(It's two in one today.) ）

In the face of the attack of Cao's army, which had an absolute superiority in troops, Zhang Hu's choice was to take the initiative to attack, which did not seem to be a wise move in military common sense, but Cao Cao would never have a half-hearted contempt for the Yan army. When he was friendly with Liu Yi in the West Garden, Zhang Zicai was the first talent under his command that he knew, not only reading poetry and books, but also being good at fighting in the army! The people under the command of the Eighth Lieutenant of the West Garden are the most elite under Liu Langsheng's account, and even Cao Cao has to admit it, and the biggest credit for being able to do this, in addition to his natural commanding talent, is on Zhang Hu! Cao Cao, who has always liked to be a fierce general, also loves Zicai, but he can also see that this person's loyalty to Liu Yi is unquestionable, and he can't help but regret it in his heart.

When Liu Yi attacked Jizhou and fought a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao ordered the Xiahou brothers to lead the elite of Yanzhou to help, and Lang Sheng's response was to let Zhang Hu's soldiers go out of the tiger prison to contain them. However, Zhang Zicai commanded the army to advance steadily, and did not show the slightest flaw between the marching formations, and Cao Cao lost the attack in January, when he was ordered by the lord to contain Cao's army, and did not dare to do it with all his strength, but the situation of the battle in Hanzhong was different! This was a strategic place for the King of Yan, and Zicai would never allow Cao Cao to take Hanzhong.

From another point of view, Zhang Hu's move is also a last resort, if at this time he has enough troops in his hands or this place is Sizhou, he will do all kinds of defensive methods to consume the strength and morale of the Cao army, but the Yan army is not familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong, although the two armies are also working together but still lack the cooperation on the battle array, Zhang Hu can imagine that Cao Cao will use the strategy of dividing the troops to break through, because this weakness is extremely obvious and unavoidable, Therefore, he can only try to frustrate the spirit of Cao's army in the big war in order to increase the morale of the Han sergeants, so as to facilitate long-term entanglement in the future and wait for reinforcements to arrive, but it is not difficult to guess this intention for Cao Cao!

When the army has an advantage, what is the safest way to deal with the enemy? The answer is obvious, the dignified array is steadily pressing, and the opponent is not given any chance to win by surprise! This is also the general trend between Liu and Cao Shuangxiong today, but it is the Yan army that is on the dominant side as a whole, but the situation is just the opposite in this Hanzhong part, and it has become the Cao army with the advantage of military morale! As commanders Liu Yi and Cao Cao, the focus is always on the overall situation and does not care about local gains and losses, but sometimes the success or failure of some parts is enough to affect the overall situation, this is the case in Hanzhong at this time, Cao Cao has put the worries about Qingzhou Yanzhou in his heart behind his mind and tried his best to deal with the current battle situation, since he chose to believe in the good generals under his command, no matter how much trouble is not helpful to the battle situation, it will only affect his judgment and analysis in front of him, which the two also have a lot of similarities!

In addition to Xiahoudun Cao Hong's troops to attack the two places of Dingjun Mountain and Micang Mountain, Cao Cao still has 200,000 elite soldiers under his command, which is enough for him to put on the most stable formation on the rather wide front to deal with Zhang Hu, since the other party dares to take the initiative to attack, he will definitely have something to rely on, with Zhang Zicai's calm and thoughtfulness, he will never fight an uncertain battle, even if it is forced by the situation, and in this battle, the only advantage of the Yan army in addition to the sophisticated equipment is the Sizhou Iron Cavalry led by Ma Chao, Although the former gave Cao Jun and major casualties, it has not yet changed the overall situation, but if the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Sizhou battalion is used properly, it is possible to do so, so if you want to take the land of Hanzhong, the first thing Cao Cao has to do is to annihilate or weaken the elite cavalry of the Yan army.

The front of the Cao army formation is composed of four heavy infantry phalanxes staggered in front of the two fronts and two behind, and there are 5,000 soldiers in the field, how to effectively defend against the attack of the cavalry with the infantry army is not only a subject that Liu Yi has never stopped studying, but even more so for Cao Cao, when the most powerful cavalry among the princes today is the Yan army, 200,000 iron cavalry! This number is enough to chill anyone's heart, but fortunately, only the Sizhou battalion exists here, if Zhao Yun's iron cavalry battalion has two battalions of men and horses here, I'm afraid Cao Cao and his ministers will not adopt Fa Zheng's strategy of attacking Hanzhong!

