Chapter five hundred and fiftieth chapters will be sharp divided
"My soldiers are like fire. If I don't fight, I will burn myself." [Zuo Zhuan·Yin Gong 4th Year]
Zhao Yun's infantry battalion also moved forward. Although there were not many soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao felt heavy pressure. Gao Shun's fighter planes were very good. Wen Chou's front army had been scattered by the northern and southern armies, and Yuan Shao sent reinforcements again.
Momentarily frightened by the cavalry, only Yuan Shao's personal soldiers were left. At this time, if Wen Chou was completely defeated, or the reinforcements such as Lu Kuang were defeated, Yuan Shao would be completely defeated.
Yuan Shao's attention at this time was completely focused on Gao Shun and others. He could only hope that Wen Chou could live up to his reputation as a general and reverse the situation at the last moment. However, in battlefield duels, it is often a small decision that determines the outcome. Yuan Shao
The idea of trying to recall Lu Kuang and withdrawing troops for defense was shaken by Guo Tu and others in a short period of time. The reason given by the other party was also very sufficient: "At this time, we must work hard and fight against the enemy. How can anyone retreat easily with a gold medal?"
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In this short period of time, the emperor's deployment was being completed step by step. At this time, as Gao Shun led the middle base, Sheng Sheng, Huben and other troops to press forward, Jiang Xuan, the commander of the left-wing cavalry school,
The offensive also became rapid and violent. With more than 3,000 troops, he shouldered all the military pressure on the left wing. The impact of his iron cavalry was more powerful than the Changshui and Yulin cavalry that formed the right wing.
Originally, the Chou rear army could barely withstand it, but now Pang De, Zhang Meng and other generals personally led the troops into the formation and entered the formation many times. Without the generals in charge, the rear army could no longer disperse and reunite, retreating again and again.
, began to run like crazy towards the camp behind him, and unpreparedly disrupted the formation of Lu Kuang and other reinforcements.
When Zhang Meng saw the chaos in the opponent's camp, he ignored Wen Chou's former army and Gao Shun and other troops were fighting in a stalemate. He rode his horse forward and killed several generals of Yuan's army with his own hands, forcing the deserters to attack the enemy's camp like herds of sheep.
The emperor's tactics of arranging troops have always been about "precisely combining and winning by surprise". If the opponent takes the initiative to attack, use the sound battalion to suppress the opponent, and then the infantry and middle base battalion will attack. During the melee, the cavalry will be divided into left and right wings.
Go around the enemy's rear and attack from both front and rear. If it is our own attack, we will also use the tactics of combining right and wrong, and mixing infantry and cavalry to finally achieve encirclement and annihilation.
Wen Chou held the knife in his hand and had just cut off the arm of a lone Tiger soldier. Before he could stop his hand, Wen Chou moved to the side to avoid the thrust of a spear. He cursed and stretched out his left hand to catch
The gun handle, which had run out of momentum, pulled back with all its strength, dragging the man forward. Then he retracted the right hand holding the knife in time, and the blade hit the opponent's neck head-on.
The opponent's infantry will not run away like ordinary soldiers. They will choose the opportunity to avoid the impact of the cavalry, and then form a formation in twos and threes, using the number of people to reduce the space for the cavalry to attack. Once the cavalry loses their speed advantage, they will follow the cavalry on horseback.
There was no difference between the targets. Soon Wen Chou's attempt to use cavalry to break up the enemy's formation was frustrated by the opponent's skilled and well-prepared tactics within this short distance.
But at this time, Wen Chou could only continue to move forward. Since he could not use the cavalry to kill the opponent for the time being, he could only take the path of beheading the general.
"General! The enemy general is there!"
A soldier reminded Wen Chou, and it was no wonder that he could see the opponent's general at a glance among the thousands of troops. In fact, the divine green horse and the armor-covered body were too conspicuous.
Wen Chou perked up and took a closer look. Gao Shun had indeed overpowered Yan Yan, Ju Jun and others. He raised his knife, pointed the direction for the riders behind him, and shouted: "Kill!"
Gao Shun also saw Wen Chou with a fierce look on his side. Seeing this, the soldiers around him shouted to defend him, but Gao Shun stopped him: "If you want to protect me, what should I do on horseback?"
