Chapter 21 Ambush Huang Zhong
Ma Yue and more than a thousand Yellow Turban soldiers wanted to avoid the official camp, but the official army in the camp responded quickly and completed the assembly in a very short time, shouting and rushed out of the camp to intercept it.
In the thin morning light, the two armies collided and fought in a melee. Due to the hasty incident, the government army was not prepared enough, and the Yellow Turban thieves were soon broken through the defense line by the Yellow Turban thieves. After breaking through the defense line, the Yellow Turban thieves did not engage in many entanglements, quickly got rid of the government army and fled north. After only a moment, the government army, who was stunned on the spot and did not dare to pursue, could only see their backs from afar.
Although this group of Yellow Turbans were defeated soldiers, they were all strong men who crawled out of the dead. Without the physical and leg strength of a man, it would be impossible for him to follow Guan Hai to kill the siege and escape from Wancheng to Jingshan. He then followed the horse to make a living, thinking about fine wine, food, and beauty in his mind, and naturally he used all his strength, and they all escaped faster than rabbits.
It was Qin Jie who was careless. This guy was too confident and was sure that the Yellow Turban soldiers would not dare to go down the mountain to break through at night, so he summoned all the generals of the volunteer soldiers to the camp to discuss matters. Since there was no chief general, the volunteer soldiers in the northern foothills did not dare to act rashly, and could only watch the Yellow Turban thieves left.
When Huang Zhong rushed back to the barracks, the Yellow Turban thieves had already been ten miles away. Huang Zhong hurriedly lit up his soldiers to chase them, and hurriedly condemned people to know about Qin Jie. After receiving Huang Zhong's reply, Qin Jie was still skeptical and did not believe that the Yellow Turban thieves would be reborn overnight and become so powerful!
Qin Jiexian summoned Wen Pin from Wushan. Wen Pin climbed up Jingshan and saw a large number of straw men surrounding the fire to keep warm. He couldn't help but curse.
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Besides, Ma Yue and his remaining soldiers ran north for less than 20 miles, and they had just arrived at Laohegou again. At this time, more than 800 people were left behind. After a melee, more than 200 people were lost.
Pei Yuanshao, who had become a frightened bird, hurriedly rushed over and grabbed Ma Yue, and shouted: "Boqi, don't go north. To the north is Wancheng. There are Zhu Jun's army and Han Zhongdog thieves' rebels, and they can only be dead."
Guan Hai also said in a deep voice: "Yes, there is an old river ditch ahead, and maybe the official army is ambushing again."
A cunning smile appeared on Ma Yue's face and asked, "You all think going north is a dead end?"
"Um."
Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao nodded at the same time.
"That's right!" Ma Yue attacked with his palms and said, "I expected the government army would think so. This is a great opportunity for us to break out of the siege and get rid of the government army."
"Guan Hai."
"exist."
"I ordered you to lead 300 people to ambush the left side of the old river gorge. When the official army attacked, I saw my gesture as a sign and led the army to cover up the killing."
"Pei Yuanshao."
"exist."
"I ordered you to lead 300 people to ambush the right side of the old river gorge. When the official army attacked, I saw my gesture as a sign and led the army to cover up the killing."
"The rest of the people, please follow me to rest outside the old river valley."
Although Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao did not understand Ma Yue's intention of making such arrangements, they still ordered the soldiers to ambush each other. Ma Yue asked the remaining more than 100 people to sit down and rest at the entrance of Laohegou and wait for the arrival of the official army.
This is another life bet!
If the head and general of the official army are cautious enough, gather all the troops first and then pursue them northward, then Ma Yue's two ambush arrangements will be useless. Facing the superior force, superior equipment, and well-trained official army, the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers will only end up with an egg hitting a stone and a bloody head.
Ma Yue bets that the official army underestimates the enemy!
The usual poor performance of the Yellow Turban thieves can easily lead to the pride and arrogance of the government army. In addition, he was ambushed several times last night and was beaten into a mess, so the arrogance of the government army could only be even more serious.
Although he fled in a hurry just now, Ma Yue still estimated that there were only more than 500 people in the official army guarding the northern foothills. If the official army in the northern foothills came to chase each other without waiting for the official army from the other three directions to join, then Ma Yue would have a great chance to defeat the official army first, then escape calmly, and then jump out of the siege of the official army from then on.
Time passes by minute by minute. Although Ma Yue's calm face is actually too nervous and faces a life-and-death choice, no one can remain indifferent. Ma Yue is not a god or a demon, a little person who makes a living in troubled times.
Finally, what is coming is coming.
When the cluster of official troops appeared on the southern horizon, a huge rock in Ma Yue's heart finally landed and the bet was right again! Now even if the old emperor from Luoyang City arrived in person, he could not keep this Yellow Turban Remnant soldier with less than a thousand people.
