This is because the battlefield is complex, dynamic, and has inertia... Many times, when you think you have discovered an opportunity and a vulnerability of the enemy, after taking the corresponding measures and actions, the so-called fighter jet has disappeared.
Everything you do will become useless in an instant. Or even worse, your actions will become opportunities for others.
The key to prediction is to effectively identify various things on the battlefield, grasp the real key points from the myriad of clues, and choose the most appropriate response method based on the movement characteristics of the enemy and our troops. And many times it is not possible.
It may be unfair to blame, but it can only be said that in order to obtain the maximum gain, far more resources and people must be invested at one time than necessary.
To put it bluntly, certain physical laws and characteristics of things can exist widely in the military field and even the entire social field in a different way. In a sense, this has risen to the field of philosophy.
Back to the present, the decision jointly made by Chen Gong and Yuan Shao, that is, the movement of Yu Jin and his five thousand Taishan soldiers, as well as the temporary supplement of three thousand auxiliary archers, a total of eight thousand people, is the follow-up of this afternoon.
The origin of everything.
After receiving the order, Yu Wenze, who was known for strictly enforcing military orders, did not hesitate at all... His previous position meant that it was difficult for him to observe the changes in the entire battle situation. He only vaguely learned from the tiger guards who conveyed the order that the enemy troops on the front line were
Taking the lead in changing formations, he caused a flaw in the opponent's central army. Correspondingly, our own central army lacked the means to deal with the cavalry, so he was allowed to lead the troops forward... and of course there was no problem with this.
The eight thousand people, mainly armed with spears and powerful crossbows, were all sitting on the ground to rest. At this time, after hearing the military order, they stood up and lined up. At the same time, they also directly abandoned the original circular defensive formation and instead moved in columns from the rear.
Arriving at the west side of the Chinese army's formation, they naturally followed the loose passage originally reserved for the four thousand cavalry and quickly headed north to the front line.
But at this moment, Xu Rong also moved.
At this time, Gongsun Xun put into Xu Bojin's hands 7,000 cavalry from Guanxi and Hedong, 1,000 Qiang and Han mixed cavalry from Liangzhou, 1,000 Xianbei mixed Hu cavalry outside the Youzhou Wall, plus 2,000 white horse Yi followers, a total of
Eleven thousand cavalry, and the generals in his army, in addition to his own original officers, also include Zhang Liao, Zhang Fei, Pang De, Yang Qiu, Yuwen Heita and other world-famous cavalry generals!
The crowd of thousands of cavalry was not shocked when they first received the order to mount their horses. It was just like when Yu Wenze ordered his eight thousand subordinates to get up and sort out their equipment. They were far away on the chaotic and huge battlefield.
You can't notice anything by looking at it, it's just that the cavalry's pre-battle inspection is more complicated and more time-consuming.
However, when Yu Jin's own banner was halfway through the loose passage on the side of Yuan's army's central formation, when thousands of cavalry began to follow the white horse flag under the guidance of the two thousand white horses,
As it slowly moved forward, everyone on the battlefield noticed something strange.
In this era, no matter what level of battlefield, absolutely no one can ignore a complete cavalry group of up to ten thousand riders.
"Gongtai, what are you going to do, Gongsun Wenqi?" Looking at the white horse flag moving slowly towards his side in the north, and the densely packed white horse cavalry behind the flag, slowly flowing, Yuan Shao sensed the danger almost instantly, but
There was some uncontrollable excitement. "Is he actually going to come to me in person?"
"If he comes here, the chance of victory that we have been looking for will actually be achieved, but I'm afraid it may not be possible!" Chen Gong's face has turned pale. He is a smart man after all, but he was a little bit shy when facing the ever-changing battlefield before.
I was just at a loss, but I have woken up at this moment.
It's just that it's a little too late.
Yuan Shao was also smart enough, almost instinctively. His eyes turned to the east, where Yu Jin's troops were moving north quickly, executing the most obvious military dispatch order in his army... And Yuan Benchu also understood it instantly.
