Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 30 Destroying Zhang Jiao
The army marched for another two days and finally approached Zhang Jiao's camp. After Zhang Niujiao's troops broke up, most of them returned to Zhang Jiao's camp.Zhang Jiao also learned about the failure from Zhang Niujiao and the rout general.This is not the first time Zhang Jiao has received news of defeat, and it is also not the first time Zhang Jiao has heard the name Gongsun Xu.

Zhang Jiao loves and hates this young general of the Han Dynasty who has been in the limelight this year, the son of Gongsun Zan, governor of Youzhou. He also ruined his good things many times. The Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou was nearly defeated, and the siege of Changsha was also solved because of him. In general, Gongsun Xu has surrendered nearly 60 Yellow Turban Army and the people.

Therefore, when the sergeant reported that Lu Zhi's army was approaching, Zhang Jiao didn't feel scared or excited. Instead, he was curious. The person Zhang Jiao wanted to see the most was this Gongsun Xu. He wanted to see what kind of man this Gongsun Xu was. hero.

The next day, Lu Zhi led his army to fight against the generals outside Zhang Jiao camp. Zhang Jiao immediately led the soldiers to fight when he heard about it.The three armies lined up in the wilderness, the flags fluttered, the shouts of the soldiers of the two armies, and the sound of horses mingled together. The commanders of both sides were arranging their troops. After a quarter of an hour, the two sides formed their formations almost at the same time. Zhang Jiao's side set up a square formation. The formation of the square formation is dense and has strong defensive power. The opening angle is located in the center of the formation, and the outer forces are deployed layer by layer. The spears, bows and arrows are outside, and the only cavalry is inside. This formation is suitable for fighting with superior enemy forces. The focus is on defense.

Because there are many cavalry on Lu Zhi's side, the formation is a crane wing formation. Lu Zhi is behind the formation and surrounded by heavy troops. Youzhou cavalry and Xiliang iron cavalry are on the left and right respectively, making the formation spread like crane wings. An offensive and defensive formation.

Judging from the speed and foresight of forming troops, Zhang Jiao's military ability is not inferior to Lu Zhi's. The key is that the Yellow Turban Army lacks cavalry and their equipment is poor. Otherwise, Zhang Jiao is sure to fight Lu Zhi and remain invincible. land.

Looking at the high morale of the officers and soldiers, Zhang Jiao knew that it would be difficult to win this battle, but Zhang Jiao is not such a person who gives up easily. He was born in poverty since he was a child, and he has learned to be tenacious, not to mention that he still has a strong heart. His ideals and beliefs are supporting him. For his lofty ideals, Zhang Jiao believes that he can hold on.

But Zhang Jiao still couldn't help but want to meet Gongsun Xu, maybe it was an inner impulse, maybe it was curiosity, but Zhang Jiao just wanted to meet Gongsun Xu.When the two armies were confronting each other, a cavalryman suddenly ran out from the Yellow Turban Army. He was very majestic, with arms as thick as the thighs of ordinary people, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a beard like steel needles on his face. This was Zhang Jiao's subordinate. The number one tyrant, named Guan Hai, Guan Hai has fought the Yellow Turban all over without encountering opponents, even Chu Feiyan, who is physically strong, and Zhou Cang, who is born with supernatural power, can't walk a hundred rounds under his hands.

Guan Hai arrogantly pointed at the officers and soldiers with the big knife in his hand and said: "General Tiangong wants to see General Anton of Youzhou, please come and answer quickly."

After hearing this, Gongsun Xu was also very curious. For the supreme leader of the Yellow Turban Army, Gongsun Xu really wanted to meet him. Gongsun Xu turned to look at Lu Zhi. He needed Lu Zhi's permission. Lu Zhi nodded to him. Nodding, Liu Bei next to him also said: "Xu'er, be careful, the Yellow Turbans are always thieves, if there is any accident, return to the battle immediately."

