Chapter 2 Dong Zhuo's defeat
Ma Yue rolled sideways to avoid this fatal step, but before he could get up, he heard a sharp roar behind his head, Ma Yue's liver and gall were broken, and his arms struggled to support the ground, and the whole person slid forward a few meters like a big lizard, in the process of sliding forward, he felt a cold crotch, and when he looked back, he saw that the chopping knife of the Xiliang cavalry could split his crotch, and only a little bit of his two eggs had to be separated forever.
However, Ma Yue's good fortune only stopped there, the hard forward slide just now had exhausted all his energy, and now his hands and legs were heavier than lead, and it was difficult to move a single bit.
The Xiliang cavalry seemed to see the predicament of Ma Yue, and rode their horses over unhurriedly, and the horse chopping knife in their hands was raised high again......
Ma Yue sighed in his heart, is he going to die? It's really unwilling.
"Big brother, I'll save you."
A childish voice came, Ma Yue looked back, but it was only 16-year-old Chen Dang who rushed back with a wooden gun sharpened at both ends and rushed back fearlessly, trying to save Ma Yue without any measure.
"Don't, Chen dares to run!"
Ma Yue was taken aback, he promised Chen Xu to take care of Chen Kang and the brothers, and he must not let him die on the battlefield at the age of 16.
The eyes of the Xiliang cavalry flashed with a glimmer of the beast's surname, and they abandoned their dying horse leap and rode their horses to meet Chen Dang.
"Kill!"
Chen Dang roared in a childish voice, holding a wooden gun and stabbing the chest of the Xiliang cavalry, but the Xiliang cavalry turned a blind eye to this thorn, and the horse chopping knife was raised high again, Ma Yue sighed in his heart, okay, now Chen Dang can't escape even if he wants to, rather than die in the middle of the escape, it is better to die now.
But the knife of the Xiliang cavalry did not cut down after all, but Chen Kang's wooden spear pierced his chest fiercely.
"Ho Ho ......"
The Xiliang cavalry made a terrifying sound from the depths of their throats, and then fell from their horses, and the ownerless war horse neighed sadly, and circled around the cavalry who died in battle, but they couldn't bear to leave alone.
Chen Dang let go of his grip on the wooden spear like an electric shock, and when he saw that the Xiliang cavalry had fallen to the ground and convulsed, he finally turned over and fell to the ground with a scream, retching as hard as he could.
Ma Yue was in a trance, the feeling for the rest of his life after the catastrophe turned out to be like this, everything was too unreal.
Chen Dang would have such a reaction, Ma Yue was not surprised at all, he was even more unbearable than Chen Kang after the first killing, however, this Xiliang cavalry was not killed by Chen Dang, before Chen Dang's wooden spear pierced his chest, a feathered arrow had already pierced his throat.
The overwhelming shouts came from behind, and Ma Yue looked back leisurely, only to see countless yellow turban thieves swept in like locusts, as far as the eye could see, the mountains were full of yellow turban thieves! In front of the surging Yellow Turban thieves, a horse was like flying, and a black-faced man on horseback bent his bow and arrows, instigating another arrow, and another Xiliang cavalry fell off the horse in response.
This guy is so handsome in archery! Ma Yue's face changed.
"Thank you for saving your life, can you tell me your name?"
"A certain Guan Hai is also!"
The black-faced man rode his horse like a fly, hid his bow and arrows, and pulled out a long machete from the saddle, like a wind and clouds, and passed by Ma Yue's side, the big iron hooves were only a few minutes away from the door in front of him, and the snow that rose up splashed his head and face.
Dong Zhuo's face also changed, and he became very ugly, and a large number of yellow turban thieves suddenly appeared at this time, which was really troublesome for him. Although his 1,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry overwhelmed the original thousands of Yellow Turban Thieves, the situation also evolved into a one-sided slaughter, Dong Zhuo believed that as long as there was another half an hour, he would be able to completely slaughter this group of Yellow Turban Thieves.
But at this time, a large number of Yellow Turban Thief reinforcements arrived, and at this time, his Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already become a mess with the fleeing Yellow Turban Thief, and the entire battlefield had become a pot of porridge. What's even worse is that there are actually cavalry in the Yellow Turban Thief reinforcements who arrived, and this group of Yellow Turban Cavalry has bypassed the chaotic battlefield, and is coming from both sides and heading straight for Dong Zhuo in the back.
The general Xu Rong rode up to Dong Zhuo and said anxiously: "Lord, the thieves are strong, quickly order the troops to be collected, otherwise none of the brothers will want to return to Liangzhou alive." ”
"Hateful!"
Dong Zhuo waved the horsewhip hatefully, and the cooked duck flew again, so how could he not hate? But Xu Rong is right, if he doesn't collect his troops, as soon as the brigade of Yellow Turban thieves arrives, he is afraid that his 1,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry will all be buried here. If the battle is defeated, it can be won back, and if the soldiers are gone, then he is really finished.
"Collect the troops!"
Dong Zhuo broke off his drink, and the soldiers hurriedly shouted gold, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who had already killed the red-eyed, actually stopped the pursuit immediately after hearing the sound of gold, and did not entangle with the yellow turban thief anymore, and began to retreat slowly.
