No one is the true darling of the times, they are all temporarily chosen by fate.
Gongsun Zan's death in the Renting Pavilion may have been a small splash to this era, but at this time, the battlefield, especially to the white horse followers who had broken into the enemy's formation, was devastating.
They watched helplessly as their commander-in-chief fell in front of them, in a pool of blood. The commander-in-chief looked tragic and unfulfilled.
So Zou Dan roared angrily and raised his sword to the sky:
"Brothers, avenge the governor!"
Zou Dan's shouts instantly ignited the anger of the remaining white-horse followers, and they all charged forward with their swords drawn, determined to kill the villain who was plotting against the governor.
But just as the crowd was boiling, a sharp cry suddenly came:
"The governor died in battle, now Baima Yi will obey me."
But hearing the voice, it was Gongsun Du who rushed to support.
He glanced at his clan brother who was still staring at death and ordered loudly:
"As the only Sima of the Gongsun family here, I give the order here for the entire army to break out from the east and regroup under the banner of the Chinese army."
Gongsun Du's order caused an uproar from Baima Yicong.
But they could not disobey, because Gongsun Du's identity at this time was not a military position of the Han Dynasty, but a direct clan member of the Gongsun family in Liaodong and Liaoxi.
After all, they, Baima Yicong, are still Gongsun's private army, and they obey Gongsun's orders.
At this time, Gongsun Zan was dead, and his two younger brothers, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan, were not in the army. The only one who could make the decision was Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Du didn't tell these people why he wanted to break out of the encirclement. He didn't mean to make random orders. He could see clearly from the periphery of the battlefield that the gaps between the enemy formations were getting narrower and narrower. It was obvious that they were about to break out.
Formed a siege on the Han cavalry.
If you don't break out and run faster at this time, staying here will be a dead end.
However, Gongsun Du's behavior was considered by Zou Dan and other Gongsun Zan's close followers as an attempt to seize power.
So Zou Dan angrily said:
"You, Gongsun Du, are just a sideline of the Gongsun family. You are an outsider's adopted son, but you can also be our master? Brothers, listen, follow me and kill that villain. Who..."
Suddenly, Zou Dan was hit by an arrow in the throat, and red blood spurted from the wound. He couldn't say the rest of the words, so he fell to the ground.
Zhongyi saw that the person who shot the arrow was Liu Yi who was next to Gongsun Du.
This man bent his bow and fired, angrily scolding the people who were about to make a move:
"What a good dog. This Zou Dan is just a dog from my Gongsun family. Now he is barking at his owner. How can I keep him? Are you going to follow in this man's footsteps? Think about your own family. Hmph!"
These Baima Yicong's family members were naturally raised in the Gongsun family's manor in Liaodong. This method was a manifestation of the powerful family's control over the tribe and its kindness.
As a result, the followers of Zhongyi did not dare to speak, but from the angry expressions on their faces, it was clear that this silence could turn into a restraint and an outburst at any time.
So Gongsun Du hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him:
"Our army has broken through several formations and is exhausted. If we continue to fight, we will be in danger of disaster. Now that the governor has died in battle, our army has no leader. The top priority is to break out with the governor's body and regroup. This
The battle is still going on, and the outcome is not yet known. Gentlemen, please be useful and don't throw it away recklessly."
Gongsun Du's words are still valid.
Many Baima Yicong knew that Gongsun Du's words were right, and now that Wang Clan and Zou Dan had died in battle, they had no backbone.
So, half-coerced by Gongsun Du, they broke out towards the east carrying Gongsun Zan's body.
But in the process, more than forty riders left halfway under the leadership of three military officials, apparently to continue to avenge Gongsun Zan.
Liu Yi, who was running ahead, saw this and was about to lead his men to kill these people, but was stopped by Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Du looked at the military officials. They were Liu Weitai, Li Yizi, and Le He. These three were all sworn brothers of Gongsun Zan, and they were all figures who took the lead in loyalty in the market.
He sighed:
"Whenever my husband slaughters dogs, let these people go. My brother down below still needs a few close friends to accompany him."
After saying this, Gongsun Du turned his horse around and broke out from another direction with his own army and the remaining more than 400 white horse rebels.
Liu Weitai, Li Yizi, and Le Hedang were not stupid, so they naturally knew that Gongsun Du regarded them as the queen to prevent disasters.
Especially Li Yizi, who had been a silk hawker, spat directly:
"Brother is really blind. If you take care of Gongsun Du, the wolf of Zhongshan, he will definitely not die well."
Among the three Li Yizi, one is a divination practitioner, one is a merchant, and the other is a trader. They are all low-ranking figures in this world's values.
