68. The tide has turned
Although there were many newly recruited volunteers in the Han army, most of the soldiers and horses recruited near the capital city of Luoyang had combat skills.
In terms of equipment, it can also be seen that most of the Han army wore armor, and although most of the Yellow Turban Army had weapons, they were really lacking in iron armor, shields and bows and crossbows, and most of them were just wearing coarse cloth clothes wrapped in yellow scarves.
Under several volleys of Han crossbowmen, the Yellow Turbans fell and received a slight blow.
But fortunately, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army soon rushed to the front of the Han army with swords, shields and gunmen, and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Han army.
In this regard, the Yellow Turban Army was only outnumbered, facing 3,000 Han troops and attacking with 5,000 soldiers and horses, but it was far inferior to the Han army in terms of combat skills.
The offensive coordination of the Han army is orderly, cooperating with each other, attacking and defending, while the Yellow Turban Army is not, it can be a little cooperative at the beginning, and after a long battle, the cooperation between the sword and shield men and the gunners will be chaotic.
Row by row were stabbed to death by the Han army, row by row fell, and then row by row forward, completely losing the proper order.
Guo Peng was fascinated by this battle, his spirit was highly tense, and his whole body was tense.
This is the real battlefield, the real meat grinder.
Zhang Jiao looked at it and suddenly found that his army on his side was showing signs of defeat and retreat, and immediately became nervous, and immediately ordered the follow-up troops to continue to fight, wanting to crush the Han army with numbers.
Lu Zhi's side asked the troops behind the palace to prepare, and he led the Chinese army to press and fight hand-to-hand with the Yellow Turban Army.
Guo Peng led his cavalry team to escort Lu Zhi and slowly moved forward.
At this time, it is very challenging to test the commander's command, and Lu Zhi's command is first-class.
He skillfully commanded the Han army to retreat and take over, and used a new phalanx to clean up the tired phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army, not only being able to train the troops, but also breaking a phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop, causing their rout.
As soon as he saw signs of rout, Zhang Liang couldn't sit still.
"Brother is in charge, I will lead the troops to kill it!"
Zhang Liang immediately pressed onto the battlefield with more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry under his command, drove the defeated soldiers to turn around and continue to fight hand-to-hand with the Han army, and he also led a few cavalry that could barely be counted as cavalry to join the battlefield and stabilize the situation.
However, Lu Zhi had few soldiers and horses, and after losing some men and horses in the battle for nearly half an hour, he had already begun to transport the wounded soldiers back to the other side, and began to implement the plan.
As a result, Lu Zhi saw at a glance that the banner of the "General Rengong" began to move to the battlefield, and he was immediately overjoyed.
I didn't expect to be able to earn Zhang Jiao's younger brother.
Thinking like this, Lu Zhi decided to seize this opportunity and began to order the army to retreat, and the rear army pressed the palace to buy time for the front army to retreat.
The order to withdraw troops was issued.
Before it was Guo Peng's turn to go to the battlefield, the order to withdraw troops was issued.
"Teacher, is this a retreat?"
"Of course, didn't you see that flag?"
Guo Peng turned his head to look and saw the extremely eye-catching banner of "General Rengong" at a glance.
As this flag arrived on the battlefield, the Yellow Turban Army's will to fight was significantly improved, and they began to attack the Han army's military formation without their lives, and the Han army's military formation was unstable.
It is indeed time to retreat, otherwise it will really enter the link of a fierce battle, and you will not be able to withdraw if you want to.
Drums sounded, trumpets sounded, and the officers on the battlefield commanded the army to retreat as soon as possible according to Lu Zhi's orders.
However, this situation was suppressed by the officers in time, and the troops of the palace immediately rose up under the leadership of the sect members, and the retreat of the Han army was barely smooth.
"General Tiangong! The Han army retreated! ”
"The Han army can't hold on! Retreat! ”
"The Han army is defeated!!"
Such voices came and went, and Zhang Jiao's heart suddenly had a strong feeling of happiness, and then this feeling was transformed into an emotion called self-confidence.
There is no doubt that he won, Lu Zhi couldn't hold it anymore and was about to retreat, although he tried his best to hide his defeat, but the appearance of the Han army when they retreated was still discovered by Zhang Jiao.
