Yuan Shao's large-scale southern expedition was said to have gathered 100,000 elite soldiers, 30,000 war horses, and countless soldiers, money and food.
Finally, let’s not mention the logistics aspect for the moment. Everyone knows that the first two figures are a bit exaggerated.
The first is 100,000 elite soldiers. Logically speaking, it is not difficult for Jizhou, which has a vast territory and abundant resources, to obtain this number. Even though it has experienced the harassment of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is actually the hardest hit area, but in the past ten years,
At present in 2008, without the harassment of the Black Mountain Army and the bandits, large and small, who have become Yellow Turban thieves, the recovery situation here is quite gratifying.
But this does not mean that Yuan Shao's conscription plan can be carried out calmly.
Because Bohai County and Hejian County in the north of Jizhou have not been controlled by Yuan Shao for a long time. Even though Bohai was once the base for Yuan Shao to raise troops, when Yuan Shao gave it to Gongsun Zan as a concession bargaining chip, it not only became Yuan Shao's
It was the main battlefield of the tug-of-war with Gongsun Zan, and most of its original mobilization potential was destroyed by Gongsun Zan.
Hejian is not much better either.
Even before the war started, Wei County in the south was still under the rule of the Bingzhou Army. Even according to the emperor's edict, it no longer belonged to the territory of Jizhou. Only those old people who were born in Jizhou will not forget it.
In this regard, even though the people here have a fairly good sense of identification with Yuan Shao, it is not easy for Yuan Shao to recruit troops from here.
At least he must worry all the time about how many "seeds" the Bingzhou Army will plant inside, and then explode at the critical moment.
Even the two counties of Changshan and Zhongshan, which have always belonged to Yuan Shao, are unable to provide Yuan Shao with too many soldiers. This is not because Yuan Shao's ruling foundation in these two places is not strong enough, but because the powerful families here are often under attack from
Even though the Bingzhou Army's attack caused little damage, if there were not enough soldiers to guard it, no one could guarantee that the tragedy would not happen.
In fact, both Gongsun Zan and the raiding force with the villagers of Zhaojia Village as the core were almost able to break through those powerful Wubao several times. However, they had no choice but to retreat due to the rescue of the mobile troops left behind by Yuan Shaojun.
Under the unfavorable situation that several important passes were controlled by the Bingzhou Army, Yuan Shao's army could only respond by increasing the number of remaining troops.
Not to mention that Yuan Shao from Qingzhou also wanted to give Yuan Tan a certain amount of support.
Therefore, the total strength of Yuan's army may far exceed the order of 100,000, but after careful calculation, the number that Yuan Shao can really let go and invest in the war is probably still far from the level of 100,000.
The same is true for the so-called thirty thousand war horses.
From the beginning, Yuan Shao's army stayed away from horse-producing areas such as Liang, Bingshuo and Youzhou. The number of cavalry that Yuan Shao's army had at the beginning was not too many. In fact, it was not until he had more in-depth contact with the Wuwan and Xianbei people that they
, so that the number of war horses under Yuan Shao’s command
He has made great progress, but even with Yuan Shao's financial resources, if he wants to obtain more than 10,000 war horses in a short period of time, he still needs to bear extremely huge pressure, not to mention that he also needs to spend a lot of money to bribe those in enemy-occupied areas.
A powerful family.
Tian Feng once hoped that Yuan Shao could take a short rest and compete with the heroes of the world in three to five years. This was because Yuan Shao had already consumed too much financial and material resources by attacking Gongsun Zan and needed a period of time to recover before he could return to his full glory.
status.
Although Tian Feng's thoughts were mature and prudent, Yuan Shao's eagerness was not really unwise. It was just a different perspective. It's impossible to say who is right or wrong. At most, the winner or loser was just left to the hindsight of others.
The reason why I say so much is actually just to explain. At this moment, more than half of Yan Liang's subordinates are mounted cavalry. They are indeed the most important elites under Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is not willing to let Yan Liang take risks except for the reason.
Not only are you worried that something will happen to your love, but you are also worried that the precious troops in your hands will be damaged.
It is a pity that Yuan Shao could not predict that the relationship between Yan Liang and Wen Chou would be so deep, to the extent that Yan Liang would avenge him even if he disobeyed.
