While the Zhongshan soldiers were still hesitating, a huge cavalry regiment had already moved to the battlefield from the rear of the Han army.
The gorgeous scroll, canopy, and scepter all herald the arrival of a high-ranking commander.
The person who came was none other than Cui Jun, the acting commander of the Youzhou Assault Cavalry. He rushed to the battlefield with the assembled 1,400 Youzhou Assault Cavalry.
Among them, Cui Jun's front is at the front, Gongsun Zan's white horse is on the left, Gai Tong's cavalry is on the right, and Lu Jun's Yuyang cavalry is at the back.
On the galloping war horses, more than 1,400 Youzhou horsemen raised their swords and swords, and their horses shone brightly under the sunlight.
The soldiers from the three counties of Hebei on their left were sitting or lying down chatting, looking curiously at this mighty warrior.
At this moment, the follow-up troops of the Han army also continued to join the battlefield.
Among them, there were about a thousand Yue cavalry. Wei Jie, the captain of Changshui, led 800 Hu cavalry, and the fifth commander of Shesheng led 1,000 crossbowmen. There were also densely fluttering Han army flags, fluttering in the wind.
Obviously, the Han army commander Lu Zhi rushed to the front line.
As soon as he arrived at the front line, Lu Zhi discovered the predicament of the 2,000-foot Military Academy Lieutenant Division. However, he did not immediately order other troops to rescue them. Instead, he put aside all emotions and carefully observed the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans on the opposite side.
At this time, there were more than 4,000 cavalry troops in the front line of the Han army. It was really like thousands of horses roaring together. But strangely, in Lu Zhi's ears, there was silence, and everything held its breath at this moment.
So he just looked at the Qingzhou Yellow Turban opposite.
About a mile away, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban formed two long yellow strips. Looking over, the entire horizon was covered in yellow.
Beside these two crowds of people, Lu Zhi also saw some simple fences and trenches, which extended to the horizon along both sides of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. At this moment, Lu Zhi also saw a moth wrapped in a yellow turban. The thieves continued to dig trenches there.
Obviously, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban knew very well that the Han army's advantage was the cavalry, and these fences and trenches were used to counter his cavalry troops.
But Lu Zhi didn't take it seriously and continued to watch the formation.
He also saw birds and smoke from cooking fires from behind the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. It seemed that these Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were very courageous. They knew that they had a numerical advantage and used their excess manpower to arrange supplies in the rear.
Lu Zhi nodded and secretly thought that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban had improved a lot this time than before. He was also secretly wary that the other party could also grow from the war.
But just doing this is far from enough. I, Lu Zhi, will make them understand why the only armed forces in the world are the Northern and Southern armies.
Finally, Lu Zhi glanced at the battlefield in the distance.
I saw groups of humans scattered on the frozen soil under the dark sky. In the northwest wind, yellow had surrounded a part of the crimson. But the crimson still stood there proudly, despite the yellow tide. It slapped but remained motionless.
And outside the yellow and red, there are countless corpses lying, some in yellow clothes, some in red clothes, some of humans, some of horses, and some of elk.
Lu Zhi took another look at the apricot-yellow flag of the Chinese army on the opposite side, as well as the staff that appeared and disappeared in the crowd, and finally let out a cold snort.
These two are probably the spiritual pillars of this gang of moth thieves.
After keeping this scene firmly in his mind, Lu Zhi ordered:
"Order, the Zhongshan soldiers move forward and flank the enemy on the right who is besieging the infantry school captain's headquarters."
"Order, Wei Jun soldiers move forward to meet Qingzhou Yellow Turban Zhang Rao's formation."
"Order, Zhao Guobing does not move. Wait for the follow-up order."
"Order, shoot the commander's troops forward and throw the thieves Zhang Rao's troops."
"Order, ride on a thousand men and attack the rear of the thieves Xu He's tribe."
Lu Zhi issued five military orders in an instant, and as the soldiers sent these five military orders to the generals of each department, the entire Han army's front line was boiling.
Afterwards, all the military flags and clan flags were raised high, and then first the soldiers of Zhongshan Kingdom and Wei County stood up, followed by a thousand archers with big yellow crossbows and hard bows moving in neat steps to Zhangrao
Opposite the department.
During the match, Zhang Rao reacted immediately when he saw the opponent's dispatch.
Afterwards, all the carriers behind the Bu Shishi held up their large banners, so that the robes in front could cover the subsequent missed arrows of the Han army.
The wind picked up.
That was not a natural wind, but the arrows fired by the thousands of Han army archers were missed. They penetrated the air and scattered directly on Zhang Rao's formation.
The dense and powerful arrows missed and caused blood flowers to bloom directly on Zhang Rao's formation.
With just one blow, hundreds of people in the Yellow Turbans of Pingyuan screamed.
It’s so terrifying. The bows fired by these Han army archers are not ordinary crossbows at all. Most of them are big yellow crossbows. This kind of military weapon can be distributed on a large scale to ordinary soldiers of the Han army. It is really amazing.
The elite shooting battalion of the Northern Army.
With that blow just now, the Yellow Turban Formation in Pingyuan fell into chaos. Because many grassroots military officials died directly from the missed arrows, no one stopped the chaos in the formation.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are heroes, but they are also human beings. Just now, many robes were chatting and laughing with them, but the enemy died tragically in front of them under a round of arrows.
Who doesn't panic? Who doesn't want to retreat out of the opponent's range?
But just when most of the Yellow Turbans were still hesitating, the second round of arrows from the opposite side had already been fired.
The sound archers opposite are all from the Han army's young warrior families, and they all have family fortunes.
Because the average family cannot support a yellow crossbow warrior. Only when there is no shortage of millet, vegetables and meat can one have the strength to pull the big yellow crossbow.
Precisely because archers all come from the family of little warriors, many of them have their own bad tastes. For example, some people like to engrave their names on lost arrows, and some like to hang bone flutes on lost arrows.
Especially the latter, after being shot out, when it penetrates the air, it will emit bursts of ghost-like howling sounds, which can greatly damage the morale of the enemy.
At this time, these arrows hanging with bone flutes screamed like ghosts, and they were like an iron-colored rainstorm hitting the heads of the plain yellow turbans whose morale was declining. In an instant, another burst of blood bloomed.
Under the rain of arrows, most of the Yellow Turbans on the plains had already huddled on the ground by instinct. But there were still many Yellow Turban soldiers standing on the battlefield dumbfounded, looking at the continuous rain of arrows. It was the last scene they saw in their lives.
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On the side of the Han army, three thousand Weijun soldiers stood on their feet and looked up at the legendary Northern Army archers who were killing the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. They raised their weapons and cheered loudly.
They hate these Yellow Turbans so much.
It is precisely because of them that these Weijun soldiers have no home and cannot return. Of course, the culprits are still those Taishan bandits, but as the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans from the same side, are they not guilty?
It’s no wonder that the three thousand Weijun soldiers were hateful. They had been informed by Handan authorities long ago that all their fields, houses, and houses in their hometown had been confiscated by Taishan bandits.
Some Wei Jun soldiers said that they had neither land nor houses, so the Taishan bandits could not take them.
Handan laughed at them, "Aren't the wives of your clan members property? Now they have been confiscated by the Taishan bandits. In short, they want to make these Weijun soldiers understand that the Taishan bandits are the enemies of all property owners."
With this kind of indoctrination, how can the soldiers of Wei County not hate the Taishan bandits and the Yellow Turban bandits to the core?
Now, with the support of friendly arrows, three thousand Wei Jun soldiers put on iron armor, lined up in a neat formation amidst the loud drums and horns in front of the formation, and pressed towards the broken Yellow Turban front formation in the plains.
The shooting by the Han army archers lasted for about ten rounds, and more than ten thousand arrows were scattered on the yellow turban formation in the plain, causing a cry of mourning.
