Chapter 254: Scoop a Scoop of Yellow River Water and Bury It Back to Your Hometown (2)
The ice is finally overwhelmed, the huge piercing sound of cracking is soul-staggering, the soldiers who are passing on the ice are all frightened, for a time there are people who run wildly, there are people who cry bitterly, and there are also people who return to run, the ice is suddenly in chaos, pushing and shoving instead makes the ice under the feet speed up the speed of cracking, there are several huge cracks, the Yellow River water gushes out from the cracks, and swallows the broken ice pieces of cracked ice.
And at this moment, there are still more than 1,000 people who have not crossed the river, and even Wei Yue is also in the rear formation.
"Death to those who retreat, speed up the river!" Wei Yue can only take a hand, although the ice has cracked now, it has not yet reached the level of collapse, if he speeds up, it may not be impossible to pass.
Even if you can't pass it, as a soldier, you should have long ago had the determination to sacrifice your life, and this is true for the enemy on the battlefield, and it is the same now. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!
Under the threat of death, in the violent cracking sound of the ice, the soldiers passed through the ice more than ten times faster than before, and the ice surface that was slippery and difficult to move through before became a smooth road at this moment, and they rushed forward one by one.
After another moment, the river finally spread to the foot of the ice through which everyone passed, and the broken ice pieces rotated with the undulations of the flowing river, and countless ice blocks of different sizes collided with each other, forming sharp ice blades and ice picks, and the rushing river often surged up, swallowing the soldiers who were still struggling forward on the ice one by one.
Countless panicked screams came to an abrupt end, and if they fell into such a biting river, could there still be hope of being alive? Even if they know the nature of the water, they are not afraid of the cold, but there are countless large Xiaoice on the surface of the river, most of which are sharp as knives and axes, once they fall into the water, how can they escape!
"Hold on to the ropes, don't give up, don't mess ahead, hurry up and get ashore!"
Wei Yue stood in the crowd, between the shaking broken ice, clutching tightly to the ropes connecting the two banks, and hissing and shouting.
The ropes, which were not very strong, were densely packed together with hundreds of people, and there were already many people who did not grasp the ropes because they were unsteady on their feet, and fell into the icy water.
Because of the violent movement of the people on the water, the river water emerged with endless ripples, and countless broken ice rose and fell with the flow of the river, no longer solidified in place as before, and even slowly floated downstream with the flow of the river.
Some people were lucky enough to climb the riverbank, but many more were not so lucky, and one by one they fell into the icy river and could never float again.
"Boom!" With a crash, a rope was finally overwhelmed, and it broke from it, and the dozens of people holding on to the rope suddenly fell into the river, leaving only a short scream.
Wei Yue saw that one of the ropes broke, and knew that he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to last long, so he hurriedly urged the front to speed up and go ashore, and now there were hundreds of people on the broken ice on the river, several ropes, and if they were delayed, none of them would survive.
Until finally, three or four ropes through the river bank broke, and two or three hundred of them were almost completely annihilated.
Among the thousands of people who were detained, only 12 out of 10 were able to get lucky enough to climb the riverbank, even if Wei Yue, Cao Bao and others had a body of martial arts and superior strength, they were only able to climb onto the riverbank at a dangerous juncture and save their lives.
The survivors who crossed the Yellow River, looking at the glacier that was going away in the dark night, everyone did not have any blood on their faces, and those who crossed the river safely in advance were all apprehensive at the moment, and at the same time secretly regretted that they did not cross the river against time, even if it was a step faster, it could give more hope to the people behind.
Wei Yue did not rejoice in the rest of his life after the catastrophe, across the river, there were still 5,000 people on the other side of the river, but on this side of the river, there were only more than 3,000 people left, and the loss was nearly two out of five! If you die on the battlefield, in the fight with the enemy, then you will not lose your heroism, and you will die a well-deserved death. But buried at the bottom of the river like this, how can it not make people's hearts feel sad.
