The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 401 Unmoving as a Mountain 4k
It has been more than two hours since the fierce battle at Chenshi (7:00) to this moment. By this time, the soldiers on both sides are actually somewhat exhausted.
The sun is at a high position at this time. Although it is already October, the sun is not too vicious, but it is still very dazzling.

Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, the sunlight made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Just when Lu Zhi gave the order to fully shrink the defense, a puff of wolf smoke suddenly rose into the sky from the right side.

Lu Zhi's complexion changed, and his pupils shrank slightly. This was not the signal he had agreed with Zhao Rui and Sui Yuanjin before. According to the order, after Zhao Rui and Sui Yuanjin defeated the left army of the Yellow Turban Army, they should light up three waves of smoke. That's right, but now there is only a puff of smoke.

"Could it be..."

A terrible idea emerged in Lu Zhi's mind.

In sight, a group of cavalry is moving rapidly towards this side, and it seems that they are not fighting the red military flag.

"Ming Jin withdrew the troops and retreated slowly. He ordered Han Meng and Jiang Qi to lead the Han army's elite soldiers to the rear of the palace, and Xia Mou and Chun Yuqiong to lead the left and right barracks to suppress the formation."

Lu Zhi quickly turned around and ordered urgently.

It is absolutely impossible for Zhao Rui and Sui Yuanjin to mistake the number of beacon smoke they set off, and the position of that beacon smoke is somewhat close to the position of the Yellow Turban Army, that is to say, it is not a signal for Zhao Rui and Sui Yuanjin to set off, but a signal belonging to the Yellow Turbans. Army signal.

Lu Zhi waved his hand fiercely, and ordered sharply.

"Xiangyong retreats first, then the army of the county and country retreats, and the barracks in the middle line retreat together with the soldiers of the county and the country. The elite soldiers and the left and right guards retreat alternately behind the palace. Jiang Yiqu is ordered to lead the army in armor and riding gear to support the army in the rear. According to the original plan, we will retreat slowly, and if there are those who flee in panic and rush to escape first, they will be killed regardless of their military rank!"

"Order Su You to lead the right-wing cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield, and beware of attacks from the right-wing Yellow Turban cavalry."

Seeing Lu Zhi's complexion changed, all the generals of the Han army suddenly ordered to withdraw their troops again, telling Su You to beware of the attack from the right wing, and seeing the unusual smoke from the right, they still knew that something happened to their right army.

At the moment, no one dared to delay half a quarter of an hour, and they all took orders one after another, got off the lookout pole car as quickly as possible, and carried out Lu Zhi's general order.

The battle of Jizhou attracted the attention of the world, and the impact of its victory or defeat cannot but be said to be significant.

If millions of Yellow Turbans were allowed to cross Sizhou and Jizhou safely, and enter Bingzhou controlled by the Yellow Turbans from Jingjing, the imperial court would undoubtedly lose face.

Moreover, Lu Zhi is now commanding the main force of the Han army in Jizhou. If the main force of the Han army in Jizhou is defeated and the main force of the Han army in Jizhou suffers heavy losses, it will be a devastating blow.

Although Wang Fen, who used to be the shepherd of Jizhou, worked hard to accept the refugees and work together to appease the rebellion, Jizhou is still not very stable.

The imperial court extorted violently, and the people of Jizhou were very resentful. If it were not for the oppression by a strong army and the assistance of a powerful family, rebellions would have started to break out in various places.

Now Wang Fen commits suicide in fear of crime, the court is in chaos, there is no candidate for the next Jizhou Mu, Wang Fen is not there, almost all the officials in the prefecture's government office are arrested and imprisoned by the embroidered clothes envoy, many things cannot be dealt with.

If Jizhou loses its powerful army again, rebels from all over the country will inevitably spring up like mushrooms after rain.

If you don't expect victory, you will lose first.

If it is defeated, Jizhou is likely to evolve into the fourth state and county where rebellions have occurred. The Han Empire cannot bear such a loss anyway, and Lu Zhi knows it very well.

Jizhou is a rich and prosperous state, and it is also a financial state. In any case, he must ensure the imperial court's control over Jizhou.

Even if it is a defeat, it cannot be too miserable.

The Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army is powerful and powerful, with continuous victories and high morale. Although Lu Zhi has three battalions of forbidden troops and more than [-] armored and cavalry soldiers under his command, he is not necessarily better than Xu An. grasp.

Lu Zhi is cautious, and has already arranged a retreat plan.

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"The heavy cavalry of the Han army retreated..."

Xu Anle stopped the horse, watched the heavy cavalry of the Han army who turned around and retreated towards the Han army formation, and then found the left-wing cavalry of the Han army that was being defeated.

"Hao Meng and Cao Xing are decisive."

