On July 20, the sixth year of Guanghe, many people's lives stopped on this day, and many people will never forget this day in their lives, but more people will be grateful for this day.
But no matter what, the gear of fate paused on this day, and then quickly rotated towards another angle.
The Yellow Turban Army on the battlefield on the west bank of Yingshui River were first horrified to find that the large banner of the Chinese army representing Qu Commander Peng Tuo had been cut off, but then the banner of the Han army on the opposite side, representing the old thief Huangfu, also fell.
What is going on? But they all know that this war is over. Both sides are consciously disengaging, and neither side's expected collapse has happened.
On the Runan Yellow Turban side, when they saw Qu Kui Peng Tuo's accident, the Yellow Turban Army commanders on the left and right wings all wanted to rush to the central army as soon as possible, where the Runan Yellow Turban's biggest legacy was waiting to be inherited.
The one closest to the Chinese army was He Yi. Because all his troops were entangled with the Han army, he abandoned the banner and ran over with only a dozen guards.
Gong Du came next, and with Gong Du came a spear team of nearly a thousand people. This was a preparation that Gong Du had left in hand, but he didn't expect to use it here now.
The worst person on the right wing is Wu Ba. At this moment, he is fighting on the east bank of Yingshui River with ten thousand Taiping Dao. In the competition for the successor of the Yellow Turban in Runan, Wu Ba is undoubtedly out.
Among the three strong generals on the left wing, the situation is actually similar. Huang Shao was prepared to charge to the death, but he would still be trapped in the Han army's formation, while He Man still had time, but he didn't think about seizing the position at all.
He was still dispatching his subordinates and maintaining the front line.
The only person from the left wing who rushed to the central army was Liu Pi, but he knew as soon as he arrived that he was out of luck.
All I could see was Peng Tuo, the leader of Ququ, lying there with a withered face beside the broken banner. Several of his soldiers covered Peng Tuo with apricot-yellow flags.
Kneeling next to Qu Kui was He Yi. He grabbed Peng Tuo's hand and kept sobbing. And outside them was Gong Du. He also looked solemn at this moment, as if he was constantly weighing something.
Liu Pi understood it all at once. He knelt down in front of Peng Tuo and cried loudly:
"Commander Qu, God will not forget your years, but you died bravely and young. Now that you are gone and you have left your brothers behind, what should we do?"
A guard on the side helped Liu Pi up sadly and said:
"Liu Kui, before his death, Commander Qu made an order to pass the Liujie Battle to Huang Shao Dakui."
Liu Pi was shocked, glanced at He Yi quietly and said with a smile:
"Okay, it would be nice if someone takes the lead."
After saying that, he stopped talking. As for Huang Shao being surrounded by Han soldiers, he didn't say a word.
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After Zhang Chong cut off the Han army's banner, he didn't have much time to confirm Huangfu Song's death. A cavalry was already galloping from the north. It was Huangfu Li, Huangfu Song's nephew. He finally rushed over at this time.
Zhang Chong had no time to pay attention to Huangfu Li, who was already crazy. Instead, he joined Guan Yu and other assault cavalry behind him and began to bypass the retreating Han army's formation to expand the victory.
To the northwest, Yu Jin led 3,000 Taishan soldiers with long swords and halberds to continuously defeat them, squeezing the rear line of the Han army. They were like a chopping block, and the retreating Han soldiers were just a piece of fish. As for Zhang Chong and other thousands of cavalry, they were
Anvil hammer, hammer this piece of fish into four pieces.
There were a total of five captains of the Han army fighting in the front. Among them, Bao Hong, the captain of the left army, had short contact with the Runan Yellow Turbans and was far away from the Taishan Army. Not long after Huangfu Song's banner was broken, he led the captains with him. Withdrawn.
Bao Hong didn't have time to count the exact number of troops he had lost. He only looked at the flags and saw that only two troops were still in the form of organic troops. After he withdrew from the battlefield, he did not move closer to Huangfu Song's army, but continued to withdraw north. , and quickly disappeared from sight.
The Central Military Academy Captain Zhao Rong and the former Military Academy Lieutenant Feng Fang withdrew together. Because the Yellow Turban Army in the middle had been defeated, these two units retreated easily. However, because Feng Fang's unit had been carrying Peng Tuo's fierce attack before, the losses were too great. , at this time, it was no longer possible to fight anymore, but the losses of the Central Military Colonel Zhao Rong's department were very small. After the two troops retreated, Zhao Rong took the remaining soldiers of Feng Fang's department and returned to the Chinese Army barrier.
When the Second Division arrived, they saw that the guard Huangfu Li had found a carriage and placed the seriously injured Huangfu Song there. The last few people discussed it and decided to evacuate to Yangdi, taking a long-term view. As for the east bank Zhu Jun's department, no one mentioned them anymore, the gap was already there, no matter how much they said, it was useless.
