As the main attacker, the Xiliang Army soon discovered that the opponent in front of them seemed to be no worse than themselves on the surface. At least in terms of courage, the "cowardly" Guandong people they once thought did not seem to be in a situation of collapse.
They even relied on their armor, which was stronger than that of the Xiliang army before it was without the blessing of the white tiger, to bravely confront the Xiliang army.
Of course, the most important thing is that the first battle situation was not as one-sided as Hu Zhen and Yang Ding thought. The resistance of the coalition forces was obviously beyond their expectation, and Dong Zhuo's offensive momentum was slightly frustrated.
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It was only then that the soldiers of Dong Zhuo's army realized that the other side also had an unpredictable sacred beast above their heads. Although the benefits that Dong Zhuo's army could obtain might not be obtained by the opposing coalition forces, there was no guarantee that there would be nothing strange about them.
BUFF.
Apparently the Xiliang army had forgotten that Youzhou, which was also on the border and had to face ferocious enemies from time to time, also had strong soldiers. Even the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty relied heavily on the sudden cavalry from Youzhou.
Although such weather and terrain hinder the performance of the Youzhou Assault Cavalry, even if it is used as a long-range fort with a bow and arrow, facing the Xiliang Army with obvious targets, the Youzhou Assault Cavalry's cavalry bow can still bring a lot of damage -
- You must know that the riding bow production technology of Youzhou Tuqi is completely derived from the Karasuma people who are good at riding and archery, but the arrows they shoot are far beyond the capabilities of the Karasuma people.
However, facing Dong Zhuo's army like a raging wave, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, who were the vanguard of the Chinese army, also felt very uncomfortable.
In fact, if possible, the two of them would rather not be the vanguard to resist the enemy's tidal attack, but be assigned the task of harassing and intersecting on the flanks. But firstly, this is the order of the leader of the alliance, and secondly, like this
Under the bad weather, they could not fully display the characteristics and strength of their troops. Instead, they fell into an unfavorable situation due to the weather. This was the fundamental reason why the two of them did not object after listening to Yuan Shao's order.
Not only did their opponents have strong personal strength, but the armor and weapons blessed by White Tiger also exceeded the imagination of the coalition forces. The most important thing was that the opponent's battle formation in front of them had no gaps, even if Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei planned to fight.
Partial counterattacks were not possible to relieve the defensive pressure. This result really made the two of them feel a little scared.
Until this time, Liu Bei began to miss his second brother Pan Gong a little.
The main professions of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei are both light cavalry. Although Zhang Fei has the secondary profession of light infantry, which can ensure that he will not be affected in such an environment, most of Zhang Fei's martial arts are devoted to horseback combat.
, Although he can usually win with two feet on the ground in a one-on-one battle with strength, in such a scene, even Zhang Fei himself is still afraid of the kind of fighting method that consumes a lot of physical strength.
But Pan Gong is different. He has anti-corrosion infantry combat experience. Even though he is limited by his own strength, he is often tortured to death in single fights with Zhang Fei, but on the battlefield, especially in such a situation
, obviously Pan Gong’s skills are more suitable.
Of course, what Liu Bei misses the most is actually the light infantry and martial artist troops trained by Pan Gong who are good at infantry combat. If these troops were not handed over to Pan Gong to go to Hebei, Liu Bei would have more confidence in continuing to support them.
But this is something that can't be helped. After all, Liu Bei can't move himself, and Zhang Fei's temper makes it easy for him to become the chess piece of a wise man like Tian Feng and Jushu. He may not even know that he has been tricked by others.
Although Lao Zhang is actually quite smart.
Therefore, seeing those fluorescent lights getting closer and closer to him, Liu Bei sighed inconspicuously.
Alliance leader, it’s not that I, Liu Bei, don’t try my best, but the enemy is too cruel!
Slightly different from the fighting methods of the Bingzhou Army and the Youzhou Army, the Xiliang Army's fighting method is more "unsophisticated" because the tradition inherited from the old Qin people is that they like to travel by car. Nowadays, coupled with the popularity of war horses and
Living together with the Qiang people mixed and refined various tactics. As a result, the Xiliang Cavalry was born, a unique unit that combines cavalry, chariots and infantry - you can call it vehicle-mounted infantry, or you can call it vehicle-mounted infantry.
Chariot soldiers are also excellent cavalry.
Different from the chariot soldiers who relied entirely on the impact of chariots to fight in ancient times, the Xiliang cavalry's horses can quickly transform into light cavalry and light cavalry due to the use of saddles, stirrups and horseshoes (Note 1).
The two arms of infantry, and even some Xiliang cavalry whose secondary profession is archers or cavalry, can also provide long-distance support to their companions on chariots.
Not to mention that these Xiliang cavalry are also familiar with Qiang fighting, and they are very powerful in both mounted and infantry combat.
Therefore, the tank troops that were given new life also allowed their original tactics to be carried forward.
The most typical one is this fish scale array.
As mentioned before, the predecessor of the Fish Scale Formation was the Yuli Formation (Note 2). The first person to adopt this formation was the Zheng State recorded in the "Zuo Zhuan: The Fifth Year of Duke Huan" with "Man Bo was on the right to refuse, and Zhong was sacrificed."
The foot is Zuo Jie, Yuan Fan, Gao Qumi, with the central army serving the public as a fish and beauty formation. The first is to move to the rear, and Wu Cheng is to fill in the gaps, fighting against Confucianism and Ge."
