Wang Yu's counterattack was slower than he expected.
The position of the Taishan Army before the war was in the middle of the left wing of the Youzhou Army. It was not easy to leave. If you leave without saying hello and do not follow orders, you will hurt both families and cause trouble; disrupt the formation and expose your options.
The flaw that the enemy exploits is the most deadly.
The commander-in-chief of the left wing was not Tian Kai, who was good friends with Wang Yu, but Gongsun Fan, whom he met for the first time.
This person has no scheming ideas and is much easier to get along with than Yan Gang and Shan Jing, but at the same time, he does not have the ability to be flexible. He will not let go of anything until he gets the order from the Chinese Army. He just wants to follow the orders issued by the Chinese Army.
The previous order to fight made Wang Yu really spend a lot of time to convince this elm-headed man.
Until the moment before the counterattack began, Wang Yu was still shaking his head and sighing.
Although the Youzhou Army is strong, it has too few talents. At present, within the Youzhou Army, the meritorious generals are all old. They pay more attention to preserving their own territory and strength, and they also use the same old concepts in terms of development.
However, the talent of the younger generation was in short supply. Gongsun Yue was considered a good person, but he died in the battle in Yuzhou, which had nothing to do with the overall situation.
The method of slowly promoting people from the grassroots level is more suitable for use in peaceful times. It is not only convenient for identifying talents' abilities, but also convenient for the elderly to suppress newcomers and maintain order within the army. In today's troubled times, if talents are identified, they can be reused directly.
It is the kingly way.
In the previous Three Kingdoms era, Cao Cao was the best in this regard; Liu Bei gradually matured in his later years; and Soochow's employment strategy, after Sun Ce's death, was basically the same as Yuan Shao's.
The emphasis was on checks and balances, and more on local celebrities and powerful people, so Taishi Cicai was never able to get ahead.
Of course, the strongest person now is myself. Even if it is not perfect yet, with my ability to foresight and foresight, I am already far ahead in talent discovery, and this advantage is still expanding.
However, no matter how much advantage you have, you have to pass the current hurdle. If the Youzhou Army loses too badly in this battle, it is likely that they will lose the power to threaten Jizhou. With Yuan Shao's fear of him, Jizhou may not be as good as history
As mentioned above, if Gongsun Zan is pursued fiercely, he will probably turn to Qingzhou!
Therefore, the current goal is to maintain the war situation as much as possible, and while protecting the Youzhou Army, attack the Jizhou Army as much as possible.
At the moment, Wang Yu's target is Yan Liang Wen Chou's Qingqi. Ensuring the safety of the Chinese army is his top priority. As for how to reverse the situation in the future, he only has a vague concept for the time being. Success or failure is still in between.
If the prophet's information is correct, the hope of success is very high. If not... Well, it should not be wrong. Wang Yu glanced sideways, and the young man in white horse and silver robe looked back solemnly, as a way to express his gratitude.
Wang Yu expresses fearlessness.
He was so calm on the battlefield for the first time, so he must be right.
"Woo...Woo...Woo!" On the other side, the horn sounded urgently, and the yellow gelding followed Wang Yu closely. With his quick hands, Tai Shici temporarily served as the trumpeter, urging the brothers with the horn.
Form a formation.
Leaving the main formation, the formation of Taishan Qingqi was relatively loose. During the running process, relying on the guidance of the veterans from Youzhou, everyone naturally formed a wedge. Wang Yu was the front, Tai Shi Ci was the left blade, and Tai Shi Ci was the right blade.
It was the newcomer Zhao Yun who was killed, not the veteran Qin Feng.
The brothers were a little surprised by Wang Yu's arrangement, but no one questioned it. Zhao Yun's own martial arts was obvious to everyone, and there was no doubt that Wang Yu valued him. Qin Feng, who was full of grief and anger, was indeed more
Suitable for commanding and dispatching within the battle formation, rather than rushing to the front.
This has nothing to do with his martial arts, but being in the formation helps him regain his composure. In the forward position, I am afraid that he will soon be lost in the blood and killing, unable to extricate himself.
Wang Yu moved as fast as possible, but he was still a step slower.
