Huang Wan heard Kuai Yue's words and looked along, only to see the flags of the army slightly northeast were scattered. Even the elite platoon leaders were still sitting on the ground, fanning themselves in the wind, and because they were in different formations. Not even the soldiers in the formation paid attention to these people.
The more Huang Wan watched, the happier he became. After all, the thieves on the opposite side only had a limited number of elites, and all these fishy troops were put to use.
Kuai Yue also added:
"My lord, I have seen farmers mending wooden barrels for each other. The amount of water they draw depends on which piece of wood is the shortest. The same is true for the army formation on the opposite side. Although the enemy has elite soldiers, there are also many weak ones. Our army only needs to focus on the enemy. If the weak soldiers attack and roll back, the entire formation on the opposite side will collapse."
This was the first time Huang Wan heard this statement, but he intuitively felt that what Kuai Yue said was right. Then the two of them, together with several other staff members, discussed the main direction of attack for a while.
But to be honest, I don't know if Huang Wan and Kuai Yue underestimated the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and Runan.
What's right is that these two armies did not say anything about their battle formations, and their discipline was not enforced very well. But one thing Huang Wan didn't expect was that both of these armies survived fighting on the Yingyang battlefield. Huang Wan's old pawns were able to fight against each other's main armies in the face of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, but the soldiers in Huang Wan's hands were really hard to say.
But no matter what, the viewings from both sides of the battlefield continued like this, with both sides perfecting their military strategies.
At this moment, Huang Wan saw a rider coming out from the opposite side. He was saying something in front of the formation, but he couldn't hear it clearly. Then the man threw a roll of silk and walked away.
The Han soldiers on the front line picked up the silk book. Anyone who knew the calligraphy immediately passed the silk book back to Huang Wan.
Huang Wan only read the title on the silk book, "Feng Tian Quest for the Han Dynasty and Promulgated the Four Directions", and blood rushed to his brain. When he read the specific content, his hands were shaking with anger.
The whole article is only 528 words long, each word is critical and every word is heart-breaking.
Huang Wan, as an elite member of the Han Dynasty, naturally understood the power of this appeal. It can be said that the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty's divine power was stripped to pieces by this appeal. It is hard to say whether the Han Dynasty will perish in the future, but there will be no more It is sacred at all. But the Han Dynasty is no longer destined by destiny. When the time comes, I don’t know how many people will be emperors and how many will be kings.
All of this was caused by the Taishan Army on the opposite side. Thinking of this, Huang Wan aroused a murderous intention, and must crush all these unfaithful and unfilial people to ashes in order to relieve his hatred.
So, Huang Wan waved his hand, and thirty-six cowhide drums were beaten behind him, and the sound of the drums spread throughout the battlefield. Everyone tightened their spears and swords in their hands, and some even knelt on the ground at this moment, facing a certain I prayed in the direction that I could survive this war.
The dust blown by the strong wind flew and circled over the battlefield, blocking the sight. The front row leaders of the two armies began to boost the morale of the front rows. Following the command of the drums and flags, they began to drive towards each other with heavy steps.
The wind and sand are getting stronger, and almost nothing can be seen, only the shadowy figures are densely pressed on the opposite side. The breath is freezing, and the distance is getting closer. At this moment, no matter how brave the person is, a thought will flash across his mind, how many people will be here? Spend your last days, and may I be one of them.
It is very strange that the direction the Han army attacked was not the Runan or Yingchuan Yellow Turbans, but the Guan Yu formation at the front.
Guan Yu's formation commanded 2,000 men, organized into a system of two divisions and ten tunes. The commanders of the left and right divisions were Li Damu and Dian Wei.
Li Damu's generals on the left are Zhang Nan, Guo Mo on the front, Tao Yong on the middle, Ma Bao on the back, and Li Jing on the right. Needless to say, these configurations are all capable of fighting. Zhang Nan has always been resourceful.
He is good at fighting and is the chief of Li Damu's department. Then Guo Mo was specially transferred from Wei Zhou's department in order to form a new army. He has made many achievements in the war and is unparalleled in fighting with an iron spear. Then there is Tao Yong, who is sworn in with Zhang Chong.
Seventy-five old brothers, loyal and experienced. Ma Bao and Li Jing are both new generals, both of whom joined the army after the Battle of Yingyang. One of them is brave and the other is a light assassin, and they were also selected by Zhang Chong to join the new army.
The army became a general.
