Chapter 165 Rescue Beihai
On 1 May, after more than 10 days of training, the quality of the newly reorganized soldiers was greatly improved, and they only needed to persist in training. Fang Liang felt that there was no problem with the defense of Linzi City, so he left Xu Huang in charge of the defense of Linzi City, and he led all the cavalry and 2 high-ranking infantry to relieve the siege of Beihai. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Fortunately, there were enough horses brought from Youzhou, and the high-ranking infantry also rode with them.
In addition, Fang Liang reorganized the cavalry, Xu Huang's 7 cavalry, plus 1 junior cavalry, and 4 newly formed cavalry, readjusted, and was combined into 3 parts, with three junior generals serving as fake soldiers; The 2 junior cavalry and the 2 senior infantry were organized into one division; There are 4 parts in total.
For more than half a month, the Yellow Turban Army only besieged the city, but did not launch a siege battle; And the defenders in Linzi City did not come out to fight once, and the two sides kept facing each other.
Fang Liang suddenly led the troops to kill and caught the Yellow Turban Army off guard.
There are no people in the Yellow Turban Army who understand the army, discipline is lax, and there is no unified management; There was no reasonable planning for the camp, let alone fences, horse rejections, trenches and other defensive facilities; Campaign tactics for them are crowd tactics, surging up when fighting a good battle, men, women and children go into battle together, and when the war is unfavorable, they disperse in a hurry, and then slowly assemble.
Due to the fact that it was in the hot summer, the tents of the Yellow Turban Army were pitiful, and the most in the camp were straw huts, which mainly served to shade the sun during the day; The Yellow Turbans were piled up in the east and west, all looking for shade to escape the scorching sun.
All the Yellow Turbans were in a state of laziness and slackness.
Fang Liang led the 2 junior cavalry to charge in front, and the cavalry on the left and right sides was one cavalry; Behind him were 2 high-ranking infantrymen, riding horses and carrying hundreds of war horses carrying grain, salt, marching pots and other baggage, in a state of protection, and then a song of cavalry.
The whole cavalry team was like an arrow, with Fang Liang and the junior infantry in front of them in charge of opening the way, very sharp, and where they passed, the people killed by the Yellow Turban Army turned on their horses, and more people were killed by the collision and trampling of the war horses.
Huang Wan and others stood on the city wall and watched, calling the killing enjoyable, and the Youzhou Iron Cavalry really lived up to its reputation.
Fang Liang led the cavalry out of the West Gate, killing the Yellow Turban Barracks, and then went all the way to the south, and at the end, it turned to the east; No one in the Yellow Turban Army could stop them, and when they saw the cavalry coming, they scattered and fled.
Fang Liang didn't chase after him, he just kept in formation and killed all the way.
The best way to fight cavalry is to use cavalry; If there is no cavalry, the cavalry can be restrained by a well-formed, well-equipped, tacitly coordinated, and disciplined infantry; But the Yellow Turbans are a rabble, they have never received systematic military training, how can they be the opponents of cavalry? Qu Shuai Buji had nothing to do with Fang Liang's cavalry.
Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army was so vulnerable, Fang Liang temporarily decided that after killing to the east of the city, he turned north and killed until the end, and then led the cavalry to Beihai Kingdom.
After this cavalry charge, the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy casualties, at least more than 10,000 people, although it was nothing for the large number of Yellow Turban troops, but this move dealt a heavy blow to the confidence of the Yellow Turban Army, which turned out to be so vulnerable in front of the regular army.
Qu Shuai Buji had a deeper understanding of this, and realized that the combat strength of the Yellow Turban Army was too poor, and he could not fight the regular army of the government in the future.
The morale of the officers and soldiers at the head of the city was high, and they shouted and cheered excitedly, and they were full of confidence in defending the city; Huang Wan and others praised the officers and soldiers of Youzhou.
