Generally speaking, the most elite troops are used to suppress the formation, and they are used to make a final decision at the most urgent moment. However, Chen Cheng did the opposite, and sent his most capable Flying Bear Hussars to the battlefield at the beginning, in order to boost the morale of his own side and break the morale of the enemy.

Sure enough, the Flying Bear Hussar simply and neatly penetrated the battle line of Li Daojun's army, which greatly shocked Dong Zhuo's military heart. Morale is a wonderful thing, and when everyone believes that they can win in this aspect, even if they are not clothed and hold a wooden stick, they can burst out with great combat effectiveness. If everyone thinks that they can't win the battle, then even if they have excellent weapons and strong armor, they will only flee from the wind, and they can be called "brave".

However, after the debut, this elite unit was immediately transferred to the middle lane, ready to be used as a reserve.

Because the battle on the left and right flanks failed, Dong Zhuo simply called Li Dao and Guo Yan back, and then the army pressed together, intending to rely on the strength of the crowd to defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop. Ideas are always good, but implementation is not.

With the sound of drums and trumpets, the left, middle and right armies rushed towards the opposite side. Except for the 20,000 people who pressed the formation, Dong Zhuo had sent almost all the people out, and even the Huns sent 30,000 cavalry. Seeing Dong Zhuojun's big move, Chen Cheng also released all the soldiers and horses in his hands.

Because the right side of the Xiliang army was Weishui, he formulated the tactics of defending on the right flank and attacking on the left flank, preparing to drive the enemy into Weishui with a diagonal formation. Most of the infantry was placed on the right flank, Zhang Heng, Ma Teng, Han Li and other generals all went to the left flank with their soldiers and horses to fight, and Chen Cheng only had less than 5,000 reserves left in his hands.

The sun had begun to set in the west, and the two sides were in a scuffle, and the earth was dyed golden and bright red. Although the Xiliang army is strong and strong, it has a great advantage in the battle. However, Dong Zhuo's army was more numerous, although many of them were forcibly recruited, but under the harsh military law, those people could only huddle together with others, wielding the blades in their hands to fight to the death with the Xiliang army.

On the right flank of the Xiliang army, infantry was the majority, so the tactics were very rigid, and only after the enemy's attack was frustrated, a small number of cavalry could be released to counterattack. Therefore, the battle on the right flank was mainly fought in formation, and in general, the formations of both sides were not disrupted.

Dong Zhuojun was also organized according to the Han army's drill code, and the infantry was based on a square formation, with each phalanx ranging from 400 to 600 people. The reason for the fluctuation in numbers is that they have recently expanded their army too fast, and they have not had time to reorganize, or they have no intention of reorganizing at all.

Because Weishui was on the side, the Xiliang Army and Dong Zhuojun did not attack on the right flank or around the rear, but fought head-on. Dong Zhuo thought that he had twice the advantage of troops, and he could also pile up the Xiliang thieves to death. But reality soon slapped him hard in the face, although it was not loud enough, but it also made him feel hot and painful.

The three infantry battalions that Chen Cheng placed in the front row of the right flank were subordinate to the Yabing, and half of them were equipped with steel armor produced in Yinchuan. As long as you don't get attacked in places that can't be covered by armor, you can be immune to swords many times. Most of them are armed with spears that are five meters long, and they also have a ring-headed sword or short sword as a secondary weapon, and after measuring and wounding the enemy with the spear, they can also use the secondary weapon to attack the enemy who is bullying them in close proximity.

Several Qu forces were smashed in front of the infantry phalanx of the Western Liang Army, and Li Meng, the general on the left flank of Dong Zhuo's army, was first shocked, and then quickly changed his tactics. The spear phalanx is indestructible, but it has a big drawback, that is, they are too slow to move.

This kind of army, used to defend the city and hold on to dangerous places, is naturally a first-class strong army, but in the field, it may not be so useful! Li Meng is Dong Zhuo's subordinate, and he has been by Dong Zhuo's side for a long time, although he doesn't read much military books, but he has his own understanding of war.

He withdrew the infantry in front of him and sent his crossbowmen forward, ready to crush the enemy on the opposite side with bows and arrows. As a result, the Xiliang army put the sword and shield soldiers in front, and then also sent crossbowmen to shoot at each other from a distance of dozens of paces. The armor of the Xiliang Army is strong, as long as you lower your head, even if you are shot with more than a dozen arrows on your body, you may not die.

Dong Zhuo's armament is not complete, and the number of iron armor is very small, so he may burp and catch a cold after receiving an arrow. After shooting for a while, the Xiliang people saw that more than 100 people had been killed or wounded, and the crossbowmen under Li Meng had already fallen to the ground, not to mention that two or three hundred people were also shot dead, and there were even more wounded.

"Damn it!" Li Meng looked at the enemy army opposite with hatred, and a feeling of powerlessness arose in his heart. The enemy's battle formation is like a hedgehog covered with thick scales, and it is impossible to swallow it. For such a tricky enemy, there is probably only one way to come, regardless of casualties, relying on the superiority of troops.

The deployment of the Xiliang people was heavy on the left and light on the right, and most of the soldiers and horses on the right flank were infantry, and the number was only 10,000, and the main force was sent to the left flank. And Li Meng has a full 30,000 troops in his hands, even if he loses more than 2,000 people, it is still painless. Of course, it is not painful for him, the leading general, and the crossbowmen who shoot at the front against the Xiliang people are already scolding their mothers constantly.