What order did you and your shogunate just give?
They personally removed an iron plate from the iron barrel trap specially set up for the Northland Assault Cavalry!
"Let Yu Wenze go back!" Yuan Benchu roared out instantly.
"Let Yu Jin get on top!" Chen Gong also said sternly in an instant.
The two spoke almost at the same time, and Yuan Shao suddenly realized... Yes, it's too late!
The opponent's cavalry has begun to speed up, but the speed of Yu Wenze's infantry is there. More importantly, if the main force of the opponent's cavalry wants to come in along the original 'trap' channel, then the only thing in the front can do to hinder it.
It was our own cavalry, and our own cavalry was already shaky.
Therefore, there is no doubt that Gongsun Xun will bring his white horse flag, lead a large group of cavalry to gather the Huns cavalry, and then directly destroy the last cavalry of the Yuan army, and rush forward to confront the marching Yu Jin tribe.
At this time, Yu Jin turned around and went back. He could only give his back to the huge number of cavalry. Instead, he charged forward to have a chance.
"Chang Shi is right!" Yuan Shao suppressed his violent heartbeat and said to the already confused leader of the Chinese Tiger Guard. The latter was obviously confused by the completely opposite orders given by Yuan Shao and Chen Gong. "Send our military order immediately.
, tell Yu Wenze that a large group of cavalry is about to attack from the front, and ask him to attack it... Then send a message to General Ju Yi and General Li Jin in the east, telling them to move closer to me immediately!"
This is a perfectly correct order...but no more than that.
"Send the order." Just as he arrived somewhere on the left wing of the eastern army, Gongsun Xun looked away from the white horse flag in the distance that was moving at full speed. He turned over and dismounted, but he took advantage of the situation and dismounted the tall Guan Yu beside him.
A new order. "Let Xu Huang use all his strength to press forward at all costs, and be sure to hold back Ju Yi and Li Jin to coordinate the advancement of Xu Rong and Han Dang!"
Guan Yu accepted the order with his hands, and immediately turned around to give the order, but unexpectedly did not suggest that he step forward to fight in person... Xu Gongming was a person who was rarely respected and trusted by Guan Yunchang in the army, and was his fellow Hedong fellow and "eldest brother".
However, it must be noted that Xu Huang was able to gain the trust of both Guan Yu and Gongsun Xun by no means relying on the "eldest brother" or the "five sons of good generals" in his mother's story. This man was in the golden age of a general.
In the past, the Baibo bandits in Hedong had always relied on their diligence, hard work, bravery, and their outstanding combat talents to win the trust of everyone... In fact, when the rear military orders arrived at the front line, there were countless speedy cavalry statues in the Chinese Army.
When the iron stream rolled in and rushed to the front line with an unstoppable force, Xu Gongming, as the commander of Gongsun Xun's left wing front line, immediately issued an order to all his soldiers to press forward!
At the same time, Han Dang, who was on the outermost side, had also begun to charge at a faster speed. They brushed against the opponent's military formation from the outside and rushed southward, trying to go around and outflank them.
Almost instantly, Yuan Jun's right-wing formation, especially Ju Yi and Li Jin, who were the backbone forces, felt the suffocating pressure. At this time, Yuan Shao's military order had not yet arrived.
Thousands of cavalry rushed forward like an iron stream. The first to bear the brunt and the first to collapse were the remaining Yuan army cavalry who had been fighting the Huns cavalry for most of the afternoon.
They were originally a temporary organization that was hastily established a few days ago to break up the rear, and then encountered several times of cavalry pursuit during the break. Thousands of people surrendered, thousands of people died in battle, thousands of people were injured, and the general was captured. Before this battle,
They were already reduced to remnants and defeated soldiers...and today they were used as bait again, and they fought with the Huns cavalry who were also treated as abandoned sons for an entire afternoon.
