Once Lu Zhi made a decision, the Han army's machine started to spin.
But war is a fog, and both the enemy and ourselves are speculating and groping about each other in this fog.
The main force of Lu Zhi's troops and the Hebei Army, a total of 15,000 troops, began to discharge the barrier in the early morning of the 12th. The army was roughly divided into three parts.
One group consists of two thousand Youzhou cavalry. This is the foundation left by the Han army in Hebei Province in the Battle of Xingyang. Its leader is still a member of the clan. He has four units under his command. They are Baima Colonel Gongsun Zan, former Military Academy Captain Cui Jun, and Zuo Military Academy Lieutenant Gai Tong. , Right Military Colonel Lu Fang.
The main force of the Chinese army is the 6,000-strong Northern Army's Fifth School. Sun Meng, a lieutenant of the Tun Cavalry School, leads 800 fine cavalry; Zhou Zhong, a lieutenant of the Yue Cavalry School, leads a thousand rangers; and Wei Duan, a lieutenant of the Infantry School, leads 2,000 northwest cavalry officers. Wei Jie, the captain of Changshui, led 800 horsemen; the fifth commander of Shesheng led 1,000 crossbowmen.
There are also 7,000 soldiers from counties and counties in Hebei Province, 3,000 elite soldiers from Wei County, 2,000 soldiers from Zhao County, and 2,000 soldiers from Changshan County.
Originally there were still three thousand men from Dong Zhuo's army to choose the front, but they had already been sent to the southern front.
Therefore, at this time, in the wilderness beside Jize, with banners blocking out the sun, the Han army had over 10,000 men and horses, stretching endlessly, and slowly pressed towards the Qingzhou Yellow Turban coalition.
At this time, the drums were beating loudly at the Huangjin camp in Qingzhou five miles away.
Sentinels and cavalry were constantly sent to the camp to report the movements of the Han army in the distance.
"The Han army has been organized."
"The Han army has left the camp."
"The Han army is five miles away from here."
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As soon as the message flew, the Yellow Turban camp in Qingzhou was filled with solemn killings.
Ji Sun, the commander-in-chief of Qingzhou Yellow Turban, stayed up all night yesterday.
Amid the shocking sound of drums, Ji Sun looked at the six-section war banner with a myriad of thoughts.
Yesterday at the military meeting, Zhang Dan of the Taishan Army suggested setting up strongholds and engaging in a long-term confrontation with the enemy. He only had to wait for Commander Qu to annihilate the Han Army in Henan, then return to the north and then counterattack.
What Zhang Dan said makes sense. This was also the intention at the beginning of the memorial ceremony for the grandson.
But in the end, Ji Sun gave up and decided to fight the Han army with all his troops.
This is not because Jisun is arrogant, thinking that his team can compete with the Han army after being trained by the Taishan Army. This is not because Jisun has lost his mind and must seek death even though he has a sound defensive strategy.
This is great courage to sacrifice one's grandson.
Why did Sun Ji lead his troops to fight the Han army? It was all because of one spirit.
Since the Guangzong Incident, the consequences of the strife among the upper echelons of Taiping Road have spread to the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
These Taoist disciples in Qingzhou, who left their hometown for the sake of their ideals and the ambition of keeping everyone warm, crossed the river and came to Hebei to fight. They were disappointed to find that everything the Taoist envoys said in the past had become lies.
The Han army is so powerful and the friendly forces are so divided. How can this ideal be realized? Who cares about that ideal?
Therefore, Sun Ji must pass this decisive battle to tell all Taoist disciples and Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou that we still care about the ideal and we are still realizing it!
We can die, but our ideals cannot be destroyed.
We can die, but the peaceful and prosperous age where everyone is equal and warm must come.
So what if the Han army is strong?
We Qingzhou Yellow Turbans still dare to fight! We can fight!
So he went to the army officers and asked them three questions:
"Do you remember our original intention of joining Taiping Dao?"
"Do you remember the original intention of our uprising?"
"Do you remember our original intention of moving to Hebei?"
Those present who asked these three questions were silent, and it also reminded them of their original intentions.
It was a roar that was not afraid of violence, unwilling to be a cow or a horse, and unwilling to be a human or animal. It was a wish to let future generations live in a warm, healthy and peaceful world.
So, they joined Taipingdao.
They abandoned their plows and picked up their swords clumsily, vowing to use the weapons in their hands to seize their dignity and life.
