Chapter 68: Between Victory and Defeat
Gaoyang County is a busy construction site during the day, although it cannot be started day and night because of the cold weather, but now, it is driven by money, and there are changes every day.
On the official road outside the city, there is an endless stream of refugees from the north, Qingzhou and Jizhou, and the Yellow Turbans exchange these refugees for weapons, food, and horses, so as not to be defeated in the siege of the Han army.
For the Yellow Turban, it is getting more and more difficult day by day, Huangfu Song is decisive, Dong Zhuo in Hedong and Lu Zhi, the commander of the Han Army on the Southern Front, are not easy people, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Yellow Turban to last for a few more months!
The scholars in Qingzhou and Jizhou have been harmed by the yellow turbans, and ordinary civilians are just ordinary people, after all, there is nothing to lose, and even most of them are entrusted to the scholars to be a hidden household, not to mention property, not even land!
For civilians, it may be a good thing to be driven north, at least now, the two states in the north, that is, Liaozhou in Youzhou, not only divide the land, but also divide the livestock, horses, cattle and other cultivated land, and exempt them from taxation for three years.
In addition, there are a lot of labor places in the north, opening up official roads, building cities and dock forts, although the money given is not much, but for the common people, it is already very good, in this era, it is not paid to work for the government and the main family, and even have to bring their own dry food.
Therefore, it is difficult for civilians to survive, that is, they want to make money and sell their strength, and there is nowhere to go.
The Yellow Turban drove out the people of the two states, which was a huge blow to the scholars of the two states, and the civilians had no surplus wealth, but the scholars were strong, that is, the local poor family, that was also the door, at least there were good fields and a few good clothes at home, the Yellow Turban was a righteous army, but the righteous army of this era, looting floating wealth was the most basic skill.
Of course, the yellow scarf will not be fatal, after all, people are an important prop for trading with the eldest princess in the north, the eldest princess in the north doesn't want money, as long as people, as a result, in just a few months, millions of people in Qingdao and Hebei went north to the land of Youyan, and went directly to Liaozhou if they were in good health, and those who were slightly worse were arranged in Youzhou, and those who were not in good health were arranged in northern Hebei.
This is a large-scale migration, and fortunately, in this era, the basic quality of civilians is very good, even women have a lot of strength, not to mention cracked tigers and leopards, but carrying dozens of pounds and walking fifty miles is not much of a problem.
There is no shortage of clothing and food supplies along the way, it can be said that after three or five years, the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty will be stable, if this world is true, then the grassland may no longer be a burden, because there will be at least millions of Han people living in Liaozhou!
Yang Yi predicts that there will be at least three months of peace, and the people of Beidi Hu will no longer be troubled, and the various tribes in the desert steppe and Donghu will be seriously damaged, and there will be millions of bloodshed.
And the two pillars of the Donghu people, Xianbei and Wuhuan, have become feuds, and I am afraid that the blood will continue to flow in the future, and the war between them will not stop, but the invasion of the Han realm will no longer have this courage.
Wuhuan and Xianbei have been beheaded, Xianbei Mountain has been built by the Han army, is the dividing line between Liaozhou and the grassland, Liaozhou now has more than one million people, all are strong, this is a huge force, plus those Hu people who cling, Liaozhou has even surpassed Liangzhou, Jiaozhou and other places.
Yang Yi predicts that this migration task will take about three months to complete, and it is only preliminary, and if you want to complete it completely, I am afraid that it will not work for three years.
Of course, this is an experiment, in which all the problems exposed are useful, allowing Yang Yi to avoid mistakes, mobilization in the feudal era, the pros and cons of this, not to do it is not understood at all.
Now only the basic military force is left to face the south, that is, the Yellow Turban, and the regular army to guard against the Yellow Turban is only more than 10,000 people, but this is enough, there are Xu Rong, Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chun Yuqiong, Zhang He, Gao Ran and other generals, how dare the Yellow Turban attack north, and the Yellow Turban has no strength to go north!
Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Dong Zhuo are not easy people, and the Yellow Turban is still difficult to defend now, how dare they go north to invade the border.
Of course, Yang Yi will not always cultivate, it is estimated that after three months, at least the army that is now maintaining order along the way can be transferred south, and after half a year, the interior will be completely stable, and an army of at least 50,000 can be sent south to attack, and by that time, if the yellow scarf has not been destroyed, it will only be a matter of war!
Although most of the forces are drawn to do the things of the southern people and the north, but the caravans in various places have been maintained, the simple attempt of the sea ships, from Liaodong County to the south, until Wuyue, to transport Jianghuai rice grain to the north, this is a grain road, but also more convenient than the land route, back and forth, it takes about a month.