Hu Chuquan, the number two figure of the Huns, was hit by four arrows and had one of his legs broken by a horse. After he was snatched back by his confidant Feiyu guards, Yufulu Fu, the Xiongnu Chanyu, gritted his teeth and went into battle in person, replacing his own brother in the charge.
The front, and the left rib also received a blow through the armor... In such a brutal battle, how can the Yuan Jun cavalry on the opposite side do any better?
Therefore, when more than 10,000 cavalrymen with the White Horse Yi Cong as the vanguard swarmed in under the White Horse Flag, the army under the command of Guo Tu collapsed almost instantly.
The troops galloped away, unwilling to fight any more.
In this situation, Guo Tu was really helpless and could only leave in panic.
The next person to be washed away by this iron stream was Yu Jinbu!
To be fair, Yu Jin is an excellent general. If you give him a fair battlefield, he will not be afraid of any opponent. Moreover, his troops are designed to target cavalry with spears and crossbows, and they have sufficient strength... However, he just abandoned the formation,
While on the march, he encountered the worst situation.
Although he had received Yuan Shao's order, before he had time to make comprehensive adjustments, cavalry had already rushed over from the opposite side, and they were the most helpless and troublesome defeated troops!
After the defeat, there was a rolling iron flow that further increased the number of Hun cavalry by adding thousands of them!
Yu Jin had tried his best and shouted orders, asking the troops in front to stop and raise their spears to meet the enemy. They should not care about the life or death of the defeated soldiers and treat them equally... After all, if the infantry wants to deal with the cavalry, they need to form a defensive formation no matter what.
And long-range killing, otherwise it is meaningless.
What has to be admitted is that the strictness of Yu's imperial army played an excellent role in extraordinary times. Although the incident happened in a hurry, thousands of soldiers still gathered around his banner and reluctantly formed a formation, and blocked it with blood and spear points.
The cavalrymen who came from the defeated army even rescued Guo Tu.
Moreover, as he stabilized the front army, this trend of forming formations continued to spread to the rear.
Hundreds of steps away, Yuan Shao saw this scene from a distance, and was almost surprised. In an instant, he saw the dawn of victory again... If Yu Jinzhen is able to turn the tide and block the opponent in this situation, then wait for Ju Yi and Li Jin
After the support arrives, victory may still be in doubt.
However, Xu Rong, who was on the opposite side, did not hesitate at all, nor did he give Yu Jin and Yuan Shao the slightest chance... After their attempt to overwhelm Yu Jin's temporary spear formation failed, and after suffering a few casualties, following Xu Rong's instructions, countless cavalrymen immediately gave up.
He picked up this hard-to-gnaw bone, turned and passed directly from the opponent's side, and then trampled away the spearmen who had no time to form a formation and the crossbowmen who had no time to bend their bows behind the opponent.
The latter had no protection at all, and they were submerged by the iron flow without even knowing what was happening.
For a time, the spear formation formed by Yu Jin, a few of his front troops and some of his bodyguards was like a stubborn rock facing the flood. The flood could not destroy it, but it could easily get behind him and continue to wash away everything.
This is the role of cavalry on the battlefield. The mobility of this unit has never been strategic, but tactical. This is also the role of Xu Rong and Xu Bojin. Gongsun Xun handed the most fatal blow to this man.
Because he has rich experience in large-scale cavalry combat, facing an opponent like Yu Jin who may appear suddenly, he will not make mistakes or get entangled. He knows what real victory is.
The iron stream continued to roll forward, and more and more things were rolled up. Thousands of Yuan's defeated troops on the battlefield were like foam being slapped on the left and right banks by tens of thousands of galloping cavalry... First, Yuan Shao, Chen Gong, and Yu Jin
, and then Xi Liu, who was at the rear of the Chinese army, Yi, Chen Lin, Xun Kan and other scribes. Everyone was dumbfounded by the performance of this powerful cavalry like a savage beast, but they were powerless.
