Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhu Jun hurriedly ordered the 10,000 county soldiers and volunteers of the rear army to also attack. The front row of Zhang Mancheng's army finally collided with the front row of the Han army's front army, although the Han army was a central official army and had strong combat effectiveness, but the Yellow Turban Army occupied a numerical advantage.

Besides, both sides are in a formation where the shield bearers are in the front and the spearmen are in the back, so after the hand-to-hand combat, each other is squeezed by shields and shields, and the spearmen stab each other frantically in the gaps.

The ability of individual soldiers is definitely not as good as that of the Han army, but if three people stab one, the elite can't parry.

After shooting back the longbowmen of the Han army's front army, the longbowmen of the Yellow Turban Army still numbered more than 4,500 people, and according to the tactics arranged in advance, they were divided into five groups and took turns to stop the advance of the Han army's rear army.

And they were divided into five groups and took turns firing volleys, so that the longbowmen got as much rest time as possible, and increased the number of times they drew their bows.

Zhang Mancheng, who has the advantage of long-range attack, can constantly replenish reinforcements to the front row, but the Han army needs to withstand the non-stop rain of arrows and survive the fatal eighty zhang before they can rush to the front, and even if they rush through, most of them will be injured.

The soldiers and volunteers of the rear army, although they also had a small number of longbowmen, were quickly brought down in the duel shot.

Just when Zhu Jun's troops on the left flank of the Han army fell into a bitter battle and gradually gained the upper hand, the Han army in the middle and on the right flank was attacking like a tide, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and Sun Jian led four generals to take the lead and move forward bravely.

The Han army in the middle was also under the command of Huangfu Song, breaking through Pengtuo's defense line and advancing in depth. While directing his own attack, Huangfu Song was also observing the situation on both flanks.

Seeing Sun Jian's first soldier killing Xiang Bocai's Chinese army, he also nodded and praised, worthy of being a Jiangdong Tiger. When he saw that Zhu Jun's left wing was in a bitter battle, he was also secretly surprised, he didn't want Zhang Mancheng's subordinates to have such combat power, although they had a numerical advantage, but it was not easy to reach a tie with the central official army.

That's it, the overall situation is important, and we can't destroy the Great Wall because of a momentary mood. He turned around and ordered: "Meng De, it's time for you to appear, you lead the cavalry to battle, cut off the enemy's rear route, just attack from the left flank, and help General Gongwei!" ”

"Yes, Cao Cao commanded!"

Cao Cao had been looking forward to this moment for a long time, and the eldest husband immediately took fame. He came to the rear and counted five thousand cavalry. Among them are the 2,000 Xiliang cavalry left by Dong Zhuo, and the 3,000 Guanzhong cavalry brought by Cao Cao, all of which are elite.

These Guanzhong cavalry once participated in the battle of Liangcheng, although the two cavalry were not trained by Cao Cao, but the Han army was disciplined, and obedience to the commander was the top priority, and it could still be like an arm.

Cao Cao looked at the five thousand elite riders in front of him, and he was full of pride. "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all the elite of the Han Dynasty, the Xiliang Iron Horse, unparalleled in the world; Guanzhong Iron Cavalry, great achievements. These rebels on the other side are all rabble, local chickens and dogs, and they will get military merit today, and all the soldiers will rush into battle with me! The Han army is mighty! ”

"The Han army is mighty!" The five thousand cavalry were also mobilized by Cao Cao, and responded in unison, Cao Cao pulled out his sword, swung forward, took the lead, rushed to the front, and the five thousand cavalry followed closely.

The cavalry led by Cao Cao attacked from the left flank of the Han army, and the five thousand iron cavalry were also a large area of black pressure, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder. The Yellow Turban Army, who had never fought a big battle, let alone fought with a large group of cavalry, was already trembling with timidity.

Although Zhang Mancheng, who had been prepared for a long time, was also shocked by the momentum of the cavalry charge, the tiger-faced military division remained calm and decisively issued military orders. "The front army shrank its formation, fighting separately, the longbowmen retreated, the shieldmen covered, and the chariots stepped forward."

