Great Han Empire

Chapter 235 The situation changes suddenly
Northwest Yu led the Shenlang and Qiang soldiers to launch the attack first.

Not long after, Sirius, the leader of Burning He Qiang, arrived with his troops.June Jinglei immediately ordered the entire Qiang coalition army to attack the city.

Under the command of June Jinglei, Baima Qiang and Shaodang Qiang attacked the left wing of the city gate, while Shenlang Qiang, Xianling Qiang and Shaohe Qiang under the command of Xibeiyu attacked the right wing of the city gate.The other dozen or so small Qiang tribes followed the big tribes and joined the battle.

Since the soldiers of the Qiang nationality are all cavalry, they are not good at siege, and the leaders of all tribes want to work for nothing, so although the siege scene at the east gate of Yicheng looks spectacular and fierce, it is true that after crossing the moat, the siege Few soldiers went up the tower.

After Hua Xiong received Huang Fuzheng's request for help, he immediately ordered the military marquis Zhao Yi and Li Ting to continue to defend the city, and rushed to the west city with 300 people.Thanks to his timely support, the west gate was taken back by him when the defense was about to collapse.When Han Sui saw that the soldiers were unable to withstand the fierce counterattack of the officers and soldiers and fled down the city wall one after another, Han Sui couldn't help shaking his head again and again, saying nothing.

"Where are the reinforcements coming from?" Han Sui greeted the panting candidate and asked strangely, "At this time, Fu Xie (pronounced xie) still has reinforcements?"

The candidate pointed to the east, and cursed: "The Qiang people in Daxue Mountain are insidious and cunning, and there is no good thing. You can see that they blew the horn all over the city, and the horn broke, but they didn't work hard to attack the city. The support came It's Hua Xiong, that fierce big bear."

Han Sui smiled wryly and said, "It's a failure." He looked up at the sky, pointed at the retreating soldiers with his horsewhip, and said, "I've been fighting all morning, I'm too tired, I order everyone to rest, eat first, and fight when you're full."

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Ma Teng was so embarrassed by Fu Xie's men that he could not gain a foothold on the tower, so he had to retreat.

"Our losses are too great, let Nie Xiao lead people to attack." Ma Teng said while wiping the blood on his face, pointing to Nie Xiao's army in the distance.

"His army will attack in the afternoon," Huang Yan said.

"We fought all morning and suffered a lot of losses, so tell him to attack immediately." Ma Teng said angrily.

"Nie Xiao said that he attacked the city in the afternoon. Ten days ago, under the leadership of Beigong Boyu, they had been attacking Yicheng. The casualties were very heavy, and they have not recovered yet." Huang Yan said, "Beigong Boyu Yu is dead, they are in a bad mood, don't annoy them."

Wang Guo snorted dissatisfied, and said, "Don't we have any losses? A group of greedy and cunning barbarians." He looked at Wudu standing beside him, and said with a smile, "Yi'an, let's attack a few more times, you see how?"

Wu Du looked at the sky and said, "It's noon, let's rest after attacking again."

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Zhao Yi let out a loud roar, and lifted up a huge pole with several soldiers.They chanted in unison, and threw the heavy wood with all their might.

"My lord, look what that is..." A soldier suddenly pointed forward and shouted.

Zhao Yi and the soldiers looked up into the distance.

Between heaven and earth, an army suddenly stepped out, a huge and neat army.

The shouts on the tower suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked towards the eastern horizon.

A huge black banner suddenly leaped into people's field of vision.

"Reinforcements... Reinforcements are coming..." A soldier suddenly threw away the stone in his hand, and ran along the city wall excitedly, "Reinforcements are coming... Reinforcements are coming..."

The soldiers on the wall cheered.

Zhao Yi yelled wildly: "Beating the drum... beating the drum..."

The passionate and vigorous drum sound resounded over Yicheng in an instant.

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June Jinglei heard a sudden panic shout from the rear of the army, and then saw the siege soldiers in front receding like a tide, horrified.He hurriedly galloped his horse up to a small high ground, stood on the horseback and looked backward.At this time, the sky in the distance has been completely covered by colorful battle flags.

He looked at Lei Wa next to him suspiciously, and said, "Have the Han army gone crazy?"

