The armies of Han and Wei met seventy miles south of Yangcheng.
This place used to be a horse ranch during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and was called Huchiyuan. Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty changed it to Anmin County to resettle the refugees. It was abandoned in the fifth year of Emperor Yongchu of An, and belonged to Qian County, under the jurisdiction of Youfufeng.
No matter how the years change, the terrain of this place that was once a horse ranch has always been flat.
It is a good place for two armies to fight fiercely and fight for their lives.
Both cavalry and infantry have enough room to move around.
It is also a place that tests your ability to make decisions on the spot.
The broad field of vision allows the two military commanders to have a clear view of the dispatch of their troops and horses.
The Wei army had already sent scouts to report, and they found out that Wei Yan was leading the army and came back from the other side.
At this time, Fei Yao had already led the troops to the rendezvous and took over the command of the war without hesitation.
Although he led more than 5,000 troops, his official position was that of rear general.
Moreover, when he led the army to conquer the two states of Yongliang, Xiahou Ba and Xu Miao had not yet set foot in Guanlong.
However, now that things have happened, he has nothing to command. They have mobilized all their troops to come, but the enemy comes to fight with high spirits. Their only choice is to fight against them.
Because the flat terrain makes it inevitable for them to escape.
If the troops retreat, it will cause the morale of the soldiers to collapse.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
I would like to ask, in the past, when we guarded the city in Anding County and avoided fighting, the soldiers felt that it was difficult to defeat the Han army. Now that they came to build up morale, they fled in vain. What should those soldiers think?
If the Han general Wei Yan returns to attack the Anding counties, how much courage will they have to fear death?
In particular, the Wei army gathered here has a strength of nearly 30,000!
The Han army was only a little over 20,000.
The only worrying thing is that the quality of Wei's soldiers varies greatly.
The Xianbei Bald Tribe's rangers were quite capable of harassing the border and looting, but they were a bit weaker in fighting to the death.
As for the infantry, the 5,000 county soldiers led by Xu Miao, the governor of Yongzhou, did their best to escort the grain and baggage. The two armies fought against each other, which should be a strong momentum.
The 15,000 men led by General Xiahou Ba were quite capable of fighting.
Grand Sima Cao Zhen initially granted him a headquarters of 5,000 people, all of whom were veterans in the army. The remaining nearly 10,000 people were recruited later. However, after two or three years of hard work in martial arts, he was not lacking in military awareness and courage.
As for the headquarters of the later general Fei Yao.
They are the elite of Cao Wei.
He, Wei Ping, and Dai Ling were once the vanguard generals directly under Cao Zhen.
In every war between Yongliang and Liang, the three of them were never absent, and they were also relied upon by Cao Wei to suppress and intimidate disobedient people.
Each has its own headquarters of more than 5,000 men, and among them, the well-armored soldiers account for three-tenths of the entire army!
This is a ratio that would be the envy of countless generals.
For example, among the fifteen thousand soldiers led by Xiahou Ba, only one thousand of them were fully equipped with armor, less than one tenth of them.
This was the result of Cao Zhen's special treatment because of his meritorious service to the Wei State - his deputy general was Xu Gai, the son of Xu Huang, the old right general of the Wei State, and the real commander-in-chief of more than a thousand soldiers in the army.
Therefore, after considering the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and ourselves, Fei Yao's deployment was also very appropriate.
He summoned the leader of the Tufa Tribe of Xianbei, Tufa Shoutian, and asked him to lead his army to intercept the Han cavalry.
He is not required to be able to defeat the Han cavalry, but only to be able to contain it and prevent the Han cavalry from attacking the Wei formation from the side during the infantry battle between the two sides, causing the soldiers to collapse.
He stared into the eyes of the bald Shoutian with murderous intent and said:
"If there are any cavalry rebelling against Shu who come to disturb the formation, I will use my military skills to kill a bunch of your people! If there are some cavalry rebelling against Shu who come to charge the formation, I will use my military skills to fight a group of your people! If a group of cavalry rebelling against Shu come to charge the formation, I will definitely
I am reporting to the Grand Sima that all the women and children of your tribe who have settled in Youfufeng will be relocated to various states and counties in the hinterland of the Central Plains and organized into households!"
