Chapter 121 Chapter 119 Sun and Huang compete for merit
After his men left, Zhang Mancheng lay down in the handsome tent, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Towards evening, a "rumbling" sound reached his ears, waking him up from his sleep.
Zhang Mancheng didn't react at first. It took him a while to realize what happened. He was so excited that he immediately sat up from the bed.
He quickly stood up and rushed out of the tent.
At this time, outside his tent, the yellow turban sergeants who could be seen were already in chaos!
The soldiers who were lying or sitting in an irregular manner just now were shouting to each other and running around to find the weapons they had. The three-and-three soldiers were shouting to the east, and the six-and-six soldiers were shouting to the west. There was no order or control.
The level of chaos at the time of the incident was evident.
But at this moment, Zhang Mancheng couldn't care less about the chaotic situation in front of him.
He hurriedly climbed up to the observation deck in the middle of the camp and looked towards the place where the 'rumbling' sounded.
I saw a cavalry team of about 3,000 cavalry marching towards the Yellow Turban Army’s camp!
Behind the cavalry was Liu Jian's large group of troops.
He was dressed in fine armor, covered with a red cloak, held a long sword in his hand, and had a solemn expression, looking like a famous general.
The sharp sword immediately chopped off the head, and blood burst out, splattering on the faces of the two people. The two swords collided with each other, and the huge force was frustrated. Both of their arms were numb, and they immediately withdrew their hands.
The yellow army formation passed by the flaming red Han soldiers, leaving behind a shocking bright red. Although the Yellow Turban army had many people, it was difficult to form an effective formation. In addition, there were too many weak soldiers in the army, and they were everywhere.
Running away, creating countless small chaotic situations.
At the rear of the cavalry camp, the 20,000 elite troops led by Liu Jian were also marching in an orderly manner, only waiting for the cavalry to charge into the formation before making arrangements.
Sun and Huang went on and on, shouting loudly and killing with their hands. Amidst the splatter of blood, they moved step by step towards the "great achievement".
Feeling the momentum of the two Han generals opposite him, he didn't even think of fighting back. Just looking at the postures of the two men at this moment, Zhang Mancheng knew that he would definitely die today.
"Ouch!" "Ouch!"
The knights of this cavalry are all elite men from the Yueqi battalion, plus the cavalry from the three counties of Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan. When charging, the horses are flying, the sound of hoofs is deafening, and the sound of horns is heard one after another.
The knights in the Yueqi camp and Sanhe were fully equipped. All the knights were wearing armor. The horses they sat on were all high-quality mounts from the horse gardens in various states. The Han army's armors were all wearing red clothes. Looking from a distance,
Go, like red snakes, marching quickly towards the Yellow Turban Army's position.
Two voices sounded together, and two sharp swords struck Zhang Mancheng's head simultaneously, one on the left and one on the right.
Huang Zhong: "hit!"
Those strong yellow turban soldiers may have the intention to form a formation to stop the enemy's cavalry, but among the three yellow turban soldiers, one is old and weak. Not only can these weak soldiers not be used as combat power, but they run away because of timidity, leaving the strong soldiers behind.
Create a huge obstacle.
On the contrary, it would be better if these weak pawns didn't get in the way.
But at this time, a burst of exclamations sounded not far away, which attracted Sun Jian's attention.
Sun Jian and Huang Zhong split into two directions, one led the cavalry to the east, the other led the cavalry to the west, and then circled around to completely separate the Yellow Turban Army.
"Raise your shield, raise your shield!"
Sun Jian: "Kill!"
As the distance between the two armies got closer, someone in the Yellow Turban formation finally heard an order: "Fire arrows!"
Facing the two fierce tigers, Zhang Mancheng's face turned into dead water.
Soon, Sun and Huang were seen fighting in front of Zhang Mancheng.
In terms of the number of soldiers and horses led by Zhang Mancheng, it fully met the conditions for besieging Huang Zhong and Sun Jian, but in terms of the quality of the soldiers and the ordnance and equipment, it was far from enough.
The cavalry led by Sun Jian and Huang Zhong, who were the assault cavalry, began to charge under the urging of the drum formation from behind!
They rushed at extremely fast speeds to within two hundred steps of the Yellow Turban Army's camp.
Sun Jian shouted loudly, swung his sword and slashed horizontally, cutting the spear pole in front of him into two pieces, and then slashed the brains of the yellow turban knight in front of him with one knife, showing his full power!
The soldiers behind him were like tigers and wolves, and they fought with their commanders to cut a bloody path.
But Huang Zhong led Cheng Pu and wielded his sword freely, causing clouds of blood mist in the Yellow Turban formation.
But even if they put on an archery posture, it was useless, because the noisy Yellow Turban soldiers running around behind them made the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Bow and Crossbow Battalion particularly distracted. Coupled with the majestic formation of the cavalry on the opposite side, it also made them frightened.
crack.
He led his assistant officer Zu Mao and bravely moved forward in the enemy formation. His whole body was stained with blood. His tiger eyes were staring at the yellow scarf who hastily mounted his horse in the distance and was wearing a black coverall and black armor.
Commander!
Among the Yellow Turban Army, the identity of a person who can wear such dazzling black armor is evident!
"My sons, follow me forward!"
The three armies are invincible in making changes.
The horns were blaring, and the war drums were shaking. The generals at all levels led their troops and horses straight towards the chaotic yellow tide. They fought hand-to-hand amidst the shouts of the mountains and the tsunami. The sharp swords and halberds harvested the battlefield like grass.
of human life.
