Chapter Seventy Six Defeat
After Guo Dian rode a horse to catch up with Dong Zhuo, he sincerely suggested to Dong Zhuo again: "General Dong, you see that we have suffered heavy losses in this siege. Why not stop here? First surround Zhang Bao, and then slowly plan for him."
Dong Zhuo scolded Guo Dian and said, "You have disrupted the morale of the army many times before you attacked the city, and you are still saying this. Don't you know that you should act in one go to attack the city. How could you make a mistake here to lose your morale?" After saying that, he drove the horses and ran back to the camp quickly.
Guo Dian had no choice but to sigh helplessly and then turned over from his horse. He turned his head to look at Qu Yang's blood-filled city wall. For a moment, his figure was lonely and extremely lonely.
Far away in Guangzong City, Zhang Jiao called Zhang Liang and said weakly: "I heard that Dong Zhuo led his men to attack your second brother, so we can't ignore him. You can arrange a team of men to assist your second brother."
Zhang Liang said with some concern: "I heard that Huangfu Song in the south has solved all our people. Now if he sends people to Quyang, we may not be able to defend this place."
Zhang Jiao coughed for a while and said, "What you said makes sense, but we can't watch Dong Zhuo attack Quyang at will. Send a team of thousands of people to harass Dong Zhuo. Maybe it can distract some of Dong Zhuo's attention and share some pressure for your second brother."
Zhang Liang said, "Okay, I'll send someone to support my second brother now."
Zhang Jiao sighed and said, "I don't know how long we can last. Looking back at our situation, it's really a declining situation."
On Quyang's side, Dong Zhuo led his men to attack Quyang City for more than a month, but the losses were very heavy. And he failed to attack the city as he wished.
One day, when Liu Chang was sitting on the hillside and looking towards Quyang City, a scout came over and said to Liu Chang: "General Liu, a Yellow Turban Army came from Guangzong. It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 people."
Liu Chang asked: "How far are they from us?"
The scout said to Liu Chang: "It's not far away from us, and I'm afraid we will be able to arrive here in half a day."
Liu Chang thought for a while and said, "Very good, you go down and rest first."
After the scout retreated, Liu Chang shouted at the soldiers around him: "I'll inform each other and gather together, and the enemy will come soon."
The soldiers conveyed the news to each other, and Liu Chang also quickly went back to wear all the armor on his body during this period.
The troops quickly assembled. Liu Chang looked at his fully armed soldiers and felt that more than 3,000 Yellow Turban bandits were no match for him at all. Then Zhang Fei, who was full of heavy armor, also came out.
Liu Chang said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, this battle is all up to you."
Zhang Fei said to Liu Chang confidently: "Brother, let's take a look at me, and he will definitely defeat this group of Yellow Turban bandits."
Liu Chang led the infantry to ambush on the mountain road.
A long time later, this group of Yellow Turban Army arrived here.
They did not notice Liu Chang's troops lying in the mountains and forests. At this time, Liu Chang was looking at them with a telescope.
Zhang Fei said to Liu Chang: "Brother, let me see it too."
Liu Chang handed the telescope to Zhang Fei and said, "Didn't you give one before?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Didn't I put the telescope in the city and didn't take it? Brother, aren't we going to fight out now?"
Liu Chang said: "When they walk forward a little longer, and when we attack the middle of them, they will definitely be in chaos."
Everyone waited quietly for a while. Liu Chang saw that the situation was almost done. He shouted to the soldiers under his command: "The whole army attacked."
Then Zhang Fei rushed out first, and the soldiers behind him rushed out one after another.
The sudden attack of troops caught the Yellow Turban Army off guard and immediately became in chaos.
The leading Yellow Turban General tried to stabilize the situation, but was rushed over by Zhang Fei and stabbed him on the horse with a shot.
The chaotic Yellow Turban Army was cut by Liu Chang's soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables. Liu Chang also kept shouting in the military formation: "Don't kill those who put down their weapons."
In this battle, Liu Chang's troops killed 1,000 enemies, and all the remaining prisoners were captured.
Liu Chang called out a personal guard of his own and said to him: "Wang Wan, you go back to Dingzhou first and ask Zhao to bring some people to take all these prisoners back. We cannot keep guarding them here all the time. We can't even take care of the personnel."
Liu Chang walked to the prisoners and shouted loudly to them: "My name is Liu Chang. Some of you may have heard of my name and know my character. Since you surrendered to me, I will definitely find a way to take you to live. Those who surrendered to me before wanted to farm, I allocated land for them to plant. Those who were willing to join the army will also join the army in my army. As long as you can abide by the rules of our side, you can always survive."
After saying that, Liu Chang asked his subordinates to give each of the prisoners some food.
In the camp, Dong Zhuo was black and angry at the generals and captains under his command, saying, "You have been attacking this city for more than a month, why haven't you taken this city down yet?"
All the generals and the school do not speak.
Dong Zhuo then cursed: "Why are you talking nonsense? They are all mute? A city occupied by bandits has been fighting for almost two months. It's still not built. Is it because you haven't tried your best?"
A captain explained: "It's not that I can't wait to do my best, but this city is indeed a large number of people, which is really difficult to capture."
Guo Dian also explained to Dong Zhuo: "It's really not that all the soldiers are not doing their best. The soldiers have suffered heavy losses after fighting for several days."
Dong Zhuo cursed angrily: "And you, Guo Dian, have been disrupting our morale from the beginning. If I were brought back to Luoyang because of failure, I will definitely bring you with me."
Guo Dian said fearlessly: "Even so, I still stick to my own views. Even if I die, I cannot change my ambition."
After Dong Zhuo overturned a table in front of him to the ground, he left the tent angrily.
In Luoyang City, Emperor Liu Hong suddenly thought of something and asked the eunuch beside him: "Dong Zhongying was ordered to fight against the thief, can he make achievements now?"
The eunuch around him said to the emperor carefully: "Report to Your Majesty, I heard that he not only did not eliminate the Yellow Turban bandits, but also suffered a great loss."
Chapter completed!