When the Xian army began to camp, the Jin cavalry was ordered to attack, and a total of 50,000 cavalry from the north and south poured out, each committing suicide to the Xian army camp, and it was too late for the Xian army scouts to find that the Jin cavalry had fallen from the sky:

"Report ...... Report to the general, tens of thousands of cavalry of the Jin army were found in the north, and it was less than three miles at the moment! ”

"What, Jin cavalry! How can there be cavalry of the Jin army here! ”

Don't wait for Zhang Jun to come back to his senses, and then come to scout for an urgent report:

"Report ...... The general army, in the south, found that tens of thousands of cavalry of the Jin army were coming overwhelmingly, and it was less than three miles away from the camp! ”

When the Marquis of Ding Yang heard the news that there were tens of thousands of cavalry of the Jin army in the north and south, it quickly evolved from disbelief at the beginning to shock.

Looking north and south at dusk, the black pressure overwhelmed a cavalry and attacked and killed. Fortunately, this Marquis of Ding Yang has also been on the battlefield for a long time, and when he saw that the Jin army was killed, he quickly ordered the formation of a formation:

"Pass on my military order, the battalion will quickly surround the formation, the cart will be in front of the gun and the halberd will be in the back, and the enemy will be shot with a bow and crossbow!"

"No!"

Under an order, the Xianjun drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the Xianjun army quickly formed a formation, and when the Jin cavalry came to the front, the Fangyuan array had already taken shape. At the same time, Han He led an army of 50,000 infantry, set up a long snake formation, and faced the Jin army head-on.

When he arrived at a distance of one mile, Han He saw that the Xian army had already formed a formation, and couldn't help but sigh at the organizational ability of the Xian army generals:

"Everyone in the world says that the Xian army is brave and unparalleled in the world. When I see it today, it should be so. ”

At this time, Ji Chang on the side said disdainfully:

"Why did General Han grow his morale and destroy his own prestige, the Xian army was in chaos under the thunderous attack of my 50,000 cavalry, if our army was killed and rushed away at this moment, it would definitely be able to hit the Xian army in one battle!"

"Never. At present, the Xian army set up a square and circle formation, blocking with large carts, baggage, and wooden fences, with spears and halberds in front and short soldiers in the back, and there are more bow and crossbow battle formations, once our cavalry is lured into the formation, they will be killed by the Xian army. ”

"What should I do?"

"In the first battle today, our army has been victorious, and the Xian army is trapped by me. If the cavalry fights for a long time, it will be broken by the Xian army. Therefore, at this moment, Mingjin should withdraw his troops, and then besiege it for a long time. ”

The Marquis of Ding Yang ordered to form a formation, forming a square circle to block the cavalry offensive, and also to prevent the cavalry from interspersing and sweeping back and forth.

If the Jin army forcibly attacked the formation, Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Dingyang, would give an order to make an opening in the front, put in a small number of Jin cavalry, and then eliminate them in the formation. So back and forth, little by little, eat the cavalry of the Jin army.

Even if the Jin army can break through the Xian army formation with 50,000 cavalry, the Jin cavalry will also suffer heavy losses, especially in the absence of heavy cavalry and archers, and the light cavalry composed of infantry and cavalry is difficult to strike at the well-defended and organized battle formation.

In addition, groups of cavalry could be shot by archers to retreat beyond the line and pose no threat to the infantry. (For tactical tactics, please refer to the First Battle of Li Ling in the Han Dynasty)

Of course, the premise is that there is no cavalry archery technology, and the longer range of the Mongol recurve compound bow, if there is a mounted archery technology, and the bow and arrow can shoot far, no matter how good the infantry formation, it is difficult to resist the siege of the archers.

This is also the helplessness of ancient China in the face of the Xiongnu and Mongolian iron cavalry, because they took into account both mobile and long-range attack capabilities. The archers, in particular, are not entangled with the infantry at all, but constantly fire arrows around you, like peeling an apple, consuming you little by little.

