It seemed that Zhao Yun's true purpose for harassing and attacking was for this moment! Only by taking down Guan Hai's nest could Zhao Yun's plan succeed. Although Zhao Yun had destroyed more than half of the West Camp, the Yellow Turban Vital Qi was still there. Only by taking down Guan Hai's nest would it be a fatal blow to Guan Hai! I didn't expect this famous general from ancient times to be so brilliant. Even the experienced Zhang Baiqi couldn't help but say," It seems that Zhao Yun didn't lead the army alone many times in time and space, which made me underestimate Zhao Yun's strategy. I didn't expect that the first time he led the army, he gave me such a surprise."
The thousand or so Yellow Turban soldiers guarding Guan Hai's lair were already exhausted by Zhao Yun's two harassments today. Now, hearing the shouts of killing coming from the south again, even without Zhang Baiqi's order, they knew that they should rest when they should. Even the sentries were sleepy and immune to the shouts of killing.
Jiang Guang saw that his commander's strategy of exhausting his troops had worked. With a wave of his hand, two teams of the most elite Tiger Infantry Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp soldiers came forward. The Tiger Infantry Camp that was crawling forward scouted the way and acted as the guide for the Vermillion Bird Camp's elite archers. They planned things out. These two teams of elite Tiger Infantry Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp soldiers worked together efficiently to clear out the open and hidden sentries that the Yellow Turban soldiers had placed outside the camp. In less than a moment, they had successfully cleared out the no man's land that was several hundred feet outside the camp. Jiang Guang's 2000 men rushed to Guan Hai's base camp. He had to admit that the base camp was chosen quite well, and the arrow tower in the distance was also built very well. It was closely watching the entrance of the camp. One side of the camp was against a mountain, and the west side was against a mountain that was hundreds of feet high. The other side was facing the water. The road from Jiang Guang was a flat and open road, but there was a narrow entrance in front of the camp gate, which could only allow a few people to pass through. If it wasn't for the dark moon and sparse stars tonight, and the illusion caused by Zhao Yun's harassment twice, It was impossible for Jiang Guang's 2000 men to get close to the camp so easily.
As most of the archers had been transferred to the west camp to defend, there were only a few dozen archers left. The two teams of elite archers from Vermillion Bird Camp sent the dozen archers on the arrow tower back to their hometown in one sweep. The dozens of drowsy Yellow Turban guards at the gate were also splattered with blood under the call of the other archers from Vermillion Bird Camp. When the screams were heard, the agile elites of Tiger Infantry Camp had already rushed forward at the same time as the archers of Vermillion Bird Camp were activated and opened the gate. The 2500 soldiers filed in. After entering the nest, Jiang Guang split them into multiple mixed formations. The 500 Vermillion Bird Camp archers had 200 people in the middle formation, and 150 on each wing. They followed the Tiger Infantry Camp soldiers and charged forward. When the Tiger Infantry Camp encountered any obstacles, the archers would immediately send their arrows over. At this moment, there were only a few thousand soldiers in Guan Hai's nest, the rest were the old, weak, women, and children. How could they withstand the fierce charge of Jiang Guang's elite troops? When the Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the stronghold sent the news to Zhang Baiqi, who was currently commanding the camp in the west, Jiang Guang had already intimidated the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers and captured nearly 30,000 old, weak, women, and children in Guan Hai's lair!
On the battlements and arrow towers near the two camps that Zhang Baiqi had deployed, the Vermillion Bird Camp soldiers were already in position, forming a firm defensive line with the two Tiger Infantry Camp soldiers. The fire that Jiang Guang had lit up to report the victory made Zhao Yun, who was fighting fiercely in the West Camp, overjoyed. Zhang Baiqi, who had just come to his senses, stared dumbfoundedly at the fire that had lit up from his north. He had just received the report, and before he could react, the North Sea Army had already broken through his base! Although it was partly because he had been tricked and transferred away half of the Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the camp, there were still nearly 5000 Yellow Turban soldiers there. Could it be that the North Sea Army had already arrived without him knowing?
"Forget it, forget it!" For a moment, Zhang Baiqi was dumbstruck. He had lost tens of thousands of women and children and most of his rations. There was nothing he could do. The disheartened Zhang Baiqi immediately had the intention to surrender. Zhao Yun's signal to summon all the light cavalry to suppress the West Camp further strengthened Zhang Baiqi's determination. A cavalry of 2500 cavalry meant that he would not even have a chance to escape. As someone who was familiar with battle formations, he naturally knew what kind of nightmare such a large number of cavalry was to a group of fleeing soldiers. Therefore, to Zhao Yun's surprise, Zhang Baiqi quickly surrendered!
