Chapter Thirty: The First Battle of the Yellow Turbans
Updated: 2012-09-19
Li Ru looked at everyone with a sinister look, and then said, "In my opinion, it is better to let Captain Jia go. Captain Jia has always been brave and resourceful and will definitely be competent for this battle."
Jia Rong didn't understand why Li Ru was targeting him. He was already very serious and careful in his daily work.
After listening to Li Ru's analysis, Dong Zhuo repeatedly claimed yes and ordered: "Zhiyuan, immediately lead your troops to fight against the Yellow Turbans. There must be no mistakes. This battle is only allowed to win but not lose."
Jia Rong bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Don't worry, General, you will definitely complete your humble position."
Seeing the development of the situation, Guo Si became anxious. He thought that Dong Zhuo would send his capable general Hua Xiong to the first battle, but Li Ru had such an idea to Dong Zhuo. Guo Si immediately stepped forward and bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Report to the general, I am willing to fight against the Yellow Turbans with Jia Xiaowei; Jia Xiaowei's soldiers are basically infantry, and the soldiers of Beishi are basically cavalry. Beishi believes that cooperation with Jia Xiaowei will definitely defeat the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop."
After listening to Guo Si's analysis, Dong Zhuo thought that there were about 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers ahead, and it was not appropriate to send Jia Rong and his team, so he agreed to Guo Si's request.
So, the mission of fighting the Yellow Turbans was completed by Jia Rong and Guo Si.
After the generals of various departments returned to their teams, Dong Zhuo showed a puzzled expression and said to Li Ru behind him: "Son-in-law, why did you send Jia Rong? I originally planned to let Hua Xiong go. Hua Xiong was brave and would definitely defeat the Yellow Turban soldiers in front of him in one fell swoop."
Li Ru replied respectfully: "Lord, the Yellow Turban in front is not worth worrying. What kind of combat effectiveness can a group of soldiers combined with the people have? I mainly test whether Jia Rong is loyal to the lord."
Dong Zhuo suddenly said, "So that's the case, but Jia Rong has always been serious in the army, and there is nothing wrong with it."
"It's just that you can do things seriously, so there's something wrong. Jia Rong is not simple." Li Ru said in a cold tone.
Dong Zhuo still didn't understand what Li Ru meant, but he didn't delve into it. He was very relieved to this son-in-law. He basically handled all military affairs in the army. He made great contributions to his ability to reach this point.
After Jia Rong returned to the team, he immediately sent all the provocates to the location of the Yellow Turban soldiers ten miles away to inquire about the specific situation.
Then he and Guo Si led more than 2,200 cavalry and more than 2,000 infantry to the Yellow Turban soldiers ten miles away. Along the way, there were constant sentry probes coming back to report the information of the Yellow Turban soldiers in front.
It was initially learned that there were about 11,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in front of them, some of whom were old, weak, women and children, and some of whom were some people carrying farm tools for arable land. The specific number of elite soldiers was unknown.
Jia Rong rode his horse to Guo Si and discussed how to proceed in the next battle. Guo Si's provocate had also reported the military information in front, and Guo Si learned most of the situation of the Yellow Turban soldiers in front.
After research by Jia Rong and Guo Si, it was decided to use cavalry to charge. After the cavalry stormed the positions of the Yellow Turban soldiers, the infantry went up to fight. That is, the infantry was responsible for cleaning the battlefield and the cavalry was the main force to fight.
After careful consideration, Jia Rong said, "Brother, it is better to divide the cavalry into two parts. You and my brother each lead a part of the troops to attack the positions of the Yellow Turban soldiers, which will create the illusion of our army's great power and will easily disrupt their position."
Because he had fought with the Yellow Turban soldiers for the first time, he didn't know much about the specific strength of the Yellow Turban soldiers. This was also the first time Jia Rong fought with cavalry, so Jia Rong seriously discussed with Guo Si how to defeat more than 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers. After all, the two teams on his side had not yet 5,000 people.
After listening to Jia Rong's analysis, Guo Si nodded and said, "The second brother's words are reasonable. I have a total of 2,000 cavalrymen, and I am divided into 1,000 cavalrymen with my second brother. I am responsible for attacking the positions of the Yellow Turban soldiers head-on, and you will attack from the side."
Jia Rong knew that Guo Si was taking care of him and attacking the positions of the Yellow Turban soldiers head-on, and the resistance would definitely be great. After Guo Si divided the cavalry into his 1,000 people, the number was not as large as the cavalry he commanded.
"Brother, I will start from the front line this time. I have studied with my brother for so long. I want to test the achievements I have learned, which will also help me make progress in the future." Jia Rong refused in another way.
As if he saw Jia Rong's little thoughts, Guo Si laughed and said, "Since that's the case, according to the second brother's intention, but you must pay attention to your own safety when rushing on the battlefield."
Jia Rong nodded and said yes.
Ten miles apart, the cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye.
When approaching the Yellow Turban Soldiers' camp, Jia Rong found that the Yellow Turban Soldiers were ready. It seemed that there were also capable people among the Yellow Turban Soldiers.
His first task is to attack the Yellow Turban position. Jia Rong ordered 1,200 cavalry to rush to the Yellow Turban soldiers. Circumvention is a common way of cavalry fighting. It mainly uses the powerful impact force of the cavalry to cause maximum damage to the enemy's positions and is the best way to disrupt the enemy's position.