Originally, Ma Bao's Yingyang Camp and Li Jing's Xiangcheng Camp were both independent camp leaders, but to be honest, these camp leaders were all miscellaneous. They seemed to be independent, but in fact their prospects were not as good as those of Zhang Chong's main force. But now Ma Bao and Li Jingneng
It is a good fortune to join Guan Yu's army as a general. Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that the two of them are really capable. After all, Zhang Chong's eyes can never mistake a warrior.
If Li Damu's generals are all star-studded, then Dianwei's men are not far behind. Because Dianwei's men had a bloody battle with the main force of Rencheng State on the bank of Pu River, and both of his generals died in the battle, they checked at Zhang Chong.
A reinforcement department of thousands of people was reorganized.
Zhang Chong arranged a group of generals for Dian Wei, including Gao Ya for the left song, Wu Zi for the front song, Zhu Ying for the middle song, Wu Rong for the back song, and Chen Guang for the right song. Except for Chen Guang, he was from Yingchuan.
, all of them were from Yanzhou, so it was easier for Dian Wei, who was also from Yanzhou, to command.
Gao Ya and Wu Zi are both Lu Bu's main generals in the future. It can be said that their abilities have been tested by history. As for Zhu Ying and Wu Rong, one is a hero without salt and the other is an old Taiping Taoist from Pinglu. Their abilities are no less than Gao. Wu Er
He is just a man with little experience. Finally, Chen Guang is a ranger from Bicheng, who is skilled in bow and spear. The one with the highest combat power among the five is also a first-rate warrior specially matched by Zhang Chong for Dian Wei.
If you have strong generals, you will naturally have sharp soldiers. More than 70% of Guan Yu's army is wearing armor, and the rest who are not wearing armor are archers, a total of 600 people. And the whole army is also old soldiers, and half of them are old soldiers.
Coming from the Taishan area, it can be said that this kind of legion is the only one under Zhang Chong that is as good at fighting as his own army.
The Han army on the opposite side had no idea that they were facing such an army with terrifying combat power.
At this time, the Hedong soldiers in the front row on the left side of the Han army were wearing armor and lined up in a neat queue. Then the leader on the left side began to shout encouragement:
"Everyone cheer up, we Hedong Han are the number one soldiers in the Three Rivers. Our ancestors have killed the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qiang people for generations. Now we kill those Taishan people to death. In this battle, we must capture enough prisoners. These people will not only give
Our farming is a way for us to show off our heroic deeds to our descendants. What can be more honorable than defeating the thieves, winning meritorious service, and returning home with a full load? But if any of you loses the face of us Hedong people, let alone military law, I will
I will pull out your intestines and strangle you to death."
The words of the platoon leader stimulated the Hedong soldiers to scream. They could already see the military uniforms, drums, and horns on the opposite side. They could even hear their heavy snorting and the neighing of the horses of the soldiers beside them.
However, the Hedong soldiers and the Yanzhou soldiers stopped when they were less than 300 steps away from the Taishan army. They continued to organize the army's formation and rearranged the somewhat chaotic crab formation into order. It was obvious that the other side had no intention of taking the initiative to attack.
When Shi stepped forward, it only squeezed the Taishan Army's battlefield space, making it impossible for them to change their attack route.
At this time, in the Taishan Army on the opposite side, Guan Yu was sitting astride a divine horse. He had just led his fifty-horse guards to cruise on both sides of the formation, constantly checking the situation of the formation, and trying his best to ensure that all soldiers could
See him and let them understand that he, Guan Yu, will always fight side by side with his brothers.
In fact, generally speaking, Guan Yu should not appear next to the infantry with fifty cavalry, because this will affect the morale of the infantry. In the traditional army, the status of cavalry is naturally higher than that of infantry.
Whether it is riding requirements or financial strength, there is no doubt about this.
So what will happen? The infantry will be worried about fighting. As long as something goes wrong, the cavalry will abandon them and leave. Whether it is the troops being abandoned by the prince, or the conscripts being abandoned by the military officials,
Those are all fatal. Therefore, some generals will never use them alone if there is only a small number of cavalry, because their benefits are definitely less than the damage to the morale of the army. They will choose to dismount the cavalry and stand side by side with the infantry.
Fighting to show the meaning of living together and dying together.
This can be shown from the behavior of the powerful troops of the Han army on the opposite side. There are also some cavalry in the four formations on each wing of the Han army, a total of nineteen powerful troops, but in addition to the messengers who communicate with the central army,
, one by one of the others chose to dismount and fight on foot with their own troops.
