(a)

In the Northeast Great Plains, wild horses often live in groups, once they encounter danger, such as a tiger attacking and the horse has no time to escape, they will often quickly form a circle, head inward, tail outward, tiger from which direction, which direction the horse will rise up hind hooves to kick.

This approach is actually a helpless approach. Because you can't move at all, as soon as you move, this circular defense will be broken, no matter what kind of attack the opponent uses, no matter how powerful the attack is, you can only stand in place. In fact, this kind of attack can be cracked by only two tigers: take turns to go around in circles.

A herd of horses, as long as two tigers take turns circling in a circle, can only stand there either exhausted or starved to death.

Therefore, this kind of circle formation is actually not used to survive, but to delay the time of death.

The same is true of the circular formation of the Donghu people.

The best defense of cavalry is a mobile attack, once formed into a circular formation, it can only wait for the opponent's attack like a wild horse, this formation is used in the most forced situation, once used, it means not to seek victory, only to die late. Of course, if you are facing a big enemy and rescue will come soon, it is okay to use this array as a temporary defense, but this is to put half of your life in the hands of the rescuer and half in the hands of the attacker, depending on who is faster.

Therefore, Moygur ordered a round formation, and the Donghu soldiers were surprised, but now the situation is extremely urgent, they can't run and run, and they can't fight and fight, and there is really no other way.

A short and strange horn sounded, and the Donghu soldiers quickly formed a circle, lined up from the outside to the inside.

Man is not a horse, and has no hooves, so he can only use a shield as a shield, a bow to defend the far, and a sword and spear to defend the near.

When the circle formation was formed, it also surprised the Han army. After fighting Donghu for so long, this is the first time I have seen such a strange formation. But soon, the Han army made a judgment and readjusted its tactics.

The five thousand Han cavalry slowly trotted around the circle, looking for a gap, and as long as there was the slightest gap, they immediately rushed in. The 25,000 Han troops formed five phalanxes outside the circle array, with large shields in front, spears protecting each other, short knives and bows and arrows arranged in layers, approaching the circle step by step.

Then there was a strange scene on the battlefield: in the past, the Han army was forced to form a phalanx, and the Donghu army ran around the phalanx, releasing arrows while running, looking for fighters, this time, the phalanx became a circle formation, and the Donghu army and the Han army were transferred one by one, and at the same time, the phalanx of the Han army was steadily approaching the Donghu army.

In formation, the Donghu army is really far from being the opponent of the Han army.

The positions of the two sides are getting closer and closer, arrows are coming and going, and soldiers are constantly falling, among them, the Donghu army suffers a great loss.

The Han army is an infantry formation, the front is a large shield that can protect the whole person, and the shield bearer is also a full body of heavy armor, while the Donghu army is a heavy cavalry on the periphery, although the people are full body guards, and most of the horses are protected, but no matter how good the protection is, the legs and feet of the horse cannot be protected, otherwise the horse will not have to run. As a result, the arrows of the Han army continued to shoot at the horse's legs, and the horses continued to fall to the ground, and these heavily armored cavalry and horses were difficult to stand up as soon as they fell, resulting in the Donghu soldiers behind not being able to stand up to maintain the formation. When the forefront of the two sides came into contact, the circular formation of the Donghu army was already full of gaps.

"Kill!" Seeing that the two sides had come into contact, Moygur immediately gave an order.

The Han army did not give this order, and still marched forward in a strict formation.

At such a close distance, both sides are almost face to face, charge? How to charge? The best way to do this is to stay in formation and continue to attack in full formation.

However, the Donghu army had never had such training, and the cavalry should be arranged in a neat formation, even if the two sides were together, the pace would not change, and they would move forward slowly.

As a result, the situation evolved into an attack by the Donghu cavalry in a straggler form towards the entire Han army phalanx. The result can be imagined.

The drums beat again, and the 5,000 Han cavalry rushed straight over!

Moyur's face suddenly sweated.

Cold sweat.

Isn't that what he usually does? The formation of the Han army was chaotic, and the cavalry rushed in directly and repeatedly attacked. But now he is the Han army, and the Han army is the Donghu army, at least in the form of the battlefield.

"Stand back, stand back! Again in formation! He yelled.

It was the first time in his life that he had commanded a battle in this way. He actually ordered the cavalry to re-form a circle formation and the infantry phalanx to fight for attrition, this kind of idiotic command, he never even dreamed of it, but now, he had to make such a move.

The Donghu cavalry retreated one after another and rearranged into a circle, but under the pressure of the Han infantry phalanx, this circle continued to shrink, and the distance between the Donghu troops in the circle continued to shorten, and later it was almost like a horse with a horse's tail.

In front, Donghu's cavalry kept falling, and the attack power of the Han infantry phalanx was so hearty for the first time, stabbing the cavalry down in batches, and then forward, pressing, and stabbing again.

(2) Moygur did not give any further orders.

He had no orders to give. Now that the Donghu army has been tightly attached to each other, only the first two rows can move, and the formation of the Han army is closely attached to the Donghu army, constantly moving forward, slowly and firmly, what order can he give to change? Who has the power to carry out his commands when people are crowding people from person to person?

