Watching the young general with white helmet and silver armor come and go freely in his own formation, fighting more and more bravely, as the general of this Yellow Turban army, He Yi has long been as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
He knew nothing about the real owner of Yangzhou, and when he encountered this light cavalry of a few hundred men, he was overjoyed, thinking that if he took it down in one fell swoop, he could get some well-fed colts, and also boost his own party's morale.
Where did I think that this was simply a bone that was not only hard as hell, but also had all the thorns in it.
At first, he thought of relying on the crushing number of people to eat each other alive, not even bothering to form a line, and directly told his soldiers to swarm up, and the result was that the general Zhao, who was not worn, single-handedly made a pair of piercings.
He was shocked out of a cold sweat, quickly stabilized, the other party also does not love the battle, Shi Shi on the withdrawal back to the formation, on the way also want to block his own several generals, no effort to pick a gun on the horse.
But where the two horses meet, no one is his enemy for a time.
Who is the one who is talking nonsense, saying that there is no one under the command of Yuan Highway, and that he is weak?
Originally thought it was a beautiful job, he was happy to lead the vanguard position.
Obviously a lot of people, He Yi was not dare to fight with each other hard, his own hunker down in the old back of the camp, until you can barely see the red tassel of the white helmet, only slightly relieved, sent more foot soldiers like a tidal wave like a heap of surge, hoping to quickly exhaust the stamina of that valiant and invincible young general.
However, the Yellow Turbans are mostly mud in the food farmers origin, completely talk about the military discipline, see the main general is still so greedy and afraid of death, which will listen to the words to seriously sell their lives? And do not dare to explicitly do not listen, only sad face, dragging and dragging on the ground, but where to make a few decent moves to, the morale is a big drop.
At this moment, the anxious He Yi suddenly heard the back shouting and killing, drums and noises ear-shattering, shocked him to turn back in a hurry, only to see the endless flatland far away smoke and dust rolling, in that yellow sand flying, dust under the sky, can not see in the end to come how many people, but can actually see the head of those rows of tough and difficult to mess with the cavalry, played by the dark color of the "Yan! The banner of "Yan" was dark in color!
He Yi's eyes darkened - before their reinforcements arrived, the other side's came first! Just by looking at the dust that had been kicked up and turned upside down, he knew that there were quite a few of them!
Zhao Yun was even farther away and couldn't see whether it was enemy or friend that came to Hong aid, but he knew the speed of the messenger he sent out, even if Shouchun City had gotten the news and sent out troops at the first opportunity, it wouldn't have been possible for them to be so speedy.
However, he saw the opportunity very quickly, see the surrounding circle are frozen, subconsciously look back to find their own generals, rushed to He Yi before the reaction to raise the long . Before He Yi reacted, he raised his spear high, and regardless of the circumstances, he took his side as his own, and preemptively shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived, all the generals will follow me, Zhao ZiLong, give me a kill--!"
"Yes--!"
Zhao Yun's men responded in exuberant unison.
The main general of their own first soldiers, and no one to rival, they are already high morale, now heard that the reinforcements have arrived, but also greatly shaken, harvesting up the uncertainty of these soldiers more and more like a breakthrough. Seeing that the scene will be out of control, more and more routed soldiers, the deputy general saw the main general He Yi is still hesitant, do not know whether to meet the attack or retreat, hurriedly stepped forward: "Please General quickly order, quickly ask the soldiers to evacuate this place, to be with the rearward troops to meet and then make plans for it!"
He Yi was very moved, but still frowned and said, "The reality of this support army is still unknown, so flee without a fight, will not the word get out--"
The lieutenant general's words were strong: "It's only a single patrol cavalry that's so difficult to handle, who knows how many backstops those generals in front of us have in store for us? The battle line is too long, which is already unfavorable to us, and now that they are slow to support us, we are trapped in the mud, even if we have the will to fight to the death, what is the point of holding out for a while? And look at the back of the team rushed to a large number of people, a great momentum, in case they and the surnamed Zhao to come to the inside and outside, to us on both sides of the attack, at this time the back way is also cut off, retreat can not retreat, then regret also too late!"
The vice general's words just fell, a few clusters of cold arrows flying from nowhere just grazed He Yi's side cheeks, pulling open a large bloody mouth, He Yi was horrified, and now even the only remaining tramp also gave up, shouting: "The whole army retreats--" and led the way to the far end of the run.
That support army see they do not even fight on decisive desertion, but half a point of no hesitation to catch up, to this yellow scarf army chasing and fighting, even run nearly ten miles, until the forefront of He Yi and others in the protection of running out of sight, and the woefully fleeing the tail of the long line of vicious eat a large section, only to return to the end of the game.
When the dust in the sky and the ground calmed down, the group of people who were panting for breath got rid of the dust and showed their real faces, but Zhao Yun, who was patting his horse to meet them, was slightly surprised: the reinforcements that had scared He Yi into fleeing and lost more than half of his men's lives were only less than 1,000 people.
Yan Qing is still thinking of the bluff used by the former: winter has passed, and in recent days there is no snow and no wind, the land is dry, it is suitable for tying some withered branches on the horse's tail, and then urging the horse to run, and then lifting up the dust rolling from far to near, and at once create the illusion of a large army to attack.
He also ate the Yellow Turbans of the average IQ is not high, under no decent military adviser, but also just by Zhao Yun's tenacious resistance to wear down the confidence, too afraid to come back to the division of the tiger and the wolf with its not the same, the formation of the front and back of the situation, since the soldiers have no will to fight, fled the matter.
