In this battle, the Han army invested nearly 200,000 troops, while the Pang-Meng coalition had more than 100,000 troops. Although the Han army had the upper hand, the gap between the two sides was not too great.
The military disadvantage of the Pang-Meng coalition would not be exposed from the very beginning of the battle.
The fierce battle between the two sides started in the morning and continued until noon. By noon, both the Han army and the Pang-Meng coalition had suffered considerable casualties. At this time, the disadvantage of the Pang-Meng coalition's insufficient strength began to appear.
After the combatants in the front row of the Han army were injured and fell to the ground, the Han army behind them immediately stepped forward to fill their positions and jumped into the battle. On the other hand, on the side of Pang Meng's coalition army, the follow-up soldiers were increasingly slow to fill their positions, and even after vacancies appeared.
, it took a while for soldiers to fill up.
Under this situation, the Han army officers and soldiers naturally became more and more courageous as they fought, while the Pang-Meng coalition army began to show signs of failure.
In the center of the battle between the two sides, both Pang Meng's army and Su Mao's army were suppressed by the Han army and retreated continuously.
The morale of the Han army's officers and soldiers became stronger, and they pushed forward with all their strength.
The soldiers of Pang Meng's coalition fought and retreated. Many soldiers fell to the ground under the squeeze of the Han army. After that, they never had the chance to stand up again. The Han army's phalanx crushed them over.
At the beginning, the Han army was advancing step by step, while Pang Meng's coalition retreated step by step. By the afternoon of the battle, Pang Meng's coalition had lost the will to continue fighting. First, Su Mao's army and Jiao Qiang's army suffered a large-scale rout, and the soldiers in front became
The group fled backwards in large numbers.
As soon as Su Mao's army and Jiao Qiang's army ran away, Pang Meng's army, which could continue to fight, was completely exposed. Next, Pang Meng's army had to face the siege of the three Han armies of Wu Han, Gai Yan, and Wang Liang.
Facing the Han army led by Wu Han, Pang Meng's army was already struggling to support them. Now that Gai Yan's army and Wang Liang's army were attacking from both wings, how could Pang Meng's army still be able to support it?
Under the suppression of the Han army from three sides, Pang Meng's army finally showed signs of defeat. Many soldiers fighting in the front gave up resistance and turned around and ran back. The soldiers behind were still pushing forward, one after another, colliding with each other.
, pushing each other, roaring, yelling, and screaming in pain.
Xi Cheying, who was watching the battle in the Chinese army, looked happy and could not hide the excitement on his face and said: "Your Majesty, our army has won a great victory!"
Liu Xiu remained calm and said with a very calm expression: "In this battle, our army will defeat the smaller ones with more troops. It is reasonable to win. It would be strange if we lose."
Xi Cheying intervened on the war horse and said: "Your Majesty, please allow me to participate in the battle!"
Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "The outcome is still uncertain!"
Xi Cheying showed a look of surprise. She looked at the battlefield again. She saw it right. Pang Meng's coalition forces were defeated in groups. Our soldiers, with high morale, chased and killed the enemy.
Isn't this a great victory for one's own side and a great defeat for the enemy?
She asked in confusion: "Your Majesty thinks... Pang Meng's coalition is faking defeat?"
Liu Xiu smiled slightly and asked, "What do Che Ying think?"
Xi Cheying closed his eyes and took a closer look at the battle situation on the battlefield. If Pang Meng's coalition forces were faking defeat, then they must have been dispersed in form but still in spirit. They seemed to be defeated, but in fact they should have retreated in an orderly manner. But the current situation is exactly the same. Those who were defeated first
Su Mao's army and Jiao Qiang's army have no formation at all. They are just a mess. People are running away in a hurry. They all wish their parents would give them two more legs. They abandon their helmets and armor one by one. They are already defeated. This can't be the case.
Fake defeat.
Even though Pang Meng's army was slightly stronger, it was defeated in the end. The whole army was in chaos and fled backwards without any order. Many of the soldiers carrying the flags had thrown away all the chess pieces and handsome flags. In this situation,
How could it be a fraud?
When Xi Cheying was about to speak, Liu Xiu smiled at her and said: "Cheying can go to Da Sima's army and remind Da Sima that Pang Meng is brave and his soldiers are good at fighting. Don't be too hasty when chasing the enemy. You must have backup plans!"
