The throats on both sides of the coalition army were contained, and the effect of the attack was greatly weakened, but it was pinned down by the Mongo crossbow battalion, and the defense built on the fortifications, the coalition army had no way at all, the cavalry could not charge, it could not disrupt the defensive line, and the infantry attack could not achieve the effect.

However, the coalition army attacked for four hours, and Mungo could not get an answer from it, and the cavalry never dared to move, as a trump card, Mungo did not dare to use it easily, because once he fell into the trap of the enemy, the loss would not be small.

Mungo was a little hesitant whether to send cavalry or not, and at this moment a message came from the front: "The coalition forces have stopped attacking!" After retreating to their lines, the coalition forces rebuilt a new one! ”

The new line of defense seems to be exactly the same as their own line of defense, the coalition army learned very quickly, and just suffered a loss, so they thought of such a method, the speed of piracy is really amazing, Mungo thinks it is ridiculous, is it that the coalition forces are just to cover up this line of defense, this seems to be a bit of a fuss.

"Cavalry, by the way, they are afraid of cavalry charges!" With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Mungo immediately understood the enemy's intentions, whether it was a fierce battle for four hours, and the establishment of a new defense, it was all about guarding against one point, that is, the cavalry charge, which was the key to determining the outcome of the war, once the cavalry joined the fight, the battle was over.

Tens of thousands of people were piled up on the front line, the purpose was very clear, trapping the cavalry with a numerical advantage was not at all to capture the position, once the cavalry charged, it was very likely to fall into the quagmire and could not extricate themselves, which was also the reason why Mungo did not dare to attack easily.

The purpose of the coalition army is very clear, not to let their own cavalry attack, just like they do, to contain the enemy cavalry with fortifications, the enemy first to contain their own cavalry with a chaotic formation, to buy enough time, set up a second line of defense, and the final key is still in the cavalry.

The purpose of the enemy army is to invite the cavalry out of the battlefield, which is their ultimate goal, because the enemy knows one thing, if the concession cavalry is dispatched at the same time, it will not be far from defeat, and only by choking the enemy's hole cards can they be in the same position and the defense can be carried out smoothly.

If you want to attack, you must do a good job of defense, contain the cavalry with the greatest threat, and defense will get twice the result with half the effort, just like Mongo did, to contain the enemy's most powerful minions, and then based on the fortifications for defense, war is a process of mutual containment, containment and counter-containment coexist at the same time.

Staring at the map on the table, Meng Ge shook his head helplessly, in the end he was contained by his own tactics, and he was really right to say that everything was beneficial to him, this is the style of the coalition forces, the difference is that they changed their methods and won the opportunity to fight symmetrically at the cost of three or four thousand people.

The most difficult thing to decide on the battlefield is that at such a moment, the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, at the cost of a small part of his troops, let the decisive factors of the war change and achieve his own strategic goals, and the coalition forces are really more ruthless than one another.

Meng Ge smiled bitterly and threw down the pen in his hand, and immediately ordered: "Order, the whole army shrinks the front, and the leading generals of all departments will come back immediately!" Immediately convene an all-army meeting! ”

"No!" The herald on standby immediately went to give the order, and this order meant that the battle was over.

The coalition forces put such a formation, it is not easy to break it, it is their own thing, and Mongo himself is not sure to break it, who made him pursue perfection too much when he designed it, and now the headache has become his own, thinking about how to crack it.

If you have enough troops, Mongo can fight, and it may not be impossible to attack, but now the troops are really not enough, and the loss of a part of the troops will be very unfavorable to the next battle.

To put it simply, the coalition army can break the wrist of a strong man, but Mongo cannot, this kind of self-deprecating martial arts practice is not suitable for Mongo, and it can't be used, but the coalition army is also forced to be helpless, otherwise they will not choose this way.

Just as Mungo was thinking about what to do next, the military order had already been transmitted to all the departments, the left flank and the center immediately began to move, and the two armies immediately retreated to the initial defensive line, and the situation returned to the beginning of the situation, and the different coalition forces also set up the defensive line.

Although the two sides can be seen clearly from the position, but no one has the intention of making a move, the stalemate situation is formed again, the enemy army of Mongo's combination punch is stunned, the coalition army finally stopped the decline, put on their own formation, and is really not interested in the turtle shell Mongo.

After a while, all the soldiers of each ministry arrived on horseback, and the generals had doubts about Mongo's decision to close the defense line, and the situation that was finally opened was not easy to open up now, and now closing the defense line is tantamount to burying the advantage, and it is not easy to push it up again.

