Chapter 227: The Middle Collapse
In the sixth year of Guanghe, on the 20th day of July, at noon, with the sudden appearance of the Yellow Turban of Mount Tai, the decisive battle of Yingyang was truly reversed.
The Hedong Knights of the Han Army, a total of 1,000 cavalry and 20 cavalry, who were originally cruising on the left side of the battlefield, had received the military order of the Chinese army and were ordered to block the Taishan thief army in the northwest.
At this time, the Hedong Knights fought for an hour because of the high intensity, and the state of the men and horses was not very good. But the military order is like a mountain, and it is obvious that they are the only military force that Huangfu Song can still mobilize on the battlefield.
In the galloping cavalry regiment, standing high under the banner of the scepter, Guo Yi, the chief general of the Hedong Knights, knew the key to his own cavalry charge. In his opinion, the Tarzan thief reinforcements in the northwest are too good at catching fighters. At this time, almost all the units of the Han army were entangled with the Runan Yellow Turban, and there was no extra strength to block the charge of the Taishan army. What worries Guo Yi even more is that he feels that the target of this group of cavalry is none other than the empty Han Army, which is where Huangfu Song is located.
Guo Yi, who is thirty-five years old, is at the peak of a military general. He came from the Guo clan in Yangqu, Taiyuan, which was a new family of eunuchs. His uncle became a doctor of Guanglu, and his father became a great farmer, and when he was in his generation, he turned to martial arts and accumulated merit to ride Sima.
In April, the Yellow Turbans were in turmoil. Huangfu Song was ordered to form a group of generals, and Guo Yi was recommended by his fellow villager Wang Yun of Yuzhou to join the Huangfu Song shogunate, and was ordered to go to Hedong to form a cavalry team. According to the development of the original history, he will be promoted to Yanmen Taishou because of the merit of pacifying the Yellow Turban Army, and then his son Guo Huai will become the important general of Cao Wei, and become Sima Yi's cronies, and then the ethnic groups are all in the military, so that they Yangqu Guo eventually became a major general in the Middle Ages, and Guo Ziyi in the Tang Dynasty came from this door. And all this started with Guo Yi and Guo Huaiji.
The interesting thing about fate is that at this time, Sui Hu was by Guo Yi's side, charging with him, wearing a basin collar armor, and the great husband who was eight feet seven inches tall was Sima Yi's brother, Sima Lang.
Don't look at his magnificence, but in fact, this Sima Lang is only thirteen years old now, and he was only a boy in the shade last year. Because of his extraordinary stature, the invigilators who assessed Tong Zilang at that time suspected him of lying about his age. In the end, I learned that their Sima family has always been so majestic, no wonder that Sima Wei was named King Yin by Xiang Yu at the end of Qin, and Sima Jun, the eighth grandson of Sima Wei, was able to be the general of the expedition to the west when he was the emperor, and this family was a natural military general.
Guo Yi looked at the Sui Hu beside him, who was only a few years older than his son, sighed, and ordered:
"Da Lang, you go and report to the old marshal, just say that the thief army may attack the Chinese army, let the old marshal quickly transfer."
Sima Lang didn't squeak under the visor, but still moved with Guo Yi.
Guo Yi said it twice, and Sima Lang said in a loud voice:
"Sima, I'm not leaving. There is no one in my Sima family who is leaving!"
It turned out that Sima Lang understood. Guo Yi deliberately supported Sima Lang to return to the battle, just to give him a way to live. This charge, Guo Yi is not very sure, and Sima Lang is so young, there is no need to die here with him.
But Guo Yi didn't expect Sima Lang to be so stubborn, sighed, and just when Guo Yi was still trying to persuade him, another soldier spoke, this person is Wei Gu, from the Wei family in Anyi, Hedong, and is the hope of Hedong. Guo Yi thought that this was the son of a well-dressed man, and he must have a certain atmosphere, but who knew that this person said this: ....
"Sima, Da Lang is not going, then let me inform the old man."
