There were no surprises, and the two sides did not resort to any conspiracy, and Gongsun Chan and the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans soon broke out into a full-scale war on the vast plain south of Dongguang County.

Kill!

Under the early morning sun, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was divided into several large squares, and there was no formation, but more than 100,000 people rushed over to Gongsun Zhan's military formation, densely packed and countless, roaring in unison, fearless of death, like a turbulent sea.

Gongsun Zhan's main formation is only 20,000 horses, the Chinese army is Gongsun Zhan's handsome banner and 1,000 white horses, in front of the formation is 10,000 foot soldiers neatly arranged, and there are some chariots distributed, used to stabilize the formation, the remaining 10,000 cavalry and cavalry are distributed on both wings, fully demonstrating the mobility advantage of the cavalry, ready to attack.

Gongsun Zhan is somewhat similar to Lu Bu, he used to fight against foreign races, although he rarely used tactics, but he was a top good general, with extremely rich combat experience, and was good at grasping the battlefield situation and playing on the spot.

As soon as the two armies were in position on the Dongguang Plain, Gongsun Zhan saw the two weaknesses of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban at a glance in the Chinese army.

One weakness is that the number of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans on the battlefield is too large, and there are more than 100,000 people on the entire battlefield, divided into five parts, and the five commanders with a clear banner are commanded by the five canal commanders, and the number of people is overwhelming, and it looks like it is violent, but in fact there is no complete unified command system, and it is easy to fall into chaos.

In fact, among the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, there is also a lack of handsome talents to control such a huge group army, and not all generals can lead as many troops as Han Xin.

Another weakness of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is that it is cumbersome, 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, in fact, there are only more than 100,000 that can really fight. The rest are "dragging their feet" from small families, because most of the yellow scarves have no fixed residence. is at peace with what happens, so the family has always followed the army. Not far behind the large group, usually marching and camping can help to open the pot and cook, but when it comes to battle, it is not disadvantageous.

In the past, the enemies faced by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban were all county soldiers from various counties, and they could be swallowed in one bite with more strikes and fewer blows, but in addition to this, it was a siege battle, and this weakness was not obvious. But now it is a large-scale battle, and it is the first time for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, not to mention facing the elite of Youzhou with more than 10,000 cavalry.

As soon as the two sides engaged. Gongsun Zhan made a decisive move, commanding the cavalry on both wings to quickly bypass the Yellow Turban Army formation, and directly outflank and slaughter more than 100,000 families two or three miles away from the rear of the Yellow Turban Army.

Gongsun Chan has always fought against foreign races, and has long lost any mercy, not to mention that this battle is related to his future fate, cold-blooded command of nearly 10,000 cavalry in the rear of the Yellow Turban Army back and forth in the small house, the butcher knife is cold, the arrows are like rain, and soon the women and children of the Yellow Turban Army have suffered countless casualties. Wailing was everywhere, and rivers of blood flowed.

Gongsun Chan made people shout while killing:

"Moth thief, wait for the rear to be broken!"

"Kill the thief cub and cut the grass to the roots!"

"Kill them all! Kill! ”

The Yellow Turbans, who were fighting in the front army, heard the voice. When I looked back, I immediately became confused.

The Yellow Turbans are mixed, and many of them are staunch believers. But more of the yellow scarves were cast to support the family, and now the family has been slaughtered. How can they care about fighting in the front army?

The military formation of more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops soon became completely chaotic, and some rushed forward. Some retreated, trampling and slashing each other everywhere.

The five Qu Shuai hurriedly gathered their own people, but in the chaos, they couldn't still gather up.

Boom! Boom! Boom! ……

Gongsun Chan was unceremonious, and immediately ordered the thunder drum and 10,000 infantry to attack in an all-round way.

Kill!

Although it is more with fewer hits, the battle situation is reversed.

The morale of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has long been lost, and most of the people left for the Youzhou Army are behind.

The elite of Youzhou have high morale, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, slashing and killing wantonly.

