Shooting around the formation to find the weak point, stacking waves to create chaos, and finally the central breakthrough and the two flanks outflanking each other in order to form a single crush, this is Shang Cheng on the basis of a large number of war history records archived by Weifu and some soldiers who have personally experienced the field battle, summarized the characteristics of the field battle of the Tu Ci people. He dubbed these three tactics the "three-plank axe of the Turbats." However, the joking title does not mean that he will despise his enemies because of it; On the contrary, he not only attached great importance to the enemy, but also spent a lot of time studying the tactical characteristics of the Turks, repeatedly thinking about how to gain the initiative on the battlefield. Moreover, his thinking is not limited to tactics itself, but also includes the strategic guidance, tactical thinking, composition of the armed forces, the situation of troops, weaponry, training level, logistical support, and so on, and involves a series of deeper issues such as the national traditions, thinking habits, and relations between the two sides, and it even covers the political forms, organizational systems, resource conditions, and economic capabilities of the two sides...... Because there are so many aspects involved, it is actually no longer a simple military topic, but has become a huge and complex system engineering. In this case, no matter how much energy and time a person has, it is obviously impossible to grasp all the details, so after consulting with Zhang Shao, after careful consideration, he selected a small number of civilian officials and some generals from the Yanshan Health Department and the Wei Army, and let them participate in one or several branches respectively. However, due to the lack of many materials, especially those related to the Tuqi people, there is a lack of reliable and strong evidence or proof, so this research, which has been strictly kept secret by the Yanshan Wei Government, has not been completed so far, but some progress has been made in some aspects......

Of course, the enemy on the opposite side could not have known that the Han people of the Central Plains in Yanshan were studying them in detail with an unprecedented rigor; It is even less likely for them to know that some of the results that have come out are being applied in the Weifu and the Border Military Mansion, and the Yanshan Weijun has also begun to adjust their tactical guiding ideology based on these results. They also thought that they were still facing the Yanshan guards of the past, so after the unsuccessful sneak attack and robbery camp, the first thing that came to mind was their traditional national tactics.

At the same time as the Zhao army made adjustments, the left flank of the Turquoise also began to move, hundreds of thousands of enemy cavalry formed a group of horses and horses, the tide swept in, and in the blink of an eye, it entered three or four hundred steps in front of the Zhao army's formation, and then saw the banner of the right wing of the Zhao army changing, and the figures between the three rows of bed crossbows laid in the front row were running and moving, and something seemed to be fleeting under the shadow of the bright sun. However, it is a pity that compared to the number of enemies, Zhao Jun's bed crossbow is too few after all, although the killing effect is good, it always takes time to load crossbow arrows on the winch, and the enemy has already swarmed closer. Fortunately, several columns of archers had been deployed in front of the formation to protect the line......

The vanguard of the Turbid Expedition did not meet the enemy, and began to turn more than two hundred steps away, avoiding the thick bow formation at the front of the Zhao army, and walked around, jumping up the grassy slope and sticking to the left flank, and the crackling was also a rain of arrows; After going down the grassy slope for more than a mile, they regrouped and turned around to kill again, and there was a flurry of arrows around the formation. This time, the Turquoise learned well, and the banner of guidance began to turn early, carefully refusing to step into the range of the bed crossbow again. Three or four arrows outside the ground to reassemble, and then kill again, or horses run arrows and shoot. If so, three. Under the repeated disturbances, the right flank of the Zhao army did not waver in the slightest, behind a row of skinned large oars and shields, archers, spearmen, swords, axes, and axes stood in silence, and the pack horses carried arrows and arrows in front of the array, and the wounded were sent back in an orderly manner......

For more than an hour in the following year, the Tutu people had been doing the same thing, the left and right flanks took turns, sometimes a hundred and ten people, sometimes nearly a thousand, hula rushed over with an arrow, and hura rushed back with another arrow, or from the Chinese army to divide one or two large tent soldiers, with thousands of tribal soldiers, the horse's head and a row of howling and slowly pressed up, as far as the range of the bed crossbow, and then the tide generally retracted. But no matter how the Tuqi people provoked, the Zhao army's large array was as majestic as ever, except for the cavalry on both sides who had attacked twice to intercept and kill the enemy cavalry, the other brigades and battalions would never act rashly. Anyway, the range of the infantry bow used by the Zhao army is generally more than fifty steps, and the range is more than eighty steps, while the riding bow of the Tuqi people is usually only thirty or forty steps, and the advantage in distance and distance just offsets the disadvantage between far and quiet.

When the sun was about to climb overhead, the two teams of the Tuqi people failed again in succession, except for leaving more than two dozen corpses and a few lonely and helpless war horses on the outside of the Zhao army's array, they saw none of the results they hoped for.

