The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 103 Conquering Qingzhou soldiers

In the barracks of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, Zhang Lei was frowning as he listened to the spies' report.

"Tell me about the situation." Zhang Lei sighed.

He already knew that something was wrong, he was about to win, the general of the Yellow Turban Army should come back and report by himself, and sending a spy back now, there must be something wrong.

"Yes, God's envoy!" The spy wiped the sweat and blood from his face with his hands and said, "We first chased the enemy to a valley, and the general sent the spies to investigate the valley, and found no ambush before we entered. .”

"How could you lose without an ambush?" Zhang Lei asked in wonder.

"They did not have an ambush in the valley, but they set up an ambush at the entrance of the valley." The spies replied.

"Taniguchi's ambush?" Zhang Ping on the side said with some surprise: "If Taniguchi's ambush, you just retreat, how can you be in a desperate situation?"

The spy said with a bitter face, "The Taniguchi I'm talking about is the Taniguchi we entered."

"They use cavalry to attack you when you are about to leave the valley entrance, and then set up an ambush at the valley entrance where you came in!" Zhang Ping told Cao Cao's arrangement in one breath.

"Yes, yes!" The spy nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Who the hell did it? It's really bad." Zhang Lei cursed.

"Cao Cao is coming!" Zhang Ping analyzed calmly: "This man is the most skilled in cunning ways of using troops, and the trick of laying an ambush at Taniguchi is probably due to his technique."

"Cao Cao is the lord of my good son-in-law, right?" Zhang Lei's brows twitched.

"Although this person has a group of counselors and generals following him, he doesn't have the support of some gentry and surnames." Zhang Ping analyzed: "My husband asked us to take refuge in him, I am afraid there is another meaning."

"Oh, besides that Cao Cao is Cao Cao, what reason does he have for us to rely on him?" Zhang Lei's eyes showed a shrewd look. How could it be a foolish ability to be the leader of a million Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou? He usually looks rougher in appearance.

"Hmph, it's not that there is something wrong with Cao Cao's background. The so-called drowsiness hits the pillow, and our Yellow Turban Army just happens to be a pair with him." Zhang Ping said with a smile: "He is the grandson of the eunuch. How could you be willing to sacrifice your life for him?"

"Hey, we are rebels, and he is a descendant of eunuchs, so they really got together." Zhang Lei grinned.

The spy left Zhang Lei's military tent in a daze, naturally he didn't know the way inside.

The battle in the valley has come to an end, and Dongfang Sheng, who has seen Cao Cao's superb swordsmanship, naturally follows him to fight with confidence.

Although the resistance of the Yellow Turban Army was tenacious, the general situation was gone. Under the attack of Cao Cao's infantry and cavalry, they were finally wiped out. However, none of the Yellow Turban Army surrendered.

"Hey, they are all good men!" Cao Cao sighed, "Dig a hole and bury them."

Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin immediately took the soldiers to dig a hole. Cao Cao turned to Dongfang Sheng and said, "Once the Yellow Turban Army is defeated, their morale will be low. If they suffer a few more defeats, they will probably flee."

After setting up camp, Dongfang Sheng, Xiahou Dun and Yujin were called to Cao Cao's military tent to hold a military meeting.

"Tonight we are going to attack the camp of the Yellow Turban Bandits!" Cao Cao said bluntly.

Yu Jin was a little puzzled and asked: "My lord, the enemy army has just been defeated, and they will definitely defend strictly. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to attack the camp tonight?"

"Tenglong, what do you think?" Cao Cao didn't answer, but turned around and asked Dongfang Shengdao.

"My opinion is different from that of General Yu." Dongfang Sheng nodded apologetically and said to Jin: "The way to use troops is to be surprised. The enemy did not expect us to attack the camp tonight, so once we really Going to attack the camp will definitely have a miraculous effect."

Raiding by surprise soldiers, even if they can't do too much damage, can still affect the morale of the opponent.

Cao Cao glanced at Dongfang Sheng with approval and said, "Tenglong knows my heart well!"

Seeing that the matter had been decided, Xiahou Dun immediately stepped forward and said, "This subordinate is willing to share the Lord's worries!"

"Okay, I'll send five hundred fine riders to go with you to explore the camp." Cao Cao immediately agreed.

Xiahou Dun took the order to leave, and Yu Jin sat back a little embarrassed.

"Yu Jin, Dongfang wins!" Cao Cao continued, "Each of you will lead a team of infantry to follow Xiahoudun. If the enemy's camp is in chaos, you take the opportunity to rush in and fight. If the enemy's camp is not in chaos, don't act rashly."

"Here!"

But Dongfang Sheng didn't know that Yujin and Dongfang Sheng were ordered to leave.

This Cao Cao's use of troops is really linked together, after Dongfang won the army account, he secretly praised it.

In history, Cao Cao's military use is one of the few masters in the Three Kingdoms, otherwise Liu Bei would not run away after seeing him.

After ordering a thousand infantry, Dongfang Sheng followed Xiahou Dun steadily.

I don't know if Ping'er and the others can stop Xiahou Dun's attack on the camp?Dongfang Sheng looked curiously at Xiahou Dun looking for a place outside the barracks to break through.

Xiahoudun raised his spear, straightened up and said, "Kill!"

Behind him, the [-] fine horsemen moved along with them, like a black cloud, drifting towards the camp of the Yellow Turban Army.

At the gate of the camp of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, a group of strong crossbowmen who had been prepared for a long time were ambushing at the gate. As soon as they saw Xiahou Dun rushing over with five hundred elite horsemen, those strong crossbowmen immediately aimed their crossbow arrows at them.

call out!call out!call out!
The sound of arrows piercing the air sounded, and Xiahou Dun pushed aside the arrows in front of him with his spear and rushed to the front.

When Dongfang Sheng saw the opponent's arrow, he sighed in his heart: It seems that the Yellow Turban Army has already foreseen and seen our intention. It seems that this attack on the camp will fail.

Sure enough, after rushing through the ambush circle of the crossbowmen, Xiahou Dun encountered the shieldman holding a large shield.

"withdraw!"

Xiahou Dun also knew that the situation was not right, so he decided to stop the soldiers and let them retreat first.

Because they are cavalry, they are more maneuverable, and each of them has extraordinary riding skills, so it is relatively easy for Xiahou Dun and the others to rush out, but even so they lost nearly a hundred people.

Watching Xiahoudun's elite cavalry retreat in an orderly manner, Zhang Lei felt emotional. Although he had soldiers and horses as well as elites, his superiority was immediately apparent when compared with other officers and soldiers. Unable to form a unified schedule.

This is also the reason why under Zhang Ping's arrangement, Xiahou Dun was ambushed with several times as many troops as Xiahou Dun, but failed to keep Xiahou Dun.

The reason for this situation is not that Zhang Ping and Zhang Lei are not smart enough, but because military books from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period were strictly prohibited from being circulated among the people, and the people could not be circulated, let alone Zhang Lei and Zhang Ping, who were rebels. up.

(End of this chapter)