"There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers who surround the bandits, and they win and lose successively, without even an inch of success." ZTE Narrative Summary
After Cheng Yin and others came down the mountain, the battle came to a hasty end.
There were four to five thousand people who went up at first, but now there are less than a thousand left. The rest were not killed by the sudden appearance of the opponent's cavalry, but were surrounded and annihilated by the enemy when they fled with no way to go.
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In the big tent, Cheng Yin's armor was stained with blood, and the blood and sweat stains on his face had not yet been wiped off. With his angry face, he looked extremely fierce. He was filled with anger and hatred at this time. This was not because he was regretting that he had lost a good friend.
Li Kan was heartbroken for his troops who had been damaged in the war. In his grief and anger, he even stopped calling him the honorific title of "junhou": "General, when he saw a sudden change, why did he hold back his troops and not save him?"
"I have already rang the gold bell at the foot of the mountain, but you turned a deaf ear to it, and you still blame me." Huangfu Song glanced at Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan casually, and said: "You two have made great contributions in this battle, I will definitely ask the imperial court for a seal, and I will never
I will treat you two badly, as well as General Li who died in the battle."
Seeing Huangfu Song mentioning Li Kan, Cheng Yin frowned and had to suppress the anger in his heart and said to himself: "Our tribe has suffered such a disastrous defeat. We may not be able to go into battle for a while. I would like to ask the general for advice."
Huangfu Song nodded in agreement and said, "We can guard the rear camp's supplies with the middle camp."
After temporarily stabilizing the military morale of Cheng Yin and other powerful tribes, Huangfu Song said: "I knew that the slope of Baibo Valley was open and flat, and horses could gallop, but I still didn't expect that they could piece together a cavalry force. This
But it was my fault."
The generals did not dare to take these words seriously. Even Wei Gu, a tribesman sent by the Wei clan in Hedong, could not help but speculate on Huangfu Song's intentions in his heart. Just looking at the opening battle today, it was very easy for Cheng Yin and others to capture the Baibo barrier.
If the opponent had no cavalry, then the lion's share of the military merits in this battle would be Cheng Yin's.
If Huangfu Song sees this, he will never let Cheng Yin and others go up. Instead, he should let his own soldiers or the Northern Army go into battle, and then let Cheng Yin and others follow behind to pick up the base after the gate is broken open.
Cheap, this is the correct arrangement. But he did the opposite, which is enough to show that Huangfusong may have known that the Baibo Army might have a back-up plan, and knew that this battle would not go smoothly.
The Wei family in Hedong had good relations with the Pei family, and Pei Mao, the imperial censor, repeatedly sent people back to report the latest developments in the court. Wei Gu had heard a little bit about the recent affairs of the imperial court and the emperor's aloof attitude towards the powerful, even more than he did.
A young tycoon like Cheng Yin knows even more.
This time, Huangfusong not only used Cheng Yin and others to try out all the means and tricks of the Baibo Army, but also took advantage of this to weaken the local strength of small powerful men like Cheng Yin and make a good deal with the emperor. The reason why he did not let Wei
Although they went into battle, they probably still worried about the face of the Wei family in Hedong.
Facing Huangfu Song, who was not only good at fighting, but also an excellent official and conductor, Wei Gu thought about it and decided to keep a low profile and try not to provoke him.
"General, there is no need to blame yourself. We did not expect that Bai Bo's army was in dire straits, but they could still gather a cavalry force." Zhang Liao comforted him: "Although today's battle was too sudden, at least there was not much loss. I
Now that the army is prepared, the next step will be easier."
"It's true." Huangfu Song didn't blame himself much, with a guilty look on his face, and then continued Zhang Liao's words: "The moth thieves are not to be feared. At the beginning, Niu Fu and Dong Cheqi attacked one after another, but they repeatedly failed. Why?
They faced the enemy head-on and were never defeated, but they were either ambushed in the valley or attacked in the middle of the night."
Fan Chou reacted and shouted: "They will attack at night tonight"
Huangfu Song nodded and said: "They have been here for a long time and are familiar with the path. What's more, the moonlight is still bright tonight, so they can easily identify them. In addition, after this victory, they may not be willing to sit back and die. Niu Fu and others have made the same mistake before
, it’s not impossible to repeat the old skills.”