Compared with Youzhou, Jizhou, Xuzhou and other places, the troops in various places in Sizhou did seem to be much weaker at this time, but it would be biased to attribute it to Liu Yi's improper arrangement of troops. In Langsheng's strategic conception, the main responsibility of Sizhou Zhang Hu is to defend against the possible attack of Cao's army, and it is not safe for Sizhou to have the two main forces of Yanyun and Yellow Shirts in charge! But the situation will change with time, once Yongliang started Liu Yi ordered the formation of the second battalion of Chang'an Sizhou, if it weren't for Hanzhong so smoothly falling into his hands and Cao Cao unexpectedly easy to take Jia Mengguan to annihilate the elite of the Shu army, these three places alone with Zhang Hu's ability will be as stable as Mount Tai! The reason why the affairs of the soldiers are unpredictable is that no matter how good the people who command the army are, it is difficult to exhaust the changes, and for the Yan army, the Central Plains has always been their main direction of attack, and it is never too much to concentrate superior forces!

If Zhang Hu can take a step faster, Jia Mengguan is in Liu Yi's hands at this time, and the momentum of attacking and retreating and defending here will be reversed, although Fazheng's plan cannot be realized, Cao Cao will have to return to Yanzhou according to the calculation of the Yan army to fight with him as the main force! But there are not so many hypotheses in this world, it is the change in the situation that allows Fa Zheng to put forward this strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao after analyzing the battle situation, and Cao Mengde and his subordinates are also resolute in judging the situation and taking action!

Although the hoplites on the plain are also difficult to compete with the cavalry, but their defensive strength is greatly improved, which has been reflected in many actual battles, as the attacking side that must take Hanzhong, unless the troops do not move, it is difficult for the Cao army to choose the battlefield of the battle with the Yan army, the flat and vast terrain here is very conducive to the cavalry to carry out group impact, so even with Cao Cao's conceit in the formation of the formation, he still chose the most honest and stable method, first seek to stabilize the position and then watch the enemy's shot and take the next effective plan, The right position is the best strategy at this time!

The land of Shu is mountainous, the terrain is dangerous, when Cao Cao attacked Yizhou, most of the soldiers were infantry troops, and the tens of thousands of cavalry under his command were still almost all transferred back to Yanzhou after the battle of Jingzhou, although they could not be compared with the Yan army in terms of numbers, but it was also a force that should not be underestimated, and it was also an important weight to contain the offensive of the Yan army so that it could not do what it wanted, and concentrated the strength of the cavalry to adopt the method of guerrilla warfare and not to fight to the death with the Yan army. Supplemented by the strict defense of the Xiongcheng City that has been operating in Yanzhou for many years was originally the countermeasure planned by Meng De that day, the strong city became an unbreakable fortress as a point, and the cavalry army was the silk line connecting these fortresses, and the Yan army besieged a Cao army could defend the city to the death, once its troops appeared scattered three-dimensional defense can play an effect!

Now Cao Cao's cavalry in his hands is only 10,000, and he will not put this 10,000 elites into a head-to-head confrontation with the Sizhou battalion of the Yan army! As far as those who are proficient in the art of war are concerned, they will always create a situation in which they attack the opponent's shortcomings with their own advantages, and the cavalry can play the greatest role against the infantry army, and Cao Cao does not want to use this mobile force in his hands too soon! This kind of use of troops Liu Yi is also general, the battle of the wolf is a last resort with a weak attack, the battle of Liyang in the Jizhou War is a battle and has to be sent, with his own elite cavalry and the opponent's cavalry to fight for consumption is also Liu Yi does not take, every time he encounters a big battle, he has to consider in detail how to use the cavalry to give the opponent's foot the greatest blow, wolf tactics is an innovation!