However, at present, the cavalry tactics are still relatively simple, once they encounter a combined infantry formation with strong organizational ability, a battle line is formed in a short time, especially the "Fang Yuan" formation, which has a high defensive power, and the frontal charge can only be sent to death.

The reason why Han He arranged the formation with a long snake formation was to prevent the Xian army from taking advantage of the situation to attack him after his cavalry withdrew.

The advantage of the long snake formation is that it can envelop the square circle array and form an encirclement, of course, Han He's infantry has few people, of course, it can't encircle Ding Yanghou. So after the sky was completely dark, Han He ordered the northern and southern cavalry to retreat four or five miles to the boundary to form an encirclement posture against the Xian army.

At this time, the Xian army was like a frightened bird, and Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Dingyang, felt that he was in Han He's evil position after stabilizing his position, and Han He said that there were more than 100,000 people surrounding him, and there were cavalry.

After thinking about it carefully, the Marquis of Ding Yang concluded that Han He had mobilized the main force to come to the decisive battle of Xiaosui, and there must not be many defenders in Feicheng, so he decided to send the news overnight before the Jin army completed the siege, and invited the besieging army and the 30,000 defenders of Yin Yangcheng to come and relieve the siege.

Outside Feicheng, there are still 20,000 Xianjun infantry and cavalry, a total of 40,000, leaving only 10,000 cavalry to besiege the city, which will definitely be able to hold back the "few defenders" of Feicheng.

At the same time, there were more than 33,000 people in Yin Yang City, and 25,000 people were drawn, so that there were 55,000 reinforcements. 50,000 people formed a formation to reinforce, if Han He divided his troops to intercept it, it would definitely not be able to be blocked, and the goal of a quick battle with the main force of the Jin army would be achieved.

But as everyone knows, Han He deliberately let the cavalry go, pretending to chase and kill the Xianjun sentry cavalry who broke out of the encirclement, but in fact, he asked Ding Yanghou to send someone to report the news and mobilize the Xian army, so that Han He could eliminate it in the movement.

The news of Ding Yanghou being besieged reached Yin Yangcheng, it was already two days later in the afternoon dusk, Bailiyan as always in the west gate of the city on the river beach to make some non-staple food, the previous time was to catch a capybara almost hacked to death, so after the change to fishing lobster, crab, prawns, and then directly boiled and eaten first.

And basically no one eats crabs, lobsters, and river shrimp these things these days, either with a disdain mentality, or because they feel that these strange things are difficult to swallow.

Just as he was about to cook in the pot, Zhong Heng rushed to the front like an outlaw who had committed a murder:

"Colonel Lang, General Zhao ordered you to go to the meeting quickly!"

"It's so urgent, isn't there really an accident!"

"Hey, who would have thought that the joke of many days ago would come true today. The old thief Han He mobilized 110,000 horses and horses to surround General Zhang Jun's 80,000 people in Xiaosui, and now they have been surrounded. ”

"110,000 people, where did he Han He get 110,000 people, the Feicheng garrison is less than 80,000 people, Han He said that there are more than 10,000 people left, even if Han He can pull away 60,000, where will the other 50,000 people come from."

"Cavalry, all cavalry!" Zhong Heng added.

"Cavalry! Hiss...... Oops! ”

Bailiyan (Wei Xian) suddenly remembered that he didn't know the military deployment when he stayed in the Hanhe camp before, and it stands to reason that this time the Jin army attacked Xianguo, there should be sixty or seventy thousand cavalry, but along the way, he also saw one or two thousand, plus he was assigned to various cities along the way to defend the city, and stick to the grain route, after the Jin cavalry arrived in Feicheng, at best, there were only three or five thousand.

Could it be that the 50,000 Jin cavalry that came out of the country didn't follow him to attack Xianguo at the beginning? He didn't dare to delay, and went straight to Taishou Mansion with Zhong Heng.

Zhao Xun summoned the generals to discuss the matter of Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Dingyang, asking for help, and the letter for help was spread out on the table, Bai Liyan took a closer look, Zhang Jun let Zhao Xun be fully responsible for this reinforcement, and also vowed to turn the encirclement of the Jin army into a decisive battle.