Xu An has experienced the battlefield for a long time, and he can see the situation on the battlefield at a glance. The flag of Meng Dai, the leader of the left cavalry of the Han army, has disappeared, so he still doesn't know what happened.

It must be that Hao Meng and Cao Xing saw the heavy cavalry of the Han army wanting to support the Han cavalry on the left wing, so they made a decisive decision and decided to capture the thief first and capture the king first, beheading Meng Dai.

"My lord, the left army set off the smoke!"

Although Xu Da has been guarding Xu An's side all the time, he is also always paying attention to the situation of the Zuo Army. Xu An has already given Xu Da an order to pay attention to the situation of the Zuo Army and observe whether there is smoke rising.

Xu An looked back, and there was indeed a puff of smoke rising from the direction of the Zuo Army.

"it is good!"

Xu An's spirit lifted, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

The sudden appearance of the heavy cavalry of the Han army made him feel extremely heavy. The burden on Xu An's shoulders was too heavy. Xu An's luck is all tied to Xu An alone.

Seeing the rising smoke from the Zuo Army at this moment, Xu An's heart was finally relieved.

Xu Huang lived up to everyone's expectations and defeated the left formation of the Han army in Jizhou in one fell swoop. He must be rushing here now. The Yellow Turban Army has already won half of the battle!
Xu An turned his head to look at Lu Zhi's telescoping cart again, but this time he didn't see Lu Zhi's fiery red flag again.

The lookout cart has been abandoned, and Lu Zhi's fiery red banner is slowly retreating

The Han army is retreating, and the army formed by the county soldiers and the township brave is slowly retreating. The cavalry on the left and right wings of the Han army, relying on the crossbowmen on both wings, are guarding the flanks of the formation.

Two puffs of wolf smoke rose from the camp behind the Han army formation.

Xu An's complexion changed slightly, which was probably a signal from the Han army to notify them to retreat.

"Blow the long-sound whistle again, send the order with the big banner, and chase the Han army. Be sure to defeat the Jizhou army on the Zhangshui Plain in one fell swoop, and don't let them escape back to the west bank of Zhangshui!!"

Xu An led the horse and galloped in the formation, shouting loudly.

"Order the whole army, pay attention to the positions of each department, just need to entangle the Han army, don't be greedy for meritorious deeds, the Han army advances and retreats in an orderly manner, and has not completely collapsed!"

Xu An was not dazzled by the upcoming victory. Lu Zhi's use of troops has two characteristics, the attack is like the wind, and the immobility is like a mountain. If Lu Zhi's attack is fierce and very fast, he needs to deal with it carefully.

So when it comes to defense, Lu Zhi's understanding of defense is far better than offense.

In the past, the main force of the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao had been attacking for many days, all of which were resolved by Lu Zhi one by one. Whether it was the tactics of crowds, the assault of the fearless Yellow Angels, or the coordination of infantry and cavalry, Attack together.

Xu An was in Zhang Jiao's army at that time, and witnessed Zhang Jiao's exhaustive methods, but he did not break into the Han army's camp even once.

When it comes to the ability to command in battle, maybe even Huangfusong is not fully sure that he can beat Lu Zhi under the same conditions.

Xu An had participated in the battle against Lu Zhi before, so he was naturally cautious.

The smoke of the left army rose, and Xu Huang defeated the right army of the Han army in Jizhou, and he will inevitably lead troops to help.

And Yan Zhong, who is in the left army, will also send his troops to the position of the Han army's middle army at the moment when he sees the rising smoke. The left army of Jizhou Han army who received the retreat order is already too busy to take care of himself at this time. , there must be no way to stop Yan Zhong from sending reinforcements over.

They may not even have the slightest thought of stopping Yan Zhong from dividing his troops. Many of them hope that Yan Zhong will divide more troops to attack the Chinese army led by Lu Zhi, so that the probability of their escape will be a little higher.

After all, sometimes you don't need to run faster than a predator to evade hunting, you just need to run faster than other prey.

Xu An stared at the slowly retreating Han army, and then at the stalemate of the two-winged cavalry.

Relying on the large formation of crossbowmen, the cavalry of the Xiaoqi Battalion really had no way to entangle the slowly retreating Han army.

"As expected of Lu Zhi..."

The defeat of the Han army was obvious, but Lu Zhi was able to command and dispatch tens of thousands of people to advance and retreat freely on the battlefield, attacking and defending in an orderly manner, and was able to retreat slowly when the Yellow Turban army had the upper hand.

Xu An looked at Lu Zhi's fiery red flag, which was slowly retreating, feeling a little restless.

This is the advantage of being born in a family. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, they mastered almost all the knowledge of this era.

Almost all important knowledge of water conservancy, classics, medicine, art of war, and military strategy is monopolized by the powerful family.

