The victory in the first battle had boosted the morale of the soldiers of the North Sea Army. Especially after rewarding those who had made contributions, the soldiers who had participated in the battle of Jilong Mountain were all filled with fighting spirit. To them, it was not a problem to win the battle with such a powerful general leading them. Moreover, it was a great fortune to be a soldier with generous rewards after winning the battle.
However, Zhang Bai's cavalry had become very cautious after their vanguard failed. Moreover, the distance between Jilong Mountain and the North Sea was already a wide expanse of flat land. There was no longer a suitable location for an ambush like Jilong Mountain. Therefore, the high-ranking generals of the North Sea were not as optimistic as the soldiers. Fortunately, Beihai City was very sturdy, and it was not something that these raiders who lacked siege weapons could easily break through. Moreover, the newly captured 12,000 Yellow Turban soldiers also need time to digest and reorganize, so our strategy is to hold fast and wait.
"You are all born from your parents and have wives and children. Why are you thieves? Now, I'm giving you a chance. A chance to turn over a new leaf. A chance to have food and clothes!”I said loudly to the Yellow Turban captives who were being escorted into Beihai City.
"Now, as long as you expose the vicious people among you who kill the innocent, I will let you join my team! Let you have food to eat, let you have clothes to wear, and if you do well, you can even have farmland in the future! Marry a wife and have children!" "Sir, is what you said true?”An elderly Yellow Turban in his fifties asked with a trembling voice," I am Kong Rong, Minister of the North Sea, a direct descendant of the Confucius Sect. Have you ever heard of anyone from the Confucius Sect going back on their word?”
"So it's Lord Kong. I was originally a good citizen of Qingzhou, but two years ago, Zhang Bai rode my hometown and was forced to join the Yellow Turban. My two poor sons have already died on the battlefield. These damn…" As he spoke, the old Yellow Turban looked at a few fierce-looking Yellow Turban." Wang San, be careful." The Yellow Turban he pointed at looked at the old man fiercely." I saw them personally kill no less than ten innocent people." The old man was not afraid." This dog thief also raped and killed my daughter-in-law and granddaughter!" My poor granddaughter is not even 10 years old! I hate myself for not being able to kill him with my own hands! Eat his flesh!"
Presumably, this old man already hated this Yellow Turban to the extreme. My heart couldn't help but ache. My enemy was by my side every day, but I couldn't take revenge. How sad was this! "Men, take these people down!" I waved my hand and ordered to take down these few Yellow Turbans. When the remaining Yellow Turbans saw this situation, they exposed the vicious people around them who had a lot of blood debts. Soon, they found hundreds of Yellow Turbans stained with the blood of innocent people. I took them down one by one and held them to the side.
"Now, those who have participated in the Road of Peace, please stand on the left!”There was some commotion in the crowd." Those who stand out now, I forgive you! However, if they didn't step out now, they would be punished the same as these murderers if they were exposed later!”Although I had yet to announce the punishment for the Yellow Turban villains who had been exposed earlier, those with nimble minds had already guessed that it would be a very serious matter, so slowly, more than a thousand people stood forward.
" Have you all come forward now?" A few more people stood up hesitantly. Now, everyone, please take a look around and see if anyone has participated in the Peace Road before. The person who exposed it would be rewarded with 1 Guan!”Immediately, the 10 or so members of the Peace Road who tried to get away with it were exposed. I took them down and detained them by the side of the murderer. "Now, I hereby sentence these people to execution! Those of you who have a blood feud with these people, I allow you to execute them personally! Revenge!" I pointed at those murderers and said to the remaining 6,000 or so Yellow Turbans who had been coerced.
"Thank you, my lord!" More than 300 people walked out from the crowd and knelt in front of me, crying and crying. The old man who was the first to point out the murderers took the large knife handed over by the soldiers and neatly beheaded the murderers who were pressed to the ground!
