In the big tent of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Mancheng ordered everyone to think about how to deal with the gunpowder bag, but everyone discussed with each other for a long time, but they couldn't discuss any results, because they knew very little about Zhang Yi's gunpowder bag, not to mention that most of them had never read any books, even if Du Xiang told them some things that made up gunpowder, they couldn't understand it, and some people didn't even know what sulfur was. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Hey~"

Sighing, Zhang Mancheng looked at the group of people under his command, and was extremely depressed, and finally turned his gaze to Du Xiang, because the only thing he could rely on now was Du Xiang.

Feeling that everyone turned their eyes to him again, Du Xiang showed a wry smile on his face, in the past, if others looked at him like this, he would definitely be complacent in his heart, after all, people have vanity, but now so many people are looking at him, which makes him feel quite stressed, because he has not thought of a way to deal with the powder bag.

Standing up from the low collapse, Du Xiang walked slowly to the tent door like an old gentleman, and then slowly walked back, and the people in the entire big tent also followed his footsteps back and forth several times, and finally Du Xiang turned his gaze to the northwest.

Lifting the curtain and looking at the northwest, Du Xiang muttered, "Hejian City is probably less than four days away, right?" With the speed of the Dingping Army, how long will it take to arrive? ”

As early as when Zhang Mancheng led the troops halfway, the news of the loss of Hejian City had already reached his ears, and he also told Du Xiang, at that time Du Xiang suggested that it be concealed temporarily, so as not to affect the morale of the army due to the fall of Hejian City, but at this time Gao Yang had already been lost, even an idiot could guess that Hejian City must have fallen into the hands of the Dingping army, so Du Xiang did not need to continue to conceal it.

Zhang Mancheng, who also understood this truth, did not blame Du Xiang for saying about Hejian, but lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied: "If you travel all the way with cavalry, it will probably take less than three days." ”

"Well," nodding, Du Xiang turned his head, looked at Zhang Mancheng with a solemn face and said: "Qu Shuai, there is not much time left for us, I deduce that the reinforcements of the Dingping Army are already on the way, two days at most, one day at the least, and the reinforcements will arrive." ”

"What? So fast? ”

"The reinforcements of the Dingping Army have arrived, so let's withdraw quickly."

"If the main force of the Dingping Army arrives, then our strength advantage will be gone."

"The Dingping army is in full swing, we shouldn't fight hard."

“……”

Hearing Du Xiang say that Zhang Yi's army was about to be killed, the Yellow Turban generals in the big tent suddenly panicked, and many people who were already afraid of war immediately opened their mouths to persuade them to withdraw from the army.

"Shut up!" Loudly interrupting the noisy crowd, Zhang Mancheng wrinkled his eyebrows and glared: "The big war is coming, who is confusing the army's heart, don't blame me for enforcing military law!" ”

After being scolded by Zhang Mancheng, everyone suddenly became a lot more honest, at least no one was mentioning the matter of retiring from the army, but their faces were still full of worries.

Zhang Mancheng saw everyone's expressions, but he couldn't say anything at this time, so he had to turn his head and ask Du Xiang: "Strategist, what do you ......mean?"

"Siege, attack," a trace of ruthlessness flashed on his face, and Du Xiangyin said predictively: "From now on, we will besiege the city on all sides, storm Gaoyang City day and night, and be sure to take Gaoyang in the shortest possible time, so that no matter whether Zhang Yi's army comes or not, we can advance or retreat." ”

"Yes," slapped his thigh, Zhang Mancheng suddenly stood up: "I don't believe it, just that little people in Gaoyang City can block the strong attack of my 100,000 army, come here, give an order, from now on, attack Gaoyang day and night, and after taking Gaoyang, the property and women in the city will be at the disposal of the army!" ”

In order to stimulate his greatest fighting spirit, Zhang Mancheng once again raised the "reward", but it was the people in Gaoyang City who were unlucky.

In fact, it is not that only rebels like the Yellow Turban Army will not treat the common people as human beings, but since ancient times, in the eyes of the strong, the common people are not people, the so-called holy monarch Mingjun, good to the people, but also just treat the people as the cattle and sheep they raise, because they understand that without cattle and sheep, they will have no milk to eat, no fresh meat, no one does not want their cattle and sheep to be hungry and skinny, right? Actually, this is a truth.

After hearing Zhang Mancheng's order, almost everyone in the big tent showed an excited look, and it could be seen that Zhang Mancheng once again raised the reward and had an effect on them, but Zuo Zhangba was worried, and he asked Zhang Mancheng and Du Xiang how to minimize casualties under the gunpowder bag, fortunately, Du Xiang had already thought of this, and he proposed to let the soldiers spread out in formation when charging, but also pay attention to covering each other and cooperating, and not to give the Ping army an opportunity.

