Chapter 320: Effortlessly
At this time, the benefits of having a super fierce general under his command are highlighted.
When Liu Xian's men and horses rushed directly from Liulin Village to the small ferry in the upper reaches of the Qingshui River, the second batch of men and horses of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro had just been transported, and those rafts had just turned around and returned to the north bank to pick up the next group of men and horses.
For them, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, they didn't realize what problems their vanguard general Luo Shi would have if he first took a thousand men and horses to loot Liulin Village. The main reason why they continued to cross the river was to protect the gains of their plunder, and to carry away the money and food.
In this way, the vanguard of the second batch of Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army seemed very relaxed, after they crossed the river, they did not rush to kill Liulin Village, but scattered on the bank of the river in a chaotic manner, gathering together in twos and threes to laugh, and even many people sat together to rest.
The northerners are indeed not good at water, and many people cross the river on rafts, but they get seasick.
In the direction of Liulin Village, the sound of battle did not alarm them. One, when the battle in Liulin Village began, these horses had not yet completely crossed the river. Two, about four or five miles away, said far not far but not close, this along the river bank, although there is a road, but some weeds and trees also block the view, they can not see directly. Even if there were shouts and screams, when I got here, I only heard some noisy sounds, and I couldn't hear what the sound was.
What's more, it is still drizzling, and the earth is always shrouded in a layer of mist-like water vapor. And there is also the wind, the sound of the rain, the sound of the wind, and the sound of the waves of the river, which also covers up some sounds and movements.
The most important thing is that none of the 1,000 Yellow Turbans in Luo City have escaped the net, and not even a single person who reported the news has escaped back.
Huang Zhong led the three hundred cavalry to kill first, and those Yellow Turban soldiers were directly dumbfounded, and they were terrified one by one.
In addition to bows and arrows, they are basically the Yellow Turban Army of infantry, and what they are most afraid of is the cavalry of the government.
The Yellow Turban Uprising, the Yellow Turban people of 36 parties in the world, almost all of them have suffered the losses of the Han officers and soldiers.
Not to mention anything else, the reason why Liu Bei's rebel army was able to defeat tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops led by Cheng Zhiyuan and other Yellow Turban generals head-on with just those hundreds of people and some of Liu Yan's officers and soldiers was actually because a merchant gave Liu Bei a batch of war horses, making Liu Xian's rebel army actually equivalent to a cavalry. In addition, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two super fierce generals, led the cavalry to rush back and forth among the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, and directly killed the Yellow Turban Army's courage, and after killing Cheng Zhiyuan in the formation, the Yellow Turban Army was immediately defeated.
If it is said that outside Liulin Village earlier, the 1,000 men and horses of the Liufu caravan besieging Luo City exposed many shortcomings of the Liufu caravan. Then at this time, the benefits of a super fierce general are really revealed.
Huang Zhong led three hundred cavalry, roaring out, those scattered on the bank of the Yellow Turban Army failed to react at all, a face was killed by Huang Zhong and three hundred cavalry, when they killed a transparent horse, those Yellow Turban Army only knew how to cry dad and call mother, scattered and fled, basically few dared to resist.
And those who dared to resist were either directly killed by the Yellow Turban, or were shot by the Yellow Turban with a bow and arrow.
As Liu Xian's men and horses surrounded and killed from a distance, the thousand Yellow Turban troops all surrendered on their knees without much effort.
Huang Zhong was also too fierce, and when he rushed to kill, he basically killed all their leaders and others, and the rest of the Yellow Turban soldiers, although they were all considered to be elites, they had been directly beaten and lost their souls.
This wiped out another 1,000 men and horses of the Yellow Turban Army, and its own casualties were zero, and only a dozen or so cavalry suffered some minor injuries.
The result of the battle was also to kill nearly half of the Yellow Turban Army and capture nearly half of them.
Of the more than 2,000 Yellow Turban pioneers, more than 1,000 were arrested. This is equivalent to providing a thousand strong laborers for Liulin Village.
