The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 865 The Last Stand!
The military whistle blew urgently, and the horns filled the sky.

The formations of the two sides were rushed into chaos, and the generals and schools of the Han and Ming armies all roared forward.

The entire battlefield has become a mess, and the waves of red and yellow are completely entangled together, making it difficult to distinguish each other.

Zhou Yu held the Han sword in his hand, his hair was disheveled, and he was extremely embarrassed.

His helmet had fallen out of nowhere, and the battle robe on his body was originally red, but now it was stained even deeper by blood.

A general of the Ming army rushed into the formation before, and he stepped forward to stop him. Although he beheaded him, his helmet fell off at that time.

Xu Sheng stood at the forefront of the army formation with the ring head knife in his hand.

There are a large number of corpses of Ming soldiers lying under his feet, but this is not without a price.

The arrows on his armor are like hedgehog hairs, and some feathered arrows have pierced his armor.

Xu Sheng's battle robe was torn and his body was wounded several times, but he still didn't retreat.

In the Bohai War, Sun Ce, Dong Xi, He Qi and others all died in battle. The Han army lost [-] people, and hundreds of warships either sank into the sea or were burned on the beach by the Ming army.

It was He Qi who drove the boat to serve as the queen for him, so that finally escaped to the beach.

He had already escaped once, and he didn't want to run again.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The horns belonging to the Danyang soldiers did not stop for a moment.

In a sense, there would be no Danyang soldiers without Sun Ce. Most of these Danyang soldiers are rangers from Danyang County, and they joined Sun Ce's command because they admired Sun Ce's bravery.

Just like Sun Jian subdued the Nanyang soldiers and Yuzhou soldiers, Sun Ce also subdued these recruits from Danyang.

Sun Ce's death in battle did bring their morale into a slump, but now they have regained their morale.

It's just that the Danyang soldiers are brave, but isn't the Ming army an elite soldier?
The cavalry of the Xiliang camp was selected from the Xiliang cavalry of more than [-] strong. When the Xiliang camp was raided by the cavalry of the Han army, it was still able to reorganize the army in a very short time and launch a counterattack .

The first part of the battalion were elites selected from tens of thousands of Jizhou troops, and the other part were family soldiers from the Quyi family, real professional soldiers.

The generals of the two sides tried their best to maintain their nearly collapsed formations, fighting and fighting for their lives in the muddy fields.

"Kill it out!"

Although the muddy road affects the speed of the horse and greatly limits the mobility of the horse, it does not mean that the horse cannot move.

Qu Yi saw the right opportunity and led the cavalry to break through the Danyang soldiers' formation in one fell swoop through the hard soil between the fields.

How could the generals of the Han army along the way be Qu Yi's opponents? Qu Yi took the lead and leaped forward with his spears.

In the era of cold weapons, once the army formation is broken, it is not far from defeat.

Qu Yi broke the Danyang army's originally well-organized formation, which made things worse.

A large number of soldiers who first boarded the camp on foot took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the Danyang army formation could no longer be maintained.

The army is defeated like a mountain, the army is defeated, even if it is as brave as an overlord, it is helpless.

What's more, Xu Sheng's martial arts were far inferior to Xiang Yu's, and the army formation was ruined. The only thing he could do was to protect Zhou Yu with his personal guards, and retreated all the way to the Han army formation above the official road behind him.

"Wan Sheng!"

The defeat of the Danyang soldiers greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army, and cheers resounded through the sky.

In the large formation of the Han army, there was a loud gong sound, which was the signal for the Han army to retreat.

There were still some Danyang soldiers who were still persisting, but after the sound of the gong, they scattered like birds and beasts in an instant, and rushed towards the Han army's formation above the official road.

A Han army infantry of about a thousand people broke away from the large formation, and they slowly moved forward in a tight formation to meet the defeated Danyang soldiers.

The northernmost line of defense was broken by the Ming army, and the Han army had no choice but to rescue them even if they wanted to rescue them.

After all, there are more than [-] heavily armed cavalry from the Xiliang camp on the official road, waiting for the Han army to show their flaws.

Chen Gong's every move is extremely cautious, one step against another, a little carelessness may result in a rout.

Cavalry come and go like the wind, and any slight flaw may be the key to being turned around.

The Danyang soldiers were defeated, and the Ming army had no intention of pursuing them.

Now for the Ming army, the most urgent task is not to defeat the enemy in front of them, but to break through the enemy's blockade and evacuate Yuquan Pavilion.

Although the Ming army won and temporarily broke through the encirclement net, the situation is still not optimistic.

