Chapter 64: The Four-Word Essential
At the same time that the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou pierced through the left flank of the Yellow Turban Army, the advance of the Yellow Turban Army, which totaled 150,000, and the right army, collided with the Han army's military formation.
As soon as the two armies clashed, it was already a white-hot stage.
The Han army was in good formation and well-armed, and the 3,000 Han shield soldiers across the entire forward position, as well as the 3,000 pikemen in the second column, became well-deserved killing machines.
Each of their thrusts would inevitably cause thousands of casualties to the Yellow Turbans, and the shield soldiers only needed to hold on tightly to the iron shield in front of them to protect themselves and their comrades behind them.
The crossbowmen of the Han army in the seventh and eighth rows became the main force at this moment, and due to the lack of sufficient defensive equipment of the Yellow Turban Army, most of the soldiers were only wrapped in cloth clothes, barely able to keep warm. As for defense, that's not what they can imagine, in this troubled world, being able to save their lives is the only thing people want.
When the pouring rain of arrows fell leisurely, the undefended Yellow Turban soldiers suddenly fell one piece. Because the two armies were already in contact at this time, the crossbowmen of the Han army usually took the back shot, although it was inevitable that they would hurt some of their own people, but under the strict orders of the officers, these crossbowmen still kept releasing the feather arrows in their hands to help the brothers at the front to resist the enemy.
In the face of death, the Yellow Turbans all went crazy. The Yellow Turbans in the rear began to cower, while the Yellow Turbans in the front tried their best to open a gap.
As time passed, the Han army finally showed a flaw in the tight formation under the frontal impact of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops. Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers crowded people, and the powerful thrust caused by people pushing people was not something that a few thousand people could stop.
"Zhang Yuan, Saturday, order the two of you to lead 10,000 horses each to attack the flank of the official army, be sure to open the gap!" , Liu Shi, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, who was in command of the former army, gave an order, and the two marshals who were named immediately agreed.
Soon, 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, under the leadership of Zhang Yuan and Saturday, quickly killed the flank of the Han army. This is the weak point of the Han army's defense, because of the limitation of troops, the Han army's defense cannot be exhaustive.
In just half an hour, when the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou fell into the military formation of the Yellow Turban Warriors, the two wings of the Han army began to collapse.
"Trapped"
"Kill, kill, kill"
There was a shout that pierced the sky, and the trapped camp of more than 700 people rushed out from the front of the Han army's Chinese army, squeezing through the crowd. Under the leadership of Gao Shun, with an indomitable and fearless momentum, they killed the former soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were in full swing.
"Lei" Gao Shun shouted, waved the golden-backed mountain chopping knife in his hand, and killed the three Yellow Turban soldiers on the spot.
"Ho ho ho ho", seven hundred soldiers in the trapping camp with a tower shield in their left hand and an iron spear in their right hand stabbed to death all the thousands of yellow turban soldiers who surrounded their circle.
The Thunderer, the most violent force in heaven and earth. And when the word appears in the army, especially in the trap camp. Then it represents the most violent attack.
"Turn", with Gao Shun's another order, more than 700 trapped camps raised the tower shield together, and the spear colleagues in the shield began to turn. It was like a hedgehog covered in iron thorns, and it instantly cut off a thick layer of the surging crowd.
Of course, this does not mean that they all died in battle, after all, there are only a few who are actually killed in battle. Most of them were brought down by the spinning iron hedgehog, and the huge centrifugal force brought them down.
However, when they fall to the ground, their death is not far away.
Sure enough, I heard the soul-inducing voice sound again: "Scatter".
More than 700 people untied the iron buckle connecting the tower shield at the same time and took two steps forward. The flying iron spears ruthlessly took the fragile lives of thousands of Yellow Turbans.
Immediately afterwards, these soldiers who seemed to be killing machines raised their right feet one after another, and the Yellow Turban soldiers who fell to the ground had no time to react, and they were crushed by their breastbones by the big feet from the sky, and died in pain.
A few people barely avoided the fatal kick, but they were immediately hit by a kick in the calf. Some were kicked in the chest, others in the head, and in an instant, as many as 100 people were either killed or injured.
"Gather", Gao Shun, who was holding a gold-backed mountain chopping knife, was full of strength again, and more than 700 people took two steps back and formed a circle again. It was also between this advance and retreat, and the dispersal and gathering, that at least 3,000 Yellow Turban soldiers fell.
"Brother Meng De, how is this army?" Liu Jin's eyes were full of red, and he asked urgently. In his heart, he was very lucky, fortunately he didn't fight hard with the trapped camp that day, otherwise he was afraid that the Yanmen Iron Cavalry that he had painstakingly trained would have little left at this time.
"Invincible Division! Conquer everything!! Cao Cao's eyes were also red, and the flames of greed were burning in the pitch-black pupils.
With the surprise attack of the trapped camp, the Han army, which had suffered thousands of casualties, regrouped into formation. This time, Wei Xu and Hao Meng learned the lessons of the previous battle, and the phalanx was a circle formation.
