Zhu Jun divided more than 10,000 troops to attack the city, and led 20,000 troops to attack the military camp outside the city.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, troops were urged to attack the stronghold. The Han soldiers lined up outside and were already shivering with cold.
After all, he was a great general in the Han Dynasty. Although his fighting methods were inappropriate due to the differences between the north and the south, he could still see the state of his soldiers.
Liu Xiang did not believe that he was a short-sighted person and must have a conspiracy.
"Communicate orders to the four gates. Don't underestimate the enemy. Take turns carefully and be on guard."
If you can't see the opponent's intentions for the time being, you can only strengthen your vigilance. You must not allow the enemy to take advantage of you due to negligence.
The battle continued. The condition of the soldiers of the two armies was getting better and better, and the intensity of the battle was getting higher and higher. How could it be possible to fight like this in winter? Liu Xiang felt that he had learned a lot.
Zhu Jun kept urging troops to advance, and the offensive at the south gate where he was located never stopped.
Liu Bei's offensive at the east gate was quite satisfactory, with little pressure.
Cao Cao responded to the story at the North Gate and was obviously being cunning. He was just a scumbag.
Only Sun Jian was more practical. He took the lead in the charge and led his generals to attack the camp gate again and again, only to be shot back again and again. The west gate was the most intense place in the battle.
Liu Xiang's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
The Anping army suffered heavy casualties, and the Han army suffered even greater casualties. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the battle continued like this, the Han army would not be able to break through the camp, and it would only increase casualties.
Want to destroy the morale of our army with huge casualties? But the morale of the Han army is obviously not as good as that of the Anping army. It is not certain which side will be unable to hold on first.
Something is wrong, there must be a monster when something goes wrong.
Surrounded on all sides, detective reports could not be sent back. Liu Xiang's vision was blocked and he could not understand the situation outside. He suspected that there were troops hiding in the dark, and there were more than 40,000 Han troops who had not yet appeared.
I have to open a gap and go out and take a look.
Sun Jian was very brave and charged very forward, so Liu Xiang decided to choose him. Thirty waist-guided crossbows aimed at the Jiangdong Tiger in the shield formation, waiting for him to reveal his flaws. The cavalry were already arrayed at the west gate, waiting. If you snipe and kill the general, you can take advantage of the chaos to rush into the formation and break through the siege in one fell swoop.
I don’t know if Sun Jian was tired or if he was really lucky. After waiting for more than half an hour, this guy didn’t rush into the formation once. He just stayed in the shield formation and did not move. It was more than a hundred steps away and could not be broken. shield.
As expected, the tactic of sniping and killing enemy generals cannot be regarded as a conventional method. Liu Xiang did not want to wait any longer and decided to change his tactics, preparing to seize the opportunity of the Han army being repulsed. He led his cavalry to rush out, reverse the formation, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Yueqi fired arrows to help defend the camp, and suddenly increased long-range attacks, hoping to catch the enemy by surprise and cause a large-scale retreat, which would give Xiaoqi a chance to charge into the formation.
He planned well, and the sudden increase in feather arrows indeed caused the attacking Han army to suffer a lot, but what he waited for was the sound of Ming Jin.
With gold bells ringing from all sides, the Han army retreated in full force.
Liu Xiang sneered: "Oh, I don't care whether you sing or not, just mount your horse and charge into the formation."
The Han army retreated, and the camp gate suddenly opened wide. Xiaoqi accelerated in the camp. The moment he went out, his speed soared. He broke through the small number of infantry who were on guard and retreating, and directly cut into the main formation that had turned around.
The formation of the Han army at Ximen began to be chaotic, unable to stop the impact of the cavalry. The heroic cavalry broke through in the front, and the more cavalry expanded the gap behind to drive away the rebels. The infantry followed the cavalry's route and rushed into the enemy group, brandishing their spears and halberds, and fought bravely.
The morale of the Anping army was high, they fought vigorously, and with the sound of gold, they defeated the Han army in Ximen.
Sun Jian was so angry that he cursed his mother. Liu Xiang and Zhu Jun were not spared from his filthy words.