She was stunned for a moment, then stepped in excitedly and said: "I obey my command!" As she spoke, she shook the reins, knocked the horse's belly with her feet, and the horse neighed, kicked off its hooves, and galloped away.
Accompanying Xi Cheying, several maids dressed as soldiers followed closely on horseback. Liu Xiu turned his head, looked at Long Yuan, and nodded to him. Long Yuan understood and took Long Zhun and Long Bo with him.
, follow Xie Cheying together.
Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei rode their horses to Liu Xiu's side. They looked worriedly at the back of Xi Cheying, who was riding fast, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is it not appropriate to let Xi Mei participate in the battle now?"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "As long as Ziyan is here, Cheying will be fine." Although Wu Han fought fiercely and fiercely, Wu Han was definitely a man who fought with his mind. Whether the enemy was really defeated or pretended to be defeated, Liu Xiu
I believe Wu Han can definitely see it.
Let's talk about Xi Cheying, who galloped all the way to Wu Han's army. At this time, Wu Han was commanding his soldiers, marching forward step by step. Xi Cheying came to Wu Han and said: "Da Sima!"
Wu Han looked back and saw that the person who came was actually Xi Cheying. He couldn't help but be startled and secretly murmured in his heart why this Xi beauty came to the front of the two armies.
When Xi Cheying rode his horse up to him, Wu Han bowed his hands on the horse and said, "I am in armor and cannot dismount from my horse to salute. Please forgive me, Beauty Xi!"
"Da Sima is so polite!" Xi Cheying smiled, turned to look at the defeated Pang Meng army in front, and asked: "The enemy has been defeated, why didn't Da Sima give the order to pursue the enemy, but march slowly?"
Wu Han asked in confusion: "Is Lady Xi coming to question the minister at your Majesty's request?"
Xi Cheying quickly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty asked Cheying to tell Grand Sima not to rush in pursuit of the enemy, and be careful of the enemy's back-ups!" Anyway, she didn't see what back-ups Pang Meng had left at all?
Pang Meng's army was in chaos, scattered and without any formations. And the battlefield outside Taocheng was flat and there was no place where an ambush could be set up. What backup plan could Pang Meng have?
After listening to Xi Cheying's words, Wu Han smiled clearly and nodded. Your Majesty still knows Pang Meng! He said: "I and Pang Meng fought in Hebei and fought dozens of big and small battles together. Pang Meng
When using troops, one likes to take the wrong side of the sword."
Seeing the confused expression on Xi Cheying's face, Wu Han continued: "Pang Meng is good at using formations to defeat the enemy. Pang Meng's battle formations can be a pile of scattered sand, or they can be assembled and rearranged in an instant. They can fake defeat to lure the enemy to pursue them.
, and then counterattacked, with this method of fighting, Pang Meng repeatedly defeated powerful enemies!"
Xi Cheying's mind turned around and asked in surprise: "Da Sima also thinks that Pang Meng is faking defeat?"
Wu Han nodded with a smile and said: "Nine times out of ten!"
Seeing Xi Cheying's expression of disbelief, he said slowly: "War books and strategies are dead, but people are alive. After reading a few war books and strategies, I just want to go into battle and command thousands of troops. That is at best the first step."
Two Zhao Kuo!"
Hearing this, Xi Cheying's face suddenly turned red. Wu Han raised his hands and said, "I don't mean to accuse Xi Mei. In my humble opinion, a general who knows how to fight cannot be learned from a few military books.
It is honed through dozens or hundreds of battles."
The implication is that Xi Cheying, who has only learned a few military books and tactics, should stop dictating in the army. With your current ability, the only thing you can do is to read more, learn more, and talk less.
Xi Cheying was choked by Wu Han and rolled her eyes, but there was nothing she could do about Wu Han. Although Wu Han professed his vassal in front of her, Wu Han was a great Sima, ranking first among the three princes. In the Luoyang court, besides Liu Xiu, the one with the highest status was
Belongs to Wuhan.
After glaring at Wu Han for a moment, Xi Cheying said nothing. She tightened her grip on the reins and stood aside, waiting to see if it was true that Pang Mengjun was faking defeat as Wu Han said.
After the defeated Pang Meng army ran a certain distance, he looked back and saw that the Han army did not catch up regardless, but maintained their battle formation and advanced step by step.
