In Puyang City, Chen Xu looked at the information from the scouts, his brows furrowed, and the generals under his tent were also silent.

After a long time, Chen Jing said: "I broke into the enemy's rear camp that day, and saw that it was indeed filled with grain and grass, since the enemy's grain and grass had been burned, why didn't they retreat?" ”

After the victory of the camp, Chen Xu sent scouts widely, wanting to find out when the Yellow Turban Army would retreat, and when the time came, he would lead the troops to chase and kill for a while, and he would definitely be able to capture a lot of booty, which could be used to distribute to the officers and soldiers in the army to calm the hearts of the army.

However, the scout's reconnaissance report said that not only did the Yellow Turban Army show no signs of retreating, but the daily shouts of killing in the camp shook the sky.

Moreover, they cut down trees, built siege equipment, and put on a picture of not giving up if they did not capture Puyang, which made everyone in the city feel incredible.

There was also smoke in their camp every day, and it didn't look like they had run out of food and grass.

Someone under the tent said: "Could it be that after we retreated, the Yellow Turban Army rescued a lot of grain and grass?" ”

Chen Xu shook his head and replied: "I watched the big tent of the thieves and the rear army, and the flames were soaring, even if they could rescue some grain and grass, they would definitely not last long." ”

At this time, he remembered the record in the romance, but if a mortal wants to withdraw his army, he will first put on a posture of fighting to the death and will not retreat, and then secretly withdraw his army.

The more Chen Xu thought about it, the more he felt that he had not guessed wrong, and he got up and said: "I expect that the thief army will withdraw within a few days, and you must be lazy when you wait for Hugh, when you are widely distributed and scouts are scouting, and you must not let them escape easily." ”

Although Chen Xu sympathized with those Yellow Turban Army, he also had to think about his soldiers first.

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For two days in a row, there were constant shouts of killing in the Yellow Turban camp, but any scout who wanted to get close to watch would be shot to death by random arrows, and no scout dared to approach again.

Chen Xu's face was very gloomy, and he felt faintly uneasy in his heart, but he didn't know what the Yellow Turban Army was going to do.

Summoned the generals under the account, Chen Xu asked them to tell the three armies that if the Yellow Turban Army still did not come to attack the city tomorrow, the county soldiers would take the initiative to go out of the city and engage the Yellow Turban Army.

In the early morning of the next day, I heard a report from the scouts, saying that the Yellow Turban Army was covering the sky and the sun with its banners, carrying many siege equipment, and came to attack the city with a large army.

When Chen Xu heard this, his face was full of disbelief, and he muttered to himself: "How is this possible?" Without food and grass, they still don't quit the army? ”

Although he was puzzled in his heart, Chen Xu did not dare to slack off, on the one hand, he sent people to inform the officials in the county, and on the other hand, he ordered the lieutenant generals to guard the four gates and defend the city.

Although the Yellow Turban Army set off on the fifth watch, after all, it carried a lot of siege equipment, and it did not arrive at Puyang City until almost noon.

At this time, they were not busy attacking the city, but not far from the city wall, swaggering to bury pots and make food, as if they were not afraid of the defenders in the city suddenly coming out to kill.

Chen Hu glared, and said angrily: "The Yellow Turban Army is so deceitful to despise us and others, please take five hundred soldiers and go out to kill for a while, so as to frustrate the Yellow Turban Army's spirit." ”

After observing carefully for a long time, Chen Xu shook his head and said: "The Yellow Turban Army seems to despise our army, but between its battalions, there are well-founded advances and retreats, and the defense is tight. ”

"Besides, the person who led the troops this time is Wang Yan, this person is not comparable to himself, if our army rashly attacks, it will definitely be tricked."

Qiao Yu looked at the banner of the Yellow Turban Army's 'king', and said suspiciously: "It's really strange, the thief master will be injured, the grain and grass will be burned, where did they get the courage to continue to attack the city?" ”

At this moment, the messenger hurriedly came and came with a letter with an arrow hole in the middle, and said in a hurry: "Report! Our scouts shot a letter into the city. ”

Now that the Yellow Turbans are in the city, the gates have long been closed, and the scouts can only shoot letters into the city.

Chen Xu hurriedly opened the letter, and after reading the contents, his brows furrowed even tighter.

"The Yellow Turban Army actually advanced ten miles to the village!" Chen Jing got the letter handed over by Chen Xu and said in a lost voice.

Generally retreat twenty miles to the village, is afraid of the enemy's sneak attack, only so far apart, if you make up your mind to attack the city, twenty miles is too far, carry siege equipment, just a trip back and forth will take more than half a day, how can there be time to attack the city?

Ten miles forward, the Yellow Turban Army was showing their determination and telling Chen Xu that they were ready to continue to attack the city.

"How's that okay?"

Many generals understood this truth, and when they saw that the Yellow Turban Army did not retreat but advanced, and the more frustrated they became, the more courageous they became, they were a little panicked in their hearts.

"Hahahaha, the Yellow Turban thieves don't know the art of war, they don't know strategy, we only have to defend the city for a few days, the enemy army is short of food, and it will definitely be defeated without a fight!"

Although Chen Xu didn't know the purpose of the Yellow Turban Army, he couldn't care about anything else at this time, so he had to belittle the Yellow Turban Army to dispel the anxiety in the hearts of the lieutenant generals.

"These generals and soldiers are really useless. It's okay to fight a good fight, but once there is a slight setback, there will be a cowardice mentality. Otherwise, with 4,500 defenders in the county and more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops attacking the city, what is there to fear? ”

Chen Xu was very dissatisfied with the performance of these generals.

