Hearing that Xu Rong vetoed Xu Kun's strategy of backattacking, the generals stationed on the hill were speechless for a while. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After being silent for a while, Li Meng, who still fought with Cao Jun's forward and knew a little about Cao Jun's reality, said in a deep voice:

"General, although the rebels have a lot of soldiers and horses, but they are all banners, this is clearly a rabble of all kinds of temporary gatherings, our army can use foot soldiers to contain the Chinese army, and then use iron cavalry to take turns to impact its two wings of men and horses, with the elite of my Xiliang soldiers and horses, we will be able to break the rebels in front of the formation."

Faced with Li Meng's suggestion, Xu Rong thought about it, but still shook his head, he pointed to the left and right armies of the Cao army's military formation, and said:

"You see, the rebels deliberately placed heavy troops on both wings, just to prevent our cavalry from making detours and flanking attacks, if we also lay out the cavalry on both wings, not to mention that the rebels' Chinese army is as stable as a mountain, they can calmly dispatch and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, but as far as the cavalry takes turns to attack, it can indeed defeat the rebels' left and right two large formations, but with such a use of troops, even if it wins, it will also cause heavy losses, and the wise man does not do it, this plan is not possible!"

"It's-"

After Li Meng was refuted by Xu Rong, he was also like Xu Kun for a while, speechless, and the generals on the hill fell into silence again.

Seeing that the generals under his command had nothing to speak, Xu Rong cast his eyes on the rebel formation on the edge of the river, and after half a ring, the corners of his mouth rose, and he said leisurely:

"The rebels are so arranged, and they refuse to move forward with the chariots in the army, are they bullying us and waiting for the soldiers and horses of Xiliang to not be able to fight on foot? It's a pity that my Xiliang soldiers and horses are sharp in the world, they can kill the enemy when they get on the horse, and they can still break through when they get off the horse, but the rebels' plan is about to fail. I will, the cavalry dismount and fight on foot to break the rebel army! ”

"Huh?"

The surrounding generals heard Xu Rong's words, and suddenly let out a burst of surprise, the reason why the soldiers and horses of Xiliang were able to repeatedly break through the soldiers and horses of the eastern part of the country was to rely on the galloping horses and breaking the enemy, and now Xu Rong actually wanted to dismount and fight with the rebels on foot, isn't this to use his own shortcomings to fight against the strengths of others.

Yan Xing, who had been observing calmly and was silent, listened to Xu Rong's words and thought about it slightly, but he quickly understood Xu Rong's purpose in doing this.

First of all, because Cao Cao entered the battlefield in advance with his soldiers and horses, he had time to calmly set up the formation, and the large array formed by these 30,000 horses could be regarded as having no flaws for the Xiliang soldiers who came later, and they could find opportunities to break through with cavalry.

And whether it is to wait for the formation with his back to the Bianshui, or to lay down the Yuli array, and to refuse to the front with the chariot, these are all Cao Cao deliberately prepared for the defense of the Xiliang cavalry's charge and detour, Xu Rong is also a person who is good at using troops, since the enemy on the opposite side has been prepared to restrain his own cavalry in advance, then at this time, he still adheres to the original cavalry impact tactics, which is undoubtedly falling into the trap of the other party.

Therefore, Xu Rong decided to do the opposite, abandon the original cavalry combat method of the Xiliang soldiers, let the cavalry dismount, and also form a formation to confront the Cao army.

What gave Xu Rong the courage to use troops in this way was also due to two considerations, the first point is that although the rebels have many soldiers and horses, most of them are new pawns who are just entering the battle formation, and the combat power of individual soldiers may be okay, but the resilience and flexibility of the army are much worse than those of the Xiliang soldiers, and the overall combat power is not at the same level as the Xiliang soldiers.

The second point is that these rebel armies are formed by the gathering of troops and horses from many sides, and when they are ready to fight, they are in strict order, but once the handover of troops is short-handed, and the fierce battle between the two sides is in a stalemate, then the situation is different. On the side of the Xiliang soldiers, Xu Rong is confident that he can do it like an arm, but the rebels on the opposite side may not still be able to do it as one, so it's time to do it.

