In the sixth year of Guanghe, on July 20th, at noon, with the sudden appearance of Mount Tai's Yellow Turban, the decisive battle in Yingyang truly took a turn.
The Han Army's Hedong Knights, with a total of 1,000 cavalry and twenty cavalry units, originally roaming on the left side of the battlefield, have received military orders from the Chinese army and were ordered to block the Taishan bandit army in the northwest.
At this time, the Hedong Knights had been fighting for an hour with high intensity, and their troops and horses were not in very good condition. However, the military orders were overwhelming. It was obvious that they were the only military force Huangfu Song could mobilize on the battlefield.
Among the galloping cavalry, with the banner of the scepter standing high, the chief general of the Hedong Knights, Guo Mian, knew the key to leading the cavalry in this charge. In his opinion, the Taishan bandit reinforcements in the northwest were too good at seizing opportunities. At this time, almost all the Han army units were fighting with the Runan Yellow Turbans, and there was no extra strength to stop the Taishan Army's charge. What made Guo Jian even more worried was that he felt that the target of this group of cavalry troops was none other than someone else. The empty center of the Han army was where Huangfu Song was.
Guo Yu, who is thirty-five years old, is at the peak of his career as a military commander. He comes from the Guo family in Yangqu, Taiyuan, and is a rising official family. His uncle became a doctor Guanglu, and his father became a great farmer. By the time of his generation, he turned to martial arts and accumulated merit to be able to ride a Sima.
In April, the Yellow Turbans were in chaos. Huangfu Song was ordered to form a corps of generals. Guo Mian was recommended to the Huangfu Song shogunate by Wang Yun, the governor of Yuzhou from his hometown, and was ordered to go to Hedong to form a cavalry team. According to the original historical development, he would be responsible for pacifying the Yellow Turban Army. After that, his son Guo Huai became an important general of Cao Wei and became a confidant of Sima Yi. After that, all the ethnic groups were engaged in military affairs, which made their Yangqu Guo family eventually become a major general in the Middle Ages. Guo Ziyi in the Tang Dynasty It comes from this door. And all of this started with Guo Jian and continued with Guo Huai.
The interesting thing about fate is that the great man who was beside Guo Yao and charged with him at this time. The eight-foot-seven-inch tall man wearing a basin collar armor was none other than Sima Yi's brother, Sima Lang.
Although he looks majestic, in fact, Sima Lang is only thirteen years old now and was born last year. Because of his extraordinary stature, the examiner who assessed the boy at that time suspected that he had lied about his age. In the end, he Knowing that their Sima family has always been so powerful, it’s no wonder that at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Sima An was granted the title of King of Yin by Xiang Yu, and Sima Jun, the eighth grandson of Sima An, was able to conquer the West during the reign of the emperor. This family is a natural-born military general.
Guo Yan looked at the guard next to him, who was only a few years older than his son, sighed and ordered:
"Da Lang, go report to the commander and tell him that the rebel army may attack the Chinese army and ask the commander to move quickly."
Under the visor, Sima Lang remained silent and continued to move with Guo Mian.
After Guo Yao said it twice, Sima Langcai said in a low voice:
"Sima, I won't leave. There is no one in our Sima family who leaves before the battle!"
It turned out that Sima Lang understood. Guo Jian deliberately sent Sima Lang away to return to the battle, just to give him a way to survive. Guo Jian did not have much confidence in this charge, and Sima Lang was so young, there was no need to die here with him.
But Guo Jian didn't expect Sima Lang to be so stubborn. He sighed. Just when Guo Jian was about to persuade him, another soldier spoke up. This man was Wei Gu, who came from the Wei family in Anyi, Hedong, and was the hope of Hedong. Guo Jian originally thought that Sima Lang was so stubborn. This is a son of a well-dressed man, so he must have a certain demeanor, but who would have thought that this man would say these words:
"Sima, if Dalang doesn't want to go, then let me inform the old commander."
