Chapter 16 The Three Armies Join Forces on the Bank of the River, Huangfu Kills the Rebels
The cavalry was mainly led by Sun Jian. He took the lead and was at the forefront of the military formation. There was no one around him, and all his soldiers were behind him. His eyebrows stood upright, glaring fiercely at the fleeing Yellow Turbans in front of him, like a glaring King Kong.
With the help of fast horses, in just a blink of an eye, Sun Jian rushed into the torrent of Yellow Turbans, one by one, and slashed left and right with the ancient ingot knife in his hand, taking away one life after another like melons and vegetables.
Sun Jian continued to penetrate deep into the enemy's position alone, and the Yellow Turban torrent was forced to open a passage by himself. This passage was full of fallen Yellow Turban corpses.
Liu Jing beside him couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his lips squirmed and said: "It's so fierce..."
The Sanhe cavalry also followed Sun Jian's path and charged. The entire cavalry team shot into the Yellow Turban like an arrow, and then slowly expanded laterally.
Zhu Jun was sitting at the rear of the army. He did not go to the front line to kill the enemy. Instead, he kept giving orders and changing the sound of the drums. After the formation under his command came into contact with the Yellow Turbans, he also responded to the drums and continued to change the formation, bit by bit the Yellow Turbans. Divide, surround, destroy.
Cao Cao was also beside Zhu Jun and did not go to the front line of the battlefield in person. However, his tall and straight figure, aloof and ambitious eyes, and his heroic spirit made Liu Jing recognize him at a glance.
The battlefield gradually advanced to the river bank. The fast-running Yellow Turbans had already fled to the other side of the river. The remaining Yellow Turbans had no ferry at all, and tens of thousands of people crowded on the river bank.
Zhu Jun, Liu Jing, and Cao Cao's army approached step by step in an encirclement manner and surrounded the remaining bandits on the river bank, and the fighting gradually ceased.
The remaining people basically had no fighting power and were on the river bank with no way to retreat, so all three parties gave up.
Liu Jing was just the Sima of another department and was not the supreme commander and could not give instructions on the situation at this moment. Sun Jian was Zhu Jun's deputy and naturally had to obey Zhu Jun's command. Zhu Jun rushed out halfway to share the results of the battle. He believed that he had not contributed much to this battle. It's not easy for him to lead.
Cao Cao sent reinforcements from behind and came together with Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun didn't give any orders. Of course, he couldn't usurp the host.
The three parties surrounded the Yellow Turbans and waited for Huangfu Song to arrive and deal with the Yellow Turbans.
After a while, Huangfu Song and Fu Xie arrived at the front of the battlefield on horseback. At this time, the battle had been going on for more than three hours, and the sky was starting to get brighter.
Huangfusong saw the three-character banners with the characters "Zhu", "Cao" and "Sun" in the field at a glance, and knew in his heart that Zhu Jun must have come from Xinzheng to join him.
Liu Jing rode up to Huangfu Song and said, "General Huangfu, the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers have been besieged by our army. What should be done?"
Huangfu Song looked up and saw about 20,000 yellow scarf people standing crowded together on the river bank. Some were even squeezed into the river, but no one cared. Everyone only cared about their own situation and life and death.
"With the big shield in front, mobilize the bows and crossbows to wipe out all the bandits! Leave no one behind!" Huangfu Song whispered, with a fierce and decisive expression in his brows.
The only ones who heard this were Fu Xie and Liu Jing beside Huangfu Song. The Yellow Turbans were already at the back of the enemy. If they were informed of the total annihilation strategy, they would probably fight with their backs against the enemy.
Liu Jing and Fu Xie quickly went to prepare and mobilized all the crossbowmen behind the big shield men in front. Due to the obstruction of their sight, the Yellow Turbans only saw the crowds here and did not know the specific situation.
"It seems that Huangfu Yi is really going to annihilate all the bandits." Zhu Jun, who was on horseback, saw the movement of the army in his eyes.
"Why? General Zhu, although the Yellow Turbans are bandits, they are actually refugees. Why not surrender and appease them, and re-educate them into the people?" Cao Cao next to Zhu Jun did not understand Huangfu Song's decision.
When Cao Cao was young, he was promoted to Luoyang as a filial and honest man. Later, he became a captain in the northern part of Luoyang. He was famous for his strict rule of law. Later, he offended the eunuchs and was transferred to Dunqiu Order. He came into contact with the people at the bottom, and at this time, he was loyal to the Han Dynasty.
He knew very well that the upper class was fatuous and decadent, and the people at the bottom were in dire straits, and his petitions were not received by Liu Hong many times. The root of the rebellion did not lie in the thieves in front of him, who were in ragged clothes and could even see the lines of their ribs.
He really didn't understand why he wanted to kill these bandits who had been cornered.
"Hmph! Shouldn't he be killed for committing such a treasonous act?"
Before Zhu Jun could reply, Sun Jian on the other side said, with deep dissatisfaction with Cao Cao in his tone.
Cao Cao was helpless. In his eyes, Sun Jian was like the reincarnation of a murderous god. He would not understand this topic and did not want to talk to him at all.
"You only think about politics, not the military aspect." Zhu Jun said to Cao Cao: "Now that we have defeated the Bocai tribe, the Runan Yellow Turbans and the Wancheng Yellow Turbans are not weaker than Bocai. The righteousness is really important." To create a reputation that will scare the yellow turbans all over the world, and also serve as a warning to those who want to rebel."
While the three of them were talking here, the army had already been deployed.
"General, the deployment has been completed!" Fu Xie returned to Huangfu Song to report the situation.
