At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 124

The wind is getting faster and faster.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun divided their forces to attack the camp, setting fires everywhere in preparation for a flanking attack on Bocai.

Wind helps fire.

The Yellow Turban Army camp was quickly engulfed in fire. The officers and soldiers looked at the camp that turned into a sea of ​​flames, with excitement in their eyes.

When Zhu Jun saw this, he immediately drew his sword in his hand and shouted: "The bandits' camp has been burned to the ground, and they will make great achievements today."

"Brothers, let me kill the thief!"

As one of the three Zhonglang generals personally appointed by the imperial court, Zhu Jun, as a right Zhonglang general, has the lowest status.

Even so, Zhu Jun was also very satisfied.

After all, he came from a poor family, so it is extremely rare to get this opportunity to lead the army to suppress the rebellion.

In order to claim merit, he arrived at Changsha before the long-distance attack on the first emperor Fusong, and began to fight Bocai before he finished repairing.

I have to say that Zhu Jun is indeed a little too eager for quick success.

It was precisely for this reason that Zhu Jun was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army in the first battle. As a result, the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army became so arrogant that the officers and soldiers were too frightened to fight with it.

Zhu Jun was worried about being punished by the court. In addition, although he was defeated in the first battle, the losses were not big, so he deliberately concealed the news of his defeat and did not report it to the court.

But with the passage of time, the officers and soldiers were always surrounded by the Changshe, and Zhu Jun knew that sooner or later the matter would not be hidden.

If the Yellow Turbans cannot be defeated as soon as possible, once the matter is brought to the emperor, not only will Zhu Jun's position as the right-centered general be unable to be saved, but he himself may also be taken to the capital for prosecution.

The fate of Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo is evidence of this.

Originally, in history, if Huangfu Song had not come to the court and transferred the credit for pacifying the three counties to Zhu Jun, I am afraid that the other party would not have been able to escape punishment.

As a general, if you are impatient, you will have flaws, and this is exactly the case with Zhu Jun.

Zhang Chao, the Sima under his command, heard the words, but persuaded him: "There is a saying in the art of war: If the fire is on but the soldiers are quiet, wait and don't attack. If you have extremely firepower, you can follow it if you can, and stop if you can't."

"Now that the fire has started and the thieves are quiet, there is fear of fraud. We should wait for the opportunity to move."

Faced with Zhang Chao's persuasion, Zhu Jun, who was originally hot-headed and wanted to lead the army to charge, looked carefully at the Yellow Turban barracks and felt that something was wrong.

Zhu Jun is not stupid, but just a little eager for quick success.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army camp had been engulfed in fire, but they did not see the Yellow Turban Army rush out of the camp in panic. Instead, they were calm and terrifying.

Zhu Jun felt awe in his heart, and said: "This seems to be just an empty fortress."

At the same time, Huangfu Song, who led the troops to set fire in another direction, also noticed that something was wrong.

While ordering his subordinates to stand still, he sent someone to inform Zhu Jun, so that the other party should not act rashly.

In the light of the fire, Huangfusong looked around, and finally set his sights on a hill near the water source.

He ordered: "The situation has changed. We must retreat to the hills and form a defensive formation."

Different from Zhu Jun, Huangfusong was born in a family of generals, and he was familiar with military books since he was a child. He knew that in such a situation, finding favorable terrain to form an army to protect himself was the best solution.

The hill will not be attacked by fire, and it is backed by the river, which not only reduces the defensive surface, but also ensures that the soldiers will not be cut off from the water source.

The most important thing is that it can also rely on the favorable terrain of the hills for defense to protect itself.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Bo Cai, who was lying in ambush not far away, saw that the camp was burned down, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.

He was waiting for the officers and soldiers to pursue the victory. He waited for a long time, but he still didn't see the officers and soldiers making the next move, and he immediately frowned.

Not long after, Du Yuan quietly came to Bocai's side with the head of the scribe.

"Qu Shuai, this fellow is really planning to escape."

Although Bo Cai had expected it, his face still became extremely gloomy after confirming the result.

He looked at the scribe who remained deadlocked and sighed: "Guo Tu, Guo Tu, I trust you so much in vain. I never thought that you would kill hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans."

"After defeating the officers and soldiers, I will definitely destroy your entire clan!"

No wonder Bo Cai was so angry.

If he hadn't learned of Peng Tuo's fate in advance, Bo Cai would not have thought that the officers and soldiers would use fire to attack. I am afraid that most of the Yellow Turbans under his command would be killed tonight.

Due to the influence of the butterfly effect, Zhou Qi saved Bo Cai's life in a disguised form, and also changed the battle situation in Yingchuan.

Guo Tu, as an important strategist under Yuan Shao's command in history, is actually a pure villain, no doubt like a shit-stirring stick.

