Chapter 93 Internal peace talks
The night fell soon, probably because he didn't expect there would be ambush here. Gong Du did not do any defense or alert. Just like the Yellow Turban Army camp that Ye Zhao had seen in the past, it could no longer be considered a camp. According to what Ye Zhao knew, the tents that were set up at will were treated by the Yellow Turban generals and some elite troops in the Yellow Turban Army, such as archers. Most of the Yellow Turban Army were covered in the open air at night, and several people were nestled together to keep warm to each other and survive the night.
Ye Zhao and his men have accumulated rich experience in dealing with such an army. Although dealing with a group of refugee-like troops is actually not something to be praised for, Ye Zhao has won many times along the way, and his record is still very intimidating. In terms of merit, fighting the Yellow Turban Army is much easier than fighting the Hu people on the frontier.
Dozens of tincture oil tanks were thrown into the camp a hundred steps away by simple stone casters set up in advance. Most of the Yellow Turban Army relied on straw or something to keep warm. At this moment, the pungent smell choked many people woke up from their sleep. They looked at the dark night sky blankly, and then they found that the starlight in the sky seemed to be close to them, and they were still getting closer.
"It's a torch! Run!" Those who reacted quickly had already reacted. Many people were still stained with tincture oil. If they were stained with flames at this moment, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But at this moment, it was obviously too late. But after seeing countless torches in the sky, they fell into the camp after a brief roar, some of which fell on the dry ground and failed to play a role. However, many of them fell into the place where the turbulent tank was shattered before, and a sound of the bulging ignited a piece.
The Yellow Turban Army, which could not be avoided, was stained with fire. Those who had no tincture oil on their bodies rolled out on the spot, but it was not so easy for those who had been stained with tincture oil to put out the fire.
Some unlucky ghosts were all wrapped in flames and ran around, causing the places where there was no fire to be ignited by them. People were in extreme pain and could not keep calm. These people wrapped in flames could not care about the overall situation. Driven by instinct, they ran around wildly or rolled into a ball. With the help of these people, the flames continued to spread around. In less than a quarter of an hour, they swept through half of the camp.
Countless Yellow Turban troops ran in panic and fled in the opposite direction. The escape of these people led more people to blindly follow. Even humans could not avoid the instinct of fear of flames, which made many people subconsciously run in the opposite direction of flames.
Gong Du came out of the tent in a random armor, trying to command everyone to stabilize the situation, and sent people to put out the fire at the same time. However, before the fire was reached, countless arrows suddenly shot out from behind the flames and fell down. In the dark night, only the Yellow Turban soldiers who were rushing towards the flames were falling down in groups. Looking further away from the flames, you could vaguely see rows of official archers lined up at the rear of the flames. Through the flames, you could not see how many people were falling to the ground. However, there were not only fires in this direction, but also officers and soldiers. With this concept, it was enough for most Yellow Turban soldiers to give up resistance and began to flee.
Although Gong Du tried hard to stabilize the formation, his personal guards had just formed a formation and were broken by the panicked Yellow Turban Army.
The sudden night wind blew the flames here, making the fire bigger in an instant.
"Master Qu, let's retreat to Geling!" A Yellow Turban general grabbed Gong Du, who wanted to go up and tried his best, and tried hard to persuade him: "The withdrawal of the official army from Dingying was obviously a trick. At this moment, Shangcai had been lost, and our army was ambushed again. It is impossible to fight back. Let's retreat quickly!"
Gong was not willing to accept it, but at this time, it was useless to not accept it. These Yellow Turban Army were not regular soldiers, and the military discipline was scattered. At this moment, no one listened to him, except for his own personal guards and generals. By this time, it was already considered an explosion of the camp. Not to mention Gong Du, no one was useful in such a situation in such a dark environment. Gong could not do it. Even if it was Ye Zhao, it would not work. He could only run away from the county and then think of countermeasures.
Therefore, when Gong Du was extremely reluctant, the Yellow Turban Army was driven to Ge Ling by Ye Zhao with a big fire and three waves of arrow rain.
"Lord, do you want to chase after me?" Ding Li saw that the enemy had already gone far, but Ye Zhao did not have the next order and looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.
"I won't chase you anymore, wait here, let Fang Yue send his troops out as soon as possible and meet with me. You and Qiu Chi go back to Dingying to recruit all the soldiers and horses from all directions. First, recruit all the soldiers and horses of the five schools. Don't recruit auxiliary soldiers first. Food, supplies and supplies will be distributed from Shangcai!" Ye Zhao shook his head. He did not aim at killing the enemy as the primary purpose, but driving Gongdu to Geling was enough.
"Here!" Ding Li agreed upon hearing this, and after saying goodbye to Ye Zhao with Qiu Chi, he rode his horse towards Dingying.
The rear was temporarily worried, so Ye Zhao asked Guan Hai to guard Shangcai. Fang Yue and his main troops came to meet with Ye Zhao three days later. This was the first time since Ye Zhao stole the Yueqi Camp from Huangfu Song, he marched together. After arriving in Geling, he ordered Fang Yue to send troops to cut down branches. He dragged them around and ran back and forth, creating the illusion of a large army advancing to confuse the Yellow Turban Army in the city.
