Even though they have a clear understanding of the fact that they are in troubled times, the soldiers who come from humble backgrounds are still convinced that they are in the righteous camp, throwing their heads and blood for some noble purpose. At least at the moment when they raise their spears, they
So convinced.
There is no other way. If you just put life and death aside and fight desperately just to find food and fill your stomach, this life will seem too humble, even if this is the truth.
Only those great and lofty goals are worthy of everyone's efforts. No matter whether the goal is real or a false dream, just work hard to believe in it.
In addition, the fierce duel just now was probably one of the factors that inspired both sides to fight.
The soldiers in front of the battle witnessed it with their own eyes, and the soldiers in the battle and behind the battle spread word of mouth. Most of them were excited by the duel and were full of fighting spirit. The regret that the duel had no result turned into full motivation. As soon as the battle began,
It got into a pretty fast pace.
At a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, the strong archers on both sides shot the long arrows in their hands without hesitation. A huge layer of black clouds suddenly covered the sky above Luoshui, and the long arrows from both sides screamed and intertwined in the air.
Collision and conflict, the breath of death pours down like an overwhelming force!
Chasing behind this breath of death, the soldiers of the two armies moved forward quickly. Even the strong archers who had just shot the long arrow in their hands only stopped at the moment when the arrow was released. As soon as the arrow left the string, they put down their long bows and chased.
behind his companions.
People surged like a tide, and those who were struck by arrows were instantly swept away by the torrent.
The two sides were one hundred and twenty steps apart, and the arrow array became even denser. The screams of long arrows piercing the air merged into a thrilling hurricane, hovering in the sky, and countless long arrows "buzzed..." and drove into the roaring waves.
, stirring up waves made of life.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The roars of thirty thousand warriors swept across the battlefield like rolling thunder, and the angry killing sounds shook the world.
"Fight against rebellion! Fight against rebellion!" The 20,000 coalition troops roared loudly like a raging and roaring flood that broke a dike, with a majestic momentum that overwhelmed mountains and seas, and rushed forward to kill them.
When the war drums sound again, the earth shakes and the mountains shake; when the horn blows, the sound shakes the whole world!
The shield soldiers, spearmen, and sword and axe-men roared in unison, their fighting spirit boiling, and their footsteps became faster and faster. From far and near, there was a deafening cry of killing.
"kill……"
The distance between the two sides is getting shorter and shorter, the ground is shaking more and more violently, the arrows fired back and forth are becoming more and more powerful, and the enemy's breathing becomes clearly audible!
"Boom...boom..." It was as if two giant waves were hitting each other head-on. When the two sides came into contact, a thunderous collision sound rose into the sky, and the entire great plain seemed to be shaking and trembling!
The fierce battle finally began.
The battle itself was within the expectations of Cao Jun's top brass, but the way it unfolded was different from what was planned.
Xia Houyuan was a general who was very good at boosting morale. He followed Cao Cao to fight in Yan. In the past two years, he relied on this skill to inspire the potential of his soldiers more than once, exerting a higher combat power than usual, and repeatedly made extraordinary achievements.
achievement.
But at this moment, he was a little confused. The morale was too high, at least 50% higher than he expected!
Cao Jun's established strategy is to use silence to stop, use defense to attack, and attack later. The formation they set up is also a yoke formation that is more suitable for defensive counterattacks.
Preemptive strike and late strike are both the essence of the art of war. They seem to be contradictory, but in fact they are not. If both sides set out the decisive battle between horses and chariots, and get the upper hand, it can play a crucial role in defeating the enemy and winning; but if this is the case now,
Both sides have their own plans, and they both have one or more hidden plans, so it is more advantageous to strike later.
The party that reveals its trump card first will most likely become the loser. Cao Cao's arrangements and Cheng Yu's suggestions were all designed based on this principle.
But now, the generals' emotions seemed to be out of control. It was just a long-range test, but they actually had the momentum of a full-scale decisive battle.
It’s not surprising that the Qingzhou Army would do this. In a sense, the Qingzhou Army was already in a desperate situation and had to fight to the death. If possible, the Qingzhou Army would like to enter the decisive battle from the beginning, decide the winner and loser in one go, and defeat them.
Where is Cao Jun?
As for Cao Jun, Xia Houyuan only did routine work to boost morale and fight, and did not do anything extra. As a result, the mental state of the generals was similar to that of the Qingzhou Army...
Xia Houyuan didn't think that he was performing beyond his normal capabilities. There was probably something wrong with him.
However, at the current juncture, he had no time to think too much, and he had no time to make any adjustments. He could only follow the tide and lead the battle. After the battle had progressed for a while, the inexplicable momentum had subsided, and then he could make adjustments according to the specific situation.
