As night fell, the battle that lasted for a day took a decisive turn: the central army of the Eastern Army was disabled, and the war elephants of the Western Army crashed into the left flank (left army) of the Eastern Army, which meant that the battle that lasted for a day would be decided.

The so-called three armies, the original meaning of the Zhou system of the middle army, the upper army, the lower army, and on the battlefield where the two armies are fighting, its battle line form is the left, center, and right three armies, in the case of the weakness of the middle army and the broken left army, the eastern army finally has no second ending except for rout.

It was for this reason that the Eastern Army began to make its last insistence, and the left army was able to withstand the frontal attack of the Western infantry on the one hand, and the enemy war elephants on the right (north) side on the other, and the left side (south side) on the other side was under the onslaught of the enemy cavalry.

The cavalry on the left flank of the Eastern Army has been engaged in battle with the cavalry on the right flank of the Western Army, and Han Baohu, the commander of the right army of the Western Army and the chief of the march, led the cavalry and troops under his command to charge into formation, and the cavalry of the Eastern Army could not intercept it for a while.

The spearmen of the Eastern Army moved to the outer edge of the left (south) side of the army formation to form a defensive line against the cavalry assault, while the cavalry led by Han Baohu kept running, looking for flaws in the enemy formation while mobilizing the enemy's troops.

They put their horses on their horses, and their heads were pointed at the enemy, and from time to time they suddenly approached the enemy's formation, and when they saw the enemy soldiers protruding from the formation, they stabbed them down with a blow before the spears stabbed.

This type of attack is effective and can reduce the morale of the enemy, and if you stab a few soldiers down, others will cringe, but there is also a lot of risk in getting so close to the enemy line.

The long weapon of the infantry is usually a spear, the spear with a length of more than one zhang eight is called a lance, the cavalry has a horse lance, and the infantry has a rifle, the length of the two is similar, and the cavalry passing from outside the infantry formation is easy to be stabbed by the rifle.

Han Baohu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is a master of art and bold, leading the cavalry to disrupt the enemy's military formation in such a high-risk way.

The "thickness" of the enemy's army formation was several miles, and Han Baohu galloped on his horse, like a gust of wind rushing from west to east, and he stabbed more than ten enemy soldiers on the outer edge of the enemy formation, and none of the cavalry under his command suffered any casualties.

And his attack on the enemy formation also showed its effect: the spearmen who hurried forward, and the archers who rushed forward to disperse the cavalry, crowded the formation and began to loosen.

After Han captured the tiger, another cavalry led by his nephew Li Yaowang took this opportunity to ram into the enemy formation diagonally, although it was only a hundred horsemen, but it easily 'cut off' a corner of the outer edge of the enemy formation.

In the face of the swarm infantry, the cavalry's tactic is to encroach, and the continuous encroachment makes the enemy soldiers panic, and finally the formation is scattered, the morale plummets, and then some people can't stand the desert and flee, and the whole infantry collapses.

Most of the results on the battlefield were produced in the process of cavalry chasing and routing, and the proportion of casualties was not high in the initial stalemate stage, and the forcible assault on the enemy formation at this stage was more than worth the loss for the cavalry.

At this time, the left flank of the Eastern Army was attacked on three sides, and the cavalry guarding the flank of the side was fighting with the opposing cavalry, and it was impossible to effectively drive away these enemy cavalry attacking the flank, and the Chinese army's main formation may be overwhelmed and did not send cavalry support.

Seeing that the situation is getting worse and worse, the morale of the soldiers of the Eastern Army is getting lower and lower.

The situation of the left army was in danger, and of course Wei Chi Youqi, who was in the middle army, knew it, but his Chinese army suffered heavy casualties, and the elite was almost completely wiped out.

The enemy cavalry was harassing, and he could only organize spearmen to defend in formation, and there were no more troops to support the left army, and the right army was engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy army, and there was no time to divide troops to support friendly troops on foot or on horse.

The situation of the battle is deteriorating, if you don't find a way to reverse it, the outcome of today's defeat will be irreversible, and Wei Chi Youqi knows that if he loses, the consequences will become more serious.

The defeat of Guangling has greatly damaged the strength of the official army, and now Wei Chi Youqi is holding the only two main field forces south of the Yellow River, and the other is in the hands of his half-brother Wei Chi Shun, if he is defeated in Huaibei, it will be difficult for Wei Chi Shun to hold on in Henan.

At that time, the situation was eroded, and the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion, the Bozhou Governor's Mansion, and the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion were in danger, and under the Yuwen Clan's offensive, I am afraid that the south of the Yellow River would no longer be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Such a fiasco will cause the Wei Chi family to lose people's hearts, and then...

