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 it, 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 one of the twenty-eight stars, Xinyue Fox. So this green-faced ghost The fox flag represents the glory of their Kou family.
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 the position, 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 these walls of corpses can save their lives when they are hit by a collision.
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.
Pour in that corner of the.
All this happened so fast that Yu Jin didn't even have time to order the 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, and 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 get into the two yellow scarf phalanxes in the middle formation.
Over there, the second wave of attacks by the Han army also launched.
Sima Gaitong, the left wing member of the Youzhou Assault Cavalry, also blew the charge horn after charging from the front. This formation also had the highest flag, Gai's black-faced rat-eye flag, which also had a tall tower on a cloud platform.
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Gai Tong is a descendant of the Yuyang Gai family. Like the Shanggu Kou family, their family is the home of the twenty-eight Yuntai meritorious people, so they have the Yuntai high building logo, and then their family also has Xuanwu sitting on the virtual sun rat, so there is
The black-faced rat-eye flag.
The Gai family and the Kou family have different literary styles. The Yuyang Gai family has been said to have established their family through martial arts. When it comes to Gai Tong's generation, he is even more brave than the three armies.
But because he is conceited about his bravery, he also prefers aggressive tactics in battles. No matter what formation is in front of you, he will charge hard and fight hard. Therefore, every battle is either a big victory or a big defeat, but no matter what the result is, every battle will be counted on him.
The highest battle losses.
As the leader of the entire army, Gai Tong's left group had very high combat power. Not only were the army members generally composed of Yuyang children, some of the officials' horses were equipped with vests, which could be said to be authentic armored cavalry.
It's a pity that the Han army has not yet gathered armored cavalry for use, and it is purely used as a means of protection for the brave soldiers.
Under the iron face, Gai Tong waved his iron halberd and led the way. Protecting him on both sides were his family members and retinues. These people firmly protected the two wings of his husband. Then Yuyang's cavalry came in Gai Tong's family army.
Following the example, sprint quickly.
After experiencing the chaos just now, Yu Jinbu made some small gains. Seeing another cavalry charge from the opposite side, they immediately formed a line. The halberd warriors in the front row were complete iron soldiers, and they were covered from head to toe.
In the iron armor, every step was covered in sweat.
Now they have formed a solid iron wall, and the halberds in their hands have been put down. The robes behind them are pressing against their backs, giving them infinite strength and stability.
But unfortunately, what they encountered were Yuyang's sudden cavalry, and even more fearless armored cavalry officers took the lead in charging into the formation. Those armored war horses ran into the front line of Yu Jinbu like a chariot, and then more
The knights followed and poured in.
Gai Tong, who was the first to rush into the formation, swung the iron halberd in his hand like an iron beast on his horse. Soon the iron halberd was bent. Gai Tong took out another weighted iron halberd and continued to smash it with every blow.
They are all the sound of gold and iron.
In this way, the armored soldiers of Yu Jin Department struggled hard. They had never encountered such an enemy before. Those horses were wrapped all over and were invulnerable. They could only be hacked.
But when the Taishan Army was struggling here, why weren't the officers and soldiers of the Yuyang Cavalry the same? They had never fought against such infantry who were all covered in iron armor. In the past, when they rushed to this level, the enemy would have collapsed.
How could it be so fierce? Also, the halberds in the hands of these armored soldiers would often catch on their armor, and if they were not careful, they would be dragged into the formation and chopped to death with random swords.
There were shouts of killing and wailing everywhere, and the most brutal blade battle in this battle was probably here.
This is a true battle between elite soldiers and elite soldiers. No one lacks courage, no one lacks belief, and no one lacks armor. It’s just you hit me and I’ll stab you. There’s no tricks and a bit dull, but it’s all
The ultimate showdown.
The fight soon took a turn.
When Kou Huai led the front of the Youzhou Cavalry to bypass the forbidden area and take advantage of the situation to pour into Ru Ying Huangjin in the middle formation, a big change occurred.
The Taishan Army's thousand crossbow warriors, who had been deployed here for a long time, took up positions from behind Huangjin Paoze. Since the war started, these crossbow warriors have been sitting on the ground, with the Yellow Turban Army protecting them. Of course, sit down
Later, the smell of shit coming from under the empty clothes of the friendly army became even stronger.
At this moment, the Han cavalry finally arrived. They immediately stood up under the command of the military officials and fired their unbearable anger at the stunned Han cavalry.
A thousand crossbowmen, under the orders of Sima Zhangda of the left wing of the Taishan Army's Guards Corps, fired a continuous barrage of arrows. The rain of arrows was so dense and fierce that the sky darkened. The arrows
The arrows were like dark clouds covering the setting sun, passing through the air, and swaying on the 400 Tuqi and less than 100 Wuhuan Youshe at the front of the Han army.
Time seemed to pause for a moment, and then the Han army's formation rang with howls one after another. The arrows penetrated the armor and pierced the flesh. The horses sitting down were also struggling painfully in the heavy rain, either retreating and throwing away the knights, or simply falling over.
Even the knight fell to the ground.
Among the cavalry, the commander of the army, Ma Kou Huai, was hiding from the arrows under the protection of the guard's small shield. He was confused, who would arrange archers here? They were all using hard bows and powerful crossbows.
Kou Huai, who has been fighting for so many years, has never encountered anything like this, but there is an advantage to fighting too many bad battles, that is, you don't get carried away and don't get angry. If you can't win, just retreat, and don't fight for the length of time.