To reinforce the Chinese army from the left wing, he had to make an arc; but Yan and Wen's light cavalry, with the momentum of a great victory, rushed straight into the Chinese army. Regardless of speed or distance, the latter had the upper hand.
There are only one or two hundred Yi Cong left after escaping from the front line. Although they were not affected by the defeat, they are regrouping and preparing to fight to the death. But regardless of the factors of new defeat, the huge disadvantage in numbers,
It cannot be easily made up for.
As for the reinforcements on both wings, they are either still on the road like Wang Yu, or they are some scattered rangers. The former is beyond reach, and the latter is a drop in the bucket.
Seeing that Gongsun Zan's central army was about to be overwhelmed by the Jizhou cavalry, at the critical moment, a group of infantry left the formation to meet them.
The banners they are flying are "Pingyuan" and "Liu".
"It's Liu Xuande!" Wang Yu was overjoyed. Although Liu Bei was his competitor in the long run, now he is a united front. Among all the infantry of the Youzhou Army, it is considered the most reliable team.
He himself is a hero, and his subordinates include tens of thousands of enemies like Guan Zhang. His soldiers are not new recruits, but veteran bandits from the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. They should have some fighting strength, right?
"My lord, don't get too happy too early. He is just a human shield at most and cannot do anything. In the end, we have to rely on us." After hearing Wang Yu's joy, Taishi Ci quickly poured cold water on him.
"It shouldn't be that bad, right?" Wang Yu was not annoyed, but instead discussed it seriously with Tai Shici.
"Why not?"
Taishi Ci had a horn on his chest, a heavy weapon in each hand, and a lot of broken pieces behind him. He was wearing black armor, but he was riding a yellow horse. There were many broken pieces on his body, and the colors did not match.
Compared with Wang Yu, whose men and horses are all black, and Zhao Yun, who is wearing a silver robe and a white horse, he looks like a rag picker, but this does not damage his extremely good self-feeling at all.
He curled his lips and said proudly: "I went to see his barracks. Those tough bandits are the same as when they were in Qingzhou. Taken individually, they are all good guys, but together they are just a bunch of rabble. They can fight in disorder and fight."
Just make do, how to deal with light cavalry? Hey, he thinks that the type of soldier who climbs first can be trained casually? He is naive, so naive!"
"That's it..." Wang Yu turned his head, tried his best to look forward, and murmured: "It seems that the formation is pretty good, and the square formation is also similar..."
Liu Bei's square formation was very dense. It was more like a fish scale formation than a square formation. It was very dense in the middle, and Guan Zhang's flags and Liu Bei's flags were gathered together.
The two wings were lined with thick spears and large shields, supplemented by bows and crossbows; the middle had fewer large shields and more spears. Obviously, Liu Bei planned to attract Jizhou light cavalry to attack the middle and compete with the opponent.
This tactic should be pretty good if it can give full play to the power of Guan Zhang.
"It's useless, it's useless!" Taishi Ci shook his head like he was playing a drum, which made Wang Yu doubtful. He didn't know whether this guy was avenging a private vendetta or if it was really true.
"His flanks are too thin, and there are no strong generals to suppress the formation. If it were me, I would divide the forward troops into two groups, attack its flanks, defeat the troops on both wings, and then drive the defeated troops into the formation. If the troops are as expected, they will be as my sworn brother said. If we say it’s just a mob, then this formation will soon collapse.”
Facing such a big scene for the first time, to be honest, Zhao Yun was somewhat nervous. However, as a fierce battle was about to begin, the two of them talked and laughed freely. What's more, Taishi Ci actually slandered Liu Bei on an empty stomach and complained loudly. Zhao Yun couldn't help but I was consciously infected.
The tension was swept away, and calmness returned to the body, because the judgment brought by carefulness and intuition became clearer.
As if to comment on Zhao Yun's words, the Jizhou Qingqi's forward split in two, and with huge kinetic energy, crazily crashed into the two wings of the plain infantry.
It was like a replay of the previous battle.
The fierce shooting of the crossbows caused certain casualties to the Jizhou Qingqi. The forward cavalry turned over and did not interfere with the follow-up of the cavalry. Like a whirlwind, it swept through a distance of dozens of steps. The Jizhou cavalry leaped into the air and entered the formation with an offensive like a whirlwind. tide.