It also made the bald Shouchan feel awe-inspiring.
He finally arrived, and Wei Guo's plans were revealed.
The tribe's women, children, cattle and sheep were all exposed to the swords of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers, which made him lose the courage to resist the Wei general's orders.
This is the price of moving to the fertile pass.
In other words, when the Gonggun princes of Luoyang Temple in the Wei Dynasty made the decision to move them to the fortress in the past, they had the intention of swallowing them up.
Now, it's just because the war is urgent, so the original intention has been revealed in advance.
"promise."
With a very respectful promise, the bald-haired Shouchan turned around and left without changing the expression on his face.
Being controlled by others and fighting too much will be detrimental to yourself.
Let’s start with that.
We'll wait until the war breaks out before making plans.
The bald Shouguan, who came back to scold his tribesmen and slowly drove his horse to meet the enemy, already had a sinister expression on his face.
Although Fei Yao gave him the task, it was not difficult.
It is not difficult to contain the Han army's 3,000 cavalry with 5,000 rangers.
But if he wanted to ensure that the Han cavalry was not allowed to support the infantry in battle, Tufa Shoucheng would have to sacrifice the lives of many of his tribesmen. This was because he could only use his rangers to attack the Han infantry in order for the Han cavalry to pursue them.
It just so happened that after the ambush in the Longyou Changlishui River Valley in the past, what saddened the bald Shouchan the most was the loss of his clan members.
After all, there are fewer young men in the clan who can leap horses and control strings. Wouldn't he, the leader, be reduced to a cow and sheep waiting to be slaughtered?
Thinking of this, the bald Shouchan couldn't help but look back in the direction of Luoyang.
His father, a bald boy, lives in Luoyang now.
After a moment, he turned his head decisively and raised his eyebrows to look in the direction of the Wushui (Qingshui River) basin in the north.
It is now the habitat of the Xianbei Qifu tribe.
Coincidentally, the Bald-haired and Beggar-like tribes had been in contact with each other before, and their friendship was quite good.
"drive!"
Raising his whip and whipping his horse, the bald Shoutian finally calmed down and led his people towards the Han army.
Fei Yao naturally didn't know what he was thinking.
Or maybe you know it, but now you don't have the heart to pay attention to it.
Outside the western skyline, the Han army's tooth flag has already floated from the ground.
The war is about to begin!
What Fei Yao asked Wei Jun to display was the Fish Formation.
This formation was first used in ancient times to form a formation of infantry around a chariot for evacuation.
Nowadays, after chariots have withdrawn from the stage of history, they have evolved into infantry relying on Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots, pushing forward and fighting step by step.
For example, Duke Zhuang of Zheng asked: "How about the Fish Formation?"
Gao Qumi replied: "A chariot with twenty-five riders is a sidecar, and there are five soldiers in it. Each chariot has one chariot in front, and don't use twenty-five soldiers to follow behind to block the gap. One chariot is injured, five soldiers are injured.
Just make up for it, advance and never retreat. This formation is extremely strong and dense, making it difficult to defeat and easy to win."
"Sima Fa" says: "Twenty-five chariots are considered biased."
The Yuli Formation is an offensive formation with weak defense and no retreat. It is mostly used in decisive battles on the ground.
In other words, Fei Yao planned to fight to the death.
The front line consisted of five thousand soldiers from his headquarters; the center line consisted of Xiahou Ba's headquarters, with Xu Gai, who supervised more than a thousand soldiers, in the front; and the rear line consisted of Xu Miao's five thousand county soldiers.
Well, Xu Miao's county soldiers are equivalent to suppressing the formation.
Because if even the Xiahou Ba tribe of the Chinese army was defeated by the Han army, then the outcome of this battle would have been determined.
Wei Yan, who was slowly approaching the warlord, couldn't help but laugh heartily when he heard that the scouts reported that the Wei army was ready.
What he was most worried about was that he would rebel against Wei and avoid fighting.
