Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's central army is indeed changing its formation.
It seems that they are still evenly matched with Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen's headquarters, but if you look carefully, you will find that there is a cone-shaped formation quietly taking shape on the right side (Wei Zuo) of the Yuli Formation that originally came parallel.
When two armies are fighting, it is taboo to change formations before battle.
If during the formation change, some soldiers move around randomly, it will cause the entire army's formation to become disordered, and the party being fought against will find an opportunity to break the formation and march in.
Throughout the ages, few governors have dared to do this.
But now Prime Minister Zhuge has done this and succeeded.
Seeing Cao Zhen, who had spent his life as a soldier, he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart.
At first, the Wei State's understanding of Zhuge Liang was limited to being a wizard in internal affairs. For example, every time when the Shu Han Dynasty was conquering, he would always guard the rear and ensure that the front line troops were well fed, just like the old days when Xun ordered the king to the Wei State. But who could have expected that he would lead the army to conquer the country?
At this time, he actually has the qualifications of a famous general? Perhaps, if Liu Xuande had allowed this man to accompany him in the battle of Yiling in the past, I fear that Lu Boyan from Jiangdong would not be able to be famous in the world!
Cao Zhen, who sighed inexplicably before returning his mind to the battlefield, put a hand on his chin and narrowed his eyes.
He is waiting.
The small cone-shaped formation divided into equal parts was completely separated from Prime Minister Zhuge's central army.
It sounds quite ridiculous.
He clearly knew that Prime Minister Zhuge just wanted to use this small cone-shaped formation to attack the left wing of his own army, so as to help the Han army there to attack the front line as soon as possible. However, he did not immediately send troops to support or contain it, but instead let
The enemy can do whatever they want. It seems that they don't know that once Zhao Yan's left-wing front collapses, his own central army will be attacked from a pincer attack and follow suit.
"Da Sima, if we don't send troops to help, the left army may not be able to support it."
Even the staff accompanying him couldn't bear their eagerness and took a step forward to whisper, half persuading and half urging.
"Um"
However, Cao Zhen just made a nasal sound and was noncommittal.
He also asked the staff to quickly bow their heads and retreat, not daring to make any more noise: "Da Sima is an extraordinary person! If he knows it but doesn't do it, he must have other intentions."
Indeed, Cao Zhen had other considerations.
The two armies had been fighting fiercely for nearly half an hour, and he gradually saw the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Although he had more than 50,000 soldiers, more than the Han army, the war turned against his own army.
The Shu army was so energetic!
From the beginning to the present, the call for a deadly fight has been heard, and the will to fight has never ceased.
Now the two armies seem to be evenly matched. The biggest flaw of the Wei army is that the left-wing front has been wedged in several gaps. But if it lasts for a long time, the Wei army's fierce fighting spirit may not be comparable to that of the Han army.
Without him, the Wei army was not fully prepared for this battle.
At least the cavalry was not dispatched.
The Wei State was dominated by cavalry, and the soldiers had long been accustomed to the coordinated combat tactics of infantry and cavalry. There was a psychological gap in this kind of encounter where there was no expectation of "cavalry making the final decision".
You can't see much of it at the beginning of the battle, but once you get into a fierce battle, this disadvantage will appear.
Especially against the Bashu army, which is the most powerful in mountain warfare.
War cannot last long!
Cao Zhen quietly came to a conclusion in his heart.
He also kept an eye on Qingqu Gai, who was moving forward slowly without stopping and was only escorted by soldiers from the three schools.
The most efficient way to end a war is to kill the general or capture the flag.
It just so happened that Zhuge Liang was already too young!
Of course, Cao Zhen had no hope of killing Prime Minister Zhuge on the spot.
But when the Han army came with the chariot, he had been silently calculating the approaching distance, the time it would take for his own elite to attack, and how to prevent the Han army on both wings from returning to support the Chinese army.
To break into the heart of the enemy's formation and capture the flag, cavalry with strong mobility have the greatest advantage.
But now he has no cavalry on his side.
Perhaps Zhuge Liang deceived me because I had no cavalry, so he dared to advance?
Cao Zhen, who squinted his eyes, became colder and colder.
"You go and give the order."
Grinning slightly, Cao Zhen looked back at the staff, and said in a calm tone, "Let General Cui Ya lead the headquarters and go to the left wing to supervise the battle and suppress the battle for me. He also passed my order to the soldiers on the left wing. Anyone who dares to retreat from the battle will be killed after the war." He must be investigated! He also offended his family members, no matter whether they were old or weak, women or children, they were not slaves of the army!"
The staff member was stunned when he heard this.
After being stunned for a while, he finally came to his senses when he saw a cold glint in Cao Zhen's eyes.
"Follow the general's orders!"
He quickly responded loudly, quickly turned around and climbed down from the high platform to leave.
He was not questioning Cao Zhen's decision to send only one general to supervise the battle, which would be difficult to restore the situation on the left.
Instead, he lamented that Cao Zhen, who had always shown compassion to his soldiers, was now so decisive.
Wei's military law is known for its strictness.
