Chapter 26: Battle Left and Battle Right(2/3)
Do you think a thousand Han troops can stop 20,000 of us in the wilderness?!"
"Deputy Commander Liang, you don't even want to pay attention to Commander Bu, let alone an extra thousand men and horses here?" Uncle Zhang gritted his teeth and tried to persuade him. "If you ask me, just do what you saw before when the Han army increased its troops.
As I said at that time, don’t pay attention to others, let’s all go out of the city and fight vigorously.”
"What Deputy Commander Zhang said is absolutely true." Liang Yuan suddenly said with a ferocious smile. "Let's go out of the city and fight hard. Maybe we can bite off a piece of his flesh in this battle!"
After saying that, Liang Zhongning held the long sword in his hand and walked down to the city proudly. He encouraged a group of young marshals from all walks of life who gathered below the city. These marshals had already seen the main force of the Han army leaving the camp, with only a few thousand soldiers.
The infantrymen still remained, so they naturally became more and more confident, so they shouted and responded.
Uncle Zhang on the top of the city gave a bitter smile, but after looking up at the Huangtian flag above his head, his color suddenly changed, and then he drew out his knife, condescendingly shouting the slogan that he had not spoken for a long time to the commanders below.
Come:
"Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand!"
From Liang Zhongning on down, everyone under the wall was startled for a moment, but they also suddenly woke up, and then under the leadership of Liang Zhongning, they shouted in unison: "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is standing!"
Immediately, the city gates opened wide, and 20,000 Yellow Turban troops poured out from the four gates and rolled towards the south of the city to gather in formation.
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"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand!" Almost at the same time, I saw that most of the people had crossed the river, and the formation was barely spread out along the tall and wide embankment of the Yellow River.
He drew his sword, raised it high, and shouted the slogan that had shaken the entire world in the past two months from the river embankment.
How prestigious is Divination in Dongjun? In the south of the county and in the north of the county, on both sides of the Yellow River, there are so many Taiping Tao believers and so many people in Dongjun that they stand up with hoes and sickles, kill and drive away officials, and respond to Huang Tian because of his prestige.
Therefore, Bu already shouted on the golden embankment of the Yellow River, and immediately everyone nearby shouted, and on the pontoon bridge in the middle of the river, where Henan Cangting had not crossed, there were also the main forces of the Yellow Turban Army who were already trying to form an array on the river embankment.
They all shouted, and their voices shook both sides of the Yellow River!
Three miles south of the embankment, Cao Mengde, who had experienced such a formation for the first time, was so frightened that his face turned pale in an instant, so much so that he even looked back... However, a dozen to twenty miles behind him, there was also smoke and dust billowing, as if it was the Yellow Turban over there.
The army is also running around and forming formations.
For a moment, not to mention Cao Cao, even the entire cavalry formation, which had already formed up and was dismounting to save power, started to become a little commotion, and the officers on horseback were unable to stop it.
Under the umbrella of the Chinese army, Gongsun Xun, who naturally did not need to dismount, turned back and glanced at the 'Wei Wu' beside him, but suddenly stretched out a hand: "Brother Mengde, I gave my saber to Zi Heng, you
Lend me the knife."
Cao Cao did not dare to neglect, so he immediately took off his saber and offered it with both hands on his horse.
Gongsun Xun did not take the sword directly, but held the handle of the sword and drew the blade directly from Cao Cao's hand. Then he pointed the sword at the guard Sima Gongsun Yue not far away from him: "Gongsun Sima, pass on my military order, in addition to supervising the battle of Baima Yi.
From outside, after ten orders are passed, those who ride on the captain or below and are good at speaking and disrupting the morale of the army will be beheaded; those who move without permission and disrupt the formation will be beheaded; those who retreat without permission and disobey military orders will be beheaded!"
Gongsun Yue did not dare to neglect. He first took the order on his horse, and then personally ordered a group of more than a hundred white horse soldiers to mount their horses and leave the formation. Then he galloped back and forth from the rear of the army formation, calling for orders!
Sure enough, as the order was shouted over and over again, the commotion in the military formation gradually subsided. After killing several cavalry who disobeyed the military order, only the faint sound of horses whirring could be heard.
Cao Cao was so impressed when he saw that he was about to praise him. However, the words were suddenly horrifying in his throat - "below the riding captain", does that include the riding captain himself?
At this thought, although Cavalry Captain Cao Mengde felt that as a man of two thousand stones and a close friend of General Zhijie, he would not be beheaded for one word, he did not dare to speak out after all.
