Chapter 40: The Battle of the Yellow Turbans (4)
At this time, it was the end of May and the beginning of June, and the rainfall in summer was more than in winter, so the water level of Rushui was already very high, and the Yellow Turban Army used sandbags to block the source in the upper reaches of Rushui, so that the river water was silted up in the upper reaches, and suddenly put down these hoarded river water, a large number of water flows carried the trend of destroying the world and destroying the world, roaring down the river, most of the Nanyang army was still soaked in Rushui and the river at this time, although they found that the situation was not right, and wanted to escape, but there were too many people in the river, And their speed was far less than that of the rushing river, so they were all scattered by the river, and thousands of troops were washed away, and only a small number of soldiers climbed up the banks before the river arrived, and only then did they save their lives. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because the river came too fast, many soldiers could only run towards the nearest shore in order to survive, so a considerable part of the Nanyang army fled to the south bank at this time and came to the front of the Yellow Turban Army.
They were frightened at this time, their clothes and armor were not neat, and their armor, shields and even weapons were thrown away when they were fleeing for their lives, so when the Yellow Turban Army surrounded them, the Nanyang Army could only be captured, their number was too small, and the soldiers who arrived on the south bank were less than 500 people, and they were too scattered, and there was no way to form a formation to resist, and they were all taken down by the Yellow Turban Army with a charge.
And because Ji Ling was riding a fast horse, after being defeated by Dian Wei, he fled in the wilderness, Ji Ling crossed the Rushui with his front foot, and the flood rushed over with his back foot, Ji Ling was so frightened that he was dripping with cold sweat, and sighed that he walked again on the ghost gate.
The Nanyang army lost most of its troops at this time, and the pontoon bridge on Rushui had been burned down at this time, and after the flood just now, the water level in Rushui has now returned to a normal level, even much higher than the normal water level, which also means that it is difficult for them to cross Rushui in a short time, but relatively, the Yellow Turban Army on the other side can not get by.
Ji Ling glanced at his troops, and saw that the soldiers were all depressed, all of them were looking like the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, where did they still have the heart to fight again, and Ji Ling himself had lingering palpitations about Dian Wei, and he didn't want to challenge anymore, so he hurriedly gathered the remnants of the army, and there were many soldiers who were swept away by the flood, but there should still be some of them who were not drowned, so they had to be brought together quickly, otherwise it would be difficult for these boys to become deserters, or run to nearby villages to make trouble, Ji Ling thought to himself.
But before Ji Ling's order could be conveyed, he heard a rumbling sound coming from the ground, this sound was still relatively far away at first, and it didn't sound very obvious, but in an instant, the sound became louder, and not only the sound, even the earth began to shake slightly, Ji Ling instantly understood, this is the movement of the cavalry, listening to this scale at least five hundred people, his subordinates are only less than two thousand people left at this time, and the morale is low, how can they resist the attack of the enemy cavalry?
But although he thought so in his heart, Ji Ling still shouted, summoned the soldiers and began to line up, he understood that behind him was an open field, if he led the army to escape, under the strong pursuit ability of the cavalry, there was absolutely no possibility of escaping, and the only way to protect himself was to resist in formation and block the impact of the enemy cavalry.
The Nanyang army picked up weapons and shields from the river beach one by one in a panic, they didn't even have time to put on their armor, dozens of soldiers armed with spears stood at the front of the formation, they were about to resist the first wave of the enemy cavalry.
In the distance, the figure of a group of cavalry was already clearly visible, this was Xu Chu's five hundred cavalry, after they dug the embankment and released the water, they immediately went down the river, ready to attack the remnants of the Nanyang army, but although the speed of the cavalry was fast, it was still not as fast as the rushing river, so they were also slightly later than the river.
However, this time has no impact on the overall situation, and the Nanyang sergeants have lost their fighting spirit at this time, and they have no intention of resisting at all, so Xu Chu has absolute confidence that he can crush the enemy army and eat them all!
"Archer prepare!"
Ji Ling took a deep breath, looked at the Yellow Turban Army that was getting closer and closer, and shouted loudly.
The two hundred remaining archers bent their bows and arrows at this time, aiming arrows with sharp iron arrows at the dense black spots in the distance, and the sun was now only a little afterglow of the setting sun, and the bright red sunset in the sky seemed to indicate this cruel duel.
"Raise your shield!"
The Yellow Turban Army had already rushed to a place less than two hundred steps away from the Nanyang Army at this time, and Xu Chu understood that with the speed of the cavalry, they would soon be within the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, so he immediately asked the soldiers to raise their shields and block in front of him.
These shields are a round shield with a diameter of fifty centimeters, the shield is not large, but it can effectively defend against the bow and arrow that shoots at the rider's face and the vital position of the body, which greatly protects the safety of the rider, and this bell shield is not large-scale equipment among the officers and soldiers at this time, but is more commonly equipped among the nomads of the steppe.
"Put!"
Ji Ling calculated the distance between the two sides, and immediately gave the order to release the arrows after the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army entered the distance of a hundred paces.
Two hundred jet-black feathered arrows swept into the wind, bringing with them a rain of black arrows.
"Ding, ding, bell" There was a sound of shields and arrows colliding in the ranks of the Yellow Turban Army, mixed with more than a dozen screams of soldiers, some of the soldiers who were shot on the war horses fell uncontrollably, and the other soldiers behind him avoided it, stepped on it, and asked for his life, and the cavalry formation of the Yellow Turban Army was a little chaotic.
This round of bows and arrows had little effect, only less than twenty people were hit by arrows, five of them fell off their horses, for the Yellow Turban Army, such losses were insignificant, but the smell of blood in the air inspired Xu Chu's murderous intent, he shouted, rushed into the enemy formation, brandished the big knife in his hand, and cut off the spears in the hands of the dozen or so Nanyang Army soldiers in the front, followed by another knife, more than ten soldiers had already flown out upside down, hitting a large number of soldiers.
Ji Ling in the crowd gasped: I am afraid that the force value of this military general is not inferior to the person before, and he is going to be in danger!
Thinking of this, Ji Ling shouted: "Stop him for me!" ”
Then he pulled out his horse and fled in the opposite direction, Xu Chu fought bravely in the crowd, and saw from a distance that the enemy was about to flee, and he shouted: "The enemy will leave!" ”