Chapter 57: The Benefits of Fast Troops
On this day, Huang Long's soldiers woke up in the early morning and were like before, preparing to start a siege of Linzi, the capital of Qingzhou after dinner. Since the Yellow Turbans had no powerful weapon to attack the city. For a strong city like Linzi, as long as the defenders were not desperate, surrendered, and there was no internal support in the city, there was no way to break through the city. In the past few days, the Yellow Turban soldiers' besieged Linzi has almost become a routine matter.
Huang Long was in the tent and was still full of fire. Huang Long thought to himself: Since I attacked Qingzhou, I have attacked the city and destroyed the village along the way, and it was like destroying the slaughter. Why have I been trapped in Linzi? It has been attacking the city for many days and has no achievements at all. This is how I can explain it to the great wise and good teachers. I am sorry for the young master's love!
In fact, Huang Long did not expect that when he first went to war, the people still had high hopes for the Yellow Turbans. Wherever he went, the soldiers guarding the city either surrendered or fled. The people along the way also cooperated one after another. However, in order to solve the problem of replenishment and expand their troops, Huang Long burned, killed, plundered the places he passed, and forced the men to force the people to suffer. Now the people have complained about the Yellow Turbans.
And the prefect of Qingzhou Gong Jing had already sent a messenger to ask for rescue soldiers, but now he is just waiting for help. The Yellow Turban naturally has no choice but to do anything to him.
With the fact that the Yellow Turban soldiers just picked up their weapons, they lacked training and no sharp weapon to attack the city. Please think about when you have heard of it, you can capture the city with just a few weapons. The Yellow Turban Army is like this now. They hold weapons every day and clamor around Linzi City. They can neither go up to the top of the city nor cause any damage to the city walls and gates. It only causes considerable psychological pressure to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, but as long as the city does not have ammunition and food, the Yellow Turban will not do anything to Linzi at all.
At this time, the Yellow Turban soldiers in Xiying were burying the pot and the stove. After eating in groups of three or three, the Yellow Turban soldiers began to join the team besieging Linzi.
A gust of wind blew, and the yellow turbans were still very happy. Someone said, "Today, the weather is not bad. I'm full, I'm swaying my legs, and the wind relieves the cold. It's so cool!"
Someone immediately replied next to him: "That's it! That's it! Otherwise, what if it's Huang Tian Dangxing? God is looking at us."
Someone said again: "Hey, no! Why is the soil so big today? It's not like this in the past! Look! It's a bit confusing."
As soon as these words came out, people around them agreed and looked into the limelight.
I saw dust, soil, flying, and rising in the distance...
Just as the Yellow Turban soldiers were talking, the sound of rapid horse hooves came faintly from the dust flying in the distance. Before these Yellow Turban soldiers could come over, a rain of arrows shot out from the dust of the sky. The "swoosh" sound, accompanied by the powerful sound of horse hooves, took away the lives of the Yellow Turban soldiers.
The Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally close to Linzi City saved their lives, but under this sudden blow, they fled in scattered all over the place.
At this time, these riders who opened their bows and shot arrows did not chase after the escaped Yellow Turban soldiers. They just threw out their lassoes from the horse and trapped the simple deer antler branches protecting the camp. Then, with the help of horsepower, dragged these things out, threw them halfway, and left in the dust.
These terrified Yellow Turban soldiers had just gathered together and were about to reorganize the camp. The sound of horse hooves came from afar. The Yellow Turban soldiers hurriedly looked for something and prepared to cover the arrow rain. Unexpectedly, there was no arrow rain shot out, but rushed directly. Amid the rumbling iron hooves, this team of iron cavalry made of steel broke through the simple obstacles of the Yellow Turban soldiers, stepped on some camp tents, and did not go deep into the Yellow Turban camp. Before the Yellow Turban army surrounded the camp, they broke through the camp cleanly, leaving only Huanglong who rushed to hear the news roaring there. The Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally surrounding Linzi or resting in the camp, but were summoned by Huanglong to hurry, and could only accompany Huanglong to waste their energy.
Needless to say, these men and horses are of course Liu Ming's thrusts and strong cavalry!
Yesterday, Liu Ming made a decision that could not be confronted head-on, leaving all 5,000 Youzhou soldiers in Le'an, and Yang Jun and Zou Jing took care of these prisoners and stationed in Le'an. Only 500 Youzhou soldiers were allowed to carry some of the baggage and set up camp forty miles away from Linzi. He brought Guan and Zhang and Tuoba Ying to harass the Yellow Turban Army, fight with them, and wait for an opportunity to defeat the Yellow Turban Army.
Huang Long cursed in the Western Camp for a long time, and no one paid attention to him. He became less angry and ordered his subordinates to continue besieging the city. He would not return to the central army tent for the time being. He would rest in the Western Camp first, and he would definitely give him a great deal when he saw those brave bandits coming again!