Without Guo Tu's advice, Yuan Shao might change his original fate, no one can tell.

It can only be said that Zhou Qi, a little butterfly, has quietly changed the history of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Seeing that Bo Cai's anger subsided a little, Du Yuan asked with some doubts: "Since the officers and soldiers have set fire to it, why haven't they attacked the camp for a long time?"

Bo Cai pondered for a while, and said: "Huangfusong and Zhu Jun are really famous generals in the world, maybe he saw that there were no soldiers and horses escaping from the camp, and he felt something strange, so he stayed put."

Du Yuan frowned and said, "What can I do?"

In a night battle, having more soldiers does not necessarily lead to an advantage. It may even be difficult to command the troops and horses.

Therefore, Bo Cai knew the location of the officers and soldiers, but he did not dare to lead the troops to attack rashly.

If we continue to wait like this, the officers and soldiers can break through and return to the city after dawn.

Bocai pondered for a long time, then suddenly a bright smile appeared on his face and said: "Since they are not moving, then force them to move."

"As long as it moves, it will inevitably leave a flaw."

Du Yuan hurriedly asked: "What's the clever plan of Qu Shuai?"

Bocai pointed in the direction of Changshe and said: "With the officers and soldiers coming out in full force, Pei Yuanshao's deception of the city is very likely to succeed."

"If the city is on fire, will Huangfusong and Zhu Jun lead the troops back to help?"

"We only need to ambush at the place where they must pass through when they return, and we will definitely defeat the officers and soldiers in one fell swoop!"

Du Yuan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "Shuai Qu really has a clever plan."

But it was said that Pei Yuanshao and others put on the clothes of officers and soldiers and went to defraud the city. However, the guard of Changshe was extremely cautious and saw through the tricks of the Yellow Turban Army.

Although Pei Yuanshao had thousands of yellow turban warriors under his command, they did not carry siege equipment. Even if Changshe was empty of defense, it was difficult to break into the city.

Just when Pei Yuanshao was struggling with whether to order his soldiers to attack Changshe or to lead his troops back, Bocai's messenger came with the order.

When the messenger saw that Pei Yuanshao failed to capture Changshe, he was a little surprised, but he still ordered: "Commander Qu has an order. He ordered you to light fires everywhere and attack the city with great fanfare to attract the officers and soldiers to return to defense."

Pei Yuanshao quickly understood Bocai's meaning, and immediately ordered his yellow scarf fighters to light fires everywhere, and asked people to beat the drums, pretending to attack the city with great fanfare.

at the same time.

Sensing that something was wrong, Zhu Jun, who was standing still, suddenly saw the direction of Changsha burst into flames.

He was shocked immediately, and said to Zhang Chao, the commander under his command: "The Yellow Turban camp is empty, Bo Cai should have expected that we would come to attack at night, and he must have led the bandit army to secretly attack Changsha."

"If the Changshe is lost, the Sili gate will be wide open, and Bocai can bypass Xuanyuan Pass and enter Sili territory from Xinzheng."

"At that time, the capital will definitely be terrified!"

Zhang Chao was also shocked when he heard this, and said: "Since that's the case, the general should quickly lead the troops back to the Changsha!"

If there was a mistake in the Changshe, not to mention Zhu Jun himself, even Huangfu Song might not be able to shoulder the responsibility, or at least he would be dismissed from his post and punished.

Whether it was for the sake of the overall situation or for his own future, wealth and life, Zhu Jun did not dare to neglect and hurriedly led his troops back to support Changshe.

Not only Zhu Jun, but Huangfu Song also saw the fire burning in the direction of Changshe.

Vaguely, there were shouts of killing and the sound of war drums.

Huangfu Song's expression also changed slightly.

In fact.

Ever since Huangfusong discovered that there was no one in the Yellow Turban camp, he felt a little uneasy, but before he found the main force of the Yellow Turban Army and did not understand the opponent's purpose, Huangfusong did not dare to act rashly.

Unexpectedly, what Huangfusong was most worried about happened.

The people on the left and right hurriedly advised him: "If there is a mistake in the Changsha, the capital will be shocked, and the general will definitely be punished by the court."

"The general should lead his troops and horses and quickly return to the Changshe to aid."

Huangfu Song frowned when he heard this, but did not answer.

Seeing this, the left and right wanted to speak out again, but was interrupted by Huangfusong.

He looked at his generals and asked: "Have you ever thought about it, if the Yellow Turban Army sets up an ambush on the way, won't we suffer heavy losses when we return?"

When everyone heard the words, they were all shocked on the spot.

However, some people still persuaded: "In any case, the Changsha must not allow any mistakes. When the general returns to help, just be careful."

Huangfu Song shook his head and said: "The magistrate of Changshe is very cautious. Before I left the city, I also warned him repeatedly not to open the city gate easily."

