Some seemingly innocuous little details often become factors that determine the overall situation at a specific time.
The two armies of Han and Wei were fighting in the wilderness. Cao Zhen, the great commander of the Wei army who was watching the battle from a high platform, did not understand why the left-wing front was in danger of being attacked; while the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who was standing on the Qingqu Gai Chariot, smiled and stroked his beard, showing that it was indeed the case.
look.
This key point is Zhao Yan, the left-wing commander of the Wei army.
For the Gonggun princes in the Wei Kingdom's temple, Zhao Yan, who served as Grand Sima's military advisor, was a rare talent. Since he defected to Wei Wu Cao Cao, he has been loyal and capable for three generations. He can supervise the army and protect the generals.
But the animal husbandry is peaceful.
But to the soldiers of Wei State, Zhao Yan was neither respectable nor trustworthy.
Once, he was ordered to send soldiers to Hanzhong County to guard, but none of them wanted to go, so he deceived that half of them would go and stay, winning the hearts and minds of half of the soldiers, and coercing those who refused to leave. But when the follow-up army arrived, those who
He allowed him to stay but refused to go, and all the soldiers who were of the same mind as him were forced to go to Hanzhong County at the risk of their lives.
When Du Ji succeeded Du Ji as the governor of Hedong, he also recorded widows as wives and soldiers according to the law.
He is so greedy for merit that he actually takes a living wife!
With this person around, the soldiers need to worry about whether they will find that their wives and daughters have been taken away by Zhao Yan and given to others when they return home after the war. They also need to be cautious when going to war. No matter how impassioned and solemn Zhao Yan's words are, what happens afterwards
There will always be consequences if the promise is not fulfilled.
This man is cunning and treats soldiers like grass!
This is how Wei soldiers feel about Zhao Yan, and no one is willing to die for him.
In peacetime, with the huge difference in status between Zhao Yan and the soldiers, this kind of conflict would not break out.
But when Zhao Yan comes to supervise the battle in person, with a little guidance, this contradiction will come true as expected - as long as he continues to attack, Zhao Yan will not be able to calmly maneuver because he does not have the support of Wei soldiers, and will be defeated!
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who was personally involved in every detail, had long been familiar with the details of inquiring about the generals of the Wei army.
Or in other words, after Ma Di took advantage of the situation in Xiaoguandao, the prime minister began to make up for it.
Not only did they pay more attention to the temperament of each officer in the Han army, but also the generals who controlled the troops and horses in Guanzhong, Longyou and Hexi, etc., were secretly analyzed in detail through intelligence, with the intention of one day prescribing the right medicine.
Therefore, when Zhao Yan, who had been stationed at Gaoping City in the rear, supervised the troops entering Cao Zhen's camp, the prime minister thought more than once about how to use Zhao Yan as an opportunity to defeat the Wei army.
It's just that the two armies have always been very restrained, and there was no chance for a fierce battle.
Now we are using the strategy of retreating to lure Cao Zhen to pursue him. The battle is in the wilderness and Zhao Yan is supervising the right wing of the Wei army. This is a good opportunity!
So as soon as his chariot arrived, without any hesitation, he pressed all the troops on it.
How to fight has been deduced countless times in my mind, so why hesitate?
Those who plan things should be timid, and those who succeed should be brave.
Before fighting, be overly anxious and cautious, try to take into account all the details, and take all changes into consideration.
Strive to make everything perfect and let things develop and end as you wish.
But when it comes to taking action, you should be brave and fearless and move forward courageously.
The person who the Prime Minister arranged to attack Zhao Yan's tribe on the left flank of the Wei army was Jufu.
He has served as the Supervisor of the Prime Minister's Office since he was not a weak official, and now leads the Prime Minister's Office to join the army and is worshiped as General Polu. Although his starting point is higher due to his family background, no one can deny that every promotion in his official position is a success.
He fought for his life - from conquering Nanzhong to stationing with the army in Longyou, he was on the front line in almost every battle.
Because he can obtain the death strength of soldiers, he is especially good at attacking.
Naturally, with Zhao Yan's left wing of more than 10,000 men, it was impossible to break through the formation with only the 3,000 soldiers of his headquarters supported by sentences.
He just acted as the front line.
Following closely behind him were more than 8,000 people named "Qingqiang".
Since the pacification of Nanzhong, more than ten thousand households of the Qingqiang tribe from the Qingyi River were brought into Shuzhong, and each household was recruited into an army. Until now, only three of the five Qingqiang tribes are left.
And half of them are no longer their original faces.
The five Qingqiang tribes and the Tiger Infantry Army have always been subordinate to the prime minister's central army. They are extremely elite, so they also suffered heavy casualties.
Just one battle at the street pavilion would kill four out of ten.
However, the Qingqiang army, which had recently recruited many soldiers, became more elite.