The Qiang cavalry of Jiarong's army still maintained their previous habits. When they approached the Yellow Turban soldiers' positions about 150 steps, they all set bows and arrows and shot at the Yellow Turban soldiers.
The yellow turban soldiers were wearing coarse clothes and had no armor covering their bodies. Wherever arrows passed, the soldiers fell to the ground like cutting wheat.
Jia Rong did not have strict requirements on the weapons used by his cavalry on the battlefield, as long as he used them easily.
The frontal collision between the two armies began. The cavalry led by Jia Rong took out various weapons, and the soldiers used a variety of weapons, including maces, big swords, and long spears. As long as they could be named, they could appear in Jia Rong's cavalry team.
However, the cavalry of Guo Si's troops all used long spears, jumping up horses and raising their guns, and killing the Yellow Turban soldiers.
On the high-speed horse, Jia Rong rode his long sword in his hand and cut a Yellow Turban soldier into two sections with one knife. Then he rushed deep into the position of the Yellow Turban soldier. Seeing the brave general, the cavalry following Jia Rong shouted and chopped the weapons in his hand towards the Yellow Turban soldier.
The Yellow Turban soldiers were killed and injured under the storm of the cavalry.
When the Yellow Turban soldiers went through such a war, they used to fight a war that their own army came to the county town. The county town did not have to attack the city at all. The county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the county magistrate abandoned the city and fled, then entered the city and robbed it, and then set out towards the next city.
The cavalry led by Jia Rong did not encounter much resistance and detoured the positions of the Yellow Turban soldiers. Although there were some elite soldiers among the Yellow Turban soldiers, they were in a few after all, and could not withstand the attacks of more than a thousand cavalry.
Seeing that the Yellow Turban soldiers were attacking the cavalry, countless casualties were killed or injured; the Yellow Turban soldiers watched their companions fall down one by one under the cavalry's charge, all the Yellow Turban soldiers were so scared that they saw the cavalry coming and avoided them; Jia Rong sighed in his heart, these were not soldiers, they were obviously a group of people who rebelled on their shoulders, and they led the cavalry to charge, but they did not see that they had the chief general to arrange soldiers.
Although Jia Rong could not bear to raise the butcher knife to them, they are now rebels, this is the battlefield, and the Yellow Turban soldiers are the enemy. All they have to do is to eliminate the enemy, without any sympathy or distortion. The habits developed in the army in the previous life reminded Jia Rong: "Don't treat the enemy with mercy, otherwise it will be yourself who will be injured."
Seeing that the enemy was powerful, the Yellow Turban soldiers fled everywhere.
At this time, a thousand cavalry led by Guo Si arrived and fought with Jia Rong's soldiers and the fleeing Yellow Turban soldiers. Jia Rong led the 200 cavalry under his command, thinking about the most densely populated areas of the Yellow Turban soldiers. Jia Rong adopted the method of segmenting and siegeing the station, which was to break up the enemy and then kill one by one.
After more than ten miles of pursuit of the Yellow Turban soldiers, Jia Rong and Guo Si led the cavalry back.
At this time, the infantry coming later were responsible for cleaning the battlefield, and the captured Yellow Turban soldiers were gathered together.
Jia Rong immediately sent troops to inform Dong Zhuo that all the Yellow Turban soldiers in front had been eliminated.
In this battle, more than 4,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 were captured. About 4,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were escaped. The losses on our side were very small. The 200 cavalry of Jia Rong's army lost more than 30 cavalry, and about 200 cavalry of Guo Si's army lost about 200 infantry, and no casualties were found.
Half an hour later, Dong Zhuo, who received the news, led more than a hundred cavalry and cavalry to come in person. He was very happy to hear the results of Jia Rong's report.
He won the first battle and reported it to the Emperor of Han when the losses were small, so Dong Zhuo seemed very excited.
Dong Zhuo pulled Jia Rong cordially, and Guo Si said, "You two have made great contributions to defeating the Yellow Turban soldiers this time. I will report to the emperor and ask for me for you."
Jia Rong and Guo Si hurriedly thanked him.
The reason why the victory was so smooth this time was because the Yellow Turban soldiers were wandering behind the Yellow Turban Army, picking up some small gains, most of them were the people, and there were also many old and weak. There were only more than 1,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who were truly capable of fighting. Only Jia Rong and Guo Si easily defeated the Yellow Turban soldiers. Before the original plan could be implemented, the Yellow Turban soldiers had already begun to flee.
After the battlefield was cleared, Li Ru arrived with a large army. Listening to Jia Rong and Guo Si's report on the record, Li Ru thought deeply; according to the news, the Yellow Turban Rebels attacked the cities and territories, and were unstoppable, how could it be so vulnerable? The reason why he said that the Yellow Turban Soldiers were unbearable was just to reassure Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect that the Yellow Turban Soldiers were really not good.
When Jia Rong told Li Ru about the specific situation on the battlefield, Li Ru suddenly realized.
Dong Zhuo reluctantly took out two hundred war horses and rewarded them to Jia Rong and Guo Si to show his merits, but in fact it was to win over his subordinates.
What Jia Rong lacks now is war horses, so he is naturally very happy. There are still many former Qiang cavalry in his team, and he can fight with the horses, so he doesn't have to worry about the source of the cavalry at all.
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