The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After Huangfu Song arrived in Wei Township, he dispatched Xun Zhen and Fu Xie to lead an army of 5,000, known as 10,000, attacked the white horse, and brought his own main force of nearly 20,000, also known as 10,000, and stayed in Wei Township. Using Li Xiang's plan, Bu Ji sent troops out of the city on two routes, with 2,000 people claiming to be 5,000 along the way, Xu Xing to Weixiang, 4,000 people claiming 3,000 along the way, rushing to help Baima, trying to interfere with Huangfu Song's judgment.

However, Bu Ji did not expect that Huangfu Song did not take Li Xiang's plan seriously at all. What is Zhengqi?" Afterwards, he immediately passed down a military order in the commanding tent: "Today, I will use Zhengqi to attack Qi, and then use Qi to break the city, and let Bu Ji Xiaoer see what Zhengqi is."

The generals responded with a bang, saying: "Yes." Sushou listened to the order.

Huangfu Song named the names of the two soldiers: "The two of you bring Benqu soldiers to Baima, first, to support the two Sima Fu and Xun, and second, to tell them both: No matter what the end of the Dongjun thieves who go to aid Baima is. No matter how many people there are, whether it is five thousand or three thousand, I don't ask them to win, but at least give me two days of resistance. At the latest, I will send troops to help them."

The two soldiers who were named responded, turned around and left the tent, and returned to their own camp to assemble the soldiers and horses of Benqu, and went to Baima.

In the handsome tent, Huangfu Song named two more captains: "You two will lead the headquarters, I will allocate another 1,500 people to you, a total of 5,000 people, stay in Wei Township, use more flags, pretend to be The main force is still there."

The two captains took orders. One of them hesitated and asked, "General, you ordered the two of you to 'stay in Weixiang, play more banners, and pretend that the main force is still there'. What do you mean by that? Do you want to..."

Huangfu Song smiled and said: "Yes, I want to bring the rest of the main force to rush to Puyang"

"In a hurry to get Puyang?" The generals in the tent were shocked, and the colonel said in a hurry, "General, Puyang Chengjian, even if Bu Ji really sent 8,000 people out of the city, there would still be at least 10,000 people in the city. The army now has less than 20,000 troops in Wei Township. The general will send two songs to Baima first, and leave another 5,000 people to guard Wei Township. The maximum number of troops that can be taken away is only 10,000 people. Taking Puyang with 10,000 people may be difficult to overcome. If it can’t be overcome quickly, then the thieves and soldiers who have left the city will return to Puyang to help Puyang, and by then, the general will be attacked by the enemy.”

Huangfu Song laughed loudly and said, "With your minister waiting, how could I be attacked by the enemy?"

"The general's meaning is that if the thieves who came to my Wei Township intend to return and rescue Puyang, I will lead the troops out of the camp and attack them from the back?"

"More than that. Tonight, I will quietly lead the troops out of the camp, and take a small road to Puyang. The thieves who came to my Wei Township march very slowly. Calculate the distance, they will probably arrive outside my Wei Township camp tomorrow morning. Wait for them. In the end, you will divide your troops to fight, and be sure to entangle them."

Hearing this, some of the generals in the tent were quick-witted and guessed Huangfu Song's intention. They were both surprised and delighted, and said, "Does the general think so?"

"However, Xun Sima used the 'Fake Thief's Destruction Tactic' twice in Yingchuan to gain access to the gates of Xiangcheng and Jia counties. I might as well use this tactic to deceive Puyang. city ​​gate."

"I'm afraid I won't be fooled."

Huangfu Song smiled and said: "Bu Ji has gathered all his elite troops and gathered in three places: Puyang, Baima, and Wei Township, trying to form a cauldron of strength to resist my king's division, while Xun Sima entered Dongjun and defeated Wei Township in a battle. Now he joins forces with Fu Sima to attack the white horse, and once the white horse hits the white horse, Puyang will be regarded as a lonely city. Bu Ji must have been flustered, otherwise, he would not have used this 'child trick', so he would make a mystery and split his troops out of the city. Please think about it. : He lost Wei Township first, Baima was besieged again, and Puyang City sent two troops out of the city one after another. There was a shortage of troops in the city. He was in a panic when he suddenly heard that a group of defeated soldiers from outside the city had fled back to his own home. What would his reaction be? ?"

