The dark curtain quietly draws away, and the red sun slowly rises!
Liu Bei led his army to retreat slowly! He wanted to severely damage Huanglong. Obviously it is difficult to fight in this confrontation across the river, so Liu Bei first retreated to the vicinity of Fucheng County and set the battlefield here!
Huanglong has news from Li Ru that Liu Bei's approach is exactly what he wants!
So after Liu Bei retreated, Huang Long was commanding the army to cross the Rushui River.
On the river, Daqian's engineering battalion quickly built ten pontoon bridges. The heavily armed soldiers of Daqian Army lined up in neat queues. Under the leadership of their respective commanders, they walked onto the pontoon bridges in an orderly manner and passed quickly. The leading troops passed. After that, he quickly organized his formation and protected the ten crossing bridges. Although Huang Long knew that Liu Bei had left, he had to prevent Liu Bei from coming back and attack Huang Long with a half-crossing attack.
After the soldiers passed through, behind them were cart after cart of weapons and equipment. Thanks to the efforts of the officers and soldiers of Bingcao Camp, the food, grass and baggage were quickly sent to the other side.
Half a day later, all the 100,000-strong army crossed the Rushui River, and then pursued Liu Bei in the direction of his retreat!
After Liu Bei's army retreated to Fucheng County, Liu Bei looked at the surrounding terrain and said: "We will fight Huang Long here. This battle must severely damage Huang Long's army!"
After knowing that Luoyang City was occupied by Lei Gong, Liu Bei was also worried that the Daqian army would attack Nanyang County and cut off his retreat, so he wanted to severely damage Huanglong's tribe so that Huanglong would not dare to continue to delay his army so that he could lead the main force. Back to Jingzhou!
When everyone saw the wide plains around them, they felt that there was indeed time for hundreds of thousands of people to fight here! So Liu Bei asked the army to set up camp, and at the same time sent Zhao Yun to monitor the actions of Huanglong's army!
The army led by Huang Long also caught up with Liu Bei's army in the evening, but neither side took any action that night!
The next day! The red sun rises!
As if they had agreed, Liu Bei and Huang Long each brought all the armies in their hands to the battlefield! The two armies gathered for five miles and faced each other like this! The passionate and powerful war drums suddenly resounded through the sky, and the drummers on both sides wanted to Suppress the voices of confrontation. Encouraged by the war drums, the morale of the soldiers on both sides is high!
Liu Bei placed Zhang Wei's less capable troops in the rear, and the remaining 80,000 troops were lined up on the left, center and right. Huanglong's formation was the same as Liu Bei's, but what he left behind was a reserve of 20,000 elite cavalry to launch deadly attacks on the enemy. One hit!
Liu Bei asked: "How are we going to fight this battle?"
Zhang Fei said: "There are many Huanglong cavalry. We use spears and shields to defend ourselves and let Huanglong's cavalry rush forward. We then use heavy infantry to kill a large number of Huanglong's cavalry. If all Huanglong's cavalry are used up, our retreat will be safe." Got it!"
It can be said that if the Han coalition wants to retreat, the most important thing is to severely damage Huanglong's cavalry. Otherwise, Huanglong only needs to hang 10,000 cavalry in the rear, and it will be difficult for the coalition to retreat to Jingzhou safely and quickly!
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Let's use the Xuanwu Formation to fight Huanglong first!"
At the same time, the army is in full swing!
Huang Long asked Li Rudao: "Where are Zhang Ji, Hu Zhen and their army?"
Li Rudao: "Zhang Ji deliberately placed his army not far from Yuan Tan so that they could attack Yuan Tan's army. However, Zhang Ji was still a little worried that after he attacked Yuan Tan's army, Liu Bei would lead the Chinese army to attack him.
, when the time comes, Zhang Ji’s 10,000 men will be attacked from two sides by the Han coalition forces, and they won’t be able to hold on for long!”
Huang Long smiled and said: "This is easy to handle. We attack Yuan Tan first and weaken Yuan Tan's army. When Yuan Tan's army is exhausted, Zhang Ji and others will rise up again, and our coalition forces will encircle and suppress Yuan Tan's army together! And if Liu Bei
If you dare to support Yuan Tan, I will send 20,000 cavalry to block Liu Bei's reinforcements and ensure that Liu Bei cannot attack Zhang Ji's troops!"
Li Ru cupped his hands and saluted and said: "General, your strategy is excellent!"
Huang Long smiled and said: "If it weren't for Li joining the army, it would not be that easy for our army to defeat Liu Bei!"
Then Huang Long shouted: "Order Liu Shi on the right to attack Yuan Tan's tribe first and completely cripple Yuan Tan's army!"
After hearing this, the messengers rode their horses to convey Huang Long's order!
Liu Shi, who was on the right, received Huang Long's order and ordered: "Attack and kill Yuan Tan's tribe!"
