Volume 2 The Death of the Yellow Turban Chapter 41 The Warrior Returns to His Heart
A large group of Han cavalry leaned slightly on their horses, using their waist strength to control the speed of their horses, and the war horses slowly increased their speed and crushed towards the colorless Yellow Turban Army.
The main force of the Han army had obviously not just arrived, but had been lurking for some time, because not only did the cavalry and war horses not have the fatigue of a long journey, but behind them, the black-pressed infantry also emerged from the dark shadows of dusk. The main force of the Han army should have already completed the encirclement, and while they waited for the opportunity, they recovered the physical strength of the soldiers, and at the same time took advantage of the gradually darkening sky to quietly approach a little bit.
The rumbling sound of thunderous hooves became louder and louder, and the desperate Yellow Turban Army, driven by the generals, set up rows of shield formations, barely establishing a defensive line.
The galloping cavalry suddenly made an incredibly difficult tactical move, many leaning back slightly, clamping the horse's belly purely with their legs, and then unhooking the horned bow that was slung cross-shoulder with one hand, and the other hand had already drawn a long arrow from the bow pouch at the waist.
Without pause, they fired three rounds of upward fire, tearing through countless gaps in the Yellow Turbans' already sparse defensive line, and then when they were about twenty or thirty paces away from the enemy, they quickly re-shouldered the horned bow, and the weapons in their hands had been replaced by the ring-headed long knife that flashed with cold light.
Before the Yellow Turbans could turn around and run away, the iron hooves of the horses had already trampled heavily on their flesh.
The cavalrymen rested their left hands lightly on their horses, and took advantage of the angle of their bodies to the right, and viciously swung their long knives, slashing and slashing all enemies within the killing range.
It was as if a tumbling black wave had violently crashed against a yellow sand bank, and the Yellow Turban Army's defensive line was broken through, leaving only corpses and a handful of frightened soldiers on the ground.
The general commanding the army roared like thunder on his horse, and the black wave immediately rushed towards the next Yellow Turban military formation that had just gathered. Their task is to cut through everything and completely smash all the effective counterattacks of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and as for the scattered guerrillas, there are naturally infantry who are constantly shrinking and squeezing to calmly clean up.
Today's Yellow Turban Army has no more than 10,000 fighters, and has been fighting hard for many days, the morale has long been weakened, and the combat power is even weaker, facing the elite Han army of nearly 40,000 foot cavalry to fight together, there will be no suspense in the result.
As Yan Li, the wounded Yellow Turban general, was swept away by a spear from a furious Gao Shun, the battle finally ended before sunset. 23,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were killed in the Yellow City, and 12,000 became prisoners. The main force of the elite strikers of the Hebei Yellow Turban Army has become a small wave in the long river of history.
More than 900 bloodied Han soldiers lined up in a small phalanx under the city, although everyone straightened up proudly, but there was a complicated look of resentment and sadness on their faces.
A large group of generals in iron armor turned over and dismounted not far away, and marched towards the phalanx.
Nan Ying stood at the forefront of the phalanx, Mu Ran watched Lu Zhi, Jia Xu and the others gradually approach, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he bowed silently.
Lu Zhi stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, strode to the phalanx, and carefully looked at the army that was trapped in the lonely city with perseverance.
Suddenly, he gave a deep salute, and the soldiers couldn't help but be in an uproar, and the commander of the whole army actually saluted the soldiers, even if these soldiers had made great achievements, but it was really a bit too much.
Lu Zhi said in a hoarse voice: "Soldiers! Ben wants not only to thank you for defending the city, but also to get your forgiveness! ”
The soldiers understood that the original plan was to defend the city for two days, but the army never arrived, and it was not until the evening of the fourth day that they finally waited for the main force. The soldiers couldn't help but fall silent, and many of them couldn't help but clench their fists when they thought of their brothers who had died in the last two days.
Jia Xu stood up and said loudly: "In fact, the army would have only needed a day and a half to reach the Inner Yellow City!" But the change was abrupt, the magistrate of Fanyang County, dozens of miles away, defected to the enemy, and sent a rebel army to meet the Yellow Turban Army, so General Lu immediately made a decision, and the troops were divided into two roads, first annihilating the Fanyang enemy army out of the city, and then breaking the city with a surprise attack, although he immediately returned to the division without stopping, but it was still two days slow! ”
He looked at Nanying with complicated eyes, and said loudly: "Soldiers! General Lu did his best! ”
There was a commotion among the soldiers, but their eyes were still unrelieved.
Nan Ying's body shook slightly, and he heard what Jia Xu meant, Lu Zhi's decision was correct! At the same time, Lu Zhi did his best to come, and he deserves to be forgiven!
Nan Ying slowly turned his head, touched Lu Zhi's slightly tired and apologetic eyes, and nodded slightly.
He walked straight to the front of the formation, and suddenly shouted: "Warriors! ”
The eyes of all the Han soldiers lit up, and they all shouted in unison: "Here!" ”
"What is the creed of a warrior!" Nanying's eyes swept towards them one by one, and every time he looked at a soldier, the soldier immediately straightened his chest, "Say it out loud!" ”
"Worthy of the mission!"
"Excellent! So what are the duties of a warrior? ”
"Obey orders!"
"Go on, what is the honor of a warrior!"
More than 900 people let out a rumbling roar in unison: "Fight to the death!" ”
Lu Zhi and a large group of generals looked at the scene in front of them in surprise, this was just a miscellaneous army of thousands of improvised patchwork, how could it be tempered into such a terrifying and strange army after a few days of fierce battles of life and death!
