Liu Xiang heard Zou Jing's question and said righteously: "The emperor has been deceived by traitors, there are villains in the court who are taking power, and the great hall is full of people who live in chaos. As a result, the world is in turmoil and the people are in dire straits. If things go on like this, the country will not be able to survive. I follow this.
Raise an army to punish the traitor Qing Jun, punish the people and support the Han Dynasty.
The captain is now in a desperate situation, why don't you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and follow me to spread righteousness to the world."
Although Liu Xiang spoke impassionedly, he knew that Zou Jing would not believe it, so he just found an excuse to create a personal image.
For rhetoric like this, it's not about whether it makes sense, but whether the person who said it has the strength. To persuade people to surrender just by words? Liu Xiang is not that shallow.
Zou Jing was thinking, weighing the pros and cons of surrender.
The imperial army is in Jizhou, and the Yellow Turbans will be wiped out not far away. After defeating the traitors, the army will march north, and they will surely plow the courtyard and clear holes. Liu Xiang will not survive for long. Surrendering on his own will bring harm to his family.
"Alas!" He sighed, just die, and strive to gain a reputation that he would rather die than become a thief, so that future generations can hold their heads high and live their lives.
I will die here in battle today, and I will not bring shame on my family.
Cheering himself up and strengthening his will, Zou Jing held his head high and shouted loudly: "I am the captain of the Han Polu School, Zou Jing, Zou Ningyuan. You traitor and traitor, don't say anything more. The good head of Zou is here.
Just come and get it."
"This is a determination to die. It's really troublesome." Liu Xiang muttered in a low voice, then turned to ask the crossbowman beside him: "How far away is Zou Jing?"
"Go back to General, one hundred and ten steps."
"Are you sure?"
"The enemy general is hiding behind a heavy shield and is difficult to kill. He needs to advance sixty steps to break the shield. Does the general want to rush into the formation in a certain way?"
Liu Xiang shook his head: "No need."
These thirty crossbow archers are treasures, they are his support to kill generals and capture the flag, and they are also a means to prevent being killed by fierce generals. Liu Xiang is reluctant to let them rush into the formation, and he will be heartbroken if there is any damage.
Seeing Zou Jing looking like he would rather die than surrender, Liu Xiang knew that he was just pretending, just like he was pretending to be a clan member of the Han Dynasty. Everyone was an actor, acting out a drama of loyalty, filial piety and justice. Whoever believed it was a fool.
Unable to persuade him to surrender, unable to snipe, and Liu Xiang was reluctant to have his cavalry injured, he naturally would not attack hard. He pointed at Jixian, which had changed its flag, and shouted loudly: "Colonel Zou might as well look back, Jixian has surrendered, what are you going to do?"
What to do? The school captain has set up a formation here and intends to plot against the county. Do you think I don’t know about it?"
Zou Jing was ready to die. Although his tactics were seen through, he still remained calm. He looked back at the head of Jixian City, then turned around and shouted at Liu Xiang:
"Come! Fight!!"
Encouraged by Zou Jing, the morale of Zhuojun soldiers increased. They banged their iron shields and loudly invited to fight: "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Another infantry formation also followed suit.
When Su Wei heard the invitation to fight, he looked like "I'm going to crush you to death right now." He also looked at Liu Xiang frequently, his intention to invite a fight was obvious.
"Can you stop being so simple-minded? If someone shouts a few times, you have to rush into the shield formation? They dig a hole, and you have to jump in?" Liu Xiang reprimanded him a few times, then dismissed Su Wei's invitation to fight.
idea.
Looking at the noisy Zhuojun infantry, Liu Xiang raised his trumpet and shouted loudly: "Shout, shout as hard as you can, is there smoke in your throat? You will die of thirst."
The soldiers and horses in Zhuo County were indeed short of water, but they were not thirsty to death. Zou Jing's army had some water bags, which could barely provide the soldiers with drinking water. Liu Xiang said this just to interrupt the other party's shouting. He again
He didn't want to rush into the battle, but when faced with the invitation to fight, he already wanted to retreat. The other side kept shouting and shouting, which made him a little annoyed.
After shouting and waving his hands, he led his men to withdraw. He was not worried that withdrawing at this time would affect his morale. It was not that easy to shake the morale of Liu Xiang's guards.
The two armies continued to confront each other.
Liu Xiang ordered his men to take turns to eat, and after riding more and more to rest, he continued to harass the Zhuojun infantry. They wandered around the infantry formation in small groups, and from time to time they would ride their horses closer, shoot a wave of arrows, and then run away.