Du Yu, a famous general in the late Three Kingdoms and early Western Jin Dynasty, was a Confucian commander who loved "Zuo Zhuan". Just like Guan Yu, he would read the book over and over when he had nothing to do. Moreover, Du Yu's family background was much better than that of Guan Yu, a fugitive, so he not only had time
Read and ponder, and also have the ability to annotate "Zuo Zhuan", that is, interpret the articles in "Zuo Zhuan" based on your own understanding.
Among them, he explained the above article recorded in "Zuo Zhuan" as follows: "Sima Fa": "In a chariot battle, twenty-five vehicles are divided." With the chariot in the front, the five vehicles in the second place, and the chariots in the second place.
There is a gap, and there is a leak. Five people work together. This is the formation of Yuli.
In other words, the most original Yuli Formation was composed of twenty-five tanks and five infantrymen behind each tank, that is, a total of 125 infantrymen as a combat unit, and then countless combat units were concentrated in the center, on the left and right wings
As a protection, it is an offensive formation that continuously strikes the enemy in waves to achieve a breakthrough in the middle.
This not only emphasizes the use of the impact of the chariot to achieve the effect of impacting the enemy's formation, but also uses the infantry to follow the chariot on the one hand to fill the gap between the chariot and the chariot, on the other hand it can also protect the chariot from being missed by the enemy.
attack.
Well, when it comes to this, some people may have already realized, Damn, isn’t this the ancient version of Bu-tan collaboration!
When the chariots charge into battle, due to the difference in horses and the weight of the chariots, it is impossible for the chariots to move at the same speed. Although it may not be visible at a short distance, the chariots charging at a longer distance will no longer be at the same speed.
The same plane.
This is just like a charge of war horses. The so-called cone formation was not a deliberate formation at first, but the inconsistent pace of the war horses due to differences in their own qualities and loads. Later, as the war increased, people realized this.
, so the people with strong martial arts skills were deliberately placed at the outermost end, thus gradually evolving into a formation.
The arc-shaped chariot group of the Yuli Formation is also the origin of the name of the Yuli Formation. I am afraid it has a certain relationship with this.
As a result, under the continuous attacks of groups of Xiliang cavalry, even someone as strong as Sanye felt tired. Of course, it was just psychological rather than physical. After all, Qinglong has a negative impact on the body.
Moisture is always present, which means that their physical strength can be maintained at its best at all times.
However, what makes Liu Bei's army and Gongsun Zan's army feel a little desperate is that although their opponents do not have unlimited physical strength, which sounds very powerful, the BUFF on the Xiliang army is even more BT, because every once in a while, those BUFFs are even more powerful.
The Xiliang army will collectively endure a white tiger attack
"Love's whip", and then their HP is fully restored in a burst of pain that is enough to numb them. This means that as long as they are not instantly killed, even if their HP is bottomed out after being severely damaged, they can be temporarily pulled to a position behind the front line to recover their physical strength.
At the same time, he waited for White Tiger to treat him, and then rushed to the front line again.
Well, the attack of the entire Xiliang Army is like being controlled by a war3 e-sports player with excellent microcontrollers. It is constantly attacking the central army of the coalition, but its own losses are quite limited. So although the situation is temporarily
Caught in a tug of war, Dong Zhuojun's fish scale formation came to a brief standstill, but the balance of victory was still clearly tilted towards Dong Zhuojun.
In desperation, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei simultaneously issued player requests to Yuan Shao behind them. After all, if they continue to support like this, their troops may be in danger of being annihilated. Even if they do not have the ability to dominate the world in the future, they
If you lose the troops you rely on, it will be very difficult to face the ferocious grassland tribes in the next few years.
"So fast!"
It can be said that Yuan Shao was still a little unprepared for such a situation. Although he had foreseen that the two princes' troops as the vanguard of the Chinese army would be difficult to withstand Dong Zhuo's army's offensive, he did not expect that they would be unable to hold on so quickly.
Of course, Yuan Shao also knew how much moisture there was in this so-called "unable to hold on".
It will take some time for Commander Cao Cao's right wing to outflank. Although Dong Zhuo used the fish scale formation to make Cao Cao's outflank take less time than expected, it is still an army of tens of thousands. As a rookie commander who has never commanded an army of this size before,
, no matter how talented Cao Cao is, it still takes time to become a proficient commander.
"Crack!"
However, after all, a certain dark-bellied azure dragon in the sky perhaps did not want the war to end so quickly, and provided very powerful support to the coalition soldiers who were fighting on the front line.
The battle situation seems to have returned to a delicate balance again.
Note 1: Horseshoes have appeared in Rome at least BC. It should be no problem for them to spread to Central Asia and the Western Regions with the Roman conquests, not to mention that there is a legendary team that once reached the northwest. As for saddles and stirrups, the prairie people are the most popular.
Application and popularization first. Therefore, it can be considered that even without the participation of time-travelers, these three things should have been popularized in the northwest region at least in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. As the war progressed, other regions should also gradually promote it. It can be dealt with without iron palm bronze.
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Note 2: Du Niang has two interpretations of Yuli Formation, but upon closer inspection, the main examples actually come from the description of Zheng Guo’s battle. And the explanations also come from Du Yu’s annotations, but
In the end, there were three explanations. Alas, I admire it. It’s really a big deal.