Guo Yan was not ashamed. He glanced at Wei Gu, who was handsome and handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he still nodded in agreement. After all, compared to letting Huangfu Song be transferred, who lived and who died was just a small matter. It was Sima Lang's fault.
When you are young, you still don’t know the truth of adults, that is, living is more important than anything else.
When Wei Gu saw that Guo Mian agreed, he clasped his fists and accepted the order, turned his horse's head in a circle, and marched towards the Chinese army.
At this time, the Hedong cavalry had completed their turn, moving from the left wing of the battlefield to the rear right of the battlefield. At this time, the Taishan Army cavalry on the opposite side began to speed up. Without thinking more, Guo Yao blew the horn three times to signal the Hedong cavalry to run.
rush.
Now is the time to be loyal to our country.
bring it on!
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Back in the morning, ten miles away from Yingyang, horses' hooves rolled, raising a cloud of dust. Thousands of mules and horses meandered along the official road in two parallel columns, stretching for several miles.
This team of mules and horses was obviously the reinforcements of the Taishan Army that had just defeated Cao Cao, the cavalry commander of the Han Army. After they defeated Cao Cao's troops three days ago, they counted 800 prisoners and 1,200 horses, and the rest were scattered in the countryside.
Know.
Ding Sheng and other generals suggested killing these 800 prisoners. Because we were in war now, and we would have to fight the main force of the Han army later, all the troops needed to be used on the blade, and they had no energy to take care of these prisoners.
.But Zhang Chong was reluctant to part with it. These 800 prisoners were all Han knights, and they were very good cavalry seeds. In the future, Zhang Chong wanted to expand the cavalry team. With these people joining him, he would naturally get twice the result with half the effort.
No one here, including Qu Kuai Zhang Chong, thought there was anything wrong with these Han cavalry attacking their own people after they surrendered. In line with the strong identification with the state power of later generations, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, only the elites of the scholar-bureaucrats had this kind of family and state.
As for the sense of identity, for people in the middle and lower classes, family is the most important.
So at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, forced Qin General Zhang Han to surrender 200,000 Qin troops, so he absorbed a group of cavalry troops from them. Later, Xiang Yu's 20,000 cavalry troops in the Pengcheng battle were the original Qin officials. And Liu Bang
Even more so, his people entered Xianyang and destroyed the Qin Dynasty, but there were still Qin generals like Li Bi and Luo Jia who took refuge with Liu Bang and made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhang Chong is very confident that he can digest these 800 cavalry as long as he operates them properly.
But it's a pity that time waits for no one. Ding Sheng and the others are right. Now is the time to concentrate their efforts on a decisive battle. Some bottles and cans have to be thrown away. But in the end, Zhang Chong still sent these 800 people with the team.
Take it with you. He has his own way.
In the previous battle at Changshe, Cao Cao thought that the Taishan Army was a mixture of infantry and cavalry, so he estimated that it would take three days for the Taishan Army to reach Yingyang. Huangfu Song also lacked the information that the Taishan Army was marching in the form of mules and horses.
, miscalculated the arrival time of the Taishan Army. It can be said that it was Zhang Chong's decision to march as mules and horses, which created a time lag that made the war turn.
In the next two days, the Taishan Army lurked in the woods twenty miles away from Yingyang.
Relying on the sentinels of Fei Jun carrying flags, Zhang Chong had a clear picture of the movements of the Han troops on both sides of Yingyang. Seeing that both sides of Yingyang chose to suspend their troops, Zhang Chong could only endure his temper and continue to lurk with the whole army. To this day, Yingyang has
The sound of drums moving the sky on the other side of Yang could be heard even here, and Zhang Chong knew that it was time to attack.
The whole army marched with mules and horses. Even the infantry who were not good at riding before were able to hold their donkeys' necks and keep up with the pace of the large army because they were tied up and marched at high intensity for many days. So it only took less than two hours.
, the Taishan Army entered the edge of the Yingyang battlefield.
At this time, on the battlefield ahead, there were shouts of killing everywhere. As the eyes and ears of the entire army, the flying army had already cruised to the edge of the battlefield to observe the situation.
