Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 24
Gongsun Xu felt a lot of pressure on his role as a forward. If tomorrow's fire can't make the Yellow Turbans mess up, his [-] cavalry may lose a lot, and it might affect the attack of the [-] infantry behind. .

Therefore, Gongsun Xu discussed with others for a long time, and Gongsun Xu repeatedly emphasized that among the 3 people in his hands, what can really be called elite cavalry is only the 6000 people he brought from Youzhou. The 1 cavalry is still a bit worse than the Youzhou cavalry. Gongsun Xu, the group of people temporarily selected by the official army camp, has also seen it. At most, they can only say that they can ride a horse, and when it comes to the difficult ability of riding and shooting Those people can't do it, so the [-] people led by Guan Yu and Gao Shun can only attack last.

As for the 1 people led by Gongsun Xu, most of them are Youzhou infantry, but at least they grew up in Youzhou, and they all know how to ride horses. Moreover, Gongsun Xu didn't ask these people to ride and shoot to drive them away. He found 1 sets of armor, Then came another [-] horses wearing battle armor. He asked his [-] people to wear three sets of armor and at least two sets of horses. The requirements for the quality of individual cavalry are not high, as long as they can guarantee to sit firmly on the horse.

Although the quality and number of soldiers are not high, Gongsun Xu is still very excited about one thing, that is, he can command quite a few generals this time. In addition to Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Gao Shun and the young general Zhang Jai, Huangfu Li, Huangfu Jianshou is also a veteran in the army. Although he is still young, his military ability is definitely not low. In addition, Zhu Jun was afraid that he would not have enough generals, so he sent Sun Jian.

Sun Jian brought Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other four people under him. Although Sun Jian was about the same age as Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian did not show off.Now these people under Gongsun Xu's hands are just not well-known. In history, these people randomly picked out a hero who is world-famous, and now they are all under the command of Gongsun Xu, a 16-year-old child. I am still very excited when I think about it. .

After discussing with the generals, Gongsun Xu sent them away. In order to prepare for tomorrow's battle, he needed a good rest and recharged his batteries to show his prowess tomorrow. The next day, Gongsun Xu got up and practiced martial arts for two hours as usual before going to the soldiers Let's go around, he needs to know the emotions and fighting spirit of the soldiers.

Judging from the present, Gongsun Xu is absolutely satisfied with what he brought out. None of the soldiers felt afraid. Huangfusong and Zhu Jun also ordered to cook sheep and slaughter cattle to reward the three armies. The soldiers in the camp had high fighting spirit and everything was ready , Just wait for the strong wind and fire at night.

In the afternoon, Gongsun Xu arranged everything and went back to rest early. Dian Wei also took a nap in Gongsun Xu's big tent. Originally, Gongsun Xu wanted him to go back to sleep, but Dian Wei insisted that his duty was to protect Gongsun Xu's safety. There was no other way but to let Dian Wei stay in his big tent.

In the middle of the night, Gongsun Xu and others were already standing on the top of the wall, and [-] cavalry were preparing under the wall. The entire Changshe City was silent, and a hundred dead soldiers who were going to fire the fire quietly approached the camp of the Yellow Turban Army.Due to the large number of Yellow Turbans and their unevenness, all the Yellow Turbans in other places were asleep except for people patrolling near the central camp of the Yellow Turbans.

About a quarter of an hour after Choushi, the flag on the top of the city changed its direction of fluttering. Gongsun Xu was waiting for this moment. Huangfusong and Zhu Jun had been marching for many years, and their budget for the weather within three days was still very accurate. Now it is blowing The southwest wind is a good time to set fire. "The dark moon kills the night, the wind is high and the sky is on fire. The Yellow Turban is destined to lose." Gongsun Xu sighed inwardly.

Suddenly, there was a lot of fire in the Yellow Turban camp, and it intensified. The fire spread from the front camp to the central army. Gongsun Xu could see the chaotic crowd running around from the city wall. A small area of ​​the central army was slightly better, and someone had already started Organized firefighting, but it was just a drop in the bucket for the fire. Looking at the chaotic crowd, Gongsun Xu knew that it was time to attack, so Gongsun Xu gave the order: "Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei obey the order."

"The last general is here." The two stepped forward and knelt on one knee and shouted. "Lead the army to attack. The key to this victory lies with you. After the big victory, I will ask for credit for you." For these 1 people and these two generals, Gongsun Xu is very relieved. What he has to do now is to wait until Bocai and his most elite Yellow Turbans come out. Half an hour later, the entire Yellow Turban camp is completely chaotic. , There were flames everywhere, people running everywhere, and from time to time cavalry from the government army came over to shoot arrows.

Most of the yellow turbans were driven away. Seeing that the general situation was over, Bo Cai immediately organized his own soldiers to retreat. As long as he could save his life, there was still hope for everything. This was Bo Cai's theory. When Bo Cai retreated Some cavalrymen have reported to Gongsun Xu that they found a group of about 5000 Yellow Turbans withdrawing from the battlefield in an organized manner, and the number is increasing.