Gongsun Xu nodded to Liu Bei and urged him to go forward. Zhang Jiao saw a young general coming out of the other side and immediately urged him to go forward. He prevented many yellow turban soldiers from going together, but Guan Hai followed Zhang Behind the corner, he must ensure the safety of Zhang Jiao.

Zhang Jiao and Gongsun Xu stopped in the formation of the two armies. The distance between the two sides was no more than five steps. Guan Hai's eyes were fixed on Gongsun Xu, but Gongsun Xu's eyes stayed on Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao was also scrutinizing him. Gongsun continued.

After looking at each other like this for half an hour, Zhang Jiao first asked: "Help me to rule the world, I will take you as my son, how about passing the world to you in the future? Don't lie to me, I can feel that you and I are the same Humanoid, you must understand my ideals."

After Gongsun Xu heard this, his heart was shocked, but Gongsun Xu still shook his head and sighed: "Yes, we are all the same kind of people, and we all have the ideal of saving the people in the world. I have been working hard, and you are too, but , You did something wrong, the Yellow Turban can only be called a bandit, and the common people suffer because of you, your ideal cannot be realized, but I will definitely, go back, let’s have a good fight, I hope General Tiangong can give me some advice.”

After finishing talking about Gongsun Xu, he went back, but Zhang Jiao was staring blankly there, because Gongsun Xu's words that your ideals cannot be realized seemed like a sharp sword, breaking Zhang Jiao's years of hard work.Guan Hai called Zhang Jiao a few times from the side, and Zhang Jiao sighed after recovering, and then rode his horse towards the main formation.

Gongsun Xu nodded to Lu Zhi after returning to the main formation, and then returned to his post. After Zhang Jiao returned here, Guan Hai pointed at the officers and soldiers and shouted: "Guan Hai is here under General Tiangong's tent, who dares to come here?" war."

This roar angered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others.This group of peerless generals had never met such a rampant person before, and Gongsun Xu also felt that it was necessary to kill the vigor of the Yellow Turban Army, so he said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, just defeat him, you don't need to take his life."

After Guan Yu got the order, he rode his horse out of the formation and rushed towards Guan Hai. Guan Hai felt the creepy murderous look on the visitor and the contemptuous look in his eyes, which also angered Guan Hai. Little martial arts training, coupled with extraordinary talent and the careful guidance of his master, before Guan Hai left the mountain at the age of 17, his master told him that as long as he maintains the heart of a warrior, Guan Hai's martial arts skills can definitely be squeezed into the ranks of first-class generals.

So Guan Hai couldn't tolerate others' contempt for him, so he rushed towards Guan Yu in flattery.Guan Yu was highly concentrated on the horse running at high speed. In his eyes, only his own knife and Guan Hai were left. Soon, the two approached. After the chop, Guan Hai felt the horror of the knife and immediately raised his knife to resist. There was a loud noise, and Guan Hai's arms went numb. , the two quickly passed by.

Guan Hai already felt the horror and strength of this red-faced man, and Guan Hai knew that he couldn't distance himself from him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to receive a few stabs, so Guan Hai immediately turned back and rushed towards Guan Yu, Guan Yu was also unambiguous, Immediately turned around to fight, the two fought less than ten rounds, Guan Hai's jaws had been split, but Guan Hai was still insisting, and Guan Yu's eyes flashed a glint of appreciation.

But this trace of appreciation stimulated Guan Hai's unyielding heart even more. Guan Hai roared and waved his big knife continuously. The limit had been reached, and at this time Guan Yu slashed at Guan Hai's head again. Guan Hai knew that he couldn't resist, and now he had no pride and confidence in his heart, only the idea of ​​living.

Before he had time to think about it, Guan Hai instinctively rolled off his horse and ran towards the formation. Now Guan Hai was very scared. This was the first time he was afraid in his life. Guan Hai didn't know why, but he was just afraid. He just ran for two steps. Hearing the scream of the war horse, Guan Hai looked back and saw his mount being split in two by the opponent.Guan Hai didn't stop, and ran back directly.

The officers and soldiers saw that Guan Yu's morale had risen even more after defeating the enemy general. Zhang Jiao knew that there was no need to go any further, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops.Lu Zhi didn't attack by force, today was just a test, and tomorrow will be the main event.

After returning to the camp, Lu Zhi called all the generals to discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy. After discussing for half an hour, Lu Zhi found that Gongsun Xu was silent and was about to ask Gongsun Xu what strategy he had. Most of them are for support, Zhang Jiao is very resourceful, no amount of trickery is useless, tomorrow there is no other way but to confront him head-on and defeat him head-on." After hearing this, everyone agreed deeply.

In fact, these words were explained by Jia Xu and Gongsun Xu, and Lu Zhi also agreed with Gongsun Xu's words, so he ordered: "Then go down and rest, prepare for the decisive battle tomorrow, and have a good rest tonight and strengthen patrols and vigilance." Everyone listened. After saying this, they all dispersed.

In the Yellow Turban camp, Zhang Jiao hadn't slept yet. He kept thinking about what Gongsun Xu said, why he would fail. He believed that Gongsun Xu was not lying to him, but the ideal he had always insisted on was destroyed just like that. Jiao couldn't accept it. He wanted to bring a happy and stable life to the people all over the world, but more and more people died after the rebellion, and more and more homeless people.

Zhang Jiao already felt that there were a lot of yellow scarves that he couldn't control. Even his two younger brothers were trying to break away from him. In addition, Zhang Jiao felt that his health was getting worse and worse. Now Zhang Jiao seemed to understand that Gongsun continued Why did I say that, while Zhang Jiao was meditating, a slender figure suddenly walked into the battle. This is Zhang Jiao's daughter, Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning was very worried when he saw that his father was still awake. But it looks like an old man in his 50s.Zhang Ning grabbed Zhang Jiao's hands and nestled in Zhang Jiao's arms.

Looking at his precious daughter comforting himself like this, Zhang Jiao couldn't help sighing: "He's right, it's impossible for me to realize my dream in this life, why didn't God let me know him five years earlier, why did he want to destroy him?" My dream, is this God’s will? Alas, Ning’er, the only thing my father can’t let go of now is you, you are only 14 years old, if the father is gone, who will take care of you.” Zhang Ning listened to Zhang Jiao’s words Like saying goodbye, she was very anxious and uneasy, and she just grabbed Zhang Jiao's hand, she didn't know how to comfort her father, she just wanted to hold his father's hand like this and never let go.

After another night, Zhang Jiao decided to make a final effort after waking up. He also wanted to see Gongsun Xu's demeanor.After receiving Lu Zhi's decisive battle letter, Zhang Jiao immediately mobilized his troops and dispatched a total of [-] elite troops to the decisive battle site. The state army and the [-] Xiliang army came to the decisive battle site. The commanders of the two armies formed their own formations, which were still in the same formation as yesterday. Lu Zhi was determined to attack Zhang Jiao in one fell swoop. Seeing that the time was about to come, Lu Zhi ordered: "Beat the drums, March."

The three armies moved together, and Zhang Jiao also ordered to defend. Gongsun Xu left behind his own three thousand personal guards, Gao Shun's three thousand soldiers, and Zhang Fei's five thousand heavy cavalry. Now Zhang Jiao's formation is too dense. The defense is tight, and the cavalry will definitely lose a lot if they rush into the battle rashly. Therefore, Zhao Yun led [-] white horses to continue to harass them by using cavalry and shooting tactics. Leather Armor used cavalry and shooting to suppress the Yellow Turban Army.Relying on their sharp armor and well-trained armor, the official army has firmly suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, although the Yellow Turban Army has a large number of people.

