On this day, after Huang Long's soldiers woke up in the morning, as usual, they prepared to start the siege on Linzi, the capital of Qingzhou, after eating. Since the Yellow Turbans did not have any weapons to attack the city, they had no weapons to attack the city.
For a fortified city like Linzi, as long as the defenders do not despair and surrender, and there is no internal cooperation within the city, there is really no way to break the city. In the past few days, the siege of Linzi by the Yellow Turban soldiers has almost become a routine matter
.
Huang Long was also furious in his tent. Huang Long thought to himself: Since I attacked Qingzhou, I have attacked the city and destroyed the stronghold along the way. How come I am trapped in Linzi? I have been attacking the city for many days now, and there is no way.
How can I explain to the great and virtuous master with just a little merit? I’m sorry for the young master’s flattery!
In fact, Huang Long did not expect that when he first set off for the expedition, 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, Huang Long wanted to solve the problem of replenishment.
Problems and the expansion of troops. Along the way, they burned, killed, looted, and raped the people in the places they passed. This has long made the people suffer. Now the people are full of complaints against the Yellow Turbans.
And Gong Jing, the prefect of Qingzhou, had already sent a messenger to ask for rescue troops, but now he was just holding on to wait for help. There was nothing the Yellow Turban could do against him.
The Yellow Turban soldiers have just picked up weapons. They lack training and have no weapons to attack the city. Please think about it, when have you ever heard that you can take down a city with just some weapons? This is what the Yellow Turban army is now.
He looks like this, holding weapons and shouting around Linzi City every day. He can neither get to the top of the city nor cause any damage to the city walls and city gates. It only causes a lot of psychological pressure on the officers and soldiers guarding the city, but
As long as the city does not run out of ammunition and food, the Yellow Turbans will not be able to do anything to Linzi.
At this time, the Yellow Turban soldiers in Xiying were burying pots and stoves to cook rice. After eating, the Yellow Turban soldiers in groups of three or three began to join the team besieging Linzi.
A gust of wind blew, and those yellow scarves were still very happy. Someone said: "Today, the weather is not bad. I have eaten enough, I can walk my legs, and there is wind to cool down. It's so refreshing!"
Someone next to me immediately replied: "That's right! That's right! How else can we say that Huang Tian is in the spotlight? God is just looking out for us."
At this time, someone else said: "Hey, that's not right! Why is the soil so big today? It's not like this usually! Look! I'm a little confused."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around them agreed and looked towards the limelight.
I saw dust, dirt, flying and rising in the distance...
Just as the Yellow Turban soldiers were talking about each other, the rapid sound of horse hooves could be heard faintly in the flying dust in the distance. Before these Yellow Turban soldiers could realize what they were doing, a rain of arrows shot out from the dust in the sky. "Whoosh",
The "whoosh" sound, accompanied by the sound of powerful horse hooves, claimed the lives of the yellow turban soldiers one after another.
The Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally closer to Linzi City lost their lives. Under this sudden blow, they fled in all directions.
At this time, these horsemen who were firing bows and arrows did not chase the fleeing Yellow Turban soldiers. They just threw nooses from their horses when passing by the Yellow Turban camp, and lassoed the simple antlers and twigs protecting the camp.
, and then used horse power to drag these things out, throw them halfway, and drive away.
These frightened Yellow Turban soldiers had just gathered together and were about to reorganize the camp, when the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance again. The Yellow Turban soldiers quickly looked for something to prepare to block the rain of arrows. Unexpectedly, there would be no arrow rain, but they charged directly.
Coming over, with the sound of rumbling iron hoofs, this group of iron cavalry broke through the simple obstruction of the Yellow Turban soldiers, broke through some tents, and did not go deep into the Yellow Turban camp. Before the Yellow Turban army could encircle them, they broke through the camp cleanly and left.
Huang Long, who had rushed over after hearing the news, was left roaring there. Those Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally surrounding Linzi or resting in the camp, but were hurriedly summoned by Huang Long, could only accompany Huang Long to fight.
Not even the slightest effort.
Needless to say, these men and horses are of course Liu Ming's assault cavalry and strong cavalry!
Yesterday, Liu Ming made a decision that could not be ignored. He simply left all the 5,000 Youzhou soldiers in Le'an. Yang Jun and Zou Jing took care of these prisoners and stationed them in Le'an. Only 500 Youzhou soldiers were allowed to go to Le'an.
The soldiers escorted some of the baggage and set up camp forty miles away from Linzi. He took Guan and Zhang and Tuoba Ying to harass the Yellow Turban army, fight with it, and wait for an opportunity to defeat the Yellow Turban army.
Huang Long cursed in Xiying for a long time, but no one answered him. He became less angry and ordered his men to continue the siege. He would not return to the Chinese army's tent for the time being. He would rest in Xiying first and wait to see those courageous bandits come again.