He had to wait now. Either wait until the massacre of the Han army is over and his 20,000 troops are wiped out, or wait until the rescue of King Daxian.

Gelu was indeed trying to come to the rescue, and he personally led the troops to attack.

30,000 Xifeng troops, 10,000 defending the city, and 20,000 attacked, attacking from the north gate, bypassing to the west, and directly attacking the Han army.

Opposite him, 30,000 Han troops were already lined up.

Once again, Gru couldn't figure it out.

What's going on? The Han army actually did not attack the Dongfeng reinforcements with the whole army, but lined up 30,000 people here? They knew that they were going to attack on the side?

At this time, he finally realized that it seemed that his every step was calculated by the Han army. He thought he had calculated a good plan, but in fact, the Han army also calculated what he calculated, and it was according to the plan he would calculate that the Han army had formulated a plan accordingly.

If you don't understand it, read it again, if you really can't say it, it's more clear.

Now, the Dongfeng army is besieged and will be wiped out at any time, and his flank troops have become frontal battles with the Han army, and it is conceivable that the Han army should still have 10,000 people in front of the city to defend in case the Donghu army in the city fights desperately to attack with all its might.

Gro can only admit defeat - not in battle, but in his strategy. The defeat was miserable.

"Prepare to attack." He gritted his teeth and ordered.

There is no way, all the schemes are calculated by themselves, then there is only a strong attack, there are only 30,000 Han troops on the opposite side, he has 20,000 cavalry, fight hard, you can succeed.

The horn sounded. Although the Han army rested outside the city for a long time, the Xifeng defenders also rested for a long time, and the Donghu soldiers were eager to try, and with the sound of the horn, the Donghu cavalry began to move towards the Han army.

The soldiers of the Donghu Army lined up in a neat straight line, their bodies undulating like the wind blowing rice, and began to urge the horses to trot.

When the charging distance is reached, this trot turns into a rush.

In the middle of the Han army, the drums sounded, and the Han army began to move forward!

This is a rare occurrence. In the face of cavalry, the infantry actually attacked the entire formation? This kind of dry method is not unprecedented, but the longer the battle with Donghu, the less such a method of warfare will be, except in the case of a clear advantage. Because the infantry can't beat the cavalry like this, this reason is too obvious.

Gelu didn't think about what the Han army was doing for Lu. He was determined not to think anymore. Because no matter what he thinks, the final result will definitely be that he doesn't think about it, and the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks about it. Now, he didn't think about it, and it was impossible to give the order to stop the attack anyway, so he rushed forward!

The two armies quickly approached, the horn sounded again, and the Donghu army began to charge!

Behind the grid, the drums are beating loudly!

Ge Lu immediately turned around to look, only to see that behind him, 20,000 Han troops were in a neat shape, and they were coming from behind!

Gro immediately turned his head back and blinked vigorously.

Impossible, hallucination, this must be an illusion. In the past two days, he has slept too little, and his nerves are a little abnormal.

The Han army had a total of 70,000 troops in Xifeng, 30,000 were besieging Moygur, 30,000 were holding him on the opposite side, 10,000 were guarding under the city, and three plus three plus one was equal to seven. He did the math again, yes, yes.

But the shouting behind him did not go away, it continued.

Gro turned his head again.

20,000 Han troops, two phalanxes, marched in unison.

It's not an illusion.

On the side, a commander of ten thousand saw that Ge Lu was just turning his head around, but he didn't say a word, and couldn't help but remind: "King Daxian, the Han army is attacking from behind." I guess the Han army besieging Dongfeng is coming. ”

Of course, Gru knew the way.

This is, of course, the Han army that originally besieged Dongfeng. This group of Han troops came to Xifeng before Moygur, leaving only 10,000 people to pretend in Dongfeng. Although Moygur led cavalry, after a day and a night on the road of more than 100 miles, the speed of the cavalry was about the same as that of the infantry, so soon after Moygur arrived in Xifeng, this group of Han troops also arrived, and directly after going around Xifeng City, they attacked the Xifeng army from behind.

Well, everything is in the plan - that is, everything is in the plan of the Han army.

Therefore, the Han army on the opposite side did not hesitate to meet the Donghu cavalry. Now, the 50,000 Han troops are flanking the front and rear, surrounding the 20,000 cavalry of Donghu.

To calculate the military strength, the main strength of the Han army is placed on the side of Gelu, which is 50,000 against 20,000, and on the Mowuer side, it is 30,000 against 20,000. But the wonderful thing is that there is a siege on both sides, and it can be assumed that there will be a massacre on the side of Gelu as on the side of Moyur. Because the strength of the Moyghur army was exhausted, and the number of Gelu's army was too small, the battlefield layout was flanked.

Ahead, the Han army engaged the advance of the Eastern Hu army.

Gru didn't speak.

Behind him, the Han army had already approached the rear guard of the Eastern Hu army.

Gru still didn't speak.

"King Daxian!" The captain finally became anxious and shouted, "You have given an order!" ”