Chapter 222: Breaking the siege of Aoyagi
"Lin Guoxiang, please hurry up and send troops to rescue, the situation in Qingliu Town is critical, if Captain Liu is lost, the plain may be able to be saved." Zhang Bingcao and Liu Ping had a good relationship, and fearing that Liu Ping would lose, tried his best to encourage Lin Hai to send troops to rescue.
Lin Hai's head is big. "How can the officials not know the stakes in this, but there are less than a thousand guards left in the Plains City, once they are transferred, the Plains will be an empty city, if the Yellow Turbans come to attack, how to resist. Moreover, Liu Duwei's 2,000 men and horses are not the opponents of the Yellow Turban Army, how can these more than 1,000 remnants of soldiers solve the siege of Qingliu? ”
"According to the opinion of the lower officials, it is necessary to immediately ask for help from Qingzhou Gong Thorn Shi, and only when the Qingzhou Mansion sends a large army to come can the siege of Qingliu be relieved." Fang Gongcao proposed to ask Gong Jing for help.
Lin Hai shook his head and said: "Linzi is separated from the plain by hundreds of miles, and there is the Yellow River in the middle, even if Gong Tingshi can send troops immediately, I am afraid that it will be more than ten days later when he arrives in Qingliu Town. ”
Chen Bocao said: "Lin Guoxiang seems to have forgotten that there is still a person in this plain city who can solve this crisis? ”
With his reminder, Lin Hai suddenly remembered and slapped his forehead fiercely. "Oops! How could this official be so confused, he actually forgot about him - come here, hurry up and ask Liu County Commander to come over! Oh, no, no, no, this official is going to go to the Plains County Office in person, come on! Hurry up! ”
Saying that, Lin Hai didn't care about the stunned officials, rushed out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and rode straight to the Pingyuan County Office. rushed to the door of the county office, and didn't care about the communication. Go straight to the lobby.
The official at the gate recognized him as the minister of his country, and dared to stop him there, and let him go by himself.
Liu Ze and other officials from the county office were discussing matters in the hall, and suddenly saw Lin Hai rushing in like a wind, and they couldn't help but be surprised. Liu Ze got up to greet him and said, "I don't know that Prime Minister Lin is here, and he has missed the welcome, forgive his sins." ”
Lin Hai gasped, grabbed Liu Ze and said hurriedly: "Today, the prime minister came to ask for something important from Liu County's order." ”
Lin Guoxiang was polite. You are Shangguan. If you have something to say, why do you need to come in person? ”
"Presumably Liu County Commander has also heard of it, recently, the Yellow Turban has repeatedly violated our plain border, and Liu Duwei led the army to meet the enemy. But he didn't want to be besieged by the Yellow Turban Thieves in Aoyagi Town. The Yellow Turban thieves outnumbered our army tenfold. Liu Duwei was trapped alone. At stake, Lin also had nothing to do, and was willing to ask Liu County to send troops to rescue him. "Sure enough, the begging mouth is short. Lin Hai claimed that he didn't dare to use his own official anymore, but humbly called Lin.
"Xia Guan is just a civilian official, and this matter of marching to fight to quell the rebellion and suppress bandits should naturally be the business of generals like Liu Duwei, and it seems that it has nothing to do with Xia Guan. Moreover, the Yellow Turban thieves are huge, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and my plain county soldiers are only a few hundred, how can they defeat this Yellow Turban thief? Liu Ze said indifferently.
"Liu County's order is too modest, who doesn't know that Liu County's order once led five hundred light horsemen to gallop across the north and south of the river, breaking the yellow scarf, cutting off the horns, and making immortal achievements, and there is no fear in the millions of yellow turban formations, why are you afraid of the remnants of these yellow turbans today?"
"The five hundred soldiers of the lower officials are now following the rules, and they dare not cross the thunder pool by half a step, if there is a slight change, they are only afraid that they will be framed as fornicating yellow scarves by people with ulterior motives, how can the lower officials bear such crimes?"
