Chapter 270 Great Victory

Author: Crazy Chen

Chapter 270 Great Victory

The setting sun passed through the clouds and shone on the plain, and the front of the Youzhou Cavalry began to make a tentative attack.

In the huge Youzhou cavalry formation, all kinds of flags were waving, including those of individuals, families, and those representing positions in the Han Dynasty. The whole thing was a sea of ​​flags.

Amidst the roaring horns from the opposite side, the front group of assault riders slowly formed a large formation under a banner of "Xin Yue Fox", without charging, and just pressed forward unhurriedly.

But the slower it goes, the more powerful it becomes, as if their horses' hooves are stepping on the hearts of the Yellow Turban Army with every step, which makes people feel uncomfortable and depressed.

This tall flag is also very interesting. Not only is the entire flag green, it also has the face of a fox on the flag, and there is a cloud platform on one side. It makes people confused and doesn't know what to express.

This Youzhou Cavalry has the largest number of people, all lined up, like a red tide pouring out from the horizon, which always reminds people of blood and death.

And in Ru Ying Huangjin opposite, depression and fear are filling the air at an accelerated pace.

The last three formations of the Yellow Turban Army stood tallest, and naturally had the clearest view. Seeing the thousands of cavalry rushing towards the hillock, one of them could not help but pray:

"Huang Tian, ​​please protect us from driving away the enemies in front of us, because we are fighting for you!"

After saying that, he looked at the sky in fear and trembling, hoping to see Huang Tian's revelation. And then he really saw it.

It was a huge face made of clouds. The clouds, dimmed by dusk, looked like a golden-painted divine general, glaring at the world.

When the Taoist envoy saw this revelation, he couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Look, Huang Tian is watching us!"

As he said this, he couldn't help but cry with excitement.

More and more people saw it too. They looked up at the clouds over there, as if they were paying homage to the holy site, and everyone had tears in their eyes.

More and more people couldn't help but kneel down towards the clouds. They passionately kissed the land under their feet, and some even held the soil and chewed it into their mouths.

The Taoist envoys in the third formation of the Yellow Turban Army took the opportunity to encourage:

"Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand!"

The fear between life and death inspired strong piety. The believers either raised their arms and shouted in Runan dialect or Yingchuan dialect:

"Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand!"

And these exciting and solemn scenes all fell in the eyes of the Han general on the opposite side.

The Sima who led the front group of Youzhou's sudden cavalry was Kou Huai, from the Shanggu Kou family. The weird green-faced ghost fox flag before was the clan flag of their family.

The Kou family was one of the twenty-eight cloud towers who helped Guang Wu rule the world, so there is a tall cloud tower on the flag, and their Kou family is the Xinyue Fox, one of the twenty-eight constellations. So this green-faced ghost The fox flag represents the glory of their Kou clan.

It's a pity that this glory has long since faded. Because the Kou family belonged to the Hebei clan, they had been suppressed since the beginning of the dynasty, and they were withering away. By the time of Emperor Huan, they were framed by eunuchs, and the entire clan was expelled from Kyoto. They lost their status as a noble family and became a local wealthy family.

Fortunately, through Kou Huai's efforts, the green-faced ghost fox flag finally flew again.

In order to restore the glory of his family, Kou Huai was recruited into the army in the eleventh year of that year and began his military career. For the next six years, he served as a beacon guard on the border. When he was eighteen years old, he killed a Xianbei who came to trade. The little chief finally joined the rank of Youzhou Cavalry and became a guard of Xia Yu. In the next fourteen years, he has been fighting in northern Xinjiang, going to the grasslands, fighting victorious battles, and also in Xiping Six He survived the great rout of tens of thousands of people that year, served in the army for twenty years, and fought countless battles. He is also the most experienced among the current generals of the sect.

The members of the clan chose him for testing, just to use his experience and let him discover the opportunity for fighting.

