Chapter 9 Heads and Gives Back (7.7k)(2/3)
Han Dang stepped forward immediately.
"The key to this battle is you. Gather all the righteous followers and take them out from the north gate." Gongsun Xun slowly ordered, but at the same time he took off his broken blade from his waist and handed it to his with one hand.
Confidant. "You are my main rider, and you have always been good at riding and fighting. Today I will entrust you with all the three hundred white horse righteous men. I also ask the righteous man to let these yellow scarf thieves see what it means to be an elite borderland and a hundred battle cavalry...
Some rogue rangers have joined the bandit army again, and I'm afraid they won't be able to be used anymore, so there's no need to keep them in mind, just try to save your war horses!"
Han Dang didn't say a word, but just stepped forward to take the sword, and everyone on the city tower was shocked and speechless for a moment... They couldn't tell that Gongsun Xun wanted Han Yigong not to save the enemy because of the scarcity of cavalry.
The idea is to use deadly force to deter the Yellow Turban Thief.
"Xuande!" Gongsun Xun ignored the shock of the generals and called out to one of them expressionlessly.
"Your Majesty." Liu Bei came back to his senses and quickly handed over his hands. "Please give me your orders, Your Majesty."
"Wen Chao, along with you three hundred criminals and two hundred county soldiers, came out from the east gate." Gongsun Xun said seriously. "Wen Chao, along with you three hundred criminals and two hundred county soldiers, came out from the south gate. You
The two of them brought more flags and built up their momentum. They first gathered the two generals Wei and Yang in the city to wipe out the yellow scarf thieves in front of the gate. Then they joined forces and pretended to attack the front camp of the thieves... so that they did not dare to separate their troops to rescue the cavalry."
"Understood." Gongsun Yue quickly handed over his hand and accepted the order.
"Follow the order!" Putting aside the shock of his decisive attack on Gongsun Xun just now, Liu Bei became nervous and anxious again. After all, Zhang Fei was his life-and-death brother, so how could he not be willing to do his best?
"That's it." Gongsun Xun waved his hand to urge. "You all set off immediately. I will watch from the top of the city as you defeat the enemy... If we can win this time, I will hold a banquet in the evening to celebrate your achievements."
Everyone did not dare to neglect, and left one after another in awe. For a while, only Lou Gui, a scribe, stood on the city tower with Gongsun Xun.
In the distance, Zhang Fei and Deng Mao were still leading thousands of Yellow Turban cavalry to gallop wildly. Thousands of cavalry were riding side by side. This was not comparable to the past when dozens of knights would move together. At this time, many Yellow Turbans had already fallen from their horses because of poor riding skills.
, and was trampled to death.
In front of the east and south city gates close to the Yellow Turban Army, a fierce battle has begun. Yang Kai came out of the north gate and turned to the east gate, and Wei Yue came out of the west gate and turned to the south gate, each fighting bravely. After a moment, the two
The city gate opened, and Liu Bei and Gongsun Yue led their troops outside the gate and rushed out. However, they caught the Yellow Turban Army in front of the gate by surprise and retreated steadily.
Gongsun Xun was originally on the watchtower in the southeast corner. After first catching a glimpse of the two battlefields, he was also filled with emotion.
It should be known that Yang Kai was an orphan raised by Gongsun Aunt, and he was regarded as a retainer of the Gongsun family. He was more loyal and stable, but Gongsun Xun was biased because he had the duty to report the situation to his mother; while Wei Yue grew up under the Yin Mountain,
To the north are the Xianbei people, and to the south are the Huns. They are obviously barbaric, and they are strong because of their bravery and fierceness, but Gongsun Xun also suppresses them because of his greed for money and lust... These two people have been following them for a long time, but they have never been given the gift of Gongsun Xun.
The words are clearly visible.
But now it seems that, as the saying goes, one should be given preferential treatment based on seniority for such a hard-working person.
"Kai Zhe, Zhang Ye." Gongsun Xun stared at the bottom of the city tower and said thoughtfully. "Yang Kai can choose the word Zizhang; Wei Yue, Yue Zhe, Chao Ye, but it is a pity that A Yue has already taken the word Zizhang...
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"How about calling it Zidu?" Lou Gui interrupted with a smile. "Yue can also be used as an explanation for 'du'."
"That's not bad." Gongsun Xun nodded slightly. "Yang Zizhang, Wei Zitu... What do you think, Uncle Zi?"
