After the first round of arrow strikes, some of the enemies hit by arrows fell down, some hesitated, some retreated out of habit, and some continued to charge and attack.
At this time, Cao Zhi gave the order to charge again, and the drums sounded fiercely again, and the flags were pressed forward. The archers returned to the formation in unison, put away their bows and arrows and drew their swords and guns. The infantry in the rear formation was led by Li Hei and Yang Che.
Then, they started to raise their spears and spears, formed a team of one hundred people, shouted "kill", maintained a triangular formation, and charged towards the enemy from a high position.
In an instant, shouts, drums, and screams resounded throughout the night. This was the first battle of ten thousand soldiers commanded by Cao Zhi himself. Cao Zhi could only describe it as a grand occasion. Everything on the first day of the Yellow Turban Army
All the charges were defeated, and by dusk, a large number of corpses were abandoned on the riverbed and cliff slopes.
Relying on the favorable terrain, Cao Zhi repelled the enemy's charges one after another. As a commander, Cao Zhi was accompanied by a thousand personal guards led by Pu Hu, and stood on the high ground in the rear to command and watch the battle. But it was inevitable that he had some technical skills.
At that time, Cao Zhi personally led these thousand personal guards to join the brigade and charge for a while.
By the evening of that day, the Yellow Turban Army saw their victory and suffered heavy losses, so they had to retreat to Wuyan City.
On the second day, Cao's army mobilized its troops, and the generals and soldiers were changed. Cao Zhi was still standing on the high ground in the distance under the protection of his personal guards, but there were many more people in the crowd.
After leaving the city this time, the Yellow Turban Army did not rush to attack. About two-quarters of an hour later, a car with a yellow roof appeared in the enemy camp on the other side of the river. In the car, there was an old man wearing a yellow scarf and Taoist robes helping him.
Shi stood up. The old man had no weapons in his hand, only a "nine-section staff".
Cao Zhi thought to himself: "This person should be Geng Ling, the 'Qushuai' of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army."
After Geng Ling came out of the battle, he asked to see Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao's figure appeared behind Cao Zhi, but Cao Cao looked sick and had an ocher scarf wrapped around his head. It was a scarf containing minerals.
, reddish-brown in color, can treat headaches.
When Geng Ling saw it, he was delighted that the rumors were true, so he sent a few followers to yell at Cao Jun and tease him. He said that Qu Shuai was the best at using talisman water to treat diseases, and he could cure "head wind".
It's as simple as urine. As long as Cao Cao is willing to lead his troops to surrender, he can ask his commander to treat him.
Cao Cao was so angry at being scolded by the enemy that he forced himself to go into battle. When Geng Ling saw it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Why don't Cao Mengde change the ocher scarf to a yellow scarf? In this way, we will be in the same party!"
Cao Cao was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared, pointed at Geng Ling and cursed: "You thief, I can't wait to eat your flesh and drink your blood." Then he looked around and said: "Who can capture him with me?"
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Cao Hong raised his steel pole and shouted: "The last general is here!" Then he clapped his horse and rushed out of the formation.
On the opposite side, General Geng Ling raised his "nine-section staff" and pointed it forward. He saw a fat and fierce general in the enemy army rushing out on horseback. This enemy general was riding a green zebra with his hand
He used two maces and followed them with the military flag embroidered with the words "Beihai Du".
Cao Zhi nodded "Oh" and told the generals around him that he knew this "Beihai Du". This man was also famous in the Yellow Turban Army and was known as "Du Damu". Du Damu was brave in battle and cruel in nature.
Du Damu galloped out of the formation wielding his mace, and engaged Cao Hong one-on-one. After the two sides quickly fought for five or six rounds, Cao Hong became weak, as if he was no match for Du Damu. After ten moves, he was only
The power of parrying.
At this time, Xiahou Dun hurriedly came out to assist Cao Hong. When Geng Ling saw it in the distance, he immediately waved his "nine-section staff". Immediately, 10,000 yellow scarf troops appeared in the enemy camp. They shouted, crossed the thatched slope, and began to cross the river to attack.
Cao's army was not to be outdone, and 8,000 men immediately came out to fight. The two sides began to no longer fight against generals. When the Yellow Turban Army climbed up the bank this time, they did not suffer a dense arrow attack. Du Da, who led the charge,
He mistakenly thought that the enemy had exhausted their arrows yesterday, so he became more courageous. Facing the two enemy generals, he still waved his mace and charged forward.
On Cao's side, under the leadership of Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun, eight thousand soldiers gradually withstood the Yellow Turbans' charge, and another fierce battle unfolded in the wilderness.
Although Du Damu was brave and good at fighting, Cao Jun's resistance was resolute and orderly, which prevented him from taking any advantage. The battle lasted for half an hour, with both sides suffering casualties, and there was no winner.
Just when the two sides were at a standstill, Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun, the commanders of Cao's army, actually wanted to retreat and issued a "retreat" order. How could Du Damu miss this opportunity to seize the opportunity to pursue victory? He roared and ordered his troops to pursue and kill them.
Go up.
In the distance, Cao Cao, the commander-in-chief of Cao's army, saw Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun defeated. He was so angry that he grabbed a handful of spears from his younger brother Cao Zhi and was about to take action himself. However, unexpectedly, he suffered from a headache at this time, so he lost the spears and held the favor.
He held his head in pain and almost fell off his horse.
Geng Ling on the opposite side could see it clearly, so he couldn't help but be happy, danced in the car, and immediately ordered the entire army to press forward. Then, with the rumbling of war drums, the Yellow Turban Army rushed towards Cao Jun to cover up the enemy.
At this time, Cao Cao lay on his horse with his head in his hands, and was guarded by generals such as Cao Zhi, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Dun. He led the troops to fight and retreat. During the retreat, they also discarded some food belts, cloth and other property from time to time.
As a result, many Yellow Turban soldiers dismounted and started fighting, and even fought with fists and kicks, causing chaos in the formation. Little did they know that this was all planned by Cao Cao. Cao Cao and Cao Zhi, who were peeping on the horse, couldn't help but laugh.
Cao Jun continued to retreat, and the Yellow Turban Army pursued them. Unknowingly, Geng Ling's main force of about 300,000 soldiers and horses entered the ambush set by Cao Jun.
The ambush circle was set up in an endless depression thirty miles away from Wuyan. There were reeds and spear grass everywhere, and the vast sky was directly visible. Behind the depression was the "Daye" where the Red Eyebrow Army defeated Wang Mang.
The northern part of "Ze" was still the land of heroes known as "Liangshan Bo" in later generations. But now it is a dead land, and it is also the place where Cao Cao and Cao Zhi planned for the surrender of the Yellow Turban Army.
Geng Ling, who was in the final formation of the Yellow Turban Army, had a premonition that something was wrong during the pursuit. When he waved the Jiujie Zhan and ordered the troops to stop the pursuit, suddenly, behind him, three loud blasts were heard on his retreat.
There was a loud noise, and the tens of thousands of troops walking at the back were exploded by something unknown. Black smoke billowed, flames shot into the sky, and screams broke out again and again.
That wasn't bad. In the end of the loud noise, Geng Ling heard the sound of horns and the rumble of horse hooves from the other side of the river they crossed.
That was cavalry. How could the enemy's cavalry appear behind them? Geng Ling shouted anxiously: "The rear team becomes the front team and rush back!"
As soon as Geng Ling finished speaking, the rear formations were already shouting for kill, and then they saw dust and smoke flying, and the flags were rolled. Geng Ling realized that it was too late, the enemy's cavalry had already charged into his rear formations.