Are these powerful men afraid of death? Aren't they worried that if they are defeated and have no horses, they will not be able to escape? That is definitely a worry. But the power of Gyeonggi is one thing different from the power of other places, that is, they have not deteriorated yet.
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It’s not that their moral standards are higher than elsewhere, but because the reputation of Pinping’s family is stronger in Gyeonggi. In this era when a good reputation means a good future, every child of a wealthy family has been educated since childhood to be a gentleman and be honest in every word and deed.
It must conform to the moral norms of this era.
This was the worst era in the previous two hundred years. The Han Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles and was seriously ill. But it was also the best era in the next two hundred years. Compared with the despicable people in the future, this group of children from aristocratic families at this time can be regarded as the last golden quality of the Han Dynasty.
Guan Yu soon saw the formation on the opposite side standing still. The tall war horses and his majestic body gave him a high enough field of vision. Although he was unexpectedly restrained by the opposite side, Guan Yu didn't care.
The soldiers of the Chinese army had already told him Commander Qu's military strategy for this battle. Guan Yu, who had already made up his mind, narrowed his eyes, picked up the horn beside the saddle and blew it, and then he hurriedly led the rangers into the formation.
Already.
Compared with the charge horn with a simple horn, using five-color flags in the formation and sending signals by matching the flags with the flags definitely requires more information, so Guan Yu had to rush into the formation to calmly dispatch all his troops.
Here Guan Yu entered the battle, and over there the front troops who heard the captain's attack horn had already taken action.
At the front of the formation are Dian Wei's former general Wu Zi, on the right; Li Damu's former general Guo Mo, on the left. Both of them are in the right corner of the square. It's not that they are afraid of death, but that they have reached the point where they have led two hundred
After a person enters military service, management and dispatching abilities are more important than military bravery.
Zhang Chong's ability assessment for military officers in the army has different requirements according to different levels. He roughly divides general officers into three levels, starting from corps commanders, generals, and team generals, all of which are grassroots military officials;
Generals and generals are all middle-level military officials; further up, captains, captains, and lieutenants are all high-level military officials.
Like the grassroots military officers, Zhang Chong's selection and assessment criteria are who is braver and who can fight better. What he wants is a warrior who dares to fight and fight. Other dispatching abilities and military strategy abilities are not valued much. But when he reaches the middle level,
For military officials, Zhang Chong’s selection and assessment criteria were based on the ability to organize and command military formations. As for combat skills, military strategy ability would be looked at later. Finally, there were high-level military officials. At that time, only the top military officials were evaluated and selected.
One criterion is whether you have a unique military strategy. Whether you can understand the geography of mountains and rivers, and whether you can distinguish the true and false of yin and yang.
Of course, having said all this, the battlefield is still material in the end. The more capable you are of killing and fighting, the better.
Guo Mo and Wu Zi are both old middle-level military officials. They have long lost the mentality of young people who want to be the first to kill everyone. Guo Mo came out of the army, step by step, and has a solid foundation. Wu Zi has a solid foundation.
The hero of Bu Qu was born with strong management ability. Later, when he defeated Xuchang, he was the general who turned the tide under the city, so the two of them walked along the phalanx in a leisurely manner.
After marching fifty steps, the two square formations were already about two hundred steps away from the Han army. At this moment, the leaders of the upper right corner of the two formations took the lead in shooting an arrow.
The arrow landed about twenty steps in front of the Han army's formation. This arrow was also a calibration arrow to determine the distance for the archers behind, so when the arrow ended.
The archers who were advancing with the soldiers on both sides on the left immediately, led by the military officers, took twenty steps forward and began to fire rapidly. The dense arrows covered the Han formation, but occasionally someone fell to the ground, because the front row on the opposite side
He is also an armored man. For this kind of armored man, this kind of arrow rain can't do much damage.
Seeing the Taishan Army firing, the archers of the powerful troops on both wings of the Han Army on the opposite side also began to fight back. The Taishan Army's Guan Yu Department was directly covered by a cross rain of arrows, but it also harassed the enemy far more than it hurt the enemy.
While the archers on both sides were firing, Guo Mo and Wu Zi did not stop and continued to walk towards the Han soldiers. According to Guan Yu's military strategy before the war, once the war started, they would use the length of the rifle in their hands regardless of the situation.