Han Dang and Zu Mao used all their strength to catch him. A group of generals protected Sun Jian and retreated, trying to gather the defeated troops in the rear and reorganize their formation.
In the era of cold weapons, the most effective way to kill the enemy was to fight in formation. Once the formation was chaotic, it was difficult to organize the team on the spot, and the only option was to retreat to the rear and re-establish the formation.
What Sun Jian and the others did cannot be considered a mistake, but when the Chinese army's flag retreated, the soldiers at the bottom became even more panicked, and any fighting spirit they had had was instantly wiped out.
"Run quickly."
"Run, run."
"The captains have all run away. Why don't you run away and wait to die?"
A massive wave of defeats occurred.
Driving the defeated troops into a tidal wave and destroying the enemy's formation is what the veterans of the Qiaoqi Battalion like to do most.
They stopped running rampant and began to selectively kill those who turned around and resisted, trying to form a formation on the spot.
Drive the enemy's defeated troops toward the city walls, where there are Han troops forming formations to attack.
The west gate of the camp was only two or three miles away from the east gate of Xiaquyang. Some of the defeated troops quickly rushed into the territory of the friendly forces and broke up their formation from behind. military range.
Why are you so polite? Arrows and shuttles were thrown down on the city as if they were free. By the time the defeated soldiers escaped from the shooting range from both sides, most of them had become corpses spread under the city.
Zhu Jun, Cao Cao's flag has appeared, and the north and south sides have come to support. The defeated troops who are riding on both sides can't stop them for long.
What a coincidence. The time when they broke through the encirclement coincided with the retreat of the Han army, and they were able to mobilize troops to support them.
The enemy has withdrawn its troops, so there seems to be no need to break out. Let's take advantage and return to camp quickly.
An arrow letter was fired at the city, telling Zhou Cang that there were enemy troops hiding, and ordering him to guard the city to guard against sneak attacks, especially night attacks.
Huangfu Song has a criminal record and must be on guard against it.
"Take the wounded and those who died in the battle and return to the camp."
The Anping army stopped their pursuit and quickly retreated, carrying wounded soldiers and corpses on their backs. Liu Xiang led the cavalry to cut off the rear.
Under the eyes of Zhu Jun and Cao Cao, he retreated to the camp.
The four gates were on guard, and the soldiers took turns warming themselves by the fire and standing sentry, waiting for the Han army to attack.
Everything is back to square one.
In addition to the fact that it was getting late and the temperature was getting lower, there were thousands of corpses of Han soldiers lying outside the camp.
Wherever the cavalry had trampled, there were not many people left alive.
The two sides looked at each other across the camp gate. Zhu Jun was indignant, but Cao Cao looked smiling. Liu Xiang felt that he looked like a profiteer.
A messenger approached with a white flag and shouted loudly: "I have received the order, please open the camp gate."
Put in the envoy and sealed, it was a letter written by Huangfu Song to Liu Xiang. It said that it had been reported to the imperial court and his majesty had approved the order for Liu Xiang's safety. The order was still on the way because Zhu Jun was at war with him. , specially wrote a letter to urge both parties to call off their troops and call a truce.
Finally, he mentioned another sentence, saying that Zhang Bao was a big rebel and your Majesty was very concerned about it. He could not be pardoned and indeed could not be retained. I hope Liu Xiang would consider it.
There is a lot of verbosity in the front, but this sentence is the key point. The alienation plan is too obvious. If Zhang Bao had not died, Liu Xiang and the Yellow Turban Army would definitely have to fight.
If there is an opportunity, there is no need to send the edict which is still on the way.
Unfortunately, his plan failed. Zhou Cang had already eliminated this hidden danger. Liu Xiang wrote back and agreed to a truce. He hoped that Huangfu Song would be the one to express his willingness to eliminate the traitor Zhang Bao for his majesty. He was also willing to share the worries of the imperial court and conquer the Yellow Turbans.
The two armies made a truce, and the Han army collected the corpses and returned to camp.
Huangfu Song's army appeared the next day. This old sinister must have been hiding nearby. Liu Xiang was very sure of his judgment.
When he had the chance, he would kill himself, but when he didn't have the chance, he would say that he had issued an imperial edict, and he even played a stratagem in the letter to create a divorce.