I am Dong Zhao, the military commander of the Taishan Army. What you are seeing now is one of my army notes. It records how we defeated the Han soldiers on that most exciting afternoon in the sixth year of Guanghe reign.
Twenty miles east of Xingyang, we defeated the Han army in a field battle. Not only did we annihilate the Han army's eastern camp, but we also severely defeated the Han army's most elite Youzhou assault cavalry regiment. Now I will take some of the small troops I fought here.
The experience is recorded so that future generations can know it.
In the sixth year of Guanghe, on September 15th, at noon, our army fought against the Huangwan tribe of the Han Dynasty in Yuegang.
The victory of this battle was primarily due to Commander Qu's foresight and foresight. He laid out the "central flowering" tactic before the war, and then sized up the situation and dispatched the Chinese army to replace the Ru Ying Yellow Turban in the original plan. There is no doubt that the victory of the temple is the key to the victory of this battle.
Ji. And staff such as myself also made some insignificant contributions to this temple calculation.
Secondly, Lieutenant Guan Yu of the Zuo Military Academy was able to withstand the attack of ten thousand Han soldiers with 2,000 armored soldiers. It can be said that the courage, tenacity and loyalty of Guan Jun and his officials were important reasons for completing the grueling task. And then the Right Colonel
Wei Zhang Dan was able to realize his shame and become brave, taking the lead in attacking the reinforcements of the Han army, and made a vital contribution to this battle.
In the end, the 4,000 soldiers of the Central Guard Army never wavered in their faith in Huang Tian no matter what difficulties they faced, and believed that Commander Qu could lead them to victory again. They were led by Colonel Yu Jin on the left and Cai Que on the right.
Under his leadership, he withstood enemy soldiers several times his own and was the hero of this battle.
Of course, there is no doubt that the greatest credit for this battle belongs to Commander Qu. Commander Qu personally went to the front line, did not avoid arrows, and inspired the morale of the entire army to fight for death. It can be said that Commander Qu is the most outstanding person I have ever seen.
The commander-in-chief, the general, is even inferior to his commander-in-chief in terms of brilliance and military prowess.
In this battle, our results were brilliant. The losses of the Han army were so great that the emperor of the Han Dynasty even had a corner of his bed. There were at least thousands of Han soldiers lying dead on this Yuegang battlefield. Since I am not the secretary in charge
, I don’t have accurate figures on the number of casualties of the Han army, but according to some relevant accounts, 3,600 Han soldiers were killed or injured, and 120 named powerful military officials were killed.
As for the number of casualties among some local soldiers, I don’t know.
According to my friend, in this battle, all the powerful troops in Gyeonggi Province were wiped out, and all the powerful families with surnames in the territory had their children killed in this battle. What a pity, so many well-dressed families have become peasants today.
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As for the number of battle casualties of our army, my friend did not tell me, but only gave one example, that is, the battle damage of the left part of the Central Guards Army. The two thousand men of this unit were responsible for blocking the Youzhou surprise attack in the northwest.
The main force of the cavalry also had the highest death toll in this battle.
The organization of the four thousand people of the Central Guard Army is as follows. The two thousand people on the left are divided into two units with ten tunes, one thousand with crossbows, and one thousand with long halberds. The two thousand people on the right are organized into five units with ten tunes, and three with long halberds.
, a sword and a crossbow. The halberd song on the left that suffered the most casualties had a full strength of 208 before the war. After the war, it had 103 people, and half of it was damaged. It is said that the captain at the time
After Yu Jin suffered this battle loss, he cried directly.
It is said that Yu Jin had some good luck. It is said that he was shot by an enemy general during the war. An arrow hit his forehead, but the general shot it on his forehead with a jade belt, which ended up shattering his life. And the jade belt that wiped his forehead was said to be
It was sent by Ding Sheng. From here we can see that traffic between Chinese and foreign troops must be guarded against.
There is another joke about this battle. In this battle, a general who was responsible for sniping Youzhou's sudden cavalry was named Chang Xi. This man was buried under the horse carcass overnight and no one found him. When he was rescued later, he was not found.
One man recognized this person as Chang Xi and threw him into the pile of Han corpses. He was almost buried together with the corpses of Han soldiers.
At that time, Chang Xi was crying and wailing, calling Yu Jin's name loudly. Yu Jin was collecting the body of his subordinate Pao Ze. When he heard the voice, he immediately knew that it was Chang Xi's voice, and quickly looked for the sound and pulled Chang Xi out of the pile of corpses.
When he came out, he took off his military uniform and asked the doctor to treat him, which saved his life.