Lei Wa shook her head with a smile, and said, "I don't understand either. There are 13 troops here, why are tens of thousands of Han troops here? Are you looking for death?"

"12." June Jinglei said solemnly, "After the siege for a while, the combined losses of all ministries amounted to at least 1 people. We don't have 13 people anymore."

Lei Wa smiled and said, "Is there any difference?"

"Of course." June Jinglei said, "[-] more soldiers and [-] fewer soldiers can completely determine the outcome of a war."

Immediately, he raised his horsewhip, pointed at the messengers around him and shouted loudly: "Order all the ministries, regroup and prepare for the battle."

"Immediately ask for help from the commander-in-chief, and let him come quickly to encircle and wipe out the enemy army."

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Fu Xie and his subordinates were still fighting bloody on the tower.

Suddenly, the earth-shattering sound of war drums came from the direction of the east gate.

Fu Xie's mind was shaken, and there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart.Li Hong came to kill with the army.Li Hong kept his promise and led his troops to Yicheng at the most critical moment.Did he find a way to defeat the enemy?Fu Xie couldn't believe it.Maybe Li Hong lost his confidence in the emperor and the great man, felt that his future was bleak, and gave up on himself.Fu Xie couldn't help laughing. If this was Li Hong, he wouldn't be that leopard that would eat people up.

Fu Xie was suddenly full of confidence, raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, the leopard is coming..., kill it..."

When the defenders heard the news of the arrival of the reinforcements, they immediately lifted their spirits. They cheered and raised their arms and shouted: "Reinforcements...reinforcements are coming..."

In an instant, the roar was like a tide, and the counterattack was wave after wave.Shocked by the sudden morale of the officers and soldiers, the rebel soldiers retreated to the city in panic one by one.

Wang Guo, Huang Yan, Ma Teng, and Wu Du who hurried back from the city immediately gathered together.

"The leopard is here?" Wang Guo asked, "What is he doing here at this time? Want to fight us?"

Ma Teng smiled and said: "It should be him. Zhengchou couldn't find him, but he came to the door by himself. It would be great if we could get rid of him together in Yicheng. We have a lot to do."

Huang Yan grabbed his short beard and murmured: "I don't know why. At this time, the leopard led the army to rescue him. What's the purpose? Does he not want Sanfu and Chang'an anymore?"

Wu Du laughed and said: "This idiot, maybe he has a hot head, thinking that he can conquer Xiliang with his Fengyun iron cavalry, so he came to us for a decisive battle."

Wang Guo smiled and said: "I don't think everyone should guess wildly. Let's wait for the news of Thunder in June." Then he ordered: "Immediately withdraw the troops. Shoucheng and Yi'an, hurry up and gather the army, reorganize the queue, and prepare for support." East Gate."

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Hua Xiong stood on the tower, looking at the enemy army in the southwest direction, shaking his head vigorously, he couldn't believe his eyes.The soldiers on the city wall yelled and shouted with excitement, as if seeing the enemy fleeing in defeat.

Hua Xiong laughed, he couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, turned over and jumped onto the wall, raised his arms high, and shouted wildly: "Leopard..."

"Leopard..." The soldiers echoed in unison, and the sound shook the whole field.

Han Suifei rushed out of the big tent and looked southwest.He was dumbfounded, and his expression was both horrified and painful, angry and sad.He worked so hard for the future of Xiliang, but what he got back was betrayal and hatred.He couldn't control his emotions, he wanted to beat his chest and cry.

He saw the battle flag fluttering in the wind on the big banner, a huge black panther battle flag.

Nie Xiao turned his back.

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Nie Xiao raised his head, looking at the big banners hunting in the air and the black panther roaring in the wind, the murderous aura in his heart became stronger and stronger.

The banner of the Xiliang rebellion was raised by the Qiang people in Huangzhong and the Han people in Baohan at the same time. Under this banner, the two big leaders led them to fight bloody battles, rejoicing and enmity.But now everything has changed.The two chiefs were killed, and they were killed by rich and powerful people in Xiliang.The Qiang people in Huangzhong and the Han people in Baohan suddenly realized that they had become tools in the hands of others, and this "others" were the wealthy and powerful aristocratic families, the rich and bureaucrats that they wanted to kill and kill.They suddenly realized that they had been deceived.Now this army is no longer an army that kills the rich and helps the poor, let alone an army that helps the Qiang and poor Han people live a better life.They are weapons in the hands of the enemy, tools used wantonly by the enemy to make money and satisfy their own greed, they are not even as good as a dog in the hands of the enemy.

