Chapter 140: Capture the Thief and Capture the King
Liu Ze visually measured the distance, Cheng Yuanzhi was about two miles away from him, and the archers were charged, and they could kill him in front of the car cover in about a hundred breaths, which was the best time to attack. Liu Ze stepped forward, pulled out the Longyuan Sword, and ordered in a low voice: "Attack!" ”
Guan Yu, Zhang Feiguan, Hai Wu, and An Guo each took a group of men and horses, like arrows from the string, and rushed towards the Yellow Turban's team. According to the predetermined plan, Zhang Fei led the team to attack the front of the Yellow Turban Army, Guan Yu attacked Cheng Yuanzhi's Chinese army, and Guan Hai and Wu Anguo attacked the rear of the Yellow Turban Army, so that they could not take care of each other, and Liu Ze responded in the back. Suddenly, there were bursts of dust and smoke rising from the dense forest, and countless cavalry seemed to fall from the sky and killed the Yellow Turban Army.
Before the Yellow Turban soldiers could react, the random arrows had already been shot in front of them, not to mention that the Yellow Turban soldiers did not react, even if they had a reaction, they could not escape such a dense volley, and the Yellow Turban soldiers, who had no armor protection at all, fell down like mustard. When the rest of the men woke up from their panic and shouted "there is an enemy attack", the whirlwind of cavalry had already entered the enemy formation. The archers put away their longbows, drew their shiny sabers, and everywhere they went, blood splattered the fields and corpses strewn everywhere.
In ancient times, for the infantry, the cavalry was a nightmare, and the acceleration of the force of the cavalry impact was simply beyond the intrigues. Against cavalry, the only effective way is to use pikemen to form a phalanx, and the dense spears can delay the impact of light cavalry. However, the pikemen phalanx was ineffective against the archers, and without the protection of shields, the pikemen became a living target for the archers.
If the infantry wants to resist the onslaught of the cavalry, they must be heavily armored and armed to the teeth in order to effectively resist the cavalry attack, but in this way, the mobility of the infantry is completely lost, and if the cavalry adopts the method of fighting on both wings, the hoplites will only be beaten. What's more, hoplites cost a lot of money, and without strong economic strength, they simply can't form a formed hoplite.
In other words, in the field, the cavalry was invincible. If the infantry is complete and disciplined, there is still the possibility of fighting to the death, but the Yellow Turban Army in front of them does not know what the queue battle formation is, and when they see the cavalry rushing towards them like a whirlwind, they are so frightened that they can only flee for their lives, and they can still organize effective resistance there.
The vanguard of the Yellow Turban is the deputy general Deng Mao, although he does not have the ability to incite and agitate like Cheng Yuanzhi, but he is much stronger than Cheng Yuanzhi in terms of combat awareness, and when he sees an enemy attack, the first thing to consider is not how to escape, but to shrink his forces and retreat back, moving closer to Cheng Yuanzhi's Chinese army. It was Zhang Fei who attacked him, and there was enough for him to retreat, and more than a hundred horsemen pounced into the Yellow Turban Formation like tigers and wolves, tearing the Yellow Turban Camp into pieces.
Deng Mao was terrified, since the beginning of the war, he had never encountered such a fierce officer and soldier as the cavalry in front of him, and launched a surprise attack directly from the flank, cutting the Yellow Turban team into several parts and cutting them off lightly. Deng Mao fought desperately, trying to fight his way out of the bloody road and rendezvous with Cheng Zhiyuan. But Zhang Fei was able to give him this opportunity, and he raised his Zhangba snake spear and went straight to the past, like a thunderous blow, Deng Mao almost didn't even realize it, and was stabbed in the heart by Zhang Fei's spear, turned over and fell off the horse.
In a hurry, Cheng Yuanzhi also panicked, he never thought that there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuojun City who would dare to set up an ambush here to ambush his 50,000 army (if he knew that there were only 500 people who ambushed him, he would be so angry that he vomited blood), and stood up in a hurry, but the second child he forgot was still buried deep in the girl's throat, and when he pulled it out, he was deeply bloodstained by the girl's teeth, he endured the pain, ignored the girl, grabbed the long knife tightly in his hand, and jumped out of the carriage without putting on his pants.
