There is no hate without reason in this world, and there is no love without reason.
When Chen Mu entered the Changshe a few days ago, although Huangfu Song didn't like Chen Mu's boastful words at first, he later made plans to burn down the Changshe, and he changed his mind and became very optimistic about him.
But now Huangfu Song saw that the Yellow Turbans would win in a last-ditch battle, and felt that sending troops at this time would definitely lead to loss of troops and generals, and he was unwilling to fight such a tough battle.
Therefore, he is relatively resistant to playing at this time.
However, the three families of Yang, Cao and Wang kept urging, which made Huangfusong very entangled, considering whether to send troops according to the opinions of the children of these aristocratic families.
His current situation is similar to Lu Zhi's situation in Jizhou.
Lu Zhi wanted to rest and recuperate for a while, and did not want to fight Zhangjiao when the morale of the soldiers was low. However, Jizhou officials continued to put pressure on him and had to force him to fight.
If Lu Zhi hadn't been lucky and planned well, he would have been defeated.
The same is true now. Huangfu Song does not want to send troops, but Yang Qi, Wang Yun, Cao Cao and others will inevitably have objections.
Relations in the officialdom were complicated. Lu Zhi did not want to offend officials from the Jizhou faction, and Huangfu Song did not want to offend officials from the Yuzhou faction.
So I can only think of other ways.
And Chen Mu happens to be an excellent scapegoat.
Even though Huangfu Song was very optimistic about Chen Mu before, he even put him first when he showed his merit to the court.
But once his own interests are involved, he instantly turns his back and betrays Chen Mu.
Compared with offending the three families of Yang, Cao and Wang, Chen Mu, who has no foundation and no backing, why can't he be offended?
Even if he has made a meritorious service now, so what?
So what if you hold a grudge?
How could he, a seventeen-year-old boy, turn his fortune overnight and become one of the three ministers?
Huangfusong sneered in his heart, issued the military order, and the three armies retreated.
Thousands of officers and soldiers arrayed in front slowly retreated, and thousands of people in the rear, plus the left and right wings, as well as cavalry and archers, retreated slowly and orderly to the rear.
There were more than 20,000 people who joined forces with Zhu Jun at Changshe, but now Zhu Jun has taken away half of them. Even with the addition of the family soldiers of Yang Qi, Wang Yun, Cao Cao and others, Huangfu Song only has more than 10,000 people at hand.
Peng Tuo originally had a lot of troops, but he also accepted many Yellow Turban soldiers who had been defeated by Changshe, and the total number exceeded 50,000.
Although the combat effectiveness of the two sides was not directly proportional, Huangfu Song still did not want to take the risk.
The Yellow Turban soldiers did not react until the officers and soldiers retreated several hundred meters.
"The officers and soldiers retreated."
"How is this going?"
"Don't worry about what's going on, let's run."
"Run."
The originally aggressive Yellow Turban soldiers lost much of their morale immediately after discovering that the officers and soldiers were retreating.
The boiling blood faded away, and all that could be thought of in everyone's mind was escape.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" writes: "If you surround an army, you must be surrounded!"
This is the so-called Wai San Que Yi.
If you ambush on all sides and surround the enemy, you may make the enemy determined to fight to the death.
And opening a way out will make the enemy think that they can escape, thus losing their fighting spirit.
Wang Yun and Cao Cao were smart people, but they did not expect that it was because Wang Yun was not very good at military affairs. Cao Cao's early military ability was not particularly strong, and he lost many battles, so it took some time to grow.
After all, he is only twenty-nine years old, and no one is born a genius.
So Huangfu Song saw it, and Chen Mu also saw it. Huangfu Song couldn't say it, so he had to force Chen Mu to say it.
This is also the first time that Chen Mu has seen the darkness of Eastern Han society and the ugly faces of officials. At the age of seventeen, he has endured malice that should not be endured at this age.
The human heart is sinister, as deep as water.