Just when the Yellow Turban generals were preparing to launch a second attack on Gaoyang City, Zhang Yi was also hurrying to Gaoyang with all the cavalry under his command, and tens of thousands of cavalry galloped up quickly, and the dust in the sky covered the sky and the earth.

"Lord, slow down!"

Hurriedly following behind Zhang Yi, Han Tao reminded loudly, for fear that Zhang Yi would be in too much of a hurry and would fall off the horse.

"Slow, slow," twisting his neck, Zhang Yi shouted with a cold face: "Hurry up for me, it's too late, I'm afraid that even the corpses of the brothers guarding the city will not be visible, drive!" ”

After the words fell, Zhang Yi urged the war horse again and rushed to the forefront.

Not to mention whether Zhang Yi, who is quick to whip up, can arrive before Gaoyang City is broken, just Zhang Mancheng, who has made up his mind to attack Gaoyang City, has already begun to deploy troops at this time.

"Knock knock~"

With the rumbling sound of war drums, the Yellow Turban Army poured out of the barracks like a tide, but this time the Yellow Turban Army was different from the previous battle, when the Yellow Turban Army had a relatively careful array when they went out to fight, but this time they swarmed up, and then stopped three miles away from Gaoyang City, but this time the Yellow Turban Army did not attack the city on one side, but surrounded the entire Gaoyang City.

Standing on the tower of the city gate, looking at the Yellow Turban Army waiting outside, Lu Bu grinned and said, "Yo, this group of Yellow Turban thieves, it seems that they want to besiege the city on all sides and attack us?" ”

"Yes, and the battle is not small," frowning and nodding, Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Feng Xian, I'm afraid we are going to have a tough battle." ”

Guan Yu is very worried at the moment, he is not afraid of fighting a tough battle, let alone death, but he is afraid that he will not be able to hold Gaoyang with more than 10,000 people, he only hopes that the Yellow Turban Army can attack the city later, and he hopes that Zhang Yi can come earlier.

Compared with Guan Yu's worries, Lu Bu was very unimpressed, he wished that the Yellow Turban Army would attack the city earlier.

"Hmph," snorted, Lu Bu said coldly, "Still fighting a tough battle?" Phew, they deserve it too? Lao Tzu is afraid of these local chickens and dogs, but Yun Chang, don't you notice? The number of these yellow turban thieves is different from before, looking at their formation, it looks like they are going to fight a field battle or an encounter. ”

Lu Bu, who was already familiar with various military formations, was already familiar with various formations after being forcibly pressed by Zhang Yi and watching the art of war for several months, and he could see at a glance that there was something wrong with the Yellow Turban Army's array, but he couldn't guess what the Yellow Turban Army was going to do.

Lu Bu didn't know, but Guan Yu guessed it, he sneered and said: "They want to use the charge formation to dodge our rockets, but fortunately, the eldest brother has already thought of this, Feng Xian, you sit in the city first, and I will meet them when I go out." ”

After speaking, Guan Yu was about to walk down the city, but was stopped by Lu Bu.

"Hey," blocking in front of Guang Yu, Lu Bu glared at a pair of big eyes and asked Guan Yu, "What are you talking about?" Are you going out to meet them? No, you are our main general, how can you leave your post without permission, or I will go, I will lead my beast battalion out to kill him for a while, I will definitely be able to ......"

"Don't don't," hurriedly interrupted Lu Bu's words, Guan Yu took out a silk book from his arms, and said while handing it to Lu Bu: "This is what the eldest brother gave me before we left the river, it says, once the disruptive plan is implemented, you must not let General Lu go out, the eldest brother arranged it like this, first, I am afraid that your General Lu will kill the red eye, regardless of the random fight, and second, the Hundred Beast Camp is the last hand after the loss of our city gate, and it is easy to not move, understand?" Therefore, you, General Lu, should sit at the head of the city with peace of mind and watch the enemy plunder. ”

At the end of the words, Guan Yu patted Lu Bu's shoulder with a smile, and then walked down the city quickly, leaving only Lu Bu with a depressed face, looking at the silk cloth in his hand blankly, and the content written on it was almost exactly the same as what Guan Yu said.

As soon as Guan Yu got off the city, the 20,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army rushed up with a ladder and a rushing cart, and sure enough, Guan Yu's guess was right, the formation of the Yellow Turban Army's charge this time was very scattered, and it seemed that they were going to avoid the rocket soldiers of the Dingping Army.

sent 20,000 people at a time, which shows that Zhang Mancheng really made up his mind this time.

