Chapter 40: The Battle

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Although Baima is only a county town, it is a tall city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus thousands of powerful private soldiers are stationed, it is impossible for the Yellow Turban Army to capture Baima in one day.

Everyone's expressions fell in Chen Xu's eyes, how could he not know what these people thought? Inform everyone of your guesses.

Now the Yellow Turban Army is short of food, and the siege only wants to fight quickly.

If they put on the clothes and armor of the officers and soldiers after killing the officers and soldiers and went to the city of fraud, the county seat of Baima could be broken on the same day.

The White Horse City is broken, and the powerful private soldiers have no desire to fight, and many heroes will also let their own private soldiers protect themselves from the White Horse, and they will never think of fighting to the death with the Yellow Turban Army.

In this way, the Yellow Turbans could easily obtain the property of these wealthy families.

The county officials, look at me, I look at you, and their faces are very ugly.

Although they did not go to the battlefield and fought face-to-face with the Yellow Turban Army, they saw these wars in their eyes.

Every time the officers and men attacked the Yellow Turban Army with absolute superiority, they fought extremely hard each time, and the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army can be seen from this.

If the Yellow Turban Army breaks through the White Horse, gets the grain and grass, and then joins forces together, Puyang City will be in danger!

Qiao Mao looked around, saw everyone's faces, and said pointedly: "I have a lot of private soldiers in my Puyang Haoqiang and rich families, if the Yellow Turban Army really attacks the city, even if they don't want to, they will send their private soldiers to help in the war." ”

Many of the county officials had private soldiers hidden in their homes, and their faces changed when they heard this.

The private soldiers in the family were all formed by them at great expense, and if they were sent to the battlefield, everyone would naturally be in pain.

However, everyone understands the principle of solidarity, if the Yellow Turban Army breaks through Puyang, the wealth accumulated by their family for several generations will be added to other people's wedding dresses.

In a hurry, everyone said: "If Puyang is really in danger, we will definitely send domestic slaves to help in the war." ”

Chen Xu looked at everyone coldly, and he was quite disdainful in his heart.

Although this official had private soldiers in his family, most of them were rabble and did not listen to orders. He would never have used these privates unless he had to.

The city gate was opened, and all the defeated soldiers of the White Horse entered the city, Chen Xu sent Chen Jing to boost morale, but he left the thief Cao under the door of the White Horse and asked him in detail about the situation of the Yellow Turban Army.

Although Chen Xu was only a leader of the volunteers, the thief Cao of the White Horse did not dare to despise Chen Xu.

Not to mention that the thief Cao is just a defeated general, whether it is Chen Xu's reputation or the identity of thousands of soldiers and horses in Puyang now, he needs to look up to it.

The questions raised by Chen Xu were answered by the thief Cao one by one, and he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest.

After listening to the answer of the thief Cao, Chen Xu's face was quite gloomy.

Qiao Yu and Chen Xu have known each other for a long time, and when they saw this, they hurriedly asked, "Wen Zhao, but what's wrong?" ”

The officials in the county had not left at this time, and when they heard Qiao Yu's words, they all looked at Chen Xu.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Xu didn't answer, opened the map of Dongjun, thought for a while, pointed to a place with his finger, and said, "Dongwuyang is in danger!" ”

It's really amazing!

The officials in the county had just recovered from the shock of the loss of the white horse, and they were all shocked when they heard Chen Xu speak like this.

Dongjun has 15 counties under its jurisdiction, of which Puyang, Baima and Dongwuyang are adjacent, all of which are large counties with large populations and concentrated rich households.

If the Yellow Turban Army really broke the White Horse first, and then broke Dongwuyang, with the Yellow Turban Army's habit of slaughtering the rich and powerful, I don't know how much wealth, grain and grass they can collect.

Moreover, the three cities of Puyang, Baima and Dongwuyang are in a position of corners, and they want to help, if the cities of Baima and Dongwuyang are broken, other counties must be afraid of the power of the Yellow Turban, and if Puyang is in danger, they will not dare to send troops to help.

Qiao Mao hurriedly asked, "Why did Wen Zhao say this?" ”

Chen Xu replied: "I just asked Cao, the thief of Baima, and he said that the Yellow Turban Army that ambushed them only had more than 2,000 people, and they were under the banner of 'Li'. ”

"Now the Yellow Turban Army besieging the city, plus the logistics baggage troops, will not exceed 5,000, but there are only more than 2,000 officers and soldiers ambushed by the White Horse, and where are the more than 2,000 Yellow Turban Army?"

"Besides, the last time our army robbed the camp, Bu Ji was only slightly injured, and as the commander of the first army, it is impossible for him to hide in the camp tent all the time to rest."

Chen Xu said this, and everyone suddenly realized.

The Yellow Turban Army is divided into two routes, one is led by the Yellow Turban thief surnamed Li to attack Baima, and the other is led by Bu Ji himself to attack Dongwuyang.

Bu Ji along the way, if the strategy of attacking the white horse is used, the day when the city of Tobu Yang will be broken will not be far away.

Changshi figured this out and hurriedly said: "Now that the Dongwuyang rout has not yet come to Puyang, why don't I send troops to the rescue?" ”

When the rest of the people heard this, they also nodded yes.

Qiao Mao looked at the distance between Puyang and Dongwuyang on the map, and said dejectedly: "It's late!" ”

From Puyang to Dongwuyang, even if it is a starry night, it will take a day and a night to arrive, and the Yellow Turban Army has been planning for so long, it must be prepared, maybe it has already broken through Dongwuyang at this time.

Qiao Mao was a little excited. He has great ambitions, but in the past, due to the constraints of the Zhang family in Puyang, this Dongjun Taishou was very unsatisfactory.

finally waited until the Zhang family was wiped out by Chen Xu and integrated the forces in the county, originally thinking that he could show his strength, but he didn't want the Yellow Turban Rebellion to break out suddenly.

If he can repel the Yellow Turban in the troubled times, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement, but now the two county towns under the jurisdiction of Dongjun are about to be broken by the Yellow Turban Army, which will definitely become a big stain on his political career.

If the eunuch then slandered in front of the emperor, he would definitely end up being dismissed from office.

When Chen Xu saw the appearance of the bridge hat, he couldn't bear it, and comforted him: "Bridge Gong, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. Besides, we are only guessing now, and the Yellow Turban Army's strategy to defraud the city may not be able to conceal the county orders of Baima and Dongwuyang. ”

Hearing this, Qiao Mao's face turned slightly pale.

That night, Puyang City sent scouts to focus on investigating the situation in Baima and Dongwuyang.

Just in case, even in the direction of other county seats, Puyang sent out a lot of scouts.

Early the next morning, Wang Yan led the army to attack, and Chen Xu ordered to guard the city gate tightly and not to fight.

Wang Yan saw that the county soldiers did not fight, so he sent the Yellow Turban soldiers to take turns to scold, and after scolding the county officials, he began to scold Chen Xu again, and the words were extremely insulting.

Chen Xu was annoyed when he heard the foul language under the city, but he knew that the Yellow Turban Army was brave, and if he went out of the city to fight, the victory or defeat would be unpredictable. Now that the officers and soldiers have the city wall as their backing, as long as they guard the city gate, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely have nothing to do.

Although he is familiar with the art of war, he is still young after all, and it is inevitable that some young people will be vigorous, and he can't stand the foul language of the Yellow Turban Army, so he wants to dodge.

In order to keep his ears clean, Chen Xu ordered the lieutenant generals to defend carefully, but he himself returned to the city angrily.

It didn't take long for him to hear shouts on the city wall, Chen Xu's heart was terrified, and he hurriedly ran over, but saw Chen Hu rushing out of the city single-handedly.

Chen Xu's face was full of anger, and he scolded loudly: "Didn't I say that you should guard the city gate, why did Chen Hu open the city gate and leave the station?" ”

The generals on the city wall saw Chen Xu angry, and said in fear: "The little general was scolded by the thieves and was so angry that he had to go to war, but the last general desperately blocked him, but he was kicked over by the little general." The little general called for the city gate to be opened, but the guards did not dare to stop it. ”

At this time, Chen Xu secretly made a mistake, and even he couldn't stand the scolding of the Yellow Turban Army, let alone Chen Hu, who had a strong temper?

Now is not the time to be held responsible, Chen Hu is Chen Xu's cousin, but the relationship between the two is closer than that of a brother, and he will never let Chen Hu slip up.

Chen Xu took his weapon and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

He had already been scolded by the Yellow Turban Army, and he had not calmed down until now, since Chen Hu disobeyed the military order and went out of the city, then he would fight happily.

When the guards heard this, they cheered loudly.

They were pointed at and scolded by the Yellow Turban Army, and they were already angry, but they didn't dare to speak out because of the military order.

Now that the main general is preparing to leave the station, the soldiers naturally grind their fists and palms, ready to fight happily.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dull drums of war sounded, the gate of Puyang City was wide open, and Chen Xu went out of the city with four thousand soldiers, murderous.

Chen Hu had already rushed to the front of the battle, although he was a reckless man, he was not stupid, knowing that he would definitely not be able to resist many Yellow Turban troops alone, so he scolded loudly: "You seven grandsons, do you know my Chen family Erlang?" That thief will dare to come and send him to death? ”

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, military generals paid great attention to fame.

The two armies face each other, and generally there are people on the other side who call for formation, and there will be people in this formation, unless the enemy general is extremely brave, there will be a siege.

The Yellow Turban Army was attacked by Chen Xu and lost two battles in a row, losing troops and losing generals, many Yellow Turban generals were not convinced, and they were all furious when they saw Chen Hu coming to call for battle single-handedly.

A yellow turban general didn't wait for the general to agree, slapped his horse and took Chen Hu directly, and scolded in his mouth: "The black guy is going to be arrogant, and you will die if you come and go!" ”

Wang Yan knew that Chen Hu was brave, and just about to stop him, he saw that the Yellow Turban General had already rushed over, and the two fought, and as soon as they met, the Yellow Turban General was shot off his horse by the angry Chen Hu.