At this time, there were only two groups of people who could really save the situation. One was Ju Yi and Li Jin's troops on the right wing of Yuan's army, which was separated by Xu Rong's thousands of cavalry. The other was Ju Shu and Han Meng's troops in the rear army.
After all, Xu Rong's march route was exactly the huge empty area designed by Yuan Jun before, so Yuan Jun's only way to save himself at this time was to complete the iron barrel formation according to the original plan.
However, the triangular infantry formation against the cavalry to the east of Yuan Jun, after losing the Yu Jinbu behind it, not only lost one-third of its tactical power, but also lost a strategic fulcrum...a triangle was lost
It has reached a certain point, which is basically a qualitative change. The most obvious one is that it loses strategic stability and is easily squeezed and deformed.
Facing, facing Xu Huang's full pressure from the front, facing Xu Rong's strong intrusion of more than 10,000 cavalry on the inside, facing the outflanking of Han Dang's troops with a full number of 8,000 cavalry on the outside, Ju
Yi and Li Jin did not dare to move at all. These two battlefield veterans knew very well that once they moved, they would be squeezed from three sides, lose their formation, and become the targets of massacre.
As for the rear army under Jushu's command, as a cover-up, they were faced with a trap that they tried their best to do in the original plan. They also had to worry about whether Gongsun Xun would successfully break through. At this time, they lost the protection on one side.
, what qualifications do you have to stop so many cavalry and countless broken troops who have already charged?
A barely made iron bucket array, once an iron plate is lost, it will no longer be able to hold water. Some things have been doomed since Yu Jin left its original position!
In fact, in the end, there were still two soldiers who took the lead. The front one was led by Han Meng himself, and the one on the outermost side was led by Ju Hu, the son of Ju Shou. The two generals moved forward bravely, trying to use the mantis' arm as a chariot, but Zhang Fei easily succeeded.
The other one, facing Han Dang's rolling iron stream coming from the flanks, chose to retreat directly in panic, and then disappeared into the chaos.
As for Ju Shuo, the general of the rear army, he saw with his own eyes that Han Dang's troops easily submerged his son's location from a tall chariot and gathered Xu Rong's Zhongtu Brigade. His eyes were red, but he ordered the rear army to focus on him.
, spears on the outside and bows on the inside, and began to set up a circular defensive position.
This was a helpless move after knowing that he was unable to stop the opponent's cavalry... In this way, he might be able to cope with the retreat of Yuan Shao and the main force.
However, it was only possible, because after Xu Rong and Han Dang successfully merged, a total of 20,000 cavalry began to move from east to west, from the side of Jushu and from the rear of Yuan Jun, trying a real large-scale outflank!
"Zibo's ability to seize the opportunity before the battle has reached the extreme." Under the afternoon sun, long before dusk, Gongsun Xun heard the report from the frontline Lingyu guards about the merger of Han Dang and Xu Rong, but he was the first to
He praised Lou Gui in public, and then got up again and mounted his horse. "When I heard him say that we can send troops today, I knew that the overall situation was decided... Let's go! Wave the flag! The whole army beats the drum! Send an order to Cheng Demou and Shen Zhengnan to march from the west
From the east, from south to north, the whole army is pressing forward...Today's battle must be a great success!"
Everyone did not dare to neglect, everyone from Lou Gui to Guan Yu mounted their horses, and then together with Gongsun Xun personally urged the entire army to move forward. A hundred thousand people swarmed forward, and what was originally just a rolling iron flow of cavalry instantly turned into an overwhelming raging sea.
waves.
But at this moment, facing such a scene, Yuan Shao, who was already confused and numb, with cold hands and feet, suddenly heard the sound of gongs ringing in his ears.
Ming Gong, also known as Ming Jin, is the signal for withdrawal.