But the order was not unified, and Zhang Jiao's military order could not be fully conveyed, so now he could only defend desperately.The cavalry cavalry on the periphery caused huge losses to the Yellow Turban Army, and more importantly, psychological pressure. Who knows if an arrow would fly and take their lives.

After two hours of fierce fighting like this, the Yellow Turban Army was still holding on. Gongsun Xu looked at Zhang Jiao who was still holding on and sighed in his heart: "Let me give you a ride." "Yide, turn to the left and wait." Attack the camp after breaking through the enemy's frontal defense line."

After Gongsun Xu finished speaking, he looked at Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo understood, and led the remaining four thousand cavalry to the right side of the Yellow Turban Army.Before the battle started, Lu Zhi gave Gongsun Xu the authority to command the remaining soldiers, so Dong Zhuo also had to obey the command. Seeing that the two cavalry were almost at the designated position, Gongsun Xu nodded to Gao Shun, and Gao Shun immediately shouted: " Put on your armor and form an formation." The soldiers trapped in the camp have been resting, and immediately put on their armor and took up their weapons with the help of their comrades after hearing the order. This sudden change was noticed by Zhang Jiao, but now he But he couldn't stop it. Gongsun Xu hid the trapped camp from the beginning. The last time he broke through Jizhou City, Zhang Niujiao must have brought the news of the trapped camp to Zhang Jiao, so Gongsun Xu didn't directly reveal his ace infantry battalion in this battle.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the trapped camp had been lined up, and Gao Shun gave the order to advance. Zhang Jiao had never seen such a large army assembled at such a speed, and Zhang Jiao had never seen the momentum of this army and the eyes of each soldier. After all, even his own yellow turban fighters are not as good as this army.With the arrival of the trapped camp, the officers and soldiers naturally gave way, and the Yellow Turban Army took advantage of the situation to attack the officer's camp, but they encountered an absolutely powerful trapped camp.

Soon, the Yellow Turban soldiers who rushed in were blocked by the trapped camp, and the trapped camp did not stop. They were always advancing, to be precise, advancing. The soldiers in the trapped camp cooperated well with each other, and no one followed Gao Shun commanded in the center because he didn't keep pace or wasted energy. It wasn't that Gao Shun wasn't fierce enough, but that Gao Shun never thought of killing the enemy like a soldier.

Soon falling into the camp opened a hole in the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and the officers and soldiers followed behind to expand the gap. At this time, thunderous hooves suddenly sounded from both sides of the Yellow Turban Army.Now that Zhang Jiao knows that he has lost, and seeing the elite team he built lose like this, Zhang Jiao can't even describe his current feelings.Without roaring or getting angry, Zhang Jiao just said lightly: "Withdraw the troops, order the camp to retreat too, they can't resist it." After speaking, Zhang Jiao retreated under the cover of the yellow scarf warriors.

The Yellow Turban Army was defeated in this way. Gongsun Xu commanded 3000 cavalry to capture the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, but Zhang Jiao and most of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army ran away. The personal guards came back after chasing for fifty miles, and it would be dangerous if they chased the [-] people.The strongest unit of the Yellow Turban Army was defeated in this way. Gongsun Xu didn't know that Zhang Jiao spent the last of his life because of leading this battle. ;
After hastily explaining some things on the way to defeat, he passed away.Before Zhang Jiao died, he kept nagging in his mouth: "Gongsun Jishi, Jishi, it's a pity that I can't see it anymore." The generals of the Yellow Turban Army saw that after Zhang Jiao died, no one was convinced and who almost fought each other, so the Yellow Turban Army was divided into two groups. Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Niujiao control the four forces of Hai.However, Gongsun Xu didn't know all this until two days later, and Gongsun Xu still admired Zhang Jiao very much.Anyway, Zhang Jiao is also a character.After defeating Zhang Jiao, Lu Zhi stayed where he was and waited for the imperial court's order.Gongsun Xuye and Jia Xu were busy discussing future plans.

(End of this chapter)