Sure enough, after the Cao army's formation was waiting to advance slowly, a burst of majestic Yan cavalry appeared on the opposite side, and they were also lined up in a neat phalanx. Of course, this is the newly formed Sizhou battalion of the Yan army, it is said that the soldiers of this battalion are not recruits, in addition to the support of the iron cavalry battalion, the Qiang and Di clans in the Xiliang land have also contributed a lot of strength, and the soldiers sent are all brave warriors with strong bodies and superb equestrian skills, plus the refinement of the drill outline and the experience sharing of colleagues in each army, the Sizhou battalion cavalry led by Ma Chao may not be under the fourth battalion of the iron cavalry!

From the opponent's military formation and quiet military appearance Cao Cao can see the combat power of this iron cavalry, when the two armies are facing each other, it is not only through shouting and war drums can the military spirit and morale be reflected, sometimes silence is the best way, this silence and calmness will never be inferior to the pressure exerted on the other party by no means inferior to the former! Compared with the majestic military appearance of the Sizhou battalion, what is more eye-catching is the first three generals, the human beast king helmet in the center, bright silver armor, and a black spear with one hand and behind his back. And three hundred steps on its right side is a black helmet Xuanjia holding a big knife like a black iron tower-like general, every time I see this person Cao Cao's mind flashed the first image is Liu Xuande's divine general Yanren Zhang Fei, and this general's courage has been vividly reflected in the previous battle of attacking the village, the phoenix-mouthed unicorn sword ordered Cao Ying's general Cao Hong to drink hatred and leave, and it is never under Zhang Yide's Zhangba snake spear! Nanan Pound's prestige is not much inferior to Ma Chao! As for the soldier on the left, who is dressed very similarly to Meng Qi, although he doesn't know his name, he also knows the extraordinary!

Advancing to a place three hundred steps away from the Sizhou battalion phalanx, the Cao army's team stopped in unison, it was an army of more than 100,000 people, and being able to order and prohibit it so neatly had already shown their strength to be as strong as the elite of the Yan army! Looking at Ma Chao, who was majestic in the opponent's formation, Cao Cao couldn't help but turn his head and look at the evil Dian Wei who followed closely! Although he was injured a lot, as long as he was in the battle array, Evil would not leave the lord's side, which was his greatest duty.

"Rest assured, Ma Mengqi's injury that day will never recover in such a short period of time, he must be injured in battle, with his martial courage and physical strength, although this rush will not be a major problem, it will be difficult to last!" Dian Wei can see the meaning of the inquiry in the eyes of the lord without Cao Cao's question, and he is completely sure of his shot, although he doesn't know the specific injury of Ma Chao, but he can be sure that his injury will never be under him, and he can make a judgment by himself!

Cao Cao bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and turned around to carefully inspect the enemy's formation, and he believed in his heart that he loved the words of the general, compared to the infantry army, the effect of the brave and unparalleled generals in the cavalry army will be greater, they are the most sharp arrows when they charge the battle, and they can stimulate the heart of the soldiers behind him to fight to the death, Liu Yi is so, and so is Ma Chao in front of him! In the previous battle of Yanzhou, he had seen with his own eyes the ability of the white-robed young general, and he had not seen it for several years, but he was more mature than that day!

There is no Yan Jun's clairvoyant mirror in the Cao army, so far apart, even with Liu Yi's perverted eyesight, he can't see what the other general's face describes, Dian Wei's words are purely based on his own experience, of course, although he is not in the middle and not far away, Ma Chao is indeed injured this time, Pang De's martial arts are certainly comparable to him, and the command of the cavalry is not lost, but the prestige of Meng Qi and the Sizhou camp is incomparable, he has the backbone of the whole army on the battlefield, and the combat power will also increase, and this battle is very important, How could Ma Chao avoid the war due to injury?

However, his injury at this time was still a few points lighter than what Dian Wei thought, and it was not a mistake to estimate evil, when both were defeated and injured that day, Meng Qi's injury was indeed more serious than Dian Wei, all thanks to the Yan army's medical battalion, and even more thanks to General Gan's virtuous wife, Wang Xinran, the poison king. Ordinary soldiers can be properly treated after being injured, not to mention the generals, and for the safety of these generals, there are also specially prepared wound medicines for them in the medical camp, which is from Wang Xinran's own hands, especially pay attention to the wounds suffered by the internal organs, martial arts will not be injured when they are in such a situation, once there are most of them are internal injuries, so it is natural to prepare the corresponding elixir for them. Although Meng Qi could not be kept intact in a short period of time, the recovery of combat power exceeded the expectations of evil, if the two of them fought a life-and-death battle at this time, it would definitely be Ma Chao who would have the upper hand!

