Chapter Eighty-Five: The Heart of Hatred
The arcing tip of the spear flashed with a cold light under the faint light of the torch. Zhang Jiao hurriedly beckoned his soldiers: "Disperse!" Zhang Jiao will never forget this scene in front of him for the rest of his life, it was Zhao Yi who used this trick to break his 10,000 elite guards in Qingyun that day.
Under this dense rain of spears, the Yellow Turban Army in the rear was in chaos, and the formation that had been maintained was suddenly shattered, and these people ran everywhere, feeling that they could not hide anywhere, and always felt that a spear was flying towards them.
The screams of the spears falling to the ground rang out, and the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy casualties, especially the archers in front, several of them were even pierced by two spears in their chests, and the rest of the soldiers looked at the Shura Field in front of them with a stunned expression.
Under the leadership of Gao Shun, the elite cavalry took advantage of the panic of the Yellow Turban Army to rush into the camp, and unlike the sneak attack of Cao Cao's department, Gao Shun directly had a melee with the Yellow Turban Army.
Seeing this situation, Cao Cao immediately ordered his elite cavalry to quickly dispatch and rush into the Yellow Turban Army.
Zhang Jiao saw the brigade of elite cavalry rushing into his camp, his face became more and more gloomy, and he commanded his soldiers to surround all the elite cavalry, as long as the speed of the elite cavalry could be limited, this elite cavalry was several times their own strength, and there was only a dead end.
The two sides fought for a quarter of an hour, when Huangfu Song arrived with a large army and joined the battle. The officers and soldiers and the Yellow Turban Army were all red-eyed, and they only recognized clothes but not people.
The two sides fought from night to early the next morning, leaving many corpses on the ground, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. In this battle, the Yellow Turban Army had a slight upper hand, Huangfu Song led the official army to evacuate, and Zhang Jiao also rested his troops immediately after the Yellow Turban Army left.
In last night's battle, nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and there were less than 9,000 officers and troops left in Huangfu Song's department. Cao Cao's elite cavalry was all killed, and none of them survived, and the elite cavalry led by Zhao Yi was in a better situation than Cao Cao and Huangfu Song, with only more than 1,000 people killed.
"The strength of the Yellow Turban Army, which is desperate to survive, is really extraordinary." This battle also made Zhao Yi look at the Yellow Turban Army differently.
Huangfu Song counted his soldiers and sighed: "More than half of our army's casualties in this battle, and General Zhu's army, it will take until the evening to arrive here at the earliest, and there are nearly four hours." "With the remnants of the defeated army in his hands, it is estimated that it will be difficult to stop the Yellow Turban Army for four hours.
The Yellow Turban Army of the Sneak Attack Brigade with elite cavalry is okay at night, but it is simply a live target during the day. Zhao Yi didn't do such a stupid thing, so he asked Gao Shun to bring the map, carefully checked his gaze, and thought of a solution: "This place is close to Taihang Mountain, the terrain is changeable, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the mountains and rivers are fierce. I had just checked the map, and found that thirty miles to the west of the trip there were several precipitous gorges, and raging rivers, and we would have been able to delay by filling them with stones and destroying the bridges. ”
Huangfu Song and Cao Cao kept nodding after hearing this, Zhao Yi's plan is feasible, compared to blocking the Yellow Turban army, these things are really insignificant. They all agreed with Zhao Yi's approach.
What Bo Lai said is extremely true, but this move takes time, and Zhang Jiao must be very concerned about time. Is there any way to delay the advance of the Yellow Turbans? Cao Cao sighed and explained the current situation.
As soon as Cao Cao said this, Huangfu Song and Liu Bei also felt that this matter was very tricky. With his soldiers alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Jiao.
Zhao Yi didn't seem to care, and waved his hand to let his soldiers bring a wooden box: "With this thing, even if you can't stop the Yellow Turban Army from attacking, it will definitely make the Yellow Turban Army unstable." ”
Huangfu Song and Cao Cao suddenly felt very strange, this small wooden box was only one foot square, and it could make the Yellow Turban Army chaotic without a fight? "Bolai, what's in the box? How miraculous is it? Cao Cao asked.
Zhao Yi sold a pass, and did not say what was in the box, but called his henchmen: "Send this box to the Yellow Turban Barracks." After the soldier left, Zhao Yi instructed Guan Yu and Gao Shun to lead the elite cavalry to set off quickly, disrupt the advance path of the Yellow Turban Army, and send a scout horse to get in touch with Zhu Jun as soon as possible, so that Zhu Jun's army could come as soon as possible.
The heart of the Yellow Turban Battalion that defeated the official army was greatly boosted, and Zhang Jiao was discussing the next walking path with several generals at this time. Zhang Liang proposed: "Big brother, although our department has defeated the official army, it still can't be taken lightly. You should leave quickly. "Zhu Jun's army arrived almost in the blink of an eye, and the Yellow Turban Army couldn't afford to delay.
Although the official army was defeated in this battle, the Yellow Turban Army also suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only 20,000 of the more than 40,000 Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Jiao didn't want the soldiers to stay here for long. At this time, he heard the third brother's suggestion, and stood up: "Let's go, let's go." ”
As soon as the generals got up, the soldiers outside came to Zhang Jiao's camp with wooden boxes in their hands: "General, this is something sent by Zhao Yi." ”
"Zhao Yi?" Zhang Jiao was slightly surprised, he had no friendship with Zhao Yi, and some were only hatred. What is Zhao Yi's purpose in sending things at this time? waved his hand to let the soldier go down, and looked at the wooden box on the ground, which was too ordinary to be ordinary.