Beads of sweat slid down his cheeks, and Wei Chi Youqi was almost out of breath under pressure, he had already experienced the defeat of Guangling, and in desperation, he abandoned Shouchun and Zhongli, and gave up Huainan, if he suffered another defeat here today, he still had the face to go back.

The left and right generals were anxiously arranging the defensive line, and no one had time to cheer up Wei Chi Youqi, at this moment, the horn sounded in front of him, and he looked up to see that in the direction of the enemy army directly opposite him, there was a team advancing in formation.

Looking through the clairvoyant mirror, I saw that the spears were like a forest under the sunset, and the tiger head flag fluttered in the sky above the strict phalanx, which was Yuwenwen's tiger forest army, which was advancing towards his own Chinese army.

The prestige of the Tiger Forest Army, Wei Chi Youqi has heard of it, and most of Yu Wenwen's outstanding military exploits are associated with this army, and the other party will put this elite into battle, which means that the final word will be finalized.

His hands involuntarily clenched into fists, Wei Chi Youqi knew that he had to make a decision, but he couldn't think of a way to turn the tide of the battle, the opponent's combat power was real, in this wilderness, how could he turn the tide of the battle?

What would my brother do if he was here?

What would he do if his father was still alive and here?

。。。。。。

When the last ray of light of the setting sun disappeared on the horizon, the left flank phalanx of the Eastern Army was on the verge of collapse, suffering enemies on three sides and invincible on one side.

It's not enough, it's not enough.

Shi Wansui, the commander of the cavalry on the left wing of the Western Army and the head of the march, judged that although night fell and his vision was blocked, this could not prevent Shi Wansui from judging the battlefield situation, which was his innate ability.

Twenty-six years ago, fifteen-year-old Shi Wansui experienced a fierce battle between Zhou and Qi on the battlefield for the first time.

Since then, Shi Wansui has endured countless battles and has become more and more confident in his own judgment.

The battle started in the morning and has lasted for a day now, and Shi Wansui, as the commander of the cavalry on the left flank, has only attacked once.

He was recuperating, waiting for the moment of truth to come, and now, finally, he had arrived.

Shi Wansui personally led 300 cavalry to attack, aiming directly at the flank of the front end of the enemy's phalanx, where there were well-organized spearmen, which seemed difficult to charge, but Shi Wansui judged that these soldiers would collapse at the first touch.

The reason is simple, human nature.

These soldiers are at the front line, and their own side is not in a good situation, and the people are panicking, and the soldiers at the end of the formation, because there is no enemy in front of them, so it is very likely that they will flee without a fight, so the soldiers in the front line will always worry that they will be left behind by their companions.

Shi Wansui judged that even if these soldiers lined up to fight the enemy with spears, they seemed to have the determination to fight to the death, but in fact, the will to fight was the lowest.

That's human nature, just as it was back then.

Twenty-six years ago, Shi Wansui, who went to the battlefield for the first time, found that the Zhou soldiers were in such a state, the same dusk, the same wilderness, and the same critical moment of the battle.

It was the second Battle of Bishan, the Zhou army attacked Luoyang, and while besieging the city, it fought a decisive battle with the Qi reinforcements who rushed to relieve the siege.

King Yuwen of Jin sat in the rear, Chi Hui, the prince of Shu, attacked Jin Yong, the outer city of Luoyang, and Yu Wenxian, the king of Qi, and Da Xiwu, the prince of Zheng, were responsible for intercepting Qi reinforcements in the area of Pishan.

The battle was so fierce that Wei Chi Yuan, who was besieging Kim, also returned to participate in the decisive battle, and the battle was fought from morning to night, and the Zhou army finally gained the upper hand, a clear upper hand.

At this moment, a Qi general led hundreds of cavalry into formation, like a sharp steel knife, sliced through the almost airtight Zhou army's large array, broke through many obstacles, and rushed directly to the city of Kim Yong City.

Seeing that the reinforcements arrived, the Qi army defending the city was greatly boosted and sent soldiers to assist the general to enter the Zhou army's large array again.

In that battle, the Zhou army was defeated extremely badly, and the corpses were killed all over the field by the Qi army, and the baggage was scattered for more than ten miles, and the young Shi Wansui witnessed all this, witnessed the instant collapse of his own soldiers, and witnessed the heroic posture of the Qi general in the battle array.

Even after twenty-six years, Shi Wansui still remembers the cheers of the soldiers on the battlefield that day:

King Lanling has entered the battle!

The heroic posture of the invincible general, Shi Wansui can't forget it, and what the other party can do, he is confident that he will be able to do it!

Clutching the lance, which was more than two feet long, Shi Wansui rode his horse first into the heavily guarded spear array, which looked very solid, and then collapsed.