As long as the defenders of Yin Yangcheng joined forces with the Xian army besieging Feicheng, and then left a part of the men and horses to continue to besiege Feicheng, the army marched eastward, just forming a decisive battle with the Jin army.

Zhao Xun saw that Bailiyan had arrived, and had read the letter asking for help, so he asked him:

"Wei Xian, I have ordered the whole army to set off for Feicheng as soon as possible. You and General Zhong Heng stayed in Yin Yangcheng to ensure that our army's food and grass were foolproof. ”

"General Zhao, can you take a step to speak!"

"What do you mean?"

"It's inconvenient to explain this matter in public, I'm afraid it's difficult for the generals to agree."

"In that case, come with Ben."

Following Zhao Xun out of the inner hall, the two came to an outdoor well:

"The military situation is urgent, what do you have to say?"

"General Zhao, this soldier can't be sent!"

"That's why. The decisive battle between our army and the Jin army has been formed, if we don't save the Marquis of Ding Yang, wouldn't it be a good time to bury it. ”

"No, if the general leads the army to Feicheng Road and is ambushed by the cavalry of the Jin army at night, the general will be helpless!"

"Shhh...... You mean, the Jin army wants to attack my lone army with cavalry! ”

"Exactly. Since the army of Zhang Jun, Marquis of Dingyang, has been surrounded by Han Hehe, and there are 50,000 cavalry, why did the person who sent the letter escape from Dingyanghou, is it not strange.

Taking a step back, Han He's 50,000 cavalry troops, and the Marquis of Ding Yang sent a letter asking for help to the general, how could Han He not know that our army would inevitably go to help. Once our army rushes to help, his Han He's department and our army will be evenly matched, and the casualties of the Jin army will be increased, which is definitely not what Han He wants.

Therefore, before our army joins forces, divide and conquer, and each one will be defeated.

Moreover, if the general is attacked by the Jin army, the cavalry of the Jin army will definitely come to open the gate of Yin Yangcheng in the name of the general. Once Yin Yangcheng fell, the besieging Feicheng Xian army had to send a large army to recapture Yin Yang, in case the Jin army in Feicheng was killed, so the Xian army's momentum would not be self-defeating. ”

In this way, our army is a bad omen. But if we don't rush to the aid of Ding Yang Hou, won't we sit back and wait for the Jin army to encircle and annihilate my 80,000 army. ”

"No, if Han He really dares to order the cavalry to raid, our army can make a plan and annihilate the Jin army's surprise cavalry headquarters, and then order the Xian army besieging Feicheng to withdraw to Yin Yangcheng, so as to make Yin Yangcheng fall into the illusion.

In this way, the Jin army will inevitably go out of the city to attack the remnants of the besieging Xian army, so before that, our army ambushed the troops outside Feicheng, and while the Jin army was out of the city, our army killed out in a big way, so as to capture Feicheng. ”

"But in this way, the Xian army besieging Feicheng is not under the control of this general, if it is not for the aid of Dingyang Hou, this Xian army will never retreat."

"After the general annihilated the cavalry of the Jin army, he deceived the besieging Xian army, besieging the Xian army in Feicheng, between saving food and saving Ding Yanghou, he must come to save Yin Yangcheng first.

The grain and grass of the army of Dingyang Marquis is still enough for ten days, and the grain and grass of the army besieging Feicheng are directly transported by Yin Yang, and the grain is only stored for five days. ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Zhao Xun praised: "In this way, we can take the grain of Feicheng to solve the urgent needs of our army." ”

"Exactly. At present, more than 100,000 people and horses of Han He were dragged away for several days, and even if Feicheng was lost, Han He would not have time to rush to help. Our army can use Feicheng to repair, and then go to the aid of Dingyang Hou. ”

It was agreed with Zhao Xun that in order to appease the opinions of the generals, Zhao Xun still sent troops to Feicheng on time, but he had to wait for the evening to set off in order to prepare tools to deal with the cavalry.