Zhang Jiao walked over and just wanted to open it, but was stopped by Zhang Liang: "Big brother, be careful and beware of fraud!" At this time, the official army and the Yellow Turban Army have become a fire and water, and Zhao Yi does not know what means will be used in order to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from escaping westward. Wouldn't it be dangerous if there was a mechanism in the box?
Zhang Jiao withdrew his arm and carefully picked open the lid with a spear, and his eyes widened when he saw what was inside: "Second brother! His body shook violently twice, and he looked at the box again in disbelief.
There was nothing else in the box, it was Zhang Bao's head!
Without seeing Zhang Bao's corpse, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang could still deceive themselves and be lucky. But at this time, seeing Zhang Bao's head, Zhang Jiao was unbearable in grief, coupled with the urgency of attacking, his throat was sweet, a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and his body shook twice and fell to the ground.
Zhang Liang, who was tearful in his eyes, hurriedly copied Zhang Jiao's falling body, and called out in his mouth: "Big brother, big brother!" Sensing Zhang Jiao's faint pulse, Zhang Liang's hanging heart finally let go.
These generals in the house were also very surprised when they saw Zhang Bao's head, they only knew that Yangcheng was broken by the official army, but they didn't expect Zhang Bao to die in the hands of the official army.
Zhang Liang looked at the head of his second brother in the wooden box, and then looked at the eldest brother who fell in his arms, and his eyes became more and more cold: "Zhao Yi, I will kill you!" Zhang Liang's reason could no longer control his monstrous anger: "Pass my order, and the army will immediately launch an attack on the official army!" Capture Zhao Yi alive, I want to cut him with a thousand knives to pay tribute to the second brother's spirit in the sky! ”
The generals stood in the camp tent one after another, glancing at each other, but did not carry out the orders Zhang Liang said. A general persuaded: "General, General Digong was killed, and we are also very sad. But at this point we should focus on the big picture. "At this time, the Yellow Turban Army is at stake, and a small mistake is enough to make the Yellow Turban Army recover, and attacking Zhao Yi is a major mistake. At this time, Zhang Liang's sanity was blinded by hatred, if he attacked Zhao Yi, he would definitely fall for Zhao Yi's treacherous schemes. Zhang Liang lost his mind, but his generals couldn't lose it.
One person took the lead, and the rest of the generals spoke one after another, saying that they should leave quickly at this time, and they could not delay the big thing for the sake of revenge.
Zhang Liang looked at these generals in front of him coldly, what they said was so high-sounding and righteous. The so-called big things are just for their own lives. It was not their brothers who died, these people could naturally look at it coldly and say some big truths in their mouths. Zhang Liang just wanted to reprimand these people, but at this time he felt that Zhang Jiao was pulling his sleeves, and when he looked down and saw Zhang Jiao's mouth open and closed, he seemed to say something again, Zhang Liang attached his ear, and only heard Zhang Jiao spit out three words with a faint breath: "Retreat quickly." ”
"Retreat? What about the second brother's hatred? Zhang Liang snorted, Zhang Jiao frowned, and his tone became a little serious: "Retreat quickly." Zhang Jiao thought very thoroughly, since Zhao Yi sent the wooden box to the Yellow Turban Battalion, he must have made a plan to deal with the Yellow Turban Army's retaliation, if Zhang Liang rashly attacked Zhao Yi, he would definitely fall for Zhao Yi's plan.
"General, since the lord has ordered a retreat, we should follow the order." The general used this interview to block Zhang Liang to death. Although Zhang Liang is Zhang Jiao's younger brother, he is also Zhang Jiao's subordinate, and his subordinates must obey what the lord says.
Naturally, these generals also had Zhang Liang's descendants, and they supported Zhang Liang's decision to avenge Zhang Bao. The two sides were at loggerheads, and even had the intention of splitting.
If it continues like this, without the official army attacking, the Yellow Turban Army will be defeated. Zhang Liang looked at the two sides of the quarrel and frowned, reason finally controlled the anger in his heart, for the sake of the overall situation, he could only bury the hatred deep in his heart: "Order, the army will march west immediately." ”
These words made the battle disappear, and the generals took orders one after another. The Yellow Turban army marched again, and Zhang Liang, who led the team, stared at the front with a cold gaze.
As soon as the Yellow Turban army was pulled out, Zhao Yi immediately got the news and hurriedly asked Tanma: "How is the situation of Zhang Jiao's department?" ”
"General, Zhang Jiao's headquarters is currently led by Zhang Liang and marching westward. Zhang Jiao was lying on the sickbed and was taken care of by the soldiers. ”
Tanma's words made Zhao Yi and the others show joy on their faces, Zhang Jiao fell like this, and Zhang Liang was left, and everyone didn't pay attention to it at all. "This is a good time to stop the Yellow Turbans." Zhao Yi beckoned the soldiers to prepare for action. At this time, Zhang Liang must hate Zhao Yi to the core, if Zhao Yi leads the soldiers to attack Zhang Liang's department, it will definitely lead Zhang Liang to chase after him.
Giving Zhang Bao's head to Zhang Jiao made Zhao Yi's relationship with the Yellow Turban Army even worse, and Zhao Yi would definitely attract the attention of the Yellow Turban Army, and while attracting attention, of course, it also brought great danger.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei could only say to Zhao Yi: "Take care." "Only Zhao Yi can do this, although Liu Bei and Cao Cao have also killed a lot of Yellow Turban Army, but compared with Zhao Yi, they are much weaker.
Zhao Yi rushed over with a thousand cavalry, and when he saw the Yellow Turban Army marching, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth, and he ordered his soldiers to release arrows.
This rain of arrows injured dozens of people in the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Liang snorted and turned his head slightly, and saw that the leader of the other party was Zhao Yi, and the fire of hatred was successfully ignited: "Zhao Yi Xiaoer!" ”