Even the generals who have fought for the country for many years and have made a lot of achievements would rather die in battle when the situation is desperate. They would rather not surrender to the enemy for fear of implicating their family members. Not to mention those who have had their entire family life and death threatened by the "worldly military system". The government now has the soldiers in its hands.
Cao Zhen's order was equivalent to cutting off the livelihood of those soldiers.
Either fight to the death and not retreat, or your family members will be worse off than dead after the war. There is no third option.
But this kind of general order also has great disadvantages.
The threat of death can certainly make soldiers more courageous and courageous for a while.
However, the Central Army of Ni Shu had already moved towards the left wing. If Cao Zhen had not continued to send troops and horses to help, the result would have been that the battle line was defeated. Moreover, with no way to retreat, those soldiers might have betrayed themselves in anger!
Humans are not grass and trees.
In a desperate situation, who can predict what he will do?
When the staff member left, he was also speculating in his mind.
With Da Sima's general strategy, it is impossible not to see such consequences, but he still manages it like this, is it possible?
Did Da Sima want to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Chinese army against Shu?!
In the Wei army, as a staff member of the Great Sima, he was also one of the people qualified to read the secrets of the army.
We also know that Prime Minister Zhuge's army has several elite units that can be called elite, such as the Tiger Infantry Army, the Five Qingqiang Troops, etc. Now they have all sent away their left and right wings.
I also know that Cao Zhen has more than a thousand personal guards, which can be called the master of tigers and wolves.
Because these more than a thousand tribes have the same origin as the Tiger Guard, one of the emperor's personal armies in the Wei Kingdom, which was established during the reign of Wei Wu and Cao Cao.
At first, this army was called Tiger Soldiers, and all the soldiers under Xu Chu's command were swordsmen.
Wei Wu Cao Cao got them and thought they were all strong men, so he immediately worshiped them as generals.
Later, when he joined the army for conquests, many tiger warriors were worshiped as generals for their military merits. Dozens of them were granted the title of marquis, with the title of captain, and more than a hundred were made captain.
Later, after Cao Rui came to the throne, the number of generals in the Cao Wei clan gradually withered away. Only Cao Zhen served as a soldier for the country and worked hard with great achievements. Five hundred Tiger Guards were specially given as personal guards to show his honor.
As a result, the staff believed his own conclusion more and more.
If Prime Minister Zhuge Liang goes against Shu and continues to move his troops to the left wing, Cao Zhen will definitely not miss the opportunity.
Just as the Shu army placed its elite troops on the left and right wings, imitating Tian Ji's example of racing a horse with an upper horse against a lower horse, with the intention of breaking through the front line from the flanks and flanking the Chinese army, Cao Zhen could also treat others in their own way.
With these Tiger Guards as the vanguard, and the elite headquarters soldiers as the follow-up, the tigers attacked and defeated Bashu's central army!
Similarly, Cao Zhen is equivalent to taking advantage of the situation and seizing the initiative on the battlefield - instead of passively sending troops to suppress the crumbling left wing, it is better to actively use it as bait.
If the Han army had been pinning their hopes of breaking the formation on the left wing.
In fact, the aide guessed 70% of Cao Zhen's intention.
The remaining two or three points were due to the sudden changes on the battlefield. Even Cao Zhen himself was not sure whether the situation would develop as he wished.
Therefore, he is also working hard to prepare.
When the Prime Minister sent the small conical formation of the central army to the left flank of the Wei army, he asked the front army to detach a part, fight and advance, and insert it horizontally between the Han army's left wing and the central army, intending to cut off the two sides.
The response of the person.
However, he didn't get what he wanted.
Because the Prime Minister's next move was even bolder.
Instead, all the troops of the central army were directed towards the left flank of the Wei army.
It seems that once Jufu and Wudang Feijun break through the battle line, they will drive their troops to sweep Wei's defeated troops and rush in?
Or maybe, seeing Wei's central army sending an army of troops to cross the gap, they thought that Wei's army did not support the left wing, but wanted to lure Jufu and Wudang Fei's troops to go deep and outflank them, so they sent troops to protect the rear path?
Cao Zhen's frown deepened.
He raised his chin slightly and looked at the Han army's banner opposite.
His eyesight was already somewhat impaired.
We can only roughly see the outline of a human figure under the Qingqu cover, but we can't distinguish the Eguan Bo belt of Prime Minister Zhuge.
Just like he couldn't determine what Prime Minister Zhuge relied on for his unreasonable arrangements time and time again.
Of course!
Whether the Chinese army is divided into small formations or slowly all the troops are moved to the left wing, it is an unusual move on the battlefield!
For example, Cao Zhen can now sit back and watch all the Han troops move to the left wing, and then concentrate all the troops on the right wing to surround and annihilate the two thousand Qiang cavalry and tiger infantry troops!
With the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, he made a huge gamble with the Han army.
The collapse of the Wei left wing in exchange for the disappearance of the Han Tiger Infantry would cause both sides to lose!
No matter which outcome it is, Cao Zhen can accept it.
He never thought that he could destroy Bashu in one battle.
