Chapter 151: Cripple the Right Wing

The Yellow Turban camp was in chaos, and without a commander, the battle could not be fought, and the Yellow Turban soldiers in front of the formation began to retreat like a tide to avoid the blows of bows and arrows. As soon as the front retreated, it was bound to impact the formation behind it, and soon the right flank position of the Yellow Turbans fell into chaos, and the number of casualties among the Yellow Turban soldiers trampled on each other was actually several times greater than that of those who died under the bow and arrow, and the entire right flank position was almost about to collapse.

The most leisurely is none other than Liu Ze who is still watching the battle at the high hills, 500 people defeated 100,000 people, no one can believe it, but Liu Ze is using the open terrain and strong archers to complete this almost impossible task alive. A group of infantry with scattered formations and defenseless ability in front of well-equipped and well-trained archers, the numerical advantage can no longer compete with them, especially Liu Ze adopted the tactics of long-range attack, not in close contact with the Yellow Turban Army, and completely turned the right camp of the Yellow Turban Army upside down at the cost of zero casualties.

The news of Guo Tai's serious wound and the rout of the right flank soon reached the ears of Zhang Jiao, the supreme commander of the Yellow Turban Army, the great virtuous and good teacher of Tiangong General, and Zhang Jiao was greatly furious, and this was the critical moment when the Yellow Turban Army and its officers and men were preparing to fight to the death, and the chaos on the right flank would inevitably affect the overall battle situation. In order to stabilize the right flank, Zhang Jiao immediately mobilized 3,000 archers and 2,000 sword and shield soldiers from the Chinese army to reinforce the right flank.

Half of Zhang Jiao's 300,000 Chinese army is an elite division, which is the root of his trouble, and there were several skirmishes with Lu Zhi's Northern Route Army before, although they were defeated, but they did not hurt the fundamentals.

For this campaign, Zhang Jiao gave up the four counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, Bohai and Anping, and gathered all the soldiers and horses of these four counties under the city of Guangzong, with more than 500,000 people, Zhang Jiao arranged the troops and placed the most elite main force in the position of the Chinese army, and in the upcoming battle, these elite main forces will serve as the main attack. The two wings were led by two of his close disciples, Guo Tai and Liu Shi, respectively, each with 100,000 horses, and since most of these Yellow Turban soldiers participated in the February Uprising, they basically did not have strong combat effectiveness. The task given to them by Zhang Jiao was also very simple, after the battle began, the left and right flanks outflanked the officers and soldiers in a roundabout way, and completed the encirclement of 50,000 officers and soldiers.

Although Zhang Jiao is not too optimistic about the strength of the Yellow Turban soldiers on both wings, after all, it is 200,000 people, and many ants can bite to death. But before the battle began, the right wing was actually rushed by hundreds of cavalry officers and soldiers, Guo Tai also fell from his horse and was seriously injured, and if he did not send troops to rescue, the entire right wing would be paralyzed.

Zhang Jiao listened to his disciple Sima Ju's Jianyi, and sent 5,000 archers and sword and shield soldiers from the Chinese army to reinforce the right wing. Against the archers, a simple spear formation will not work at all, and only the shield soldiers can hold the position. If you want to fight back, the best is of course cavalry, and you can ride on horseback.

However, in addition to the generals who can ride horses, the Yellow Turban Army has no organized cavalry for hundreds of thousands of people, so it can only retreat to the next best thing and use archers to contain the archers.

Although Zhang Jiao was a little hesitant, after all, these 5,000 people were the elite of his elite, and the archers and sword and shield soldiers accounted for only a small proportion of the 150,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers. However, the right wing is now in danger, and if the right wing is not protected, how can it accomplish the great plan of encircling the officers and men? Zhang Jiao thought about it again and again, but still made up his mind to send troops to rescue the right wing.

But Zhang Jiao's move was destined to become a stupid move, because his opponent was Lu Zhi, a generation of Confucian marshals known for their sharp minds and good at capturing fighters. The mobilization of 5,000 troops in the Yellow Turban Battalion has undoubtedly become a stormy wave, and the impact on the entire Yellow Turban camp of the Chinese Army, which is in first-class combat readiness, is self-evident.

From the beginning of the chaos on the right flank, Lu Zhi paid attention to it, although he had not yet figured out from where this small cavalry team came out, but the round after round of cavalry attacks pushed the entire Yellow Turban's right flank to collapse step by step, and he couldn't help but be amazed. With only 500 cavalry, they dare to call for 100,000 yellow turbans, and the person who leads the army is not a mortal with this kind of courage, and what is even more rare is that the attack tactics adopted by these 500 archers are like a cunning and fierce wolf, devouring a huge prey in one bite, and this prey has almost no power to resist, and is bitten to death by this vicious wolf.