However, in an hour, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army began to rout on a large scale, and the Chinese army of the five commanders also began to retreat.

Gongsun Zhan's infantry pursued slowly, and the cavalry circled back from the rear, galloping back and forth on both flanks, shooting frantically, and the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy losses, and one by one the soldiers kept falling, and they were soon trampled into flesh.

During the retreat, the five commanders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban tried to gather the men and horses of their headquarters and organized several counterattacks, but they were scattered by their own people who retreated before they could engage Gongsun Zhan's men and horses.

They retreated to the north bank of the Qing River in the south of Dongguang, but the ice surface of the Qing River had been smashed open at some point, although the river was not deep, but it was cold and biting, and the retreating Yellow Turban Army ignored it and began to forcibly cross the river.

Unexpectedly, most of them had just crossed halfway, and countless people and horses were killed on the south bank, all of whom were hung with the banner of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans began to scatter and flee.

The 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were defeated like this, and they were defeated so quickly, and it was unbelievably fast.

Among them, although Gongsun Chan has rich experience in battlefield battles, there are still Yellow Turban Army who are difficult to control large-scale operations, and it is okay to fight with the wind, but it is difficult to suppress the position in the battle against the trend, and it is a complete defeat.

At this time, Ji Ping and Tian Kai's men were still on their way to the Dongguang battlefield.

The river they camped on was called Qinghe, and after receiving the order from Gongsun Zhan to assist in attacking, Tian Kai ordered Ji Ping and Xiahou Lan to lead their men and horses along the Qinghe River to the west.

This kind of large-scale battle usually takes several days to see the difference, Tian Kai and Ji Ping, and even Gongsun Zhan, did not expect that the Yellow Turban Army would be defeated so quickly.

Before he arrived at the Dongguang battlefield, Ji Ping's face changed, and he saw that the color of the water under the ice of the Qinghe River not far away suddenly began to darken.

Zhang He also found out, ran over, and stabbed a hole in the ice with the spear in his hand, but saw gurgling blood coming out of the ice hole, which was a real river of blood, and all the soldiers who saw it were chilling in their hearts.

Tian Kai also discovered the blood river under the ice, and immediately ordered to speed up the march, preparing to rush to the battlefield, and ordered the scouts to investigate the battle situation in front.

After marching for another five or six miles, before the news of the scouts came back, Ji Ping and the others saw the remnants of the Yellow Turban army scattered from the battlefield, including many women and children.

Tian Kai immediately ordered his soldiers to kill the Yellow Turban Army, and for a while, the sword and sword shadows, blood and water splashed, and screams everywhere, those Yellow Turban Army who fled here could not escape death.

Tian Kai's Youzhou soldiers were merciless, not only killing the scattered Yellow Turban Army, but also slashing and killing those family members and women and children, many women and children had died tragically under the butcher's knife, and Ji Ping's face couldn't help but change greatly.

He hurriedly patted his horse and walked a few steps quickly, stopped some soldiers from cutting down women and children, rushed to Tian Kai's side, and said urgently: "General Tian! These routs can be killed, but women and children must not be killed indiscriminately! ”

Tian Kai stabbed a Yellow Turban Army to death with one shot, looked at Ji Ping, frowned and said: "Chang Sima, Ci is not in charge of the army, at this time, how can you take care of a lot, this will be outside the plug with the Marquis of Ji, and Xianbei and Karasuma have always been killed, leaving no one alive!" ”

"Don't kill women or children indiscriminately!" Ji Ping saw that there were still some Youzhou soldiers slashing and killing women and children, and he was shocked that many women wept and children cried, and hurriedly yelled to stop the indiscriminate killing of soldiers, and said to Tian Kai: "The soldiers who went to the battlefield are destined for life, but these women and children are my Han people, they are innocent, and I ask General Tian to give an order!" ”

Behind, Zhang He waved his hand, and with the two thousand men and horses of the headquarters, he quickened his pace and followed behind Ji Ping. (To be continued......)