Chasing all the way, the cavalry of the Ming army consumed a lot of horsepower, and the muddy roads and farmland made their horses overloaded.

Not only the horses, but also the high-intensity hand-to-hand combat exhausted all the Ming troops.

Qu Yi joined Guan Hai, and a group of cavalry who had boarded the camp earlier also mounted their horses again. Some of the horses were inevitably lost in the melee.

However, the Ming army is now rich and powerful, and every cavalry team has prepared horses, so the soldiers who first boarded the battalion who lost their horses can also ride horses.

Qu Yi and Guan Hai joined forces, and led the rest of their soldiers along the official road to the west.

But at this moment, an even worse news came from the scout in front, which made Qu Yi's face completely gloomy.

"What did you say? How did the Han army bypass us?!"

Guan Hai couldn't believe the return of the reconnaissance cavalry at all. The Han army on the official road was motionless, how could it be possible to circle behind them and block the way.

The scouts came to report that the Han army seemed to number [-], and they happened to be stuck on the road in the past.

The roads there are narrower and easier to defend than here.

Guan Hai didn't believe it, but Qu Yi knew why.

He once guarded Yuquan Pavilion and knew that there were many mountain paths in the southern mountainous area of ​​Yuquan Pavilion. Those mountain paths were used by medicine farmers, woodcutters, and hunters when they went to the mountains.

The reason why he broke through the siege of the Han army and immediately marched westward without stopping was because he was afraid that the Han army would completely block their way back after passing through the mountain road.

"There are several mountain roads in the southern mountains that can pass people, and the Han army should pass through there."

Koji's face was ashen, his lips were white and bloodless, he was holding the rein tightly, his eyes almost protruding from their sockets.

The battle robe on his body was already stained red with blood, and he did not hide behind to command. The reason why he was able to quickly break through the formation of the Danyang soldiers was because he personally led the cavalry to break through the formation.

All this is because he knew the existence of that mountain road. At that time, the Danyang army's formation separated them, and he had no chance to inform Guan Hai at all.

After breaking through the Danyang army's formation, he immediately asked Guan Hai to separate a thousand riders to advance westward, just to stand at the intersection before him, but he didn't expect it to be a step too late after all.

The Danyang soldiers delayed for too long. A total of [-] Danyang soldiers exchanged nearly half an hour for more than [-] casualties.

Some books say that most ancient armies will collapse after the casualties exceed [-]% or [-]%.

In fact, it is not what everyone thinks, an army of a thousand people will collapse after a hundred people are killed or injured.

On the ancient battlefield, the troops are closely connected with each other, with a strict hierarchy.

The army in the front line was defeated, and facing back was the butcher knife in the hands of the so-called Pao Ze.

Going forward is death, and retreating is also death. They can only choose to move forward.

Because they became deserters, they would implicate their wives, children, and children after they died.

Because they sit together, they have worries about the future.

Being a deserter on the battlefield, no matter in ancient times or modern times, is the only way to die, and it is executed on the spot.

After modern times, the law was slightly looser, and only those who caused heavy losses in battles and campaigns would be sentenced to death.

The ancient army's treatment of deserters, especially deserters on the battlefield, was so cruel that it was beyond the imagination of modern people.

Without a signal to withdraw, the troops in front did not dare to retreat without authorization.

This is also the reason why those Danyang soldiers who had broken through the formation did not dare to retreat until the sound of Ming Jin retreating.

Ming Jin withdraws troops, and our own side will send people to respond.

Retreating without authorization, fleeing after being defeated, waiting for them will only be the arrows shot by the so-called Pao Ze.

This situation is also true among the Ming army.

Although the core has changed, this is a law that the cold weapon battlefield has to use.

When there is an unstoppable collapse in the front line, if you are merciful, the irrational rout will rush away from the follow-up army line and completely disrupt the formation. Once the formation is chaotic, defeat is inevitable.

This tactic was often used by northern nomadic cavalry, who defeated their enemies by far outnumbering them.

At the same time, the Ming army also implemented the continuous sitting system. Deserters will implicate their families, causing them to lose all the treatment of military dependents, and they will no longer be able to pass the assessment of the Department of Justice. deprivation.

"Then what should I do now?"

Guan Hai's face was ashen. After all, he was a person who had experienced the storm, and he quickly regained his composure from the panic.

Now that Koji is the chief officer, under such circumstances, it is not a time to shirk responsibility, nor is it a time to complain to each other, this kind of moment should be a time of sincere cooperation.

"When I was marching before, I saw a section of the river that was narrow, and I might be able to swim across it."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Qu Yi shook his head and rejected Guan Hai's proposal.