And the fighter planes came as expected. Ru Ying Huangjin, who was originally in the last three formations, became more courageous under the gaze of "Huang Tian". The outermost circle of Yellow Turban troops roared down directly. They had long forgotten the formation in front of them.

The military orders of various commanders and even some Taoist officials also got up and rushed down following Wuyang Wuyang.

No one can tell how many people left their position and launched a countercharge towards the front of the Youzhou Cavalry. In fact, Zhang Chong probably had no idea how many troops the Ruying Yellow Turban had in total.

Generally speaking, it is very difficult to accurately estimate the strength of your troops. It does not mean simply adding up the figures of each military officer under your command, because you are not sure whether these figures are reliable. You must have a large number of officials and documents.

Only statistical work is feasible, and statistics must be made frequently. Because people in the army are injured, injured, fleeing, and killed in battle all the time. If these numbers are not updated, the military books in hand will be useless.

After so many years of accumulation and institutionalization, Zhang Chong can only say that he has a relatively accurate grasp of the manpower of his main battalion, and he has no idea about the Ruying Yellow Turbans on the periphery. Of course, those Ruying commanders do not want Zhang Chong to

Let's make it clear, how can others know the strength of the troops in hand?

How did Zhang Chong grasp the approximate battle losses and manpower of Ru Ying Yellow Turban?

Zhang Chong had used a method before. When he attacked Guan County, he asked each Yellow Turban Army to take a stone and walk in front of the Chinese Army's formation, and then put the stone in their hand into the baskets in front of the formation. etc. All

After they were put away, these baskets were sealed. Later, after the Battle of Guancheng, the Ruying Yellow Turbans who came down from the battlefield walked by the Chinese army again, and each person took a stone from the basket when they left.

is the number of casualties in this battle.

There may be many who were injured but could not even walk, which means they have lost their combat effectiveness and are actually damaged in battle. Although this method is primitive and crude, it is the most cost-effective method.

After that, the Taishan Army continued to move north and fought a decisive battle with the Han Army at the Yuegang Camp in Xingyang. At that time, Zhang Chong's grasp of the military strength of the Ruying Yellow Turban was based on the data after the Battle of Guancheng, with a strength of nine thousand. But at this time, on the battlefield, in the end,

Zhang Chong is not sure whether there are nine thousand.

So when the Ru Ying Yellow Turbans from the last three formations rushed down, Yu Jin was confused for a moment. Due to the problem of vision, he saw a mass of Ru Ying Yellow Turbans rushing down from the last three formations, so he thought it was all the Ru Ying Yellow Turbans from the last three formations rushing down.

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So Yu Jin's heart plummeted at that time. Because there were at least 6,000 troops there, relying on strong formations and fortifications, Yu Jin was still confident that he could withstand the charge of the Han cavalry, but who knew!

"There is nothing more than a plan!"

Yu Jin said something bitterly, and then began to stabilize the shaken military morale, shouting loudly to ask all the troops to stabilize their positions.

Over there, Sima Kouhuai, the former military commander of the Youzhou Cavalry, was overjoyed when he saw the sea of ​​people charging in front of him. He couldn't help but said to the young general Yan Ju next to him:

"The opportunity for this battle has arrived!"

Yan Rou frowned and asked:

"There are too many moth thieves coming down this time, why don't we wait until they are gone before rushing in?"

Kou Huai said boldly:

"You don't understand, the thicker the grass, the easier it is to cut!"

After saying that, Kou Huai blew the horn, and the four hundred knights under his command put down their horses. The slow horse speed increased again, and in a short time they were sprinting at full speed.

Yu Jin, who was in the front line, just watched the friendly troops being smashed into pieces by the collision of the cavalry. They had no idea that facing the charging cavalry, it would be meaningless to have courage if they did not form a formation.

But Yu Jin could no longer care about his pity, because Ru Ying Huangjin, who was severely defeated by the Han army's cavalry, rolled back directly and began to attack his own army.