In less than a moment, all the murderers were killed. Only about fifty of them were so scared that their faces turned pale and they even peed." All of you, as long as each of you stab the remaining murderers, I will pardon you from the sin of joining the evil path!”I pointed at those who had joined the Road of Peace and looked at the hundreds of heads and the blood on the ground. Even though these people had experienced hundreds of battles, I couldn't help but feel terrified.
They knew that as long as this knife was used, it would be difficult for them to return to the Yellow Turban. They had become mortal enemies with the Yellow Turban and the Road of Peace. However, the situation was stronger than the people. The people of the Road of Peace who had just tried to muddle through were not far from the lesson. Who would dare to disobey!
Therefore, the remaining 50 or so murderers died tragically after suffering a thousand cuts. The wails before their deaths were recalled decades later by a soldier who was present at the scene." It was not decades ago, but yesterday!”These supervising soldiers and the Yellow Turban soldiers who were left behind in the battlefield, no one dared to escape and defect to the enemy on the battlefield!
"You guys, remember today! Only by bravely killing the enemy and protecting the people can you wash away the sins of your accomplices! Otherwise, these people will end up like you!”I pointed at the heads and blood on the ground and shouted sternly! For a moment, the scene was solemn, and even the thousands of soldiers who were supervising it were silent!
Everyone saw that I was a man of my word, a man of my actions, decisive in killing, and strict in discipline. This left a deep impression on them, especially those who were used to being undisciplined among the Yellow Turban soldiers. The first time they saw me, I used hundreds of heads and blood all over the ground as living teaching materials. Life and death were in the blink of an eye, and I was more helpless and fearful than the clash of swords and swords on the battlefield. For the first time in his life, he had an unforgettable impression of discipline, and it was a bloody on-the-spot education method.
After that, I still chose the qualified soldiers according to the previous method of selecting soldiers. To my surprise, the 12,000 Yellow Turban captives were mostly elite and brave soldiers in their prime. There were as many as 8,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who met my physical strength requirements. These veterans who had survived hundreds of battles could be qualified soldiers with a little reorganization.
However, for safety reasons, they did not promote a general from the ranks. Instead, we split them up into teams and mixed them into the original troops. The teams that were damaged in the battle were directly filled up. The newly established team was promoted from the original North Sea Army soldiers who had rendered meritorious service in the Battle of Jilong Mountain. After the replenishment, our North Sea Army was doubled. The original A troops, teams, and generals were promoted one level.
Xu Sheng and the other lieutenants temporarily led two battalions of soldiers. For a time, although the number of troops was greatly expanded, the organizational structure was relatively stable. Although it would take some time for the newly joined Yellow Turban to integrate the combat strength at the Qu and Bu levels, the original basic unit team level maintained a relatively complete core combat strength and could undertake the main combat tasks. In this way, our army could guarantee the minimum combat strength to the greatest extent after the reorganization.
The relatively weak 4,000 or so who had been eliminated were temporarily put into logistics and supplies. It was now a war. If they were allowed to become refugees, they would either be coerced by the Yellow Turban or become bandits in the mountains. Anyway, there was a lot of food in the treasury now. They would consider their way out after the war.
Then, based on the military system at that time, he chose one of the key points to simplify and issue a Ten Kill Order: Those who betrayed the enemy were killed! Those who cowered at the last minute would be killed! Those who disobeyed orders would be killed! Those who delay the military aircraft will be killed! Anyone who divulges military secrets will be killed! Those who knew and did not report would be killed! Those who sheltered and connived were killed! Those who spread rumors and rebelled were killed! Burning, killing, looting, killing! Those who raped women were killed!
This Ten Kill Order was simple and clear, it was quickly memorized by the troops. In an instant, the army was solemn! Even the newly formed Yellow Turban raiders, after being baptized in blood on the drill ground and under the strict orders of the Ten Kill Order, were all motivated to learn military discipline and obey commands. For a moment, the army was in order, and within a few days, orders were carried out. It seemed that the iron-blooded policy was the most effective in war.
