Chapter Forty-Seven: Step by Step
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But it was said that Huang Gai led 100,000 heavy cavalry, quietly opened the east gate, and then poured out of the city like a flood. The Yellow Turban Army rangers had already discovered this army and went to report it, and the Yellow Turban Army generals also sent a large number of light cavalry to stop it. However, the light cavalry only dared to shoot the heavy cavalry from a distance, where did they dare to block it head-on?
It's just that the heavy cavalry is covered with heavy armor all over the body, including the war horses, and non-strong crossbows can't penetrate it! In a hurry, even if there are strong crossbowmen, how can they be mobilized? I'm afraid that before the formation was ready, the heavy cavalry rushed in front of me!
The light cavalry only slightly slowed down the offensive of the heavy cavalry, and could not stop it at all. Seeing the heavy cavalry rush into the infantry that was besieging the city, like a pack of wolves rushing into the flock, caused great panic. The pressure on the southern wall dropped sharply, and the besieging soldiers had no follow-up replenishment, and they all retreated like a tide.
Everywhere the heavy cavalry went, the infantry soldiers broke up one after another, and they hated that their parents' legs were not fast enough! However, there are people all around, can you run if you want to? Can't run! If you can't run, let's fight! Obviously, you can't beat it! Unorganized infantry, against cavalry, is simply a cucumber on the board! If you want to break the knife, it's too hard!
The enemy army is not to be feared, what is terrible is the despair of not being able to overcome the enemy army. For a time, the Yellow Turban camp was filled with the desperate wails of the soldiers and the screams before death, and the morale dropped greatly.
At this moment, Cheng Pu on the city wall is not an ordinary person! As soon as he saw the chaos in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, he also gave an order, opened the south gate, and the whole army attacked.
As a result, some of the light cavalry were led by Cheng Pu, and the rangers then poured out of the city, and then harvested the defeated Yellow Turban soldiers everywhere.
Although the Yellow Turban Army was numerous, its morale had been demoralized at the moment, and the army formation was scattered, so it was unable to form a unified command, so it had to fight and leave, lead part of the main force, and retreat to two large tents.
This large-scale melee has lasted until dark, in fact, an hour after Sun Jian's heavy cavalry left the city, the protagonist on the battlefield was Cheng Pu's light cavalry, and the heavy cavalry retreated to the city early to defend the city.
It's not that the heavy cavalry is unwilling to continue fighting, but that the heavy cavalry consumes a lot of physical strength on the war horse, and an hour of high-intensity battle can consume most of the physical strength of the war horse, and then continue to fight, the war horse will definitely collapse, and the heavy cavalry soldiers at that time will become a turtle with a clamshell, and they will do nothing!
After dark, the two sides could no longer fight in the field, so they had to return to their respective camps. After the inspection, the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy losses, killing nearly 400,000 people, while more than 500,000 were wounded, and more than 200,000 people were captured by the imperial court, and of course, they were eventually killed.
On the side of the imperial court, the losses were equally heavy, with nearly 100,000 dead and many more injured, and it is estimated that less than 200,000 people are intact.
However, although the imperial court also suffered heavy losses, it successfully held the city, and the Yellow Turban Army estimated that it would not be able to attack for a few days.
Huangfu Song received Sun Jian's request for help and sent rescue troops to support non-stop. Because the vanguard had cleared all the obstacles, the rescue force marched very quickly, and by the fourth day, the imperial reinforcements had arrived one after another.
The Yellow Turban Army in the Yellow Turban Camp outside the county seat of Yinqiang estimated that it was impossible to recapture the county seat of Yinqiang, so they could only pull out the camp and retreat, so as not to be wrapped in dumplings.
Of course, as soon as the Yellow Turban Army left, Sun Jian knew the news on the back foot, so he led the cavalry to chase and kill for a while, intercepting all kinds of materials, blades, utensils, gongs, drums, tents, and countless others, which greatly strengthened the momentum of the imperial army.
When Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Cao Cao and others arrived one after another, they recounted their merits and recorded Sun Jian's first credit. After all, Sun Jian, as a pioneer officer, won the first battle, strengthened his morale, and successfully captured a city, not only finding a foothold for the large army in Runan, but also tearing open the defensive circle of the Yellow Turban Army in Xihua County, making the originally impregnable defensive circle lack a gap.
Let's say that Bocai and Peng Tuo were shocked when they learned that Yinqiang County had fallen, after all, there were millions of elite soldiers in this Yinqiang County, and there were reinforcements around, but they were lost in one day, and they couldn't be rescued. It shows that the combat power of this imperial army should not be underestimated! As soon as this situation spread, a sense of frustration spread throughout the Yellow Turban Army.
A kind of Yellow Turban generals discussed, some people said that they abandoned the city and left, defected to General Guangzong Tiangong, some people said that they held on, and the imperial court went down to the city in one day was just a sneak attack, etc., all kinds of rhetoric. In the end, Bocai and Peng Tuo finally explored all over the surrounding area, and there were already many court soldiers, if they abandoned the city and fled, they would only become the object of pursuit by the imperial army, and morale would continue to decline, and the morale of the army would also be weakened. When the time comes, maybe the troops will be dispersed.
