Chapter 638: The Decisive Battle of the Central Plains (Central)
Chapter 636: The Decisive Battle of the Central Plains (Central)
After rescuing Kong Rong, Taishi Ci asked Wu Anguo to **** him away first, while he himself left behind the rear.
After Kong Rong was completely safe, Taishi Ci chose to break through, while the three generals Zhu Wen, Peng Zan and Shan Xing, under Huang Chao, joined forces to stop them.
Taishi Ci, who was in a difficult situation, did not have any fear at all. He came to fight with his spear and seized the opportunity to break through after more than ten rounds.
Zhu Wen and the other three generals were not willing to let Taishi Ci go, and they all came to chase after him. Taishi Ci turned around and shot Peng Zan and Shan Xing directly to death, while Zhu Wen narrowly avoided.
In the defeat of the army, Taishi Ci was able to fight against three generals with one and also killed two generals, which became the biggest highlight of this battle.
The name of Donglai Taishi Ci has become completely famous all over the world.
After Kong Rong retreated, Huang Chao''s opponents became the three major princes Liu Yu, Liu Bei and Song Jiang, with a total of 80,000 Han troops.
Because of the defeat of Kong Rong, the morale of the Huang Chao army was at its peak at this time.
Therefore, although his troops were not as strong as the Han army, Huang Chao still dared to fight the three princes.
Liu Yu wanted to fight Huang Chao to the death earlier. He had absolute confidence in the combat power of his Youzhou army, so after receiving Huang Chao''s letter of war, Liu Yu agreed directly after a little consideration.
On September 15, the decisive battle finally started in Licheng County, Jinan. Huang Chao personally led 60,000 Ming troops to fight against Liu Yu''s 80,000 Qingyou coalition.
This time, Huang Chao learned from the lessons of the battle with Qin Hao, and while fighting steadily, he also set up a pocket formation for the Han army.
Unfortunately, Song Jiang''s military advisor Wu Yong discovered Huang Chao''s plan, so the Han army did not enter the trap.
On the day of the war, Huang Chao personally led 50,000 troops to face the enemy head-on, but secretly ordered Wang Xianzhi to lead 10,000 troops to detour to the rear of the Han army, preparing to attack on both sides and defeat the Han army in one fell swoop.
Huang Chao''s plan was not a problem, but he still underestimated the Han army, or in other words, overestimated the combat effectiveness of his own troops.
Can the 50,000 army in Huang Chao’s hands really stop the 80,000 army of the Han army?
Liu Yu adopted the most secure method to divide the 80,000 army into three left and right middle divisions. Liu Yu personally led the central army, while Liu Bei led the left army, and Song Jiang led the right army.
After the war broke out, Liu Bei took the lead in charge, while Guan and Zhang were guarding him.
Huang Chao''s left army was simply unstoppable. Zhang Yan was directly beheaded by Guan Yu, while Zhao Zhang was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei.
If Huang Chao had not seen the situation was not good and sent Zhu Wen to support him in advance, the left army would have been defeated long ago.
As for the situation of the Right Army, it is also very bad.
The generals under Song Jiang''s command, including Li Kui, Lu Zhishen, Liu Tang, etc. are all extremely murderous people.
Li Ying, the pounced eagle, was shot to death by Ji Kui with a hidden arrow. Then, the generals of Liangshan were as if they were crazy, and they all rushed forward and directly killed Ji Kui.
Such a formation scared Cui Yu, another general of the Right Army, so he dared not show off his courage and knew that he would be dedicated to commanding the army to fight, but he was still beheaded by Li Kui in the end.
Everything was as expected by Huang Chao. All 80,000 Han army had all been put into battle. Just wait for his 10,000 troops to raid the enemy''s back, and he won this battle.
But Huang Chao did not expect that the situation between the left and right armies was in an unfavorable state, and I don’t know if the surprise troops could hold on to the battle.
In order to win, Huang Chao decided to join the battle himself to boost morale.
With Huang Chao''s joining, the morale of the Ming army once again boosted, and it was a stalemate with the Han army in a short period of time. At this moment, a king''s army arrived and raided the back of the Han army. For a moment, the Han army was in chaos.
Seeing this, Huang Chao seized the opportunity and concentrated on attacking the weak central army of the Han army. There were no strong generals in Liu Yu''s army, so Huang Chao broke through the central army.
As soon as the central army was defeated, the results of Liu Bei and Song Jiang were in glory, and they could only grit their teeth and choose to withdraw their troops.
Huang Chao did not choose to pursue, because the Ming army no longer had the energy to do so.
In this battle, the Huang Chao army lost 30,000 troops, and the Han army also suffered nearly 40,000 troops, which was a loss.
The purpose of directly defeating the Han army failed, so Huang Chao could only defend himself firmly.
The Youqing Alliance had only 40,000 troops at this time, and such a force was no longer enough to support its complete extermination of Huang Chao. So Liu Yu ordered Gongsun Zan to send troops to assist in the war.
Gongsun Zan, who was far away in Liaodong, did not lead the troops personally after receiving the order, but sent his younger brother Gongsun Xuanyuan to lead 20,000 troops to help. As for him, he continued to station in Liaodong to guard against the Qing Dynasty.
Before Gongsun Xuanyuan''s army arrived, the battle situation in Qingzhou once again fell into a strange peace, but this peace was destined to be broken soon.
The fourth year of Zhongping, October 1st.
Since Li Mi and Li Zicheng joined forces, they have been defending the two countries of Yuzhou for several months.
Faced with this turtle shell, the Yuan and Cao coalition had no idea how to start, and the morale in the army gradually declined.
Seeing this, Li Mi finally saw that he regained hope from Yuan Shu, so he and Li Zicheng prepared to take the initiative.
Little did they know that all of this were designed by Cao Cao, who deliberately made an illusion he saw, and soon after he walked out of the city, he was ambushed by the Yuan and Cao coalition forces.
In this ambush, Ren Zhong from Li Mi''s side was shot to death by Xiahou Yuan with an arrow, while Lian Ming died at the hands of Lian Po.
Cheng Yaojin, Wang Junke, You Junda, Xie Yingdeng and Shi Danai were successively captured alive by the brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, as well as Yang Jiliang and Yang Jizu.
As for Li Zicheng''s side, the losses were also considerable. Hao Yaoqi was killed by Zhao Kuangyin, Li Laiheng joined forces to kill Cao Ren and Cao Chun, and Yuan Zongdi directly rebelled against Yuan Shu.
If Xu Shiji had not led all the remaining troops in the city to arrive in time and also brought a counter-ambush to the Yuan and Cao coalition forces, I''m afraid the Ming army would have been seriously injured.
In this battle, Luo Shixin, the general under Xu Shiji, fought against the eight generals of Yuan and Cao alone, and the ones who fought with him were: Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Yang Jiliang, Yang Jizu, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, Zhao She, and Lian Po.
If Xiahou Dun and his brothers, and Zhao Kuangyin, had their combination skills, they would probably not have been able to gain the upper hand.
Luo Shixin fought eight in one battle, and eight were famous generals all over the world. Although he was at a disadvantage, he did not lose. Therefore, Luo Shixin was also famous in the world after this battle and was hailed as a powerful general who was no less than Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu.
Xu Shiji''s counter-ambush was extremely beautiful. If Cao Cao had not been to the army in person, the results of the battle would have been even more brilliant.
In this battle, the Han army suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, and even Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, died in the chaos, which was another defeat.
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