Twenty miles south of Yiyang, Liu Xiujun's camp was established. Liu Xiuye had received Liu Zhi's reward. Xie Gong expressed his willingness to send troops and work together to annihilate Wang Lang's army, which made Liu Xiu feel at ease a lot.
Unfortunately, even if Liu Xiu calculated again, he could not predict that Xie Gong's wife Qin Zi would suddenly come out to interfere, and successfully gave up Xie Gong's plan to send troops to help.
There was nothing to say that night, and early the next morning, Liu Xiu sent an order to prepare the whole army for war. In the past few days, Liu Xiujun had been frugal, and the entire army had been reduced to two meals a day.
But even so, the food and grass in the army were consumed very quickly. After all, this was an army of 120,000 people, and the food needed every day was at least a thousand dan, which was not a small amount.
If the logistics supplies are sufficient, it doesn't matter, but the problem is that Liu Xiujun's supply line has been cut off long ago.
All the soldiers in the army knew in their hearts that today's battle was a decisive battle that had come in advance. As long as they won this battle, they would no longer have any worries. They could go straight to Handan, kill Wang Lang, and end this war.
The soldiers were both nervous and excited eating this breakfast.
After breakfast, the Han army led by Liu Xiu marched out of the camp in batches. The teams formed a square formation in front of the camp. The teams lined up in the square formation and moved forward, while the teams behind continued to form formations.
When Liu Xiujun came out of camp, Wang Langjun, who was stationed opposite, was naturally the first to notice. The spies immediately reported Liu Xiujun's unusual movements to Li Yu and Zhang Shen.
After hearing the report, Li Yu and Zhang Shen looked at each other and smiled bitterly. What was supposed to come would eventually come. Liu Xiujun came out in full force. This made it clear that they were going to start a decisive battle with their own side.
Li Yu took a deep breath and said: "Our army has no choice but to fight to the death in this battle!"
Zhang Shen stood up and said word by word: "Da Sima, give the order!"
Li Yu glanced at Zhang Shen, calmed Ning's mind, and shouted loudly: "Send the order, the whole army goes out to fight!"
Following Li Yu's order, Wang Lang's army camp was like a pot exploding. Looking around, there were crowds of people. Groups of soldiers ran to the open space to line up, and then they were led by their respective generals and ran quickly.
Leave the camp.
Square formations were arranged neatly in front of Wang Lang's army camp. Li Yu and Zhang Shen did not gather all 200,000 troops together. Instead, Li Yu led 100,000 troops and Zhang Can led 100,000 troops, divided into two groups: left and right.
Block square matrix.
When advancing forward, the two large phalanxes advanced together, intending to form a double-team on Liu Xiujun.
After watching this, Liu Xiu, who was in charge of the central army, squinted his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said: "The enemy army is divided into two armies, the left and right, and they want to attack our army from both sides. Deng Yu obeys the order!"
"The last general is here!" Deng Yu urged his horses to come out and salute Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu said: "You lead fifty thousand soldiers, including Ma Wu, Feng Yi, Fu Jun, Wang Ba, Ji Zun, Zang Gong and other generals.
As a supplement, attack the enemy's left!"
"I will obey your orders!"
"Wu Han listens to the order!"
"The end is here!"
"You lead 50,000 generals, supported by Geng, Kou Xun, Wang Liang, Liu Zhi, Geng Chun and other generals, to attack the enemy's right wing."
"I will obey your orders!"
Liu Xiu continued: "The rest of the generals will follow me and lead 20,000 soldiers to sit in the center of the army and wait for the opportunity to move!"
"I will obey your orders!"
According to the formations laid out by Li Yu and Zhang Shen, Liu Xiu quickly made adjustments to his own formation. The 120,000-strong army quickly split from the original large square formation into three square formations, two large and one small.
The two large phalanxes headed by Deng Yu and Wu Han moved to the left and right, facing Li Yujun and Zhang Canjun respectively, while the small phalanx led by Liu Xiu personally walked in the center of the two large phalanxes.
Of course, Wang Langjun, who was advancing from the opposite side, also saw the changes in Liu Xiujun.
At this time, Li Yu and Zhang Shen had a good understanding, and each sent their cavalry to rush towards Liu Xiu's 20,000-person phalanx to test the reality.
Although this small phalanx does not have many troops, only about 20,000 people, it is located in the center of the two large phalanxes. No matter which side is in serious trouble, it can provide reinforcements as soon as possible.
It can be said that the small square array in the center is the core of Liu Xiu's formation.
Both Li Yu and Zhang Shen saw this, so they sent out cavalry in unison, hoping to use the speed of the cavalry to defeat the small square formation by surprise.
Two cavalrymen suddenly rushed out from the two phalanxes of Wang Lang's army. Their horses galloped straight towards Liu Xiu's phalanx like two arrows from the string.
Seeing the enemy sending cavalry to attack the formation, Jia Fu quickly came to Liu Xiu, stepped in and saluted, and said: "My lord, I will go to meet the enemy!"
"Can Jun Ran be sure?"
Jia Fu said sternly: "The last general will lead five hundred men to his death, which is enough to defeat the enemy!"
Liu Xiu nodded and warned, "Jun Ran, be more careful!"
Since the last time he cooperated with the Benming Army, Jia Fu fell in love with the Benming Army. After the war, he asked Liu Xiu for orders, hoping that he could serve as the commander-in-chief of the Benming Army.
Liu Xiu didn't hesitate much and approved Jia Fu's application on the spot, handing over all his men to Jia Fu's command.
After this period of getting along with each other, Jia Fu established a very high prestige among Ben Ming Lang. All Ben Ming Lang were convinced of Jia Fu and were willing to obey his leadership and command.
