Chapter 382 Battle of Jujube

Hulao Pass.

"General, according to the information, Xu He has already captured Puyang, and has mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, gathered to the west, and sent Sima Fear, the number one general under his command, as the vanguard, and has conquered Suanzao a few days ago." Jia Xu said.

Liu Ye asked: "Sima fear? How many troops did he bring to attack Suanzao?"

"Probably around 40,000 to 50,000."

Liu Ye smiled: "One vanguard has used 50,000 soldiers and horses. This Xu He is really rich and powerful."

Jia Xu said: "Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops, the speed of mobilization is extremely slow. Since Sima Fear has already attacked Suanzao, we might as well gather troops and eliminate Sima Fear first, so as to give Xu and the Yellow Turban bandits a head start. "

Liu Ye nodded, with sharp eyes: "That's right, the Yellow Turban Bandits are numerous and powerful, and now there are 50,000 of them. When all the enemy troops gather, it will be even more difficult to defeat them."

"The general can order General Ma Chao." Jia Xu lowered his voice.

Liu Ye's eyes lit up: "Okay, let's do this!"

Suanzao is a small city, but its geographical location is very important. It is located at the junction of Sili Xiaoweibu and Yanzhou. When the princes gathered to attack Dong Zhuo, soldiers and horses set up a camp in Suanzao.

Sima feared that on the tenth day of the seventh month, he had just captured Suanzao, and immediately ordered the army to burn, kill and loot.

"Sima Shuai, the Han army in the direction of Hulao Pass has left the pass and is attacking our army."

Hearing the report from the scouts under the tent, Sima Ji stood up immediately.

"Okay! The commander-in-chief will not trouble Liu Ye, but Liu Ye himself will come to his door!" Sima feared ambitiously: "In this case, order the whole army to attack and defeat Liu Ye in one go, so as to save Xu Shuai's energy! "

"Sima Shuai, no!"

The staff under the tent hurriedly dissuaded: "Xu Shuai once told Sima Shuai not to attack rashly, and wait until Xu Shuai arrives before dispatching troops together. In case of any accident, how will Sima Shuai explain to Xu Shuai?"

"Huh? Is this handsome going to have an accident?" Sima feared, dissatisfied with his eyes.

The staff member put on a bitter face, and hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, it's not that Sima Shuai will make a mistake, but that Xu Shuai has explained, Sima Shuai, please listen to my advice and stick to Suanzao."

Sima Horn snorted: "Forget it, I'll just listen to you today, someone is waiting for you at Suanzao."

The Han army marched very fast, and reached the outside of Suanzao City at noon on the second day.

Sima fear stood on the top of the city, only saw the number of the Han army outside the city was about 20,000, and a battle flag with Liu characters was flying in the wind.

"Sima Fear! You worthless man, do you dare to come down and fight our army to the death?"

"Hahaha, how dare he? He's a bastard, as cowardly as a mouse."

"That's right, when Sima heard Liu Cheqi's name, he trembled with fright and burst into tears."

Liu Ye specially selected dozens of soldiers with loud voices to yell and curse at Suanzao City, which made Sima fear very angry.

Sima fear clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his forehead burst out one by one, his neck was red.

"This hateful Liu Ye actually underestimates me so much, how can he bear it?"

The staff at the side hurried forward and grabbed Sima Fear: "Sima Shuai, no! Xu Shuai has something to explain before leaving."

"roll!"

Sima Fear was furious, threw away the weak aides, and shouted: "Open the city gate, today the commander-in-chief will make Liu Ye completely defeated!"

Following Sima Fear's order, the gates of the city opened slowly, and fifty thousand yellow-turban thieves came out in a file, creating a clamor of dust.

These 50,000 yellow scarf thieves are not what they used to be. They looted the equipment of the officers and soldiers from the arsenals of various cities in Yanzhou prefectures and counties. They were armed with knives, guns and large shields. , quite elite.

Seeing the 50,000 yellow scarf thieves pouring out, dozens of Han soldiers who were scolding under the city hurried back.

When Liu Ye saw that Sima Fear had finally led the army out, he immediately stepped forward with a whip and said loudly, "Sima traitor, why did you come out of the city? I thought you were too scared to come out."

Sima feared with a sneer: "Liu Yuqing, the soldiers under your command are strong and strong, and your troops are less than half of our army. Are you looking for your own death?"

Liu Ye laughed and said: "Liu Bang's 560,000 troops were defeated by King Xiang's 30,000 troops in Pengcheng. Moreover, when a certain man was in Qingzhou, he had no more than a thousand soldiers and horses, but he still defeated Xu He's tens of thousands of troops. Ru What is it?"

Sima Horn snorted, and drew his sword out of its sheath: "The whole army goes out and defeats the Han army. When Luoyang is taken, we will all be heroes from the dragon!"

"kill!"

The earth-shattering shouts of killing erupted from the Yellow Turban bandit army, and they rushed forward like a rainbow to kill.

In the past few months, the Yellow Turbans had attacked Yanzhou and Qingzhou like they were walking on flat ground. They were basically invincible, and these 50,000 Yellow Turbans were not under Xu He, who was defeated by Liu Ye back then, so they had no fear of Liu Ye.

Seeing the 50,000 yellow scarf thieves coming to kill with real knives and guns, Liu Ye didn't dare to neglect.

"The whole army sticks to it, and there is no military order to attack without authorization!"

Facing the 50,000 yellow turban thieves rushing towards them almost overwhelmingly, Liu Ye did not order the whole army to attack, but stood firm and did not fight.

Liu Ye was supervising the formation in the central army, while the two generals Yu Jin and Zhang Jai were personally supervising the formation at the front.

Only 50,000 yellow turban bandits swarmed up like a tide, but both Yu Jin and Zhang Jai were experienced in many battles. They followed Liu Ye to conquer the yellow turban bandits in the early years, and they had rich experience in fighting against the bandits.

Yu Jin shouted, "Pull the bow and string it!"

The archers in the Han army stretched their bows and set their arrows, aimed at the yellow scarf bandits in front, and a shower of arrows flew out.

Whoosh whoosh!

There was no scream from the Yellow Turban army as expected, but a muffled sound. The Yellow Turban thieves who rushed to the front row erected the large shields seized from the military arsenal. It was as tall as a person, and most of the bows and arrows shot by the officers and soldiers hit the shields, and only a few arrows shot through the gaps between the shields and killed some yellow turban thieves.

Yu Jin frowned: "The shield wall is arrayed, and the spearmen are ready."

Unexpectedly, the yellow turban bandits have changed their shotguns now. It seems that the previous experience in fighting the yellow turban bandits is not advisable, so Yu Jin secretly thought.

There were only three rounds before the battle, and the archers did little damage to the Yellow Turban Bandits. Three rounds of arrow rain could only kill hundreds of people, but the Yellow Turban Bandits had already reached the front.

"Rush!"

The yellow turban thief in the front row put away the big shield in an instant, replaced it with a spear, and killed them in an instant.

"Raise the shield!"

"Spear!"

Pooh! Thousands of spears stabbed out of the army immediately, and the sharp spears pierced into the yellow scarf thief's body in an instant, and hundreds of people fell to the ground immediately.