The generals said in unison: "The city gate must be opened to accept it."

"Exactly. That's why I said: As long as you wait for the soldiers who stayed in Wei Township to send him out of Wei Township and hold him firmly, and don't let anyone escape, I can deceive the thieves and open Puyang. city ​​gate”

The generals said in unison: ""

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Huangfu Song sent two soldiers to support Xunzhen and Fu Xie, and brought Benqu's troops to the outside of Baima City. Weixiang is closer to Baima, and Puyang is farther from Baima. When the two soldiers arrived, Fu Xie and Xun Zhen had just received the military report that the Yellow Turban soldiers from Dongjun who had come to aid Baima had already entered the county boundary of Baima, only ten miles away from the Han barracks.

After listening to Huangfu Song's generals, Fu Xie and Xun Zhen looked at each other, Fu Xie frowned and said, "The number of thieves who came to aid the White Horse is called 3,000, but according to the scout's observation from afar, the number is far more than 3,000. Looking at it, it is estimated that there are 4,000 people. There are 4,000 thieves who came to help outside, 5,000 thieves from white horses inside, and my team only has 5,000 people.

Taking care of one thing and losing another means: if you do your best to deal with the Yellow Turbans from Dongjun, you will be unable to surround Han Li's troops in the White Horse City.

Xi Zhicai lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head, raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "General Huangfu is thinking of 'both right and strange'."

Fu Xie asked, "How do you say this?"

"General Huangfu is currently commanding nearly 20,000 troops, but only sent two Qu to aid our department. What does this mean? The thief sent two groups of troops out of the city, which shows that he wants to lead the main force to annihilate one of the thieves first, and then come to annihilate the other. All the way. Therefore, he made an appointment with the two Sima: I ordered the two to stick to it for two days, saying that he would send troops to help in two days.”

Xun You nodded and said, "Bu Ji sent two thieves out of the city, one way is called 5,000, and the other way is called 3,000. On the surface, it looks 'wonderful and unpredictable', but I don't know the truth, but when we look at the root, this plan is only seen. Qi', there is no 'zheng'. Without 'zheng', 'qi' is like a tree without roots, vulnerable to a single blow. Zhicai's words are right, and General Huangfu must have seen this, so he thought of Zhengqi Use both, with our unit as the righteousness, to block the nine thousand thieves, surprise the main force, first use all your strength to quickly annihilate the other thieves."

Although Xi Zhicai and Xun You are clever and wise, after all they are not "magic tricks". Their guesses were only half right. They guessed that Huangfu Song really wanted to "use both the right and the strange", and they also guessed that Huangfu Song really wanted to use Xun Zhen and Fu Xie were "right" and asked them to temporarily block the nine thousand East County Yellow Turbans, but they didn't guess that Huangfu Song had no intention of annihilating the other Yellow Turban soldiers. Lied to open Puyang city gate.

Fu Xie said, "Even so, but my troops only have 5,000 people, so I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill General Huangfu's orders."

Although Fu Xie had a higher rank than Xun Zhen, when it came to tough battles, he did not fight as much as Xun Zhen. To be honest, Xun Zhen was quite confident in himself now that the battle had been fought, and he didn't let go of the mere 4,000 yellow turban soldiers. In his eyes, he smiled and said: "Sima don't have to worry. General Huangfu made an appointment with you and me: I only need to hold on for two days, and he will send troops to help; I am also willing to make an appointment with Sima: During these two days, Sima will only monitor Han Li in the city is, as for the thieves outside the city to help, I only need a thousand people to be enough to make them embarrassed, and dare not approach my camp for half a step." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and made an appointment with Fu Xie.

He said these few words with great arrogance. Fu Xie knew about his past achievements, but he didn't feel that he was arrogant, but he was very impressed and said: "It's like Sima Yue."