Lin Hai was embarrassed, and he dared to love Liu Ze and still remembered that Liu Ping framed him. "Liu Duwei did do something to take revenge for personal gain, and if he was offended, he also asked Liu County Ling Haihan, Lin had already reprimanded him for this matter, and he must not dare to trouble Liu County Ling again after that."
"If the subordinate officials ask for the people's lives and act according to the law, are they afraid of retaliation from others? It's just that Liu Duwei is narrow-minded and short-sighted, if such people shoulder the security of the plains, won't the people of the plains be in danger? ”
When Lin Hai saw that there was a door, he was overjoyed in his heart, and said earnestly: "What Liu County Ling said is extremely true, and I also ask Liu County Ling to come to the rescue at the critical moment of life and death of the people in the plains." If Qingliu Town falls, Pingyuan City will have no soldiers to resist the enemy, and the swords and soldiers will be added together, and the lives will be ruined, I'm afraid that Liu County Ling can't bear to witness this tragic scene, right? ”
In fact, even if Lin Hai didn't come to ask for help, Liu Ze was also ready to send troops, as the commander of the plain county, how could he allow these yellow turban thieves to run rampant, burn, kill and plunder on the land of the plain.
"At the moment of the great enemy, how can the lower officials do that thing of abolishing the public for personal reasons, even if the lower officials have some personal grievances with Liu Duwei, in front of the interests of the people of the plains, what is it. Lin Guoxiang was relieved, and the lower officials immediately sent troops to relieve the siege of Qingliu. Liu Ze didn't use this to blackmail Lin Hai anything, but he knew that no matter what he asked, Lin Hai would definitely meet it.
Liu Ze was generous, and Lin Hai couldn't help but be a little stunned, he had prepared a lot of rhetoric, and even planned to agree to Liu Zeyi's harsh conditions, but things would go so smoothly, which was also greatly unexpected by him.
"The husband has clear grievances and grievances, and he focuses on the overall situation everywhere, and Lin is admired by a good student."
Liu Ze smiled faintly and said: "Saving soldiers is like fighting a fire, and the lower officials don't dare to delay more, so I will leave here, and ask Lin Guoxiang to wait for good news in the city." ”
Since the 500 archers entered the plains, they have never interrupted their training, and even if they have not fought in a year, they still maintain their high fighting spirit. When Liu Ze's order to send troops was issued, the barracks suddenly boiled, and everyone was eager to try. These cavalrymen have been in battle for a long time, they have not fought for more than a year, and they are almost sick.
Zhang Fei was even more excited, and was the first to jump out of the Ma family's compound on horseback, and the high-decibel roar shook people's ears almost deaf.
"Big brother, do we really have to save Liu Ping's bastard?" When Zhang Fei heard that there was a fight, the muscles all over his body were trembling, but when he heard that he was going to rescue Liu Ping, he was 10,000 reluctant.
"Who said I'm going to save him?"
"Then why are you sending troops?"
"I sent troops for the people of the plains, the yellow turbans looted, it was so hard that the people were still suffering, the crops in the field could not be harvested, and there would be a famine next year, as for Liu Ping's life and death, do my!" Liu Ze turned around and ordered Guan Hai. "Let's go!"
Due to the nuisance of the Yellow Turbans, the gates of Plains City are closed during the day, and the city is only opened for one hour at noon every day, and passers-by are strictly checked to prevent the Yellow Turbans from entering. However, the officers and soldiers defending the city had already received Lin Hai's order, and when Liu Ze's cavalry had just arrived at the west gate, they opened the city gate early to let them go.
The military situation ahead was urgent, and Liu Ze didn't care about anything else, urging the horse out of the city, and more than 500 horsemen raised the billowing dust and smoke, looking straight at Qingliu Town.