After a while, Meng Ju led a team back to the formation carrying flags and reported the current battlefield situation to Zhang Chong.
In the wilderness, the soldiers of the Taishan Army were drinking water and resting. The cavalrymen began to replace their war horses. Because of the previous capture, the cavalry officers and soldiers all had one man and two horses. Now that they were about to fight, they naturally had to change to a more powerful horse.
The soldiers of the mule and donkey team also got off the animals one after another. They first tied the Han army prisoners with hemp ropes and threw them into the grass. Those people also accepted their fate. After all, they knew that these yellow scarf thieves did not want to kill them, so they also
All cooperate.
After clearing the prison camp, Taishan's sergeants walked to the cart and began to prepare their armor.
During the previous march, their armor was placed on the cart accompanying the army and they were not worn on their bodies. So now, they put their armor on each other's robes, then found their respective team leaders, and started here
Military formations formed on the edge of the battlefield.
The scorching sun in July was still so scorching, and the armor and uniforms of the soldiers were very hot from the sun. Fortunately, there was a layer of summer clothing underneath, which prevented the skin from being burned. But the armor became stuffy again, and in the blink of an eye, big beads of sweat appeared.
He rolled it down his neck and into the armor, sweating profusely.
I really don’t know how those people who were fighting in front could continue to fight under such a scorching sun.
At this time, Zhang Chong saw a group of Han cavalry wearing crimson military uniforms crossing from the southwest, and immediately realized that this was the first wave of enemies he wanted to defeat.
Zhang Chong patted his bay-red horse, and then took the bag and horse from the guard. As soon as he put on the bag, his eyes were wet with sweat. It was too hot.
Several other soldiers were hanging two pouches filled with halberds on their maroon horses, and four quivers were placed behind the horses.
When everything was ready, Zhang Chong said to Guan Yu who was in the formation behind him:
"Yun Chang, this time you charge with me and let these Han cavalry see what the cavalry is for."
Guan Yu was overjoyed, but his face was still solemn. He called Yu Jin to come out and explain the military strategy of the battle, and then he straddled his horse and joined the cavalry.
There is nothing to say about the rest. Zhang Chong had already made it clear to many of his subordinates about the strategy of this battle after learning the details of the battlefield. After he led the cavalry to charge forward, the remaining infantry phalanx needed to be laid on
Under the command of Jin, implement the established military strategy.
In this case, let's fight. No matter how much you say, it will be empty. Only who wins will be useful. War does need to obey politics, but the success or failure of war is directly related to the danger of politics.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Chong put down his visor, clamped his horse's belly, and began to walk slowly towards the cavalry on the opposite side. Then, 1,200 Taishan Army sudden cavalry Yuli followed.
There are no unnecessary words. Everyone firmly believes that if they follow the person in front, victory will definitely belong to them.
The horse speed was getting faster and faster, and the Han knights on the opposite side also began to let go of their horses. Amidst three rapid horn blasts from the opposite side, the two cavalry soldiers collided with each other without saying a word.
Zhang Chong, who was leading the charge, suddenly stood up from his horse while he was still charging. Yes, the horse under Zhang Chong's crotch had double stirrups, which directly released most of Zhang Chong's physical strength.
Zhang Chong bowed his body, aimed the bow and arrow in his hand at a Han official wearing two crotch armors in front of him, and shot it in the middle of the neck. At this time, the distance between the two sides was a hundred steps, which was a miraculous skill.
Zhang Chong shot another Han official to death with a volley of arrows. Then he quickly picked up his horse to deal with the subsequent impact.
A hundred steps away, he arrived in the blink of an eye. Zhang Chong pushed a knight in front of him into the air with a single movement. The knight directly hit the three knights behind him, clearing his field of vision.
Then Zhang Chong was hit with a spear in front of his breastplate. A majestic Han official stabbed Zhang Chong's breastplate with his horse's iron, and then the horse's iron was cut open along the smooth armor.
