"Woooo...woo!" The north wind howled and the horn sounded.
"The Taishan cavalry is here again, brothers, copy the guys, fight with them!"
There was a commotion in the huge military column, as if a big stone had been thrown into the gently flowing river, and the ripples spread out in circles, turning into ripples or waves.
"Where are they? Where are the Tarzan cavalry?"
The morale of the Yellow Turban Army was extremely high, but the horns sounded from all directions at the same time. The soldiers were confused and the generals had no clue. They could only hold the weapons in their hands tightly, as if they could get guidance.
"Ah!" Finally, in addition to the continuous horns and the Yellow Turban Army's shouts of killing, there was a new voice, and it was a voice that could point to the direction of the enemy.
"The sky is dead..." The crowd began to surge, and the war horns soared to the sky. The Yellow Turban Army with high morale will not be afraid of any enemy, even if they know that they are coming from the cavalry that destroyed Guanhai in Beihai.
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"Stop, stop shouting, don't run around, keep moving forward, ignore those damn flies, those cowards don't dare to fight openly, they just run around and harass! They want to delay the journey of the army.
,Brothers, we can’t let them succeed, move forward, keep moving forward!”
Before the morale could be completely improved and the army could change direction, the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army stopped everything by shouting at the top of their lungs.
This is a valuable experience gained from countless lessons of blood and tears. The purpose of those cavalry is to torment people. They will not fight head-on with the army no matter what. Even if the number of soldiers and horses sent out to fight is less than their number, they will only be far away.
of running away.
In fact, there was no way to do anything less. The Youzhou Army was blocked to the east of Laiwu. There were less than a thousand Taishan cavalry in total. More than a thousand cavalry were divided into dozens of small groups and kept appearing around the army.
A small team of dozens of light cavalry is insignificant compared to the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans. The comparison between ants and elephants is not appropriate. However, even these enemy troops who are not as good as ants can disturb the elephant.
peaceful.
Sometimes only one or two groups of people appeared alone, sometimes like now, multiple groups of cavalry appeared at the same time, surrounding the army and blowing horns desperately. If someone didn't know the situation, they would think that the Yellow Turban army had been surrounded.
At the beginning, every time this happened, the Chinese army would send an order to stop the army and divide its forces to meet the enemy. As a result, the cavalry turned around and ran away, faster than rabbits!
Naturally, the two-legged ones couldn't catch up with the four-legged ones. The Yellow Turban Army could only watch the enemy run away in disgrace, leaving only smoke and dust in the sky. If they gave up, those damn cavalry would come back and continue to blow their trumpets, making people angry.
No peace.
This is not even the most annoying thing. These cavalry not only come during the day, but also refuse to stop at night. Even though they know that it is impossible for them to overcome the heavy defensive offensive and launch a night attack, the Yellow Turban soldiers are still not at peace.
Think about it, when you are sleeping soundly, you suddenly hear a burst of passionate drums, followed by a blast of horns that is louder than the sound of the wind. Who can sleep peacefully as before?
At first, the soldiers would be awakened, jump up, grab, and later get used to it. They could only use pillows or necks to wrap their heads. At the same time, they cursed the unscrupulous Taishan people and cursed them for working in the dark.
The horse stumbled in the wild and hit a tree; while squeezing his eyes desperately, hoping that this would help him sleep.
The marching speed of the army suddenly slowed down by more than half, which made the Yellow Turban generals go crazy.
After several days, the commanders gathered together and discussed a countermeasure, which was to ignore the enemy, and then each soldier received two cotton balls...
The commanders' countermeasures were very targeted, but the Taishan Cavalry quickly proved with their actions that they were not a military band. They could not only beat drums and blow trumpets, but their real specialty was killing people!
After discovering that the Yellow Turban Army gradually became accustomed to noise harassment, when the smoke and dust rose again, the Taishan cavalry brought not only noise, but the rustling sound of arrows became the main theme of the harassment!
Taishan's Qingqi swept forward, then turned around a hundred steps away from the queue, with graceful and calm movements. Then they swept past the side of the queue like wind, and sprinkled rain-like arrows on the heads of the Yellow Turban Army.
They didn't seek maximum killing effect, nor precision. They just tried their best to hit the Yellow Turban Army's formation at the maximum range, and then without looking at the result, they led their horses around and flew far away, waiting for the horse power.
After recovery, it comes back again, and the cycle continues endlessly.
The casualties caused by such harassment are extremely limited, but it has a very good effect on hindering the speed of the army.
Soldiers can use earplugs to get used to the noise, but they cannot turn a blind eye to the sharp arrows on their heads. Even if they have the concentration, the pain caused by the arrows hitting their bodies is real.
If dealing with regular armored soldiers, the lethality of arrows at this distance is almost non-existent, but how could the Yellow Turban Army obtain so many armors? Most of the wounds are not fatal, but in this cold winter, if treatment is not timely, even a small wound can be fatal.
Take away a fresh life!
The Qu commanders thought of many countermeasures, such as using archers to shoot. Anyway, Taishan had few soldiers, so even if the exchange cost was larger, the Yellow Turban Army would still be able to accept it.
However, contrary to expectations, the Yellow Turban Army had too many soldiers and the queue was too long.
If used intensively, the probability of winning is too low. Who knows where those damn light cavalry will appear?