The Yellow Turban Army had a large number of people and was undisciplined, so they formed the formation very slowly. When Bu Yi shouted slogans before, he seemed to think that the formation was complete, but in fact, when the entire army crossed the river and formed an array on the embankment,
, but it was already a quarter of an hour later.
Bu was riding on a horse, looking down at the silent Han cavalry formation three miles away. Although he felt a little frightened, he still felt confident after looking at the smoke and dust under Dongwuyang City in the distance...
He immediately waved his sword and urged the army forward.
For a moment, the Yellow River embankment was filled with smoke and dust. The main force of the Yellow Turban Army, with their heads wrapped in yellow cloth, rolled up dense yellow flags and rolled towards the Han army formation in front of them.
Cao Cao was very nervous, but Gongsun Xun was as silent as a wooden sculpture. He didn't even give the order for the whole army to mount their horses.
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In the camp five miles away from Dongwuyang, Li Jin climbed up the high hardwood fence of the camp and watched the billowing smoke and dust not far away stop hundreds of steps in front of the Qian Bingzhou soldiers and horses, like wood sculptures.
To be fair, Li Tuizhi's mood at this time was very complicated.
First, he wanted to see the army fail.
Because he knew that this army was the old team of the general Gongsun Xun. If this army was completely wiped out or suffered heavy losses, Gongsun Xun would definitely be heartbroken. If so, why should he be unhappy?
Secondly, he was jealous of the army in front of him.
After all, after joining the army, Li Jin discovered that the combat effectiveness of his clan soldiers was actually very good. At least they could deal with those Yellow Turban thieves very efficiently. They were only one horse and some good soldiers behind the so-called Hanoi Knights and the elite officers and soldiers.
It's just the equipment. When it comes to the quality of generals, Li Jin himself is not inferior to those Youyan generals whom Gongsun Xun trusted. He is more confident than the so-called officers from the fifth school of the Northern Army. However, those officers and soldiers enjoy such
The officers were treated well, and the officers were paid a thousand shi, or a 600 shi, as if they were free of charge. However, Li Jin led three thousand soldiers to fight bravely, but he was only a camp commander, and he had to take care of his own food, grass, ordnance... So, in the face of it,
How could he not be resentful towards an elite member of the imperial court who was so relied upon by Gongsun Xun?
However, if this army fails, it means that his own soldiers will go to war, which means that the Li family's children will be harmed; and if the rescue is not timely, I am afraid that the Li family will suffer revenge from Gongsun Xun... How can this make Li Jin
accept?
Therefore, when complex emotions such as expectation, jealousy, worry, resentment, contempt, etc. are concentrated in a person's heart, it is no wonder that he can only remain expressionless, like a wood carving!
"The whole army obeys the order!" Liang Yuan rode on a horse in front of the dense Yellow Turban Army, waving his sword and shouted loudly. "First defeat a thousand Han troops in front of you. If the Han army is defeated, it will definitely attack the Han army's camp.
, we will pursue one after another and enter the camp... If the camp is broken again, we can bravely go to the river embankment to meet Commander Bu. As long as the two armies unite, this battle will be won! Who will be the vanguard?!"
"I will be a pioneer!" As soon as he finished speaking, Uncle Zhang next to him immediately raised his knife and shouted ferociously. "Fagan, everyone in Liaocheng must recognize me, Uncle Zhang, and follow me... Heaven is dead, Huang Tiandang will
stand!"
The entire Yellow Turban Army immediately shouted in support!
After saying this, two groups of three to four thousand soldiers and horses swarmed out, shouting to kill, and surrounded Zhang Bo and charged towards the silent Han army.
Like Li Jin and Le Jin on the fence, Liang Yuan also straightened up immediately and watched with wide eyes the yellow sky flag brought by Uncle Zhang waving southward, directly hitting the flag he had just raised.
Han army shield formation with shields.
However, just as the waves of the Yellow River not far away had not broken the river embankment built by Wang Jing for more than a hundred years, these three or four thousand Yellow Turban troops, who were shouting hoarsely, were suddenly shattered in front of the Han army's shield formation!
Cheng Pu stayed behind and shouted to command the crossbowmen to fire endlessly; Gao Shun was in front, leaning on the ground with his big shield in front of him, and thrust his spear through the shield... Both of them can be said to be commanders with Ruoding.
As for the number of officers among these thousand people, they are quite a number of ordinary soldiers. In fact, they are all veterans who have experienced the battle of Danhanshan. The rest are young soldiers from border counties with rich combat experience recruited from the border areas.
