As a general, Ju'an lives very carefully and cautiously. Therefore, although our troops were beaten badly by the saber cavalry, and at this time, Zhao Yi's cavalry team intercepted the rearguard troops. But Ju An still let Zhan Qing lead 3,000 cavalry to retreat first, and he led the other 3,000 cavalry to move closer to Sima Wang's main formation - in this battle, the cavalry on his side straddled too fast, and his flank was about to be exposed to the enemy's cavalry blades. If he and Zhan Qing led the rest of the cavalry to retreat, Sima Wang would have a great headache when he retreated.

If he didn't rely on the past, no matter whether Sima Wang's retreat could succeed or not, he would not be able to escape a dead word. The difference is nothing more than that the person who killed him was Sima Yan or Sima Wang himself.

He leaned over, but Zhan Qing couldn't lean over. The defeat of this side is inevitable, and the cavalry of Zhanqing has to run to the front in advance, on the one hand, it is necessary to send people to report the battle situation to Chang'an, so that Du Pre, who is sitting in Chang'an, is ready to respond. This side should also line up in front and wait for Sima Wang's defeated army to respond. On the other hand, it would be best if the cavalry of Zhao Yi, Xianhong and others could be taken away.

It's a pity that Zhao Yi is no longer a rookie who has just entered the battlefield. He was not interested in Zhan Qing and Ju'an at all, but was very attentive to deal with the part of the Jin cavalry that was intercepted. As long as he dragged the second half of the Jin cavalry for a while, the west side of the cavalry surrounded him.

The flank cavalry duel between the two sides was quickly decided. And what about the home formations of both sides?

Although it was the first time they encountered the salt workers' gun array, Sima Wang's soldiers seemed very uncomfortable, and gradually showed their defeats. But in any case, the soldiers of the Jin army fought very tenaciously, and the strength of the Jin army's main formation was very strong, and for a while, although the salt workers and guns were advancing, the progress was very slow.

At the end of the large array, Sima Wang stood on a high platform that had been temporarily erected and watched from a distance for a while before coming down. Immediately after that, the command begins:

"Order Li Fu's troops to divide into two parts, bypass the left and right sides of the second formation, and then retreat to the general formation and line up again."

"Order Wu Chao and Guan Ding to prepare for battle."

"The formation was divided into two ways and migrated, moving to the left and right sides of the second formation. Then the left side is south-facing, and the right side is north-facing. ”

"No!"

With Sima Wang's order, the entire Jin army headquarters began to slowly change formations. From the initial three rectangular arrays, it gradually became a circular array.

After this circular formation was formed, Sima Wang once again issued an order: all units of the whole army should strictly guard the formation and slowly turn eastward!

At this time, the cavalry of Zhao Yi and Zhan Hong completely solved the part of the cavalry pulled down by the Jin army and bypassed the flank of Sima Wang's main formation.

The cavalry that Shu Han and Jin put into battle this time were not heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor, and they could not directly attack the central front of the enemy's formation. Its main function is to assault the flank of the enemy's formation, or to intercept the enemy's cavalry, and prevent the opponent's cavalry from attacking its own flank.

It's a pity that Sima Wang quickly saw the defeat of his own cavalry, and began to order his own side to change formations in advance. When Zhao Yi and Zhao Hong rushed over. The circle of the Jin army has been formed. As for the round formation, it doesn't matter if it's flanks.

In the thousands of years of Chinese history, 90 percent of the battles between the Central Plains infantry and the grassland cavalry were defeated by the Central Plains infantry. It depends on the role of the formation. Now facing this Jin army infantry with nearly 30,000 people and forming a close formation, plus there are 3,000 cavalry from Ju'an not far away to support nearby. Zhao Yi and Lianhong felt a sense of powerlessness for a while.

"Hey, this Sima Wang is really not simple."

In the rear of the Shu Han army, Guan Yi also stood on an artificially built high platform to control the overall situation. Seeing that Sima Wang quickly discovered the decline of his own side, and then changed the formation early. Guan Yi deeply admired this.

Moreover, as a traverser, Guan Yi knew that among the many topics of a detachment on the march and fighting, retreating in front of the enemy was the most difficult (the troops of Peanut in later generations never learned how to retreat), but Sima Wang's troops were well organized.

Hey, it seems that it is impossible to kill the Guanzhong Corps of the Jin State in World War I. But whether it's like this, Yixian, or Weinan New Town, they are all small towns. Tens of thousands of people guarded it, and the manpower was very abundant. What's more critical is that it is very close to the logistics line of the other side, not to mention, it is also stuck in the logistics line of the other side. Therefore, it is enough to repel Sima Wang's army here and ensure that the two cities can be repaired. If Sima Wang's main army is crushed here, should I go to Chang'an or Chang'an? Before Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi came over, they took these 40,000 people to Chang'an, which was really a tragedy.

