The World of Yellow Sky

Only Yan Zhong knew his tactics so well.

Lu Zhi has just reached the Year of Destiny this year, Yan Zhong is a few years older than him, Yan Zhong used to be Huangfusong's staff member, he was a general under Huangfusong's command, he and Yan Zhong had met several times.

This person has a good understanding of the art of war and military strategy, as well as the people's livelihood and political affairs, and he is worthy of the name of a celebrity in Liangzhou.

It's just that when Lu Zhi saw Yan Zhong, he felt that this man was ambitious and seemed to have evil intentions.

However, the world was at peace at that time, although Lu Zhi felt uncomfortable, he did not take Huangfusong's face off, and then the three of them sat down and discussed, discussing military strategy, people's livelihood and political affairs.

It's just that the discussion in the past became the foreshadowing of his defeat today, and it was through that discussion that Yan Zhong learned about Lu Zhi's method of using troops.

And Lu Zhi felt ashamed of Zhu Jun because of that discussion.

During the banquet that day, it was Lu Zhi who personally told Yan Zhong about Zhu Jun's character, as well as the method of using troops and the strategy of marching and fighting.

And this indirectly led to Zhu Jun's defeat in Kuicheng.

As Xu An's mastermind, Yan Zhong participated in the battle again. Lu Zhi also went all out in today's battle, but in the end it was far behind.

It's a pity that most of the elite cavalry in Jizhou are under the command of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the two first-class cavalry generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou were also isolated in Anping Kingdom.

However, what really led to the defeat was not the defeat of the cavalry army, because even if the cavalry army was defeated, with the heavy cavalry in hand, Lu Zhi was confident in dividing the Yellow Turban Army's formation and then defeating the Yellow Turban Army's position.

But the rapid defeat of the right army was the key to the failure of the battle.

Lu Zhi was also confused at this time. He specially hid more than a thousand elite soldiers from the upper barracks in the right army, and pretended to want to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Yellow Turban Army. Why did the elite go to our own left army, and why the right army of Jizhou army was defeated so quickly.

Coupled with the previous scout battle, the Yellow Turban Army supported extremely quickly, and seemed to be observant, and could notice many details, as if...

It's like having a magnified eye, which can clearly see the situation on the battlefield.

The defeat in the Battle of Zhangshui was largely due to this failure.

Deafening shouts of killing suddenly erupted from the center formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and the shouts like a mountain roaring and a tsunami blasted to all directions, and the unique sharp wooden whistle of the Yellow Turban Army was instantly heard. Spread throughout the Zhangshui Plain.

"General, this place is extremely dangerous, the general should retreat first."

Jiao Chu, who was covered in blood, wiped his blood-stained face with a silk cloth again, and also urged him eagerly.

Xu An came aggressively and summoned all the Yellow Angels. The impact this time must be like a thunderbolt. If Lu Zhi does not retreat, if the Yellow Turban Army breaks through the formation and kills him on the spot, then the Jizhou Army will really be over. .

Xia Mou gritted his teeth. Although he believed in Lu Zhi's commanding ability, he still stepped forward to persuade him: "The family has a lot of money, and you can't sit down. The safety of the Jizhou army depends on the general. The general must not take risks."

"The Yellow Turban Army is now in full swing. If the general retreats temporarily at this time, he will not lose half of his prestige."

Lu Zhi held the reins with both hands, and led the horses under him. He did not respond to the persuasion of Xia Mou, Han Meng, and Jiao Touch, and his eyes stayed on Xu An's big flag.

Those who make good use of soldiers, avoid their sharpness, and attack their lazy return, this is also the one who controls Qi.

Those who are good at using soldiers avoid the enemy when their morale is sharp, and launch a fierce attack when their morale is exhausted. This is the principle of correctly using morale.It is called the gas-controller.

This is the method of using troops mentioned in the Art of War by Sun Tzu. Lu Zhi is familiar with military books, so naturally he also knows the truth.

"I don't care about reputation."

Lu Zhi raised his hand and stopped the dissuasion of several people. He was thinking about the possibility of Xu An being able to successfully surround and kill Xu An if Xu An personally led the army.