The infantry of Zhuojun were in great pain. They couldn't catch up, they didn't dare to chase, they couldn't move, and they couldn't escape.
The feeling of waiting to die is not pleasant.
That is to say, Zou Jing is capable of leading troops, and he can also boost the morale of these soldiers and maintain their combat formation. Otherwise, these people would have surrendered long ago.
"Your pain is almost over. It's almost over. Don't worry." Liu Xiang joked.
The second group of people has arrived, with more than 3,000 horses and 400 carts, and is gradually approaching. The people in Zhuojun also saw that they were slowly merging. Zou Jing's ability to command the troops was really strong. The two
The formations merged without revealing any flaws. Yueqi took the opportunity to approach, and the two armies fired a few arrows at each other, but did not gain much advantage.
During this period of harassment operations in the Yueqi battalion, dozens of people were shot and wounded. Because they were only testing at the edge of the range and equipped with leather armor, the injuries were all minor and they can be healed for a while.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, at the beginning of Shenshi, Liu Xiang's men formed a formation. There were one thousand soldiers, two thousand crossbowmen, and more than four hundred guards in the center, with Yue cavalry on the left and brave cavalry on the right.
More than 6,000 people on foot and cavalry faced off against Zou Jingzheng's more than 3,500 soldiers, 200 steps apart.
Liu Xiang ordered the flag to be waved, the crossbowmen of the firing battalion moved forward, the soldiers followed, the left wing cavalry outflanked, and the brave cavalry waited to charge into the formation.
The first to launch the offensive was the Shesheng Battalion. The range of their powerful crossbows was at least forty steps longer than that of bows and arrows, which was enough for them to fire three more rounds of crossbow bolts. When the crossbowmen stopped firing, the soldiers quickly moved through the formation.
Then, they came to the front and formed a shield formation to stabilize the front.
The Yue cavalry also accelerated, went around to the rear to disperse the civilians, and fired arrows to kill the enemy. More than 3,600 archers and crossbowmen attacked from the front and back. The Zhuojun soldiers and horses were in a dilemma, and their formations were scattered.
Arrows kept falling on their heads. They resisted wave after wave with shields, and some people were shot and killed. Finally, someone rushed to the Anping Army formation, but a thousand soldiers were waiting there, and there were people in front of them.
With heavy shields, spears, crossbow bolts and halberds on their heads, they were slaughtered in a matter of seconds.
The remaining people were suppressed by the rain of arrows under the shield array, and slowly advanced. Crossbow arrows continued to break through the gaps in the shields, and people were constantly being shot. This increased the gap in the shield array, and more people were shot.
Even though it was so difficult, they still persisted desperately, and Zou Jing's shouts kept coming: "Raise the shield high and fill the gap."
"Put your elbows on your shoulders, lower your waist and lower your head, and move forward together."
"Men of Zhuojun, fight with all your strength against the thieves. Don't bring shame to the clan. Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"
This was a group of new soldiers. They had been recruited to join the army, but in just a few months, they had already suffered nearly half of their casualties. He had just experienced a tough battle in the morning.
They still followed the captain's call and roared loudly: "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"
Unfortunately, war cannot rely on will alone.
The will to fight cannot resist crossbows and arrows, nor can it break through the defensive lines of the soldiers. They can only huddle behind their shields and accept the baptism of arrows, without the ability to fight back.
"Get close and shoot, snipe and kill Zou Jing." Liu Xiang gave the order to the crossbowmen in Su Wei.
He didn't want to delay any longer. The outcome was already clear. Killing Zou Jing with a sniper would end the battle.
"Is this the first battle on Qingjun's side?" Liu Xiang smiled mockingly.
He muttered freely to himself: "I can be the Yellow Turban Army, I can be the peasant uprising army, I can also be a clan member of the Han clan on the side of the Qing Dynasty, I can also be a prince fighting for hegemony in the world. A weak person will follow the trend, but a strong person will
, create current events.”
A person's mouth has two skins. If the upper lip touches the lower lip, anything can be said. As for whether others believe it or not?
Then it depends on whether your strength is strong or not.
Zhang Yan, the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Montenegro, was awarded the title of General of the Army to Purge the Disasters because the Han army was unable to conquer them.
When various princes attacked Dong Zhuo, they also recognized Zhang Yan's identity and formed an alliance with him.