Just at first glance, Zhao Yun's side is covered in blood, can not tell whether the enemy is their own, armor is broken, the sword is blunt; Xu Huang's side of the equipment is nearly intact, but full of dirt and dust, and then by the sweat of a paste, one completely unable to see the original face.
Only Yan Qing was still in a spotless white robe, riding on an elfin and divine snow jade buckskin, his eyes calmly pacing, seemingly like an immortal in a painting.
The crowd stared at him for a while, and suddenly became somewhat ashamed of themselves, even as steady as Xu Huang, could not help but wipe his face with the back of his hand.
Yan Qing went straight to Zhao Yun, "How is Zi Long's injury? This is not a place to stay for long."
Regardless of whether He Yi will come back to his senses, or the arrival of the subsequent Yellow Turbans, it is not a problem that they can cope with with a combined total of only a thousand or so, and they need to return to the camp as soon as possible to make preparations.
Zhao Yun's armor saddle horse is one of the most tragic among them, his face is also stuck a cut where I do not know where to fly fishy intestines, coupled with his body of silver armor early with the blood soaked like half-brown and half-fresh red, exceptionally shocking.
But at this time he will just forget to kill on the battlefield of the absolute courage and ferociousness faded into a clean, only honestly nodded, half a sentence superfluous polite words do not say: "Some small injuries just, does not hinder the action. All things to be rushed to Shouchun, and then allow cloud a detailed Bing."
Yan Qing nodded, "Let's first remove this imperative before discussing it."
The two teams of people are light riding, just after half a day rushed back to the Shouchun city, and are colliding with the Gao Shun generals who are fully loaded and ready to go.
Not knowing when the other Yellow Turbans will attack, and how long it will take for the Yuzhou side to learn of the news and send troops to save them, Yan Qing rushed to the conference hall, summoned all the generals, and asked bluntly, "Fuyi, Yuan Zhi, regarding this place's internal affairs and military affairs, you two are the only two who understand it most deeply, and at the present time, under the circumstance of not interfering with the normal functioning of the situation, our army in the counties of Yangzhou, about how many men can be drawn out? How many people can our army spare in Yangzhou counties without affecting the normal operation?"
Gao Shun did not hesitate to say, "Those that can be mobilized within three days are about 20,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 cavalry. If we allow half a month's grace, the total number can reach more than 50,000."
Xu Shu nodded his head and immediately added, "But more than half of them are Chen Yangzhou's old troops, and both their battle prowess and their obedience to dispatch are extremely limited."
In more than one thing is better than one thing, the former assassin Chen Wen led those old soldiers, I'm afraid that even the blood has not seen a few times, but also by the rush to fight Cao Cao's Yuan Shu haphazardly drawn, to the waste of some good soldiers, Yan Qing does not expect that these are left by the well-trained before they can be very useful, heard the number, and is not surprised.
Xu Shu asked, "About how many thieves and bandits did Chong Guang and Zi Long encounter?"
Yan Qing said, "That's just the advance party, there are already more than ten thousand of them."
Xu Shu, however, did not panic: "There are quite a few people, but they are picking the worst possible time."
Yan Qing smiled faintly: ''Not exactly? Although our roots are not yet stabilized, we have experienced sufficient rest and recuperation, the barn is full, the soldiers are strong, it is the moment of thirst for war. What's more, before the expedition to Yangzhou, the consumption of financial resources, manpower and horsepower are not big, the harvest is quite rich. As for them, grain and grass is afraid to run out, only to have to take the risk of it!"
Gao Shun asked, "Then shall we first close the city and hold on, waiting for reinforcements, or take the initiative to attack?"
Yan Qing and Xu Shu exchanged glances, then said in unison, "We must take the initiative!"
Xu Shu said: "When we first came down to Yangzhou, all the powers were watching, and it was the critical moment for us to establish our prestige and affirm our orthodoxy, how could we rely on the reinforcements that would only come at an unknown time?"
Zhao Yun agreed: "He and the others have traveled a long way, their soldiers and horses are tired, and they have yet to find out our strengths and weaknesses, their bottom line is insufficient, so it's a good time to strike."
Yan Qing, who was thinking of the horrific famine in a few years' time, was a little more grounded: "It's almost early spring, and if we let these hungry robbers run amok, how can the people feel at ease with their farming, and how can we expect a good harvest in the fall? This is the big thing that will hurt the root of the problem."
Zhao Yun simply said: "Although the thieves are big, but the rabble, can be divided and attacked, although the cloud is not talented, willing to be the vanguard to break the thieves."
Gao Shun also had no objection.
Yan Qing listened to Xu Shu chattered a few orthodox, but suddenly remembered what, in Lu Bu formally arrived to give him the appointment before, temporarily not qualified to speak here Xu Huang took out that by the Son of Heaven personally authorized by the assassin's seal ribbons, laughed and said: "Yuan Zhi and see!"
Xu Shu fixed his eyes and was shocked instead of happy.
His face sank, and he said with certainty, "No wonder Shiguang never returned, but he ran blindly to Chang'an!"
Yan Qing: "......"
How's that for running blind?
Not waiting for Yan Qing to cry foul, Xu Shu thought of this person in front of him in the bad head, which led to the Lord also like the same, do not move on the bottom of the foot to wipe the oil, and then angry to laugh, on the spot will be on the waist of the long time not used to the sword to the pull, aggressively thrown on the case, staring at the face of this innocent new Yangzhou assassin, put down the words: "the matter of going on a campaign to fight against the thieves on the generals temporarily handed over to the Lord before he brought reinforcements brings reinforcements, Shu is willing to take up the position of guarding Chong Guang!"