"Good!" Nanying bowed his proud head to them, "That's because you did it all!" I would have been proud of you, and my dead brothers would be proud of you! ”
"Now!" Nan Ying took a deep breath, "All of them, follow the general, and give orders to General Lu together!" ”
Nan Ying saluted Lu Zhi: "General, this mission has been completed, and I hereby give you an order!" ”
The unwillingness in the eyes of the soldiers finally disappeared, and they shouted in unison: "Give orders to your lordship!" ”
Lu Zhi looked at Nan Ying with a complicated expression, and said softly: "Nan Sima! Ben will be mistaken about you, you did a good job! ”
"This battle!" Lu Zhi suddenly raised his voice, "Nan Sima and his soldiers and horses should undoubtedly take the lead!" I am going to report to the Son of Heaven for the first victory against the Yellow Turban Thieves, and I want to take credit for you! ”
Unlike what he imagined, when the more than 900 Han soldiers heard this, they didn't even frown, let alone the cheers he expected. Lu Zhi couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, are these people still the Han army a few days ago? Can a brutal war really change the minds of the soldiers? He suddenly stared at Nanying, or rather, it was because of this person's existence! This young man is really eye-catching!
He coughed lightly and said solemnly: "Nan Sima, do you have any other requirements?" ”
"Yes!" Nan Ying nodded heavily, "If the General allows, there will be two requests at the end!" ”
"You just have to say it, as long as Ben can do it, nothing is wrong!"
"First, please go to the court to show mercy to the 2,300 soldiers who died bravely in this battle, and properly settle the more than 200 brothers who were disabled due to their injuries!"
Lu Zhi nodded and said, "Don't worry about this, there is no problem!" ”
"Second!" Nan Ying pointed to the Han army behind him, and a heavy look flashed in his eyes, "Nine hundred soldiers of the five schools of the Northern Army, now less than four hundred, General Hou Tong is even more heroic because of the rescue of the last general, after a few days of fighting, the surviving soldiers are already physically and mentally exhausted, full of wounds. Although they are not the direct subordinates of the last general, they still hope that the adults can give them permission to let them be stationed in Neihuang and rest for a while! ”
Lu Zhi nodded again and said, "There is no problem with this!" ”
"Wait a minute!" A voice said proudly, "I have something to say!" ”
Everyone looked at it in amazement, and Nan Ying recognized that the young man who spoke was Hou Tong's brother.
He marched out of the team and saluted Lu Zhi: "General, when my brother passed away, I ordered him to follow Nan Sima forever to repay him for saving his life!" Therefore, the lowly position does not need to rest, please allow the lowly position to continue to serve by Lord Sima's side! ”
Nan Ying smiled bitterly at Lu Zhi: "This is General Hou's brother!" ”
Cao Xuan also walked out of the team and stood beside the young man without saying a word.
Hundreds of Han soldiers had an example, and immediately exploded the pot and shouted in unison.
"And me! I'm going to stay too! ”
"Count me in, the adults have saved me several times!"
"My leg is treated by an adult, leave me!"
Lu Zhi looked at Nan Ying and shook his head, and said, "It seems that they are only afraid that they will not listen to the other generals anymore!" ”
He turned around and said to Captain Wu Huan and Captain Du of Shooting Voice, "What are your two opinions?" ”
The two of them glanced at each other, embarrassment flashed on their faces, and they said in unison: "It is their blessing to be able to follow Nan Sima!" In fact, these words are their heartfelt words, and Wu Huan is even a little envious, his grandmother's! Lao Tzu is still willing to follow him, the future is limitless!
A hint of a smile appeared on Lu Zhi's face: "Very good!" Nan Sima's direct subordinates also happened to suffer heavy losses in this battle, and they should indeed select elites to replenish them! Then Ben will announce that you are now under the command of Nan Sima! ”
He stared at Hou Tong's brother: "The general will also appoint you to take over Hou Tong's position as a military marquis!" Well, by the way, what's your name? ”
The young man was surprised and delighted, and said with a chest: "Back to the general's words!" Humble Hou Cheng! ”
Nanying was stunned, how could it be Hou Cheng? Could it be Lu Bu's subordinate general Hou Cheng again? Gao Shun, Cao Xing, Hou Cheng, Lu Bu's subordinates have already been poached by themselves! If Zhang Liao, Chen Gong, Song Xian, Wei Xu and others are included in the account, then wouldn't this kid Lu Bu become the commander of the light pole? Haha, it's not bad to be able to weaken this kid in advance! These three family slaves are also destined to become their fierce rivals in a few years, right?
And that Dong Zhuo, Nan Ying glanced over, and the old boy was also standing behind Lu Zhi, with a slight look of uncertainty on his face, and there was a faint hint of jealousy in his eyes when he looked at him. Is your grandmother jealous of Lao Tzu stealing your limelight? A few days ago, when Lu Zhixuan was going to fight, why didn't you old boy dare to stick out your head!
Nan Ying sneered in his heart, Dong thief, Dong thief, I hope you don't mess with me! After all, you are not the Dong Xiangguo who turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain later, and my power, young master, is not what you can imagine! Don't force me to change history again!
"Nan Sima, Nan Sima!" Lu Zhi's majestic voice came.
Nanying woke up from his thoughts and hurriedly responded: "The end will be!" ”
"Order the soldiers to rest!" Lu Zhi turned away, "You! Discuss the matter in the account immediately! A Yellow Turban general has just confessed some information, I believe you will be interested! ”
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