King Fan asked about the conversation just now, raised his big finger and said: "This move is really clever. Even if it cannot make Zhao Jun withdraw, it can weaken his fighting spirit."
He Ran smiled slightly and said: "Give him some time, as soon as he withdraws the king, he will immediately take advantage of the chaos and attack."
Fan Wang said: "I just use this little time to show you a good show. Before the battle, we can do a 'capture formation' to show our courage. The attacker sends a team of ten people to attack, and the opponent sends a team of fifty people to attack. The attacker breaks through the siege.
Victory is achieved by blocking the enemy's formation, and neither side is allowed to send more troops during this period."
When He Ran heard about this rule for the first time, he was very interested. "I want to watch this. I don't want to see such interesting things like fighting on the grassland."
"After mutual attacks and defenses, a battle will begin. You'd better go up the mountain with Dachaqi first to have a clearer view."
He Ran knew that he was concerned about his own safety, so he smiled and said: "Don't be busy, I also have a good show for your Majesty to watch before we seize the battle."
King Fan was a little surprised and said: "Could it be that you also had some interesting rules before the battle in the Central Plains?"
He Ran shook his head and said: "That's not true, but since Dachaqi is on the verge of battle, we might as well let him show his majesty."
King Fan looked at him doubtfully, He Ran pretended to have a profound smile, called Bayan'er who was behind King Fan, and gave him a few instructions through Wan Jin's translator. Bayan'er excitedly retreated into the formation, congratulating
Then he immediately rode up to Da Cha Qi and said, "Which of the other generals does your Majesty dislike?"
Dachaqi was puzzled by its meaning and asked doubtfully: "What does this mean, military advisor?"
He Ran smiled and handed him a small flag and said: "It's nothing. If the Dachaqi doesn't like it, I will execute it for the Dachaqi. Dachaqi just needs to point it out to me."
Dachaqi only thought that he was showing his goodwill to him, and glanced at the generals in front of the enemy's formation, and said casually: "Zhege, this person has made disrespectful remarks about the God Guanling several times." His words were strong.
Fall, the Zhege he was referring to turned over and fell off his horse. This made him startled, and he looked at He Ran in surprise.
He Ran blinked and said, "Which one else?" Seeing Da Cha Qi looking at Xin Yan's Da Hong Ban, he hurriedly said, "Forget it Xin Yan, there are too many guards in front of him."
Dachaqi pointed his flag at another battalion again uneasily, "Chief of Guards Zha Lingqing, the bald one." This time, it was Zha Lingqing who fell, not the captain of guards, Dachaqi said hurriedly.
, "Wrong, wrong!"
He Ran whispered: "The Dacha flag only refers to the commanders of each team." He ordered Bayaner to only shoot the commander in the direction pointed by the Dacha flag.
Zhege suddenly fell from his horse, which frightened the surrounding officers. They had been watching Fan Wang, Dacha Banner and Yi Guo's military advisor. They saw Dacha Banner pointing at Zhege with his command flag, and Zhege died. They saw clearly that he was the middleman.
When the arrow died, these people could hardly believe their eyes. There were almost two arrows between the two sides. It is said that the opponent's bow and arrow would never be able to shoot here. In addition to the Dacha Banner giving this arrow magical power, it can also do other things.
What's the explanation? When Zha Lingqing was accused of being dead again, fear quickly spread. Some people raised their shields and others involuntarily stepped back.
When another centurion was shot to death, He Ran put it away and went up the mountain with Dacha Banner. Bayaner, who was hiding in the formation, felt unsatisfied and returned to King Fan to whisper what had just happened.
King Fan had actually guessed what was going on. He looked at He Ran's back and shook his head with a smile. Then he ordered someone to hold up a red flag and run around in front of the formation to signal that the opponent was about to seize the formation.
When He Ranceng rode up to Gaoqiu, three of the ten men sent by King Fan had arrived in front of the enemy's formation. According to the rules, the enemy could no longer pursue them. The two men rode back excitedly and cleared out more than twenty people in front of the formation.
After laying down the corpses, it was Xin Yan's turn to attack. He Ran's eyes did not look at the fierce battlefield but stared at Zhao Jun's camp, and ordered "beat the drum."
When three warriors from Xinyan's side were about to rush to King Fan's formation, he ordered his men to beat the second drum. Naturally, the sound of this drum was for Zhao Jiao. When the drums stopped, Zhao Jiao left Xinyantu.
