Chapter 243: Tails Valley Encirclement and Destruction
Now is not the time to rest and recuperate, the top priority is to go north to encircle and annihilate Zhangba's reinforcements.
"Lord, we can't take these prisoners away."
Since we have to go north to encircle and annihilate Zhangba, it is obvious that these Yellow Turban prisoners cannot be taken away.
"Then what should we do? Kill them all?"
Yuan Shu was unwilling to kill prisoners unless necessary, but this did not mean that he could not do it.
After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Tian Feng couldn't help but shook his head.
"My lord, it's not necessary. All you need to do is chain up these Yellow Turban prisoners with ropes and send a thousand soldiers to guard them."
After listening to Tian Feng's words, Yuan Shu also felt that he had too much murderous intention, which may have something to do with the injuries sustained in the battles in the past few days.
"Okay, as the military advisor said, leave a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the prisoners, and the rest will quickly move north. I will turn Tail Valley into the second Divine Turtle Ridge."
"promise."
Yuan Shujun's execution ability was very high, including Liu Beijun's. After giving the order, the whole army went directly northward towards Tail Valley without any hesitation.
Yuan Shu's army fought extremely quickly in this battle. It took less than an hour from the beginning to the end of the battle, but they achieved a great victory.
More than 15,000 Yellow Turbans were annihilated, more than 20,000 were captured, and less than 3,000 were injured. Among them, Liu Bei's side lost more than 1,000, which means that the total casualties of the Guards and the Huwei Army were less than 1,000.
to two thousand people.
More than 40,000 elite officers and soldiers galloped all the way to Tail Valley, where they began to prepare for an ambush.
Zhangba is now very high-spirited. He has 60,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Adding in the 50,000 soldiers and horses who are besieged, his total force is another 110,000.
Yuan Shu's army only has 60,000 to 70,000 troops at full strength. Taking into account the losses in the attack on Duzhai, Yuan Shu's army now only has 50,000 troops at most.
These 50,000 troops are besieging Shengui Ridge. He believes that as soon as his army arrives, Yuan Shu's army will be defeated by combining internal and external forces.
When the time comes, whether he follows Yuan Shu into Jizhou or recruits soldiers and horses, it will be a good choice to occupy Yudu Dazhai and become the king.
In three days, Zhangba finally led his soldiers and horses to Tail Valley. After Tail Valley, it was only twenty miles away from Shengui Ridge.
"Order the entire army to speed up through Tail Valley. This afternoon I will attack Yuan Shu with my brothers from Shengui Ridge. Dong Yu, you lead 20,000 troops and wait until the entire army has passed through."
Although Zhang Ba is currently focused on the honor and benefits after defeating Yuan Shu, he still holds back.
The 40,000-strong army did not stop and went directly into the Tail Valley, while the 20,000-strong rear army was waiting at the mouth of the valley.
Tail Valley is five or six miles long. Even if Yuan Shu's elite wanted to pass through, it would take more than ten minutes, let alone the Yellow Turban Army. Even if the vanguard moved very fast, it took almost half an hour to reach the entrance of the valley.
"leave."
I don't know where the words came from, and then I saw countless large rocks falling from the sky like heavy rain, directly blocking the Tail Valley.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack."
From the situation in front of them, any fool knew that they were ambushed. The vanguard officer at the front shouted and ran back on his horse. He was going to report the military situation to Zhangba.
Zhangba also heard the thunderous sound, but he was in the valley and had no idea what was happening in front of him.
When the sound of enemy attack came, he immediately made arrangements.
"The enemy is attacking, the rear team will change to the front team, and withdraw from Tail Valley."
Although Zhangba's reaction was quick, since Yuan Shu has activated it, he will not allow you to escape easily.
Zhao Yun's Yingyang Army was already hungry and thirsty. More than 10,000 cavalry galloped on horseback, directly smashing Dong Feng and his more than 20,000 Yellow Turbans who fell outside the valley.
More than 5,000 people died under the cavalry's sabers, and Dong Feng was also shot off his horse by Zhao Yun at a crossroads.
After the Yingyang Army came the heavily prepared Huwei Army, the Wei Army, Liu Bei's Army and the militia.
The whole army swarmed forward and directly killed the dispersed Yellow Turbans until they cried for their fathers and mothers. In the short time of tea, more than 20,000 Yellow Turbans were either dead or surrendered, and the entire army was wiped out.
The Huwei Army was the front line, and the Wei Army and Liu Bei Army were the flanks. A huge pocket-shaped defense was deployed in an instant. At this point, the Yellow Turban Army that broke into Tail Valley became a turtle in a urn just like the Yellow Turban Army at Shengui Ridge.
"Commander, the southern valley entrance has collapsed and the road ahead has been completely blocked."
The pioneer officer finally came to Zhangba and reported the military situation to him.
"The valley entrance in the south is collapsing. It's not good. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Speed up the retreat north. Hurry."
Hearing the collapse of the south valley, Zhangba already understood the enemy's intention, which was to concentrate his forces to attack him from the north. There was only one thing he could do now, speed up and rush out of the north valley.
"Report to the commander-in-chief that a large number of enemies have been discovered in the north, and the 20,000 troops and horses remaining at the mouth of the valley have been routed."
A scout rushed from the rear, knelt down beside him, and reported the military situation.
"What?"
When he heard that enemies had appeared in Beigu and that the 20,000 troops he had left behind had been defeated, Zhangba felt as if the sky was falling.
He only had a total of 60,000 people, but now, 20,000 people were defeated without even taking a chance. What is the situation of this army?
"Commander, what should we do now?"
When the pioneer officer heard that the way back was cut off, he became anxious for a moment.
"What to do? How do I know what to do? The entire army organizes defense on the spot. Shen Ding, please prepare. I want you to climb over this mountain and go north to ask for help."
Now Zhangba was also panicking. The only thing he could think of was to organize a defense first, and the second was to call people to ask for help.
"promise."
As soon as Zhangba finished speaking, he saw a thin little man step forward and nodded to Zhangba,
In the meantime, Shen Ding was like a mountain monkey possessed, climbing up the mountain wall quickly, and disappeared in front of Zhang Ba's eyes in a moment.
Seeing Shen Ding disappear, Zhang Ba breathed a sigh of relief. As long as someone could escape, he would have hope.
"What are you looking at? Why don't you quickly organize a defense."
"promise."
Under the command of Zhang Ba, the 40,000 Yellow Turban Army huddled together and formed a formation to defend on the spot. However, what they didn't know was that Tian Feng had already noticed all this. The fishhook had already been thrown out, and they looked to the north.
The Yellow Turban can no longer take the bait.
"Just give orders to the Jianzhong Army."
"promise."
A big flag fluttered in the army, and as soon as the big flag came out, the mountains and valleys on both sides of Tail Valley, the grass and trees moved, and within a short time, countless soldiers holding strong bows appeared.
The reason why the Jianzhong Army was not placed at the mouth of the valley was because Tian Feng had arranged it above the valley. It was the Jianzhong Army who pushed down the boulders to block the south valley just now.
"Fire the arrow."
He opened his jaw and gave an order, and violent arrows fell from the sky like a heavy rain. The Yellow Turban Army in the valley suffered heavy casualties in an instant.
"Shield, shield, shield quickly."
Suddenly attacked, Zhangba quickly ordered his subordinates to raise their shields to defend, but they were like turtles in a jar, and they really couldn't stand it when facing Tian Feng.
