Chapter 52: Sun Xia Retreats to the Small Town, Han Zhonglu Meets Qin Jie
In this era of confrontation between two armies, the importance of military formations will undoubtedly be ranked first. In the absence of instant communication, the army will form military formations, and then the signals of the flag and drum officials will evolve.
It can ensure that the army will not get confused during the attack, and at the same time, under the array, the degree of completion of the offensive or defensive purpose will be higher.
For example, the flying geese formation ordered by Zhu Jun at this moment is an offensive formation.
The formation is wide and thin, trying to spread out the army to facilitate the attack, while the defensive formation is as deep and narrow as possible to ensure that the enemy will not break through and divide the formation.
The terrain within Wancheng is not very spacious, and the Wild Geese Array is ultimately just a castrated version of the Wild Geese Array.
After Zhu Junjun's formation was set up, the gate of the small city finally opened, and the Yellow Turban phalanx marched out of the city.
The square formation is the most balanced existence among military formations. Its length and width are in equal proportions, and it can be used for both offense and defense.
However, the Yellow Turbans obviously didn't understand military strategy, they just put together a decent square formation.
Han Zhong was in the center of the military formation. He originally planned to find a way to escape after a fight, so he chose the safest position.
The only person riding a horse was extremely conspicuous in the military formation! Zhu Jun, Zhang Chao, and Sun Jian all saw it.
The Han army's formation did not move at the same position. Zhu Jun had ordered that the Yellow Turbans should not be attacked until they were completely out of the city. Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with the Yellow Turbans if they returned to the city on the spot!
Han Zhong looked at the formation of the Han army, the iron armor and weapons on the Han army, and knew that this battle would inevitably end in defeat. However, he still mobilized the enthusiasm of the Yellow Turban Army and held on for a while to win his escape. Chance!
"Zhu Jun! You have conspired and plotted again and again, and now our army is going to fight you head-on! Are you afraid?" Han Zhong shouted to Zhu Jun across the formation of the two armies.
Zhu Jun couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, "Hahahaha! I have never been afraid of anyone in the war! How many rotten fish and shrimps do you have, you still want to fight me?"
After the coach replied, the soldiers of the Han army also slapped their armors in response to the momentum. For a moment, they felt like they were in danger!
When Han Zhong saw that he had made a mistake, he hurriedly said to his left and right, "Let's shoot too! We can't weaken them in terms of momentum!"
The Yellow Turban Army also slapped their armor and swords, making a clanging sound, which was not neat at all, causing a burst of ridicule from the Han army on the opposite side.
Han Zhong seemed a little embarrassed now. If the confrontation continued, he might be defeated without Zhu Jun!
"That is the Han army commander! If we kill him, we will survive!" Han Zhong pointed the knife in his hand at Zhu Jun.
The Yellow Turban Army was all trying to survive. After hearing this, they didn't need to wait for Han Zhong's order. They all charged towards Zhu Jun's position like wild horses running wild.
The Han army has been arranged into a flying geese formation, and the general's position is completely open.
Zhu Jun was calm and calm, and the drummers beside him made two short drum sounds, "Dong Dong!"
A strong bow was pulled, and the bowstring sounded with a "Boom!" sound, and thousands of arrows flew towards the Yellow Turban Army!
"Hurry!" Sun Xia shouted loudly, and kept blocking left and right with the long knife in his hand, blocking the arrows flying in the air.
The same was true for Han Zhong, but ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers did not have such martial arts, and many fell down in the rain of arrows.
Before they could recover, the next wave of arrows arrived again. Three consecutive rounds of arrows killed thousands of Yellow Turbans. After three rounds, the Han army turned to free scattering.
Some of the Yellow Turbans who had not been hit by arrows had already rushed to a very forward position. The flag and drum officials had red hands, and the yellow flags were waving crosswise. The spread out flying geese array was surrounding the center, like two walls tightly surrounding the Yellow Turbans.
The Yellow Turban, who was about to rush towards Zhu Jun, appeared one layer after another of Han soldiers.
"Oh no, no, no!" Han Zhong said in his heart. He didn't expect the Yellow Turban Army to rush forward rashly. Looking at the Han army closing up in formation, he knew it was over!
He hurriedly turned the horse's head and prepared to run away directly.
"Qu Shuai! Where are you going?" Sun Xia asked, watching Han Zhong turn his horse's head.
"Don't call me Qu Shuai, you will be Qu Shuai from now on! Drive!" Han Zhong said without looking back, and rushed out on horseback.
Zhang Chao, who was always paying attention to Han Zhong's movements, promptly reported to Zhu Jun, "General Zhu, Han Zhong has escaped!"
Zhu Jun glanced at the rear of the Yellow Turban Army and said: "Don't worry about him, I have my own back-up. Sun Jian, the time is ripe. Lead the two wings of the cavalry to intercept the Yellow Turban rear!"
"Here!" Sun Jian immediately led his cavalry to rush out from the flank and rush towards the rear of the Yellow Turbans.
At this moment, Sun Xia was the most confused person in the audience. In front of him, a large number of Yellow Turbans were surrounded by Han troops. Next to him, there were a large number of Yellow Turbans standing, and some were blocked behind and unable to get out.
Watching Han Zhong go away, he didn't understand at all. Didn't you agree yesterday to break out with all your strength, but you turned around and ran away just after they met?
After completing the encirclement of the Yellow Turbans, the Han army's military formation improperly squeezed inward. Although the Yellow Turbans had more than 20,000 people, they were completely out of touch. The Yellow Turbans who rushed forward were surrounded, and most of the Yellow Turbans were at a loss in the rear. , does not know how to advance or retreat, and looks extremely bloated.