"Although the water flow in Jishui in this season is smaller than that in the flood season, it is still difficult to cross without a floating bridge."

"Although the war horse can swim, the distance it can swim is not far, and it can't swim across the river at all."

"The winter clothes I wear are all made of cotton, new winter clothes."

Qu Yi pinched the clothes under his armor.

"These cottons are grown from the grass and trees that Daojun sent people to bring from the south. They are warm and light."

"But once it hits the water, it becomes heavy, and it is impossible to swim across the river in winter clothes."

"The Jishui River is not frozen now, but its water is icy cold at this time of year. If people go down, they will be frozen to death by the river water within a moment or two."

"If you don't wear winter clothes, even if you swim to the north of Jishui River, most of the people will freeze to death on the north bank."

Qu Yi clenched the spear in his hand and said in a deep voice.

"Rather than freezing to death because of the river water, why not die on the battlefield?"

"Brother, why are you afraid of death?!"

"Although Qu is much different from the ancient heroes, he is not a rat who ran away from the enemy!"

Qu Yi stared at Guan Hai, there was no wave in his eyes.

"The ambush this time is my crime of rash advance, and the crime is my own."

"If General Wuwei wants to swim across Jishui, I am willing to lead the army in the rear and buy time for General Wuwei to swim across."

Guan Hai squinted his eyes slightly. Although Qu Yi's official position was higher than him, he actually looked down on Qu Yi at all.

Not many people in the Ming court thought highly of Qu Yi.

From their point of view, Qu Yi is a person with two ends and no bottom line.

In the battle between Han and Wei, as long as Qu Yi is willing to send troops, the Han army can only choose to withdraw to the south, and the Wei state will not perish.

It was precisely because Qu Yi was wise and wise to protect himself that the state of Wei was destroyed.

Yuan Shaozong had all sorts of faults, but he didn't have any problems with Qu Yi.

In this era of rampant geopolitical relations, although there are no famous sayings, Qu Yi can indeed be regarded as the head of Wei Ting's generals.

Although Wei Ting did not have a general, only a heavy general, but even Gao Lan and Han Meng's official positions were not as good as Qu Yi's.

But when Yuan Shao needed him the most, Qu Yi chose to be wise and protect his life, and sat back and watched Wei Guo fall, before finally choosing to fall to the victor's side.

Although Qu Yi's choice was indeed the best choice at the time, the best choice to protect himself, putting many people in Qu Yi's position may be the same.

But these are all possibilities, in fact only Koji did this.

A cold-blooded and ruthless person is destined to be respected and kept at a distance.

"Huang Tian's envoy never lacks in courage."

Guan Hai's expression did not change.

"I have never wanted to see the enemy and escape, just looking for a way."

Koji smiled.

"General Xu Huang received your report. Even if he rushed here, it would probably take two or three hours. By then, everything would be too late. We can't rely on others now, only ourselves."

When he discovered the Han army blocking the official road for the first time, Guan Hai had already sent a messenger to Licheng.

However, as Qu Yi said, Xu Huang's troops are basically infantry, and the cavalry only has more than [-] light cavalry for reconnaissance and flank protection.

Qingqi came and had nothing to do with the Han army that was waiting in full force.

And when the infantry brigade arrived, I'm afraid they had been eaten up by the tens of thousands of Han troops.

"Now there are only two ways."

Qu Yi turned his head to look at Guan Hai, with a hoarse voice.

Guan Hai said nothing, just looked at Qu Yi, waiting for his next words.

"The first way."

"From the front, forcibly break through the Han army's formation!"

Guan Hai's pupils shrank slightly, Qu Yi's proposal was extremely crazy.

To attack the dense infantry formation head-on is something that even heavy cavalry will not do.

Although the cavalry of Xiliang Camp and Xiandeng Camp were armored cavalry, their horses were not equipped with any heavy armor.

There is only one end for a frontal attack on the Han army's guns that are waiting in full battle.

It is to be strung into a hedgehog by the spears of the Han army.

"You and I both know what will happen."

Guan Hai snorted coldly, the first solution Qu Yi said was to seek his own death.

Qu Yi put it first, but he didn't want to choose it.

"What is the second method, you can say it directly."

Qu Yi slowly raised the whip in his hand, pointed at the surging Jishui in the north, and said in a deep voice.

"Fight to the last stand!"

　Many times when I write about army casualties, some people always say that the ancient army will collapse if its casualties are [-]% or [-]%. In the previous chapters, many people are talking about this matter.

　　It is really helpless, here it is written that more than one-third of the Danyang soldiers were killed and injured, some people may complain, so I explained it.

　　
　
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