Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Power of the Iron Horseman

The two armies faced each other, both of them were red flags fluttering, red armor was around, and thousands of people from the two armies stood opposite each other, glaring at each other.

"Wait for the Jizhou army to listen, the governor of Bendu is the governor of Jizhou personally appointed by His Majesty, responsible for commanding the Jizhou army to crusade against the thieves, and has the responsibility of clearing and suppressing the Jizhou thief army. As he spoke, Liu Jin stepped out of the battle, took out the holy decree wrapped in brocade from Liu Yang, and held it high above his head.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was immediately shocked! No one expected this to be the result. If this is true, then Liu Jin, as the commander of Jizhou, naturally has the right to exercise military law, and anyone who dares to disobey military orders can be cut first, even on the battlefield.

"Hmph, you said it was you? Holy decrees can also be forged, brothers, right? Dong Zhuo's mind was spinning, and he also retorted.

"General Dong is right!" Some of these thousands of Xindu officers and soldiers also knew the consequences of disobeying military orders, and immediately shouted together with the shouts of the Xiliang army, and for a while the crowd was full of voices, so it was not noisy.

"The governor of Bendu also has the seal of the Son of Heaven to give the soldiers and generals, you can know that if you suspect Shangguan and disobey the military order, you can be killed directly, don't listen to the villain's words, mistake your own life, hum!" Liu Jin sneered, and then roared wildly, and the noisy Jizhou Army and Xiliang Army fell silent.

Dong Zhuo saw that Liu Jin had even taken out the soldier talisman seal, and estimated that he would not be able to admit it even if he wanted to die. But he couldn't weaken his momentum, and immediately said: "Yes and no, you have to know it before you can know it."

"In this case, as a former lieutenant general, you are the highest official among the generals present, so let you come forward to test it!" , Liu Jin looked at Dong Zhuo, and the sneer on his face was even stronger.

Seeing that Liu Jin was so careful, Dong Zhuo already believed a little, and saw Liu Jin sneering again and again, showing murderous intent, where did he dare to come forward to check it himself, but the momentum could not be weak, and immediately beckoned Hua Xiong behind him and said: "It's up to you to come forward and check it for the general!" ”。

Hua Xiong agreed, hung the tiger sword on the horse, and then came to Liu Jin, hugged his fists and said: "Hua Xiong, the captain under the command of Dong Gong, the former general, was ordered to come to inspect it."

"Guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, you will receive it later", Liu Jin said secretly, and handed over the holy decree and the military talisman seal to Hua Xiong for inspection, and after confirming that it was correct, Hua Xiong had nothing to say, so he had to return to Dong Zhuo in a huff.

Dong Zhuo knew as soon as he saw that Hua Xiong seemed to be a defeated rooster, and he was sure that Liu Jin's holy decree was not fake, and he couldn't help but scold Liu Jin's eight ancestors in his heart, but now that the situation is stronger than people, he can't say anything.

"Niu Fu and Hua Xiong, you two secretly ordered the Xiliang Army not to act rashly, Niu Fu, you immediately give Li Dao an order, let him immediately enter Beijing and secretly give a secret message to the person in the court, and Liu Jin is accused of disregarding military affairs and killing soldiers without authorization", Dong Zhuo turned around and said softly to Niu Fu and Hua Xiong, the two cronies and generals.

The two of them turned around and left, and Liu Jin on the opposite side said again: "Now that the seal of the soldier has also been checked, General Dong can transfer the military power."

The situation is stronger than people, and Dong Zhuo has no choice but to hand over the military power to Liu Jin, but the Xiliang Army can be said to be Dong Zhuo's pro-army, and even if Liu Jin receives the military power, it is impossible to mobilize.

"Report, Governor, the thief Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Ning and others led more than 50,000 people to return to Xindu, and they are less than five miles away from here", a sentry scout galloped over.

"It's coming so fast!" , Liu Jin snorted lightly, and immediately shouted at everyone: "The whole army is in a goose-shaped formation, the foot soldiers are in the center, and the cavalry is on both wings, hurry up!" ”。

As the order was handed down, the two groups of people who were still hating each other just now immediately gathered together. The 2,000 foot soldiers of the county soldiers lined up in the middle of the army, and the camp stood out from the front. On the left flank were Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong and Zhang Liao's Yanmen Iron Cavalry, while on the right flank were Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Flying Bear Army, and the Yue Cavalry Battalion under the command of Dian Wei.

The smoke and dust were rolling, the war horses were neighing, and the sound of a golden drum suddenly came, and the army of more than 50,000 yellow turbans swept over, looking at the formation, it seemed to sweep the earth.

However, among the Han army, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu immediately saw the flaws of the Yellow Turban Army, so they heard Tian Feng say urgently: "Lord, the thief army is coming quickly, the army is scattered, and the soldiers are tired of galloping for a long time, so you can take this opportunity to send the cavalry to charge on both wings, and you will definitely be able to rush the enemy's position, and then you will be able to win the battle with the foot soldiers."

After Tian Feng's guidance, Liu Jin hurriedly raised his eyes. Sure enough, although the Yellow Turban Army was outnumbered, the formation was not compact. The reason for this should be that the Yellow Turban Army has been in existence for a short time, and most of the thieves are from peasant backgrounds, and few of them have ever read a book, let alone talk about military books and war strategies.