When the time comes, I must give him a powerful blow!
He had just handed down the order here, and not long after everyone had dispersed, suddenly another soldier came to report that the East Camp had been trampled by a group of cavalry. General, please go to the rescue quickly!
Huanglong roared violently, ordered his troops to be recalled, and led them to Dongying.
When we arrived at the end of the field, it was already a mess. Although the 20,000 men stationed in the east camp were shot to death and three or four thousand others were injured, their vitality was not damaged. However, the camp was in ruins and the morale of the Yellow Turbans was very low.
This Huanglong led 30,000 Yellow Turbans to attack Qingzhou and forced strong men along the way. As a result, there are now 70,000 Yellow Turban soldiers. However, including the old and young who are bound by the Yellow Turbans to carry, cook and other chores, there are more than ten
Thousands of people. Even Liu Ming didn't find out about this and didn't expect it.
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 and horses, the other camps were composed of two camps.
Thousands of old and weak people.
Huang Long thought very well: Although each battalion has more than 20,000 men and women, young and old, Linzi's thousands of defenders cannot defeat any of his own battalions. Moreover, the four camps can help each other and attack with one attack.
, Linzi can definitely be surrounded by an iron barrel.
But he didn't expect that this would help Liu Ming. With Liu Ming's cavalry speed and rapid assault, it would not be easy to break up these camps and not seek total annihilation, but only destruction.
And Huanglong, with his men and horses running behind him, was running around the city, and all he could do was eat dirt.
Looking at the miserable situation in front of him, Huang Long cursed again! But after cursing a few words, another soldier came to report that the North Camp was also destroyed by the enemy's cavalry. When Huang Long heard the report, he turned around and ran away. When his men saw it,
In the direction where General Huang Long was running, he shouted in unison: "General! You are running wrong. We are in the northern camp and are being attacked by the enemy. Why are you running south?"
Huang Long turned around and cursed: "You brainless things! Why don't you follow me? What are you yelling about? With the speed of your two legs, by the time I take you to Beiying, those thieves will have already killed you."
The North Camp has also been destroyed, and they will go to destroy my South Camp again! Now I will return to the South Camp in advance, and then gather the soldiers from the East and West Battalions. Together, I have nearly 80,000 troops, and I will definitely give them to these thieves who don’t know the heights of the sky.
, let’s see some color!” After Huang Long finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and laughed. The yellow scarf soldiers on both sides also praised General Huang Long for his wisdom, and he would definitely destroy those bandits this time!
Huang Long hurriedly took the yellow scarf soldiers back to the southern camp, deployed heavy troops, and waited for the incoming troops. However, he did not expect to wait until sunset and found nothing.
Little did he know that Liu Ming led the cavalry to pick out his three camps, and then looked at the arrows of the cavalry. In these attacks, they shot a lot. The cavalry and the strong cavalry were also very hard-working. Although Guan Yu
, Zhang Fei and the others were still in high fighting spirit, and none of the soldiers said they were tired. They all wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue Huanglong's camp, but Liu Ming still asked everyone to return to the camp forty miles away to rest.
Supplement. After leaving Tuoba Ying with his eagle to observe the movements of the Yellow Turban army, Liu Ming led his troops and returned to the camp early to rest.
Liu Ming returned to the camp. After setting up the open and covert sentries, he sat in his tent and meditated. He always felt that something was wrong. Thinking about it carefully, he still felt that there was something wrong with the report of the last horse inspection. The report said that the Yellow Turban
The army only numbered more than 70,000 people, but based on the information observed by Tuoba Ying's eagle, he specifically looked for camps with fewer Yellow Turbans to attack, but the number was still far more than he estimated. It seems that the number of Yellow Turbans is much larger.
Far more than the number obtained through enquiry. However, the quality of these Yellow Turban soldiers should be similar to Cheng Yuanzhi's soldiers, or even weaker.
Liu Ming planned to rest here, but when it got dark, Tuoba Ying came back.
Liu Ming called Guan and Zhang to listen to Tuoba Ying's report. After hearing this, Huang Long and his men waited stupidly for a day until dark, and then the yellow scarf soldiers dispersed to sleep. Liu Ming brothers all laughed.
Zhang Fei said from the side: "These idiots actually stood there for a whole day. It's really ridiculous! It seems that they can have a good sleep tonight. I guess they should be standing there in their dreams! Hahaha."
Liu Ming was also smiling at first, but after hearing what Zhang Fei said, he suddenly remembered something and immediately stopped smiling and said: "Third brother, you said they can sleep well tonight, why?"
Zhang Fei said strangely: "Brother, why? Those yellow turban soldiers have been standing there all day. Of course they are tired at night, and of course they will have a good sleep."