Seeing the officers and soldiers advancing and retreating in a measured manner and being disciplined, Ma Yue couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, looking back at the Yellow Turban Bandits, the defeated soldiers who fled not only blocked the way for the reinforcements to pursue, but even disrupted the formation of the reinforcements, causing a lot of confusion, if it weren't for Dong Zhuo's fear that the Yellow Turban Thieves Army would not dare to act rashly, or if Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry in his hand was one thousand more, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But this battle, the Yellow Turban Thief won after all.
The yellow turban thieves chased after each other for a while, and then stopped chasing them, and each counted the damage.
Liu Pi gathered the remnants of the army, counting the seriously injured, and found that there were only more than 1,500 people, and most of the people were lost in this battle, and the original pride and ambition in his heart had long since disappeared.
While arranging for the soldiers to return to the camp to recuperate and save the wounded, Liu Pi came to Zhao Hong to thank him dejectedly.
Zhao Hong is the leader of the Yellow Turban Army who rushed to the rescue, and he, like Liu Pi, is a disciple of the so-called great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao, and after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, they each led a "square" of people to raise their flags in response. In the past, Liu Bilian won several battles, and his troops and horses also grew to 5,000 people, but after today's battle, they were immediately beaten back to their original shape, and only 1,500 people remained.
Zhao Hong has 50,000 people under his command, and in the entire Nanyang area, except for the Grand Governor Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong's power is the largest. At that time, Nanyang was the southern center of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and the main rebel forces were Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, Sun Xia, Gong Du and Liu Pi, all of whom together claimed to be 300,000 people.
But these Yellow Turban thieves are really vulnerable, in history, the last famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhu Jun, after pacifying the Yingchuan Yellow Turban, only led a few thousand officers and troops to the south, and with the assistance of the landlord Haoqiang, this group of powerful rebels was extinguished.
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Liu Pi's military camp was demoralized and mournful.
The lightly wounded soldiers were huddled together in twos and threes, their eyes blank and their expressions glazed, while the seriously wounded soldiers were abandoned in the corners of the barracks, with no choice but to wait for them to die, and in fact the medical standards of the time could not save them. More soldiers have indifferent expressions, turning a blind eye to all this, the life of people in the troubled world is like a mustard, no one knows if they will be able to see the sun tomorrow again, how can they still be in the mood to care about others?
Ma Yue stuffed half a piece of steamed bun to Chen Kang, and said indifferently: "Eat it." ”
Chen Dang swallowed, but shook his head.
Ma Yue sighed and stuffed half a piece of steamed bread into Chen Kang's hand, the food of the yellow turban thief is linked to the war, it is good to eat and drink when he wins the battle, and sometimes he has money to take, but if he loses the battle, the treatment will plummet, and a sword and shield hand like Ma Yue can still receive half a steamed bun, and a miscellaneous soldier like Chen Kang can only go hungry.
There were also many Han officers among the Yellow Turban thieves, so the army was divided into several ranks after the Han army.
The worst is the miscellaneous soldiers, their weapons are knives, swords, and guns made of wood or bamboo, and their combat effectiveness is very low, like Chen Kang, these miscellaneous soldiers often rush to the front during the war, and are used as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's sharp energy, so it is not easy for Ma Yue to survive and become a sword and shield bearer.
A little better is the sword and shield hand, the miscellaneous soldiers will automatically turn into a sword and shield hand after killing more than ten officers and soldiers, and the weapons of the sword and shield hand are generally simple knives and wooden shields.
Even better is the pikemen, who are dressed in light armor, which may not be able to block arrows, but it is a status symbol, so every sword and shield bearer sharpens his head and wants to become a pikeman.
Shieldmen and pikemen are the backbone of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and after the cannon fodder is almost depleted, it's time for them to take the action.
There are also archers in the more powerful Yellow Turban Thief Army, and the archers are the safest of the Yellow Turban Thieves, as long as they don't encounter today's Xiliang cavalry, they can basically survive.
Finally, there are the elite soldiers.
Each leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves would select strong and strong soldiers from the army to form elite soldiers, who were heavily armoured, well-armed, and some were equipped with war horses, and generally played the role of the leader's Praetorian Guard. These elite soldiers will not easily go to battle, and will only participate in the battle under certain circumstances.
For example, in today's battle, Liu Pi fell for the tricks of the official army, and mistakenly thought that the elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry was just some miscellaneous army, so he put his elite soldiers in front of the battle, and suffered heavy casualties. On the contrary, it was the miscellaneous soldiers who were usually placed at the front as cannon fodder, and this time they actually suffered the least casualties.
In fact, the troubled times of ancient times are far more cruel than imagined, and even if Ma Yue has 2,000 years of wisdom and can predict the future, it is still difficult to get ahead in this hierarchical and barbaric and bloody era.
In Ma Yue's own words, it is not easy for him to survive until now.
Chen Dang grinned and stuffed half of the steamed bun into his mouth, in fact, he was already hungry! Ma Yue closed his eyelids, in fact, he was also hungry, very hungry, but he promised Chen Xu to take good care of his two sons.
"Horn!"
A whip sounded, and then Chen Dare snorted in pain.
Ma Yue Huoran opened his eyes, only to see that Chen Kang had already covered his face and fell to the ground, and the half of the steamed bun also rolled to the ground, and a big foot ruthlessly stepped down, stepping it deep into the mud.
Ma Yue grabbed the steel knife with his backhand and stood up, the fierce light of a beast already shining from his eyes. The cruel experience of more than a month made him deeply understand a truth, if you want to survive in troubled times, you must be ruthless enough, you must be more ruthless than others, sheep are destined to be eaten by wolves.
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