Geling, county government.
After Ye Zhao made the illusion of a large army attacking, He Yi and Liu Pid temporarily chose to truce. As the center of the city, this county government has now become a forbidden area for the three forces. No force can come in, and it is considered a safe area.
Liu Pi and Gong Du were sitting in the county government at this moment, with neither good-looking faces. Who would have thought that the situation would suddenly turn like this?
"Why did the official army come here?" Liu Pi frowned and said, "Is there anything coming from Ruyang?"
"No." Gong Du shook his head: "Or that Huangfu Song had already broken through Bocai and went south with the momentum. It was impossible for him to fully grasp Huangfu Song's movements."
"So fast?" Liu Pi frowned and expressed incredible. That wave was just over there, and it was a 100,000 army.
"Who knows, but I heard that the wave was burned away by Huangfu Song's fire. It was similar to the method of sneaking into my camp that night. I think it was Huangfu Song." Gong Du shook his head. At this time, there was no need to care about these things.
"Huangfu Song?" Liu Pi frowned: "If it were Huangfu Song, this battle would be difficult to fight, and it would be impossible for me to wait for too much support."
"Master, Coach Qu is here!" Just as the two were frowning, a Yellow Turban general came in.
"How many people have you brought?" Liu Pi and Gong Du raised their eyebrows when they heard this and looked at the Yellow Turban General.
"Not many, there are only fifty people, but there are many people coming around." The Yellow Turban General bowed.
Liu Pi snorted coldly when he heard this, "It must be the Yellow Turban Strongman who is accompanying him. He Yi is really afraid of death."
Gong Du sighed helplessly. Although both sides were secretly not in the same camp, the government army was besieging the city at this moment, even if the combined force of both sides had an advantage, at this time, they had to make peace with He Yi. If they continued to fight, they would only make the government army cheaper.
Although they were not on the same journey as the Yellow Turbans, the government troops came at this time, so they had no place to reason.
"Please!" Gong Du saw that Liu Pi stopped talking and hurriedly said.
"No need, I am here!" With a bold voice, He Yi strode from outside the door, and there were two people following him. He Man, the first fierce general under He Yi, and Huang Shao, the right hand. This time he was able to squeeze into Ge Ling, all because of Huang Shao, he deceived Liu Pi. No matter what his thoughts had before, after this incident, He Yi had already regarded Huang Shao as his confidant.
"It's so early for you to come." He Yi glanced at the decorations in the hall, smiled casually and walked straight to the main seat.
"What are you doing?" Liu Pi suddenly stopped He Yi, but his eyes were full of murderous intent. If it weren't for this bastard, how could he end up with this step today? He would have made peace with He Yi.
"My coach Qu is the commander of Runan, appointed by General Tiangong, to command all the Taiping scholars in Runan. If this master seat was not my coach Qu, would it be that Shuai Liu wanted to take this position instead of my coach Qu?" Huang Shao stood behind He Yi, looking at Liu Pi who was flickering in front of him, but he was not afraid and asked with a smile.
"It's all you despicable villain who made me fall into the field today. Today, I will kill you first!" Liu Pihong stared at Huang Shao with his eyes, and suddenly drew his sword and slashed.
He Man, who was prepared on the side, snorted coldly, and the iron rod in his hand was already protecting Huang Shao.
"Clang~"
The sword stick collided, and a spark was wiping. He Man did not move at all, but Liu Pi was shocked by the recoil force and staggered a few steps away. His arm holding the sword was even more numb.
"Good skills, this must be the number one strong general under Coach Qu, the He Man brothers who are known as the quarantine of Tianyasha." Seeing that Liu Pihong was looking at him and was about to go up again, Gong Du quickly flashed and separated the two sides and smiled at He Yi, "Today, please invite Coach Qu to come, to discuss the affairs of the government army outside the city. Coach Qu should know that if you and I continue to fight, it will be of no benefit to anyone, and it will only be a good thing for the government army."
"I naturally know, otherwise I wouldn't have come here today." He Yi pushed away Gong Du and sat straight in the main seat. Before coming, Huang Shao had already analyzed with him that although their troops were at a disadvantage, there were officials outside the city. If they continued to fight, it would only be a situation where they could die. Liu Pi and others were in great power, so they naturally would not want to die with them at this time. Therefore, at this time, He Yi must be stronger than the two to gain greater benefits. He Yi was very convinced of Huang Shao's words, so he showed a high attitude.
"How is Qu Shuai ready?" Gong Du pressed Liu Pi's shoulder and looked at He Yidao.
"It's easy to say, I don't want to take advantage of the government army. After all, you and I are all working for great wise men. As long as we divide the food and grass in the city into four parts, I can guard the South Gate to the death, how about?" He Yi looked at the two and said with a smile.
"Your family only needs 40%, but you only guard one door. Don't you think it's too much?" Liu Pi looked at He Yi and said coldly.
"That's nothing to talk about?" He Yi smiled.
Chapter completed!