The merchant fleet will also bring back the news of the southern border, Yang Yi also learned that Jingzhou is entrenched in a group of yellow turbans, the rebels are in the south of Jingzhou, I heard that the power is not small, from the land trade route, I also heard the news, Xixiang Hou, the town thief Zhonglang attacked Zhu Jun several times, but they couldn't help it, but the traitors became more and more powerful.
At this time, Yang Yi didn't know that Zhu Jun would suffer a fiasco that shook the government and the opposition!
Jingzhou, Nanjun, on the banks of the Han River.
The cavalry on the other side couldn't be transferred at this time, Sun Zhi was very angry, but he couldn't do anything, more than 10,000 cavalry were repelled by thousands of infantry troops plus more than 100 cavalry, and even if the Han army didn't want to retreat, then the 10,000 cavalry would be defeated!
I don't know if it's the commander or someone else to blame, although Zhou Cang has a bit of bravery, and now Sun Xin's subordinates are also the first generals, Sun Xin can't beat him, but compared with the Han general who rode alone, it is still far behind.
Among the thirty-six brothers of their Sun family, Sun Yong's martial arts lineage, the time of martial arts practice is still short, although the qualifications are very good, but without three or five years of experience, it is impossible to become a powerful general.
is like Sun Yong, who seems to have the posture of a peerless fierce general, but now he can walk dozens of rounds in the hands of Zhou Cang, it has been the hard work of these months, and more, it can't be extravagant, unlike the scribes, the generals are all years of hard work, and they have only achieved something.
Seeing that Zhou Cang couldn't intercept the Han army, I was afraid that he would let go of Zhu Jun, the chief general of the Han army, at this time, Sun Zhi couldn't care about explaining to Pei Yuanshao, so he could only hurry up and take his subordinates to intercept it, and in addition, he ordered the cavalry to go north as soon as possible and find an opportunity to cross the river to intercept.
This pontoon bridge was built by the Han army, and at this time the fire was raging, so it was naturally unusable, but in the north, in the narrow part of the Han River, there was a bridge, which could be passed, and the cavalry of Zhou Cang was detoured there and lurked on the side of the Han army.
Now, as long as you don't count the losses and delay the Han army's northward turn, then you may stop the Han army, although the losses in this battle will exceed expectations, but as long as you win the main general of the Han army, then everything is worth it.
The archers kept releasing arrows, and the foot soldiers desperately attacked the flank of the Han army, seeing that if this continued, the result was the same as Sun Zhi predicted, but his heart was still beating violently.
Because, the general of the Han army who was not expected has not yet made a move, at this time, although the speed of the Han army's northward advance is very fast, and several Han generals are very arrogant, but the general does not come out, and he can't be at ease after all.
At this time, Sun Zhi could only comfort himself, maybe the Han general was injured or seriously injured? You can't step into battle alone, and you're still unharmed, right? Zhou Cang is not so capable, even if he is ten times stronger than Zhou Cang, I am afraid that it will not work, Sun Zhi estimates that the Han General will not be ten times stronger than Zhou Cang!
At this time, the Han army suddenly separated, and just behind the separated Han army, a blue and white variegated war horse appeared, and a general wearing a red battle robe appeared on horseback.
The original color of the robe was no longer visible, at this time it was red dyed with blood, he was like a god with a sneer of arrogance, holding a strangely shaped spear in one hand, Sun Zhi didn't recognize it as a lance, this new weapon, the Han generals have not yet popularized, let alone the yellow scarves from the grassroots.
Huang Zhong controlled the war horse under his seat at this time and slowly moved forward, at this time, everything on the entire battlefield seemed to disappear, and Sun Zhi only had his figure in his field of vision, with a strong sense of oppression, as if it was about to suffocate.
"Ready!"
He took a deep breath and said, the man had appeared, but he was already prepared.
At this time, in the Yellow Turban battle array, some shield carts were launched, on the shield cart on the front, a crossbowman raised a strong crossbow behind the big shield, and the spearmen on both sides clenched the spears in their hands, although there was only one enemy in front of them, but the pressure brought exceeded the hundreds of Han cavalry who were galloping, although among the hundreds of Han cavalry, there were some brave people, but they were not so much pressure.
However, the figure suddenly slowed down thirty zhang away from them, and the green horse dragged Huang Zhongxian to continue walking forward slowly, then jogging, and then turned into a wild run, the horse lance in his hand rubbed against the ground at this time, with a strange sound, and even sparks could be seen.
"Shoot!"
Sun Zhi roared without hesitation.
On the outer layer of the wall composed of shields, a crossbow arrow suddenly fired, the crossbow arrow flew over a short distance in an instant, hundreds of strong crossbows were shot, the horse lance in Huang Zhong's hand danced instantly, and the whole person turned into a ball of light and shadow, in the hunt of hundreds of strong crossbows, he was still approaching rapidly.