Just like that, in the memories of everyone, Ji Sun continued:
"Since the April uprising, too many of our people have died. They either died at the hands of powerful men, or died in the revenge of ruthless officials, or died heroically in the confrontation with the Han army. Now that we are alive, there are still
What are you asking for? I just want to ask, if our comrades can die, we cannot die?"
"Since dying early and dying late is death! Then let me sacrifice my grandson to be the pioneer. If Huang Tian's ideal has been forgotten by everyone, then let me sacrifice my grandson's blood to awaken everyone."
"We are here, on the land of Hebei, fighting to the death with the Han army. We also let the enemies know that there was such a group of people back then. They said that the common people could never be bullied. They held up their plows and hoes and fearlessly charged towards the chariots.
.They died happily and went to hell together for the ideal of Huang Tian!"
After saying this, Jisun cut his palm with a knife, and then drew three blood marks on his forehead and cheeks.
This is a blood oath!
Seeing the sacrifice of Sun Yat-sen, the rest of the Yellow Turban generals also drew out their knives, cut their palms open, and made a blood oath!
Finally, Ji Sun and his generals faced the location of Dongfang's hometown and swore an oath:
"Today we offer our blood as a sacrifice, for my Huang Tian ideal, and donate this broken body to bring peace and prosperity to the world."
Blood oaths are made, and echoes last for a long time.
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But now, the southeast wind is picking up, and the military flag is flying down.
Jisun looked at the army in front of him and murmured:
"The righteousness of the world has been lost, so there is Huang Tianjiang's righteousness of peace. If the world really wants to destroy this righteousness, it will not let us Taiping Dao come into being. And since we have Taiping Dao, then the Han army
How can I destroy my way?"
"I am a benevolent person with lofty ideals of Taiping. I don't seek life to harm my benevolence, but I have to kill myself to fulfill my benevolence."
"We may die, but this meaning of peace will never be destroyed."
After thinking about this, my belief in sacrificing my grandson became stronger and stronger.
Now, the Han army has left the camp and is still five miles away from our own camp.
So, Ji Sun tied the yellow scarf tightly on his forehead and said calmly to Xu He beside him:
"let's start."
At this time, Xu He changed from his usual yellow clothes and robes and put on a basin-collared armor. He turned around and shouted to the warriors behind him:
"Bang the drum!"
The powerful men sent the order:
"Order, beat the drum."
So, eighty-one shirtless yellow turban warriors in the rear, with strong muscles, took two drum hammers and began to beat the big cowhide drums in front of them under the chants.
Then amidst the fierce sound of war drums, the ten-mile-long camp began to wake up. Countless Taoist disciples in yellow clothes and yellow turbans walked out of the military tents and formed a yellow ocean in the wilderness.
Under the organization of the Taoist envoys of each battalion, the Yellow Turban Army wiped their faces with water, and then took the battalion as a unit to face the rising sun in the east and began to pray.
This is the daily life of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, but the prayers on this day are particularly solemn.
Because all the Yellow Turban officials present knew that this might be the last time they prayed in their lives.
Some people often ask how to take every day seriously.
The answer is, treat every day as if it were the last day of your life.
And now, on the bank of Ji Ze, these young Yellow Turban soldiers feel the last day of their lives.
They breathed the air hard and kowtowed to the east in silence.
In fact, they no longer believed in doctrine as they did in the past, but on this day, they were more pious than ever before, because they found that this time, they were praying for themselves and their ideals.
The prayers of 40,000 people, no matter how small each person recites them, is like thunder when gathered together.
The voice of the prayer spread farther and farther in the wilderness, until it reached the horizon.
Amid the prayers, several more riders came running, shouting:
"The enemy is four miles away from us."
The priest in the crowd continued to pray with his head buried, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Thousands of people chanted prayers with one heart and gathered together in one place, inspiring vast power. This is the power of gathering people, awakening countless birds and beasts spending the winter, and sweeping away the haze of the world.
God, it's sunny.
His voice became louder and louder, and his face became more and more solemn. After singing the last word, he shouted with all his strength:
"Bang the war drum!"
Those eighty-one warriors knew the stakes of this battle, and they spared no effort to beat the drums intensively and vigorously.
Si Sun stood on the high platform and shouted to the yellow scarf soldiers in the wilderness:
"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand! Fight!"
In the wilderness, the Yellow Turban soldiers could not see or hear what Ji Sun was saying.
But all of them raised their arms, with tears in their eyes, and roared:
"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand! Fight!"
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Not far away, three thousand men from the Taishan Army's Eastern Expedition also moved out of the camp.
