The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

This transition from defense to offense is really hard to write.

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The Yellow Turbans' attack on the west and south walls was obviously aimed at cooperating with Bo Cai and containing the inside of the city.

Before that, the Yellow Turbans had done this many times.

Their main attack direction is still in the east wall.

Xun Zhen looked west and south for a while, then listened, and vaguely heard the sound of drums and shouts of killing.

Xun You said: "It sounds like the battle between the two sides is not very intense."

Xi Zhicai stared at the outside of the city, observing the movements of the main force of the Yellow Turbans, and said without turning his head: "The thieves on the west and south sides have long wanted to retreat, and it is already compelled to stay and participate in the war, and they will not work too hard. Just wait, they will definitely retreat until it gets dark at most. The main battlefield is still with us."

Xun Zhen thought so.

Xun Zhen and the others were standing between the second and third ladders, just in front of Bo Cai's flag.

This position was carefully selected by them. Looking out of the city from here, they could clearly see Bo Cai's actions.

It was evening now, and the sun was setting in the west, which was very unfavorable for the Yellow Turbans to attack, because they were facing the setting sun with their backs to the east and west. It was fine on the flat ground. When I climbed the ladder to a high place, when I looked up, the afterglow of the setting sun shone down, dazzling people.

On the battlefield, when the two armies fight, there are two main aspects to decide the outcome, one is subjective and the other is objective. Subjectivity is human beings. The decision of the leader is very important and directly affects success or failure. On the other hand, objective environmental factors are also very important. For example: wind direction. The side with the downwind will definitely take advantage, whether it's arrows or charges, it's all taking advantage. Another example: sunlight. Just like at the moment, the defenders have their backs to the setting sun, so they don't need to consider the issue of sunlight. When the soldiers of the Yellow Turbans face the setting sun, their vision will be affected.

In terms of the art of war: the weather, the geographical advantage, the people and the people.

The objective factors such as wind and sunlight are the "time of the day".

Zhong Yao discovered this problem, shook his head, and said, "Xijun's plan of 'defrauding surrender' is a brilliant plan! Bo Caiguo was so enraged that he didn't even care about the 'time of the day'! In this battle, the time of day is with me; our army has Relying on the fortified city, Xi Jun also offered suggestions, dug a few tunnels to get out of the city, our army can make surprise troops at any time, and I am also in the 'place'; After Yang Zhai, I will let the thieves and soldiers wash my city with blood, although it will improve the morale of the thieves and soldiers, but for the people and guards in our city, this means: 'The destruction of the city is equal to death', the people, guards The soldiers will be able to work together to defend against foreign enemies, and the 'people' are also with me.

"The Sun Tzu of Qi says: 'The time of day, the right place, the people and the people, the three are not good, although the victory will bring disaster'. Bocai has neither the season nor the advantage of the place, so it is barely considered a 'people and people', but it is not as good as our city. It seems that the inference of Xi Jun is not wrong at all! We will win this battle."

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The Yellow Turbans' attack started from You Shi and continued until nightfall.

In terms of "time of day", in the evening, the Yellow Turbans were already at a disadvantage, and after nightfall, they were even more at a disadvantage.

Although Bocai sent an order to make each battalion light piles of bonfires outside the moat, looking down from a distance, the little firelight and the stars in the night sky complemented each other, and most of the Yellow Turban soldiers who entered the moat also held torches, but, The darkening night still inevitably affected their offensive.

First of all, the night is dense, and although there are torches, the visibility is not as good as that in the daytime, which makes Pocai unable to intuitively grasp the frontline battle situation.

Secondly, the night also affects Pocai's order. In the daytime, with a wave of his general flag, the generals at the front or the rear may be able to understand what he meant, but now, in the dark of night, few people can clearly see the wave of his general flag, which requires an order. Soldier Pegasus Order. It takes time for the messengers to convey orders, and it is difficult to keep up with the rapid changes in the battle situation, and it is difficult to grasp the fighter opportunities.