"Wise Duke!" Wang Xiu said. Wang Xiu was a scholar who had followed me to organize the captives. There was no other way. He was the registrar. After seeing me use a bloody method to solve the problem of captives, although there was a hint of confusion in his eyes, he still thought that my method was the best method at the moment. With a strong enemy in front of him, leaving more than 12,000 captives in the city was undoubtedly a volcano that could erupt at any time. Not only would it cost more than 1,000 elites to guard it, but you also didn't know when they would cause trouble.
How could he break his bones and tendons like this, turn the enemy into himself, and use a more brilliant method to deal with it! I laughed bitterly. If it wasn't for the knowledge I had in my previous life and the current tense situation, I wouldn't have been forced to use such a decisive and iron-blooded method.
Now, apart from the slight drop in morale after the expansion of the army, the combat backbone that had been tested in the previous Jilong Mountain battle and the strict rewards and punishments after the war, this batch of soldiers who had been baptized by battle led the newly incorporated Yellow Turban soldiers, causing our Beihai City's military strength to almost double. Excluding the thousand soldiers that Zhao Qing had ambushed outside, our Beihai City now has 15,000 soldiers who can fight. Although the combat strength of the army is relatively limited, I am no longer as fearful as before.
Zhang Baiqi, the North Sea is not a place you can come to whenever you want! I thought to myself.
The day after the completion of the prisoner reorganization, Zhang Baiqi led his troops to attack and surrounded the north, south, and west gates of Beihai. After all, Zhang Baiqi was a veteran of the Yellow Turban army who had fought for many years. He was able to leave his name in history and was not an ordinary person. According to the key to besieging a city, Zhang Baiqi led 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to surround the west gate. His generals Zhang Ba and Xu Hensheng led more than 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to surround the north and south respectively. The east gate was left with a sentry cavalry to allow a small number of Beihai soldiers to enter and exit. Looking at their camp deployment, it was all in line with the art of war. Outside Beihai City, there were many camps, and the three camps were like horns of each other. They were tricky and strict. It was easier said than done to sneak an attack. What a good one! What a Yellow Turban veteran!
Bing Yuan, Wu Anguo, Xu Sheng, and I were observing Zhang Baiqi's camp from the top of the city wall. We couldn't help but feel wary. The joy of a great victory gradually faded away. Only the soldiers and generals who had been rewarded for their meritorious deeds on the city wall had not woken up from their joy and pride. They showed no fear, and their eyes revealed a strong fighting spirit, looking forward to a new round of meritorious deeds!
In the prefect's mansion, I discussed military affairs with Bing Yuan, Peng Tian, Sun Shao, Wang Xiu, Wu Anguo, Xu Sheng, Zong Bao, and others. Wu Anguo's previous military achievements have been promoted to deputy general by me, in charge of the Beihai military.
Xu Sheng was promoted to Wuwei Lieutenant, and Zhao Qing was promoted to Thief Breaking Lieutenant. They still led a battalion each. As for Zong Bao, he didn't kill many enemies because he was protecting me, so he didn't get promoted. However, I let him lead a battalion, which is considered to have gained something. The other battalion will be led by me and will become my personal guard camp in the future.
"Everyone can see that Zhang Baiqi's siege strategy is very brilliant. I wonder if everyone has any plans to break the enemy?”"Ming Gong, the bandits are now so powerful that we can't do anything about it. For now, perhaps we can only defend and avoid their sharpness. Zhang Bai's cavalry is coming with limited rations. As long as we hold on until they run out of food, we can break them.”
Bing Yuan has always had a plan, and his plan of holding fast and waiting for a change could be considered quite reasonable. However, through Zong Bao, I already know that Zhang Bai is not the only Yellow Turban in Qingzhou. There are also a few Yellow Turban troops that are already eyeing Beihai covetously.