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"Kill! Kill the thieves and put an end to the chaos!" Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Xia Houyuan made a decision in a moment, calmed his mind, brandished his sword and roared, urging his soldiers to continue moving forward.
Giant shields shattered and fell over in the impact;
Each spear had no time to recover after piercing the enemy's body;
Driven by courage, the flesh and blood body turned into a huge storm, constantly colliding with each other.
Where the battle lines of the two armies collided, the battle had already entered a fever pitch. Before the shield bearers who had completed the collision with giant oars had time to adjust and regain their balance, they were stabbed to death by spears thrust from the gaps in the shield array.
Covered in blood.
Because both sides ran all the way, carrying huge kinetic energy, the collision was too violent. Even though the shield players tried their best to stabilize the formation, the shield formation still swayed, exposing large gaps.
The spearmen's fighting spirit was also extremely strong. Without waiting for their robes to adjust, they stabbed out the spearmen in their hands without paying any attention to the enemies on the opposite side who were doing the same action, bringing about the same death storm.
The sharp edges of the giant swords suppressed each other, but they turned into two huge thorn forests. The spears covered the entire edge, becoming more and more dense, and they were constantly pushed forward by the following crowds. At the same time!
, and was pushed backward by the reaction force from the opposite side!
The two huge forces are locked in a stalemate, and the result of the struggle is that the thorn bushes are no longer straight, but intertwined together, sometimes moving forward, sometimes retreating, and no matter whether they advance or retreat, countless blood must be paid for it.
In just a few breaths, Xia Houyuan discovered that his plan was about to change again. The battle was too fierce and the soldiers' momentum was too strong, making it impossible to make adjustments.
After the battle lines crisscrossed several times, all the shield bearers in the front row had been killed or wounded, and even half of the spearmen had been killed or wounded. Short soldiers holding swords and axes had appeared in front of the formation, and began a more intense and bloody fight.
The yoke formation is similar to the X formation, but the four wings distributed on the left and right are not distributed in a long strip. In fact, this formation is more like the five cakes in mahjong, consisting of five huge square formations.
As for Wang Yu's Yanyue Formation, the array is like a crescent moon. The center is thick, the wings are pointed, and the entire array is in a semi-arc shape.
The center of Cao's army was far behind, so the first contact between the two armies was on the two wings. The crescent moon on the right wing of the Qingzhou army was like a scimitar, viciously slashing at the phalanx led by Xia Houyuan, breaking itself into pieces.
At the same time, it also smashed the enemy's phalanx into pieces.
If the normal deployment is followed, the two wings of the yoke formation will not only fight against the two wings, but also support the central army. Xiahou Yuan's right wing has a total of 5,000 infantry, arranged in several batches. According to his command strength
, even if the two sides are facing enemies, it should be more than enough.
However, when the fierce battle began, he suddenly discovered that more than half of his five thousand troops had been involved in the battle in the blink of an eye.
In an array battle, hand-to-hand contact should be the third to last link. If it evolves further, it will become a full-scale melee. If it reaches that point, the generals will basically be useless. Melee cannot be directed, only points can be divided.
It will end only after a victory or defeat is determined, and then evolve into a rout and pursuit.
In the midst of his busy schedule, Xia Houyuan turned to look at the central army and the right wing. He wanted to know if his lord had any way to deal with the Qingzhou Army's unreasonable offensive and the resulting chaos.
At the same time, he was also worried about the safety of the right wing. After the Battle of Jieqiao, the most capable unit of the Jizhou Army was supplemented by new troops by Yuan Shao, and then divided into two. One part was led by Qu Yi and Zhang Jaw to conquer the plain; the other part
Concentrated in Yecheng, control is in his own hands.
The troops of Gao Lan, Lu Kuang and others were all county soldiers that were urgently gathered after Long Min's defeat. The equipment was pretty good, but their combat effectiveness was average.
Xia Houyuan's enemy in front of him was not the main force of the enemy army, but the Youzhou Army.
The Youzhou infantry were originally assembled from soldiers from various counties, and their combat effectiveness is questionable.
However, after the Battle of Longcuo, the Youzhou infantry used the captured baggage to replace their equipment, and their combat effectiveness immediately rose to a higher level; starting from the Battle of Jieqiao, the Youzhou infantry also fought several battles, large and small.
The military strength has also been expanded in the process of attacking Qinghe and Anping, and it is no longer what it used to be.
Therefore, even though Xia Houyuan's men were all strong soldiers who had moved to fight in Yan and Yu, they were still unable to gain an advantage, and even tended to be suppressed, or at least led by others.