Beigong Boyu died, Li Wenhou died, and the Huangzhong Qiang and Baohan people were trampled and trampled like lambs in the sheepfold.They can no longer see the hope of survival, nor the hope of leading their clansmen to live and work in peace and contentment in the future. They are angry, they are desperate, and they want to die together with their enemies.

Nie Xiao shouted loudly, and swung the whip in his hand violently.The whip made a crisp sound in the air.The war horse neighed and leapt up.Nie Xiao galloped wildly.

The [-] troops of Huangzhong Qiang and Baohan people have quietly changed their formation.Facing Han Sui's army, they set up a fierce geese attack formation.

A few months ago, after they were recruited by Li Hong as soldiers of the Han army, Li Hong returned their horses and equipped them with cavalry equipment to train them in cavalry tactics.Now, Li Hong's hard work has paid off.Things in the world are sometimes so wonderful.They were rebels first, and after being defeated and captured, they were recruited into the army.Not long ago they defected at Wuxiju, and followed Beigong Boyu to become rebels.But now because of their hatred, they once again defected from the rebel army to the official army, and once again raised the banner of the big man and the banner of the black panther.

Nie Xiao ran wildly in front of the formation, raised his knife and shouted in front of the formation.

"Brothers, take revenge...kill the enemy..."

Bailiyang, Jiuyangpi, Luotuo, Zhanma, Guzhen and other five battalion leaders faced the soldiers and raised their arms and shouted together: "Brothers, take revenge and kill the enemy..."

"Revenge...kill the enemy..." Thousands of soldiers raised their weapons and shouted loudly, and then tens of thousands of soldiers roared, their voices were loud and earth-shattering.

"Kill... ah..." Nie Xiao hoarsely raised his knife and pointed forward.

"kill……"

Huangzhong Qiang and Baohan people's spirits were like a rainbow and their roars were like thunder. They urged their horses and started to run.

Thousands of horses galloped, rolling up smoke and dust all over the sky, and their huge roar became louder and more violent, gradually covering up everything on the battlefield.

It is one mile away from Han Sui's camp.

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The ground under Han Sui's feet trembled, and Han Sui's heart trembled.

A group of powerless people with no vision and no brains, for a little profit, actually killed Beigong Boyu at this time.Could it be that the Qiang people, are those poor people who don’t have enough to eat, pigs and dogs, or idiots?As long as they are human, they have self-esteem, integrity, and anger.People who spend their days in rich clothes and fine food, who are extravagant and dissipated, how do they know what it is like to have nothing to eat?How do you know what goes on in the minds of people who have nothing to eat?Those poor people are not poor because of laziness, but because their hard-earned things are taken away alive. The hatred has long been buried in their hearts, but it hasn't exploded yet.Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou were like two gorgeous silks covering the hatred, and as they were burned, the group of people with the least chance of survival erupted.

"Sir, the people from Huangzhong Qiang are here, sir..." Yan Xing shouted loudly, pointing at the smoke and dust in the distance and the oncoming torrent.The roar was mixed with fear and panic.

Han Sui's army was in chaos.

They were completely unprepared, let alone set up a defensive position in advance.All morning, they were attacking the city vigorously, and the soldiers were very tired.Han Sui had just ordered to rest, and everyone was waiting for dinner.Who would have thought that the friendly troops lined up next door would suddenly turn against each other?

"Order Liang Xing and Ma Wan to take the cavalry to meet them immediately." Han Sui pointed to the messenger and said, "Stop the enemy at all costs."

"Order Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi to immediately gather troops and form a defensive formation. Call Li Kan, a candidate to organize a bow and arrow battalion to block the formation."

"Immediately send people to bypass the enemy's camp and ask for help from the general, and ask them to attack Huangzhong Qiang's back to reduce the enemy's impact on us."

