Chapter 102

Is the Han army crazy?

With only 7,000 people, they still dare to challenge an army of 100,000. Could it be that the old birthday star wants to eat arsenic?

The sound of war drums resounded throughout the world, awakening the sleeping Yellow Turban Company and Changshe City.

Bocai suffered losses one after another in the past few days, and was angry. When he heard the Han army beating the drums to challenge him, he couldn't help but fly into a rage.

"Hey, if you want to die, I will satisfy you!"

Bo Cai gave an order, and learned the lesson of Liu Ye's light attack a few days ago, leaving a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, Liu Pi and Gong both personally guarded.

And the 50,000 troops in the camp came out in full force, rushing out from the big camp on the east, west and south sides all over the mountains and plains. As far as the eye can see, there is a whole piece of yellow, boundless and endless.

At the same time, the drummer of the Yellow Turban Thieves beat the drums desperately. On the autumn morning, he only wore a thin shirt with his sleeves rolled up to expose his arms.

The Han army was only 7,000 strong, while the Yellow Turban Bandits were seven times as large as the Han army, and the drummers were even more numerous. At one time, seventy or eighty war drums rang together. Sweat, the sweat flowed down and was immediately blown through by the cold wind, but the rumbling sound was still there.

The 50,000 yellow turban army's morale was immediately boosted when they heard the sound of war drums behind them, and the sound of the yellow turban thieves' war drums resounded even more, faintly suppressing the sound of the Han army's war drums. public.

"He Yi, you lead the army to attack head-on. He Man, Huang Shao, and you can lead troops to outflank from the left and right. Today, we will wipe out this army of officials who don't know good and bad in one go, and take Changshe City within three days!"

Bo Cai was in the middle army, drew his sword out of its sheath, and gave orders. I think Ta Bocai has been in Yuzhou since he raised his army, defeated many government troops, and pulled up a team of 100,000 people.

However, he heard that Zhang Mancheng from Nanyang was more powerful than himself, so Bo Cai didn't want to become a vassal, so he didn't go south to join forces with Zhang Mancheng, but moved to Yuzhou alone. Not to mention the local county soldiers, even Huangfusong's northern army can only resist, but yesterday they were attacked by the army, which is a great shame.

If he didn't annihilate this army of officials, how could he gain a foothold in Yuzhou?

Although the yellow turban bandits were loose, they were after all elite soldiers who followed Bocai and moved to Yizhou. They may not be as tight as the formation of the official army, but they are not inferior in their bravery.

He Yi has a violent personality, and the army under his command has also inherited this characteristic, very brave.

He was sitting on horseback wielding a saber with a hideous face.

"Kill! After killing all these officers and soldiers and capturing the Changsha, the commander will let the brothers burn, kill and loot, happy for three days."

Hearing He Yi's words, the yellow scarf thief became even more excited. After breaking through the city, needless to say about the armor and equipment worn by the officers and soldiers, the big girls and young wives in the city, silk and satin smoother than women's skin, gold, silver and jewelry, what do they want?

It is very easy to accumulate negative emotions in fighting wars and killing people to see blood. Therefore, many coaches will massacre cities in order to control the army.

The Yellow Turban Bandit was originally an uprising, rebelling on the ground, murder and arson was commonplace, and Yuzhou was the hardest hit area for the Yellow Turban Bandit.

The eyes of more than ten thousand yellow turban thieves were red, and they exhaled white breath. The first row of yellow turban thieves turned out to be armed with swords and shields.

The first row of yellow turban thieves raised their shields and pushed forward, while behind them were spearmen and short swordsmen advancing one by one.

Cao Cao looked serious. Strictly speaking, this was his first time leading troops in battle, so he was a little nervous.

However, Cao Cao still squeezed the palm of the sword tightly, exerted light force, and a flash of light suddenly came out from the scabbard, it was the Yitian Sword.

The long sword pointed obliquely at the sky, showing its sharpness.

"The enemy reaches two hundred paces, draw the bow!"

The ones at the front of the army are not the sword and shield fighters who serve as the army's barrier, but a row of archers. The reason why they dare to stand at the forefront of the camp is because the Yellow Turbans basically have no archers. It is very simple to use a broadsword and spear, just chopping and stabbing, but it is difficult to cultivate archery.

Why is archery one of the six arts of a gentleman? Because ordinary people, except for the archers in the army, rarely play bows and arrows except for Orion, and it is difficult for the yellow scarf to practice archery for a while. Therefore, when Liu Ye led his troops to and fro among the Yellow Turban Thieves, even though the enemy troops were helpless, they could only shoot sparse arrows, which did not constitute a threat at all.

The archers in the official army are well-trained, with strong arms and accurate arrows. There were only two rows of archers. The first row was half-kneeling on the ground, while the second row was standing tall. The two rows of archers formed an echelon of shooting. When they drew their bows and set their arrows, there was a series of obscure sounds of twisting strings, and the arrows were gaining momentum. ready to go.

"The enemy has reached one hundred and fifty paces!"

The officers and soldiers in the front row reported visually that they had entered the optimal range.

Cao Cao swung the long sword in his hand, and his words were sonorous and powerful.

"wind!"

collapse! collapse! collapse!

The tensed bowstring was released in an instant, long arrows were sent out against the wind, a row of arrows shot straight, and hit the leather shield with a loud noise, and some arrows were so powerful that they directly shot through the leather shield , shot into the arm of the yellow turban thief, and he yelled out in pain. And some arrows were nailed to the leather shield, and the leather shield of a knife and shield hand made more than a dozen loud thuds, and the leather shield was almost tied into a hedgehog, which made his mouth bleed.

The second row of arrows drew a curved arc in the air, and fell heavily into the formation of the yellow turban thieves. Some of them directly bypassed the leather shield of the yellow turban thieves, and shot the spearmen and short knives behind them. The hand was shot down.

After shooting this arrow, the archer calmly took an arrow from his quiver and put it on the bowstring, and pulled the bowstring into a full moon shape again, ready to go.

"The enemy reaches a hundred paces."

"wind!"

"The enemy reaches fifty paces."

"wind!"

After reporting the distance twice, the archers in the front row fired two rounds of arrows in a row, shooting the Yellow Turban bandits' formation tottering and leaving many gaps. However, after all, the Yellow Turbans are tens of thousands of people. As soon as a gap appeared, there were follow-up Yellow Turbans to fill it up, and the Yellow Turbans who were shot down could only lie on the spot and howl.

Cao Cao ordered: "Archers enter, swords and shields go forward, and spearmen follow behind!"

As the saying goes, there are only three rounds of arrows before the battle, and the army charges very quickly, so shooting three rounds of arrows from a distance of 150 steps is already the limit. Therefore, the archer puts away the longbow, while the sword and shield hand turns the big shield to reveal a gap, allowing the archer to get through, and then the big shield is turned over, and rows of big shields that are as high as a person are lined up in a row. , forming a solid shield wall.