80,000 Heishan troops marched out from Taihang Xing, with Taishi Ci in the vanguard, Zhou Cang in the middle, and Zhang He in the rear. The army marched southward along the road, and the procession was continuous and spread for more than thirty miles. Liu Xiang led the Anping Army to follow at the end.
The front team has arrived at Chaoge, and the rear team has just left the camp.
Chaoge County in Hanoi County was established on the site of the capital of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The southern suburbs are Muye, where King Wu's battle of Muye against Zhou took place. Cangyan Valley in Luchang Mountain is more than 20 miles southwest of Chaoge.
The Black Mountain Army did not go to Makino, nor did they go straight to the valley. Taishi Ci set up camp in the north of Chaoge City. After all, there were more than 70,000 people on the opposite side. If a long snake marched past, they would definitely be beaten. The forward troops had to establish a foothold first.
place, and then they will line up in formation, cover each other, and advance westward until the mouth of the valley.
But the people in Chaoge don't know. They only know that tens of thousands of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans passed through the south of the city two days ago, and today there are tens of thousands of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans setting up camp in the north of the city. There must be hundreds of thousands of people before and after the county seat.
The total number of people inside, old and young, was less than half of the bandit soldiers.
"How can I be so virtuous and capable that I need so many thieves to fight?" Chaoge Ling looked up to the sky and sighed, feeling that he had reached the peak of his life.
The Yellow Turbans in Montenegro have been in trouble for almost two years. They have a large number of people, claiming to be millions. Although they have not attacked him, they have borrowed food many times. Are they finally going to take the city? Look at the unified military uniforms and iron weapons under the city.
The army must be the main elite of the thieves.
Chaoge Ling was extremely bitter: "Their target is definitely not the little Chaoge. I'm afraid it will be another Yellow Turban chaos, and someone will call the police?"
"We have sent fast horses to Huai County for help." Huai County is the county seat of Hanoi County. This is the second time the county captain has sent people to ask for help from the prefect, but unfortunately there has been no response. He said frustratedly: "We can't defend it.
We only have a few hundred people, and we can only mobilize a few thousand young people."
The county magistrate was also very frustrated: "I have already issued a warning, and I have fulfilled my duty. There are hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban elites who cannot defend it."
On September 23, Chaoge Kaicheng surrendered.
When Liu Xiang arrived, Zhang He had already led 20,000 people into the city, and most of the baggage was also arranged in the city. Zhou Cang's 40,000 troops set up camp under the city. Taishi Ci had already moved ten miles forward and set up camp again in the west of the city.
, thirteen miles away from the entrance of Cangyan Valley.
The two thousand crossbowmen who had been separated from various ministries returned to the formation, and the Anping Army's 12,000 troops rested in the camp below the city.
The flag of the Anping Army cannot be played, Liu Xiang cannot show his face, and the flag of the Central Army is Zhou.
He sat in the main tent of the Chinese army and encouraged Zhou Cang: "Well done, you can remove the fake words on your head. Famous ministers and generals are all trained through experience. You, Zhou Yuanfu, are no worse than anyone else."
Zhou Cang chuckled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, my lord. Taishi Ziyi and Zhang Junyi are both better than me. I will never disappoint my lord's expectations again if I want to be able to read and read."
"Studying is a good thing. I will give you a few volumes of military books later. You must study them carefully."
"Thank you, Lord."
This time the Black Mountain Army came out in full force, with 10,000 people staying behind to guard the rear, and more than 2,000 people escorting the prisoners. Including the Anping Army, a total of 90,000 people gathered in Chaoge, and faced off with more than 70,000 people in Suigu ten miles away.
Seventy thousand people seemed like a lot, but Liu Xiang didn't care. These bandits and bandits couldn't fight a tough battle. Although they also wore the name of Yellow Turbans, they were incomparable to the original Yellow Turban Army. They had no faith and no strict training.
, cannot bear excessive damage.
As long as they kill or injure two to three thousand people in a frontal battle, their fighting spirit will fade away, and many of them will even collapse, and then they will enter the pursuit stage.
In ancient times, a great battle killed tens of thousands of enemies. In fact, in frontal combat, the damage was not high. The casualties mainly occurred in the pursuit phase.
