People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 570 Bury Them All
After Zhou Yu said this about the hard attack, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were both stunned. They suddenly realized that this battle was not so much a fierce decisive battle between two evenly matched people, but more like a helpless death for Wu and Shu, like moths to a flame.

Both sides of the war were fully aware of the current situation. Now Wu and Shu had no way out. Not only was there a shortage of food and fodder to sustain a longer war, but there was also the increasing threat of Lu Meng, Wu Li and Zhang Lu from the rear.

Now, even if they didn't want to fight, they were forced to attack forward. Even though they knew it was almost impossible to succeed by forcibly attacking the camp, they had no choice but to charge forward.

The Yellow Turbans certainly knew that Wu and Shu had no choice, otherwise they would not be so indifferent to the gathering of the Wu and Shu armies.

Liu Bei and Sun Quan could imagine that the Yellow Turbans in the camp ahead must have been on high alert at this time. They seemed indifferent just because they would not take the initiative to attack, but the Yellow Turbans must have already taken up a defensive posture, waiting for the Wu and Shu armies to arrive.

They looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Although Zhou Yu's words were very helpless, this was the reality.

"In that case, let's start cooking. After the soldiers have eaten their fill and gathered some strength, we can start the attack."

Liu Bei gave the order calmly, and Huang Zhong, with a pale face and white cloth wrapped around his body, then took the order and went to arrange the matters.

Sun Quan on the side naturally gave the same order, and the Wu army quickly began to rest.

Soon, wisps of smoke began to rise, and the entire army began to make final preparations for the decisive battle. The tense and solemn atmosphere unknowingly began to become thicker.

In the Yellow Turban camp opposite, Xu Chen and a group of people were observing the situation on the high platform.

At this moment, in their field of vision, on the wide and long open plain between the two armies, a gust of wind was blowing, and then dust filled the sky. This seemed to be the concrete manifestation of the contest between the momentum of the two warring parties in the air, and it seemed that the breath of war attracted the attention of heaven and earth and caused strange phenomena.

The war hasn't even started yet, but the atmosphere has already reached its peak. Although Xu Chen is not nervous about it, he can't help but feel emotional.

The time has finally come. Now Wu and Shu have no room to retreat. There is no other way but to fight to the death.

At this time, in the Yellow Turban camp, just as Liu Bei and Sun Quan had expected, they were already on high alert. Teams of soldiers were already standing guard at the camp gates and walls, ready for battle. Equipment such as chevaux de frise were also set up everywhere. The soldiers' armor and weapons were all well maintained as if they were brand new, emitting bursts of phosphorescence under the sunlight.

The troops in the camp are clearly deployed, and the vanguard troops in each place are heavily armored, forming a human iron wall behind the camp gate, which can completely play the effect of one man blocking a thousand men in a small area.

Inside the camp wall, there are halberd soldiers and crossbowmen, who can attack with close and medium range, and can attack without restraint in an absolutely safe position.

In the rear of the camp, the reserve legions were all in combat readiness formation, ready to replace the front-line troops at any time. This could always maintain the strong war pressure on the Yellow Turbans. No matter how long the Wu and Shu armies attacked, what would appear in front of them would always be the energetic and well-armed elite Yellow Turbans.

It was precisely because of these that the Yellow Turban generals present were able to talk and laugh while remaining as steady as a rock.

"In fact, if they are smart, their best choice would be to surrender. Doing something knowing it is impossible has no meaning other than to make me marvel at their courage."

Seeing that there was no movement in the Wu and Shu positions, Wang Dang lost interest in watching any further and sat down to the side, muttering to himself.

As he sat down, the others put down their telescopes and sat down as well. After all, from the perspective of the field of vision, the smoke from the cooking of the Wu and Shu armies was dense. This was the time to cook, and even after eating, they had to digest it well. It was not the right time to attack.

As soon as Ju Su sat down, he continued what Wang Dang had just said: "Surrender also requires timing. When the battle is almost over, some people will naturally start to surrender."

Wang Dang raised his eyebrows, but after thinking about it, he agreed. He could imagine that the enemy army must have different thoughts at this time, and there must be some who intended to surrender. This is human nature.

Even when Zhang Jue was defeated by Huangfu Song and Wang Dang was leading a group of remnants, there were many brothers in his team who wanted to surrender. If it weren't for Xu Chen's sudden rise, Wang Dang might have really surrendered.

After all, when the road really reached a dead end, even if one knew that Huangfu Song was the Yellow Turban Butcher, surrender was the only option.

It is no exaggeration to say that the situation faced by Wu and Shu today is even more desperate than that of the Yellow Turbans back then. The current Yellow Turban army is much more terrifying than the Han army back then. If Wang Dang were to put himself in their shoes and look at the Yellow Turbans today, he would not be able to see any hope of victory at all.

Xu Chen smiled and said, "Liu Bei and Sun Quan are probably very helpless now. Even if they know that people below them are dissatisfied, they can only bite the bullet and go ahead."

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood and laughed. They could fully imagine the helplessness of Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

Not to mention that Liu Bei and Sun Quan had no way of knowing who had ulterior motives. Even if they knew, they would not be able to do anything. If they dared to conduct an internal purge at this time, the already fragile morale of the army would collapse immediately.

There is nothing more desperate than knowing everything but being able to do nothing.

While waiting for the war to start, Xu Chen and others have become very idle. All preparations have been completed and there is nothing more they need to do. All they have to do next is to see when Wu and Shu will launch the attack.

Of course, they all knew that the war would not be far away. If they did not launch an attack soon, when the food ran out or when Wuli, Zhanglu and Lu Meng attacked from the rear, they would have no chance to fight even if they wanted to.

Sure enough, just one hour after noon, with a sharp whistle warning from the Yellow Turban outposts, the attack by Wu and Shu began.

Xu Chen and others immediately ended their conversation, stood up, and then picked up the telescopes in unison to look into the distance.

On the far horizon, they saw a long black line slowly moving. They knew that it was the Wu and Shu armies advancing.

Whether it was Xu Chen or Wang Dang beside him, their breathing became heavy involuntarily.

This was not because they were nervous about the impending war, because they had no worries about the outcome of the war. They were just involuntarily excited at the thought that the struggle of more than 20 years would finally come to an end today.

"Everyone in the army is ready to fight. Bury all the damn nobles and powerful people!"

With a sharp sound, Wang Dang drew the long sword from his waist. He could no longer hold back and went to the front line with the sword. He wanted to go into battle himself and end that old era!

(End of this chapter)