The solemn prayers of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans reached here.
Pan Zhang, Zhang Dan's general, was so excited after hearing this that he couldn't help but said to Zhang Dan, who was deep in thought:
"Captain Lieutenant, why do you think those Qingzhou Yellow Turbans believe in these things? How can there be such a thing as Huang Tian! If there really is a Huang Tian, how can we poor people live in such a miserable life?"
After finishing speaking, Pan Zhang also said to his team general Guo Xing:
"Xiao Guo, tell me. Do you believe Huang Tian?"
Guo Xing was the hero who made a disciple in Aocang to serve as an internal response and attacked the Taishan Army. At this time, he was a general in Zhang Dan's army.
Guo Xing was pointed out by Pan Zhang and had to say:
"Young people don't understand this. But these days, there are not many people who can speak out for us poor people. So, what does it matter whether Huang Tian is here or not?"
Pan Zhang was stunned for a moment when he said this, and thought about how reasonable it was.
Zhang Dan listened quietly to the discussion among his subordinates.
They were either disdainful or disapproving of it. Even a few of them were optimistic, like Guo Xing, who felt that shouting slogans to help the poor was good enough.
As for anyone who truly understands the persistence of Ji Sun and others, no one.
Faced with the reactions of his subordinates, Zhang Dan didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
Fortunately, the officers of the Taishan Army were very little affected by the Yellow Turban Army. What is worrying is that the generals were completely ignorant of the Yellow Turban Army's spiritual beliefs.
Zhang Dan still remembers the scene when Qu Shuai held the body of the old pavilion chief and swore an oath with everyone. The emotions at that moment were just like those of Sun Ji and others at this moment.
So, Zhang Dan looked at the scene of tens of thousands of people singing in the north and couldn't help but said to Pan Zhang and others:
"You don't understand, but in the future you will understand what kind of power this is. This is a power that can overturn mountains and seas and change the world."
"Some people are superstitious about force, swords and guns. But after all, they don't know that the human heart is the most powerful force in the world. The one who wins the hearts of all people, what if we lose this battle? As long as we are still here, this force
The people's hearts are still there. We can still make a comeback. As long as we have a spark that can't be extinguished, are we afraid that we won't be able to start a prairie fire?"
But it's a pity that Zhang Dan's words were so heroic, but the sadness in his words could not be concealed.
That's right, Zhang Dan didn't have much expectations for the outcome of this battle. It was just because he knew the strength of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
To be honest, the strength of the 40,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans who attacked this time may be stronger than the previous 60,000 soldiers who went north to Hebei. But if you want to fight against the Han army in Hebei in a large formation, it is really not that bad.
Less heat.
This is why Zhang Dan initially suggested offering sacrifices to Big Beard to hold on to the barrier.
But Ji Dabeard refused to listen, so Zhang Dan could only lead his army to attack them.
Because if he did not attack with the three thousand main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans would not even have a 30% chance of winning this battle. But with their participation, there is still a 50-50 chance.
Regardless of the situation in Hebei or his personal relationship with Sun Ji, Zhang Dan had no reason to sit back and watch.
Therefore, this time, Zhang Dan could only risk his life to accompany the gentleman.
Soon, Feijun came to report:
"The Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou came out in full force."
Zhang Dan paced beside the horse for a long time and finally gave the order:
"Order the entire army to attack and respond to the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou."
In this way, the main force of the Taishan Army's three thousand Eastern Expedition Army also set off.
The war is about to break out.
…
The war started earlier than Jisun and Zhang Dan expected.
It was expected that the Han army was still three miles away, but before Qingzhou Huangjin and Zhang Dan's Eastern Expeditionary Army had marched half a mile, they suddenly encountered a surprise attack by a cavalry unit of the Han army.
This cavalry force of the Han Army is composed of thousands of soldiers from the Yue Cavalry School among the five schools of the Northern Army.
They looked like horsemen on the grassland, wearing light clothes and no armor. They only had a curved bow and six quivers, and they shot out lightly.
In fact, although the Yue Cavalry School Lieutenants were moving as fast as lightning, the Taishan Army's assault cavalry still detected the enemy's traces two miles away.
But unfortunately, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are still some distance away from the Taishan Army. By the time the Tuqi return to the Taishan Army, it will be too late to report to the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
At that time, the front of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans was marching, and suddenly they were attacked by thousands of people on horseback.
These superb cross-mounted knights scattered a continuous stream of arrows from the side of the road in harmony.
