The mountains were pitch black, and through the torches in the Yellow Turban camp, Zhang Fei could vaguely see a large group of soldiers patrolling.
Chen Mu's eyes did not stay on the Yellow Turban Camp, but towards the city ahead.
Under the night, Changshe City is silent, and the city walls are brightly lit.
A large number of soldiers nervously shuttled back and forth on the city wall, peeking outside the city from time to time. Although the flags were fluttering and the momentum was huge, it was inevitably a bit bluffing.
According to the biography of "Huangfu Song in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty", Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's troops together could only number ten thousand people.
However, the Yellow Turban Army's Bocai tribe had more than 100,000 troops. There were only a few soldiers in Changshe City, and there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. The army was frightened, and the soldiers were terrified and uneasy.
Seeing the tense atmosphere on the towers of Changshe City, you can know that the atmosphere in the city is indeed very depressing.
"General Huangfu and General Zhu seem to be under a lot of pressure now."
Chen Mu sighed.
Zhang Fei wondered: "How did the fourth brother know?"
Chen Mu said with a smile: "If the pressure is not too high, you will let the soldiers wander back and forth on the tower, looking out, and give the enemies outside the feeling that we are always monitoring your movements, and you don't want to mess around?"
Zhang Fei looked into the distance and saw that it was indeed true. The people in the city lit all the torches on the towers. Thousands of torches were used to illuminate the city. The lights near the city wall were brightly lit. Apparently they were afraid that the enemy would attack in the middle of the night. There are no patrols in every place.
On the other hand, the Yellow Turban Army was much more leisurely. Although they also had patrol teams, it was like a routine matter. They walked around the perimeter twice and then went back. They did not carefully check the surrounding environment at all, and there were not even hidden sentries.
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu says: "If you are ten, you are to surround it, if you are five, you are to attack it, if you are twice as many, you are to fight."
The Yellow Turban Army is more than ten times stronger than Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. If Changshe County is captured, it will almost be regarded as a battle of annihilation. More than 10,000 soldiers will not survive. For the soldiers in the city, it will be a test of life and death. The pressure is indeed It came overwhelming.
"So what do we do now?"
Zhang Fei asked.
"wait."
"wait?"
"good."
Chen Mu said: "Wait for another hour or two."
"Then what?"
"Then rob the camp."
"Three thousand of us..."
Zhang Fei was stunned.
Three thousand people robbed other people's houses of more than 100,000 people?
Even if you can fight one against ten thousand, what will you do if you still have more than one hundred thousand?
"So we have to wait."
Chen Mu said calmly: "The third watch at midnight is the time when people are most tired. The Yellow Turban Army has besieged Changsha for so long, so they must be exhausted and exhausted. This is the time when their vigilance is at their lowest, and they are just in time to rob the camp."
"What happens after the camp is robbed?"
Zhang Fei asked again.
"Into the city, of course."
Chen Mu said matter-of-factly: "I have counted that the Yellow Turban Army in the north only has more than a thousand tents, which means that they only have more than 10,000 troops stationed here. The three armies from the east, west, and south cannot arrive so quickly, and they must be stationed in front of them. Before reinforcements arrive, fight quickly and then withdraw into the city."
Zhang Fei hesitated: "What if the Changshe city gate doesn't open..."
indeed.
With 3,000 men on their side attacking a camp of more than 10,000 people, it will definitely go very smoothly.
Because the Yellow Turban Army had been besieging Changshe for a month, it was the Yellow Turbans who had been attacking Huangfu Song. Huangfu Song never dared to send troops out of the city, so his vigilance was very low.
It was the same reason when Gan Ning's Hundreds of Horsemen robbed the camp.
Cao Cao's army attacked Soochow, with more than 400,000 infantry and cavalry at Ruxu slogan. The camps stretched for dozens of miles, the groups of soldiers were as dense as the sand on the seashore, and the torches lit at night were as vast as the stars in the sky.
Just because Cao Jun felt that he was outnumbered, he relaxed his vigilance after setting up camp. As a result, more than a hundred cavalry from Gan Ning easily broke into the camp, killed dozens of people, and then fled.
The problem is that Gan Ning was sent there by Sun Quan, so when Gan Ning returned, Sun Quan would definitely open the city gate and let Gan Ning in.
Although they were reinforcements, they had no contact with Huangfu Song and Zhujun in the city.
Once the camp is robbed and Yellow Turban reinforcements arrive from all directions, but if the gate of Changshe cannot be opened, the three thousand men and horses will be drowned in the sea of more than 100,000 troops, unable to make any waves.
Some people may ask, if this is the case, why don't they send people to the city to contact the people in Changshe City?
The reason is very simple. Changshe City is surrounded by people from all sides. The officers and soldiers in the city are staring at the Yellow Turban Army outside the city. Why are the Yellow Turban Army not staring at the city?
In such a tense atmosphere in Changshe City, where one is facing a formidable enemy, swaggering to the city gate shrouded in lights is equivalent to passing under the eyes of the Yellow Turban Army. All fools know that reinforcements are coming from the imperial court, so it would be strange not to be alert immediately.
"So I can only gamble."
Chen Mu shook his head and said: "Huangfu Song is now very much looking forward to the reinforcements to straighten his morale, and he will open the door for us. Cao Cao's troops and horses have heavy supplies, so they can just sit back and watch. If we can't, we can either go back to Xinzheng, or find a way. There is no other way to enter the city."
Zhang Fei whispered: "Do you have to risk your life to gamble?"
Chen Mu smiled, looked back at the soldiers, and said in a low voice: "It's not our life, it's the life of the soldiers. I won't go to the battlefield. Third brother, you have horses. After the camp is robbed, if Changshe City You can come and go as you please without opening the door, but as for the soldiers..."
Then let's all settle for fate.
Even though Zhang Fei had a heart as strong as iron and never took the lives of his soldiers seriously, he was horrified and took a breath of air-conditioning.
Three thousand men alarmed more than 100,000 enemy troops, which is no different from the shaking of a tree by an earthworm.
If the gate of Changshe cannot be opened, the three thousand people, except for the five hundred mounted cavalry, will have only one fate, and that is death.
This is gambling with the lives of three thousand people.
My fourth brother, not only does he not regard human life as his life, but other than him, everyone is an ant.
"Why do you want to bet like this?"
Zhang Fei didn't understand, so he advised: "Wouldn't it be better to go back to Xinzheng or go with the guy named Cao behind you?"
Chen Mu held out two fingers: "Two reasons. First, Xinzheng is too far away. Once a war breaks out, the plan cannot keep up with the change. Second, General Huangfu and General Zhu are under great pressure now. What they desire most is reinforcements. If there are reinforcements Yes, I think the probability of them opening the city gate is as high as 90%. So the probability of our entire army being annihilated is very low, which is why I am willing to bet."
In fact, there is another reason, that is, if he joins forces with Boss Cao, he will be back to the starting point. At that time, he will have to follow Lao Cao to garrison nearby, waiting for the war to change. Once Huangfu Song makes a decision, Fire attack, then the only credit he can gain is chasing the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers.
And if they can enter the city, they will definitely get the attention of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun as reinforcements. As long as they propose the plan of fire attack before them, then this huge credit will be placed on Chen Mu's head.
Not to mention becoming famous all over the world by then, it will be almost the same.
Such a huge benefit was the reason why Chen Mu was willing to gamble with the three thousand people under his command.
As for the soldiers under his command...
Compassion does not control soldiers, ruthlessness is a bit ruthless.
But in marching and fighting, there are no immortals. There are too many battles in this world where lives are gambled.
In the Battle of Julu, without Xiang Yu’s desperate gamble, where would the Hundred and Er Qin Pass be?
In the Battle of Jingxing, if Han Xin didn't have the courage to fight against the odds, how could there be a great man in the world?
What's more, Chen Mu felt that the worst outcome would be for him and Zhang Fei to escape in embarrassment and escape on horseback.
As long as you don't die, everything can be done again.