The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 423
On the official road in the southeast of Linping, there is a murderous atmosphere.

There was a strong smell of blood on the official road, and the animals and birds that should have been in the woods and shrubs had long since disappeared. The entire forest and the official road were quiet, falling into a deathly silence, as if This place has been abandoned by the world.

The mountain wind blew up, rolling up countless fallen leaves and dust, flying all over the sky on the official road.

Zhang Yan struggled to stand on the broken camp wall leaning on the Yanling Saber. Just standing still seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army beside him all looked gloomy, lying or sitting, and everyone was surprisingly silent.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on the wall of the camp held their weapons silently, even if the corpse of Pao Ze was beside them, no one paid any attention to it.

After repelling the Youzhou Army's vanguard on the first day, Liu Yu arrived at the battlefield with the main force of the Youzhou Army.

After a day of tentative attacks by the Youzhou army, after roughly understanding the strength of Zhang Yan's army, they immediately launched a fierce attack on Zhang Yan's camps on both sides of the official road.

The strength of the Youzhou Army far exceeded Zhang Yan's expectations. The Youzhou Army after Liu Yu's reorganization was simply not comparable to the pampered prefecture soldiers.

In particular, the two cavalry generals of the Youzhou Army caused Zhang Yan great trouble. The two thousand Bingzhou Yicong who were used to contain the Youzhou cavalry suffered nearly [-] casualties during the two-day fierce battle.

If it weren't for the fact that these Bingzhou Yicong family members were all in Bingzhou, their life and death would depend on the breath of the Yellow Turban Army, and they would have already scattered and fled.

During the two-day fierce battle, nearly a thousand of Zhang Yan's [-] infantry had been killed or injured. The large number of casualties made the morale of the Yellow Turban Army almost drop to the bottom.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Yan's [-] infantry were basically the elite of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army, they would have completely collapsed under the onslaught of the Youzhou Army.

On the second day, Liu Yu dispatched part of the Imperial Army. Caught off guard, several gaps were opened in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army in an instant. The Youzhou Army took advantage of the timing to attack.

In the end, Zhang Yan had no choice but to go into battle with his own soldiers, and took out the hidden bed crossbow. Only then did he turn the tide of the battle and barely repel the Han army's offensive.

Today is the third day of the fierce battle, the fifth day of the outbreak of the Battle of Linping, October [-]th.

At dawn, the Youzhou army took advantage of the dawn to launch another fierce attack on the Yellow Turban barracks on both sides of the official road. Under the cover of the cavalry, the forbidden army also sounded the horn of attack.

After the Yellow Turban Army suffered more than [-] casualties, the Youzhou Army finally retreated back to its own formation, somewhat powerless.

At sunset, the golden sun shines on the ground, but it doesn't give people a trace of warmth.

Zhang Yan looked up and saw that on the official road, swords and spears were like ears of wheat, swords and halberds were like hemp forests, and the mountains and plains were full of red armor, and countless soldiers of the Han army stood in line.

At first, a big fiery red banner was the most eye-catching, and a large number of red banners stood all around, surrounding the big fiery red banner like stars holding the moon.

Liu Yu was dressed in black iron armor with gold and silver ornaments from the general school, a big crown of Wubian on his head, a burqa belt, and a Han sword on his waist. There is rarely a smile on his face.

There are many generals and schools around, and there are groups of soldiers.

Zhao Rong, the left captain of the assistant army, and Feng Fang, the right captain of the assistant army, put on their helmets and armor, covered a scarlet battle robe, and stood quietly on both sides of Liu Yu, holding the ring sword at their waists.

Although the two of them are captains of the Imperial Army, and Zhao Rong was originally Doctor Guan Rong, who was from Liangzhou and was born in a family. Feng Fang was the son-in-law of the late eunuch Cao Jie, but both of them did not dare to trust Liu Yu.

Liu Yu has a noble status, and was appointed by the emperor as Zongzheng of the Zongzheng Mansion before, and his reputation is even more frighteningly high.

As a member of the eunuch group, Feng Fang naturally obeyed Liu Yu's words, and although Zhao Rong was a party member, he admired the well-known Liu Yu very much, and he did not slack off.

The two of them did not discount Liu Yu's orders at all, nor did they obey them.

Liu Yu's prestige in Youzhou is really astonishing. Zhao Rong still remembers that Liu Yu took them all the way north, and every time they arrived at a city in Youzhou, a large number of people came to greet them.

This is exactly what the people want.

Liu Yu is thrifty by nature, he wears his clothes and shoes, and has no food or meat. Even wealthy families with extravagant styles from far and near have been influenced by him to change their atmosphere.

For Liu Yu, although he is quite arrogant, Zhao Rong, who has always been at odds with eunuchs, is willing to be driven, abandons the dispute with Feng Fen, and works together to fight against the Yellow Turban.

There was a strong smell of blood, Liu Yu turned his head to look, and as expected, Zou Jing had already climbed onto the high platform.

