Chapter 28: Fierce Battle for the Yellow Turbans
In less than half an hour, Zhang Fan and the five of them came to the Sunset Peak in Yang Lin's mouth, which is the first mountain in the "Five Mountains of Tongtian"!
Forced to enter the strategic mode, the Sunset Peak in front of him is not as tall as Yang Lin said, and it doesn't even look as majestic as Yangshan, it is a very ordinary mountain, and there is nothing brilliant about it.
"That's not right!" Yang Lin still muttered to himself, the huge gap between reality and imagination made him feel a little confused, and several people had already ignored his nagging and sent a few bandits as a way to explore the way.
The bandits' speed advantage in the mountains and forests is extremely obvious, and they are faintly a little higher than the cavalry that is blocked everywhere in the hot sun, so they are the best as spies.
After a while, the news had already come back, and there was indeed a large number of Yellow Turban troops hidden in this mountain, but it was not on the mountain, but on the back of Sunset Peak, where there was a camp built on the mountain, and the lights were bright, and the crowd was surging, and there were no less than thousands of people, and the sentinels were afraid that they would not dare to take a closer look, so they hurriedly came back to report.
"It's good not to be in the mountains!" Yan Yang really had some fire in his heart, unless it was a condescending charge, otherwise his cavalry team was almost no different from the infantry in this reckless mountain, and they were restrained everywhere.
"Thousands?" Hearing the sentry's report, Meng Qing's brows furrowed slightly, looked at the darkening sky, and said, "It's almost dark now, it's not suitable for a battle, why don't we take a break and wait until dawn to attack?" ”
"No way!" Tie Bi thought for a while and then denied his suggestion: "There are many enemies, and if we fight head-on, our losses may be very heavy, so it is better to take advantage of the night to sneak attack, and see the opponent's reaction, and you can also understand the enemy's strength more clearly!" ”
"Let's go over and see what happens!" Zhang Fan spoke, just listening to the information to make a judgment is a bit of a child's play, the so-called tactics should be adapted to local conditions, saying that he first commanded the troops to approach the camp that the sentinel said.
The night was dark, Zhang Fan hid in the woods and looked forward in the moonlight, and found that what the sentinel said was extremely detailed, this is a big village built on the mountain, but compared to Yang Lin's big village on Yang Mountain, it is much simpler, and it is surrounded by a one-person high fence, not to mention that there is no slightest defense ability, it is estimated that the wind can blow down!
The camp was crowded with people, coming in and out, all of whom were pushing a cart in their hands, as if they were constantly transporting something.
"Looks like mining?" Qin Yao saw some clues.
"It should be!" Zhang Fan's eyes lit up, ore is a scarce resource, you can build all kinds of weapons and armor to increase your strength!
The mineral resources of Hades Valley are extremely rich, but Zhang Fan does not have many manpower to explore and excavate, and he is unable to obtain huge profits for the time being.
Even if these are just ordinary ores, the daily wear and tear of supplying the village is more than enough!
At this time, Zhang Fan had not yet obtained the casting drawings of high-end weapons, and there were not many high-level blacksmiths, so ordinary ore was enough!
"This camp must be captured!" The iron wall stared at it, and the ore in the cottage was piled up in a thick layer under the firelight, and the dark and thick color aroused the deep longing in people's hearts from time to time.
"I'll test it first!" Zhang Fan commanded in a deep voice, he was the only person among the five people with long-range firepower, and it was perfect as a temptation.
While controlling his team to cautiously move forward by the moonlight, Zhang Fan turned around and said: "You ambush here first, how to act depends on the situation, pay attention to support!" Yanyang, your cavalry is a big killer, wait for us to contain the opponent's firepower, you can seize the opportunity to attack! ”
"Haha, good!" Yan Yang, who had been aggrieved for too long, laughed, and took Li Yu to break away from the large army and find a suitable place to attack.
The moonlight was hazy, and Zhang Fan's army of archers slowly advanced under his leadership, without making the slightest sound, only the chirping of birds and insects in the silent night, as always.
The Yellow Turban Army patrolling in the cottage did not find that the danger was slowly approaching, at this moment they were in a very comfortable mood, it was really boring to be sent here to mine ore, they missed the days of rampant in the township, but fortunately, the ore in this broken mountain is finally about to be mined, and in a few days they will be able to return to the place where they were and live a godlike life like a king!