Guo Dian, the great guard of the giant deer, was very excited, and said: "Lu Gong actually arranged such a strange army to disturb the enemy's flank, it seems that today's enemy encirclement has been broken by Lu Gong, and the victory of our army has been decided." ”

Lu Zhi shook his head and said, "This cavalry was not arranged by me. ”

Guo Dian was stunned and said, "Didn't Lu Gong arrange it?" The military horses in Jizhou are all dispatched by Lu Gong, and they are not Jizhou troops, so is it possible that they are gods from heaven? ”

Wu Huan Zhonglang General Zong said: "No matter what, this cavalry must be a friend and not an enemy, Lu Gong, the right wing of the enemy army will collapse, take advantage of this good opportunity, our army will advance with one drum, and it will definitely win a complete victory." ”

Lu Zhi's face sank like water, and he said calmly: "Zhang Jiao's main force of the Chinese army has not moved, and the rout of the right flank of the Yellow Turban alone is not enough to affect the overall situation. ”

The Chinese army under the command of Zhang Jiao was the main force of this battle, and all the elite forces of the Yellow Turbans were concentrated here, and the rout on the right flank had not yet affected the Chinese army.

In a few moments, there were some small fluctuations in the formation of the Yellow Turban Chinese Army, and it was when Zhang Jiao dispatched 5,000 Chinese archers and sword and shield soldiers to reinforce the right wing, a faint smile appeared on Lu Zhi's cold face, and he calmly ordered: "Beat the drum!" Offensive! ”

The rumbling war drums sounded, and 50,000 officers and soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound shook the clouds, and the 10,000 cavalry under the command of the sect members rushed to the forefront, and in an instant 10,000 horses galloped, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Liu Ze's five hundred cavalry charging was already spectacular, and it could only be described as earth-shattering at this moment.

In an instant, the 10,000 cavalry of the sect member had crashed into the front of the Yellow Turban, and a melee began.

The movement of 5,000 soldiers is indeed insignificant compared to the hundreds of thousands of troops, but the Yellow Turban Chinese Army has been in formation for a long time, and all the personnel have stayed in the designated positions in order, and the 5,000 men have withdrawn from their positions, and the soldiers along the way must also give way during the march and temporarily lose their positions. If the Yellow Turban camp is compared to a calm lake, then this dispatch is like a ripple on the surface of the lake that is as horizontal as a mirror, and the 10,000 cavalry of the sect members are like a big stone, directly crashing into the lake, and a stone stirs up a thousand waves, which is destined to be difficult to calm again.

Zhang Jiao was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the officers and men, and the defeat on the right flank was irreparable, and the officers and men had already attacked before they were transferred out, and the success or failure of the Chinese army would determine the outcome of the battle. Zhang Jiao hurriedly ordered no longer to rescue the right flank, and moved forward in unison, with all his strength to meet the officers and soldiers.

The battle situation is often changing rapidly, and it is extremely difficult for the troops who are transferred out to return to their positions, and this small ripple has become a crack in an instant, and with the fluctuation of the front line, this crack is getting bigger and bigger, shaking the entire formation of the Yellow Turban Army.

The sect member is a Wuhuan Zhonglang general, who is stationed in the north all the year round, and most of the cavalry under his command are Wuhuan mercenaries. Due to the slack of military equipment at the end of the Han Dynasty and the decline in combat effectiveness, it was no longer enough to rely on the colonels of the Northern Army to quell the civil strife, and it was not possible to use the court to repeatedly recruit Wuhuan soldiers with strong combat effectiveness to quell the civil strife. Wuhuan mercenaries are brave and good at fighting, and indeed have made a lot of achievements in quelling the rebellion, but the mercenary barbarian soldiers are a double-edged sword, and in the later period, "Wuhuan was requisitioned, the death was slightly exhausted, and now it is unbearable, and they are all willing to make a rebellion", (Note: from the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling") rebelled back to their country, and later colluded with Zhang Chun to rebel, which was a disaster for Youzhou. This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

The cavalry of the sect member was very fierce, as if entering a no-man's land, they slaughtered in the Yellow Turban camp, and the Yellow Turban Striker could not resist at all. Lu Zhi and Guo Dian later led the army to take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the Yellow Turban was in chaos.