Chapter 358 Recovering Nanyang

Hearing the footsteps of the Han army, more than ten thousand yellow-turban thieves panicked, and Zhang Manbo couldn't help but fly into a rage.

"You bastard! The enemy is playing tricks on you, so you're going to mess yourself up. How can you be so reasonable?"

Zhang Manbo was furious, and then he slashed down with a knife, and a yellow scarf thief's head fell to the ground.

He originally wanted to kill people to build his prestige, but unexpectedly, the yellow scarf thieves around looked at him with fearful eyes, and retreated one after another.

"you!"

Zhang Manbo was furious, and at this time the Han army in the city had already lined up.

Yu Jin personally commanded more than 2,000 elite soldiers to move forward slowly, and shook his head as if looking at the yellow scarf opposite him.

A mob can be defeated in one battle!

"Bowmen, string up!"

The crossbowmen in the back row, who were protected by swords and shields, raised their bows and set their arrows. There was an obscure sound of twisting strings, and the sharp arrows pointed straight at the sky at an oblique angle.

"put!"

More than a thousand arrows flew out, drew an arc in the sky, aimed at more than ten thousand yellow scarf thieves and fell down immediately. The screams of the Yellow Turban bandits kept coming and going, at least three or four hundred people were killed or injured. After all, the Yellow Turban bandits were outdated in equipment and had a low rate of wearing armor.

"Continue to wind."

"put!"

The Han army moved forward slowly, and another round of arrows flew out, killing and wounding more than 300 Yellow Turbans. Before the battle, 10% of the more than 10,000 Yellow Turbans lost their combat power.

Zhang Manbo raised his sword and pointed straight ahead: "What are you afraid of? There are only a few thousand people on the other side, and Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of people have been defeated by us. Are you afraid of these few thousand people?"

At the same time, Zhang Manbo's cronies and supervisors raised their knives and axes to threaten them. The more than ten thousand yellow scarf thieves had no choice but to kill the Han army on the opposite side.

"Don't rush forward, spears attack, swords and shields cover."

When Yu Jin gave the order, the sword and shield fighters in the front row immediately moved closer together, and the parallel shields formed an impenetrable shield wall, which was difficult to break through the sparse offensive of the yellow scarf thieves.

prick!

A whole row of spears stabbed out suddenly like a forest of knives and swords, and hundreds of yellow scarves were defeated immediately with heavy casualties.

Under the command of Yu Jin, the Han army advanced slowly. The combination of spears and shields was almost irresistible, and it was like crushing. The yellow scarves rushing up from all directions were defeated and fled.

boom! boom! boom!

tread! tread! tread!

The footsteps of the Han army advancing were uniform and integrated, as if they were a single person, with their spears coming and going freely, killing the yellow scarf bandits immediately blood flowed into rivers.

"No, run away!"

"Get out of the way for me, or I will kill you!"

Even if there is a team of superintendents behind to suppress it, it will not help. Under the pressure of life and death, more than ten thousand yellow scarves were first shot by several rounds of arrows, and then suppressed by the orderly infantry phalanx of the officers and soldiers. Finally, they collapsed completely. retreated backwards.

The main reason why the yellow turban bandits were able to raid Wancheng that night was the night raid. Yuan Shu's Nanyang Army suffered heavy losses and had no time to react, so they barely succeeded.

But now let this group of inexperienced yellow scarf thieves confront Yu Jin's elite soldiers, and naturally they can't hold on.

"You are not allowed to escape!" Zhang Manbo was furious, and swung his knife to kill the fleeing soldiers, but despite Zhang Manbo's merciful and forceful actions, thousands of yellow scarf thieves still refused to turn back.

"Those who take half a step back will be decisive!" Zhang Manbo blushed with anger and his neck was thick.

"Damn it, I'm dead if I go forward, and I'm dead if I go back. Why should I listen to you?"

"That's right! Isn't it Zhang Mancheng's younger brother? Zhang Mancheng is dead, you're a fart."

Zhang Manbo was furious when he heard this, and suddenly dozens of people rushed over and knocked him off the horse, and he fell completely.

However, the spear and shield phalanx of the Han army moved forward all the way, directly crushing them, and more than ten spears pointed at him and stabbed him directly.

Pooh!

Zhang Manbo opened his eyes wide, staring at the sky in disbelief.

Didn't it mean that the sky is dead? When will Huang Tian come?

After a while.

Army Sima Jiangyun held Zhang Manbo's head and said respectfully: "General Yu, here is the head of the bandit general Zhang Manbo."

Yu Jin glanced casually, nodded, and said in a deep voice, "How about the casualties in this battle?"

"The yellow turban bandits were vulnerable! Under the advance of our army, they fled watching the wind, beheaded more than 3,000 people, captured more than 4,000 people, and more than 2,000 people fled." Jiang Yunhui reported.

"Oh? What are the casualties of our army?" Yu Jin looked calm, obviously anticipating the great victory.

"Our army killed and injured dozens of people, mostly minor injuries."

"Okay! Write a good report to Mr. Gongda immediately."

In March 191, Yu Jin led 3,000 elite soldiers out of Wuguan, attacked Wancheng by surprise, and wiped out Zhang Manbo, Boqu's two thieves, and more than 10,000 people under his command with a thunderbolt, completely smashing the possibility of the yellow scarf thieves attacking the pass. .

Moreover, because Yuan Shu was defeated by the Yellow Turban Bandits, he had no choice but to go to his hometown Runan County in an attempt to make a comeback. Therefore, Nanyang County, including Wancheng, was included in the court's sphere of influence. Xun You immediately selected talents from among the famous scholars in Guanzhong and the poor. Go to Namyang County.

Nanyang County originally belonged to Jingzhou, and it was also the northernmost county of Jingzhou. Cao Cao.

Later, Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, Wancheng was handed over, and Jingzhou lost this strategic location. Later, Liu Biao let Liu Bei garrison Xinye, which became Jingzhou's first line of defense.

The strategic significance of Nanyang is very important. Liu Ye has mastered Nanyang, which means that he can attack the Jingzhou area north of the Han River, and Nanyang is facing Wuguan. With Nanyang, there will be a strategic buffer.

When the heroes were discussing Dong, Cao Cao's strategy included Wuguan, pointing out that Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and others were stationed in Suanzao, and Yuan Shu, who occupied Nanyang, sent troops to coerce Wuguan to deter Sanfu.

It can be said that Yu Jin took Nanyang County with a blitzkrieg, which was of great significance. After Yu Jin sent officials from Guanzhong to hand over the civil affairs, he left 2,000 soldiers and horses to temporarily defend Nanyang County, and warned the local officials that if the Yellow Turbans made a comeback, they could move The residents entered Guanzhong, and then led more than a thousand elite soldiers to rush day and night to Hulao Pass.

Because the news that Bao Xin led the army but was defeated by the Yellow Turban Bandits had reached Luoyang, Xun You immediately wrote a letter to Yu Jin, pointing out that the Yellow Turban Bandits are now arrogant and their soldiers are sharp, and their next target is likely to be directed at the Tiger Prison Guan, so let Yu Jin lead the troops back immediately.

Yu Jin didn't dare to delay after receiving the letter, so he immediately led his troops back and rushed back to Hulao Pass within five days. He guarded Hulao Pass with 8,000 soldiers and horses to prevent the Yellow Turbans from attacking.