The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 56

"Brother, are we calling now?"

Although he didn't get any information about whether Huangfusong and others retreated into the Changsha, Wei Tao understood that as long as Huangfusong and Zhu Jun didn't die, they would avoid going to the Changsha sooner or later.

Only by avoiding entering the Changsha can we be able to defend firmly, and at the same time contain the Yellow Turban Army.

"That's right, I'll set off for Yuzhou immediately."

No matter what happens to Cao Cao in the future, the current Cao Cao still hopes that the big man can be better, so he is very concerned about the affairs of the current court, and immediately stopped talking, and directly assembled all the troops.

With previous training, the army that had just been recruited for nearly two months was able to look decent, but Wang Yue and his disciples were not prepared to go with them.

Although Cao Cao was a little disappointed, seeing Wei Tao leading four hundred cavalry by his side, the gloomy mood dissipated accordingly.

"set off!"

When Cao Cao gave an order, he didn't wait any longer, and immediately led the people to go straight to Yuzhou.

This time Cao Cao led the team to set off, which was different from the previous one led by Wei Tao to Luoyang.

At that time, Wei Tao was originally a small team, and everyone was cavalry. There was no team in the Yellow Turban Army that could catch up with Wei Tao.

Moreover, it is impossible for the Yellow Turban Army to mobilize everyone to chase and intercept a team like Wei Tao.

Even so, Wei Tao's journey was not smooth.

Now Cao Cao led thousands of troops straight to attack Yuzhou, and his goal was even more obvious. As soon as they entered the range of Yuzhou, the Yellow Turban Army had already learned about it.

Both Wei Tao and Cao Cao understood this, so they did not dare to march in a hurry after entering Yuzhou, for fear of exhausting their physical strength and being caught off guard by the Yellow Turban Army.

After traveling for three days, what Wei Tao and Cao Cao did not expect was that although they encountered several groups of Yellow Turbans, the strength of those Yellow Turbans was not very good. As long as they confronted their own army for more than a moment, they would collapse on their own. .

This is entirely the case with troops that have not experienced combat.

"No! It's fine if it's from other states and counties. Although the Yellow Turban bandits used to use the Yellow Turban Way as a cover-up, they did not dare to train soldiers publicly, so there are actually not many elites."

Wei Tao and Cao Cao didn't need such back and forth probing, so Wei Tao just spoke directly.

"It's like when I was in Chenliu, even an army of several thousand can defend against tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans through the city defense. But this is Yuzhou, where the main force of the Yellow Turbans gathers. Apart from Jizhou, I'm afraid it belongs to this place The elite are the most, why haven't the Yellow Turbans made any moves for a few days?"

"what do you mean……"

Although Cao Cao was asking, his frowning showed that he already had an answer in his heart.

"That's right. I'm afraid that all the elite Yellow Turbans were attracted by General Huangfusong and General Zhu Jun. Although I don't know how the two generals are doing now, I'm afraid they are under the siege of Yellow Turban bandits."

Wei Tao spoke slowly, but after saying this, neither Wei Tao nor Cao Cao looked good.

"For the current plan, we should rush to the rescue of the two generals."

"What should I do?"

Cao Cao is worthy of being Cao Cao, but he calmed down in the face of such a situation.

"If the previous information is correct, even if the two generals are ill and cannot fight against the enemy now, it is not difficult to do some planning. If I were the two generals, I would definitely retreat to the Changsha."

This is also the first time that Wei Tao has made his own decision from a grand strategy.

"If so, the Yellow Turban bandits must try to cut off their way. Once the army is allowed to enter the Changsha, it will not be easy to go down. So I thought we should divide the army into two groups, and lead the army slowly towards the Changshe. Yes, the second is to attract the attention of the Yellow Turban bandits, and the Second Route leads a small group of troops straight into the enemy's rear to set up an ambush, if the Yellow Turban bandits intend to block the return of the two generals, they can rush out from behind in one fell swoop and take the two generals into the city."

"Great trick!"

After hearing Wei Tao's words, Cao Cao immediately gave a sigh of admiration.

"Zi Yuguo is the country's general!"

Cao Cao himself could do such a plan, but although he stabilized his mind in a hurry, he couldn't make a decision in a moment.

Only Wei Tao knew the key to the Changsha early on, and deliberately learned something along the way. Seeing that the Yellow Turban's attack was not strong enough, he began to think about the mystery, and this was the only way to make a judgment in one fell swoop.

"So, can Ziyu lead this army for me?"

Cao Cao is indeed Cao Cao, but he walked back and forth for two steps and then spoke seriously.

"Under the court's law, it is easy to hand over military power, but now that the matter is urgent, and Ziyu has the post of county lieutenant, it is not a violation of the system to temporarily hand over this military power to Ziyu."

Cao Cao's meaning is very clear, that is, he will lead hundreds of people to set up an ambush for rescue, and Wei Tao will lead thousands of troops to walk slowly.

This is the trust in Wei Tao.

Not everyone can serve as the leader of this army. You must know that even if there are thousands of soldiers and horses, the impact of the Yellow Turban is not weak.