Before the toes landed, he felt a chill in his lower body, and when he looked down, his dick was actually missing, he couldn't help but be shocked, and when he looked up, a red-faced man immediately stood in front of him with a horizontal knife, his face was full of playful expressions.
Blood spurted from his lower body, and the severe pain made Cheng Yuanzhi almost faint, but he gritted his teeth, he knew that he was on the battlefield now, and if he fainted, he would only be slaughtered. He grabbed the long knife in his hand and tried to rally his men and horses to resist. But he soon found out sadly that the people around him had long since disappeared, and within ten zhang, there was no second person except for the red-faced enemy general and him, and these unrighteous fellows, who usually gave them the benefits of adultery and plunder, and when they saw that the catastrophe was coming, they actually ran away without a single person, and as the commander of the 50,000-strong army, he actually became the commander of the light pole when he was in danger.
Guan Yu shook the big knife, and the object on the knife drew an arc in the air, and before it landed, it was taken by a dog and swallowed it. There are actually dogs on the battlefield? But looking at the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep running around, it is not surprising that this dog came by accident.
Cheng Yuanzhi was frightened, his legs were trembling, his hands were also trembling, with his three-legged cat kung fu, didn't he have the courage to compete with this majestic red-faced man, run? Can two legs outrun four legs? Cheng Yuanzhi threw away the knife in his hand, knelt down for Guan Yu with a plop, and howled: "Good man, spare your life!" Cheng Yuanzhi was originally a scoundrel, able to bend and stretch, but when he saw that there was no hope of escaping, he knelt directly on the ground and begged for mercy.
A cold light flashed in Guan Yu's eyes, and he said in disgust: "Traitorous thief, there is no redemption for a hundred deaths, go and die!" ”
Cheng Yuanzhi's arrogance and debauchery had already angered Guan Yu, otherwise Guan Yu's knife would definitely not cut his little brother first, and now he actually knelt on the ground like a leper dog begging for mercy, and couldn't help but be extremely disgusted, the Qinglong Glaive Knife drew an arc and cut off Cheng Yuanzhi's head.
Guan Yu lifted the head in his hand and shouted loudly: "Cheng Yuanzhi is dead, those who surrender will not die!" ”
The yellow scarves around were in a mess, and when I saw that the coach had been beheaded, there was still a half-hearted love for war, and there was no action except to flee for his life. But in this narrow strip of land, it is not easy to escape, in the chaos, trampling on each other, countless casualties, more Yellow Turban soldiers were squeezed into the water, the turbulent river quickly swallowed up every life that fell in, and soon the river was full of floating corpses, and the river was silted up.
Liu Ze's 500 cavalry galloped in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and every row of bows and arrows was shot, and countless Yellow Turban soldiers fell to the ground and died with arrows in their hearts, and the shiny sabers were like the sickles of the autumn harvest harvesting the crops. The Yellow Turban soldiers scurried like headless flies, and the girl ran wildly, but no matter how fast they ran on two legs, could they be faster than a four-legged war horse, even if they were winged, could they escape with a bow and arrow? All the Yellow Turban soldiers realized what despair was at this moment.
Guan Hai shouted: "Those who descend will not die!" Those who resist will not be forgiven! ”
The other cavalry also shouted: "Whoever surrenders will not die!" Those who resist will not be forgiven! Most of the Yellow Turbans threw down their weapons in desperation and surrendered, while the few who tried to flee for their lives were mercilessly killed.
Soon, the battle ended, from the launch of the assault to the end of the battle, only half an hour later, Cheng Yuanzhi's 50,000 army was annihilated, Qu Shuai Cheng Yuanzhi was beheaded, the deputy general Deng Mao was killed, and more than 30,000 people were taken prisoner. There were corpses lying everywhere, and at least seven or eight thousand people died here, and the blood flowed like a river. In fact, most of them were not killed, but the Yellow Turban soldiers trampled on each other and caused such a large number of casualties, and there were countless floating corpses in the Laishui River.
Liu Ze was very idle, and there were four fierce generals who rushed to kill in front of the battle, and the battle was over before he could make a move. Liu Ze looked at the corpses and baggage all over the ground, even he didn't expect this battle to be so easy, originally he also carefully arranged the attack tactics, and prepared for the worst, without a cavalry impact, the 50,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army were rushed, this victory came too easily.