He had just passed the order here, and the crowd had just dispersed, and suddenly another soldier came to report that the Dongying had been broken by a team of cavalry, so he asked the general to go and rescue him quickly!
Huang Long screamed and urgently ordered the recall of his troops and led his troops to Dongying.
When we arrived at the ground, it was already in a mess. Although the 20,000 troops stationed in Dongying were shot to death, and the three or four thousand people were injured, the vitality was not damaged, but the camp was broken and the morale of the Yellow Turban was very sluggish.
The Huanglong led 30,000 Yellow Turbans to attack Qingzhou and forced the men along the way, resulting in the number of Yellow Turban soldiers now. However, the young and old soldiers brought by the Yellow Turbans to transport, cook and other chores. That was more than 100,000. This was something that even Liu Ming had not found out or expected.
However, in order to surround Linzi, Huanglong set up four camps in the east, south, west and north. Except for his main camp, the South Camp, which left more than 40,000 strong men, the rest of the camps were more than 20,000 old and weak men.
Huang Long thought very well: although each battalion has more than 20,000 old and young people, the thousands of defenders in Linzi could not defeat any of his own troops. Moreover, the four camps, watching and helping each other, and attacking the whole body, would definitely be like an iron barrel surrounding Linzi.
But he didn't expect that this would help Liu Ming. With Liu Ming's cavalry speed, he attacked quickly, and divided these camps and destroyed them without seeking complete annihilation, but only seeking destruction. That was not an easy task.
The Huanglong and his men ran around the city behind him, leaving only the food left to eat dirt.
Huang Long looked at the tragic situation in front of him and cursed again! But after a few words of cursing, another soldiers came to report, and the Beiying was also destroyed by the enemy's cavalry. Huang Long turned his head and ran away when he heard the news. When the men saw the direction of General Huanglong's running, they shouted in unison: "General! You ran wrong. We were Beiying and were attacked by the enemy. Why were you running south?"
Huang Long turned around and cursed, "You brainless things! You guys don't run with me! Why are you talking nonsense? Just the speed of your two legs, when I take you to the Beiying, those thieves have already destroyed the Beiying and will run to destroy my Nanying! Now I will go back to Nanying early and gather the soldiers from the East and West battalions, and I will join my nearly 80,000 troops. I will definitely give these thieves who are ignorant of the sky and the earth!" Huang Long laughed to the sky after saying that. The Yellow Turban soldiers on both sides also praised General Huanglong for his wiseness, and this time he could destroy the bandits!
Huang Long hurriedly brought the Yellow Turban soldiers back to the southern camp, arranged heavy troops, and waited for the invading troops. However, he did not expect that he would wait until the sun set, but he did not wait for anything.
He didn't know that Liu Ming led the cavalry to pick up his three camps, and then looked at the arrows of the cavalry. During these attacks, he shot a lot. The cavalry and the strong cavalry were also quite hard. Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still very motivated, the soldiers said they were not tired. Everyone was thinking about pursuing the victory and choosing Huanglong's camp. However, Liu Ming still asked everyone to go back to the camp forty miles away to rest and replenish. After leaving Tuoba Ying to take his eagle and observe the movements of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Ming led his troops back to the camp to rest early.
Liu Ming returned to the camp, set up a clear whistle and secretly whistle, and sat in his tent to ponder, always thinking that something was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he still felt that there was something wrong with the last horse exploration report. The report said that the Yellow Turban Army was only more than 70,000 people, but based on the information observed by the eagle of Tuoba Ying, he specifically found a camp with fewer people in the Yellow Turban camp, but the number of people was still far more than his estimate. It seems that the number of Yellow Turban people was much higher than the number of inquired. However, the quality of these Yellow Turban soldiers should be similar to that of Cheng Yuanzhi's soldiers, and they are even weaker.
Liu Ming was planning to rest here. When it was dark, Tuoba Ying came back.
Liu Ming called Guan and Zhang to listen to Tuoba Ying's report together. After hearing Huang Long led the crowd to wait for a day, he kept waiting until dark, and the Yellow Turban soldiers dispersed to sleep. The Liu Ming brothers laughed.
Zhang Fei said from the side: "These stupid guys have been standing stupid for a day, which is really awesome! This time, they can have a good night's sleep tonight. I guess they should be standing stupid even if they dream! Hahaha."
Liu Ming was also smiling, but after Zhang Fei finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and immediately stopped smiling and said, "Third brother, do you think they can have a good sleep tonight, why?"
Zhang Fei said strangely: "Brother, why? Those Yellow Turban soldiers stood stupidly for a day. Of course they were tired at night, and of course they would have a good sleep."
