Thousands of troops and horses, people howling and horses neighing, this is the most miserable place in the world.
Lu Zhi was among thousands of troops, and he miraculously noticed the scene of Shi Sunmeng amidst the bustle of people.
When the soldier Sun Meng was hung on the flag of the rebel army, Lu Zhi was stunned. Looking at the man's head tilted, he knew that this general had probably died for his country.
Seeing this scene, Lu Zhi squeezed his riding crop until his joints turned white. He was filled with rage, but there was nothing he could do.
At this point in the war, all the military power in his hands had been suppressed. At this time, Lu Zhi could only obey the fate and see what happened to his generals.
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To the northwest of the battlefield, on the original position of Xu He's Ministry, Wei Duan, the infantry colonel of the Northern Army of the Han Army, sat tiredly on an abandoned carriage.
He untied his pocket, and steaming hot air poured out, like fog in this winter.
It stands to reason that he would not be able to take down the bag now, otherwise the cold wind would enter and he would most likely become seriously ill after the war. But now Wei Duan is no longer worried about his death, but is he still worried about whether he will get seriously ill later?
The cold wind blew on his face, and Wei Duan felt much better. He turned to ask a guard next to him:
"Is there any honey water now? Take a sip."
The guard is a young kid from the northwest. Why did he hear his general ask this:
"Captain, there is no honey water, but there is a lot of blood water."
Wei Duan felt cold, felt the biting cold wind, and cursed back:
"Blood water, blood water, is it blood or water? Can you drink it?"
After saying that, he ignored the idiot and looked to the opposite side.
There, the 800 troops who had just been summoned to charge had been completely wiped out.
Wei Duan was very sad, but he didn't think that the destruction of the Tunqi had anything to do with him. After all, he only asked them to come for reinforcements, not to charge.
Wei Duan was sad because he felt that a well-known Han camp whose history could be traced back to previous generations had disappeared like this.
Because he had seen that the flag and scepter representing the Tunqi camp had been captured by the opposite party.
Looking at the head of his own camp, there are two thousand armored soldiers in front of them, looking majestic. Look now? Looking at the past, people were hiding behind carriages and walls, fearfully avoiding possible arrows.
In the previous two waves of attacks, the infantry battalion had indeed suffered heavy casualties. Only Wei Duan himself saw that two of his generals were killed in the battle, and three or five middle- and senior-level military officials were seriously injured.
Moreover, the Northern Army was indeed the most loyal and brave army of the Han Dynasty, and the middle and low-level military officials all showed their determination to die. Before many people died in battle, they were still motivating the soldiers and cheering for their children.
On this small battlefield, all units of the infantry battalion suffered varying degrees of damage, and in a short period of time they lost the ability to continue to collide with the Jinan Yellow Turban formation on the opposite side.
But on the battlefield, the Han army's attack continued.
After the Han army's attack on the northwest side of the battlefield was blocked. The Han army's attack in the southwest achieved very dazzling results.
The biggest contribution here is the thousands of crossbowmen from the Shesheng Camp.
In the previous battle, they had fired eleven rounds, and Ben was going to rest. But the chief officer on the front line was Shen Qi, the chief general of Weijun soldiers.
Shen Qi is Shen Pei's biological brother and the commander of Wei Commandery's army, so when Shen Qi asked the fifth commander of Shesheng Camp to fire another round, the fifth commander agreed despite being embarrassed.
After all, Shenqi's younger brother Shenpei is a close aide in the Marshal's shogunate, and he will help whenever he can.
So, under the supervision of the Fifth Commander, the Thousand Archers pressed their swollen and red arms and fired another round of arrows at the Jinan Yellow Turban's left formation.
In fact, both Shenqi and Wujun made serious mistakes.
As the most strategic branch of the Han army, archers require permission from their commander for each round of shooting.
It can be said that Lu Zhi needs to know the shooting situation of the archer at any time so as to calculate the timing of each round of archery.
Does Shenqi know? I know, but he really has no other choice.
When the Chinese army's decisive battle horn came, he was commanding his men to attack the last two thousand-man formations of the traitor general Zhang Rao.
I thought that more than 6,000 people had been defeated before, but couldn’t we capture the last 2,000 people?
But reality soon swollen his face.
After leaving behind the corpses of more than 400 Wei Jun disciples and looking at the still resolute formation on the opposite side, Shen Qi had no choice but to give up, leaving these two formations to Zhao Guobing behind.
But when he was about to attack the left formation of the Jinan Yellow Turbans, Shen Qi keenly discovered the archers lurking on the opposite side. If he just rushed over like this, he would suffer heavy casualties.