The collar armor Zhang Chong is wearing is the mirror armor made by Deng Zhi, the master craftsman of the Ordnance Battalion. The entire set of armor has been polished smooth, and under the sunlight, the armor shines brightly.
Zhang Chong looked at this man and let out a sigh, then flipped his horse and knocked this man off his horse.
Then Zhang Chong continued to cut through the Han cavalry in front, and after a while the horse iron in his hand broke. Zhang Chong took out the weighted iron bone and continued to smash the enemy in front of him. Zhang Chong took a moment to look at the side.
Guan Yu, the big man who always squints his eyes, is glaring angrily at this moment, and every blow of the horse in his hand will knock down an enemy, no less than Zhang Chong.
The fight between the Taishan Army's Assault Cavalry and the Hedong Cavalry Army probably lasted less than a moment, and then they separated. The ground was left with human corpses and bewildered war horses, biting their sleeping masters and whining constantly.
After breaking away from contact, the Hedong cavalry only walked about three hundred steps before stopping. They looked at each other's companions to see if they were still familiar with each other.
Hedong Cavalry Sima Guo Yao also glanced at his side. The tall boy Lang Sima Lang was no longer there. Guo Yao sighed. He was about to grab the horn and prepare to organize another charge, but at this time he
He found that three fingers on his right hand were missing, and he had not noticed it before.
The heart-breaking pain hit him, and Guo Yao almost fell off his horse. With persistence, Guo Yao blew the horn, and the Han cavalry lined up again, preparing to launch a second charge.
Guo Yao didn't know that his cavalry had been reduced by 30% in the charge just now. This was actually Guo Yao's responsibility. When he led the Hedong cavalry to repair by the Yingshui River, he couldn't bear the heat.
The knights took off their heavy and sweltering armor one after another to enjoy the coolness of the river. But Guo Yao, as the commander-in-chief, did not stop all this.
Then they were dispatched by Huangfu Song to roam the battlefield on the left flank. They were originally intended to harass and did not need armor. But when they were dispatched to the right rear to intercept the Taishan Army, it was no longer the case.
Halfway through the run, the Han cavalry who had taken off their armor were horrified to find that the enemy cavalry on the opposite side were staring at them, and their armor was so bright that they could not open their eyes.
The final result is naturally not surprising. That's what cavalry fighting is all about. Whose horse has better physical strength, whose armor is stronger, and whose sword is sharper. And in these cases, the Hedong cavalry who had been fighting for a long time was completely defeated.
After blowing the horn, Guo Yan looked sadly at the battlefield ahead. In the battlefield, those war horses that were frightened by the sound of the horn abandoned the bodies of their owners and galloped past the blood field. He even saw some of the horses on the battlefield were just smashed.
The dizzy official shook his head, got up from the pool of blood, and limped to find a horse to escape.
With tears in his eyes, Guo Yao used his good left hand to pull out the iron bone flower and shouted loudly:
"kill!"
The remaining Han cavalry drew their swords and followed Guo Yao to charge again.
Then the two armies collided again. A moment later, Guan Yu wiped the blood-stained Huanshou sword with his sleeves, tied Guo Mian's head to the saddle, and then led the chargers to chase Qu Kui and Zhang Chong.
It turned out that after Taishan's cavalry had penetrated the Hedong cavalry, Zhang Chong led two hundred cavalry and came directly along the Han army's camp, instead of turning around and attacking the Hedong cavalry again with Guan Yu.
Guo Jian's previous guess was correct. Zhang Chong's target this time was Han Zuo Zhonglang General Huangfu Song.
Zhang Chong led the cavalry through the narrow gaps in the fence, and finally arrived in front of the camp with the "Huangfu" flag hanging high.
Because of Huangfu Song's military orders, all the Han army's forward barracks were knocked down. At this time, Huangfu Song's Chinese shogunate was directly exposed to Zhang Chong's cavalry.
Zhang Chong immediately saw Huangfu Song standing tall on the chariot with his back straight. Without saying a word, Zhang Chong shot an arrow, but it was blocked by the warrior holding an arrow next to Huangfu Song.
