Chapter 58: Cao Ren Rushes into Battle
"Handsome! There is an official cavalry attack!! ”
Bo Cai, who was directing the sergeants to transport grain and evacuate the battlefield, heard this, and hurriedly dismounted and climbed onto a grain and grass truck to look up. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info saw a Han cavalry wearing a fiery red uniform, like a long dragon from the northwest of the battlefield to kill the generals. Looking at the speed of the galloping sky, there are still moments of time to catch up with you.
"The cavalry and horses are fast, I can't escape by waiting for the light to escape, everyone will connect the grain carts and prepare for the battle, if we can repel this cavalry, we can safely evacuate the battlefield." Bo Cai didn't have time to lament his bad luck, but immediately commanded the sergeants around him to connect the grain wagons into a defensive line, and organized archers and pikemen to live on the carts, preparing to pursue and kill the cavalry of the Shangguan army.
With the Yellow Turban Army in the tens of thousands, the thousands of elite horsemen in the imperial court don't sound like much. But when the elite cavalry of more than 3,000 Han troops led by Cao Ren really rushed to within 500 steps, Bocai and his subordinates realized that the original more than 3,000 cavalry could also kill the overwhelming feeling.
The cavalry occupies a larger range of activities than the infantry, only to see the undulation of the iron helmet, the pheasant tail on the iron helmet fluttering with the wind, these Han knights mostly hold spears and spears, rows of spears and spears stand like a forest, with the strong impact of the war horse, before the battle to the Bocai army a suffocating sense of oppression.
"Archery! Archery!! Bocai drew his sword in his hand and shouted to his archers to strike first.
But seeing the sound of the bowstring ringing one after another, more than a thousand full longbows threw the iron arrows on the bowstring into the wind, and the iron arrows roared with the cold light of the stars and pounced on the court cavalry led by Cao Ren.
These more than 3,000 cavalry are all elite soldiers mobilized from the border pass of Liangzhou, and they have long been accustomed to the invasion of arrow rain by fighting with the Qiang people all year round. Therefore, when he heard the sound of arrows leaving the string, he raised his arm shield to block the door without being reminded by Cao Ren. When the rain of arrows fell from the sky, except for dozens of unlucky eggs who were shot off their horses, the rest of the cavalry relied on the shield and the armor on their bodies to block the rain of more than a thousand arrows.
"The archers retreat and shoot, and the pikemen come forward to meet the enemy!" The archers of the Yellow Turbans were no more than a group of peasants a few months ago, and it was rare for them to complete basic shooting training in such a short time, and Bocai did not expect much from them.
The core skill of a pikeman is a stabbing move, and as long as you learn to stab and line up, you can be considered a qualified pikeman. In Bocai's shouting, these pikemen armed with wooden guns formed a formation behind the grain cart in fear, ready to meet the galloping impact of the Han cavalry.
"Kill the thief!!" Cao Ren shouted, and the long knife in his hand took advantage of the impact of the horse under his crotch to slash at the cart blocking the road in front of him. These carts full of grain and grass materials were already overwhelmed, and the power carried by Cao Ren's knife was more than a thousand jun, and the cart where the blade was going was actually split into two parts. Cao Ren clamped his legs between the horse's belly and slashed into the Bocai army along this passage, and the long knife turned into a bolt of lightning and slashed at the Yellow Turban sergeant beside him, and in an instant, dozens of Yellow Turban sergeants were knocked to the ground.
In the face of the combination of carts and pikemen, more than 100 cavalrymen in the forefront used their own flesh and blood of their mounts to break open a passage, coupled with Cao Ren's bravery, they also inspired a group of cavalry behind them, they followed behind Cao Ren in an arrow formation, and used the spears and spears in their hands to provoke the blockade of the cart, and crashed into the military formation of the Bocai army like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
"Marshal, the cavalry of the official army can't stop it, let's withdraw as soon as possible!" Seeing that the thousands of cavalry had broken through the first few lines of defense, a personal guard came to Bocai, who was commanding the army formation on the cart, and tried to persuade his commander to evacuate the battlefield first.
Bo Cai looked at the guard with red eyes: "This battle must not be defeated, if we lose these grains and grass, it will be difficult for us to have a chance to rise again in Yuzhou." ”
"As long as the marshal can save a life, we can still go to Qu Shuai in other states and counties, and use the help of other Qu Shuai to seek a chance to make a comeback. But if the handsome man folds here, then everything is really over! Bo Cai's rewards and punishments are clearly loved by the sergeants under his command, this personal guard does not know much about the long-term situation, but he knows that Bo Cai, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, must not die here easily.
The guards hesitated when they said something, but he was the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and among the thirty-six square canal commanders in the world, only Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Jizhou Daqu, Bu Jizhou, and Zhang Mancheng, the commander of the Jingyang Daqu, could be on an equal footing with him in the past three days. His status in the Yellow Turban Army is so high, even if the battle situation in Yuzhou is in decline, if he can use the help of other commanders, he may also have a chance to make a comeback.
Seeing that Bocai was no longer so excited, the guard hurriedly beckoned his companion to take Bocai off the cart and escorted Bocai out of the battlefield with dozens of guards. Since the official army launched an attack from the west and north, and Bocai was unwilling to go south to join Zhang Mancheng's Jingyang Yellow Turban Army, he could only retreat to the east of where Changshe was located, hoping to bypass Changshe and divert from Yangzhai to the occupied area of other Yellow Turban Army commanders.
Bocai's departure not only deprived these thousands of Yellow Turban Corps of their command core, but also made these Yellow Turban Corps lose confidence in victory. Think about it, you fought desperately for the boss in front, but the coach himself felt that the defeat was certain and ran away, so what is the point of your own bloody sacrifice?
"Don't kill again, let's surrender."
"Surrender, spare your life!"
First the surrender of one or two Yellow Turbans, followed by the surrender of dozens or even hundreds of people. When Cao Ren's broadsword cut down the last Yellow Turban warrior who swore to die, the thousands of surviving Yellow Turban soldiers had all discarded their weapons and knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and quietly waiting for the Han soldiers to decide their fate.
Seeing that the battle situation was decided, Cao Cao led more than a dozen horsemen to come on horseback: "Where is Bocai?" ”
Cao Ren wiped the blade of the treasure knife in his hand with his sleeve, and faced Cao Cao's question: "Isn't Bocai fighting with General Huangfu?" ”
Cao Cao was laughed at by the innocence of Cao Ren, the head of the clan: "You fool, Bo Cai, as the commander of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, is second only to the three brothers Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang in the thief army. For someone like him, do you think he will lead his soldiers to fight until the last moment when defeat is assured? The reason why Captain Bendu values this thief army is because the grain and grass materials in their hands are extremely important, and the second is because the big fish Bocai is definitely hidden here. ”