"However, the Changshe is empty after all. Although it can block a few Yellow Turban troops, it cannot stop the prepared Yellow Turban army."

"If Ruobo used all his troops to attack the city, even if I lead the troops back now, it may be too late."

Someone said: "If the number of Yellow Turban thieves attacking the city is not large and small, wouldn't the general miss the best opportunity to rescue Changshe?"

Huangfu Song looked at the crowd and said, "If my prediction is correct, General You Zhonglang may have already led his troops to come back for reinforcements."

"If the Yellow Turban thieves did not ambush, the soldiers and horses under the command of General You Zhonglang would be able to protect Changshe, and there would be no need for me to lead the troops back to Changshe."

"If the Yellow Turban thieves had already ambushed us, even if we combined our forces, there would be no chance of victory."

The subordinate frowned and said: "If you don't lead the troops back because there is no chance of winning, how can your majesty spare the general lightly?"

Huangfu Song was silent for a long time when he heard the words, and then sighed: "The current situation on the battlefield is unpredictable. Even if Changsha is captured by the Yellow Turban Bandits, as long as I can save my soldiers, I can retreat to Xinzheng and wait for the imperial reinforcements."

Having said this, Huangfusong's voice suddenly became high-pitched, and he said: "If the troops under General You Zhonglang and I are all lost here, then with the strength of Xinzheng's troops, we will definitely not be able to stop Bocai."

"If this is the case, Sili will definitely be exposed to Bocai's soldiers, and I will also become a sinner of the big man."

His eyes became very determined, and he said: "Even if your Majesty commits crimes afterwards, if I can exchange my life for [-] soldiers and horses under my command, that will be enough!"

When everyone heard this, they were speechless, so they stopped mentioning the matter of going back to the Aid Changshe.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun faced the same problem, but they made completely different choices, which was also related to their origins, experience and vision.

obviously.

Huangfu Song, who was born in a family of generals, obviously saw further than Zhu Jun.

But it was said that Zhu Jun hurriedly led his troops back to support Changshe. When he passed through a dense forest, he was slowed down and sent a large number of scouts to investigate.

He knew that this was the necessary place to go back to Changsha, and it was very easy to be ambushed, so he kept an eye out.

Fortunately for Zhu Jun, after a scout investigation, he found that there was no ambush of the Yellow Turban Army here at all. He couldn't help but said to Zhang Chao: "That Bocai is indeed brave and reckless. If he changes his location, I will set up an ambush here." .”

"Even if the officers and soldiers are cautious and do not fall into an ambush, they can still block the road and make it impossible for the officers and soldiers to return for reinforcements."

"If this is the case, the long society will be destroyed."

Zhang Chao also nodded when he heard the words.

The officers and soldiers left the woods and continued to rush towards the Changshe, but before they went far, they saw a horrifying scene.

I saw that right in front of the official road, the densely packed Yellow Turban Army had already set up their formation.

After seeing Zhu Jun and others coming, the Yellow Turban Army didn't even intend to launch a sneak attack, and directly lit a torch.

Under the light of the flames, those invisible Yellow Turban soldiers gave Zhu Jun and the officers and soldiers great oppression.

"kill!"

Following Du Yuan's loud shout, the Yellow Turban troops who had set up their formation also shouted in unison, immediately frightening the officers and soldiers to death.

The two sides have not yet fought, and the officers and soldiers have lost their courage.

Even Zhang Chao, the commander of the army, turned his head to Zhu Jun with a look of fear on his face, "The bandit army is powerful, and they have prepared their formation in advance, waiting for work at ease."

"If we force them to fight, I'm afraid we will all die without a burial place."

Zhu Jun looked at the officers and soldiers who were all terrified, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "Retreat quickly and join General Zuo Zhonglang!"

Seeing Zhu Jun leading his troops to retreat, Du Yuan waved his weapon and shouted: "Kill!"

The Yellow Turban Army would not miss this great opportunity and chased and killed the officers and soldiers along the way.

Zhu Jun and the others panicked and came to the woods again, but they didn't have the heart to continue to send people to investigate.

In fact, the officers and soldiers have nowhere to go except here.

They didn't know that just after the officers and soldiers passed through the woods, Bo Cai had already sneaked in with thousands of yellow scarf warriors.

Seeing that Zhu Jun led the troops to retreat in a panic, Bo Cai hid in the dark and ordered all the archers under his command to start bending their bows and nodding their arrows.

"put!"

Following Bo Cai's order, hundreds of archers shot arrows together, and dense arrows directly covered Zhu Jun's direction.

Zhu Jun, the big Han right middle man general, was shot to death by random arrows before he could react.

"set fire!"

Seeing that Zhu Jun was shot to death, Bo Cai directly ordered the fire to be set on fire, and then quickly retreated against the wind with his yellow scarf warriors.

