Chapter 235: Blocked
This Yellow Turban Taoist priest had such divine power in his gestures, and instantly turned a drought, dry and embarrassing river into a flood! Yang Rui was so shocked that he stood on the spot for a while! Fortunately, none of Yang Rui's soldiers set foot on the river beach, otherwise they would inevitably be affected by the sudden flood.
At this time, even if Yang Rui hadn't seen the scene of Zhang Jiao casting spells on the battlefield of Guangzong at that time, he had already roughly guessed the identity of the Yellow Turban Taoist in front of him! This may also explain why Zhang Bao's troops have been marching slowly, most likely because Zhang Jiao is in his army.
After the Yellow Turban Taoist on the other side of the river finished casting the spell, one of them almost fell to the ground, and was held up by the Yellow Turban Soldier who protected the Dharma beside him, and then he was surrounded by a group of people and disappeared in the middle of the Yellow Turban! This scene did not escape Yang Rui's sight, combined with the previous system announcement that Zhang Jiao had fallen ill, Yang Rui speculated that maybe Zhang Jiao's physical condition was too poor to withstand the bumps of the long-distance march, which led Zhang Bao's troops to go north The speed has not been raised?
Of course, this is just an association of Yang Rui combining several factors, and now that it is confirmed that Zhang Jiao is in Zhang Baojun, Yang Rui does not want to let go of such a great opportunity, and quickly leads his troops to the upper reaches of the river, preparing to find a suitable place to cross the river and continue to harass Zhang Jiao.
However, after Zhang Jiao's practice, Yang Rui and others have been going up for about 200 miles, but the river in front of them is still in a state of rising water, submerging or directly destroying all the bridges that cross the river, and it is impossible to cross the river for a while. Yang Rui was surprised again, he didn't expect that one of Zhang Jiao's spells could completely turn a river into a state of rising water!
This is a moat for ordinary soldiers, and it is impossible to pass Guò without receding water. Even ordinary generals can't wade across the river, and Yang Rui picks up the water surface several times to be relatively open. Where the river is shallow, try to wade across the river. But none of them succeeded.
Yang Rui and everyone were a little at a loss for a while. Seeing that Zhang Jiao was on the other side, and he was still sick, and there were only six or seven thousand soldiers left, he could only look at the river and sigh, and there was no way at all.
Yang Rui had also considered going directly back to the source of the river, but then he might have to make a detour, so Yang Rui could only settle on the south side of the river and wait for the river to recede before chasing Zhang Jiao.
According to Zhang Jiao's previous speed. It will take five or six days to reach Quyang City from the location of this river, and maybe Yang Rui will still have some opportunities. Yang Rui's backpack also has a Taiping Dao talisman seal that increases walking speed, and once he can cross the river, he can consider using it.
While waiting, Yang Rui was not idle, but pushed up the Yellow Turban Territory Village again along the south bank of the river. Within two days, Yang Rui had recovered all the Yellow Turban villages within a radius of 300 miles on the south bank of the river, and had taken a high-level town territory near the official road as a foothold.
Yang Rui has recovered more than 200 territories, all of which are town- and village-level territories, and he has contributed more than 100,000 merit points and points to Yang Rui, and Yang Rui has also received more than 500 copies of the story task voucher.
Two days on. Yang Rui has been staring at the water level of the river, but he has not seen any change in it. The water is still turbulent and the water level is still high. In the past two days, Yang Rui didn't wait for the river to fall, but he waited for the remnants of Zhang Liang's army!
The surging river not only stopped Yang Rui's pace to the north, but also blocked the pace of Zhang Liang's remnants! When they arrived at this river, they could only look at the river and sigh, and began to prepare for defense on the south bank of the river!
Soon many of the territories recovered by Yang Rui were occupied by Zhang Liang's troops, and the troops were arranged along both sides of the official road, and behind these yellow scarves were followed by Huangfu Song, Cao Cao, Feng Yi, Liu Bei and other chasing soldiers, and now there is no way to go north, Zhang Liang's troops can only compete here with the Han Ting camp chasing soldiers!
The large town occupied by Yang Rui was very close to the official road and was in the defensive circle built by the Yellow Turbans, so it naturally became one of the important targets of the Yellow Turbans.
With the composition of Yang Rui's subordinates, there are more than 1,600 fourth-order long-range archers alone, and with the defense of the city wall of the big town, it is naturally not so easy to be captured! What's more, there are many junior generals and 4th-order foot soldiers participating in the defense, unless it is Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao-level generals who are in person, or a group of intermediate and senior generals, the rest of the soldiers can only send meritorious service and points to Yang Rui!
What Yang Rui didn't expect was that Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao were really in the midst of these routs, but they couldn't capture the big town occupied by Yang Rui.
As a cavalry captain, Cao Cao's cavalry is not a few, most of them are fifth-order cavalry, and their combat power is very strong.
