Guo Shao did not stay in Jiangzhou, and walked more than 20 miles that day; The next day, it was only more than 70 miles away from Jinju.

The total strength of the left wing of the Tiger Army was more than 16,000 people, including more than 7,000 horse troops and 9,000 infantry. On the last day of the march, the infantry ran faster, while the horsemen lagged behind...... The army temporarily transferred thousands of horses from the forbidden army, and the mounted infantry did not care about the horsepower at the last moment, as long as the physical strength of the people was preserved, so they marched on horseback; And the cavalry's war horses are very important at critical moments, and the soldiers do not ride, preferring to walk.

In the afternoon, it is ten miles away from Jinju. received a report from Shi Yanchao and defeated the rebel forward horse team. Guo Shao sent Zuo You to commend him, and ordered him to rest on the spot and wait for the decisive battle with the main force tomorrow.

Shi Yanchao is a professional soldier and will not resist the life of the main general on the battlefield. When he was ambushing the Liao army in Xinzhou, Fu Yanqing asked him to go.

"Attack the enemy tomorrow." Guo Shao put away the various messages and maps scrawled in the tent, and said to the generals who came.

After running nearly a thousand miles, usually the Lord will find a way to rest and recuperate first; But Guo Shao couldn't wait, on the one hand, he was worried about giving Li Jixun time and letting him pull the army to the opposite side of Fenshui, and on the other hand, he was also confident in the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Ben army.

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In the south of Jinju City, after the deployment of the two armies was completed, the sun had just risen from winter. The dust and mist in the sky made the red sun unclear, and there seemed to be a layer of light mist around it.

The north wind was blowing cold and biting on his face, and Guo Shaobu was in a state of headwind, and the weather was not good. And the rebels are waiting for work, he has just arrived on the battlefield...... The only advantage was speed, and the army approached Li Jixun's department on the whole line after two days of exposure to Jiangzhou.

War is always difficult to take advantage of.

Guo Shaoce immediately stepped forward and looked into the distance first, only to see a large semi-square circle on the shore of Fenshui, with a diameter estimated to be two miles. The square circle formation is a defensive formation, and the infantry of each branch of the army forms a large circle formation with a square formation outside; Horsemen included. Because Li Jixun's troops were in a formation, only half of the Fangyuan array concentrated more troops. These formations are extremely poorly dynamic, but they are highly defensive.

Guo Shao has not systematically studied the art of war formations, but he is familiar with these conventional camps in actual combat.

In the Battle of Huainan, the field battle of Zhongnan ** commonly used the square circle array; But the most common camp of the Zhou army was the Glaive Formation, and this time was no exception. The infantry in the middle, the cavalry on both wings, and the troops were deployed in an arc. Guo Shao's Chinese army sat on the inside of the arc.

The generals rode their horses to the Chinese army, and while looking back at the enemy soldiers in the distance, they talked a lot.

"Everyone......" Guo Shao said.

Only then did everyone turn their heads. Guo Shao glanced at Shi Yanchao and was very satisfied with him, although this guy's attitude was not very respectful, but he knew the rules of doing things. Guo Shao said: "I saw it at a glance, the enemy army was defending in a circle, which means that he was afraid of us first." We have traveled so far, isn't it to win, but to give away people's heads? ”

"Haha......" everyone laughed.

Guo Shao said: "After a while, Ma Quanyi first covered it with a bow and arrow in the middle; As soon as the three rounds of arrows passed, Shi Yanchao tried to attack from the center-right flank first to see the situation. For the rest of the ministries, I sent heralds to herald the campaign. ”

"Order." Shi Yanchao and Ma Quanyi hugged their fists.

Guo Shao waved his hand and said: "There's nothing more to say, whoever is brave in the two rounds wins." Go back to their battalions and prepare for battle. ”

On the high flagpole of the Chinese army, the yellow flag was blown "crackling" in the wind. Guo Shao took a deep breath, put his fingers on the waist ornament on his waist, groped for the hilt of the sword, brushed it out, and shouted: "The whole army is forward!" ”

Suddenly, the horn of the Chinese army sounded "whining ......", and the various units began to move forward slowly. The surrounding darkness was overwhelming, and the formations on all sides slowly spread forward like a tide, becoming more lively.

A stone's throw away from the middle of the arc camp, a string was suddenly heard in the distance. When Guo Shao looked up, a rain of bees and arrows flew in the air. The generals shouted and stopped.

"Knock knock knock ......" A drum sounded, and the four rectangular infantry soldiers in front and behind the front and rear of the former army Ma Quanyi raised countless bows and arrows, and a gong sounded, and Ma Quanyi shouted loudly: "Release the arrow!" ”

"Papapa......" suddenly flew obliquely into the air like a black spot like a locust, like a torrential rain.

The two armies fired at each other, and the screams and shouts were noisy.

…… Shi Yanchao lifted the iron spear that was beaten all over his body, lifted the belly of the horse, took the lead in moving forward, and followed the heavy rider on the left and right; More horses' hooves rumbled. The horse's hooves gradually accelerated, and Shi Yanchao led his men to jog forward.

One hundred and fifty steps, Shi Yan shouted: "Kill!" "Immediately sprint forward. A large force of horsemen slammed diagonally into the opposite center like a torrent.

I saw that the archers in front had withdrawn, the dense spear array protruded, the spears in the back row stretched out from the world, and the front of the phalanx was densely packed like hedgehogs, but there was a gap between the two phalanxes. Shi Yanchao didn't say a word, ** the middle was empty, and the iron horse with the harness in front of him penetrated diagonally and rushed straight to the front flank of the phalanx.

