Lu Zhi's army quickly took control of the situation in Yiyang City.
Statistics after the war showed that thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers were captured and nearly 10,000 people escaped.
Meng Zhen's forward army had about a thousand casualties, while the Yellow Turban army suffered more than four times the casualties, with a battle loss ratio of about 1:4.
This was the first time that Lu Zhi's army had suffered such heavy casualties. The previous sieges had only resulted in a thousand casualties when combined.
From this point, it is not difficult to see why street fighting rarely occurred in ancient wars. After the city was breached, the defending party would rather abandon the city and flee than fight the enemy in the streets. This is because the casualty rate in street fighting is too high.
Close combat in places where the terrain is narrow and difficult to carry out is a pure war of attrition. Both sides will enter an endless loop of fueling tactics until all personnel on one side are wiped out.
In fact, the casualty rate of the Yellow Turban Army was not that high. After all, relying on more than a thousand Yellow Turban warriors who were not afraid of death, Yu Changgen had stabilized the situation. He was not afraid of using such fueling tactics again. Even if there were more than 20,000 people, Yu Changgen had stabilized the situation.
It's 2 for 1, and Meng Zhen's forward army can be easily swallowed up by relying on the large number of people.
However, the fire spread extremely quickly, burning from the gate of Nancheng all the way to the center of the county. Meng Zhen's army occupied the main road of the county, and other Yellow Turbans were scattered throughout the county and were swept away by the fire. Especially after Yu Changgen's death, the Yellow Turbans were defeated and fell into
Pursuit battle.
Therefore, in fact, most of the casualties of the Yellow Turban Army were not caused by the official troops, but by fires, stampedes, pursuit battles, and even their own people killing each other in order to escape from the North City Gate, which was also a considerable battle loss.
However, although the casualties of the forward army were heavy, Lu Zhi saw an opportunity in this battle and immediately and decisively ordered the forward army to set off, preparing to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat the three counties on the south bank of the Ming River in one fell swoop.
Among them, the Chinese army sets out behind the front army, because the front army is lightly armed and simple. If the battle at the front is unfavorable, the Chinese army needs to carry some baggage for the front army to facilitate the war of attrition. The rear army is an auxiliary army and is not included in the war.
Among the 30,000 soldiers, those who stayed to deal with post-war issues, such as putting out fires, cleaning up corpses, detaining prisoners, etc., would not move on until the next morning.
After dealing with the aftermath, Lu Zhi stood at the city gate, looked around, and asked, "Where is my disciple Xuande?"
Meng Zhen said quickly: "General, Liu Zhonglang took the lead in the siege battle and fell into deadly battles many times. The Yellow Turban Commander Yu Changgen summoned dead soldiers to resist our attack and almost wiped out our entire army. Thanks to Liu Zhonglang's quick wit, he climbed out
He went up to the roof and took the opportunity to shoot Yu Changgen to death with an arrow. Now he should lead people to clean up the remnants of the Yellow Turban in the city."
Lu Zhi was very happy after hearing this. His disciples performed well and his own face was radiant. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Yes, Liu Xuande should be credited with the first merit in this battle, and Meng Zhen will be the second. I will report to the court to add value to you."
Achievements. Go and send someone to call Xuande."
"only."
Meng Zhen was overjoyed. Although he was only a minor contributor, Liu Xuande was indeed the biggest contributor to the siege. The one who tricked the city gate into opening was Liu Bei's subordinate Chen Mu, and the ones who charged forward were Liu Guanzhang and his 500 soldiers.
One arrow shot the thief's head to the root of the thorn, and scared Guo Daxian away. It was considered good for him to be able to do a good job, so he was not jealous at all, and was smiling happily.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Liu Bei, also covered in blood, hurriedly ran to meet Lu Zhi. He walked more than ten meters away and ran to Lu Zhi, knelt down on one knee, raised his hands and said, "Master."
Kneeling was not popular in the Han Dynasty. Except for formal occasions, there was no need to kneel even when meeting the emperor.
But there are two exceptions, one is the parents and the other is the master.
Kneeling to your parents and master is a matter of course.
Lu Zhi personally helped him up and nodded happily: "Very good. Xuande attacked the city and killed the generals in this battle, which made my family famous. I am very happy as a teacher. After the war, I will ask the imperial court for your credit. Tonight you will
Have a good rest, rest and reorganize the troops, and come to Quliang tomorrow to join the division."
Liu Bei was shocked and said: "Master, are you planning to take advantage of the situation to capture Quliang again tonight?"
"good."
Lu Zhi said: "Although you have defeated Yiyang tonight, because you have few soldiers and few generals, you have let go of a large number of Yellow Turban thieves. When they escape to Quliang and Guangping, Zhang Jiao will be vigilant. In order to prevent unintended consequences, we must fight quickly."
We must make a quick decision and take down the barriers of the three counties. When we cross the Ming River, Guangping will be a flat river with no danger to defend."
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Bei, please order me to carry out my duties and serve as my master's vanguard."
Lu Zhi shook his head: "You have just experienced a fierce battle and suffered a lot of casualties. You need to rest, so forget it."
But Liu Bei smiled and said: "Master, although I don't know what I can do, I have studied the classics with you, and I think I have some tricks. Today I saw that my fourth brother lied about Wu'an's defeat and used a trick to open the city gate. I heard what Master said
To attack Quliang, Bei couldn't help but come up with a plan. Just now in the city, Bei gathered the surrender soldiers and gained more than a thousand people. Together with the other bandits captured by Meng Sima, the number may reach thousands. If he mobilized some surrender soldiers
They retreated in the direction of Quliang, and our troops were mixed in, pretending to be Yiyang's defeated army. Quliang's defenders would most likely open the city gates like this night, and our troops would take advantage of the situation to attack the city, and easily defeat them.
If the three counties are captured, the army will be able to besiege Guangping early tomorrow morning."
Lu Zhi asked doubtfully: "What will happen if these soldiers are killed?"
"Be prepared to guarantee it!"
Liu Bei patted his chest and assured that he had just wandered around the city and prevented many soldiers from killing the defeated Yellow Turban Army. He also used some tactics to win over many surrendered soldiers like He Liang's tribe. Now he has three soldiers.
There were thousands of troops, and the more troops he fought, the more troops he fought, which greatly increased his confidence.
At this time, Chen Mu had also walked down the city tower. Seeing Lu Zhi and Liu Bei discussing matters at the city gate, he wanted to come over, but was stopped by Lu Zhi's troops. Fortunately, Wu Lan, an infantry captain not far away, recognized him and waved.
Signaling the troops to let them go.
Chen Mu Shi Ran came over, cupped his hands and said, "I've seen the general."
Lu Zhi tapped his chin and said: "Zi Gui, this battle was completely won due to your quick wit. In addition, you led Xuande's strategy to go south, which shows that you are a resourceful man. I don't know how to become a scholar. Do you have a teacher?"
He was asking how Chen Mu achieved academic success and whether he had a teacher to teach him.
Chen Mu said: "Although I studied after Qu Nihou, due to the decline of my family status, I have long been no longer a high-ranking scholar. Only the Chen family in Puyin still has a part of the ancestral library. Mu used it in the name of the clan elders cleaning the library."
Pry through books and learn by yourself."
Lu Zhi sighed: "It turns out that you are cleaning the bookstore for the tribe in exchange for reading. It is not easy. I was in Luoyang two years ago, collating Confucian classics with Ma Rixi, Cai Yong, Yang Biao, Han Shuo and others, and published
The text of the canonical book has been engraved in the Taixue Stone Classic. Taixue absorbs the world's knowledge, and I would like to recommend you as a student of Taixue. Do you agree?"
Chen Mu said with great joy: "I have long heard about the Shi Jing of Taixue, which caused more than 1,000 taels of car rides a day, filling the streets, and causing a sensation throughout the country. It is a pity that I was poor and did not have the travel expenses to Luoyang, otherwise I would have been willing to go to Taixue."
Get a glimpse of what is going on at the door of the school. Now that you have been mentored by me, I am very willing to go to school in the future. I will definitely succeed in my studies and repay my gratitude to you."
As soon as he hit the snake with the stick, his title changed from general to sir.
The Taixue Stone Jing is actually the Xiping Stone Jing. Because it stood at the gate of Taixue, it was called the Taixue Stone Jing instead of the Xiping Stone Jing by people at that time.
Before traveling through time, Chen Mu was also a very high-achieving scholar with both business intelligence and intelligence. He was born in the era of the information explosion. He also went to study abroad at one of the top universities in the world. He had a rich reserve of knowledge and did not care about the content inscribed in the Xiping Stone Scripture.
What he cares about is his status as a student of Taixue.
In the Han Dynasty, being a student of Taixue was a pretty good step for advancement. If you gain influence in Taixue and get a layer of gold, you can be promoted to Xiaolian immediately after returning to your hometown.
They are all likely to be recruited as subordinate officials by the Three Lords, and their promotion speed is also very fast.
To put it simply, this place is equivalent to a party school. Even if you have not gone to the Imperial College, you can still be an official if you are promoted to be filial and honest. But if you have been to the Imperial College and are promoted to be filial and honest, it will be like stacking buffs, and your promotion speed will be like a rocket.
Chen Mu had also considered before that if he did not find Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others, and if he wanted to be able to protect himself, he would have to be an official with the power to recruit troops. The way to promote filial piety and honesty in the county was taken over by the powerful in the county.
, ordinary civilians like him have almost no chance, the only way is to go to Taixue.
It is a pity that the conditions for entering Imperial College are extremely harsh. First, they must be the children of high-ranking officials, second, they must be selected by the county, and third, they must be recommended by great Confucians.
The first two items were monopolized by the powerful gentry, and the third item he didn’t know any great scholars.
Now that Lu Zhi plans to recommend him, Chen Mu is of course very happy.
"Very good."
Lu Zhi was also very pleased to see Chen Mu being so motivated. If he hadn't been an official in the court now, instead of resigning and returning to Zhuoxian to study as he did more than ten years ago, he would have wanted to accept Chen Mu as his disciple.
"By the way, sir, I am here to say that my eldest brother's subordinates suffered too many casualties this time, and their armor was heavily damaged. It needs to be replenished. Please approve the supplement."
Chen Mu thought of business and asked Lu Zhi for help.
"This is a trivial matter. If Xuande's troops are damaged in battle in the future, you don't need to ask me anymore. Just ask Zhao Lin directly."
Lu Zhi turned to Director Zhao and said, "Zhao Lin, go and check."
Chen Mu smiled at Chief Zhao and said, "Mr. Zhao, my second and third brothers are over there. You can ask them to take you there."
Master Zhao's expression remained unchanged, he nodded reservedly, and went to find Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Chen Mu also signaled to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the distance. The two understood and took Chief Zhao to "check" the battle damage.
Liu Bei saw that Chen Mu and Lu Zhi were chatting happily, so he said: "Fourth brother, Master plans to attack Quliang tonight. I propose that the army should be mixed into the surrendered soldiers, pretending to be Yiyang's defeated army, and falsely open the Quliang city gate. You
What do you think?"
Chen Mu thought for a while and said: "Of course this method is feasible, but it requires horses. Yi Yang is only 40 miles away from Quliang, and the Mingshui River is turbulent. The defeated army here has no ships, so it must be instinctive to flee in large numbers to Quliang. If this strategy is used,
Then we must arrive before the defeated army reaches Quliang, and prevent the news of Yiyang’s fall from being passed on to Quliang.”
This is the classic strategy of exchanging time for space, which can also be regarded as a race against time. It is equivalent to two people running. Whoever reaches the finish line first wins. But one person has been running for a while, and if the person behind wants to catch up,
You have to cheat.
Lu Zhi was decisive, and after only thinking for a moment, he immediately gave the order: "Pass my order, bring some soldiers with you, call in soldiers with superb riding skills, gather all the horses, and attack Quliang by surprise!"