But now, Wei Jun's soldiers had long been dispersed, and Shenqi could not gather enough players, so he had no choice but to ask for help from the Archers.
Soon, the fifth handsome voice shooter arrived.
Shenqi and the others had already cleared a position for these people to set up for the sound shooters.
So, a thousand strong men with long arms sat on the ground, fired the big yellow crossbow with their feet, and then faced the Jinan Yellow Turban in front of them with a storm.
This wave of arrow rain directly covered the formation of Jinan Yellow Turban Archers in the front line, and their corpses were strewn with direct fire, leaving them unable to fight back.
Because their range is simply not as good as the big yellow crossbow.
After a while, the 800 shooters of the Jinan Yellow Turban Left Formation could not hold on anymore and retreated to the back of the formation in the vacated passage behind.
Seeing this, Shen Qi exclaimed that the archer was indeed extraordinary.
Then he blew the charge horn and took the lead in charging with a garrison of a hundred or ten people.
At this time, on the battlefield in the southwest, many remnants of the original Yellow Turban Army from Pingyuan County remained on the battlefield to resist.
Many Weijun soldiers were fighting with these small groups of thieves. Now that they heard the general's unique charge signal, they could only deploy half of their troops and began to charge with the Chinese army.
But after all, the formation was already in disarray. When they charged, all the troops gathered together.
Many generals brought soldiers who were not from their own squads. They were all mixed together and charged bravely towards the left formation of Jinan Yellow Turbans.
The head of the canal of the Jinan Yellow Turban Left Formation is called Jiyu, and he is the younger brother of Jisun.
After the archers in the front line were defeated by the fierce crossbows of the Han army, Jiyu saw that the front line was a little unstable, and then he saw three generals in the front line rush out of the formation without saying a word.
When Tian Zhen, the deputy general next to Ji Yu, saw this, he shouted that it was bad and hurriedly urged the Chinese army's sharpshooters to snipe and kill the three generals.
But Tian Zhen's order was stopped by Ji Yu, who asked in confusion:
"I know these three people, they are my old Yellow Turbans, and they will not surrender to the enemy. You are going to shoot them without saying a word, how can you be brotherly?"
Tian Zhen's order was blocked, and when he heard the commander's childish words, he stamped his feet anxiously.
He grabbed Jiyu's sleeve and said:
"Xiao Ji Qushuai, what are you waiting for? No matter what the opponent's intention is, he rushes to the enemy's formation without saying a word, killing any mistakes without missing a beat. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it when the opponent surrenders to the enemy."
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In the army, because Jiyu was Jisun's clan brother, he was also called Xiao Jiqushuai.
After hearing what Tian Zhen said, Xiao Ji was not moved at all. He stubbornly said:
"Execute without teaching, kill without guilt, these are things I cannot do."
Tian Zhen was so angry that she blurted out:
"Hot girl, are you stupid from reading the Bible? What kind of benevolence are you telling me now? If you want to die, don't drag your brothers with you!"
After Tian Zhen said this, she regretted it, not because she scolded Jiyu, but because of Jiyu's temperament, she would definitely fall out when she heard that he was a nerd.
The word "nerd" refers to Jiyu's side of the body that he cannot tolerate being touched by others. He will explode at the slightest touch.
As expected, after hearing this, Jiyu's face immediately changed and he replied coldly:
"Old Tian, do you mean that you are greedy for life and afraid of death? I think it's not the three generals who want to surrender to the enemy, but you."
After saying that, Jiyu was about to give the order to Lux to tie Tian Zhen up.
But at this time, something unexpected happened.
The three Yellow Turban generals from Ji Yu's side who fled earlier were not all defections as Tian Zhen thought.
Instead, two generals defected and one general pursued him.
The two generals who defected were Qin Gang, the commander of the front line, and Luo Gong, his deputy.
Because these two people were too desperate for the Yellow Turban Army, they had long thought of defecting to the other side. Especially when they knew that the former Taiping Road general led Wei Shou to surrender to the Han army and became a high-ranking official, Houjue, they were even more moved.
Hence, this scene of running away before the battle took place.
The person chasing these two generals was none other than Wei Tong, the leader of the front line and one of the five generals of Jinan Yellow Turban.
When Wei Tong saw his two generals running away without any reason, he wanted to draw his bow and shoot them to death. But after all, he cared about the brotherhood, so he got on his horse and went to persuade these two people.
He rode behind and shouted:
"Qin Gang, Luo Gong, what are you two doing?"
But Qin Gang and Luo Gong turned a deaf ear and just ran towards the Han army.
