The World of Yellow Sky

This sudden stone bomb attack also caused the Han army to panic.

It's not that the people who served as soldiers had never seen the trebuchet, they had all seen the fixed trebuchet on the city wall, but now they were in the field, and they were actually attacked by the trebuchet.

And still at such a long distance, they were attacked by stone throwers, and even those stone bullets were too accurate.

Panic spread in the Han army's formation, and there were screams one after another. It was the wailing sound of soldiers who had broken their legs and feet by stone bullets, were seriously injured, and were about to die.

Xia Mou's situation was much better than Chunyu Qiong's. There was no catapult throwing stone bullets near him. He did not take the lead like Chunyu Qiong, but took command from the rear, but Chunyu Qiong was indeed too unlucky.

"Speed ​​up, walk fifty steps forward and form a team!"

Xia Mou drove his war horse, galloped through the gaps in the army formation, shouting for victory.

"It's inconvenient to load the enemy's trebuchet and it takes time to load it. Hurry up and press it, our army will win!!!"

In the formation of the Han army, the sound of the drums on the chariots suddenly became urgent. The left barracks was attacked by catapults. The soldiers in the barracks still regained their composure.

The inconvenient loading of the trebuchet and the inaccurate landing point are almost well-known things.

At this time, as long as you speed up, you will definitely be able to avoid the second wave of stone bombs.

Xia Mou is an old official of the Yuan family, and he used to advise the officials, but he is not an ordinary scribe who only deals with scriptures. The position of Lieutenant of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army is up.

Xia Mou has also heard about the trebuchet from the records, so he naturally knows some countermeasures and common sense.

Xia Mou brandished his horsewhip and kept giving orders, commanding the soldiers under his command to change the formation. The Xiyuan Forbidden Army front in the left barracks had been stretched from the original length of more than 100 meters to nearly 200 meters long.

The strength of the trebuchet will affect the distance, and the strength is basically different each time. Therefore, lengthening the front and reducing the width of the army can reduce the hit rate of some stone bombs.

Just when Xia Mou was concentrating on directing the soldiers under his command to change formations, he suddenly heard an extremely loud noise.

Xia Mou's complexion changed drastically, and he looked up at the gloomy sky.

really!

The Yellow Turban Army's trebuchet was activated again, and the stone bombs were flying towards them rapidly.

……

"First team, fire!"

A yellow turban army led the ring head knife in his hand and slashed down heavily.

A quick and sharp whistle sounded, and the ten torsion catapults on the far left were suddenly activated by the warriors of the Yellow Turban Army. The projectile rods rebounded suddenly and hit the beam with a loud noise. The bomb was thrown into the air.

"The second team is ready!"

The yellow turban army's catapult position seemed extremely orderly. The observers in the watchtower used binoculars to observe the position of the Han army, and reported the data loudly to the yellow turban army under the watchtower.

"Team [-], three laps, three laps! Speed ​​up!"

The ten catapults in the center are the catapults of the second team. They turned the wheels hard to wind the catapults.

"The third team, let's take two and a half laps! Get ready!"

The soldiers of the catapult brigade shouted eagerly, the distance of 200 meters, in fact, it doesn't take long for people to run.

In combat, the army needs to line up the army formation and move forward slowly to keep the army formation intact so that they can have multiple attacks. There is not much time left.

Xia Mou's face was livid, the Yellow Turban Army's catapults far exceeded his imagination, why can the loading speed be so fast!

One after another, the stone bullets hit the Xiyuan Forbidden Army who were marching fast, but this time, the hit rate was not as terrible as before.

Only four of the ten stone bullets hit, but Xia Mou still couldn't be happy.

He saw more stone bullets flying towards this side, and the atmosphere of panic was spreading. The actual damage caused by the stone bullets was actually not as much as imagined.

The 24 stone bombs hit only 80 casualties. For the left barracks of the Xiyuan Imperial Army with 500 people, the loss can be said to be minimal.

The Yellow Turban catapults were more of a blow to their morale.

"Steady the army formation and go forward another [-] steps! As long as we engage with the enemy, the 'Moth Thief''s trebuchet will no longer be able to continue firing!!"

Xia Mou screamed hoarsely, the atmosphere of panic has spread, and the army has somewhat escaped Xia Mou's control.

……

On the pole-cart, Xu An pulled out the sword from his waist and looked at Liu Pi who was beside him.

"Order Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing to lead the Xiaoqi Battalion to attack, and leave me the Xiyuan Imperial Army!"

"Attack ahead, now is the time for our army to counterattack!!!"

Xu An's big banner on the pole-watching cart was raised high by the warriors of the Yellow Turban Army, and then swung forward violently. On the high platforms on both sides of the pole-watching cart, the drumming of 27 yellow sky war drums suddenly became more urgent.

