Chapter Fifty-six: The battle between the two armies
"General Huangfu! We've all scolded him with all his bad words, but this thief didn't even come out of the city without even a single reply!" A cavalryman said after taking a water bag and taking a big drink of water.
"Yes, the city tower is like a bunch of straw men, there is no movement at all." Another person also agreed.
At this moment, only Huangfu Song, Fu Xie, Liu Jing, and Cheng Yu were in the camp. Huangfu Song had a serious expression on his face after hearing this. The earthen walls outside Guangzong City were criss-crossed, which was not conducive for the army to launch an siege.
Now that the scolding array has not achieved any results, I feel like there is nothing I can do for a while.
"Uncle Cheng, do you have any idea?" Liu Jing asked Cheng Yu beside him.
Cheng Yu heard the words and stood up, "General Huangfu, scolding the formation is indeed the best way, just pay attention to how to scold!"
"Tell me how to scold?"
"The reason why the moth thieves are able to gather people to cause chaos is all because of one person." Cheng Yu said, "Zhang Jiao! As long as he curses Zhang Jue when swearing, the moth thieves will not be able to bear it, and they will leave the city soon."
"This plan sounds feasible." After what Cheng Yu said, Huangfu Song also figured out the key point.
The next day, a small group of Han troops came to Guangzong City to scold the formation again, but their words were all insults to Zhang Jiao.
"General Renggong! The Han army came to scold the formation again."
"Didn't I tell you not to worry about it?" Zhang Liang was a little unhappy.
"But they are criticizing the Great Master today!" The core believers could not suppress their anger in their words. All the Yellow Turbans in Julu County were fanatics who worshiped Zhang Jiao.
They can accept being humiliated themselves, but they can never accept the humiliation of the great sage and mentor. Especially since he knows that the great sage and mentor has passed away, he can't tolerate it in his heart.
Zhang Liang was equally furious. He kicked the small table in front of him away, "This is unreasonable! My brother has passed away, but the Han army still comes to insult me! Follow me to the tower!"
I climbed up the tower and took a look, and sure enough, the Han troops under the city took turns scolding Zhang Jiao in different ways. Then I looked at the soldiers guarding the city. They all had angry faces and wanted to rush out of the city to eat the Han army's flesh and drink the Han army's blood.
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"Listen to the Han army below the city! Go back and report to your commander! Set up a battle formation and fight! I want to see how capable he is!" Zhang Liang roared loudly towards the city.
When the Han army heard this, they were overjoyed and thought, General Huangfu's method really worked.
After Zhang Liang gave the order, he went down to the city tower to summon the sergeants. The core believers did not stop him. The Yellow Turban Army was united in the scolding formation of the Han army, completely ignoring any orders to defend the city.
"Okay!" Huangfu Song was overjoyed when he received the reward. He had never been afraid of the two armies fighting in the field. "Nanrong, Crown Prince, quickly organize the army and form a military formation. Wait for the Yellow Turbans to leave the city for a battle!"
"Here!"
There was the sound of military drums inside and outside the city, accompanied by the sound of moving footsteps.
Huangfu Song said to Fu Xie beside him: "Zhang Liang will definitely lose in this battle!"
Looking at the confident Huangfu Song, Fu Xie was also a little curious. How could he predict that the thieves would be defeated before the fight started?
"Why is General Huangfu so sure?"
"For this battle, our army has come from afar. The bandits have occupied the city for a long time. Zhang Liang is the host and I am the guest!" Huangfu Song analyzed the strategic situation, and an aura of guidance emerged.
"As the master, you should protect the city and prepare for danger, gather people and gather in the valley, so that the guests cannot challenge and cannot be defeated. Wait until they are exhausted and then attack them! This is the best strategy!"
"Now Zhang Liang hastily attacked and cut off his advantage. This is the next step! From this we know that Zhang Liang will definitely lose!"
At this time, in Guangzong City, Zhang Liang had gathered the army, and he actually said the same words as Huangfu Song.
"The Han army will be defeated in this battle!"
The core believers could not understand why Zhang Liang asserted, "Why is General Ren Gong so sure?"
Zhang Liang also spoke confidently, "It should be noted that there is a saying in using troops. I dare not act as a guest for the host, and I dare not advance even an inch. This means that I can't move, I can't fight, I can't throw, I can't hold the country without soldiers. There is no great disaster.
If you underestimate the enemy, you will lose your precious treasure. Therefore, if the resisting troops add up, the one who mourns will win."
"We have been guarding the city for many days and have been scolded by the Han army without retaliating. Today, I insulted my brother. There must be a mixture of sorrow and anger in the army. The sad soldiers will win! Moreover, we are outnumbered and the Han army will be defeated!"
The three Zhang brothers are not illiterate, unclear, and unreasonable like other Yellow Turban Qushuai. The three of them are not ordinary people. At this time, Zhang Liang's military strategy is obviously not low.
The core members of the congregation didn’t quite understand what they heard, but seeing Zhang Liang’s confident look, their self-confidence also skyrocketed!
The gates of Guangzong City were opened wide, and Zhang Liang led all the Yellow Turbans out of the city. After they all left the city, they saw a large area of black water. There were at least more than 30,000 people. There were twelve squares in front, with Zhang Liang in the center.
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The Han army has already set up its formation. The formation is extremely open and looks like a "V" with thick lines when viewed from the sky.
Huangfu Song was highly motivated to fight and set up a flying geese formation, hoping to defeat the bandits with a strong offensive.
The front army was at the forefront of the formation, with cavalry in the middle and heavy armored infantry on both sides. Fu Xie, as the vanguard general of Huangfu Song's army, was naturally leading the front army at this moment.
