"Fuck you, the military advisor said that as long as the Sichuan Army's spear-throwing team dares to come out, we will rush in and kill them for half an hour, not even a moment less. Kill them for me. Even if we fight to the last man, we will kill the Sichuan Army."
Crucify me."
"yes."
The Sichuan Army was already the elite in the world, and the Liangzhou Army was already the elite in the world, both of them were brave and fearless of death. Zhang Fei led the cavalry center of his headquarters to bloom, and the 10,000 cavalry who came in quickly suffered casualties, leaving less than a third of them, still fighting bloody battles.
"Kill, don't retreat, anyone who retreats will die."
Zhang Fei roared with thunder, and the Liang army bravely resisted the Sichuan army's siege. At this time, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao gave up the siege of the Sichuan army in the semicircle and outflanked the spear throwing team.
"Swish swish."
The spring-like rain of arrows rained down on the Sichuan Army's spear-throwing team. Zhuge Liang gently shook his goose-feather fan. He ordered Zhang Fei to kill the Sichuan Army's spear-throwing team with the lives of soldiers and huge casualties, just to wait for this moment.
Horsepower is required to throw spears. Without horsepower, the power of spear throws will drop sharply. Zhang Fei was trapped in the center. On the surface, he was surrounded by groups. In fact, it contained a large number of Sichuan troops. The spear throwing team was firmly locked by Zhang Fei.
"kill."
Zhao Yun and Ma Chao attacked the Sichuan Army's spear-throwing team from the left and right, and attacked Zhang Fei from both inside and outside. The Sichuan Army's spear-throwing team was defeated, and the Liang Army's semicircular formation was formed.
Zhang Ren, who was sitting in command, was shocked and could only use the Sichuan army's killer weapon. Huang Zhong led the heavy cavalry to mount their horses and attack the Liangzhou army.
"Change of formation."
Zhuge Liang waved his goose feather fan, and the Liang army changed formation again. At the tip of the semicircular formation, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun rescued Zhang Fei, who had only a few hundred riders left. The three of them joined forces to attack the Liang army's main formation.
The top of the semicircular formation was sunken inwards, and the three fierce generals were invincible, cutting through the Sichuan Army's cavalry and infantry in a straight line, leaving corpses strewn across the field.
When they arrived at the main formation of the Liang Army, the three generals did not stop. The formation of the Liang Army moved like a flowing stream, opening a large opening and the three generals got in.
"Kill, charge into the formation." Huang Zhong commanded the heavy cavalry to charge into the gap.
Zhang Ren looked at it from a distance and was horrified. Zhuge Liang's change of formation was obviously to lead the heavy cavalry into the depths of the Liang army's formation. When the heavy cavalry's power was exhausted, they could gather together and annihilate them.
If the heavy cavalry is trapped by the Liang army, the consequences will be disastrous.
"The Chinese army attacks and kills."
Zhang Ren shouted loudly, and Xiao Furong and other generals who stayed behind in the central army led the horse infantry to attack the Liang army's formation. They must link up with the heavy cavalry before they submerged into the opponent's formation.
As long as the troops in the rear are connected with the heavy cavalry, the heavy cavalry will not be trapped alone and can drag the Sichuan army into rampage in the Liangzhou army formation.
However, just when the Sichuan Army's central army was moving, suddenly there were shouts of killing from the rear. Zhang Bao and Xu Gui each led five thousand elites to attack the Sichuan Army's rear.
The Sichuan army's formation was in turmoil. There were gaps in both the infantry and cavalry formations. Generals Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun led the heavy cavalry to rush in. Wherever they passed, the Liangzhou soldiers automatically moved out of the way.
Zhang Ren watched the stalemate battle between the two sides in shock, his heart bleeding.
The same troops are commanded, facing the same enemies, and even the enemies they face now are a bit weaker than before. But after commanding them like this, why is this the result?
The Sichuan army is brave. Although it is at a disadvantage, it does not retreat. However, Zhang Ren can already see that if this continues, the Sichuan army will definitely be defeated.
Every military formation of the Sichuan Army was restrained by the Liang Army.
Zhuge Liang first outflanked the enemy from the left and right, and then the Chinese army rushed forward. When the Sichuan army infantry moved, the turtle shell formation formed was already ready to attack.