This included my destined enemy in the original space-time, Guan Hai, who was known as the number one fierce general of the Yellow Turban. At present, he led more than 100,000 people to occupy the vicinity of Duchang. Although this part of the Yellow Turban had an ordinary relationship with Zhang Baiqi, they still had contact with Zhang Baiqi's troops and exchanged information. This was also an important reason why Zhang Baiqi opened the West Gate. Even if I could go west with all my troops, I would definitely encounter Guan Hai, the great enemy. At that time, I would lose the support of the strong city. In front of me, Guan Hai's elite Yellow Turban troops, which were several times larger than mine, would fight head-on. Zhang Baiqi and tens of thousands of elites were chasing after them, and the two of them were still bound to die.
If it weren't for Zhang Baiqi and Guan Hai fighting for themselves after the Yellow Turbans lost power and secretly planning to take the money and grain of the North Sea for themselves, it would have been even more difficult for me to resist this joint attack. However, if Zhang Baiqi could not defeat them after a long time, he would definitely spit out some benefits and connections, which would inevitably lead to the alliance of the two Yellow Turban tribes.
This is not the situation I want to see. With our Beihai forces, it is already very difficult to deal with Zhang Bai's cavalry. If the two forces attack together, we can only defend and wait for the enemy to run out of food. In the surrounding counties, except for Linzi, there are more than 10,000 defenders, but their soldiers are very weak. At the same time, the generals are timid. It is possible to defend the city, but it is difficult to attack.
Further away, they would have to ask for help from Liu Bei's troops in Pingyuan and Tao Qian's troops in Xuzhou. In the original time and space, other than the 3,000 reinforcements that Taishi Ci had invited from Liu Bei, there was not a single soldier left. However, the plains are far away from the North Sea. It will take more than ten days to reach. Even if we travel at night, it will take more than a month to reach. By then, even if our North Sea can still hold on, it will be dilapidated.
Furthermore, I was planning to make a great achievement, so I had to build up my military achievements in order to gather the hearts of the people and expand the influence of the North Sea. From there, I would be able to lay a solid foundation for the recruitment of talents. Thus, looking at the overall situation, time was also very important to me. This was a war that I had to face alone in order to change history. Since I had already changed history by a small gap at Jilong Mountain and discovered Xu Sheng, Zhao Qing, and other battle generals who could fight, I had made up my mind to launch a thunderous attack on Zhang Baiqi's troops before they joined forces with Guan Hai. I had to ensure that I hit them in one strike! Completely finish off Zhang Bai's cavalry.
However, I don't have a good plan to use now. Although I left Zhao Qing's chess pieces outside in the morning, the troops in my hands to defend the city may be useful. However, the bandits are now powerful. It's easier said than done to attack and defeat the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops who are on guard. Moreover, if I send out both of my current battle generals to attack the camp, if there is a general among the Yellow Turban soldiers who has the opportunity to attack the city, there will be no strong generals in the city to hold the line. I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the Yellow Turban soldiers who are like ants.
We discussed for a long time, but in the end, we couldn't come up with a good plan. We could only decide to let Wu Anguo and Xu Sheng take turns leading a battalion out of the city to challenge the enemy, hoping to kill a few Yellow Turban generals to strike a blow to the local morale. Who knew that Zhang Baiqi had already learned from the scattered vanguard that Li Damu had been killed in one move. He knew that he lacked a strong general to contend with our Beihai, so he simply avoided the battle and didn't come out. He only sent people to cut down the trees everywhere to make siege weapons. Once our army approached the camp, he would shoot them firmly with bows and arrows. It seems that you are determined to use ants to bite an elephant to death and use human wave tactics to deal with our North Sea. Even at night, the security was tight, and our two night raids failed.
Zhang Baiqi is indeed worthy of being a famous Yellow Turban general in history. He actually didn't give me any chance.
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