As the trumpet sound came from the rear of Pang Meng's army, the defeated Pang Meng's army suddenly reorganized into small square formations. At the same time, it also stopped the trend of defeat, turned around, and continued to engage in head-on confrontation with the Han army.
As for Su Mao's army and Jiao Qiang's army, which ran first, they also began to re-arrange, but the speed of re-arrangement of these two armies was much slower than that of Pang Meng's army. After forming their formation, they returned to the battlefield and participated in the battle.
This situation shocked Xi Cheying, who was watching next to Wu Han. She never expected that Pang Mengjun's army had obviously been completely defeated and was like a piece of scattered sand, but they actually just pretended to be defeated.
When the enemy saw that their own soldiers were not fooled and blindly pursued them, they formed a battle formation in an instant.
Such super coordination ability, cooperation ability, and mobilization ability are really terrifying.
Now she finally understands why Wu Han said that all military strategies and strategies are dead. If it is true that according to the description of military strategies and strategies, if the body is dispersed but the spirit remains, then it is a false defeat, then Pang Mengjun's army was really defeated just now, and she would have been fooled a long time ago
Already.
It is conceivable that if you were the commander-in-chief of the army, your own soldiers would have swarmed up just now to pursue the 'defeated' Pang Meng's army. When Pang Meng's army formed their formation in an instant and launched a counterattack, your own soldiers would have definitely
He was defeated by the enemy.
Seeing Xi Cheying wiping the sweat from his forehead, Wu Han smiled slightly and said: "Soldiers are also deceitful! Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. Those who can win due to the changes of the enemy are called gods!"
The battlefield is made up of living people. If you are familiar with military books and strategies, don't your enemies be familiar with military books and strategies? When two armies face off, what they compete for is not only their combat power, but also their brains and strategies.
Both the enemy and ourselves are seeking changes on the battlefield and plotting how to defeat and control the enemy.
According to the changes in the enemy, he changes his own tactics accordingly, uses movement to control movement, changes to control change, and conquers the enemy. Such a person can be called a god of war. Such a person can use troops as follows on the battlefield.
God, you will win every battle and conquer every attack.
Wu Han dared to say without any politeness that he was such a person.
Looking at Wu Han, who looked calm and confident, Xi Cheying sighed secretly, leaned forward and said, "Thank you, Grand Sima, for your advice. Cheying has learned a lesson."
Wu Han smiled disapprovingly and said, "Beauty Xi should not thank you, but your Majesty!" After a pause, he looked up and down at Xi Che's figure, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty does love Beauty Xi very much!"
Xi Cheying was startled and asked in confusion: "Why did Da Sima say that?"
Wu Han smiled, said nothing, and turned his gaze to the battlefield ahead. If His Majesty didn't favor you, how could he take you to the battlefield, let alone send you to me, so that I, the Grand Sima, could personally teach you.
Seeing that Wu Han refused to say anything, Xi Cheying bowed to him, turned his horse's head, and returned to the central army.
Although she was a little disappointed in her heart and felt that she really had no talent in leading troops in battle, she still felt happy because of what Wu Han just said.
Pang Meng asked for change twice, but was seen through twice, and the battle returned to the starting point again. However, in the evening, Pang Meng's coalition forces really couldn't hold on anymore.
A head-on confrontation between evenly matched opponents is already a war of attrition. The competition is no longer about combat power and strategy, but about who can persist more and who can afford more consumption.
The Han army with its superior strength naturally had an advantage. In contrast, the disadvantage of Pang Meng's coalition army's insufficient strength was gradually magnified, and finally showed a defeat.
As the battle progressed into the evening, Pang and Meng's coalition forces finally could no longer hold on and began to collapse across the board. At this time, Wu Han realized that the time had come and ordered the Han soldiers to advance with all their might and completely defeat the enemy.
The originally gentle offensive of the Han army suddenly became fierce and fierce. The offensive was like a tidal wave. The Pang Meng coalition forces, which were struggling to support themselves, were instantly beaten back to their original shape. The soldiers in front died and fled, and the entire front was defeated.
Pang Meng, Su Mao, and Jiaoqiang, who were commanding from the rear, did not want to stabilize the battle situation, but they really tried their best to face the hordes of retreating soldiers. No matter how they shouted or shouted, it was of no avail.