The Sichuan Army's horse archers were dispatched, and Zhao Yun and Ma Chao immediately outflanked them, causing the horse archers to lose their mobility and lose their power under attack from three sides.
The Sichuan Army's spear-throwing team was dispatched. Zhang Fei did not hesitate to sacrifice ten thousand cavalry to pin the Sichuan Army's formation, and Ma Chao and Zhao Yun took advantage of the opportunity to break through.
The Sichuan Army's heavy cavalry was dispatched. Zhang Fei's horse overtook Zhao Yun to lure the enemy deeper, with the intention of annihilating the Sichuan Army's heavy cavalry.
The Sichuan army dispatched to rescue the heavy cavalry, and the Liang army ambushed behind them.
Step by step, the Sichuan army was cut into pieces, while the Liang army formed and changed formations, moving smoothly and interlockingly.
Zhang Ren finally felt how terrifying Zhuge Liang was. When the two armies faced each other, it was not just about knowing the art of war, being familiar with the art of war, knowing the military formations, being familiar with the military formations, but also being flexible.
Flexibility is not enough. The changes between formations must be closely linked to anticipate the enemy and drag the enemy to defeat step by step.
"If Mr. Wang Xu were still here, it would never be like this. Zhang Ren is incompetent." Zhang Ren looked at the bloody Sichuan army and felt as if a knife was twisting in his heart.
"My lord, the general is incompetent. Please, my lord, give the order to retreat immediately."
Zhang Fei paid homage to Liu Zhang in pain. Although Zhang Ren also wanted to turn defeat into victory, if it were delayed any longer, the Sichuan army would probably be completely collapsed and defeated, with no hope of hope.
Liu Zhang didn't say anything, he just looked at the white clothes on the mountain in the distance and nodded slowly.
"After the infantry formation was broken, the cavalry scattered its two wings and retreated from Qinchuan Road. The heavy cavalry followed, and the barbarian army retreated from the mountain..."
Liu Zhang listened to Zhang Ren's order and looked at Zhuge Liang in the distance, "Okay, Zhuge Kongming, I was defeated on the battlefield, but don't think that you just won, you will definitely pay the price for what you did today.
"
Zhang Ren calmly ordered the retreat before the Sichuan army completely collapsed. The light cavalry took the lead in retreating and galloped from the Qinchuan crossing. The heavy cavalry withdrew from the Liang army's formation, followed closely by a large number of infantry.
Zhu Rong, Xiao Furong, took Huahai Baoer and other barbarian soldiers to retreat from the mountains on both sides of Qinchuan.
The Qinchuan crossing is narrow and there are hundreds of thousands of Sichuan troops. This retreat can minimize casualties.
"Pursue the Sichuan barbarians, hunt down Liu Zhang."
"kill."
"If Liu Zhang does not die, Yongliang will be uneasy and kill Liu Zhang."
The Liang army finally broke through the heavy infantry formation behind the Sichuan army. Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao waved their spears and spears and led the cavalry towards the Qinchuan crossing. A large number of Sichuan army infantry fell behind and kept sending soldiers to form formations to meet the enemy.
But where were Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's opponents? They were broken through layer by layer, and the Liang army quickly pursued the Sichuan army.
Jingshui was lost, Qinchuan was lost, and fourteen strongholds were lost. The Sichuan army retreated thousands of miles, and the important places they captured fell into the hands of the Liang army.
The Liang army's cavalry pursued them all the way to the street pavilion. Wei Yan sent a large army to intercept them, and finally stopped the Sichuan army's retreat, and the Sichuan army retreated into the street pavilion.
Counting the casualties, everyone felt sad.
The Sichuan Army suffered more than 40,000 casualties in the Jingshui Battle. The Liang Army pursued for thousands of miles and killed and captured more than 70,000 Sichuan Army personnel. They were defeated by Zhuge Liang. Countless weapons and equipment were discarded, and the entire army suffered heavy losses.
Zhuge Liang led the army to assemble in the east of Jieting, preparing to give the Sichuan army a fatal blow and launch a decisive battle. As long as he defeated and captured Jieting, the Sichuan army would have no chance of defending and would retreat to Tianshui. In the end, they could only continue to retreat and retreat into
Hanzhong.
