On the battlefield, the fall of the general will have a huge impact on the morale of the soldiers.
There is a famous saying that almost everyone knows: if you lose a horseshoe, you lose a horseshoe; if you lose a horseshoe, you break a horse; if you lose a horse, you break a king; if you lose a king, you break a king.
A war is lost; a war is lost, and an empire is lost.
The negative teaching character of this allusion is a real case of King Charles III in British history.
The Han people have understood this truth since ancient times. Therefore, starting from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, generals would generally sit in the center and rarely go out in person, just for fear of such an accident.
For example, when Liu Bei first came out of the mountain, he was proficient in bow and horse, and he fought with the Yellow Turban Army personally. He once fought Lu Bu for 300 rounds at Hulao Pass without fear. But in the later period, he became a prince and immediately became a prince.
He became rich and valuable and never went to the battlefield again.
It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, but that the change of identity can no longer put him in danger. After all, once he falls, his power will basically be finished. For example, once Zhang Jiao dies, the Yellow Turban Army will lose its backbone and will fall down.
Hozen Powder.
After Yu Changgen fell, Guo Daxian originally wanted to take his place and stabilize the morale of the army. However, when he looked up, on the roof more than twenty feet away, the strong man who shot Yu Changgen to death drew his bow and arrow again.
, aiming in his direction, and with a "swish" sound, the arrow was fired without any miss, and actually shot down the big yellow flag hanging on the flagpole with one arrow.
When fighting on the battlefield, you rely on courage. If the enemy suddenly starts shouting that the general on your side is dead, the soldiers' courage will be frustrated. At this time, they will subconsciously look back at the general's flag. Because no one knows whether the general is dead or not.
, you have to judge by the military flag.
As a result, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army did not hear Yu Changgen's loud shouts. When they looked back at the flag, they saw that the flag had been knocked down. They suddenly became panicked. The morale of the officers and soldiers rose sharply. In one go, they actually beat the Yellow Turban Army.
Defeat.
"Where is the archer? Where is the archer? Shoot the man on the roof to death." Guo Daxian was furious, pointing to the distant roof and shouting.
"Chief, if we mobilize the archers, we might hurt our brothers." Left and Right responded.
Street fighting is close combat, and even gods of war like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can't use it, let alone archers who need a certain distance to use it.
In the streets with dense formations, there is no high point for archers to shoot, and soldiers from both sides are crowded together to fight hand-to-hand. Once thousands of arrows are fired, the more numerous Yellow Turban Army will be the first to encounter them.
Therefore, asking archers to shoot arrows in street fighting is a very stupid order in itself.
However, when Guo Daxian saw Liu Bei standing alone on the roof, he rolled his eyes and said, "Then send someone to the roof to kill him, or let a few archers shoot the man."
However, the people around him were obviously unable to obey his orders. After Yu Changgen was shot and killed, the Yellow Turban Army was in a state of collapse.
Seeing this situation, the people on the left and right quickly said to Guo Daxian: "Chief, Yu Qushuai died in the battle, and you can no longer control the man on the roof. You should get on horseback, gather your brothers, boost morale, and give orders to kill the enemy."
"Whoosh!"
Perhaps he discovered what was going on here, Liu Bei shot another arrow, and it passed by Guo Daxian's neck. It penetrated the wooden board of the house behind him with a "ding" sound, and the tail made a buzzing sound.
Seeing the terrifying archery skills of the man on the roof, Guo Daxian swallowed subconsciously, "That's what I should do."
Guo Daxian agreed and mounted his horse with help from his left and right, but instead of ordering the soldiers to charge, he suddenly turned his horse's head and headed north of the city.
The general actually ran away from the battle?
Yu Changgen and Guo Daxian's personal guards were all shocked.
Fighting opportunities were changing rapidly, and Yu Huang barely managed to hold off the situation with the help of a thousand yellow scarf warriors who were not afraid of death. As long as he mobilized other troops and relied on the strength of numbers, there was no chance of turning defeat into victory.
But now Yu Changgen was shot dead by Liu Bei, Guo Daxian was scared away, and without the command of the general, the Yellow Turban Army in the city immediately started fighting on their own, dropping their weapons and running away.
The morale of the officers and soldiers behind them was immediately shaken. The forward army was already the elite of the army. Previously, it was Yu Changgen's yellow scarf warriors who withstood the first wave of attacks with their lives. Now the enemy began to retreat, almost without orders from the commander, and immediately
They chased each other one after another and started a pursuit battle.
"Run, he is so handsome. The leader has escaped. If you don't run, you will die."
"Those who drop their weapons must kneel down to avoid death."
The battle situation at this time was even more chaotic than before. Some people knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, some cried loudly and were confused, some dropped their weapons and turned around to run away, and some were brave and risked their lives.
The officers and soldiers also knew that it was impossible to kill all the more than 20,000 people with only 3,000 men. Meng Zhen immediately ordered his men to shout that those who surrender would be spared death. The 3,000 officers and soldiers started making noises one after another, like a mighty wave.
The torrent swept towards the city.
Because Chen Mu asked Liu Bei's tribe to start a large number of fires after entering the city, the fire was not big at first. However, in ancient times, houses in the county were mostly built with wooden planks. As time went by, the fire developed quickly like the wind, and the city was already in flames.