If the ordinary Yellow Turban army encountered thousands of galloping horses, they would have collapsed without even firing arrows at the opposite direction. But the Qingzhou Yellow Turban army was courageous, skilled in armor, and had learned battle formations.
Therefore, although Yue Qi's arrows were dense, they could not defeat Qingzhou Yellow Turban's military formation. Once Qingzhou Yellow Turban's large formation was maintained, Yue Qi did not dare to attack Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
It was not until the cavalry of the Taishan Army arrived and joined the cavalry of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that they drove away the thousands of Han cavalry.
In fact, this is the dilemma of Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
The Han army in Hebei opposite has 15,000 men, and the cavalry regiment alone has 4,000. On the Qingzhou Yellow Turban side, plus the Taishan Army's own hundreds of cavalry, the total is less than 2,000.
The huge disparity in cavalry strength meant that the initiative on the battlefield had been taken by the Han army.
In fact, the Taishan Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans did not dare to release their limited cavalry forces. They could only cruise near the battlefield to intercept the Han cavalry that could attack at any time.
Soon, the sound of formation formation came from the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. Obviously, they decided to organize their troops here to prepare for the coming Han army.
But this made the Taishan Army very awkward. Zhang Dan suddenly found that his actions were completely taken away by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
If the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans want to fight, they will fight. If the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans want to stop, they will stop.
Thinking of Qu Shuai's words about how to use troops to hurt people without killing them, Zhang Dan felt gloomy in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Dan gritted his teeth and ordered:
"We moved to the left wing of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and deployed our formation there."
After receiving the military order, the generals of each department waved their flags and began to move towards the left wing of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
Fortunately, the terrain here is open and can accommodate nearly 50,000 people in a large formation.
Time passed like this minute by minute, and the sun rose higher and higher.
At this time, a large formation of nearly 50,000 people had been lined up.
Including the Taishan Army, there are a total of six large formations. Among them, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have five large formations. Each formation has 8,000 people. They are arranged in a two-to-three-in-one layout, and there are vans in front of each formation to block them.
So as to block the Han cavalry.
The three thousand men of the Taishan Army formed a separate formation and were arranged on the left wing of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, roughly in line with their first two formations.
After that, the southeast wind blew up, and nearly 50,000 Qingtai troops formed a formation to wait for the arrival of the Han army.
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Two hours passed, but Zhang Dan still didn't see the Han army on the opposite side of the chariot.
Zhang Dan looked at his subordinates wrapped in winter clothes, who had been standing here for two hours, and felt bad in his heart. He couldn't help but wonder if the Han army was not coming.
So, Zhang Dan quickly released the recovered cavalry again.
But this time, the Cavaliers quickly responded:
"The enemy is stationary one mile to the northwest."
After receiving this information, Zhang Dan was puzzled. He didn't understand that even if the opponent wanted to tire our army, why would the enemy not be tired? Why did the Han army stand still there?
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Over there at the Yellow Turban Formation in Qingzhou, Sacrifice Sun also received a reward from his horse inspection.
Frowning, Jisun thought for a while, and then ordered:
"Order the entire army to have food and rest alternately."
Soon, more than 50,000 people began to take out the prepared dry food from their backpacks and start eating.
These millets were brought by the Taishan Army and were basically made into military rations for about seven days. In other words, the fighting time for this battle was five days at most.
If the coalition forces do not defeat the Han army within five days, they will run out of food and collapse.
Chewing dry food, the Qingtai Allied Forces began to rest alternately. The officials on the outside continued to line up, and those inside began to sit down and rest. Two moments later, the inside and outside alternated.
Just like that, another hour passed.
Suddenly, the formation began to commotion.
Many people began to point in the direction they came from and exclaimed, and Jisun also saw it.
I saw that the stronghold where they had camped was engulfed in flames.
Jisun's heart tightened, and he knew why the Han army on the opposite side stood still.
Apparently the other side had sent a light cavalry, which had already reached their rear barrier and burned down their barracks.
At this time, the probing horse from a distance came again to report:
"The enemy has begun to retreat."
At this time, in the cold winter of November, the weather was bone-chilling, but the forehead of Ji Sun was dripping with sweat.
He had already realized what the tactics of the Han soldiers were.
To be honest, he had fought Lu Zhi once or twice with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. He thought he had a high regard for the opponent, but in the end he was still played by the opponent and applauded.
In this battle, Lu Zhi obviously had no intention of fighting them, but wanted to use this severe cold to kill them.
