The situation was just as Yang Rui had expected. Bocai's Yellow Turban Army had been attacking the city for several days now. They had over a million soldiers under their command, but they were always stopped outside the walls by Huangfu Song's men! Naturally, Commander Bocai was unwilling to give up! It was important to note that the number of soldiers under his command was ten times the number of Huangfu Song's men in the city!
Bocai's men were not small fries like the Yellow Turban leader of Juping City, Yang Lai. The weakest of these soldiers were Second Grade, and they only made up a small portion of the army. They only made up twenty to thirty percent of the Yellow Turban Army. The rest were mostly Third Grade soldiers, making up seventy percent of the Yellow Turban Army's men. There were also plenty of Fourth Grade soldiers, such as the Fourth Grade scouts, cavalry, and Fourth Grade Yellow Turban Warriors that Yang Rui had been trying to lure out.
These Fourth Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers might not make up a large portion of the Yellow Turban Army, but there were still nearly a million of them. In truth, Bocai had over 30000 Fourth Grade soldiers under his command. They were a force to be reckoned with no matter where they went!
In fact, Bocai had five hundred personal guards around him, all of whom were Fifth Grade Yellow Turban Strongmen! It was obvious how powerful the Yellow Turban Army was!
Even so, Bocai had been attacking Huangfu Song's men for four to five days without any results after surrounding them! As such, Huangfu Song's men in Changshe City were not easy to deal with!
That was indeed the case. Left Lieutenant General Huangfu Song might not have a hundred thousand men with him, but most of them were the best of the best! Among Huangfu Song's men, apart from a small portion of Second Grade soldiers, the lowest grade soldiers were 40000 Third Grade sword-shield soldiers, 10000 Third Grade halberds, and 5000 Third Grade archers. The remaining forty thousand were all soldiers of Fourth Grade and above!
These forty thousand high-grade soldiers included ten thousand Fourth Grade crossbowmen. 15000 Fourth Grade cavalry, 15000 Fourth Grade executioners, and even a thousand elite Fifth Grade swordsmen! In terms of numbers and combat power, Huangfu Song's men were even more powerful than Bocai's Yellow Turban Army! Moreover, it wasn't just their numbers that were superior. Huangfu Song's men were also much more complete in terms of their troop composition! If the two sides were to use only high-ranking soldiers to fight head-on, the situation would be different. The one who will be completely defeated will undoubtedly be Bo Cai!
However, in terms of overall strength, Huangfu Song's troops could only passively take a beating. It was only because of the geographical advantage of the Chang She that they had not shown any signs of defeat for the time being. If the battle dragged on, the situation was likely to develop in a direction that was advantageous to Bocai! After all, Bocai's total military strength was there. Furthermore, the Yellow Turban Army had been winning many battles recently, which boosted their morale. A 30% increase in combat power was not something that could be easily made up for!
However, as the Left Lieutenant General, Huangfu Song was not an ordinary person after all. Huangfu Song did not show any signs of defeat in the face of Bocai's crazy siege. He still looked as steady as Mount Tai!
"Heaven is dead!"
"The Yellow Sky Shall Rise!"
"Sixty years old!"
"The world is blessed!"
"Heaven is dead!"
.....
Huangfu Song was pacing back and forth in the office of Chang She City alone. Although he appeared to be calm and collected outside, he was actually very calm and collected. Actually, he was also very anxious in his heart! Especially when he was woken up by the shouts of Bocai's soldiers early in the morning, he was very unhappy!
"Men, summon all the generals and above to my study room and arrange the strategy to defend against the enemy today …"
Huangfu Song patted his cheeks and rubbed his temples. After rubbing his face a few times, the wrinkles on his forehead finally eased. When Huangfu Song came into the study room, he had already become calm and collected!
"Everyone is here."
"Greetings, Left Lieutenant General!"
"Haha. Good! Everyone, sit down. As usual, all generals should report the current situation of the areas that you are in charge of, then we will assign today's mission … "
After entering the room and seeing that all the generals had arrived, Huangfu Song did not beat around the bush. After greeting them, he directly sat down in the middle seat. Concisely, clearly, and sonorously, he started to discuss the strategy to deal with the enemy with the generals …
Huangfu Song's words and actions were seen by all the generals present. After seeing Huangfu Song's performance, they immediately calmed down a lot!
At this time, in a tent 100 li away from Chang She, there were also a few generals of the Han Dynasty discussing something. The person in the lead was seven feet tall, with thin eyes and a short beard. He was wearing a black armor and was the Cavalry Commandant sent by the Great Han Dynasty's Spirit Emperor — — Cao Cao!
"… Is your report accurate? Bocai's troops are still building siege weapons? "
"Reporting to Cavalry Commandant, it is exactly so!"
Cao Cao thoughtfully stroked his short beard and thoughtfully turned around. After a while, he turned around and said. "You all can go down first …"
"This …"
"But …"
.....
When everyone heard Cao Cao's order, they were very surprised. Their purpose of coming here was naturally to reinforce Cao Cao's troops. However, when they finally arrived and were only 100 li away from Chang She, Cao Cao stopped here! Last night, after dawn, the generals came to ask for permission, but they were rejected by Cao Cao. The generals were puzzled, so they did not immediately leave.