After Huangfu Song's troops retreated, the Yellow Turban soldiers dispersed to the left, right, north and south without any hesitation.
If you look down from the sky, you will see tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers gathered on the banks of the Yingshui River. At first they gathered together like a tide of ants, and then quickly separated like two torrents, running for their lives in a mighty way.
And go.
Although Peng Tuo wanted to organize forces and get the soldiers to stick together, but these soldiers themselves were not of the same mind as him. More than half of them were remnants of Bo Cai and were not familiar with him.
Coupled with Huangfusong's deliberate retreat routine, he was naturally unable to gather strength. Seeing that the morale of the army was weakened, he could only grit his teeth and lead his troops to retreat.
In the distance, Huangfu Song's eyes were filled with cold murderous intent. Now that the Yellow Turban Army had lost their hearts, it was time to march. He waved his long sword in his hand and shouted: "The whole army attacks!"
"Dong dong dong dong!"
The drums of war thundered, and all the bells sounded in unison.
The first to set off was naturally the cavalry. This group consisted of Chen Mu's five hundred cavalry, Cao Cao's one thousand, and the Yang family's and Wang's family's one thousand, a total of more than two thousand cavalry. They launched a brazen attack on the nearest Yellow Turban soldiers on the left.
The place of one mile was reached in an instant, and the cavalry formation swept in like a tide, and with their powerful habits, they violently collided with the defeated Yellow Turban bandit formation, and brilliant waves bloomed in an instant.
Human bodies were thrown away, war horses screamed, the cold glow of weapons confused the dark sky, and the bright red blood stained the cold beach.
Zhang Fei tried his best to stab the spear, but a soldier tried to slash the tip of the spear with his knife, but could not withstand the terrifying force. With a "dang" sound, the sword in his hand was knocked away.
The men and horses were intertwined, and Zhang Fei's cold spear had penetrated him. At the same time, his remaining strength was like thunder, and he picked up the people behind him like a skewer of candied haws. Blood splattered and screams filled the field.
The huge body of the war horse poured into the enemy formation, and swords and spears were stabbed from all directions. Zhang Fei grinned, showing a cold look, his eyes were full of bloodthirsty murderous intent, waving the spear in his hand, blocking the airtight, and directed the attack
Separate them all.
Another rider came from the flank and slashed with a big sword in his hand, killing several Yellow Turban soldiers who were besieging Zhang Fei. Their heads flew high and blood splattered, turning Zhang Fei into a bloody man.
Zhang Fei wiped his face, glanced at the man angrily, and shouted: "Who are you?"
"A certain person is Xiahou Dun of the state of Pei."
Xiahou Dun swung his sword across and glanced at Zhang Fei provocatively.
Zhang Fei squinted his eyes and recognized that he was the person who followed Cao Cao that day. He sneered and rode his horse to kill elsewhere.
The cold southeast wind howled, and the clear water gradually turned red, turning the color of blood.
Countless people were forced to jump into the river, and countless bodies were thrown into the river.
This battle is destined to be a massacre.
Without morale, the Yellow Turban soldiers who only wanted to escape were unable to organize an effective resistance force.
Each and every one of them was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and even the swords in the hands of some officers and soldiers were chopped off.
No one cares about their fate, Huangfu Song doesn't care, Chen Mu doesn't care. Maybe Zhang Jiao and Liu Bei will care, but now their fate can only end up being massacred.
The chase lasted for half a day, until only corpses were left on the battlefield.
Huangfu Song and Chen Mu's tricks were underhanded, but very effective. They had a high probability of reducing the casualties of their own soldiers and their winning rate.
After all, Han Xin had fought the last battle, and Huangfu Song, as a veteran, naturally could not make Chen Yu's mistake.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers pursued Peng Tuo in two directions, and soon defeated Peng Tuo. They pursued all the way and killed ten or twenty thousand people, winning a complete victory.
However, for Yang Qi and Wang Yun, the fruits of this victory are still too small.