The tortoise-like formation in the front of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly broke open, and countless Yellow Turban soldiers attacked with their shields. The first three rows of Yellow Turban soldiers were wearing heavy armor and holding ring knives, and the last two rows of soldiers were holding spears. back.

The offensive and defensive momentum has been reversed in an instant!

Chapter 394 Attack and Defensive Potential

At this time, on the Zhangshui Plain, the red tide and the yellow tide were entangled together, and the military formations of both sides were intertwined and extremely messy.

The momentum of the offensive has been reversed, and the left and right battalions of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army fell into panic because of the sudden attack of stone bombs from the Yellow Turban Army

At this time, Xu An ordered a counterattack, and at the same time invested in the Yellow Angels, and You Ge's more than [-] cavalry troops from the Xiaoqi Battalion in the Yellow Turban Army's position also brazenly launched an attack on the Han army.

The khaki tide instantly became extremely turbulent, like an ocean in a storm,

The turbulent yellow tide poured down from the plain of Zhangshui like a torrent of mud and rocks in the mountains, and rushed towards the large red formation formed by the soldiers of the Han army.

"Let's go!"

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army's slinging convoy roared at the top of their lungs.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One after another, the excitation sound of the catapult sounded, and countless stone bullets flew out from the throwing spoon of the catapult, and flew into the distance.

The observers on the watchtower vigorously waved the green flag in their hands and shouted loudly to stop.

The military officer of the catapult convoy stood in place holding the ring-headed knife, raised his head high, and quietly watched the stone bullets going away.

The soldiers of the catapult convoy also stopped their movements and stared at the black spot in the sky.

"Ugh——"

The horn of counter-offensive has already sounded, and the soldiers of the brigade and brigade ran past them.

They don't need to activate the catapult anymore, the soldiers in the front line have already pressed up, and their mission has been completed, otherwise they may accidentally injure their own army.

Lu Zhi knew very well that this should be the time Xu An had been waiting for for a long time.

Xu An's calculation was very good, he used soldiers to guard the position, and after a fierce battle, according to the Han army's combat habits in the past, when the situation fell into anxiety, the sharp soldiers of the Han army would definitely look for key points and wait for an opportunity to break through the army formation.

So the deployment was arranged in advance to show the enemy's weakness, step by step let the sharp soldiers of the Han army led by Zhang Nan fall into the depths of the army formation, and dispatched fierce generals to lead the yellow angels to surround and kill Zhang Nan and strangle the sharp soldiers in the formation.

Husband war, courage also.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Lu Zhi knew this truth. The Han army who had been hit hard was already a head short in momentum.

If the fight continues, it is absolutely impossible to open the situation again, so there are only two options left for Lu Zhi, one is to withdraw the army here, and the whole army will fight again after a rest, or to quickly regain the situation and invest in the elite Xiyuan Forbidden Army, Forcibly boosted the morale that had already fallen, and broke through the position of the Yellow Turban Army again.

Lu Zhi chose the second path and joined the elite Xiyuan Forbidden Army, hoping to win back the city and defeat the Bingzhou Yellow Turban in one fell swoop.

This also fell into Xu An's arms. The left and right battalions of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army were attacked successively by the hidden catapults in the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, so they became a little panicked.

The only pity is that Lu Zhi was not too impatient, and quickly put the upper barracks into the battlefield. Xu An could only give up the idea of ​​attacking the upper barracks, and instead attacked the left and right battalions of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army who were pressing forward on the left and right wings.

Gong Du and Zhou Cang led the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to take the lead. Bai Rao and He Man also led the Yellow Angels, and cooperated with Gong Du and Zhou Cang to attack the Forbidden Army of the West Garden on the left and right flanks. .

On the battlefield of Zhangshui Plain, the Yellow Turban Army had clearly gained the upper hand. Although the Xiyuan Forbidden Army was elite, they were hit unexpectedly by the Yellow Turban Army's catapults first, and their morale was already suppressed.

The timing of Xu Anxuan's election was really good. Not long after Xia Mou and Chunyu Qiong gave the order to stretch the front line and march quickly, they immediately gave the order for a general attack.

When Xia Mou and Chun Yuqiong led the Xiyuan Forbidden Army to form a team, the originally strict army formation became quite messy due to the rapid march, but at this moment, Gong Du and Zhou Cang had already brought their troops with them. The personal guards and military soldiers broke into the ranks of the Forbidden Army in Xiyuan.

The Xiyuan imperial army, which was not formed, suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

Although Gong Du and Zhou Cang were not particularly brave generals, they were naturally as powerful as a broken bamboo in the face of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army who had no formation at all.

Some Han army generals who thought they were brave tried to stop Gong Du and Zhou Cang's forbidden army, but their results were the same - they were all beheaded by Gong Du and Zhou Cang. )ㄣ ˉ

These generals of the Han army may be considered brave compared to ordinary soldiers, but Gong Du and Zhou Cang, the two generals who crawled out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood, are much inferior.