At this time, the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro had been completely alarmed.
The Yellow Turban soldiers with hundreds of rafts, who were returning to the north bank, had just reached the center of the river, and they were startled when they saw the sudden attack on the thousand men and horses they had crossed the river, and they quickly pushed the raft back to the north bank.
They did not dare to turn back and take the thousand men and horses who had crossed the river, in fact it was too late.
When they returned to the north bank and joined the men and horses who remained on the north bank, the situation on the other side of the river directly made them all feel cold in their hearts. Because the Yellow Turbans on the north bank could see it clearly, in just a few moments, the thousand people who crossed the river were finished. Then, they thought of Luo Shi, the pioneer general who had crossed the river earlier and killed Liulin Village. It immediately didn't feel good.
The 5,000-strong Black Mountain Yellow Turban Vanguard Army lost 2,000 men and horses in such an inexplicable way, which may also include their commander Luo City.
They didn't dare to continue to cross the river, and at this time they were given a water tank to make them guts, and they didn't dare to cross the river again.
They now only have a hundred rafts, and they can only cross a thousand people at a time. And what role can a thousand people and horses play in crossing the river in the past?
They hurriedly withdrew and went back to join the two thousand men and horses who had remained in the county seat of Yang's county.
"Lord, do you want to let someone cross the river and lead the army to attack the remaining Yellow Turban Army?"
Such a battle without an opponent does not seem to be a little challenging for Huang Zhong, and he is indeed unsatisfied now.
At this time, it was indeed the best chance to destroy the remaining 3,000 vanguard troops of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army. The loss of their commanders is equivalent to the loss of unified command. In addition, they easily destroyed their 1,000 men and horses in terms of seeing themselves, which made them more or less intuitively see, and then misunderstood the strength of the Liu Mansion caravan.
At this time, Liu Xian could indeed ask someone to drive the boats and rafts that were hidden, cross the river, and destroy the remaining 3,000 men and horses in one go. As long as the river is crossed and attacked, then the men and horses of Yangshi County can actually go out of the city to participate in the battle, and in this way, the Yellow Turban Army that remains in the city of Yangshi County will definitely be defeated.
But Liu Xian thought about it for a while, shook his head and said, "No need, and keep their dogs' lives, let's evacuate first and hide." ”
"Okay, listen to my lord." Huang Zhong saw that Liu Xian did not agree, and did not insist.
"Clean up the battlefield, bury the body and leave here."
Liu Xian shouted to the left and right.
Liu Xian was not in a hurry to cross the river immediately to attack the remaining 3,000 Yellow Turban Army, mainly considering that the large force of the Yellow Turban Army would definitely arrive soon. If they cross the river at this time, then they may be surrounded and attacked by their army.
In addition, even if he crossed the river to attack at this time, Liu Xian would definitely not let the men and horses of Yangshi County attack. Once this strikes, it may disrupt Yang's county's defense arrangements.
The men and horses of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, that is tens of thousands, have only eliminated more than 2,000 people now, and they don't have such a big appetite, so it is definitely impossible to eat tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army in one bite.
What's more, the combat effectiveness of this ordinary soldier is indeed inferior to that of the other party.
Now Liu Xian has a way to slowly kill the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, so there is no need to worry at all. In any case, there is no problem for Yangshi County to block the siege of these tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops for two or three days. Liu Xian was hiding with these two thousand men and horses, which was a threat in itself to the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro.
Liu Xian led the people back to Liulin Village to rest, of course, leaving people here to keep an eye on the situation on the other side.
Liu Xian knew that when the main force of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro arrived, it would definitely not stop there, and would inevitably continue to send men and horses to kill across the river. And when the time comes, it will be another wave of harvest.
In this ancient war, geography was extremely important. Liu Xian had long planned to use this Qingshui River to make a big fuss.