"Put it again!"
Sun Zhi then shouted.
Hundreds of crossbow arrows came out of the string in an instant, as if they were shadows, if they were ordinary people, they would basically become hedgehogs in an instant, but at this time, the light and shadow that Huang Zhong turned into dissipated, but it seemed to be unharmed, but if you look closely, you can see that there are still a few arrows pierced on his legs protected by chain mail.
But it's okay, he is still running, Sun Zhi's cold sweat broke out at this time, this is not a person, this is simply a demon, a god, an immortal, definitely not a person, people cannot and should not ignore such harm.
At this moment, the figure suddenly had an arm at this time, and then Huang Zhong hooked the horse lance on the horse's back, and then the strong bow was picked up, and several arrows were held in his hand.
"Stop, stop."
Seeing this scene, Sun Zhi suddenly let out a heart-rending scream, he naturally knew that a person with such force was powerful with an arrow, ordinary people, even if they were fully armor-piercing, could not block this arrow, and Sun Zhi, if he was not a martial artist, naturally he could not block this arrow, but he could dodge.
He snatched a shield and hid behind his own soldiers, but with the blow of gravity, even if he raised the shield in his hand, he fell backwards and fell off his horse, and at the moment he fell, at least five people around him fell together.
It doesn't matter if Sun Zhi falls at this time, he is not dead, but it has a great impact on the morale of the army, cold weapon war, the main general is the source of the morale of the soldiers, although Sun Zhi is not dead, but it is also those who are close to know, the closest is at most more than ten people, and far away, pay attention to the main general's side, but there are thousands of people.
At this time, Huang Zhong shot another arrow, the target was pointed at the banner of the Yellow Turban, as the banner fell, Huang Zhong had abandoned the bow and took the lance, and had arrived in front of the Yellow Turban formation, the shield car blocking the road was broken by him with a blow, and the crossbowmen after it swept away, killing and wounding everywhere.
In the next moment, this yellow turban had collapsed.
The Yellow Turban soldiers who were fighting in other places, they didn't know what was going on there, they only knew that there was a sudden fall there, as if they were all dead and wounded, and that was where the main general was, the source of the morale of the whole army, and then the banner fell.
In the other yellow scarves, the fierce general who crisscrossed the battlefield like a demon had already broken into the formation at this time, and the main general, the main general had probably been killed.
As the source of morale, some generals are dead, and the whole army will fight to avenge him, and some generals will die, but the whole army will immediately collapse, in the yellow scarf, the whole army can fight to the death, Zhang Jiao can, Sun Xin can also, but Sun Zhi cannot.
Only those who have the trust of the generals and are the pillars of their hearts can do it, and Sun Zhi is naturally not.
Therefore, after seeing him fall to the ground, the Yellow Turban Warriors stroked, and the fear of the powerful force instantly crushed their already fragile nerves, so the collapse became inevitable.
It's just an instant, I don't know who started it, the Yellow Turban soldiers, whether they are foot soldiers or knights, all turned around and ran wildly like crazy, and behind them, the morale-boosting Han army was naturally chasing and killing frantically, and this intensified the panic of the Yellow Turbans, so the wild run began to develop towards the bombing camp.
And just got up, relying on the dead soldiers to stop Huang Zhong desperately, Sun Zhi, who originally wanted to collect the army, completely lost control of the situation under the impact of the chaotic army, he and his pro-army had to be wrapped in a rout, in fact, even if he collected the army, there was no point in fighting at this time, and defeat was already an inevitable end.
And their defeat also means the end of this great war.
In this battle, on the whole, the Han army totaled more than 40,000 with a total of 50,000 pairs of yellow turbans, and finally the Han army had more than 5,000 foot soldiers, more than 300 cavalry, and 8,000 yellow scarves and more than 10,000 foot soldiers.
Or maybe it's a big win like never before.
The total number of casualties of the Han army in this battle is more than 40,000, and the number of enemies annihilated is less than 30,000.
However, for both sides, this is a failure, the Yellow Turban can win one game or two games, annihilate the enemy 120,000, even if it is 100,000, but the Han soldiers are mobilized, not to mention a million?
In this battle, the Yellow Turban failed to achieve the strategic goal, captured or beheaded the main general of the Han Army, this is a failure, the Yellow Turban of Nanjun, originally there were only more than 100,000 people, and now under such a big damage, there are strong enemies all around, and the road to Sichuan and Shu has not been able to open up, this is already a failure, and the tactical victory cannot make up for the strategic failure.
If the main general of the Han army is not dead and has not been completely annihilated, then the Han army will make a comeback, and it will be soon!
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