The World of Yellow Sky

Unintentionally inserting willows and willows into shades, Gong Du was injured this time, but it reminded Xu An of the chain mail, which is a relatively good armor. It can be expected that with this kind of armor, it will undoubtedly be of great importance to the improvement of the combat power of the Yellow Turban Army generals. To increase a lot.

Many generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army died under bows and arrows. Whether it was the Han army or the nomadic tribes in the north, they all had a group of people with superb archery skills.

In the previous Battle of Shuofang, the reason why the Xiongnu infantry opened up the Yellow Turban Army's formation was because the Huns' eagle archers and archers with excellent archery skills took the opportunity to shoot and kill the Yellow Turban Army general who was commanding the formation.

On the battlefield of cold weapons, without the command of officers, it is difficult for junior officers alone to maintain the army formation under the impact of the enemy, and morale will also be severely hit.

He Man, Gong Du and the others glanced at each other with surprise on their faces.

Zhou Cang said in disbelief, "Duke Ming, are you serious?"

"Stupid man, what Duke Ming said could be false? Now that I occupy eleven counties in Taiping Road, isn't it thanks to Duke Ming?"

He Man put away his surprised expression and glared at Zhou Cang.

If this sentence came from someone else's mouth, he would definitely not believe it. How could there be such a thing in this world, which is light in weight and good in protection.

According to He Man, if the protection ability is to be good enough, the armor leaves of the iron armor must be thicker, the thicker it is, the stronger it is, and naturally the heavier it is.

However, if these words came from Xu An's mouth, then He Man was only surprised for a short time before choosing to believe it.

In He Man's view, there is nothing that Xu An can't do.

Now even Lu Zhi, who was famous all over the world, was defeated by Xu An's troops, and now there was nothing that could stop their army.

"It's hard to tell the specific time and half. After arriving in Bingzhou, I will ask the craftsmen to prepare a set for each of you. Our army won the battle of Zhangshui for a while, but we still have to beware of the Han army coming back."

Xu An looked at the Han army camp not far away, the middle door of the Han army camp was wide open, Lu Zhi's big flag had already entered the camp, and the rest of the Han army was slowly gathering towards the camp.

"Immediately send an order to Xu Huang to lead the army back to the left army and continue to pursue the right army of the Han army, but we must beware of any backhands left by the Han army."

"Order Yan Zhong to continue chasing the left army of the Han army, but don't go too deep. If possible, try to send troops from his side to see if we can encircle the middle army of the Han army."

Military orders were issued one after another, and a dozen or so yellow turban army cavalry with feathers on their backs passed through the gaps between the yellow turban army formations and galloped towards the rear formation and the left and right rooms.

"Where is the catapult?"

Xu An turned to look at Xu Da and asked.

Commanding the mobilization of the army, you need to concentrate when the army is fighting each other, so Xu An asked Xu Da to record many other news.

Xu Da thought for a while, and replied: "When our army was chasing, the catapult truck kept moving forward. It was about two miles away from our army's front line. There were livestock dragging it, and it would take about a quarter of an hour. Left and right, get here."

It has been almost five years since Xu Da served as Xu An's personal guard captain. He has also changed from an illiterate and taciturn farmer to a qualified personal guard captain.

"Order the rock-throwing convoy to speed up."

Xu An raised his binoculars and looked at the Han army camp not far away. The distance between them was less than one mile.

The soldiers who hurried past the camp wall waited outside the camp for the soldiers of the Han army to enter the camp.

It was a mile apart, but the din in the Han army camp was still quite ear-piercing, with voices of people and horses neighing endlessly.

"Half a quarter of an hour, half an hour! Order the catapult convoy to rush to the front line within half a quarter of an hour!"

Xu An turned to Xu Da and said seriously.

Lu Zhi was cautious in deploying troops, and naturally he would not ignore how to withdraw from the battlefield if the left and right armies were defeated.

After all, a qualified general knows very well that after the left and right wings are eradicated, if the Chinese army cannot withdraw from the battlefield in time, it will be in danger of being surrounded.

Now Xu An's only hope of keeping Lu Zhi behind is that Lu Zhi didn't know that there were catapults in the Yellow Turban Army before the battle.

Although the range of the torsion catapult and the stone bullets thrown were far inferior to those of the counterweight catapult, Xu An did not need to attack the city now, and all he had to face was the simple camp wall built by the Han army with earth, rocks and wood.

As long as the torsion catapults arrived in time, there would be no users for the catapults and bed crossbows erected by the Han army above the camp. With the reinforcements on both wings, Lu Zhi still had a chance to win as long as he kept pestering Lu Zhi.