What if the two armies fought to the death~~~
Oh, I couldn’t ask for it!
"It is a great achievement that we have forced the rebels to fight against the Wei Dynasty this time!"
Looking sideways, Wei Yan patted Huangfulong's back and said with great pride, "The front formation is a place where swords and arrows are clustered to show off their power. It is extremely dangerous. I am happy to go back to the rear formation and wait for a while until I break through the counterattack."
Wei, let’s have a drink with you again to celebrate!”
After saying this, without waiting for Huangfulong to say anything, he waved his hand and asked Bu Qu to protect him and leave.
Huangfulong didn't feel that his martial arts were looked down upon, he just smiled and nodded lightly before leaving.
Because his martial arts skills are indeed poor.
After marching along the way and getting along with him for a short time, he also got a rough idea of Wei Yan's temperament.
This Han general from the left disliked red tape and was very popular with his soldiers. However, there was one problem: whether intentional or not, his words often made people unhappy.
Wei Yan has already turned his attention to the decision-making process.
When the two armies were approaching each other for about ten miles, he took advantage of the soldiers to unload their baggage and other items and adjust their marching formation. He led his followers and drove their horses to watch the Wei army's formation.
When Wei Jun saw that what he listed was the Fish-Li Formation, he couldn't help but sneer, "You are a bunch of local chickens and tile-dogs, and they are trying to use the Fish-Li Formation to fight against the mighty evil of our great Han Dynasty!"
Immediately, he calmed down and observed it carefully for a while before returning.
He then asked his soldiers to pass the order to Wu Ban and Chen Shi, asking them to each take their own divisions and arrange them on the left and right wings, and march in parallel.
As for the Cavalry Commander Zhao Guang, he had already sent him to fight against the Xianbei Bald Cavalry.
Fei Yao, the general of the Wei Dynasty, had the same idea. He did not expect the cavalry to participate in the decisive battle with the infantry. It was not that he looked down upon the combat effectiveness of the cavalry under Zhao Guang's supervision, but that he felt it was unnecessary.
They are just the Yongliang garrison against the Wei Dynasty, and they are not elite tiger and leopard cavalry or tiger guards, so why do they need cavalry to support them!
Even if the enemy had more than ten thousand soldiers, it would still be easy for him to defeat them!
"Beat the drum and urge the battle!"
Following Wei Yan's order, drums sounded loudly in the Han army's formation.
The formation put up by the Han army was the Mu Formation.
Also known as the cone formation, the forward is sharp and fast like a cone, and the wings are strong and powerful. It is also an offensive formation.
However, compared with Wei's Yuli Formation, the Han army's formation gave up defense.
In other words, offense is the best defense.
When the two armies were approaching about three miles, Fei Yao, who was standing behind the front line of the Wei army, could not help but narrow his eyes slightly.
He suddenly discovered that in the front of the Han army, there was actually a flag of the Chinese army flying.
In other words, as the commander-in-chief, Wei Yan was on the front line of battle!
It is common sense that a general will not engage in battle.
He originally thought that it was rare for him to lead his own soldiers to serve as the front.
But he didn't expect Wei Yan to be more decisive than him.
Taking the lead can certainly inspire soldiers to have the courage to fight to the death; but once they die in battle, wouldn't it trigger the collapse of the entire army?
Could it be that he has other arrangements?
Fei Yao was a little confused.
Because he was sure that Wei Yan entered Youfufeng alone, and there could be no other back-up.
It is impossible to rely on cavalry to attack the formation from the side.
The Xianbei Bald Hair Tribe and the Han Cavalry Governor Zhao Guang were already chasing and fighting each other and were far away from this place twenty or thirty miles away.
But the constant shortening of the distance did not give Fei Yao much time to think.
Suddenly, the Han army's drums and horns sounded loudly, and their flags fluttered in the wind.
Wei Yan, who was in the cone-shaped frontline of the soldiers, held a shield in one hand, raised his sword, and slowly moved forward towards the Wei army's formation, shouting, "Fight!"
Taking the lead inspired the soldiers to be brave and courageous.
"war!"
"war!"
