Chapter 248 Donkey Cart


Chapter 248 Donkey Cart

Guanghe six years, August 24, outside Xingyang County.

He Yi used the turtle method to attack the city with medium to low intensity for half the day. After coming down several times, not only the Han soldiers in the city became slack, but even the Yellow Turban soldiers attacking the city below were a little confused.

What was supposed to be a bloody siege turned into a military drama.

But He Yi, who was watching the battle in the east of the city, looked like he was sure of victory. Hearing that there were no more sounds of fighting in front of him, he said to himself from time to time:

"Good, that's it."

He Yi looked at the sun and felt that it was almost time.

He turned around and looked at a military formation beside the big banner that had been silent since the beginning of the war. Although there were only five hundred people, there was a murderous atmosphere.

This soldier is the trump card in He Yi's hand. He imitates Ma Yuanyi's model of building the Yellow Turban Warriors. He selects all the warriors in the army, practices military formations, chants scriptures, eats, lives and trains together. He Yi believed that with this battalion of warriors joining the battlefield, the outcome of this battle was already determined.

He Yi came to the Lishi Camp in person. Looking at the Taoist disciples wearing yellow scarves on their foreheads, He Yi took a deep breath:

"My disciples of Huang Tian, ​​where are they?"

He Yi pointed to Xingyang City not far away.

One of the top warriors replied:

"Xingyang."

"Yes, but it is not just Xingyang, it is also the gate to Luoyang. What is the reason why we joined the Yellow Turbans? It is to break the sinful city of the Han family that eats the flesh and blood of the poor in the world. You and I are digging in the ground After eating for a lifetime, more than half of the food is sent there, so the rats in Luoyang are fatter than us. Therefore, I have always wanted to take you to Luoyang one day and ask the ministers on the streets why they are also human. , why are their lives more valuable than ours?”

"The life of the head of Guizhou is also a life, and it is as precious as theirs."

Listening to the heavy breathing of the warriors, He Yi clapped her hands. The soldiers who had prepared in advance carried baskets of bamboo baskets filled with copper coins and placed them in front of the warriors.

He Yi kicked over the bamboo baskets one by one, and the copper coins in the frames poured onto the ground like running water, shining with temptation.

He then said to the strong men:

"You bleed for Huang Tian, ​​then Huang Tian will not let you down. These copper coins are yours, and after Xingyang is captured, you will be the first to grab it. And I only have one request, that is, capture Xingyang for me, so that these coins The yellow sky changes to the sky.”

He Yi raised her arms and shouted:

"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky must stand."

All the warriors waved their arms crazily:

"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky must stand."

Amidst the earth-shattering noise, the leader who had spoken before came out again and said lightly to He Yi who was cheering:

"Qu Shuai, we don't need this money. You take this money back. If our brothers die in the city, you can erect a monument for us. If our brothers are injured and disabled, you can also give this money to our brothers." Treat it. If it can’t be cured, give it to our surviving disciples.”

After hearing these words, He Yi, who had just raised her arms and shouted, choked up and didn't know how to reply.

Then I heard the leader of the row yelling at the warriors:

"Upon armor."

The warriors picked up the armor from the ground and put it on each other's brothers. There was no unnecessary nonsense in the process.

The leader shouted again:

"Arrange a triangle formation."

Then the five hundred warriors formed three regiment attack formations: front, left, and right under their respective platoon organizations according to their usual training.

Among them, the front line was the leader of the order, and he led one hundred and fifty people. There are two hundred men in the left camp, and one hundred and fifty men in the right camp.

This tactic is obviously to attack the front formation as the main attack, and then the 200 people from the left camp will pretend to attack to attract the attention of the Han soldiers in the city. Finally, the 150 people from the reserve team of the right camp will follow the brothers from the front camp to follow behind them to attract the attention of the Han soldiers in the city. The soldier struck suddenly.

Arrange in formation and lead the line:

"Attack."

In this way, the three battalions of five hundred warriors accelerated and attacked the east city.

Throughout the whole process, He Yi, as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, did not say a single word, and these warriors went on their own.

He asked his confidant Yin Zhong angrily:

"How can these strong men be so ignorant of themselves? Isn't this reasonable?"

Yin Zhong hurriedly comforted and said:

"He is so handsome, because they are really brothers."

He Yi understood that these warriors had formed a solid group over a long period of time because they ate, lived and shared the same beliefs. They don't need to follow He Yi's command. They have command within the group that they believe in, and they don't need to follow He Yi's command because they only believe in the Taiping Jing.

He Yi, who understood this, looked at the warriors moving as fast as the wind and said with a smile:

"That's right. Why am I angry with these lunatics? Just give me Xingyang."

After that, He Yi had no time to watch the warriors fighting in blood, while he asked the soldiers for a bowl of honey water and drank it while watching.

Needless to say, He Yi's turtle hunting tactics were quite successful.