Perhaps Yuan Shao, who was kept in the dark by Yan Liang, has just received the information that a "mysterious army" is killing Cao Cao's army in the hinterland, or perhaps he is confused by the sudden harassment of Bingzhou army and has no time to think about it.
There is no certainty about this matter.
But those things no longer matter to Yan Liang now, all he has to do is destroy the enemies in front of him.
Liu Bei. And the fierce general brother beside Liu Bei who has become famous since the war against Dong.
What's your name?
Suddenly, Yan Liang's brain was a little out of power, and he felt a little guilty. His eyes quickly passed over the third master's face, and then stopped on Pan Gong's face, and showed an emotion full of fighting spirit.
Well, Yan Liang said that he definitely didn't do it on purpose. It's just that the pretty boy on the battlefield didn't look like the legendary "brother fierce general". After all, the pretty boy and fierce general are the specialties and traditions of the Bingzhou Army. Xiaoqiang and Zilongjiang are not the same.
There are one or two that make people feel that their self-esteem has been damaged, so that pretty guy is definitely not the guy in the legend.
Well, that's definitely the case. How can I say that the dignified and fierce general brother either has a face like heavy jujubes, lips like red paint, red phoenix eyes, and silkworm eyebrows, a dignified and majestic appearance; or he has a leopard's head and eyes, a swallow's jaws and a tiger's beard, and a voice as loud as thunder.
, as powerful as a galloping horse, and the most important thing is to have a face as black as coal. During night scenes, if you don't look carefully, you won't know where the enemy is.
Based on this standard, the pretty boy obviously does not meet the standard. Even if he is wearing neat armor, he is probably just a horse-riding strategist who is better at making plans than fighting on the battlefield. In comparison, he is not as impressive as he is now.
The guy who was struggling to hold on still felt a little bit like a fierce general.
Even though he is much weaker than me in terms of strength, is it possible that it is hard to live up to his reputation?
No, no, he knew something about Xiahou Dun's ability. He could be as famous as him. How could Zhang Fei from Yan not have such difficulty in resisting his own momentum? Or was it Liu Bei who thought he was just a
He's a nobody, so he didn't bring any generals with him to intercept him?
As for the person who says he has prosopagnosia, he is definitely trying to defraud him of medical fees, and he has a black heart.
Uh-huh~ Just Jiang Zi, no explanation.
Of course, this does not mean that Yan Liang is so arrogant. In fact, he does not know how to evaluate Liu Beijun opposite him.
First of all, judging from the spirit of the army, Liu Beijun's soldiers seem to be pretty good, and their fighting spirit is very high. However, in the eyes of a veteran general like Yan Liang, the eyes of most of the soldiers are not sharp enough.
They are just a group of rookies who have just stepped onto the battlefield, the most cruel place. They do not understand the horror of the battlefield at all.
Such soldiers, if the war goes well, may be able to adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield more quickly. But if the war situation falls into a disadvantageous situation, or if the war proceeds too fiercely, they will have a high possibility of mental breakdown.
Therefore, despite the fact that the blocking force may be slightly superior to Yan Liang's troops in terms of numbers, in Yan Liang's view, apart from the approximately 1,500 troops surrounding Liu Bei, which made him a little afraid, the remaining sincerity
They're just chickens and dogs.
Even because of the existence of thousands of recruits, the combat power that veterans can exert is also questionable. There may even be a problem of recruits dragging veterans back. After all, for veteran generals like Yan Liang, if the enemy's loopholes are not exploited, it will be a disaster.
Pretending to be a general
, the only policy on the battlefield is "take advantage of your illness and kill you". Those guys who show gentlemanly demeanor are either idiots like Song Xianggong who has been sung for thousands of years, or they have ulterior motives and plan to use their troops to defeat others without fighting.
A way to suppress the enemy's morale.
Of course, Yan Liang's brain really couldn't understand the so-called way of subduing the enemy without fighting. Therefore, Yan Liang was more willing to use the iron and blood on the battlefield than what the chatty counselors liked.
to solve the problem.
To put it bluntly, whoever has the bigger fist is justified.
"Liu Xuande, you can be regarded as a veteran. You actually put such a huge loophole in front of me without a general to protect you. It is really a way to die. Forget it. You are also a person who wants to get what you want quickly.
, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use your head as a sacrifice to Bo Ming!”
Seeing that the opponent did not take the initiative to attack, Yan Liang immediately began to mobilize his troops without waiting.
In view of the fact that half of Liu Bei's army was composed of new soldiers, Yan Liang divided his cavalry troops into two. Half of them were handed over to his trusted lieutenants, who roamed around the edge of the battlefield, occasionally approaching, and attacking Liu Bei's new soldiers.
They fired one or two rounds of feather arrows, and then changed direction again, continuing to maintain psychological pressure on Liu Beijun's new recruits.
As for Yan Liang himself, he led the remaining troops and charged directly at Liu Bei's central army head-on.
In response to Yan Liang's deployment, Liu Bei did not dare to neglect and set up a wild goose formation. However, because he was worried about Yan Liang's troops wandering around, this wild goose formation was somewhat like a wedge formation.
The most important thing is that Liu Beijun's central army is composed entirely of veterans who have been following him. They are very strong in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting will. Unless the battle losses exceed 60%, it is basically unlikely that morale will collapse.
situation.
But despite this, in Yan Liang's view, Liu Bei's arrangement made it even more difficult to live up to his reputation to a certain extent.
Why?
The key is that the thickness of the military formation formed by Liu Bei's remaining soldiers in the Chinese army is really too thin!
Liu Bei, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, would make such a mistake?
It's not that Liu Bei didn't realize it, but that he was really helpless.
In fact, as a commander, he also knew very well what kind of people that group of recruits were. Not to mention compared with those elite soldiers, even compared with the county soldiers in war-torn areas, they were still inferior. After all, those who needed to face each other frequently
The county soldiers who faced bandits and pirates were people who had seen blood, unlike these new recruits who had only experienced training and lacked actual combat testing.
Therefore, Liu Bei did not dare to deploy them directly in front of him, lest Yan Liang use these people as a breakthrough to coerce the attacking central army. In that case, Liu Bei really could not predict what the result would be.
However, as a general from the north who has been in business for many years, the only unit under Liu Bei that has not been laid off, or that Liu Bei has taken all the way from Youzhou to Yuzhou, is the cavalry unit of about 700 people that is now under the command of Zhang Fei. Yes.
It is said that this army composed mainly of Youzhou Liangjiazi is Liu Bei's trump card, a force that he cannot bear to give up no matter how poor he is.
Even Cao Cao is extremely coveted for this army. You can imagine how outstanding this army is.
But it was precisely the existence of such a force that put Liu Bei in trouble.
If we regard it as a reserve force, then it will be like now. The Chinese army looks like it has 1,500 men, but in fact it has less than 1,000 men. This makes the entire formation look like an asymmetrical dumbbell.
But what if this unit is placed in the Chinese Army?
The life of a cavalry does not lie in anything else, but only in two words - maneuver.
The cavalry, which has no mobility, may not be as effective as infantry. After all, it is very difficult for the cavalry masters who are high on the horse to stand upright and attack blind spots. In addition, the delicate nerves of the war horses are prone to various situations.
Perhaps all it takes is an infantryman to roll under the horse's belly and hit it casually for a moment. The horse can be frightened and the knight on the horse will be thrown to pieces.
Therefore, compared to the disadvantage of personnel, Liu Bei would rather let Zhang Fei lead this precious unit to wander behind the battlefield and look for fighters on his own. Although the third master is sometimes a little reckless, he is still capable of such a job.
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However, when Liu Bei puts up such a formation, the key to victory or defeat is no longer on the other people. It just lies in whether Liu Bei can survive Yan Liang's attack and create enough opportunities for other troops, or whether Yan Liang can defeat Liu Bei's center first.
military.
At least Liu Bei thinks so. As for whether Yan Liang will act according to his ideas, or whether Yan Liang, who has already made a gesture of attacking the Chinese army, will have other tricks, the cards available in his hand are too limited, and Liu Bei also
It can be said that the intention is weak.
In fact, Yan Liang had no intention of charging straight towards Liu Bei's central army.
As mentioned before, unless you have extraordinary confidence in your own strength, the battlefield is a place where you catch the enemy's loopholes and mistakes and exploit them, and see who makes or takes advantage of the last mistake.