With a puzzled mood, Xia Houlan asked puzzledly: "General, the last general has a question, why did the defense line be closed at this time, and we should press it steadily!" ”

Meng Ge waved his hand and said with a smile: "Good question, the coalition army has already contained our cavalry, see for yourself, I have already drawn it, the coalition army has set up a line in front of the formation, almost exactly the same as our army, the cavalry battalion as a trump card, there is no use!" ”

While explaining, Mungo pointed out the defense line of the coalition army, as well as the function of the front, to contain the play of cavalry, which is the main strategy of the enemy, and at the same time set up a position to contain his own forces, so as to weaken the attack on the frontal battlefield, Mungo gave his analysis one by one.

The more Xu Huang and the others listened, the more difficult they felt, at this time the combat power was insufficient, and the dense defense was naturally difficult to break, if the forces were equal, they could compete with the enemy for positions, but now it was not necessary, because once they decided to attack, they would have to be killed with a stick, otherwise they were likely to be bitten back.

Xu Rong thought for a while, and then pointed out: "The goal of the coalition is to contain the cavalry, it seems that they have seen it, the key to determining the victory or defeat lies in the cavalry, and now the advantage of the cavalry is gone, it is indeed not suitable to attack, but it is not impossible to stalemate like this, and the coalition army has always been passive." ”

Xu Rong's words were agreed by most people, as soon as the coalition forces did not move, they would never be able to play an advantage, which would turn into a war of attrition, and the coalition forces were indeed more anxious.

"That's right, they don't dare to attack, I'll just drag it down, the most disadvantageous is the coalition army, it's just a pity, I can't swallow them, I always feel that something is missing!" Meng Ge was slightly helpless, originally thinking that this was an opportunity, a chance to swallow the coalition army.

Now it seems that the time is far from coming, the coalition response is very fast, fast beyond Mongo's expectations, which is also the reason why this time did not succeed, the purpose of the preemptive strike is only half completed, always a little less, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

It's half like watching the beauty take off, and suddenly she doesn't play anymore, and she always feels uncomfortable.

Looking at Mongo's dissatisfied look, all the generals were embarrassed, this is all like this, the coalition army was almost held down and beaten, and they were not satisfied, for Mongo's appetite, everyone felt a little scared, and they wanted to decide the winner in a battle, which was obviously unlikely.

The coalition forces have an absolute superiority in strength, it is impossible to make such a mistake, and they can always recover a little decline, and the Kwantung princes are not mediocre, at least not all mediocre talents, they are all the heroes of one side, and without a little ability, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it.

Ignoring Meng Ge, Zhang Liao stood up again and said: "In this case, is our army temporarily stationed here, confronting the enemy, or withdrawing to Hangu Pass!" ”

"The front line is too close, which is not conducive to playing, and it is true that we should consider retreating, but the coalition forces will not retreat easily, and we will not retreat tenderly, otherwise we will not be looked down upon by them, so let's be patient with him, make the enemy uncomfortable, and disturb them for a while every day, which is enough for them to drink a pot!"

For retreat, Mongo has no interest in retreating, since he has entered the army, there is no need to retreat, and now it is just a city that has been pulled back, and it is not yet time to retreat, but it is a coalition army, whether to retreat or not, it may not be up to them, and if they do not retreat, they will face attack again.

At the moment, neither side knows about the Tiger Pass, and Mungo has not taken this into account, if you think about the issue of the Tiger Pass, it seems unreasonable for the coalition forces not to retreat, but if they retreat further, it is still inappropriate, because Mungo will definitely stick to it, and stick to it.

The sticky coalition forces are completely crazy, there is no reason why the coalition forces don't understand, from this time they should be able to see that Mungo doesn't want to let them go at all, and there seems to be no way back if they want to retreat.

Compared with the ease on Mongo's side, the coalition army is bleak, not to mention the fat beating, and now they are forced to have no choice but to resist in this way, and it is strange that everyone in the coalition army can be in a good mood.

In the gloomy tent of the coalition army, Liu Dai fidgeted and said: "Alliance leader, what should I do now, I'm afraid that Meng Ge won't be able to fight back if this continues, is it still necessary for me to wait here?" ”

Yuan Shao's eyebrows suddenly raised, for Liu Dai, Yuan Shao was extremely annoying, and from time to time he popped out a few cool words, it seemed that he had plans to quit, but he didn't want to think about it, Meng Ge would make him feel better.