A circle formed in a circle is more advantageous in defense. The Han army of more than 20,000 people was once again besieged by the reorganized Yellow Turban Legion, and this time Liu Shi, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, also learned his lesson, and he ordered the army to also form a circle formation and besiege the official corps.
"Throwing stones", Liu Shi shouted, took the lead and took out a palm-sized stone from his waist, and wanted to throw it from a distance.
Seeing this, the rest of the Yellow Turban Army followed suit, and also took out stones from their waists and threw stones at the Han army. Those who did not have stones held up the various weapons in their hands and were on strict guard.
"Hahaha, what the fuck is this bullshit fight! The stones are all out", Liu Jin, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zhan, who saw this scene, couldn't help but laugh and bend over, holding their stomachs and laughing wildly.
However, Ding Yuan couldn't laugh, because he was also hit by the flying rocks, if it weren't for the protection of the golden helmet and golden armor, he was afraid that his head would have broken and bleeding now.
But the rest of the Han army was not so far away, the flying rocks smashed their unsuspecting heads and blood, and some were even stoned to death on the spot, the strict formation was chaotic, and miraculously there were loopholes in the troubled times.
It turned out that the brutal battlefield inspired the Yellow Turbans, who lacked long-range attack weapons. This Liu Shi was not called Liu Shi before, but Liu Er. Since following the Yellow Turban Army, his troops have grown rapidly, gradually gathering a force of more than 30,000 people.
Liu Er was very smart, and when he lacked long-range attack weapons, Liu Er had a whim and equipped the troops with a large number of stones. In the first battle, a Han army of 3,000 people was stoned by Liu Er's troops, killing and wounding most of them.
Since then, Liu Er's troops have all been equipped with this cheap weapon that can be found everywhere. And Liu Er was ridiculed by his colleagues because of this, and Liu Shi's name was born.
"Rush!" , Liu Shi, who commanded the army, immediately shouted as soon as he saw that there was a flaw in the formation of the Han army.
As Liu Shi's order was handed down, the three thousand men and horses of Liu Shi's headquarters immediately shook off their knives and guns, and broke through the eastern position in charge of Hao Meng in one fell swoop. Hundreds of Han troops fell under this wave of impact, and the originally tight formation suddenly broke through a big hole.
It's like an iron pot has been smashed with a hammer, as long as a hole is broken, it is only a matter of time before the iron pot is smashed to pieces.
Sure enough, the Han army that was broken immediately became in chaos, although Hao Meng tried his best to stop it, but the tide of defeat was still unstoppable, and more and more Yellow Turban troops rushed into the formation of the Han army, and the well-equipped Han army fought to the death.
"Gao Shun, quickly lead the trapping camp to plug the gap and repel the enemy soldiers", Ding Yuan calmly watched the situation on the battlefield, and hurriedly transferred the trapping camp to reinforce Hao Meng.
Under the four-word mantra of 'thunder', 'turn', 'scatter' and 'gather', the heroic trapping camp soldiers successfully blocked the gap of Hao Meng's troops, and killed more than 7,000 Liu Shi's headquarters in one go.
"Charge me, kill all this group of iron bumps" Liu Shi shouted angrily, and once again commanded the army to besiege the Han army formation.
"Report to Qu Shuai, the divine envoy asks Qu Shuai to hurry back for help", a cronie of Zhang Mancheng came quickly.
When Liu Shi heard this, his brows were deeply locked, and he asked coldly: "The marshal has 100,000 troops, why transfer me back to help."
When this cronie heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and said urgently: "The official army is attacking very fiercely, and it has broken through Pei Yuanshao's left army, and the Yellow Turban Lux can't stop the official cavalry. The marshal was afraid that the Chinese army would lose, so he urgently transferred the commander to help! This is the token of the great handsome", as he spoke, the cronie took out Zhang Mancheng's divine envoy token from his arms and handed it to Liu Shi.
After only one glance, Liu Shi gave up his plan to gather and annihilate the main force of the official army. Glancing hatefully at the round formation of officers and soldiers who were already less than 20,000 people, Liu Shi shouted angrily: "Order, withdraw troops!" ”。
At the same time that Liu Shi's order to withdraw troops was passed and the mighty Yellow Turban army began to retreat, Ding Yuan in the Han army formation was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Beat the war drums, and the whole army will attack!" ”。
"Knock knock", a rapid and passionate war drum spread from the Chinese army of the state army, more than 10,000 people of the state army under the urging of the war drums, under the leadership of Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Hao Meng three major generals suddenly launched a counterattack. For a time, the Yellow Turban after the killing was heavy casualties, and the entire rear was in chaos.
"Knock knock", another drum of war suddenly came from the west, and a Han army in red armor suddenly rushed straight from the west, and the speed was extremely fast, that is, a cup of tea, between the main force of more than 200,000 Yellow Turbans and the Chinese army led by Zhang Mancheng and Bo Cai, it seemed that they were planning to cut off the connection between the two Yellow Turban Army. (To be continued)
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