Early the next morning, the Tiance army suddenly came out of the camp, and the huge military formation began to follow the deployment of the Chinese army to show a hideous face, and the rumbling war drums woke up the Shatuo people at the same time as announcing the official arrival of the war.

"Lord, you really don't interfere in the battle between the two armies?" On the viewing platform of the Chinese army, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi stood there and watched in front of Xu Tianxiang after commanding the armies to set up their formations and began to advance forward, the latter said with a smile.

"This kind of big corps against each other, the conspiracy has little effect, what is fought is the impromptu decision of the commander and the courage of the soldiers to fight to the death. I don't really make much use of it when I'm not there. Li Xuanqing said with a smile: "Tianxiang is meticulous, and it is enough to have him for this level of war." Besides, without experiencing the baptism of the Great War, it is impossible to become a famous general, and it is impossible for the Tiance Army to mature. Don't worry, he'll give a satisfactory answer. ”

While the two were talking, the Shatuo people on the opposite side were also in a hurry to leave the camp. In this kind of war with a scale of more than 100,000 people, only the Chinese army rushes forward and defeats the other party in a dignified manner, which is also in line with the art of war.

The Shatuo people are all equipped with cavalry, and the cavalry of 100,000 people drove out of the barracks, covering a large area of black and sun, and the gray-brown cavalry stopped five miles in front of the Tiance army like a tide, neatly arranged into a huge Yuli formation, and the men and horses were one, quietly waiting for the orders of the Chinese army.

The four infantry battalions of the Central Corps and the Modao Battalion on the side of the Tiance Army form a circle formation of 50,000 horses, the first battalion is the forward, the Modao battalion is sandwiched in the middle, as an assault force, the second battalion, the fifth battalion, the eighth battalion, distributed on the left and right sides of the Modao battalion, the special forces Hellfire Brigade 3,000 people are divided into two parts, located on the left and right sides, hidden in the rear of the second and fifth battalions, the ballista unit is located in the rear of the Chinese army, and the five hundred ballistae are the main force of the long-range strike in this war. Cooperate with a complete infantry battalion specially formed by the command to fight. In order not to let the other party see the truth and the truth, Xu Tianxiang asked the pro-guard battalion to make a detour on the left and right sides of the army to contain the opponent's cavalry from breaking through on the flank.

And different from the Yuli array placed by the Shatuo people, if the infantry corps arranged by Xu Tianxiang is overlooked from a high place, it is like a huge gear, with the circle formation as the main body, and after it is unfolded, it rotates in a spiral from left to right, and the four infantry battalions are like four huge gears around the Modao battalion, which is a replica of the legendary car suspension array against the cavalry group charge.

The car suspension array is a kind of large array that has been lost in the Tang Dynasty, some people say that Huo Qubing used this array when he conquered the Huns, but the historical data did not record, later generations said that this array originated in Japan, but no one has restored the formation map. And in this life, there is a formation like Ma Laosan, after the precipitation of the Lingwu Army era, this lost ancient formation has been successfully restored, and the power depends on today's results.

With the central infantry brigade to resist the cavalry charge, the car hanging array will stop the opponent, make time and space for the Modao soldiers to kill the enemy, and then use the Modao battalion to kill the enemy to buy time for the four infantry battalions, this kind of dense formation and arms cooperation requires the front-line generals and the Chinese generals to have a positive and strict cooperation and tacit understanding, and wait until the opponent's whole army is pressed, the cavalry corps ambushed in the rear of the enemy's side will charge again, completely disrupt the opponent's position, and finally the reserve team will go up, becoming the last straw that overwhelms the opponent. This was the conclusion reached by the General Staff Counsel led by Xu Tianxiang after extremely rigorous calculations, and it was also the biggest factor for Li Xuanqing to dare to fight a field battle with the Shatuo people with a small number of troops and the main body was infantry.

Because the Tiance Army was infantry and acted in advance, although the formation was complicated, it was one step ahead of the Shatuo people. However, the Shatuo people on the opposite side didn't seem to have any intention of sneaking up on the Tiance Army. Shatuo cavalry and Zhu Quanzhong have been fighting in the Central Plains for so many years, and they have long been immune to infantry formations, even if they set up a good formation, they can't stop their cavalry charge like a tsunami, so it doesn't matter whether they sneak attack or not.

None of the generals under Li Siyuan had an opinion on this idea, and he really didn't look down on the infantry, the Shatuo people who grew up on horseback, if it weren't for the need for the siege of the city, the Shatuo people were basically not equipped with infantry, and the cavalry corps would be so good to charge.

Therefore, Li Siyuan saw that the formation of the Tiance Army had been completed, so he didn't say much, and smiled at An Xiuxiu beside him: "General An, it's up to you to meet the infantry of the Tiance Army to see if Li Xuanqing's men are as powerful as the legend." Remember, no mercy is allowed, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law. ”

Li Siyuan's words made An Xiuxiu's face change rapidly several times, but he didn't say anything and took the order.

