The World of Yellow Sky

However, almost all the cavalry troops of the Wei army were born in good families. They joined the army very early and learned to bow and horse for a long time. Many officers were children of aristocratic families and were extremely brave.

The reason why they were suppressed by the inferior Han cavalry before was not because of weapons and equipment, nor because of the level of combat power, but because the army had no fighting spirit and would not have the will to fight.

The reappearance of Yuan Shao restored the morale of the cavalry of Wei Jun.

Liang Gang and Lei Bo, the school captains of the Han Army, were beheaded, and Liu Bei was also quite embarrassed. He finally knew how Baima Yicong under Gongsun Zan's command was defeated.

The range and penetration of Wei Jun's strong crossbow battalion far surpassed that of ordinary crossbows. Caught off guard, hundreds of cavalry soldiers who followed him all the way to fight for thousands of miles died under the harassment of arrow rain.

In the end, the cavalry battle in the south of the city ended with a disastrous defeat for the cavalry of the Han army, and the Han army returned to defense across the board.

Yuan Shao did not spare money in the city, slaughtered a large number of livestock, and rewarded the Six Armies.

As a result, the Wei army's prestige has improved, and its morale has returned to the early days of the East County Battle. Although there is still a certain gap compared with the Han army, it is more than a star and a half better than before.

Rewarding the Sixth Army, Yuan Shao did not treat Wuhuan's cavalry badly. The Wuhuan cavalry had a deep grudge, so Yuan Shao ordered to allocate some of the new horse gear to the Wuhuan cavalry, and promised not to participate in the battle for a few days, promising to treat them equally.

As a result, the turmoil within Wuhuanqi subsided somewhat.

But this is only the beginning of the war.

Everyone knows that this is all just appetizers.

The real battle will start when the catapult roars...

May 27th, Pingdan.

Just after dawn, outside Fanyang City, more than [-] huge dump trucks were set up and lined up outside Fanyang City.

There are a large number of repelling horses and fences around the throwing chariot, and there are Han cavalry on both sides to cover it, and a large number of crossbowmen are arranged between the throwing chariot camps.

The cavalry had no advantage. As Sun Jian expected, the Han army assembled a large number of bows and crossbows to offset the advantage of the Wei army's cavalry.

Although the Han army is the offensive side and the Wei army is the defensive side, in theory the cavalry army with the advantage of the Wei army has taken the initiative.

But the problem is that the Han army can afford it, but the Wei army cannot.

The situation does not allow.

The Wei army must repel the Han army as soon as possible, so that Yuan Shao can regain the support of the Jizhou family.

Part of Yuan Shao's ability to come to the present is due to the direct line of troops under his command, and the other part is due to the support of powerful families. The reason why he was able to take over Jizhou so smoothly at the beginning is also related to the support of powerful families in Jizhou.

Now Wei Ting is besieged on all sides, even the Hebei Zhen family who has an in-law relationship has begun to waver, not to mention other powerful families.

The Wei army must defeat the Han army as soon as possible to stabilize the situation, and must not give up Fanyang.

otherwise.

Everything is off.

The height of the city walls in the Han Dynasty had its own specifications. Even if the inland cities were large, they could only build low walls, while the cities in the border areas required strong walls.

Fanyang is located in the hinterland, and the city wall is not tall. Even though it has been strengthened to a certain extent due to the war, it is still as fragile as tofu in the face of the powerful thrown car.

The positions of the Han army were heavily guarded and it was difficult to break through.

If the tiger and leopard cavalry were still there, perhaps the Wei army could use the tiger and leopard cavalry to forcibly defeat the cavalry of the Han army, and then use the troops to attack the camp where the carts were thrown.

But unfortunately, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was not in Yuan Shao's hands, but was left in Qingzhou.

At a distance of a hundred steps, it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to cause damage, not to mention that the front of the Han army has arrangements to resist arrows.

Wei Jun could still rely on ballista to fight back at the beginning, but as the throwing carts roared one after another, Fanyang's city wall began to gradually deform.

How can the city walls made of rammed earth resist the bombardment of stone bombs?

With the passage of time, the Han army's original camps that threw cars were constantly being reinforced. This time, the Han army recruited a large number of civilians to deliver military food for them as labor, and even conscripted the people of Jizhou along the way. There is no lack of people power at all these days.

Yuan Shao stood at the corner of the city wall, looking at the dump truck that was slowly loading not far away, with a gloomy expression.

The morale that the Wei army could not bear to be inspired was slowly declining under the attack of the Han army throwing carts.

Can only be beaten passively, but can't fight back, this kind of feeling is not good.

But fortunately, the Han army's throwing cart requires hundreds of people to pull it at the same time, which consumes a lot of physical strength. Although the Han army has a lot of civilians who can conscript, but to pull the throwing cart, you must be physically fit. Many farmers who are not full can't do it.

Compared with the catapults of the Yellow Turban Army, the catapults of the Han army were loaded more slowly and required more manpower.