Guan Yu heard some clues and praised loudly: "Brother is really smart! What a good strategy!"
Zhang Fei was even more confused on the side and asked quickly: "Second brother, what's going on? Does the eldest brother have any good plans?"
Guan said with a smile: "Third brother, since I asked you this, of course I wanted to take advantage of the Yellow Turban fatigue and launch a sneak attack overnight. Brother, do you think my guess is right?"
Liu Ming said with a smile: "Second brother is right. Our army has been resting for a long time, and the yellow scarf has been waiting for a long time and is exhausted. Of course we have to refresh him. It seems that this time, our counter-investigation team
But it came in handy. Let’s go back and ask them to go ahead and cooperate with the brigade to kill all the Yellow Turban patrols and sentries. Let them take some credit and save us some trouble.”
After Liu Ming finished speaking, he didn't expect Tuoba Ying to say at the side: "Back to my lord, I'm afraid the counter-investigation team you set up this time will still be of no use. Those yellow scarf soldiers all went back to the camp to sleep after dark, and there were none left at all.
There was no sentry, I even changed my clothes, walked in and walked around, but no one paid attention to me. Everyone was sleeping soundly, and the snoring could be heard far away. "
"Oh, is the Yellow Turban really so?" Liu Ming asked doubtfully.
"The villain risked his life as a guarantee. These are villains who sneaked into the Yellow Turban camp and saw it with their own eyes. These Yellow Turban soldiers never noticed me. And I walked around there for a long time, and the whole camp was like this! It can't be faked.
!" Tuoba Ying said decisively.
Liu Ming nodded and said to Tuoba Ying: "Since you are so sure, you can't be wrong. However, you must not take such risks in the future. I hope that every brother who follows me can follow me."
Share the glory and wealth.”
Tuoba Ying felt a heat in his heart. He was afraid that the tears would come out and his family would see them. He quickly lowered his head and replied, "Yes! My lord." But in his heart, Tuoba Ying was thinking about throwing his life and blood for Liu Ming's cause and dedicating his own life to him.
life.
After Liu Ming finished speaking to Tuoba Ying, he turned around and issued an order: "Although the Yellow Turban Army is lax in discipline, we cannot demand the same of ourselves! In every battle, we must send out an anti-investigation team to be prepared!"
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Tuoba Ying responded in unison.
Liu Ming continued: "Now I order, third brother Yide, that you lead a hundred strong cavalry, each carrying a can of oil, and follow the anti-investigation team into the Yellow Turban camp. You do not want to kill the enemy, but just want to pass quickly."
, when passing through, sprinkle these oils into the Yellow Turban camp. Do you remember clearly?"
Zhang Fei muttered: "Brother, after using all this oil, what will we do with our meals in the future? And why should I go there to find so many small cans of oil?"
Zhang Fei's words almost made Liu Ming choke. Liu Mingxin said: I finally found some feeling, but you don't know how to cooperate. She said to Zhang Fei: "The gas is gone. After the yellow scarf, let's go to the city."
Eat in! If there is no small can, you can go to the quartermaster, as long as he can bring oil! Got it! Got it!” He shouted to Zhang Fei the last few times.
Zhang Fei was frightened and said quickly: "Brother, I understand. I will definitely do it. Just watch it!" After saying that, he ran out of the tent quickly, muttering in a low voice: "Brother is so fierce!"
Liu Ming saw Zhang Fei running out, shook his head helplessly, and then said to Tuoba Ying: "You lead the assault cavalry, after pouring oil on Yide and rushing out of the Yellow Turban camp, immediately light fire and shoot arrows.
Anyone who breaks 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 to arrange his men.
Liu Ming nodded with satisfaction and said in his heart: Not bad! This time I finally feel something.
Next to him, Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei and the others were all alive, and he was the only one left without a trace. Although he knew that his eldest brother would never forget him, there was no one else around at this time. Looking at his intoxicated appearance, he might as well satisfy him.
.So he asked: "Brother, I don't know where to arrange the little brother?"
Liu Ming looked at Guan Yu and said: "Second brother, you naturally have a heavy responsibility. You will lead the remaining strong cavalry with me tonight, support the outside, and at the same time wait for opportunities to change, so as to ensure the best strategy." Liu Ming finished.
He laughed proudly and said to himself: It's dark in the middle of the night, especially in the middle of a chaotic battle, it's safer to have a strong man beside you to protect you.
Guan Yu didn't expect that he would receive such an order. He accepted the order depressedly and followed Liu Ming to pick up some troops.
Everyone had finished setting up and headed to the Yellow Turban camp in batches.
This time, all the cavalrymen wrapped their horses' hooves, and a bit was added to the horse's mouth. Each of them even chewed on a crossbar, fully prepared to quietly burn the Yellow Turban camp tonight.
, defeated the Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop.