(Author's note: This week we will continue to update three times a day, the time is still 0:00 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm. Basically 10,000 words a day, please give me more support, only then you will have the motivation to write.
.) Night falls, and in this late night, the earth seems to be frozen to death. There is no wind in the cold air, but it can still make people unbearable, becoming the only weapon of nature with the power of killing. Cold air
Apply this kind of power to all kinds of vegetation, insects and even small birds, causing those birds to fall from the branches to the snow-covered ground, and under the same severe cold, they will become like ice.
hard.
The newly built military camp was empty. The military camp that could accommodate 5,000 people only had one tent with a faint light. In the big tent, Gao Fei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Zhao Yun sat around the campfire.
They both held a jar of wine in their hands. After touching each other once, they each drank the spicy wine.
A few people just chatted a little, perhaps because they were not familiar with each other yet. Gao Fei and Cao Cao both maintained a sense of caution and did not openly reveal too much. Sun Jian was a straightforward person, and there was nothing he dared not say.
Yes, a lot of dissatisfaction was revealed in his words. He directly expressed his complaints about Dong Zhuo's arrogance and domineering, Liu Biao's sanctimoniousness, Zhou Shen's treachery, and Huangfu Song's resentment for not accepting his opinions.
After listening to Sun Jian's complaints, Gao Fei felt that this Jiangdong Tiger didn't know how to hide himself, and he seemed to confide in anyone who was kind to him, and he exuded the aura of a hero everywhere. He listened to Sun Jian
words, while thinking: "Sun Jian is indeed a tiger from Jiangdong, but he is a short-lived tiger. This method of not hiding himself will often harm him."
Sun Jian was a heavy drinker, and he drank while grumbling, and finished the wine in just a moment. After drinking, Sun Jian was still not satisfied, and was ready to ask for wine, so he immediately said to Gao Fei: "General Gao, there is still wine in the army.
Huh?"
Cao Cao didn't say much. When he heard Sun Jian asking for a drink, he hurriedly said: "General Sun, just drink here today. If you drink like this, you will miss important events. Besides, the rebels often come here these days."
If General Sun is drunk during the attack on the camp at night, then who will be guarding the camp tonight? I think it’s getting late, so we should go back to England separately, right?"
Gao Fei also hurriedly consoled him and said: "General Sun, what General Cao said is very reasonable. If General Sun still wants to express his feelings, when the Liangzhou rebellion is suppressed, I will personally entertain General Sun at a banquet and let General Sun drink his fill!"
Sun Jian nodded, stood up slowly, with a rosy face, and flew high. Cao Cao cupped his hands and said with a smile: "The two generals are right, so I will take my leave."
Gao Fei, Cao Cao was about to stand up, but he saw Sun Jian had already reached the entrance of the camp, turned around and faced Gao Fei, Cao Cao cupped his hands and said: "Two generals, stay here, there is no need to see each other off!"
After Sun Jian left, Cao Cao also stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Ziyu, it's time for me to say goodbye."
Gao Fei said: "Brother Meng De, stay here for now. I have something unclear and I would like to ask for advice!"
"Brother, please speak!"
"With Brother Meng De's great talent, it should not be difficult to see the hidden dangers behind the siege. Why didn't Brother Meng De raise any objection to Lord Huangfu?"
"Haha, it turns out it was just for this matter. Brother Ziyu, to be honest, I contributed this strategy. You won't let me overthrow myself, right?"
"Brother Meng De, you..." Gao Fei was a little surprised. Cao Cao was an outstanding military strategist, so why did his strategy have such big loopholes? He then thought about it. At this time, Cao Cao was still a young general in the Han army. He was really
There are very few opportunities to command troops in combat. The so-called military strategists are trained in constant wars. He smiled knowingly.
"No one can make mistakes, but I would suggest to General Huangfu to adopt General Sun's suggestion. But that is not the case now. Now the rebels are at their peak. There are tens of thousands of Qiang and Hu rebels stationed in Hebei City. They
They are all brave and skilled warriors. Only by using the strategy of siege to demoralize them can we use General Sun's strategy."
Hearing Cao Cao's words again, Gao Fei felt that Cao Cao was not unaware of the hidden dangers, and the reason why Huangfu Song did not adopt Sun Jian's strategy was probably because Cao Cao had presented a whole set of strategies from the beginning. He handed over his hand and said: "
It seems that Brother Meng De had planned this whole set of strategies early in the morning, so General Huangfu did not react much when faced with the strategy proposed by General Sun. Brother Meng De is indeed a talented person and has a great strategy.
People admire.”
Cao Cao just smiled faintly, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Ziyu, it's getting late. I'll take my leave. Brother Ziyu, there's no need to see you off."
"My lord, Cao Cao is a very deep man in the city. My lord should be secretly wary of such a person." Zhao Yun accompanied Gao Fei to send Cao Cao out of the camp, and said softly to Gao Fei on the way back.
Gao Fei smiled, he naturally knew that Cao Cao was a person who was not easy to mess with, but he did not intend to offend him, but wanted to use him. Since he knew that Cao Cao was the future Taizu of Wei, he would not let Cao Cao become Taizu of Wei, no matter what
Whatever achievements Cao Cao will have in the future, he will make Cao Cao his most beneficial ally. With such a person as an ally, he can definitely be worthy of ten people like Sun Jian.
"Well, the more extraordinary he is, the more worthy of my appreciation and deep friendship."
Late at night, Gao Fei and Zhao Yun were still sleeping soundly in the camp, but suddenly they heard the sound of fighting, war drums, and horns mingling together, making a deafening sound, which surprised Gao Fei and Zhao Yun from their dreams.
"The rebels are attacking the camp!" Zhao Yun jumped up from the bed, took out his sword, and stepped out of the camp in one swift step.
Gao Fei also stood up, took his sword, and walked out of the tent.
The lights were brightly lit in the night sky outside the camp. Directly in front of the camp where Zhao Yun was at Gaofei, in Dong Zhuo's barracks, soldiers of the Han army were using crossbows to snipe at the Qiang and Hu rebels running from all directions. Looking along Dong Zhuo's barracks
In the past, most of the Han army camps surrounding Jicheng were severely attacked.
"Go up to the watchtower!" Gao Fei shouted from Zhao Yun beside him.
The two people hurriedly came to the watchtower in front of the village gate, climbed up and looked far away, overlooking the entire battlefield.
Gao Fei's camp was newly established and was located behind all the Han army camps. Since there were no soldiers, there was no need to participate in the battle. What's more, the generals in each military camp would never let the rebels break through their defense lines. The surrounding areas
When the fire started, one saw the rebel cavalry coming out of Jicheng one after another. The knights on horseback were either waving their sabers, or shooting bows and arrows, and they quickly rushed into the camp under the leadership of their horses.
The fence, the antlers and horses on the outside were also moved aside and burned by the rebels.
A steady stream of rebel soldiers emerged in an endless stream. The ferocious-looking rebels tried to break through the defense line of the Han army's camp. However, due to the tight defense of the Han army and the crossbowmen kept firing arrows, some of the rebel soldiers who rushed to the gate of the camp could not move much.
Instead, he became the target of public criticism and was shot into a hedgehog by the crossbowmen.
With the long defense line, dense arrow rain, and the cooperation between infantry and cavalry, the rebels' breakout operation that lasted for half an hour ended in failure again, leaving behind corpses covered with arrows.
"My lord, although the rebels' offensive is fierce, this defensive method of forming a stronghold can indeed stop the rebels. Without this siege method, I'm afraid it would be difficult to withstand the rebels." Zhao Yun saw the rebels.
After the army retreated, he spoke slowly.
After hearing this, Gao Fei nodded slightly and felt that Cao Cao's strategy was still very useful. If the siege was lifted now and the rebels were still energetic, even if they pursued them, they would encounter stubborn resistance.
"Zilong, it seems that we have nothing to do now. Let's go back to camp. Only when our troops arrive will we have the confidence to speak."
Zhao Yun followed Gao Fei down to the watchtower and continued back to the camp to sleep, but in his heart he was looking forward to the arrival of his army.