Once again, the night inevitably affected the vision of the soldiers and soldiers of the whole army. More than 90% of the Yellow Turban soldiers were poor peasants. They were usually hungry, full, malnourished, and had poor night vision. Many people could not see what was happening in front of them.

If you can't intuitively grasp the situation of the battle, and you can't grasp the fighter opportunity, those two things are nothing, and the one "the soldiers' night vision ability is not good" is a fatal injury. It's fine when they take the initiative to attack. The people behind will just follow the people in front to rush up. Once the offensive and defensive reverses, once the front line is chaotic, it will inevitably lead to greater chaos, and eventually even the entire line will collapse.

It's not that Bo didn't know that such consequences might occur, and it was for this reason that he hadn't launched a night battle before, so why didn't he retreat into the night tonight? As Xi Zhicai guessed, because tonight is indeed his last chance.

The 70,000 to 80,000 Yellow Turbans stayed in the city for five or six days, and the food was already insufficient. Most of the young marshals in the counties and townships did not want to continue to waste time in Yangzhai and make unnecessary sacrifices. If it wasn't for Bocai's high prestige and resolute attitude, they refused to withdraw like this. As early as last night, they withdrew their troops and moved to other counties. Rao is so, as the saying goes, "the will of the people is hard to defy", no matter how high the prestige of Bocai is, when it comes to the life and death of the whole army, he can't cover the sky with one hand. time.

They agreed: If they can't lay down Yangzhai by noon tomorrow, then they will go to another place.

The city has been besieged for six days, and the city has been attacked many times in the first five days, but the city has not been conquered. The last day is left, can it be conquered? The time is short and the pressure is high, why didn't Bocai sink the boat?

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At three o'clock in the morning, Bo Cai sent an order, ordering the third party's light soldiers to cross the river and replace the front-line soldiers.

From Youshi to Xushi, the attack continued uninterrupted for an hour, killing 800 enemies and losing 1000. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army caused a lot of casualties to the guards, but their own casualties were even greater. The 1,000 soldiers sent to the front have already suffered nearly 200 casualties. The loss rate is nearly one-fifth. To be honest, ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Even if Bo Cai did not order to retreat, the soldiers would not be able to fight.

If the attack of the armored soldiers is compared to "storms and rain", then the attack of light pawns is "gentle wind and drizzle".

The light soldiers were not protected by fine armor. Although they were numerous, the threat to the city head was far less than that of the armored soldiers.

Relying on the armor, the armored soldiers can ignore the arrows, and can continue to kill the city head. The light pawns wore commoner clothes and at most had leather armor, so they could be said to be defenseless against arrows. Among the casualties, one of the five soldiers was killed after rushing to the fortress, and when they were replaced by light soldiers, the ratio became one-twentieth. Of the twenty light soldiers, nineteen were killed or wounded on or under the ladder.

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After Bo Cai took down the soldiers, Xi Zhicai's expression immediately became relaxed, and said contemptuously: "The rabble is the rabble. The offensive of the thieves was already exhausted. Truly self-defeating!"

Xin Ai and Xi Zhicai have a very good friendship, because they also know that Xi Zhicai "scam surrender" and "authentic". He was full of praise for Xi Zhicai's two strategies, wearing leather armor and a short sword, standing beside Xi Zhicai and Xun Zhen, pointed to the location where the tunnel was dug under the city, and asked eagerly: "Since the offensive of the thieves is exhausted, can our army stand out from the army?"

Xun You looked down at the city and said, "No hurry, just wait a moment."

"What are you waiting for?"

Xun Zhen pointed to the pontoon bridge over the moat, and said, "So far, less than a thousand soldiers have crossed the river. When more of them come over, it won't be too late for us to attack."

Outside the moat, the soldiers who had withdrawn from the front line retreated to the rear and rested on the spot.

The **** moved forward and became the first phalanx. On the pontoon, teams of pawns were crossing the river with torches.

The strange soldier, the strange soldier. The more pawns cross the river, the more chaos the raiders will cause.