Advantage, the first to contact the enemy, the purpose is to drill into the depth of the Han army's formation, and try to separate the contact between the Hedong soldiers and Yanzhou soldiers on the opposite side as much as possible.
Opposite Guo Mo and Wu Zi were four hundred men from Lu Qian's tribe in the Yanzhou army of the Han army, and two hundred men from Guanqiu Xing in the Hedong army. Guanqiu Xing was a man from Wenxi in Hedong, and would rank high among the Dukes of Cao and Wei in the future.
position, but now he is just a son of a good family joining the army. He has just been reorganized into a leader of two hundred people, and he is still a young man.
Lu Qian and Guan Qiu Xing were both self-motivated and brave men, and they both chose to be at the front with the warriors in the army. When they were forming a team here, when they saw the other side driving towards them regardless, the two had a direct disagreement due to personality reasons.
Lu Qian had been wasting his time since the battle with the Taishan Army on the Pu River. He had gone south to the Huangfusong Camp before, and wanted to take that road to make a comeback. However, the battle at Yingyang turned out to be a dream, and the main force of the Han army was defeated.
Huangfu Song himself was seriously injured and unconscious. Without appreciation, Lu Qian could not move forward, and was finally sent back to the shogunate where Huang Wan was the pastor in Yanzhou. Later, Huang Wan recovered from his illness and needed warriors. He knew that Lu Qian had fought against two enemy generals.
, he took him as his confidant and brought him all the way to the Xingyang battlefield.
Lu Qian wasted for a long time, and the more he dealt with the Taishan Army, the more cautious he became. So he chose to maintain the original formation and wait for the Taishan Army on the opposite side to attack on his own. As long as he held firm, the phalanx on both wings would automatically attack the enemy. Military side waist.
But unfortunately, the young and energetic Guanqiu Xing obviously has his own opinions.
He suddenly made a decision that accelerated the battle to a fever pitch.
I saw him suddenly shouting to his subordinates:
"Bring me the prisoner's mouth."
After saying that, two big and round men took off a bloody man from a cart. Apparently, the Han army and the Taishan army had also captured prisoners on the opposite side during a small-scale operation to compete for key points on the battlefield.
The prisoner captured by Guanqiu Xing was one of the group of Xingyang packmen who led the way for the Taishan Army. After being tortured by Guanqiu Xing to obtain all the information, he was kept by Guanqiu Xing for his own use.
Guan Qiu Xing had already climbed onto his horse. When he passed by the packman, he bent down and carried the prisoner with one arm, and rushed towards Wu Zi's military formation on the opposite side.
The ease with which he raised his hands just now shows that Guanqiu Xing has superb equestrian skills and physical strength. He is worthy of being a hero who can fight hard to reach that position in Cao Wei.
He held the prisoner's mouth and rushed to the front of Wu Zi's army on Pegasus. At this time, Wu Zi's army had not yet put down their rifles, and then they saw a black image coming towards them.
Many people subconsciously put down their buns, and then saw a person strung up on these forest of buns. This man's chest, abdomen, and thighs were full of holes, and he was already dead and could no longer die. .Just as Wu Zi's front-line soldiers were in shock and confusion, Guan Qiu Xing rode his horse and ran in completely, rushing in through the gap crushed by the corpse.
As soon as his unparalleled horse entered the formation, it was like a strong wind, knocking five or six foot soldiers to the ground. The horse under Guanqiu Xing's crotch was stabbed in the formation and went crazy. It jumped like crazy, making Wu Zi There was chaos.
It wasn't over yet. Behind Guan Qiu Xing, more than 20 horsemen followed. They followed the gap opened by Guan Qiu Xing and poured in wildly.
Just like this, before Wu Zi could react or even release his steps, the formation began to fall into chaos.
If Zhang Chong were here, he would definitely appreciate Guanqiu Xing. His tactical style is very similar to the three fierce tactics of the Taishan Army in the early years. Rush, fight, and chase, which means beating the master to death with random punches to disrupt the situation. Guan Yu only The School Lieutenant Division is Zhang Chong's new formation, which uses the tactics of platooning and carrying the line. It is quite satisfactory, and it is really afraid of Guanqiu Xing.
At this time, Guanqiu Xing, who rushed into the formation and stirred up chaos, was also frightened and shouting. At every step, there were a dozen hands trying to drag him down, and every moment there were a dozen short blades stabbing him. All of these were shaken off by Guanqiu Xing. At this moment, he was especially grateful to the old army in the village for letting him practice swinging on his horse regardless of the cold or summer. It was this boyish skill that allowed him to have enough instincts to cover everything. of stabbing.