The generals of each battalion looked at Gao Shun in surprise. They all felt that Gao Shun seemed a little unusual today, as if he had secretly drank before going into battle. But the Tiger Soldiers were happy. They were not used to the Northern Army's emphasis on multiple arms.
United, fighting in a slow and huddled style, seeing the leader Gao Shun make a rare move, everyone followed Gao Shun and strode forward to attack.
Gao Shun raised his arm to hold the knife that was coming down in front of him, pushed it back with all his strength, and then raised his arm to stab him, but Wen Chou stopped him with his knife. Wen Chou was slightly stronger than Gao Shun, and he had a crazy smile on his lips.
It was obvious that Gao Shun was having a harder time than him. But Gao Shun was still unyielding. He clamped his legs on the horse's belly. When the two horses were staggering, he held the spear in both hands and stabbed back hard. The handle of the spear hit Wen Chou hard on the back.
on the armor.
Wen Chou leaned forward and felt pain for a moment. Gao Shun immediately jumped on his horse and turned around to stab him.
"That's all you can do!" Wen Chou raised his sword to block the attack and fought with Gao Shun for several rounds.
Gao Shun's eyes were full of fighting spirit. He seemed to have gone back many years ago, when he first followed Lu Bu to fight against the Hu people in Bingzhou after joining the army, charging into battle. With Lu Bu, Zhang Liao could gallop freely among the enemy troops.
In comparison, Gao Shun is not good at rushing into battle.
Recalling the past, Gao Shun remembered that Lu Bu once said to him: "I never believe that any military formation can stop ten thousand enemies. One day, you will encounter such a thing. At that time, the only thing that can save you is the gun in your hands and your body."
dismount the horse.'
"Sure enough." Gao Shun reined in his horse and took a step back with regret. He was temporarily at a disadvantage in the fight with Wen Chou. Every time he attacked and killed, he relied on his own equestrian skills and excellent armor. At this time, he was still able to take advantage of his kung fu and fight with Wen Chou.
Wen Chou spoke to attract the other person's attention: "Not everyone can be as brave as him, even I can only do this."
Although Gao Shun's behavior of imitating Lu Bu's sudden attack was radical, it was well thought out. He never thought that he could single-handedly kill the enemy general. He just wanted to use this to lure Wen Chou into a tight siege. He looked at the middle camp beside the opponent.
There were more and more soldiers without realizing it. Gao Shun suddenly wanted to say that when encountering this kind of thing, the military formation is always more reliable than a gun in hand and a horse on the ground.
"What?" Wen Chou asked in confusion.
Gao Shun did not answer his words, but patted his horse for the last time, straightened up his long spear and stabbed him. Accompanied by this, there was a sudden flash of silver-white sword light around Wen Chou and a black shadow of the tip of the spear passing rapidly.
Yuan Shao, who was watching the battle from a distance, had already changed his expression. Now that all the Northern and Southern armies on the opposite side were pressing forward, it was too late for Wen Chou and other troops to retreat back to the camp. The only way to stabilize the situation was to disrupt Zhang Meng and others' cavalry as soon as possible and unite with Wen Chou.
When he saw that Wen Chou ignored the general's command and dispatch responsibilities at this critical moment and instead ran out to fight, he couldn't help but angrily cursed: "What is he doing!"
"Gongzhi, order Han Xun to lead the troops to surround the cavalry. As long as the heavily armored cavalry cannot run away, it will not be a problem!" Yuan Shao hurriedly ordered: "Let more people in the camp shoot at those light cavalry.
Crossbow arrows, Lu Kuang doesn’t need to pay attention to anything, and responds to the Chou rear army below to calm down the chaos immediately!"
The current situation is that Wen Chou's left and right wing cavalry were defeated by the imperial cavalry, and then the army was intercepted by the cavalry. The whole army fell into chaos and was on the verge of collapse. But Wen Chou mistakenly thought that the way back was cut off, so instead of calmly commanding, he acted
He made a wrong decision and led the front army into the impregnable Northern Army formation, thus widening the distance from the rear army.
The already chaotic rear army was leaderless and farther and farther away from the front army led by Wen Chou. Driven by the imperial cavalry, they had no choice but to retreat in panic towards the Yuan Army camp, which seriously hindered the assistance operations of Han Xun, Lu Kuang and other troops.