Xu An personally led the army to charge at this time. This time is actually the best time for the Han army to counterattack. As long as Xu An can be killed, the situation on the battlefield will change instantly, and the balance of victory will be completely biased towards the Han army. this side.

But now the right army of the Jizhou Han army has lost and is in a rout, and the left army of the Jizhou Han army has also received a signal from Lu Zhi, and evacuated towards the pontoon bridge according to the predetermined plan.

Both the left and right armies of the Yellow Turban Army sent reinforcements to help. If they let go at this time and choose Xu An, who is encircled and entered the formation, it will inevitably delay the retreat time.

At that time, the reinforcements from both the left and right armies of the Yellow Turban Army will arrive. As a result, the Han army failed to kill Xu An, then the Han army will be besieged and surrounded. At that time, the only way to wait for the Han army is defeat.

And the probability of successfully besieging and killing Xu An is really not high.

The fighting power of the Yellow Angels dates back to the seventh year of Guanghe, when the leader of the Taiping Road was still Zhang Jiao, Lu Zhi had already experienced it.

Those brave yellow angels left a deep impression on Lu Zhi, and it is precisely because of this that Lu Zhi regards Taiping Dao as a cult, a wild beast, and has no mercy for the followers of Taiping Dao .

At the beginning, Zhang Jiao's selection criteria for the Yellow Angels were devout Taiping Daoists, in good health, able to wear armor and obey military orders.

And now the yellow angels under Xu An's command are even more powerful than the yellow angels in Zhang Jiao's time.

These yellow angels under Xu An's command have been sharpened for a long time, five years of accumulation, [-] yellow angels, and all of them are fierce soldiers who have fought a hundred battles.

Not only have they experienced brutal fighting on the battlefield, they also need to undergo rigorous training during the day. Compared with the two-day training of soldiers, the yellow angels only have eight days of rest a month, and the rest of the time undergoing training.

Although their military equipment, martial arts, load bearing, and endurance are not as good as the upper barracks of the West Garden Forbidden Army, if they really fight, the same number of yellow angels can definitely defeat the West Garden Forbidden Army's upper barracks head-on.

During the fierce battle before, Lu Zhi had already noticed this terrifying army.

He Man led the yellow angels to kill Zhang Nan in an instant and defeated the sharp soldiers of the Han army he sent to fight.

Zhang Nan's bravery can be ranked among the entire Jizhou Army, and the combat power of the sharp soldiers of the Han Army is beyond doubt, but facing the yellow angels, they seem a little weak.

Now there are more than 1000 yellow angels, as well as Xu An's personal guards, a total of nearly 2000 elite troops.

And the flags of He Man, Zhou Cang, Gong Du, Bai Rao and other powerful generals of the Yellow Turban Army were also set up around the Xu'an Daqi Banner. Killing Xu An under heavy siege was no less difficult than defeating the yellow turban army that was chasing him head-on.

Lu Zhi raised his hand to cover his eyes, squinted his eyes, the shouts of killing in front of him became louder, the sound of war drums shook the sky, and Xu An's big banner was moving forward rapidly.

"Give me an order to go up to the barracks to form an army formation. You don't need to worry about other places. You just need to block the attack of the yellow angels. The rest of the battalions, take advantage of the opportunity of the yellow turban army to attack the center formation, and retreat back as soon as possible."

"Han Meng, Jiao Chu, Jiang Qi, Xia Mou, Chunyu Qiong!"

Lu Zhi raised his whip, regained his determination, and ordered calmly.

"Return to the main formation and retreat according to the original plan. No matter what happens in the middle formation, don't pay attention to it, just keep the headquarters stable."

"promise."

After Lu Zhi's words fell, the five generals on both sides of Lu Zhi all agreed, and no one raised any objections.

The elite of the Yellow Turban Army was mobilized to the center position by the Ministry of Security, and the pressure on the rest of the Han army was naturally greatly reduced, which was a good opportunity to speed up their withdrawal from the battlefield.

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"Lu Zhi's banner is retreating!"

On the chaotic battlefield, someone yelled loudly, Xu An raised his head and saw Lu Zhi's banner began to retreat.

"How many more steps!"

Xu An held his horse and asked loudly.