"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of the attack drums shook the world, and Liu Shi's troops took the lead in launching an attack on Yuan Tan. The 30,000-strong army kept approaching Yuan Tan's military formation in neat steps!
Marching at the front was Daqian's artillery army. After being within one mile of Yuan Tan's military formation, the artillery battalion captain shouted: "Fire the artillery!"
"Boom, boom, boom!" Hundreds of projectiles were shot out, leaving streaks of blood among Yuan Tan's army!
Yuan Tan shouted angrily: "Counterattack!"
Yuan Tan conquered Yuzhou for more than a year and produced more than 300 artillery pieces. Although most of these artillery pieces were lost in the previous battle, there are still hundreds of them in Yuan Tan's hands!
In this way, the artillery on both sides experienced an hour of bombardment. In the end, Xu Wei's artillery was larger and fired farther, completely suppressing Yuan Tan's artillery. Yuan Tan ordered the army to continue to advance, beyond the range of the artillery, and planned to engage the army in close combat.
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This was exactly what Liu Shi wanted. He did not believe that Yuan Tan's defeated 30,000 remnant troops would be his elite opponents. The 30,000 cadre troops were arranged in six square formations, advancing steadily in a pin-shaped formation, approaching Yuan Tan's army with great momentum.
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The soldiers of Yuan Tan's army lined up in front of the formation with giant shields and giant spears. These shields were connected like a city wall to defend against the rising troops of the army. They also exercised restraint on the infantry.
It was densely packed to resist the cavalry of the Daqian Army, but there were very few people in the rear, showing a hollow state. This was to defend against the artillery of the Daqian Army. In this state, even if the artillery attacked, it would be difficult to kill many soldiers.
This military formation is a formation that Yuan Tan and the others have studied for many years after fighting with Da Gan. They have summarized many improvement methods. The square formation is used in conjunction with the use of giant contradictions to contain the charge of Da Gan's cavalry. The hollow square formation weakens
The power of artillery, and even the artillery placed internally can also play a role in counterattacking large cavalry!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is a pity that the military formations studied by Yuan Tan were of no use on the battlefield ahead. As soon as the Daqian army attacked Yuzhou, Yuan Tan's soldiers collapsed at the first touch, and there was no
Attack and counterattack are effective. No matter how wonderful his military formation is, there are still many soldiers who dare not fight. Just like the 300 artillery pieces he worked hard to conquer the people of Yuzhou, but 200 of them are Yuan Tan's soldiers directly
Surrendering Da Gan with his artillery made him a veritable captain of the transport team!
And these are the first times this military formation has appeared on the battlefield!
The Daqian Army is similar, with giant shields and spears in the front, sword shield soldiers, and giant ax soldiers in the back. In short, they are all fully armed armor-piercing heavy infantry. At the back are the artillery of the Daqian Army, because the Daqian Army has always With the advantage of artillery, Daqian's military formation did not need to be prepared for artillery, but was sparsely arranged. From the battlefield, Yuan Tan's soldiers looked more numerous. In this way, the two armies got closer and closer. First they fired with bows and arrows, and then Crash together and engage in the most brutal hand-to-hand combat!
At this time, the giant shield array revealed its ferocious and ugly face. The warriors at the front were swallowed up by the shield array without hesitation. Every living life disappeared like this. The sound of killing on the battlefield was loud. The sound of war drums soared into the sky. It rose up, shaking the sky, and soon the blood dyed the earth red.
After an hour of fighting between the two sides, Yuan Tan's army was defeated steadily. Although Yuan Tan brought his elite troops, the battle had reached this level, and even Yuan Tan's veterans did not have much morale. , no one wants to work for Yuan Tan, who has become a bereaved dog. Under this situation, Yuan Tan's soldiers cannot exert half of their 100% strength. How can they be the opponent of the elite army!
Seeing that his army was about to be defeated, Yuan Tan immediately said to his messenger: "Go to the general and ask for help. Tell us that we have been attacked fiercely by the Daqian army. If reinforcements don't come, our army will be defeated." Back!"
The messenger immediately conveyed Yuan Tan's words to Liu Bei! Liu Bei was not surprised. After all, if Yuan Tan could fight, he would not be reduced to the current level!
He immediately said to the messenger: "Order Zhang Ji to support Yuan Tan!"
Now Zhang Ji is closest to Yuan Tan's department, so Liu Bei issued this order!
Zhang Ji, who had been waiting for a long time, was overjoyed after receiving the order: "The whole army is dispatched! March towards Yuan Tan's tribe!"
Zhang Ji's 10,000-strong army marched for a quarter of an hour and arrived at the outskirts of the battlefield. Then he walked to the front of the army and said: "Brothers, it was the Yuan family who rebelled and killed the Prime Minister and many of our Xiliang army brothers. Now we have arrived. It's time for revenge, raise the flag of Daqian for me, and the army will attack Yuan Tan's tribe to avenge the Prime Minister!"