The worst offenders were Chun Yuqiong, the captain of the right military academy, and Xia Mou, the rear army commander. Originally, Chun Yuqiong's troops were surrounded by Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and He Man. They were in despair, but suddenly the Yellow Turban army collapsed in the middle, and Chun Yuqiong saw hope. .But then his own army also fell, and then he saw that Sima Xia Mou, the rear army who was still on the outside to rescue him, actually retreated.
But Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and He Man were still biting him here, especially Huang Shao, who was like a lunatic and refused to let go.
But Chunyu Qiong survived in the end. He hid among the corpses on the ground and crawled out with difficulty after the fighting was gone. Then he found a war horse wandering on the battlefield, but was killed by a seriously injured Yellow Turban soldier. Chun Yuqiong clung to the reins tightly and cut off his forearm, but the Yellow Turban troops coming from all directions surrounded him and beat him up.
One knife hit Chun Yuqiong's helmet, swollen his forehead; another knife hit his right leg, directly cutting through the skirt, leaving a deep bloody mouth. Another knife hit Chun Yuqiong's shoulder blade. , fortunately the armor blocked it, otherwise one arm would have been removed. The other swords were blocked by Chun Yuqiong's armor. The last sword hit the saddle and stabbed directly into the horse's back.
Chun Yuqiong should be grateful for this sword. It was this sword that frightened his horse. Otherwise, countless hands would have pulled him off the horse. The frightened horse jumped up and escaped from the Yellow Turban Army's revenge. Carrying the blood , Chunyu Qiong, who was unconscious but still alive, came to the Chinese Army. Finally, Zhao Rong, the lieutenant of the Chinese Army, placed him on an empty carriage so that he could escape and ascend to heaven.
Chunyu Qiong was very miserable, his entire army was wiped out, and he suffered several wounds. But compared with the rear army Sima Xia Mou, he was much luckier. It turned out that Chun Yuqiong was greedy for credit and rushed forward, and the rear army Sima Xia Mou persuaded him a few times. It was useless every time. Chunyu Qiong was surrounded behind him, and Sima Xia Mou of the rear army also tried his best to support him.
But in the end, Chunyu Qiong lived and Xia Mou died.
Just because Xia Mou's troops were at the right rear of the battlefield, where Taishan's infantry and cavalry were attacking, Xia Mou's troops suffered a terrible loss. His troops had a strengthened 4,000-strong army of captains, and in the end, Xia Mou went up to Xia Mou and went down to his troops. All the generals died in the battle. After the war, less than a thousand people surrendered to the Taishan Army on their knees. It was tragic.
At the end of the war, there were no complete formations of Han troops on the battlefield. They were constantly surrendering on their knees, or running away to the east, trying to swim across the Ying River to reach Zhu Jun's tribe on the east bank.
After Huangfu Song's three lieutenants withdrew from the battlefield, the Han army on the west bank of Yingshui River was completely defeated. On the battlefield, the corpses of the Han army were crowded like mountains. Among the Sanhe Knights, the Hedong Knights had collapsed, and the other two groups followed closely. Together with Lieutenant Zhao Rong of the Central Military Academy, they evacuated the battlefield. Groups of deserters followed him, but they had to face the cover-up of Taishan's sudden cavalry.
This journey of escape will be littered with corpses.
Under the apricot-yellow banner, Zhang Chong looked at the battlefield and was speechless. He did not pursue it, but stayed on the battlefield to observe the movements of the Runan Yellow Turban Army.
At this time, Zhang Chong did not know about the death of Runan Qu Commander Peng Tuo, but he had already anticipated that something was wrong with the Runan Yellow Turban Army. To be honest, Zhang Chong was not very satisfied with this battle.
He took a huge risk to go south, not to defeat one or two Han army captains, but to try his best to kill the effective strength of the Han army. Compared with this campaign goal, even killing Huangfu Song was not as good as this.
Because even if Huangfu Song died, the Han court could appoint another border commander at any time as long as the main force was still there. This would be a piece of cake for the Han court, which was full of talents.
But if he could wipe out Huangfu Song's main army in this battle, the Han army would not be able to recover within a few months. Originally, the goal of the battle was about to be achieved, but when he gave up the opportunity to confirm Huangfu Song's death, he raced against time. When the Han army was killed and retreated, the Han army was about to collapse.
But at this time, the Runan Yellow Turban Army on the opposite side was shrinking its troops and did not take advantage of the situation to cover up the attack. Finally, the three Han army captains were allowed to withdraw from the battlefield.
What a pity!
Just when Zhang Chong was still regretting, the pile of corpses on his side shook. One hand stretched out, and then the other hand. Finally, a Han military official with an iron pocket stretched out his head. , panting vigorously. Perhaps he had recovered, and he struggled to push away the corpses that were crowding him, and finally crawled out of the pile of corpses.
During this process, Zhang Chong kept watching without saying anything or stopping him. When the soldier finally crawled out and sat next to the pile of corpses to rest, Zhang Chong said:
"Do you think the cluster of iron arrows in your right hand can kill me?"
