Chapter 18 Turn an enemy into a friend?
The counterattack in Xuzhuang has begun!
On the periphery of Xuzhuang, the Yellow Turban Army's rear formation had been broken by the Xuzhou army. The sound of trumpets to incite to continue the attack sounded again. The soldiers of the Xuzhou army were excited and began to organize an offensive amid the radical trumpets, and once again rushed towards the front line of the Yellow Turban Army in the village.
As the shouts of killing like landslides, Xuzhou soldiers entered the village layer by layer from the gap in the Yellow Turban Army formation and killed the Yellow Turban soldiers who were burning, killing and looting. The counterattack of the militia in Xuzhuang has also taken shape. Nearly a thousand men wielding swords, guns, hoes, rakes and attacked the Xuzhou army, causing the number of casualties of the Yellow Turban Army to rise sharply.
The Yellow Turban Army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, has become so powerful that it is hard to defeat four hands with two fists, and is facing a front and back attack! After the formation was defeated, it seems so vulnerable...
On the other hand, Xu Zhuang's militia seemed like tigers entering a flock of sheep, unstoppable.
"He Shuai! The situation is irreversible! Let's retreat quickly!" Faced with the decadent situation that had been defeated, the Yellow Turban generals were all panicked and urged He Man to evacuate.
"Retreat! Where to retreat?" He Man roared in pain: "The Han army had planned to attack from front and back, and there were enemies on all sides. Where did you ask me to retreat?!"
The Yellow Turban General hurriedly said, "Ship He! Even if the boys under his command cannot be taken away, I will definitely be able to fight a path of blood when I protect He Shuai!"
"I won't leave!" He Man's eyes were filled with bloodshots: "The soldiers have been killed, why are you still leaving me to do? Listen to me, and if anyone dares to retreat, behead you!"
After He Man said this, the Yellow Turban Captain beside him couldn't help but complain in his heart... This time, it was really over.
The soldiers of the Xuzhou army quickly eroded the Yellow Turban army, as if a small river bank was gnawed out of a hole by ants, collapsed in an instant, and were swallowed by the flood in the blink of an eye.
Even the pottery merchants could see that the war had reached this level... The overall situation in Xuzhuang was decided.
"Report~!"
A cavalry commanded the soldiers to quickly run to Tao Shang and Mi Fang and said, "Report to General Mi, Supervisor! The Li Duwei of the previous stage told me that if anyone in the Yellow Turban Army was willing to surrender, please General Mi and Supervisor."
Mi Fang turned to look at the pottery merchant and asked, "Big Master, what do you think?"
Tao Shang asked solemnly: "What does Brother Mi mean?"
Mi Fang pondered for a moment and whispered: "It's just a group of rioters... kill!"
The Tao Shang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then turned his head to the battlefield, and all kinds of emotions came indirectly without realizing it.
Regret, pity, helplessness... all kinds of emotions are mixed together and poured into my mind. The bloody scenes of fighting on the battlefield are just now, the roars, and the painful crying are mixed with the anger and accusations of this ruthless era by these people at the bottom.
The so-called Yellow Turban thieves are just ordinary people... Their needs are actually not much, they just eat and fall asleep. They are just the most basic requirement of living things in this world.
As a person, but only demands the same needs as livestock, isn’t it the tragedy of this era?
But in this era, we have no choice but to satisfy the most basic needs! If we were not desperate, no one would be willing to embark on this path of resistance.
They are all living people, and resistance is not because of ideals and ambitions... but because the environment forces them from good people to wild beasts, and the fierce devouring of these wild beasts is just a bite of dried fruit.
They just want to survive.
"Tell the commanders and the captains that the enemy troops in front, no matter what position they hold, no matter whether they surrender, no matter whether they surrender... they surrendered." The Tao Shang ordered word by word without hesitation.
Mi Fang was shocked when she heard this and hurriedly said, "Young Master, we don't have that much food!"