This incident was too bizarre, so after the incident, I asked the baggage soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield at that time, and I found out that Chang Xi was wearing a crimson military uniform at that time. It was the military uniform of the Han army, so those baggage soldiers
They just threw him into the circle of Han soldiers, and the military uniform behind him was stripped off by Yu Jin.
Why would a general of the Taishan Army wear the uniform of the Han Army in the fiercest battle? Of course, everyone knows it. It’s a pity that the military is sheltering and colluding. After all, the warriors of that generation are still too wanton. Let’s see what we can do in the future.
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Finally, I feel deeply honored to be able to participate in such a battle that will go down in history. And in this battle, I only did some trivial work and was praised by Commander Qu, which made me even more frightened.
But I also thought, isn't this the mission of our generation? To coordinate the yin and yang, to calm down this troubled world, so that everyone in the Li family can live in peace. If I can make some contribution to this, I will die without regrets.
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We will not mention the greedy achievements of some staff here, but only talk about the evening after the war.
The battle probably ended at Youshi.
Because the Han soldiers and powerful tribes camped in the east generally left their war horses in the camp, and they were intertwined with the forces of the three captains of the Taishan Army. Therefore, after the defeat, they had no time to run. They either died in battle or knelt down and surrendered.
The only complete formation that retreated in this battle was the three divisions of the Han army's Youzhou assault cavalry, the deputy commander Zong Yuan's 500 mid-range assault cavalry, Cui Jun's 500 assault cavalry on the right, and Sima Gongsun Zan's white horse followers at the rear.
Among the three, the one who retreated the most cleverly was Gongsun Zan, and then Cui Jun. As for the clan members, because they were still coy and coy, Zhang Chong and Tian Jun led their troops to bite off a big piece, especially Zhang Chong's bloody battle.
Once he reached a clan member, he was so frightened that he threw down his canopy and scepter and started riding wildly.
After all, Zhang Chong and other assault riders had been exhausted from the bloody battle for so long that they were unable to pursue them. They could only watch half of the Youzhou assault riders fly away.
Youzhou Tuqi could naturally run away with horses, but most of the Han soldiers who stayed on the battlefield were in dire straits.
At that time, the small battlefield was filled with dead and wounded soldiers of the Han army, the powerful tribes, the Taishan army, and Ru Ying Huangjin.
Among them, the Han army has the largest number. Its central army originally had 2,000 Yanzhou soldiers and 3,000 Hedong soldiers, but there were more than 3,000 people lying there. Then there were the powerful soldiers, which originally numbered 10,000 people, but there were 2,000 people lying there.
The remaining ones were the Taishan Army and the Ruying Yellow Turban Army. There were more than 4,000 people lying down, of course, most of them were from the Yellow Turban Army. In the previous collapse, more than a thousand people were killed and injured by Youzhou's sudden cavalry.
Because there are so many people, the specific numbers cannot be counted. It would take several days for the Guangtai Mountain Army to clear only its own heavily wounded soldiers, so there would be no time to count the enemy's troops.
The injured officers of the Taishan Army in this battle would like to thank Zhang Chong again. Thanks to Zhang Chong's establishment of a team of medical craftsmen when he founded the army. This team of medical craftsmen was trained by Zhang Chong personally from the very beginning to
During the transition to war, the number of various witch doctors recruited has reached 500, and they have even begun to cultivate blood on their own.
Just relying on simple common sense of hygiene, debridement, and herbal medicine, the earliest health system of Taishan Army began.
The stretcher bearers accompanying the army continued to collect the officers and soldiers of the Taishan Army and the Yellow Turban Army from the frontline battlefield and sent them to the Medical Craftsman Camp for treatment.
However, before going to war, it was necessary to reduce the number of people accompanying the army in order to improve the team's combat effectiveness. There were not many stretcher bearers who could accompany the army, so the doctors directly requisitioned a batch of carts from the baggage camp and specifically asked them to use baggage carts to transport the wounded back to the camp.
Really, there were too many casualties in this battle. The Taishan Army fought for four years, and the number of casualties never exceeded a thousand. But what about this time? He Kui, who had obtained the specific death toll of the entire army, sighed and said to Zhang Chong:
"If our Taishan Army fights a few more battles like this, we will be completely wiped out."
Only a few senior generals of the Taishan Army knew the specific number of casualties, because they were worried that the announcement of the number would damage morale.
On this night, the carts shuttled around the battlefield to transport the wounded without stopping, and the clothesmen's camp was brightly lit. The Taishan Army's central army did not have a celebration banquet. After returning to the military camp, the officials from various ministries ate a meal of horsemeat and rice and then fell asleep.
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But more people can't sleep yet, such as Zheng Da who is pulling a cart on the battlefield.
