Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 243 Breaking the Ming Dynasty

Zhao Yun's formation to kill Wen Chou became the last straw for the Euphorbia soldiers. In the confrontation with Yuanyang's army, nearly half of the Euphorbia soldiers were injured, and they were defeated like a mountain...

And at this moment, finally... Yiyang Qingqi played its due role as a reaper!

The pursuit all the way not only further increased the casualties of the Euphorbia soldiers, but also drove the Euphorbia soldiers towards Huang Qi's army behind.

The army led by Huang Yi was the remnant of Nanyang left by Yuan Shu. At this time, behind, the Euphorbia soldiers retreated "inexplicably" and shouted angrily: "Circle around the formation, around the formation!"

After shouting and no one answered him, he realized that there was no place to go around in this terrain, so he changed his words and said: "Go forward in parallel, go forward in parallel!" If he wanted the Euphorbia soldiers to be in his infantry phalanx Re-arrange yourself as a forward.

However, no one paid attention to him, and they all rushed back. Huang Yi couldn't help but said angrily: "Qu Yi! What are your people doing!"

"They need to repair, so let them come in by clearing the formation first! With the elites of the Euphorbia warriors, they will find gaps to get in after the formation is cleared, and they will not attack the army formation!" Qu Yi said quickly.

Huang Yi glanced at Qu Yi strangely at this time, was silent for a moment and then said: "Do you think my soldiers can disperse the formation neatly and quickly and then recover?"

It is a pity that the army that Yuan Shu once raised in Nanyang, although it belongs to his family, can be said to be well-trained and well-equipped, but...now, both military discipline and training have been neglected for a long time, and they have long been turned into useless people. In addition, the current The generals are too incompetent. It can be said that they are getting further and further away from the word "elite".

Quyi:......

"If you can't stop, you can only block it all together!"

At this time, under Huang Yi's urging, the Nanyang army raised the round shield on its arm, trying to block the Euphorbia soldiers from the formation...

Qu Yi was almost furious, but all he could do was stomp his feet - seeing the Euphorbia soldiers defeated and Wen Chou being beheaded, Huang Yi lost the respect he had for him before.

The Euphorbia warriors are worthy of being elites. Most of them did not collide with the friendly forces, but wanted to return and fight. Unfortunately...the lineup was in chaos, and there were Nanyang troops around them who were adding to the chaos!

They were scattered by Yiyang Qingqi, and then the infantry followed up to cover them up...

The decisive battle in the pass is different from the ordinary plain battle formation - normally in a close encounter, even if it is an elite veteran, [-]% of the casualties will cause the formation to collapse, and the recruits who are insufficiently trained will have even worse endurance.

However, in the pass terrain, the defeated formation can only collapse backwards, which can easily trigger a chain reaction. Therefore, the situation in the pass decisive battle will be very "special".

In the initial battle, even if the army in front is defeated, it will be unable to retreat because of the blockage of the army behind.

However, once the disadvantaged party breaks up unstoppably, it will instantly trigger an avalanche-style chain collapse, which is equivalent to the initial impact on morale, because there is no place to escape, but once a certain critical point is exceeded, it will be destroyed. Completely chase the rear army and run away together!

This is how the Nanyang Army is now...

Starting from the collapse of the Euphorbia, the entire front collapsed uncontrollably.

After a chaotic battle, the Nanyang army was kicked back to Miesai.

Qu Yi wanted to organize a counterattack to contain the situation when Yiyang Qingqi's momentum had been exhausted by his own side's huge casualties and the opponent's infantry had not yet followed up. Unexpectedly... Huang Yi's handsome The banners were already empty, and they had already withdrawn with their personal guards and rear troops from the very beginning!
The former army, which lacked command, gave the Northern Route Army almost nothing for military merit and prisoners...

Qu Yi had no other choice but to scold him for "it's not enough to make a plan", so he had to hurriedly organize the remaining Euphorbia warriors and retreat.

Fortunately... no matter how miserable the Euphorbia soldiers are, they can still run faster than their friendly troops!
With friendly forces as a buffer "meat pad", the entire army was not wiped out.

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After the war, both sides counted their casualties and collected their bodies.

Of the eight hundred Euphorbia soldiers, only two hundred remained after the first battle, which can be said to be the largest casualty since its founding.

Miesai's 1 Nanyang troops suffered nearly half casualties. The terrain of the pass further expanded the casualty ratio of the losers, and the remaining half were either the old and weak who stayed behind or the "race winners". You can imagine their morale. .

On the side of the General's Mansion, the one with the most serious damage ratio was the "Yuanyang Army" who was the biggest contributor to this battle.

Even if it is a great victory, after all, the opponent is a real general. The [-] Yuanyang army suffered a loss of more than [-], but the loss of generals was only [-] - after all, under the Yuanyang formation, the generals in command positions are all. The rear end of the small formation.

Yiyang Qingqi injured more than a hundred of them, most of them were killed by the Euphorbia warriors who came back to their senses and took the initiative to cut off their rear.

As for the ordinary infantry, more than [-] were lost, which was more than the Yuanyang Army in number. However... there were tens of thousands of ordinary infantry as the main force, and there were three to four thousand who went into battle - there was no way, the terrain of the pass, the ones behind were all In line!
After this defeat, the Nanyang Army could only defend the low Mie Sai, and the morale in the fortress was low...

That night, the scouts discovered that there was a sudden commotion in Ming'e, which seemed like a military chaos. After reporting the news, Zhao Yun immediately wanted to take advantage of the chaos to attack at night, but was stopped by Jia Xu.

"General, the enemy is weak at this time. If this mutiny is a plan of the enemy, we may be in danger of falling. If the enemy really does not attack, it will be chaotic. Tomorrow, as long as Chu Ge joins forces, Ming'e will be defeated without attacking." , General, why don't you watch the fire from the other side?" Jia Xu advised.

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and then said: "That's fine. Send someone to watch in front of the fortress. If you encounter enemy soldiers who are fleeing, take them back first."

Jia Xu is also very conservative. In fact, a strong attack at this time is not a bad idea. Jia Xu does not think that someone in the fortress will use this dangerous strategy to lure his own attack at this time.

It's just that the characteristic of Jia Xu's military use is neither conservative nor radical, but "clear goals"!
This was true when he advised Li Jue and Guo Si in Liangzhou, it was true in Wancheng, and it is true now.

Killing more enemies and killing fewer of his own people are just "minor details" in his mind, and his desire for military success is very low.

Since the most important thing is to conquer Miesai, then if the opponent's military morale is really messed up, they can induce a surrender tomorrow. Even if the inducement fails, it will not be able to stop our army's attack. Why bother to follow the opponent's rhythm and risk a night attack?

Unless he can see the key winner, Jia Xu will not fight an uncertain battle...

Just like in Wancheng, after assisting Zhang Xiu to trick Cao Cao, Jia Xu's advice to Cao Cao, who did not care about his son and fled, was still "don't chase the poor enemy" - not that he really expected that Cao Cao would still return. There is a backup plan, but...the goal has been achieved, why take the risk?
Not being greedy for cheap can be said to be a characteristic of Jia Xu's use of troops...

(End of this chapter)