At three o'clock in the night, Hu Cai and the equally arrogant Han Xian, regardless of Qingniujiao's dissuasion, led their troops out of the camp with extreme confidence. At this time, there was silence down the slope, and Huangfu Song's camp was winding for several miles, dotted with dots.
Sparks and a half-moon glow faintly in the dark night.
Under the leadership of Hu Cai, the carefully selected three thousand people were getting closer and closer to the opponent's camp. They could even hear the occasional sound of horns and watchmen coming from the opponent's camp. In this silence
In the night, one's heart beats violently.
At this time, Hu Cai could no longer bear the tension and excitement in his heart. He stooped and walked a dozen steps in front of the camp gate, suddenly straightened up and screamed.
The yellow scarves behind him suddenly emerged from the dark night. Some lit torches, and some picked up shining swords. They followed Hu Cai, Han Xian and other handsome figures one after another, whistling and shouting, rushing toward the big crowd like a tide.
camp.
Rockets flew past like meteors, and the camp suddenly ignited with raging fire, reflecting the valley bottom red. They no longer had to worry about not being able to see the road at night, and rushed into the camp, ready to kill all the scattered officers and soldiers.
Kill to death.
When Hu Cai saw that the raid was successful, he was extremely excited and shouted: "Cang Tian is dead, Huang Tian should be killed immediately"
He didn't believe in this slogan in his heart, but he knew that among the Yellow Turban Army, this was the banner that could unite people's hearts and could greatly improve the morale of the lower-level believers.
Sure enough, the yellow scarf thief shouted and rushed towards Huangfu Song's Chinese army camp without thinking about his own safety.
But when he rushed in, he found that the Chinese army tent was empty.
Hu Cai was in a daze and couldn't react for a moment. At this moment, waves of dull and powerful drumming suddenly sounded from the surrounding battalions. Following the sound of the drums, followed by waves of shouts from all directions, front, left
, groups of well-trained enemy troops without panic suddenly ran out from the three sides on the right.
More than ten thousand troops surrounded them overwhelmingly, dividing Hu Cai and others' soldiers into several groups, and surrounded them. In the light of the fire, the energetic Huangfu Song was riding on his horse, surrounded by Zhang Meng, Zhang Liao and other cavalry generals:
"Hu Cai, Han Xian, you thieves are still fighting in the same old ways. After so many years, you haven't made any progress."
Hu Cai did not answer, and led his men to roar and kill with their swords. Huangfu Song moved his horse to the side, but did not engage in the battle. Instead, Zhang Liao and Zhang Meng rode out and ordered the crowd to kill Hu Cai.
Others gathered around.
They just wanted to rush out of the siege, but no matter where Hu Cai went, he was always surrounded by a forest of swords and guns. Han Xian was already covered in blood, but he still fought desperately and finally killed another enemy soldier. When he turned around,
Look, there are only a few people left around me.
Han Xian was shocked and said to Hu Cai: "It is useless to fight anymore, we should surrender."
Before Hu Cai could answer, Zhang Meng sneered on horseback and said, "It's too late to surrender now."
"Look at our camp," Han Xian suddenly exclaimed.
Hu Cai looked back and found that Baibo Barrier had already ignited a bigger flame than it was now. Countless people were running around in panic in the flames. Occasionally, enemy soldiers were slashing around with knives. The ashes of burning tents and wooden houses
Floating everywhere in the night sky, and then slowly falling to the bottom of the valley, the air was filled with a strong smell of smoke.
Seeing the corpses of his cronies all around him, and listening to bursts of laughter coming from Huangfu Song who was being guarded by soldiers in the distance, Hu Cai was disheartened and suddenly laughed like crazy. He didn't say anything.
With impassioned and decisive words, he killed himself in the direction of Huangfu Song.
Zhang Liao was about to make a move, but he saw Zhang Meng beside him suddenly galloped forward to meet him, swung his sword and cut off Hu Cai's head neatly.
He was still not satisfied and was ready to ride on horseback to kill Han Siam. At this moment, he saw an arrow passing by and hitting Han Siam's front door.
Zhang Meng looked back and saw Zhang Liao holding an empty bow in his hand and looking at him with a smile.