In fact, these archers of the Han army can still shoot. These martial arts disciples have been practicing bowing since childhood, practicing countless days and nights just for this moment on the battlefield.
On average, they can miss a hundred times. The big yellow crossbow is laborious, but it can also miss fifty times. As for some more powerful top archers, they can miss thousands of shots in a battle. Of course, the bows they use are also much weaker.
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Although they could fire fifty rounds and the Han army had enough arrows in reserve, the archers still fired ten rounds and then stopped.
Because, these thousand archers are the decisive force in this war. But they can only fight for fifty rounds, and then their arms will bleed and they will lose their combat effectiveness.
Therefore, how to use these fifty rounds of shooting is what Lu Zhi wants to plan.
After ten rounds of covering fire, Zhang Rao's front line collapsed.
Zhang Rao's 8,000-man formation included 3,000 people in the front line alone. But most of these 3,000 people had no armor and stomach, and suffered heavy casualties after more than 10,000 arrows were lost. The rest also lost courage and abandoned them.
He seized his position and weapons and ran towards the rear.
But fortunately they still had sense and did not collide with the Jinan Yellow Turban formation behind them.
Seeing the tragic death of his hometown brothers in front of him, Zhang Rao was in agony, but he did not dare to move because the Han army's swordsmen and soldiers on the opposite side were pressing forward.
Those who pressed up were naturally three thousand soldiers from Wei County.
Under the banner with the word "Wei", they fiercely rushed towards Zhang Rao's troops whose formation collapsed.
These 3,000 soldiers of Wei County are very powerful in combat. They are elites trained by Zhang Ze, the former prefect of Wei County.
Zhang Ze selected the sons of good families in the county and trained them into an army using his tactics in Liangzhou. It was precisely with these three thousand tiger warriors that Yecheng was able to withstand the fierce attack of more than 100,000 Hebei Yellow Turbans that day.
If Lu Zhi had not misjudged the situation that day and transferred these three thousand elite soldiers to Handan, leaving Yecheng empty. It would not have been so easy for our Soaring General to capture Yecheng.
At this time, three thousand tigers and swords, with swords on the left and right, directly crashed into the chaotic Zhang Rao tribe.
Zhang Rao's formation was no longer in line, and the two sides immediately fell into a melee.
Generally speaking, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have always been good at single-player martial arts. Logically speaking, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are not afraid of such a melee.
But unfortunately, they were fighting alone, but Wei Jun's soldiers were in chaos.
They often formed a group of five people, either in a circular formation or in two formations, surrounding the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, using the larger number to fight against the smaller number.
Soon, the more Zhang Rao's men killed, the more chilled they became. The more chilled they were, the more they ran back.
Zhang Rao, who was in the middle army, gritted his teeth and ordered the thousands of yellow turban warriors and armored soldiers of the middle army to be sent up.
The yellow scarf warriors who had been resting since the beginning of the battlefield got up from Commander Qu's order and got up one after another.
These Qingzhou heroes, who are generally about seven feet tall, wear yellow scarves, have crotch armor on their front and back, and have firm eyes. They are Zhang Rao's most elite ace.
More than a thousand yellow turban warriors lived up to their expectations, going against the figure of Pao Ze who was hurriedly retreating, and pushed forward like a huge boulder in front of Wei Jun's soldiers.
The soldiers of Wei Jun who were good at killing were caught off guard and were stunned when they encountered the Yellow Turban warriors. Because these Yellow Turban warriors were also wearing armor, the Han army did not cut smoothly.
Soon, Wei Jun's soldiers changed their tactics and began to move forward with the yellow scarf warriors on their backs, apparently wanting to push these enemy soldiers into the trench.
At this time, Wei Jun's soldiers had an absolute advantage in numbers, and they pushed the Yellow Turban warriors forward.
Behind them, under the military orders from behind, the more than a thousand archers fired two more rounds at Zhang Rao's formation who were fighting in front.
