Chapter 80
The dawn of the morning shone on the city wall of Changshe. Amid the high sound of war drums, the Yellow Turban Army's horses spread out military formations on the open space outside the city.
A general of the Yellow Turban Army wore a black iron helmet, a yellow scarf tied on his forehead, and a ball of yellow velvet spikes on the top; he wore heavy black iron armor, covered with a yellow battle robe, thick rope leggings, wide armor knee pads, red copper knee pads, tiger head combat boots, and rode a white horse first.
Behind him, dozens of Yellow Turban generals followed and stood out.
The drums stopped, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army raised their weapons and shouted in unison, "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" The shouts shook the world.
This person is Hu Jian, deputy commander of the Yellow Turban Army.
Hu Jian urged the horse to come to the city and shouted loudly: "You Han army's turtle, dare you go out of the city to fight!?"
The Yellow Turban Soldiers under Hu Jian shouted in unison: "Go out of the city and fight out of the city!"
Hu Jian sat upright and arrogantly waited for the response in the city.
Immediately, soldiers rushed to the commander's mansion to report to Huangfu Song and others.
After returning last night, due to the fatigue of traveling, Huangfu Song arranged for Zhu Jun, Cao Cao and others to rest earlier.
But several people were worried about the difficulty of siege and could not sleep well. As soon as the genius was dawn, they gathered in the general's mansion to discuss how to retreat to the enemy.
The soldiers came in to report: "Report to the general, Hu Jian, deputy commander of the Yellow Turban Army, called out under the city!"
Zhang Fei immediately stood up and stood up: "I'll go and meet him!"
After saying that, he got up and was about to walk out.
Liu Bei hurriedly drank him: "Third brother, don't be rude. Without the military orders of several adults, how can you act at will!?"
Zhang Fei had no choice but to turn around and ask Huangfu Song for instructions: "General Huangfu, Zhang Fei asks for an order to go out of the city to fight with He Man!"
Huangfu Song shook his head and said, "Sir Zhang, don't leave the city! The enemy's besieged the city and its morale is in full swing. If we lose the battle at this time, our morale will be even worse. It is not good for defending the city. It is better not to stick to it."
Zhang Fei's ring eyes glared: "Is the general afraid that Lao Zhang can't beat He Man?"
Liu Bei hurriedly stopped him: "Third brother, since the general has an order, we will obey the order and will not disobey."
Zhang Fei could only retreat to Liu Bei in disappointment, but his eyes were full of resentment.
Not long after, another soldier came to report: "General, Hu Jian began to quarrel under the city."
Zhu Jun couldn't help asking, "What did he scold?"
The soldier looked at everyone, but did not dare to repeat, lowered his head: "He, he..."
Huangfu Song hurriedly answered the words: "Most moth thieves are rural villagers, and some people in the city, what can they curse? They are just dirty words."
"In the past few days, they have called out many times, and it's all the same. Don't worry, we'd better just stick to it."
Zhu Jun looked at Cao Cao, with obvious injustice in his eyes, but because of his face, he forced himself to hold it back.
"Dear generals, I think you can go out of the city to fight!" Han Tao, who had been sitting in the lower head and remained silent, spoke at this time.
Everyone turned to look at him in confusion, wondering what he intended to propose to leave the city to fight.
"The moth thieves have been besieging Changshe for several days. Thanks to General Huangfu's strategy and the unity of the army and the people in the city ensure that the city is not lost."
"But it's been a long time, and morale is inevitably depressed. I waited for the arrival last night, which could have boosted the morale of the army, but then the thieves besieged the city again. If our army blindly retreated, the military and civilians would worry that we were cowardly in the enemy and their morale would be even more depressed."
"But if the enemy is in full swing, they will be hit hard and hit their arrogance, and it will also inspire our army's morale. One rises and the other falls, and it will be extremely useful for our army to defend for a long time." Han Tao talked freely and explained his thoughts.
"Brother Zizhen said the same thing as I said, let's..." Zhang Fei couldn't help but want to speak again, but when he saw Liu Bei's eyes glaring, he didn't dare to say anything again, and he held it back.
"Zi Zhen said something, so why don't you let me lead three thousand troops out of the city and fight with the enemy." Zhu Jun pondered for a moment, agreed with Han Tao's proposal, and took the initiative to ask for battle.
"General, you don't need to take action yourself, and there is no need for three thousand soldiers. You only need one person to go out of the city to fight alone with the enemy generals and kill them, which is even more miraculous." Han Tao saw that Zhu Jun took the initiative to ask for the battle, and hurriedly persuaded him.
"One person goes to fight? I wonder who has such ability?" Huangfu Song heard Han Tao's suggestion and showed a puzzled expression. He obviously didn't believe that anyone else had the ability to retreat to the enemy alone.
"I'll be able to poke a few big holes from He Man." Zhang Fei could no longer hold back and stood up and asked for a fight again.
"If you want to achieve this, you must be Brother Yide." Han Tao also expressed his opinions to everyone.
He knew very well that Zhang Fei, a 10,000-strong enemy, was very clear about the martial spirit of Zhang Fei. He believed that if he had a one-on-one fight, there should be no opponent in the Yellow Turban Army, so he proposed the strategy of killing the generals alone.
At this time, he naturally actively recommended Zhang Fei to fight.
Zhang Fei immediately smiled: "Brother Zizhen, please recognize the goods. Several generals, brother, let me, Lao Zhang go."
Seeing this, Liu Bei also took the initiative to stand up: "Several generals are willing to recommend their third brother Yide and leave the city to kill the generals!"
Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Cao Cao looked at each other, and Zhu Jun and Cao Cao both nodded gently.
"Since that's the case, it's time for Mr. Zhang to do something." Huangfu Song saw that everyone agreed to Zhang Fei's fight and stopped insisting, and agreed to this suggestion.
Zhang Fei bowed to everyone happily and was about to walk out.
But Han Tao spoke at this time and stopped him: "Brother Yide, let's go out slowly, it's not too late to stay for a while."
Zhang Fei looked at Han Tao incomprehensible and said anxiously: "What are you waiting for? What's wrong with going to fight now?"
Han Tao chuckled: "A momentum is like a tiger in one drum, but it declines again, and it is exhausted three times. Now that Hu Jian is in a strong momentum, he should avoid his sharp edge and be slow down. When he scolds for a while, if he relaxes a little, Brother Yide will fight again, and he can defeat the enemy with one blow and make great contributions!"
Liu Bei also agreed with the response: "Third brother, what Zizhen said, it is very consistent with the art of war. Just wait patiently for a while."
Seeing that Liu Bei said so, Zhang Fei couldn't hold on any longer, so he had to go back to his seat and sit down and wait.
At noon in early summer, the scorching sun was in the sky, making people under it feel extremely uncomfortable.
Hu Jian personally led his subordinates to yell and scold the city for a whole morning, but no one responded. He was already dry and hesitantly prepared to go back to the camp to rest and have lunch.
At this moment, I heard a loud drum sound above the city gate, and then the city gate opened.
Hu Jian was shocked. He didn't expect the government army to open the door to fight at this time. He quickly cheered up and stared at the city gate with wide eyes, waiting for the government army to leave the city and line up.
The next scene made Hu Jian even more shocked.
In the city gate, only one horse broke out.
Chapter completed!