Guan Yu heard some tricks and praised loudly: "Brother is really wise! Good plan!"
Zhang Fei became even more confused by the side and asked quickly: "Second brother, what's going on? What's the best plan for the eldest brother?"
About said with a smile: "Third brother, since I asked you this, of course I wanted to attack you overnight while the Yellow Turbans were tired. Brother, do you think I guess right?"
Liu Ming smiled and said, "My second brother is right. Our army has been resting for a long time, and the Yellow Turban has been waiting for a long time. Of course we have to cheer him up. It seems that our anti-reconnaissance team is useful this time. Let them go back and ask them to set off first and cooperate with the brigade to kill the Yellow Turban patrol personnel and posts. Let them make some contributions and save us worry."
After Liu Ming finished speaking, Tuoba Ying said, "Go back to the lord, I'm afraid the anti-reconnaissance team you set up this time is still useless. After dark, all the Yellow Turban soldiers returned to the camp to sleep, leaving no sentry at all. I even changed my clothes and stumbled around and no one paid attention to me. They all slept soundly like mud, and the snoring sounds were all far away."
"Oh, the Yellow Turban is indeed like this?" Liu Ming asked in confusion.
"The villain is trying to protect his life. These are all the villains who have mixed into the Yellow Turban Camp and saw it with their own eyes. These Yellow Turban soldiers have never noticed me. And I have been shopping in it for a long time, and the whole camp is like this! It is absolutely not fake!" Tuoba Ying said firmly.
Liu Ming nodded and said to Tuoba Ying: "Since you are so sure, you should not be wrong. However, you must not take such a risk in the future. I hope that every brother who follows me can share my wealth and glory with me."
Tuoba Ying felt a heat in his heart, afraid that tears would flow out, and his family would see it, so he quickly lowered his head and replied, "Yes! Lord." But Tuoba Ying was thinking about sacrificed his life for Liu Ming's career, shed his blood, and gave his life.
After Liu Ming finished speaking to Tuoba Ying, he turned around and ordered: "Although the Yellow Turban Army discipline is scattered, we cannot demand ourselves as well! Every time we fight, we have to send an anti-reconnaissance team to be prepared for any trouble!"
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Tuoba Ying agreed in unison.
Liu Ming continued: "Now I order my third brother Yide, you will lead the top 100 cavalry, each carrying a can of oil, and follow the anti-reconnaissance team to enter the Yellow Turban camp, not to kill the enemy, but to pass quickly. When passing, sprinkle the oil into the Yellow Turban camp. Do you remember it clearly?"
Zhang Fei muttered, "Brother, I've used all this oil. What should we do if we eat in the future? And I'm looking for so many small cans of oil in there?"
Zhang Fei's words almost swallowed Liu Ming. Liu Mingxin said: I finally found some feeling, but you don't know how to cooperate. He said to Zhang Fei: "The oil is gone, after the Yellow Turbans, we will go to the city to eat! There is no small can. You go to find the junta officer, as long as you can bring oil! It's clear! It's okay!" He shouted to Zhang Fei for the last few sounds.
Zhang Fei was so scared that he quickly said, "Brother, I understand. I will definitely do it. Just look at it!" After that, he quickly ran out of the tent, and muttered in a low voice: "Brother, so fierce!"
When Liu Ming saw Zhang Fei running out, he shook his head helplessly, and then said to Tuoba Ying: "You lead the cavalry. After Yide poured oil and rushed out of the Yellow Turban camp, he immediately lit the fire and shot the arrows. Anyone who rushed out of the Yellow Turban camp will be shot. Do you understand?"
Tuoba Ying replied loudly: "I will understand!" Then he took the order and walked out of the tent and went to arrange personnel.
Liu Ming nodded with satisfaction and thought to himself: Not bad! I finally felt a little this time.
Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei and the others had all lived, but he was left without a trap. Although he knew that the eldest brother would never forget him. But there was no one else at this time. Seeing that the eldest brother was intoxicated, he might as well satisfy him. So he asked, "Brother, I don't know where to arrange my younger brother?"
Liu Ming looked at Guan Yu and said, "Second brother, you naturally have a heavy responsibility. Tonight, you will lead the remaining strong cavalry with me to support the outside world, and wait for an opportunity to change, so as to make a decision." After Liu Ming said that, he smiled proudly. He said to himself: It was dark in the middle of the night, especially in the midnight battle, and there was still a strong man next to him to protect him.
Guan Yu didn't expect that he would receive such an order. He received the order depressedly and followed Liu Ming to bring in some people.
After everyone's arrangement, they went to the Yellow Turban Camp in batches.
This time, all the cavalry wrapped their horse's hooves and chewed them inside the horse's mouth. Even everyone bit a crossbar and made complete preparations tonight to burn the Yellow Turban camp quietly and defeat the Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!