The situation on his side is the same. The generals' main formation in the Yanyue Formation is usually at the bottom of the concave part of the crescent moon, instead of the central army. It is the most suitable formation for an army with strong soldiers and brave generals.
Now it seems that Wang Yu should not be on his side, so he is probably on the left!
The Jizhou Army on the left is already at a disadvantage. How will it behave when it encounters the enemy's strongest blow?
This situation occurred not because Cao Cao did not think carefully, but because he did not expect that this defense-oriented formation would be dragged into a full-scale conflict by the opponent in just one encounter.
Xia Houyuan looked eagerly, hoping that the Chinese army would make changes as soon as possible, but to his disappointment, Cao Cao seemed to be caught off guard, so that no new orders were conveyed for a long time. He just asked the troops to strictly guard their positions and not to be easily broken through by the enemy.
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There is nothing wrong with this order, but it is also of no help. Xia Houyuan's battle situation has entered the stage of close combat. Without other countermeasures, he can only add troops one by one to compete with the enemy.
Lu Kuang on the right wing is quite dangerous, and measures must be taken to prevent it!
"It will become like this... Could it be that Wang Pengju was really pretending to be tough just now, but he was actually in a hurry?"
Xia Houyuan was anxious, and Cao Cao was even more anxious. He was not unaware of the weakness of the right wing and had prepared contingency measures. But the problem was that he did not dare to reveal countermeasures in advance before Wang Yu's trump card was determined.
Until now, he was still unable to determine whether Wang Yu's target was himself or Liu Dai, and whether there was an ambush near the battlefield.
If it is Liu Dai, he will now have to hold on firmly while using all his strength to hold back the enemy, even if he suffers a certain amount of losses. If the target is himself, then he will have to leave some remaining strength to deal with the ambush.
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The characteristic of the yoke array is this. When the army is marching, the two wings of the rear army can serve as a barrier for the middle army to resist the enemy's surprise attack. When fighting in the array, the two wings of the rear army serve as reserves. The situation of the front army is favorable.
Then take advantage of the situation and deploy your formation to besiege the enemy with the front army. If the situation of the front army is unfavorable, you have to attack it.
But now, Wang Yu's offensive was extremely fierce. Xia Houyuan didn't react, but Cao Cao saw it clearly.
The duel between Dian Wei and Tai Shi Ci just now was tit for tat, but there was no winner. The morale of both armies had risen to the highest point, but it was not vented. Therefore, when Wang Yu gave the order for the entire army to attack, the morale of the Qingzhou army dropped.
Ruhong's men came to kill, and Cao's army was stimulated by the murderous intent of the Qingzhou army. As a result, the war became intense from the beginning.
This situation was actually what Cao Cao expected. He deliberately leaked the news in order to provoke Wang Yu to reveal his territory as soon as possible. However, he did not expect that Wang Yu would make such a fierce move when he revealed his territory.
"Lord, the strategy must have worked. Why don't we... light up the flames?" All the staff were frightened by the huge and fierce battle in front of them, and their faces were ashen. Cheng Yu, who had just returned to the Chinese army, was very calm.
"Wait a minute." Cao Cao shook his head, "Wang Pengju's methods should be more than this..." After thinking about it again, he decided to stop quietly, hoping to wait to see more clearly before making a final decision.
"At least the rear army should be allowed to take over. The main force in Qingzhou has not been dispatched yet. We must... Huh? Strange, what is going on?" Just when Cao Cao was hesitant and undecided, the situation on the battlefield changed again.
, which surprised Cheng Yu.
Cao Cao and others hurriedly looked up and were shocked to find that in just a short time, the balance of power between the two wings had been broken, and the situation was developing in the Qingzhou Army's favor.
After entering the stage of close combat, the formations of the two armies have been chaotic to a certain extent, especially at the front line of the battle, where the flags of the two armies have been completely mixed together. Because of this, generals who are proficient in military strategy do not like this.
This situation is difficult to control.
But at the moment, Cao's army is still fighting on its own in a chaotic manner, but the Qingzhou army has reorganized its ranks in the midst of fierce fighting!
They were small pentagonal formations, consisting of five or six people, or eleven or two people. An officer holding a long-handled battle ax or a long sword was in the middle, and in the front row were three to six sword and shield players, two or three
A spearman follows behind, and between the spearman and the commander, there will be several crossbowmen.
This formation is not a magical thing. Anyone familiar with military strategy, whether Cao Cao or Cao's army, can recognize it. This is the small formation in the Han army sequence designed to deal with the current situation.
The principle of this formation is similar to that of the big formation. It emphasizes the coordination of length and length, and the coordination of offense and defense. When facing the enemy, it can often form a situation of using more to defeat less. Other than that, there is no other mystery.
