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Chapter 72 Deng Wu Discusses the Yellow Turban

Back to the barracks, after finishing the main and secondary.

Deng Wu ordered Chen Yuan, the county magistrate, to collect grain and grass from the people of various families in the city, and ordered Deng Mao to go back to Luoyang Dacang to escort the grain and grass.

Changsha must at least prepare enough food, grass and military supplies for an army of [-] in March.In case of emergency, prevent the Yellow Turban from besieging the city.

Changshe County Wei Chen Xiu was puzzled, and asked, "General! The general has something to say, why didn't the general take the initiative to attack and wipe out these Yellow Turban rebels?"

Deng Wu glanced at the county consolation Chen Xiu who was talking, and didn't want to talk to him at first.But after thinking about it, he still needs his elder brother Chen Yuan to collect food and grass.He still opened his mouth and explained: "The yellow turbans have an army of 20. How many do we have? At full strength, there are just over 2. Among them, there are still 20 young and strong horses with little combat effectiveness. Regardless of whether there are 20 soldiers in the [-] army of the yellow turbans. There are many elite soldiers, but at least these [-] people are young and strong. Not to mention the number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Bandit, which can be increased at any time."

This is not something Deng Wu said casually. In the early days of the Yellow Turban, those who attacked the city and pulled out the village were at least simply trained militiamen.There are also a small number of elites who are secretly trained, such as: Yellow Turban Warriors.

It was only later that when the territory became larger, bandits from all walks of life would be recruited and villagers' houses would be burned down, and farmers without any training would be recruited to strengthen their momentum.And the few elites were sent down to lead these troops.This also led to more and more miscellaneous personnel of the Yellow Turbans, which later became synonymous with mobs.

Deng Wu was explaining to the county minister and at the same time explaining the reason to his generals.The enemy's details have not yet been fully investigated, and it is a taboo for military strategists to attack rashly.

Moreover, these yellow scarves were not as vulnerable as Deng Wu knew.In fact, it is not difficult to understand when you think about it. At the beginning of the Yellow Turban's army, it quickly ignited wars in the eight states, attacking cities and plundering land.Once suppressed the official army, as long as half a year.After Zhang Jiao and Bo Cai's death, they quickly declined and became the experience babies of the later heroes.

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Another basis for Deng Wu's judgment that the Yellow Turbans are very powerful is to scan the attributes of the enemy's main generals on the top of the city for the past two days.

There are as many as a dozen second-rate generals, and hundreds of third-rate generals.Although no first-class generals were found, don't forget these. They are the enemy generals that Deng Wu saw, and I don't know how many have not been found!
You must know that Deng Wu had only fifteen second-rate generals on hand for this expedition.Six of them were used to guard three county towns in the rear.In Changshe, in order to successfully recruit [-] young men, four more second-rate generals were dispatched.

Now Deng Wu has available generals:
Three generals (Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Wang Yue)
Two first-class generals (He Yi, He Man)
Five second-rate generals (Deng Mao, Liao Peng, Fang Yue, a scout captain, and Jia Xu's personal captain.)
Another reason why Deng Wu did not want to go out of the city to fight the Yellow Turbans was that there was no one available.To be precise, there are no confidants available.

Of the [-] riders brought out by Deng Wu, there were only [-] cronies.One thousand cavalry archers were trained by Huang Zhong, but they were barely usable.For the remaining [-] riders, Deng Wu did not place any cronies in them.The commander of the army is also the two captains of Yanmen County.It is not Deng Wu's confidant, it can only be said that the command is much better than that of the Northern Army.

In addition to the generals guarding the rear, a team of cronies was sent to each place to facilitate control of the place and the prisoners, a total of 150 people.

Changsha assigned another 100 people to cooperate with the four generals to reorganize the young and strong.There are 150 soldiers of Deng Wu and Jia Xu.The assassin team led by Wang Yue and Liao Peng had 50 people.At Hulao Pass, another 20 people were sent to Liu Bei as undercover agents.

Up to now, Deng Wu has less than 30 available troops.Several of them were not combatants but political workers.A dead man who has learned the "Dafa of Soul Removal" in "Nine Yin Scriptures".

Deng Wu can also command the [-] Luoyang Northern Army.But there is always a feeling of lack of command, let alone commandment.The various rebels that were incorporated are even cliques, all kinds of small hills.The battle is imminent!Deng Wu didn't have time to deal with them either.

To put it bluntly, the recruited rebels, young adults, and captives have not digested well, and they are afraid that these newcomers will collapse when they leave the city for a decisive battle.

After all, defending the city is different from going out to fight in the field. In the era of cold weapons, although the casualty rate in defending the city is high, it is not as high as that in field battles.When recruits go out to fight in the city, the casualty rate can be as high as [-]%.Once defeated, it is easy to have a chain reaction, leading to the defeat of the entire army.

The next day, the Yellow Turban Army began to attack the city regardless of casualties.This time there is no encirclement, three lacks and one, the main attack is the south gate, and the other east, west, and north gates have a feint of about 1 horses.

Except for the south gate, the other three gates were only defended by a second-rate general.The remaining generals are all at the south gate.

Siege warfare, although not as brutal as field warfare.However, it tests the physical and mental strength of soldiers.The Yellow Turban Army was attacking like a wave, and Deng Wu had no choice but to pull the young men who had not yet been reorganized to defend the city.

In just half a month, the casualties reached tens of thousands of horses.And most of the casualties were these young men.There are [-] young and strong, and now they are just over [-], and most of them are slightly injured.And Deng Wu's men and horses have also dropped by more than half, only a little over [-].

Marching and fighting is nothing more than the right time, place and people.The city defender occupies the city and has a natural geographical advantage.Deng Wu, who was the defender of the city, had such high casualties. Deng Wu didn't know how many casualties the Yellow Turban Army had suffered, but it must have been uncomfortable.But is there a shortage of troops?Do the Yellow Turbans care about these casualties?

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That night, a flying arrow shot from outside the city to the top of the city.After being picked up by the guarding officers and soldiers, hand it over to Fang Yue, the general on duty at night.

Fang Yue opened the letter, looked at it, and said to the lieutenant next to him with a heavy face, "You! Stay on watch at night, I will meet the lord." After sending it, she hurriedly walked down the wall and rode to the military camp in the north of the city.

After a while, Fang Yue arrived at the entrance of the military camp.After showing the token, the sergeant guarding the camp let them go.

Fang Yue came to the big tent of the Chinese army and saw that He Yi was guarding, so she explained the situation to him.Then He Yi said "Wait a minute!" and turned around to enter the big tent.

After a while, he came out again and said to Fang Yue, "Master! Let you in."

After Fang Yue went in, he saw Deng Wu dressed neatly (during the war, although he didn't wear armor, he slept with his clothes on).Sitting on the main seat, rubbing his temples with both hands.He said hoarsely, "What's the hurry?"

"My lord, please read." Fang Yue reached into her arms and handed the letter to He Yi who was beside her.He also explained in his mouth: "My lord, this is a letter sent to the top of the city when the general is on duty tonight. The matter is of great importance, and the general will send it to the lord for review as soon as possible."

Deng Wu took the letter from He Yi, and glanced at it casually.Then he said with a serious face: "Who else knows this letter except you?"

"Only one person will know."

Deng Wu hummed after hearing this, and pondered for a while, but couldn't think of a reason.He said to He Yi who was next to him, "Please, the military division is here to discuss matters."

(End of this chapter)