With a "whew", the iron gun in Shi Yanchao's hand was taken off, and a soldier with a spear in front of him screamed miserably. The heavy iron spear, which had borrowed the speed of a war horse, slammed into the soldier's chest, and the man was knocked backwards by the force, knocking over two people in a row. Between the lightning and flint, Shi Yanchao had already rushed into the formation, and one of the three sabers on his back had been unsheathed; The back side of the knife did not open the edge, Shi Yanchao skillfully supported the blade of the knife with his left hand, and crossed to one side, only to hear a "click" sound, a head fell down, and blood splashed out like a spring.

The heavy cavalry had rushed to the left and right, slashing and trampling frantically in an instant. The spear array immediately faltered, and Shao Tilt collapsed, and countless foot soldiers rushed backwards.

......"Shi Yanchao broke through the middle lane and entered the formation! A pro-soldier report.

Guo Shao could see the scene in the middle on the tall horse, there was a commotion over there, and a large number of rebel infantry camps had broken up. Guo Shao was a little stunned for a while, it was less than a cup of tea to start the war, and Shi Yanchao was too fierce...... is a bit unexpected, originally Guo Shao asked Shi Yanchao to "test the attack".

And the guy didn't stop at all, the heavy cavalry in front was rampage in the formation, and a large number of horsemen were rushed in and melee on the periphery.

"Order the left flank Deng Fei's horse army to attack, and attack Shi Yanchao left and right!" Guo Shao ordered.

"Order!" A herald picked up the command flag and galloped away.

…… Shi Yanchao led the direct heavy cavalry of the Crane Horse Army to directly penetrate the two-layer infantry phalanx, but Li Jixun's square circle was stockpiled with mobile horsemen in the middle of the array, and reinforcements from the horse army immediately came up. The rebel infantry phalanx also reinforced the gap, intending to block the opening.

Suddenly, a fierce man on the opposite side shouted: "Shi asks for a few tricks!" And he came up with a spear in his hand.

"The mantis arm is a car!" Shi Yanchao scolded, spurred his horse to go up, when the war horse staggered, he waved his weapon and stabbed his head, with a loud "bang", the opponent's spear and wooden pole were violently cut off, Shi Yanchao's knife also jumped directly, he picked up the broken knife and threw it forward, and reached out to pull the knife from his back. On the other side, Shi Shouxin's body tilted to the side, his legs clamped the horse's back to avoid the violent throw, and the horse ran to the side.

The cavalry beside Shi Shouxin came up to block it after a while, and Shi Yanchao's war horse rushed over, "Boring!" I saw sparks flying wildly, knocked a cavalry company of weapons and people off the horse, ran forward a few steps and waved it, and beheaded another person off the horse.

Shi Yanchao saw that the blade had two big openings and threw them away. Left and right handed the horse lance up, and a heavy horse followed him violently, and the iron horse passed through, and no one could stop the man from turning over on his back. However, more mobile troops in the middle of the square circle array were outflanked on the left and right flanks.

Shi Yanchao saw that the people and horses in front of him were dense, so he just stopped his horse for a while, slowed down the sprint, and prepared to turn and rush again. At this moment when there was no speed, I saw a big black man on the left flank rushing with two sticks, shouting: "Zhao is here!" ”

"Good brother lewd|Someone who plays with brother and sister-in-law?" Shi Yanchao laughed. Zhao Kuangyin was furious, and when the horse had already arrived, he swept over from top to bottom with a double stick. The stick wind was covered, and the impending trajectory enveloped Shi Yanchao's whole body.

Zhao Kuangyin was also a more familiar general of the palace not long ago, Shi Yanchao knew the beauty of those two sticks, plus he had just lost his weapon for a long time, and the saber in his hand was not as long as a stick, so he could only defend. said that it was too late, Shi Yanchao suddenly stretched out his hand, and with a "bang", he actually grabbed the short stick in front of the stick. He immediately slammed it back, and the force was empty, and Zhao Kuangyin reacted quickly, and when he saw that something was wrong, he just let go and threw the stick.

Shi Yanchao was anxious to take advantage of the victory to kill the past, but he was blocked by several horses that pounced, so he had to fight. He has too many rebels.

…… Deng Fei's horse army could not break through the left flank infantry line, and Guo Shao immediately shouted: "Summons Dong Zunzhi!" Rush to the left! ”

"Order!" The herald immediately answered.

I saw that in the square array, the dust and mist were filled, and a string of cavalry was rampage inside, it was Shi Yanchao's men and horses. Guo Shao took a look just now, Shi Yanchao seemed to want to attack to the left and attack Deng Fei's front and back, but he couldn't get past it after many roundabouts. The cavalry charges slower and slower after rushing to the enemy camp, and its ability to break through the formation becomes weaker and weaker as the horsepower is consumed; If you don't keep moving and are surrounded by dense infantry, you will have to wait for death.

"Spread Yang Biao, penetrate the enemy camp from the right flank, and respond to Shi Yanchao's rear." Guo Shao immediately ordered again.

Soon a drum beat sounded rapidly, and the tiger flags on several large phalanxes of the Second Army on the left side of the tiger were laid forward flat, and the infantry in a queue slowly moved forward. Seven phalanxes formed a large pinzi formation advanced in the arrows, and the drums and shouts were loud and earth-shattering.

Ahead of that was a newly tuned spear formation; The forward of Yang Biao's department is also a spear and a lance and a long weapon, but the phalanx on both wings is led by sword and shield soldiers. The first phalanx made contact with the rebels, and both sides stabbed with spears, and for a time the crowd seemed to be broken two lotus roots, and the spears in the middle were like broken threads.

"Kill!" Suddenly, there was a loud shout, and Yang Biao, who was holding a long iron knife, suddenly pounced, his upper body spun violently, and the heavy blade swept towards the enemy line. Yang Biao's fierce and vicious horse face was murderous, and his face to face was like the evil of the underworld.