When these elite warriors were sent to the battlefield, the situation in the entire Dongcheng immediately turned upside down. The Han soldiers in the city thought that the Yellow Turbans would retreat after charging for a while as they did before. They were not even willing to throw away rolling logs and rocks, so they waved their weapons to scare the Yellow Turbans.

But this time the warriors were completely different. They climbed the ladder in groups of three or two, and in an instant, they were standing on the city. The apricot-yellow flag was also firmly planted on the east city gate.

Looking at these, the honey water He Yi drank became even sweeter.

At this moment, the sound of roaring mountains and tsunami came from ahead, and He Yi was overjoyed:

"As expected of the warrior I built, who else can match this fighting power."

Then he turned to Yin Zhong and said to himself:

"So, am I still good at catching turtles?"

But this time He Yi didn't listen to Yin Zhong's compliments. He opened his mouth and looked to the left, which was the direction to the south of the city.

He Yi was confused, looking towards the south of the city, and saw a tall horse riding out from the billowing smoke, a general with a crimson pennant on his back, and then more and more cavalry troops came out.

He Yi panicked:

"It's the Han army."

Then he immediately ordered the soldiers to shout gold and asked the Yellow Turban Army on the city to withdraw.

But this time, there was a loud golden sound on his side, but no soldiers in front withdrew. Obviously, those warriors did not intend to listen to He Yi's instructions and wanted to capture Xingyang according to their own ideas.

He Yi was so angry that she smashed the bowl on the ground and immediately ordered:

"Deploy a circular formation." At this time, it was too late to arrange the resisting horses, so the soldiers could only be arranged into a circular formation to withstand the impact of the cavalry.

Looking at the helpless soldiers who only managed to surround themselves with swords and spears amidst the scoldings of the military officials, He Yi felt desperate:

"Where did this Han army come from? Why did they wait for me to attack Xingyang suddenly? Thief Huang Tian, ​​do you care for your followers like this?"

In fact, He Yi mistakenly blamed Huang Tian. This Han cavalry had actually arrived near Xingyang a long time ago, waiting for He Yi to attack his weak spot when his army came out.

And the leader of this fast, accurate and ruthless Han cavalry army was none other than the deputy clan member of Beizhong Lang General Lu Zhi, who was also the Colonel Wuhuan of the Han Dynasty.

Since the new Zuo Zhonglang General Zhang Wen took office, he wrote to Lu Zhi of Hebei Province and ordered him to quickly divide his troops and go south to rescue Xingyang. Lu Zhi directly ordered Zong Yuan, the deputy commander, to use the swiftness and fierceness of his Youzhou sudden cavalry.

In the Hebei battlefield at that time, the Han army had already compressed the Hebei Yellow Turbans into the two cities of Guangzong and Quyang. The two armies were engaged in a long-term siege. The Youzhou Assault Cavalry in Lu Zhi's hands was of little use and served as the main force going south.

The clan members received the command and led three thousand Youzhou sudden cavalry to double the route. After a brief repair in Chaoge, they quickly traveled along the Yellow River. They only needed to find a ferry to enter Henan.

There are no less than thirty ferry crossings on both sides of the Yellow River, but the most suitable ones for clan members are Chenggaojin and Juanjin. Chenggaojin is to the west of Xingyang and Juanjin is to the east. As usual, the closest route from Chaoge to reinforce Xingyang is to Juanjin. But that's why I can't leave, because it's easy to be exposed. Therefore, the clan members decided to walk a little further along the north bank of the Yellow River and cross the river from Chenggaojin.

Zong members rushed to the north of Xingyang on August 22, but did not notify the Han army in the city. After months of fighting on the battlefield in Hebei, the experience of the clan members is that those who sell you are the so-called friendly troops.

Who knows how flourishing Taiping Road is in local counties.

The rangers who came out quickly reported that a Yellow Turban Army was entering Xingyang and wanted to attack Xingyang. Then the clan members made such an arrangement.

He lurked in the woods ten miles away from the battlefield and kept silent. Then he suddenly burst out at the foot of the Yellow Turban Army City when he was neither up nor down, adding to his military exploits.

At this time, the clan members led the heroes of Youzhou in pursuit of death and the north, and they were in high spirits. They had broken through two formations in a row. The Yellow Turban bandits who originally attacked the city from the west had already collapsed when the clan members and cavalry appeared behind them. After that, they chased and killed them. When they detoured to the south of the city, the thieves resisted a little.

But what can be done?

Now the head of the thief general of that battalion is hanging on his horse, and the next one is the thief commander under the big banner.

——

He Yi stood on the carriage and shouted hoarsely to appease the troops:

"Brothers, we are just waiting for the last step. Now that the front army has broken through the city, all we need to do is open the city gate to allow our army to enter the city and defend. And General Chongtian's army is behind us. As long as we hold on to Xingyang, we will wait for reinforcements. As soon as we arrive, we can immediately cooperate with each other. Victory belongs to Huang Tian.”

After saying so much, He Yi said the most sincere words:

"Brothers, you must endure it."