"Si Yuan, it's not appropriate to let General An go at this time. Li Xuanqing dared to put down a large infantry formation here, he must have something to rely on, General An is the second general's subordinate, if the battle is imminent, if the generals are not in harmony, they will inevitably be exploited by the other party, so let him press the formation on the side and change other generals to go up. Zhou Dewei was dissatisfied with Li Siyuan's arrangement and stepped forward to persuade.

Li Siyuan waved his hand and said: "Ben Shuai knows that Li Xuanqing will definitely arrange a back hand after the big formation, so I don't expect An Xiuxiu's more than 10,000 horses to really be able to break through the opponent's big array, I just need him to help me see what tricks the other party is playing." Don't worry, Dulwich, I know that I can't have a conflict with Cunxiao now, you see, in order not to embarrass him, I didn't let him go to the battlefield. ”

"Then you can't just let him go back to Hezhong Mansion to escort grain and grass, right? With him charging, we can get twice the result with half the effort-" Zhou Dewei was interrupted by Li Siyuan before he finished speaking, only to see Li Siyuan say: "Okay, Dewei, don't say it anymore, now that I am the commander of the army, I have the right to arrange anyone to do anything, so don't say it anymore." Take care of your right flank, if the horn of my Chinese army sounds, you must immediately set off to defeat those party members, go straight to the opponent's Chinese army, and take down that Li Xuanqing for me, no matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to stop my tens of thousands of troops. ”

Li Siyuan's words made Zhou Dewei shake his head and sigh, in fact, Zhou Dewei is very optimistic about Li Siyuan, although he is young, but he acts in a very orderly manner, and leading the army to fight is also well arranged, but as soon as he touches Li Cunxiao, he immediately feels like a different person. But Li Keyong actually arranged the two of them together, and I don't know what he thinks. However, Zhou Dewei complained and complained, but he faithfully came to his troops to make all preparations, and he actually had nothing to say about Li Siyuan's arrangement, it was impossible for the infantry to block the cavalry's charge, as long as the large array was scattered, it would be the same whoever came.

At this time, An Xiuxiu was also ready, and his more than 10,000 cavalry walked out of the large array and followed behind him. An Xiuxiu is a general subdued by Li Cunxiao, so he naturally knows the relationship between Li Xuanqing and Li Cunxiao, and it is obviously against Li Cunxiao's arrangement to be the first to charge at this moment, but if he openly disobeys orders on the battlefield, it is not a joke, maybe Li Siyuan will cut himself on the spot.

"General, we've got our men assembled." An Xiuxiu's lieutenant general rode over on a horse, and when he saw his main general's hesitant face, he naturally knew what he was thinking, so he stepped forward and suddenly whispered a few words, but An Xiuxiu's face suddenly improved, and with a wave of his right hand, more than 10,000 cavalry began to accelerate the charge. And with his charge, the horns of the Shatuo people began to blow continuously.

"My lord, it's begun. The Shatuo cavalry is coming, why are there a little fewer of them? Cen Tianshi saw the other party's cavalry coming from a distance, and said a little strangely.

Li Xuanqing couldn't figure out what was going on, but he didn't have time to think about it now. I saw that Yang Tiancheng of the front army had already made a move, and between the waving of the flag, the first battalion suddenly crossed out of the formation and rushed to the front of the army in a strange loose and overlapping formation.

Li Xuanqing nodded, and said with a smile in his puzzled eyes when he saw Cen Tianshi next to him: "It seems that Tiancheng has spent a lot of thought on this battle this time, this is a battle within a formation." His first battalion was now in a small ten-sided ambush. With heaven and earth as the foothold, integrating the topography and environment, I think Tiancheng's skills are already above Tianxiang. ”

"The ten-sided ambush formation originally required a lot of men and horses to complete, but Tiancheng formed a suspicious formation with only 10,000 people, but it was able to receive the effect of confusing the enemy, delaying the enemy's attack speed and buying time for the rear manpower. And with his character, he will turn fiction into reality and fight a one-on-one siege and annihilation battle when the time comes. In Li Xuan's light words, the cavalry of An Xiuxiu rushed through the middle ground of the two armies and plunged into the formation of the first battalion, but the powerful cavalry charge was like thousands of arrows shot into the water, as if hitting cotton, this strange formation shuttled through the gaps of the cavalry, like a loach, it was impossible to catch at all. The ballistas in the rear had already begun to fire at this time, and the whizzing bolts shot out with a terrible whistling, and the cavalry sitting on their horses were shot in rows, turned over and fell off their horses.