"The catapults of the Han army are different from the moth thieves' catapults. Although the power is similar, the interval is long and the follow-up is weak."

Feng Ji had seen the catapults in the Yellow Turban Army from afar, so he also had some experience in facing the catapults of the Han army.

"The morale of the Han army is so high that it is hard to beat them. The cavalry is slightly inferior to our army, and the Wuhuan cavalry are difficult to rely on. The Han army's infantry is far superior to our army."

Feng Ji shook his head and said in a deep voice.

"If it is a field battle, it will be difficult for our army to win."

"However, our army is not without a way to break the situation."

Feng Ji looked into the distance, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

When Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou at the beginning, he used Shenpei and Fengji to command the military, Tian Feng and Jushou were the masterminds, and Gao Lan and Qu Yi were the generals.

Shenpei and Fengji were indeed reused by Yuan Shao with their knowledge, Tian Feng and Jushou were resourceful and good at strategy, but when it came to tactics, Shenpei and Fengji were not inferior in commanding the battle.

Among the tens of millions of people under Wei Ting's rule, how many of those who can hold high positions can be mediocre?

"In the past, Zhang Han besieged the king of Zhao and rested in Julu. Xiang Yu led his troops across the river. They all sank the boats, broke the kettles, burned the huts, and took three days of rations to show that the soldiers would die and no one would return."

"There is a saying in the art of war: throw it into death and then survive, fall into death and then live."

"Since the situation has collapsed, if our army wants to win, it must be like Xiang Yu in the past, and the soldiers will take risks."

Feng Ji withdrew his gaze, bowed his hands, bowed to Yuan Shao, and said in a deep voice.

"The strength of our army is better than bows and crossbows and cavalry, but inferior to morale and military strength."

"The Han army threw chariots, but our army has no countermeasures. It is only a matter of time before the city wall is breached."

"In the past few days, I ordered people to build a large number of archery towers in the city. There are buildings in the city to rely on, and they have the advantage of defense."

"The current plan is to let the enemy enter the city to lengthen their battle line and trap them in the city. Once the enemy enters the city, the throwing cart will not be used."

"Wait until the Han army is exhausted after a long battle, and then dispatch our cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry to outflank and outflank, and make meritorious deeds in one fell swoop."

Yuan Shao stood on the city wall, looking at the city wall not far away where debris kept falling.

"what do I need to do."

"At that time, His Majesty only needs to sit in the city and visit the battle to boost morale."

Feng Ji bowed his head and replied.

"This plan to lure the enemy into the city can be told to all the armies, but it is enough to omit our cavalry and the rear men we have arranged."

"If the enemy breaks through the city, our army's morale will inevitably drop, but as long as your Majesty does not retreat and the soldiers still have the will to die, our army will still have a chance to fight back."

This method of Fengji is said to lure the enemy to go deep, but in fact it is a helpless method.

The elite of the Han army is out, but most of the elite of the Wei army are in Qingzhou, controlled by Qu Yi, and now Qu Yi is watching from the sidelines.

Wei Jun can only have a chance to make a comeback if he is overwhelmed.

7 Chapter Seventy

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, 195, May 28rd.

Ming Dynasty, Hedong County, Shaoting.

Shaoting is located in the south of Wangwu Mountain and west of Zhiguanxing.

It is the only place to go to Zhiguanxing and Hanoi County.

Thirty-three thousand soldiers of the Ming army wearing yellow scarves were all dressed in military uniform, holding weapons in their hands, standing quietly on the school field.

On the vast school field, apart from the occasional snorting of war horses and the hunting of banners made by the wind, there were no other sounds.

Xu An took a last look at the letter in his hand, and then put it in his arms.

Yu Du did not disappoint him.

In eight days, Yu Po led the troops out of Taihang, and the whole journey was unstoppable. Both the western and central parts of Hanoi County had been controlled by Yu Po.

Yuan Shao is really ruined. There are less than [-] defenders left in the entire Hanoi County, and there are not many soldiers left.

Shortly after Yu Du took a detour to capture Xiuwu and Huojia, Zuo Xiao and Li Heng also led the army to capture Huai County and Wude.

The two passes of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin have also been captured, and are now out of the control of the Wei army.

In fact, the Luoyang area has been completely cut off now. If it weren't for the lack of troops, the Ming army could even control the entire Luoyang area in one fell swoop, but there is no need to be so eager for quick success.

Since then, most of Hanoi County has been completely under the control of the Ming army, and the road to Chaoge has also been completely opened up.

In fact, on May 27th, Yu Du had captured all the cities, and then Yu Du began to send troops to clean up the Quartet, in order to ensure the safety of the main roads.

Gong Du led his personal guards all the way in a hurry and arrived at Shanggu County in Youzhou on May 25th.

As early as May 23, Liu Shi led the soldiers from the two counties' military regions and joined the Shanggu Wuhuan cavalry led by Nanlou. Zhuojun launched an attack.

