Li Jue had just led the soldiers at the rear to completely cross the river, and was leading the soldiers forward when he met his men who were frightened and just wanted to escape, without any fighting spirit.
"Stop these idiots!"
Li Jue, who was extremely surprised, quickly ordered, but it was already a little too late. The Xiliang cavalry had already occupied the entire road while they were running away like crazy. The Xiliang cavalry from two different directions suddenly jammed into a huge knot, blocking the entire open space.
It was so tight that only the Xiliang cavalry on both sides had some room.
Li Jue looked at these fleeing men, and he was so angry that the three corpse gods jumped. Those who lost their weapons, their armors, and their helmets were no longer like an army at all, but like a group of mountains.
bandit.
Although Li Jue was a horse thief, he still looked down on bandits. He immediately ordered the generals and officers among them to be arrested for questioning, but he was asked a piece of news that even shocked him...
"Flying Bear Army?!"
"Are there still a lot of reinforcements?"
In order to get rid of the guilt of retreating, these generals basically competed with each other vividly to show that it was not that they were not trying their best, but that their opponents were too cunning and powerful, and they were guilty of not fighting...
"Hu... nonsense!" Li Jue was so angry that he drew his sword and shouted, "There are clearly more than 500 people in front of us, how can we get thousands of people, and there are also Grand Master Dong's Flying Bear Army! Come, come! Will..."
Just when Li Jue said this, he suddenly raised his head and saw that the towering smoke and dust behind him were already rushing towards here like a yellow dragon with its teeth and claws. He was stunned for a moment!
"Flying Bear Army, here it comes, here it comes!"
"General, they are coming!"
The smoke did not come quickly, but its scope was extremely wide...
Li Jue felt that a sudden cold wind was blowing in his face, and his hands and feet suddenly felt a little cold. His head, which was originally a little heated, seemed to have calmed down a lot.
If the opponent hurriedly follows behind his defeated soldiers and covers them all the way, he is not very afraid, because he only needs to get out of his own routed soldiers and make a diagonal countercharge to stop the pursuit, and even
You can push back with a wave of counter-pressure.
People can run fast or slowly, and the same goes for war horses. Therefore, no matter what kind of army it is, there is no way to maintain the formation perfectly in two situations, one is when chasing, and the other is when fleeing.
But what Li Jue fears most is to form an array and advance slowly like this!
In this way, if Li Jue leads his army to meet the enemy, he will not face a scattered vanguard force, but an entire military formation.
Advance slowly, not for speed, but for stability. The purpose is to keep the formation unchanged, and secondly, to save horsepower so that it can completely explode again during the battle. From the scope of the smoke, left and right
The two wings are slightly forward, which means that they are preparing to catch us all by the river!
With such a perfect formation in front of him, so many reinforcements obviously added, and his men being defeated so quickly, there seems to be a more reasonable explanation and answer.
And now...
A last-ditch fight?
Li Jue grabbed the soldier in front of him with his hand, bared his teeth and said: "Flying Bear Army? The Flying Bear Army is personally accompanied by Grand Master Dong, how could it fall into the hands of this person?! You... this, the Flying Bear Army, what is its shape and details?"
Come on!"
The soldiers swore to the sky and described Fei Qian's heavy armored cavalry, emphasizing again and again that they were exactly the same as Dong Taishi's Flying Bear Army. Therefore, it was not that they were incompetent, but that they could not be defeated...
"The Flying Bear Army...is it really the Flying Bear Army?"
In Li Jue's impression, it seems that only the one in the early Han Dynasty who successfully fought against the odds was remembered. As for the others who also fought against the odds, they basically turned into bones with the water. They were not really at the end of their rope.
Who will put themselves in danger and fight to the death?
Fortunately, he sent the front army to pursue him and discovered the opponent's ambush reinforcements. Therefore, this damn Fei Qian had to display all his troops and advance here!
No wonder this damn guy chose to cross the river here, no wonder he only sent two hundred people to fight back...
It seems that everything is connected perfectly, and all the doubts have answers. Of course, this is just Li Jue's personal guess, but to confirm whether this guess is correct, he needs to sacrifice a lot of life, maybe Fei Qian opposite him
It may be Li Jue's own.