Then suddenly a group of warriors on horseback came out of the camp. They were wearing basin collars and armors, and they rushed towards them with their long robes straightened, and they shouted:
"I am Hedong Wei..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Chong had already thrown him off his horse with a halberd.
But obviously, this man's death did not deter the Han army. Just after this man died, three more horsemen came with flags on their backs and bows in their hands.
Zhang Chong was impatient and knew that these people were just delaying time so that Huangfu Song could retreat. But what did Zhang Chong think of him? Their military achievements?
Zhang Chong directly put a bag in his hand, then galloped towards the horse. After the horse took five steps, he threw five halberds. Not only did the three Han men in the front fall from their horses, but even the two men who had just come out from behind were killed.
Zhang Chong threw him to death.
For a moment, there was complete silence in front of the shogunate of Huangfu Songzhong Army.
"You are Zhang Chong."
The person who spoke was obviously Huangfu Song, but the answer was just a feather arrow. If the warrior nearby had not pulled Huangfu Song, he would probably be injured.
Huangfu Song then realized that there was a forest wall in front of him and brave warriors behind him, but this could not give Huangfu Song any more sense of security. He felt that he still had to use words to hold back the man below, and he still wanted to talk.
Suddenly he heard the sound of an axe, and to his surprise, he saw a sharp halberd stuck on the banner beside the chariot. Huangfu Song couldn't help but sneer:
"What a barbarian, he can cut off a large banner with his halberd. You must know that this large banner is made of logs as thick as a bowl. Even if you ask him to use a big ax to cut it, it will take him a long time. It's really..."
The man was still laughing when another halberd flew towards him and hit the halberd on the big banner. The halberd was struck by the impact and hit the wood again.
Huangfu Song suddenly felt that something was not good, but he did not dare to raise his head. He only glanced at the guards on one side and hurried to protect him. Unfortunately, as many as he rushed out of the wall were shot dead.
Following Zhang Chong's horse riding on the Han camp, half of the two hundred cavalry were Wuhuan people. They were originally the cavalry under Zang Rong, the general of the Liyang camp. They later attacked Puyangjin where Guan Yu was stationed, but were defeated and captured. After that, they were captured.
He followed Zhang Chong and became a member of the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry.
This time, Zhang Chong specially led the hundreds of Wuhuan cavalry, using their good archery skills. Among them were two eagle archers, whose archery skills were as good as Zhang Chong's.
Relying on these hundreds of Wuhuan cavalry, Zhang Chong firmly suppressed Huangfu Song's soldiers on the chariot, and then Zhang Chong continued to cut the Han army's banner with one halberd and one hand. In fact, Zhang Chong also
I regret it. If I had brought a fire with me at that time, I could have burned this old thing to death. Why was it so embarrassing?
But no matter what, every sound of Zhang Chong's chops was like a reminder in the hearts of the Chinese army officials. Everyone knew what kind of consequences would follow if this big banner fell down.
But what can they do now? Those who had the courage to fight have already died below, and those who are willing to guard the flag have also been nailed to the nest cart. The rest are panicked, but there is nothing they can do.
Even an iron-blooded marshal like Huangfu Song couldn't help but close his eyes and wait for fate's punishment.
But at this moment, a mountain roar and tsunami suddenly erupted on the battlefield ahead, and the six-section banner representing Peng Tuo in the center of the battlefield slowly fell down under the desperate eyes of countless Yellow Turban troops!
In the end, Huangfu Song won his bet. The Chinese Army reserve team he finally pressed became the real winner of this battle. After all, the Chinese Army Colonel Zhao Rong lived up to the trust of the old commander and defeated the Runan Yellow Turbans in the middle at this moment.
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Zhao Rong was from Tianshui, Liangzhou. The powerful men in his state were influenced by the Qiang wind and were good at throwing short spears. Zhao Rong had a team of Xizhou warriors who were good at throwing short spears.
After Zhao Rong led the army to rescue the middle road, he did not attack and kept observing the front line of the Runan Chinese Army in front.
