Chapter 119

"Yizhen, we can't go on like this!"

"The soldiers are not only suffering increasing losses, but they are also increasingly disgusted with such battles! We must find a way to break the situation;"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid this Changshe City won't be able to hold out for many days!"

Zhu Jun stood on the south city tower with a worried face and said to Huangfu Song.

"Sigh!"

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Song sighed and said: "How could I not know this? But we are currently besieged by Bocai's 400,000-strong army, and we only have 40,000 troops left under our command. What can we do?"

Does he really think he is not in a hurry?

But he really couldn't think of a way to break the situation.

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have brought troops into the city; otherwise, I could still have been a surprise force outside the city, acting as a support."

At this time, Cao Cao on the side couldn't help but speak.

At that time, he rushed to support, which was heroic.

He charged directly to the foot of the city, and then with the help of Huangfu Song and the others, entered the city.

At the time, he thought there was no problem, but now Cao Cao regretted it deeply.

Staying in this city, besieged and unable to move, what meritorious deeds could he achieve?

"This is not your fault, Mengde!"

Huangfu Song shook his head: "The situation at that time was indeed a bit dangerous, and the troops you brought also reduced our pressure a bit and boosted our morale."

The situation is constantly changing.

What was good at the time is now a mistake.

But can this be blamed on Cao Cao?

"Indeed!"

Zhu Jun also nodded and continued: "If there could be another surprise force to support us at this time, cooperating with us from inside and outside, perhaps there would be a chance to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves outside the city."

"Hmm?"

Huangfu Song and Cao Cao looked at Zhu Jun suspiciously upon hearing this.

Huangfu Song couldn't help but ask: "Gongwei, do you already have a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"Correct! Look,"

Zhu Jun nodded and pointed to the southeast direction, the Yellow Turban Army camp, and said: "I am very familiar with the terrain around Changshe. Now it is midsummer, the weather is dry, and the plains are becoming increasingly hot and unbearable;"

"Therefore, yesterday, the Yellow Turban Army chose to set up camp in the southeast direction where the water and grass are lush;"

"At this time, the Yellow Turban Army is all located on the grassland, plus the southeast wind is blowing now;"

"In this way, if we have a highly mobile surprise force outside the city to support us;"

"We can completely send this surprise force to sprinkle fire oil and other flammable materials on the grassland in the middle of the night and use the wind to set fire to it;"

"At that time, the Yellow Turban Army will be completely downwind and completely covered by the raging fire;"

"At that time, the Yellow Turban Army will inevitably suffer heavy losses and a major rout;"

"At this time, we will cooperate from inside and outside, lead the army to kill out from the city, and intercept and kill the routing Yellow Turban Army, which will inevitably be a great success."

"Because the grass within a few kilometers of the south city gate has long been trampled by the army, we don't have to worry about being implicated by the fire. What do you think?"

Huangfu Song and Cao Cao's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "What a great strategy! Why didn't we notice it?"

Cao Cao immediately asked for battle: "Two Generals, why not take advantage of the Yellow Turban Army retreating now and the siege being a bit loose, I will lead my She Sheng Camp to break out from the west and act as this surprise force;"

"Afterwards, I will look for an opportunity to act according to General Gongwei's strategy?"

This is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds!

How could he, Cao Cao, miss it?

Although breaking out at this time would cause significant losses, the She Sheng Camp is ultimately the imperial court's, and it has to be returned after the war. Using the imperial court's troops to make his own meritorious deeds, he had no reluctance at all.

"Since Mengde has this courage, then...."

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun looked at each other and were ready to agree.

"Report!"

At this time, a soldier ran over to report to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun: "Report to the General! A messenger came to the west city gate, claiming to be a subordinate of Cavalry Commandant Su Xuan, coming to support our army and offering a strategy to defeat the enemy;"

"This is the letter submitted by the other party."

As he spoke, the soldier presented a secret letter.

Cao Cao's heart sank upon hearing this, and he had a bad premonition.

"Oh?"

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were surprised and happy to receive the secret letter.

"Who is this Cavalry Commandant Su Xuan? I only heard that a Cavalry Colonel Su Xuan appeared in Nanyang. Could it be this person?"

"It's just that, isn't this person a Cavalry Colonel? When did he become a Cavalry Commandant?"

Zhu Jun muttered suspiciously.

Huangfu Song was also a bit confused.

Clearly, they had been trapped here for more than ten days and had missed a lot of the latest intelligence.

At this time, Cao Cao spoke: "I know about this!"

"This Cavalry Commandant Su Xuan is the former Nanyang Cavalry Colonel Su Xuan;"

"Just a few days ago, before I asked for battle to come to Yanzhou, this Su Xuan joined forces with the new Nanyang Governor Qin Jie, used a strategy to break Wancheng, killed the Nanyang Yellow Turban thief leader Zhang Mancheng in one battle, wiped out the main force of the Nanyang Yellow Turban, and recaptured Nanyang Commandery;"

"Because of his meritorious deeds, he was promoted by His Majesty to Cavalry Commandant, and granted the power to command 10,000 troops!"

"It is said that this person has a 3,000-strong iron cavalry under his command, which can even form a Qi and blood military formation;"

"It's just that I don't know if it's true or false."

To be honest, this Su Xuan is simply a template for success.

Even Old Cao envied him endlessly.

Although he is currently also a Cavalry Commandant.

But how old is he? How old is Su Xuan?

He is already 29, and Su Xuan is only 17, only 7 years older than his eldest son Cao Ang.

How much effort has he, Cao Cao, spent over the years to get to where he is today?

This is still because his background is much thicker than Su Xuan's.

His adoptive grandfather was the great eunuch Cao Jie, and his father is the current Minister of Agriculture.

And Su Xuan's biggest reliance, his father Su Lie, is only a County Magistrate of Deng County, and there is no stronger background.

Even so, in less than two months, he is already on par with him in position, and his troop command power is even above his.

Who can you reason with about this?

Comparing people to people will make you angry.

"3,000 iron cavalry? And can form a Qi and blood military formation? How is this possible?"

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were incredulous upon hearing this: "To form a Qi and blood military formation, even with a complete inheritance of military formation methods, I am afraid it would take several years or even longer of careful training, or constant participation in battles to take shape, right?"

"I heard that the Wolf Cavalry under Lu Bu in Bingzhou can do it, and he also doesn't have a military formation method inheritance;"

"But that was killed out;"

"Su Xuan was unknown before and had no chance to command troops. How did he do it?"

Completely unreasonable.

"I don't know about this!"

Cao Cao shrugged.

This is also what he and many ministers in the imperial court want to know!

However, everyone has some guesses.

It should be that Su Xuan accidentally obtained the inheritance of military formation methods, and then used the caravan guards as a cover to conduct private soldier training a few years in advance.

This kind of thing, people do it very secretly, without any handle, plus everyone is doing similar things secretly, so it's nothing.

Especially now, with the Yellow Turban thief rebellion, the Son of Heaven has ordered to allow righteous people to recruit local volunteers to participate in suppressing the rebellion.

Su Xuan also has a military position, so there is no problem at all.

"Let's quickly see what he said in the letter!"

At this time, Zhu Jun urged.

"Alright! Let's look together!"

Huangfu Song came back to his senses, immediately opened the letter, and quickly read the letter together with Zhu Jun, Cao Cao, and others.