Because Zhang Rao's formation had been broken, the thousand-man archers took two hundred steps forward to shoot this time and directly missed the round of arrows, covering Zhang Rao's central army.
Zhang Rao in the middle army was caught off guard and was shot with an arrow. Fortunately, his armor and stomach were strong enough and were not damaged. However, his horses were not so lucky. Four or five arrows were inserted into their bodies, and they were directly shot.
Shoot him to death.
After losing his mount, Zhang Rao did not leave, but continued to guard under the banner.
He looked at the yellow turban soldiers in front of him who were retreating steadily, and then at the front army's defeat like a mountain, and then at the despair and panic of the soldiers around him, and he smiled sadly:
"A real man is subject to death and no life. Even if I die here today, this big banner will not even move."
After speaking, he pointed at the thousands of people still in the army and shouted:
"Stand up to the step formation!"
This is the role of the commander-in-chief. When all the troops were in panic, it was Zhang Rao's words that calmed everyone down.
Yes, there is death but no life today, so what is there to be afraid of?
So, under the control of the military officials and envoys, the thousands of people who stayed in the central army began to form a square formation. There were five columns on all sides, with twenty-five men in each column. Then the four corners were filled with horses and chariots, and the plain was
The yellow scarf's banner tightly surrounded the middle.
In the front, the yellow scarf warriors who had been pushed and squeezed all the way back began to regroup to the side of the Chinese army's formation after they stabilized in the rear, and they became horns with each other.
When Wei Jun soldiers arrived here, no matter what tactics they used, they could not defeat the two formations of the Yellow Turbans in Pingyuan.
Lu Zhi, who had been watching the formation from the rear, saw that Wei Jun's soldiers had stopped moving forward and knew that their troops were blunt. However, Wei Jun's soldiers also completed their task and defeated the Zhang Rao tribe of thieves.
Lu Zhi looked to the left side of the battlefield again, where Xu He's formation surrounded the two thousand infantry commander's headquarters.
The situation there has also reversed.
After the Zhongshan national soldiers and thousands of Yue cavalry joined the battlefield, Xu He's troops quickly became exhausted.
Fortunately for the Zhongshan National Army, there were many people who worked hard but failed to fight there. Although they had engaged with Xu He's left wing, they were still unable to open up the situation.
But the other supporting army, that is, the thousand-man Yueqi, was different. Its captain, Zhou Zhong, came from the Zhou family in Lujiang, and was the son of Zhou Jing, the old Taiwei during the reign of Emperor Huan.
Although he was the elder in the army, he was as fast as fire when using troops. As soon as he received Lu Zhi's military order, he led his predecessors to cross the cavalry and penetrated Xu He's rear formation.
Because the attack was too sudden, Xu and his rear formation could not stop the charging cavalry regiment, so they collapsed instantly.
As soon as the rear formation collapsed, the infantry commanders in the formation immediately seized the opportunity and rushed out.
So what Lu Zhi saw at this time was that the Han army had thrown Xu He's troops into chaos, and the formation could no longer be seen.
Based on this battlefield situation, Lu Zhi judged that the time for a decisive battle had come.
So, in the sixth year of Guanghe, on September 12th, it was Shenshi.
Less than an hour before the sun went down, Lu Zhi blew the horn for a full-scale attack.
Each front of the Han army also blew the trumpet in response.
The powerful horns drowned out the sounds of fighting on the battlefield. Except for Lu Zhi and the staff of the Chinese army, all senior military officers of the Han army jumped off their horses, walked to the front of their troops, and began to give the final encouragement before charging.
On the battlefield, the Han army has deployed 2,000 infantry captains, 2,000 Zhongshan soldiers, 3,000 Weijun soldiers, and 1,000 Yue cavalry.
Therefore, when the horn of the decisive charge sounded, the last 7,000 or so Han soldiers were ready to immediately launch an attack on the last three formations of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.