Chapter 65 Counterattack
On the third day of the Julu County battlefield, the north wind roared, and the Han army's flags sounded in the north wind.
Five hundred Han cavalry, five thousand Han troops, and twenty thousand rebels gathered in the military camp.
The Han army was about to launch a counterattack against the 50,000 Yellow Turban troops outside the camp, and Liu Bei volunteered to serve as the vanguard. He was as eager to gain military exploits as any player lord.
As the large-scale decisive battle broke out on the Changshe battlefield, the Han army Zuo Zhonglang general Huangfu Song, the cavalry captain Cao Cao and the Yellow Turban general Bo Cai fought. The lord players of the Yingchuan County battlefield gained a lot of military merits and were listed one after another.
Except for Zhang Liang's probing attack on Chutian's side on the first day, there was no movement from Zhang Liang on the second day. Therefore, the lord of this military camp did not receive any military merits on the second day.
Chu Tian was not in a hurry. He could not leave the camp without permission to fight with the Yellow Turban Army. This would disrupt the Han army's deployment and would result in military merit being deducted.
His current military merits have dropped to just outside the top 100. More than half of the top 100 lords came from the war-torn Changshe battlefield. Currently ranked first is "Jiujiao Lao Qin" with 681 points.
On the third day, the sky was hazy, and the Han army's desire to attack on the Guangzong County battlefield became even stronger.
Different from the defensive counterattack in the Changshe battlefield, the Han army in the Guangzong County battlefield should be on the offensive and needed to break through Guangzong County as soon as possible and kill the three leaders of the Yellow Turban Army.
To conquer Guangzong County in one month, it is necessary to clear out the Yellow Turban Army strongholds around Guangzong County in advance and form a siege on Guangzong City.
"Reinforcements have arrived, surrounded on three sides!"
The Han army commander who was observing from the wooden arrow tower gave a signal.
He could already see the arrival of reinforcements from the Han military camps on the left and right. Each of the left and right military camps sent a thousand Han troops and three thousand rebels.
Although the Han army is not large in number, one Han army can deal with several Yellow Turban soldiers.
The wooden gate of the Han army's camp was pushed open by the combined efforts of the Han soldiers. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei led the Sanhe cavalry to rush out of the camp, followed closely by the Han army led by Sima Zhang Tie, followed by one or two.
The rebel army is mainly composed of rank troops.
"My Dawan cavalry can finally be put to use!"
Huo An, the lord of the Western Region Protectorate, seemed a little excited. There were more than a dozen Dawan cavalry and dozens of light cavalry beside him.
The power of cavalry is greatly reduced when defending a city, but in outdoor battles, cavalry can play a great role.
Prince Yan, the lord of Youzhou, looked indifferent and led more than two hundred light cavalry from Youzhou, faster than the other player lords.
Everyone wants to gain more military exploits and is unwilling to lag behind others.
They knew that with Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei as the vanguard, the probability of defeating the Yellow Turban Army was very high, and they wanted to grab the heads in time.
"Lord, we can't be in a hurry..."
Zhou Yafu promptly dissuaded Chu Tian, who was actively fighting, from rushing ahead.
"Why is this?"
"The general just recalled the movements of the Yellow Turban Army and discovered that when reinforcements arrived, the Yellow Turban Army began to retreat in an orderly manner. This is inconsistent with the Yellow Turban Army's combat style. The general thought that the Yellow Turban Army would have an ambush."
Zhou Yafu's words shocked Chu Tian.
Most of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army have well-developed limbs and simple minds. However, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang were able to organize the Yellow Turban Uprising and stick to Guangzong County. They also had some strategies and were by no means reckless.
"Do you want to remind Army Sima?"
"It's too late to remind us now, and it might have the opposite effect. And with the elites of the Han army, they may not be defeated."
Zhou Yafu's reasoning made Chu Tian determined to continue pursuing the Yellow Turban Army, but he did not rush to the front.