The Yellow Turban Army only had more than 15,000 people, and 1,000 people were killed in the previous robbery camp, and some baggage soldiers were removed, but there were only 10,000 soldiers in battle.

However, Puyang City was supported by the city wall, and the Yellow Turban Army attacked the city defended by 4,500 people with 10,000 soldiers and horses, which can be said to have no chance of winning.

Even so, the generals in the city were still a little flustered, which showed how much the army of the Han Empire had been eroded.

Since the Yellow Turban Army is so fearless, it is very likely that there will be internal responses in the city, thinking of this, Chen Xu's heart suddenly burst.

"Where is Chen Jing?"

"The last general!" Chen Jing replied.

"I will order you to lead five hundred soldiers and horses to maintain order in the city, arrest the spies, and if there is any mistake, bring your head to see you!"

Chen Jing's heart sank, and said, "Take the order!" ”

For several days, the Yellow Turban military camp was covered with flags, but it only surrounded Puyang City, arrested officers and soldiers scouts, and then shouted loudly every day and night, but did not attack the city.

Chen Xu thought that the Yellow Turban army was a tired tactic, so he divided the sergeants into two squads, with 500 people at each city gate, and took turns to rest.

After seeing the strong combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army on the day of the camp, Chen Xu was very jealous of them, and he thought that after they ran out of food, they would automatically retreat, and he did not go out of the city to call for battle.

On this day, Chen Hu pointed to a yellow turban soldier with a scar on his face and a relatively short stature not far from the city gate, and said: "Since the day before yesterday, how have I kept seeing this guy swaying under the city? Although he changed his clothes and armor, he couldn't hide it from me. ”

When Chen Xu heard this, his face changed. During this time, the Yellow Turban Army relied on more troops than officers and soldiers, and took turns attacking and disturbing the city day and night.

At first, he was worried that the Yellow Turban Army was bluffing, but after two days of observation, he found that the Yellow Turban Army did have more than 10,000 troops, so he stopped paying attention.

But I don't want to think that in the past two days, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army attacking and disturbing the city have always been the same people, but they have changed their clothes and armor every shift.

Chen Xu walked down the city wall, passed the county lieutenant generals to come to discuss the matter, and then ordered them to secretly assemble the county sergeants.

All four city gates left 200 guards of the city, and planted more flags to confuse the Yellow Turban Army, but Chen Xu led nearly 4,000 men and horses, ready to go out of the city to fight.

"There are only 5,000 Yellow Turban troops surrounding Puyang now, right? Moreover, they are scattered at the four gates, and if I concentrate my forces and destroy the Yellow Turban Army at one gate, I will definitely be able to inflict great damage on the vitality of the Yellow Turban Army. ”

Time passed little by little, and the Yellow Turban Army besieging the city was also a little tired, at this moment, the gate of the east of Puyang was wide open, and Chen Xu led 4,000 soldiers and horses to kill the Yellow Turban Army outside the city.

The Yellow Turban Army did not expect that the officers and soldiers would have the courage to leave the city, and a thousand men and horses were killed in a moment.

Fortunately, the leader of the Yellow Turban at the east gate was not useless, on the one hand, he made people blow a terrible horn, sent people to ask for help, and organized the Yellow Turban soldiers to resist.

For a time, the east gate of Puyang was full of flesh and blood, and the sound of killing was everywhere. The Yellow Turban soldiers shouted one by one, 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand', not afraid of life and death.

I have to say that an army with faith is indeed terrifying, and the Yellow Turban Army in front of you is a true portrayal.

The Yellow Turban Army, with four times the strength of its officers and soldiers, and the leadership of the two fierce generals Chen Xu and Chen Hu, was unexpectedly unafraid and fought to the death.

The work of a cup of tea has passed, although most of the Yellow Turban Army was killed and wounded, it still resisted stubbornly, and the casualties of officers and soldiers were not low.

Chen Xu's heart sank, he knew that the Yellow Turban Army was brave and good at fighting, but he didn't expect that their combat effectiveness would be so strong, and if it dragged on, the reinforcements of the Yellow Turban Army would arrive.

"Whoever says that the Yellow Turban Army is vulnerable, I will fight with him." Chen Xu stabbed a person to death, and said with hatred in his heart.

If you can't defeat these people before the Yellow Turban reinforcements arrive, even if you can still win, you will definitely not be able to get the spoils of war on the battlefield.

In this way, the officers and men will inevitably be dissatisfied with the rewards and pensions of the county alone, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Gritting his teeth, Chen Xu was angry and shouted: "Soldiers, only by killing the thieves can you get the spoils of war, think about the hungry relatives in your family, kill me!" ”

When the officers and men heard this, they were really shaken and fought bravely to kill the enemy. The Yellow Turbans are outnumbered and already have a tendency to rout.

Several times the Yellow Turban was about to be defeated, but the leader of the Yellow Turban was always the first to lead the people correctly.

Because he knew that once the Yellow Turbans were defeated, their morale would inevitably collapse, and then it would turn into a one-sided slaughter.

Seeing the outstanding performance of this Yellow Turban general, Chen Xu sighed in his heart, this is another nameless hero!

Although Chen Xu admired this person, he couldn't think much about it on the battlefield, he knew the truth of 'capture the thief and capture the king first', and looked at the leader of the enemy army who commanded the Yellow Turban Army, with a spear, and went forward to kill.

Seeing Chen Xu coming, the Yellow Turban General was not afraid, although he had heard of Chen Xu's reputation, but the situation in front of him did not allow him to retreat.

It will be the courage of the soldiers, whether it is for the glory of the warriors or for the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, he can only fight!