But Gongsun Zan was courteous and loved him. He not only swore an oath of brotherhood with him, but also called himself Bo and called the three of them Zhongshu Ji. In addition, the former Han general Guan Ying came to look forward to them.
As the second oldest among them, Liu Weitai looked calm at this time and said to his two sworn brothers:
"In the past, the four of my brothers agreed to live and die together. Now that the eldest brother is gone, what are we waiting for? Killing one is enough, but killing two is not bad."
Li Yizi laughed loudly and bravely charged towards the Taishan Army battalion that had just shot Gongsun Zan.
At this time, Chen Cheng in the formation looked respectful.
He looked at the white horse followers who had abandoned their large forces and came back to attack their own formation, and couldn't help but say:
"What a pity for such brave men."
After speaking, Chen Cheng ordered:
"Fire three arrows and target the white horse in front of you."
Under the order, a batch of arrows were densely packed in front of the formation, and then the batch of white horse Yi Cong was covered.
Although they have different surnames, they become brothers, and they share the same bond of heroes in the mountains and rivers.
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Before the news of Gongsun Zan's death in battle reached the Chinese army, Lu Zhi's mind was occupied by the situation on the battlefield to the east.
He was watching the eastern front collapse.
From Lu Zhi's perspective, the phalanx on his left that had been able to hold on before finally collapsed.
After another cavalry army came up from the opposite side, the Taishan Army's offensive on the eastern battlefield accelerated.
The assault cavalry broke through the Han army's phalanx and began to massacre the Han army.
The horse pierced the armor and cut off the head with the ring-shaped sword. The Han troops pushed each other to avoid, but they could only squeeze closer and closer, completely losing their ability to fight back, and then they were slaughtered even more unscrupulously by the Taishan army.
The Han army's defense in the east was collapsing.
But at this time, Lu Zhi no longer had any troops to send, at least from the east.
This was the sequelae of his just deploying Gongsun Zan's troops. Although he concentrated 20,000 troops in the middle to launch a counterattack, he not only blocked the Taishan Army's attack in the middle, but also defeated four or five enemy troops.
It can be said that so far, Lu Zhi has broken Zhang Chong's first wave of offensive.
But it is inevitable that once the Taishan Army begins to concentrate its forces to counterattack in the east, the Han Army will be unable to stop it.
Sure enough, Zhang Chong, who had been paying attention to the deployment of military forces on the opposite side, soon ordered the Mawu Department concentrated in the dense forest to attack across the board, and cooperated with Xu Huang's Department and the garrison troops from the four towns to launch a full-scale counterattack on the eastern front.
At that time, as Zhou's father and son died in battle, Ma Teng revolted on the battlefield, and the remnants of Zhao Wei's army fled to the war warehouse. The only ones who remained on the battlefield were Zhao Wei's 2,000-man battalion and Yan Jing's troops who were formerly under the command of Lu Zhi.
Three thousand people.
This small amount of troops could be managed to support Yang Mao when he was still afraid, but when Zhang Chong's counterattack order came, he could not hold it anymore.
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The chaotic battlefield on the Eastern Front was filled with heart-rending roars.
Yan Jing, who was arranging military forces in the chariot, suddenly shouted to Zhao Wei who was arrayed next to him:
"Be careful of enemy cavalry."
But it didn't work.
When Xu Huang and Ma Wu led the Feihu Army, Tiande Army, and Guo Liang's Flying Bear Army who came from the Chinese Army to support them, a total of 1,500 cavalry troops directly attacked Zhao Wei's left flank from the flanks.
Too many Han troops were cut down to the ground by Ma Jin and Huanshou Dao without any time to react. Three troops of assault cavalry poured in from all directions into the chaotic and disorganized Zhao Wei tribe.
There were also many veteran soldiers in Zhao Wei's tribe, and they were also trying to save the Taishan Army knights stabbing their horses, but these efforts were always ineffective under the continuous and violent impact.
Noise, pools of blood, collisions, no matter how firm the courage was, all seemed too pale under this unparalleled impact.
More and more Han troops were trapped by those in front and fled north.
In the end, Yan Jing in the chariot finally saw Zhao Wei abandoning his army and fleeing under the banner not far away.
He, Zhao Wei, ran away again, and this time he evacuated the battlefield directly from further east.
For a moment, Yan Jing felt a little desperate.
Watching the enemy troops chasing death and chasing north, the friendly troops not far away were in a panic and had no way out.
He summoned all his strength and shouted:
"Fight to the death!"
But few responded.
The strict respect at this time is the real despair.
I turned around and glanced at the rear. No reinforcements were sent there, only the large banner with the word "Lu" hanging high was fluttering.
Yan Jing drew out his sword and shouted wildly:
"Fight for the big man!"
After saying that, he personally led the soldiers to the front line. He would lead by example and inspire the morale of the entire army.
