Chapter 60: The Han Army Defeated

A low and melodious bull's horn sounded in the Mengjin Pass on the south side of the Yellow River, and the 3,600 cavalry troops had already completed their formation. After a night's rest, more than 3,000 horsemen from the north have recovered their physical strength, and even the war horses with their crotch have returned to their heyday.

"Brothers, today we will go south to Luoyang, the enemy is 400,000 Yellow Turban thieves besieging Jingshi, everyone tell me, are you afraid?" In the face of the army, Liu Jin shouted, like a thunderous shout, which made the confidence of thousands of elite horsemen skyrocket.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill," more than 3,000 horsemen spontaneously shouted in unison. Under their iron hooves, 300,000 Yellow Turban thieves were slaughtered. More than a dozen Yellow Turban thieves, including the two Yellow Turban Marshals Bu Ji and Peng Tuo, were gone, so they had a reason to be proud.

"Okay, let our military flag flutter on the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, and let the Yellow Turban thieves tremble under our iron hooves. Fuck the Yellow Turban Army", Liu Jin looked up to the sky and roared, drawing a dragon halberd and pointing obliquely at the sky.

Thousands of elite horsemen were all boiling, and they were frantically shouting Liu Jin's name. Including Tian Kai, Yan Gang and other generals, they were all boiling. On the contrary, Gongsun Zhan on the side was thoughtful, but just lowered his head and pondered.

After a long time, the high-morale northern elite rode up to the roar of Liu Jin. Three thousand six hundred horsemen rushed out of the south gate of Mengjin Pass like a whirlwind, and went straight to Luoyang City, eighty miles away.

Politely refused Wang Jing's request to send Yulin Army to accompany him, and Liu Jin then followed his own troops and went to Luoyang City. In Liu Jin's view, the Zuo Yulin Army, which was dominated by the infantry army, was no longer the one that swept the Huns, causing the Huns to send out 'Lose my Qilian Mountain, so that my livestock will not thrive.' Lose my Yanzhi Mountain, so that my women have no color' sigh of the iron-blooded army.

After the passage of time and the change of dynasty, this Yulin army is now as weak as sheep, although they are well-equipped, but they can no longer gallop across the desert. Not to mention the fierce Huns, even the emperor was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, and the main general of this army would only shelter others to lead the army south. Such an army, in Liu Jin's eyes, is even inferior to the county soldiers in the north, how could the arrogant Liu Jin want it?

After Liu Jin left, Lieutenant Meng Jin straightened out his men and horses, and sent people to invite Shi Dingyuan, the assassin of Bingzhou, to enter the city. After some greetings and discussions, Ding Yuan led most of the Yulin Army stationed in Mengjin, about 3,000 people went south to King Qin. And Wang Jing himself led a thousand Yulin troops and a thousand original Mengjin Pass defenders to continue to garrison Mengjin.

At this time, Luoyang City was already in chaos. From Liu Hong, the son of heaven, to the pawns of the peddlers, all of them are in fear.

Since the day the Yellow Turban Army broke through Bishui Pass, the two major factions such as Zhang Rang, Liu Yu, and Yuan Kui began to unite and reprimanded He Jin for dereliction of duty and his trust in the emperor. He asked Liu Hong to abolish He Jin's rank of general and replace it with someone from his own faction as the commander-in-chief, commanding all the armies in the Gyeonggi region.

What's more, they suggested to Liu Hong, "The Yellow Turban Thieves are powerful, and now there are only more than 10,000 defenders in Luoyang City, and they will never be the opponent of 400,000 thieves." Therefore, I asked Liu Hong to move the capital to Chang'an and take refuge for a while."

However, this tone was suppressed by the combination of the clan and the military. As far as the clan is concerned, since the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiuding was the capital of Luoyang, the ancestral ancestral halls of the Han Dynasty and the mausoleums of the first emperors are all here, and they must not be given up. Moreover, even if the capital is to be moved to Chang'an, the ancestral ancestral halls and the mausoleums of many emperors must be moved to Chang'an, which will inevitably delay the time. And the Yellow Turban Army will definitely not give the court time, and it will inevitably come to the city within a few days. Therefore, under the leadership of Zongzheng Liu Yu, all the clan officials resolutely asked Liu Hong for his life and defended Luoyang.

The military, on the other hand, saw the Yellow Turban thieves as nothing more than a rabble. And Luoyang City and even the entire Sili School Captain Department stationed nearly 100,000 elite divisions of the Han Dynasty, these troops are all supported by the imperial court, all equipped with the most sophisticated equipment, the best soldiers, and strong combat power.

It's not just the armies of these divisions. It is the 50,000 Han army led by Qin Jie and Xu Xuan in Nanyang, and the 60,000 horses led by the two lieutenant generals of Yingchuan Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun will definitely gallop to help after learning that Luoyang is besieged. As long as these two forces gallop to help, it will not be the Yellow Turban Army besieging Luoyang, but the Han army gathering and annihilating the Yellow Turban thieves in Luoyang. This will definitely be a great victory in the annals of history, and if you don't fight such a big victory, but you want to move the capital to Chang'an, isn't it afraid of the enemy like a tiger?

At that time, it will definitely be written in the annals of history: "In May of the first year of Hanzhong Ping, the Yellow Turban thief Kou besieged Luoyang with 400,000 people, and Emperor Liu Hong feared the enemy like a tiger, and led hundreds of civil and military officials to avoid Chang'an, ignoring the ancestral Sheji and the mausoleum of the first emperor. In fact, it is an unprecedented shame in the 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty."

The two parties pulled each other's skins, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and the Han Emperor Liu Hong couldn't make up his mind for a while. I had to ask the general He Jin to immediately transfer the subordinate departments, as well as the left and right Yulin Army stationed in Baguan, the five schools of the Northern Army and other departments to quickly return to Luoyang and prepare to hold on.