"Ming Gong." Guo Tu glanced at the battlefield anxiously and made a quick decision in his mind: "In front of the camp, Han Xun and other reinforcements are mixed with the rebels, and their command is poor. From time to time, there are also cavalry intrusion.
Wen Chou ventured in and the situation became critical..."
"What on earth are you going to say?" Yuan Shao asked with his heart skipping a beat.
Pang Ji immediately replied: "What Mr. Guo means is that it is inevitable that today's battle will be unfavorable, and now we need to preserve our strength."
Yuan Shao stopped talking. Yan Liang and Wen Chou were originally his generals and his confidants. No one in the army was more trusted by Yuan Shao than these two people. Now that Yan Liang's formation is gone, if even Wen Chou dies
Of the many generals and commanders under Yuan Shao’s command, who can he still trust?
The messenger on the side looked at the few people hesitantly, wondering whether they should go out. Guo Tu waved his hand to the messenger with a calm expression, indicating that he would stay here and wait.
"Wait a minute." Yuan Shao suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him. He looked at Guo Tu, Pang Ji and other counselors, and said: "Let Han Xun and others go out to collect the defeated troops, resist the enemy cavalry, and then keep a peek at the battle situation ahead. If
If it is favorable, we will choose the opportunity to respond."
When the interruption continues.
Pang Ji deeply hated Yuan Shao for being indecisive and hesitant. He hated that he still couldn't see the situation clearly and missed good opportunities. His annoyance was almost written on his face. In comparison, Guo Tu was much calmer and seemed to have become accustomed to Yuan Shao's behavior.
He sighed softly and suddenly remembered that if Tian Feng were here, there would probably be another quarrel.
General Zhang Meng of Yulin Zhonglang led more than 8,000 Yulin cavalry and more than 3,000 Changshui cavalry to advance rapidly on the battlefield. He was not reluctant to fight. He retreated calmly as soon as he succeeded in attacking. He only focused on breaking up and defeating the enemy's organization, killing and wounding.
Wen Chou's rear army had no backbone. Generals such as Han Xun and Lu Kuang, who had just left the camp, had no time to organize an effective defense. Zhang Meng had already attacked them several times.
Lu Kuang couldn't bear it any longer. After ordering his men to cooperate with the main camp to fire a round of arrows to drive back the enemy cavalry, he ordered a killing spree and cut his way through the stragglers. He didn't have time to organize his formation, so he rushed away and returned.
Zhang Meng came back and killed him.
He wanted to use the hundreds of cavalry, spearmen, and crossbowmen in his hands to fight Zhang Meng to the death. Unexpectedly, Zhang Meng just made a false shot, and before he could reach Lu Kuang's troops, he moved his horse to break up the troops. Lu Kuang
, Han Xun and other soldiers and horses rushed towards the most chaotic junction. How could that chaotic area withstand the impact of more than ten thousand cavalry, not to mention that there was a coordinated attack by the cavalry camp on the other side of the area.
Whether it was Wen Chou's army that was defeated or the soldiers and horses of Lu Kuang, Han Xun and others, after seeing the terrifying sight of thousands of galloping cavalry, light cavalry and heavy cavalry being flanked by two sides, in fear, someone among them shouted, and everyone
It seemed that he had to run away to the camp with all his life. Zhang Meng followed him in. It was as if he was entering a deserted land.
"Pang De!" Zhang Meng shouted on his horse.
Pang De, the captain of Changshui School, followed closely behind him and loudly agreed.
They had made an agreement in advance, and without any further words at this time, Pound turned around and led more than 3,000 Changshuiying Cavalry under his command to break away from the Yu Linqi team and go straight to Wen Chou's undefended rear.
"No!" Pang Ji shouted from the watchtower. Regardless of his dignity and manners, he reached out and grabbed Yuan Shao's wrist, and said excitedly: "It can't be done! Ming Gong quickly recruits Lu Kuang and other troops back to the camp!"
But Guo Tu said from the side: "You can't call for gold! At this time, you should immediately order Lu Kuang and Han Xun to join forces and move inward to intercept Yu Linqi. Otherwise, they will go straight between the two and cooperate with the Tunqi to break out from behind.