Zou Jing was covered in blood, holding the red-tasseled top helmet, and walked over in a hurry. He had already taken off the battle robe on his body, but the armor under the battle robe was still inevitably stained with a lot of blood. The unpleasant bloody smell emanated from Zou Jing's body.

Although the Youzhou Army has been reorganized, with complete clothes racks and strong combat power, the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Yan is also first-class in terms of combat power and fighting will, so the battle is extremely fierce.

As the chief general of the former army, Zou Jing sometimes had to go into battle himself to stabilize the army formation.

The main force of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army is not a sack of wine and food. They only know that if they stick to it, they will fail faster. As a veteran on the battlefield, Zhang Yan has experienced so many battles with Xu An, so why doesn't he know such a simple truth.

Therefore, Zhang Yan also arranged a lot of elite troops to attack the Han army from the camp wall broken by the Han army, or from the camp gate, to kill and injure the Han army.

Casualties on both sides increased dramatically as a result.

"General, the 'Moth Thief' is now extremely powerful. As long as there are no accidents, our army will be able to win the battle this afternoon and smash the camp of the 'Moth Thief' in one fell swoop."

Zou Jing walked up to Liu Yu, saluted first, and then respectfully reported.

In this morning's fortified battle, the counterattack intensity of the Yellow Turban Army was obviously much lower, and they took the initiative to attack several times, but they did not receive much effect.

After these days of fighting, Zou Jing also found out a lot of details that he didn't know before.

Zhang Yan set up camps on both sides of the official road, because he had a lot of Xiongnu cavalry who were good at shooting, so the two camps could support each other. The place is actually relatively narrow, so it has been a long time before we can break through the camp.

But now Zou Jing already has a way to defeat the enemy.

Under the repeated onslaught, although the physical strength and vigor of the generals of Youzhou Army were rapidly consumed, it was undoubtedly also rapidly consumed by the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Yan's command.

As time went by, Zou Jing could clearly feel the changes in the Yellow Turban Army's morale and combat effectiveness, as well as the weakness of the Yellow Turban Army's defense.

Zhang Yan went into battle in person, which is the most famous proof that the Yellow Turban Army is almost unable to hold on.

"Lieutenant Zou already has a way to defeat the enemy?"

Hearing Zou Jing's convincing words, Liu Yu finally relaxed his frowns. Not only did the Yellow Turban Army suffer heavy casualties, but the Youzhou Army also suffered heavy casualties in the repeated onslaught. Occupy the geographical advantage.

Although the casualties did not reduce the rainbow-like aura of the Youzhou Army, it made Liu Yu a little worried. The most important thing about Liu Yu's inability to be the commander-in-chief was that he was too merciful.

The kindness of the princes is undoubtedly a good thing for the people under the rule. During Liu Yu's reign in Youzhou, most of the people in Youzhou lived and worked in peace and contentment. .

But if you are the leader of an army, you can't tolerate being too kind.

Treat a soldier like a baby, so he can go to the deep stream with him; treat him like a beloved son, so he can die with him.Thickness cannot be ordered, love cannot be ordered, and chaos cannot be cured.

If the general treats the soldiers like babies, the soldiers can go through fire and water with the general; if the general treats the soldiers like his own son, the soldiers can live and die together with the general.

However, those who only know how to treat soldiers well but cannot command them, who only know how to pamper them but cannot command them, and soldiers who break the law but cannot punish them, such soldiers are like spoiled children and cannot be used for combat.
It's not that you can't have a heart of benevolence in commanding soldiers, but that you shouldn't be too benevolent.If strictness is not strict, the heart is soft-hearted, tolerant and accommodating, and the loss is more than lenient, it will even "can't be made", "can't be ordered", "can't be cured".

Although Xu An was regarded as a benevolent lord in the eyes of everyone, the repeated bloody battles and the experience of climbing out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood made Xu An understand a truth, a truth that was soaked in blood.

In order to achieve some goals, sacrifice is necessary.

When he saw one list after another full of dead soldiers, and saw one after another battle report recording casualties, Xu An felt extremely heavy every time.

But in order to win, Xu An can be ruthless, and will not hesitate to pull the generals under his command to the front line, to the battlefield of mincing meat, and even charge forward in person. The Yellow Turban Army has no retreat, and the Taiping Road has no retreat. However, once they fail, what awaits them is a situation worse than entering hell.

The casualties of the generals under his command in the past few days made Liu Yu frown all the time, not even a smile.

But fortunately, Liu Yu's will is still firm. He knew that if he could not take the lead in defeating the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Yan and was defeated by the Jizhou Army, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the people of the four states. The determination made Liu Yu worry about the casualties of the generals under his command, but he was still relatively firm and did not interfere with Zou Jing's command.

In fact, the Youzhou Army's onslaught in the past few days also benefited partly from Liu Yu. It was Liu Yu who cherished the general and went to the army to visit the wounded soldiers in person after each battle, and ordered people to comfort the relatives of the dead. It is not an exaggeration to say that a pawn is regarded as a beloved son.

He regards the pawn as his beloved son, so he can die with him. Because of Liu Yu's actions, the generals of the Youzhou Army are all grateful and willing to die for their service.

(End of this chapter)