Chapter 43: Breaking the Yellow Turban
The army led by Qin Jie fought all the way to the foot of Wancheng City, and did not encounter decent resistance on the way, but Qin Jie ordered the whole army to camp when the army was still twenty miles away from Wancheng.
Wancheng County guarded the mansion, and Zhang Mancheng, the "divine envoy" of the Yellow Turban Army, was discussing how to meet the Qin Jie army. A Yellow Turban spy hurriedly rushed to the hall to report: "Report to the gods, Qin Jie's army stopped twenty miles outside the city, and Qin Jie ordered the whole army to set up camp. ”
Zhang Mancheng asked the generals in the hall: "Why did Qin Jie stop when he led the army, the art of war has a cloud and the soldiers are fast, is he not in a hurry to attack the city?" ”
A member of the hall, wearing a yellow scarf and a chain mail, replied: "The divine envoy has nearly 100,000 people, and not long ago he killed the former Taishou Chu Gong to occupy Wancheng, and his reputation is far and wide. Although Qin Jie was ordered by the Han court to be the new Nanyang County Guard, the soldiers were less than 10,000, so he must have cowered and did not dare to attack the city, for fear of going to the death of the predecessor Taishou. Hahaha! ”
Several Yellow Turban generals in the hall laughed when they heard this, and Zhang Mancheng coughed a few times and said: "Even so, if the official army comes to support Qin Jie, it will be unpredictable to join forces with him!" ”
At this time, a yellow turban pawn fled to the lobby in embarrassment, panting and saying, "God...... The envoy, the commander of Bocai Daqu, led the army to camp according to the grass in Yingchuan, and was attacked by the official army to break the camp, and the whole army fled. On the way to break and flee, our army was blocked by the Han cavalry captain who came to reinforce it, and suffered heavy losses! ”
Everyone present was shocked when they heard this, Zhang Mancheng was so anxious that his brows were twisted, and then he said: "Now the great sage and good teacher are fighting hard with the Han army led by Lu Zhi, and they are defeated again in the waves. At this time, I Nanyang Dafang must break through Qin Jie's army as soon as possible and go north to rescue Bocai Daqu Shuai and Daxian Liangshi. ”
The young yellow turban general under the hall stepped forward and knelt down and asked: "Zhao Hong is willing to lead the crowd to attack, and he will be the divine envoy to break the army of Qin Jie." ”
Zhang Mancheng waved his hand and said: "Our army should fight quickly, and I will personally lead the army out of the city to attack." Only a thousand people were left to defend Wancheng as a way out. ”
In Qin Jie's army, a scout reported to Qin Jie about the battle between Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in Yingchuan. Han Xuan sent the steamed buns that he had made just enough to hear the scout's report, and heard that Cao Cao, who was serving as a cavalry lieutenant at this time, led his troops to block the Yellow Turban Army, and said with a smile that the battle of Changshe was indeed over as in history.
I saw Qin Jie stroking his palms and exclaiming: "This battle is exciting, it's up to us next!" ”
Another scout came to report: "Report ~ The front found that Zhang Mancheng led the Yellow Turban thieves to come to a decisive battle with our army." ”
Qin Jie immediately ordered: "Good come!" Huang Zhong, I order you to sit in the Chinese army with me and meet Zhang Mancheng's thief army. Zhao Ci, this official ordered you to lead 800 elite soldiers around Wancheng City, and attack Wancheng when our army and the main force led by Zhang Mancheng engaged head-on. Han Xuan, order you to distribute the steamed buns made by the Huotou battalion to everyone who led the raid elite soldiers led by Zhao Ci. ”
"Order!" Han Xuan took the military order and took the eight hundred elite soldiers led by Zhao Ci to get the steamed buns, but he felt that it was still a little hanging, no matter how powerful Zhao Ci was to lead only eight hundred people to capture Wancheng, Qin Jie was too stingy.
After Zhao Ci left with the elite soldiers, Huang Zhong assisted Qin Jie in commanding the remaining 8,000 soldiers to line up to meet the enemy. In front, a row of elite shield soldiers stood on the ground with long shields and ring-headed swords in their hands, followed by a large number of Han soldiers holding spears and wearing standard leather armor.
After waiting for a long time, Zhang Mancheng finally appeared with a large number of Yellow Turban Army on a yellow fat horse. I saw him pointing at the Han army's banner with a horizontal sword, and shouted to the Yellow Turban Sect behind him: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" Kill the Han army, to peace! ”
A large number of yellow turban soldiers with yellow scarves on their heads wielded knives and sticks, and rushed to the Han army's military formation without fear of death. Most of them had no weapons or armor, their clothes were in tatters, and some of them were armed with hoes and sticks, shouting slogans such as "the sky is dead" and constantly attacking the Han army. Some of them constantly fell under the swords and spears of the Han army, and the Yellow Turban Army who arrived immediately after them picked up their weapons and killed the Han army.
