Chapter 0113: Divergence
On the riverbank, the war drums of the Yellow Turban Army beat even louder, as if the earth was shaking the mountains.
Inspired by the drums of the charge, more Yellow Turban soldiers shouted, undaunted by the long arrows that roared in the air, the soldiers in front fell, and the soldiers in the back stepped on the bodies of their comrades and marched forward bravely.
Yue Fei tried his best, and finally ran out of the range of the long arrow. He threw away the round shield full of arrows and ran wildly towards the hill, shouting as he raised his hand: "Go, go, go......"
The cavalry archers under the hill couldn't stop the swarming enemy at all, and in the sound of the horns urging the retreat on the hill, Yan Wuxing led them to beat their horses and fly back.
When the guards saw Yue Fei running back to their camp unharmed, they cheered in unison, someone brought Yue Fei's mount, and everyone swarmed to hit the horse uphill.
The Yellow Turbans followed closely behind, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
Guan Yu on the hill scolded fiercely and roared loudly: "Let go ......"
A dense array of long arrows burst into the sky, and a piercing howl that tore through the air resounded through the air.
The courage of the Yellow Turban soldiers was admirable, and they turned a blind eye to the whizzing arrows, and swooped down on the hill like a herd of wild horses.
With a sound of "......", the long arrows in the sky were empowered down, and many soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were rushing were suddenly hit by arrows, and the screams were endless, and they fell down one after another.
Three rounds of arrows were fired, and the Yellow Turban soldiers had already rushed halfway up the mountain. Hundreds of people lay on the hillside behind them, many wounded Yellow Turban soldiers rolling on the ground and wailing.
The drums of war are back. The archers of the Youzhou Army who were arrayed on the mountainside immediately beat their horses and ran to both sides, giving way to the open space in the middle.
On the hill, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan, who had long been unable to bear it, led two thousand cavalry, riding horses and whipping, like a flood that broke the embankment, roaring, roaring, and pouring down.
"Kill ......"
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Zhang Jiao saw that his soldiers were wantonly slashed and killed by the enemy's iron cavalry, and he had no power to fight back, and his heart was like a knife. He hurriedly ordered the golden gong to be sounded, and ordered the warriors in the valley to quickly withdraw into the chariot formation.
From the bottom of the hill to within a hundred paces of the car formation, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who did not have time to escape back were immediately killed by the cavalry of the Youzhou Army.
Yue Fei on the hill saw that the cavalry was about to rush into the range of the Yellow Turban Army's bows and arrows, and immediately ordered the golden gong to stop the attack.
Dusk has arrived, and the twilight earth is gradually shrouded in a thin layer of mist, and the black curtain is about to be raised.
On the hillsides, in the valleys, there were dead bodies everywhere. The strong smell of blood floated everywhere with the bleak river breeze.
"Pengju, Zhang Jiao took advantage of the terrain and built this defensive vehicle array with a heavy vehicle is very solid. To completely annihilate him, it is better to tear the gap with infantry. With cavalry, our losses were too great. Guan Yu looked at the position of the Yellow Turban Army and said helplessly.
"Just now, Zilong's troops chased after the enemy and attacked all the way, but they failed to break their car formation, but were beaten back, which shows that Zhang Jiao was prepared for this battle. He put a lot of effort into this car formation. Yue Fei pointed to the position of the Yellow Turban Army on the Ge River and said to a group of officers standing behind him, "You see, the slope here is 100 paces long, and the river valley below is 200 paces. But the valley was half taken up by his chariot array, leaving us with only two hundred paces to the impact, and another hundred paces within the range of his bow and arrows. Neither longitudinal nor lateral distances were suitable for our cavalry to attack. ”
Yue Fei smiled: "Do you have any tricks to break the enemy?" ”
Zhang Fei's face was full of anger and shouted loudly: "When we were in Youzhou, we used to train infantry to fight. We changed half of the cavalry into infantry, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated, and attacked at the same time, and we were sure to take it. ”
Gongsun Chan immediately retorted: "No. We can't fight a war of attrition with them. The advantage of cavalry was to run long distances and charge into battle, rather than to storm enemy fortresses. Now we are using cavalry to fight the Yellow Turban Army's car formation, which is simply killing ourselves. ”
Tian Feng said: "I also agree with General Gongsun's opinion. Now that we have an absolute advantage, there is no need to fight with the enemy. The Yellow Turbans have been trying to capture the hill to break through, and after a long and fierce battle, their losses are far greater than ours. According to my estimates, there are at most half of them left, just look at the dead bodies on the battlefield. Now I can't even find the prongs in the front. We can keep going until we starve them here. ”
Zhao Yun continued: "It's not a way to surround it like this. Once the Yellow Turbans from Ping'en Ancient City arrived, we were very passive. Fighting reinforcements, there are no troops to encircle the corners. If you open your horns, you will be attacked by enemy reinforcements. ”
Guan Yu nodded and said, "It's really passive." Zhang Jiao was shrinking the formation, apparently because of the loss of troops. But the smaller his formation is, the harder it will be for us to attack. Now the Yellow Turbans are like a turtle with a shrunken head, and we don't know what to do. ”
Yue Fei smiled and said, "Yes, yes." It's like we gnaw on cow bones. Gnaw it, I'm so tired that I don't gnaw it, there is still bone marrow in it, and there is still a little cow tendon on the surface, it's a pity to throw it away. ”
Everyone saw that he looked stingy, and immediately burst into laughter.
