The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 781 Destroy the Array
On the wilderness in the south of Fanyang City, as far as the eye can see, there are Ming army cavalry in yellow clothes.

The emerald green above the field has long been covered by the endless Ming army cavalry like a vast ocean, and the khaki wave swept across the field with an unstoppable momentum.

Wherever it passed, countless green grasses were trampled to pieces, water splashed in all directions, and soil flew up, like a raging flood sweeping across the earth.

Several tall four-wheeled chariots had already stopped, and on top of the chariots, the huge Huangtian war drum was firmly fixed.

With a yellow scarf on his head and a bare upper body, the warriors of the Ming army raised the drumsticks high, and then beat the drums vigorously.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The unique sound of Huang Tian's war drum resounded loudly, and it spread throughout the entire southern part of Fanyang City in just an instant. The thick and powerful sound of the drums overwhelmed the sound of the Han army's drums in an instant, and the morale of the Han army was also affected by it. One drop.

Immediately afterwards, under the banners of the various generals of the Ming army, whistles echoed immediately.

"call out------"

The sharp whistle sounded one after another, one after another, echoing it from afar.

The drums were thundering, and the whistle was fluctuating.

Amidst the passionate drums and whistles, a strange and sharp sound came from under the big ochre-yellow banner at the forefront of the Ming army cavalry formation.

The sharp sound almost overwhelmed all the sounds, whether it was the drums and horns of the Han army, or the drums and whistles of the Ming army itself.

The moment after the sharp sound sounded, the huge cavalry formation of the Ming army suddenly changed, and the left and right banners galloped to the side suddenly, and two sharp sounds with their own characteristics rose into the sky.

The cavalry formation of the Ming army was divided into three parts in an instant, and they rushed straight to the Han army formation, some to the left, and some to the right, like big palms. The Han army swallowed all the packages!
Such a rapid and large-scale mobilization did not cause any commotion or panic in the cavalry formation of the Ming army. The three cavalry formations all performed their duties without even a trace of lag.

Huangfu Song's face sank like water. Originally, he still had luck in his heart. He thought that the person who came might be Yu Du, the commander of the Taihang Ming Army, and not the main force of the Ming army led by Xu An. After all, Xu An was going to lead a large group of troops. Arriving at this time point, the marching speed of the Ming army will exceed a hundred miles a day.

But how is that possible?There are more than [-] cavalry in the main force of the Ming army, but how can the rest of the infantry do it? How to transport so much luggage and so much armament.

Huangfusong had been on the battlefield for a long time, and with just a cursory glance, he knew that the cavalry of the Ming army in front of him definitely exceeded [-].

The information sent by the embroidered clothes messenger was wrong...

Huangfusong's heart fell to the bottom at this time, and there was no more luck.

Such a strict cavalry formation, such an orderly division of troops, how could it not be the main force of the Ming army.

Huangfusong looked around, feeling even more heavy in his heart. This sudden change made all the generals of the Han army who followed Huangfusong extremely flustered, and even panicked.

Generals of the Han army such as Sun Jian, Cheng Pu, Ji Ling, and Liu Bei have all led troops to attack Fanyang.

Now beside Huangfusong, there are only Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai who have just retired from the battlefield and fought fiercely for a long time, and Chen Lan, Lei Bo, Liang Gang, and Zhang Xun, four generals under Yuan Shu's command. .

"What are you panicking about!"

Huangfusong's voice was cold, and his sharp eyes swept across everyone.

All the generals were shocked, even Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were also shocked.

The murderous aura on Huangfusong's body was even more terrifying than that of Sun Jian.

Jiang Qin's heart was slightly cold, and he also remembered one thing.

Huangfusong is a well-known general who restrains desires. He is able to share joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He is good at using soldiers, and he is fair and strict with clear rewards and punishments.

But in fact, Huangfusong is not a true good man and woman. Once he violates the military law, no matter who he is, Huangfusong will immediately punish him, and there is no room for turning back.

In Xiaquyang and Guangzong, Huangfusong used more than [-] yellow scarf troops to build "Jingguan"...