They were going to cross the river and go back, and this time was a good time to pursue!
To wipe out the Han army here!
Lu Zhi, you lost! I won!
So Zhang Jiao decisively ordered the army to press, and he led the main force behind, and Zhang Liang led the front army to attack and overwhelm the Han army.
However, Zhang Jiao soon found that the Han army was quickly crossing the river and fleeing north, and their ships were quite numerous, and if the Han army was allowed to cross the river in this way, it was estimated that the Han army would soon complete the river crossing.
Zhang Jiao immediately realized that he should lead his army to cross the river and attack the Han army after him, without giving the Han army any respite.
He immediately ordered people to prepare a ferry, and then stepped up the attack on the Han army's palace rear troops, as long as the Han army's palace rear troops were defeated, then the Han army's back would be exposed.
However, the resistance of the Han army's palace troops was very tenacious, and Zhang Liang led the army to storm but did not defeat this Han army's palace rear troops.
At this time, after the river crossing, the Han army dropped many flags and accelerated the speed of escape.
Zhang Jiao was sure that the Han army had no will to fight, and that he had won, and he was even more eager to expand the results of the battle, so he pressed another army.
The number of the Yellow Turbans increased to the point where the Han army could not fight against them.
As soon as the sect member saw that he could not hold out, he ordered to fight and retreat, and the crossbowmen were responsible for covering.
And the Yellow Turban soldiers all wanted to move forward, chasing and killing the Han army to make meritorious contributions, but lost the rules, and in the process of pursuing the Han army, many of their own people were trampled to death.
This is not important, if you die, you will die, Zhang Liang led the army to pursue, the Han army fought and retreated, retreated to the river, the Han army quickly retreated north by boat, and the ferry of the Yellow Turban Army also arrived quickly.
Zhang Liang was anxious, and the first batch crossed the Zhangshui by boat, biting the troops behind the Han army.
At this time, there were also more Yellow Turban troops rushing to cross the river to chase and kill the Han army, wanting to get more credit, completely unexpectedly the impending catastrophe.
Naturally, they didn't expect it.
And at this moment, the rushing Zhangshui is not far away.
"General Tiangong, did you hear anything?"
One of Zhang Jiao's guards suddenly shouted out beside Zhang Jiao.
"Voice?"
Zhang Jiao's ears only contained the screams of the Han army and the roar of the Yellow Turban Army's victory.
"Very strange sound, kind of like ......"
The guard was talking and thinking, and at the same time, others also heard the voice, and looked at each other strangely, with an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, as if they had encountered it before.
The source of the sound was in the west, but everyone was scrambling to cross the river to pursue the Han army, and no one cared, and when they noticed the movement, the sound seemed to be getting louder and louder.
"It's big water!!"
As the first exclamation sounded, the rushing Zhangshui instantly swept away a large group of Yellow Turban soldiers who were crossing the river, including people and boats, with an indomitable momentum.
The surging river also swept the Yellow Turbans closer to the river, and they screamed in amazement, and for a while there was no one in sight.
Humans have created homes with water and fire, but they can never control the ravages of water and fire.
Zhang Jiao claims to be a god, but he naturally can't cast a spell to control the ravages of Zhangshui, and can only watch as thousands of Yellow Turban troops are swept away by the flood.
Then, the swelling water of the river temporarily made it impossible to cross the river, and smoothly separated the Yellow Turban Army into two parts that could not support each other.
At this moment, the war drums and horns of the Han army on the north bank of the river sounded again, and then, the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded.
"Kill the enemy and serve the country, and the marquis will be rewarded, it is the moment! Ladies and gentlemen! Kill!!! ”
Lu Zhi waved his sword, and the Han army left behind in the camp lined up to fight, and the Han army, which had been fleeing and now came to their senses, also realized the change in the situation.
Taking this as an opportunity, under the leadership of the officer, they turned around and killed the Yellow Turbans.
The tide is turning.
And at this moment, the Yellow Turban Army, which had already crossed the river, was completely stupid.
Guo Peng finally ushered in his first battlefield battle.