The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 787
The smear of red in front of him became more and more clear, and there was already some commotion in the Han army formation. Sun Jian's face changed suddenly, and he clenched the iron halberd in his hand, suddenly feeling bad.

In sight, hundreds of cavalry from the Ming army stepped out of the formation, and the banners they held in their hands were not yellow ones, but red ones...

That is the banner of the Han army...

There was an uproar in the Han army.

Sun Jian's eyes were fixed slightly, and his face was deep. He understood what the Ming army was going to do, but he couldn't stop it.

In the middle of the battlefield, all the cavalry of the Han army had been dispersed, leaving only the cavalry of the Ming army. How could he prevent the cavalry of the Ming army from going out?
The dull sound of horseshoes hammered heavily on the chests of every soldier of the Han army, and they were almost breathless. The oppression brought by the cavalry was much greater than that of the infantry.

In fact, the cavalry in the cold weapon era is not much different from the deterrence of tanks in later generations to infantry.

Seeing the Ming army's cavalry marching recklessly in front of their formation, the morale of the Han army soldiers plummeted visible to the naked eye.

But Sun Jian was also powerless. Liu Bei led Youzhou cavalry to successfully resist the onslaught of Wei Jun's cavalry army, and even overwhelmed Wei Jun's cavalry army had already spent a lot of effort.

The fierce battle of the Youzhou cavalry is still going on, both the knights and the horses are almost reaching their limits, how can they be the opponents of the Ming cavalry who have been recharging their energy for a long time.

The red flag in front of him became clearer and clearer, the cavalry of the Ming army was getting closer and closer, and the uproar among the Han army formation became louder and louder.

Although there were generals and schools in the Han army's formation to suppress them, they had little effect, and it was difficult to contain the ups and downs of the soldiers' emotions.

Sun Jian's pupils shrank suddenly, and now he was finally sure what the fiery red banner held by the cavalry of the Ming army was...

Those fiery red banners were none other than the banners of the Han army, those trilogy banners that followed Huangfusong to the south of the city, and the tallest one was Huangfusong's general's banner.

"You bring your own cavalry out into battle, and drive them away from our army quickly!"

Sun Jian suddenly swung his long halberd, and shouted at Ling Cao who was beside him.

Ling Cao didn't dare to be negligent, and he also noticed the abnormality in the army. Immediately, he shook his spear and rode out. The cavalry behind him all galloped out with Ling Cao, towards the approaching Ming army. The cavalry rushed forward.

The cavalry of the Han army naturally did not escape Xu An's eyes, and the next moment they saw Sun Jian's reaction, Xu An had already issued the corresponding order.

In the center of the battlefield, Xu An mobilized a large number of cavalry troops from the Ming army to surround and kill Ling Cao.

However, the cavalry army of the Ming army, which was constantly approaching the Han army formation, suddenly turned a nearly ninety-degree turn in front of the Han army formation, and threw all the Han army banners in their hands on the ground.

Hundreds of banners of the Han army were discarded on the ground, and then the cavalry of the Ming army galloped across the ground covered with the banners of the Han army, trampling on the banners of the Han army with cold horseshoes.

Sun Jian's heart was cold, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at the army formation beside him.

The uproar in the army has disappeared, but the morale that had risen a little has now returned to the bottom.

The flags of the Han army trampled by the cavalry of the Ming army were as painful as trampling on them.

With the momentum of thunder, the Ming army broke through the formation of the Han army in the south of the city in less than a quarter of an hour, and the Han army in the south of the city was completely wiped out.

They could clearly see the tragic situation of the Han army in the south of the city when they were in formation, and they didn't want to follow in their footsteps.

Sun Jian rode on the horse, looking at one soldier after another under his command, all he could see from their faces and eyes was fear.

Even when facing the Xiliang iron cavalry led by Dong Zhuo, the Han army led by him did not show such a demeanor when the enemy army was several times their own, but now facing the Ming army which is still at a disadvantage in numbers, they It's a look of fear...

why exactly...

Sun Jian's heart was cold, the generals had no will to fight, the army had no will to fight, so what if there were millions of people?

Sun Jian's pupils shrank slightly, and the red in his sight did not completely disappear. Just before the Ming army's formation, a red banner was erected on a tall four-wheeled carriage, and that banner also attracted the attention of the Han army. There was a louder noise in the army formation.

Sun Jian's complexion completely darkened at this moment, that flag was Huangfusong's big flag!

And when Sun Jian saw that there seemed to be a person bound on the big banner, a cauldron was burning under the carriage.

Sun Jian could no longer remain indifferent.

"Xu An!"

Sun Jian's face was dark, he gritted his teeth, and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Damn!"

Sun Jian understood what Xu An wanted to do.

In the past, when Liu Bang raised troops to attack Chu, Xiang Yu captured Liu Bang's father and threatened Liu Bang to cook his father to death.

However, Liu Bang said: "Yu and I are ordered to be king Huai in the north, and we are brothers, and my old man is like a young man; if you want to cook, you are lucky to share a piece of my pie!"

Xiang Yu was furious, but because of Xiang Bo's persuasion, Liu Bang's father was not beheaded in the end.

Now Xu An is trying to imitate Xiang Yu's actions back then, but Sun Jian knows very well that Xu An is definitely not Xiang Yu, and he might really kill Huangfusong.

