Chapter 3 Winds and Storms Chapter 10(1/2)
A shocking sound suddenly came from the battlefield, and then the sound of the ox horns charging into the sky. The battlefield that had just fallen silent once again sounded killing sounds, and the roar of the galloping horses resounded throughout the plain in an instant.
Li Hong looked at the cavalry soldiers rushing back and forth on the battlefield, stunned.
Yu Shi and other military officers did not say hello to Li Hong, and hurriedly left with horses.
The Yellow Turban soldiers were divided and surrounded on the battlefield, without any intention of surrender. Knowing that there was no way to survive today, they calmed down instead, and only hatred burned violently in the hearts of each of them. Seeing the officers and soldiers surrounding them with vigilance, bloody weapons pointed at them, the soldiers' enthusiasm erupted again.
"kill……"
I don't know who suddenly roared loudly. The soldiers with great fighting spirit echoed in unison and rushed towards the surrounding enemies without hesitation.
The soldiers of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry were full of anger, and they were waiting for this moment.
Without waiting for the horn to charge, everyone roared and leaped on their horses, shouting and rushing towards the Yellow Turban soldiers.
Massacre, cruel and bloody massacre.
The weak Yellow Turban Infantry was cut off one batch after another by the soldiers of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, and their lives were ruthlessly and wantonly swallowed.
Li Hong sat on the black land, looking up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.
Tian Zhong came slowly.
He walked to Li Hong and smiled, "Who is so brave that he dares to go to fight privately?"
Li Hong looked at the old man in surprise and said with a smile: "Old man, have you never had the opportunity to exert the power of the assassination? You are very anxious?"
Tian Chong nodded seriously, "Good. Look at how many people who violated military discipline may be caught this time."
Li Hong laughed.
"It may be that the enemy took the initiative to attack. Don't always think about the bad things."
Tian Chong looked at Li Hong strangely and said in confusion: "Soci, you never seem to be willing to punish soldiers who violate military discipline."
"Small violation of discipline, let's forget it." Li Hong said casually.
"If small violations of discipline are not dealt with, military discipline will be relaxed, and sooner or later it will lead to a major disaster." Tian Chong said with an old face tense and said unhappily.
Li Hong was startled and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes. The old man is right and needs to deal with it heavily."
After a while, the shouts of killing became smaller and smaller, and gradually returned to calm.
At dusk, the sunset is setting, the dusk is dark and the fishy wind is blowing.
On the plains of Dukangting, the horns of victory were heard one after another, and the plains were filled with soldiers celebrating victory.
The cavalry on the battlefield began to look for their own battle flags one after another and gathered in this team.
All troops arrived by waiting for the Pegasus.
"Sir, the Yellow Turban Army took the initiative to invite the battle just now. When the tiger's eyes saw that the matter was in danger, they launched the attack first. Now the war has all ended."
She Yingtong led Shehu to Li Hong and bowed and said.
When Li Hong saw that Shooting Hu was wrapped in two cloth straps, he knew that he was injured, so he hurried forward and asked, "Hu Zi, is he seriously injured?"
Shooting Tiger was childish and smiled awkwardly without saying a word.
Tian Chong suddenly walked forward and asked in a serious manner: "Huzi, did you attack first?"
Shohu was startled and shook his hands in panic and said, "No, no. Little lazy brother was there at the time, would you ask him?"
Everyone laughed when they saw him anxious.
"Did you see the leader of the Yellow Turban Army Zuo Jiao?" Li Hong asked.
"He was stabbed by a spear and was dead." Yan Wuwei replied with regret: "The Zuo Jiao is very famous in the Yellow Turban Army, with good popularity, and there is a way to lead troops. The strong combat power of these 30,000 soldiers is far beyond our expectations. If other Yellow Turban troops are also so difficult to fight, we will be in trouble."
Li Hong nodded and said disappointedly: "It would be great if he could be captured, at least so many people would not die."
He turned his eyes to the battlefield where corpses were everywhere, and said sadly: "Why do you have to die in battle? Isn't it good to surrender?"
Heng Ji snorted disdainfully and said, "Without a heavy blow, how did they know how powerful our Fengyun Iron Cavalry is? Kill them to destroy their courage, and they will be frightened when they hear us. Next time they encounter a battle."
Fist shouted even more arrogantly: "Kill, every time you kill all the battle, the number of enemies will decrease and we will become stronger and stronger."
Yushi looked at the murderous eyes of his fist and shook his head helplessly.
"Last year General Huangfu killed 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in Xiaquyang pit, which was too exciting for them. Surrender is death, and death in battle is also death, so it is better to die in battle. Now the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army has increased dramatically, which is probably related to their idea. This battle is probably becoming more and more difficult to fight and more cruel."