On the opposite side, the Han army in Weijun, led by their chief general Shen Qi, was charging in twos and threes. Suddenly they saw three thieves running towards them. They were also frightened, thinking they had encountered a hero capable of a thousand men on horseback. But who would have thought that when the two cavalrymen at the head saw that the Han army was about to raise their bows and arrows, they hurriedly shouted:
"Be merciful, we are righteous soldiers in front of the battle. If you have important military information, please report it to your coach."
As soon as he said this, Wei Tong, who was behind the two of them, did not hesitate anymore. He opened the bow and arrow in his hand and aimed an arrow at Qin Gang who was in the front.
Qin Gang turned over and fell off his horse, but Luo Gong beside him shot an arrow, hitting Wei Tong's neck.
Wei Tong's eyes were blood red, he glanced at the sky and fell to the ground unwillingly.
In the end, among the three, only Luo Gong survived. He walked his horse to the Han army's position and was pinned to the ground.
The scene of these three generals fighting in front of the formation shocked Jiyu behind the formation, and even caught Jisun off guard, who was busy resisting the Han army's attack.
Just now, Ji Sun dispatched a wave of soldiers from the Chinese army to the front of the formation to resist the charge of the Zhongshan soldiers from the opposite Han army.
He suddenly saw three generals wearing yellow scarves fighting in front of the left formation. Jisun immediately realized that something big had happened in the left formation.
So he hurriedly asked his general Zhang Heizi to take the scepter of the Chinese army and 300 armored soldiers to the left formation to preside over the war.
The one he was most worried about before the war was the Zuo Zhen, because its leader was his clan brother. He was incompetent, loyal and intelligent, but had a big character flaw, that was, he was too old-fashioned and too righteous.
This is usually his advantage. For example, many people in Zuozhen joined Taipingdao under the inspiration of Jiyu's benevolence and righteousness. His reputation in the military is also very good.
But this is on the battlefield. Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself.
Ji Sun did not dare to think too much and hurriedly asked General Zhang Heizi to lead people to the Zuo Army to take charge of the situation.
Zhang Heizi is an old acquaintance of everyone, the hero who fell into the grass on Shigu Mountain.
After sneaking behind and killing Liu Gong who killed his younger brother Beishu, leaving "the murderer, Zhang Heizi" behind, he went to sacrifice his grandson.
Because Jisun rescued him from Dashang, he planned to sell his life to Jisun to repay his kindness. Even though most of the descendants of the Zhang family in Tongli went to Mount Tai to join Zhang Chong, he still stayed with his grandson.
Now, Zhang Heizi is the leader of Jisun Zhong's guard army, and he is also Jisun's most effective confidant in the army. He and Zhang Tai, another hero in the army, were called the second Zhang in the army.
Zhang Heizi knew that the situation was urgent, so he nodded to the grandson, and asked Zhang Tai, another general, to protect the empress, and then went to the left formation with two hundred armored soldiers and the scepter of the central army.
When Zhang Heizi and others rushed all the way to the left formation, they saw the leader of the left formation, Ji Yu and his deputy Tian Zhen, busy dispatching the Chinese army to the front.
There, the front line was devastated because of the defection of the main general and deputy general. At this time, the retreat had begun.
As soon as Zhang Heizi arrived here, he took over the presiding power with the authority of the Zhongjun Scepter.
Later, he learned the whole story of the chaos from Tian Zhen's report. On the one hand, he secretly cursed Ji Yu Shi for being stubborn, and on the other hand, he secretly regretted it.
In fact, he knew that Qin Gang and Luo Gong were disciples of the traitor Tang Zhou.
Generally speaking, the composition of Jinan Yellow Turban is relatively complex. Because most of the backbone members of the party were not developed by sacrificing grandsons, but rebelled against Tang Zhou.
Although Tang Zhou was a treacherous person, he was very capable and was very good at pulling people to make money. That’s why Jinan can be developed into the most generous city in Qingzhou.
But with such rapid development, Jinan’s personnel are naturally mixed. Later, Tang Zhou lost the battle with Zhang Chong and was sent to the headquarters of Hebei. Ji Nan was also in charge of Ji Sun.
After Ji Sun took charge of the situation, he vigorously eliminated a group of unqualified Taoist disciples. Qin Gang and Luo Gong, who were originally disciples of Tang and Zhou Dynasties, were also included in the purge.
But the next two people entered Jisun's mansion late at night, knelt in front of Jisun and burst into tears, begging not to fire them, saying that Taiping Road was their home and they had nowhere to go.
At that time, Sun Ji saw that the two men were sincere in their repentance and had completely cut off from Tang and Zhou. In addition, it was too ugly to do it, so he left these two people behind in a single thought.
At that time, Zhang Heizi advised him to sacrifice his grandson, saying that these two people looked like wolves and were cheating on their master, and they must not stay in Taiping Road.