The Cao army formation that stopped erected a huge shield in the front, and there were spears exposed in the gaps, and the crossbowmen in the formation were already holding bows and arrows in front of the formation, once the enemy launched an impact, they would take the method of projectile to strike, and the distance and configuration between the formations also faintly limited the speed of the Sizhou battalion, in the face of the elite of the Yan army, Cao Cao naturally had to come up with the most stable defensive formation! According to the previous experience and actual combat exercises, it is difficult for the cavalry to rush to the front of such a battle formation, and the cooperation between the giant shield and the spear plus the assistance of the bow and arrow can just form a pressure on the cavalry momentum! The Yan army does have a good way to deal with such a heavy formation, that is, the bombardment cannon of the equipment battalion, and those giant shields are difficult to attack as flying stones, but at this time, in front of the two armies, it is obviously impractical to use the bombardment cannon to attack, and the power is huge, but the flexibility of its movement is not yet comparable to that of the people and horses, and the biggest problem in the current equipment is how to improve the mobility of the bombardment cannon, which is still a problem!

In the face of Cao Jun's strict formation, Ma Chao's action did not hesitate for half a minute, his task in today's battle is to lead the army to attack Cao Cao's army, and use a victory between the two armies to boost the morale of the soldiers, especially the soldiers in Hanzhong, these are already in Zhang Hu's calculations, if the enemy army does not do this, it is a strange thing! The handsome face was full of cold and resolute color, the right arm was slowly raised, and the wolf with flashing black light rushed to the sky, and there was a slight pause when it rose to the highest point, and at the same time, the cavalry sergeant in the front row had begun to kick the ground with four hooves, the movement of the gun was not fast, but the downward swing was as fast as lightning!

The direction pointed by the tip of the wolf thunder spear changed from the sky to the enemy formation, and the quiet lineup of the Sizhou battalion instantly erupted into a neat sound of horses' hooves, and the cavalry behind Ma Chao Pang De Ma Dai were in two places, and the speed of the horse was raised to the extreme within a hundred steps and rushed to the place where the enemy army was arrayed, and the front row of iron cavalry just rushed out of twenty or thirty steps, and the cavalry of the second row followed closely behind, followed by the third row, the fourth row, the whole attack was like a tide and was surging but uniform, which is easy to say, It looks pleasing to the eye, but it contains countless sweats of soldiers!

The horse speed of the Sizhou battalion cavalry is extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, it rushed to a hundred steps away from the Cao army's big array, the enemy's reaction is also dissatisfied, the roar of the galloping earth is also mixed with the constant bowstring sound, and one arrow after another gathers together like a dark cloud to cover the Yan soldiers in the full impact, this round of salvo is extremely powerful, both sides of the enemy and I are clear in their hearts that under such a distance, considering the factor of horse speed, such a salvo will not have too many opportunities, But often this first round of arrows also caused the most damage to the cavalry.

However, Cao Jun imagined that the situation of the opponent's backing did not appear, although there were many soldiers who fell from the horse but did not form a chaotic and affected the overall impact of the situation, the distance between the charging soldiers and the soldiers of the Sizhou battalion was kept very reasonable, which could not only avoid the killing of dense arrows, but also allow the successors to have more time to react, of course, the shield held by their left hand was the biggest reason for reducing casualties!

However, this also attracted the attention of Cao Cao and his subordinates, from a common sense point of view, the cavalry is rarely equipped with such a shield, they are more through the blade block or equestrian dodge, this shield can certainly reduce the casualties of the impact soldiers, but how will they break their own shield array? At this time, Cao Cao was also a face sinking like water, the more the Yan army's attack was not above the convention, the more he was suspicious, with Liu Yi and Zhang Hu's use of troops would never make such a mistake, so there is only one explanation, the enemy army has its own means that he does not know, every time he fights with Liu Langsheng, he will always have something unexpected, what will happen this time?