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Huang Zhong took the lead and rushed in the front. Because of the forced marching, his 500 volunteer soldiers had been pulled into a long snake formation. The fastest one could barely follow Huang Zhong's butt and eat dust. The slower one had already landed several miles away. Huang Zhong was still urging his soldiers to speed up the pursuit.
Huang Zhong was anxious.
The first time he fought under Lord Qin, he didn't even make any contribution, but even let the Yellow Turban thieves escape from the northern foot of his guard. How can Huang Zhong, who has always been arrogant, accept it?
"Quick, hurry up!"
Huang Zhong frowned and turned around and kept calling the soldiers. One soldier suddenly pointed to the front and shouted: "Look at General, look at the Yellow Turban bandits."
Huang Zhong turned around and the thin morning light had dissipated. Sure enough, in front of the old river ditch that had been set up last night, a group of Yellow Turban thieves with more than a hundred people were lying or sitting there to breathe. At this time, the Yellow Turban thieves also discovered the official army at the same time. They jumped up from the ground like frightened rabbits, and fled towards the depths of the old river ditch like rushing toward the depths of the old river ditch.
Huang Zhong was excited and thought to himself that this should be a small group of Yellow Turban thieves who fell behind. The brigade of Yellow Turban thieves thought they were not far ahead.
Huang Zhong, who was eager to make contributions, did not take this small yellow turban of more than 100 people seriously. Before the brigade of soldiers behind arrived, he rushed into the old river gorge with more than 100 people in front, vowing to destroy the small yellow turban thieves first. To be honest, Huang Zhong was familiar with military books and proficient in military tactics. He should not have made a low-level mistake of underestimating the enemy's advancement, but Ma Yue accurately grasped his mind.
Underestimating the enemy! Deep down in his heart, Huang Zhong never saw the Yellow Turban Thief. He was just a group of mobs that were vulnerable. The battle in Laohegou last night deepened this impression.
Deep in the old river ditch, the small yellow turbans of more than a hundred people have been forced into a desperate situation.
Behind were the pursuers, and in front of them was large silt, and there was no way to escape. The small yellow turban gave up and fled, and turned around on the river beach. He rarely wanted to fight the battle with the official army to death. Huang Zhong shouted loudly, urging the horse to move forward, and danced his sword to take the well-behaved Yellow Turban bandit standing in front.
In front of the Yellow Turban Formation, Ma Yue raised his right arm, locked Huang Zhong with cold eyes tightly, and then waved his right arm hard.
"call out!"
With the sharp sound of breaking through the air, a cold murderous intent suddenly attacked from the left. Huang Zhong was shocked and hurriedly dodged, barely avoiding the vital points of his throat, but he could no longer avoid his shoulders.
"Du."
With a dull sound, the sharp arrow had already shot through the breast-protecting iron armor and penetrated Huang Zhong's right shoulder hard.
"Ouch!"
Huang Zhong screamed and almost fell from the horse's back. He was so many years old that he was blinded by the geese. Huang Zhong was a master of arrows, but he didn't expect that he was plotted against by other people's bows and arrows today!
"Kill~~"
More than a hundred Yellow Turban thieves in desperate situation rushed over.
"Kill~~"
"Kill~~"
The sound of shouting and killing suddenly sounded from the left and right sides of the Laohegou. Suddenly, countless yellow turban bandits emerged from the wormwood bushes deeper than the waist, and rushed towards the more than a hundred officials in the middle like a tide. Even if it was just a powerful voice, the more than a hundred volunteer soldiers behind Huang Zhong were frightened.
"No, I am buried in the middle!" Huang Zhongxin was so timid that he turned his horse and left, "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
The main general was about to leave, and the volunteers who had already lost their courage also lost their will to resist immediately and ran towards the way they came. Before they could figure out what was going on, they were scattered. When they saw clearly the Yellow Turban bandits who were hiding like a tide behind, they didn't know how many people there were in panic, they quickly turned around and fled.
The defeat was like a mountain. Huang Zhong set up an ambush in the old river valley last night to attack the Yellow Turban, but now he is hit by the Yellow Turban in reverse! It is true that things in the world are impermanent and unpredictable.
"Hahaha, kill!"
Guan Hai roared and knocked over a slow-running official soldier with one knife. He felt indescribable pleasure in his heart. He was always chased by the government army like a dog. He really didn't expect that the government army would have today, and he was chased by the yellow turbans like a dog. It was so happy!
He laughed three times at the sky, and Guan Hai was about to chase after him again, but Ma Yue grabbed him.
"Okay, don't chase after me, collect the soldiers immediately and turn in immediately."
"Why?"
Guan Hai was shocked and puzzled. Pei Yuanshao on the other side also didn't understand. Now is the best time to beat the dog in the water.
Chapter completed!