Yu Jin loudly ordered:

"Anyone who dares to rush into the formation will be killed without mercy!"

Then the music generals from each faction responded loudly.

Thousands of armored soldiers in five rows began to stab the random soldiers in front of the formation. When one row got tired of stabbing, they moved to the back row. This is the function of the military formation. It can rotate front and back to maintain the resistance ability of the entire military formation.

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Continuous stabbings defeated the last madness of Ru Ying's defeated troops, and reason finally returned to them. After realizing that they could not attack their own friendly forces, they began to retreat from both sides of the front formation, and ran all the way to the rear formation. There, they still

More than half of Ruying's Yellow Turbans maintained their formation under the support of experienced military officers.

Also maintaining their formation were Yingchuan Kui He Dali and Runan Kui Cao Dayong in the central area. They personally suppressed the military formation and kept all teams on the line.

Within the two formations, looking at more and more defeated troops crossing their own formation and returning to the rear formation, Cao Da said worriedly:

"Now we're in trouble!"

Yes, in the chaos just now, at least one or two thousand Ruying Yellow Turbans were defeated. Not many people died, but the entire formation was disrupted. Originally, the rear formation was the general preparation, but now it is the first to lose combat effectiveness.

Our morale has hit rock bottom.

Xiao Chen beside him gritted his teeth and suggested to Cao Dayong:

"Second brother, in this situation, it is impossible for Captain Yu in the front line to withstand the attack from the opposite side. We have to let the two square formations of the Chinese army come forward to cover the two wings of the front line."

Cao Dayong's face was uncertain, but he finally gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement, so he was about to lead his men down.

But at this moment, two cavalrymen came from the front and delivered Yu Jin's military order.

"All ministries still maintain their lines according to their original positions. Without any military orders, they are not allowed to move without permission."

Fortunately, Jin's military order came in time, otherwise Xiao Chen's suggestion just now would have directly ended the battle in failure. It's not that Xiao Chen's strategy was bad, but that he couldn't execute it.

Just kidding, it’s good to be able to hold our position now. With horses and trenches, everyone will be safe. But once you move, won’t the line be scattered? When the Han army seizes the opportunity to charge, everything will happen.

stop.

As for what to do if Yu Jin doesn't have friendly troops to protect his two wings? Yu Jin said, thank you, you really don't need to worry about him.

Previously, after the Youzhou Assault Cavalry simply defeated Ru Ying Huang Jin, they drove them back towards the Forbidden Front, but they were all stabbed back by the Yu Jin Department. They even built a parapet in front of the formation with the corpses of friendly troops such as Ru Ying Huang Jin.

Maybe when they are hit by a collision, these walls of corpses can save their lives.

The impact soon came. The front 400 impact knights of Youzhou Cavalry and the 300 Wuhuan Cavalry began to take advantage of the victory to attack.

They didn't plan to charge from the front, but cut from a diagonal. How many of the Youzhou Assault Cavalry were used to fighting, would they be stupid enough to charge the front of the fortified formation? Didn't they see the porcupine-like front formation of the tree?

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The Youzhou athletes who rode in Youzhou were all equipped with horse-steel, ring-headed swords, and most of them had iron armor as standard equipment. Under the leadership of their respective generals, they collided with Yu Jin's formation at once. Then they collapsed directly from the collision.

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All this happened so fast that Yu Jin didn't even have time to order a change of formation before the Youzhou cavalry had already rushed in. But at this time, it also showed how well the heavy-armed Changge spurge can carry the cavalry in formation.

When the Han cavalry rushed to the second row, Chang Ge cut off the hoofs of these war horses one after another, and then stabbed the fallen Han cavalry to death with a ring-headed knife.

The Han cavalry who were lagging behind saw the horses in front of them falling off their horses one after another. They did not dare to charge anymore. They turned their horses' heads to the left and took advantage of the situation to bypass the front formation, trying to penetrate into the two yellow scarf phalanxes in the middle formation.
To be continued...