People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 233 Robbery
Night is not a good time, as it is difficult for humans to act effectively in the dark, but at this time, for Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun, this is an extremely convenient condition.

With the reinforcements led by Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci's peasant army suddenly felt much more relaxed. They fought and retreated with the government soldiers, and finally withdrew smoothly under the cover of night.

Even with the addition of the peasant army led by Zhao Yun, their total strength was only around two thousand, and they still could not defeat Chunyu Qiong's army, which had held its ground. But at least Taishi Ci's troops, which were originally in danger, could now withdraw safely without paying too high a price.

When the peasant army disappeared into the darkness, although Chunyu Qiong ordered a pursuit, they gave up after a certain distance.

The light from the torches was not enough to support their pursuit at night. The peasant army fled in all directions and soon disappeared.

The chaotic night passed, and when the sky gradually brightened, the fire in the camp slowly went out.

Chunyu Qiong saw the mess in front of him, wiped the black ash off his face, and his eyes turned red with anger.

Soon, several soldiers were pushed in front of him. They were the soldiers who were on duty last night.

Chunyu Qiong turned around and saw that all the soldiers were crying and begging for mercy, but Chunyu Qiong was so angry that he had no mercy in his heart. He waved his hand and ordered them to be beheaded. When the heads fell to the ground, the whole camp fell silent.

The soldiers were trembling with fear. Of course, they knew their general's temperament. If they provoked him at this critical moment, they would lose their lives.

Instead, his deputy general stepped forward to persuade him: "General, although the baggage and food in the camp were burned, we have already sent troops out to wipe out the Yellow Turbans. We can definitely raise a lot of food, and it shouldn't be a problem to support subsequent operations."

Hearing this, Chunyu Qiong nodded with a grim expression: "Immediately send someone to tell each team to speed up the collection of grain!"

The burning of the camp's food and grass did make him very sad, but it didn't make him so angry.

Even if the camp was burned down, he could still collect food from the surrounding areas to support the army's advance, and then collect food again in a new place. By repeating this process, he could complete his mission.

What he really couldn't tolerate was that he had suffered a great loss at the hands of a group of peasant soldiers. If this were to get out, wouldn't it be laughable? The key point was that they even got away in the end, which made him even more angry.

"Also, order the entire army to be on high alert. If they dare to attack again, I will make sure they never return!"

Chunyu Qiong kicked the head under his feet away in hatred, snorted coldly, and walked towards the new military tent that had just been built. He was now filled with anger and he had to vent it out.

I have to say that the other party was quite capable in organizing the people to attack the camp, but I will only suffer the same loss this time.

Now that we are prepared, we will never suffer any loss at the hands of the other party again!

Chunyu Qiong had a good idea, but just two days later, his mind changed.

The various teams that received the order returned to the camp one after another, but they did not bring back the food he wanted, or not as much food as he expected. Basically, they came back empty-handed.

"General, my troops were sweeping the Yellow Turbans in the villages and counties. We wanted to collect food and fodder, but there were smoke alarms everywhere. When we rushed there, nine out of ten houses in the villages were empty. We couldn't find anyone or food at all!"

When the subordinates came back and reported the situation, Chunyu Qiong was dumbfounded.

He soon understood that after the lessons learned in the previous counties and towns, the Yellow Turbans and the people here had already known the intelligence and made preparations in advance. They had no intention of giving him a chance to raid the place.

At this point, he was really anxious: "The army's food and grass are running out, and now we haven't even collected new food. How can our army hold on?"

The deputy general also had a worried look on his face. After thinking for a while, he said, "General, now we can only wait for food to be delivered from the rear. However, our army has already penetrated deep into the hinterland, and the food route is long. I am afraid it will take another five or six days to wait for the next logistical supply."

Chunyu Qiong couldn't sit still, so he stood up and paced back and forth in the tent.

Now the situation may only be dealt with as the deputy general said. Without food and fodder, the army can hardly move forward. Now they can only wait for new food and fodder supplies, and then bypass the local counties and towns and go directly to the next county to sweep it before they can prepare.

If we can create such a time difference, the army can still continue to move.

But just as he gave the order, he was suddenly startled and realized that something was wrong.

Although Chunyu Qiong was not a famous general, he was not a complete fool. He quickly realized the problem and said, "Oh no! Since they knew how to transfer the people to attack and burn the camp at night, how could they not know how to block the grain route?"

The deputy general suddenly realized what was going on and his face changed drastically: "General, you are right. The enemy will definitely attack our grain transport team. If we let them succeed."

Chun Yuqiong took a deep breath and said, "If we let them succeed, we will have no choice but to retreat. If we run too slowly, we might starve to death on the road."

The two looked at each other and felt that something was wrong.