Yuan Shao looked at Chen Gong who issued the order with a somewhat distracted look, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Lord, please retreat." Unexpectedly, Chen Gongtai looked clear at this time and had clear command and control. He first gave a slight signal to Yuan Shao, then pointed at the general Lu Xiang who was called over by him. "Lv Xiaowei, former army officer
Leave it to me. You will be in charge of the Chinese army. You must escort the lord and the gentlemen at the rear of the Chinese army to retreat to Liangqi... Although this battle has been lost, the city of Liangqi is only more than ten miles away. The opponent's damage is limited, and the Chinese army has all the armored battles.
, it is not difficult to retreat into the city, please work hard!"
At this critical moment, Lu Xiang did not hesitate. He ignored Yuan Shao, who had lost his composure, and directly ordered the Chinese Tiger Guard to escort Yuan Shao's four-horse drum chariot to turn around and go south.
However, a moment later, this powerful general from Yanzhou, who was from the neighboring county of Chen Gong, turned around and dismounted from Chen Gong's carriage, kowtowing with tears in his eyes: "Chang Shi, as the matter comes to this, why don't we go together?! If that's not possible,
I'm here to command the front army, I just hope that Chang Shi can take care of my family..."
"This responsibility cannot be shouldered by one person." Chen Gong stood in the car, extremely calm. "As long as I die, no one will be blamed for this war, and you can continue to help the lord reorganize the overall situation with peace of mind... And besides,
Now, as the shogunate, I am in charge of the overall situation, and my lord also obeys his orders, but he has ruined the situation to this point. Personally speaking, how can I have the shame to go back? In short, my lord’s safety is with you, so leave quickly! Just remember
Regarding accommodation, if they meet Xu Ziyuan on the road, Duke Ju can give up the right to send troops to them. If they meet Guo Gongze, Xun Youruo and other Yingchuan people, or even Xin Zhongzhi, who came to Liang Qi City to help, will never give it.
They have military power."
Lu Xiang couldn't stop crying, but finally turned around and rode away.
On the other side, Chen Gong watched Lu Xiang escort Yuan Shao's chariot heading south, so he turned back and prepared to organize the front army to stop it. However, when he looked back, he realized that in just a short moment, as Yuan Shao retreated, the opponent's army pressed forward.
, the former army actually lost control and collapsed, fleeing one after another, as if they no longer had any command.
At this situation, Chen Gongtai looked up to the sky and sighed, but he simply stepped forward and pushed the driver away, letting him escape for his life. Then he untied his crown, took off his bun, covered his face with his messy hair, and drove upstream himself.
In an instant, he was beheaded by Zhao Yun's tribe at the age of thirty-six.
—I am the only dividing line that can only be settled by death—
"After Taizu arrived at Handan, he issued a letter of war... The palace said to Shao Shao in the city of Liang Dynasty: 'Now General Wei has arrived and gathered a hundred thousand people, calling him invincible. However, my lord's army is well-fed, so he may not be inferior. I heard about the battle.
There are four points to win, but now the victory is evenly divided. Even if you lose, you can retreat and stick to it. Why can't you fight? And my husband, the general of the guard is always victorious and harsh, but once defeated, his heart is broken; the lord is merciful after repeated defeats.
, One victory and the world will return to its heart. But if we hold a hundred thousand people and do nothing, the world will be disappointed, and the Lord will lose his roots. How can he do evil!' Shao Shanzhi went out to fight in the field... Seeing Shao's defeat in the harem, he went to the formation
Zhong sighed and said with hatred: "Today's battle is all about me. I heard that the gentleman is in danger, and I will share the same trouble and bear the responsibility. How can I return south to live in vain!" So he took off his hat, covered his face with his hair, and drove north to go to Taizu.
When he died in the army, Taizu respected his wishes and buried him with all his clothes." "Jiu Yan Shu". No. 1 in the family.
ps: It’s been a long time since I’ve been sick, and my gum inflammation is really sore... In the end, I still didn’t finish this chapter in one breath, and I kowtowed to admit my mistake.