Guo Yi was ashamed, and glanced at Wei Gu, who had heroic hair and thick eyebrows and big eyes, but in the end he nodded in agreement. After all, compared to letting Huangfu Song transfer, who lives and who dies is just a small section, and the blame is that Sima Lang is too young and doesn't know the truth of adults, that is, life is more important than anything else.
Wei Gu saw that Guo Yi agreed, hugged his fists and took the order, turned the horse's head, and walked towards the Chinese army.
At this time, the Hedong cavalry had completed its rotation and moved from the left flank of the battlefield to the right rear of the battlefield. At this time, the cavalry of the Taishan Army on the opposite side began to accelerate, Guo Yi didn't think much about it, and hurriedly blew the horn three times, signaling the Hedong cavalry to rush.
Now is the time to be loyal to our country.
Come on!
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When the time returned to the morning, ten miles away from Yingyang, the horses' hooves were rolling, kicking up a puff of dust, and thousands of mules and horses were in two parallel columns on the official road
It winds its way up and stretches for miles.
This mule and horse team was obviously the reinforcement of the Taishan army that had just won the Han army's cavalry captain Cao Cao. After they defeated Cao Cao's troops three days ago, they counted 800 prisoners and 1,200 war horses, and the rest were scattered in the countryside and unknown.
For these 800 prisoners, Ding Sheng and other generals suggested that they be killed in a pit. Because it is now in wartime, and there will be a decisive battle with the main force of the Han army later, all the troops need to be used on the blade, and there is no energy to take care of these prisoners. But Zhang Chong was reluctant, these 800 prisoners were all knights of the Han army, and they were very good cavalry seeds.
Everyone here, including Qu Kui Zhang Chong, no one felt that there was anything wrong with these Han cavalry surrendering and then beating their own people. and the strong identity of the state power in later generations, during the Qin and Han dynasties, only the elites of scholars and doctors had this sense of family and country identity, and as for the middle and lower classes, the family was the most important.
Therefore, at the end of Qin, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, forced the Qin general Zhang Han to surrender 200,000 Qin troops, and absorbed a group of cavalry from them. And Liu Bang is even more so, his people entered Xianyang and destroyed the Qin Dynasty, but there are still Li Bi and Luo Jia, these Qin generals took refuge in Liu Bang and made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, as long as these 800 horses are operated properly, Zhang Chong is very confident that they will be digested.
But it's a pity that time waits for no one, Ding Sheng is right, now is the time to concentrate on fighting to the death, and some bottles and cans have to be thrown. But in the end, Zhang Chong still took these 800 people with him. He has his way.
Cao Cao fought in Changshe before, and only thought that the Taishan army was a mixed infantry and cavalry, so he estimated that the footsteps of the Taishan army would be three days later in Yingyang. And Huangfu Song also miscalculated the arrival time of the Taishan army because of the lack of information that the Taishan army was a mule and horse march. It can be said that it was Zhang Chong's decision to march on a mule and horse, and there was a time difference that made this war take a turn.
Two days later, the Taishan army lurked in the woods twenty miles away from Yingyang.
Relying on the sentry of the flying army carrying the flag, Zhang Chong was clear about the dynamics of the Han army on both sides of Yingyang. Seeing that both sides of Yingyang chose to suspend their troops, Zhang Chong could only endure and continue to lurk with the whole army. Until today, the drums on Yingyang's side can even be heard here, and Zhang Chong knows that the time to attack has come. ….
The whole army marched with mules and horses, and even the infantry soldiers who were not good at riding were tied to the neck of the donkey for many days because they were tied to high-intensity marching, and they were able to keep up with the pace of the large army. So it took less than two hours for the Taishan army to enter the edge of the Yingyang battlefield.
At this time, on the battlefield ahead, there were shouts of killing everywhere. As the eyes and ears of the whole army, the flying army has already cruised to the edge of the battlefield to observe the situation.
After a while, Meng Fu returned to the battle with a team of back flags and told Zhang Chong about the current battlefield situation.
On the wilderness, the soldiers of the Taishan Army are drinking water and resting, and the cavalry began to change their horses. The soldiers of the mule and donkey team also got off their cattle, and they first tied those Han prisoners with hemp ropes and threw them into the grass, and those people also accepted their fate, after all, they knew that these yellow turban thieves did not want to kill them, so they also cooperated.