In fact, it can only be so, although there are some hills and some small mountains in this area, they are basically plains. In the plains, like this big river, it is a natural hazard, and it is a terrain that Liu Xian can use.
Of course, it doesn't really count if it's a natural risk. Because the Qingshui River is not too big a river. Let's put it this way, the river surface of this hundred and tens of meters, some places are narrower and only tens of meters wide, and the river is not too turbulent. Especially the banks on both sides of the river, which are not dangerous. In other words, as long as there are means to cross the river, the river in this area can actually dock at the river bank at will, and it does not necessarily need to be at the ferry terminal.
Fortunately, it is still spring at this time, and the river water is cold, otherwise, people with better water quality can swim directly to the river.
However, Liu Xian has already arranged manpower along the river, no matter where the Yellow Turban Army crosses the river, they can grasp the news and intelligence as soon as possible.
In addition, Liu Xian deliberately left 100 rafts for the Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army, which actually set a tone for the Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army.
What tone? That's the tone of what kind of people they can send.
A hundred rafts can only cross a thousand people at a time. And if the Yellow Turban Army only comes with about 1,000 people at a time, then this is tantamount to adding fuel to the tactics, and if they come in a batch, they will be destroyed in a batch.
Of course, the Yellow Turbans weren't stupid, and they couldn't have done it. Then it is very likely that it is to cut the raft wood village by yourself and make a batch of rafts out.
However, their main target is still Yang County, and if they want to capture Yang County in a short time, then they must besiege the walls of Yang County. As a result, these tens of thousands of horses had to be scattered around Yangshi County. This one was scattered to besiege Yangshi County, so how many extra troops did they have to send to attack Liulin Village?
Their time is also relatively short, and they must take Yang County before the expected officers and soldiers come, and they only have two or three days to give them. In this way, they could not make too many rafts, not to mention that they also had to make siege equipment.
In this way, Liu Xian could estimate how many men and horses the Yellow Turban Army could send to cross the river. Liu Xian estimated that they would build one or two hundred rafts at most, which could cross more than 3,000 horses at a time.
You know, there's no point in making too much of this raft. Because it's just a tool to cross the river, what is it that takes too much effort to figure out too much? This time, they plundered and left, and there was no need to spend too much effort to do something meaningless.
In addition, they may want to erect a pontoon bridge. But it was impossible for Liu Xian to let them erect this pontoon bridge.
Once it was discovered that they were planning to erect a pontoon bridge, Huang Zhong would take 300 cavalry and hundreds of archers to dispatch. Let them build a pontoon bridge and go to the river, let them see the power of Huang Zhong's magic arrow.
In fact, with Huang Zhong here, even if they were to build a pontoon bridge, they might not be able to kill it.
As long as Huang Zhong is allowed to stop at the head of the bridge, a husband will not be opened.
What's more, Liu Xian left those hundred rafts, which will also make the Yellow Turban Army subconsciously consider, since there are already a hundred rafts to cross the river, then make more and let his men and horses cross too much at a time, so that there is no need to worry about the people and horses in Liulin Village.
They didn't know that the reason why Liu Xian dared to stay in Liulin Village, and even the industry and grain in Liulin Village were not moved, this was actually because Liu Xian was confident that he could use the Qingshui River outside Liulin Village to withstand the Yellow Turban Army that came this time.
After Liu Xian led his men and horses back to Liulin Village, he immediately collected the weapons of the two thousand Yellow Turban Army that had been destroyed, and among them, a total of two or three hundred bows were obtained.
Liu Xian's two thousand five hundred men and horses are less than five hundred bows in total, and now that there are three hundred more bows, then it is equivalent to three hundred more archers.
Earlier, I realized that there was indeed a problem with the combat effectiveness of my army. Therefore, Liu Xian simply gathered all the archers, so that a total of about 700 archers were equipped. Seven hundred, gather another hundred more, gather eight hundred, and those who do not have a bow for the time being will first help to carry bows and arrows.