People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 419 Must win
"Your Majesty, the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou has arrived."

On the top of Jinyang City, the king and his ministers of Wei State looked into the distance. As Guo Jia pointed and said a word, a black line appeared in the distant sky. Soon, this black line turned into a black cloth and approached the foot of Jinyang City.

Those were not the tens of thousands of vanguard troops that had gone ahead, but the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou. When they appeared, the emperor and his ministers on the city walls all felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

They knew that Wei's initiative was over and now it was the Yellow Turbans' turn to counterattack. Even if they relied on the strong city under their feet, they could not guarantee that they could withstand the Yellow Turbans' counterattack.

However, this battle was the most favorable situation created by Wei State in a desperate attempt. If it did not launch this final desperate attack, with the Yellow Turbans' slow-moving tactics, Wei State would sooner or later be executed by slow slicing. If it did not take action now, it would not have the strength to resist in the future.

Everyone standing here knows that this is Wei State’s last chance.

If they cannot break the deadlock with this battle, they will no longer be able to stop Xuan Xia's lingchi sword technique, and sooner or later they will perish in the despair of losing five cities today and ten cities tomorrow.

"They are finally here. I can't wait any longer!"

When everyone was still shocked by the silent and murderous atmosphere of the Yellow Turban Army in the distance, Cao Cao's loud laughter interrupted their thoughts and attracted their attention.

When everyone looked over, they saw Cao Cao in military uniform, with one hand on his sword and the other on the parapet, looking up and laughing.

A heroic, uninhibited, confident and calm emotion instantly spread out, which eased the heavy atmosphere just now, and the surrounding ministers also relaxed inexplicably.

Some people are born strong and can easily influence others with their every move. Xu Chen and Cao Cao are such people.

Xu Chen's own appeal is actually not as great as Cao Cao's. His influence mostly comes from the advanced wisdom brought from later generations. This is something given to him by the times. Without these things, he would just be an ordinary person, and could not be compared with a hero like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, however, had real personality charm, and his calmness and indifference in the face of danger was enough to impress everyone who followed him.

At this moment, his emotions were easily conveyed to the ministers around him. Even the soldiers would be much more excited when they heard Cao Cao's laughter, as if the Yellow Turbans under the city were not so scary anymore.

"For this battle, I and my ministers have been planning for half a year. We have been preparing our troops and allying with strong foreign armies. With the soldiers fighting desperately, we can defeat the Yellow Turbans step by step. The facts have proved that they are not invincible!"

After saying that, Cao Cao glanced at everyone and smiled faintly: "Now our army is strong and well-equipped, and we have high walls in various cities to defend. Even if we fight the Yellow Turbans for half a year or a year, what is there to be afraid of? If the Yellow Turbans insist on fighting to the death, I will help them die!"

After these words, everyone was invigorated. Then all the military generals swore an oath to fight, and all the civil officials were excited. The momentum on the city walls seemed to rival the sky.

It has to be said that the battle in Bingzhou went very smoothly. Although the effect was achieved by relying on a huge advantage in military strength, the result was a real advantage, which gave many of them confidence.

With sufficient preparations to defend the fortified city, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat the Yellow Turbans, but just repel the enemy.
However, among the crowd, core members of the Wei State, such as Guo Jia and Xun Yu, while joining in the laughter, had deep worries in their eyes. No matter how hard Emperor Cao tried to boost morale, the actual situation was not as good as imagined.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, many military information was not known to the soldiers. The situation in Wei was indeed good, but there was also a lot of bad news. For example, the military information from the Gaoshi battlefield arrived in Jinyang yesterday. Han Sui, who did not receive support from Wei, eventually fell under the sword of the Yellow Turbans. This also meant that one of the two allies of Wei who attacked this time fell directly.

Now the originally great advantage in military strength became less so, and the only things the Wei army could rely on were the city walls and Ma Teng.

In fact, it was not that Wei State did not want to rescue Han Sui, but sent troops to assist him at the first opportunity. However, the main force of the Wei army had to guard Taiyuan, and the troops that could be allocated were very limited. As soon as the Wei army sent troops to rescue, Zhao Yun, who had been assigned a task by Wuli, decisively attacked and repelled the enemy.

With Zhao Yun's interference, the reinforcements arranged by the Wei army could not leave Taiyuan at all. Although Cao Cao was extremely anxious, he could only watch Han Sui fend for himself.

If Wei State could not help, then Han Sui would dare to die in front of Wei State. Now that they had received the exact news, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others became worried about the future situation.

The strength of each side in this tripartite coalition is important enough. Without Han Sui, the overall strength of their side will be greatly reduced. The Yellow Turbans were difficult to fight to begin with, and now it is even more deadly.

Not only Guo Jia and Xun Yu were worried, but Cao Cao's calmness was just an appearance to stabilize the morale of his troops. In fact, he was also quite uncertain.

If Han Sui was there, with him and Ma Teng involved, the Wei army would still have the confidence to deal with the Yellow Turbans, and it would not be impossible to repel the Yellow Turbans and actually take over.

But without Han Sui's great help, the situation in Bingzhou became quite unfavorable, and Cao Cao began to feel uncertain.

I received news yesterday that Cao Cao even wanted to kill someone. He even cursed Ma Teng's ancestors in the office. He said "Ma Teng is short-sighted and has ruined my plan" no less than ten times, which shows how angry he was.

In fact, this crisis was not difficult to resolve. As long as Ma Teng rescued Han Sui in time, Han Sui could easily escape. However, Cao Cao never expected that Ma Teng would actually sit back and watch Han Sui die.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but now there is another bad news for the State of Wei.

This time they marched straight into the heart of Bingzhou, seemingly aiming to capture cities and territories, but their greatest fear came true. That was that Zhao Yun's troops, which had not been destroyed, had indeed cut off Cao's army's connection with the rear, which also meant that the Wei army had fallen into a relatively isolated situation.

Although the Wei army now occupies the city of Taiyuan and has sufficient food and soldiers, can it really withstand the counterattack of the Yellow Turbans in an isolated situation? If it cannot repel the enemy, then the Wei army will really have no way out.
Amid the praises and laughter from those around him, Cao Cao looked at the Yellow Turban Army that was getting closer and closer, and his eyes gradually became determined.

I am already alone, if I win, I win, if I lose, I will accept it.

Let’s have a good fight. Either you, the Yellow Turbans, will die, or I, Cao Cao, will die!

The wind rose, bringing with it a strong murderous aura. The Yellow Turbans were already approaching the city wall. Wang Dang slowly rode out from the formation, picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked around. He saw Cao Cao standing solemnly in military uniform in front of the gate tower.

Of course, he couldn't recognize Cao Cao's face and just thought that the other party was a general of Cao's army. However, he was also amazed by the other party's powerful momentum.

(End of this chapter)