At that moment, Yuan Shaoqiang held back his anger and said: "Of course, let's wait for more troops, we can only increase our troops, exert more pressure on Guanzhong, and our side will be contained here, starting from the other two places, Meng Ge will never be separated, his strength is always limited, we still have a chance!" ”

Liu Dai stood up suddenly, and said excitedly: "Increase troops, this is easy to say, it will take time to mobilize troops from the rear again, and now Meng Ge is forcing me to wait, I'm afraid I won't have that opportunity!" Also, all places also need to be guarded, the Yellow Turban Army always has to be guarded, where did this soldier come from, of course, the alliance leader still has available soldiers in his hands, everyone here has soldiers to adjust, I don't have it! ”

After that, Liu Dai sat down with an unhappy face, his attitude was very clear, if you want to send troops, you will send troops yourself, he has no ability to continue to send troops, of course, he is telling the truth, the current strength is indeed his limit.

Troop strength is indeed a problem, increasing troops also needs to be increased, Liu Dai has no troops to increase, and others are no better, the troops that can be mobilized have been almost transferred, Cao Ying naturally doesn't need to say much, his family background has bottomed out, and now let him increase his troops, it is embarrassing for him.

Those who can have the ability to increase troops again in the tent are Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Tao Qian, but the number of troops that the four of them can use is also limited, and it is just a drop in the bucket.

At the moment of life and death, Yuan Shao was no longer stingy, and immediately said: "I have calculated, I can mobilize another 8,000 troops, and I will order the transfer!" ”

"I also have 5,000 troops to adjust, and I'll transfer it too!" Yuan Shu didn't shirk it this time.

Liu hesitated on the surface, thought about it and arched his hand: "Two Gao Yi, I can't lag behind, this force still has six thousand to adjust, but when it is needed, I am afraid that it will not be able to be mobilized in a short time!" ”

Tao Qian immediately echoed: "Me is the same, 6,000 troops can still be taken out, but the road is far away, and it will take a while just to pass the order, I'm afraid it's a little too late!" ”

The rest of Cao Ying had no soldiers to adjust, and said with a slight embarrassment: "It's not tight, Meng Ge won't be able to attack for a while and a half, and the mobilization time of troops is always enough, the two weapons I'm worried about, the giant crossbow and the strong crossbow, there are these two things, I'm waiting for the mouse bogey!" ”

Speaking of these two things, everyone feels a headache, the strong crossbow has a range advantage, the suppression ability is amazing, and the giant crossbow that killed that day almost made everyone present hate on the spot, who can not hate this thing.

Yuan Shao, who had a gloomy face, immediately said: "If it is made, I don't believe that only Meng Ge can be made, and we can't be beaten like this all the time, we must have the same weapons!" ”

"Naturally, it will be made, but with the efforts of our families, it will not be possible to build it in a short time, I hope that you will recruit craftsmen from all over the country and concentrate on developing new weapons, so as to get the same, or even better, weapons as soon as possible!"

"Good way, this method is good, now is the time of survival, joint development of weapons, it is not a bad way, it is better to just decide, I immediately sent someone to recruit craftsmen, but when the person arrives, where is it placed?" Yuan Shu suddenly raised the issue of placement.

The princes of the Kwantung region have looked at me, I look at you, where to develop it is a big problem, no one wants to fall into the hands of others, everyone wants to take advantage of it.

"Ahem, ahem!" Liu Biao hurriedly coughed a few words, and said in a low voice: "Everyone, I don't think it's appropriate to place it far away, so it's better to put it in Luoyang!" ”

"Luoyang!" Everyone pondered, this is a way, put it behind you, no one should worry about it, anyway, it is something in common.

Everyone knows that it is impossible to monopolize it, and this problem is no longer entangled, and finally Yuan Shao decided to set the location of the development of this weapon in Luoyang, and all parties sent personnel to participate at the same time.

The next phalanx of the coalition forces was also established, still aimed at Guanzhong, but temporarily shifted to a defensive posture, waiting for the right opportunity, and the birth of a new type of strong crossbow, and at the same time began to reorganize the armament and war, and gradually regain the disadvantage.

The idea is good, but Meng Ge will definitely not allow it, and the next thing is to see Meng Ge, as for what kind of posture Meng Ge will take, the Kwantung princes have no bottom in their hearts, so they can only take one step at a time.

Perhaps only he knows what Mongo intends to do......

(To be continued)