While Zhao Yun was dealing with the surrender matters, he sent the winged cavalry to report to the Beihai Army and Xu Sheng Army. When he heard the news of victory, he was overjoyed. He immediately brought Dian Wei and the remaining eight thousand plus elites of Dragon Stallion Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp with him. The usual training for these elites had finally shown its effect today. They arrived at Guan Hai's lair in the afternoon after six hours. Together with Zhao Yun's troops, they managed to subdue the Yellow Turbans from the east and south camps. When Xu Sheng's army, who was responsible for blocking the western border, arrived at night and saw that the equipment of the Beihai Army was obviously better than theirs, and their morale was so high that they were ready to kill people at any time, this part of the Yellow Turban army, who had been a little unwilling before, completely understood. Beihai wasn't here to eat and relax. The Beihai Army had a total of 27,000 elites and Zhang Baiqi had 10,000 men under his control. The two camps in the southeast only had 20,000 men, so there was no room for them to speak.
"Zhiyuan! This time, he was very righteous and turned over to the light, reducing the killing of the two armies. His contribution was not small.”I said to Zhang Baiqi in a friendly manner. No matter what, Zhang Baiqi's quick surrender had given our army a chance of victory. From the perspective of reducing our casualties, his contribution was not light. Moreover, Zhang Baiqi was a veteran general who had experienced hundreds of battles. For me, who had many soldiers and few generals, it was also very important because this was also the first time our army had surrendered to an important leader of the Yellow Turban. How to deal with it would be an important demonstration for our army to fight against the other Yellow Turban leaders in the future.
Zhang Baiqi was a little terrified. After all, as a Yellow Turban general, although he was not caught and killed as he had been in the past, in order to make contributions, a well-known and important head like him would usually be sent to the capital to ask for merit and receive a reward. This usually meant that he would be sentenced to death. He was betting that I didn't have a reputation for killing people. Other than the first batch of captives who had a slightly miserable fate, most of his subordinates were treated fairly well. He even had contact with some of his former subordinates who were currently stationed in the North Sea. They understood how our army dealt with captives, which was why they dared to surrender to our army. Now that he saw my friendly tone, he relaxed a little.”Zhang Baiqi lowered his head and said.
"However, you followed Zhang Jiao for many years, so your sins aren't light.”I changed the topic, and Zhang Baiqi's sweat immediately formed a stream." In order to reduce his own sins, I wonder what Zhiyuan plans to do?”I saw that Zhang Baiqi was quite frightened, so I gently pointed out a path for him. Zhang Baiqi was very clever, so he immediately said," The guilty general is willing to persuade Guan Qushuai, no, Guan Hai to surrender!”
Zhang Baiqi's words were exactly what I was looking forward to. But I know Guan Hai is a person who has been in a high position for many years. How can he be willing to submit without some real benefits? "Thank you, Zhiyuan. If you can convince Guan Hai to surrender, I will remember your great merit. After the matter is done, I will promote you to the position of a Vigorous Colonel. If Guan Hai comes to join my army, I will also promote him to the position of a Deputy General!”I released the bait in time. I'm not afraid that Zhang Baiqi won't work hard and Guan Hai won't be tempted.
When Zhang Baiqi heard that there were such benefits, he was overjoyed. Although he was free and happy, as the various vassals rose up, as a famous strategist among the Yellow Turban, Zhang Baiqi knew that the days of the Yellow Turban would become more and more difficult. Many people would become stepping stones for these vassals. Being able to join the government or the vassals was the best place for them. Although the title of Vigorous Commandant that I gave him isn't as impressive as his commanding of tens of thousands of soldiers, and it's also lower than Guan Hai, it's still the starting point of an official general. Moreover, my Beihai Army is powerful and has the righteousness of the Commander-in-Chief of the Qing and Yan armies. If he can gain my trust, with his talent and hard work, it will not be difficult for him to surpass Guan Hai in the future. It is unknown if he will become a general or a marquis. His future can be said to be great.
Zhang Baiqi was very confident in convincing Guan Hai. Just because of the tens of thousands of old, weak, women, and children, Guan Hai had to be careful. After all, all of Guan Hai's troops were under our control. Even if Guan Hai insisted on fighting, it would depend on the willingness of his subordinates.
As expected, in less than a day, Guan Hai was persuaded by Zhang Baiqi to come over. To be able to deal with Guan Hai's army so easily was something I didn't expect. Of course, I didn't expect Taishi Ci's hard work and Zhao Yun's great tactical success in today's victory. Seeing the outstanding performance of the two excellent generals was indeed a huge gain for me other than taking in the Guan Hai army.
In this battle, our army suffered less than a thousand casualties. Guan Hai's army had suffered over 20,000 casualties, most of which had died under Taishi Ci's sneak attacks and arrows. There were over 70,000 Guan Hai soldiers, 30,000 old, weak, women and children, and over 1,000 horses. We harvested over 200,000 dan of grain, over 10 million strings of money, nearly 100 jin of gold, over 1000 jin of silver, and countless other treasures. Guan Hai was quite good at collecting these treasures. As these were seized by Zhao Yun's army before Guan Hai's surrender, our army kept them all in the treasury. Although Guan and Zhang were in pain, they had to bow their heads. After taking in nearly 100,000 people from Guan Hai Division, even though I have raised a lot of food, the 500,000 dans of food I bought from Xu Prefecture is only enough for Beihai to survive until the summer harvest. It seems that before the summer harvest, our army will not be able to carry out any large-scale military operations. Food is really my lifeblood.
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