Liang Zema ran towards his camp, and He Ran showed a smile. He had already planned to retreat from Zhao Jun before the battle. As long as Zhao Jun appeared in the camp, this strategy would probably work, unless King Zhao was determined to do so.
He had given instructions to the leading general before starting the war with Yi State. He knew Zhao Min. Zhao Min would not make this decision easily before the advantage turned into a victory. Even if he had a victory, he would try his best to take the blame for breaking the alliance.
If the blame is placed on Yi Guo, how can someone who aspires to the world allow himself to be stained with treachery as soon as he takes power?
Zhao Jiao finally decided to withdraw. After the first battle was defeated, he could still recover. After all, Xin Yan had the superior force, but if he became the one who broke the covenant with Zhao Yi, his life would be in danger.
The "capture of the formation" was over. Xin Yan was the first to attack. Amidst the sound of war drums, his left wing and the central army pressed forward at the same time. The sudden change forced Xin Yan to do this. The two armies were so close that they could not accommodate him.
The army retreated and had no choice but to fight forcefully.
He Ran could see clearly from the mountain and understood that the enemy wanted to use their superior strength to cover up the adjustment of the right wing. He decisively beat the third drum and pointed the flag directly at the enemy's right wing.
Zhao Jun retreated very slowly, and the enemy troops on the right slowly pressed up to fill the vacancies left by Zhao Jun. Even so, chaos was inevitable. Military orders could not be conveyed to everyone in a short period of time. Zhao Jun retreated with many soldiers.
In panic, King Fan's right wing launched a fierce attack, and Zhao Jun had to speed up his retreat, so that the entire right wing became a mess.
Xin Yan's luck was completely in vain. The right wing was defeated and the Chinese army was threatened. He could no longer gamble and ordered to withdraw. On one side, the trumpets were blaring and on the other side, the drums were pressing. Xin Yan's side had two or three thousand men responsible for cutting off the rear.
The warriors desperately resisted and tried to protect the army from safely evacuating. How could Fan Wang's soldiers miss the opportunity? Their fighting spirit doubled like wolves and tigers, and the right wing defeated the enemy in front of them. It was like a sharp iron hook that slanted into Xin Yan's Chinese army.
, the left wing also outflanked. Fan Wang's tactics are very clear, use the left and right wings to intercept as many enemy troops as possible, and then annihilate them together. Xin Yan's rear army is only more than ten miles away. If he pursues blindly, he will definitely be defeated by the opponent's rear.
A violent attack by the army is undesirable.
The killing only lasted for a meal, and the enemy's rescue army came to kill them. If the fighting continued, it would be a big showdown. He Ran ordered people to call Jin to send a message to King Fan. King Fan quickly ordered people to blow the horn to withdraw the troops, and they started fighting.
The soldiers in the middle gathered their formation unwillingly and watched as thousands of enemy soldiers fled back in embarrassment.
King Fan looked at the flags on the top of the mountain and listened with his ears pricked up. Now was the best time to pursue. These deserters were already frightened. If they were driven from behind, they would disrupt the formation of the rescue army. Maybe they could win a battle.
Full merit, as agreed in advance, King Fan is waiting for He Ran’s decision.
He Ran saw that the enemy's reinforcements slowed down after seeing a large number of remnant soldiers escaping back, and the Chinese army was firmly stationary with its wings stretched out. It was obvious that the commander of the army was very experienced and well prepared to meet the enemy's attack. He sighed secretly.
After a sigh of relief, he ordered people to fly the red and blue flags, and at the same time, the gold and drums sounded.
Hearing the sound of gold and drums, King Fan looked slightly disappointed. He waved his command flag and the army pressed forward. The 30,000 soldiers in the valley rode out and rushed towards the enemy's flanks. The enemy slowly retreated without any disorder in their formation.
This attack seems to be to test the enemy. As long as the enemy is in chaos, it will inevitably lead to a fierce pursuit. This is the most conventional tactics, but in fact it is just a show. The real purpose is to "show the enemy with reality".
Let Xin Yan see clearly that King Fan's army was all here. So when the enemy's formation was not chaotic, King Fan withdrew his army.
In this battle, more than 4,000 enemies were killed, nearly 2,000 were captured, and our own side suffered 1,300 losses. It can be said that the victory was extremely satisfying.
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