Chapter 268 Golden Knife
Zhang Dan's troops on the left wing went all out as soon as they came up, and attacked with three fierce tactics like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
The original military system of Zhang Dan's department was still the old military system of the Taishan Army in the past. The main body was composed of flower troops, which focused on assault. They were good at using small groups of elites to make detours during the attack.
For example, now, when Guo Liang is attacked by the front, a small number of troops from the front are feinting and shouting, and the troops of the two villages are attacked from the left and right, passing through the gap between Liu's soldiers on the opposite side. After waiting for the two flanking troops to cross in, Guo Liang led the frontal troops to attack immediately.
Guo Liang's department is worthy of being one of the oldest battalion leaders of the Taishan Army, and Guo Liang himself is worthy of being called by Zhang Chong as the most brain-intensive general in the army. At this moment, relying on the skillful small group interweaving tactics, the Liu family on the opposite side is The soldiers retreated one after another.
After all, the Liu family of Huayin did not build their family by force, and the men under their command were just ordinary people. Facing Guo Liang's men with the same strength, they immediately fled.
In fact, it doesn't matter how weak they are, even if the main force of the Han army encounters Guo Liang's tribe, it will be no different.
Because Guo Liang is an old battalion leader, many of the grassroots officers below him are elites who have been fighting hard for three or four years, and they are heavily trained in the army. Therefore, these generals who lead the team are very good at tactical command. A force of ten people can not only attack and cooperate, They can also spread out in groups and fight on their own. It can be said that it can be recovered even if it is spread out.
For example, when fighting against Liu's soldiers in Jiyin, some of them were just minor problems, such as if the line was slightly loose, they would be immediately caught by these generals, and then decisively take advantage of the opportunity to attack. What's even more valuable is that he can rush forward, but he is also not willing to fight. He can hold his ground when there is a breakthrough, and then continue to advance afterward. This kind of interactive attack in stages and stages is Guo Liang's specialty tactic.
So it was time for Liu's soldiers to meet Guo Liang's troops. The friendly Yang's soldiers over there were thrown into chaos by fifty and a half armored knights, and they were beaten back by a group of soldiers again.
And when it was even more devastating, they were originally suppressing Guan Yu's left wing on the inside, but now they were also cooperating with the bandits outside.
The battle has been fought so far, and the officers of Liu's and Yang's soldiers already know that they have lost. Now there are only two ways in front of them. One is to continue to hold on and wait for reinforcements from behind, and the other is to withdraw with their husband before the whole army collapses.
Is this a multiple choice question? It has never been the case. The life of their husband is a hundred times more precious than these moth thieves. How can they stop their lives here, let alone expect reinforcements from behind? They themselves don't believe it.
As a result, the military officers, faced with the successive defeats ahead, did not step forward but turned around and went to find their husbands.
In fact, Liu Song, the husband of Liu's soldiers, was more decisive and knowledgeable than the military officials below them. After seeing the Taishan Army coming from behind, he didn't think much. After planting the flag in place, he quietly moved to the edge with a few soldiers, then spared the formation and ran directly back to the Han Army. Within the formation.
Liu Song never thought about using himself as bait to save Huang Wan's life from the beginning. You are a minister, isn't my father the same? Who is nobler than whom!
This is Liu Song's concept. Everyone above oneself is equal, and there is a clear ladder below oneself.
Liu Song hurriedly withdrew the Han army's main formation with his armored soldiers. He was sure that Huang Wan would not come back and take advantage of him. But unfortunately, he was wrong. As soon as Liu Song returned to camp, Huang Wan ordered his clothes and armor to be stripped off. Several of Liu Song's soldiers resisted, but their thighs were cut off by halberd warriors, and the blood dyed the loess in front of the chariot red. Liu Song himself also had his ears and nose cut off, and then was hung on the military flag.
The reason why Huang Wan was so ruthless was that he did not care about the affection between the so-called Gong Qing's children, because he had the intention of sacrificing his life to serve the country.
He knew very well that if the Han army lost this battle, the effective strength of the capital would be gone. The strength of the capital is essentially the strength of the imperial power. Once the capital is gone, the authority of the Han Dynasty will become nothing more than duckweed.
Unlike those rotten Confucians who talk about benevolence and justice, Huang Wan is more practical. The Han Dynasty's words can be heard by the local government. In addition to relying on the Han Dynasty's long-lasting kindness to the local area, more importantly, the Han Dynasty has the strength of the Sanhe elite, the northern and southern armies, and even the officials in the Gyeonggi region.
