Chapter 110: The Battle of Xiaqiu
The Yellow Turban Army saw a team of cavalry killed in the city of Xiaqiu, it seemed to be very unexpected, hurriedly threw down the equipment in their hands, and fled in a hurry, but how could the two-legged man run over the four-legged horse, and after a while, he was chased by Fan Fang's cavalry, and then there was a slash, only half an hour's effort, five thousand Yellow Turban thieves were almost slaughtered, and only a few hundred people fled into the woods and escaped. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Fan Fang led the troops to return to Xiaqiu victoriously, he was really unhappy, and the cavalry led only lost hundreds of people, but completely defeated thousands of Yellow Turban Thief forwards, Liu Dai was naturally very happy, and ordered someone to prepare wine and food to personally pay the army, Bao Xin shirked the reason of defending the city, refused to go to the banquet, Liu Dai did not mind, and naturally praised Fan Fang's performance during the banquet.
Early the next morning, a group of yellow turban thieves appeared outside the city, the number of which was twice as large as the previous time, about 10,000 people, divided into two phalanxes in the north and south, and reassembled outside the city, but this time there was a lesson, and the position where the troops were camped retreated a few miles, close to the woods.
Fan Fang won the first battle, his confidence was bursting, and he hurriedly asked Liu Dai for orders to go out, Liu Dai readily agreed, and personally took 10,000 elites to supervise the battle in the rear.
Fan Fang deliberately showed the might of the cavalry, let the general lead 2,000 people, and he led 3,000 people to attack the two phalanxes of the Yellow Turban Army at the same time, and the two cavalry teams were like two sharp knives, and they were fiercely inserted into the formation of the Yellow Turban Army.
Fan Fang gathered his troops, looked at the defeated Yellow Turban Army and laughed, and was about to withdraw his troops, but when he saw the handsome flag of the Yellow Turban Army faintly appearing in the forest, he was overjoyed and hurriedly waved his army into the forest.
Seeing that Fan was pursuing in front of him, Liu Dai was worried that there would be an ambush, so he immediately commanded the army to quickly press in so that he could respond in the rear.
When he arrived in the open field, Fan Fang's cavalry had already gone deep into the woods, faintly heard the shouting and killing sound from the depths of the forest, probably Fan Fang led the army to kill and chase, and after a while, even the shouting and killing sound was hidden, and there was silence all around, so quiet that even the cries of the forest sparrow could not be heard, only the heavy breathing of the soldiers.
Although Liu Dai was reckless, he was not an idiot, he saw the dense forests around him, and his heart was worried, but he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by Bao Xin if he retreated, so he ordered the whole army to besiege the city for a half-moon formation, with the outer arc facing the dense forest, and the direction of the hill behind him, and sent scouts to investigate everywhere.
After another quarter of an hour, before the horses could return, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the woods ahead, and then several horses ran out like crazy, covered in blood.
"Report!"
"Express!" Liu Dai is unclear about the current situation, so he urgently needs to know the enemy's movements, even if he knows that the enemy is encircling on all sides, it is much better than not knowing anything now, people are always afraid of the unknown.
"Yuzhou Mu, a few war horses ran out of the forest, and they actually found out that they were the mounts of the cavalry under General Fan, probably frightened during the battle, so they ran out!"
Liu Dai let out a sigh, nodded, and said, "Got it, explore again!" ”
Horses are spiritual, and generally if the owner dies, some of the horses will stay by the master's side, and some will run back to the camp. These horses should be turned back, and they have long been commonplace on the battlefield, so Liu Dai didn't care.
After a while, suddenly there was a commotion in the woods ahead, and then dozens of war horses rushed out of it, followed by hundreds, and finally there were more and more war horses, black and pressing, screaming in panic, and rushing towards Liu Daijun densely.
If there were thousands of cavalry rushing out of the forest, Liu Dai would not be afraid, but at this time, what rushed out were blood-stained war horses, as if there was something terrible in the forest, eating their owners and driving them out.
Like a tide rushing to a stubborn stone, the war horse made a bend in front of the infantry formation, and ran separately to both sides, as if deliberately in front of all the soldiers, showing the blood on their bodies, and the soldiers couldn't help but beat drums in their hearts and sweat in their palms.
When the army saw this scene, his heart was awe-struck, and he whispered to Liu Dai: "Lord, the blood stained on the war horse is really a great omen!" ”
Liu Dai was also frightened, and a strong ominous aura enveloped the troops, and he pretended to be calm and shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, this is the thief's suspicious plan!" Ordered all units to keep their formation and slowly retreat! ”
His voice was very small, only the guards near the Chinese army could hear clearly, the soldiers at the front did not know what was happening, only to see the flag commander order the whole army to retreat, they were already frightened by these bad omen and lost their will to fight, and now they got the order to retreat, one by one at first it was quite slow, but later it went faster and faster, and some troops went fast, and the troops behind them were crowded together; Some of the troops were slowly retreating according to the order, but they were left behind, and the entire half-moon formation was suddenly chaotic, leaving only the soldiers who retreated.
At this moment, from the east, south, and north of the woods suddenly appeared in the woods, they all wore yellow turbans, like the water of the Yellow River bursting the embankment, gushing out of the forest in a steady stream, as soon as the horn sounded, followed by a rain of arrows.
Liu Daijun's military heart has long been timid, and he wishes to return to the city as soon as possible, but at this time, he saw the enemy army dozens of times his own out, and he was even more discouraged.
The Yellow Turban Army took advantage of the situation to attack and kill, Liu Dai's army was defeated and fled in all directions, only more than 1,000 people of the Chinese army protected Liu Dai and fought hard, but more than 1,000 people in this area, under the crushing of tens of thousands of troops, were like a gravel, instantly drowned in the sea of yellow people.
Bao Xin saw all this clearly in the city, only to see Liu Dai's defeated army straight to the east gate, there were four phalanxes of the Yellow Turban Army on both sides, and they had been waiting near the east gate for a long time, but they did not attack, and they thought that they wanted to take advantage of the defeat to enter the city when they entered the city, so that the hill would be broken immediately.
Bao Xin's face was like ashes, he knew that the general trend had gone, and the city gate could not be opened no matter what, but how could he defend the city with only 2,000 men? He scolded Liu Dai for being stupid, but it was useless to say anything at this time, the defeat was decided.
Helpless, he had to take more than 100 cronies and flee from the West Gate to find Cao Cao.
The defeated army fled to the city, but when they saw that no one opened the door, and there were enemy troops in all directions, and even the main general could not see it, they immediately dropped their swords and surrendered on their knees.
The defenders had never seen such a big battle, not to mention that the commander was fleeing to death, so he naturally didn't need to fight hard, so he opened the door and surrendered.
In this way, the Yellow Turban Army only at the cost of 5,000 old and weak soldiers, it was easy to take the city of Xiaqiu, and the food in the city was also like the Yellow Turban's bag, with the loss of Xiaqiu, most of the land in Yanzhou has changed hands, and the Central Plains is precarious.
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