But why is there a flying bear army? My own soldiers may be exaggerated, but if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you will definitely not be able to describe it in such detail, so it can be confirmed that Fei Qian has a heavy cavalry.
Could it be that Master Dong...
No, then someone from the Dong family took refuge with Fei Qian?
That's not right, so how did Fei Qian know about this method of heavy armor?
It's not impossible to fight, but it's not easy to deal with heavy cavalry. It turns out that Li Jue only knew that Fei Qian had five or six hundred cavalry, so his own troops were several times that of Fei Qian, so he could naturally win, but now he found out
Bingzhou's cavalry turned out to be tough, and there were more heavy cavalry. Regardless of where they came from, if they were to fight head-on, I'm afraid they would have to deal with a lot of their own soldiers here. In this way, one would be reduced and the other would be lost...
If there were no Ma Teng and Han Sui in Guanzhong now, Li Jue might just bite the bullet and spend it hard, but now he had to consider the possible problems that might arise if his soldiers were consumed too much...
Is it worth it?
Li Jue is a gambler and wants to make money, but in the current situation, it seems that if you want to bet, you have to bet your entire family. If you lose, you will have nothing. Of course, you may win, but it is obviously not going to win as you imagined before.
So many, maybe it will be a miserable victory, or in other words, if Fei Qian wins here, he will still lose when facing Ma Teng and Han Sui.
Should we go all out and fight first, then even if we win, then lose to Ma Teng and Han Sui, or should we stop temporarily and maintain a certain number of soldiers to ensure our future status and advantage?
"General?"
Li Jue's eyes flickered for a few times, and he slowly put the long sword into the scabbard. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "...withdraw! The rear army becomes the front army, withdraw!"
After all, the habits developed over many years as horse thieves have gained the upper hand. Since the wind is tight, let's take advantage of the opponent's slow approach to maintain the formation. First, ensure your own safety. As for whether it is true or not, you can wait for subsequent verification. Today's
Risks and benefits are completely mismatched...
The big white banner that had been flying high was now rolled up diagonally on the shoulders of the flag-bearer. Li Jue, surrounded by dozens of bodyguards, retreated southward.
Almost subconsciously, Li Jue glanced back and seemed to see the tricolor flag looming in the distance, and he gritted his teeth...
From now on, in this Guanzhong land, those who travel across the country and fight for thousands of miles are not only the Xiliang cavalry, but also the Bingzhou guys, Feiqian Feiziyuan, you are so cruel!
At this time, Fei Qian didn't know that Li Jue had already classified him into the ranks of Bingzhou people. He just saw the smoke and dust raised by Li Jue as he walked away, and couldn't help but smile slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Junhou! This!" Huang Xu behind him was a little dazed and couldn't help but said, "This...the Xiliang thief really retreated?"
"Haha, then you still want to fight again?" Fei Qian said with a smile.
Huang Xu shook his head quickly, then hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "I just think why I didn't even send a scout to investigate, and just ran away..."
Although Zhao Yun on the side did not speak, he also turned his gaze, obviously hoping that Fei Qian could explain something.
This is actually the use of anchoring...
If someone asks you to borrow five hundred, you may refuse him. At this time, he changes his mind and only borrows twenty. In this case, you will often agree to lend him the money, even if you know in your heart that the money will be wasted once loaned out.
This is anchoring. Of course, it also means that bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes. Anyway, he advances slowly without losing much horsepower. If Li Jue really can't think about it and bumps into him, he will have no time to retreat.
It's just that this possibility is relatively small. Li Jue is also famous for being suspicious. It was normal to be angry when he was tricked by himself before, but now...
Just like an ordinary person walking on the street and suddenly being slapped by someone for no reason, he was startled. He turned around and was about to argue with the reckless guy, only to realize that the person who slapped him was a tattooed guy who was not easy to mess with.
A green-skinned burly man, the anger that this ordinary person originally had might have been reduced by half or six points immediately.
Li Jue thought that he could easily deal with Fei Qian before, but found that he was wrong. Then he sent people to attack for the second time, but found that he still underestimated Fei Qian. So when Fei Qian now bluffs, Li Jue will inevitably have some thoughts in his heart.