Don't you see, Emperor Gaozu has already decided to place the capital in Guanzhong, so that if something happens to the East, the Han Dynasty can rely on the strength of the capital to directly eliminate the dissatisfaction.
Therefore, the strength of Gyeonggi is the legs of the country's bed. How can the country sleep on a bed without legs?
And what about the sons of the public family like Liu Song? In this critical moment, you don’t want to serve your country, but you dare to abandon the army and run away? If he doesn't kill him, how can he, Huang Wan, lead the army? If he doesn't kill him, how can he be worthy of the martyrs who died on the battlefield since the Feng Rebellion?
kill!
Liu Song's ears and nose were cut off here, and he screamed in agony. On the other side of the formation, the officials who could not find their husband couldn't bear it anymore and broke out to escape.
Unlike Liu Song who was timid and afraid of death, Yang Gan of the Yang family was worthy of being an old Qin man. From the very beginning when he contacted the enemy, he was at the forefront with his troops, and the one he attacked was Zhang Nan, the left-wing general under Li Damu.
Zhang Nan was a wise general, but his military force was only average, so it was quite difficult to encounter a hero like Yang Gan. For a moment, the front line was crumbling due to Yang Gan's charge. Fortunately, Li Damu saw that something was wrong and came up with his guards to support him.
When the officials found Yang Gan, their husband was retreating back covered in blood. He was about to change his sword. After a moment of fighting, four of the swords in Yang Gan's hand were chopped to pieces.
Suddenly seeing his subordinates approaching, Yang Gan glared and cursed:
"Who asked you to come here? If you are not here, how can the brothers below fight with peace of mind?"
After hearing what their husband said, some of them burst into tears and hugged Yang Gan:
"Lang Jun, where did the brothers come from? We are defeated, we are all defeated! The Taishan thieves rushing from behind are all over the mountain, and there is no way to kill them all. Let's leave quickly."
Yang Gan's first reaction was that these officials were greedy for life and afraid of death, so he looked behind the formation and saw that his Yang family's small flags were falling everywhere. Then he looked at his friendly troops, that is, the high-hanging flags in the Liu family's formation. The Liu character flag and the heraldic clan flag exclusive to the Huayin Liu family were also slowly falling.
At this moment, Yang Gan finally realized that he was really defeated!
The descendants of public clans like the Yang family and the Liu family were almost similar to the status of princes and officials in ancient times, and they all had their own clan flags and coats of arms. The pattern of each coat of arms is the history and allusion of its own family.
For example, the clan flag of the Huayin Yang family is a bird-offering grass flag. This is an allusion to Yang Bao, the ancestor of their lineage, and a bird offering grass to repay kindness. And the clan flag of their Huayin Liu family is the red dragon in the field. The Red Dragon Flag is also the exclusive flag for the descendants of the Liu family, because the Liu family is after the ancient Emperor Yao, and Emperor Yao was the reincarnation of the Red Dragon. And in the Tiantu, it means that the origin of the Liu family in Huayin comes from Liu Xi, the second brother of Emperor Gaozu, who is a good farmer!
Every clan flag is a symbol of a family's spirit. Now even the Liu family's clan flag has been cut down. It seems that the Liu family has really lost.
But some people are more heroic in times of crisis.
In this difficult time, Yang Gan still cheered up and said:
"Gentlemen, I, the Yang family, have been grateful to the Han Dynasty for generations. Without the Han Dynasty, we, the Yang family, would not be what we are today. If the Han Dynasty is really going to perish, and sacrifices must be made with blood, then there must be the blood of my Yang family. .”
When Lang Jun said this, the eight officials present knew Yang Gan's plan, and they all fell silent.
Seeing everyone's silence, Yang Gan sighed and said:
"But I, Yang, would dare to force you to death. Just because I, the Yang family, have received four hundred years of favor from the Han Dynasty, how can there be one or two people who stand up for justice and die in the Han Dynasty? Moreover, the man remains between heaven and earth, but Thirty is in a hurry, but if we can leave a name in history with our passion, our heroes will be remembered for eternity. ”
"If you die, you will die. It's okay to die for your country!"
"Twenty years later, we are still a good team!"
"Anyway, my hundred and ten pounds were raised by the Yang family, so what if I send them back now."
"I'm not afraid of death, I'm just afraid that the killing won't be fast enough!"
These words may be heroic or lofty, but everyone present is willing to follow the husband to fight back.
It is those words that show the true nature of a hero when the sea is flowing. Yang Gan and the Eight Righteous Soldiers are both bad. If they die, they will die. They cannot fall into this fierce spirit.
