Zhao Yong, who was reborn, has always believed in one sentence, that is, "power comes out of the barrel of a gun, this sentence has always made him never forget, so he has not been a good student of his own during the time when he was pro-government, pretending to be harmless to people and animals, but in fact, once he was pro-government, he replaced the Zhao clan with Pang Cong, an outsider, and temporarily reduced the threat of the Zhao clan and Zhao Cheng to himself. To put it bluntly, Zhao Cheng may not necessarily rebel, but the gun is safest in his own hands.

Immediately afterwards, he absorbed Li Zhuo, Le Yi, Lou Zhuan, Qiu Ye and others into his army management to balance the influence of the Zhao clan on the army. And when he completely grasped the leadership power of the army, he slowly operated Zhao Guang and others, whom he trusted, to participate in military decision-making, so that the Zhao family and outsiders maintained a delicate balance between the army.

It was through such painstaking layout and planning that he was able to grasp the army steadily, and he dared to raise a series of changes in the Zhao State. At this time, those ministers who still maintained contempt for this obedient boy found themselves quietly surrounded by Zhao Yong's layout, and it was difficult to turn over. It can be said that promoting political change through military reform is what Zhao Yong has been doing in the past few years since he became the monarch of Zhao State.

Coincidentally, the direction of Zhao Yong's military reform has always been relatively clear: to build a professional army loyal to himself. This army must come first in terms of combat effectiveness and professionalism. It is precisely based on this purpose that Li Zhuo, Qiu Li and others were able to get ahead and become rare young generals in the army.

On the other hand, in Zhongshan, Sima Xun can be said to be a good commander, but a good commander is not necessarily a professional soldier. Sima Cheng's military exploits are also well-known in Zhongshan, and even Zhao and Yan have suffered his losses. However, when he commands a branch of the army, his shortcomings are revealed, if the characteristic of a marshal is to coordinate multiple arms to maximize the use of resources, then the characteristic of a general is to let his soldiers to the fullest potential.

Obviously, in this regard, Qiu Liquid is also much smarter than Sima Qian.

As a Hu man, he was much more familiar with horses than Sima Cheng, although it was the first time he had encountered this kind of army covered with iron armor, but after two rounds of competition, he had already discovered the advantages and disadvantages of this army.

The biggest advantage of the ironclad cavalry is that it has a high defense and strong impact, and any unit that wants to compete with him head-on will be embarrassed to fight; But the disadvantage is also very prominent, which is the endurance of the horses. In his opinion, the horses of Zhongshan's cavalry are essentially the same as their own horses, they are the kind of horses that are good at charging and not good at long-distance running, which is also the characteristic of the horses of the entire grassland, and the Zhongshan army at this time, not only did not cover up this shortcoming, but put on iron armor and magnified this shortcoming.

How did Qiu Ye know that among the horses in East Asia, almost none of them were high-endurance horses that were good at long-distance running, and even the Mongol army thousands of years later, in order to run long-distance races, were all one person and two horses, so as to make up for this endurance deficiency. And this is also the essential reason why the eastern cavalry is mostly light cavalry, while the western cavalry is mostly heavy cavalry.

Putting aside these digressions, since Qiu Li knew what the problem was, he would no longer give Sima Zhen a chance. Instead of using a herald this time, he habitually pursed his lips and made a sound like the Humen hunt. This voice quickly spread among the Zhao army, and these Zhao soldiers also knew the meaning of Qiu Liquid, and began to consciously avoid the attack of the Zhongshan army, giving up the opportunity to engage them head-on, but using the tactics of attacking the two wings in a roundabout way.

If you look at it from the sky, you will find that the entire Zhao army is fighting in a disorderly manner, and there is almost no complete plastic surgery at the beginning, but vaguely, like a net, wrapping the Zhongshan army from all directions, but this net obviously has no intention of capturing the prey in the middle, and always maintains a feeling of imminent separation.

Sima Cheng took the lead, closely following the Zhao army who was defeated by his own blow just now, he knew very well that as long as he caught up with the Zhao army, then it would be his turn to play. However, he soon discovered that something was wrong, that is, the troops of the Zhao army always kept within the effective range of his own, so that the Zhongshan army on both wings had to face the strong bow attack of the Zhao army, and at such a close range, the bow and arrow of the Zhao army accurately found the weakness of the Zhongshan cavalry, and attacked the place where the Zhongshan horses did not cover the armor.

"It can't go on like this." Sima Cheng thought in his heart, and then ordered the flag to wave, the whole team of Zhongshan cavalry tilted to the left, the left wing troops took the lead in leaning towards the Zhao army, and the rest of the cavalry moved to the left. And the Zhao army on the left flank, because of the requirements of the attack just now, at this time just wanted to run, but also failed to evacuate quickly, the cavalry closest to the side of the Zhongshan army took the lead in encountering the Zhongshan army's veneer attack, the heavy copper head hammer, with a whistling whistle, smashed on the Zhao army's weapon, and then Zhao Jun's hands were shocked by the powerful impact of the hands of numb, the weapon almost took off, and was about to meet the enemy again, raised his head, but saw that the Zhongshan people who were less affected by the weapon had already served the invitation of the god of death, only to feel that it was dark in front of him, The whole person fell to the ground, blood spurted out along the pit knocked out by the hammer on the head, and many Zhao Jun became corpses in only two rounds, saying goodbye to this cruel world forever.