This is an excellent Han general.
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On the opposite side, the resistance of the Han army further aroused the desire of the Taishan army's sudden cavalry to kill.
Not to mention that the army is affectionate, people are animals of the field and environment.
In this exciting battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army, the Flying Bear Army, and the Tiande Army were all filled with adrenaline. They used the Huanshou Dao or Gu Duo in their hands to kill all the enemies in front of them.
Those Han soldiers who knelt down and prayed were all killed by them with red eyes. It didn't matter whether you were an officer or a soldier, whether you were a swordsman or an abandoned weapon, whether you were a regular soldier or a servant, you were all dead.
With the war now at such an intensity, all pity and sympathy are an insult to Paoze who has died in the battle.
Who allowed you to give up revenge? Who allowed you to forget your previous sacrifice of blood?
Kill them all!
By now, many of the assault cavalry had been slashed mechanically. These Han soldiers had been mentally defeated. Facing the coming butcher's knife, they would just be like chickens, waiting to die stupidly.
They were frightened.
At this moment, Yan Jing came forward with his guards.
The main body of the Zhenbei Army is the Northern Army in Kyoto and the Border Army in Youbin. Both groups are military groups that have received national favor and have a strong sense of honor.
That's why father and son Zhou, uncle and nephew Wei Duan, and righteous men like Yan Jing emerged one after another.
Their Suppression of the North Army is the last remaining quintessence of the public and loyal country.
At this time, Yan Jing was wearing two armors, holding a military flag in one hand, shouting loudly, and commanding his subordinates to form a circular formation to surround and kill the intruding Taishan Army.
As the Taishan soldiers were strangled, the small gaps in the formation were filled, and the phalanx gradually stabilized.
But this stability was so fragile that when Xu Huang led the Flying Tiger Army to kill, all efforts were in vain.
Yan Jing is indeed loyal and brave, but unfortunately, military is a contest of strength, not just spirit.
In the end, he was chopped down by Xu Huang himself, but in order to express his gratitude to the enemy general who stood firm and refused to retreat, he did not chop off his head.
In this era where one's merit is judged by one's head, this is Xu Huang's highest tribute.
As the banner with the word "strict" came to an end, the formation of three thousand people finally inevitably collapsed.
So, visible to the naked eye, Han troops everywhere abandoned their flags and fled towards the dense forest to the east.
The Yan Jing Department was already the only force of the Han Army on the Eastern Front. His collapse officially meant that the Han Army was completely defeated on the Eastern Front.
It's just that this is a general environment. In specific scenarios, there are still some battalion leaders here who still maintain their formation intact.
These small formations were either composed of a hundred or ten people, or a group of two hundred people. Under the command of the grassroots military officials of the Han army, they maintained a certain formation and slowly retreated towards the rear.
There, the Han soldiers who had previously retreated were regrouped. Although they could not rejoin the battlefield for a short time, they could still provide limited security for Lu Zhi's left.
In order to reorganize the defeated troops, Lu Zhi dispatched half of the Junzi Battalion around him.
Only a sufficient number of military officials can complete this work.
But Lu Zhi could only do this.
He stared blankly to the east, unable to accept in his heart that the Han army was defeated like this.
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At this time, Zhang Chong, who was at the rear of the battlefield, was also happily watching the battle to the east.
He couldn't help but said to He Kui:
"Yang Mao played well, played well."
Of course, He Kui would not spoil the mood at this time, saying that Yang Mao had a great military advantage and that the Chinese army supported three assault cavalry units.
For a battle, what is pursued is not a fair duel, but whether you can concentrate more superior forces in a space to complete the goal.
He Kui naturally understands this truth.
He just said worriedly:
"Your Majesty, now that Yang Mao's troops have made progress in the east, do they need to let his troops go out from the front to the back of the slope to complete the semi-encirclement attack on the Han army?"
Faced with this proposal, Zhang Chong thought about it and refused.
After all, he was still worried about the reinforcements of the Han army. If Yang Mao's troops went forward directly to invest, once the Hejian soldiers appeared in the east, he would be flanked from both sides, which was very dangerous.
Leaving Yang Mao's troops in the east can not only serve as a fulcrum to defend against reinforcements from the Han army, but also serve as a deterrent force to contain the Han army's reserves.
So, Zhang Chong issued this order:
"Order Yang Mao's troops to occupy the ridge on the east slope to deter the enemy's troop transport lines and guard against possible enemy reinforcements appearing in the east. Then order the three assault cavalry units that support your troops to regroup and cooperate with the troops in the middle to mop up the remaining enemy troops in the middle.
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This military order was quickly sent to the hands of General Yang Mao who had just tasted the joy of victory.