In the early period of the former Han Dynasty, when the cavalry was not formed, the Han army infantry faced the Hun rangers, and while forming a formation, they could use the strong suppressive force of the strong crossbow to advance slowly.

When the tactics of cavalry warfare appeared, especially when the rangers and cavalry were combined, the infantry was at a huge disadvantage when facing the cavalry.

In this case, the foot soldiers faced the cavalry and became more dangerous.

Even if it is in formation, it will not take much advantage - victory cannot destroy the enemy, and can only watch the cavalry escape; If you lose, you can't escape, and in the end, nine times out of ten, the whole army will be wiped out.

Therefore, when the infantry faced the cavalry, they had to be extremely cautious and form a tight formation in place, so as not to allow the cavalry to find an opportunity to break the formation.

Not to mention pushing forward, forcing the cavalry to retreat step by step.

Seeing that half of the Han army had already gone to the south bank, Hao Zhao knew that if he didn't leave, all the Han troops would come over and block the way, and he was afraid that all the 20,000 elite horsemen he brought from Liangzhou would have to stay in Longxi.

What's more, there are thousands of cavalry troops on the opposite side who have not moved, hiding in places they can't see, and they may give themselves a fatal blow at any time.

Therefore, when the other side is not all coming, turn around and turn to the west.

"Even if you want to leave, you have to be cut off, otherwise you will be caught up by the cavalry of Shu, and I am afraid that you will not be able to get out easily."

Kaneshiro Taishou also knew that the situation in front of him was not good, and the formation in front of him was too strange.

It looks like the Eight Formations of the Ninth Army, but it is much more powerful than the Eight Formations of the Ninth Army.

Once it changes, the formation is layered on top of each other, and the large array is covered with a small array, which makes people feel airtight.

Obviously, the forces on the opposite side are not far from their own, and their own mobility is stronger than that of the other side, but somehow, no matter which direction they charge from, the opposite side can always gather more troops than themselves.

This feeling of not knowing where to start is really tricky.

Hao Zhao looked at the wings, and the bald-haired elite cavalry was still galloping, pinning down the enemy.

"Bring the Hu people back and let them break off, they are superb in riding, even if they let the opposite one entangle, they can have a chance to escape."

Hao Zhao immediately made a decision and ordered the Xianbei cavalry on both flanks to withdraw to the middle camp.

"The Hu people have no faith, if they are broken alone, I am afraid that they will flee in all directions, please let the lower officials lead a thousand cavalry to suppress the formation."

Kaneshiro Taishou volunteered.

Hao Zhao looked at Jincheng Taishou, with a little unbearable and guilty in his eyes, and mixed tastes.

If there is no cavalry in Shu, it doesn't matter who breaks off, because they can't catch up.

But Hao Zhao knew that the thousands of cavalry troops on the opposite side who had never shown up were waiting for the best time to cut into the battlefield.

Therefore, nine times out of ten, the soldiers after the break have no chance to escape.

"General, without further ado, please give the order quickly!"

Kaneshiro Taishou urged.

The expression on Hao Zhao's face returned to resoluteness, nodded, and began to arrange the retreat.

"Cao thief is ready to run." The abnormality of the two-wing Hu cavalry was seen by Zhuge Liang, and his expression condensed slightly, "This Hao Zhao is really a person who understands current affairs." ”

Then he said with some joy, "Hao Zhaoqi is good at defending the city, and he defeated Wei Yan's siege of the city at the beginning, which shows his ability; But now it seems that his ability to fight in array in the field is worse than defending the city. ”

"What would you do if it were you, Beryo?"

Zhuge Liang was finally willing to put down the telescope and asked.

Jiang Wei heard the prime minister's question, and hurriedly replied, "If the last general is changed, when the last general leads the troops to come to respond, he will start to retreat, and he will not be entangled so far, so he thinks about retreating." ”

"Oh? Why? ”

Zhuge Liang didn't seem to care about Wei Jun's actions at all, and asked with great interest.

"The first time Hao Zhao faced off with the prime minister, he should have known that he couldn't break through the prime minister's military formation. Looking at what he did now, it is obvious that he wants to retreat to the west and return to Liangzhou from Didao. ”

"Since you want to withdraw to Liangzhou, then you should retreat directly. Knowing that the prime minister's military formation was unbreakable, he wanted to entangle with the prime minister, trying to lead the whole division to retreat, too greedy! ”

Jiang Wei commented, "This is constantly being interrupted. ”

Zhuge Liang listened, nodded slightly, and then asked Feng Yong, "What about you?" What do you think? ”

"Beryo said it well."