After this group of enemies retreated, Shang Cheng found that the enemy who had dismounted and rested in front of him did not climb on the back of the horse again, so he hurriedly ordered all the troops to seize the time to rest, and ordered again and again, asking the people behind to quickly send the hot soup of dried meat cakes and buns, and then after listening to Wen Mu's report on the casualties just summarized, he was rubbing his temples nervously thinking about the enemy's next possible move, Guo Biao came over and said: "There is still no news from Sun Zhongshan's side one by one. ”

Shang Cheng was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "What did the old camp of Luhe say?" ”

"Luhe sent a fast horse to contact me just now, and they don't know Sun Zhongshan's current location over there." Guo Biao said worriedly, "From yesterday's Shenshi to this morning, Sun Zhongshan has never delivered news to the Luhe old camp. ”

Shang Cheng smacked his dry lips, thought about it, then laughed, and said, "Yes, this is good news." It seems that Sun Zhongshan at least partially fulfilled the order given to him. Seeing that Guo Biao was still a little puzzled, he explained, "The enemy on the opposite side is less than 6,000, and the remaining camp is counted as 1,000, which is exactly what we estimated before." The enemy's forces have not dispersed, which means that they do not know that Sun Zhongshan has detoured behind them......"

Guo Biao shook his head. How could he not know such a simple truth?

"And what do you think?"

may be the reason why he has not had a good rest for a long time, Guo Biao's expression is not very good, his face is blue and dark, and he was silent for a moment before he said: "You say, will Sun Zhongshan get lost, or, what happened on the way?" ”

Shang Cheng grinned. Guo Biao's words are similar to not saying them. It's normal to say that something happens halfway, but what can't happen on the battlefield? If everything was carried out smoothly according to the plan, then he should be waiting for Li Shen to drink tea and chat with him in Mogan now, how could he be in a hurry to toss with the Tuqi people here? As for getting lost, he didn't believe that Sun Zhongshan would get lost. When Luhe divided the troops in front of him, he specially assigned twenty guides to Sun Zhongshan, all of whom were grassland herdsmen who had just joined the Central Plains and were eager to make meritorious contributions.

Guo Biao's gloomy gaze stayed in the array of enemies on the opposite side for a long time, and only after a long time did he breathe a long sigh of silence and said faintly: "If Sun Zhongshan can't come in time, the next battle will be very difficult. ”

Needless to say? Sun Zhongshan's troops could not join the battlefield in time, relying only on the 2,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry here, it was not a problem to repel the enemy in front of them, but if they wanted to be defeated and scattered, or they could not assemble and restore the formation for a while, Shang Cheng thought that he did not have that ability. Once the enemy retreats and is not defeated, he will not be able to free up his hands to intercept the king of Donglu Valley with peace of mind; If the enemy joins up with the remnants of the Alegu tribe on the west bank of the Heishui River, then the Zhao army will really be attacked on the back of the enemy. Even if the enemy does not join forces, one will contain himself, and the other will cross the black water to attack the old camp of Luhe, or cut off the grain route of the army...... Suddenly, he crossed countless possible changes in the battle situation in his mind, but his face was still calm and calm, and he said in a deep voice: "It's a little troublesome. Wen Mu will not be able to produce results here for a while, you go and instruct them, let them send more people, and go north to the Heishui River, and be sure to find Sun Zhongshan. One by one, people should also be sent downstream. It was foggy this morning, and they may have lost their way as you say. ”

This is the most reasonable way at the moment, but Guo Biao neither nodded nor agreed, just stared at the opposite side with a pair of slow-bloodshot eyes.

Shang Chenghu glanced at him suspiciously, followed his gaze, and saw that there seemed to be something like a mist behind the meadow opposite, and for a moment he almost thought that he was dazzled and mistaken One is that Zhongshan has arrived? After steadying his mind and staring at the past, the inscrutable smoke and dust were entangled with several black flags, and he couldn't distinguish them at all. He was anxious and roared out of his mouth: "Duan Si! Come and take a closer look at me, is there a wolf smoke behind the meadow opposite? ”

Duan Si was born as a hunter in the mountains, and he had a good eye after playing a small practice, he ran over and stood on tiptoe and looked at it a few times, but he was not very sure, ran a few steps and brought a herald's horse over, stood on the horse's back and looked at it with all his heart, and the horse did not fall and said loudly: "Commander, it's wolf smoke!" Due north to east, at least twenty miles away from us, most of them are near Moganzhai! ”

Before he finished speaking, Shang Cheng waved his hand violently, blurting out a series of orders: "The whole army is on alert!" …… Keep the formation left and right and take a hundred steps forward! …… On both wings, the cavalry pay attention to cover and cover! …… Make way for the heavy armor battalion! The heavy battalion stepped forward! Zheng Qi! Zheng Qi! Where is Zheng Qi? Get out of here! ”

Zheng Qi, who had been mixed in a bunch of Central Plains generals, hurriedly pulled away from the crowd and ran out.

Shang Cheng didn't wait for him to salute before giving an order: "Bring your cavalry and outflank me!" ”

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