Forced by the officers and soldiers and the fire, a large number of Yellow Turban troops had to crowd into the streets where there was no fire, and were driven towards the rear of the south city gate like animals by the officers and soldiers.
For a time the whole city was in chaos.
Some stubborn resisters rose up to resist and were quickly stabbed to death by hordes of officers and soldiers; some panicked and ran into the burning house, their whole bodies burned and turned into flaming men, rolling on the ground in pain, screaming and wailing;
Some actually climbed onto the city wall, jumped from a height of more than two feet, and broke their legs.
When natural disasters and war disasters struck them at the same time, it seemed that in an instant these yellow turban thieves turned back into ordinary people who had suffered through vicissitudes of life with low eyebrows and submissive eyes.
But who knows, they were also the perpetrators in the past.
They attacked cities and captured towns, burned government offices, raided the forts of powerful landlords, and killed a large number of ordinary people who were unwilling to join them.
From victim to perpetrator, it is just a matter of a thought.
"Quick! Open the city gate."
Guo Daxian rode his horse and ran to the north gate. His body was covered with broken soldiers and blazing flames, reflecting his ferocious and frightened face.
The North Gate was still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army. The gate rumbled open, and Guo Daxian rushed out at the front.
But the defeated troops behind suffered a disaster. The gate of the county town was not big, less than two feet wide, and could only accommodate seven or eight people walking side by side at the same time. Suddenly thousands of people crowded in, and a stampede soon occurred.
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This situation lasted until Lu Zhi's rear reinforcements arrived and took the entire city under control.
Lu Zhi's troops had already arrived a few kilometers away from Yiyang City, but suddenly they saw thick smoke rising from the sky in the distance, monstrous flames dyeing half of the sky red, and waves of flames shooting straight into the sky could be seen a few kilometers away.
General Lu Zhi immediately realized that there was a war ahead, and immediately ordered his soldiers to abandon their baggage troops and advance at full speed to the battlefield.
By the time they arrived, the fighting was almost over.
"General!"
Meng Zhen was covered in blood. Because of his hard fighting and the extremely high temperature in the city, he seemed to have crawled out of bloody water. He had to take off his heavy armor and hurried over to meet Lu wearing only a white singlet.
plant.
Lu Zhi asked in a deep voice: "How could you attack the city without my order?"
"General, it's not that we wanted to attack the city, but we were accidentally discovered while investigating the enemy's situation. Fortunately, Chen Zigui, Liu Xuande's sworn brother, wised up in a hurry and lied that we were the defeated army coming from Wu'an. As a result, we were inadvertently introduced.
We have to fight in the city."
Meng Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know that the defense of Yiyang City was so lax. If he had known it earlier, he would not have come to investigate at all. He would have just waited for the army from behind to surround the city, and then used it directly while the enemy was still dreaming about the Spring and Autumn Period.
Climbing the city wall with a cloud ladder, I am afraid that all the thieves in the city will be unable to fly. How could nearly ten thousand people escape from the enemy like now?
"I see."
Lu Zhi's frown relaxed. As a general, what he fears most is that his generals will not obey orders. The order he gave to the forward army was to open a road ahead and detect the enemy's situation, so that the rear army could reach its destination safely and smoothly.
It is sufficient to set up camp and does not grant the authority to attack the enemy.
It's not that Lu Zhi didn't want to give this power, but according to intelligence, there were more than 20,000 defenders in Yiyang. It was impossible for more than 3,000 forward troops to attack a city defended by 20,000 people.
Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain. The forward army actually opened the city gate and easily defeated Yiyang City. There was no need for the rear army to deploy.
The clan member on the side laughed and said: "The Yellow Turban Army is indeed a bunch of rabble. Although they discovered Meng Sima's investigation, they easily believed Chen Zigui's words. I think that Zhang Jiao is not afraid of them so lightly. I might as well take advantage of the victory tonight and pursue them.
If we mobilize the elite troops to continue the fierce attack on Quliang and Kuizhang, then cross the Ming River and surround Guangping, then great things can be accomplished."
Handan is about 90 miles away from Yiyang, but the three counties of Quliang and Zhang in Yiyang are very close to each other, because these three counties all belong to the Mingshui River system. In ancient times, when cities were built, they had to be close to water sources, so the three places could not be separated.
Baili, from Yiyang to Quliang is 40 miles, and from Quliang to Kuizhang is 60 miles.
These three counties are all along the Ming River, and the Ming River is a medium-sized river that runs from west to east. It originates from the Black Mountain above Wu'an County, which is later the Taihang Mountains. It flows from Wu'an to Yiyang, and then
It curves from Liang to Kuizhang, then turns north and flows into Daluze, then flows through Anping, Hejian and Bohai counties, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.
Guangping is located below Daluze and directly above Kuizhang County. Therefore, as long as Kuozhang is defeated, the army will cross the river from Kuozhang and will be less than 30 miles away from Guangping. With Yi Yang already in hand, if the army tonight
Set off and directly attack Quliang and Kuizhang. If everything goes well, the army will be able to surround Guangping City tomorrow afternoon.
Lu Zhi thought carefully about the proposal of the clan members, nodded and said: "This plan is feasible. Before Qu Liang and the thieves who scolded Zhang could react, they attacked at night. Many thieves escaped tonight, and the two counties
If we are prepared, this battle will be difficult to fight. Give me the order and the front army will move out to attack Quliang!"