Every time he thought of this, a cruel smile appeared on the face of the Yellow Turban soldier.
"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky!"
What imperial power, what wealth, will eventually be trampled under our feet and ravaged, this world is our yellow scarf!
"Whoosh!"
"What sound?" Before the smile receded, a yellow turban soldier felt a pain in his back, and the pain made him wake up instantly, followed by the fear of death, he mustered up all his strength to inspect himself, but found nothing.
"Is it a hallucination? It doesn't make sense, does it? He clearly felt a sharp pain to the bone, his strength was draining, his eyes were blurring, and suddenly he saw a feather arrow piercing deep into the earth in front of him, the arrow feather was still trembling, and drops of blood flowed on it, glittering.
"Enemy attack!" He seemed to understand something, and just wanted to speak, but his body had exhausted all his vitality, and he fell to the ground with a "poof", unable to move.
"Beware of enemy attacks!" Some lucky people escaped the invasion of this round of arrow rain, and shouted a warning with hoarse exhaustion, and suddenly the camp was in chaos, and countless people did not know the truth and ran wildly.
"What's the panic? The enemy didn't come in! The chaos attracted Liu Yi's attention, he was the general of the Yellow Turban Army, this time he was sent here to mine and transport ore, and then make it into a weapon, running for Zhang Jiao and Zhang Dashuai's plan, seeing that his task was about to be completed, he could immediately go back to ask for merit and reward, but there was chaos at the last moment, how could he not be angry?
Stopping the panic in the camp, Liu Yi led his guards to the gate of the camp, wanting to see who dared to attack his station at night, but when he looked around, he only saw lush trees, and there was no trace of people.
"What the hell?" He muttered a little in his heart, but when he turned around and looked at the miserable situation at the gate of the camp, he suddenly became angry, and shouted and scolded: "Guts rats, why do you hide your head and tail since you are here?" Set up a fair battle with me, and I'll let you see how powerful this king is! ”
Zhang Fan hid behind the trees and pouted, he didn't have the slightest idea of going out to fight a "fair" battle with the Yellow Turban Army, the opponent's strength was ten times that of him, and he would only be in danger if he was sick in the brain!
Just now he retreated into the woods after shooting a round of arrow rain, and naturally made a wishful thinking of constantly consuming the other party, how could he go out and die because of one or two sentences of agitation?
Liu Yi scolded for a while, and saw that there was still no half of a figure in his field of vision, and he suddenly hated in his heart, and secretly said that the other party might have withdrawn, so he ordered the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers to strengthen their vigilance and go back to the camp to rest.
"A few rats, disturb my dreams!" He didn't take the fallen soldiers to heart at all.
Seeing that the person who looked like a general in the Yellow Turban Army retreated to the camp, Zhang Fan waited for a while and then repeated the old trick, and another round of arrows was thrown, harvesting more than 100 lives!
"Your grandma's bear!" Liu Yi ran out of the camp in disheveled clothes, and waved his hand angrily: "Burn these trees for me, where can I see where he can run?" Play with Lao Tzu, hum! ”
"My lord, burning down the woods may be able to force the enemy out, but it will also be extremely disadvantageous to us! The fire is difficult to extinguish together, and the camp may not be saved! "Someone persuaded.
"Nothing!" Liu Yi looked very impatient, and said indifferently: "The ore here is almost mined, I originally wanted to lead the team to evacuate tomorrow, it doesn't matter if this Dazhai wants it or not!" ”
"Good, good!" As soon as the man's eyebrows fluttered, he had already had enough of the boredom here, and he no longer hesitated at the moment, and ordered the rest of the Yellow Turban soldiers to prepare to burn the mountain.
"It's so ruthless, it's not fun!" Zhang Fan heard it clearly, he calculated the various reactions of the Yellow Turban Army, but he didn't expect this Yellow Turban general to be so decisive and reckless, and there was no good way for a while.
