Chapter 53: Peng Tuo is the head
"Lord, look, Peng Tuo is going to run", a sharp-eyed Yanmen cavalry watched Peng Tuo's handsome flag and the lantern marking Peng Tuo's name begin to move, and immediately reminded him.
It turned out that Peng Tuo ordered Peng Ge and Xin Hao to lead the army to come to help, and on the other hand, he was keeping an eye on the development of the war situation. Compared with the victory or defeat of the battle, Peng Tuo is more concerned about his own life.
So when the Guards line began to crumble, Peng Tuo ran away. Since Peng Tuo is the coach, wherever he goes, the handsome flag and lantern will follow.
Because in ancient times, due to the underdevelopment of communication technology, when the army was fighting, it would set up flags to mark the location of each army and use it to transmit information. Not only that, the flag is also an important information for the soldiers of the army to determine the position of the general, so once the troops encounter an emergency, most of the generals and soldiers will spontaneously determine the position of the main general according to the location of the flag, so as to quickly assemble.
At night, due to the light, the flag is not easy to see, so a lantern marking the name and official position of the general is added next to the flag to identify it.
However, this also made it easier for the enemy to track down the location of their main general, just like now, when Peng Tuo's handsome flag and lantern moved, the Yanmen Iron Cavalry immediately discovered the abnormality and hurriedly reported Liu Jin.
When Liu Jin heard this, he hurriedly raised his eyes and looked. Sure enough, he saw the yellow lantern marking Peng Tuo's name and began to move rapidly north, and Liu Jin immediately understood.
"How can you let your kid run away so easily", Liu Jin thought of this, and immediately shouted: "Everyone come with me", and he was going to ride a horse to chase Peng Tuo.
"Report to the governor, Peng Ge and Xin Hao, the leaders of the Yellow Turban thieves, led 30,000 horses to surround the White Horse Yicong, and General Gongsun is leading the army to fight hard", a scout came quickly and reported quickly.
Hearing this, Liu Jin frowned slightly, and said secretly in his heart: "This Gongsun Zhan is really useless, three thousand iron horsemen can't even beat the rabble." But looking at Peng Tuo getting farther and farther away, Liu Jin fell into a dilemma.
Give up rescuing Gongsun Zhan, it will definitely be true, and in the future, it will leave a reputation for disregarding the lives of colleagues, but if you lead the army to rescue Gongsun Zhan, you will let Peng Tuo go.
You must know that Peng Tuo is the commander of this 200,000-strong army, once Peng Tuo is allowed to escape, as long as he raises his arms, he will definitely be able to quickly mobilize people and make a comeback, and then I am afraid that the day of going south will be far away.
"Don't worry, don't worry, Dingbang will go!" It turned out that Meng Yong, who was caught in the formation, heard the shouts of the scouts, and of course he understood the consequences of letting go of the enemy general, so he immediately shouted and began to chase the enemy alone.
When Liu Jin heard this, he hurriedly raised his eyes and looked. I saw Meng Yong, who was dressed in blood red, wielding a plum blossom bright silver spear, and at a dazzling speed, he quickly stabbed several Tianwei soldiers in front of the horse, and then slammed the mount and went straight to Peng Du.
"Senior brother, go and assist General Meng", Liu Jin shouted, reminding Zhang Liaodao, who was not far from Meng Yong.
"The life of my comrades is my life, come with me if you are brave enough", Liu Jin shouted, and once again unleashed the Burning Sun Halberd Method to kill the crowd of the Heavenly Guards.
The fierce and scorching Sun Halberd method was unleashed, and Liu Jin, who was riding on the horse, was like a flock of tigers and sheep, and quickly slaughtered the army of Gongsun Zan in the northeast.
None of the eighteen remaining warrior guards retreated, all of them spontaneously followed Liu Jin's horse, wielding the three-edged iron spear that drank the enemy's blood in their hands with all their might, and once again slaughtered into the Heavenly Guard.
The flying triangular iron spears were like a torrential rain falling from the sky, sweeping everything in front of them at a dense and swift speed. All the soldiers of the Tianwei Army who stand in front of Xiao Wuwei, whether they are soldiers or captains, even if they are leaders at the level of a hundred generals, there is only one end, and that is death.
Since its formation, this elite division has been known as invincible, with its superb martial arts and fighting style, declaring their martial arts to the world. The elite warriors are like a whirlwind, and everywhere they go is like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, clean and neat.
"Shenwei Tian General, Invincible Warrior Guard", Heyero, who was also surrounded in the array, saw Liu Jin leading the army to help, and roared like thunder, and the mace in his hand became even more anxious.
The soldiers of Baima Yicong also saw the arrival of Liu Jin and others, and the hearts of those who were deeply encircled were moved beyond measure. In their current situation, they could not have imagined it in any way. The Yanmen Iron Cavalry, which has fewer troops than them, will risk the annihilation of the entire army to rescue them, which makes these hot-blooded men who are on the verge of life and death not moved.
"Brothers, the Governor has come to reinforce us, and the Yanmen Iron Cavalry has also come to reinforce us. Whoever brings the seeds comes with me! Gongsun Chan roared, and rushed towards Liu Jin with his personal guards.
When the Baima Yicong and Youzhou cavalry, who were already less than 3,000 people, heard this, they were all encouraged, and their blade-wielding hands seemed to be gushing with endless power, and they responded to their main generals with a more fierce offensive.
Peng Ge was shocked, Xin Hao was also shocked, and the more than 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were even more shocked.
In their previous battles, the officers and soldiers had always seen the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, and they would throw away their armor and flee in defeat. But today, the will to fight of the three waves of Han cavalry shocked them and refreshed their cognition.