Time passed bit by bit, Xu An's eyes moved back and forth between his own rear and the Han army's camp, the neighing of horses had already come from the rear, and Xu An had already seen the catapult slowly approaching There's a fleet of cars.

"Speed ​​up a little more and send someone to push!"

The Han army seemed to be plotting something, Xu An became more and more uneasy, and ordered the convoy of catapults to speed up again.

"Hey, hey!"

All the warriors of the Yellow Turban Army were blushing, and the veins on their arms and foreheads were all bulging. They pushed the catapult forward with all their strength behind them. The horses pulling the cart lowered their heads, snorted and snorted. Breathing white air, he walked slowly forward step by step, the rope pulling the cart was stretched straight.

There are no rubber tires, no shock-absorbing springs, and the wooden wheels make a creaking sound as they move, as if they will be crushed by the huge body at any time.

Although the torsion trebuchet is small in size, it is compared to the huge counterweight trebuchet. Moreover, not only the trebuchet itself, but also the stone bombs equipped with it also need to be transported together.

……

In the camp of the Han army, Lu Zhi looked rather embarrassed.

The use of trebuchets in field battles is really unheard of and unseen, and it is still a movable trebuchet.

"Continue to retreat."

Lu Zhi's face was livid, and seeing the yellow turban army's stone-throwing convoy getting closer to the camp, he could only give an order to continue to retreat.

Han Meng and Jiao Touch looked at each other, hesitating to speak, they both knew they were not ready yet.

Lu Zhi saw that Han Meng and the others did not move, and he knew why.

"There is no other way. As soon as the 'Moth Thief''s catapult arrives, the camp wall will be annihilated (yān) in an instant. Our army's morale will inevitably fall to the bottom. Our left army will retreat, and our right army will be defeated. There is a danger of being encircled by them, the 'Moth Thief' cavalry army is far superior to our army, if you don't want the whole army to be wiped out here, you must withdraw now."

Han Meng's face turned blue and white, he took one last look at the soldiers walking under the camp wall, and finally made up his mind.

……

Outside the camp of the Han army, sixty trebuchets were lined up.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the catapult convoy were busy quickly, loading stone bombs, adjusting the distance, and observing the landing point.

"Smoke?"

Xu An observed the camp of the Han army, but suddenly noticed smoke and dust rising from the woods on both sides.

And in the camp of the Han army, thick smoke rose one after another.

As the breeze blew in, Xu An felt a bit of coolness wrapped in the sultry iron armor, and at this moment, fires ignited in the Han army camp and the woods on both sides.

Two armies on both sides of the Han camp are being deployed.

"What a big handwriting..."

Xu An's heart sank slightly, Lu Zhi actually wanted to set fire to his own camp and the forests on both sides, so as to stop the pursuit of the Yellow Turban Army, and left behind the blocking army.

"The NO.13 car is loaded!"

"The NO.30 car is loaded!"

"Car No. [-]..."

There was a sound of a report that the catapult trucks had been loaded, and as the commander of the Yellow Turban Army Marquis slashed down, more than sixty stone bombs were instantly fired and smashed towards the Han army's camp.

Holding the binoculars, Xu An observed the Han camp.

The stone bullets thrown by the catapult easily tore through the camp wall of the Han army.

Through the ruined walls, Xu An could clearly see the soldiers of the Han army who were fleeing in embarrassment.

In the camp of the Han army, a large amount of supplies were scattered all over the place, the soldiers were scattered, the banners fell, and the drums fell to the ground. The previous strict military appearance was not seen at all.

"He Man, Zhou Cang!"

Xu An raised his horsewhip, pointed at the rear troops left behind by the Han army on both sides of the camp, and ordered decisively.

"Both of you, bring [-] yellow angels each, and [-] soldiers, and destroy these two rear troops for me as soon as possible."

The current Han army is really defeated, Xu An is very convinced that they have discarded a lot of supplies, even a lot of banners and armor, how could there be fakes.

He Man and Zhou Cang immediately took orders to go, Xu An continued to issue military orders, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue were also sent out by him, and the two cavalry led He Man and Zhou Cang to help out.

The news of Hao Meng's death in battle had reached Xu An's ears. Hao Meng and Meng Dai exchanged their lives for another. Cao Xing led the remaining cavalry to defeat the cavalry of the Han army, but suffered heavy casualties, so Xu An Cao Xing was not allowed to take them to participate in the follow-up battle.