Han Sui looked at the banners fluttering high above the tower of Yicheng, and suddenly felt exhausted and desperate.When can Xiliang be occupied?
Yang Qiu hurried over and shouted: "General, let's retreat. The leopard's army attacked June Jinglei at the east gate, and Lao Nie led the Huangzhong Qiang to attack us. Now the strength of the two sides is equal, and no one has the possibility of a complete victory. . Shall we withdraw?"

Han Sui shook his head, pointed at Huangzhong Qiang who was getting closer, and said with a wry smile, "Can we retreat?"

Yang Qiu said loudly: "What if we don't withdraw? We have wiped out the army, what will we do in the future? Lao Nie is looking for revenge on us, and we are the ones who suffer when we fight with this kind of lunatic. And that leopard, this kind of lunatic He has seized the opportunity, so why do we fight? Withdraw, go back to Jincheng, we still have a chance."

"Sir, I think it's very difficult to rely on the kingdom and Ma Teng's army to rescue the siege. Under the current situation, who doesn't want to preserve their strength?" Yan Xing looked at Han Sui and said carefully, "Nie Xiao's troops are stronger than ours. There are many, and they are all cavalry. If the fight continues, our casualties will be too great. Even if we win, it will be a miserable victory."

Han Sui nodded, he reached out and patted Yan Xing's shoulder, and said helplessly: "Anyway, let's block Lao Nie first."

He looked at Yang Qiu and sighed, "Get ready to withdraw."

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At noon, Xianyu Fu led his troops to the east gate of Yicheng.

Xu Rong led his own battalion, and Xian Yuyin's battalion was on the left wing of the army.Qu Yi led the two battalions of Qu Lu and Yang Chun to the right flank of the army.Yushi led Yan Rou, and Yan Liang lived in the middle.Tie Yue and Lei Zi led the 3000 troops of the Chinese army to follow behind Xian Yufu, supporting him in the middle.

The [-] troops lined up at a distance of [-] steps, advancing steadily in a character-shaped formation, with a majestic momentum.

The sound of war drums, footsteps, soldiers' shouts, and the clang of soldiers' armor merged into a wave of sound, like a giant hammer hitting the ground, making a shocking and soul-stirring noise.

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In June, the thunderous sword swung down, the horns blared, and the [-] cavalry immediately issued a thunderous cry, and the army began to move.

The Qianghu army was like a flood breaking a dike, surging and covering the sky, carrying the sky full of smoke, dust and wind and thunder, roaring all the way, and the momentum was astonishing.

Xian Yufu immediately ordered the army to stop.

"Beating the drum..."

"Order shields to take cover. Strongbow battalion, crossbow battalion ready to shoot."

Following Xian Yufu's order after order, the drummers, bannermen, and messengers became busy like flying butterflies.

Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, and Liu He watched the Qiang and Hu army rushing from the opposite side with nervous expressions and panic.Liu He was so frightened that his face turned pale, his breathing was short of breath, and he scolded Xian Yufu countless times in his heart.This is a life-and-death battle, not a one-touch battle at all.Xianyu Fu deceived them.

Xian Yufu turned his head, smiled and said to the four people: "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is difficult for us to grasp the changes. According to the information we got, this should be Han Sui's army, but I don't know why it has become Qiang's army." Human cavalry. Are the four adults frightened?"

Yuan Shao calmed down and forced a smile, "It's the first time I'm on the battlefield, so I'm a little nervous."

Xian Yufu smiled and said, "I see how calm and composed these adults are when they face the enemy's thousands of horses. It's amazing. If it were ordinary people, they would have been scared to death."

Several people smiled awkwardly.But after this laugh, the four of them suddenly felt that the fear in their hearts eased a lot.

"Master Xianyu is on the battlefield for the first time, is he also very nervous?" Liu Biao asked.

"In the battle I participated in for the first time, there were only 400 people on both sides, so there was no tension." Xian Yufu pointed to the battlefield ahead, and said in a high voice, "Now we have 7 people here. Including the rebels at the South Gate and West Gate, the entire Yicheng battlefield has about 17 people."

Jian Shuo's expression changed drastically.Yuan Shao's eyes widened, and his expression became even more nervous.Liu Biao grabbed his short beard fiercely, trying his best to hide the panic in his heart.Liu He felt like crying.

