But all the generals will watch the formation.

It is to infer the combat effectiveness of the enemy army from all the details such as the arrangement of the opponent's military formation, the morale of the soldiers, and the armor and equipment. There are even some powerful famous generals, just by watching the battle, they can completely know the reality of the enemy army.

Zhang Xutuo was also watching the battle, he rushed from Shandong to Liaodong, one person and two horses along the way, and even all the logistics grain and grass were all transported by war horses, fighting for such a line of time. It's just that after all, he has been delayed too much time because of the battle against Lu Mingyue, and when he first arrived in Beiping, he had already heard Chen Qing, the general of the Liaodong camp who was in the army, say that the Liao people had begun to besiege the city.

After traveling day and night all the way, he finally crossed the Liao River today, and did not give the enemy a chance to refuse by the river. However, seeing the number of people on the other side, he was still a little heavy. At this glance, there are at least 100,000 horses in the opposing formation, and Chen Qing, the general of the Liaodong camp, said that there are now more than 500,000 allied troops of various ethnic groups in Liaodong under the city of Liaodong. When he thought of this terrifying number, even the victorious ones made him deeply worried.

The soldiers and horses under his command are indeed very strong, but what few people know is that the Eight Winds Battalion is actually an infantry fighting vehicle formation. At the time of each battle, the outermost chariot was equipped with antlers to deal with the horses, the infantry and archers in the middle, and the cavalry in the innermost.

At the time of the battle, the entire formation was unusually solid, which meant that it was impervious to wind and rain in all directions. The soldiers and horses of the Eight Winds Battalion relied on the Eight Winds Array to fight a defensive counterattack, first using chariots as a battalion, and then constantly advancing like a wall. With their sturdy chariots and sharp antlers, their infantry could advance in formation without fear of the cavalry overwhelming the formation. Under the impact of these solid formations, few soldiers and horses can stop it.

And as long as the enemy army can't stop it, whether it is a rout or a retreat, at this time, the Eight Winds Array will open a gap, and the cavalry in the middle will gallop out to give the enemy a fatal blow. It is precisely with this eight-wind array that he can gallop across Shandong and Henan, creating an undefeated myth.

If this battle was in the Central Plains, and he still had a complete Eight Winds Battalion, then he was not afraid of the hundreds of thousands of Liao troops in front of him. After watching it for so long, he has already seen that this army is not strong, I am afraid it is just a second-line army. There are very few truly elite troops, only the middle few cavalry units are really fierce.

Using the Eight Winds Camp to rush this array, he was completely sure. But at the moment, he only had more than 18,000 tired soldiers, although they were all cavalry, but their numbers were too small, and for an array of 100,000 people, they lacked a critical and powerful impact.

Prime Minister Su Weinian is over seventy, although he has always been in good health, and he is childish, but he is also an old man after all. After a month of continuous upheaval, people are about to fall apart. Originally, according to Zhang Xutuo's intention, he left a team to escort him and slowly came to Liaodong. However, at this time, Su Wei was a little panicked, worried that Yang Guang would take the opportunity to kill him, although it was hard, he didn't dare to joke with his life.

"General Zhang, how did this Liao people get so many soldiers and horses, how can this be good?" 100,000 soldiers and horses used to be just a symbol in those movements he had seen, but today he really saw 100,000 people with his own eyes, which is definitely different. It's boundless, you can't see the end from afar, and you can't figure out how many people there are.

Zhang Xutuo's face was full of perseverance, "Lord Xiangguo, please rest assured, when the war starts, I will send a team of men and horses to escort you and Lord Huang, you just follow them closely." Although there are 100,000 Liao people in front of me, they are just a group of local chickens and dogs in front of me. ”

Chen Qing said with some hesitation, "General, why don't our army confront the Liao people here for the time being, let's send someone to Liaodong City to report first, and ask Chen Dashuai to send someone out of the city to pick up?" "There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Liaodong camp, if Chen Kefu is notified to let him go out of the city to respond, then there should be no problem.

Although the young general Luo Shixin is young, he is a member of Zhang Xutuo's subordinates and has followed the veteran for several years. He carried a big iron gun like Zhang Xutuo, with a cold face and a disdainful expression, "Don't say 100,000 people, even 200,000 soldiers and horses, we have also fought, these 100,000 people I don't think they are strong, as long as there is a charge, the absolute cabin will defeat this army of soldiers and horses." Dashuai, I would like to be the pioneer and rush to the front. ”

Qin Shubao saw that Luo Shixin asked for an order, and he was also busy on the horse, and saluted and said, "Dashuai, the last general is also willing to go together!" ”

"Dashuai, let them also bring me Lao Cheng, my Lao Cheng has just joined the army, how can I go into battle and sell my strength, kill him dozens of Liao dogs to make a meritorious service." Cheng Biting Jin is not far behind. ,

Su Wei still said with some hesitation, "Zhang Shuai, I think it is still General Chen who said it safely, if you can let Chen Dashuai send a team of soldiers and horses to respond, there will definitely be no problem." It's better for us to be safe, and it's not too late to discuss how to defeat the enemy when we join forces. ”