The rest of the Han Ting camp did not lag much behind, and soon joined the ranks of encircling and suppressing the Yellow Turbans, and the shape of the Yellow Turbans was already in danger!
"Kill!"
"Roar"
The Han Ting and the Yellow Turban two camps were mixed together, and the largest field battle in the plot of the Yellow Turban Uprising began, although the main battlefield was twenty or thirty miles away from Yang Rui, but in Yang Rui's position, the noise of both sides on the battlefield could still be heard.
Even standing on the city wall of the town, Yang Rui can still see the wind and sand and falling rocks from time to time, which are the magic skills performed by Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, the generals of the Yellow Turban Digong and the Rengong Generals!
At this time, Yang Rui actually had the spare strength to stand out outside the town and cooperate to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turbans, but the battle situation between the two sides was really stalemate, and the soldiers of both camps fell all the time.
Moreover, Yang Rui didn't know the specific number and strength of the Yellow Turban Soldiers, even if he didn't care about the cost, it was likely that these soldiers under him wouldn't be able to make much waves. So he didn't make a move, but slowly defended this big town, killing the Yellow Turban soldiers who came to the door.
In the past two hours, the intensity of the battle between the two camps in the distance has decreased, and the big moves such as "wind and sand" and "falling rocks" have not appeared for a long time, and the front position of the two sides has been advancing towards the rear of the Yellow Turban, and the Yellow Turban Rout of Zhang Liang's army is already about to be defeated.
And the Yellow Turban soldiers besieging Yang Rui's big town are also getting fewer and fewer, until this time, there are no more yellow turban soldiers sent over, and the Yellow Turban soldiers around the original are almost all emptied, and the rear of the Yellow Turban is empty.
Seeing this situation, Yang Rui took the initiative to lead the 4th-order cavalry to rush out of the occupied town, and at the same time left Li Dong and other five junior generals to lead all kinds of foot soldiers to garrison in place as a way out.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Originally, Yang Rui just wanted to wait for an opportunity to clean up the tableware behind the Yellow Turban, but as soon as he left the town, he saw that the scattered Yellow Turban soldiers had retreated one after another, and the rear was the soldiers of the Han Ting camp who were densely chasing after them. Yang Rui saw that the few Yellow Turban generals who had retreated the fastest were exhausted and very depressed, and immediately led a group of junior generals and fourth-order cavalry to block the road and kill them.
"Drink!"
"Ahh
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With the addition of Yang Rui's new force, the Yellow Turban soldiers who had already collapsed were immediately killed by surprise, and the Yellow Turban soldiers who retreated in the direction of Yang Rui were killed by Yang Rui and everyone for a while, and they were quickly cleaned up!
Even the few Yellow Turban generals who ran at the forefront were almost powerless, and they were killed by Yang Rui and his junior generals within one or two moves, and at the same time, the skill books and weapons and equipment that these seven or eight generals broke out were quickly dismounted and put away by Yang Rui.
"Kill!"
"Fight!"
At this time, there are still two camps of soldiers fighting in a mess, although the Han court camp has gained the upper hand, and there is turbulence behind the yellow turbans, but the yellow turban soldiers have also burst out of their last potential under the persecution, and many Han court camp soldiers have lost their lives under the great battle situation
After packing up, Yang Rui checked the battlefield left and right, and once again led the crowd to cover up in the direction of the lower reaches of the river. In the past two days, Yang Rui has patrolled back and forth several times from the upper reaches of the river to the lower reaches of two or three hundred miles, compared to the lower reaches of the river, the terrain is flatter, which is more suitable for cavalry attacks.
After the Yellow Turban completely collapsed, knowing that there was a river behind him, there were only a few Yellow Turban soldiers who retreated directly to the river, and most of the clever soldiers fled to the upper or lower reaches of the river, so at this time, there were still a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers running in all directions.
Relying on the speed and impact of the cavalry, Yang Rui rushed down all the way, and the number of yellow turban soldiers harvested was not a few, including more than 20 yellow turban generals above the junior level, Yang Rui once again harvested more than 20 sets of internal strength mental skill books and stunt skill books, including 4 sets of intermediate generals burst out of the primary internal strength heart method and stunt advanced skill book, and even Yang Rui also included a set of intermediate internal strength mental method and stunt finishing skill book that only senior generals can burst, due to the rush of time, Yang Rui did not check it immediately.
Yang Rui led a group of soldiers to rush to kill, and at this time, two system announcements were released one after another almost in order.
"System announcement: Zhang Bao, the general of the land of the Yellow Turban Chief, was killed by Cao Cao, the commander of the cavalry, on the south bank of the Taocong River!"
"System announcement: Zhang Liang, the general of the Yellow Turban Leader, was killed by Liu Bei's righteous army on the south bank of the Taocong River!"
(To be continued......)