Regarding the upcoming decisive battle with the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Xiu's belief was that his side could only win, not lose.
If they win, the Han Dynasty will take a big step towards unifying the world; if they lose, it will trigger a series of chain reactions, and the Han Dynasty may never be able to turn around again.
All the generals present naturally saw Liu Xiu's determination for this battle. People shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, in this battle, I swear to fight to the death with the rebels and never take a step back! Either win or die!"
Liu Xiu nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "Order your troops and go to war!"
One hundred thousand Han troops lined up in neat square formations and walked out of the Han army camp one after another. At the same time, Deng Yu and Geng Yan, who were stationed in Yiyang, commanded 30,000 Han troops and marched out of Yiyang.
City, where it meets the main force of Liu Xiujun.
The Han army, totaling 130,000 men, went straight to the Red Eyebrow Army camp in the southeast of Yiyang.
After hearing the news that the Han army was out in force and attacking in a large scale, the Red Eyebrow Army did not defend the camp, opened the camp gate, and attacked with the whole army to face the Han army.
The current strength of the Red Eyebrow Army is 150,000, and the strength of the Han Army is 130,000. There is not a huge difference in the strength of the two sides. The head-on confrontation is completely evenly matched, and it is a head-to-head confrontation.
According to Liu Xiu's instructions, the Han army set up a wild goose formation. The great Sima Wu Han, commanding 50,000 soldiers, was at the front as the front army; Zuo Cao Wangchang, commanding 30,000 soldiers, was at the front as the center army.
Behind the front army.
The right general Deng Yu, commanding 5,000 Youzhou cavalry and 20,000 armored soldiers, stood on the right side of the front army as the right wing.
Jianwei General Geng Yan, commanding 5,000 Youzhou cavalry and 20,000 armored soldiers, stood on the left side of the front army as the left wing.
In front of the two armies' formations, the Han army quickly adjusted their formation, lined up their troops, and opened up their posture.
After looking at the Han army's formation, Xu Xuan, the prime minister of the Red Eyebrow Army, laughed out loud and said: "Liu Xiu actually formed a wild goose formation. He wanted to completely annihilate our army! Liu Xiu has such a big appetite.
Aren’t you afraid of bursting your stomach?!”
In the wild goose formation, when the two sides are fighting, the two wings of the wild goose formation can rush forward to form an encirclement of the enemy.
It is precisely because of this that the Wild Goose Formation is mostly used when we are outnumbered. If the strength of both sides is about the same, or even the enemy's strength is greater, then using the Wild Goose Formation to fight will undoubtedly lead to death.
The main reason is that it is too easy for the enemy to break through in the center. If a large number of our own troops are dispersed on both wings, the strength of the front army will inevitably be greatly weakened. Once the front army cannot withstand it, no matter what formation it is, it will become a dead formation.
At this time, Fan Chong and the Red Eyebrow generals also felt the same. The Han army's strength was obviously not as large as our own. Now they still have such a wild goose formation with a big appetite. If Liu Xiu is not too arrogant, then he is too stupid and does not know how to live or die.
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Zuo Sima Fengan said: "In this battle, our army can use the sharp arrow formation to defeat the enemy!"
As the name suggests, the overall formation is like an arrow, and the purpose of the formation is to break through in the center.
The Han army formed a wild goose formation, and the weak point was obviously the front army. If we concentrated our forces and attacked the enemy's front army, we would be able to defeat it in one fell swoop.
As long as the enemy's front army is defeated, the troops and horses on both wings will lose their foundation and become nothing to worry about. Our army can march straight into Huanglong and storm the enemy's central army. It is even possible to kill Liu Xiu in one fell swoop.
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All the generals had no objections to Feng An's suggestion and looked at Fan Chong and Xu Xuan in unison.
The Red Eyebrow Army supported Liu Penzi as a puppet emperor and established a imperial court. Fan Chong was appointed as the Censor and Xu Xuan was appointed as the Prime Minister. The real leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army were precisely these two.
