Chapter 101 Generals of the General Assembly

Liu Ye pondered and said: "The imperial court sent Brother Meng De to supervise the battle. There are still more than 4,000 soldiers in the Yuzhou Army. Someone just sent someone to summon him, and he will be here soon."

Cao Cao clapped his palms and smiled: "Yuqing is considerate, and if someone has Yuqing's help, he will be the Marquis of Huaiyin."

He had already sent people to the camps of the generals of the Yuzhou Army, and after a while, people arrived one after another, entered the tents, and sat on the left and right according to the previous seats.

Liu Ye asked Chen Yi to sit on the left, and himself to sit on the right. Cao Cao stands in the center with a helmet on top and a long sword hanging from his waist. Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan stand on one left and one on the right, like gods protecting the Dharma.

Cao Cao cupped his hands: "Cao knows that his seniority is very low, and he is far from being able to command the generals. However, the imperial court entrusts someone with a heavy responsibility, and Cao dare not waste state affairs. Please obey your orders."

Liu Ye stepped forward at the right time, and said proudly: "Brother Meng De is talented in both literature and martial arts, I admire you deeply, and we will definitely obey Brother Meng De's orders."

Although Cao Cao led the army to help, he was only a captain of cavalry. First, he did not have a brilliant record, and second, he did not have enough prestige. Therefore, the generals of the Yuzhou Army inevitably had some criticisms. However, seeing that Liu Ye had come forward, they all made blood alliance with Liu Ye yesterday, so naturally they couldn't go back on their word.

All the generals looked at each other and stood with hands folded: "I am willing to obey the command of the captain."

Cao Cao nodded, turned to look at Liu Ye, Liu Ye clapped his hands, and four soldiers from outside the camp came in, the two in front put down a desk, and the two behind put down a sand table.

The generals of the Yuzhou Army were taken aback when they saw the sand table in front of them. Especially Chen Yi, who stared at the sand table firmly, his face was filled with joy and surprise.

"My lords, this was made by Yuqing. Sand and soil are gathered to form mountains and rivers, so it is called sand table."

Cao Cao repeated what Liu Ye said just now, and explained to the generals of the Yuzhou Army the magical effect of the sand table and what the yellow and red flags represent.

"The food and grass for the Yellow Turban Bandits are in the East Day Camp. Tomorrow all the generals will follow me to fight against the Yellow Turban Bandits. Our army will fight every step of the way, defending instead of attacking."

The red flag was picked up and placed lightly in front of the yellow flags, appearing alone in front of many yellow flags.

"Our army only needs to deal with it calmly. When the morale of the Yellow Turban bandits is exhausted, Yuqing will lead the sharp soldiers to fight out in one go and go straight to the East Camp!"

Cao Cao took out a smaller red flag from the side and inserted it directly in the East Day Camp, standing out among the many yellow flags.

Chen Yi frowned: "If our army burns the food and grass of the Yellow Turban bandits, I'm only afraid that the Yellow Turban bandits will fight trapped beasts, what can we do then?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals of the Yuzhou Army also nodded in agreement. After all, there were a hundred thousand Yellow Turban Bandits. If the food and grass were gone. I am afraid that the will to attack Changshe City will become stronger. If Liu Ye burns all the food and grass, won't he be trapped in a tight siege?

The generals couldn't help but looked at Liu Ye worriedly. Although he was brave and invincible, he was a body of flesh and blood after all. It was impossible to defeat the 100,000 yellow scarf bandits with just a thousand soldiers, right?

Liu Ye didn't change his face: "We have few soldiers. If we fight hard, we will lose everything. We can't go head-to-head with the Yellow Turban bandits. Only by burning all the bandits' food and grass can we take advantage of it."

Cao Cao smiled and said: "Huangfu Lang will use his soldiers like a god. If he sees the Yellow Turban bandits' food and grass being burned, he will go out of the city to meet them. When the time comes, we will guard against death and the bandits will retreat."

After hearing Cao Cao's arrangement and Liu Ye's analysis and statement, the generals of the Yuzhou Army were both admired and moved.

"Liu Junhou doesn't care about this body, how can I take this head to heart tomorrow!"

"That's right, everyone drank the blood wine and made an oath that they will live and die together."

Seeing that all the generals on the left and right were excited, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing: "The army's spirit is available! Tonight, we will serve the soldiers to defeat the Yellow Turban Bandits."

Although alcohol was not allowed in the army, the few pigs and sheep in the army were killed to eat meat. All the soldiers ate meat and drank thick broth.

The army has always been difficult, even at home, it is difficult to eat meat every day, let alone marching outside. This night, the 7,000 soldiers in the army were all cheering for the slaughter of pigs and sheep. And Liu Ye didn't eat alone, but sat with all the troops under his command, fished out a bowl of pork from the cauldron, and sat on the ground to share with the soldiers. The Licheng army had long been used to it and continued to eat, but Cao Cao was taken aback.

"Does Yuqing eat with the soldiers on weekdays?"

Because there was going to be a bloody battle with the yellow turban bandits tomorrow, Cao Cao simply brought a bowl to Liu Ye's side, but when he came to Liu Ye's camp, he found that Liu Ye was not in the camp, and only then did he know that Liu Ye was eating with the soldiers.

Liu Ye casually picked up a chopstick of mutton: "If you eat together, you will be united, and if your soldiers are united, you will be invincible."

If Cao Cao realized something, he sat beside Liu Ye with his bowl in hand.

"What Yuqing said is very true. Eating with soldiers, the meat is very fragrant." Cao Cao ate it heartily, swallowing the soup, water and water, and couldn't help feeling very happy.

"Yuqing, you will have a heavy burden tomorrow, so be careful." Cao Cao said with a cautious face, "By the way, Miao is my younger brother with good archery skills. Let him follow you in your army tomorrow."

Xia Houyuan took a step forward: "A certain person is willing to fight with Liu Junhou."

Liu Ye looked up, and saw Xia Houyuan's handsome appearance, slender and powerful ape arms, and thick calluses on his fingertips from pulling the bowstring.

Many generals in the Three Kingdoms are good at archery. In fact, archery and imperial defense are both one of the six arts of a gentleman. The long swords worn by scholars in this period were not for decoration. All of them were proficient in martial arts, and they could ride horses and shoot arrows. For example, Xu Shu from Yingchuan had been a knight-errant in his early years and was proficient in swordsmanship.

Scholars know how to shoot arrows, let alone generals in the army. Lu Fengxian shoots a halberd at the gate, and Zhao Zilong shoots down a sail. However, the most skilled archer must be veteran Huang Zhong. However, as his opponent, Xia Houyuan is also proficient in archery, and can even be said to be the number one archer in the Cao Wei camp.

Liu Ye smiled: "If you have a wonderful talent to help, you will be more confident tomorrow."

Cao Cao not only allocated Xia Houyuan to Liu Ye, but also distributed the only 500 cavalry among the generals to Liu Ye with 200 cavalry. In this way, there were 700 cavalry and 500 infantry in Liu Ye's army, a total of 1,200 soldiers.

Time passed quickly, and the next day came after one night without words.

The autumn morning was already unbearably cold and windy, but the seven thousand Han troops outside Changshe City were full of enthusiasm.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The drummer with a big waist and a round waist vigorously swung the drumsticks, and knocked on the cowhide-covered war drum, making a thud-thump-thump sound, which spread out in the air like invisible ripples. There is a hint of chill in the middle.

But the tents were empty, seven thousand Han troops attacked across the board, forming a dense formation in the wilderness, the white air exhaled from the nostrils of the Han soldiers was hazy.