In this way, the Sichuan army will no longer dare to launch the Northern Expedition, and the strategy of using the west to fight against the east and using the descendants of the royal family to fight against warlords with different surnames will be completed.
The Sichuan Army left about 30,000 soldiers in Tianshui, and less than 150,000 remained in Jieting. They set off for the Northern Expedition and fought two battles, the Battle of the Weishui River and the Battle of the Jingshui River. One victory and one loss, almost half of the Sichuan Army's strength was consumed.
Historically, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang fought in the Three Qin Dynasty for decades. There were countless so-called "decisive battles", but the loss of troops was minimal.
But in the real decisive battle at this time, the Sichuan Army and the Liang Army each won and lost once. The Sichuan Army lost nearly half of its troops, and the Liangzhou Army also lost more than 130,000 soldiers, including those who were captured, seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Both sides suffered losses.
It was a heavy loss.
It's just that the Sichuan army had just lost its military advisor and suffered a major defeat, and its morale was low.
The street pavilion is not an extremely dangerous place. Just like Wang Xu's original strategy, as long as Zhuge Liang captures the main entrance of the Five Routes, the Sichuan army will be defeated.
But now it seems that defeat is inevitable. The Sichuan army has no morale and confidence to fight Zhuge Liang.
The Liang army was resting thirty miles away, and all the Sichuan army camps were in gloom and mist. Liu Zhang had to order Tianshui to collect the soldiers who were recovering from their injuries and could fight, as well as the Liang army prisoners, and brought them all over to supplement the defense of the street pavilion.
Unless Liu Zhang wants to give up the Northern Expedition forever, the street pavilion cannot be lost.
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Tianshui County governs Hebei County. A group of merchants from the Western Regions came to the city gate and communicated in Chinese with the soldiers guarding the city.
"What? That's great, Liu Zhang, oh no, Lord Shu is actually here? That saves us going to Chengdu to find him. Let me tell you sir, we are the disguised envoys of the Shache Kingdom in the Western Regions, and we have a heavy gift for you.
Marquis of Shu."
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In a mountain spring, Huang Yueying was bathing. There is a divine spring in Tianshui, which can nourish the skin and make it white and tender, so there is a saying that Tianshui White Baby.
"Sister Wang Yi, why do you look unhappy?"
Huang Yueying bathed in the spring water. Before Liu Zhang went to war, he asked Wang Yi to take good care of Huang Yueying, so Huang Yueying bathed here and worked here.
"The lord is defeated."
"What failed?"
"I have just received the military report that Mr. Wang Xu died of illness in Jingshui. My lord was defeated at Jingshui. He was defeated thousands of miles away. Now he has retreated to the street pavilion. His morale is low. The situation is very critical. Zhuge Liang, with the power of victory, will probably die soon.
If we want to attack, it will be very difficult for us. How should our Sichuan army deal with it?"
"Zhu Ge Liang."
Wang Yizheng was feeling sad. He turned around and saw Huang Yueying gritting her teeth: "Zhuge Liang is a bad guy. I should have thrown him to death in Chengdu if I had seen that he was not a good person. Hum, I will go and help the master and get Zhuge Liang's head."
Huang Yueying was about to climb out of the pool as she spoke, but Wang Yi hurriedly held her back when the voices of soldiers came from outside.
"Sir, there are businessmen from the Western Regions who want to see you."
"What time has it been? If you still see any businessmen, send them away."
"They said they were disguised envoys from the Shache Kingdom, and they were ordered by the new queen of the Shache Kingdom to offer heavy gifts to their lord."
"An envoy from the Shache Kingdom?" Wang Yi thought for a while. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty has declined, and the Han's control over the Western Regions has become weaker and weaker. The small countries appear to be respectful, but in fact they no longer take the Han seriously.
The new leader of the Shache Kingdom was so clever that he came to give gifts to Liu Zhang just after he ascended the throne.
"Okay, see you."
Wang Yi ordered the army to assemble and prepare to support the street pavilion. He took the time to go to the hall to meet with a group of merchants from the Shache Kingdom, with Huang Yueying following behind him. (To be continued)