The Tao merchant smiled lightly and said, "Say hello to Brother Ling and raise more food and fodder. Compared with other prefectures and counties, the food and fodder are relatively rich. It should not be difficult for Xuzhou to be relatively rich."
Mi Fang wiped his sweat and said, "But even if my brother and I divorced, it will take 20 days to wait until the next batch of military rations arrive. We also need a scout to tell my brother where the food and grass should be transported... But how should the food and grass be solved in front of us?"
The troops and horses are moving forward before they move, which is indeed a problem.
"I'll find a way, Brother Mi will do what I say!" Tao Shang said solemnly.
"But..." Mi Fang's voice was a little weak.
Tao Shang reached out to stop Mi Fang's words and said with a smile: "Brother Mi, do you believe me?"
Mi Fang swallowed lightly and spitted, the Adam's apple rolled, as if she had something to say, but in the end she forced herself to hold it back.
To be honest, Mi Fang really believed that the pottery merchant had been several times. The most recent time was to steal animals, but the result was... Forget it, it would be fine if you don't mention it.
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Once the Xuzhou army surrendered, the Yellow Turban Army abandoned its weapons and refused to fight. At first, it was just a few people, but gradually it turned into more than ten. Seeing the comrades around them surrendered, it was like a plague spreading. One was spreading, one was spreading, ten was spreading, and a hundred was spreading, and in the end, the Yellow Turban Army, in units of thousands, abandoned its weapons and refused to fight.
All of this fell into He Man's eyes. The Jie Tianyasha couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed.
"I am the one who dies!"
Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, failed to destroy himself, and the government troops along the way did not destroy himself... But unexpectedly, the one who made him overturned was such a small village.
It seemed that God intended to mock He Man, the civilian army led by Xu Chu and the Xuzhou army led by Tao merchants and Mi Fang were surrounded at the same time.
It's really a great irony.
Knowing that He Man was the leader of the thief, Tao Shang, under the protection of the Xuzhou army soldiers, came several feet in front of the thief head with only more than ten people left, and sang: "Give up."
He Man's face was cold and fierce. He led the remaining subordinates to rush towards Tao Shang, but was forced to be beaten by a rain of arrows from the Xuzhou army.
Looking at He Man who was already forced into a desperate situation, the Taoist merchant once again sang: "Those who surrender will avoid death!"
Mi Fang rushed forward and whispered: "Young Master, that's all for others. This person is the leader of this Yellow Turban. If you stay, you may cause criticism."
He Man turned a deaf ear to the words of the Tao merchant. He looked around and saw that there were enemies on all sides. Outside the encirclement, there were almost all loud calls for surrender, and there were also sounds of weapons throwing the ground.
He Man cried... In just a short moment, everything about him was buried in this encirclement of death.
"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand. Years are in Jiazi, and the world is very good!!" He Man let out a last cry of wretchedness, then raised his knife and wiped it towards his neck.
"He Shuai! He Shuai!"
The Yellow Turban Guards never expected such a sudden situation and rushed forward to take off He Man's knife... But things went against their wishes. Things happened too suddenly. When the knife was snatched, He Man had already covered his blood-spraying neck, stared at his round eyes unwillingly, and fell to the ground.
In the first year of Chuping, the Fuyun Yellow Turban tribe, which caused trouble to Zhongzhou, was defeated by the Xuzhou army in Qiaodi. Qu commander He Man was killed. In addition to the dead, most of the Fuyun Yellow Turban tribe surrendered to the Xuzhou army, and more than 5,000 surrendered.
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The dust settled and dawned. The Xuzhou Army's captain, commander and a hundred generals all went to deal with the aftermath, while the Tao Shang and Mi Fang discussed the follow-up matters in the commander's tent.
Mi Fang shook her head while saying inconscientiously: "It's a good thing that this Yellow Turban Army came here from Jibei. The old, weak, sick and disabled people were basically dead! The rest were still strong... Otherwise, if the old, weak, women and children were wrapped around, would the eldest son even surrender them?"