Ordinary common people have no way to touch those things in their lives. Even ordinary landlords can only learn some simple calligraphy and arithmetic, and can recognize characters and orders.

Lu Zhi, Huangfusong, and Zhu Jun came from aristocratic families, and they received an education that ordinary people could not imagine since they were young. Join the army to practice and become a senior officer.

They can get theoretical and practical knowledge and experience, so they are almost the ceiling of generals in this era.

Counting the period of history from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, there are very few generals who really started from the humble beginnings, not even a handful of them.

"follow me."

Xu An waved his horse and shouted.

Facing Lu Zhi, even though the Han army was at a disadvantage and was retreating now, Xu An did not dare to relax a bit, and he was still full of energy. He wanted to personally command this pursuit.

Before, Lu Zhi pretended to be defeated in a field battle and retreated slowly. Zhang Jiao thought that victory was in sight, and immediately ordered the army to pursue him.

Lu Zhi commanded the Han army under his command to retreat more than ten miles in one breath. The Yellow Turban Army took advantage of the situation to pursue and attack all the way, but ignored the distance between the armies.

The front formation, center formation, left wing, right wing, and rear formation gradually opened up the distance due to the pursuit, and then Lu Zhi, who discovered the fighter plane, immediately led the Han army under his command to launch a counterattack against the Yellow Turban army. Slashed out from left to right, cutting off the formation of the Yellow Turban Army.

In that battle, the Yellow Turban Army was killed, and tens of thousands of people were injured and missing. It was also because of that battle that Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army was greatly weakened and could only shrink its power. Finally, it was besieged by Lu Zhi in Guangzong City .

With the lessons learned from the past, Xu An naturally did not dare to relax.

Soon Xu An led his own cavalry to the front of the Yellow Turban Army, and took over the command of the army again.

Lu Zhi's big banner did not retreat too far, it was located in the center of the Han army's rear troops.

After issuing the orders one by one, Xu An raised the binoculars to observe the retreating Han army.

Due to the influence of various factors such as soldiers' physical strength and casualties, the battle between the armies did not last all the time, and the battle between the army formations did not always fight, but wave after wave of confrontation.

It's like the ebb and flow of the tide, it's just that it doesn't rise and fall at the same time, and these are the tests of the commander's command ability.

The reason why Lu Zhi can command and retreat under the enemy's attack is precisely because of his superb command ability.

Xu An inspected the Han army's formation for a while. Under Lu Zhi's command, the Han army's defense was almost watertight, which just confirmed Sun Tzu's Art of War saying that it is as immovable as a mountain.

Xu An roughly deduced it in his mind, he now has only Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing as four cavalry generals under his command, and Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are both under Xu You's command.

Although Xu Huang was brave, Lu Zhi's retreat was too decisive. It would take some time for Xu Huang to lead his troops to arrive. I am afraid that by the time he came, Lu Zhi had already retreated into the camp he had set up before, and he wanted to pursue him at that time. It's a little difficult.

The camp that Lu Zhi set up was not far from where they crossed the river, and most of their strength could be preserved by then.

When using troops to fight, you should use your own strengths to attack the opponent's weaknesses, and use your own weaknesses to eliminate the opponent's strengths.

Xu An's eyes narrowed slightly. Lu Zhi's defense was impeccable. If he commanded a large army to attack, he probably wouldn't be able to inflict heavy damage on the Han army.

Now that he has finally gained an advantage, he should expand his advantage and severely injure the Han army. If he fights with Lu Zhi again, Xu An does not have much confidence in winning.

"Call all the yellow angels, let He Man, Gong Du, Zhou Cang, and Bai Rao four."

With a solemn expression, Xu An ordered in a deep voice.

"My lord..."

Xu Da raised his head and looked at Xu An in surprise.

"Blow the rallying call!"

Xu An raised the horse spear in his hand, looked coldly at the big fiery red banner not far away, and his words were full of killing intent.

"Ugh——"

The sound of the horn sounded in the front of the Yellow Turban Army and under the banner of Xu An's banner. He Man, Gong Du, Zhou Cang, and Bai Rao led their personal guards and quickly approached. The Yellow Angels also started assemble.

In just a moment, more than a thousand people wearing sharp yellow angels gathered under Xu An's banner.

He Man, Gong Du, Zhou Cang, and Bai Rao also lined up beside Xu An.

Xu An clenched the horse's spear in his hand, and looked ahead. Lu Zhi's big fiery red flag was just three hundred steps away.

"The target of this battle is only Lu Zhi! Go over there and cut off his head!"

The palpitating murderous intent flowed in Xu An's eyes, and the bone-chilling chill rolled over the Zhangshui Plain

Iron armor clattered, spears were like forests, and thousands of people wearing sharp yellow angels followed behind Xu An, rushing forward like a rolling torrent!

(End of this chapter)