The Taishan soldiers in Wu Zi's formation were also veterans. They all took out short blades to stab the Han knight, but unfortunately these weapons could not cause much damage to Guanqiu Xing's armor.
As for why Taishan's army doesn't use foot soldiers? Now the foot soldiers are all standing upright and people are crowded, so they can't use them at all.
In short, whether Guan Qiu Xing intended it or not, his risky behavior brought huge rewards. Wu Zibu, who had a strict and orderly formation, began to waver. The front of the entire line was dented, as if it had been struck by a wedge. Then it fell apart.
The battle soon turned into a massacre. The too-long rifle became a complete burden in this kind of close-to-face fighting. Not only was it useless, it also occupied one of the soldiers' hands. More than 20 Han cavalry easily He struck the Taishan soldier on the neck with the ring-headed sword in his hand, as if he was chopping wood.
Wu Zi, who was commanding at the end of the formation, was caught off guard by the chaos. He was stunned for a quarter of an hour before he was shaken awake by the guards. He quickly calmed down and ordered the hundred people from the right camp behind him to move their rifles diagonally. , and then used the gap in front to poke the Han cavalry who rushed into the formation.
However, Wu Zi did not see it due to the problem of vision. In fact, there were still many places in Zuotun forming a circular formation in the chaos. Under the leadership of their respective corps commanders, they directly cut off the steps in half, and then Attacking the sparse Han cavalry with broken spears.
But unfortunately Wu Zi couldn't see it. He thought Zuo Tun was doomed. So he made this decision, and his decision really ruined the remaining people in Zuo Tun.
The generals in Youtun received Wu Zi's military order and hurriedly ordered their subordinates to fight. Then hundreds of people shoulder to shoulder, like a huge wave crashing towards the Han cavalry who were still fighting.
The Han cavalry that rushed into the formation had long since lost their impact, and could only sit on their horses and slash down at the Taishan Army. Now a row of soldiers came up from the right, and they immediately became fixed targets.
More and more Han cavalry were picked to death by the forest of Bu Li without much resistance. The frightened horses once again ran away along the gap. They did not understand what creature could have such thick and long fangs.
Guanqiu Xing was no longer the leading Han cavalryman. On the contrary, as soon as he broke the formation and rushed in, he began to jump on his horse and walk back.
Guanqiu Xing never thought that just relying on more than 20 cavalry could destroy the thousands-man formation on the opposite side. The reason why he did this was to lower the morale of the Taishan Army before the battle, but more importantly, in front of the entire army, If he raises his horse and rushes into battle, his bravery will be passed down to the army.
After accomplishing this, Guanqiu Xing showed no interest in fighting. He turned around and returned to the army with a flag carried by a general of the Taishan Army, leaving more than 20 soldiers who had followed him into battle and could only wait to die.
These people are still too young and too impulsive.
But the joy of Wu Zibu of the Taishan Army did not last long. They found that many Paozes were injured and fell to the ground in front of them. They were about to stop the rescue. But the Paozes of Youtun behind them could not see the situation in front of them at all. They still Following the commander's previous military orders, people crowded together and pushed forward.
Pao Ze at the front wanted to shout, but he was quickly pushed forward by the people behind him. The ones in front of them who had a view tried to get out of the way of Pao Ze on the ground. But the people at the back had no idea that a pair of feet were stepping on these injured people. These people cried out in pain at first, but were soon submerged in the crowd and trampled to death.
Soon some military officials discovered something was wrong, and immediately beat the drums to stop the advance of each row. The soldiers in the front row also shouted to the back, but it was not as effective as the military drums. This is the situation in the army, the people's voices are like a Buddha. No one could hear what was being shouted. Only the unique military drums and flags were the ears and eyes of these nervous soldiers.
In this way, Wu Ziqu Youtun's hundred troops stopped one after another, but the tragedy was irreversible. At least a dozen wounded soldiers had just been trampled to death by their own robes.
The original Zuotun hundred-man team was killed or hacked to death by Guanqiu Xing with 20 cavalry, and then more than ten people were trampled to death by his own troops. Half of them were lost, and the rest were injured. half.
In other words, a quarter of an hour after the war started, before the two armies came into contact, the formation of a village under Wu Zi's command was dispersed.
This is war, no one knows which will come first, victory or accident.