Seeing that the enemy's armor was so strong, the crossbowmen in the front row had long wanted to retreat. Just now, they thought that there were many people on their side, so even if a comrade was shot to death on the side, they could grit their teeth and shoot the arrow. Now, as soon as they saw the crossbowmen on the other side preparing to fire a volley, they lay on the ground and refused to get up.

Even if the officers forced them with whips and ring-headed knives, they were just pulled up on this side, and they all fell down on the other side. When Li Meng saw this situation, he could only withdraw the crossbowmen first. He is a veteran of the battle, and if he can't make a plan, he will give birth to another plan.

When the crossbowmen were withdrawn, a large group of cavalry rushed out to the sound of drums and trumpets, galloping back and forth in front of the battle formation, firing arrows into the dense array of enemy troops. The queue of the Western Liang Army was so tight that as long as they aimed slightly, they could shoot arrows into the crowd.

However, this kind of cavalry and archery to harass the enemy, the tooth soldiers have already seen a lot when they are training. They were not flustered, and the enemy cavalry at a distance of fifty paces was not at all considered to be non-existent, but as soon as the enemy approached a position of thirty paces, the crossbowmen in the battle formation would launch a small salvo at the enemy under the command of the captain and the commander.

The strong crossbows used by the infantry of the Xiliang Army are all above six stones, and the winding is very troublesome, and the power is also first-class and strong. At a distance of thirty paces, even a horse can be shot to death, let alone a person? Unless you are wearing iron armor, it is possible that after being hit by a shot, you can still be casual. But now in the entire Dong Zhuo army, there are no 5,000 iron armors.

Cavalry fired volleys, and Dong Zhuojun's cavalry soon suffered hundreds of casualties, and they no longer dared to get too close.

The infantry of the Xiliang Army also took the curve as a unit, leaving a distance of about ten steps between every two infantry curves. One battalion has two songs, and between every two infantry battalions, there is a gap of twenty to thirty paces. Gaps were created both to facilitate infantry maneuvers and turns, as well as to facilitate the exit of one's own cavalry through these passages. But if the enemy cavalry rushes over, it will be hit in several directions.

When the mounted archery also proved to be ineffective, Li Meng was a little helpless. It is true that he is a veteran of the battle formation, but the ability of combat command comes from past experience, and he comes and goes like a three-board axe. Now the three-board axe is not helpful, so it can only rely on the strength of many people.

There's nothing wrong with being tough, as long as you can win, it's a good tactic. Strategy is right because it's right, and tactics is right because it's successful. Li Meng looked at the position of the Chinese army, although he couldn't see Dong Zhuo because he was too far away, and he couldn't see the handsome flag flying over the Chinese army clearly, but he still gained some courage and confidence because of this.

Dong Zhongying's fighting skills are relatively trendy, but he has always been very good at his subordinates. He is not like Lu Bu, he can snatch the wives of his generals and enjoy them for himself, and the generals under his command are still loyal to him. That is, because the cohesion is relatively high, so he can make a comeback after several big defeats.

And Lu Bu's subordinates did not have such a high centripetal force, and as soon as they saw that the main force was defeated, most of them surrendered.

Li Meng made up his mind, gave a loud order, rode out as much as he could, and pressed towards the opposite side with an absolutely superior force.

By the time the battle began on the right flank, the battle on the left flank had spread twenty miles away. Chen Cheng placed the main cavalry on the left flank, and Dong Zhuo also sent the cavalry to the right flank. Both sides are not stupid, they both want to reach a breakthrough from the side and drive the other into Weishui in one fell swoop.

Even if the cavalry can withdraw, but the infantry can't run that fast, once the flank is crushed, then the next step is to outflank the attack. In that case, even if Xiang Yu is reincarnated and resurrected, it will be useless.

It was because both sides had the same tactical intentions that the fighting in the north was much more intense than the battle on the banks of the Weishui River. Relying on the cavalry to move faster, the Xiliang cavalry and the Hun cavalry both wanted to go around the flank and rear of the other party, so the battlefield continued to expand, so that in the end it became a chaotic battle.

The cavalry were in the villages, in the fields, by the streams, by the woods......... Galloping across the plains of Guanzhong, the sky is dark. Everywhere there was the sound of soldiers fighting and shouting, and everywhere there was smoke and dust raised by war horses.

Seeing that the left wing was in a stalemate and the right wing was fighting again, Dong Zhuo used all his heavy troops in the middle lane. He drew out half of his reserves, that is, 10,000 soldiers and horses, and joined the central battlefield. After an hour or two of fierce fighting, a fresh force of 10,000 men suddenly joined the battlefield, quickly upsetting the original balance.

At the top of the Xiliang Army in front of the central battlefield were the infantry cavalry of the "last service", with more than 10,000 people. Their equipment is only a little worse than that of the tooth soldiers, and their organization and morale are stronger than those of the soldiers and horses under the command of the county guards, and their combat effectiveness is also much higher. But they had to fight two or three times as many enemies, and after holding out for nearly two hours, although they had killed and wounded many of them, they were inevitably exhausted.

As soon as Dong Zhuo's new army joined the battlefield, the Xiliang army in the middle showed signs that it could not bear it.

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