It is too noisy on the battlefield. If you don't speak loudly, it is difficult to hear each other's words clearly.

"Only a hundred steps!"

The scout in charge of observation loudly answered Xu An's call.

"One hundred steps?!"

Xu An looked past the group of soldiers who were fighting, and saw the fiery red banner like a flame.

The big banner was the same as the one he saw when he was in Kuicheng, the same color, the same pattern, and the same height.

Under the banner of the Dazhu, a Han general wearing a crimson battle robe and a general's fish-scale iron helmet was surrounded by a group of soldiers and retreated slowly. A messenger of the Han army with a military order and a feather on his back.

Xu An knew it in his heart, he knew that this person must be Lu Zhi.

At the same moment, Lu Zhi, who was discovered by Xu An, suddenly felt something, and looked in the direction of Xu An's big banner.

Across a group of soldiers who were fighting and countless banners, Xu An's eyes met Lu Zhi's. Although they couldn't see each other's faces clearly, they both knew each other's identity.

Xu An held the horse upside down, reined in the horse, raised his left hand, and suddenly clenched it into a fist.

All the knights and soldiers behind them stopped.

"call out----"

A different whistle sounded, and Xu An's military order was issued, and Xu Da immediately blew a khaki bamboo whistle hanging around his neck.

The long wind whizzed past, the new wind fluttered, and the big khaki flag spread out with the wind, and the flag fluttered in the wind, making the sound of hunting.

More than 360 armored cavalry outfits slowly drove out of the Yellow Turban Army's queue, followed by more than [-] Yellow Turban Army armored cavalry.

Xu An's eyes were firm, and he raised the horse spear in his hand. The dazzling sunlight shone on the battlefield, making the armor on Xu An's body even more dazzling. It seems to be coated with a layer of golden light.

"Kill the past, behead Lu Zhi!!"

Xu An kicked the horse's belly fiercely with both legs, and the bay red horse under the seat neighed, and galloped forward.

"kill!!!"

All the Yellow Turban armored cavalry responded loudly to Xu An's order.

Xu An's leadership once again aroused the morale of the generals. Amidst the sharp wooden whistle, the Yellow Angel's offensive suddenly became fierce, and the barracks in front of them completely collapsed.

Zhou Cang and Bai Rao rushed into the battle formation with the yellow angels, and led the yellow angels to kill to the left and right. They wanted to open a hole for the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army who rushed into the formation.

Although Xu An took the lead for the time being and charged forward, He Man and Gong naturally would not really let Xu An take the lead. They took their personal guards to protect Xu An closely, and Xu Da He also led a group of relatives and armored cavalry to surround Xu An in the center.

Countless birds startled from the forest on both sides, and the Han army was still more than a mile away from their own camp. The sound of the two armies fighting once again terrified these birds and beasts.

Looking down from above the clouds.

On the Zhangshui Plain, the Yellow Turban Army's chasing troops were like a big net, catching the tail of the Han Army, and the Yellow Angels led by Xu An were like a sharp long sword, piercing the Han army's tail fiercely. The heart of the Han army.

The armored cavalry of more than 360 Yellow Turban soldiers is the tip of the long sword, and the [-] ​​armored cavalry who follow are the blades around the tip of the sword. The body and hilt of the sword are [-] More than a hundred heavily armed yellow angels!

"call out------"

The extremely penetrating wooden whistle sounded in the large formation of the Yellow Turban Army. At this moment, thousands of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army charged towards the Han army that was slowly retreating ahead!

The advancing speed of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly accelerated, and voices of distress sounded from everywhere.

"General, please retreat to the camp as soon as possible!"

The guard beside Lu Zhi urged him urgently.

"What are you panicking about?"

Lu Zhi's complexion did not change, and even the tone of his speech did not fluctuate in the slightest. His gaze was always on Xu An.

This is the first time he has been so close to Xu An, and their distance is still getting closer. Although the upper barracks of the Xiyuan Imperial Army is a powerful army in the world, but the defeat in the previous battle, the morale has been changing. [-]% or even [-]% of their combat power can't be used.

What Cao GUI said in the debate is that the courage of the husband is not a false statement. In the era of cold weapons, momentum is extremely important.