But despite thinking so, Guan Yi still doesn't mind harvesting more heads. So he didn't give the order to stop advancing. Then the spearmen of Shu Han continued to attack, and the cavalry kept running around the Jin army. In addition to forming a circle formation, the Jin army resisted to the death and slowly retreated. The archers and spear-throwers who were protected by the infantry in the center also killed and wounded the Shu Han army that was pressing too tightly through long-range attacks.

The two sides engaged in battle from noon, and Sima Wang's army retreated in a different formation, and then was entangled all the way until the time was approaching, and the sky turned dark. They disengaged from each other.

"Brother, our army has won a great victory! The total number of beheadings and capturing more than 1,800 people in the whole army was more than 6,000. Oh, and more than two thousand horses were also captured. ”

"Well, what about the casualties of our army?"

"More than 900 people were killed on the cavalry side, and more than 400 on the side of this formation. In addition, there were more than 800 wounded soldiers. ”

"Hmm." Nodding noncommittally: "How many wounded soldiers are in the captives?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Zun was stunned when he heard Guan Yi's question. This rough man didn't think to count this.

Fortunately, now Guan Yi still has Tian Xu by his side. This general of Cao Wei was greedy for life and afraid of death in charging into battle. But it is really handy to handle the camp affairs. After seeing Zhang Zun being asked, he immediately said: "Da Sima, my subordinates went to count just now." Of the 1,837 captives, more than 1,500 were wounded. More than 900 of them were seriously injured. ”

"Hmm." Guan Yi got up, walked a step or two with his hands behind his back, and then said to Tian Xu: "Zilian, send a messenger to find Sima Wang." Let him send an army over and fetch his seriously wounded back. ”

"Huh?! Brother, how can this be? ”

"Why not? Our army is now a guest army. Those who are not injured and those who are lightly injured can be caught to do coolies, but what about those who are seriously injured? I'm keeping it, huh? ”

"Of course it's not raised, it's better to cut it all. Why send it back? These people were seriously injured. But some only need to cultivate for a few months, and the bones have grown well, can they go to the battlefield again? ”

"Stupid! Our army did not come this time to fight and leave, but to occupy this place. Kill captives? Do you want to fight every time you fight in the future, all the soldiers of the Jin army will resist to the end? Do you want the people here to hate us to the core? To send these seriously wounded back, Sima Wang must send people and doctors to take care of them, not to mention that the other Jin soldiers are all looking at it? In the future, if you fight with our army, you will surrender if you can't fight, anyway, we won't kill prisoners! ”

"Oh, I see."

"Well, Zilian, that's it, you arrange someone to carry it out!"

"No!"

After Tian Xu left, Guan Yi adjusted his facial expression and smiled at Jiang Su: "Zichun, today is your first battle, how do you feel?" ”

"Well, there is Lao Da Sima who asked. Everything is ok. The only pity is that his subordinates are in the depths of the big array, although they also fire a lot of crossbow arrows, but does this kill the enemy......

"Hehehe, there must be one."

After encouraging Jiang Su with a pleasant face, Guan Yi sat back in the main seat: "Now issue an order!" ”

"I'm waiting for Da Sima's order!"

"First, the whole army retreated to Yixian, and then paid close attention to repairing the city outline of Yixian and Weinan New Town. Second, Guowei and Zhongyuan led the cavalry to roam east of Yixian and Weinan respectively to open a cordon. ”

"No!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Northern Expedition, we have made a good start. The start was unbelievable. But the more moments like this, the more important it is to stay calm. The task of our army now is to hold on to Yixian and nail the Guanzhong army of the Jin State here. Buy time for the general and the general of the left chariot to pacify Longxi. Before the main force of the general and the general of the left chariot cavalry entered Guanzhong, our 30,000 or 40,000 people might be able to defeat the enemy's Guanzhong army, but in the field battle, we would definitely not be able to stop the surging Luoyang Chinese army. It is also impossible to defend Chang'an City, which is too large in the city. Therefore, in the future, everyone must unify their goals and stop saying anything about taking Chang'an at this time. ”

"We will obey the instructions of the Great Sima!"

"In addition, the goal of our army is to occupy this place. That's why this military discipline is very important! Five years ago, the pseudo-Wei attacked me, and the military discipline along the way was quite good. Since the puppet Wei could do it in the past, then of course our army should do it even more. Therefore, Ben will make it clear first, if anyone dares to do something that disturbs the people and harms the people during the garrison, Hugh blames Ben for not being merciful! ”

"No! Obey the orders of the Great Sima! ”