Chapter 65

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

"The soldiers are not only suffering increasing losses, but they are also becoming more and more disgusted with this kind of fighting! We must find a way to break the deadlock;"

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

Zhu Jun stood on the south city tower, looking at General Huangfu Song with a worried expression, and spoke.

"Sigh!"

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

Did he really think he wasn't anxious?

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

"Perhaps I shouldn't have brought troops into the city; otherwise, I could have acted as a surprise force outside the city to provide support."

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

At the time, he had rushed to support them, which was heroic.

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

He thought it was fine at the time, but now Cao Cao regretted it deeply.

Stuck in this city, besieged and unable to move, what merit could he achieve?

"This is not your fault, Mengde!"

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

The situation is constantly changing.

What was good at the time is now seen as a mistake.

But could this be blamed on Cao Cao?

"Indeed!"

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

"Hmm?"

General Huangfu Song and Cao Cao looked at Zhu Jun in confusion.

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

"That's right! Look,"

Zhu Jun nodded and pointed to the southeast, toward the Yellow Turban Army camp, saying: "I am very familiar with the terrain around Changshe. It is midsummer, the weather is dry, and the plains are becoming increasingly scorching;"

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

"At this time, the Yellow Turban Army is all located on the grass, and we have a southeast wind blowing;"

"In this way, if we have a surprise force with high mobility outside the city to coordinate;"

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

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

"When that happens, the Yellow Turban Army will inevitably suffer heavy losses and flee in a rout;"

"At that time, we will coordinate from inside and outside, lead our troops out of the city, and intercept the fleeing Yellow Turban Army; we will surely achieve great success."

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

General 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 requested to fight: "Two Generals, why not take advantage of the fact that the Yellow Turban Army has retreated and the siege has loosened a bit? I will lead my She Sheng Battalion to break out from the west and act as this surprise force;"

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

This was a great opportunity to achieve merit!

How could he, Cao Cao, miss it?

Although breaking out at this time would cause significant losses, the She Sheng Battalion was ultimately the imperial court's, and would have to be returned after the war. He felt no reluctance at all to use the imperial court's troops to achieve his own merit.

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

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

"Report!"

At this moment, a soldier ran over and reported to General Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun: "General! A messenger has arrived at the west city gate, claiming to be a subordinate of Cavalry Commandant Su Xuan, here to support our army and deliver 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 felt a thud in his heart, having a bad premonition.

"Oh?"

General Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, however, were surprised and delighted to receive the secret letter.

"Who is this Cavalry Commandant Su Xuan? I only heard that a Cavalry Langjiang Su Xuan appeared in Nanyang; could it be this person?"

"But isn't this person a Cavalry Langjiang? When did he become a Cavalry Commandant?"

Zhu Jun muttered in confusion.

General Huangfu Song was also a bit puzzled.

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 do know about this!"

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

"Just a few days ago, before I requested 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 Zhang Mancheng in one battle, wiped out the main force of the Nanyang Yellow Turbans, and recaptured Nanyang Commandery;"

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

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

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

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

Even old Cao was envious.

Although he was currently also a Cavalry Commandant.

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

He was already 29, while Su Xuan was only 17, just 7 years older than his eldest son, Cao Ang.

How much effort had he, Cao Cao, spent over the years to get to where he was today?

And this was because his background was much stronger than Su Xuan's.

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

While Su Xuan's greatest backer, his father Su Lie, was only a County Magistrate of Dengxian, with no stronger background.

Yet, in less than two months, he was already on par with him in position, and his authority to command troops was even above his.

Who could he reason with about this?

Comparing people to people is enough to make one die of anger.

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

General Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were incredulous: "To form a Qi and blood military formation, even with a complete inheritance of military formation methods, I'm afraid it would take 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 has no inheritance of military formation methods;"

"But that was forged in battle;"

"Su Xuan was previously unknown and had no opportunity to command troops; how did he do it?"

It was completely contrary to common sense.

"I don't know about that!"

Cao Cao shrugged.

This was also what he and many ministers in the court wanted to know!

However, everyone had some guesses.

It should be the result of Su Xuan accidentally obtaining the inheritance of military formation methods and then using his caravan guards as a cover to conduct private soldier training for several years in advance.

This kind of thing, he did it very secretly, with no evidence, and since everyone was doing similar things in secret, it was nothing.

Especially now, with the Yellow Turban rebellion, the Son of Heaven had even issued an order allowing righteous men to recruit local volunteers to participate in suppressing the rebellion.

Since Su Xuan also held a military position, there was even less of a problem.

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

At this time, Zhu Jun urged.

"Very well! Let's look at it together!"

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