On the battle array, the two armies confronted each other, and on the surface of the military array, where there were so many flaws and shortcomings to be found, at this time, knowing each other and knowing oneself was the inner reality and strength of the other party.

"When the enemy is in the right position, the decisive victory is the surprise soldier", with a dignified formation, invite the enemy, and force the enemy to mess up the position, expose the flaws, and then put the surprise soldier as the winner in time to completely defeat the enemy. Positive and strange, each other is inseparable, this is the real way to win the battle.

And in this process of being intertwined with odds, the game tactics of the two sides also have three levels, the high level, that is, to be able to let the enemy completely fall into their own game, according to their familiar rhythm to fight, the middle level, is to adhere to their own rhythm, and then disrupt the enemy's rhythm to fight, the lower level, is not to fall into the situation laid by the opponent, not to fight according to the enemy's rhythm.

Because Cao Cao entered the battlefield in advance and occupied the advantage of the right time and place, he calmly used the tactics of the middle level, using Bianshui and chariots, giving full play to the advantages of his foot soldiers, and disrupting the cavalry tactics of the Xiliang soldiers. And Xu Rong's way of dealing with it was to choose the tactics of the lower level, and not to respond to the battle in the way that Cao Cao chose for himself, so that Cao Cao's middle-level tactics could not be elevated to high-level tactics.

On the surface, it seems that as the other officers feared, it is to attack the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings. As long as we can grasp a fleeting opportunity in a timely manner in the course of engagement, we will often be able to turn our disadvantage into an advantage, and we will be able to successfully win more with less, and turn defeat into victory.

Taoism has the principle of "positive recovery is strange, good recovery is demon", Xu Rong has not read "Lao Tzu", but it does not prevent him from relying on his talent and experience in battle formations, and has made the most suitable strategy for the attack of the Xiliang soldiers at the moment.

"Li Sima, you lead the three thousand light cavalry in the original army, and I will give you another thousand foot soldiers, a total of four thousand soldiers and horses, to attack the right army of the rebels!"

"No!"

"Captain Yan, you have more than 1,000 troops in your headquarters, and now I will temporarily transfer another 3,000 cavalry to you, a total of more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, to attack the rebels' left army!"

"No!"

"Wang Junhou, this time I will use your department as the vanguard to attack the rebels' Chinese army, and I will personally lead other soldiers and horses to plunder the battle for you."

"No!"

"The rest of the military officials, the soldiers and horses of each general's department, are completely clothed, and they will listen to my marching orders at any time, and those who are slack and disorderly will be engaged in military law!"

"No!"

···

Xu Rong has always been vigorous and resolute in governing the army with soldiers, since he has made up his mind to break the formation with foot combat, many military officials who know his temperament naturally did not dare to speak again, and acted according to the order, Xu Kun stood beside Xu Rong on the horse, at this time he heard that Li Meng, Yan Xing, Wang Fang and others all had their own military missions, but his own dispatch order had not yet come down, he opened his mouth slightly, and he wanted to stop talking.

It just so happened that at this time, Xu Rong's stern eyes swept to his face, he subconsciously tightened in his heart, Xu Rong's eyes were particularly sharp when he looked at him, as if he had seen through his thoughts, he pursed his lips, did not dare to speak, and followed the orders of other military officials.

On the battle array, the order was immediately executed, and the officers who had received the order turned their horses' heads, and rode their horses down the hill to their own troops and horses.

Xu Rong is in the direction of the Chinese army, the mobilization of soldiers and horses of the order cavalry continued to move, back and forth to send orders galloping, received the order of the soldiers and horses soon strode forward, into a pole under the banner of a clear move, and finally the formation was completed, more than 10,000 Xiliang soldiers and horses, but also with the Cao army in the back of the water array, for tat, forming three offensive large arrays.

Wang Fang's troops and horses were located in front of the central military formation, and as the vanguard of this breakthrough, Xu Rong and Xu Kun and other generals lined up the soldiers and horses in the rear of Wang Fang as the rear formation.