"This is the first time for me to participate in a battle of 10,000+ people." Xian Yufu smiled and said, "I am also very nervous, more nervous than you. Don't look at me smiling now. In fact, I am very nervous and very scared. .”

The distance between the two sides is getting closer.The roar of galloping horses was deafening.

Liu He looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "How many times is Mr. Xianyu commanding such a big battle?"

Xianyu pointed to his ears, indicating that he couldn't hear.The sounds on the battlefield are too loud.

Yuan Shao shouted loudly: "How many times have you directed such a big battle?"

Xian Yufu stroked the three long beards with his hands, and shouted with a smile: "Second time, I am the second time." Then he purposely stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of the four of them a few times.

Liu He's heart was cold, and he cursed a few times in anger, but no one heard him.

Liu Biao leaned into Yuan Shao's ear and shouted, "Ben Chu, we are in trouble this time. This Master Xianyu is a captain, but he alone commanded an army of tens of thousands against 10,000+ rebels. How can we win this battle?"

Yuan Shao roared loudly: "The matter has come to an end, the only thing left is a bloody battle to the end."

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Giant shields and giant spears are lined up in front of the formation one by one. They are like fully armed warriors, showing their teeth and claws with arrogance, and they don't even look at the approaching enemies.

This time, Xian Yufu used 5000 people as a huge square formation, and the formation was very densely populated.The two phalanxes of Yushi and Yan Liang are at the head of the character-shaped formation, and Yan Rou's phalanx is behind it.On the left are Xu Rong and Xian Yuyin, and on the right are Qu Yi and Yang Chun.The entire character-shaped formation is like a warrior with high martial arts skills, standing on the battlefield with his head held high, ready to dance his fists and march forward bravely.

In the battle of Linghe, this kind of phalanx was used in conjunction with giant contradictions, which basically contained the enemy's cavalry attack.Afterwards, Li Hong convened several soldiers from the Ministry of Songs to discuss the gains and losses of the Linghe battle, and summed up many ways to improve.This time, Li Hong once again used infantry to face the world-famous Qianghu cavalry, full of confidence.

In the phalanx, the biggest improvement is that it is equipped with a large number of strong bows.

Strong bows are horn bows, including tiger cardinal bows, horn-end bows and other hyperbolic compound bows. The so-called hyperbolic compound bows mean that the bow body is composed of several parts and uses a variety of materials with different properties. , such as wood and bamboo, animal tendons (tendons) and horns, glue and lacquer, etc.Because the horns and tendons of animals are padded in the bow arm, the strength and toughness of this bow are very good, and the shooting range can reach more than 300 steps.Ordinary strong bows generally have a pulling force of about two hundred catties (equivalent to the current strength of fifty kilograms), and a range of about two hundred steps (about 280 meters). The lethality is very amazing.Its disadvantage is that it is a hard bow, and it must be fired immediately after it is fully drawn, it is difficult to aim for a long time, and the hit rate is low.The technology of making this kind of bow was very mature in the late Shang Dynasty in our country.

The configuration of the army's strong bow is generally stipulated, and it is not allowed to exceed the upper limit.Because of the use of the strong bow, there are many troubles.First of all it requires specific tools to use.Due to the difficulty of drawing the bow, the soldiers need to wear the pull finger when drawing the bow, and put the pull finger on the thumb to draw the string. In addition, the index finger, middle finger and ring finger should also be covered with leather finger covers to prevent damage to the fingers.Secondly, in the process of use, it needs to be equipped with a large number of bowstrings and arrows.The pulling force of a strong bow is extremely large, and the bow string wears out too.Due to different shooting objects, the size, shape and weight of arrow shafts and arrowheads are different, so various arrow branches must be specially manufactured.Therefore, if a strong bow is used, its maintenance and matching costs are relatively large. In order to save military resources, the Han Dynasty only equipped it in the frontier army and the northern army.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of recruiting troops to expand the army, Li Hong mobilized 85 strong bows, [-] bowstrings, and [-] arrows from the arsenals in Chang'an and Luoyang.The last [-] bows of this batch of equipment were brought by Jian Shuo from Luoyang to Huaili Camp along with the military supplies.

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