Not only did Huangfusong only know how to lead troops in battle, when he was guarding Yanmen, he fought in battle, beheading generals and capturing the flag was not much inferior to Sun Jian.

Huangfu Song's face sank like water, without showing the slightest sign of panic, he ordered in a deep voice.

"Youping!"

"You lead the Danyang soldiers to line up behind the front and hold the front for the front. If any soldiers flee without permission, they will be killed without mercy!"

"Gong Yi, you take my personal guards to the right army to suppress the formation!"

"Chen Lan, Lei Bo, the two of you will bring your personal guards to the left army to hold the line!"

"Liang Gang, Zhang Xun, you two lead..."

Huangfusong's order was passed on like flowing water.

The banners waved, and the Han army was moving rapidly everywhere, setting up defenses.

"Array, prepare to meet the enemy!!"

"The enemy is still far away from us, don't panic!"

In the formation of the Han army, the generals holding the ring-shoudao kept walking around the left and right of their respective formations, shouting angrily, and commanding the soldiers to line up.

"Steady the army!!!"

The team of the Han army stood in the army formation, shouting loudly.

"Steady the army!!!"

"Bowman, where is the crossbowman!!"

"Crossbowmen step forward, crossbowmen step forward, and all the crossbowmen go to line up under the blue flag!"

"Anyone who retreats will be cut immediately!"

In the formation of the Han army, the messengers carrying the order flags loudly conveyed Huangfusong's general orders. .

The Chinese army continued to issue orders, and while the flag was waving, the Han army was working hard to change from an offensive formation to a defensive formation.

But this is not easy, because in order to attack Fanyang, in order not to give the Wei army a chance to breathe, the Han army needs to maintain a continuous offensive, and the waves of its attacks are also wave after wave.

Therefore, the front of the Han army was extremely long, and the Han army in the city had no time to return to help at this time.

The cavalry led by Liu Bei is still fighting with the cavalry of the Wei army, and it is impossible to withdraw in a short time. In the fight between the cavalry, if one side chooses to flee hastily, the whole army may even be in danger of collapse.

Compared with starting battles, cavalry battles have higher requirements for the quality and morale of soldiers.

Now Huangfusong can only rely on the [-] troops under his command, and all the rest of the army can no longer be counted on.

The Han army must support the first wave of the Ming army's offensive. As long as it supports the first wave of the Ming army's attack, the rest of the Han army will have the time and opportunity to return to defense, and have the opportunity to reduce casualties to Acceptable range, able to withdraw to the south of the Yellow River...

Turning defeat into victory, Huangfusong never thought about it. Xu Andu had already led the main force of the Ming army to the south of Fanyang City. What would he use to turn defeat into victory? The infantry under his command were already exhausted under Liu Bei's command. Youzhou cavalry?
Huangfusong didn't panic at all on the surface, but his heart was already extremely heavy
Even if he hadn't thought about turning defeat into victory, it was not easy to stop the first attack of the Ming army.

The Ming army's first wave of attack was definitely the Ming army's all-out blow, and it was also the Ming army's strongest blow.

The sound of horseshoes was slightly dull, and the Ming cavalry in yellow clothes had covered the entire front.

The speed of the cavalry of the Ming army was not fast at this time, it had already slowed down, the flags were shaking in the army formation, and the whistle kept ringing.

Obviously, the cavalry of the Ming army is adjusting the formation, saving horsepower, and waiting for the cavalry on both wings to complete the encirclement of the Han army.

Huangfusong's face was extremely solemn, he tightly held the rein in his hand, and stopped giving orders.

He has done everything he can do well, and the only thing he can do next is to resign himself to fate...

In front of the line of sight, under the command of the ocher yellow banner, the cavalry of the Ming army rolled forward. The forward cavalry of the Ming army had covered the entire front, while the soldiers behind seemed endless.

At the forefront, the cavalry of the Ming army came slowly, like a city wall, advancing slowly.

Countless banners fluttered in the strong wind, and they were even more eye-catching under the sun.