The pottery fiddled with a piece of broken armor that he picked up from somewhere in his hand, and said while fiddling with it: "Then it will be all taken down. It is better to have fun alone than to have fun."
Mi Fang almost got angry when she heard this: "I can't be happy! Young Master, our food and grass are enough! But thousands of people were added out of thin air, which directly consumed half of the food and grass!!! Moreover, these people are all from deserters and have not been trained on the regular military! Not only can they be used but they have to be wary of them everywhere, why bother? It's better to kill them!"
The Tao Shang did not directly answer Mi Fang, but looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and said, "Some things, Brother Mi, should not just look at the front of him, but you may not see through it now, but in the future you will definitely understand the reason for me to do this. Killing is not the fundamental way to solve the problem. Excessive killing will only cause more weakness. Things and principles in this world are done around people... If you kill everyone, everything is false talk."
Mi Fang couldn't help but feel angry when she heard this: "I won't talk about it anymore, but what should I do about food?"
Tao Shang pursed his lips and said, "I will come up with a solution before the food is over. Brother Mi doesn't have to worry."
Although Mi Fang could not understand the reason for the pottery to do this, she didn't have much to say when facing the chief magistrate who was the military supervisor... After all, the pottery was making the decision during the emergency along the way... Although he was very young, he showed that he was far more mature and experienced than himself. I don't know when, but Mi Fang actually developed a dependence on the pottery in her heart, and gradually regarded him as the backbone of her heart.
As he was talking, a guard outside the tent came to report: "General Mi, the eldest son, outside the gate, a man who calls himself Xu Chu of Qiao County, is here to see you."
The pottery seemed to have expected it, nodded and said, "Let him come in."
Mi Fang's expression tightened, and her eyes turned: "Why is this guy here?"
Tao Shang showed a gentle smile and said, "Xu Chu came to our army to scold him, and threatened to ask us to compensate, and even asked me to hand you over... But we revenge our grievances with kindness and spent a lot of effort to help him defend Zhuangzi. As long as this rash man is still a personal person, how could he not be moved and cry?"
Mi Fang wiped his sweat and said guiltily: "Is that so? The eldest son's idea is naive. I feel that he is not that reasonable..."
When he finished speaking, he heard a heavy and rapid pace outside the tent. Before the pottery and Mi Fang could react, the curtain of the tent was already opened by someone.
Xu Chu wore a short jacket, shirtless upper body, black hair on his chest, and blushed. He broke into the tent like a ferocious spirit and cursed: "Mi! He dared to take advantage of the Yellow Turban bandits to attack the village and take advantage of the chaos to rob and secretly steal the animals of a certain family!"
The Tao merchant was stunned when he heard this.
Mi Fang on the other side was already scared, but she still insisted on cursing: "Don't hurt people, you barbarian! When will you steal your animal?"
Xu Chu opened his eyes and said, "You still dare to argue?! How can the children in my village see with their own eyes? Could it be that the big doll of a few years old still wronged you!"
Tao Shang turned his head and looked at Mi Fang: "Is this really the case?"
Mi Fang sniffed and snorted: "How much effort did we put in our troops to help you kill the bandits? What's wrong with leading your two animals to replenish your vitality?"
Xu Chu was violent by nature, so he didn't care about Mi Fang's defense. He kicked him directly without saying a word: "Don't lose your mother!"
The giant foot as big as a bear's paw kicked Mi Fang's chest. Mi Fang flew backwards with her eyes, breaking through the tent and flew out of the tent.
The pottery grew up in surprise.
I thought I had made friends with Xu Chu, but I never thought that Mi Fang, the pig teammate, would not change his destiny!
Can you still take time to send people to steal animals when you encircle and annihilate the Yellow Turban Army last night?... Just steal, but you're caught again!
No matter what you say, you have to be so mean!
Chapter completed!