The Han army in Zhuojun County of Youzhou was already devastated by the re-emergence of the troops led by Gongsun Zan. They had been confronting Gongsun Zan's army all the time, and had no defense against the Yellow Turban army at all.

Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, served as the shepherd of Youzhou. The Yellow Turban Army's large-scale invasion broke down several cities in a short period of time, and pushed all the way to Zhuo County, the prefecture of Youzhou.

At this time, Yuan Xi also led Fan Yang of Zhuojun to confront Gongsun Zan's army.

Cui Juye's dereliction of duty caused Gongsun Zan to escape from Yi County again. Gongsun Zan forced a large number of people into the army, and with his own generals as the backbone, his army strength had expanded to nearly 3 at this time.

At the same time, after Gongsundu received the edict, he immediately asked Xu Rong to lead the army to attack Liaoxi County.

Compared with governing states and counties and balancing surrounding forces, the ten Xu Rong are not as good as Gongsun Du.

But when it comes to leading troops to fight, ten Gongsundu tied together are not enough for Xu Rong to fight with one hand.

Sun Jian has fought on the battlefield all the way, 27 battles, 24 wins, [-] tie, and [-] loss.

The only battle that was evenly divided was the Battle of Dongjun, and the only defeat was defeated by Xu Rong's army.

If Dong Zhuo had Xu Rong lead the army instead of personally leading the army after Sun Jian broke through Taigu Pass, history might really have to be rewritten.

During the Battle of Huayin, Dong Jun's various ministries faced the fierce offensive of the Yellow Turban Army. All of them retreated steadily, and even collapsed directly, but only Xu Rong stabilized the front, and even had room for counterattack.

At the end of the Battle of Huayin, Dong Zhuo made the last desperate fight. With the victory of the Yellow Turban Army, Xu Rong also successfully led the generals under his command to retreat to a safe area.

The reason why Xu An besieged and did not attack later was that, firstly, he wanted to recruit Xu Rong to persuade Gongsun Du; Small casualties.

Fortunately, Xu Rong finally chose to surrender.

The general situation was gone, the entire Guanzhong had been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army at that time, and Xu Rong could not be said to be loyal to Dong Zhuo.

Gongsun Du also sent a navy to go south along the coast, heading for Bohai County and Qingzhou in Jizhou.

Zhu Jiu also led the infantry from Puyinxing to attack Zhongshan County, Jizhou, and even defeated the three cities in the north of Zhongshan.

The six northern cities of Zhongshan Kingdom had already been captured by the Yellow Turban Army, but in order to make Yuan Shao and Han Ting fight more fiercely and lower their defenses, the Yellow Turban Army voluntarily gave up five of the six cities, leaving only After leaving the northernmost city of Guangchang, the local people were taken back to the territory under the jurisdiction of Taiping Road.

Now under the rule of Wei Ting, those kings surnamed Liu have already been banned, and there are no longer counties, but only exist as counties.

The unprecedented emptiness of Zhongshan County at this time, the soldiers who were originally used to guard against the Yellow Turban Army were also recruited to Fanyang before, and fought a decisive battle with the Han army.

Zhu Jiu discovered the weakness of Zhongshan County after Lianke Puyin, Tangxian, and Beiping in the north of Zhongshan, so he continued to move towards other cities in Zhongshan County, with the idea of ​​annexing the entire Zhongshan County.

From Zhuojun to the south to Jizhou, there are two roads.

One is Beiping in Zhongshan County, and the other is Yi County in Hejian County.

Yi County in Hejian County is where Gongsun Zan's base camp is located, so it is naturally impassable.

In order to prevent the Wei army from rushing south to help Yecheng, Gongsun Zan chose to lead his troops westward, surrounded Fan Yang in Zhuojun County, and confronted Yuan Xi.

As time passed, the situation gradually became clearer.

Gongsun Zan had no choice but to hide in Yi County. He really had no way to beat Yuan Shao.

Originally, because of the beheading of Liu Yu, he also thought that the Han court would not forgive him for his mistakes, so he simply gave up on himself, enjoying the prosperity and wealth in Yi County, and dreamed of dying.

At that time, for Gongsun Zan, the best result was that the Yellow Turbans would win in the end, because in Gongsun Zan's prediction, no matter whether Yuan Shao or the Han court won, he would be executed in the end, and he was already doomed.

The Yellow Turban Army won, perhaps by virtue of leading the troops to surrender, they could still enjoy certain preferential treatment, at least there was no fear of their lives.

It's just that he didn't wait for the news of the victory of the Yellow Turban Army in Yi County, but waited for the embroidered clothes messenger.

The visit of the embroidered emissary gave him his last hope. The embroidered emissary held the imperial edict written by Liu Xie, which was also stamped with the seal of the Han court. Gongsun Zan had seen the edict when he was granted the title of the capital. After passing the seal, he can tell the truth from the fake at a glance.

There is even a sentence written in the edict.