Strong... In other words, these thousand men, if we consider their experience, equipment, and tactical literacy, they are probably the most outstanding part of the Han army these days.
Considering the glory and greatness of the Han Dynasty on this planet at this time, it can even be said that they are the most elite army on this planet at this time!
The discipline is strict, the formation is neat, and after this recruitment and dispatch, they have obtained the best equipment. With such a military strength, how can the three or four thousand Yellow Turban Army, which cannot even form a good formation, break through them?
Brain?
After fighting for about a quarter of an hour, the Yellow Turban Army dropped hundreds of corpses on the front line, and there were many people who were hit by arrows in the middle... If the formation was loose and the people behind could see it clearly, they might have thought of retreating long ago.
I was satisfied. However, the weather was hot and dusty, and Uncle Zhang was supervising the battle at the front. The people behind could not see clearly the situation in front, so they just continued to shout to kill and move forward.
But suddenly, across the shield wall, a Han army's standard ring-shou knife was stabbed out from the gap in the shield wall violently but with room for it by its owner, and then quickly withdrawn... one side represented the Liaocheng Xiaoxiao
The handsome flag immediately fell to the ground!
Although this handsome young man from Liaocheng was still fine, the surrounding Yellow Turban troops were frightened and retreated one after another, leading many people to retreat.
Upon seeing this, Cheng Pu immediately stopped the crossbowmen, and Gao Shun also cooperated with the tacit understanding and immediately ordered to withdraw the shields and counterattack. The large wooden shields leaning on the ground in the front row were knocked down, and many Yellow Turban soldiers who fell in were hacked to death by swordsmen.
Then the three hundred spearmen formed a formation and immediately pushed forward. The Yellow Turban Army in front of them was immediately confused and fled in panic.
Almost instantly, the offensive and defensive positions changed.
However, the Han army had no intention of pursuing the pursuit. After the spearmen took dozens of steps forward, they quickly retreated. The crossbowmen behind them concentrated their shots again to kill and injure... In the panic, even Zhang Bo was suddenly struck by
He retreated and was led away.
Although he had expected it, Liang Zhongning was still disappointed when he saw this scene.
Of course, having said that, even though he was deeply disappointed, Liang Zhongning was not shaken by the expected defeat. He immediately stabilized his position and gathered the defeated troops. Then, while asking Uncle Zhang to organize a frontal offensive again,
On the other hand, he called the two young commanders from Gucheng and Linyi and asked them to prepare with their own troops. After Zhang Bo fought fiercely again and took over the formation, they calmly attacked and outflanked them from both sides.
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Turning to the river embankment, Gongsun Xun waited until the Yellow Turban Army surged down from the majestic Yellow River embankment for a full mile before allowing all the Han troops to mount their horses.
By the way, Cao Cao was extremely convinced by just this one operation... Because the Yellow Turban Army, which had been relying on the embankment in order to advance through a mile of ground, not only did the shouts of killing become weaker at this time, but more importantly,
Yes, the formation of their army has obviously become a little chaotic due to the difference in physical strength between the various units.
After the Han army mounted their horses, the Yellow Turban army only moved forward for more than a hundred steps, so there was no serious problem at all.
"The whole army listens to the order and charges head-on!" Gongsun Xun calculated the distance and loudly ordered without hesitation. "After charging into the formation, according to the previous military discussion, without my flags and golden drums, all generals will go their separate ways.
Charge and kill repeatedly to drive the rebels towards the embankment!"
After saying this, Gongsun Xun immediately waved his sword to signal for war.
After hearing the military order, the first ones to move were the white horse Yi Cong. They were also divided into two. Some followed Han Dang to guard Gongsun Xun and the white horse flag at the same place, while others followed Gongsun Yue and held up the staff to roam around and supervise the battle.
Immediately, Lou Gui also ordered the two drums brought by the army to be beaten... For a moment, the flags of all the armies moved forward one after another, the whole formation was fired, and the shouts of killing were heard instantly. After a while, the speed of the war horses increased.
Already up, the horses' hooves rumbled like thunder, and they rushed forward, as if they were about to fight the Yellow Turban Army, and they charged head-on!
In this situation, even Cao Mengde, who was timid before, could not hold back. Then he personally put on armor and carried a gun, crossed over from the central army, led Xiahou Dun and other dozens of guards, galloped forward with the army, and shouted bravely
To be continued...