Here, Liu Yi was just ready to set fire to the mountain, when he saw a big man jumping out of the woods, roaring like thunder: "Who dares to fight with me Zhou Cang?" ”
Liu Yi saw that the other party was majestic, and secretly thought that he might not be an opponent, he still had a good year to enjoy, his eyes rolled and he laughed, pointed at Zhou Cang and shouted: "What kind of hero is hiding his head and showing his tail?" Don't fight the rats! ”
Immediately, he waved his hand and shouted: "Big guy give it to me, cut him down for Lao Tzu!" ”
The Yellow Turban soldiers responded one after another, hula-la-la, shouting to avenge their colleagues.
Zhang Fan saw that he couldn't do anything, so he hurriedly commanded a large army to run out of the woods, guarding Zhou Cang's side, and the archers attacked while retreating, constantly causing damage.
"He's going to be deflated this time!" Tiebi laughed rarely, since he met Zhang Fan, as long as it was about this man, he frequently miscalculated, this man seemed to know everything, and now he finally saw him with a helpless look, and suddenly felt in a good mood.
"Run into an unreasonable general! Count him out of luck! Meng Qing also laughed, and several people took control of the team to walk out of the woods and quickly join Zhang Fan.
The addition of hundreds of fresh forces made the imposing Yellow Turban Army stagnant, and Liu Yi saw it in his eyes and ordered loudly: "Where are the archers?" Shoot these rats on the spot! ”
The Yellow Turban archers of the brigade acted in response, and Zhang Fan looked at it roughly, there were three or four hundred people, and it was a serious threat.
In the rear is the woods, and a few people with torches in the Yellow Turban Army have begun to burn the trees, at this time retreating into it is tantamount to looking for death, the iron wall is lined up, and the shield infantry is firmly guarded in front of the army, defending against the flying arrows of the Yellow Turban archers.
Meng Qing's knife and axe hand also engaged the ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban soldiers is generally not strong, although there are many of them, there is no way to take him for a while, Qin Yao's 300 bandits are like tigers descending from the mountain under the leadership of Yang Lin, with extremely strong attack power, and they will cut down an enemy in a short time, and their morale is booming.
"Zhou Cang! Take your robbers and kill those archers for me! "Zhang Fan's archers suppressed the battlefield and did covering shooting, and the souls of the dead under the arrows were already countless.
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Cang led his 70 robbers to quickly break away from the team and rushed towards the Yellow Turban archers behind the Yellow Turban Village.
"Stop him! Don't hesitate to stop him at a price! Liu Yi yelled wildly, although there are many soldiers under his command, but the combat effectiveness is much weaker than the team in front of him, and the tactics of the crowd may not work, now he can only hope for his own archers, this is the only way for him to reduce his losses, and naturally he cannot be destroyed!
"No!"
"Can't stop him!"
"This big man's strength is too high, whether it is a bow or arrow, a knife or a gun, it is difficult to hurt him, but we are killed by him with one blow, how can we fight?"
Countless people swarmed to block it, countless heads were thrown into the sky, and the Yellow Turban Army was almost killed, and they did not dare to advance.
"Ding!"
Another cold arrow shot from nowhere, Zhou Cang immediately crossed his sword, and looked coldly at the Yellow Turban soldier who was blocking in front of him, the battle armor on his body had already been soaked in blood, and his body exuded a monstrous aura everywhere, and a pair of eyes opened and closed with a fierce light, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour!
"Whoever stands in my way, die!" He suddenly shouted, as powerful as a mad god descended into the world, the less timid Yellow Turban soldier dropped his weapon and turned around and ran, and the slightly bolder staggered back, not daring to cherry his edge, and the place where Zhou Cang was located was actually cleared out of an open space in an instant, becoming a strange scenery on the scorching battlefield.
"Rubbish!" Liu Yi was also horrified, and hurriedly pointed at Zhou Cang and shouted: "Archer, aim at that big man for me and shoot him in a concentrated manner!" ”
"Hundreds of people shot one?" The Yellow Turban archers were a little confused, but their orders could not be violated, and they opened their bows and arrows, and arrows poured down like rain.
"Tiangang Knife Technique!" Zhou Cang coldly glanced at the Yellow Turban commander who gave orders, he was not afraid in the face of the rain of arrows, and waved a knife curtain with a big knife in his hand, and the arrows hit it and were bounced off and broken, it was like an iron wall, ignoring the attack of bows and arrows!