Gongsun Xu knew that among the chaotic Yellow Turbans, only Bo had the ability and prestige to do this, so he turned to Gao Shun and Guan Yu and said, "This is for you for the time being. Do you understand my order?" Gao Shun and Guan Yu knelt down to receive the order and shouted: "Understood."

Gongsun Xu took Dian Wei and others down without waiting for their reply. The city gate opened again. Gongsun Xu rushed out first, followed by the ten thousand heavy cavalry behind him. After jogging for a quarter of an hour, Gongsun Xu saw Bocai's commander-in-chief ordered to set up a charge formation. Dian Wei led Gongsunxu's [-] soldiers, Sun Jian's four generals and [-] Jianghuai soldiers to make arrows in front of the formation.

Bo Cai also found Gongsun Xu. In order to survive, Bo Cai also ordered to form a phalanx. Now there are nearly 2 people around Bo Cai, and in the dark night, he doesn’t know how many people there are on Gongsun Xu’s side. Anyway, he lost, so he didn't care about Bo this time.After Gongsun Xu's formation was set up, Gongsun Xu asked Zhang Jaw beside him to lead two hundred soldiers and shouted: "The one who kills the general and captures the flag will record the first merit. The wife and Yinzi are here now, and the army advances."

Hearing this, Sun Jian and Dian Wei led the front army to dispatch first. The distance between the two armies is still nearly 500 meters, so Gongsun Xu's cavalry did not immediately increase their speed and charge, they only need to increase their speed slowly, otherwise it would be easy Waste of horse power.When the distance between the two armies was less than 150 meters, Sun Jian and Dian Wei led the whole army to rush towards the Yellow Turban phalanx, and some people could not help but shoot arrows at the Yellow Turban phalanx.

During the sprint, some of Gongsun Xu's cavalry were shot, but no one fell off the horse, because Gongsun Xu asked every cavalry to tie himself to the horse before standing, so that even if the horse died, he could still move forward. rush.

Charging, relying on the sprint of the horse.In the blink of an eye, the two armies met, the roars of mourning came and went, the yellow scarf army's phalanx was soon pierced through, Dian Wei had already begun to lead his troops back, Bo Cai was in command of the Central Army, Bo Cai under the command of the commander was very conspicuous, Dian Wei had already Noticing that this is definitely not a simple person, Dian Wei led two hundred cavalry to charge towards the central army. Sun Jian was a step behind, but he also noticed Bo Cai, and Sun Jian, not to be outdone, also led his generals to this side.

Dian Wei brandished his iron halberd, and split open one after another of the Yellow Turban dead soldiers in front. Bocai's personal soldiers are the most powerful army in the Yellow Turban Army. Dian Wei and others have already felt the pressure, but Dian Wei Wei didn't think anyone could stop him. This was his absolute confidence. He only had one goal in mind, and that was Bo Cai's head. He watched this ugly and murderous man charge towards him.

Bo Cai also panicked. Seeing that Dian Wei was less than ten steps away from him, Bo Cai was about to ride away on his horse, so he exposed his back to Dian Wei. Seeing the opportunity, Dian Wei shouted: "To me Come close, protect me." Hearing this, the cavalry around him all approached Dian Wei, and Dian Wei also took out three flying halberds from his waist at that moment and threw them at Bo Cai, the unlucky Bo Cai did not expect this ugly face The giant man also has this killer trick.

Before he died, Bocai felt pain in his head, back and waist, and this pain was constantly demanding his strength.Then Bocai didn't know anything.

Dian Wei saw that Bocai had fallen off his horse and shouted, "Bocai is dead, and the Yellow Turban will be defeated."

Then he rushed towards Bo Cai on the ground, bent down and grabbed Bo Cai's body. On the chaotic battlefield, everyone saw that Dian Wei was holding the dead Bo Cai in his hands. The Yellow Turban Army began to retreat. When the Yellow Turban Army didn't know what was going on, Sun Jian jumped up from his horse, held his sword with both hands and slashed towards the flagpole.

After a loud noise, Sun Jian and others shouted: "Bo Cai is dead, the handsome flag is down, and the Yellow Turban is defeated. Kill."

This time the Yellow Turban saw that the commander-in-chief's flag fell, and everything was in chaos. Couldn't stop, if it wasn't for the military order, he would have killed him long ago, the city gate opened again, and [-] cavalry roared out. Seeing that the time had come, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun immediately ordered the whole army to dispatch, and [-] infantry rushed out of the city The door rushed towards the battlefield.

After fighting for an hour, Gongsun Xu saw that the Yellow Turban Army was not too chaotic, and his [-] cavalry gathered together had no more effect than passing orders: "Give me an order to divide the cavalry into [-] teams and attack freely."

