The World of Yellow Sky

"If General Wuwei wants to swim across Jishui, I am willing to lead the army in the rear and buy time for General Wuwei to swim across."

Guan Hai squinted his eyes slightly. Although Qu Yi's official position was higher than him, he actually looked down on Qu Yi at all.

Not many people in the Ming court thought highly of Qu Yi.

From their point of view, Qu Yi is a person with two ends and no bottom line.

In the battle between Han and Wei, as long as Qu Yi is willing to send troops, the Han army can only choose to withdraw to the south, and the Wei state will not perish.

It was precisely because Qu Yi was wise and wise to protect himself that the state of Wei was destroyed.

Yuan Shaozong had all sorts of faults, but he didn't have any problems with Qu Yi.

In this era of rampant geopolitical relations, although there are no famous sayings, Qu Yi can indeed be regarded as the head of Wei Ting's generals.

Although Wei Ting did not have a general, but only a heavy general, the official positions of Gao Lan and Han Meng were not as good as Qu Yi's.

But when Yuan Shao needed him the most, Qu Yi chose to be wise and protect his life, and sat back and watched Wei Guo fall, before finally choosing to fall to the victor's side.

Although Qu Yi's choice was indeed the best choice at the time, the best choice to protect himself, putting many people in Qu Yi's position may be the same.

But these are all possibilities, in fact only Koji did this.

A cold-blooded and ruthless person is destined to be respected and kept at a distance.

"Huang Tian's envoy never lacks in courage."

Guan Hai's expression did not change.

"I have never wanted to see the enemy and escape, just looking for a way."

Koji smiled.

"General Xu Huang received your report. Even if he rushed here, it would probably take two or three hours. By then, everything would be too late. We can't rely on others now, only ourselves."

When he discovered the Han army blocking the official road for the first time, Guan Hai had already sent a messenger to Licheng.

However, as Qu Yi said, Xu Huang's subordinates are basically infantry, and the cavalry only has more than 2000 Qingqi for scouting and guarding the flanks.

Qingqi came and had nothing to do with the Han army that was waiting in full force.

And when the infantry brigade arrived, I'm afraid they had been eaten up by the tens of thousands of Han troops.

"Now there are only two ways."

Qu Yi turned his head to look at Guan Hai, with a hoarse voice.

Guan Hai said nothing, just looked at Qu Yi, waiting for his next words.

"The first way."

"From the front, forcibly break through the Han army's formation!"

Guan Hai's child hole shrinks, Qu Yi's proposal is extremely crazy.

To attack the dense infantry formation head-on is something that even heavy cavalry will not do.

Although the cavalry of Xiliang Camp and Xiandeng Camp were armored cavalry, their horses were not equipped with any heavy armor.

There is only one end for a frontal attack on the Han army's guns that are waiting in full battle.

It is to be strung into a hedgehog by the spears of the Han army.

"You and I both know what will happen."

Guan Hai snorted coldly, the first solution Qu Yi said was to seek his own death.

Qu Yi put it first, but he didn't want to choose it.

"What is the second method, you can just say it."

Qu Yi slowly raised the whip in his hand, pointed at the surging Jishui in the north, and said in a deep voice.

"Fight to the last stand!"

Chapter 861 Bloody Battle at Yuquan Pavilion

8:30 am

More than half an hour has passed since the fog cleared.

The Han army completed the encirclement of the Ming army from three sides. Xia Houyuan led the troops to the west, Cao Cao led the troops to the east, and Chen Gong led the troops to the south.

Qu Yi and Guan Hai led the more than [-] cavalry of the Ming army, and were forced to retreat all the way to the river beach near Jishui in the north.

The river beach is facing the Nanshan Mountain of Yuquan Pavilion. The terrain on the west side is not very undulating, the soil is hard, and there are many rocks. There are several mounds with slightly higher terrain. The Han army has already stood on the high ground.