This time, Emperor Cao Rui's determined support and all the strength in Guanzhong came just to deplete the war strength of the Han army, leaving it with no troops to march to Hexi, and continue to weaken!
However, he also hesitated in his heart.
Zhuge Liang, who went against Shu, even succeeded in such an incredible thing as changing the formation before the battle. Now he slowly turned the central army to the left wing. Could it be that he wanted me to abandon the left wing and attack the Tiger Infantry?
With such thoughts, Cao Zhen turned his attention to the right wing again.
Immediately, I felt something unusual: compared with the fighting on the left, the attack on the right was not really intense.
The right wing of the Wei army consisted of more than 10,000 soldiers he transferred from Xia Houru.
In terms of his fighting proficiency and morale, he is almost the same as the soldiers under the supervision of Zhao Yan on the left wing.
But with the elite of the Ni Shuhu Infantry Army, compared with the Banzhen Barbarians and Shengxiu Barbarians who attacked the left wing, the difference in battle results was so huge?
Moreover, the two thousand Qiang cavalry who were harassing the formation and flanking the army could not be found. Why didn't Zhuge Liang send them to the center or left wing to look for opportunities?
Perhaps, it was a deliberate show of weakness!
Cao Zhen thought to himself.
Afterwards, people were sent to the right wing to deliver orders to the governor.
It is not expected that he can repel the Shuhu Tiger Infantry and the two thousand Qiang Cavalry, but he must be held back.
When necessary, do whatever it takes!
This also means that Cao Zhen gave up the idea of cai Cai and resisted the temptation to encircle and annihilate the Tiger Infantry.
Therefore, his eyes began to wander back and forth between Zhao Yan's left wing and the Han army's banner.
The fighting on the left wing has long been extremely brutal.
When Wudang Feijun approached the battle, he not only opened several gaps, but also pushed the Wei army's battle line back nearly ten feet.
Fighting requires courage!
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted!
"kill!"
Encouraged, Ju Fu also seized the opportunity and once again gathered more than 400 people around him, issued a shout of encouragement to fight, and set an example by setting an example and rushing forward desperately.
The intention was to take advantage of this vigor to completely defeat the morale of the Wei army.
The battle lasted for a long time, and many soldiers were killed and killed. However, the Wei army's array was still densely packed, and all of them were yellow and yellow. Not only could they not see the end, but even the light could not shine through.
Who knew that the army that rebelled against Wei was so large!
Moreover, it was clear just now that the morale of the Wei soldiers had collapsed. Some of the soldiers were frightened and did not dare to move forward to fill the gaps in the front line! But for some reason, not long after, these Wei soldiers turned red-eyed again.
Are you brave enough to die?
How strange!
Jufu, who had been with the army for many years, could not help but be surprised by this.
But I didn’t delve into it.
The morale of Wei Wei is high again, so what?
If my big man can defeat you once, you can defeat him a second time! Countless times!
Don’t you see, since our Han soldiers came out of Longyou, we have lost countless soldiers and soil against Wei?
Don't you hear that the common people in Bashu and Guanzhong are all preaching the "Prophecy of the Golden Sword", so the Han family with the surname Liu is destined to be destined?
The Wei family of Cao family stole the artifact and ignored the fate of destiny. Even his descendants were punished by God. How could he stop my great Han Dynasty King from conquering the Central Plains!
The destiny of the Han Dynasty is determined to win this battle. Isn’t it possible?
"Conquer the Central Plains!"
Ju Fu's voice was fierce, he threw his hand to the side, stabbed the Wei soldier who was caught off guard with a spear, and then pulled out the Huanshou sword from his waist, dancing with the sword and spear, and moved forward step by step.
The one who was more generous with his life than him was Wudang Feijun.
They who had already killed the red-eyes didn't care how many Wei troops were in front of them, they just wanted to kill them all!
In particular, the drums from the prime minister in the rear became more and more urgent, and a group of two thousand soldiers separated from the Chinese army was getting closer and closer.
Those who are incompetent will be invincible!
They felt that it would be a shame to build an account if they relied on the support of the Chinese army to defeat the enemy.
Time passes slowly.
Unconsciously, the two armies had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour.
Cao Zhen, who was watching the battle from a high platform, not only sent General Cui Ya to lead his headquarters to suppress the formation on the left wing, but also ordered most of the Chinese army to move forward slowly and fight with Prime Minister Zhuge's Chinese army.
But it did not curb the Han army's intention to rush to the left wing.
Moreover, he still had 5,000 elite troops left behind to guard the Great Wall, and more than 1,000 personal soldiers under his command.
He seems to know that the commander-in-chief should be careful.
The small snowflakes that kept falling from the sky had already accumulated a thin layer on his shoulders.
He is bound to be plagued by minor ailments in the winter, and his body has long since become bulky. He is already suffering from the pain of not being able to stand for a long time, but he still stands like a mountain, motionless.
However, soon, his eyes opened after squinting for a long time.
Because it is inevitable that the Wei army's left-wing front is about to collapse!
And most of Prime Minister Zhuge's central army has moved to the left wing!
