The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 166 Retreat
"Steady the army formation." Lu Zhi turned around and sat down, and said in a cold voice: "Whoever breaks the army and dares to attack the army formation will be killed without mercy!"

After the general order was issued, the flags of the Han army were all danced for a while.

The rapid sound of war drums also sounded in the formation of the Han army, and the Han army in the formation moved upon hearing the order.

The Han army that was put into the attack sequence had completely collapsed at this time.

On the hillside, the soldiers of the Yellow Turbans were chasing and killing the defeated Han army fleeing with their heads in their arms.

"Those who dare to attack the army will be killed without mercy!"

The order-delivering knight galloped between the formations, loudly conveying Lu Zhi's general order.

Although there were some turmoil in the main formation of the Han army, order was restored under Lu Zhi's strong suppression.

Xu Huang led the cavalry of his team to drive the rout to attack the Han army's formation.

The archers of the Han army's main formation did not hesitate to carry out Lu Zhi's general order, and shot and killed all the rout soldiers who dared to attack the army formation, without giving the Yellow Turban cavalry the slightest chance.

After Xu Huang tried a few times, he gave up the idea of ​​rushing forward.

On the nest cart in the Han army formation, the blue battle flag was waved by the flag bearer.

The horn sounded, and the Bingzhou cavalry of the brigade crossed the Han army's formation under the call of the command flag.

Seeing that the main formation of the Han army was not in chaos, the sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army who took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them did not dare to leave the mountain road to attack the Han army's formation.

"General, there are Han cavalry."

A sharp-eyed knight beside Xu Huang immediately noticed the abnormality in front of the Han army.

The cavalry of Bingzhou set off, and the cavalry of the brigade was rushing forward. Some of them drove the rout to retreat to both sides of the army formation, while the other part came towards the yellow turban cavalry led by Xu Huang.

Hualiu was digging the soil restlessly with his front hooves, and the Bingzhou cavalry had surrounded him with two wings.

Xu Huang thought for a moment before giving the order to retreat.

At this time, there is no opportunity to attack the main formation of the Han army. The cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army is precious, and horses and riders are extremely scarce. It is unwise to go head-to-head with these Bingzhou cavalry.

At the same time, in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, there happened to be the sound of gongs.

The Yellow Turban Army all over the mountains and plains slowly disappeared from the sight of the Han Army and hid in the camp again.

Lu Zhi's eyes flickered, staring at the general flag standing on the top of Bachi Mountain.

He knew that the Han army had already failed in the Battle of Bachi Mountain. The offensive was disintegrated, the sharp soldiers of the Han army suffered heavy deaths, and the morale of the army was at a low point.

It may take two to three days to regain momentum, and even if the Han army attacks again, as long as the Yellow Turban Army in Bachi Mountain delays for a few more days, they will be able to wait for the Yellow Turban Army in Shangdang County. Army reinforcements arrived.

At that time, I am afraid that the Han army will try to escape. Lu Zhi knows that Xu An still has an elite cavalry unit and even a heavy cavalry unit under his command.

Most of these reinforcements from the Yellow Turban Army rushed north all the way and had just arrived at Bachi Mountain.

Although Lu Zhi received the information and improved his evaluation of the Taihang Yellow Turbans, he still did not expect the Taihang Yellow Turbans to act so quickly.

Not long after the messenger from Shangdang County delivered the news to the Han army, reinforcements from the Yellow Turban Army arrived at Bachi Mountain.

"Xu An..."

Lu Zhi stared at the Yellow Turban camp on Bachi Mountain, slightly dazed.

"Let's withdraw troops..."

The defeat is already doomed, and if the entanglement continues, only the Han army will suffer.

The defeated Han army has completely lost the initiative and Shangdang County.

So far, we can only withdraw our troops to preserve the strength of the Han army.

However, the situation has not yet reached the point of getting out of hand. Although the Taihang Yellow Turban occupies Shangdang County, the mountain roads of Taiyue Mountain and Wangwu Mountain are narrow and cannot send troops on a large scale.

Moreover, the Zhiguan Path connecting Wangwu Mountain is still in the hands of the Han army, so the Yellow Turban Army cannot threaten Xihe County and Shang County in Bingzhou.

The Taihang Yellow Turban Army can pose a threat to Jizhou, and there are three places in Hanoi County in Sizhou and Taiyuan County in Bingzhou.

Since the last time Xu An led troops to attack Jinyang City in Taiyuan County, Zhang Yi has strengthened the defense force of Jinyang City a lot.

Jizhou was also supplemented by troops because of the threat of Taihang Yellow Turbans. When Xu An led the main force of the Yellow Turbans to the south, he established camps on several important roads.

For the time being, Huangfu Song is in charge of Hanoi County, and the city defenses have been strengthened everywhere, and soldiers have been recruited.

Although the cavalry of the Taihang Yellow Turban Army has been strengthened, after the first battle of Kuicheng, the cavalry of the Taihang Yellow Turban Army was weakened again.

In fact, the quality and quantity of the cavalry of the Han Army itself far exceeds that of the Yellow Turban Army.

In the Battle of Kuicheng, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army gained an advantage, largely because the Han army underestimated the enemy.

Now all the main mountain roads are basically in the hands of bandits. The Han Empire is now facing internal and external troubles. The main force of the Han army is now delayed in the northwest by the Qiang people in the northwest, and it is in a dilemma.

The Han army in the interior had more than enough defense, but not enough offense.

Taihang Yellow Turbans are now entrenched in Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain, and Shangdang County.

Relying on the natural dangers of the Taihang Eight Classics and the large number of defenders stationed, if the Han army wants to break through forcefully, they will probably suffer several times more casualties.

Such a loss is not a loss that the Han army can bear today.

Why didn't Lu Zhi order the sergeants to continue the strong attack and ordered the withdrawal of the troops? It was because the Huns in the north became more and more active, and the sergeants in the northern border counties of Bingzhou could not be mobilized.

Then the combat power of the Taihang Yellow Turban will completely overwhelm the power of the Bingzhou Han Army,

Even if the Taihang Yellow Turbans and the Huns merged into one place, and then united with the Qiang people in the northwest, the blow to the Han Empire would be almost devastating.

Therefore, the choice left to Lu Zhi was actually to withdraw his troops.

As long as the strength of the Han army in Bingzhou is not weakened too much, it can hold on to Taiyuan County.

Thus isolating the connection between the Taihang Yellow Turban and the Huns in the north can kill this plan in its infancy.

After the Qiang rebellion in the northwest was settled down, the main force of the Han army returned to the court, and then concentrated their forces to attack Shangdang County, recapture Shangdang, and take down Taihang.

It's just that I don't know how the war in the northwest is going now.

Lu Zhi looked to the northwest from a distance, he didn't know Zhang Wen's military level.

Compared with Huangfusong, Zhang Wen was inferior in terms of military strategy and tactics, and the news from the northwest made Lu Zhi feel uneasy.

(End of this chapter)