Chapter Seventy-Three: Defense

The enemy in the rear is much easier to deal with than the enemy in the front, which is the unanimous idea of Liu Beijun after advancing nearly a hundred steps. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although there are many reasons for this idea: such as too few enemies in the back, and there is only a single "zombie" species, and Liu Beijun also concentrated the use of water dragon carts that can spray the blood of pigs, sheep and dogs, causing great damage to those staggering monsters...... Wait-which of these is the most important one no one can say clearly, but Liu Beijun's return to his own formation is indeed much faster than at the beginning.

"Hmm...... Xuande is still doing well. Standing in the middle of the military formation, watching Liu Bei's banner getting closer and closer to him, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who thought that everything would develop towards the worst, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the battle situation ahead, they thought that there was nothing they could do, so they could only pretend to be calm with a straight face. I didn't want them to think they couldn't do anything, but Liu Bei came up with a solution to the problem.

Regardless of whether the person who came up with this solution was Liu Bei himself or Liu Bei's retainers, since this matter was first resolved on Liu Bei's side. While Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun breathed a sigh of relief, they naturally hung this credit on Liu Bei.

It's a matter of course. After all, Liu Bei joined the court of the Han Dynasty alone, and the rest of Liu Beijun's people received salaries from Liu Bei's side, and they were Liu Bei's retainers and guests.

Under this system, no matter what merits the people under Liu Bei's command make, the reward of the Han court falls on Liu Bei. Unless, Liu Bei recommended someone under his command to serve in the imperial court. Of course, such a recommendation has to wait until Liu Bei's official position is one step higher. According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, only high-ranking officials with a rank of more than 2,000 stone have the right to recommend talents.

Based on the above circumstances, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun really did not make a mistake at all when they said this.

"Xuande's side is almost ...... Meng De and Wentai's side are afraid that they will not be slow. Meng De is also a smart person, and he still understands Xiao Gui Cao's affairs. Zhu Jun said with a smile.

"That way, we can finally get our plans back on track." Huangfu Song said, a faint smile appeared on his stiff face.

At this moment, he felt that he had once again grasped the pulse of the road to victory.

In fact, everything turned out as he imagined.

As Liu Bei was the first person to eat crabs, he showed the miraculous effect of the pigs, sheep and dogs in the water dragon cart on the zombies. Cao Cao and Sun Jian, who suddenly came to their senses, also copied them in a similar way.

Although they did not have as many fierce generals on Liu Bei's side, with Sun Jian's martial arts and the surprise attack ability of 3,000 cavalry, it was easier to achieve similar results than Liu Bei's side.

It was just a cavalry raid, and under the cover of the water dragon car, the infantry pressed with all their might. It took Cao Cao and Sun Jian only a short time to advance their line of defense two hundred paces to the northwest, and in the following time decisively broke away from contact with the Yellow Turbans.

The next thing was even simpler, with the full cooperation of the two, the zombies scattered behind the two did not cause much trouble to the two of them at all.

Very quickly, they approached the middle formation where Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were.

Finally, the left and right flanks of the officers and troops converged.

The rendezvous of the army allowed the orders of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to be conveyed smoothly. At the moment when the Yellow Turban Army and those monsters were slowly pressing, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun turned the formation of the official army into a major change:

They ordered Liu Bei and Cao Cao to place arc-shaped defensive lines on the left and right flanks of the ranks;

and Liu Bei's Guan Yu, Li Qin, Wen Chou, and Xi Zhicai were seconded and arranged in the front and rear of the army respectively.

Huangfu Song circled the formation of the entire official army into a circle.

"The round formation is the best place to defend. This is a perfect response to the situation we are under siege right now. After the unified army had done all this, Huangfu Song muttered to himself a little smugly.

"That's true...... Although the battle ahead is hard enough, now is the time to really test us. We must remain here as a reef. Constantly grinding with the Yellow Turban Army, grinding with them, consuming until their offensive weakens, grinding until they can no longer grind, so as to lay the foundation for our final victory. Zhu Jun said kindly on the side. As Huang Fu Song's old partner, he can understand Huang Fu Song's approach very well.

"Well, that's it! It's a long battle, and I don't know...... Can it be finished today? Huangfu Song nodded, he looked at the sun that was gradually moving west, and he was a little less confident.

After all, when facing Zhang Jiao this time, the power of pig, sheep and dog blood was not as effective as originally thought. Although those damned zombies are already afraid of the splash of pigs, sheep and dogs, their endurance is much stronger, unlike the paper men and grass horses that collapse at the first touch.