Sun Jian immediately ran over and shouted, "General, if you divide up your troops again, each team will have less than 1000 cavalry, and they will easily be swallowed up by the Yellow Turban Army." Gongsun Xu did not explain to Sun Jian, but pointed at Sun Jian with his peerless long spear. He roared: "Give me an order to divide the troops into thirty teams. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."

Dian Wei, Zhang Jai and the guards beside him shouted loudly: "No."

Sun Jian also went down to carry out the order.There was only one commander on the battlefield, and Gongsun Xu now had the power to kill Sun Jian, so Sun Jian did not dare to disobey the orders of this teenage boy who was younger than himself.

After Gongsun continued to divide the troops, the Yellow Turban Army seemed to bump into the cavalry of the official army no matter where they ran, and the cavalry of the official army shouted: "Bo Cai is dead, don't kill if you surrender, Bo Cai is dead, don't kill if you surrender"

Many Yellow Turban soldiers who couldn't run, old and weak women and children squatted in place and surrendered. No one wanted to die. Besides, they couldn't run away, so they might as well surrender. The ten thousand cavalry had been forty miles away from the infantry, and they were still chasing and killing the escaped Yellow Turbans.

At dawn, nearly 30 Yellow Turban troops had been captured. Huangfusong and Zhu Jun commanded the troops on the battlefield to escort the prisoners. None of Gongsun Xu's [-] cavalry teams had returned to the camp. There was a team dozens of miles away. The cavalry escorted thousands or tens of thousands of yellow scarves to Changsha.

Zhao Yun rushed the farthest, a hundred miles away from the Changsha. He was chasing and killing a group of Yellow Turban soldiers with a number of about [-]. He charged directly, but he just followed from a distance, because Zhao Yun was waiting for these Yellow Turban soldiers to exhaust their energy.

Suddenly, a cavalry shouted from a distance: "There is an enemy situation."

Then he ran to Zhao Yun and said: "A large number of troops were found five miles away, with a number of about [-]."

Zhao Yun hesitated like this, "Where is the god here? It shouldn't be the Yellow Turban. Could it be that the Xiangyong failed, and it shouldn't be possible. If it is the enemy, then I and the more than 2000 white horses around me will be in trouble .”

Just as he was thinking about it, more than a dozen cavalry rushed towards him, and the leader of the black-faced cavalry shouted: "Cao Cao, I have come to support the Changsha by order. I don't know which general is in front." Zhao Yun felt relieved now, It's one of our own.

So Ce immediately went forward and said: "Youzhou, Zhao Yun is under Gongsun Xu's command. The Yellow Turban was defeated last night. I led the army to chase a Yellow Turban here. General Cao came just in time. There are tens of thousands of Yellow Turban prisoners behind. General Cao."

Cao Cao knew from Zhao Yun's words that he came a step late, the Yellow Turban was defeated, and now prisoners are being captured everywhere. If you don't eat meat, you have to drink soup. Cao Cao shouted behind him: "Yuan Rang Miaocai, you two Lead [-] cavalry to help General Zhao pursue this Yellow Turban, and Zi Lian will follow me to escort the Yellow Turban prisoners."

The three people behind Cao Cao clasped their hands and shouted: "No." Then they flew towards the army respectively. After Zhao Yun bid farewell to Cao Cao, he continued to pursue. After a while, [-] cavalrymen followed in Zhao Yun's direction.

In the middle of the night, Gongsun Xu had already returned to Changshe City. Except for Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, other generals were in Gongsun Xu's big tent. Huangfusong and Zhu Jun were not immersed in the joy of the victory, and nearly 40 prisoners It's not easy to arrange, and now the two of them are also very busy.

Even when Gongsun Xu returned to the camp, he only sent his soldiers to greet them. Gongsun Xu can't control these two people now. He is listening to the soldiers reporting his losses and gains. Except that Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei have not returned yet, it is estimated that the cavalry has lost About 2000 people.

Most of them died in the battle with Bocai. Gongsun Xu's own Youzhou headquarters cavalry lost very little, which is the only place where Gongsun Xu can get comfort.Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei had already sent someone to deliver a letter saying that they must return to the camp before noon tomorrow, but they couldn't find their way.

Cao Cao also sent someone to deliver a letter saying that the escort of [-] yellow scarves was less than [-] miles away from Changshe.Huangfusong and Zhu Jun sent Gongsun Xu to lead the army to meet them.After counting the losses, Gongsun continued to gather three thousand cavalry, and took Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Sun Jian, Zhang Ja, Huangfu Li, Huangfu Jianshou and others to meet Cao Cao. Gao Shun was left in the camp to deal with affairs.

Gongsun Xu took the lead, and Sun Jian and others consciously followed behind. Now they still belong to Gongsun Xu's generals. In addition, if the commander of Gongsun Xu was determined to defeat the Yellow Turban in the battle last night, Sun Jian and other foreign generals also sincerely admire them. So, now follow Behind Gongsun Xu is respect for Gongsun Xu.

(End of this chapter)