People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 578 Please Punish
The situation changed very quickly. The 10,000 Yellow Turbans, who were so aggressive just now, were suddenly attacked from both sides. When Zhao Yun ordered to shrink the formation and retreat, Zhou Yu immediately led the elite troops of Wu and Shu to pursue them, and Zhou Tai, who had been lying in ambush outside the camp for a long time, also led his troops to block them.

Wu and Shu used a night attack to tire out the Yellow Turbans. Zhou Yu naturally anticipated the possibility that the Yellow Turbans would retaliate, so he made some arrangements tonight.

First, Zhou Tai will lie in ambush outside the camp and wait. If the Yellow Turbans do not take the initiative to attack tonight, then Zhou Tai can lead his troops to attack the Yellow Turbans camp at night without worry. If the Yellow Turbans cannot hold back and take the initiative to attack tonight, then Zhou Tai can take advantage of the situation to coordinate with Zhou Yu to encircle the Yellow Turbans.

Of course, there is an element of gambling in doing this. If the Yellow Turbans really attack with the main force of the army and the inner camp lacks manpower, then if things go wrong, the Yellow Turbans will really destroy the camp. If the camp is lost, the battle will be over.

But Zhou Yu still dared to gamble. After all, a night attack was a very risky thing. With the Yellow Turbans' current advantage, there was no need to take such a risk.

His idea was to eliminate the small force that the Yellow Turbans might send for a night attack. Even if the ambush would not eliminate too many troops, the morale boost brought by a small victory would be enough for Zhou Yu to make careful arrangements.

This ambush was half effective after all, and the Yellow Turbans did step into the trap, but under Zhao Yun's calm command, they withdrew half of their foot.

Even so, Zhou Yu would not let Zhao Yun go easily, as the Wu and Shu armies needed a victory badly.

The armies of both sides immediately started fighting in the dark. Zhao Yun was not panicked when he saw that he was attacked from both sides. Even though the enemy outnumbered us, the Yellow Turbans were still strong enough to cope with it.

"Everyone in the army, stabilize the formation and break through with all your might!"

Once you walk out of the camp, you will find yourself in a pitch-black environment. Fighting in the dark in this situation is a huge test for both sides. They can only rely on their own combat instincts to fight.

It was naturally extremely difficult to maintain the formation in such a battle, but relying on strong muscle habits and tacit understanding, the Yellow Turbans managed to hold the formation in the initial stage of the battle.

There were only a few torch lights in the darkness, but these lights themselves were extremely conspicuous targets, so that the soldiers holding torches would quickly be killed by concentrated fire, and when the next person picked up the torch, he would be quickly killed too.

In this situation, in the end there were torches on the ground, but no one dared to pick them up.

This battle turned into a real melee in the dark.

In fact, this was not a very scary thing for the Yellow Turbans. Their target was concentrated and the route was clear. They just needed to break through to the light of the Yellow Turban camp as far away as possible.

It would be much more difficult for Wu and Shu to find and fight the enemy in the dark.

Even the two generals Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai had no idea what the situation was like in the darkness. The soldiers were almost completely fighting on their own. The only thing Wu and Shu could hope for was to maximize their numerical advantage in this melee.

Zhao Yun was very rational and focused on retreating. After all, this was the Wu and Shu camp, and continuing to linger would only hurt himself.

The Yellow Turban army was able to maintain its formation only at the beginning, but in such a short period of time the effect of the formation had been exerted, which directly allowed the Yellow Turbans to break through Zhou Tai's double-teaming during the most dangerous stage of the encirclement.

Even though the Yellow Turbans' formation later dispersed because it could not be maintained, the most dangerous time had already passed.

The shouts and howls in the darkness continued for a long time. No one knew whether the dead or injured were opponents or teammates. They didn't even know if they were fighting the right people in the dark.

It was not until more than half an hour later that the noise outside the camp gradually died down. Zhou Yu naturally realized that the Yellow Turbans had almost all fled, so he immediately ordered torches to be lit to monitor the situation. Sure enough, when the torches were lit and he looked again, the only ones left in the darkness were Wu and Shu soldiers.

At this time, Sun Quan, who had been watching the battle from inside the camp, couldn't help but ride over hurriedly: "Gongjin, how was the result of the battle tonight?"

Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Quan, then at the surrounding soldiers, took a deep breath and burst into laughter, then bowed heavily to Sun Quan: "Your Majesty, our army won a great victory tonight. We killed many enemy soldiers in this battle. We should celebrate!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan was stunned.

Is this a great victory?
After all, he watched the entire war until the end. When he came over, he saw the few Yellow Turban corpses on the ground. He knew in his heart that the gains in this battle were very small, so he just asked Zhou Yu for the specific number, but Zhou Yu's reaction seemed wrong.

Leaving only such a small number of people behind, it can't be considered a great victory.

When he was about to express his doubts, he opened his mouth, but seemed to realize something and stopped immediately.

Looking at Zhou Yu's joyful reaction, Sun Quan was silent for a while, first he sighed imperceptibly, and then he followed Zhou Yu in laughing.

"Great, great! Great lords to our army for finally achieving a great victory. Pass on my order to reward the entire army tomorrow morning with extra food to celebrate this great victory!"

Sun Quan is also a good actor, and with this cooperation, he can act quite well.

Many soldiers, unaware of the overall situation, actually thought that the battle was fought well, and they couldn't help but relax a lot. Of course, they were more excited about the rewards and extra meals that Sun Quan mentioned.

The result of this hasty battle that night became the great victory that Zhou Yu and Sun Quan mentioned without knowing the specific gains.

It has to be said that after what they did, the atmosphere of the army did improve a bit. Perhaps it was because Wu and Shu had not won a victory in too long, and this fake victory could also boost the morale of the army.

On the other side, the Yellow Turban soldiers who broke out separately would not get separated at night. After all, the light from the Yellow Turban camp was their best guide. After a long time, they returned to the camp and regrouped.

After making a fuss for so long in the night, the Yellow Turban soldiers were still relatively calm. Tonight's breakout only seemed dangerous, and it was actually nothing to the Yellow Turbans. However, Zhao Yun, who led them into battle, had a look of shame on his face.

After the soldiers returned to the camp, the officers counted the number of people and found that the team was still short of two or three hundred people.

This loss of troops is actually nothing. After all, more soldiers may return to the camp later, and the casualties will be lower than this number, but Zhao Yun still feels that he has a responsibility.

"Zhao Yun did not perform well in this battle and was almost ambushed by the enemy. My brothers were also injured or killed. Please punish me, Master!" When he saw Xu Chen, Zhao Yun immediately knelt on one knee, clasped his fists in guilt and asked for punishment.

Xu Chen shook his head when he saw this, and stepped forward to help him up: "Casualties are inevitable on the battlefield, Zilong has done nothing wrong, and it is your credit that you were able to bring the army back from the encirclement intact."

(End of this chapter)