"I don't think so. Commander Yang is a retainer of the prince, and he may be overjoyed to be given a title." Lou Gui shook his head and said. "But Commander Wei... has always liked real things, so he may not care if the prince gives him a title.
It is better to reward him with more wealth."
Gongsun Xun snorted coldly and said with half anger and half smile: "If it had been in the past, I'm afraid it would have been more in line with his wishes to reward him with a beautiful maid... But it turned out that he asked his mother to give him Yang Qiu's little wife without permission, which was quite unexpected.
Without a layer of control, he becomes even more greedy for money."
"That lady, Commander Wei." Lou Gui also twisted his beard and laughed. "If you can't suppress Sili Xiaowei, can't you suppress a hundred-man general?"
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but shake his head.
The two chatted for a few words, and saw that the Yellow Turban Army was in retreat in front of the two southeast gates. Gongsun Yue, Liu Bei, Yang Kai, and Wei Yue joined forces together, and the momentum was overwhelming. They pushed the defeated troops to dig into the Yellow Turban Army's front camp.
They all kept silent and watched the battle.
However, the Yellow Turban Army was really incompetent. With a large force of 30,000 men, they faced a feint attack of more than a thousand infantry. They could cope with it just by carefully suppressing the archers in the front camp, but the entire camp was in panic.
, reinforcements are swarming from everywhere...
The Han army's tactical goal was achieved immediately. Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui were used to seeing big scenes, but they found it boring.
"Actually, I am quite surprised by your lord's ability to recognize people." Lou Guifu shook his head again and started talking again. "Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide's words of 'ten thousand enemies' can probably be guessed from his body appearance, but
This Liu Xuande... I have heard from Zi Heng and Yi Gong in the past that this man was ignorant and unskilled when he was young in Fengshi Mountain. He loved wearing fine clothes, dogs and horses all day long. Who would have thought that he could become what he is now?
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"What is its shape now?" Gongsun Xun asked curiously.
"Didn't you hear that, sir?" Lou Zibo explained with a smile. "This time the prince placed the generals in the military camp. The original generals were just fine, but the four newcomers behaved differently... Guan Yunchang proudly stepped forward and showed mercy.
The subordinates were disapproving of their colleagues, but took special care of their subordinates; Zhang Yide respected his superiors but looked down upon his subordinates. He was still polite to the military assistants, subordinates, and colleagues, but was mean and ungrateful to his subordinates;
Lian Zi Jing is polite and courteous to everyone, but rarely interacts deliberately, so he can be called innocent. Only Liu Xuande, although he is taciturn, treats everyone with sincerity, and even if others look down on him, he can't help it.
He thought that if others looked up to him, he would pay double the reward... Therefore, this man became famous in the army, and everyone said that he could win people."
Gongsun Xun was silent for a while, and after a while, he turned around and asked: "What Zibo means is that he thinks that my brother Xuande can win people, and he is a life-and-death friend of Zhang Yide and Lianzi Jing. In the future, there may be a self-contained family."
attitude?"
Lou Gui was stunned for a moment.
In fact, he was just watching the battle here and saw Liu Bei fighting below. He just said it casually, but he really didn't mean it. But... Gongsun Xun asked this question. As a strategist, he didn't know that his king
Is that what you think?
After thinking for a moment, Lou Zibo sternly advised: "Your Majesty, you think too much! All generals are equal under your Majesty, and if your Majesty's rewards and punishments are clear and righteous, how can anyone get into trouble because a colleague is good at treating others?"
Where is your heart?”
"What Zibo said is a royal statement. I am overly concerned about this matter." Gongsun Xun slowly nodded. "But Zibo, there is something between you and me that does not need to be concealed... You do not lose your justice, but in troubled times, there will be
However, how to uphold justice is also extremely difficult. Not to mention that justice may not be the same between people. Just like the yellow turban thieves in front of us, you and I both call them thieves, but among them, is it possible?
How many people really believe that justice lies in Huang Tian?"
"Does the Lord also know that there are only a few people?" Lou Gui twirled his beard and sneered. "I know that the Lord has had a lot of sympathy since he met the refugees in Yecheng that day. However, as far as the yellow scarf thief in front of him is concerned, Taiping
Among Taoists, frustrated heroes, and rogue knights, who doesn't deserve to die? Just because he kidnapped some good people, isn't he a traitor? If not, why did the monarch just give the order for the righteous man to kill him?"