At this time, Li Zhong hurriedly ran over.
"What about the casualties of the army?" Yue Fei immediately asked.
Li Zhong's face was full of sadness, and he said in a low voice: "I have broken more than five hundred brothers. ”
Yue Fei was taken aback. In just one photo, the Youzhou Iron Cavalry lost more than 500 people. Although the enemy paid a greater price, Yue Fei was still very angry and demanded that a general attack on the Yellow Turban Army be launched immediately.
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Zhang Jiao looked at the gradually darkening sky, and his mood became heavier and heavier.
Zhang Baiqi must have been eaten by the Youzhou army. Otherwise, he just crawled and crawled.
"Great sage and good teacher, Zize should have had an accident?" Xiao Yan, who also felt bad, let out a long sigh and said softly.
Zhang Jiao shook his head, as if he wanted to throw all the things on his mind out of his mind.
"It's getting dark, what do you think Li Yi is going to do?" Zhang Jiao's eyes shot a cold light and asked coldly.
Xiao Yan looked sadly at the battlefield strewn with corpses in front of him, and there was no squeak.
"What ...... son?" Zhang Jiao raised his voice slightly and called out to him.
Xiao Yan shrank his head and walked to the side of the cart. Zhang Jiao stared at him intently, waiting for his answer.
"When we set out from Julu County, there were 200,000 troops, and they were mighty." Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly, "Now there are more than 20,000 of us left." Even if we kill Li Yi and destroy his cavalry, we will be a fiasco, a fiasco of the annihilation of the whole army. ”
Zhang Jiao glared at him angrily and said loudly: "Zigan, we still have Fang Bao's 15,000 men and horses, what is the total annihilation?" As long as we eliminate Li Yi, it will be Youzhou's army that will be wiped out. In this autumn, we will be able to capture Jizhou and even the entire Hebei unscathed. ”
Xiao Yan didn't seem to be too lazy to talk to Zhang Jiao, and sat under the wheel of the car alone and closed his eyes.
Zhang Jiao glanced at Xiao Yan mockingly, and continued: "We are now like a bloody, dying goat, and the Youzhou Army and the Jizhou Coalition Army are like a pack of vicious wolves, circling around us. What he is waiting for now is a chance to kill us with one blow and end our lives once and for all. ”
The corners of his mouth lifted a trace of murderous aura, and he said coldly: "Now is the time when he is most negligent." ”
Xiao Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in surprise, "Is there a way?" ”
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Hearing Guan Yu say that Yue Fei insisted on launching a joint attack on the Yellow Turban Army, Li Yi was taken aback and barely rushed to the front line.
On the hill, the dense sound of drums and horns resounded one after another, resounding throughout the battlefield. The battle flags of the Youzhou Army and the Jizhou Allied Army were moving rapidly, staggered and replaced. The cavalry was divided into two wings, and the infantry was assembled in the center, and the black pressure stood all over the hill. The tension of the impending war was overwhelming.
Night is about to close.
In the car formation of the Yellow Turban Army, the soldiers were full of anger and spirit, each standing in their own defensive position, waiting for the battle, vowing to fight to the death with the Youzhou Iron Cavalry.
Yue Fei was covered in blood, holding a shield in his left hand and a Liquan gun in his right hand, standing at the forefront of the infantry rushing forward.