The soldiers' eyes slowly turned into fanaticism, and they also drew their swords, struck their shields, and moved forward with a roar.
At the other end, the soldiers of the Wei army formed by chariots, led by generals at all levels, marched forward with great momentum.
They were all in offensive formation, and the Han and Wei sides, who were slowly charging forward, just threw arrows when they approached the place where the crossbow was. When the front of the crossbow was tilted away from the arrow, it let out a thunderous roar. Looking down from the sky,
The red awl, indicating the virtue of fire, collided hard with the parallel yellow ocean (Wei Xingtude, whose clothes are still yellow).
Like the rumbling thunder resounding through the valley, and like the roaring waves crashing into the mountains.
The ring-headed swords were flying with clang, the spears were whizzing by, and the dull shouts of killing and short roars made the mountains and rivers tremble!
The front rows of both armies were filled with elite soldiers, warriors who were willing to die generously.
Neither of them can turn around.
The ferocious faces of the soldiers, the low howls, the swords and spears flying with blood drops, and the thin snow trampled into mud. The entire wilderness was shrouded in the tragic atmosphere of this primitive fight.
A warrior has courage!
Both sides shouted to kill like thunder, and both fought hard without giving an inch.
Within a quarter of an hour, corpses were piled half as high as a person around the vehicle formation where the Wei army was relying.
And these layers of corpses became the best stepping stones for the Han army to attack.
Countless red-eyed soldiers rushed to the carriage formation, kicked off their robes or corpses of enemy soldiers to gain strength, leaped into the air and climbed onto the carriage, fighting to the death.
The shrill sound of horns shook the mountains and fields, and the thunderous sound of drums shook the heaven and earth.
But Fei Yao, who was supervising the battle at the front line of the Wei army, turned dark little by little.
He suddenly remembered that there was once a general in Wei State who would lead the army in every battle.
And often less can win more!
That was the former general Zhang Liao.
When Yuan Shang was conquering Liucheng, he took the lead and killed Wuwan Tadun in formation. In Xiaoyaojin, Shang personally led 800 soldiers to defeat Soochow, which was said to be one hundred thousand, and almost captured Sun Quan.
Now Wei Yan is also wearing strong armor and taking the lead, not just showing off his bravery.
Instead, he wanted to take advantage of his vigor to tear through the Wei army's formation in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the situation to pursue and cover up the enemy.
Because the Han army was outnumbered and went deep alone.
They don't have much time to spend here, otherwise the great Sima Cao Zhen who got the news will send troops to attack. They don't dare to let too many soldiers die here, otherwise even if they win for a while, they will still be defeated because of
Without the support of follow-up grain and fodder, he was slowly dragged to death by the Wei State.
Fei Yao understood, but it was too late.
There is already a gap in the vehicle formation of his front army.
"Soldiers, come for me!"
With his eyes about to burst, he pulled out the sword at his waist and strode forward with his bodyguard, trying to block the slowly widening gap in his own line.
Even Xu Gai, the general and general of more than a thousand soldiers in the central army, was transferred by him.
It's just that the advantage of the Mu Formation is that once the enemy's formation is torn apart by the arrow front, the left and right wings will continue to pour in, constantly expanding the holes in the enemy's front and squeezing them to both sides.
When Fei Yao and Xu Gai came with their elite troops to block the gap, Wu Ban and Chen Shibu on both wings of the Han army had already squeezed into the Wei army's formation. His attempt to remedy the situation only stopped the advance of Wei Yan's army.
But they could not stop Wu Ban and Chen Shi from continuing to tear up the Wei army's formation.
This fades and the other grows.
The strengths and weaknesses of the Han army expanded bit by bit.
The Wei army's array also collapsed bit by bit.
Xiahou Ba, who was in charge of the central army, also discovered it, but he was even more powerless.
Yuli formation, there is progress but no retreat.
If the formation is torn apart by the enemy, the Wugang vehicles the soldiers rely on will become an obstacle to the rescue front.
"Overcome the Central Plains!"
"Overcome the Central Plains!"
Slowly, as time passed, the slogans of the Han army dominated the battlefield.