Gongsun Xunli was at a loss for words and had no words to reply. He could only respond vaguely: "I'm just afraid that things will change in the future..."
"Then let's wait until there is a change!" Lou Zibo warned seriously. "At this time, the king should focus on annihilating the Yellow Turbans, making achievements, and strengthening himself... Even the many heroes in the city have this mentality.
Do your subordinates fight hard? Your righteousness must be in line with what the public thinks."
Gongsun Xun knew that the other party was loyal and only planned for himself, so he put aside all the turbulent thoughts after the hasty transfer to Zhuo County, nodded slowly... and prepared to destroy the enemy in front of him first, and then discuss the rest.
But at this moment, the battle situation had changed rapidly.
Cavalry is no better than infantry.
The infantry is a little faster to prepare for battle, but the speed is slower; while the cavalry is quite time-consuming to prepare for battle, but once it gets moving, victory or defeat will be at hand.
Just when Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui were discussing their feelings, and when Gongsun Yue, Liu Bei, Wei Yue, Yang Kai and others continued to pretend to attack, Guan Yu and Qianzhao had already appeared in sight with the 400 Han cavalry.
, and galloped into the open space between the Yellow Turban Army cavalry and the Yellow Turban Army camp!
After running in the wilderness for a while, the already tired Yellow Turban cavalry became panicked when they saw this. In addition, Deng Mao was still fleeing in confusion... 80% of these people abandoned Deng Mao immediately and turned around to try to return to camp! And!
The remaining people hesitated for a moment and immediately turned around to follow.
The two groups of cavalry quickly encountered each other in the wilderness, almost at a 90-degree angle, and immediately fought together.
Both sides are rookie rangers who have recently joined the army. Neither of them knows how to charge in a group or mount a formation. So when two groups of cavalry fight together, they actually rein in their horses and form a formation to fight like infantry!
Moreover, one side has many people, but is somewhat tired; one side has few people, but is better because they have fought more in the past two days and got some training. In addition, there is Guan Yu, who leads an enemy of ten thousand people at the head of the horse as a deterrent... So, four hundred
Against one thousand, they were evenly matched for a while!
Cheng Yuanzhi climbed on a high platform in the back camp, looked around carefully, and finally saw some clues... Then he quickly shouted and ordered to send out troops to help his cavalry return to camp.
However, it's already too late!
At this moment, outside the city wall on the west side of Zhuoxian County, there were three hundred followers, all riding white horses and wearing leather armor. Each of the five commanders also had an iron armor collar, with swords and bows on their backs, spears and reins, and they were already in formation.
complete.
Han Dang turned around and glanced at the three hundred white-horse Yi Cong behind him. He didn't say anything to encourage him. He just pulled out the so-called "Xiang Yu's Broken Blade" given by Gongsun Xun, which had an unusually long handle but a very short blade.
', then waved it in the air, and slowly urged the white horse under its crotch to move forward.
After a moment, it was already speeding up.
The Yellow Turban Army and Gongsun Xun discovered Han Dang's traces almost at the same time. The former became more and more panicked, but the latter immediately issued an order and the whole city beat drums to cheer!
After the rumble of the drum sounded, the three hundred white horse soldiers who had completely sped up slid through an arc in the green wilderness like the broken blade in Han Dang's hand - actually circling behind the more than a thousand Yellow Turban cavalry who were unable to escape the battle.
After half a circle, the horses continued to gain momentum, shouting for victory, turning around like thunder and inserting themselves into the back of the Yellow Turban Cavalry!
During a charge, more than ten Yi Cong who were charging ahead fell off their horses due to excessive charge, and they were not sure whether they were alive or dead. But the thousand Yellow Turban cavalry also collapsed immediately!
Hundreds of Yellow Turban knights were stabbed off their horses by the white-horse knights who charged past them in an instant, and about the same number of knights died from the subsequent white-blade slashes. Then, many Yellow Turban knights fled in all directions, but
More people, because they were attacked from both sides, could only quickly throw away their weapons, dismount and beg for mercy.
Above and below the city, inside and outside the camp, many people who saw this scene lost their voices for a moment, and the four hundred rangers and cavalry also lost their luster... They had just faced a charge, although they were separated by a thick Yellow Turban cavalry formation.
Some people reined in their horses and ran away with trembling hands.
To be continued...