Han officials

Chapter 11 Virtual and Real
At the same time, the left wing of the Han army was completely caught in a melee.

Even though Cavalry Commander Cao Cao had more than 10,000 knights from Sanhe and volunteer soldiers from the counties under his command, the attacking Yellow Turban Army was three times his number. Even though these 30,000 people were of varying quality, they were extremely ferocious under the blessing of faith.

This shows that even after several months of siege, Guangzong City was still trying its best to support a group of main forces.

However, the Han army had been recuperating for more than a month, and their overall quality was much higher than that of the Yellow Turbans. Therefore, under the command of Cavalry Commander Cao Cao, they still stubbornly withstood the attack.

But compared with the ferocious and fierce right army and the largest central army, the left wing of the Han army was obviously the weakest.

Perhaps seeing an opportunity, Zhang Liang in the Yellow Turban formation thought for a moment and then decisively ordered reinforcements.

Then, after Zhang Niujiao, more than 20,000 Yellow Turban infantry and cavalry joined the battlefield and attacked the left wing of the Han army.

It was obvious that Zhang Liang wanted to defeat the left wing of the Han army and thus form a pincer attack on Huangfu Song's central army.

In fact, Huangfu Song had the same intention in his first move, but the elite cavalry from Liang Province were temporarily entangled.

However, Wei Zhe on the cloud platform couldn't help but frown when he saw this, because the quality of this group of Yellow Turban troops was not as good as Zhang Niujiao and others. Even if they were sent up, they would at most increase the pressure on Cao Cao, and it would be difficult to form a decisive force.

Could it be that after more than half a year of siege, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army has lost its combat effectiveness and its numbers have been drastically reduced?
Just as Wei Zhe was confused, the Han army on the left wing was already engaged in a tough battle.

Many ants can kill an elephant. Even if the Three Rivers Knights and the Yicong are brave and good at fighting, they will eventually run out of strength.

Not to mention that the Yellow Turban Army had previously looted several county arsenals, resulting in the Yellow Turban Army in front of them being no less well-armored and well-armored than the Han Army.

If Cao Cao had not been sure that he had no grudge against Huangfu Song and that Huangfu Song had saved him a while ago, he would have even suspected that Huangfu Song was trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife, or that he had become an abandoned pawn.

Perhaps it was because Huangfu Song really didn't dare to let Cao Cao die on the battlefield. As time passed and it approached noon, seeing that the left wing was really about to collapse, Huangfu Song finally ordered Fu Xie and Zou Jing to lead 5,000 infantry and cavalry to rescue.

At the same time, the remaining 5,000 infantry and cavalry on the right wing of the Han army finally joined the battlefield. It seemed that they wanted to penetrate the left wing of the Yellow Turban Army before the left wing of the Han army was broken, and attack the Yellow Turban center army from both sides.

For a moment, the area outside Guangzong City became like a meat grinder. The enemy and our side were mixed together, with you in me and me in you. The fighting continued, and soon the ground was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river.

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

As Fu Xie joined the battlefield, Wei Zhe naturally took the brunt of the attack as the vanguard.

Wei Zhe led 600 cavalrymen to rush into Zhang Niujiao's rear formation. As soon as they met, he knocked down two Yellow Turban cavalrymen with his long halberd, and then picked up a short-bearded Yellow Turban leader and flew into the air.

There was no way, Wei Zhe didn't know why he liked to do this when he got angry.

But since the effect was pretty good, he simply went further and further on the path of defeating ten with force.

The short-bearded Yellow Turban leader tried to stagger to his feet after falling, but was instantly trampled into a pulp by the cavalrymen following Wei Zhe. Even if some Yellow Turban warriors wanted to siege Wei Zhe, they were often shot off their horses by Taishi Ci in the rear before they could form a pincer attack.

With the cooperation of two men, one in front and one behind, these six hundred cavalrymen quickly penetrated into the rear of the Yellow Turbans like an arrow from a bow, disrupting their formation.

Fu Xie and others in the rear saw Wei Zhe shouting loudly and bravely in the Yellow Turban formation, breaking through all the enemies they attacked. They immediately became eager to fight and quickly broke into the Yellow Turban army along the crack torn by Wei Zhe's troops. They tore the crack bigger and bigger, and gradually Zhang Niu Jiao's rear formation was separated from the front formation.

Soon, Cao Cao, who was fighting hard in the depths of the two armies, also discovered this and was immediately encouraged.

"Hahaha~ Nan Rong, you came at the right time!"

Cao Cao didn't know where he got the confidence from. Seeing Fu Xie from afar, he was no longer panicked. He even immediately recovered to full health and took the initiative to counterattack, forcing Zuo Xi Zhangba and others to retreat a little.