However, Cao Cao was not prepared to pay attention to the doubts of the generals. He had a thoughtful expression on his face. After the generals exchanged glances with each other, they finally withdrew from the tent one by one.
Yang Rui naturally did not know about these two matters. Moreover, he had been keeping a close eye on the general with the surname 'Chen' for a long time, waiting for an opportunity to find an opening. However, he had never had a chance to act.
Even after the Yellow Turban soldiers launched a siege on Chang She, their rear was still very vigilant. Yang Rui could only go around to the southeast of the Yellow Turban camp to find an opportunity. If Yang Rui's guess was correct, the southeast was the rear of the Yellow Turban camp, and they might be a little lax.
In the end, Yang Rui went around 200 li, and when he finally came to the southeast from the northeast, he found that the Yellow Turban camp in this direction was also very vigilant, and there were no loopholes in their defense! Moreover, Yang Rui was discovered several times on his way here, and he was chased by hundreds of cavalry!
If it was during normal times, even 100 Fourth Grade cavalry was not weak. Yang Rui and the others should be able to deal with them, and they could drop some cavalry skill books and related equipment!
However, Yang Rui's position was around the Yellow Turban army. If he was slightly entangled by these hundred cavalry, it was very likely that he would be drowned by a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers. Therefore, Yang Rui could only run away from the Yellow Turban army. He tried to lure these hundred cavalry to a farther position to attack.
However, this time, Yang Rui did not succeed. These hundred cavalry would usually chase after Yang Rui and the others for about 10 li, and when they saw that they could not catch up to them, they would turn around and return to the camp. It was the same every time!
The area within 10 li of the Yellow Turban camp was not empty. There were squads of Yellow Turban soldiers patrolling back and forth. Therefore, Yang Rui did not have a chance to attack!
It was especially worth mentioning. Not only were the NPC Yellow Turban soldiers heavily guarded, but there were also a large number of Yellow Turban camp players outside the Yellow Turban camp, causing great inconvenience to Yang Rui! Although these players could not be contacted online, there were too many of them. There were over 10,000 players scattered around the Yellow Turban camp, and the speed of word of mouth was faster than the speed of Yang Rui's horse galloping!
Therefore. Often, when Yang Rui appeared, the Yellow Turban camp players were already waiting for him! This made Yang Rui very passive!
At first, Yang Rui did not have a clue why so many players gathered around the Yellow Turban camp, but later on, he occasionally thought of the key point! Perhaps these players were here for the fire of Chang She!
Most of the players were very clear about the incident of Chang She Huangfu Song burning Bo Cai, including the Yellow Turban camp players! The purpose of these Yellow Turban Players around the Yellow Turban Camp was very likely to be to prevent Han Ting from burning them down, so they appeared here in advance!
The truth was not far from what Yang Rui had guessed. The Yellow Turban camp players really came for this purpose! Although the players could predict some of the storyline in advance, due to their identity, it was difficult to communicate with the NPCs, and they could not let Bo Cai know about this situation! Therefore, the players could only spontaneously organize themselves in an attempt to prevent someone from igniting the fire!
Under the combined influence of the hundred men squad and the players, Yang Rui was basically empty-handed for the whole day. He did not get anything! Of course, Bo Cai's Yellow Turban siege and their vow to take down Chang She naturally did not come to fruition! Although the Yellow Turban camp had great momentum, they did not make any substantial progress in the siege.
When night came, the Yellow Turban camp was still the same as the previous night. The defense was even tighter than during the day, so Yang Rui once again did not gain anything! In the end, Yang Rui could only leave the Yellow Turban camp and find a suitable place to release the broken tower ship, and temporarily settle everyone down.
The next day, Bo Cai's Yellow Turban camp attacked Chang She as usual. But they did not fall! They only made some progress, but they managed to break a hole in the east wall, and they also caused varying degrees of damage to the north wall and west gate.
After these damages appeared, they were quickly repaired by the Han Ting camp's soldiers and craftsmen, and did not cause any substantial threat. However, Bo Cai's Yellow Turban camp saw hope and their attacking spirit did not decrease! With the current development, Chang She would probably fall into the hands of Bo Cai's Yellow Turban camp in two or three days at most!
On the other hand, Yang Rui's gains on the second day were still meager. He only earned a small amount of merit points, credit points, and story mission verification. Compared to the gains of the previous few days, it was almost negligible! Their only gain was that they found a moderately sized lake south of the Yellow Turban Camp. It was about ten li in circumference.
Due to the existence of the lake, the Yellow Turban camp had to extend along the shore. Moreover, due to the lake's natural barrier, the Yellow Turban camp did not place much importance on the defense of this place!
In the latter half of the night, Yang Rui and Li Dong came to the side of the small lake together. Then, they took the small boat in Yang Rui's backpack and quietly reached the Yellow Turban Camp area on the other side of the lake. Looking around, there were only two or three Third Grade Yellow Turban soldiers patrolling the area!
However, after Yang Rui thought for a moment, he only checked the situation and then retreated. He didn't start farming the Yellow Scarf Camp here!
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