Of the nearly 2,000 people who will never go ashore, many of them are only teenagers, who have not yet had time to be called heroes or martyrs, let alone have the opportunity to experience the blood of fighting bravely and the joy of returning victoriously.
Countless people couldn't help crying, and for a time the army was dyed, not because they were afraid, but because they were not worth it.
"The living people scoop a scoop of Yellow River water, and bring it back to Anyi after the triumph, it will be regarded as bringing back their souls, so that we can return to our hometown with the souls of warriors!"
No one will resist Wei Yue's order, even if Wei Yue doesn't say it, they will do it, since they can't bring back their corpses, then bring back a trace of their breath and bury them in their homeland to comfort their spirits in the sky.
"Why should we risk our lives to cross the river?" Wei Yue saw that the morale of the army was low, and he couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.
The soldiers were speechless, and the atmosphere froze for a while.
"Killing horse thieves?" Someone finally said timidly.
"Yes, Ma Chao raised a large army into the pass, slaughtered the people, burned, killed and looted all kinds of evil, the people of Guanzhong suffered deeply, and now 50,000 Xiliang soldiers took advantage of the situation to march eastward, and 400,000 people in Luoyang faced an unwarranted disaster. We waited for the Erlang of the state, who was originally the mainstay of my Han Dynasty, and now I was ordered by the King of Jin to intersperse the enemy camp, and I have long put life and death out of the way. Those who cross the river today and die are warriors, and so are those who die on the battlefield on the other day. The heroes of the world are born of my generation, I hereby make an oath not to exterminate the horse thieves for the dead strong man's hatred, I Wei Yue swear not to return to the dynasty! ”
"If you don't destroy the horse thief, you swear not to return to the court!" The soldiers were indignant, and the pride shook the heavens and the earth.
Let's say that after Ma Chao waited for Ma Play, Liang Xing and others to come from Hongnong to converge, the strength of the army finally reached its peak, with a total of more than 50,000 people in all arms, of which the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was the most.
After that, Ma Chao killed the horse sacrifice flag, high base point general, and swore an oath before the three armies, in the name of avenging the military advisor Liu Ye and Kuang Fu Han to eradicate the traitors, launched a general offensive in Luoyang City.
Ma Chao took Pang De as the vanguard, led all the infantry archers, a total of more than 20,000 people, responsible for containing and blocking the main force of Gao Shun, and ordered Ma Dai, Ma Tie, and Ma Wan to each lead a cavalry, wandering on the left and right flanks, and set aside a separate force as a strategic support force to support friendly forces in danger at any time.
The war is like a fire that has been warmed up for a long time, and it only takes a little flame to become a surging momentum.
As soon as the two sides fought, Gao Shun retreated in defeat, tens of thousands of soldiers abandoned their armor in embarrassment, and they didn't care about the city wall of Yixian County, they didn't care about saving it at all, and they all retreated in Luoyang.
Ma Dai and others had advised Ma Chao not to pursue, and it was rumored that Yang Xiu, the military division in the city, had always been scheming, and now he retreated regardless of the consequences, thinking that there must be some tricks that they did not see through.
Ma Chao was just noncommittal, when Liu Ye was still alive, he had planned the general trend of the world for him countless times, and he had long expected that Gao Shun would not have many troops, as long as Ma Chao could gather all the soldiers and horses, he would definitely be able to defeat the defenders of Luoyang.
So far, the development of the situation is really as Liu Ye expected when he was alive, Gao Shun is vulnerable to a blow, and he will be defeated in a battle, such a good opportunity, he should be pursued by the whole army, extinguish his spirit, and solve the problem outside Luoyang City, otherwise let them run back to Luoyang City, but it will not be so easy to solve. Luoyang City is tall, if Gao Shun really defends the city, it is impossible to capture it in a moment, and the grain and grass in Ma Chao's army have long been exhausted, all relying on the support of the army obtained from the looting of the people, if you can't win, delay, I'm afraid that the defeat will not be Gao Shun but yourself.