Zheng Da was a disciple of Xingyang who voluntarily surrendered to the Taishan Army in the Battle of Yingyang. After that, he followed the army back to his hometown. Unfortunately, when he returned home, his home was gone, so he lived with the Taishan Army.
He had been a transporter before, and coincidentally, their station officer at that time was Mao Shao, a proud and brave hero who always wanted to boost his family's reputation.
After that, Mao Shao took Xiao Le away and joined the Tuqi, with a bright future. But Zheng Da still stayed in the baggage team, safe and sound. Just like now, many warriors are dead, lying in front of him, Zheng Da
, and he is still alive and well.
There are bonfires everywhere on the battlefield, which are specially used to lend light to the transport workers like Zheng Da.
At this time, Zheng Da opened a Han soldier in a crimson military uniform. He first touched the man's pocket and took out a bunch of copper coins. Zheng Da was overjoyed and looked around. Seeing that everyone was working, he took the opportunity to put the copper coins.
Put it in your pocket.
Zheng Da, who had gained the lottery, worked harder to carry it. But the battlefield was really scary, with blood, mutilated limbs, and headless corpses everywhere. If there weren't so many people busy carrying it, Zheng Da would probably pee in fear.
After accidentally stepping on a piece of poop from an unknown person, Zheng Da touched it.
Before they set off, the officials said that they would first pull the Taishan Army to make them angry, then pull the ones who died in battle, and finally pull the Yellow Turban Army to make them angry while there was still room. The Han Army was not even mentioned a word during the whole process.
Then under the bright light of the fire, Zheng Da took a closer look at this angry person. Well, he has a yellow forehead scarf, armor, leggings, and yellow armbands. He is not running away, he is one of our own Taishan Army.
Zheng D just wanted to take off the man's armor, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed by the man. In the dark night, a pair of murderous eyes stared at Zheng Da, and the blood on his face made him look like an evil ghost.
Zheng Dazheng was about to run away when he noticed that this person looked familiar. Looking again, wasn't this Xiao Le?
Yes, it is Le Jin who is lying under the corpse pusher now.
In this battle, Tian Jun, the captain of the assault cavalry school, personally led two thousand assault cavalry from the right side of the battlefield into the right wing of the Han army. Le Jin was with the team to kill Xu Huang. The advance was very fast, and those powerful troops obviously did not resist the cavalry. Shocking experience.
At that time, their two thousand assault cavalry were divided into five rounds, and each round charged one unit. Each time they charged, they attacked in formation. This repeated attack was as if five walls were lined up and pressed up, surrounded by the powerful troops of the Han army on the right wing. More than 5,000 people could not withstand three rounds, so they were out of formation.
But the overall collapse of the Han army does not mean that there are no warriors. Le Jin was knocked off his horse by a Han warrior during the first round of sprint and passed out.
Zheng Da didn't expect to meet Pao Ze here, and pointed at himself with bared teeth:
"Xiao Le, me! Zheng Da!"
Le Jin also saw this person clearly, smiled, and then softened.
After seeing Pao Ze, Zheng Da didn't want to touch the body anymore. He quickly pulled Le Jin onto the cart and went back directly.
He had heard those doctors say, no matter what, the sooner he was pulled back, the greater his chance of survival. Zheng Da couldn't see clearly where Le Jin's injury was, but the sooner he was pulled back, the better he was.
As soon as he pulled Le Jin onto the cart, Le Jin gasped and said loudly:
"Old Zheng, please help me. There is a Han soldier two steps in front of me. Please help me see if I am still angry. If I am still angry, you can also help him pull up."
As soon as Le Jin said this, Zheng Da shook his head and said:
"Xiao Jin, you don't know that many warriors have saved the still angry Han soldiers before, but guess what? Those Han soldiers beat them up, didn't know how to be grateful, and took the opportunity to kill many of us. So, the officials, He said, let us not worry about those Han soldiers. Xiao Jin, you are too young and don’t know that people’s hearts are sinister. Man, he is bad.”
Zheng Da made some pointers in bits and pieces, but Le Jin smiled bitterly and said:
"Old Zheng, just do me this favor and I will remember it."
Zheng Da hesitated for a moment. When he and Le Jin were in the same supply camp, he liked Xiao Le very much. Not only was he extremely brave, but he also had a kind heart. But, if the person on the other side is someone who doesn't know what to do, If you want to kill him, what should he do?
Le Jin saw Zheng Da's hesitation, so he said:
"Old Zheng, that man has fought with me before and was hit by me. He was seriously injured even if he didn't die. He will definitely not be able to hurt you."
With this assurance, Zheng Dacai sighed and said:
"Xiao Le, you are really a good person."