In the Battle of Du Kangting, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army's left school were wiped out because they did not surrender to death. No one survived. The cavalry of the wind and clouds occupied the best time and place. The one who hit the target was a great victory, and the troops suffered more than 1,200 casualties.
That night, the troops were stationed on the Dukangting Plain and cleaned the battlefield overnight.
The next day, the troops rushed to Fangcheng, sixty miles from Dukang Pavilion, with a large amount of spoils. Li Hong stationed the camp on the hills outside the city.
Since the Yellow Turban Army attacked Youzhou, the imperial court's army and horses were defeated in every battle, retreating step by step, and soon retreated to Zhuocheng. If Zhuocheng is lost again, Zhuo County will be lost. Now the 150,000 army of the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Army has surrounded Zhuocheng, and the battle of siege will break out at any time.
Just as everyone was in panic and had no choice but to do anything, news suddenly came that Li Hong's troops of the Leopard Army wiped out 30,000 Yellow Turbans at Dukangting. This news came very timely, greatly stimulating and inspiring the fighting spirit and confidence of the soldiers and people guarding the city. The whole city celebrated victory that day, just like a festival.
Li Hong's troops suddenly disappeared in Xiaofangshan, which made Zhang Niujiao's carefully prepared encirclement plan fail. Although he did not know the reason for the sudden withdrawal of the Leopard Army, he understood that on the battlefield of Zhuo County, the most threat to the Yellow Turban Army was this cavalry army. If Li Hong was eliminated, the Yellow Turban Army would basically take down Zhuo County.
Before attacking Youzhou, the Yellow Turban Army did not know the existence of this army. The commander An Ding, who was hidden in the enemy camp, only recently made the news. This made Zhang Niujiao very passive in the formation. They first studied how to deal with Gongsun Zan's cavalry. Gongsun Zan only had 5,000 troops, a secret known to the world. But last month Gongsun Zan suddenly left Youzhou, which really made the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army happy. Unexpectedly, such a huge army emerged before a few days of happiness.
Zhang Niujiao was very uneasy when he did not surround the Leopard Army, so he did not launch an attack on Zhuocheng for the time being. After he knew the exact location of the Leopard Army, he would consider whether to attack the city first or eliminate the Leopard Army first. It was not difficult to capture Zhuocheng. A 150,000 army attacked Zhuocheng, which was more than 10,000 people defended, which took only a few days. Now Huanglong's 30,000 troops had arrived at the north gate of Zhuocheng, and Zuo Jiao was attacking Fangcheng. After Fangcheng was taken, Zuo Jiao led his troops to meet, and all the 150,000 troops gathered together, and the siege could start.
The Leopard Army is all cavalry, which is flexible and flexible, and always a huge threat to the army's supply line. The Leopard Li Hong himself is an extremely terrifying figure.
He fought in the Xianbei Kingdom and slaughtered important figures of the Xianbei Kingdom, causing Murong Feng and Tuoba Feng to chase him with black wood tokens at the same time. Although the Han army won a tragic victory in the defense battle of Lulongse, he won him the reputation of heroes, because Lulongse was only one officer left, and all the glory obtained by Lulongse soldiers was given to him. Just when people were amazed by his luck, he led his troops to attack continuously. Under the command of the governor Liu Yu, he defeated the Xianbei troops invading Yuyang and killed Murong Ji, the commander of the Xianbei Army. The subsequent record was even more
Awesome, he led his troops to defend Macheng for more than 20 days, forcing Tuoba Feng's army to retreat, and then once again used his usual surprise attack to annihilate the Kuitou army of the Xianbei Kingdom, annihilate the Titu army that invaded Shanggu County, and killed Titu. This hero from the northern border who rose purely by military merits like sharp arrows had become a role model for young people with aspirations in the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for the timely sending the news, Huanglong's troops would have probably lost more than half of them. Such a war-going person had 10,000 troops in his hands, which was more terrifying than a mediocre person with 100,000 troops in his hands.
So Zhang Niujiao has always wanted to destroy this army, kill the leopard, and eliminate future troubles. In his opinion, even if Zhuocheng is captured, if this leopard, who is still in Zhuo County, is afraid that before the Yellow Turban Army can reach Jicheng, his backyard will be chaotic by the leopard.
Outside Zhuo City, the Yellow Turban Army's tents were densely packed and covered with the sky, surrounding the west gate of Zhuo City.
Sima Zuoyan hurriedly walked into Zhang Niujiao's tent.
"Master General, the gongs and drums in Zhuo City are loud and the firecrackers are ringing, as if celebrating some happy event."