Moreover, after fighting here for many days, the combat strength of Gao Shun's army has been almost touched by him, and these soldiers in front of him are only more than 10,000 people in total, even if there are any conspiracies and tricks, they can be powerful there, if they wait until Lu Bu of Anyi pulls out his hand and transfers troops from other places to rush, it will be more than just an enemy of more than 10,000 people.
The Xiliang army was offensive, and the Gaoshun army was defeated in successive battles and retreated to the suburbs of Luoyang, and the entire Yi County was captured by Gaoshun, and there was no barrier in Luoyang, just like a beauty who had just taken a bath, naked in front of the Xiliang army, which made Ma Chao and others salivate.
Looking at the magnificent Luoyang City from afar, Ma Chao was thrilled for a while.
"Luoyang, my Ma Chao is back again!"
Thinking that when he was in Luoyang, he and Han Sui were in charge of the court together, and the entire Han Dynasty trembled under their feet, what was Lu Bu in the state, what Cao Cao in Yanzhou, he wanted to seal whatever official he wanted, and he could ask for whoever he wanted, that feeling of being above 10,000 people was by no means something that a prince in a corner of peace could experience. Eating marrow knows the taste, so after Ma Chao was trapped in Chang'an for many years, and even when his military strength was stronger than before, he still remembered the rich power of the year.
It is less than five miles away from Luoyang, and then there is a smooth road, and there is no sinister place, even if Gao Shun wants to ambush and can't find an ideal place, Ma Chao knows that the time has come, and ordered Pang De's 20,000 infantry to become the rear army to postpone, and the left and right generals Ma Tie and Ma Wan each lead a cavalry of 5,000 people, outflanking Gao Shun's defeated army from both wings, and then ordering Liang Xing to lead 5,000 cavalry to chase Gao Shun's department, so that he does not have a chance to escape into the city.
The Xiliang army unfolded its formation, like a folding fan, and rushed towards Gao Shun to surround it.
After chasing two miles, seeing that Gao Shun had no way to escape, he could not resist the tens of thousands of troops in Xiliang, and he couldn't return to Luoyang City in time to retreat, and he was already in a dilemma.
At this moment, on the flank of the Xiliang Army, Wang Ling's army, which had been ordered to support from the front line of Fancheng and Xinye, finally arrived, and the reinforcements were all cavalry, and under the command of the general Wang Ling, they launched a fierce attack on the horse play department facing south on the right flank.
Wang Ling came here, gathered all the cavalry in Xinye and Fancheng, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, and they were all light cavalry who were good at riding and shooting.
Liang Xing, who was in charge of war support, saw this, knowing that the horse play must not last too long, and hurriedly led the army to support, and Gao Shun seemed to know that such a change would happen, the large array that was originally in the shape of a collapse suddenly changed, and the whole army was like a different temperament, exuding a sky-high momentum, especially when the five thousand camps in front of the army showed their fangs, the five thousand troops armed and fully armed, in the face of the five thousand horse iron cavalry killed on the left flank, there was no retreat, and the two sides fought. Ma Tie's 5,000 cavalry seemed to have crashed into a solid and thick wall, and it was difficult to advance for half a minute.
The cavalry whose march was hindered, without the power to charge, was like a wolf without fangs, inferior to dogs in front of the well-equipped trapped, and what awaited them was the harvest of the battle-hardened and murderous trapped.
Without the pressure of the right wing, the left wing of Ma Tiesuo's department was quickly killed by the trapped camp soldiers to disintegrate and scatter, and the horse play on the right wing was also defeated by Wang Ling's army that rushed to kill, even if Liang Xing, who later came to his aid, the two armies were only equal, and Wang Ling was a punch to two fingers, with a huge advantage of joining forces, under the onslaught, Ma Play and Liang Xing were suddenly defeated.
Ma Chao pressed the formation in the rear, and had to report that the enemy's reinforcements suddenly arrived, and in a blink of an eye, the victory had turned into a big defeat, seeing countless stragglers who retreated from the front line running backwards, Ma Chao was suddenly furious, the enemy's reinforcements were only 10,000 people, at most, they were on par with the forward troops they sent out, how could they be defeated so badly!
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