Saying that, Zheng Da walked around, and then he saw a man in a crimson military uniform, with a hood, a large armor, and a pair of cowhide boots. At this time, the man's brows were tightly closed, instead of his nostrils twitching slightly. , just treat him as a dead person.
Zheng Da picked up a broken spear on the ground and poked the man. Seeing that he didn't move, he walked over carefully, then picked it up and put it on the cart.
However, Zheng Da did not pull the cart first, but directly took off the Han official's cowhide boots and put them on his own feet. Not to mention, they were only a little bigger.
Le Jin, who was watching the whole process, said nothing and just kept smiling.
Zheng Da, who had gained a lot, finally took Le Jin and the unknown Han official back. The place was brightly lit and it was the Yuegang Camp of the Taishan Army.
Half lying on the cart, Le Jin looked at the Han officials beside him, thinking that this was his trophy from this battle.
He thought again about what Zheng Da said just now, that the Han army was unwilling to receive treatment and even killed the Lifu who helped them. It was really weird, how could someone want to die when he could live?
This is not Zheng Da's lie. There were indeed many incidents where injured Han soldiers killed Lifu.
But the reasons for the Central Plains are also more complicated. On the one hand, this is because the Han army is afraid of the Taishan Army. They have heard many rumors in the camp, saying that the moth thieves are a group of lunatics. Why do they never need supplies? It is because of them
They were cannibals, eating prisoners in every battle, and plundering small towns in the countryside to use as military rations. Therefore, these Han soldiers were afraid that they would be eaten, so they killed people under stress.
Another reason is the hatred of the Han army towards the Taishan Army. Most of the wounded are members of the powerful forces in Gyeonggi Province, and their brothers and nephews joined the army together in the Eastern Expedition. Now that Lang Jun is dead and his family members are dead, they are all from the Taishan Army.
So they had no intention of living and wanted to take revenge by killing two Taishan soldiers before they died.
But these are all conjectures of the Taishan Army officers. They don't know the more real reason, and the Lifus will not tell them. That is, the reason why many Han soldiers killed Lifus was because these Lifus stole their belongings.
As long as these warriors saw something, they would take it away from the wounded soldiers and corpses of the Han army. Just like Zheng Da, didn't he just take a bunch of copper coins here and a cowhide boot there? Many Han soldiers were just guards
When you want to take away your own property, kill those hard-working people.
But this is unavoidable. By allowing these people to transport the wounded, they have already tacitly allowed these people to seek small profits. Originally, these were all cleaned up by the army themselves, but when the Taishan Army fought to this extent in this battle, how could they still have the energy to clean it up?
A battlefield?
However, wasn’t Ding Sheng’s department left behind to guard the camp before? Couldn’t he clean it?
In fact, Ding Sheng was occupying the Han army's camp at this moment and cleaning it. Compared with the remnants on the battlefield, the Han army's camp was the real important place.
As soon as Zhang Chong returned to camp, he gave an order to Ding Sheng, ordering him to occupy the Han army's camp outside Xingyang, and then do nothing but defend it until dawn.
After receiving the military order, Ding Sheng happily led two thousand soldiers to the north.
Can Ding Sheng not be happy? This is the biggest advantage of occupying the enemy's camp. It has nothing to do with how much money he gets. Anyway, it is all turned in. The important thing here is that this represents Qu Shuai's respect for Ding Daqi.
Trust. If you are not your number one confidant, can you do this?
Ding Sheng really thought too much. He had forgotten that he was the only one who could move in the entire army. If he was not allowed to go up, who would go up?
Before the sun set, Ding Sheng's troops passed through the bloody battlefield and occupied the Han army camp five miles away.
There, they not only seized mountains of luggage left by the Han army, but also captured several cooks and temples in Huang Wan's commander's tent. These all belonged to Huang's own family. As expected, he was a minister who was very particular about food and food. When he was with the army,
All have these configurations.
In addition to these, Huang Wan's letters are also more important. Among them are letters to Liu Hong of Kyoto and other ministers. There are also letters to Zhang Wen and Zhu Jun of Runan, and to Lu of Hebei. Zhi’s letters.
Originally, Ding Sheng was still opening a warehouse to inspect grain. Because the Taishan Army's food consumption was too large, and the food eaten by humans and horses had exceeded the supply capacity of the Heji base area, so Ding Sheng had to open a warehouse as soon as possible, and first related to this The food supplies for the entire army were counted.
But then the soldiers gave Huang Wan's letter to Ding Sheng. Ding Sheng only looked at it for a moment, then opened it with a serious face. After reading all the letters, even Ding Sheng, who was a bit "city rich", was I couldn't help but exclaimed: