Chapter 50: The Valley Ambushes
Ma Yue thought they had won, but they hadn't.
With the drumbeat of Lu Zhi's charge, Bao Hong rushed forward.
Behind him were the strongest infantry and archers of the Han Dynasty, and as for the cavalry, the men and horses of the headquarters were enough, and he never thought of joining forces with Cao Poshi and others to break the enemy.
As for Ma Yue, leading the cavalry did create an advantage for the Han army, cutting out a lone army of more than 2,000 people in the rout of the Yellow Turban, but that was Ma Yue's credit, in his opinion, he was just cruising as a flank, which was far from enough, His Majesty ordered him to send troops, and he was going to kill the enemy for His Majesty!
Seeing the thieves fleeing into the valley, Bao Hong did not hesitate to lead the cavalry to rush in.
Above the Jizhou Valley, there were countless Yellow Turban believers hidden on the ridges on both sides, and Bao Hong didn't know that the valley he led his troops into was such a Jedi.
Ma Riyan galloped on the road, looked at the valley and was a little worried, glanced at the infantry battalion and material officer who followed behind him, pulled out the sword at his waist and shouted: "Charge, kill the enemy!" ”
Xu Rong led the infantry forward and ran, constantly commanding and deploying the soldiers behind him, ready to respond to the archers in front of him to replace the formation, seeing that he was about to chase into the valley, he hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Slow down, send an order to the front army to chase after you!" ”
However, no one gave him a chance to stop, and Sima on his side said: "Captain Xu, the general's order drum is still ringing, you can't stop!" ”
Seeing that the Shooting Battalion had already rushed into the valley, Xu Rong looked back at Lu Zhi's canopy, and then at Changshui and Yueqi, who were already tired. Xu Rong sighed and said to Jun Sima: "You shouldn't rush......"
Once the infantry battalion also enters the valley, there will be no friendly troops to help if it is ambushed.
"Captain, the left flank cavalry and the front army have already entered the valley, it should be fine, rush in."
Xu Rong had no choice but to follow the pace of the Shooting Battalion towards the valley.
Ma Yue looked at the figure of Bao Hong, who was in a hurry to advance, and curled the corners of his mouth disdainfully, even if he chased him into the valley, there was no way to expand his advantage.
When Bao Hongbu had already chased to the middle of the valley and the shooting battalion had all rushed into the valley, suddenly the command of the valley shouted, and several banners with the words 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand' were hunting and hunting in the mountain wind, and countless ambushes with yellow turbans appeared on both sides of the valley.
Xu Rong's worries came true!
The Yellow Turbans had no bows and arrows, but there were enough trees and boulders on the mountain to tumble down from the top of the mountain almost at the same time, with a sound like an earthquake.
"Run!"
The huge wood and rolling stones roared down with the dust, and the Bao Hongbu, who was eager to assault, bore the brunt.
Bao Hong, who encountered a sudden change, immediately reined in his horse, looked back and shouted to his subordinates: "Withdraw!" Get out of here! ”
Who knew that the horses under Bao Hong's seat were suddenly frightened by the stones that fell beside them, suddenly plucked up and threw Bao Hong off the horse, and then galloped forward.
Bao Hong, who fell to the ground, didn't care about the pain, and didn't pick up his helmet when it was knocked off, and hurriedly shouted: "Abandon the horse, abandon the horse, withdraw it!" Withdraw now! ”
Dozens of cavalrymen were hit by the huge trees rolling down the mountain road, some were directly smashed into minced meat, and some were injured and lying on the ground wailing, and the scene in the valley instantly became tragic.
What's even more terrifying is that the cavalry fell off their horses one after another in this situation, and the frightened horses ran rampantly, and a Danshan horse lifted off the owner on horseback and stepped heavily on him with two hooves, opened his mouth and bit the soldier's shoulder, tilted his head, and threw him out a few steps, and smashed him to the ground.
"Herod!"