However, the Yellow Turban Army came too quickly, and in just two days, the vanguard of the 150,000 Yellow Turban Army was personally led by Bo Cai, and the troops arrived in Luoyang with lightning speed and besieged it.

And the Luoyang side was in the endless fighting, and after watching the Yellow Turban army come to the city, they finally made up their minds. Stick to Luoyang, gather all the armies to gather and annihilate the Yellow Turban thief Kou Yu Sili.

However, it is a pity that although Liu Hong has already passed down the holy decree, there are less than 10,000 Yulin troops transferred to Luoyang from all over the country, and the entire Luoyang garrison is only more than 20,000 people. The rest of the army either hadn't set off yet, or was blocked outside Luoyang City, unable to enter the city.

The situation was already precarious for the Han army.

What's even more terrifying is that on the second, third, and fourth days, a large number of Yellow Turban troops arrived in Luoyang under the leadership of their respective commanders, and the stretching military camp covered the sky and the sun, covering more than 30 miles.

Immediately afterwards, the Yellow Turban Army, which was eager for a quick victory, under the command of the great marshal Bocai and the divine envoy Zhang Mancheng, was divided into two shifts, day and night, with 200,000 people in four directions each time, and launched a strong attack from the four city gates of Luoyang.

The battle was not going well, and the 400,000 Yellow Turban troops fought fiercely under the city for four or five days without taking the city. On the contrary, after gathering tens of thousands of Han troops, Cui Lie and Dong Zhong marched to camp outside Luoyang City, trying to form a corner with Luoyang and support each other.

Bocai and Zhang Mancheng, who couldn't take Luoyang, knew that it was not good when they saw Cui Lie and Dong Chong leading the army to Luoyang. Because as long as a group of men and horses arrives in Luoyang, the follow-up men and horses will definitely follow, and when the time comes, with the rabble under their command, they will not be the opponent of a large number of well-equipped Han troops.

In view of this, that night, Zhang Mancheng and Bocai distributed troops and mobilized 150,000 horses to attack the Han army camp. In addition, 150,000 men and horses were assigned to besiege Luoyang on all sides to prevent the Han army in Luoyang City from going out of the city to rescue.

Where Cui Lie and Dong Chong have experience in leading troops to fight, they only stay at the stage of talking about the method of using troops on paper. Tens of thousands of well-equipped so-called elite divisions were defeated by the rabble of the Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop, and only three or four thousand people were killed on the spot, but nearly 10,000 were killed and wounded by trampling on each other.

Tens of thousands of Han troops with no morale were chased and killed by more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops all over the mountains, and within a radius of dozens of miles, all the Han troops were defeated. The black and oppressive Yellow Turban Army was like smoke and dust sweeping the earth, desperately covering up behind.

Seeing that the Han army was about to be annihilated, a cavalry of 5,000 men suddenly appeared in the southeast. This cavalry fought desperately under the leadership of the leading captain, but the difference in strength between the two sides was huge, and after a while, more than 1,000 people were killed by the wolf-like Yellow Turban Army.

The remaining 3,000 or so horsemen lost their commanders after the captain's death, and they were on the verge of collapse, and the situation was extremely critical.

"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying"

"Ande Warriors Defend the Quartet"

The loud Han army song sounded in the north of Luoyang City, and with the sound of the horn of 'woo', a Han cavalry with a number of about three or four thousand people swept in. The sound of hunting flags and the sound of bowstrings, May Day is not there to show the world their martial bravery.

This cavalry moved extremely quickly, they were excellent in horsemanship, spears and bows were strong, and they broke through the resistance of the three Yellow Turban Army with only one charge, and the remaining momentum was unabated into the entire Yellow Turban army that was chasing and killing.

The sound of arrows breaking through the wind and the popping sound of throwing guns into the human body became the main theme of this moment.

"Yanmen Iron Ride, forward! Forward! Forward!! ”

Liu Jin, who was riding on the red charcoal fire dragon horse, let out a crazy shout, and the dragon and heavenly halberd in his hand were like nine heavenly divine soldiers, like chopping melons and vegetables, harvesting all enemies who dared to stand in front of his horse. After a bloody battle with Lu Bu, Liu Jin's martial arts have broken through the bottleneck and risen to a new height.

"Who is the commander of that cavalry, so brave!" , Zhang Mancheng, who led the army to chase and kill, exclaimed.

"Reporting to God, the Han general Liu Jin led 4,000 cavalry into our army. After defeating the 30,000-strong team, the remnants of the Yue cavalry battalion of the Han army are coming to you", a scout stumbled in front of Zhang Mancheng, knelt on one knee, and said in horror.

"Liu Jin?" This name kept flashing in Zhang Mancheng's mind, and it seemed familiar, but it was not clear. But for the jealousy of this cavalry, Zhang Mancheng immediately ordered: "Beat the drum of the generals and gather the army to form a formation." Ordered the Yellow Turban Warriors and the Divine Envoy Army to form a formation to block the enemy army. The rest of the troops are surrounded on the periphery, and they must eat this enemy army."

As Zhang Mancheng's order was passed down, the yellow figures all over the mountains began to gather. Gradually, this army of up to 150,000 people converged into a large round ball, besieging the cavalry led by Liu Jin from the inside out.

On the front, 30,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers and 5,000 divine envoys formed a dense fish-scale array, protecting the divine envoy Zhang Man in the middle. Zhao Hong, the commander of the army, waved the big sword in his hand and commanded the Yellow Turban Warriors to fight with the Han cavalry.

"Report to the governor, our army is besieged by the enemy, and the Yue cavalry battalion is about to collapse." The scout hurried in and reported loudly. (To be continued)

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