The battle broke out quickly, and Xu An also sent [-] catapults to assist He Man and Zhou Cang, attacking the army behind the Han army.

After the first wave of stone bombs attacked, He Man and Zhou Cang also brought their infantry closer.

……

Lu Zhi led his own cavalry and marched on the side of the large army. The retreating queue of the Han army was no longer orderly and began to become a little messy. They abandoned a lot of luggage and weapons.

Now most of the people went into battle lightly, and the Xiyuan imperial army even left a considerable part of their armaments. If Jian Shuo hadn't mobilized a lot of pack horses to ensure the mobility of the barracks, they might have to leave more armaments behind.

"How's the situation?"

A messenger hurriedly came from the northwest, bringing the left army of the Han army.

"Han Sima and Lu Sima have led the army to retreat to the predetermined location, and the loss is acceptable. The right army of the 'Moth Thief' has dispatched a force to come here, and our army has no way to stop it."

"I see."

Lu Zhi nodded, and waved his hand to repel the messengers of the left army. Although he did not put his hopes on Han Juzi and Lu Weihuang at the beginning, when he heard the pursuit of the right army of the Yellow Turban Army, his complexion changed.

As for the left army of the Yellow Turban Army, they must have sent a chasing army to double-team. The left army of the Han army was not defeated, and it was still capable of fighting. The left army of the yellow scarf army of fire.

Lu Zhi raised his head and looked forward. On the left and right sides above the Zhangshui Plain, he could already see the khaki banners of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Report!"

A loud shout interrupted Lu Zhi's thoughts.

"The back of our army hall has been broken by the 'Moth Thief', and the cavalry army of the 'Moth Thief' is rushing towards our army!"

When all the generals of the Han army around Lu Zhi heard this information, they all changed their colors.

"There are chasing soldiers, 'Moth Thief' coming from two sides of bread, what should I do..."

Jiang Qi was a little panicked. The current situation is very bad. He suddenly remembered the result of the Battle of Kuicheng. More than 1 Han troops were all killed by the Yellow Turban Army.

Jiao Touch heard Jiang Qi's words and wanted to scold him. Jiang Qi's words would disturb the morale of the army, but when it came to his mouth, he couldn't speak, and he felt a little panic in his heart.

He had seen with his own eyes that besides Quyang and Guangzong, Huangfusong built the "Beijing Temple" with hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops.

"What are you panicking about?!"

Lu Zhi's face was gloomy, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"There are chasing soldiers on three sides, but none of them have come to fight, and now you are in a mess!"

Lu Zhi raised his whip and pointed at Zhangshui in his field of vision, and said sharply.

"There are pursuers on the two wings, what is there to be afraid of, as long as you rush through the distance of four miles!"

"Jiang Qi, Jiao Chu, you two lead the army from the county, Xia Mou, Chun Yuqiong, you two stand beside the barracks, Han Meng, you take the barracks in front, Su You, you lead the cavalry first, for Our army stands still."

Lu Zhi clenched the horsewhip in his hand, with serious eyes, and said in a deep voice.

"Blow the trumpet to march, go all out, and follow me to kill!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Following the issuance of Lu Zhi's military order, the sound of high-pitched and passionate horns reappeared in the formation of the Han army.

Dozens of Han army commanders galloped away along the marching column, bringing Lu Zhi's military orders to all directions. After a while, all the Han army soldiers understood the predicament they were in now.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

When the low horn sounded again.

A group of generals of the Han army shouted loudly, trying their best to encourage the momentum of the soldiers under their command.

"Our army in Kuicheng was defeated. More than [-] soldiers were massacred by the butcher Xu An. The 'Moth Thief' would never accept our surrender!"

"We have no way out, kill it, kill it, we are only four miles away from the river crossing point! If we kill it, we can cross the river safely."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The third horn sounded suddenly, and it spread throughout the entire Han army formation in an instant.

In an instant, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Han army rushed forward like a flood that broke the embankment.

When people are fighting for survival, their potential to explode is incomparably astonishing.

……

The battle of Zhangshui came to an end.

On October 25, the battle between the main force of the Han army in Jizhou and the Yellow Turban army finally came to a conclusion.

Lu Zhi led the army under his command, after paying a heavy price, finally broke through the positions of Xu Huang and Yan Zhong, and successfully reached the crossing point.

The last cavalry army of the Han army was also defeated by the Wuhuan Tuqi led by Xu Huang. Su You was directly chopped off by Xu Huang's horse with an axe. There was no power to resist, and the rest fled in all directions.

But they also bought a certain amount of time for the follow-up Han army.