The strong wind howled, and soon swept through half of the forest. The officers and soldiers who entered the forest dispersed in a rush. Many people pushed each other and fell to the ground, trampled to death by the rest.

What's more, some officers and soldiers directly swung their knives to kill others because they blocked their way of escape.

Bocai was almost bloodless, causing more than half of the officers and soldiers who entered the forest to suffer casualties.

But he did not continue to lead his troops in pursuit.

Bo Cai was worried that Huangfu Song would lead his troops to attack. In addition, it was night and the army would not be easy to command.

For Bocai, capturing Changsha is obviously more important than chasing down officers and soldiers.

on the official road.

Cao Cao, who was leading [-] soldiers and horses on a starry night march, was startled when he suddenly saw the fire in the direction of Changshe.

After the imperial court learned that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were besieged by Changshe and could not make any achievements for a long time, they urgently mobilized [-] troops and horses, worshiped Cao Cao as the cavalry captain, and ordered him to travel under the stars and night to relieve the siege of Changshe.

Cao Cao was not far from the Changshe at this time, and seeing the flames rising from the direction of the Changshe, he knew that the battle situation had changed.

He didn't dare to neglect, hurriedly urged the soldiers under his command, and dragged their tired bodies to support the Changsha.

Cao Cao came from the direction of Xuanyuan Pass, and before he arrived at the Changsha, he saw a dozen officers and soldiers fleeing along the official road in a very embarrassing manner with the injured Zhang Chao.

At first they were a little frightened when they saw a group of men and horses appearing in the distance.

However, when Zhang Chao saw the banner of the Han army, his worries turned to joy and he took the initiative to greet them.

Cao Cao naturally knew Zhang Chao.

Seeing Zhang Chao's appearance, he hurriedly dismounted and asked, "Meng Gao, what happened?"

Zhang Chao cried and said: "The two generals saw that Bocai had built a camp on the grass, and there was a strong wind again tonight, so they planned to use fire to attack the enemy."

"I never thought that Bo Cai's fellow had already taken precautions and mobilized the soldiers and horses in the camp in advance. He also set up an ambush and shot General You Zhonglang to death. He also sent troops to capture Changshe, which was empty of defenses, overnight."

"You Zhonglang lost more than half of his soldiers and horses, the general situation is over, Meng De is late!"

After hearing the news that Zhu Jun was killed in battle and more than half of his officers and soldiers were lost, Cao Cao was stunned and stunned.

He hastily grabbed Zhang Chao's shoulder and asked, "How is General Zuo Zhonglang?"

Zhang Chao shook his head and said, "The Yellow Turban bandits set fire to the forest, I waited until we had no other way to go and join General Zuo Zhonglang, so I fled in this direction."

"What will happen to General Zuo Zhonglang, I have no way of knowing."

Cao Cao knew that Zhu Jun died in battle and what the loss of Changshe meant, his heart sank to the bottom.

If the imperial court does not prepare in advance, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Army will really threaten Luoyang.

Cao Cao did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly wrote down the battle report, and asked his soldiers to report back to the court at high speed, reminding them to take precautions in advance.

Cao Cao himself retreated to Yangdi with the injured Zhang Chao.

Luoyang, the General's Mansion.

He Jin looked at the battle report in his hand, his body shook a few times, he almost couldn't stand still, and fell directly to the ground.

He didn't dare to neglect, and after finishing dressing, he hurried into the palace to meet the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Jun died in battle, the Changshe was lost, and the whereabouts of Huang Fusong, the left middle man, is unknown."

"Cao Mengde has led his troops to retreat to Yangzhai. He wants to contain the Yellow Turban bandits there. Please ask your Majesty to quickly recruit troops and go to Yingchuan to quell the rebellion!"

When Liu Hong heard this, he turned pale in shock, slumped on the dragon chair, his face turned pale, and he was silent for a long time.

The rest of the DPRK and Zhonggong ministers were also full of disbelief.

Especially the two brothers Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei, they looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes.

They didn't expect that things would go wrong.

After Liu Hong panicked, a monstrous anger surged into his heart.

He picked up the scroll on the dragon case, angrily threw it at the court minister, and cursed: "At the beginning, you strongly recommended Zhu Jun, saying that he is a good general in the world, and he will surely put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion."

"But now, Zhu Jun not only died in battle, but also lost the Changsha, and lost half of his soldiers and horses."

"This is the good general you have chosen for me?"

Seeing the emperor's anger, all the officials knelt on the ground, terrified in their hearts, but they didn't know what to say.

Back then, it was indeed they who strongly recommended Zhu Jun.

Now that something has happened, the ministers who recommended Zhu Jun cannot escape their responsibility.

It is conceivable that if the news in the battle report spreads, I am afraid that the entire Luoyang nobles will be terrified and unable to sleep.

(End of this chapter)