Now it was impossible to continue the raid along the planned route, and the most important thing was to ensure the safety of the food supply in the rear. Originally, after the raid, there were not many Yellow Turbans in the rear, but I didn't expect that the other side would organize the people to start fighting.

If it were before, he would not have taken the peasant army seriously, but the night battles in the previous two days made him dare not really ignore this peasant army. Those peasants had little combat effectiveness, but their generals should not be underestimated. If they could successfully attack the camp at night with a group of peasants, then it was not impossible for them to sneak attack the grain team.

"Order the entire army to retreat immediately to support the grain transport team!"

Chunyu Qiong only regretted that he realized it too late. He dared not delay any longer and immediately issued the order. Soon the army began to act according to the order. However, Chunyu Qiong's heart could not calm down.

When he realized the enemy's plan, he knew that things were most likely going to go wrong.

In fact, his prediction was completely correct. When he reacted and led his troops to retreat, before they had gone halfway, the grain team at the other end had already been ambushed by the peasant army led by Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci.

Yuan Shao had already ascertained the situation in Changshan. Now the main force of the Yellow Turbans was besieged in Gaoyi, and there were no organized armies in other places. In addition, several large armies were divided into groups to sweep Changshan, which further reduced the threat.

In this way, the team he arranged to transport grain would not have too many troops.

The grain transport team that supplied Chunyu Qiong consisted of only a few hundred soldiers and over a thousand civilians.

When they reached the narrowest part of the road, they heard loud shouting and killing from the woods on both sides. The sound was like thousands of people roaring together. Then countless people rushed down from the front, back, left and right to kill them.

In fact, even if they only had a few hundred soldiers, if they could encourage the civilians to resist together, they might be able to stabilize the situation and repel the enemy. After all, the other side was just a peasant army.

But the countless peasant soldiers came overwhelmingly, and there were endless shouts behind them, and the powerful momentum immediately frightened them.

After all, they were ambushed, with enemies all around them, so it was easy for them to panic.

Looking at the enemy again, there were two people leading the crowd to attack and kill the enemy bravely. It was like an unstoppable force, which made the grain transport team terrified.

After fighting like this for a while, they finally couldn't hold on and surrendered, so this large wave of supplies fell into the hands of the Yellow Turbans.

“It feels so good. Hahaha!”

When the outcome was decided, Taishi Ci laughed heartily when he saw the soldiers surrendering one after another. He felt extremely fulfilled as he led a group of peasant soldiers with little fighting power to do things everywhere. It was a kind of satisfaction that came from completing a difficult challenge.

Of course, he felt even more happy because he had dealt a heavy blow to Chunyu Qiong. If he could capture the grain transport team, Chunyu Qiong's 10,000-man army would soon be in trouble.

"If you kill my brothers and harm my people, I will let you starve to death!"

Taishi Ci picked up two bags of grain and was about to carry them up the mountain.

While walking, he saw Zhao Yun who was also carrying things, so he went over to him.

During these days, he and Zhao Yun gradually became familiar with each other. As they got to know each other, they gradually developed a sense of mutual appreciation. One of them was kind-hearted, and the other was upright and righteous, so they regarded each other as good friends.

"How many enemies did Zilong kill this time?" Taishi Ci, carrying two bags of food on his shoulders and not showing any sign of fatigue, started talking and laughing with Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun also looked calm and collected. After taking a look at Taishi Ci, he said, "It's nothing to fight against small soldiers. There's nothing to be said about it. Just consider it as Ziyi's victory."

Taishi Ci felt bored when he heard this and curled his lips: "This time our army successfully seized the food and grass, and the enemy will definitely starve. If we plan well, we may be able to starve them to death."

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "Chun Yuqiong is not so stupid. Once he finds something wrong, he will definitely withdraw with all his strength. It is unlikely that we can achieve our goal in one battle. If we can drive them out of the nearby counties and towns, it will be a success. If we are greedy, we will be harmed."

These words also made Taishi Ci calm down and think seriously. He realized that it was indeed a bit presumptuous for his two thousand peasant soldiers to want to swallow an elephant.

Even the grain transport team of several hundred people was captured in one fell swoop only because many people in the surrounding area cheered and frightened the enemy. No matter how strong Chunyu Qiong was, he had an army of nearly 10,000 people, which was very powerful. It was definitely not something that this peasant army could handle.

Taishi Ci laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if it's impossible. We can deal with them naturally when our leader comes back to support us."

After that, he looked at Zhao Yun again and said with a smile: "You have arrived at the right time. Your contribution this time is enough to offset the prisoner labor in the future. It will also be very helpful for you to join the sect and become a formal Yellow Turban in the future. It will be much shorter than the time I endured in the past."

Join the sect and become a formal Yellow Turban?
Zhao Yun thought about it and smiled. This seemed to be a good idea.

At this time, Ma Yan also came over from behind them: "When the time comes, I will be Zilong's introducer!"

(End of this chapter)