Therefore, when all the soldiers returned northward in a hurry, only Yang Gan and the Eight Righteous Soldiers fought back and ran straight into Li Damu's guard.
Unfortunately, what they bumped into was Li DaMou's guard. Fortunately, what they bumped into was Li DaMou's guard. Yang Gan took the lead and made a leaping slash at an unusually majestic tiger warrior, but was blocked by the man's horizontal sword.
Yang Gan's strength is not ordinary, and with the help of top-down jumping attacks, how can his strength be ordinary? But the tiger warrior in front of him blocked the sword without even shaking it. What kind of monster is this?
That's right, this tiger soldier is Sima of Guan Yu's left department, the god general of Mount Tai Army, Li Damu.
Yang Gan's heart tightened, and then he was hugged from the waist and thrown to the ground by Li Damu. In addition to his unparalleled strength, Li Damu was also most famous for his halberd throwing and horn-throwing skills. Now Yang Gan was thrown by Li Damu, and the hard armor directly shook away his strength under the earthquake of the earth.
Yang Gan was not convinced, gritted his teeth, and hugged Li Damu, but unfortunately Li Damu only used one hand to break his hand away, and then pressed his knee on Yang Gan's stomach, preventing him from moving anymore.
The scene was like a cheetah being slapped to the ground by a giant tiger in the forest. It was so suppressed.
Seeing that his Sima had subdued this officer, the guardsmen on the side were about to step forward to kill the owl's leader, but were then stopped by Li Damu.
Li Damu had heard this man's encouragement in front of the battle, and he admired it in his heart, so he spared his life if he wanted to. However, seeing this man's gorgeous waistline, Li Damu unceremoniously took it off and gave it to Ding Daqi, so that he would not be constantly compared with Cai Que.
Yang Gan was captured, and the remaining Eight Righteous Soldiers were either dead or captured. This was the end of the final counterattack of the first formation on the right wing of the Han army.
Later, Yang's Bird Ring Grass Banner was captured by Li Damu, while Liu's Red Dragon Banner in Tian was captured by Guo Liang.
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When Zhang Dan's whole army was fighting hard, the soldiers of the left school Weibu who were originally in the central army also slowly moved to the right side of Guan Yu's troops under the leadership of the iron beast Cai Que, intending to flank the second formation of the Han army's left wing who was fighting fiercely. .
Half of the four thousand soldiers in Zhang Chong's army were soldiers who had surrendered during the Battle of Yingyang. Many of them were from Hedong. When they heard the familiar local accent not far away, many people were a little sad.
But the friendship between fellow villagers is just that. They have sacrificed their lives for the Han Dynasty, and now that they have surrendered, Zhang Chong will have a favor for their lives, not to mention that the Taishan Army’s plan to divide the fields is really good for them, the lower class. The fighting men are so tempting. No matter which dynasty or generation, who can pay such a price to win over the Han will not win their allegiance?
It is said that the old Liu family used to allocate land to their subordinates in this way and won hundreds of thousands of strong men in Guanzhong. It is a pity that the Liu family no longer has a share of land to give to these low-level people. It has become a real joke in the world.
Due to the limited width of the movement route, the two thousand soldiers of the Taishan Army's Zuo Xiaowei were divided into four neat square formations, arranged one after another, and then slowly drove up from the left channel of the Ruying Yellow Turban Army to the front of the formation.
Ru Ying Huang Jin looked at these soldiers who were coming forward one after another, with complex expressions on their faces, including the embarrassment of being underestimated and the luck of not being able to fight in the battlefield.
As Cai Que brought Wu Yu, Song He, Ding Fang, and Liu Fu to the battlefield, the pace of the entire battlefield suddenly accelerated.
Because Zhang Dan's troops were defeated too quickly, Cai Que's side did not arrive until they had defeated the Han soldiers. Therefore, after Huang Wan, the commander-in-chief of the Han army, realized that the main force of the Taishan army was pressing forward, he decisively ordered all the reserves on both wings to move forward.
The entire battlefield situation has accelerated directly from the previous refueling tactics to the main battle on the battlefield.
As the Han army on the opposite side continues to advance, the situation on the entire battlefield is like this.
After the battle, the Han army still has 3,000 troops on the left wing and 4,000 troops on the right flank. In addition, the central army still has 2,000 troops from Yanzhou and 2,000 troops from Hedong. The rest were either defeated or had joined the battlefield and could no longer be commanded.
