There were many veterans under Liu Xiang's command. Not to mention the more than 3,000 soldiers during the army, many veterans were also captured in subsequent battles.
If these veterans serve as corps commanders, there will be no problem at all. Selecting the best among them as team leaders will also be very useful as village commanders.
But they can only reach the level of military marquis at most, and they will not be qualified for military commanders and captains at higher levels. They still need time to experience and grow, so they can't be counted on for the time being.
I hope there will be a few generals among them in the future.
When Liu Xiang lamented that no one under his command was available, the Yueqi battalion was assembled, and five hundred guards were gathered together. Two thousand five hundred cavalrymen, one man and two horses, many carrying feathers and arrows, headed straight for Jixian under the leadership of Liu Xiang.
The second route was ordered to be led by the commander of the Xiaoqi camp, with four thousand infantry and cavalry, and then come over.
Liu Xiang thought about using Yan Gang to lead the second line of troops, but gave up. Yan Gang had only been in the army for a few days, and he had not had time to accumulate experience, and his ability was not enough. The most important thing was that he had no prestige, and he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress those people.
Proud and brave general.
Therefore, Yan Gang was taken by Liu Xiang and rushed with him to the aid of Jixian. The cavalry rode fast and arrived near Jixian in less than an hour.
Zou Jing is leading the troops to attack the city.
On the city wall of Jixian County, two soldiers were fighting together, and it was difficult to tell the winner. There was a well guarded by the city wall to suppress the shooting. Soldiers and horses of Zhuo County were rushing up the city wall continuously along the ladder. There were rams and chariots at the city gate. Under the city
They were still surrounded by dense siege troops, waiting to storm the city.
The war is in full swing.
"Continue to send more manpower and capture the city as soon as possible. Jixian must be captured before sunset." Zou Jing urged his men to speed up the siege. This was his last chance. If he could not capture the city today, he would be completely defeated.
"Captain, the damage is too great and we can't continue."
Zou Jing looked coldly at the military prince who persuaded him to retreat, and said in a deep voice: "If you lead the men and charge for a while, if you can't take down the city wall, don't come back."
"Wei." The military prince reluctantly accepted the order.
Zou Jing was stepping up his attack on the city, while Liu Xiang rested his horse in the distance.
Watching the siege battle in the distance, Liu Xiang felt a little complicated. For their own ideas and their own interests, lives were lost one by one, and he was also the driving force.
Things like this will happen more and more in the future. Will I also become numb in the future?
No longer lamenting the loss of life, the people-oriented concept will gradually fade away, right? Become as arrogant as those children of aristocratic families, not caring about human life. The soldiers and people under your command will become cold numbers, for their own sake
Ideas, sacrifice them at will.
In the end, I would only say a faint emotion: One general can make a thousand bones wither.
"Alas~~"
Liu Xiang sighed. Sentimentality is useless. In this real world, everything must be judged by strength.
Tiqi came to report that the Yellow Turban army defending the city was in decline.
Can't wait any longer.
"Blow the trumpet and assemble, follow me to the battle!"
The low sound of bull horns spread throughout the fields, and the cavalry brigade appeared on the hills in the distance. They gradually accelerated and rushed straight towards the central army of Zhuojun soldiers and horses.
Zou Jing knew that he had failed.
He sacrificed two thousand soldiers in exchange for one day, forced the civilians to go into battle, launched a siege on all sides, urged his soldiers to work hard, regardless of casualties, finally attacked the city wall, and was about to win.
The enemy army came and the success fell short.
But he couldn't hesitate.
He has been in battle for a long time and knows clearly that hesitation before battle is a taboo for military strategists.
He couldn't bear to give in, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send the gold and withdraw the troops."
After receiving the order, the subordinates ordered people to ring the copper cymbals, and sent sentry riders to carry the cymbals to the city to convey the message.
For a time, the sound of ringing gold spread throughout the entire army, and the soldiers and horses of Zhuojun quickly retreated from the city wall and assembled towards the central army.
