People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 576 Tooth for Tooth
On the second day after the two sides met, the wind was still whistling and the dust was still everywhere. The battlefield was as noisy as yesterday. After noon, the Wu and Shu armies launched an attack again.

With the advantage of occupying the camp, and knowing that Wu and Shu could only actively seek a decisive battle, Xu Chen would certainly not give up the easy option and go out of the camp for a decisive battle.

According to the current situation, perhaps within ten days, either the Wu and Shu armies would collapse due to lack of food, or Lu Meng and Wu Li would attack from the rear and determine the outcome. There would be no other possibilities.

Simply giving up the idea of ​​going out of the camp to fight meant giving up the initiative, and the Yellow Turbans could only passively wait for the attack from Wu and Shu.

Of course, this is not a very important matter. After all, it is easier to defend the camp than to take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle. The value of reducing casualties alone is enough for the Yellow Turbans to ignore this slight disadvantage.

Anyway, Wu and Shu have no ability to break through the camp, so it is not the Yellow Turbans who should be anxious.

The course of the war on this day was the same as yesterday. Driven by military orders, the Wu and Shu soldiers rushed towards the Yellow Turban camp in large numbers. The blood soup in the loess pits around the camp yesterday had not yet completely dried up, but now fresh blood was flowing into it.

This time, the Yellow Turban camp remained as still as a mountain, and the offensive of the Wu and Shu armies could not shake it at all.

The offensive of the Wu and Shu soldiers today is obviously weaker than yesterday. One can feel that the morale of the Wu and Shu armies is gradually declining. The soldiers have a greater fear and resistance to charging, so when they really reach the front line, they are always hesitant.

If there were no supervisory teams mixed in the team, the soldiers would probably surrender easily out of fear.

Being able to organize an offensive under such circumstances was already a testament to Zhou Yu's ability. If it had been an ordinary general, the army would probably have collapsed yesterday.

The offensive of Wu and Shu seemed to be just a mindless charge, but in fact the rotation of the front-line and reserve troops was very frequent, which allowed the soldiers' negative emotions to be constantly relaxed and barely maintained. Otherwise, once the front-line soldiers collapsed, the entire army would be implicated and collapsed.

Such frequent command and deployment during fierce fighting actually tests the ability of the generals. From now on, it is obvious that Zhou Yu's ability is excellent.

Even though he had no hope of winning the game with that bad hand, it was already pretty good that he could play like this.

Of course, for the Yellow Turbans, it doesn’t matter whether the offensive of the Wu and Shu armies is strong or weak. As long as they are strong enough, no matter what the opponent does, it will be in vain.

Just like the high mountains in the canyon, no matter whether it is washed by turbulent rivers or peaceful streams, it always stands there unmoved.

The noisy sounds of fighting also lasted for half a day. The familiar process even gave the soldiers on both sides an illusion that everything today was a repeat of yesterday's experience.

The soldiers of Wu and Shu could only charge forward with their heads down. Even though they knew they would most likely die, they were forced to follow orders.

Many people don’t understand why the soldiers should continue to rush forward to die when it is obvious that it is impossible to capture the camp in front of them by doing this. It seems to be meaningless.

Of course, the soldiers under them would not understand how desperate Wu and Shu were now.

They had reached the end of their rope, so there was no need to be frugal. Even if they let the soldiers die, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu would not feel bad. If Wu and Shu were destroyed and the nobles and powerful families disappeared as a whole, then this world would be meaningless to them. It would be nothing if all these soldiers died. Of course, Wu and Shu were also very helpless. Even though they knew that attacking was meaningless, they had no choice but to attack, because now they had no other choice but to attack. If they did not attack, they could only wait for death while guarding the army.

Zhou Yu also always struck a balance, keeping the army's morale at a relatively balanced level so that it would not collapse immediately under pressure.

The war continued like this, the Yellow Turbans were still as calm and powerful, the Wu and Shu soldiers were still as helpless and sad, only the battlefield was constantly devouring blood and lives.

In such a war, the casualties of Wu and Shu and those of the Yellow Turbans were completely on a different level. It would be more accurate to say that the Wu and Shu soldiers were lining up to be slaughtered by the Yellow Turbans rather than saying that the two sides were fighting.

But war is cruel like this. Unless the soldiers of Wu and Shu can wake up and surrender on their own, the enemy is standing in front of you. If you don’t kill him, he will kill you.

The Yellow Turbans had no burden when it came to fighting in battle, and they would not suffer from any psychological trauma after the war due to the bloody cruelty, because they knew clearly in their hearts what they were doing, why they were fighting, and whether they were just or not.

As the war was going on, the generals of both sides were observing the situation calmly. In this offensive and defensive battle, both sides were competing with hard power without any tricks. The Yellow Turbans were obviously the more confident and confident side.

The war continued, just like yesterday. At dusk, when it was getting dark, the Wu and Shu armies slowly retreated under the order, and the Yellow Turbans did not pursue them, but just watched the Wu and Shu armies withdraw safely.

The closer you are to victory, the less you should take unnecessary risks.

Although the more powerful Yellow Turbans still had the advantage in the pursuit and chaos in the dark, it was far inferior to just sit still and wait for time to pass.

With every day that passed, the logistical pressure and rear-end pressure on Wu and Shu would become much greater, and at a certain point, the Yellow Turbans would just watch Wu and Shu collapse into chaos.

For King Xu Chen and the others, it was like watching a drama whose outcome was already known in advance. Naturally, there was no need to create any twists and turns in the process. They just needed to watch the drama move towards the predetermined ending.

As for the night attack, it was just a small episode between the two sides.

It was only late at night and the soldiers had not even gone to bed yet, but an army of over 10,000 people sneaked out of the Yellow Turban camp and merged into the darkness without a trace.

The general advancing in the dark was Zhao Yun. He was leaving the camp to launch a night attack on the Wu and Shu armies.

Zhao Yun remembered what Xu Chen said before leaving the camp. Instead of thinking about how to solve the problem by himself, it is better to throw the problem to others. This is what Zhao Yun is doing now.

It’s just an attack on the camp, who can’t do that? Let’s fight back and see who will suffer more!
It was pitch black in the night and it was difficult to march. The Yellow Turban soldiers could only grab their weapons in front and back to connect with the team and slowly grope forward. Even so, it took some time to get close to the Wu Shu camp in the distance. It took them nearly half an hour to finally get close.

"Brothers, remember not to get carried away. When you charge, your hands and feet should be weak and your movements should be loud. In short, just make sure they don't sleep well!"

(End of this chapter)