Although there were only more than 3,000 knights, which could not completely destroy the army of more than 100,000 people, the effect of the charge of the horse army was to completely disrupt the enemy's formation, making it impossible for the opponent's army to look at each other.
After the flag order was passed on, the crossbowmen on the Yellow Turban front line retreated, and the shield soldiers and spearmen came forward. However, because the delay was too long, they failed to seize the best opportunity.
Faced with the sudden galloping horse army, before anyone from the rear could give an order, some people had already fired their bows and crossbows without permission. Some people were nervous and after setting up their crossbows, they dropped their arrows in panic.
On the ground.
Those skinny and ragged yellow turban soldiers were like duckweeds in the wind, scattering in front of the tiger.
Zhang Mancheng's head was also thrown into the sky, made a 360-degree circle, and then fell vertically.
There is no doubt that the other party is also heading towards where Zhang Mancheng is!
In the blink of an eye, the red cavalry crashed into the yellow tide. Amidst the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, the cavalry formation split the opponent's military formation at an extremely fast speed. The two sides were in close combat, and the Yellow Turban Army screamed one after another.
.
For Liu Jian, such an enemy was the best opponent for him to practice command and dispatch.
He never thought that such a strong competitor would appear at this critical moment.
"kill!"
As Liu Jian shouted his orders, the sound of thunderous drums resounded throughout the plains.
But for this huge cavalry team, this damage did not have much impact. The flaming snake still charged towards the Yellow Turban position at an extremely fast speed!
With Liu Jian as the center, 20,000 fully armed Han troops were divided into four formations, east, west, north and south, surrounding him, and each formation was divided into six battalions, totaling 24 squares, waiting for orders from the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army at any time.
On the battlefield, large numbers of people can sometimes be a burden.
Sun Jian and Huang Zhong's cavalry charged into the Yellow Turban formation for a while. The enemy troops were in chaos. Liu Jian immediately issued a military order:
"Bang the drums and go to war!"
The main army of the Han army took advantage of the chaos among hundreds of thousands of thieves and strode forward.
Zhang Mancheng stood on the observation deck, shouting at the top of his lungs to the soldiers below.
The two generals leading this cavalry were Sun Jian and Huang Zhong of the Han army.
At this moment, Sun Jian was completely anxious!
At this time, the Yellow Turban Army had just organized a group of soldiers that could barely be called the "Crossbow Battalion". They lined up in front of the formation, bent their bows and nocked arrows, held the tail feathers with trembling hands, and aimed at the arrow on the opposite side.
An iron cavalry that can almost trample through mountains and rivers.
One can imagine such fighting power.
Sun Jian moved forward bravely, trying his best to slash the ancient ingot sword with all his strength with his long arms, trying not to fall behind Huang Zhong.
Sun Jian was covered in blood, his eyes were red, and he stared closely at Zhang Mancheng who was fleeing in a panic in the distance, just wanting to take his head as his own.
In the past, most of these crossbowmen were hunters in the mountains and forests. They made a living by shooting rabbits and deer with rough bows and inferior arrows. Their archery abilities varied. After joining the Taiping Road, although they were called into the bow camp for their hunting skills, they never received unified training.
train.
This man is Sun Jian, known as the fierce tiger.
"Bang the drum to help out!"
A hail of arrows shot out from the opposite side and landed on the charging cavalry. Just this wave of arrows knocked over dozens of knights in the formation of Sun Jian and Huang Zhong.
Liu Jian himself was riding a big green partridge, and he was in the middle of the army among the layers of spears and shields. Behind him hung a large banner with six dazzling Chinese characters "Hannan Zhonglang General Liu" embroidered on it.
The Yellow Turban Army surrounding Huang Zhong's army was unable to stop him. However, when Huang Zhong slashed with his ape arm, the Yellow Turban soldiers who had no armor or only thin armor were easily split open by him, leaving their flesh and blood intact.
Flying sideways, and even worse, being directly knocked away by its huge force.
This was the first time Liu Jian personally commanded a battle of ten thousand people, but fortunately the soldiers he commanded this time were all elite troops armed with the best equipment from Luoyang's arsenal.
The chaos of the Yellow Turbans caused the Han army to advance rapidly, and blood stained large areas of the plains.
Sun Jian rushed to kill while looking sideways.
Among these more than 100,000 people, there are indeed young and powerful people, but there are also old, young, sick, and weak people with varying qualities. Facing the cavalry charge, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army cannot work together to stop the cavalry.
When the cavalry charges into battle, the most fearful thing is to be surrounded by the crowd and block the pace of the charge. Once trapped in the enemy sea, it will be a dangerous situation for the cavalry.
The generals of the Han Dynasty used spears for long troops and knives for short troops. At this moment, in the Yellow Turban Army formation, a tiger general holding a long ancient ingot knife was leading his elite men to fight out of the Yellow Turban formation.
A bloody path led directly to the thief Zhang Mancheng.
Although his opponent, the Yellow Turban, was several times more powerful than him, he had only been in battle rarely and was not fully equipped.
Suddenly, both hands grabbed the hair on the temples of the head with such force that they almost pulled the face off.
Sun Jian raised his head, looked at Huang Zhong who was holding the other side of Zhang Mancheng's head, and roared in a low voice: "Mine!"
Huang Zhong was stunned when he heard this.
Then, I saw him smile faintly and said: "Sun Sima, how about sharing this merit equally between you and me?"