Not long after putting down their hoes, they picked up their swords and guns and charged on the battlefield, because the leading generals did not understand military affairs, did not know the art of war, and could not even list up a neat formation, how could they compete with these wolf-like cavalry?
In addition, tonight's night attack greatly hit their morale, and the two battalions of the Yellow Turban Army, which suffered heavy losses, only hastily extinguished the fire in a part of the battalion, were brought reinforcements by Qu Shuai, and some people didn't even have time to get their weapons, so they followed the two Qu Shuai and rushed over.
"A narrow encounter"
"The brave wins"
Liu Jin shouted, and the cavalry of the Han army, which had only more than 4,000 people left, shouted again, and the loud shouts echoed the war drums and shouts that sounded at the right time outside the Yellow Turban camp.
For a time, the mountains were full of the shouts and kills of the Han army. On the other hand, the Yellow Turban Army, in the face of the rainbow-like morale of the Han army, their military spirit has begun to collapse, but with the leadership of Qu Shuai, it has not completely collapsed for the time being.
Liu Jin, who had been rushing to the front, also felt the weakness of the Yellow Turban Army's resistance, or the lack of effort in the work, and immediately understood the mentality of ordinary soldiers.
"Geyero led a detachment of men and horses to the north, and took the head of the enemy's army; Gongsun Chan went south and was sure to kill the enemy's commander. The rest of the brothers will follow me to kill and disperse the enemy army", Liu Jin calmly gave the battle order.
Meng Ang, who had been guarding Liu Jin, also began to exert his strength at this time, and a Dark Cloud Swallowing Moon Knife was also majestic and majestic, and the sharp Dark Cloud Swallowing Moon Knife showed the martial arts from the famous general's family with unstoppable might.
Meng Ang and Liu Jin became the leaders of the remaining 2,000 Han troops, and under their leadership, the more than 20,000 Yellow Turban troops were like a tornado swept across the earth, full of stumps and broken arms.
With Peng Ge turned into a puddle of flesh under Hierro's mace, the morale of more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops from the northern camp completely collapsed, and no one dared to attack the cavalry formation of the Han army. Or rather, no one wants to die.
The war came to an end with the death of Xin Hao, and the 200,000 Yellow Turban Army became a cloud of history under the fire of Liu Jin, and was never remembered by people again.
The sun rose in the east, and after the victory, the Han army gathered in Peng Tuo's Chinese army tent after Liu Jin ordered people to blow the drums of gathering generals. Only this time, Peng took off only the frightened head, and his body had long since disappeared.
"General, Meng Yong is worthy of his mission, Peng is here, please take a look at it", Meng Yong, dressed in a military uniform and with a dusty face, strode into the tent, and handed the head he was holding in his hand to the guards in the tent.
"No need, hang the head at the camp gate and declare the army to shake the hearts of the army" Liu Jin didn't look at it, and said loudly.
When the warrior heard this, he turned around and walked out of the tent.
It turned out that this Peng Tuo sensed that the situation was not right, and wanted to escape. But in the midst of the chaos, Peng Tuo took hundreds of personal guards with a huge goal. Meng Yong and Zhang Liao, who rode alone, could see Peng Tuo's hundreds of people at a glance, although Peng Tuo had thrown away the handsome flag, but the target was still too big. In the blink of an eye, he was chased and killed by Meng Yong and Zhang Liao, and the two rushed to kill, Peng Tuo couldn't resist it, and was killed by the two with excellent martial arts.
"Thank you Governor for your help, Zhan had a lot of suspicions before, and I hope that Governor Haihan", remembering his suspicion of Liu Jin before, Gongsun Zhan's face turned red and said brightly.
"The last general was disrespectful before, please supervise and punish", Tian Kai, who was standing behind Gongsun Zhan, heard this, walked down in the middle of the big tent, knelt on one knee, and said.
Liu Jin saw the sincere expressions of the two, and secretly said in his heart: "Gongsun Chan is a hero, so I have to guard against it." Although he was reminding himself in his heart, he pretended to be generous and said: "General Gongsun and General Tian don't want to be like this, the past is gone, and I hope that the two generals will help each other in the future, so that I can work together to return the people of the world to a bright future as soon as possible."
As he spoke, Liu Jin stepped down from his handsome position and personally helped Tian Kai, who was kneeling on the ground.
When the two of them heard this, their faces were even more ashamed. Gongsun Chan said: "Please rest assured that from now on, the name of the governor will follow."
"In this way, then thank you Brother Gongsun", Liu Jin smiled and said loudly.
Without waiting for Gongsun Zan to speak again, Liu Jin said again: "The army will rest for a day, and tomorrow at noon, the White Tiger Army will return to Yanxian County under the leadership of Meng Yong and station, and the rest of the troops will follow the general to the south to Yingchuan."
When the generals heard this, their spirits suddenly burst into flames, and they said in unison: "No"
"Let's all go down and get ready to go! Meng Yong stayed", Liu Jin said again.
After everyone left, Liu Jin smiled at Meng Yong and said in a kind tone: "Virtuous nephew, tomorrow you will lead the army back to Yan County and hand over this letter to Cai Zhonglang for Uncle Liu." As for the White Tiger Army, you have to hand over the battalion composed of the people of Yan County to Han Hao's command, and the rest of the Yellow Turban captives will be composed of men and horses" Speaking of this, Liu Jin's tone was extremely low, and only Meng Yong heard it in the entire tent. At the same time, he took out a letter sealed with fire paint from his bosom and handed it to Meng Yong
"Uncle Liu, why don't you hand over that camp to Han Hao?" Meng Yong asked puzzled.
Liu Jin just smiled, did not speak, and motioned for Meng Yong to go down and prepare. (To be continued)