Aoyagi Town is located at the junction of the Plains Country and the Qinghe Country, and is a small market town. Liu Ping has been besieged here for two days and two nights, and there is a lack of people and horses. Compared with the tall walls of Plains City, Qingliu Town only has some low walls, and it is simply unable to resist the Yellow Turban soldiers who are pouring over like a tide, and the fierce battle has lasted for two days, with heavy casualties, and it is already dangerous.
Liu Ze's cavalry soon arrived at the periphery of Qingliu Town, Liu Ze looked at the terrain, here is a flat river, quite open, this kind of terrain is the most favorable for the cavalry.
This time, the Yellow Turban soldiers invaded the plain, and Liu Ze had already sent Jin Yingwei to collect intelligence. The total number of Yellow Turban troops in this attack was about 30,000, led by Qu Shuai Yu Xuan. Yu Poison was also a disciple of Zhang Jiao, participated in the Battle of Guangzong, and after Zhang Jiao was defeated, Yu Poison led the remnants to retreat to the area of Bohai County, continued to hold high the banner of righteousness, and insisted on fighting. After more than a year of development, Yu Poison's power has risen sharply, with tens of thousands of troops, and it dominates eastern Hebei.
In this year, Xiliang people Beigong Boyu rebelled, colluded with Bian Zhang and Han Sui to invade Chang'an, and the court requisitioned Jizhou Muhuang Fu Song to quell the rebellion, but he did not resist. Zhang asked Zhao Zhong and others to take the opportunity to write a letter to impeach Huangfu Song, saying that he had fought in vain and wasted money and food. Emperor Ling listened to the rumors and ordered the removal of Huangfu Song's position, demoted him to the rank of marquis of the capital, and cut 6,000 households.
The new Jizhou assassin Feng Yi is far from Huangfu Song in terms of prestige and ability, and the poisonous Yellow Turban thieves are becoming more and more powerful, not only rampaging in eastern Hebei, but also aggressively attacking the Qingzhou Plain.
He has fought against Zhang Jiao's main force Yellow Turban many times, Liu Ze did not put this Yellow Turban Army in his eyes, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army Yellow Turban Warriors has long ceased to exist after Zhang Jiao's defeat, except for a small number of these Yellow Turban soldiers under Yu Poison are the remnants of the soldiers he brought out from Guangzong, which can be regarded as a little combat experience, most of the others are newly recruited homeless people, and the weapons in their hands are also varied, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined.
Once in Guangzong with 500 cavalry to defeat the Yellow Turban right flank of more than 100,000 people, this place is open, Liu Ze naturally has to repeat the old tricks, with archers to take turns to attack the Yellow Turban position.
It was Guan Yu who led the team to serve as the first attack wave, and more than 200 horsemen rushed to the Yellow Turban position like a gale.
"There's an enemy attack!" At this time, the Yellow Turban soldiers could be regarded as discovering the enemy's situation, and the Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally besieging Qingliu Town were all in front, and the officers and soldiers appeared in the rear, and there was inevitably a commotion in the Yellow Turban array.
Yu Poison happened to be in this direction at this time, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately shouted: "Formation!" "Even though I have experienced several major battles, I have rich combat experience, and I know that the effective way to deal with cavalry is to form a spear formation.
The chaotic Yellow Turban team barely formed a phalanx, with the tips of their guns outward, trying to stop the onslaught of the officers and cavalry. But as soon as he entered the range of the bow and arrows, the first wave of arrows poured in. The dense formation seemed to have become a talisman for the Yellow Turban soldiers, the coarse cloth linen clothes and rudimentary weapons could not resist the sharp arrows at all, and every arrow was not in vain, and in the blink of an eye, the Yellow Turban soldiers standing in the front row fell to the ground one after another.
The advantage of cavalry archers over ordinary archers is that they fire arrows on the back of a horse flying at high speed, and when the speed of the horse and the speed of the arrow are combined, the arrows fly faster, farther, and are more penetrating. Cavalry is a nightmare for poorly protected infantry, and cavalry archers are a nightmare within a nightmare. (To be continued......)