The 50,000-strong army slowly moved forward in five square formations, but it could be seen that there was a large gap between the military formations and the military formations. Not only that, the flags, swords and guns of the Yellow Turban Army were all half-drooping, and they looked a little weak.

Seeing this situation, Liu Jin immediately understood what Tian Feng meant, and immediately shouted: "The cavalry attacks on both wings, be sure to thwart the enemy's position, and the Chinese army is waiting for the opportunity to move."

With Liu Jin's order, the white horse Yicong and Yanmen iron cavalry on the left flank took the lead in action, and more than 2,000 horsemen roared away from the Han army's main array, and the Yue cavalry battalion and the Xiliang army on the right flank moved a little slower, but they also galloped quickly.

"Lord, let's let that bullshit Jizhou Governor command?" Niu Fu followed Dong Zhuo's side and asked softly.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, anger flashed on his face, but he was quickly suppressed by him, glanced at Dian Wei twenty or thirty steps away with the afterglow of his eyes, and said with a little anger: "Of course not, Niu Fu, you give me a secret order, the speed of the whole army will reduce the speed of the buffer formation, whoever dares to rush our family will wait for our family to clean him up!" ”。

Niu Fu also followed Dong Zhuo's gaze and glanced at Dian Wei and Yue Cavalry Camp, and immediately understood his father-in-law's plan in his heart, nodded immediately, and went down to pass the order.

Between the gallop of the cavalry, two clouds of smoke and dust rose into the sky, like two earth dragons, looking at the Yellow Turban Army that had already stood in formation.

The left wing of the Yellow Turban Army was more than 2,000 cavalry led by Chu Feiyan, and the right wing was more than 1,000 cavalry brought out by Zhang Xu from the Ghost Valley. The five phalanxes of the Chinese army are the Yellow Turban wrestlers and young soldiers under the command of Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Ning.

In the battle of the Ghost Valley, the Tiangong Guard cavalry was limited by the terrain, and its combat power was greatly reduced, and it was blocked by the rebels led by Huang Long. Rao is like this, after the three thousand elite horses broke through, the rest were only about a thousand horses, which can be described as a great injury to the vitality.

"The cavalry assaulted on both flanks, and gave me a block from the cavalry. Yu Poison, Yang Feng, and Bai Rao each led 10,000 horses to raid the Han army's main formation", Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Ning whispered a few words, and calmly gave the order.

As Zhang Niujiao's order was handed down, the cavalry on both wings of the Yellow Turban Army also galloped up, and rushed up against the cavalry of the Han army. At the same time, the pitiful war drums of the Yellow Turban Army rumbled, and the 30,000 Yellow Turban Army also began to advance under the leadership of Yu Yu and the other three commanders.

On the battlefield on the left flank, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang each led more than 500 horsemen to charge alternately in the shape of wolf teeth. Not long after, the Yellow Turban Army and the Yanmen Iron Cavalry collided violently.

"Yanmen Zhang Wenyuan is here, the thief will die", Zhang Liao shouted, and the green dragon halberd in his hand smashed on Chu Feiyan's spear, bringing bursts of sparks, and the smashed Chu Feiyan's spear trembled, and the tiger's mouth ached.

The two horses were staggered, and the two cavalry frantically collided together. The green dragon halberd in Zhang Liao's hand flew up and down, and he picked more than ten yellow turban cavalry. The Yanmen Iron Cavalry behind Zhang Liao was not to be outdone, this elite cavalry that followed Liu Jinxi to conquer the Huns, from the initial 2,000 people, to the current cavalry with only more than 1,000 people, at this moment, let the enemy know how stupid it is to go against them.

The three-edged iron spear made of 500 fine iron rods was like a hundred flowers blooming, and in an instant, the shadow of the spear burned, and hundreds of Yellow Turban cavalry were stabbed in succession, although they were not many in number, but they had a huge advantage in combat power.

Looking down from the sky, I saw two cavalry colliding together, and after the Yellow Turban Army in the west turned on their backs, the front arrow formation of 2,000 people was like a triangle that had been cut with a knife, and the triangle in front was gone, leaving only the trapezoidal shape behind.

This is not over, just when Zhang Liao led the army to rush, Xu Huang's department, which was killed from behind, bypassed the front of the fierce charge, accelerated suddenly, and stabbed diagonally from the flank, cutting the trapezoid in half again, leaving only a quadrilateral.

The cavalry under the command of Zhang Liao charged rapidly, like a sharp blade, splitting the quadrilateral into two, and the streamline of the sharp arrow formation caused the quadrilateral to be cut into two small triangles.

Just one charge, just one charge, the army formation of 2,000 people, was killed less than 700 people, and their own losses were less than 100 people, what kind of combat effectiveness, what extraordinary ability to chisel?

"Rush straight into the enemy's main position, kill!" Zhang Liao shouted, and without looking back, the Yanmen Iron Cavalry went to Zhang Niujiao's main formation, which was five hundred steps away, and the speed of the charge did not decrease at all.

Anyone who sees such a strong cavalry will be afraid, let alone a rabble like the Yellow Turban Army. Fortunately, Zhang Niujiao's main formation was the elite of Nanying Chong under his command, 10,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers.

"Arrows" Zhang Niujiao was also taken aback when he saw that most of the cavalry he had worked so hard to assemble had been killed like this.

With the command of Zhang Niujiao, thousands of feathered arrows rose into the air, and the dense rain of arrows was like a dark cloud, obscuring the sun's rays. (To be continued)

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