Only dozens of steps away, Lu Zhi's eyesight is very good, he can even see Xu An's eyebrows clearly.

Among the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, Xu An was holding a lance in his hand, with a serious expression on his face, staring at Lu Zhi with eagle eyes.

Lu Zhi is in a high position and has seen all kinds of people, including battle-hardened generals, ten permanent attendants who wield great power, high-ranking officials and nine ministers, princes and nobles, and today's emperor.

But no one gave him the same feeling as Xu An, extremely fierce, like an unsheathed sword.

Xu An looked at him with eyes that made Lu Zhi feel a little palpitated. His eyes were like a goshawk that had spotted its prey and was swooping down from the sky, trying to hunt and kill its prey. .

The distance of tens of steps has already reached the distance of crossbow shooting. Many archers in the Yellow Turban Army who boasted of their superb archery skills opened their bows and arrows at Lu Zhi, but without exception, they were all guarded around Lu Zhi. blocked by the soldiers.

"die!"

With a roar from Xu Anhu, the horse lance in his hand suddenly thrust out, and a Forbidden Army in the barracks who was blocking in front of him had no time to dodge, and was stabbed in the throat by Xu An's lance.

The war horse was galloping, Xu An exerted strength with both hands, his face became serious, and he lifted the horse in his hand upwards, and the soldier of the upper barracks who was stabbed in the throat was instantly picked up high in the air, and was thrown several meters at once. distance, smashed into the crowd.

All the soldiers who went to the barracks in the scattered army formation were all shocked, and for a while no one dared to step forward to fill the vacancy.

Xu An was holding a horse spear in his right hand, wearing an iron armor with a basin collar, a black iron helmet on his head, a ball of yellow velvet fringe on the top, and a khaki war robe full of scriptures.

The burgundy horse under the seat is wearing a khaki horse coat, and some cloth strips are hung on the horse coat. On the cloth strips, there are lines of scriptures in the "Taiping Jing", and the black scales are hung on the horse coat. Above, it confirms the description in "The Story of the Dragon and the Horse": "The dragon and the horse are the essence of the heaven and the earth, and they are in shape, with the body of the horse and the scales of the dragon."

Xu An rode a horse and held a lance, and a pair of eagle eyes scanned the soldiers of the Han army in front of him. The golden sun fell on Xu An's body, and what shone on it was even more mighty, as majestic as a general descending from the sky!

All the soldiers who went to the barracks knew that this person was Xu An, the big flag could not be faked, and neither could the soldiers guarding him.

Although the soldiers of the upper barracks of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army are all veterans of hundreds of battles, they are powerful troops in the world, but they are also mortal bodies after all, and the theory of ghosts and gods prevailed in the Han Dynasty.

After the defeat of Xia Quyang, the Han army went into the woods to pursue Zhang Liang. With the Yellow Turban Army already defeated, the Han army almost lost their spirits and was dragged down from the altar. Liang was still timid, not daring to attack.

At this time, facing Xu An, who was rumored to be even more Zhang Jiao in the past, he was even more afraid.

Following the gap opened by Xu An, Zhou Cang rushed into the formation of the Han army brandishing his big ax while the soldiers who went to the barracks were still in fear.

Zhou Cang opened and closed the big ax in his hand. Although the armor of the soldiers in the upper barracks was strong, they could only be used as defensive sharp weapons for chopping and stabbing. Zhou Cang was already powerful, and the big ax in his hand was completely regarded as a blunt weapon by him , You will be injured if you touch it, and you will die if you hit it.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

Shocking shouts suddenly exploded, and a group of yellow angels holding shields and hammers frantically rushed into the fragmented formation of the upper barracks. sounded.

The last infantry formation in the upper barracks standing in front of Xu An and Lu Zhi collapsed, but Xu An did not have the slightest joy of victory, because Lu Zhi did not panic, nor did he retreat quickly .

He Man and Gong Du rode on war horses, and led their own armored cavalry to kill Lu Zhi without hesitation.

Xu An did not act rashly, he had already taken the lead and charged into battle, so he didn't need to risk himself in the task of beheading the general and capturing the flag.