The sophisticated weaponry of the Han army was in stark contrast to the Yellow Turban Army, which suffered heavy casualties and did not even break through the first line of defense of the Han army. Han Xuan looked at it and felt very shocked in his heart, these authentic peasants were just cannon fodder troops in the Yellow Turban Army, but Han Xuan felt the most distressed.
They are the ordinary people at the lowest level who are oppressed by the government and the landlords and have to rise up to resist, and they are just fighting fearlessly for the ideal world of "bringing peace" that Zhang Jiao sketched for them, and their pure ideal is just to live a free and happy life without exploitation and oppression, without hunger, cold, disease, and even more fraud and theft.
Han Xuan was very glad that he had gone to the world of the next generation, although there were many shortcomings, but what a beautiful life compared to these people! Although they are now trapped in this era and cannot go back, these people will never see the world where they can be fed and clothed.
Another group of Yellow Turban soldiers rushed over, and Han Xuan saw that their eyes were full of fire, and their faces were full of excitement, greed, and other emotions, like a group of religious fanatics, shouting names such as "Great Sage and Good Teacher" and "Divine Envoy", showing their worship for Zhang Jiao and others.
They swarmed with the swords and spears in their hands, the weapons they had stolen from the Han army's armory. They waved their weapons indiscriminately towards Qin Jie's army, and Qin Jie drew his sword and commanded: "All the soldiers are brave enough to kill the thief!" His Majesty has clearly ordered that military merits should be recorded according to the head, and meritorious deeds should be rewarded. For the sake of merit, kill! ”
The morale of the soldiers of the Han army was high, and they stabbed holes in the bodies of the Yellow Turban soldiers who rushed up with a wave of the spears in their hands. However, the Yellow Turban Army was too numerous, the defense line was broken, and the Yellow Turban soldiers rushed into the formation. There were constantly Han soldiers who were cut down and screamed to death.
Huang Zhong waved the order flag in his hand, and a large group of well-trained Han soldiers on the battlefield immediately changed formation, quietly moved to both sides, and surrounded the Yellow Turban Legion that rushed in. A group of iron-clad sword and shield men rushed forward and slashed the surrounding Yellow Turban soldiers one by one.
The Yellow Turban soldiers outside the formation wanted to rush in to the rescue, and the archers in the Han army were already ready to shoot. Huang Zhong waved the command flag in his hand, and a rain of arrows shot out, falling towards the Yellow Turban Army, and there were screams. The battle was stalemate, the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy casualties, and the Han army also suffered many casualties, and the two sides fought from morning to afternoon.
At the same time, Zhao Ci led 800 elite soldiers all the way to Wancheng City. I saw curling smoke rising from the city, and it seemed that the guards were cooking.
Zhao Ci ordered the soldiers to take out the steamed buns and water they carried, and after eating and drinking, they ordered people to erect a big flag, and the soldiers waved the banner and shouted: "The army will attack the city, and those who surrender will not die!" ”
The Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the city saw that the banner of the Han army suddenly appeared under the city, and their shouts were so full of anger, it must be an elite army. They hadn't eaten yet, they were so hungry that they couldn't have any strength, and they were all frightened when they heard the shouts of the Han army.
For a while, the city was restless, and the 1,000 people left behind were all old, weak, sick and disabled, where could they defend the city. At the moment, no matter how many people the Han army came, they directly opened the city gate and surrendered. Zhao Ci led his troops into the city, captured these old and weak Yellow Turban soldiers, and then ordered people to set up the banner of the Han army on the top of the city.
Zhang Mancheng led the Yellow Turban Army to violently attack the Han army's array, but unexpectedly, another group of Han troops arrived not far away, and it was Jingzhou Thorn Shi Xu Xuan who led 8,000 Han troops to reinforce Qin Jie.
Seeing the fierce battle between the two sides, Xu Xuan hurriedly ordered his subordinates' only 1,000-strong cavalry to break into the Yellow Turban Army first, and the Yellow Turban Army was caught off guard. The cavalry of the Han army rushed into the crowd like a flock of tigers and sheep, and scattered tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops with a burst of killing.
The Han infantry then covered the killing, and Xu Xuan's troops joined Qin Jie's army, and the two sides fought together, and the Yellow Turban soldiers were slashed to death in wailing. Under the surprise attack of the well-trained Han army from both sides, many of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army scattered and fled. Zhang Mancheng retreated to Wancheng under the escort of his own soldiers, and the Han army won a great victory!