Huangfu Song nodded, pulled out the Han Sword, swung it forward, and shouted: "Kill!"
The Yellow Turbans were surrounded and felt uneasy. When they suddenly heard the word kill, they all started to stir like frightened birds.
I saw that the large, tightly-fitting shield in front of me was all open, revealing a gap as wide as one person. The crossbowman had already cocked the bow and waited for a long time. He aimed at the yellow turban bandit opposite, pulled the crossbow with his finger, and fired the crossbow arrows one after another.
"call out!"
"ah!"
The yellow scarves standing in the front fell down one after another. Many yellow scarves retreated in instinctive fear when they saw the crossbows being fired. The people squeezing behind also kept retreating, squeezing in layer by layer, and the people in the innermost layer were finally squeezed in. Into the river.
There is no way back!
"Brothers, fight with them!"
Seeing that they could only be slaughtered by others if this situation continued, some people began to cry out and encourage resistance. Unfortunately, the Han army did not give them a chance.
The Han army used a three-person formation continuous shooting method. One person shot the crossbow and then moved to the left and rear. The person behind him pushed forward and shot the crossbow. This person shot the arrow while the first person loaded the crossbow. After the shooting was completed, the third person took the shot. Shoot, the first person also moves to the rear and waits to shoot.
This cycle went on and on, with arrows coming continuously, giving the Yellow Turban Army no chance to breathe.
Unfortunately, the Yellow Turbans woke up too late and had no chance at all. They could only fall down one after another. Occasionally, a few rushed to the front of the formation and were chopped down to the ground by the sword and shield hands.
Many people were shot and killed, and even more people fell into the river. Seeing that there was no chance of breaking out, most people chose to jump into the water to seek survival.
The massacre did not last long, and the sky was completely bright. Various broken limbs and broken arms were clearly visible on the battlefield, and heads were cut off with their eyes open. The earth had completely turned red and was filled with blood.
Liu Jing, who was riding on horseback, couldn't help but feel a little nauseous when he saw this tragic and bloody scene. Many of the sergeants under his command were new soldiers and all suffered from varying degrees of discomfort.
During the battle at night, I couldn't see many detailed scenes clearly, and I didn't feel sick to my stomach. Even after seeing it clearly at dawn, I still couldn't accept it.
The soldiers were left to clean up the battlefield, and the commanders of several armies gathered together for the first time.
"General Huangfu, you are really like a god with your troops!" When they met, Zhu Jun first praised Huangfu Song.
Cao Cao and Sun Jian, who had previously disagreed with each other, now looked at Huangfu Song in unison, with reverence in their eyes.
This feat of 20,000 men defeating 80,000 men can truly be called "managing troops like gods"! What's more, Huangfu Song's army did not suffer any major battle losses, which was almost equivalent to a complete victory.
"General Zhu, you made a mistake this time!" Huangfu Song replied with a smile.
"Huh? Didn't such a wonderful plan come from you?" Zhu Jun was a little surprised and looked at Fu Xie: "Could it be Fu Sima's plan? Fu Sima is really hiding it!"
"Haha, no! General Zhu, there is another person who can make the unexpected plan." Fu Xie chuckled and shifted his gaze in the direction of Liu Jing.
Zhu Jun also turned to look at Liu Jing, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
We can't blame Zhu Jun. Most of the people present thought at first that Liu Jing was looking for an opportunity to gild, or that he came to the army to act as an informant for His Majesty.
A fourteen-year-old kid, who would have thought that this kid actually knew how to march and fight? And he came up with better strategies than everyone present.
Cao Cao and Sun Jian also looked over. Cao Cao came from a family of officials and knew how to communicate better. He was the first to speak: "Could this be the Crown Prince Chen, whom Guang Luxun rated as the pillar of the Han Dynasty?"
At this moment, in Liu Jing's eyes, Cao Cao's body was flashing with a deep blue light. As soon as the few people came closer, Liu Jing discovered that Cao Cao was different from the others. He was the only one in the field who was flashing with light.
Immediately afterwards, a text appeared, [People with attributes ≥ 95 found].
Liu Jing complained in his heart: "Good guy, it turns out you can talk! I haven't seen you say a word in more than ten years!"
While complaining, I also checked Cao Cao's panel properties.
【Name】Cao Cao
【Age】29
【Command】98
【Force】72
【Intelligence】91
【Politics】94
【Charm】96
[Characteristic] Traitor (inactive)
Heroic name (accelerating the speed of conquering enemy areas)
Rhythm of poetry (easy to make friends with celebrities and literati)
Farming (good at organizing military camps to be self-sufficient)
Incitement (speech can easily influence people)
"Good guy! Isn't this perverted?" Liu Jing exclaimed in his heart after reading it. At the same time, he was a little confused: "What does this mean that it is not activated?"
[Ding, it is detected that the host has discovered an inactive feature for the first time, the system has been upgraded to 2.0, and some functions have been opened]
Liu Jing was looking at the system. Cao Cao had already greeted him and hurriedly replied: "The Han Dynasty is full of talents, but I really can't afford to be a pillar!"
It's an old tradition to be humble when making friends with others.
"The Crown Prince is too humble! Listen to what General Huangfu and Fu Sima said, the plan for the fire attack was the Crown Prince's handiwork? He already has the air of a general at the age of fourteen, Meng De is ashamed of himself!" Cao Cao's tone was very sincere, and between his words He also placed his status very low, calling himself Meng De was obviously pretending to be friends with Liu Jing's peers.
Although Liu Jing is young, his seniority is quite high. He is the same generation as Emperor Ling and is Liu Kuan's young apprentice. No matter from any aspect, his seniority is quite high.