"Rush~"

"Kill!"

Roaring angrily, 20,000 Yellow Turban troops rushed to Gaoyang City like a tide, and I don't know if Gaoyang City, which is not strong, can withstand the impact of nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban Army.

"Kill~"

At the same time that the Yellow Turban Army launched a charge from the north, the Yellow Turban Army on the other three sides of the southeast and west also launched a charge almost at the same time, but because Gaoyang City was small, there were only two city gates in the north and south, so the Yellow Turban Army in the east and west directions was about more than 5,000 people, and there were 10,000 people in the south, but in any case, the main offensive direction of the Yellow Turban Army was still in the North City Gate, so Lu Bu immediately transferred the main defensive force to the North City Gate, and personally sat down, and also informed Guan Yu of the main attack direction of the Yellow Turban Army.

After receiving the order, Lu Bu's lieutenant general Equation trotted all the way down the city tower and came to the main street of Gaoyang City.

"Report! General Guan, the enemy's main attack direction is the North Gate, and the number of people is about 20,000! ”

"Got it," after getting the accurate news, Guan Yu raised the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and shouted: "The sons of the Xiao Cavalry Company, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”

"As the soldiers point to, I am invincible! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

After the three thousand horsemen shouted the slogan, Guan Yu opened the door with a loud shout, and then rushed to the north gate of the city.

How big is Guan Yu's voice? The location where he set off was still more than 300 meters away from the north city gate, but almost as soon as he finished shouting, the soldiers who held the north city gate opened the city gate, and then in less than thirty seconds, three thousand horsemen rushed out of the north city gate with a roar.

As soon as Guan Yu left the city, Zhang Mancheng, who had been watching Gaoyang City outside, saw that he knew that the infantry on his side, who had no formation at all, could not withstand the impact of the cavalry, so he hurriedly ordered his 10,000 cavalry to rush up to block Guan Yu's cavalry, but it was too late at this time.

Like boiling water poured on winter snow, with the rush of three thousand horsemen, the siege force of the Yellow Turban Army was instantly dispersed.

The siege of the Yellow Turban soldiers can only be regarded as light infantry, they are not lined up in formation in the face of cavalry assault, there is not much ability to resist at all, but these light infantry are very strong, in a completely unfavorable situation, even with the Dingping Army cavalry sacrificed their lives to fight, but the gap in combat effectiveness and the arms of the army can not be made up by courage alone, in the Dingping Army iron cavalry and swept under the sweep of those light infantry soon collapsed completely, except for most of the beheaded, The few who survived fled in panic.

Although the cavalry led by Guan Yu defeated the siege force of the Yellow Turban Army as they wished, they fell into a crisis, and because they were delayed by the light infantry of the Yellow Turban Army, 10,000 cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army had arrived from both sides.

The cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army is already close at hand, and in this case, it is impossible for the cavalry of the Dingping Army to retreat immediately, otherwise, it is very likely that the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army will follow and rush into the city gate.

"Brothers! Kill the Yellow Turban cavalry! Kill! ”

Guan Yu shouted, and then danced the big knife to kill into the Yellow Turban Army cavalry group first, only to see him wielding the big knife to sweep left and right, wide open and close, the momentum is imposing, where he passed, the Yellow Turban Army cavalry turned on their backs.

"Kill!"

The three thousand iron cavalry of the Dingping Army also shouted at the same time, followed closely behind Guan Yu, and rushed forward in a form of Yanling to meet the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

In an instant, I saw the cavalry of both sides staggered together, in a thrilling roar, in a dazzling sword light, the cavalry on both sides fell from the horse one after another, and the momentum of the cavalry when they clashed was thrilling.

After a short but fierce exchange, the cavalry of the Dingping Army and the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army staggered past each other, exchanging positions. At this moment, the iron cavalry of the Dingping Army was backed by the Yellow Turban Army's large array, while the Yellow Turban Army cavalry was backed by the Gaoyang City Wall.

Although the fierce battle just now lasted for a short time, the 3,000 cavalry lost more than 500 people, while the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army paid a price of nearly 3,000.

Holding the blood-dripping Qinglong Glaive Knife, Guan Yu shouted loudly in front of the formation: "Immediately reorganize the formation and return to the formation with geese!" ”

The power of the cavalry is all in the impact force, and in order to maximize the impact power of the cavalry, it is necessary to arrange a reasonable impact formation, Guan Yu gave up the Yan Ling formation and turned to the Yan Hui formation, because Guan Yu just found that the left wing of the enemy is stronger than the right wing, so Guan Yu switched to the Yan Hui formation, because the Yan Hui formation can strengthen the right wing.

