The Yellow Turban Army that met Xiao Yang's two hundred ring swordsmen were five hundred elite spearmen led by Gong Du.
Compared with Peng Tuo's troops Huang Shao and He Man, as Bo Cai's confidants. There are 500 spearmen in Gong Du's hands, 200 swordsmen in Liao Hua's hands, 300 shield bearers in Pei Yuanshao's hands, and 400 archers in Liu Pi's hands. These 1,400 people are the elite among the elite.
Not to mention their well-equipped equipment, after breaking through the county under the rule of Yang Zhai in Yingchuan, Bo used the weapons and equipment to arm his four great generals. But just look at these 1,400 big men. They are all powerful, with big arms and thick waists, and their eyes are full of fierce and fierce light.
These big men have transformed from farmers with hoes into murderous weapons. Bo Cai once said that if you give him a hundred thousand elites, he can conquer the world.
Gong Du took the lead, without shouting. His five hundred elite men lined up the miscellaneous companions in front of them, and rushed forward in five rows with shining silver spears. Each row had a hundred people.
"One inch is long, one inch is strong, one inch is short, one inch is dangerous."
The longest Huanshou knife is only less than 1.5 meters. The shortest spear is over nine feet.
As soon as the gun forest appeared, cold sweat broke out on Xiao Yang's forehead. Why did Bocai, an old fox, hide his elite troops behind the team at the beginning?
From the momentum point of view, the strength of the spearmen in front of him is no less than that of the elite soldiers in his hands.
Xiao Yang didn't dare to confront the spear soldiers head-on, at least he didn't dare to use his ring sword soldiers to hit the spear soldiers. Before his own ring sword has taken shape, before he has become an elite soldier in all battles. When it's time to shrink, you still have to shrink.
Looking left and right behind him, Xiao Yang made a move with his hand and shouted: "Ruan Lie, the shield soldiers are on, the archers are shooting at the enemy." He called Ruan Lie, who was not far behind him, and led his shield soldiers forward and back. Xiao Yang shouted forward again: "Liu Tang, take the brothers and retreat quickly."
Xiao Yang's military orders have always been about the front and the back, and I am invincible. "A man can only fight to death, how can he build the Great Wall?" What Xiao Yang teaches the most on weekdays is that men should fight to the best of their ability in war. The killing power comes out. Even if you die, just think of it as earning a pension for your wife, children, and parents at home. But if you are successful, you will be promoted and make a fortune, which will be extremely enjoyable.
Today¡¯s unusual roundabout tactics made Ruan Lie and Liu Tang feel a little uncomfortable. However, the two of them were just stunned for a moment.
"The bounden duty of subordinates is to obey unconditionally." Xiao Yang has brainwashed his subordinates with this sentence since he took office as Xinye County Lieutenant. According to the soldiers, when you get up in the morning, eat, practice, and go to bed, you must shout at least twenty times a day.
These new veterans have accepted Xiao Yang¡¯s teachings unconditionally. Especially officials like Liu Tang and Ruan Lie.
"Get back, brothers." Ruan Lie shouted a few times, but he led a group of elite soldiers beside him and stood in front.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Ruan Lie was the commander of the army. When the two armies officially fought and received the military order to retreat temporarily. Instead of retreating so quickly that no one could be seen, he took a few steps forward with his trusted guards to catch up with the retreating brothers.
Xiao Yang nodded seriously. He secretly praised: "Ruan Lie is good. He has kept in mind his daily teachings to them. And he leads by example in practical actions. Good, good -"
One hundred and eighty swordsmen, under the command of Ruan Lie, retreated in an orderly manner. Liu Tang led the shield men, one by one, and quickly jumped in from the gap between the ranks of the ring sword men.
The two of them passed by each other, and then the shield hand slammed the square shield into the soil with a "boom". It only took three breaths.
Liu Tang's two hundred square shield soldiers, according to the instructions given by their superiors a few days ago, formed groups of two to cover each other. Two hundred people surrounded the city in a half-moon shape, and in the middle of the circle were nearly two hundred archers.
The archers, who had long been prepared to kill the enemy, lined up in two lines unhurriedly under the cover of the shield soldiers. Basically, they did not need to aim, they only needed to point their arrows forward.
Gong Du, who originally wanted to use spearmen to restrain the officers and soldiers with swords, was completely dumbfounded. Looking at the archers of the official army, they only fired two rounds of arrows, but sixty or seventy of their own elite spearmen had already fallen.
And before they fell, the five hundred spearmen did not touch each other at all. Even if they did, it would only be against the shields of the officers and soldiers.
The sixty or seventy Yellow Turbans who fell in confusion did not die immediately, they were only injured.
The gleaming iron bone arrows were still on the bowstrings of the officers and soldiers at that time, but now they shot deeply into their bodies. Whether it's on their faces, their limbs, or their bodies. As long as it doesn't hit their fatal spot, those who are hit by the arrow will be lost in pain.Spears, people fell to the ground. He tightly covered the place where the arrow was hit with his hands, his bloody hand, and accidentally looked at it. The screams of these big men who had been hit by the arrow became even more miserable.
The pitiful screams on the battlefield have the side effect of boosting the opponent's morale and depressing one's own military morale.
It turned out that the companion who was still alive and kicking, joking, and looking forward to a good life fell down in the next moment. Although these men are tall and strong, their courage has not been tested in the real battlefield. Although Gong Du screamed loudly, rows of Yellow Turban Army spearmen could not help but slow down as they were short of men.
On the battlefield, morale is one of the key factors for victory. Once you are not brave enough and are timid, the opponent will seize the opportunity and attack with all their strength.
This is exactly what Xiao Yang ordered.
Seeing the pikemen on the opposite side, Xiao Yang became afraid. How could Xiao Yang let go of this opportunity? The military order that originally wanted Ruan Lie's ring swordsmen to support other places changed to Xiao Yang's words: "Ruan Lie, when they retreat, you will bring the ring swordsmen and attack them from the flank."
At this moment, although the morale of the long spearmen of the Yellow Turban Army was shattered, their leader Gong Du was furious and shouted desperately: "Quick, rush forward, you can stab them to death if you rush forward."
Gong Du, who had a beard on his face, opened his eyes, held a two-foot-long sword, and urged the army and horses to move forward desperately.
The defeat on local battlefields does not mean that the Yellow Turban Army, which had doubled its strength, would not be able to fight with the official army once the war began.
The most important thing is to look at the commander¡¯s on-the-spot adaptability on the battlefield.
After Bo had rushed for a while, the elite troops led by Liu Pi and Liao Hua, who were following him, were entangled by Huangfu Song's army.
The officers and soldiers led by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun had already suffered two heavy losses under Bo Cai, and they felt somewhat shadowy. Their hands and feet seemed inconsistent with their will.
Nearly 40,000 officers, soldiers and infantry were fighting hard against the 80,000-strong Yellow Turban Army.
At this time, it was already difficult to issue military orders from the Supreme Commander. In addition to immersing themselves in fighting, all the troops wanted to listen to military orders. The first thing that comes to mind is to look at the military flag fluttering in the wind and making a sound on the battlefield.