After settling the prisoners, Sergeant Taishan walked to the cart and began to prepare his armor.
When they marched before, their armor was placed on the carts of the army, and they were not wearing them. So they put on each other's robes and armor, and then found their own team leaders and began to line up on the edge of the battlefield.
The scorching sun in July was still so scorching, and the armor of the soldiers was hot, but fortunately, there was a layer of summer clothes inside, so that the skin was not burned. But the armor began to stuff again, and in the blink of an eye, the big beads of sweat rolled down the neck into the armor, sweating profusely.
I really don't know how those who are fighting in front of me are fighting under such a scorching sun.
At this time, Zhang Chong saw a group of Han cavalry wearing crimson military uniforms coming from the southwest, and immediately realized that this was the first wave of enemies he wanted to crush.
Zhang Chong patted his jujube red horse, and then took the dou and the horse from Hu Bing's hand. As soon as I wore it, the sweat directly wet my eyes,
It's also too hot.
The other soldiers were hanging two bags full of halberds on the jujube red horses, and the quivers were four bags behind the horses.
Everything was ready, Zhang Chong said to Guan Yu in the infantry formation behind him:
"Yun Chang, this time you rush with me, let these Han cavalry see what the cavalry is for."
Guan Yu was overjoyed, but his face was still solemn, and he hurriedly shouted that Yu Ban came out to explain the military strategy, so he joined the cavalry team on horseback.
There is nothing to say about the rest, the strategy of this battle, Zhang Chong has already explained it clearly to many officials under his command after learning the details of the battlefield. After he led the assault cavalry to charge, the remaining infantry phalanx needed to carry out the established military strategy under the command of Yu Ban.
In that case, let's fight, no matter how much it is, it's false, and it's useful to say who won. It is true that war needs to be subordinated to politics, but the success or failure of war is directly related to the danger of politics.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Chong put down his armor, clamped the horse's belly, and began to slowly walk towards the cavalry on the opposite side. Subsequently, 1,200 Taishan troops rode Yuli to follow.
There are no superfluous words, everyone firmly believes that with the person in front of them, the victory must belong to them.
The speed of the horse is getting faster and faster, and the knights of the Han army on the opposite side also begin to let go of the horse speed, and in the three rapid horns on the opposite side, the two cavalrymen do not say a word, and they are about to crash together in such a dull manner. ….
Zhang Chong, who was in the lead, suddenly stood up from his horse when he was still charging. That's right, the horse under Zhang Chong's crotch is a double stirrup, which directly liberates most of Zhang Chong's physical strength.
Zhang Chong bowed his body, and the bow and arrow in his hand were aimed at a Han official wearing two-crotch armor in front of him, and he hit the neck. At this time, the distance between the two sides is a full hundred steps, and it is amazing.
Zhang Chong shot an arrow and killed another Han official. Then hurriedly get up and deal with the subsequent impact.
100 steps away, in the blink of an eye. Zhang Chong flew a knight in front of him as soon as he swooped down, and his person directly collided with the three riders behind, clearing up a field of vision.
Then Zhang Chong was hit by a spear in front of his breastplate, and I saw a majestic Han official stabbing Zhang Chong's breastplate with a horse, and then the horse was cut along the smooth armor stomach.
The collar armor Zhang Chong wore was the mirror armor created by Deng Zhi, the master of the ordnance battalion, and the entire armor was polished and smooth, shining in the sun.
Zhang Chong looked at this person and sighed, and then as soon as the horse flipped over, he smashed the person off the horse.
Then Zhang Chong continued to chisel the Han cavalry in front of him, and after a while, the horse in his hand had already collapsed. Zhang Chong pulled out the iron bone with added counterweights, and continued to smash the enemy in front of him. Zhang Chong took the time to glance at Guan Yu on the side, the big man who was always squinting, glaring angrily at this moment, and every blow of Ma Ji in his hand would knock down an enemy, no less than Zhang Chong's killing.