Zhang Niujiao was obviously dizzy from the meteor hammer from Huangfu Song, especially since Wei Zhe and his six hundred cavalrymen seemed to be having fun in his stomach, moving forward and backward like the wind. He was so angry that he wanted to eat Wei Zhe alive.

However, Huangfu Song, who was in charge of the central army, was very satisfied with the situation. He nodded slightly and ignored it.

At the same time, Zhang Liang, who was in the center of the Yellow Turban Army, said with a smug smile, "Old scoundrel Huangfu, you're nothing special!"

Without hesitation, he immediately ordered the eight hundred Yellow Turban warriors, who had been resting for a long time in the central army, to attack. Don't underestimate these eight hundred men; it was this group of people who had repeatedly caused the Han army to suffer setbacks in the past.

Even veteran generals like Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo paid the price for underestimating them.

Because these were the Taoist soldiers Zhang Jue had selected from among hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban believers, just for today.

So the Yellow Turban Army was led by 800 Yellow Turban strongmen, followed closely by 50,000 Yellow Turban believers in the center. There were even tens of thousands of old and weak Yellow Turbans on the periphery who were charging towards Huangfu Song's center army.

In the blink of an eye, the sky and the earth seemed to have rolled up a huge ochre wave and rushed towards Huangfu Song's central army.

Faced with such a momentum, the staff beside Huangfu Song suddenly turned pale and trembled.

Even a middle-aged aide in a tall hat and wide sleeves couldn't help but advise, "A spent crossbow can't pierce the silk of Lu. General, why don't you retreat a bit to avoid the Yellow Turbans' attack? Once their momentum weakens, we'll be able to strike and defeat them!"

Unexpectedly, Huangfu Song drew his sword and beheaded the man so cleanly and efficiently that no one else had time to react.

It was not until the body of the middle-aged scholar fell off the cloud chariot and blood flowed all over the ground that everyone was shocked.

Huangfu Song remained calm and ordered, "If anyone dares to shake the morale of the army again, there is such a person!"

After that, he gave another order: "Move the central army's banner forward a hundred steps! Tell the central army, anyone who retreats will be killed! If Huangfu Song retreats even one step today, all the troops can kill me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the generals were immediately awed and no longer dared to have any hope of luck.

After learning the military order and seeing the central army's banner move forward, the morale of the central army immediately stabilized.

Facing the attack of eight hundred Yellow Turban warriors, despite suffering heavy casualties in the front line, they still persevered.

At the same time, Zhang Liang, who was under the command of "General Ren Gong", saw that his vanguard had already penetrated deep into Huangfu Song's central army with great momentum, and he immediately felt relieved.

He even said proudly to his attendants, "Although Huangfu Song has some wisdom, he is ultimately inferior to my Taiping Dao!"

It turns out that the Taiping Dao had contacts with nobles in Luoyang in their early years, so they naturally knew Cao Cao's family background.

Therefore, after Lu Zhi offended the eunuchs and was dismissed, Zhang Liang was certain that Huangfu Song would not dare to offend the eunuchs again.

His previous fierce attack on the left wing of the Han army was just a cover. It seemed that he wanted to break through from the left and attack Huangfu Song's central army from both sides, but in fact he was forcing Huangfu Song to rescue Cao Cao.

Once Huangfu Song's central army was divided, the Yellow Turban Army would have a chance of survival.

The Yellow Turban leader beside him naturally praised him repeatedly upon hearing this, even flattering him by saying, "How can a mere man conquer heaven?"

However, their joy did not last long, as Zhang Liang's smile suddenly froze and he could no longer smile.

It turned out that just now, when the Yellow Turban warriors tore through the front line of the Han army and rushed towards Huangfu Song's central army with arrogant faces, they did not expect that the two thousand long-spear warriors suddenly abandoned their spears and instead picked up their strong crossbows to fire at them.

In an instant, the previously unstoppable Yellow Turban warriors fell to the ground, their momentum was greatly reduced, and then, before they could react, a thousand sharp warriors in the center of the army jumped up and rushed into the enemy formation.

People like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rushed left and right like tigers descending from the mountains, causing a rain of blood and quickly cutting the Yellow Turban strongmen into several pieces.

The Yellow Turban Army was already stunned by the powerful crossbows, and the Yellow Turban strongmen suffered heavy casualties. As a result, they were quickly counterattacked by this surprise attack, and this retreat could not be stopped. The Yellow Turban rear formation was suddenly in chaos.

Husband fights with courage.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Huangfu Song refused to retreat just now, so the Han army maintained its morale.

Now that the Yellow Turbans have retreated, it is more than just a simple setback in the attack.

(End of this chapter)