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So instead of attacking Liu Beijun's central army, which looks strong but is actually very strong, it is better to attack the flanks that are easy to collapse, and then let the collapse turn into a snowball-like result - of course
.Such an idea cannot be exposed at the very beginning, and it is also very important to cover it up appropriately.
Don't think that Yan Liang has a low IQ because he is impatient and doesn't like to use his brain. He is much smarter than Xiao Qiang.
It's just that assumptions are still assumptions.
Before, the two armies faced each other from a distance. Even though Yan Liang noticed that Liu Bei's army was severely polarized between old and new soldiers, the exact number was difficult to know. Therefore, he did not expect that Liu Bei had such a small number of veterans. He also did not expect that Liu Bei would
The old and new soldiers were so completely separated that the number of soldiers under the Chinese Army was actually less than a thousand.
This can really be called a God-given opportunity.
In fact, this is not surprising.
Just as Liu Bei's reputation made Yan Liang afraid before the war, Liu Bei was also afraid of the famous Yan Liang.
After knowing Wen Chou's performance as if he were a god descending from heaven in the Battle of White Horse, Liu Bei could not rest assured that his Chinese army would be handed over to the new recruits who were nothing more than showmen in the eyes of the veterans. Their will could not withstand the brutal battle.
So in the end Liu Bei decided to take a little risk. He hoped that the new recruits, whose pressure would be greatly reduced, could grow up quickly and form a force to surround Yan Liang's troops before the Chinese army collapsed, thereby increasing the possibility of victory.
As for the cavalry commanded by Third Master?
When Liu Bei noticed the three thousand cavalry troops under Yan Liang's command, he actually had the idea of conserving his strength in his heart.
Those cavalry, or rather those war horses, are Liu Bei's last asset, and he doesn't want any battle losses until the critical moment.
Although it took a long time, it only lasted a moment on the battlefield, especially for Yan Liang's troops who were advancing.
Completely ignoring the recruits on both sides who were originally the best targets, Yan Liang could even see the fearful expressions on the faces of the recruits passing by. Even if there was no direct collision, most of the recruits had already experienced a drop in morale and various attributes.
The problem is just like Li Shushi, who saw what a real battlefield was like for the first time. He did well without being scared to death.
Okay, let’s not continue to publicize these dark histories, be careful of someone getting fucked out of humiliation.
boom……
The two armies collided firmly, and Yan Liang took the lead.
Then, the corners of Liu Bei's eyes couldn't help but jump three times.
Perhaps under the command of Pan Gong, the new soldiers performed quite well while carrying out harassment attacks from the cavalry division of Yan Liangjun who was not far away from them, while constantly surrounding the main force of Yan Liangjun in the middle.
But water from afar cannot quench our thirst!
Almost instantly, Liu Bei's old team suffered more than a hundred casualties in the battle. Among them, Yan Liang alone cut off the heads of four people and caused six people to fall on this land forever.
It seems that no one can stop Yuan Shaojun's murderous god.
In fact, besides San Ye, Liu Bei has other generals who are good at fighting. For example, Yang Qun, who saw that Yan Liang seemed unstoppable and knew the priorities of the matter, gave up the responsibility of command and went to stop him. He was a good swordsman and was in the coalition army.
He performed brilliantly in the battle against Yuan Shujun, who was led by Sun Ce.
Of course, Yan Liang is not very familiar with him, or in other words, he only hears his name but does not recognize his person.
But it didn't matter even if they didn't know each other, because facing Yan Liang who was bent on revenge, Yang Qun could only resist a few encounters, and had to rely on the soldiers around him to barely avoid being knocked off his horse by Yan Liang.
It has to be said that Yan Liang in a rage was as unstoppable as a murderous god in front of Liu Beijun.
The only person who had the ability to stop him, because of Liu Bei's order, had to wait for the opportunity in the rear, and even gradually confronted the partial troops sent by Yan Liang to harass.
Although it can definitely be called "capable" to contain more than twice the enemy force with a force of 700 people. However, such a result does not seem to be of greater use to the main battlefield where the situation is gradually falling into a disadvantageous position.
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Pan Sen: Kavin has been stuck a lot lately...or maybe his head is suddenly empty. (To be continued...)