Once here, the situation of the battle changed.
All the combatants were arrayed in front, and the arrangement of the Pingyuan Army proved this old saying. In the first two or three rounds, the Pingyuan infantry fought vigorously, but soon, with the soldiers in the front row who dared to fight, The casualties were exhausted, and the morale of the Pingyuan Army collapsed instantly.
In front of the surging light cavalry, the defeated soldiers burst out with deafening cries and screams. They dropped their weapons and fled in all directions. Some of them fled backwards, which directly shook the central government. The morale of the infantry was reduced; others fled to both sides, and some of them were deliberately driven by Jizhou Qingqi and rushed directly towards their own central army.
As if through precise calculation, at this moment, the main cavalry force led by Generals Yan and Wen also arrived, forming a three-sided pincer attack on Liu Bei's central army!
"You cowards, if you have the ability, come here and fight your Grandpa Zhang to the death! What kind of ability does running around mean?"
In order to cooperate with the infantry, Zhang Fei did not ride a horse. He thought that with the spear fighting formation he had trained for several months, he could block the enemy's speed and form a tug-of-war, thereby replicating the glorious achievements of the first camp. Who would have thought that the enemy would be so cunning? , first defeated the two wings, and launched a three-sided attack on themselves.
The enemy troops in front of them did not fight at all, they just waved their weapons and passed through their own military formation like a whirlwind. Including the general who was defeated by Jujube that day, all soldiers and generals used stick-and-go weapons. tactics.
Zhang Fei and Wen Chou exchanged moves, and then they faced the next enemy knight, then two, and then three. With his amazing martial arts, Zhang Fei used his snake spear to knock over five enemy knights, but he passed by him. More than 500 enemy cavalry passed by? The enemy cavalry did not just rush past, but also attacked.
Zhang Fei knew very well that had he not been standing side by side with his two brothers, the wounds on his body would never have been so few or so light in the process just now.
"Brother, this is not the answer, we can't stop it anymore!" Compared to Zhang Fei, Guan Yu understood the battle situation more clearly and thoroughly. He did not roar loudly to invite the fight like Zhang Fei, but reminded Liu Bei in a deep voice: "The prince's cavalry has arrived. Our army has finally delayed the enemy's progress. Let's withdraw!"
Now the target of the Jizhou cavalry is not his eldest brother, but to clear the road. Otherwise, thousands of light cavalry will attack from all directions. No matter how brave he and his third brother are, they are lucky to be able to protect themselves. How can they protect their eldest brother who has ordinary martial arts skills?
?When Taishan Qingqi and Jizhou Qingqi fight, it will be even more dangerous. It is only right to retreat as soon as possible to regroup.
Liu Bei's face was already very white, and at this moment, his face was as white as the new paper produced in Qingzhou.
He knew that what Guan Yu said made sense, but he was unwilling to accept it! He had been planning for a long time and was waiting to gain a lot of experience in this battle and make a great contribution in front of Gongsun Zan. Blocking the surprise Jizhou Qingqi was undoubtedly the best choice.
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However, after building momentum for so long, is it just to delay the Jizhou Army and help Wang Yu set the stage? This is really embarrassing!
His hand holding the sword was trembling, his body was trembling, and even his heart was trembling.
"Yide, open the way ahead, I'm protecting my brother, let's go, get out of here quickly!" Guan Yu didn't know that Liu Bei had so many thoughts running through his mind. He only thought that Liu Bei was upset because of the defeat, or felt sorry for the difficulty of pulling this one.
Where is the team that got up?
There is no need to worry about having no firewood to keep the green hills. The most important thing now is to save lives. Let’s talk about military training later.
"Grandma, it's Wang Xiaothief again. Brother Zishan, what should I do?" Seeing that he was less than a hundred steps away from Gongsun Zan's central army, it seemed that he could cut down the general's flag with his hand, but Wang Yu's light cavalry
But he was killed, and Wen Chou was frightened and angry.
"Gongsun Zan is here, can't run away, kill the thief Wang first!" Yan Liang was much more decisive than Wen Chou. He waved his sword and pointed to the way. The well-trained Jizhou Qingqi suddenly agreed and turned decisively.
"Bang!" In the flash of lightning, the two teams collided without any tricks. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)