Seeing that the change of formation had an effect, Sima Cheng decisively urged the soldiers to hurry up and complete the outflanking of the cavalry on the left flank of the Zhao army. The troops were also like white sand, swept into the lineup of the Zhao army.

How did Zhao Jun not know the intentions of the Zhongshan Army? Qiu Li's whistle at the beginning of the command had a very clear meaning: hunting! What is Round-up? It is to take advantage of the advantage of mobility to widen one's own front. When the Zhongshan Army and the left wing cavalry were engaged, the left wing cavalry, which was far away from the Zhongshan Army, also immediately changed formations and maneuvered in the direction of the Zhongshan Army's maneuver, just like two concentric circles, wanting to break away from the Zhongshan Army's encirclement and keep a distance from the Zhongshan Army. Similarly, the right-wing troops also began to maneuver towards the Zhongshan Army, biting the tail of the Zhongshan Army.

At the same time, the Chinese troops of the Zhao Army, which had not yet been chased by the Zhongshan Army just now, also began to adjust their troops, collectively turned, and marched towards the current left flank of the Zhongshan Army, replacing the original left wing troops, and began to fight back against the Zhongshan Army.

After the Zhongshan army changed formations, Sima Xun found that except for a few results obtained at the beginning of the formation, the situation returned to the way it was at the beginning. Zhao Jun's formation is too casual, just like water, there is no fixed form, he changes his formation, he also changes his formation, and he never leaves his effective range, so that his maneuver seems to be ineffective, he is still on this grassland, chasing Zhao Jun's maneuver. It's just that it was originally the Chinese army, and now it is the left wing cavalry of the original Zhao army that is chasing.

Slowly, Sima Cheng also began to realize that something was wrong, and this bad feeling did not come from anything else, but the mount under his crotch, and he began to gasp. This is a sign that the horse's stamina is losing rapidly, and if he is not able to rest, he will soon slow down.

But Zhao Jun was like a hunter, always keeping his net open, that is, not making direct contact with himself, and he also tried to attack Zhao Jun's right wing cavalry like just now, but this time, Zhao Jun was obviously much faster than just now, and quickly took the maneuver to leave, never allowing himself to succeed.

In any case, it is not possible to go on like this, we must quickly find a way, it really can't work, we can only divide the troops!

At this time, Sima Xun's decisiveness as a general played a role, and he ordered the troops to be divided into three parts, interspersed between the gaps of the Zhao army, and jumped out of the encirclement of the Zhao army. I have to say that this order is very correct, although the division of troops in battle is a taboo for soldiers, but the book of war, is a study of its meaning rather than its shape, many famous generals who have left their names in history are not according to the book, but judge the situation and arrange the strategy of marching against the enemy, just like the so-called battle against the water, isn't it an example of violating the taboo of soldiers and achieving a big victory? Therefore, if you want to become a famous general, you must learn not to be superstitious about your predecessors.

The strategy of dividing the troops of the Zhongshan Army was also very appropriate. When besieged by the enemy, breaking through becomes the last option, but when the enemy is engaged in a tug-of-war with you, you have to find the opponent's weakness to break through. In fact, when the Zhongshan army attacking from all sides encountered the encirclement of the Zhao army, because the Zhao army did not dare to be the enemy, it could only maneuver along the Zhongshan army, otherwise it would be crushed from Zhongshan, so the Zhao army's hunting net was quickly torn apart by the Zhongshan army, allowing the Zhongshan army to break through.

At this time, if you want to attack again, it will obviously outweigh the losses. Sima Xun also knew that this sortie could only be like this, so he ordered the whole army to retreat and maneuver towards Fanwu City, the faster the better.

On the Zhao army's side, Qiu Ye also saw the intentions of the Zhongshan army, and if he gave up at this time, he felt sorry for himself, so he ordered the whole army to attack and block the Zhongshan troops from returning to the city at full speed. At this time, the situation finally turned completely in favor of the Zhao army, because both armies began to face one of the most important problems, that is, physical strength!

The iron horse cavalry of Zhongshan came out of Fanwu City, carrying armor, which was quite physically exhausting, and here, they were teased by Zhao Jun who was waiting for work for a while, and they had no temper at all, and their physical strength was lost very quickly, so even if they retreated, they seemed to have no strength; On the other hand, Zhao Jun's physical consumption was also quite large, but because he was traveling lightly, his physical strength was lost slowly.

So, the Zhao army, which was running with all its might, chased after the Zhongshan army, which was already physically exhausted, and the next result seemed to be doomed!