Jia Fu dismounted, carried a painting pole and a square halberd, and led hundreds of people to rush out from his own camp and stood in a long row in front of the camp.
Seeing hundreds of people suddenly running out of the enemy formation, the cavalrymen who were charging towards Liu Xiu's square were startled at first.
But if you look closely, you will see that these Liu Xiujun soldiers have neither crossbows nor shields in their hands. They just stand upright in front of the square formation, each one like a wooden stake.
Seeing this, all the cavalrymen sneered in their hearts. Are these people crazy? Think that they can resist the impact of their own cavalry by forming a human wall with their own flesh and blood? They are simply here to die!
The two cavalrymen gradually merged into one and became a large cavalry team. People lay down on their horses one by one to reduce the area where they were attacked as much as possible.
Rumble
There were two thousand cavalry charging into the formation, and the momentum should not be underestimated. As the cavalry got closer and closer, people could clearly feel the tremors on the ground under their feet becoming more and more intense.
Jia Fu, who was standing at the front, showed no fear on his face as he faced the dark cavalry coming towards him, but his eyes were shining brightly.
When a cavalryman running at the front was about to reach him, Jia Fu suddenly shouted: "Kill!"
While shouting, he lifted up the square halberd that was stuck on the ground, held the halberd in both hands, and stabbed forward fiercely. This halberd hit the horse's chest right in the chest. There was a thud in the ear, and most of the halberd was
The tip didn't even penetrate the chest of the war horse.
The force of the charge of the war horse was more than 100 kilograms. But what is scary is that Jia Fu used the painting pole and the square halberd to withstand the inertia of the war horse. He stepped on the ground with both feet and did not take a step back.
The cavalryman on the horse, driven by inertia, let out a strange cry and flew forward from the horse.
As Jia Fu fought with one of the cavalry first, the rest of the cavalry followed suit and rushed forward.xdw8
Benminglang, who was originally standing upright like a wooden stake in front of his own camp, squatted down together when the horse rushed towards him.
While they squatted down, they pulled out the long swords on their backs.
The long swords they use are all specially made. The sword body is straight, thin and long, and emits a faint blue light. Just looking at it makes people feel that it is extremely sharp. This sword is famous as a horse-cutting sword.
The horse-zapping sword is the predecessor of the horse-zapping sword. During the long-term battles with the Huns in the north, the Han people developed a special weapon to restrain cavalry, which is this horse-zapping sword.
The horse-killing swords were so exquisitely crafted at that time that even in modern times, nearly two thousand years ago, the horse-killing swords excavated from Han tombs are not rusty.
Although the horse-cutting sword is slender, its blade is so sharp that it can cut off a horse's leg just like chopping vegetables.
A long row of benefactors all crouched down, took out their swords, and then swung the swords while squatting. For a moment, they heard a crisp crackling sound.
The war horse with its legs cut off screamed and fell forward, while the cavalry on horseback screamed and flew forward.
Looking around, a long row of "flying men" suddenly appeared in front of the formations of the two armies. These flying men fell to the ground, made a thumping sound, and then rolled forward close to the ground, just in time to reach the feet of the soldiers in the front row of the phalanx.
People don't need to fight, they just need to pick up the spear in their hand and stab it down, and the life of an enemy cavalry can be killed.
Facing Wang Lang's cavalry, the Benming Army did not stand up straight at all. They either bent over or squatted on the ground. They kept wandering around and slashed the horse-cutting swords in their hands, killing the galloping horses one by one.
The war horse fell to the ground.
This sounds easy to say, and it is indeed quite easy to see Ben Mingjun do it, but in fact, it is far from being as simple as it sounds or looks.
When the cavalry rushes into battle, how to avoid the cavalry's attack, how to dodge the stampede of the war horse, and how to cut off the horse's legs without being hit by the inertia of the war horse all require repeated practical training.
The reason why the Benming Army is brave and good at fighting, and the reason why the Benming Lang can scare the Huns and pick one out at random is because they have been tempered and climbed out from the pile of dead.
The Youzhou Assault Cavalry, also known as the Youzhou Assault Cavalry for short, is famous all over the world, but the Youzhou Assault Cavalry is much more terrifying than the Youzhou Assault Cavalry. The people of Jizhou may not understand this, and the people who have the deepest understanding of this are undoubtedly the Huns.
Li Yu and Zhang Shen, who were in the Benfang camp, to be honest, neither of them saw clearly how Liu Xiujun fought with his own cavalry. In just a blink of an eye, none of the two thousand cavalry sent by their own side were gone.
Already.
Looking at the front of Liu Xiujun's camp, we can see the corpses of war horses stacked on top of human corpses, and the human corpses are mixed with the corpses of war horses, stacked one on top of another.
This scene not only dumbfounded Li Yu and Zhang Shen, but also all the 200,000 Wang Lang troops under their command.
That's two thousand cavalry! Two thousand cavalry, against about 20,000 infantry, is indeed not easy to fight, but it won't be annihilated so quickly!
Jia Fu led the Benming Army against Wang Lang's cavalry and won a complete victory. This caused a huge psychological gap between the two sides who had not yet fully engaged in battle.
On Liu Xiujun's side, the morale was greatly boosted. The soldiers were excited and their blood was boiling. Their whole bodies seemed to be on fire. As the people continued to advance, they shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
On the other hand, the morale of Wang Lang's army, which was outnumbered and outnumbered, was suddenly suppressed. When the soldiers pushed forward, they were not looking at the enemy troops coming from the front, but looking sideways at Liu Xiu's position with fear.
He was afraid that this small square formation would suddenly attack him.