After saying this, Zhang Ji asked his flag-bearing soldiers to hang the flag of Daqianjun to do justice for heaven!
Zhang Ji and Hu Zhen looked at the flag flying in the air for heaven, and the depression in their hearts was gone. They could finally do what they wanted to do and kill the enemies they wanted to kill!
Hu Zhen couldn't help laughing and said: "Finally, we can kill this thief Yuan Tan. The time has come for brothers to avenge the Prime Minister. From now on, we will be the army to do justice for heaven!"
Hu Zhen shouted loudly and struck the horse's back with a sword. The horse neighed, leapt up and charged towards Yuan Tan's army.
And the 10,000 Xiliang troops began to change their formation, using a sharp cone-shaped attack formation to kill Yuan Tan's army!
Zhang Ji raised his sword in front of the battle and shouted, "Brothers, avenge the Prime Minister!"
"Avenge the Prime Minister, kill Yuan Tan" tens of thousands of soldiers raised their weapons and shouted loudly, the sound was so loud that it shook the earth.
To say when did the soldiers of the Xiliang Army have the best time, it must be the time when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang City. So even after 10 years, they still miss that time in Luoyang City. Days, and now in the Xiangyang court, even though they have Liu Bei's care, they are still a third-class army. They have never wanted to live like this.
"Kill!" Zhang Ji shouted hoarsely and charged after Hu Zhen!
"Kill!" The soldiers of the Xiliang Army were full of morale and followed the two leaders Zhang Ji and Hu Zhen to kill Yuan Tan's tribe!
And on the battlefield!
Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he saw Liu Bei's 10,000 reinforcements. He thought that this army was here to support him, but he did not expect that after the reinforcements arrived near the battlefield, they actually raised the flag of justice for heaven and even shouted : "To avenge the Prime Minister, kill Yuan Tan!"
This made Yuan Tan dumbfounded, with a look of horror and pain. The Xiliang army actually rebelled at this time. Not only did there not be reinforcements, but there was an enemy! His army was going to suffer from both the Dagan army and the Xiliang army. Pincer attack!
At this time, Xu You immediately said angrily: "The general was so careless that he actually sent the Xiliang army to support us. Now it's all over! Look, let's run away quickly. If we don't run away, we will wait for the Daqian army and the Xiliang army to surround us." After that, you can’t escape!”
At the same time, Liu Bei and others also discovered Zhang Ji's rebellion and were shocked and said: "No, Yuan Tan's army is in danger. Zilong, you lead an army of 10,000 to intercept Zhang Ji's troops immediately and support Yuan Tan's army." The army must not let these 30,000 troops collapse!"
If Yuan Tan's army collapses, plus the 10,000 troops taken away by Zhang Ji's uprising, Liu Bei will lose half of his army, and they are all elite troops. If Huang Long comes over at this time, he will only have less than 30,000 elite troops. Well, facing an enemy three times as powerful as Da Qianjin, it is really possible for Huang Long to defeat his army!
But Yuan Ji pointed to the smoke in the distance and said: "General, it is already too late. The cavalry of Daqian Army has come to support Zhang Ji and the others. It is impossible for our infantry to outrun Huanglong's cavalry!"
Zhang Fei said fiercely: "I just said that the Xiliang army is unreliable. They have killed us now. This must be the trick of Li Ru, a poisonous man!
Jian Yong even said nervously: "Now is not the time for rescue, but we should take advantage of Huanglong's attack on Yuan Tan to find a way to escape from the battlefield. If we are held back by Huanglong, our 30,000-strong army will not be able to escape!"
At this time, Zhao Yun was surprised and said: "General, Zhang Wei and the others have run away!"
Liu Bei and others followed the direction pointed by Zhao Yun and found that 20,000 Hanzhong troops were fleeing to the rear!
Faced with such a situation where they were separated in a disaster, Liu Bei didn't know what to say. He also wanted to severely damage Da Gan's army, but he didn't expect that his coalition would disintegrate before he fought against Huang Long. In the past, he couldn't fight with Lei Gong. Even if they win, Lei Gong is considered the most famous general in the world, but now their coalition can't even defeat Huang Long of Da Gan Army.
You must know that Huang Long was just a small commander of the Yellow Turban Army. Liu Bei and the others could kill them with 1,000 cavalry and flee in embarrassment. But now he can't even defeat Huang Long. The gap between the two sides is already so big. At that time, Liu Bei was also disheartened!
At this time, Yuan Ji shouted: "My lord, now is not the time to be discouraged. You should immediately organize the army to retreat. If you don't retreat, you will not be able to escape! If my lord died in Yingchuan County, maybe the army will fight." Annexing Nanyang County or even attacking Xiangyang City, what will your Majesty do then?"
These words awakened Liu Bei, and he immediately said: "Zilong, you have cut off the rear of the whole army, and the rest of the army retreats!"