The battle between the Taishan cavalry and the Hedong cavalry probably lasted less than a moment, and then they separated. Left behind the corpses and bewildered horses, they gnawed at their sleeping masters, and kept wailing.
The Hedong cavalry had only walked about three hundred steps after disengagement, and they looked at each other's companions to see if they were still familiar with each other.
Sima Guo Yi of the Hedong Cavalry also glanced at his side, the tall boy Sima Lang was no longer there, Guo Yi sighed. He was about to grab the horn and prepare to organize another charge, but then he realized that the three fingers of his right hand were gone, and he had not realized it before.
The pain in the heart hit, Guo Yi almost fell off the horse, relying on persistence, Guo Yi blew the horn, and the Han cavalry lined up again, ready to launch a second charge.
Guo Yi didn't know that with the charge just now, his cavalry team was directly reduced by thirty percent. This is actually Guo Yi's responsibility, when he took the Hedong cavalry to repair by the Yingshui before, the Han cavalry who couldn't stand the heat took off their heavy and stuffy stomachs, greedy for the cold by the river. And all this, as the main general, Guo Yi did not stop it.
Then they were dispatched by Huangfu Song to cruise on the battlefield on the left flank, which was originally an attack and did not need a stomach. But when they were moved to the right rear and intercepted the Tarzan army, it would not be the case.
Halfway through the run, the Han horsemen who were greedy for cold and unarmored found that the enemy horsemen on the opposite side were full of eyes,
The sun was shining so brightly that they couldn't open their eyes.
The end result is not surprising. This is how it is to fight in horsemanship, and it is better than whose horse has better physical strength, whose armor and stomach are stronger, and whose sword is sharper. And these, the Hedong cavalry, which had been fighting for a long time, was completely defeated.
After blowing the horn, Guo Yi looked sadly at the battlefield in front of him, in the battlefield, those war horses who were frightened by the sound of the horn abandoned the corpse of their master and galloped through the blood field. He even saw that on the battlefield, some Han officials who were just stunned shook their heads, got up from a pool of blood, and limped to find a war horse to escape. ….
Guo Yihu's eyes were full of tears, and he pulled out the iron bone with his intact left hand, and shouted:
"Kill!"
The only remaining Han cavalry drew their swords and charged again with Guo Yi.
Then the two armies collided again, and a moment later, Guan Yu wiped the blood-stained ring head knife with his cuffs, tied Guo Yi's head to the saddle, and then led the cavalry to chase Qu Kui Zhang Chong.
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Chong firmly suppressed Huangfu Song's soldiers on the nest car, and then Zhang Chong continued to slash the Han army with a halberd in one hand and a halberd in the other. In fact, Zhang Chong also regretted that if he had brought fire with him at that time, he could have burned this old thing directly, how could he be so embarrassed.
But no matter what, Zhang Chong's every chopping sound was cut into the hearts of the Chinese army officials like a talisman, and everyone knew what kind of evil consequences would be in the back if this big face fell.
But what can they do now? Those who had the courage to fight had already died below, and those who were willing to guard the flag were also nailed to the nest car. The rest of the people were panicked, but they could only do nothing.
Even an iron-blooded veteran like Huangfu Song couldn't help but close his eyes and wait for the judgment of fate.
But at this moment, on the battlefield ahead, a tsunami suddenly broke out, and I saw that the six-section battle banner representing Peng Tuo in the center of the battlefield slowly fell under the desperate eyes of countless Yellow Turban Army!
Huangfu Song won the bet in the end, and the Chinese army reserve team he finally pressed became the real decisive player in this battle, and Zhao Rong, the captain of the Chinese army, finally lived up to the trust of the old commander, and at this moment broke the middle of the Runan Yellow Turban.
Zhao Rong is a native of Tianshui, Liangzhou, and his state's heroes are impregnated by the Qiang wind, so he is good at throwing short spears. This Zhao Rong has a team of such Xizhou warriors, who are good at throwing short spears.
After Zhao Rong led the army to rescue the middle road, he did not start, and kept observing the front line of the Runan Chinese Army in front.