In the whistling north wind, Zhang Xutuo was silent for a while, but still said, "Xiangguo doesn't know, there are more than 500,000 people in this Liao coalition army surrounding Liaodong City, and there are only about 100,000 people in front of him. Therefore, Ben will guess that he is afraid that the remaining soldiers and horses are still besieging Liaodong City, and he is afraid that Chen Dashuai will receive our news, and he may be able to go out of the city to meet us. Besides, His Majesty ordered that Chen Dashuai in Liaodong should have been reinforced, and how could he let Chen Dashuai come to help first. ”

"The general has made up his mind, so you don't need to say it anymore. After a while, Luo Ganxin and Qin Shubao were the vanguard, taking the lead in rushing into battle, and the general was the Chinese army, and Cheng Yanjin led a thousand soldiers and horses to protect the safety of Xiangguo and Lord Huang. As for General Chen, you take a group of men and horses around the battlefield, rush back to Liaodong City first, and inform Chen Dashuai that our army will go to Liaodong City later, and ask them to prepare to open the city gate to respond. ”

After the battle plan was assigned, another half an hour passed, and the 18,000 cavalry under Zhang Xutuo were replaced with the war horses that had already been recuperated. The 18,000 people were divided into 5,000 in the front army, 52,000 in the middle army, and 1,000 in the rear army.

The north wind was tight, and the snow in the sky did not stop at all.

Standing on top of the snow for a long time, a lot of snow accumulated on everyone's body. The soldiers raised their spears and swords one after another, and jumped on their horses one by one, ready to attack.

Zhang Xutuo's face was covered with blood, his face was red from the cold, and his division raised the big iron spear in his hand and pointed at the Liao army. The sound of a long horn sounded, and Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin took the lead and took the lead. A full five thousand cavalry followed closely behind, shouted and rushed straight towards the position of the formation.

A fierce battle began, Zhang Xutuo led the army to follow, and the soldiers who had been fighting in the Central Plains for a long time were not afraid of the Liao army that was five or six times their size. One by one, they rushed towards the enemy like wolves and tigers, bows and arrows, riding spears, horizontal knives, and all kinds of weapons flew up.

In front of these Liao people, although the soldiers of the Eight Winds Battalion had no chariots and no antlers to resist horses, they were just as indomitable. With the tacit understanding of the cavalry, a group of charged.

Just as a farmer harvests wheat in the autumn, the Liao people and slaves fall with a stubble.

There were 130,000 soldiers, but in fact, there were only 30,000 soldiers. The three major generals of Goguryeo, Yuan Tai is good at attacking, Gao Jianwu is good at defending, and the strongest Eulji Wende is the strongest is still his plan. He was like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, and he was wounded when he didn't do it.

In order to achieve this decisive victory, Etozhi Wende worked out a sophisticated plan overnight. Even this plan... It was tailor-made for Zhang Xutuo, he knew that Zhang Xutuo was powerful,

So from the beginning, I didn't plan to face off against this famous Sui general.

Of the 210,000 horses, Zhang Xutuo not only set up an ambush along the road, but also brought the 130,000 people to the river, except for 30,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, all the 100,000 people were slaves and people. Such an array will inevitably be unable to stop the Sui army. And he didn't think about using it to defeat or even block the Sui army. The role of these 130,000 horses is only to be defeated.

Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin had already opened a gap in the Liao people's array with just one charge. In such a situation, even Luo Shixin, who shouted that he could defeat the Liao army with a single charge, couldn't believe it.

However, this young killer demon king would not stop and think why, he rushed straight towards the commander of the Liao army with his men and horses. Now that the army has been broken, then he has to kill the generals and capture the flag.

Gao Jianwu led more than 5,000 elite Goguryeo cavalry to kill in the sloping field, and withstood the stormy attacks of Luo Shixin and Qin Shubao. It's a pity that it lasted only half an hour, and Zhang Xutuo's Chinese army had completely broken through the large array, and more than 10,000 cavalry rushed to it.

With this new force, Gao Jianwu, who had been struggling to support, seemed to be unable to support it anymore, and one cavalry after another fell. Gao Jianwu originally planned to lead troops up to block for a while, not to let the entire big array lose so quickly and so easily. But who would have thought that Sui Jun was afraid of the strong impact that would simply shock him.

Those two young generals were actually not afraid of death, and they were completely desperate to lead people to the impact of one bō after another. The elite Goguryeo cavalry around him fell one after another, and Gao Jianwu felt a chill in his heart. He doesn't have to pretend anymore, they really lost, and they lost so quickly.

In the north wind, the snow was still flying, Gao Jianwu looked up at the sky, although there was still a distance from the agreed time of defeat. But he can't stop it anymore, and if he holds on, he will really become a prisoner of the Sui army.

Facing the cavalry with less than 2,000 people left around him, Gao Jianwu yelled, "Withdraw!" ”

A team of flag guards followed behind Gao Jianwu tightly with the handsome flag, turned their horses' heads, and retreated in the direction of Liaodong City.