On both sides of the military array, Li Meng led 3,000 light cavalry and 1,000 foot soldiers to line up on the left, while Yan Xing temporarily commanded 4,000 soldiers and horses to line up on the right.

In the process of mobilizing troops and horses, Xu Rong sent the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the Chinese army as a garrison to prevent the rebels on the opposite side from suddenly attacking while their positions were unstable. Although Xu Rong's army seemed to show a little flaw, Cao Cao was unwilling to attack rashly, messing up the formation he had spent so much effort to set up in a battle.

When the formation of the two sides has been completed, with the sound of horns in the Xiliang soldiers' formation, one after another of the cavalry actually dismounted one after another, and arranged in the same formation as the foot soldiers, the Kansai spears commonly used by the Kansai soldiers were raised high, and the dense spear edges gathered together, under the sun, it was like plating a layer of gold on their weapons.

Except for a part of the Qianghu cavalry, which was divided into two flanks as a cavalry in a plundering formation, the rest also dismounted one after another, acting as foot archers, mixed between the spearmen, sorting out the feathered arrows in their quivers, and at the same time raising their longbows, and sending out a hysterical roar at the enemy troops on the opposite side.

"Big brother, the Xiliang soldiers on the opposite side are going to line up and fight with me on foot?"

After the horn of the march of the Xiliang soldiers sounded, the Chinese army where the Cao army was located also began to beat the war drums without showing weakness, and the soldiers under his command also struck the shields with swords, raised the battle flag and shook it continuously, which was not only a demonstration to the enemy but also a color, but also to encourage themselves in the next battle.

Cao Hong, who was dressed in armor, was in a majestic and agitated horn and war drums, and he was already enthusiastic about the young man's heart, although he had always heard of the murderous reputation of the Xiliang soldiers before, but when he himself was in the army of 10,000 people, he was inexplicably infected by the momentum of "10,000 people shouting together", and he had no fear at all, but had some expectations for the war to start soon.

The Xiahou brothers were sent by Cao Cao to Weizi's left army, and the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Chun commanded the soldiers and horses in front of the military formation.

Cao Cao didn't respond, but twisted the word "Sichuan" between his eyebrows, and his face was solemn.

He laid down layers of layers, staggered Yuli array, that is, containing the idea of riding with foot, coupled with the Bianshui behind and the front rejection of the chariot, limiting the frontal impact and roundabout outflanking of the Xiliang cavalry, if the other party's generals, blindly superstitious "Xiliang iron cavalry, invincible in the world" of the fierce name, the use of cavalry to attack the left and right armies, or directly impact the frontal Chinese army, trying to use the cavalry charge to open the gap in the military formation, that is what Cao Cao wants to see most.

But right now, the Xiliang soldiers chose to dismount and fight on foot, that is, the enemy general on the opposite side had seen through their own thoughts, and they also had the certainty of defeating their own side in the foot battle.

Looking at the military formation opposite, the banner of the word "Xu" waving in the wind shows the identity of the general, and the sun in the sky in the afternoon is slowly tilting, and it will gradually turn its military formation into a side with an unfavorable line of sight.

Retracting his gaze from afar, Cao Cao looked to his side, many of the soldiers next to him were like Cao Hong, with a young and immature face, most of them were new pawns, and they were waiting for the baptism of war with the same excitement and nervousness as Cao Hong.

The footsteps of the Xiliang Soldier Brigade on the opposite side had already sounded, Cao Cao looked at the soldiers under him, he laughed, his brows instantly relaxed, and he burst out with pride, and he also loudly encouraged these new soldiers around him.

Encouraged by him, the new pawns around him erupted into a thunderous shout, which immediately spread to the Chinese army, and then resounded among the men and horses of the left and right armies.

Every Cao soldier was infected by this shouting and became more excited, but they didn't notice that their lord moved his straight waist slightly in the midst of the shout, and wiped the sweat from his palms with his battle robe without a trace.

"This time, I'm afraid there will be a bitter battle!"