It can be simple, but the effect is amazing.
The small formations in between rotated alternately like wheels, and every time the angle changed, several lives were harvested. The small formations of five people were not very visible, but the small formations of more than ten people were particularly obvious.
Because of the abundant manpower, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the ten-man formation were arranged in two rows. Before and after each fierce battle, the two rows of sword and shield soldiers would exchange positions to ensure that the people in the forward position were always in a relatively strong state of physical strength.
The sword and shield soldiers focus on defense and containment, while the task of killing the enemy is completed by the spearmen and axemen in the back row.
When the soldiers of Cao's army tried their best to attack the swords and shields in the front row, the long-handled battle axes in the back row were raised high and swung down violently. Cao's soldiers were shocked and tried to dodge, but unexpectedly several spears popped out from between the shields.
, as silent as a poisonous snake, as fast as lightning, but the murderous intention contained in it is not weaker than the indestructible axe.
Even if you were lucky enough to escape these two rounds of killing moves, it would be useless, because the enemy would shoot out a few cold arrows from time to time. At a close combat distance, even if you were wearing full iron armor, you might not be able to save your life from the cold arrows.
What's more, at such a distance, no matter how bad an archer is, there will be no problem in aiming and shooting.
In order to avoid these open and hidden arrows, Cao's soldiers' formation inevitably became chaotic. It was time for the sword and shield soldiers in the front row to show off their power. The shields in their hands were not the big shields used by shieldmen, but were used for fighting.
With the infantry shield prepared, the shield in the left hand is used to block the enemy's attack, and the sword in the right hand is slashed. This is the standard fighting action of the sword and shield soldier.
The number of Cao's soldiers was originally more than that of Qingzhou's soldiers, but as these small formations were formed, rotated, and recommended, their number slowly decreased, slowly becoming as numerous as the opponent, and slowly becoming inferior to the opponent... Suddenly,
Someone let out a scream, dropped their weapons, turned around and ran away. Fear spread like a plague, infecting all the companions around them.
Lu Kuang's army on the left was the first to collapse.
A few months ago, they were still county soldiers, and their usual tasks were to maintain law and order and occasionally catch a few bandits. They were really excited to watch the peak showdown just now, and they couldn't help themselves. They forgot that they were just county soldiers.
The courage that comes from a bloody battle cannot last forever. In the melee, each of the two armies has its own victory or defeat, but the county soldiers can still muster the courage to fight the enemy to the death.
But when they faced the enemy who had formed a formation and cooperated with each other tacitly, a sense of powerlessness suddenly came over them. Their comrades kept fighting to death like moths flying to the flame, but they could not shake the fact that the enemy's troops were not at all, so they were instantly defeated.
The feeling of powerlessness is overwhelming and leads to collapse.
The remaining county soldiers cried and retreated from the battlefield, fleeing towards their own formation. The Qingzhou Army quickly dispersed their formation and followed in pursuit, like an eagle chasing a rabbit. Most of the escapees were captured before they even stepped into their own formation.
The enemy killed them from behind. A few lucky ones ran to the front of the Chinese army's formation, only to be picked up by a forest of spears and thrown into the bright red mud.
"Anyone who retreats before the gold is raised will be killed without mercy!" A general with an expressionless face emphasized loudly, and then led hundreds of brothers into the battle with a flat-ended spear.
Cao Cao foresaw this weakness and deployed hundreds of direct troops in Lu Kuang's army as a supervising force. Because of this, when the forward forward collapsed, he was unable to shake the entire left wing.
But Cao Cao was not proud of this at all. Supervising the troops alone could only temporarily alleviate the retreat, but it could not reverse the situation of the battle.
The plum blossom needle used by the Qingzhou Army is very simple, and he can do it, but he can't use it. To use this method of warfare requires a high degree of training. Even among Cao's army, only a few elite troops can do it.
The proportion of veterans in the Qingzhou army is higher, and Wang Yu's military strategy is high. It is not surprising that he can use this move. But the problem is that Wang Yu and Xu Huang's general flags have not yet moved, and the Qingzhou heavy armored infantry, known as the Jiefeng camp
Soldier, you are still steadily advancing with the Chinese army!
Cao Cao was confused and anxious. If the Youzhou infantry alone could overwhelm his own troops, what would he do to resist when the Qingzhou soldiers, who were far more elite than the Youzhou army, mobilized?
Ambush? No need to ambush, you will be finished!
"Send the order..." Cao Cao waved his hand fiercely and shouted the order. The generals were filled with joy. If the lord wanted to take action, there would be nothing to worry about.
However, Cao Cao's order was beyond everyone's expectations. His order was very simple, but the content was just...
"Abandon the front army and withdraw the troops!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)