Now, he and the Taishan Army, totaling 50,000 men, are guarding the frozen soil. The barriers at the rear have been burned, and the enemy troops in front are retreating. They have no way out.
Otherwise, at night, the northern winter wind would kill half the army.
Therefore, Ji Sun decisively ordered:
"The whole army is moving towards the west."
Since your Han army does not dare to fight, then he will bring his men. There are still two hours before dark, and as long as the Han army cannot return to the camp, the battle can still be fought.
Just as Sun Ji was preparing to notify the Taishan Army, they headed west.
Not far away, the Taishan Army's drums were beating loudly, and they also set off.
But just when Jisun thought he and Zhang Dan had a heart-to-heart connection, he saw that the Taishan Army was heading in the opposite direction, and they were heading back.
At this moment, Jisun could no longer hold back any longer, and he yelled:
"Ready your horse."
The guard over there immediately brought one over.
After sacrificing his grandson, he mounted his horse and went straight to Zhang Dan of Taishan Army.
Zhang Dan, who was in the formation over there, saw a horse riding from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, his face was uncertain, but in the end he sighed and rode out of the formation to meet Ji Sun.
Between the two formations, Ji Sun saw Zhang Dan running towards him and said anxiously:
"Adan, why do you want to go back? The enemy is in the west."
Zhang Dan looked at Sun Jiong's bright eyes and deliberately avoided them, but he still responded to the persuasion:
"Big Beard, you can't go to the west anymore. Haven't you noticed yet? We have been tricked by Lu Zhi. It's freezing now. We have no barrier to block the winter wind at night. We will collapse if we don't fight."
Ji Sun threw off the stirrup, stepped to Zhang Dan's side, grabbed Zhang Dan's hand with one hand, and held the bridle of Zhang Dan's mount with the other, and explained with tears:
"Adan, listen to me. The Han army is less than a mile away from us. All we have to do here is throw away our baggage, and we will surely catch up with the Han army. When the time comes, as long as we hold on to the opposite side, we will endure this winter night together.
We can’t stand the truth.”
Seeing that Sun Ji was so stubborn, Zhang Dan even risked everything, abandoned his baggage and went after him.
He closed his eyes in pain and yelled:
"Big Beard, please wake up. You have more than 40,000 lives on your shoulders. Do you dare to gamble with them? Why do we have to fight with them today? I have already said that time is with us. As long as we
Hold on to the barrier and wait for Commander Qu to arrive. This victory will be ours after all. But why don't you listen?"
Unexpectedly, after Zhang Dan said this, Ji Sun lowered his head and said for a long time:
"Then what? Can your Soaring General be able to stand on his own with this merit? Will our Taiping Dao all have to listen to your Soaring General?"
As soon as this statement came out, Zhang Dan was stunned.
After Ji Sun said these words, he seemed to have let go of everything. He raised his head and said to Zhang Dan:
"Adan, of course I know what kind of person Ah Chong is. But I also know that Ah Chong has never believed in our Taiping Dao. He has his own ideals and opinions. But before, he was not a believer in our Taiping Dao.
We are fellow travelers. But what happens next? Taipingdao is going to fall apart, and Ah Chong wants to annex our Taipingdao?"
"Adan, you don't understand. This Taiping Tao was built by Taiping Taoist disciple Lu Lanlu for twenty years, and it carries the dreams of countless people. We also have ideals, and we also want to realize them. We also want to make the people of the world live well.
But that has to be achieved by us at Taipingdao! Do you understand?"
Now, Zhang Dan really understood.
He finally understood why he had to take the lead in the battle to sacrifice his grandson. It turned out that everything was for the sake of power.
Zhang Dan closed his eyes sadly and said to Sun Ji in pain:
"You said that Taipingdao will be realized, but can you do it? Without Ah Chong, can this ideal of keeping everyone warm really be realized? Is it up to you, me, or your great mentor?"
"Big Beard, you don't understand after all. It was never Ah Chong who chose Taiping Dao, but Taiping Dao needed Ah Chong. He is the only one who can create peace in this world! Do you really not understand?"
The confusion in Jisun's eyes flashed, but he said firmly:
"I understand, but I still want to work hard for our Taiping Dao brothers, and let those old brothers who died know that they did pay us Taiping Dao."
After saying this, Jisun pulled Zhang Dan down, then climbed onto his horse with Zhang Dan between his arms.
Later, while the three armies were stunned, Ji Sun dragged Zhang Dan into the Qingzhou Yellow Turban formation.