The moment the city gate slowly closed, Chen Mu knew that he had made the right bet.
There were several personal guards beside him, also riding horses.
Zhang Fei withdrew from the Yellow Turban barracks and ran toward the city gate as promised.
Chen Mu also came out from the forest in the distance at the same time and met Zhang Fei at the foot of the city. Three thousand people lined up and slowly entered the Changshe.
The gate of Changshe, like most county towns, is only two or three feet high and no more than one foot wide. The city is short and there are few soldiers. The reason why such a small city can persist for so long is because the Yellow Turban soldiers have no siege equipment.
Entering the city, with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's tactical prowess, the four gates had already deployed a large number of city defense props.
As early as the Warring States Period, siege props and defense props were already very abundant.
This is due to the Mohists and the public losers.
In terms of siege, there are numerous types of rams, moat bridges, ladders, chariots, wells, catapults, wooden curtains, etc., which are widely recorded in the "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han".
It's a pity that the Yellow Turban Soldiers don't have any of these things, only ordinary ladders.
On the other hand, the defense of Changshe City is very tight.
There is a gate at the city gate, covering it with the city gate. If the enemy attacks the city gate, they can release the city gate, open the gate and put it into the fixed slot, and use the hole in the gate to poke out with a spear.
There are left and right horse pits on both sides of the road inside the gate. They are covered with soil and contain antler wood, bamboo thorns, etc. underneath. Once the enemy attacks the city on horseback, they will immediately fall into it.
In addition, there were iron water chestnuts, ground barriers, horse barriers, trenches, roofs, machine bridges, etc., all available. If someone in the city had not been there to help them and tell them step by step which places were safe to go, these more than 3,000 people would have rushed in without hesitation. At least half of it will be lost.
And these are just the defensive props of the city gate. There are many more various things on the city tower, such as parapets, crossbow stands, towers, white dew houses, fishing bridges, bell boards, and a large number of lime, hammered wood, fire tar, etc. are placed on the city walls.
The Yellow Turban Army did not have large-scale siege equipment. Even if it was ten times that of the official army, every time it attacked the city, its losses were more than ten times that of the official army. It can be said that it killed one hundred enemies and suffered one thousand losses.
Under the guidance of the city's defenders, Chen Mu's team bypassed various traps, and all the horses occupying the space were pulled away, and then they were barely accommodated.
Chen Mu glanced around. Changshe City is the county town. There is no urn city. Entering the city, there are streets and residential buildings. The houses are lined up in rows. There seem to be people in the corners. There are dozens of officers and soldiers sparsely on the left and right, with serious expressions, watching them warily. .
Looking up again, I saw more than a dozen soldiers standing on the stone stairs of the city tower on the right. The leader was wearing the armor worn by senior officers and peering down from the tower.
"May I ask which general is in charge here?"
Chen Mu asked loudly.
Zhu Jun said on the tower: "I am the right middle man, General Zhu Jun. Who are you?"
"It turns out to be General Zhu, and this villain is the Zhonglang of the Northern Army under General Lu Zhonglang. The war with General Lu is going well. Hearing that the progress in the south is unfavorable, he specially sent us as reinforcements. This is the letter to prove it."
Chen Mu got off his horse, took out the formal documents with the official seal of General Lu Zhibei from his arms, and handed them to the soldiers beside him.
The soldier quickly went upstairs with the document and gave it to Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun used the firelight on the tower to check that it was correct. The official documents of the Han Dynasty had a standard. The official seal on it was difficult for the Yellow Turban soldiers to forge. Now it can be said that it is a letter. Ten points.
But even though they were definitely reinforcements, when he heard that they were sent by Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun couldn't help but frown and said, "Why are you the only ones here? Didn't you mean that there was also Cao Cao, the cavalry captain sent by the imperial court?"
Chen Mu explained: "General Zhen, there are indeed Captain Cao's men. However, there are so many of them that it is difficult for them to swagger into the city under the eyes of the Yellow Turban soldiers. Therefore, they can only be stationed in Changge Township a few miles away, waiting for the opportunity, and cooperate inside and outside. ."
"I see."
Zhu Jun got off the tower and walked slowly towards Chen Mu.
Chen Mu smiled and bowed his hands: "General, now that we are believed to be reinforcements, will the ambush troops in the city be withdrawn?"
Zhu Jun glanced around and said in surprise: "How did you know I had an ambush?"
Archers are arranged on the city wall, and swordsmen and axemen are arranged behind the houses on both sides of the street. Once there is a change below the city, thousands of arrows will be fired from the towers, and thousands of swordsmen and axemen will attack from the houses on both sides at the same time, which can guarantee that three thousand of them will be killed. All the people were killed.
But Zhu Jun thought he was hiding well, so how could he be seen through?
"Forgot to introduce myself."
Chen Mu smiled and said: "My surname is Chen, my given name is Mu, and I am Zigui. I am from Puyin, and my ancestor is Qu Nihou."
Puyin County was formerly Quni County.
In the more than 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, no one else had a fiefdom in Quni County except Chen Ping.
Therefore, Qu Nihou in the Han Dynasty almost specifically refers to Chen Ping, the founding prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty.
Zhu Jun's expression changed slightly: "It turns out that he is Queen Qu Nihou, no wonder he can see through my ambush at a glance."
Chen Mu thought to himself that when we people came in, the soldiers you met us slowly dispersed as if they were seeing the god of plague, not daring to get close. The atmosphere in the city was so tense that it seemed like we were surrounded. Even fools knew there was an ambush. .
Boom, boom, boom!
At this moment, the sound of horses galloping came from the street in the distance.
After a while, the Qiba Cavalry stopped at the street corner. The leader was another senior officer. He got off his horse and anxiously asked Chen Mu and the others: "You are the reinforcements of the imperial court. Why do you only have so many people?"
When Zhu Jun saw Huangfu Song coming, he hurriedly said: "Yizhen, these are reinforcements from Lu Ziqian. The reinforcements from the imperial court are still behind. They dare not enter the city because of the large number of people."
"I see."
Huangfusong breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as there are reinforcements, it will be fine, but I don't know if they are ten thousand or twenty thousand. It would be best if there are four to five thousand.
I think so.
If Huangfu Song knew that Cao Cao only had 5,000 men, he wouldn't be disappointed.
However, there is nothing we can do if the reinforcements cannot enter the city. There are traps everywhere at the city gate. It is already very slow for three thousand people to enter the city. If there are more people, it will be a troublesome matter.
The Yellow Turbans are not fools. They will definitely react and attack. When the time comes, the reinforcements will not be able to save anyone but will only cause chaos.
Seeing that everyone was gathering at the city gate, Zhu Jun said, "Let's go back to the county office first. Come and take the reinforcements to rest in the city first. Chen Zigui, follow me to the county office and explain the situation in detail." "
"only!"
Chen Mu held his hands in his hands.
In ancient times, there was the idiom "submissive".
It's an ancient response language.
Among them, "nuo" refers to the words of superior leaders in response to subordinates.
"Wei" means the subordinate responds to the superior.
Chen Mu's soldiers had been running around for a day and had just defeated the enemy. They were very tired and needed a good rest.
Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song took Chen Mu and Zhang Fei to the county government office.
The four of them sat in rows in the hall.
Since Huangfu, Song, and Zhu Jun were both generals with five senses, and they were of equal rank, no one sat on the main seat. Sitting on the left and right, Chen Mu and Zhang Fei naturally had to sit below them.
After sitting down, Huangfu Song couldn't wait to ask: "How many people have been sent by the imperial court?"
Chen Mu thought for a moment and said, "About ten thousand."
He didn't lie. Cao Cao had more than 5,000 people, and he had more than 3,000 people. The total number was more than 8,000 people. Rounding off, it was barely close to 10,000.
"There are only 10,000. There are 150,000 or 60,000 Yellow Turban soldiers. I'm afraid it's just a drop in the bucket."
Huangfu Song was disappointed. If there were only such a few people, and there were only 20,000 people in the city, compared with the enemy's more than 100,000 people, there was still a huge disparity in strength, and it would be difficult to help them break out of the encirclement.
Chen Mu said with a smile: "General Zuo Zhonglang, why should you worry? The Yellow Turban Army is a rabble. General Lu Zhonglang only had 30,000 troops in Jizhou, but he was able to defeat the yellow turban bandits with more than 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers. Throw away your sword and look for the wind to surrender. Now there are only 150,000 or 60,000 Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou, so why should we be afraid?"
Huangfu Song laughed angrily and glared: "You have such a big mouth, kid. Lu Zigan's troops are all Sanhe elites. The troops under the fifth captain of the Northern Army are all veterans who have been training for many years. All my troops are new recruits. How can the two have the same combat power?"
Before Chen Mu spoke, Zhu Jun thought of Chen Mu's intelligence and thought, "Don't get angry first, Yizhen. Listening to Chen Zi's return, it seems that you have a good strategy to deal with the enemy?"
"There is no good solution."
Chen Mu shook his head.
Huangfu Song burst into laughter. After a long while, he found out that it was a silver pewter spear head, which looked good but was useless.
Right.
This person is just a small middle-ranking official, with a higher position than Qu.
I guess I followed Lu Zhi and fought a few smooth battles, so I thought that the heroes in the world were just like that, but I didn't know that the sky was high.
If he hadn't seen him as a reinforcement, I probably wouldn't even pay attention to such a low-level officer.
Forget it, why bother meeting him.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Song was about to send Chen Mu and Zhang Fei away.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Jun seemed to have endless questions, and then said: "I thought that after you became Qu Nihou, you came to Changshe City and despised the Yellow Turban. When you faced me and General Huangfu Yizhen, you would have a high opinion, but I didn't expect you. If you say something like there is no good plan, then why do you speak so loudly?"
After Qu Nihou?
Huangfusong pricked up his ears, this boy actually had an extraordinary background?
Chen Mu said with a smile: "Back to General, I said that the Yellow Turbans are nothing to be afraid of. You can see that tonight. Three thousand of our troops robbed the camp, and the Yellow Turbans did not set up a warning, nor posted secret sentries, nor did they have any lookouts. There were only a few patrol teams. The number of troops and horses shows that the soldiers are lazy and the generals are lazy and unwary. These troops and horses are just relying on the strength of their numbers, so there is no need to be afraid. As for the good strategy for retreating from the enemy, I will wait and see tomorrow before deciding. ."
Zhu Jun nodded: "That's right. You've just arrived and you don't know how powerful the enemy's army is yet. So let's take a look tomorrow."
The two sides chatted for a while.
That is to say, Zhu Jun asked Lu Zhi about the situation there, and Chen Mu answered him one by one.
When they heard that Lu Zhi's repeated strategies had defeated Zhang Jiao's army and almost wiped out all the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song could only shake their heads and sigh.
They set out from Luoyang in March and progressed smoothly at the beginning. However, they were defeated by Bocai in Yingchuan not long after. They lost more than 20,000 people along the way and lost more than 20,000 people. They retreated to Changshe. Compared with Lu Zhi, they were really embarrassed. All face.
However, now that the imperial court has reinforcements, it at least gives the officers and soldiers in the city a lot of hope. As long as the arrival of the imperial reinforcements is announced tomorrow, the morale of the officers and soldiers will definitely rise greatly, and it may be an opportunity to turn defeat into victory.