As the main general of the Northern Expedition, Huangfusong's capture would have dealt a severe blow to the morale of the army. If he was killed in public, the morale of the Han army would have fallen to the bottom, and there would be no chance of recovery.

"Go out! Attack the enemy!"

Sun Jian raised the iron halberd in his hand and ordered in a cold voice.

He knew that now he absolutely couldn't wait any longer. Xu An didn't know how many tricks he had hidden, how many backhands, when the time came, all the morale he had finally brought up would disappear, and he obviously felt that something was wrong.

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

The sound of war drums sounded in the Han army's formation, which was the sound of marching drums.

Under Sun Jian's order, outside Fanyang City, [-] Han troops marched out slowly.

Under the drums, the morale of the Han army is also gradually recovering.

People have the heart of the crowd, behind them are fellow robes wearing the same armor, beside them are generals holding swords around their heads, and in front of them are towering fiery red flags one after another. All these make the Han army gradually They regained a little courage and let them temporarily forget the cloud of defeat.

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

The sound of high-spirited drums lingered in his chest, and the generals were giving orders, and one order after another with command flags on their backs flew out from the gaps between the army formations.

Holding a halberd in his hand, Sun Jian rode to the front alone, as usual.

All the soldiers of the Han army who saw Sun Jian's back involuntarily calmed down their fear.

Yangcheng, Taiguguan, Yanzhou, Yanshi, Dongjun...

His general, Sun Jian, led them to defeat one powerful enemy after another, one enemy after another that seemed almost impossible to defeat.

This time, the final winners will definitely be them!
The morale of the Han army kept changing, and Xu An didn't know about it, but even if he knew what happened, Xu An would still be dismissive.

The city of Fanyang was in trouble, and tens of thousands of Han troops, driven by drums and trumpets, took steps to attack the Ming army in front of them.

The muddy road limited their marching speed. The sharp soldiers of the Han army in solid armor walked on the muddy grass with one deep foot and one shallow foot. Some soldiers even almost fell to the ground because the grass and muddy road were difficult to walk. .

The soldiers of the Han army who lined up and came slowly had to regroup every few dozen steps. The muddy road restricted their attack and made it difficult for them to maintain their marching formation.

Xu You looked at the Han army marching hard in the distance, and then glanced at the big flag of the Chinese army, and his heart became clear.

He didn't notice these details, but Xu An already understood them all.

Perhaps Xu An had already noticed the influence of the road when they attacked the Han army in the south of the city led by Huangfusong.

Fanyang City has been besieged for a long time, and the Han army even attacked in the rain. Originally, the roads outside Fanyang City were quite unbearable, and the unevenness was even more uneven under the trampling of people and horses. This was undoubtedly a major obstacle for the attacker.

At the same time, Xu You also understood Xu An's other intentions.

Because the cavalry of the Han army was at a disadvantage, the army was equipped with a large number of strong bows and crossbows in order to suppress the cavalry of the Wei army.

When sieging a city, strong bows and crossbows have limited effect, but in field battles, they can be caught by surprise.

The Han army under Huangfusong's command collapsed at the first touch, because they were caught off guard by the bed crossbow shooting and suffered heavy casualties and lost their fighting spirit.

However, although the morale of the Han army led by Sun Jian is relatively low, the army formation is still relatively neat, and the Han army still has a considerable advantage with the help of strong bows and crossbows.

Although Xu You has no doubt that the Ming army will win the battle in the end, but he also knows very well that as long as the Han army's crossbowmen can perform normally on this road, the Ming army's casualties may not be too small .

Now the Han army is in an atmosphere of fighting to the death. Although their morale is low, they will definitely not collapse at the first touch.

Xu An first trampled on the banner of the Han army, and then pushed Huangfu Song out of the army formation, so that everyone in the Han army could see the miserable condition of their general, forcing Sun Jian to take the initiative to attack.

If Sun Jian didn't take the initiative to attack, I'm afraid Xu An would really kill Huangfusong.

At that time, the morale of the Han army will definitely drop to the bottom, and they will completely lose their fighting spirit.

The leader of an army is so important. An ordinary army would have already collapsed if the leader had been beheaded or captured, and Sun Jian's prestige would have been sufficient. Otherwise, the Ming army would have already won this battle.

With a distance of less than one mile, the front army of the Han army was no more than a hundred steps away from the front line of the Ming army in an instant.

"call out----"

"Raise the crossbow!"

Short whistles sounded continuously from the army formation of the Ming army soldiers. All the Ming army soldiers in the front row raised their tower shields and arranged them in a dense shield formation, covering the entire army formation and making the robes behind them shine. Provides good protection.

The pawns of the Ming army in the back row also raised their crossbows obliquely upwards. In fact, the crossbows can also be thrown, not just flat shots.

"Archers ready."

In the direction of the rear formation, the group of Ming Army infantry archers in leather armor all took out arrows from their quiver bags at their waists, held their strong bows tightly, and stared at the front not far away with breathless concentration. The blue flag in the hands of the general.

In the front formation of the Ming army, dozens of crossbow carts were lined up in the square formation of infantry archers.

Staring at the red tide slowly sweeping in front of him, Xu An's heart was as calm as a mirror.

Everything starts from Jizhou and ends from Jizhou...

　I still owe [-] words, and I will make it up tomorrow at the latest

　　
　
(End of this chapter)