An Xiuxiu didn't plan to face the Tiance Army head-on, but at this time, when he saw this strange formation, he instantly trapped his cavalry, and this kind of aggrieved moment when you basically couldn't beat the opponent made him have the idea of withdrawing the army, but because of a point of thought, he was almost stabbed by a few soldiers of the Tiance Army who flashed to his side at some point. This made him wake up and start to pay attention to the movements of the groups of men who were shuttling through his cavalry formation. I saw that these people were basically in groups of three, spearmen, sword and shield bearers and archers cooperated with each other, and the pace was fast, and while the archers kept releasing arrows, the spears in the hands of the pikemen also stabbed or threw out directly, taking away the lives of their own men.

"Tiancheng really wants to fight a siege and annihilation war. Lord, you see, these soldiers and the ballista troops cooperate too well. The crossbow bolts slowed down the opponent's pace and created an opportunity for the first battalion to penetrate into the opponent's formation, and these people were like a stream of water flowing through the Jiuqu Cave, pervasive, but the opponent was unable to deal with it at all. Cen Tianshi stared at it and smiled.

Li Xuanqing smiled, Yang Tiancheng's method is actually very dangerous, but it has played an unexpected role at this moment, if Li Siyuan has no countermeasures, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape from this kind of attack method that is like a drizzle but pervasive. But in other words, today's Shatuo people seem to be obviously not right, if the other party ignores the single-minded impact, even if they pay a large number of casualties, they will still be able to break through? Is it because of yesterday's events?

Li Xuanqing couldn't help but be shocked when he thought of this, and when he saw the big word "An" written on the banner of the Shatuo people who suddenly came in, he found out the reason.

But at this time, it was too late, even if he was now intervening in the front-line war, but the two sides were already entangled, how could the red-eyed soldiers stop so easily? Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong with my lord?" Cen Tianshi was standing beside Li Xuanqing, naturally he discovered Li Xuanqing's abnormality, and hurriedly asked.

Li Xuanqing smiled bitterly and told him what he thought, and Cen Tianshi suddenly smiled while thinking about it: "Tianshi has a method that may work." ”

"What can you do, sir? Li Xuanqing was stunned for a moment, then understood what Cen Tianshi meant, and said with a smile: "Sir, I don't think you should take a post in the General Staff." I can think of this kind of solution, not bad, not bad. After speaking, he immediately asked the guards around him to quickly find Xu Tianxiang. Changing formations on the battlefield requires extremely cumbersome procedures, but in order to save Li Cunxiao's housekeeping capital, Li Xuanqing can only do this.

Soon the Chinese army rushed out of Xu Tianxiang's flying cavalry herald, but saw that the flying cavalry was quickly moving in the direction of the pro-guard camp on the right. Cen Tianshi's method was to let the guard battalion enter the battlefield in advance, but it was only to cut off the connection between Li Siyuan and the front army, so that if An Xiuxiu really preserved his strength under Li Cunxiao's order, then he would definitely find a way to retreat.

In the conversation between the two, Yang Tiancheng also received a signal from the Chinese army, and Li Xuanqing's flag was flying high to let everyone know the source of this order, and even An Xiuxiu saw it. Immediately afterwards, the pro-guard battalion on the right flank joined the battlefield, completely cutting off the connection between Anxiuxiu and the Shatuo main formation. This scene made Li Siyuan's face change suddenly, and he asked An Xiuxiu to test the depth of the other party, why did he let himself in so quickly. The cavalry of the Tiance Army appeared on the battlefield, which means that An Xiuxiu has been surrounded by opponents, and this is the rhythm of complete encirclement.

"Si Yuan, hurry up and let An Xiuxiu withdraw, don't be rash anymore. If you don't withdraw, An Xiuxiu will definitely be wiped out, and the white cavalry is Li Xuanqing's personal guard battalion, so hurry up and send someone to meet it, otherwise it will be too late. Zhou Dewei saw the cavalry of the Tiance Army on the field, and hurriedly rode his horse to Li Siyuan's side, and said hurriedly.

Li Siyuan's face changed rapidly a few times, and the horsewhip in his hand was raised and put down, and after doing so a few times, he suddenly roared sharply: "The army is fighting, there is no reason to retreat, send an order to the Chinese army, immediately attack the whole army, and give me the opportunity to break the Tiance army in one fell swoop." After speaking, he took out the long knife in his hand and raised it high, and at the same time, the horn of the Chinese army saw the signal of the commander and kept blowing the horn, but when he saw that thousands of horses were galloping, the gray-brown wave began to shake the mountain.

"The whole army has changed formations, and the army has been mobilized on all fronts." On the command platform of the Tiance Army, Xu Tianxiang asked the war drum team to urge the war drums with all his might, and the Tiance Army also moved at this moment.

At the same time, the guard battalion, which had just entered the battlefield, suddenly spread its hooves and crossed the battlefield, and from the right side, suddenly the whole army rushed to the left side, giving way to the Chinese army.

And An Xiuxiu, who was entangled by the first battalion, became the most tragic person at this time, and the cavalry of more than 10,000 people was instantly sandwiched between the two major army formations of 200,000 horses, like a reef, which could be drowned by both sides at any time.