As for the Taishan Army, there are still three thousand cavalry, of which two thousand assault cavalry are still on the right side of the battlefield, one thousand cavalry are in the middle army, and then there are still two thousand soldiers in the middle army, and finally only Ru Ying Huangjin is left Yes, there are a lot of people there, tens of thousands of people.
But now on the battlefield, the overall situation is formed into a big circle surrounding a small circle. In the middle is Guan Yu's tribe, which has lost its combat effectiveness. On this vast plain, this battle involving tens of thousands of people started at the hottest time of noon, and it has been two hours since then. The soldiers of Guan Yu's department were exhausted, and they could only support themselves under the cover of the Bushan phalanx.
Then on the outside are Zhang Dan's two thousand soldiers, protecting Guan Yu's left. On the right, Cai Que, with his soldiers, is defeating the second formation on the Han army's left wing, and will soon join Guan Yu's troops.
So, in other words, in the inner formation, the Taishan Army has about five thousand soldiers. And what about outside them? It's 13,000 soldiers. Huang Wan has sent all his troops up. There are 4,000 Chinese troops on the front, 3,000 on the left, and 4,000 on the right. The five thousand soldiers of the Taishan Army were tightly surrounded on three sides.
Moreover, in order to guard against the cavalry on the periphery of the Taishan Army, these Han soldiers increased the depth of the front. Among them, the most elite veterans were placed on the outermost perimeter, responsible for blocking the Taishan Army's cavalry.
Huang Wan's intention is obvious, which is to see whether your cavalry will defeat me first, or whether I will swallow up the five thousand soldiers in your formation.
When the battle reaches this level, all tactics and strategies are put aside, and it’s all about seeing who is brave enough! That is to say, the vast plain east of Xingyang can accommodate such a battle.
No matter who wins or loses this battle, this battle will go down in history. The loser will inevitably be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Zhang Chong also mounted the war horse now. He was no longer needed as the commander-in-chief to control the situation. Now that the cards were clear, it was just to see who reached the limit first.
Therefore, after he ordered Tian Jun to lead two thousand cavalry to attack the Han army from the right, he led one thousand cavalry from the Chinese army to the left wing of the Han army.
After a small-scale battle, Tian Jun took the lead in attacking the right wing of the Han army with his cavalry. He concentrated all his elites on the spearhead, so he quickly defeated the Han army's front line. However, precisely because the Han army adopted a large and deep front, Tian Jun's assault horse quickly lost power after breaking through several small formations and had to dismount to fight. However, they did not leave their horses. They only waited for the wave of Han soldiers to be defeated, then remounted their horses and ran to the outside.
At the same time, Zhang Chong brought a thousand cavalry here like divine help. Under Zhang Chong's extraordinary leadership, they were like a spear thrust into the chest of the Han formation.
Moreover, Zhang Chongchong's position is also very subtle, because with his eyes, he can always find where the weakest soldier in the line is, and then lead the cavalry to charge repeatedly.
More and more Han soldiers collapsed under Zhang Chong's repeated ravages and fled in all directions. The balance of victory had tilted sharply towards the Taishan Army.
But at this time, the Feijun, who had been patrolling the periphery to scout, ran towards Zhang Chong's banner with their flags on their backs. After finally finding Qu Shuai, I told him an unexpected but not unexpected news:
"Youzhou sudden cavalry appeared in the northwest of the battlefield. General Meng Juzheng of the Flying Army led his troops to block the attack, but it is estimated that they can only block it for a moment."
This unexpected news shocked the generals who were rushing with Zhang Chong. Some of them were dizzy and about to fall over, but Zhang Chong did not panic. He took out his golden sword and handed it to the flying army. Then he said:
"You give my golden sword to He Dali of Ru Ying Yellow Turban, Cao Dayong's second general. Tell them: I can defeat the Han army in less than three moments, so you can withstand Youzhou's sudden cavalry for two moments, and I will I will mark this first battle for you. If you can withstand it for even one moment, I will promise you no fault. But if you cannot withstand it for even one moment, then this golden sword will kill you. But if you persist for three moments, I will do this. If I haven’t defeated you yet, I’ll behead you to apologize!”
After receiving this military order, Fei Jun nodded heavily to Commander Qu with his flag behind his back, and then ran towards Ru Ying Huangjin's formation.
Watching the flag go away, Zhang Chong suddenly felt thirsty. He asked the soldiers around him if they had any water, but everyone had already drank it.
Until now, there is no water. The soldiers on both sides have reached their limit. For example, Guan Yu, who has been fighting for the longest time, is even thirsty and digging for water at this moment, while the Han army is not much better.
Now, it depends on who can grit their teeth and persevere.
(End of chapter)