Even if only hundreds of people were injured and only a few died every time, but after several times, the wounded are very likely to be submerged in the "sea of ​​people" of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Brother is so trusting, Tao dare not obey?"

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Wei Tao was also a little moved. Commanding an army is indeed dangerous, but how dangerous is it compared to setting up an ambush on the territory of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou?

Cao Cao can hand over this matter to Wei Tao, after all, Wei Tao is now Cao Cao's subordinate, and in the barracks, there is absolutely no possibility of disobeying an order.

But Cao Cao took on this burden by himself.

"But there is only one thing for Tao, please agree."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Cao Cao was also a little curious about Wei Tao's problem.

"I have a retainer, Dian Wei, who is as brave as a man. His strength is the most courageous in the battle. Although it is beneficial to march with me here, he can't use his ability. Please, brother, can bring him by his side."

"Haha...it's that ancient evil! I can have this person to protect me, I'm safe!"

Cao Cao really didn't care about Dian Wei's ferocious appearance at all, and his words still revealed his unabashed appreciation.

But Wei Tao is not afraid, Cao Cao is a true gentleman and a true hero, no matter how much he likes him, he will not do something in private to poach people's corners.

What's more, Wei Tao also has confidence in Dian Wei.

The time was urgent, and the matter was certain. Cao Cao and Wei Tao immediately summoned the central army generals to tell the matter.

Of course, in order to prevent the Yellow Turbans from getting news, the real goal is impossible to say clearly. It is only said that Wei Tao will lead the army to attract the main force of the Yellow Turbans to attack, and then Cao Cao will lead the army to attack and smash the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop.

It has to be said that Cao Cao's subordinates do not have many talents. After hearing this strategy, except for Zhang Liao who was following Wei Tao's eyelids and then fell silent, everyone else should be.

In fact, seeing this scene, Cao Cao couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

With the cooperation of these generals, Wei Tao and Cao Cao acted quickly. Cao Cao led all the cavalry and [-] elite infantry quietly left the team under the moonlight, while Wei Tao commanded all the troops.

"Wen Yuan, that's the way things are, so if there are mutinies in the army, they should be shot and killed, and we must never let the news of our army leak out."

Wei Tao trusted Zhang Liao very much, and did not hide this real action from him.

"promise!"

The army of thousands of people was not moving fast, but since Wei Tao was planning to attract the attention of the Yellow Turban Army, he naturally would not go straight all the way.

"kill!"

With an order, two thousand archers lined up in front of the formation, set up their bows and shot arrows, and immediately saw countless arrows raining down, and the yellow turban bandits who had charged frenziedly all fell to the ground one by one.

But I have to say that Yuzhou is indeed the two most important states and counties of the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans here are not as enthusiastic about Taiping Road as other continents.

Even though the troops in front were shot and killed by Wei Tao, the people who followed were still charging forward fearlessly.

"Archers retreat, swordsmen step forward, spearmen follow!"

Wei Tao had to thank Cao Cao. Although there were not many cavalry, all kinds of infantry looked good after two months of training.

Following Wei Tao's order, a row of soldiers in armor and shields stepped forward neatly, and behind them was a row of long spears shining with cold light.

As soon as you see the Yellow Turbans charging forward, you will see the cold light stabbing, and every stab will take the life of a Yellow Turban soldier.

But this does not mean that the Han army is not damaged. Those Yellow Turban soldiers are indeed extremely fanatical. Even if they are killed, they will desperately tear open the Han army's defense line.

This stalemate lasted for another half an hour, and the Yellow Turban Army retreated after dropping a thousand corpses.

This is already the fifth time that Wei Tao led the army to take the initiative to clear the Yellow Turbans and attracted the attention of the Yellow Turbans. In addition, this time, Wei Tao had nearly a thousand dead and more than half of the wounded.

"Fortunately, fortunately, fanaticism does not mean everything after all. Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Army has no cavalry. If not, we would not be able to go to Changsha at all."

Seeing the Yellow Turban Army receding like a tide again, Wei Tao finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Wenyuan, how far is it from Changsha?"

"About three hundred miles."

Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Wei Tao hesitated for a moment, and immediately gave the order.

"The whole army hastened to move and strive to arrive at the Changsha as soon as possible. If anyone can't bear the hardship and wants to become a deserter, then shoot and kill!"

"promise!"

Both Zhang Liao and Wei Tao understand that after these several times of active suppression, the Yellow Turban Army will never turn a blind eye to their own Han army, and as they get closer to the Changsha, it is also very important to mobilize some elite Yellow Turbans to come. easy thing.

"A place of hundreds of miles is actually only a few days' march for soldiers who are good at training, but they don't know what is going on with Mengde's side now? With no information at all, they can Find where the two generals Huangfusong and Zhu Jun are?"

After Wei Tao gave the order, he didn't feel at ease. On the contrary, he became a little more suspicious because of several battles with the Yellow Turban Army, doubting whether what he did was correct.

"Looking at the current situation, the situation of the Yellow Turban is even better than in history. Could it be that the advance action did not hinder it in the slightest?"

(End of this chapter)