The rear army was located behind the front army. Due to the lack of cavalry in the army, almost all of the rear army were infantry, and archers were also concentrated here.
In the center are the central army led by Huangfu Song himself, as well as flag and drum officials, and there is a reserve army at the end.
Zhang Liang could also see clearly that he had already made a plan in the city. He didn't know much about the generals of the Han army outside the city, and he was not sure about his abilities, so he simply used the circular formation as the main one, which could cope with all kinds of methods!
In the Western Han Dynasty, Li Guang lost his way with the main army and met the Xiongnu main army on the road. Due to the huge disparity in strength, he faced the enemy in a circular formation. It took him three days and three nights to fight with the main Xiongnu army before he was defeated.
Although Zhang Liang was angry, he was not carried away by his anger. The Han army had cavalry troops, and if they really opened up a battle formation to attack them, they would definitely be defeated.
Zhang Liang signaled to the flag and drum officials beside him, beat the military drum, and heard two sounds of "dong dong!" and the yellow flag was waving in his hands.
Seeing the flag and hearing the sound of drums, the yellow scarves all moved. Four of the twelve large squares rushed to the center to protect Zhang Liang, and the other eight large squares were connected end to end to form a circular array, which looked airtight.
The joint actions of tens of thousands of people amazed several generals of the Han army!
"I really didn't expect this person to be able to train the Yellow Turbans to such an extent that they are much stronger than the ordinary imperial troops who have never fought!" Huangfu Song sighed as he watched the Yellow Turbans transform into military formations.
The Yellow Turbans of Julu are obviously much better than the Yellow Turbans of Yuzhou. It can be said that the Yellow Turbans of Yuzhou have no military discipline. You can regard them as tens of thousands of refugees, but the Yellow Turbans in front of you must be treated as a real army.
The only difference between the Yellow Turbans under Zhang Liang and the Han army under Huangfu Song was a pair of armor, and there was no other difference.
The formations of both armies have been set up. Although Huangfu Song and Zhang Liang are too far apart to see each other clearly, both of them can feel the fighting spirit coming from the other side!
Almost at the same moment! The drums of the Han Army and the Yellow Turban Army moved three times!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The sergeants on both sides shouted and rushed towards each other!
Fu Xie took the lead and led the front troops to press forward! The circular formation moved slowly and looked completely opposite to the flying geese formation.
Liu Jing was in the rear and shouted loudly, "Shoot!"
Archers are elites in the army, so shooting while on the move is naturally possible. As the flying geese formation approaches the circular formation, it sends out endless arrows that fall towards the circular formation.
"Pay attention to blocking arrows!" Zhang Liang shouted!
There are too few shields in the Yellow Turban Army and they are not armed enough. At this moment, they can only rely on their own ability to resist arrows.
But when the Yellow Turban Army faced the threat to their lives brought by arrows, no one retreated. Everyone was holding back their energy to fight for the great sage master!
The front troops of the Yanxing Formation were mainly cavalry, and they quickly connected with the circular formation. The Han army only fired three rounds of volleys. After the two armies connected, they naturally could no longer use arrows as the main force, which would easily injure their own soldiers.
The cavalry led by Fu Xie easily broke through the outer layer of the circular formation, but the circular formation was densely packed with people. After breaking through one level, there was another level. Once the cavalry stopped, they would only be greeted by death.
The formation is the overall direction. After the two armies are connected, some changes must be made according to the commander of the unit.
After Fu Xie failed to charge, he realized that this was not the solution, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop charging, turn to the two wings and ride and shoot to kill!"
Before Fu Xie issued the order, dozens of cavalrymen had been killed after being blocked by the circular formation. At this moment, all the cavalry began to shift the direction of attack, from the front to the sides, focusing on mobile mounted shooting, which was a light attack.
The standard fighting style of the cavalry.
Both sides fought with tens of thousands of people, so it was normal for dozens of people to be killed or injured in an instant.
The distance between the two armies was not too far. After the cavalry turned to both sides, Liu Jing led the rear army to attack and came into contact with the circular formation.
The Flying Geese Formation is spread out very widely. When the two armies meet, it feels like they are trying to surround the circular formation. However, the circular formation of 30,000 people is not too small. The Flying Geese Formation is like a child's palm trying to wrap up an adult's fist.
Almost.
Cheng Yu and Huangfu Song sat in the middle of the army and observed the situation on the battlefield, but they were not very optimistic.
Huangfu Song originally thought that defeating the Yellow Turbans would be easy, but he never thought that Zhang Liang's military skills were not inferior. Except for the lack of armor, each Yellow Turban's military quality was the same as that of the Han army.
It would be great if this person could be loyal to the big man!
Liu Jing, who was on the front line, was also a little numb at the moment. People kept falling around him and being replaced by those who came after him. The same was true for the Yellow Turban Army. The layers of circular formations were so stacked that it was hard to count how many people were hidden inside.
If you kill one, there will be new Yellow Turban thieves to replace you. If you kill ten, there will be ten more Yellow Turban bandits to replace you. It gives people a feeling that they are endless.
The Yellow Turban Army's circular formation moves very smoothly, and one can tell at a glance that they have been practicing for a long time.
The round formation was well defended, and many Yellow Turbans fell under the attack of the Han army. However, the number of people who fell was almost negligible for the 30,000 troops. The battle was far from going as expected at the beginning.
Smooth.
Fu Xie, who was on the front line, was no longer as optimistic as before. Maybe General Huangfu's prediction was wrong!