Ma Riyan's horse was also frightened, and he jumped wildly to knock his master on his back to the ground. The soldiers of the Shooting Battalion were all in confusion and retreated out of the valley in a swarm.
Bao Hong beckoned his men while running with the boulder rolling down the mountain, and seeing Ma Riyan's horse jumping in place like crazy, he immediately snatched a crossbow from the hand of the shooter next to him, and shot it out with an arrow.
Right in the middle of the horse's head!
The frenzied horse suddenly lost its strength and fell to the ground violently, and Ma Riyan was also thrown to the ground.
When Bao Hong was ready to shoot an arrow, he had already dropped his crossbow and ran towards Ma Ripan, and pulled up Ma Ripan, who was smashed, and ran for his life.
If the world reports, Fang Cai Ma and Bao led the cavalry to chase and kill the Yellow Turban for more than 20 miles, killing Zhang Bao and fleeing north, at this time, Bao and Ma were smashed by the original stone giant trees rolling down on the hillside.
The rolling boulders are like a natural disaster, and even the most elite warriors can't stop their hearts.
Especially now...... The snare drum has stopped.
Of the three troops, only the infantry battalion led by Xu Rong was quite safe, standing at the mouth of the valley to make way for the rout, and they did not enter the valley, so they did not panic.
Lu Zhi knew what was going to happen when he heard the sudden noise in the valley, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
The dust has settled, and the entrance to the valley is in ruins, which is blocked, and if you want to reach Handan through here, you are afraid that it will take a lot of effort to clear the road.
Most of the Han army camped outside the valley, and the heavy soldiers buried the pot to cook, and the soldiers counted the casualties on both sides.
There were more than 4,000 levels in this battle, most of which were cut by Ma Yue and Cao Poshi, and Ma Yue was the first to be killed.
The Han army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, the infantry battalion was fully organized, the shooting battalion suffered more than 200 casualties, the Changshui battalion suffered 500 casualties and more than 300 people, the Yue cavalry battalion only had more than 100 casualties, the Tun cavalry battalion suffered more than half of the casualties, and the Sanhe cavalry suffered heavy casualties.
Moreover, there were not many cavalry left, only Ma Yue and Cao Poshi were all manned, and the rest did not lose horses in the chaos only less than a thousand.
Either way, it's a win.
Under the cover, Ma Yue stood on Lu Zhi's side and bowed his head and said: "General, the road to Zhao has been blocked, whether we will clean up the wreckage and dredge the valley road or ......."
Halfway through speaking, Lu Zhi waved his hand, pointed to the north and said: "The mission of our army is to cut off the connection between the Yellow Turbans and all parts of the Yellow Turbans, drag the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, and create opportunities for Huangfu Song and General Zhu Jun. ”
Saying that, Lu Zhi looked at the south and said to Ma Yue: "Ma Yue, the north is mountainous, and the cavalry of our army is seriously attritional, so you and Cao Poshi immediately went to Sili to recruit troops, and then Cao Poshi went to Guangzong, and you led your troops to support Huangfu Song and General Zhu Jun." ”
……
At the other end of the valley.
Not many Yellow Turban believers remained in the valley, and more than 10,000 believers fled to the old land of Guzhao.
The scene in the valley was terrible, and the corpses of horses and sergeants were smashed by boulders and rolling logs. A few ownerless horses wandered through the ruins, and the chaos passed.
Suddenly, a tall man wearing a yellow scarf stood up, grabbed a ring knife and looked left and right, and staggered over to the nearby corpse to look around, but found no living mouth.
The pain in his chest was terrible, and he fled with most of the Yellow Turbans, when he was suddenly knocked down by a crazy horse that was rushing straight away, and he immediately fell unconscious. When I woke up, the valley was like this.
His shouts echoed through the valley, but no one answered.
Riding an ownerless war horse, he turned sideways and glanced back at the valley mouth blocked by wood and stones, his dark face was full of hatred, and then he gathered several military horses and galloped in the direction of the old capital of Gu Zhao.