On the east side is the reclaimed fertile land, which has been trampled into mud during the previous fierce battle and march.

Now the infantry of the Han army was slowly approaching the river beach through the mud, and Cao Cao's big banner was flying.

In the south, the Han army under Chen Gong stood on the official road, and its army was widely distributed along the mountains and fields.

Although the positions of the Han troops in the east and south are flat, they are still higher than the river beach.

In other words, no matter where the Ming army launched an attack, they would attack from their backs and be at a disadvantage.

"woo"

A deep horn sounded slowly on the plain outside Yuquan Pavilion.

That was the horn of the Han army's assembly.

"woo"

"woo"

Immediately afterwards, two more horns sounded from the large formations of the Han army in the west and south, which was the sound of answering the horn.

Thirty-eight thousand Han troops had completed their formation, and more than four thousand Ming troops were completely trapped on the river bank.

After the formation of the Han army, the flags of various ministries began to respond one after another. Looking around from the position where Qu Yi was, the entire front was covered with dazzling bright red.

The formation of the Han army is neat, the flags are fluttering, and the light reflected by the sun on the armor and spears is constantly flickering, which is dizzying.

Cao Cao led his bodyguard armored cavalry up a slightly higher gentle slope, looking at the Ming army retreating to the river beach not far away.

On the river beach, most of the more than 20 Ming soldiers dismounted and formed formations. They were divided into more than 200 square formations, each with about [-] soldiers, which seemed to be based on villages.

Each army formation is separated by a distance of about ten steps from each other in a fan shape. There are still three to 400 people left behind, which seems to be a reserve team.

Behind them, there is still a large area, where the cavalry of the Ming army who have not dismounted are distributed in it.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes slightly, and the Ming army lined up with their backs. It seemed that they had completely given up on running away and wanted to stand firm and wait for help.

There are even people cutting down the surrounding bushes, building simple fences, and moving stones as obstacles.

"My lord, before Xiahou Xiaowei sent a letter to report that several scouts from the Xiliang Camp passed the mountain road, and they seemed to be going to Licheng to report."

"The enemy general Xu Huang is currently in Licheng. According to Li Gan's report, there are at least 2 Ming infantry involved in the siege. If the Ming infantry rushed to help, we might not be able to escape."

Man Chong stepped forward a little and reported in a low voice.

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly. The Ming army marched extremely fast. If they marched in a hurry and abandoned their luggage, the Ming army's infantry could really travel hundreds of miles a day.

The defeat in the Battle of Fanyang was because no one expected that the speed of the Ming army would be so fast that it was outrageous.

Traveling nearly a hundred miles a day, he rushed all the way from Chang'an to Fanyang, completing a myth in military history.

This place is only forty miles away from Licheng. If the Ming army marched in a hurry, most of the Ming army in Licheng would be able to reach the battlefield within three hours.

As Man Chong said, once the infantry of the Ming army arrived on the battlefield, it would be too late for them to retreat even if they wanted to retreat.

"It won't take that long."

Cao Cao sneered, it didn't take three hours at all, and within one hour, the Ming army on the river bank would be turned into ashes.

"Order all the ministries to march towards the river beach, maintain the army formation, and communicate with each other. Don't give the Ming army any chance."

"promise."

Man Chong lowered his head, clasped his fists in both hands, and solemnly responded, then raised the command flag in his hand, and waved it lightly.

The azure blue command flag only circled in the air, and the rumble of war drums suddenly sounded in the Han army's formation.

The thick and passionate sound of war drums spread throughout the entire Yuquan Pavilion in an instant.

"mighty!"

Accompanied by the sound of high-spirited war drums, countless Han soldiers with long spears on their shoulders walked in neat steps, lined up in an orderly formation, and slowly walked out of the formation.

Although the core of the Ming army's training methods has been preserved, part of it was inevitably stolen by the Han court and summarized into military books.