In the Han Dynasty, the ringing of gold was to strike the gong, not the gong. The gong was used for ceremonial purposes, and the gong was used to clear the way, which meant that pedestrians could avoid it.
Zou Jing stared at the oncoming cavalry. His central army had to withstand this wave of impact and retreat in response to the attacking troops.
There was no time to retreat to the besieging camp.
"Tighten the position, cock the crossbows, and the cavalry will go out to intercept the enemy." He ordered in a deep voice, and ordered the sentry cavalry to pass the order: "The siege troops must assemble behind the Chinese army's formation to resist the cavalry attack."
About five hundred cavalry came out from Zhuojun's central army to meet the enemy cavalry.
Liu Xiang charged forward with his guards, riding on both wings to accompany him. This was the fourth time he led troops into the battle, and this time, no one opened the way for him.
Looking at the oncoming Zhuojun cavalry and the two enemy generals leading the team, one has a face as heavy as a jujube and is nine feet long. He rides on a horse like a donkey; the other has long arms and a white face and big ears. Although
Not to the point of being strange, but the more I look at him, the more he looks like Spider-Man.
Liu Xiang smiled.
"Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, I let you run away before. This time I have prepared a big gift for you. You should take it well."
Liu Xiang knew himself, but he was not a strong general with superb martial arts skills. In order to avoid being killed by the enemy generals, he took the crossbowmen from his guard with him. Thirty waist-guided crossbows were ready for use. He did not believe that any strong general could
It can withstand the intensive shooting of the crossbow at the waist.
"Order the two wings to ride forward and flank the enemy. The archers will prepare their crossbows and prepare to kill the enemy general."
The knights on both wings accelerated, overtaking the knights of the guard, forming a crane-wing formation with the intention of outflanking the enemy.
Naturally, the Zhuojun cavalry would not rush into the encirclement. Under the leadership of Guan Yu, they turned to the right and rushed towards the left flank of the Anping Army, intending to break through the left cavalry and jump out of the encirclement.
The two armies only fired an arrow at each other and then collided head-on. The cavalry and soldiers refused to give in to each other, and each fought hard with swords and spears.
"Instruct the right wing, no need to outflank, continue to accelerate forward, bypass the enemy's center, and disrupt the retreating siege troops."
More than a thousand Yue cavalry on the right wing took orders and continued to move forward.
Liu Xiang's middle army accelerated and crashed into the enemy's column from the rear. Five hundred guards were dressed in iron armor and armed with spears. They slashed and killed all the way and no one could stop them. After breaking up the enemy's formation, they cooperated with the left-wing cavalry.
, encircling the enemy cavalry in the formation and killing them.
Guan Yu and Liu Bei rushed from left to right, but were still unable to break the formation. The more they fought, the fewer their cavalry were. There were now less than two hundred, and the whole army was about to be annihilated.
Guan Yu always charged forward. He didn't even know how many people he fought and how many enemies he killed. The Anping army was full of fighting spirit and could not be killed. Spears came from all directions and bows and arrows were fired right at their faces.
How could you be so desperate?
The more he fought, the more chilled he became. What made these cavalrymen work so hard? He didn't understand.
He felt that the battle had not been long, but he was extremely tired, and his chest was aching. He must have been injured when he fell off the horse. His horse had been replaced several times, and there were too many enemies. He could not charge up and protect the horse.
Guan Yu took a few deep breaths and took advantage of the opportunity to look around, but Liu Bei was nowhere to be found.
They were scattered by the Anping Army and went back to look for them many times. Liu Bei could not find them, but the number of troops around them was getting smaller and smaller. Sooner or later they would all be exhausted if this continued.
He glanced around again. There were less than a hundred cavalry around him, and he didn't know if he could reach the front under the tooth flag, which should be where the enemy general Liu Xiang was.
Fight there and capture Liu Xiang, and you will have a way out.
"My lord, hold on for a while longer. When someone captures the enemy general, this battle will be won." Guan Yu whispered to Liu Bei who didn't know where he was trapped.