One day later, Lu Heng led 1,400 Feiyu troops and 2,000 Han troops to the outside of Jicheng, led the troops into Gao Fei's camp, and hung "Gao" on the flagpole of the camp.
Word banner.
"My lord, my subordinates stayed at Shanggui in accordance with my lord's instructions. Xia Houlan led 400 men to garrison Shanggui, and Gai Changshi also stayed at Shanggui, preparing to receive the grain and grass shipped by Hua Xiong from Chencang." Lu Heng was in the big tent.
Middle to high flying path.
After hearing this, Gao Fei asked: "Is Pound back?"
"Not yet. There has been no news since Pound left. But please rest assured, my lord, with Pound's martial arts, it will be easy to escape even if he encounters rebels." Lu Heng replied.
"Well, I don't know if Pound can find Jia Xu's whereabouts. I'm just worried that if Jia Xu falls into the hands of the rebels again, then his life will be difficult to save."
"Mr. Jia will definitely bring good luck to people and heaven. Please don't worry, my lord. Now that our soldiers have arrived, my lord should take the initiative to ask General Huangfu to fight. Otherwise, we are always behind other people's backs. How can my lord get the credit? These days
Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Zhou Shen, Bao Hong, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu all received bounties for blocking the rebels. Their subordinates saw it and felt pain in their hearts." Zhao Yun stood beside Gao Fei and whispered.
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Gao Fei said: "Don't worry, I have my own sense of caution. It's not the time for us to attack yet. Although all the troops have received bounties, the soldiers have been exhausted from several consecutive days of night fighting. Our army is now recharging its strength."
At that time. Lu Heng, please give the order to let the whole army rest for a day and start training on the mountains behind the camp from tomorrow."
Lu Heng immediately clasped his fists and said, "I obey my orders!"
In the next three days, the rebels no longer chose to take a single action at night, but broke out day and night. In the three days, the rebels made a total of twenty-six breakthroughs, and each breakthrough was more difficult.
The former was more violent. The open space between Jicheng and the Han army camp turned into a bloody swamp, with countless human corpses and horse corpses.
One hundred thousand Han troops versus one hundred thousand rebels, this is an equal number. The rebels' breakout operations for a week ended in failure. Thousands of people died every day. The casualties of the Han army and the rebels continued to rise.
, but in comparison, the Han army lost 20,000 infantry in exchange for the death of 50,000 rebel cavalry. In the final analysis, the Han army still had a considerable advantage.
When the Han army's camp was broken, they cut wood from nearby mountains to repair it. Each time it was repaired, the camp became stronger, making it more difficult for the rebels to break through. In addition, the rebels were short of food in the city, making it difficult for them to break out.
The horses were malnourished and everyone was hungry. While fighting the hunger, the rebels in the city began to kill horses to satisfy their hunger, and many of the cavalry became infantry.
In three days, Hua Xiong, Pei Yuanshao, Xia Houlan and Gai Xun escorted the grain and grass to Gao Fei's camp. The two thousand Feiyu troops were all gathered together. Lu Heng took Pang De's place. Zhao Yun had already
After taking over Fei An's men, the Feiyu troops, led by Gao Fei, conducted training in the nearby mountains. Gai Xun commanded the other two thousand Han troops and was responsible for cleaning up the corpses on the battlefield and burying those who died in the battle for Gao Fei.
All the people, whether Qiang Hu or Han, were buried in a big pit to prevent any epidemic.
On the eleventh day of the Han army's siege, Huangfu Song ordered all eight of his generals to be summoned to the main tent of the Chinese army.
In the big tent, eight generals lined up in two rows, with Liu Biao, Zhou Shen, Bao Hong, Cao Cao on the left, Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, Gao Fei and Huangfu Song on the right, sitting in the middle, stroking his beard and saying softly
: "I called you all here today because I have important instructions. We have been besieging the city for ten days. During these ten days, the rebels have been trying to break out. Now the rebels have run out of food and grass and have begun to kill horses to satisfy their hunger.
, it’s time for us to attack. Which of you is willing to take the lead?"