Fan Chong and Xu Xuan looked at each other and nodded in unison. Fan Chong said: "Okay! According to Zuo Sima, our army will defeat the enemy with an arrow formation!" After a pause, he looked around the crowd and asked: "Where?
A general willing to lead the front army?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng An intervened and saluted, and said loudly: "I am willing to lead the front army!"
Fan Chong pondered for a moment and reminded: "The leader of the enemy on the opposite side is Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu is good at using troops. Zuo Sima must be more careful!"
Feng An smiled and said proudly: "I haven't taken Liu Xiu seriously yet. Today, I will kill Liu Xiu with my own hands and defeat the enemy!" After saying this, he tossed his robe and turned around to mount his horse.
Zuo Sima Fengan is also one of the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army. His status with Right Sima Xie Lu is second only to Fan Chong and Xu Xuan. Feng An has a group of his confidants under his command. When Feng An goes to war, these confidants will naturally follow him.
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There were dozens of generals and generals who followed Feng An alone.
Under the instructions of Fan Chong and Xu Xuan, the Red Eyebrow Army set up a spear formation in front of the two armies.
On the battlefield outside Yiyang City, one side set up a wild goose formation, and the other side set up a sharp arrow formation. One side's formation was like a wild goose with its wings spread, and one side's formation was like an arrow leaving the string.
After looking at the formations of the enemy and ours, Xu Xuan unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Arrows can shoot wild geese! Our army's sharp arrow formation will definitely be able to defeat the enemy's wild goose formation!"
Fan Chong heard the words and took a closer look. He saw that this was really what happened. He looked up and laughed loudly and said: "Thank you for your good words from Prime Minister Xu! If our army can win a complete victory in this battle, we can take advantage of the victory to pursue and unify the north!"
The red-browed generals around him were all beaming with joy and beaming with joy. The one with the most solemn expression was undoubtedly Mo Yan.
Last night, Qi Zhong disguised himself and sneaked into Liu Xiu's camp, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Liu Xiu. Today, Liu Xiu personally led the troops to fight. Obviously, Qi Zhong either didn't find the opportunity to attack, or the action failed.
Until now, Qi Zhong has not returned, and Mo Yan feels uneasy. His absent-mindedness was noticed by Fan Chong. He leaned over to Mo Yan and asked in a low voice: "Is the military advisor worried? Do you think our army should not use the front line?"
Arrow array?"
His voice was not loud, but the surrounding generals still heard it, and everyone's eyes fell on Mo Yan's face.
Mo Yan waved his hand to Fan Chong and said: "General, Yan does not feel that our army's formation is inappropriate, but he feels that Liu Xiu is used to fighting, and now with a disadvantaged force, he arranged a wild goose formation. There must be something wrong with it."
rely."
When Fan Chong heard this, he took a breath, and Xu Xuan also frowned. He asked the generals around him: "Are there any other enemy troops found near Yiyang?"
All the generals shook their heads, indicating that they had not noticed it. Xu Xuan looked at Mo Yan and said, "I think the military advisor is worrying too much! Liu Xiu's troops and horses are all here. These troops and horses are his Liu Xiu's."
The greatest and only support for showing off!”
Mo Yan stopped talking and raised his gaze to look at the battlefield ahead.
In the camps of the Han Army and the Red Eyebrow Army, horns sounded continuously. This lasted for half an hour. When both sides had arranged their formations, the horns stopped.
At this time, the battlefield suddenly became quiet, and the chilling atmosphere quickly spread. A breeze began to blow on the originally windless battlefield, blowing on people's faces and bodies, making people feel chilly.
Wang Chang, who commanded the central army of the Han army, turned to look at Liu Xiu not far away, raised his hands and asked, "Your Majesty?"
Liu Xiu's eyes were deep and he nodded slowly.
Wang Chang bowed and responded: "Here!" He drew out the sword from his ribs, waved it forward, and shouted: "Beat the drum——"
Dong, Dong Dong, Dong Dong Dong——
The drummers of the Chinese army were all shirtless, holding drumsticks in both hands, and hitting the drum heads with all their strength. The dull and shocking drum beat sounded slowly at first, and gradually, the drum beat became louder and louder.