The yellow turban space in the encirclement was constantly compressing, and the thieves wearing yellow clothes and headbands fell down one by one, and blood on the ground spread out from the center.
Sun Jian's cavalry was highly maneuverable. It separated from the two wings and intercepted a large number of yellow scarves from the rear. The iron hooves arrived in an instant.
Passing through the yellow turbans at the rear, each of the cavalrymen seemed to be coming out of the underworld, with their swords in their hands harvesting the souls of countless yellow turbans!
Sun Xia only received a scratch on his back because he hid quickly, and it was this scratch that woke him up! This is a battlefield, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life!
"General Sun! What should we do!" Beside Sun Xia, one of his fellow villagers cried to him. Just now, the cavalry charged past, and several brothers who had eaten and slept together yesterday fell in front of him.
After one of them fell, his head was crushed by the iron hoofs of the following cavalry! He felt extremely scared! There were white and red things on the ground.
"We have no choice but to retreat! Now retreat to the city!" Sun Xia couldn't think of a better way. He raised his sword and shouted, "Retreat to the city!"
Now Han Zhongren has run away, and Sun Xia is the only leader. Everyone can only follow his order and retreat to the city.
But there are still a lot of yellow scarves in the middle section. Now we can't advance or retreat. The Han army is advancing and Sun Jian's cavalry is retreating. We can only escape to the left and right ends.
Sun Jian urgently ordered: "Don't let the bandits return to the city!"
The cavalry charged again, but there were so many yellow scarf troops that the cavalry could not penetrate them with their sharp swords.
The Yellow Turbans also fled into the small town in panic. Some of the Yellow Turbans fell to the ground during the pushing. When they tried to get up, they were trampled by people fleeing from behind. They were trampled until they died!
Sun Xia rushed into the city gate and shouted loudly: "Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"
Not all the yellow scarves outside have entered the city yet, and they are still surging inward at this moment. How can the city gate be closed!
"Save us! Save us!" The yellow scarves outside cried, with the city gate about to be closed in front of them and the cavalry blades behind them.
"Quick! Don't let the thieves close the city gate!" Sun Jian was still urging, and at the same time, the ancient ingot knife in his hand did not stop for a moment. The red cloak was a bit eerie red, and if you look carefully, one corner of the cloak was still dripping down.
There were bright red blood drops, and the cloak had already been soaked through with blood.
Sun Xia couldn't bear it, but seeing Sun Jian and the cavalry led by him getting closer and closer, he couldn't care so much anymore. Before, he was dissatisfied with Han Zhong who abandoned his soldiers. Today, his actions are different from those of the Japanese and Koreans.
Loyalty is no different, or even worse!
In order to survive, what is the difference between him and Han Zhong? This is really a huge irony!
"Close! Close it quickly! Anyone who blocks the door will be killed!" Sun Xia gritted his teeth and said with determination. He went straight forward and used a long knife to cut off the two hands that came in from the outside to block the door!
This shocked the Yellow Turbans! The Yellow Turbans outside did not dare to rush in, and the Yellow Turbans inside also reacted quickly and quickly closed the city gate.
When the city gate was completely closed, Sun Xia let go of the long knife in his hand and suddenly fell to the ground. The smell of death was leaving him, but his heart was filled with ashes.
The surrounding Yellow Turban soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief. In this case, it was good that they could survive. As for those people outside, they couldn't care about them.
Seeing the city gate closed, Sun Jian was furious. In his rage, he had no choice but to vent his anger on the Yellow Turban Army! He swung the ancient ingot sword in his hand faster, and each Yellow Turban died tragically under his sword!
There was a battle going on here, and Han Zhong had already ridden far away on horseback. Just when he was rejoicing, an army appeared in front of him. It was Qin Jie and his soldiers. After receiving Zhu Jun's order, he deployed the army around.
Han Zhong recognized the leader in front of him. He was the one who killed Zhang Mancheng that day. His sword skills were agile and ruthless!
With so many people on the other side, it would be difficult for him to escape. At that moment, Han Zhong wanted to find another way, but when he looked around, he saw that there were Han troops all around, so there was no way to escape!
"Han Zhong! Why don't you just surrender and capture him?" Qin Jie had already unsheathed the Han sword in his hand, and his voice was full of righteousness.
"Don't be too happy too soon!" Unable to avoid it, Han Zhong had no choice but to step forward and fight!
Qin Jie was extremely confident in himself and did not let his soldiers come forward. Instead, he chose to face Han Zhong single-handedly!
Both sides were riding horses and rushing towards each other quickly. Han Zhong used the power of his horse and when he was approaching Qin Jie, he swiped his long sword in his hand and cut him in the middle.
Qin Jie's equestrian skills were excellent. He leaned back and fell on the horse. The blade swept in front of Qin Jie, and his ears still echoed with the sound of the wind caused by the long sword!
The two of them had already joined together, and the two horses were galloping in opposite directions. One of them stood up, and Qin Jie straightened up from his horse. He turned around and stabbed out with the Han sword in his hand, attacking Han Zhong from the side and behind!
At this moment, Han Zhongli was old and unable to come back for help. Fortunately, the horse passed by each other, and the sword tip only broke the flesh of Han Zhong's waist and ribs, and no serious injury was caused.
Han Zhong knew how powerful Qin Jie was. He killed Zhang Mancheng in three moves that day. He was so shocked that he ran away. But now he actually fought with Qin Jie and realized how powerful Qin Jie was.