I have some doubts, but my original judgment will be somewhat shaken.
When people are shaken, they will think too much, and when they think too much, they will not have much courage to persevere. This is a relatively simple psychological game, but how to explain this clearly to Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao?
There was still no psychology in the Han Dynasty, right? Maybe it had specific applications but no theory.
"The commander-in-chief of the army has his own way of leading the army for a long time," Fei Qian thought for a moment and said slowly, "If he doesn't notice, he can bully him. This is the case for Sun Tzu when he reduces the stove and when Gaixia is in distress. Chi Yang
Hou Yong is brave, but he is also suspicious. If he loses again and again, he will lose his courage. If only his doubts remain, how can he not retreat?"
In fact, Jiezao and Chuge also have some anchoring factors.
Sun Bin withdrew his troops, and Pang Juan pursued him all the way. He probably thought that Sun Bin was vulnerable, so he judged from the number of soldiers that Sun Bin could no longer control the army, and many of them fled, so he chased him all night and was ambushed.
The same is true for Chu Ge.
Later generations will often mention why the Overlord of Chu committed suicide, saying that he can make a comeback after crossing the river. This is just a God's perspective who knows the cause and effect. And for the Overlord of Chu, if there are so many Chu Ges in the Han army, does it mean that the people from Jiangdong
You have already betrayed yourself and taken refuge with Liu Bang, so what's the point of going back alone?
Zhao Yun nodded, looking slightly thoughtful.
Zhang Liao smiled on the side and said, "So, we all have our own ways?"
Fei Qian was not very shy about this, and said to Zhang Liao: "If you hide behind the Chinese military flag, you are hiding heavy armor and equipped with a powerful crossbow to lure you into the battle..."
Zhang Liao's smile gradually faded, he was silent for a while, then he cupped his hands towards Fei Qian and said, "Thank you for your advice, sir."
Fei Qian smiled, and also raised his hands to Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun Gong and said: "Soldiers are also treacherous. Military and state affairs must be carefully observed. If there are rules to follow in a certain design and layout, I hope you two can give me more corrections."
"I will obey your order." Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun said together, cupping their hands.
"Okay, let's push the cart over here, take off the vests of the heavy riders, and feed them some more essence to let the horses regain their strength and prepare to return..." Fei Qian looked at the heavy riders.
There were some losses, but in fact the losses were more in horses. Fortunately, this counterattack also captured some Xiliang cavalry horses, otherwise it would have been really painful.
In order to travel quickly, we can no longer bring large baggage trucks, but we do bring some simple small trailers. Although it requires horse-drawn horses to keep up with the pace, the advantage is that it is easy to disassemble, and the most important thing is that the horse armor still has
Some camping supplies can be tied to it, which can reduce the weight of many war horses.
As for wheels, the Chinese people had already lighted up the technology tree before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is said that the first wheel was produced in the Xia Dynasty, and by the Yin and Shang Dynasties, relatively complete items such as car bodies and carriages had appeared.
, and then during the Warring States Period, those countries with thousands of vehicles, their national strength was calculated by the number of chariots armed with technologies such as bearings and wheels.
By the Han Dynasty, the technology of wheels was already quite mature. Basically, a decent craftsman could make it. Although there was no rubber or other things in later generations to absorb shock or reduce friction, at least it was not used for transporting items.
Too many questions. Anyway, some heavy items such as horse armor don’t need comfortable wheels...
After defeating the pursuers, they could return. The soldiers also became happy. They began to take out some ingredients from their arms or pockets that they were reluctant to eat, feed them to their horses as snacks, and tidy up the horses.
The atmosphere became much more relaxed.
There are also some war horses that captured the Xiliang soldiers, and they are still restless when the reins are pulled. This is naturally the time when those delicious and sweet snacks come into play. It is fun to talk about it. The war horses seem to be a little arrogant.
His personality, although he shakes his head and tail, snorts and scratches his hooves, still cannot change his body as a foodie...
Although people die for money and birds die for food, in fact horses are not much better. When they realize that the new soldiers around them are strong, difficult to resist, and have some delicious food, they soon die.
Then he became docile, either marching with the large army, or being hitched to the harness of a small car, and the group of people meandered towards the east...