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Just like Huangfu Song's analysis, as well as Xun You and Xi Zhicai's views, Bu Ji and Li Xiang's strategy seems to be wonderful, but in fact it only takes advantage of it, lacks integrity, and ends without integrity: In the face of absolute strength, it is vulnerable.

That evening, the Yellow Turban soldiers who came to aid Baima arrived outside the city of Baima and stopped at a place five li outside the Han barracks. Before they could set up a village, Xun Zhen selected a thousand elite soldiers and brought them out to attack. Dian Wei, Liu Deng, Xu Zhong, Chen Dao, Jiang Qin, Xin Ai, and He Yi fought bravely for the first place. Xin Ai led the cavalry three times into the formation of the Yellow Turbans, and Dian Wei and Liu Deng captured three flags of the Yellow Turbans. Fu Xie led the remaining thousands of Han soldiers to line up under the city, waiting in a serious line. Han Li climbed into the city to watch the battle. From late evening to midnight, he hesitated and struggled many times, but finally did not dare to leave the city.

In the middle of the night, after beheading nearly three enemies, Xun Zhen took the initiative to withdraw. After this battle, the Yellow Turban soldiers who came to aid Baima were exhausted. Although they still had nearly 4,000 troops, they retreated five miles in a row and did not dare to attack for two days.

At the same time, Huangfu Song led the main force of 10,000 people out of the camp quietly and sneaked out of Puyang City while taking advantage of the night.

In the middle of the night, he picked out a few yellow turban soldiers from the army earlier, put on the clothes of the yellow turban soldiers, and pretended to be a defeated soldier at the third watch. Soldiers open the door. Most of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army were from peasant families and lacked the necessary military literacy. After seeing the tragic situation of his own army being defeated outside the city, the young marshal was so shocked that he didn't even go to inform Bu Ji, and opened the city at that time. door. The opening of the city gate was so easy, which was beyond Huangfu Song's expectations. Although it was unexpected, without delaying him in ordering troops to send generals, he immediately put the elite soldiers first, and personally led the brigade behind, and took the opportunity to rush into the city.

The city just sent two troops out. They were completely unprepared. They fought all night. By dawn, the Han soldiers had already taken control of the whole city. Bu Ji and Li Xiang were taken by them and two or three thousand people escaped. There were only ten thousand people in Huangfu Song, and it was a night attack. The city was not surrounded in advance, so it was impossible for all the city gates to be imprisoned, and it was inevitable that some would escape. However, although Bu Ji and Li Xiang escaped, they only took a few thousand people with them, which is not a cause for concern.

Huangfu Song did not rush to pursue Bu Ji, but only sent 2,000 men to chase after him, leaving 3,000 to guard Puyang. He didn't have time to rest. As soon as it was dawn, he brought the remaining 5,000 men back to Wei Township, and stayed in Wei Township. The 5,000-strong Han army combined forces, and it only took half a day to wipe out the Yellow Turban soldiers from Dongjun, which had just arrived outside Weixiang. The Yellow Turban reinforcements outside Baima City had already learned the news of the fall of Puyang. Three-way troops joined forces, and 15,000 people besieged the white horse. Han Li surrendered.

When Huangfu Song first arrived in Dongjun, Bu Ji still planned to fight for a long time. He wanted to delay Huangfu Song's lack of food and let him withdraw his troops. Unexpectedly, Huangfu Song's troops in Weixiang would not move. It was faster than Xunzhen's attack on Fuwei Township. It only took more than a day before and after the capture of Puyang and Baima, and nearly 20,000 people were captured successively.

After Han Li surrendered, Fu Xie was ordered to lead his troops into the city temporarily to guard the captives. Xun Zhen was returned to Huangfu Song's command. Once he entered Huangfu Song's tent, he bowed down convincingly: "Young master Zhen learns the art of war, and thinks he knows how to fight. Seeing the general's use of troops, one knows why a military general is fighting against Dongjun, unmoving like a mountain, invading like a fire. This mountain fire burns his thieves and soldiers, even if there are thousands of thieves, why worry?"