The enemy's left flank is stronger, but why is Guan Yu strengthening the right flank now? Because, of course, when they faced each other at this time, the left flank of the enemy army had already switched to the right flank.

At the same time as the cavalry was in formation, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army on the other side was also regrouping.

Just as the cavalry of the two sides were facing each other, the siege infantry on the other three sides of the Yellow Turban Army continued to advance towards the city wall in an orderly manner, they did not seem to be affected by the cavalry units that were fighting, and they did not converge towards the cavalry of the Dingping Army, after all, their task was to siege the city, and no one would think that 10,000 cavalry would have any problems against the opponent's 3,000 cavalry.

The cavalry of the Dingping Army completed the whole team in only a moment, and then launched an attack on the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army again in Guan Yu's high shouts, but at this moment, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army has not yet completed the whole team, and it can be seen from this alone that the cavalry of the Dingping Army is more elite than the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

The cavalry of the Dingping Army and the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army were only more than 100 meters apart, and more than 2,000 Dingping Army horsemen rushed to the front of the Yellow Turban Cavalry in a blink of an eye, and the enemy's knives were in front of them, and the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army could not take care of the whole team, so they had to urge their horses to meet the cavalry of the Dingping Army in a hurry.

Because the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army has not yet been formed, the impact force has obviously been greatly affected, and under the sudden confrontation between the two armies, the iron cavalry of the Dingping Army, which is in a clear countertrend, has the upper hand, and the two cavalry are like two torrents in opposite directions, although the torrent represented by the Dingping Army is smaller, but the momentum is much more violent.

In the blink of an eye, the iron cavalry of the Dingping Army wedged into the depth of the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, but the number of the Yellow Turban Army was too much, even if more than 3,000 people were broken in the first formation, it was still twice as large as the cavalry of the Dingping Army, and the advantage of the cavalry soon ceased to exist.

After a thrilling battle, the cavalry of the two sides exchanged positions again, and the open space between the cavalry of the two sides was filled with the corpses of soldiers from both sides.

In this round of confrontation, the losses of the Dingping Army were even greater, and there were only more than 1,000 people left with Guan Yu at the moment, while the losses of the Yellow Turban Army cavalry were even more heavy in comparison, and in this round of confrontation, the Yellow Turban Army cavalry lost at least 5,000 people.

Guan Yu saw the soldiers around him who were still high-spirited, and couldn't help but shout: "Brothers! Let the traitors see how sharp the blade of our riding is! The whole army is in full force! Get ready to charge! ”

In Guan Yu's roar, the remaining more than 1,000 horsemen immediately formed a team, ready to charge again.

Guan Yu was holding the Qinglong Glaive Sword and was immediately at the forefront of the military formation, his eyes were wide open, and there was only a fierce battle intent in his eyes, and the more than a thousand horsemen behind him were also like him.

Those veterans of the Dingping Army, from top to bottom, don't know what it means to be afraid, because for them, dying on the battlefield, the horse leather shroud is the most glorious destination for a soldier.

In just a few moments, the Dingping Army was once again reorganized.

Glancing at the blood on the knife, Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Brothers, this may be our last battle, are you afraid?" ”

"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! Unafraid! ”

After roaring three times, the only few hundred cavalry left by Guan Yu's side ignited a raging battle spirit again, as if his side was not a few hundred cavalry, but tens of thousands of cavalry.

"As the soldiers point to, I am invincible! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Guan Yu raised the Blue Dragon Glaive and shouted.

"Kill!"

The iron cavalry of the Dingping Army then shouted violently, and at this moment, the Dingping Army exuded a momentum that made people tremble, which was the momentum of a fearless brave.

Seeing this scene, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army couldn't help but be shocked, the entire cavalry team seemed to pause as a whole, and Zhang Mancheng, who was watching the battle in the rear, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The Dingping Army really deserves to be called the elite!" ”

Hearing this, all the people around Zhang Mancheng frowned, and the generals more or less showed a complex expression of disbelief and admiration.

Guan Yu is ready to lead two thousand Dingping Iron Cavalry to launch the final charge! He knew very well that at this moment, he had no way to lead the rest of his brothers back to Gaoyang City, not only him, but all the cavalry soldiers understood the current situation, they had no way to retreat, and they decided to fight to the death!

The officers and men of the Dingping Army will never surrender!