" The Yellow Turban Army retreated?"
Not long ago, Li Jue had been worried that the catapults would infuriate the Yellow Turban Army and cause them to launch a desperate counterattack.
Seeing that many of the Yellow Turban soldiers had been trampled to death as they retreated, Li Jue breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he began to consider whether he should pursue the victory.
"Vanguard, attack with me."
Just as Li Jue was hesitating, Li Cunxiao's voice reached his ears.
Immediately after, Li Jue saw the three thousand vanguard soldiers gallop away from the formation and quickly catch up with the slowest Yellow Turban soldier.
"Retreat, don't pursue a desperate enemy. If the Yellow Turban Army returned, the vanguard would be in danger.”
Hearing Niu Fu's words, Dong Song couldn't help but laugh coldly." The opportunity on the battlefield is fleeting. How can there be so many ifs when you're overcautious?”
Although Niu Fu was extremely unhappy after being lectured by Dong Song, he could not continue arguing after seeing the three thousand vanguard troops killing the Yellow Turban soldiers.
Under Li Cunxiao's lead, the three thousand vanguards chased the Yellow Turban army all the way to the city. In the end, Li Cunxiao gave up the attack because of a large wave of arrows raining down from the city wall. In the end, he led the vanguards back to their starting position.
"Hahaha, this battle is really satisfying.”
Dong Zhuo laughed excitedly with his big belly." Although this battle didn't hurt the Yellow Turban thief, it also let me vent my anger."”
Dong Zhuo then turned to Dong Song and said,"You have done well in this matter. I will hand over the command of the army to you. Don't disappoint me.”
Dong Zhuo's words shocked Li Jue, Guo Si, and the others, but when they thought about the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Dong Song, they felt relieved.
"If Young Master needs Li Jue in any way, please do not hesitate to ask.”
"I, Zhang Ji, am also at your disposal.”
Dong Song nodded his head lightly.
"General Niu, please lead your troops and push the eighty catapults forward to about five hundred steps away from the city wall. Then, he used the catapults to bombard the Qu Yang until it was dark.”
Dong Song's words shocked Niu Fu.
"Push the catapults to a distance of five hundred paces from Quyang. If the Yellow Turban bandits launch a counterattack, it won't be easy to protect the catapults with the few soldiers I have.”
Niu Fu glanced at Dong Song and continued,"Besides, the accuracy of the catapults can't be guaranteed. In addition, the enemies are hiding on the city walls. Even if the catapults get close to the city walls, I'm afraid it'll be difficult for them to cause large-scale damage to the enemies.”
"I don't want to kill many Yellow Turban soldiers, but to intimidate them. I want to make the Yellow Turban soldiers in Quyang City truly fear the catapults.”
"As for what General Niu is worried about, there's no need for it. I'll let Li Cunxiao lead the three thousand vanguard to patrol around the catapults.”
Seeing that Niu Fu still wanted to speak, Dong Zhuo's expression could not help but sink.
"I've already said that Dong Song's words are what I mean. Niu Fu, do you dare to disobey my orders?”
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Niu Fu was shocked and quickly led his men to the catapult.
With Dong Zhuo's support, Dong Song's orders were quickly carried out.
On the top of Quyang City, Bo Cai said to Zhang Bao for the second time,""General Earth Duke, the power of the official bandits 'catapults is too great. Right now, the soldiers are all worried that the rocks falling from the sky will hit them. If this continues, our morale will plummet. General Earth Duke, give the order to fight. The official bandits 'catapults are not far from us. As long as I have ten thousand elite soldiers, I can destroy the enemy's catapults.”
"No!"
Zhang Bao pointed at the vanguard cavalry and said,""Those cavalrymen have been cruising near the catapults. If you lead your troops to attack, you will be easily blocked by them.”
Before Bo Cai could continue, Zhang Bao asked,""Where are the 30,000 bandits that fled south?”
"Two hours ago, the scouts reported that they were about to pass through the Dual Mountain!”
"Did the thirty thousand bandits do anything unusual?”
Bo Cai shook his head." They didn't stop along the way, and their speed was very fast. It doesn't seem like there was a trap."”
Bo Cai hesitated for a moment and said to Zhang Bao,""This humble servant believes that these thirty thousand bandits want to go to Guangzong to assist old man Huangfu in attacking General Ren Gong.”
"Attack Guangzong?"
Bo Cai nodded lightly." The actions of these officials and bandits in front of us today are a little abnormal. I think they will probably flee south."”
"You're saying that the government bandits are planning to give up Quyang and send their troops south to devour Guangzong?”
"That's right. Once these officials and bandits go south, they can form a pincer attack with Huangfu Song against Guangzong. At that time, General Ren Gong might not be able to hold on alone. And once General Ren Gong was defeated, Qu Yang would probably not be able to hold on alone.”
"Aren't they afraid that we'll chase after them?”
"The bandits in front of us are probably staying behind to hold us back.”
Zhang Bao also felt that what Bocai said made sense, but he thought about it and said,"What you said does make sense, but we can't rule out the possibility that there's a trap. We'll observe for another day and make a decision after we've confirmed that the 30,000 soldiers have left.”
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