But it's a pity that not many people listened to He Yi's heartfelt words. They are struggling to resist the attack of the most elite cavalry regiment of the Han Dynasty, the Youzhou sudden cavalry.

Youzhou's sudden cavalry has the advantages of the Hu and Han people. It not only has the good riding skills of the Hu people, but also has the constraints of the Han's military art. Its tactics are to drill, drill, and drill.

Zong Yuan led the heroes from Youzhou and other places in the deserted area east of Xingyang. Especially driven by a few brave generals, He Yi's hastily prepared circular formation was simply vulnerable.

Desperate, He Yi had no hope of forming an army and could only fight hard. He looked outside and saw that the head of the tenant dog who was originally in charge of the battlefield south of the city was now hanging on the horse head of a Han army general.

He was filled with grief and anger and determined to avenge the tenant dog.

He Yi, with dozens of guards, was about to rush over to surround and kill the Han general. Suddenly, a Yan warrior with a leopard head and ringed eyes came to kill from the side. His hands were covered with silk, and each blow would explode a yellow scarf head.

The repeated beatings directly took away He Yi's courage. He screamed strangely, no longer caring about the battlefield, ran directly to the donkey cart behind, and pushed down the baggage.

He Yi jumped on the donkey cart and beat the donkey like crazy, then drove towards the east.

The soldiers who were left behind by He Yi looked at each other and glanced at Commander Qu who was walking away in embarrassment. They no longer wanted to follow, but relied on each other from the northeast and evacuated from the battlefield.

The clan member saw He Yi driving away in a donkey cart. He sneered and nodded to a Youzhou hero next to him:

"Bogui, come to my tent and I'll do a good job with you. I guess the person who just drove the donkey cart eastward in a panic must be the leader of thieves. I'll leave that level of skill to you."

The person who was called Bogui was none other than Gongsun Zan, a hero from the Western Liao Dynasty. He was riding a white horse, and behind him were dozens of horsemen dressed like him, all riding white horses. These people were the "white horse righteous followers" whom he relied on for support. .

At this time, Gongsun Zan already had some reputation in the border areas, because with the support of his good father-in-law and good benefactor, he had already become the official official of the Liaodong vassal state. When he was in the border area, whenever he heard about the border police, he would always look stern and angry, as if he were going to take revenge. Hu was very afraid of it and told him: "You should avoid the white horse for a long time."

Later, the clan members led Youzhou's sudden cavalry to the south, and transferred the white horse envoy into the military ranks.

At this moment, the clan members intended to praise him, but after hearing the clan members' words, Gongsun Zan did not move. Instead, he nodded to a young warrior with long arms and legs beside him:

"Xuande, go, that level of skill will be yours."

After hearing this, the sect member's face that was smiling just now turned down.

He never expected that Gongsun Zan would be so ignorant of praise. The credit he gave to this person was actually looked down upon, and he actually gave it to a nobody.

The clan members looked at Gongsun Zan with evil eyes and said nothing.

Instead, Gongsun Zan spoke first:

"Deputy Commander, this person's name is Liu Bei, Liu Xuande. He is a descendant of the Han Dynasty. He is my classmate and studied under General Beizhong Lang. I have made many meritorious deeds along the way. I will give this level of merit to Xuande." br>


Although Gongsun Zan explained it, the clan members were even more resentful and even used Lu Shuai to suppress him. Otherwise, because you are Lu Shuai’s student, I would have arranged a life and death arrangement for you just now. Do you still want to get credit?

But thinking of Lu Zhi, the clan member still endured this tone and said calmly:

"The merit you give is yours, and you can give it to whomever you want."

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan didn't know if he understood the meaning. Anyway, he smiled and said to Liu Bei:

"Xuande, don't go get your gong yet. If you don't chase me, that level of gong will escape."

The young warrior named Liu Bei first yelled at Gongsun Zan, then gave a military salute to the clan members, and then led a group of warriors with leopard heads and eyes to pursue He Yi.

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"Drive, drive..."

He Yi, who was racing furiously, whipped the donkey and used all his driving skills to escape from the battlefield.

He knew his ambition was over.

In this battle at Xingyang City, he lost two thousand of his most elite soldiers. Although he still had four thousand troops with Zhang Chong, with this defeat, he could no longer challenge Zhang Chong's position.

He didn't understand why Zhang Chong had won every battle, but he had always had a smooth journey before, but he stuck his feet at the most critical moment. He felt that there was a mysterious force intervening in all this.

Is it true that Huang Tian only cares for the Zhang family? Is it true that no matter how hard a person like him works, it will be in vain?

But it's useless to think so much, let's escape from here first.

Just when he was thinking wildly, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, and his heart tightened. He immediately opened a box and sprinkled gold on the ground.

He knew that if the Yellow Turban had no cavalry, there would be pursuers behind him, and the box of gold next to him was the key to his escape.

Huang Tian! I sincerely pray that everyone loves gold.

(End of chapter)

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