The reason is that every time soldiers were recruited from the south, the prime minister ordered his subordinates to strictly implement the land grant and tax exemption system, so that the soldiers could die in battle without worrying about the livelihood of their families. Also, because the resettlement place of the recruited soldiers was in Chengdu and Gyeonggi, no matter the prosperity or the legal system, it was in line with the
The land of Nanzhong is different. In Nanzhong, which is a land of barren mountains and harsh rivers, all tribes have strong warriors. Therefore, whenever there is a vacancy in the Qingqiang army, the barbarians will rush to report it, and they will be eager to recruit them, taking pride in recruiting them.
Perhaps, because of the integration of people from other tribes, the prime minister changed the name of the Qingqiang Army.
——Now the name is "Wudang", commonly known as "Flying Army".
Therefore, it is not surprising that Wei's left wing gradually showed signs of weakness.
Almost all the Wei army was staring at the banner of Meng Yan, who was in charge of the Tiger Infantry, and they all believed that the right wing was the direction in which the Han army wanted to break through.
Even Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen thought so when he saw that Prime Minister Zhuge sent two thousand Qiang cavalry to assist Meng Yan.
Therefore, he mobilized mobile troops from the Chinese Army and secretly arranged to hold down the formation on the right wing, just in case the right wing was breached and could provide timely support.
Who would have expected that the place where the Han army wanted to break the formation would be on the left wing?
At first, when the two armies urged the war drums to thunder, Cao Zhen, who was standing on the high platform, saw that the vanguard sent by the Han army to attack the left wing was about three thousand barbarians.
This group of barbarians, known as the "Magical Soldiers of Ba County", are the easiest to identify because they will step on the ground, beat their shields and sing songs when facing battle.
Following the banzhen barbarians were a group of soldiers who did not carry flags and did not listen to the sound of drums and drums.
Before fighting, he would cry like a wolf and stab himself in the arm or cut his face with a knife blade, using self-mutilation to encourage courage, just like an angry howling ape on a cliff.
There is no need to guess, you can tell at a glance that they are barbarians who do not want to be treated like kings.
Therefore, Cao Zhen sent someone to tell Zhao Yan to dispatch his most elite soldiers to the front of the battle line.
This is common sense.
It is also a manifestation of keen control of battlefield opportunities.
The barbarians do not obey the king's rule, and they are brave if they are brave. However, they are not accustomed to the methods of military formations, and they all fight in the jungle hunting method.
It is very difficult to win on the battlefield with just a spirit of bloody courage and each fighting on its own.
The purpose of the military formation is to have the warriors help resist, and the warriors to work together to kill the enemy. Relying on each other, twisting dozens of people into one person is like clenching rootless fingers into a fist.
Those barbarians are all brave and fearless of death, and they can defeat the enemy at the front.
However, it cannot last forever!
Once the first few waves of fierce attacks are withstood and the battle situation becomes a stalemate, the weakness of the inability to cooperate will be exposed.
Furthermore, let others slaughter you!
From the beginning of the Wei Dynasty when Cao Cao recruited troops to conquer Dong Dynasty, the Wei army has gone through decades of conquests, strict military discipline and skilled military formation coordination. It can be called an elite division. It is also equipped with unified armor and weapons and is very sophisticated.
Let Cao Zhen have enough confidence. As long as Zhao Yan can supervise the army to fight against the Banzhen barbarians who have been famous since the end of Qin Dynasty, and hold off those barbarians for another quarter of an hour, the left wing will have no worries!
But the development of things made him unbelievable.
Zhao Yan's command was very appropriate, but the collapse of the left-wing front was also unstoppable.
When his soldiers faced off against the Han army's front row of barbarians, the battle line became a little unstable.
At that time, Cao Zhen was not surprised.
He saw the flag embroidered with the word "June".
Just over a month ago, this general who rebelled against Shu openly and honestly attacked his trusted generals in the wild, with equal advantages and disadvantages, and returned home with a disastrous defeat.
It's not surprising that Zhao Yan suddenly felt a little depressed.
However, he felt there was no need to worry too much.
I feel that with Zhao Yan's military strength, it only takes time to reverse the situation.
However, the situation took a turn for the worse when those barbarians, who were howling like ghosts and howling like ghosts, suddenly broke out in unison and shouted "Nothing".
He found that the soldiers on the left wing kept falling to the ground like waves of wheat blown by the strong wind.
Only a quarter of an hour later, the battle line was opened in several places, and the Han army was tightly wedged into the battle line like a nail.
If these wedges are not removed, sooner or later the front will collapse.
Zhao Boran was so unbearable!
Cao Zhen roared in his heart when he saw this scene.
His face, which was already frowning and solemn, became as dead as a sinking lake.
In fact, Zhao Yan also had troubles that he couldn't express.
The two armies are fighting for the front, with swords clashing, only the brave ones are brave!
Jufu, who was in the prime of his life, thrust forward as always with his sword drawn and his sword straight and unyielding.
"All officers and soldiers, follow a certain person to break through the bandit formation, capture the general and seize the flag!"