The bigger it gets, the faster it gets.
The front army, the generals commanding the various armies and formations, waved their hands forward and shouted loudly: "March--"
The 50,000-strong front army led by Grand Sima Wu Han took the lead in advancing forward. As soon as the front army moved, the entire army moved. The two wings commanded by Deng Yu and Geng Yan, and the central army commanded by Wang Chang followed the front army and advanced together.
hair.
Boom, boom, boom! As the battle formation moved forward, the sound of uniform footsteps sounded rhythmically. The advancement of the 130,000-strong army made the ground tremble.
As the Han army began to advance, the thundering sound of drums rang out from the camp of the Red Eyebrow Army on the opposite side. Immediately afterwards, the front line of the Red Eyebrow Army began to advance forward.
The Han Army and the Red Eyebrow Army were marching in opposite directions, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.
When the front armies of both sides were less than a hundred steps apart, the archers in both armies took off their bows and arrows in unison, twisted their bows and nocked arrows, and at the command of the generals, fired arrows into the opposite sky.
Buzz——
Buzz——
Two sides of black mist almost rose into the sky above the two armies' camps. In the open space between the two armies, the light suddenly dimmed, as if two large dark clouds were flying rapidly in the sky.
The arrow array made a harsh and frightening whistling sound in the air, and smashed into the opponent's camp. There were crackling sounds one after another. From time to time, among the soldiers advancing forward, some people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. They did not even look at the appearance of the enemy.
Once I understand, I can no longer stand up.
After a round of arrow formations, people from both camps fell. Even if there were shields to form a shield formation, the shield formation could not completely resist under such a dense arrow formation.
"Fire arrows! Keep firing arrows -" As the battle formation advanced, the generals shouted and shouted one after another. The archers continued to shoot arrows, killing the enemy soldiers, and at the same time they were also hit by arrows flying towards them.
He kept shooting to the ground.
Wherever the two camps passed, corpses filled with arrows were left on the ground.
Soon, the former soldiers of both sides finally came into contact with each other. The sound of shields clashing with each other came one after another, and the muffled sound of spears piercing people's bodies also became one.
This battle was fierce and bloody from the beginning.
The soldiers in the front row fell, and the soldiers in the back row stepped forward to fill in, fell down again, and filled up again. The center of the battlefield was like a huge meat grinder, as if it was grinding every person and every living thing here.
Tear them all to pieces.
As for the Red Eyebrow Army, they concentrated their most elite soldiers and horses at the front of the front line, that is, the front army. Feng An commanded the front army and constantly urged his soldiers to push forward, push, and push forward.
Feng An knew very well the condition of our own soldiers. After such a long journey from Chang'an to Yiyang, and with constant fighting in between, the soldiers were already exhausted physically and mentally. We could not afford to fight a tug-of-war with the enemy, and we had to fight in one go.
Just defeat your opponent.
The Red Eyebrow Army's combat power is indeed very strong, and now they are forced to a dead end. This battle, for the Red Eyebrow Army, is a battle that they can only win, not lose.
If it were anyone else, they might not be able to withstand such a fierce and sharp attack by the Red Eyebrow Army, but now, the opponent they face is the famous Wu Han Wu Ziyan, one person against the most powerful general of the country.
Wu Hanan was sitting on his horse. The enemy and our soldiers were fighting so fiercely in front of him. People were falling to the ground in droves. He didn't even blink. After years of fighting on the battlefield, he was used to seeing death and blood, and he had already developed into a general.
of iron blood.
After watching for a moment, he raised his hand slightly, and a messenger immediately urged his horse forward, stepped in and saluted, and said: "Da Sima!"
Wu Han said calmly: "Pass my general's order and ask Guo Ming to lead his troops to attack. In coordination with Zhao Kuan's troops, we must withstand the enemy's offensive!"
"Here!" the ordering soldier agreed and rode away.