Many times they can struggle to move for a period of time after encountering the blood of pigs, sheep and dogs. This makes the officers and soldiers who are ready to guard against their counterattack have to step forward to solve their pathetic "lives".

Although this is also a very simple matter, it unintentionally adds another step and wastes the physical strength and time of the soldiers, which is a very troublesome thing for the officers and soldiers with limited physical strength.

Whether the tide of battle will change before the soldiers run out of stamina is something no one can be sure of.

Such an unknown gave the generals a headache.

What to do?

No one has a good way. Because it is going to be a war of attrition, everything has to be calculated.

As commanders-in-chief, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun only need to make arrangements in the general direction, stipulating when and when someone will hold which defense line, but as a front-line general, in order to implement the commander-in-chief's orders, they must make more calculations.

Therefore, as soon as Li Qin and Guan Yu were seconded to the front by Huangfu Song, facing the approaching Yellow Turban army in front of them, they said to Guan Yu: "How many troops do you need to send in which direction?" How many water hoses do I need to arrange? …… It's all calculated! In short, we need to conserve our efforts and deal with more enemies at the least cost. We need to have a lot of spare power to do it. ”

Guan Yu heard what he meant from Li Qin's words. He thought about it left and right, and felt that he would definitely not be able to do this, so he said directly to Li Qin: "Okay...... I am completely at your command. ”

Although Guan Yu is very arrogant, he sincerely admires people who can do things that they can't do. Since what Li Qin said was so sure, and Guan Yu knew his ability, he naturally believed what he said, and then completely handed over the command of the army to Li Qin.

Li Qin received Guan Yu's authorization and quickly launched an operation: he divided the front of the 7,000 soldiers and horses into four formations. In the first three formations, 2,000 people per formation were used to form the main defensive line along the way, while the last 1,000 men were used as the general reserve in their own hands.

"In the event of an enemy under normal circumstances, we defend with a formation of two thousand men. And when the enemy attack is fierce, a thousand people will be sent as a reserve. Li Qin explained to Guan Yu the reason for his assignment: "Because we have three or two thousand people in our hands, we can take turns to rest." One main battle, one standby, one rest. And so on. ”

"In other words, we can send five thousand people to defend the force at the most urgent time?" Guan Yu understood the key to Li Qin's doing.

"No...... Of course, when chasing urgency, it is all pressed. But I don't think we can see that happen. Li Qin chuckled and shook his head.

"Perhaps!" The corners of Guan Yu's mouth curled: "In short, I will listen to you all in this battle." ”

"Don't worry! I won't let you down. Li Qin said confidently.

A quarter of an hour later, the battle resumed.

The first to engage the enemy was Liu Bei's right flank and the front where Li Qin and Guan Yu were located.

As for Sun Jian and Cao Cao's left flank and Xi Zhicai's and Wen Chou's rear formation, because the enemy had to make a detour, there were only sporadic zombie haunts, which did not bring much threat to the neat array. These guys, who are not in an array, under the timely killing of Sun Jian and Wen Chou, quickly fell, and their intensity cannot even be called the so-called low-level, at best they can only be called some small troubles.

Being in a daze, waiting, moving your body properly, that's what the guys on the left and in the back do do.

On the right flank and in the front, as the contact between the two sides continued to expand, the fighting soon became fierce.

In the face of the army of the Yellow Turban Army and the zombies cooperating with each other, Liu Bei's side mainly relied on the martial arts of Zhang Fei and Wen Chou to support under Liu Ye's staff. Although they also did the shift replacement of soldiers on their side, the shift on their side was very simple, just a two-half rotation, not as carefully planned as Li Qin's side.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, at least for a while, there is no difference between it and Li Qin's side.

It's just that......

"The lord and Ziyang's side still see the hardships of the whole battle situation a little lighter, I hope there won't be any problems." Li Qin frowned slightly, but there was no way to remind them.

After all, he and Guan Yu had already been mobilized to the front formation, and they were already a little far away from Liu Bei's right formation. At such a distance, Li Qin really couldn't do anything to remind him.

"Let's just focus on the present." Li Qin thought.

After everything was more or less arranged, there wasn't much he could do. For him, the rest of the action is nothing more than watching from behind when Guan Yu is fighting in front, reorganizing the team and issuing an order to rotate in a timely manner, and replacing Guan Yu when Guan Yu may be exhausted.

This is all very trivial work, as for replacing Guan Yu in battle......

Li Qin said that would be a long, long time later.