Previously, Peng Tuo, commander of Runan Qu, had been charging at the front, but he put on ordinary armor because he was worried about being attacked by the Han army. However, Zhao Rong, who was in the rear, keenly discovered that Yellow Turban messages were constantly gathering in that direction, so he
He boldly guessed that Peng Tuo was here, so he took his team of spear throwers and moved over secretly.
As soon as he arrived, he saw a majestic yellow turban warrior giving some instructions to a messenger. Then Zhao Rong gave the decisive order, and then at least twenty short spears covered the place where Peng Tuo stood.
At that time, Peng Tuo was hit by several spears. When he was rescued, he only had time to explain the aftermath and then passed away. As soon as Peng Tuo died, the Runan Yellow Turban Army lost its mind and directly threw away the Chinese army's banner. Zhao Rong cut off Peng Tuo's sword.
After taking off the big bandana, the Runan Yellow Turban was about to stage a big collapse.
But the nightmare of the Yellow Turban Army did not stop there. On the battlefield on the east bank of Yingshui River, Shuai Bocai of Yingchuan Taiping Daoqu, who had been entangled with the Han army, also died.
When Bo Cai led the last main force to kill Zhu Jun's army, the rear captain Zheng Taishuai counterattacked with 4,000 elite troops. When the two armies were anxious, Zhu Jun personally led the Hanoi Cavalry and the generals' cavalry to piece together
Send out two thousand cavalry troops and insert them directly into Bocai's flank.
Then the whole battlefield was in chaos. Han soldiers, Yingchuan Yellow Turbans, everyone lost their organizational structure. As long as they saw different uniforms, they would kill them.
In the chaos, Bocai and his own troops were also separated, and a group of Han cavalry shot Bocai's mount. The Runan Qushuai could only retreat to the edge of the battlefield on foot with several of his own troops, where he planned to return to the battlefield again.
Assemble an establishment.
But a Han cavalry squad cruising on the edge of the battlefield discovered them. Bo Cai and all his troops rushed out to attack and kill them, but Bo Cai was shot in the chest by a stray arrow during the breakout. In the end, he walked less than a hundred steps.
, Bo Cai slumped on the ground helplessly and said to the guard beside him:
"Cut off my head, don't let me fall into the hands of Han soldiers."
The guard was a member of Bocai's tribe. Hearing this, he cried and couldn't stop. Finally, Bocai took out the arrow and killed himself. The guard burst into tears, and the Han cavalry behind him saw it and came over to kill him.
He had no choice but to cut off his clan uncle's head, wrap it in his hem, and hang it in front of his neck.
Finally, when the Han cavalry squad came after them, the guard jumped into the Ying River and disappeared.
Fortunately, the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans on the east coast were fighting with the Han army at this time, so Bo Cai's death did not break Taiping Dao's fighting spirit, and they continued to fight with all their strength.
Therefore, happiness comes so suddenly.
Huangfu Song, who was hiding behind the shield wall, was just waiting for his fate to be decided. Suddenly, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically. He was overjoyed and said to Zhang Chong below:
"Young man, this is the only plan!"
After saying that, he laughed loudly.
But soon, Huangfusong stopped laughing. Suddenly he saw packages of things being thrown onto the chao cart below. These things were wrapped in cloth. He didn't know what they were.
Huangfusong untied it and almost vomited it out. It turned out to be fresh horse manure.
The stench filled the sky, and the warriors at the front couldn't hold on. They shook and tried to take a breath, but at this moment, an arrow penetrated through the air and hit the forehead of Huangfu Song, who was still holding his breath.
Then there was a scream, and Huangfusong covered his forehead and fell to the ground exhausted.
What he didn't see was that after the arrow, another three-handed halberd flew up from below and hit the big banner. With great strength like a lion, it directly penetrated the big banner deeply.
feather fan.
Then, amid the horrified looks on the faces of all the Han officials, the big scroll made a creaking sound, and finally broke with a crisp sound.