After the reform, Liu Xieming issued an imperial edict and a military book, ordering all soldiers in the world to adopt a new method of training.

The [-] Han troops in Yuquan Pavilion all accepted this new method of training, and the officers who led them also experienced intensive training in the newly established military academy in the state.

Qu Yi's face was extremely embarrassing, the Han army in front of him gave him the feeling that it was like the Ming army gathered in Pingyuan City, as if it was carved out of the same mold.

However, upon closer inspection, one can still feel a slight indescribable difference.

A dull atmosphere slowly spread over the river beach.

The hands of the group of first-arrival soldiers holding crossbows even trembled.

Koji was keenly aware of the abnormality of his own army.

But now, he has nothing to do with this situation.

Fear spread over the river beach like poisonous weeds.

Everywhere you look, you can see the Han army's fiery red banners, fiery red war robes, and fiery red feathers, as if you are in the middle of the mountains and forests, seeing the raging mountain fire spreading, but there is nothing you can do, there is no way to escape Escape, avoid the inescapable.

The Han army from three directions marched out at the same time, and thousands of Han army infantry were pushing forward.

The flags are flying, and the drums are deafening.

But behind all the Ming soldiers, there were no battle drums to cheer him up, only Jishui rushing to the east, and the sound of rushing water resounded in his ears.

They have no way to retreat, and they are really in a desperate situation.

The Han army's formation was extremely neat and murderous, layer upon layer, advancing continuously. Although there was a gap between each other, it was extremely narrow.

Every forty steps or more, the army will be assembled once, without showing any flaws.

But Qu Yi looked at the completely unrevealed Han army in front of him, and at this moment he breathed a sigh of relief.

He saw that the Han army regrouped every forty steps, and he already had confidence in his heart.

The Han army looked the same as the Ming army, which really surprised Qu Yi.

To be honest, Wei Ting also learned the training methods of the Ming army at the beginning, but he was far from training to the level of the Han army today.

When he first saw the order of the Han army, which was almost the same as that of the Ming army, he almost fell into despair.

However, the march of the Han army showed its true colors, not only had its shape but no spirit, but its combat power would never be too strong.

Qu Yi had personally seen the military drills of the elite soldiers and soldiers of the Ming army.

The sharp soldiers of the Ming army marched [-] steps to reorganize the army once, while the soldiers of the Ming army marched [-] steps to regroup the army once.

The two armies of the Yellow Angels and Tengxiangwei are monster-like existences. Everyone in the Yellow Angels seems to be carved out of a mold. When they march, they can keep walking in unison for a long time .

At least during the military exercise, the Yellow Angels didn't experience a slight ups and downs in the army formation until they were walking fast.

It takes more than forty steps to reorganize the army, which is much better than the previous Han army, but it also exposes the fact that the progress of the Han army is actually limited.

"Raise the crossbow!"

Qu Yi raised the spear in his hand high.

"stop"

In the next moment, the unique military whistle of the Ming army sounded suddenly, overwhelming the rumbling drums of the Han army in an instant.

More than two hundred soldiers of the Ming army raised their bows and crossbows at the moment the whistle sounded.

The soldiers who entered the camp first had more than [-] casualties in the previous battle. It is still a bit reluctant to form an infantry defense next to the camp first, so in addition to the camp first, there are more than [-] soldiers The cavalry of the Xiliang camp also dismounted and formed an army formation together.

Qu Yi never put down the spear in his hand, his gaze was always on the slowly advancing Han army formation in the hills to the west.

Standing against the wall and relying on water to defend, if you want to persist until the arrival of reinforcements, blindly defending is absolutely impossible.

Offense is the best defense, and Qu Yi knows exactly how powerful cavalry can suppress infantry.

What he has to do is to make the ordinary soldiers of the Han army fear the cavalry, suppress the momentum of the Han army, cause as much damage as possible, affect the morale of the Han army, and at the same time reduce the pressure on their own defense.