"Haha!" Zhang Fan laughed, if he wasn't sure, how could he be willing to send Zhou Cang out on such a dangerous mission? Know that once a famous player dies, he will disappear from the player's team and return to his historical track.
For example, if Zhou Cang dies here today, then he will return to Woniu Mountain, and finally become the general of Guan Yu Guan's second master, and it will take a lot of money to subdue him!
The threat of ordinary archers to famous generals is very limited, which is one of the reasons why Zhang Fan is relieved to let Zhou Cang fight!
Zhou Cang's knife technique is fast and tight, hundreds of arrows can not penetrate, have been fruitless landing, he was about to take the opportunity to kill forward, but heard the sound of horses' hooves, looked up, only to see the hot sun actually rushed down from the hillside behind the Yellow Turban camp, due to the slope of the cavalry was increased again, almost instantly rushed to the back of the Yellow Turban archers, the bloody butcher's knife was revealed, a massacre officially began!
The archers who were close to the cavalry were like toothless tigers, unable to turn up a trace of wind and waves, Yan Yang laughed and cut down a yellow turban archer, and proudly raised the bloodstained three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand!
"This guy!" Zhang Fan smiled, seeing that the biggest threat had been removed, his heart was also relieved.
It turned out that Yanyang was looking for a suitable place to attack as early as Zhang Fan's first sneak attack, his cavalry was inconvenient in the woods, and it was difficult to exert mobility, and only the hillside behind the Yellow Turban Village was suitable for cavalry to dispatch, where the terrain was better, and because the trees on the top of the ore were cut down, the cavalry could charge on it, and this kind of top-down charge was faster and more powerful!
When the big war broke out, he calmed down and waited for the opportunity, and when the Yellow Turban Archer appeared, he knew that the time was ripe, so there was a scene!
Three hundred archers were slaughtered by the wolf-like cavalry in just one face, Li Yu personally cut off 7 heads and was still not satisfied, under the command of Yan Yang, he launched a charge against the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers, and the bloody rain began to set off in the rear of the Yellow Turban army, unstoppable!
Losing the target of the attack, Zhou Cang was slightly stunned, and then turned his eyes to the Yellow Turban commander who had just let the archers attack him: Liu Yi!
Zhou Cang hated him very much, although he seemed to be parrying very easily, but only he knew the danger, his hands had been shocked by the huge impact force and a little numb, and his palms were faintly painful, this was already his limit, and he couldn't defend against these many arrows if he was not careful, and once he was hit by a bow and arrow, his combat effectiveness would definitely be greatly reduced!
Zhang Fan already knew it in his heart when he saw his movements, and he didn't stop him at the moment, let him let go of it, and capture the thief first to capture the king!
Zhou Cang suddenly roared wildly, leading the remaining robber soldiers to rush wildly towards the place where Liu Yi was, he was still powerful, and few of the Yellow Turban soldiers along the road dared to stop him, and he came to Liu Yi very smoothly.
"Mighty Strike!" He roared like thunder, the big knife in his hand was like a meteor falling from the sky, fast and powerful, Liu Yi was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly raised his gun to rung, but was split in half by Zhou Cang's knife and gun, and his soul returned to the underworld.
The Lord was dead, and the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered, praying for their lives.
The battle stopped, Zhang Fan took stock a little, a total of 20 sword and axe men, 60 bandits, 10 shield infantry and 3 cavalry were killed in this battle, and the robber soldiers under the leadership of Zhou Cang were almost wiped out, but Zhang Fan's archer army did not have any casualties.
More casualties were few, but the harvest was more abundant, the battle beheaded more than 2,500 people, captured nearly 1,000 Yellow Turban soldiers and 200 miners, and there were more than 10,000 ordinary ores and several rare ores in the camp.
This can be described as a bumper harvest, the Yellow Turban soldiers are weak in combat, leave him alone for the time being, these more than 10,000 pieces of ore can be described as a windfall!
On average, every three ores can be forged into a weapon, and if all these 10,000 ores are crafted, they can equip 3,000 soldiers! That's a great asset!
And with those 200 miners, there are enough people to start ore mining in the Hades Valley, and when the ore is continuously produced, why worry about the army's weapons and equipment not being supplied?
This battle made the five of them earn a lot of money!