Jianglingdong, Liushili, Shashi, ancient battlefield.
The two armies faced each other, the flags and flags were blown by the wind, and there was a chilling atmosphere. Groups of crows and wild dogs were already wandering and circling in the sky and on the edge of the plain. In the past year, these scavengers in Jingzhou have raised
It has become a unique sense of smell. Once it feels that a war is coming, it will always seize the position in advance and prepare for a feast of human flesh in a few hours.
Huan Zhen's face was gloomy. He was riding on the black-dragon horse and was wearing heavy armor. Several guards were hurriedly putting vests on the horse, just like the more than 300 knights around him. This was the last of the Huan family's army.
The assault armored cavalry of the Chinese army were placed at the core of the army, under the commander's flag. In front of them were infantry divided into three major regiments on the left, center and right. Each regiment had ten thousand people, with hands in front, bows and arrows.
The hand followed, and the Tiaodang soldiers wearing leather armor, holding axes and long swords followed, with a dazzling cold light shining on the blades, and the stern military formation exuded a strong murderous aura. The last elite legion of the Huan family army
, that’s it.
What stood in front of them were 20,000 Beifu troops who were equally quiet and formed a crane-wing formation. The two sides stretched forward, and in the center were placed one after another an army of five hundred heavy infantrymen with long shields and large shields.
At the end of the entire formation, large baggage vehicles were loaded with baffles and covered with wet cowhide. Three hundred large vehicles formed an impenetrable circular defense line. Five hundred Beifu sergeants in heavy armor, holding large crossbows, were shot.
Holding hands, standing behind the baffle of the chariot, three hundred six-stone heavy crossbows were placed on the vehicle, like pickup trucks in later generations. They were ready to fire crossbow arrows at any time against any enemy forces within two miles that tried to rush into the formation.
Storm! Two generals, Liu Huaisu and Wei Shunzhi, were sitting on the Hu bed respectively, under the banner of the commander of the Central Army. Obviously, the Crane Wing Formation composed of 20,000 elite soldiers of the Beifu did not seek to attack, but only sought to defend. Even in this world
It is extremely difficult for the most powerful assault corps to break through this formation head-on!
Huan Zhen gritted his teeth. After many years of fighting, this last famous general of the Chu army had seen countless formations. When he saw the large formation on the opposite side that had been waiting for him for a long time, his heart became clear and he wanted to pass through the sand market quickly.
He Ma Tou's plan to attack Jiangxia has gone bankrupt.
Huan Qian was wearing leather armor and riding a horse, running over panting. His face was red and full of sweat, and his voice was trembling: "Ah, Ah Zhen, it's not good, Liu Yi's legions have also been dispatched behind.
Yes, they are gathering outside Jiangling City, and they are afraid that they will be here within three hours. We, we might as well retreat north."
Huan Zhen sighed: "The enemy is waiting in full formation and has been prepared for a long time. This is the only way to Jiangxia. If you want to retreat north, you must first retreat ten miles and then turn along the road to Dangyang Changban.
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There was an urgent sound of horse hoofbeats, and He Danzhi rode up from the north. His voice was also trembling: "In Dangyang, Lu Zongzhi has returned to the defensive position and set up a big camp. There are 20,000 Yongzhou soldiers, and the camp is fifty miles away.
Afraid…………"
Huan Zhen burst into laughter suddenly: "Sure enough, as I expected, Liu Yi, you are really yours, and you actually set up this dragnet. Everyone, have you heard and seen it? Liu Yi is in the west, and Liu Yi is in the north.
With Lu Zongzhi, all our retreat routes are cut off. To the south is the Yangtze River, and the ferry is still at Jiangling City. Now there is only one way in front of us, and that is to defeat the Beifu army in front of us, Wei Shunzhi's Jiangxia garrison.
Also here, in other words, Jiangxia must be an empty city. As long as we can quickly deal with the enemy in front of us, the food in Jiangxia Okura will be ours."
Huan Wei, who had been following Huan Zhen, said with a sad face: "However, the enemy is ready and has set up a crane wing formation that only defends but does not attack. If we want to attack the formation, we have to deal with them one by one starting from the two wings.
It is impossible to defeat each square formation in one day and one night. When Liu Yi and Lu Zongzhi's troops come, we will..."
Huan Zhen sneered and said: "Then we will retreat. Send the order, and the rear team will change to the front team. The archers in the front formation will step forward to guard the formation, and then retreat slowly towards Jiangling City!"
Huan Qian's eyes widened: "Are we going to have a decisive battle with Liu Yi?"
Huan Zhen's eyes flashed coldly: "No, we pretended to be retreating and lured Liu Huaisu's army to change formations to pursue him. As soon as he changed formations, we counterattacked. Three hundred Chinese cavalry rushed straight towards his command flag.
I want to kill Liu Huaisu and Wei Shunzhi with my own hands. As long as the enemy's flag falls, the 20,000 soldiers and horses will definitely collapse without a fight. By then, even Liu Yi will not dare to step forward and can only watch us go to Jiangxia.
This is our only chance, everyone should act nice and try their best to look like they are panicking and want to run away. As soon as Liu Huaisu makes a move, the whole army will turn around and attack!"
In the Beifu military formation, in the circle of carts, Wei Shunzhi looked at the Chu army retreating like a tide, leaving only three thousand archers behind, drawing their bows and retreating. He smiled and said: "Brother Huaisu, it seems that Huan Zhen is afraid.
They actually retreated in front of the enemy like this. If we pursue them now, even if we cannot wipe out their entire legion, we can still eat their rearguard. At least, we will capture the heads of these thousands of archers!"
Liu Huaisu smiled slightly: "Shunzi, if you were Huan Zhen, would you retreat like this? It is sudden that we are blocking the road here, but after all, we are a partial army, and the number is less than 20,000. Let us not fight, and go back to meet Jiangling.
The main force of the 30,000 Western Expeditionary Army led by Liu Xile in the city, Huan Zhen would not be so stupid!"
Wei Shunzhi suddenly realized: "Oh, brother Huaisu, I just realized what you said. It turns out that the stubborn Huan Zhen wants to lure us to attack and change the formation so that we can fight back. Then we can't be fooled, but now,
What should we do, just watch them evacuate like this? What if they don't take the main road and turn north to Dangyang, should we just watch like this?"
A cold light flashed in Liu Huaisu's eyes: "We will use our strategy and send an order to the whole army to keep the Crane Wing Formation unchanged, move forward as a whole, and follow the enemy at the standard marching speed. The car formation will spread out, and the Chinese army will move forward and push forward.
Go ahead. And my handsome flag will follow suit!"
Wei Shunzhi opened his eyes wide: "Disperse the vehicle formation and move the flag forward? But this will break away from the protection of the two wings. What if the enemy attacks with iron cavalry and elite light infantry?"
Liu Huaisu said with a smile: "I just want Huan Zhen to attack like this. The commander's flag moves forward, not that we move forward. You and I each go to the left and right wings. Once Huan Zhen breaks through the formation, we will encircle the two wings and combine the vehicle formation. I have prepared seventeen
If he chops down one flag, we will put up another flag for him to see how many Huan Zhen can chop down!"
This chapter has been completed!