His face was full of ferocity, "Kill!"
The war drums were thundering, and the troops around him and the generals guarding him moved forward step by step, and the shouts of killing rang out with every step.
"Nothing before!"
"Nothing before!"
It also caused all the soldiers to roar, and the bravery of Bajun's magic soldiers appeared again.
Three thousand barbarians formed a small formation with him as their spearhead, leading by example and rushing forward desperately, intending to take advantage of this fierce energy to break through the battle line.
There is progress and no retreat.
But there was no stage of invincible and devastating killings.
Jufu and Banchenman were blocked by Zhao Yan's bodyguards.
That was the result of Cao Zhen's instructions.
Zhao Yan did not dare to be negligent and was very cautious. He went so far as to personally guard his troops as the first line of defense, hoping to use his rock-solid appearance to inspire all his soldiers to dare to fight.
But therein lies his mistake.
Because the Jufu tribe, which was born to face death, did not retreat.
Before the Wudang Feijun behind them approached the battle, they used the determination to die with the enemy and completely replaced Zhao Yan's troops; they also used the unyielding ruthlessness and indomitable bravery to kill the soldiers on the left flank of the Wei army.
Shocked.
They are not part of Zhao Yan.
He even deeply despised and disdained Zhao Yan.
If they were not restricted by strict military laws, they would not want to fight under the banner of General Zhao Yan.
Therefore, the outcome of the left wing was decided.
When the howling Wudang Feijun finally arrived at the hand-to-hand meeting between the two armies, their blood boiled when they saw the fierceness of the Banzhen barbarians who were not afraid of death. The ferocious, male bloodthirsty killing gene that grew up in the barren mountains and harsh waters, refused to accept the king's status and advocated it.
, permeated their burly bodies, rushed out of their chests, and turned into ferocious roars.
"Nothing!"
"Nothing!"
They suddenly burst out their own slogans, passed over Banchen Man's body, and squeezed into the hand-to-hand battle.
Aiming at the people in the front row, before they could get closer, he bent down, hid his head under the thick iron oar, and suddenly hit them with a fierce leap, like a bull with red eyes.
It also caught Wei's soldiers a little off guard.
In Wei's military formation exercises, all the troops were taught to rely on small formations to fight together, and there was almost no such method of defeating the enemy together.
Therefore, many people have not had time to react.
In desperation, driven by instinct, he waved the weapon in his hand or used a shield to protect his body.
There was no surprise, most of them were knocked upside down.
Then, before they could get up from the ground and use their weapons to stab half of the enemy on top of them, they felt pain in their bodies and lost their strength.
It was the weapon hidden behind the thick wooden shield of Wudang Feijun, and it had already stabbed into their bodies.
But these brutal Han troops also ushered in the last whisper of the cold wind.
The body lying half on the ground was unable to resist the condescending sword.
The soldiers of the Wei army who subsequently replenished the front line also pierced their necks or shoulders with their swords, avenging Paoze's death.
And they were quickly pushed away by the Han army who followed them with wooden shields, and then the blades quickly approached and grew larger in their eyes.
Kill people, then get killed, over and over again.
These barbarians, who had developed their perseverance in the harsh mountains and harsh waters and had to fight with their lives for food, played the melody of death on the battlefield without hesitation so that their families could obtain fertile fields in Sichuan so that their children would not repeat their own lives.
The cries of killing and the screams of people falling to the ground are endless.
The battlefield at this moment is like purgatory.
All you can see are broken arms, bright red blood, and pale bones exposed outside the flesh.
The drums are beating like thunder, and the shouts are endless, and the tragic fate of the dead people is heard directly to the heavens.
"kill!"
"kill!"
Taking advantage of Wudang Feijun rushing in front, Jufu slowed down and took a breath. He was already a little tired.
But after seeing this scene, he became excited again, roaring like thunder, and squeezed into the battle line.
In hand-to-hand combat, there is also a saying that "winners are more valuable than soldiers who are more valuable for long".
The morale of the Han army has always been high, they are fighting to the death, and there are generals taking the lead; while the Wei soldiers are facing endless death, and because of their dissatisfaction with the governor Zhao Yan, the battle line is slowly crumbling.
Although Zhao Yan did not lack soldiers, he did not lack generals.
When he saw that the battle line was showing signs of failure, he immediately drew his sword and marched forward.
"Fight to the death!"
He knew the situation at this moment, and he could only keep the front line unbroken if he drew his sword and marched forward bravely, motivating his soldiers to fight fiercely. However, what he didn't know was that after all the casualties of his personal guards, his
The motivation to fight to the death was nothing but noise to those Wei soldiers.
Half a quarter of an hour later, several gaps were opened in his front line, which was slowly expanding.
At this time, Cao Zhen saw it.
He did not immediately order the Chinese Army to dispatch other troops to rescue.
Instead, he first looked at the battle situation on the right wing, and then his eyes flickered uncertainly.
Because the Prime Minister's army has already moved.