So, Kou Huai was about to blow the horn to tell his men to retreat. But when he picked it up, he discovered that the horn at his waist had been damaged by an arrow.
Kou Huai was so angry that he smashed the horn on the ground, and just as he was about to speak, he found that the knights behind him started to charge at the crossbowmen of the Taishan Army.
It turned out that the Han cavalry behind them took the general's behavior just as an attack signal. Misjudgment was only one aspect, and more importantly, how could their majestic Youzhou cavalry be defeated by those mud-legged cavalry?
These Ru Ying Yellow Turbans in the center have real mud legs. They don’t have straw sandals on their feet, and they don’t have big hakama. They are just two pairs of big bare legs. By the way, they haven’t worn calf-nosed pants, and they don’t have any crotch brothers.
A cover.
But another charge could not save the defeat of the Shanggu Cavalry. When they rushed forward and backward, they found that these crossbowmen were standing behind wooden stakes pierced at an angle, and the weapons in their hands could not reach them at all.
On the contrary, more and more Han cavalry were directly skewered on the wooden stakes because they rushed too fast. Those who were alert enough to avoid turning around also slipped to the front of the Taishan Army's crossbowmen's formation due to inertia, and were then killed by those soldiers.
The owl bowed his head.
There was chaos everywhere. The frightened horses abandoned their masters and ran away from the battlefield. Only a few knights successfully retreated.
This incident was discovered by Yu Jin, who was in the front line. He stood directly on the back of the guard and shouted to the brothers who were struggling:
"The front of the enemy army has been defeated! Victory is in our hands! Commander Qu is looking at us! Kill! Kill him until his head rolls over! Kill! Kill him and create a peaceful age! Charge!"
The armored soldiers in the formation were fighting hard against the enemy in front of them, unable to see what was happening behind them. At this moment, when they heard the captain say that they were victorious behind them, they suddenly gained infinite strength and roared:
"rush!"
"rush!"
These bursts of roaring to the sky seemed to be shouted to Zhang Chong, the general of Taiping Road.
At this time, Zhang Chong happened to cut off the head of Huang Wan, the commander of the Han army. His sculpted face with his eyes closed seemed to tell that he had done his best for the Han Dynasty.
At this time, Zhang Chong heard roars from the northwest. It was the brothers calling him and asking:
"Did we win?"
So, Zhang Chong chopped off the Han army's banner with his sword, and then responded to the roar with all his strength:
"Big victory!"
Thunder exploded across the whole place, and the people who were fighting paused, followed by cheers from all over the place:
"A great victory! I, Tian Jun, seek to kill the thief general!"
"A great victory! I, Guan Yu, seek to kill the traitorous general!"
"A great victory! I, Li Damu, seek to kill the traitor general!"
"A great victory! I, Dian Wei, will kill the thief general!"
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The sounds of begging for death spread throughout the battlefield, and even Ding Sheng, who was several miles away behind him, heard it.
When Ding Sheng heard the sound of victory, he suddenly knelt down in the direction of the battlefield and roared:
"Big victory!"
But after crying, he couldn't help but think that it was a pity that I, Ding Daqi, did not participate in this eternal feat!
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Gai Tong, who was still fighting in the Yu Jin formation, looked at the rising Yu Jin with shame and annoyance. It was this man who created this momentum and fooled them Yu Yang Tuqi and Yu Yang Gai.
Gai Tong pointed his hand at the guards beside him, and four arrows were shot at Yu Jin, who was raised high. Three of the four arrows were bounced away by the armor, but one arrow was stuck in Yu Jin's forehead.
superior.
Then Yu Jin screamed and fell down.
Hearing the screams of the captain, the fighting officers and soldiers of the Central Guards panicked, but at this moment, a forbidden voice came from the formation again:
"Nai Gong is fine! Brothers, continue to kill the thieves! Kill the thieves! Kill the thieves!"
The low morale was raised again and reached its peak. They shouted "Kill the thieves" without avoiding the sword, and exchanged lives with the Youzhou cavalry in front.
At this time, the Yuyang Tuqi couldn't stand it anymore. They all gave way and tried to retreat, but every step resulted in casualties. They seemed to be trapped in a sea of death. No matter how they struggled, they would die.
Seeing his elite cavalry falling down one after another, Gai Tong was annoyed. What happened to this clan member? Why didn't the reinforcements come?
Just when he was about to raise a flag to call for reinforcements, Gai Tong was dumbfounded because he suddenly heard the unique golden sound of Youzhou's sudden cavalry. Looking back again, the canopy of the donkeyri clan members was slowly retreating.
Under the colorful canopy over there, the clan members closed their eyes in despair.
How could I lose this battle? I still have three useless assault cavalry. Yes, yes, yes, let the white-horse general lead his white-horse Yi Cong to charge again. So, he turned around and looked back in the direction of Sima Gongsun Zan, but where Who else is there! Looking in the direction of Sima Cui Jun on the right, they are also retreating.
Looking further into the distance, the band of thieves and cavalry, filled with dust and blood, were running towards me under the leadership of several cavalry generals. Although they looked tired, they gave the clan members an invincible aura.
At this time, the clan members were really desperate.
He murmured to the west in the direction of Kyoto:
"I am not a defeated general because those people from Hebei mistook me. My country! Everyone from Hebei can be killed! You can kill!"
After saying that, he spat out a mouthful of blood, got on his horse and retreated.
At this time, the setting sun is replaced by the setting sun, heralding the end of an era!
The losers were already fleeing, leaving only the audience shouting: