." ”

Yu Ban grabbed the reins and ordered: "The army is temporarily resting!"

Then he said to the left and right: "Get the map." ”

Flipping through the map, Yu Ban took a closer look, and asked the scout, "How many people?"

"About twenty or thirty thousand. ”

"Twenty or thirty thousand..."Yu Ban frowned.

If you are facing these 20,000 or 30,000 thieves, Yu Ban is not afraid. Although he has 2,000 soldiers and horses, they are all steel-armored elite soldiers, a rabble, and they will collapse at the first touch, and he has absolute confidence in the ban. It's just that this thief army went north, and it was clear that they didn't come to meet it.

He said, "Explore." ”

Then he said to the officers on the left and right: "In broad daylight, our army has not hidden its whereabouts, and the Liang Fu thieves must know about it." He sent out twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses, and he did not come to stop my vanguard, but went north into the mountains, and you think, why is this?"

An officer said: "Do you want to set up camp in the mountains and be horns with Liang Fu?"

"It's possible. Yu Ban nodded: "But I don't think so." ”

He said: "The thieves want to set up camp, and I'm afraid it's too late at this time." If our army is embellished at this time, it will be able to break through without waiting for him to cut down wood as a camp. ”

"Why is that?"

"Posture, or—" Yu Shen Shen muttered, "Either hide in the mountains with his momentum, threaten my rear or flanks, so that our troops do not dare to do their best, and we must be distracted to guard against him." Or just for... There are many thieves, but our army is strong, and the many battles before must have been remembered by him, and he will not be able to expect to return from the encirclement and defeat our army. It is also impossible to call for help, and the Yellow Turbans of Bo County have surrendered. Then there is only one possibility, which is to try to force our troops to withdraw. ”

So he called a light horseman: "Quickly report this matter to Cao Gong, there must be no mistake." ”

Then he said to the left and right: "When the thief army enters the mountain, let him enter the mountain, and my forward goal remains the same, and the troops will enter Liangfu." ”

Cao Mengde's Chinese army, only seven or eight miles in the rear, received the news of Yu Ban, and couldn't help but say to Xiahoudun: "Yu Wen really has some ability. ”

Said: "The thieves will never dare to go out of the city to fight with me, I have steel armor elite soldiers, and it is easy to break him." It is nothing more than to cut off our food routes, or to attack the county, and force me to withdraw my troops. ”

Cao Mengde pondered for a moment, counted the geography of this area in his heart, and said to Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang, you lead two thousand men and horses to ambush at the Yulai Pass, I expect that the thieves will definitely come out from here." Although I don't take the thieves seriously, after all, twenty or thirty thousand people are not a small number, and if I let it rage, I feel uneasy. ”

"Whoa!"

Xiahoudun received the order, led 2,000 soldiers and horses, separated from the Chinese army, and headed for the Yulai Pass.

The thieves divided their troops and went north, and they must make a detour, come out of the Yulai Pass, go straight behind the army, and even attack Chengxian, so as to cut off the grain route. Cao Mengde has a ravine in his heart, and he has already made up his mind.

After Xiahoudun divided his troops and left, Cao Mengde's army did not stop, and in the afternoon, he arrived at the city of Liangfu.

At this time, Yu Ban was calling for battle under the city.

"Bo County has been broken by Cao Gong, and 300,000 yellow scarves have bowed down. Cao Gong has the virtue of a good life, does not kill, and is good to live and resettle. If you wait for Liang Fu's yellow scarf, if you know the current affairs, you will quickly open the city gate, abandon your weapons and tie your hands, otherwise when the army comes, you will break the city, and you will definitely be crushed into powder, and there will be no return!"

Cao Mengde heard it vaguely, and couldn't help but say to Dian Wei beside him: "Yu Wen is well versed in the way of using soldiers. ”

Dian Wei scratched his head and smiled.

Cao Mengde smiled, knowing that talking to a fool like Dian Wei about how to use soldiers was to play the piano to the cow, so he said: "Pass my order, and the army will set up camp." ”

Cao Mengde knew that the thieves in the city did not dare to come out, and at this time, the army was a little tired after half a day, so he just had a rest.

Seeing that Cao Mengde's Chinese army had arrived, Yu Ban withdrew his troops and came to visit.

"Cao Gong, the thieves don't dare to go out of the city. ”

Cao Mengde looked at the city in the distance, saw that there were bustling figures above, nodded and said: "In the previous battles, the yellow scarves were all defeated, and they were already frightened birds. My army is coming, where does he dare to come out?"

Yu Ban said: "But... Our army is small and can't trap the city, so he will leave if he wants to. ”

Cao Mengde said with a smile: "He is a bird with a bow, where does he dare to go? It will definitely defend the city. You send more light horses, monitor the surroundings, and forgive Xu He and don't dare to move. ”

"What does Cao Gong mean..."

Yu Ban thoughtfully.

"All I have to do is hold him down and win. Cao Mengde said: "Mr. Zhao has gone to Beihai to subdue Guan Hai, once Guan Hai is subdued, this Liang Fu Yellow Turban will really become a lonely army." When the time comes, he will have to descend if he does not descend. ”

Yu Ban suddenly realized: "Cao Gong is wise." ”

Cao Mengde shook his head: "It's not that I'm wise, but Mr. Zhao's work." If not, I will subdue this dry yellow scarf, and I don't know how much effort it will take. ”

So Cao Mengde only had a few thousand people, and sent some light cavalry to monitor everywhere, so that Xu He in the city did not dare to move.

And after three days of this, he did not take the siege of the city.

Xu He was uneasy and asked the leader to discuss.

Someone said: "What does this Cao Mengde mean by not fighting, retreating and not retreating?"

"Bo County Guan Hai is really down, I'm afraid I'm waiting for the soldiers and horses of Bo County. ”

"What should I do? Even though the boss also has 200,000 soldiers and horses, if they all surrender to Cao Mengde, our army will have no advantage. ”

"In my opinion, it's better to leave Liang Fu early. The longer it drags on, the harder it will be to get out. ”

Someone suggested: "Big leader, Cao Mengde came to attack, just because my army is going to attack Yanzhou, why don't you send someone to him and say: Don't attack Yanzhou, you want to go to Xuzhou, ask him to temporarily withdraw his troops and horses, let me wait to leave, what does the big leader think?"

Xu He couldn't think about it, so he had to say, "You can give it a try." ”