Previously, Peng Tuo, the commander of Runan Qu, had been at the forefront, but he changed into an ordinary armor stomach, and he was also worried about being set on fire by the Han army. But Zhao Rong, who was in the back, keenly noticed that there were constantly yellow turban messengers converging in that direction, so he boldly guessed that Peng Tuo was here, so he took his team of spear throwers and secretly moved over.
As soon as he arrived, he saw a majestic Yellow Turban warrior giving instructions to a certain messenger, and then Zhao Rong decisively ordered, and then at least twenty short spears covered the place where Peng Tuo stood.
At that time, Peng Tuo was hit by several spears, and when he was rescued, he only had time to explain what happened and left with a whimper. As soon as Peng Tuo died, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan was taken away, and he directly lost the Chinese army. Zhao Rong cut off Peng Tuo's big scarf, and saw that the Runan Yellow Turban was about to stage a big collapse.
But the nightmare of the Yellow Turban Army is not only that, on the battlefield on the east bank of Yingshui, Yingchuan Taiping Dao Qu Shuai Bocai, who has been entangled with the Han army and has a headache, also died.
When Bo Cai was handsome with the last main force of 10,000 people to kill Zhu Jun's army, Zheng Taishuai, the captain of the rear department, counterattacked with 4,000 elite soldiers. When the two armies were anxious, Zhu Jun personally took the Hanoi cavalry regiment and the cavalry of the generals to piece together 2,000 cavalry troops and inserted them directly into the flank of Bocai.
Then the whole battlefield was chaotic, the Han soldiers, the Yingchuan Yellow Turban, all of them had no system, as long as they saw different colors of clothing, they would be killed.
In the confusion, Bocai and the pro-army were also divided, and a group of Han cavalry shot Bocai's mount. The Marshal of Runan could only retreat on foot with a few of his own pro-troops to the edge of the battlefield, where he prepared to reassemble a formation.
But a Han cavalry team cruising on the edge of the battlefield found them, Bo Cai and the pro-army rushed out to attack and kill, but Bo Cai's chest was shot by a loss in the breakthrough, and finally walked less than a hundred steps, Bo Cai sat on the ground weakly, and said to the Hu soldiers on the side:
"You cut off my head, don't let me fall into the hands of the Han soldiers."
The soldier was a member of Bocai's clan, and when he heard this, he cried and couldn't do anything, and in the end, Bocai himself took out the arrow and missed, and killed himself. The soldiers howled and cried, and the Han cavalry behind saw it and killed him, there was no way, he could only cut off the head of the clan uncle, wrapped it in the hem, and hung it in front of his neck.
In the end, when the Han cavalry team chased after him, the soldier jumped into Yingshui and disappeared.
Fortunately, at this time, the Yingchuan Yellow Turban on the east bank was fighting with the Han army, and Bo Cai's death did not dissipate the fighting spirit of Taiping Dao, and he fought hard.
So, happiness came so suddenly.
Huangfu Song, who was hiding behind the shield wall, was still waiting for the decision of fate just now, and suddenly the situation on the battlefield took such a big reversal. He was overjoyed and said to Zhang Chong below:
"Children, count this ear!"
After saying that, he laughed.
But soon, Huangfu Song couldn't laugh, and suddenly he saw that bags of things were constantly being thrown into the nest car below, which were wrapped in cloth, and he didn't know what they were.
Huangfu Song unraveled
When I saw it, I almost threw it up, but it turned out to be fresh horse manure.
The stench was stinking, and the front-line holders didn't hold on, shaking to change their breath, but at this time, a feather arrow pierced through the air, and Huangfu Song's forehead, who was still holding his breath, was in the middle.
Then there was a scream, and Huangfu Song covered his forehead and froze to the ground.
What he didn't see was that after this arrow, a three-hand halberd flew up from below, and it smashed on the big coffin, like a lion-like force, directly chiseled the halberd deep through the big coffin.
Then, in the frightened looks of the Han officials, Da Xuan made a squeaky sound, and the last crisp sound broke down.
Then the whole battlefield fell silent!.
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