The Han army armored soldier did not panic when he was called out. He just threw the iron arrow cluster aside and continued to breathe expressionlessly.
The guard next to Zhang Chong was about to come down and grabbed the soldier's head, but was stopped by Zhang Chong.
Zhang Chong looked down at the Han soldier and said coldly:
"May I have your name."
The soldier leaned on the pile of corpses and looked absently to the northwest, where his home was. When the person above asked, he replied in a dead voice:
"Hedong Xu Huang."
After Xu Huang said this, he felt his vision darken. He raised his head and saw a tall figure blocking the sun behind him. The man pulled out a ring-shou knife, put it on his neck, and asked :
"Are you willing to surrender?"
A trace of confusion flashed through Xu Huang's dead eyes. He saw this man clearly. During the previous battle, he pressed his armor against this man's armor, but then he was knocked off his horse by the man's armor.
Zhang Chong asked again:
"Are you willing to surrender?"
Xu Huang swayed and started to fight. He looked to the northwest and laughed.
Then he pushed the golden mountain, toppled the jade pillar, and knelt down in front of the man hidden in the bright sun.
At this time, this scene could be seen everywhere on the battlefield. Countless Han soldiers knelt down before their former slaves Guizhou. And all of this was frozen in time into an oil painting.
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The tragedy of war is that individual efforts seem to have nothing to do with the overall trend of the war.
At this moment, Sima Sunjian, the auxiliary army on the battlefield on the east bank of Yingshui River, sadly discovered that he really had a bad fate? Since the Yellow Turbans raised their troops, he had followed Zhu Jun, the right lieutenant general, to conquer the east and west for three months, but in March This Yingyang wilderness suddenly became empty.
He and the Jianghuai soldiers under his command fought hard and finally defeated the 10,000 Taipingdao in front of the formation, but suddenly Huangfu Song's army on the other side of the river collapsed.
He could already imagine the embarrassment on the face of coach Zhu Jun. After all, anyone who is abandoned on the battlefield will do the same. To be honest, Sun Jian still respects Huangfu Song very much. In other words, Jianghuai warriors like them have an inexplicable admiration for Xizhou warriors. Respect or to put it bluntly, awe.
It has been two hundred years since the founding of this dynasty, and the warriors of Xizhou have been fighting on the border for a hundred years. Sun Jian and other warriors in the deserted Jianghuai land have not grown up listening to the legends of these predecessors.
And now, Commander Huangfusong has such a great reputation, and then he is destroyed by a group of Yellow Turban thieves from Runan?
Obviously, up to now, Zhu Jun's regiment on the east bank of Yingshui River is not aware of the existence of Taishan Army, and they are not even aware of the series of arrangements made by the old commander Huangfu Song before the war.
How can a stream of Yingshui cut off the connection between the two armies? What separates them is the human heart.
Sun Jian was saddened by his ill-fated fate. In the Yellow Turban Village in front of Sun Jian, Ma Yuanyi's sorrow also flowed like a river.
At this time, Ma Yuanyi sat slumped on the bed, with Bocai's soldiers soaked next to him sobbing. Listening to the statements of the Bocai clansmen, Ma Yuanyi looked at the withered head of Bocai on the table. , burst into tears.
Ma Yuanyi had the kindness to know and support Bocai. Ma Yuanyi, who has always taken the cause of Taiping Taoism as his mission, has always been willing to discover the elites in the sect, and this Bocai was discovered by him, Ma Yuanyi. He has always been regarded by Ma Yuanyi as a natural general. It is to protect the teachings in Huangtian Daye.
But now, there is a direct separation between yin and yang, which makes people sad and sad.
In the end, Ma Yuanyi held Bo Cai's body and cried for a while, and finally recovered after being comforted by the generals.
Seeing how the generals were hesitant to speak, how could Ma Yuanyi not know what they were going to say?
That’s it!
A moment later, a sharp golden sound sounded from the Yellow Turban Army camp.
In this war, Ma Yuanyi gave up.
In this battle, Ma Yuanyi sent out 10,000 troops, but only less than 3,000 came back. Bocai led his troops to send out 10,000 troops, but not only did he lose his life, but after 10,000 of his troops were defeated, they retreated towards the northeast.
In other words, at this time, Yingyang City was connected to the fortress, and Ma Yuanyi only had more than 10,000 people at full count, and was no longer able to fight the Han army.
But accidents always come so suddenly. After the Yellow Turban Army called gold, Zhu Jun's army on the opposite side also called gold and retreated.
In less than an hour, after the Han army on the opposite side reorganized their troops, they did not even clean up the battlefield. They broke out of camp and bypassed the Yellow Turban Army's company camp and Yingyang City, heading towards Runan behind them.
Ma Yuanyi was puzzled as Zhu Jun's army on the opposite side retreated in such a hasty manner.