A large number of cavalry marched in formation, and amidst the shocking sound of drums and horns, people were even more shocked. The sword was hanging above the head and did not fall. In fact, it was the most tormenting time.

The cavalry of the Ming army marched forward under the simple and orderly command of the flags and drums, and the erected spears were like a forest of moving spears and spears.

Bathed in the sun, the cavalrymen of the Ming army, dressed in yellow clothes and black armor, are like heavenly soldiers, which makes people feel fearful.

The ocher yellow of the mountains and plains contrasted with the emerald green grass, conveying a strong visual stimulus. Tens of thousands of cavalry from the Ming army came at the same time, so that the soldiers of the Han army almost felt that they had no chance to breathe.

Many soldiers of the Han army were already blushing, unable to let out the atmosphere.

"Rumble rumble———"

The cavalry of the Ming army had already adjusted their cavalry, and the cavalry of the Ming army on both wings had already reached the predetermined position. At this moment, the cavalry of the Ming army suddenly accelerated.

Tens of thousands of war horses stepped on the ground at the same time, and Huangfu Song rode the war horses, even standing on the mound, he felt an illusion of being unstable.

Even if Huangfusong is like this, how can the ordinary soldiers of the Han army be calm and composed.

The formation of the Han army can clearly be seen to be in a panic.

It has to be said that Huangfusong is worthy of the reputation of being the number one military strategist in the world. After discovering that the Ming army cavalry was less than a few breaths away, he has already issued multiple military orders briefly and clearly, changing formations as a precaution .

As long as the first wave of the Ming army's offensive is blocked, the Han army will receive a steady stream of reinforcements, and all the tribes of the Han army scattered in Fanyang and other places will return to aid.

However, there were huge problems in the implementation of the military orders issued.

Most of the elite of the Han army had already been dispatched to Liyang, in order to defeat the main force of the Wei army in the fastest time, and the only ones left in the central army were ordinary soldiers.

Under the panic, his performance was even more unsightly and appalling.

There were even many soldiers who wanted to escape, but those soldiers were quickly beheaded by the generals who supervised the battle.

"call out------"

That strange and sharp sound rose into the sky again, it was the signal of Ming army's attack!

Xu An was still at the forefront of the cavalry formation at this time, holding the iron halberd in his hand, staring at the panicked Han army formation in front of him, staring at the fiery red banner not far away.

Between the horses driving, the headwind hits head-on.

The distance is less than one mile, and soon they will reach the range of the Han army's crossbowmen.

Xu An slowed down his horse slightly. As the chief general, it was impossible for him to charge forward like when he was in the Taihang Mountains, and he didn't need to.

What's more, who said that he wanted his cavalry to attack the Han army's formation head-on?
"Pikemen advance, raise their guns!"

"Prepare for the gun array, prepare for the impact!"

Holding the reins in one hand and the gun in the other, Zhou Tai stood in the center of the front line and shouted in a deep voice.

In the Han army formation, although a group of soldiers were flustered and terrified, they still did not dare to violate the military order.

Zhou Tai's horse fell down with more than a dozen soldiers of the Han army in red clothes. Those people were a model of disobedience to military orders.

The tower shield was erected, and the Han troops in the front line were close to each other. Sharp spears were set up and stretched out from the shield formation. In front of the shield array, a dense forest of death converged.

Although the army formation of the Han army was still very messy, the spear formation was barely erected. If the cavalry of the Ming army wanted to break through the spear formation head-on, they had to pay a lot of casualties.

"Bowmen, prepare!!"

After the Han army advanced, a large number of crossbowmen had been assembled. They had put arrows in their hands, buckled their crossbows and pressed their bows.
They were not too flustered, after all, they didn't need to face the impact of the cavalry, they just had to wait for the general's order, and then shoot the enemy with arrows.

"Rumble rumble———"

Everyone was stunned on the spot, and the sound of horseshoes like a surging river subsided unexpectedly.

Huangfusong looked at the Ming army who suddenly stopped a hundred steps away in front of him, not knowing what happened.