Zuo Yan and Zuo Xue are from the same village. His father worked in the city and had a good income. He took him to study with the descendants of the head of the family since he was a child, hoping that he would make a name for himself in the future. Zuo Yan was very smart and had achieved great success in more than ten years. However, because he was born into a commoner, no matter how hard he worked, he would at most help the head of the family write and calculate the accounts. He could not get on the table, and he had ambitions but was unable to display it. Under the persuasion of his friend Zuo Xue, he joined Taiping Road. Soon his talent was noticed by Zhang Jiao. The secretary and property in charge of the teaching were also considered Zhang Jiao's confidant. Last year in Guangzong, he fled to Taihang Mountain with Zhang Niujiao to assist Zhang Niujiao.
Zuo Yan was in his thirties, thin, mediocre, short and long face, but the only difference was that his people grew up, which was a little inconsistent with the whole face. So he deliberately left a thick black beard on his lips to cover up the ugly. The generals of the Yellow Turban Army called him Zuo Wang privately. The beard refers to the beard on his lips. His teacher believed in prophecies and divination (called Neixue in the Han Dynasty, a mixture of vulgar classics and superstitions) and believed that if his people were good, they would definitely make a name for themselves in the future. He believed in the words of the teacher until he escaped into the deep mountains and forests, and he realized that this prophecy and divination really killed people. He originally wanted to change his life by assisting Zhang Jiao, but he did not expect that Zhang Jiao was not the real emperor at all, and everything was in vain.
Zhang Niujiao was secretly surprised.
"Can you report it?"
Zuo Yan shook his head and whispered: "I can't figure it out. I don't know what Wang Ru is doing. In my opinion, if there is still no news about the leopard, just attack the city. There is really no need for us to wait like this."
Zhang Niujiao nodded, "I think so too. If we have no news tomorrow, we will start siege the city the day after tomorrow. What do you think?"
Zuo Yan sat next to the desk and asked casually: "When will Sun Xiaoshuai's food and grass arrive?"
"There are almost four or five days left."
"Is there any news today for Zuo Shuai?"
Zhang Niujiao shook his head anxiously, "There was no news last night, and there was no one this morning. I have sent someone to Fangcheng to find him. I wonder what went wrong with him in Fangcheng?"
"There must be a big problem. With Zuo Shuai's caution, he will not easily break off contact with us." Zhang Niujiao sighed and said in a heavy mood.
Zuo Yan smiled and said, "Master General is willing to be content. Zuo Zheng's troops have very strong combat power. Even if they encounter the cavalry of the Leopard Army, they will have the power to fight."
Then his face changed drastically and he screamed: "The leopard won't run to Fangcheng, right?"
Zhang Niujiao was shocked and grabbed his long beard, trying his best to suppress the fear and anxiety in his heart.
Seeing the beautiful and gentle Xianyu Yin, Li Hong laughed happily.
"Boyu (Xianyu Yin's word), how are you doing recently?"
Since the breakup between Zhuolu, the two have not met for half a year. Xian Yuyin happily grabbed Li Hong's hand and said repeatedly:
"Okay, okay. After leaving Zhuolu, you have won several victories in just a few months. It's so enviable."
Li Hong smiled and said, "What are you envious? The war is bloody and cruel. You should be a civil servant like this."
Xian Yuyin shook his head and said, "Of course I'm going to the battlefield to fight happily. Just follow you all the time, and you can fight several battles. When you were besieged by the Macheng City, I asked to lead troops to support several times, but I was rejected by the prefect."
Li Hong immediately thanked him with gratitude.
"What are you thanking, I didn't help you. But you are so powerful. Thousands of people resisted the attack of more than 10,000 Tuoba Feng and defended for more than 20 days. It's amazing, amazing."
Li Hong smiled awkwardly. He did not fight in Macheng and Tuoba Feng. Everyone played with their own things. Not only did they hide it from many people, but they also earned themselves a lot of reputation and made a great contribution. Should we tell Xian Yuyin the truth of this matter? The two big horse thieves, Riot and Tie Yue, were dead, but suddenly appeared beside him. How should we explain to Xian Yuyin?
Xian Yuyin didn't notice Li Hong's uneasiness and was still talking happily.
"The Lord wiped out 30,000 Yellow Turban Rebels in Dukangting, and his battle results were impressive."
"Boyu, don't you think I've killed too many people?" Li Hong asked.
Xian Yuyin frowned deliberately, sniffed hard and said, "There is still a bloody smell on his body. Immediately, the whole of Youzhou will know that the leopard is a bloody and bloody leopard, and it has killed too many people. Is there anything wrong with this?"
Li Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"You didn't see the situation at that time. After the battle, the Yellow Turban soldiers had no need to resist, but they swear to never surrender until they all died. I fought many battles, and I killed so many people for the first time, and when the opponent had no room for a fight, I couldn't accept my cruelty."
"In the battle between Du Kangting, I am afraid that my bloodthirsty leopard will never escape being scolded."
Xian Yuyin smiled.
"Since ancient times, all those who have accomplished great things have been covered with blood on their hands. Why do you blame yourself like this?"
To be continued...