It is only a hundred miles away from Linzi City to Beihai Kingdom, and after getting out of the encirclement of the Yellow Turban Army, the cavalry stopped advancing, looked for a short rest by the river, and then hurried slowly in the afternoon to maintain their physical strength, and they could reach Beihai Country tomorrow.
King Kang of Beihai has been living in fear recently, besieged by tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, although they did not attack, but cut off the connection between the city and the outside world, resulting in the morale of the officers and soldiers responsible for defending the city, no one dares to go out of the city to fight, if this continues, the city must be broken.
He has endured this torturous life for more than a month, and if it continues, he will collapse before the Yellow Turban Thief is eliminated.
On the second day of the fifth month, the sluggish King Kang suddenly felt that the ground shook, and there was a shout of killing outside the city, he thought that the thieves had begun to attack the city, so frightened that he stood up suddenly, his face was white, and the lacquer bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", and his eyes looked at the direction of the city gate blankly.
If the city is breached, the first to be murdered are the king and the officials of all levels in the city, and then the great families.
Listen carefully, the sound of shouting and killing first came from the south of the city, and gradually to the east, and then like the north, and in half an hour, the shouting and killing sound spread to the west of the city, and circled the city.
When King Kang was still confused, the minister of state ran into the palace and shouted as he ran: "Great joy, great joy! Great joy, great joy! ”
"What's the joy of?" King Kang's face softened a little.
"Your Majesty, you're here to help! Fighting the Yellow Turban Thieves outside the city. ”
"Hahaha, I finally came to the rescue, Your Majesty didn't give up the widow." King Kang opened his arms, raised his head and laughed, laughing and shedding tears, or maybe excited.
The prime minister advised: "Your Majesty, please change your clothes, and then welcome the reinforcements." ”
Although the king does not have much real power, he has a noble status, and the king appears as a sign of ceremonial solemnity.
"Haha, good, good, the widow almost missed the big thing."
When King Kang, the minister of state, the chief officials and others climbed the city wall, they found that there was a mess outside the city, and a cavalry, like a black torrent, swept through the entire Yellow Turban camp, leaving only a stump and broken arm where they passed.
The Yellow Turban Thieves were killed and scattered, and the slower runners were instantly killed by the spears of the cavalry, trampled into mud by the cavalry that followed.
King Kang asked suspiciously, "Where did the reinforcements come from?" ”
"The king, it must have been sent by His Majesty, and after they enter the city, they will find out as soon as they ask." The Minister of State could not discern the origin of the reinforcements.
King Kang was very happy and shouted, "Open the city gate and welcome the reinforcements." ”
In fact, King Kang has overstepped his authority in this way; However, those soldiers have been waiting impatiently for a long time, and now they are going out to pick up their battle exploits in vain, so who cares if the order is appropriate or not?
Seeing that the crowd was excited, Xiangguo was not easy to stop, so he had to take advantage of the situation and agreed to let them go to war to meet the reinforcements.
King Kang was very excited and personally beat the drum to cheer.
With yesterday's experience of rushing and killing, today's cooperation between the various parts and tuns is more skillful, the queue is more neat, and the results are more fruitful.
Xiangguo was shocked, where did this reinforcement come from? Even the Great Han Yu Lin Lang did not have such a high combat power, and the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves killed by thousands of cavalry flowed into a river of blood, collapsed into an army, and fled in all directions, and the siege of Beihai was easily lifted.
The soldiers in the city, most of whom were members of various families in the city and young men in the city, hugged each other and wept with joy when they saw this scene.
More people shouted loudly to the beat of King Kang's drums, cheering for the cavalry who fought bravely outside the city.
Some of the brave officers and soldiers in the city were demoralized, and they fought out of the city gates, followed by the cavalry, and chased down the Yellow Turban thieves who fled or were injured, and the Yellow Turban Army outside the city was even more afraid.
A bitter battle, the siege of Beihai was successfully lifted.