Of course, to a large extent, the top brass of the Yellow Turban Army have become accustomed to this kind of arrogant and lascivious life, and are unwilling to run around and take risks anymore.
Therefore, in the end, the countermeasure that was discussed was to stick to various cities and camps, and look for opportunities to counterattack and break the enemy.
In fact, basically everyone knows that if the imperial army does not find a city as a foothold, there is still a chance to sneak attack the imperial army, or destroy grain and grass, etc., so that the imperial army will be defeated by itself. However, now that the imperial army has obtained a city as a foothold, it is even more difficult to think of this!
Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Cao Cao and others naturally won't give Bocai and Peng Tuo too much time to think, since they have already taken the lead, they must take advantage of Bocai when they have not adjusted their deployment, and they will bite off more flesh.
Therefore, as soon as the army arrived in Yinqiang County, before resting, they went straight to the two camps near Yinqiang County. The existence of these two camps seriously affected the imperial army to attack the adjacent Xihua County and Zhaoling County.
On this night, the remnants of the defeated soldiers in the two camps were still in shock, and when they were asleep, the soldiers and horses of Zhu Jun, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian had secretly moved away from the antlers and horses of the camp, and rushed into the camp to massacre. Due to the outnumbering of the crowd and the sneak attack at night, the two large battalions were beaten to a pulp, and all of them fell.
At this moment, in front of the two cities of Xihua County and Zhaoling County, there is no longer any cover.
However, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step. Although the current form is greatly powerful for the imperial army, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army still exists, and it will not be overnight if it wants to win. The more we get to the end, the more cautious we must be, because if the two armies are in a fight, they are the slightest careless, and the good situation may also become a complete defeat in one day.
However, under the command of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian, it is not so easy to make low-level mistakes!
Let's say that the Runan Yellow Turban Army has been declining step by step, and the Wancheng Yellow Turban Army, which is always paying attention to the situation in Runan, is also anxious like ants on a hot pot at the moment.
Zhao Hong had already received a letter of help from Bo Cai, inviting him to send troops to attack the imperial army. In fact, Wancheng is not far from Runan, but it is only a dozen days away, even if you don't have to fight, you only need to send a large army to station on the side, and the imperial army will inevitably divide a large number of soldiers to defend against Zhao Hong's army.
In this way, the pressure on Bocai will inevitably be greatly reduced, and after the imperial court divides the troops, the defense will inevitably be much weaker, so that the Bocai army can find more opportunities to break the enemy.
Originally, the Yellow Turban Army has always fought alone, and rarely united and fought together. The main reason for this is that at the beginning of Zhang Jiao's uprising, he was too injured to exert his great mana and blend the Yellow Turban Army together. At the same time, Zhang Jiao did not intend to launch such a big rebellion, and it was not his intention to cause so many lives to be ruined.
Therefore, at the beginning of his rebellion, he wanted to take the court directly and have a beheading tactic, but he never thought that the great Han spirit was not exhausted, but was counterattacked by the jade seal of the country, and his strength was greatly damaged, and he resisted the pain every day, and he no longer had the energy to blend with the Yellow Turban Army.
Although the Yellow Turban Army is all in the same vein, without the unified command of the leader, they can only go their own way, so that they are broken one by one. Although Zhang Jiao was saddened that his foundation was ruined, he blamed himself for the misery he had caused, and he was depressed all day long, and he wanted to leave without caring about the things of the world.
However, his relatives and friends were continuing their careers, but they couldn't stay out of it, so they were even more depressed. Therefore, Zhang Jiao at this moment is just a bodhisattva in the temple, and everything in the army has actually been given to his two younger brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.
Despite this, Zhao Hong still felt that it was in danger, and the cold tips given by the players and strategists around him made Zhao Hong feel even more that the Yellow Turban Army could not continue to fight on their own as before, otherwise it would only be a dead end!
In fact, at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Army's uprising, the momentum was huge, and the limelight was unique for a while, if they could unite and support each other, the imperial army would never be able to resist.
It's just that there is no unified command between the big and small commanders of the Yellow Turban Army, each of them has their own little calculations, and even has dirty feelings with each other, where are they willing to rescue each other? In the end, it can only be broken by each one, and it is too late to regret it!
Zhao Hong understood this truth, and knew that even if he supported Bocai, he would not be able to benefit, and if he didn't do well, he would lose his troops, but he had to support him.
Because, if Bocai is exterminated, he himself will be the next Bocai!
Once, the imperial army, turn the spear, they will definitely not be able to resist!
In fact, not only Zhao Hong has understood the truth of both prosperity and loss, but in fact, those big and small Qu Shuai also understand this truth, it's a pity! It's late!
At this time, there are only three yellow scarves left in the world.
The first is the precarious Bocai and Peng Tuo. One is that it is difficult to protect oneself. One is the three brothers Zhang Jiao of Guangzong, Julu, and Xiaquyang.
If there is any, it is Dongjun Buji, whose power is slightly okay.
Because, he occupies the key road from Henan to Hebei, but he does not have many people.