There were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and there were people everywhere. Chu Tian could not find the army commander Zhang Tie in time. According to Zhou Yafu's inference, when the entire army had launched an attack and the morale was at its peak, if Chu Tian shouted that the Yellow Turban Army was ambushing, he said
Maybe the morale of the army will be shaken, and the Yellow Turban Army will turn around and counterattack, with even worse consequences.
The rebels had already surrounded the Han troops who came for reinforcements from the left and right, and Zhang Liang retreated to the hillside between the Han army camp and the Yellow Turban army camp.
Zhang Liang underestimated the strength of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang and the elite Sanhe cavalry. The two thousand Yellow Turban soldiers at the rear were defeated by five hundred Han cavalry. Liu Guan and Zhang pursued them to the bottom of the hillside with all their strength.
"Second brother, third brother, don't chase me anymore!"
Liu Bei's intuition made him vaguely aware of the danger.
The five hundred Han cavalry held the reins, and the free players following Liu Bei didn't know why Liu Bei stopped. They looked around.
There is a dense forest below the hillside.
The Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Liang has reorganized its lineup.
"Uncle Liu Huang, why did you stop?"
A group of free players asked Liu Bei in confusion.
"There may be... an ambush. Let's retreat!"
Liu Bei, who was good at saving his life, had a keen intuition of danger and wanted to lead his five hundred Han cavalry to evacuate in time.
"kill!"
Thousands of Yellow Turban troops lurking in the dense forest came out armed with swords and spears. A hail of arrows pierced the sky and fell among the Han cavalry.
Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Sword slashed at him, knocking away more than a dozen arrows, but the rain of arrows could not hurt him.
Some of the Sanhe cavalry were hit by arrows, and a dozen free players following Liu Bei were killed in the ambush attack of the Yellow Turban Army.
"I am the general Zhang Liang. The court is incompetent and the eunuchs are wielding power. Why don't you obey God's will?!"
Zhang Liang set up an ambush and led his army to attack Liu Guan and Zhang's 500 cavalry, intending to defeat the Han cavalry first.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were locked in a fierce battle, with Yellow Turban soldiers everywhere. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei killed dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers one after another, and they were extremely fierce. Even Liu Bei killed more than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers with two swords.
But there were too many Yellow Turban troops, and there were Yellow Turbans everywhere, trying to kill Liu Guan and Zhang alive.
If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could kill Zhang Liang, maybe the Yellow Turban Army would be defeated.
However, Zhang Liang was very cunning. He always hid behind the army and was guarded by a large number of third-level yellow scarf chiefs, denying the opponent a chance to capture the thieves before capturing the king.
After Liu Guanzhang fell into a bitter battle, five thousand Han troops led by Sima Zhang Tie of the Han army came to respond in time and attacked the Yellow Turban Army. The four thousand reinforcements from the Han camp circled left and right, hoping to cut off the Yellow Turban Army's retreat and annihilate them all.
A Yellow Turban Army.
The two sides were fighting at the bottom of the hillside.
"This is a good opportunity to gain military honors!"
Chu Tian and other lords in the rear saw the battle between the Han army and the Yellow Turban Army, and led their respective troops to join the battle as reserve forces.
"Put up a spear formation!"
Zhou Yafu drew his Han sword and commanded. Xia Zhen's five hundred infantrymen formed a spear phalanx, with sharp iron spears pointing forward at a certain angle. Under Zhou Yafu's leadership, the spear phalanx moved forward step by step.
The spear formation was both offensive and defensive, with Xuzhou archers shooting from behind to clear the way for the spear formation.
Facing the airtight spear formation, the Yellow Turban Army was at a loss. All of them fell under the spear formation, and the Xiazhen infantry stepped over their corpses.
Ruthless, Zhou Yafu was expressionless during the war. In his eyes, only the dead Yellow Turban soldiers were good Yellow Turban soldiers.
Chapter completed!