At a distance of a hundred steps, the cavalry could already launch an attack.

but……

Why did the Ming army stop at this time...

Huangfusong's face changed slightly, and the Ming army's next move made him understand why they stopped in front of the formation.

The cavalry of the central army of the Ming army got off their horses together, and they had already formed a tight formation in an instant!
At this moment, Huangfusong finally understood why Xu An suddenly had so many cavalry. The Embroidered Emissary's information was not wrong. Xu An really only had more than [-] cavalry under his command.

The cavalry on the two wings were already all the cavalry under Xu An's command, while the more than [-] infantry in the central army were all infantry on horseback!

"call out------"

The whistle sounded for a long time.

The loud drumbeat came from the formation of the Ming army,

Wearing black iron heavy armor, wearing ring-arm iron armor, and holding a tower shield, the soldiers of the Ming army walked forward slowly.

Behind them are countless soldiers of the Ming army holding crossbows and spears.

"Raise the bow!"

"Raise the crossbow!"

In the formation of the Han army, the hum of the bow string being tensed rang out.

The Ming army has already approached within fifty steps, and has reached the shooting range of the bow and crossbow, which can already penetrate armor.

But just when the military marquis of the Han army was about to give an order, a black spot that suddenly appeared in his sight blocked his order in his throat.

Dozens of spears shot out from behind the formation of the Ming army, and penetrated fiercely into the already chaotic formation of the Han army.

In an instant, countless blood mist was brought up, and a leader of the Han army in the front line was pierced into a gourd together with the rider behind him.

And many of those spears shot into the phalanx of crossbowmen of the Han army.

Without waiting for the order, many crossbowmen had already shot the arrows in their hands because of fear, and even turned around and fled.

Those crossbowmen didn't aim when they released their arrows, they didn't obey orders, and they didn't even draw the bowstring fully.

When the arrows shot fell into the advancing Ming army formation, they had lost their power long ago, and this wave of arrow rain did not even bring much decent loss to the Ming army.

After enduring the rain of arrows from the Han army, the crossbowmen of the Ming army also reached the predetermined distance.

"call out----"

The short whistle rang through the entire Ming army formation in an instant.

"Raise the crossbow!"

Behind the shield formation of the Ming army, countless soldiers of the Ming army leaned upwards and raised their crossbows.

According to military regulations, if conditions permit, the two armies can shoot six arrows with a crossbow.

Just as the soldiers of the Ming army raised their crossbows, the crossbow carts of the Ming army roared again behind the formation of the soldiers. The bed crossbows on the forty-six ballistas were fired one after another, and a large number of spears passed over the crossbows of the soldiers of the Ming army. The army array rushed towards the front of the Han army.

The spears penetrated the shield formation of the Han army effortlessly, and set off a bloody storm in the formation of the Han army.

Under the attack of crossbow guns, the already messy formation of the Han army became dilapidated again.

"Steady the army, those who retreat..."

A military marquis of the Han army shouted hoarsely, he was not an ordinary soldier, he knew what would happen to them once the army formation was broken.

The Marquis of the Han army froze in place, and did not say the last word of beheading.

Right in front of his eyes, the originally bright sky became dark again.

It's just that it wasn't some dark cloud that blocked the sun this time...

But countless feather arrows!
Thousands of sharp feathered arrows shot up from the formation of the soldiers of the Ming army, spread into a vast area, and the rain of arrows like locusts shot down fiercely from the sky.

The crossbow arrow pierced through the air, accompanied by a sharp scream, and instantly overturned in the Han army's formation.

The Han army's formation was not organized because of the crossbow spear attack. The crossbow machines held by the soldiers were all strong crossbows cast in the Taihang workshop. The crossbow bolts they fired were enough to penetrate heavy armor at a distance of thirty steps.

Countless people in the front line of the Han army wailed and screamed, and countless people panicked. They had completely collapsed under this sudden blow.

"call out----"

"Raise the crossbow!"

The soldiers of the Ming army silently raised the ready-made crossbows in their hands.

(End of this chapter)