, Han Xun will be defeated! By then, his lips will be dead and his teeth will be cold, and Lu Kuang will be in danger. Now it is not about the gains and losses of Wen Chou and his army, but about the victory of the battle in Hebei. Suddenly, I hope Ming Gong will learn from it!"
"This this……"
In the panic of the two men, Yuan Shao also saw two cavalry trying to divide Han Xun and Lu Kuang. The total number of troops led by the two of them was only 20,000, while the number of Yu Lin, Chang Shui and other cavalry was
There are more than 15,000 men. Even with a strong force, they can't defeat him, let alone being divided and attacked by the opponent. Especially since the opponent still has enough energy to detach a cavalry force to raid Wen Chou's back, trying to encircle and annihilate Wen Chou with Gao Shun.
It can be seen that the imperial court is extremely confident that it can defeat many with less and annihilate his main force here in one fell swoop.
Guo Tu was right, now is really not the time to care about Wen Chou's life and death. Yuan Shao said urgently: "Quickly, order Han Xun and Lu Kuang to join forces to defend the enemy. Send all the remaining soldiers and horses in the camp! I will lead it myself.
Soldier!"
Now that Yuan Shao's main force has been used up, even Wen Chou's battle consists of elite soldiers mixed with ordinary soldiers. How can Yuan Shao squeeze out enough elite soldiers, unless he forces the tens of thousands of untrained civilians in the camp to be sent in. The military order has been
Next, at least Yuan Shao gathered thousands of soldiers and horses as the last support army, with his most elite Chinese army guards as the backbone.
Lu Kuang's pursuit of Zhang Meng was regarded as conscientious, but the consequences were extremely serious. With his movement, the defeated troops on the battlefield were finally able to escape from the gap exposed between Lu Kuang and Han Xun, causing the two of them that should have
The combined reinforcements were completely disrupted.
After all, it was Han Xun who was brave enough to make a prompt decision under the attack of Tunqi and Yu Lin. He retreated while fighting, and joined forces with Lu Kuang, trying to 'eat' the defeated troops in the middle. As long as he returned to the formation, the defeated troops calmed down
After coming down, it will become their supplementary strength.
It wasn't just the defeated soldiers who escaped from the battlefield who were about to be 'eaten'. Zhang Meng was charging vigorously between the two armies. Only when he was reminded by his own soldiers did he realize the hidden danger. He immediately gave up on intersecting the two armies.
The tactical intention among the attackers was to get out in time after leaving hundreds of corpses behind.
Lu Kuang no longer dared to chase rashly at this time. He saw the Yulin Cavalry coming and going like the wind, and the Tunqi camp moving like the mountains. His scalp felt numb when he thought of the destructive power they had brought.
It's not that Yuan's army didn't have enough cavalry. In addition to the Karasuma cavalry, which was lured with a lot of money, and the remnants of Gongsun Zan's assault cavalry, Yuan Shao also had thousands of Jizhou cavalry. In the first battle, they were responsible for Wen Chou's cavalry.
The Karasuma Cavalry, tasked with guarding the left and right wings of the army, was defeated in the Battle of Yulin because of their arrogance and underestimation of the enemy. Not long after the return of the Youzhou Cavalry, the morale of the army was uncertain. When they saw the overwhelming force of the Tun Cavalry camp, they were so frightened that they even
The enemy's Jizhou Cavalry formation was dispersed.
Nowadays, the battlefield is full of ownerless horses, but there are not many cavalry left that truly belong to Yuan's army.
Lu Kuang thought of how the army came with great momentum and was defeated suddenly, as if in a dream.
At this time, when Generals Pang De and Zhao Yun led their troops to Gao Shun's army to support him, Gao Shun did his duty and killed Wen Chou, who was still struggling, with a stab from his horse at the cost of injuring his right arm.
"First Yan Liang, then you, there is no one in Yuan Shao's army!" After Gao Shun finished speaking, he gave the last blow to the dying Wen Chou.
Yuan Shao killed the troops in time when the northern and southern armies officially joined together and advanced steadily. He was joined by Lu Kuang, Han Xun and other troops. Behind him, there were countless flags waving, smoke billowing, and shouting. It seemed that there were tens of thousands of troops eager to go into battle.
.At this time, Lu Kuang and other soldiers had digested and pacified many of the defeated troops, and there were more than 20,000 troops outside the camp, forming a tense situation with the looming soldiers in the camp.