Only elite troops can withstand one to two levels of damage. These bandits can withstand half a level of damage, which is a good achievement.
On September 24, Chenshi left the camp, leaving 15,000 people to guard the city and camp. Anping Army was in the middle, Taishi Ci was on the left, Zhou Cang was on the right, and Zhang He was in the rear. 75,000 troops blocked the way.
Cangyan Valley entrance.
The two armies faced each other, and the battlefield spread for more than ten miles. Sui Gu, Yu Du and others looked at Liu Xiang under the flag of the Chinese army and felt regretful. If they had known that nothing happened to him, how could they have other thoughts?
Back then, the 300,000-strong Black Mountain Army was so powerful that no one dared to offend them. They marched across Jizhou and Yanzhou, and their little days were extremely prosperous.
well!
I regret it.
With this man's murderous temperament, he will not end well.
Before the war begins, the Anping Army's old rule is to persuade them to surrender first.
"The gods have decreed that if you abandon your weapons and surrender, you will be exempted from guilt. If you rebel and resist, you will be punished with hard labor." Several groups of soldiers with loud voices walked in front of the formation with loudspeakers, and their voices persuading surrender spread throughout the countryside.
Sui Gu's men were shaken a lot, and the thieves and soldiers were whispering among themselves, making the originally disorganized team even more scattered.
Sui Gu, Yu Du, Bai Rao and others carried whips and whipped them everywhere, and they managed to maintain the army. They did not dare to surrender.
The effect of persuading surrender was not obvious. In order to reduce casualties, Liu Xiang was ready to do his old job. He led his guards out of the battle and ordered his people to shout loudly: "Sui Gu, Yu Po, Bai Luo, come out and answer."
Sui Gu and the other three were a little confused. What did this mean? Do they really want to forgive them? With a sense of luck, they came to the front of the battle with their own soldiers, a hundred steps away from Liu Xiang, wanting to hear what this person had to say.
Discourse.
Seeing these three people with hundreds of soldiers, only a hundred steps away from him, Liu Xiang smiled. They were a group of bumpkins who had never seen the world. He stretched out his hand and hid behind the soldiers. Their waists had already been stringed.
The crossbow shooters came out more and more, and two hundred six-stone crossbows rushed towards the three people to shoot. The crossbow arrows were like lightning and flint, flying over a hundred steps in an instant.
The three men of Suigu fell straight off their horses like straw targets full of arrows. Only a few of the soldiers around them were affected. The rest were so frightened that they dispersed and ran back. Several corpses were completely destroyed.
No one paid attention.
Liu Xiang had a total of 230 crossbows, 30 for knights, and 200 for infantry. These two hundred and thirty strong crossbow archers were selected from the entire army.
They have been practicing sniper tactics for more than two years. Killing enemy generals at a distance of a hundred steps is as easy as eating and drinking for them who can shoot at a range of 185 steps.
Talk before battle?
wrong!
This is called formation to kill the enemy general!
Who says you can't kill generals and seize the flag if you don't use force?
This is a double crushing of IQ and weapons.
Liu Xiang triumphantly ordered a general attack. The Anping Army responded the fastest. The veterans were not surprised. This was not the first time.
The four thousand crossbowmen of the Shesheng Battalion rushed the fastest and soon surpassed the defensive formations of the Suwei. Behind them were the soldiers of the infantry battalion. They rushed to the front of the Suwei's formation and immediately set up a shield formation to guard against the enemy's brigade.
charge.
It's a pity that they were alone. The crossbowmen of the Shesheng Battalion had already shot down the chaotic thieves. The light infantry followed up. After several rounds of shuttles, they defeated Sui's solid Chinese army.
With halberds, shields and swords, the pursuit began.
War drums were beating, horns were blaring, and the Montenegro Army on both wings launched a general attack.
Banners covered the sun, the sound of killings shook the sky, spears stood in great numbers, and arrows flew into the sky. The battlefield for more than ten miles was like Shura Hell, and bright red blood rushed like a stream.
What the hell is it like to fight with your back against a mountain? That’s just risking your own death!
It's really funny that a group of bandits want to imitate Xiang Yu and Han Xin.