Instead of killing all the more than 50,000 people, they fled to various parts of Yuzhou, like locusts that were not exterminated, causing disasters everywhere.
As local officials in Yuzhou, if they allowed these remnants of the Yellow Turbans to run around, it would be improper governance and they would be held accountable.
Therefore, I couldn't help but resent Chen Mu.
They won't care about Chen Mu's difficulties. Anyway, Huangfu Song has thrown the blame away, and the problem has been established. They won't take a small Zhonglang official seriously.
That night, after Peng Tuo was defeated, Huangfu Song set up camp in Ruyang, and Wang Yun came to Yang Qi's camp overnight.
Yang Qi was thinking about some things in the camp. Yang Ci was dismissed, and the Yang family's life was not easy. He was really needed to be the governor of Runan and consolidate the status of the Yang family. So pacifying the Yellow Turbans in Runan was the most important thing before him.
Serious problem.
Seeing Wang Yun's sudden visit, Yang Qi was a little surprised and asked: "Master, what do you want from me?"
Wang Yun entered the tent, frowning, and whispered: "Gong Ting, I found something amazing on the battlefield today."
"oh?"
Yang Qi became interested and asked: "What is it?"
Wang Yun looked around to make sure there was no one else in Yang Qi's camp, and then took out a letter from his arms.
This letter was made of paper, which was relatively rare at the time. Paper items were only written on special occasions, which also reflects the importance of this letter.
Yang Qi took the letter, opened it and took one look at it. His face was filled with shock, his eyes widened, and he said, "Are you the only one who knows about this?"
Wang Yun thought for a while and said: "My subordinates will search the enemy's corpses for this. They are illiterate, so they probably don't know."
"OK."
Yang Qi was overjoyed: "With this thing, we can definitely bring down the two eunuchs Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong."
Wang Yun sneered: "And Chen Zigui, it was supposed to be a total annihilation victory today, but he blocked it, which is particularly hateful."
Yang Qi and Wang Yun have mutual interests. They don't care that even if the officers and soldiers win in a last-ditch battle, it will only be a miserable victory. What does the life and death of the officers and soldiers have to do with them? What they care about is their military exploits and the people they rule.
There is no Yellow Turban disaster.
Now that Chen Mu was thrown out by Huangfu Song to take the blame, of course the two of them also made Chen Mu jealous.
The reasons for jealousy in this era are all kinds of strange. Dong Zhuo was jealous because Huangfu Song did not adopt his suggestions. Xu You was resentful because his suggestions to Yuan Shao were not adopted. Many of the grudges are incomprehensible, not to mention that blocking someone's official path is now like killing someone.
parents.
Yang Qi actually didn't care. He was the fourth generation and the third prince, and he didn't intend to argue with a small Zhonglang official. He said: "Let's forget about it. He is also the one who was thrown out by Huangfu Yizhen, so why bother?"
Complain with him."
When he said this, Wang Yun was not happy.
Although Wang Yun has a strong and unyielding side in order to safeguard the imperial power, he also has a petty side. A person has two sides. It is difficult for anyone to say that a person who has done bad things all his life cannot do a good thing, and a person who has done all good things all his life cannot do a good thing.
A bad thing.
History has also proved Wang Yun's versatility. After eradicating Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun thought he could be Dong Zhuo's second. He gradually took credit for his work and became arrogant and domineering. Even Cai Yong was imprisoned and executed, not to mention Chen Mu.
Therefore, he sneered and said: "A small middle-ranking official is also riding on the head of our family, and what is the face of our family if word spreads about it?"
"What do you mean?"
Yang Qi asked.
Wang Yun thought for a moment and said slowly: "Write his name at the end of this letter."
Yang Qi was surprised and said: "Master, you are too cruel."
"Without him, the battle results will be divided..."
Wang Yun looked at Yang Qi indifferently.
Yang Qifu felt sincere and nodded and said: "Then let's do it."