What's more, Gong Du and Zhou Cang were not alone, they were surrounded by a large number of personal guards, as well as soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

The scale of victory is tilting towards the Yellow Turban Army. The Han army's formation is crumbling under the fierce counterattack of the Yellow Turban Army. It seems that it will only collapse sooner or later...

……

The fiery red banner was flying on the pole cart of the Han army's central army.

Lu Zhi stood with his hands behind his back on the pole cart, looking calmly at the chaotic battlefield not far away.

"The order was sent by the big banner to withdraw the whole army, ordering Chunyu Qiong, Xia Mou, Han Meng, Jiao Touch, and Jiang Qi to lead the soldiers under their command to fight and retreat, and raise the flag to signal Su You and Meng Dai to lead the cavalry to intercept the left and right The 'Moth Thief' cavalry army came between two sides."

The faces of all the generals on the Wanggan car were pale, but Lu Zhi's face didn't even change a little, and he still gave the order calmly.

Hearing Lu Zhi's order, all the generals standing behind him changed their colors.

When retreating, it was difficult to maintain effective command over the various armies and ministries while retreating, and the entire army would be defeated if there was a slight carelessness.

The two armies fought endlessly, especially when the offensive and defensive momentum reversed soon, and the enemy ordered to retreat when they attacked, it was even more dangerous.

Husband war, courage also.

At this time, the retreat was ordered. The soldiers in the rear were not afraid, did not fall into chaos, and still had the strength to fight.

But once the retreat is ordered, the atmosphere of panic will inevitably spread under the unfavorable situation in the front line.

The defeat of the army is not a joke. The defeat of the army, especially in the battle of tens of thousands of people, because if the retreat leads to a rout, the series of chain reactions that occur after that are almost impossible to reverse. .

Lu Zhi commanded the main force of the Han army in Jizhou, the forbidden army in Xiyuan.

The Zhangshui plain is now a big pocket, and the Yellow Turban Army is waiting with their nets open. They must not be defeated. Once defeated, I am afraid that not half of the [-] to [-] troops will be able to escape back to the west bank of Zhangshui.

"Think twice, general. Our army has fought fiercely with the 'Moth Thief' for a long time. Now is the time when they are entangled. They are completely strangled together. Now that they suddenly order to retreat, it is very likely that the entire army will be defeated. The situation in Jizhou will be difficult to deal with!"

"General, although the 'Moth Thief' has a sharp weapon for throwing stones, its actual damage is limited. Our army still has a large number of reserves that have not been invested. The upper barracks are still in the Chinese army. There is a fight."

The two Han army generals who were closest to Lu Zhi stepped forward together, with anxious faces, and hurriedly tried to persuade them.

The standard bearer and orderly who were about to execute the military order also stopped their movements when they saw this.

"The big banner sends an order, the whole army retreats!"

Lu Zhi's face was slightly stern, he pressed his hand on the Han sword at his waist, and raised his voice again.

"Zheng!" "Zheng!" "Zheng!"

The guards on the pole-watching cart all drew their swords together, and there was a burst of swords on the pole-watching cart.

Seeing this, the expressions of the two generals of the Han Army couldn't help changing drastically, and they took a few steps back, not daring to dissuade Lu Zhi any more.

"Ugh——"

A dull and long horn sounded from the pole car, and then the blue flag waved on the pole car.

The sound of war drums in the Han army formation also slowly stopped, and the golden sound of retreating troops sounded from the position of the central army.

The pole-monitoring vehicle with the big fiery red banner slowly moved back, and the well-trained soldiers from the upper barracks also followed the pole-monitoring vehicle slowly.

……

"kill!!"

The deafening shouts of killing sounded again, and three soldiers whose faces were extremely ferocious due to the force raised their spears at the same time and stabbed Han Meng.

Han Meng quickly took a step back and turned the long-handled saber. With just one turn, the knife edge hit one of the spears obliquely, and then the huge force caused the spear to deviate from the direction and hit the top of the other two spears. , carrying it also deflected to the other side.

A fierce murderous intent emerged from Han Meng's eyes. Han Meng took a step forward, swung the long knife sideways, and let go of his right hand holding the knife. The long knife slid down toward his right side rapidly go.

"Dang bang."

The edge of the long knife collided with the grass, and collided with a falling ring-head knife, making a crisp sound.

With a roar, Han Menghu grabbed the tail of the long-handled saber and swung the tiger's arm. With the sound of howling wind, the long saber slammed fiercely at the three Yellow Turban soldiers who came charging together.

The sound of bones breaking and the smell of blood came at the same time, and the three soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army fell to the ground in response, blood foam gushed out of their mouths, and one of them's chest almost collapsed.

Holding the long knife upside down, Han Meng stepped forward again, looking forward fiercely. Although the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were brave, when they saw such a scene, they huddled together for a while, holding their gun shields and hovering in front of them. Han Meng was not far in front of him, and he didn't dare to move forward.

"Sima!"