But Jisun felt that he should not judge people by their appearance, and in order to show his sincerity, he treated both of them equally.
After that, Qin Gang and Luo Gong worked hard and did a lot of things. It even made Ji Sun sigh with emotion:
"The way to employ people is to make mistakes rather than make mistakes. That's true."
So, the matter was over.
But who could have imagined that the benevolence of that day should have been here, but it was backfired by these two mountain wolves, those who betrayed the master.
When Zhang Heizi arrived, Jiyu had already made amends. On the one hand, he apologized to Tian Zhen, and on the other hand, he sent three soldiers to stabilize the chaos.
But it is a pity that it would have been better if there had been no attack by the Han army.
The chaos in front of Jinan's Yellow Turban left formation was seen by the Han army. The military officers took the lead in charging, and the remaining soldiers swarmed forward with spears and swords in hand. They climbed over the walls and trenches and poured into the chaotic Jinan Yellow Turban left formation.
The chaos turned into a rout under the brutal killings of the Han army. The left group of Jinan Yellow Turbans who lost their morale dropped their weapons and fled.
The Han army used swords and spears to kill these people easily. The ground was covered with dead or dying Yellow Turban soldiers.
The Yellow Turban soldiers were like a herd of driven sheep, running around while being chased by the Han army. The fence was knocked down and the ground was covered with yellow scarves.
Some who could not escape turned around and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy from the Han army, but no one showed mercy to them.
The Han army, which had gone crazy, massacred these people and threw them into the ravine to fill the road.
Afterwards, these Wei Jun soldiers continued to advance. This time they were stained with blood from top to bottom, and each of them looked so happy and excited.
They want to vent all the fear, confusion, and hatred they have accumulated over the past few months on these criminals.
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The collapse of the front line and the subsequent massacre made Ji Yu so ashamed that he wanted to die.
With his mouth wide open, he watched the familiar disciples and believers wither under the slaughter of the Han army, and his whole body was trembling.
Over there, Tian Zhen also seemed to lose all his energy and collapsed on the ground.
Suddenly, Tian Zhen jumped up, beat Jiyu's back, and cried:
"You give back my children, you give back my front line. Are you still a human being when you sacrifice me? What a sin. The two thousand children of the front line were destroyed by your hands like this. You give me back my children. They are all human beings too.”
After saying that, Tian Zhen lay on the ground and howled.
"Enough!"
Looking at the Yellow Turban disciples everywhere in the ravine in the distance, Zhang Heizi angrily scolded the two for crying.
He pointed to the front left and shouted:
"Everyone, stand up. The thieves are coming to kill you."
After listening to Zhang Heizi's words, Tian Zhen and Ji Yu looked in the direction Zhang Heizi pointed.
At this glance, the two of them felt as if they had been doused with ice water, their whole bodies were as cold as ice.
It turns out that Zhang Heizi knew this.
A red cavalryman appeared on the horizon with a dazzling weapon.
The swaggering flags and the fine armor of the sun all told them the identity of this army.
"The Youzhou Cavalry has come to us."
Looking at the cavalry, Ji Yu said this.
The sky and the earth were dark, and the crimson clothes were like a tide. Youzhou Tuqi slowly pressed towards Jinan Yellow Turban's left formation at high speed.
This scene was not only seen by Zhang Heizi and others, but also by the Han army and Jinan Yellow Turbans in front of the formation.
But the difference was that when the Han army saw their main force pressing forward, they all raised their weapons and shouted in response. However, the Jinan Yellow Turbans felt as if they were mourning their heirs, and they were panic-stricken.
The remnants of the collapsed front line had already retreated from the right around the rear line, but their fear still remained on the battlefield, infecting the yellow scarf soldiers behind them as well.
Generally speaking, after the front line is defeated, the middle and rear groups can rarely stand still. Because we are all human beings, people will scare themselves. When he sees others running away, he will run away too.
At this moment, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban formation was like this, and they were about to be overwhelmed by fear.
After Zhang Heizi saw this, he was about to lead his two hundred armored soldiers to press the front, but this time, he was stopped by Ji Yu.
Jiyu tied up his pocket and smiled bitterly at Zhang Heizi:
"Heizi, let me go this time. Only if I go, can the brothers live in peace."
Zhang Heizi, after hearing this, looked at Ji Yu and wanted to say a lot, but in the end two words came out:
"Take care!"
Jiyu laughed loudly, picked up an iron spear, and said boldly:
"Then I'll go"
As a result, Zhang Heizi and Tian Zhen watched Ji Yu leading his guards and left in a desolate manner without looking back.
This day is November 12th, the sixth year of Guanghe.