If distributed equally, the limited archers are scattered in a queue that stretches for tens of miles, and only one person can be assigned at a distance of a hundred steps. Isn't it a dream to think that one person can fight against dozens of white horse Yi Cong who are unparalleled in riding and shooting?
What's more, the soldiers' archery skills were also very problematic, and it was difficult to cause any casualties to the cavalry. The archers who gathered together were lucky enough to win a few prizes, but most of their arrows were left behind by the high-speed horses.
The Taishan Qingqi are here to harass. They fire arrows at the maximum range. With the archery skills of the Yellow Turban soldiers, how can they hit a moving target at such a distance?
Just like whether you can block the light cavalry, whether you can hit it or not can only depend on luck. There are only a few arrows that are lucky to hit, but they can't have a direct shot effect. Once they are blocked by the leather armor, the horse's speed immediately loses its strength.
The cavalrymen were either injured or not. Anyway, no one fell off their horses. They did not make any stops and ran with the group into the distance.
The constant harassment made the Yellow Turban Army miserable.
The army marching from east to west is so huge, like a giant python that even the Wen River eclipses it. Such a huge body is also very powerful. As long as it is willing, it can move mountains and fill seas, and it can do anything. But it
He just couldn't help the swarm of midges buzzing around him!
Because of Guan Hai's experience, the Yellow Turban generals attached great importance to Taishan Qingqi, and were also wary of the Youzhou Army, so they used large-scale measures to block all the enemy forces east of Laiwu.
But now, they have discovered another terrible thing about Qingqi: harassment, endless harassment, harassment that makes people helpless and annoying!
"Commander, this is not the way to go. You should come up with a countermeasure." Most of the commanders pinned their hopes on Zhang Rao.
"Yeah, those damn bastards kept staring at me for some reason. In a few days, the number of injured brothers has exceeded 500, 500 elites, and they just fell down without doing anything!"
There are also some unlucky ones who cry endlessly.
"Just pull the queue apart and push them across, leaving no room for them to move!" As for this unreliable suggestion, everyone could only draw a blank stare.
To say that it is a long and narrow plain is only relative to the topography of the entire Qilu land. In fact, the plain in the Wen River Basin is at least a hundred miles wide. With the number of people in the Yellow Turban Army, it is no problem to open such a distance.
But after pulling away, do you still want to move forward?
It doesn't have to be too far, just one day's walk, the horizontal line will turn into a pot of porridge, and the Taishan army does not need to continue to harass them, they just need to rush over and win in one fell swoop.
"I have a way, but are you all willing to listen?"
Looking at this group of incompetent and selfish subordinates, Zhang Rao felt bored. He said with a sullen face: "I ask you to hand over all the horses in your hands and form a cavalry to fight against each other. Even if you can't win,
, can also drive away the Taishan people, but what did you say? Brother Zhang, your brother was injured five hundred, but did you tell them that it was because you were reluctant to part with those horses that they were injured?
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"I..." All the generals were speechless.
Although there were not many, the Yellow Turban Army also had horses. Most of the horses captured in the past were eaten during the food shortage, but recently they broke through Linzi and captured a lot of new horses. The problem is that after the capture, the leaders divided the captured horses on the spot.
No matter how many horses there are, they can't hold back the many large and small forces inside the Yellow Turban.
As the commander-in-chief, Zhang Rao, Sima Ju, Xu He and others had the largest number of troops, but including the horses pulling the carts, they did not have more than a hundred horses in the army, and the others were even more conceivable.
For example, the complaining leader named Zhang had no more than ten horses. But when Zhang Rao held a military meeting and asked the leaders to take out all their horses and organize a counterattack, no one was willing to agree. They
It's not that I don't want to part with a few horses, I just don't want to set a precedent and affect the future distribution of spoils.
Now Taishan Qingqi is becoming more and more arrogant, and the army is moving slower and slower. Zhang Rao's old affairs are brought up again, and the leaders have changed from firm opposition to hesitation.
"Today we will open the sky and make a clear statement. Only horses and war horses will be turned over! You can keep the horses for yourself. After Mount Tai is conquered, brothers can share more of the captured war horses. The more horses are turned in, the more they will be divided.
The more, how about it?”
"Sure, that's it!"
"Listen to the commander-in-chief!"
Upon hearing this, the leaders did not hesitate. Being able to drive away the annoying Taishan Qingqi would bring benefits in the future. It would be unkind to refuse to agree to such a good thing.
Zhang Rao breathed a long sigh of relief. At this moment, he missed Xu You even more. If the other party was still there, why would he need to put so much thought into a few horses?
It was under Mr. Ziyuan's planning that his few thousand soldiers turned into an army of hundreds of thousands. If he could gather them together, why not worry about not being able to control them freely?
It seems that even if I defeat Wang Pengju, I can't rush to stand on my own. At least, I need to find a few famous people first... It doesn't need to be too famous. If you have half the ability of Mr. Ziyuan, you will be satisfied.
Of course, now is not the time to think about this. Now that the war horses are available, the next step is to find a way to form a cavalry... I don't have the ability, so I have to find a strong general.
His eyes wandered among the crowd, and finally fell on a strong man. Zhang Rao's eyes lit up: It was him!
After the military meeting ended, Guan Hai, who had always looked listless, was stopped.
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