Zhang Mancheng's fake elite soldiers in the front row shrank forward, and were entangled with the front army of the Han army, without the obstruction of the longbowmen, the rear army of the Han army finally rushed to the front and joined the front army, and the numerical disadvantage was finally reversed.

The longbowmen of the Yellow Turbans were divided into two parts, each of which retreated into the rear, and the shieldmen were also divided into two parts to break the rear cover.

Hundreds of carts were pushed out from the rear of Zhang Mancheng's Yellow Turban Army, which were filled with sacks, filled with gravel and earth, and were full of weight, and each car had to be pushed by many strong men.

The cars were connected from end to end, and in the gaps stood shield-bearers, spears poking out from behind the formation, like a hedgehog covered with spikes.

Cao Cao rushed to the forefront of the cavalry team, and when he saw that the Yellow Turban Army had pushed out of the rear of the army, the carts were still covered with sand, gravel and mud, so he had already taken precautions. It seems that there are also talented people in the Yellow Turban Army, and they actually anticipated the cavalry charge of the Han army.

The Yellow Turban Army was cut into two parts by 5,000 cavalry from the middle, but the Yellow Turban Army in the front and the infantry of Zhu Jun of the Han Army were mixed into a group, and the cavalry could not shoot arrows or chop regardless of whether they were enemies or enemies.

And the Yellow Turban Army in the back is huddled behind the carts and shields, you shoot arrows, the opponent also has 5,000 longbowmen to return fire at you, you charge into battle, those carts are much stronger than shields and spears, how can you knock them away?

Cao Cao is also a decisive person, seeing that this part of the Yellow Turban thieves has been prepared, his cavalry will not be cheap, but it can be regarded as helping Zhu Jun's front and rear Han armies to join forces, although they can't win immediately, they won't lose.

So he led the cavalry to sweep from the right flank of the Yellow Turban Army and turned to the Yellow Turban Army in the center. Zhang Mancheng only wanted to protect himself, and wished that the Han cavalry would leave his side quickly, and when he saw that he turned to the middle, he naturally would not intercept it, so he almost said goodbye.

Peng Tuo's department in the middle of the road had already been broken through the front row by the middle of the Han army and fell into the disadvantage, and the morale of the army began to weaken, and morale gradually declined.

Suddenly, a large group of Han cavalry came from his right flank, and Peng Tuo did not have any chariot formation, and the longbowmen in the rear were the first to bear the brunt and became the target of the cavalry charge.

A fragile longbowman crashing into five thousand horsemen at close range was a one-sided slaughter. Peng Tuo scolded Zhang Mancheng for letting go of the Han cavalry so happily, but when he saw that Zhang Mancheng's troops were still fighting the right flank, he was a little puzzled.

Peng Tuo could only desperately urge the soldiers in the back to step forward to stop the Han cavalry, but his Yellow Turban elite soldiers were all fighting to the death with Huangfu Song's infantry in the front army, and the rear were all miscellaneous soldiers, how to take on this big task?

A charge of the Han cavalry dispersed them, and Cao Cao saw Peng Tuo commanding in the rear from a distance, and immediately turned around and led the cavalry to charge Peng Tuo.

Peng Tuo saw the Han cavalry coming straight to him under the leadership of a general, and he was so frightened that he turned around and ran, but fortunately his loyal subordinates Liu Pi and Gong Du desperately rescued each other before they broke out of the encirclement.

When Cao Cao saw Peng Tuo fleeing, he hurriedly shouted: "Peng Tuo is dead, why don't you return quickly?" ”

When Peng's subordinates heard that their chief was dead, they looked around, and sure enough, they were nowhere to be seen, so they scattered and fled. There were many Yellow Turban soldiers who were ordinary peasants, who were just coerced, and they all laid down their arms and begged on their knees.

Seeing the chaos of the enemy army, Huangfu Song took the opportunity to break the Yellow Turban elite soldiers in front and began to chase and kill the deserters. Cao Cao saw that Zhonglu had succeeded, and hurriedly led his cavalry to continue to sweep to the right, attacking the Bocai Division on the left flank of the Yellow Turban Army.

(End of chapter)