Feng Yong hurriedly agreed.

Prime Minister Dahan glanced at him, "I'm asking you, if you were replaced, what would you do?" ”

If I knew that my opponent was a man named Zhuge Liang, in the absence of a famous general-level friendly reinforcement, of course I would have fled......

Feng Tu thought for a while, and then he held back a sentence, "Anyway, Longxi Taishou also said, the city that only guarded for one month has been four months now, if I see the prime minister leading the troops over, I will either surrender directly or leave directly." ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Zhuge Liang only smiled when he heard this, and asked in a calm tone, "Tell me your reason." ”

"The overall situation of Longyou has been decided, and Xiangwu is already a lonely city, although there is Weishui to rely on, but the long-term code will be lost."

"Besides, now that the west has cut off contact with Guan, even if Liangzhou can defend itself for a while, sooner or later it will return to the Han Dynasty, so it is better to surrender as soon as possible."

"Even if you take a step back, even if Hao Zhao believes that Liangzhou can stop the westward advance of the Han Dynasty, then he should immediately lead the army to return to the west and keep the living force, so as to plan for the future. It is useless to dwell on this. ”

Hearing Feng Yong's words, Zhuge Liang was silent for a long time, and at the same time secretly said in his heart, these words are in line with this kid's style: he likes to start from the long-term and the general trend, not limited to temporary setbacks, and not greedy for immediate gains.

Thinking of Nanxiang, Nanzhong, Longyou, and Guanzhong, he came over with such a step-by-step layout, like a chess player, who seemed to be useless, and only found out in the end that it was his chess eye.

The phrase "keep the living force" alone won my heart, which is enough to prove that this son's vision is extremely good.

It's a pity that he has a very poor talent in the battle formation, and he can't learn it when he teaches him by hand, which is really annoying.

As for Boyo, he can be sensitive to military affairs, deeply understand the will of the military, and is quite courageous, and the military formations he teaches have all understood, and in this regard, the talent of the two is simply one heaven and one underground.

If you can teach Boyo and do more training, he will definitely be a member of the Han Dynasty in the future.

It's a pity that from what he just said, it can also be seen that Beryo is a little too focused on the present and forgets the long-term, and lacks a grasp of the overall situation, and when it comes to means, he is even worse than that kid.

Focusing on the present, and having the courage, I am afraid that sometimes there will be few flexibility in acting and insisting on going my own way, and then there will be a small place and the worry of losing the overall situation.

Feng Yong and Jiang Wei naturally didn't know what the prime minister was thinking, but the two saw the prime minister silently raise the binoculars again, and suddenly ordered Guan Xing to prepare to attack from the west side.

Then he said again, "Hao Zhao is stubborn in the rules, and he is a little inflexible, first he wants to follow the laws of Wei to defend the city, and he has lost the best opportunity to retreat. Later, if you want to retreat with all the divisions, you will fall deeper and deeper. ”

"But he is worthy of being a figure in Jiuzhen Hexi, at this time, when he saw that the timing was not right, he immediately thought of retreating, and it seems that he wants to encircle all the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou here, but I am afraid that it will not work."

Zhuge Liang sighed, "You and the other two, you have to learn from the strengths of people and abandon the shortcomings of others, you know?" ”

"Understood."

Feng Yong and Jiang Weiqi replied in unison.

At this time, Hao Zhao led the main force, just out of contact with the Han army, and was about to withdraw from the battlefield, only to see the smoke and dust rising in the northwest, and the long-dormant Han cavalry finally appeared.

The goal of the Han cavalry was clear, it was the connection between the broken rear troops and the main forces.

Hao Zhao saw the appearance of the Han cavalry, and his teeth were gritted.

According to the current situation, the Han army's actions are not only ready to leave all the people who have been broken, but also want to bite the tail of the main force again.

The eyes of the coach on the other side are too poisonous!

And the timing is also very exquisite, as if a person has just stepped on the front foot and has not yet landed, and the back foot has just been halfway raised, and suddenly someone else pushes him from the side.

Even if the force is very light, it is enough to make people fall, not to mention that this force is more like a violent blow.

This made Hao Zhao angry, and at the same time, a sense of powerlessness and fear rose in his heart: Could it be that the other side really has the ability to predict his actions in advance?