Chapter 437: Confrontation

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April day in the south of the Yangtze River, the season is unpredictable, cloudy and sunny, the day before yesterday was still thunderstorms, today is the sun shining. Since God is interesting enough, you can't live up to it, right? So the two armies sent messengers to each other, and the arrows sent messages to make an appointment to start a war.

Early in the morning, the drums thundered, the gate was wide open, and the two sergeants rushed out. The servants bear the load, the auxiliary guards are armed, the foot soldiers are arrayed, and the cavalry is on guard. Whether it is friend or foe, it is the same arrangement, and it is clear that there will be a collision of stones and iron balls.

Cao Cao sat on the green cover car, with a full bundle of armor, an iron helmet, and a sword upright, like a general. Although Cao Cao's strength at this time was the weakest among the three coalition armies, he was the highest in terms of former officials. Cao Cao's previous position was Yanzhou Mu, Liu Bei was the assassin of Yuzhou, and Sun Quan was only a county guard. But after the fiasco of Shouchun, the Cao family's elite was lost, and its strength plummeted, directly at the bottom. Moreover, because the official was pushed to the end, he was wanted all over the world, and he could not recruit soldiers, let alone get the manpower support of the resident family. The strength is weakening day by day, and it is difficult to rise.

At present, the strength of Sun Cao and Liu is compared, and Sun Quan is the strongest. Although the land of Jiangdong was lost and the troops were lost, the command was still full of talents, and the troops of Jiangxia were received, and the vitality was not damaged, and the strength was still there.

Liu Bei had the least number of troops, only more than 3,000 men (mainly Guan Yu buried 2,000 men and horses). But most of the old soldiers are quite powerful, just like sand, which seems small, but they have no teeth.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were a little more than Liu Bei, about 5,000, except for more than 1,000 soldiers in the battle of Jingling, most of them were county soldiers who stayed in Yuzhou. In the sequence of Cao's army, these soldiers are just miscellaneous soldiers between auxiliary pawns and regular pawns. After the brutal elimination of the war, a group of elites will emerge. However, there is one thing, there must be a suitable training target and training opportunity. Jiang Xiajun is a good sparring partner, but unfortunately it was too fast, and now their opponent is the Dragon Wolf Army.

At this moment, Cao Cao was staring at the banner of the word "music" in the opposite camp, so that the flank army array was cracked, and Cao Pi led Liu Bei's envoy Sun Gan to arrive, but he didn't pay attention.

Cao Pi and Sun Qian saluted Cao Cao on the chariot.

Cao Pi said: "Sun Changshi has a military situation to inform the general. ”

Cao Cao slowly turned his head. A smile appeared on his face: "Gongyu has worked hard. ”

Sun Qian arched his hand and said: "Don't dare, it's the three generals who spy on the enemy, and they just relay what they have gained, and it's the three generals who really work hard." ”

Cao Cao's smile did not decrease: "Yide works hard." Gongyou's hard work is really a mysterious arm, which is really enviable. ”

Sun Qian also smiled: "Cao Gong has Wenruo, and he is better than me." ”

Cao Cao was gloomy for a while. He sighed and was speechless for a moment.

Xun Yu is indeed a first-class talent, but it's a pity. He can only use his brain at the moment, but he can't move, and he often gets sick. After consulting Jianghuai famous doctors, the results of the diagnosis were all less than two years to live, and there was no more than one year left at this time......

At this time, he heard Sun Qian's report: "The person who came is the chief general of the right army of the Dragon Wolf Army, and the general of Zhennan is Le Jin......"

Cao Cao patted the wheel: "Sure enough, it's this guy!" ”

Sun Qian continued: "There is also the school captain Gao Lan behind. ”

Cao Cao's face was a little solemn: "Gao Yuanbo is a famous general in Hebei, not to be underestimated." ”

Sun Qian said again: "There are a large number of ships on the Bashui River, which are the Dragon and Wolf Naval Army, and the main general is Li Dian, the left governor of the Naval Army......"

Cao Cao's face was even more ugly, not because of jealousy, but because of hatred. His decay began with this man. But in an instant, Cao Cao's face was also like the weather in the south of the Yangtze River, turning from cloudy to sunny, and he smiled. It's interesting now, two former subordinates are here, and they are still opponents. So, whether it is the former lord Gongqiang or the former subordinates who are fierce, you can see the real chapter today.

Sun Qian then reported: "Judging from the current situation, Lejin will be the vanguard of the main general, leading more than 2,000 paces to ride, day and night, and will arrive at Shigouzi in two days. It has been reported that the thousands of foot soldiers commanded by Gao Ran are on an urgent march and are still half a day's journey away; And Li Dian's army has not yet set off. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, this was an opportunity.

Sun Qian also smiled: "Xuan Degong also thinks that it is a good opportunity to break the enemy. ”

Originally, this confrontation was just a battle to test contact, but now it seems that it may be possible to go all out.

Cao and Liu's combined army, a total of 8,000 men and horses, regardless of the main and auxiliary soldiers, but all brave and brave, must go into battle, so that at least 5,000 available soldiers. Among them, there were 300 cavalry, 100 Cao Jun, and 200 Liu Bei. All are elite. Liu Bei had 100 horsemen, and Guan Zhang had 50 horsemen each, all of whom were white soldiers.

And Cao Cao's hundred horsemen were the elite servants who stayed in Yuzhou to guard Xun Yu. Cao Cao didn't expect that his act of caring for his subordinates would leave the last bit of elite seed for himself. Not to mention all the soldiers and horses he has on hand, all from Xun Yu's efforts. Every time he thought of it, Cao Cao felt emotional and sentimental.

Five thousand against two thousand, the strength has an advantage, and once Gao Ran and Lejin join forces, the two armies will be even. When Li Dian came, I was afraid that it would be the turn of others to take advantage.

Take advantage of Le Jin's light army to advance and defeat him with all his might, Gao Ran and Li Dian will hesitate, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, the two generals will be defeated, and this battle will be won.

Knock knock knock. The sound of earth-shattering drums came from the other side, interrupting Cao Cao's reverie. looked up, but saw that Lejin's army had been arranged, and then looked at his own soldiers and Liu Bei's right-wing army formation, which was almost finished.

Cao Cao pressed his sword and got up, pedaled the wheel, and looked at his neck, and suddenly smiled: "The army of Lejin can be broken." ”

Cao Cao is very good at finding the flaws of the opponent from the enemy's arrangement. The dragon and wolf infantry on the other side of the river are quite scattered, almost like his Yuzhou Xinding, it seems that he is also a recruit. If the enemy is unstable, there is an opportunity.

After listening to his father's teachings, Cao Pi looked around for a long time, and he also saw something. After just being happy for a while, he frowned and said, "Could this be a trap set by Lejin?" After all, he is a striker, and it stands to reason that he should be an elite. ”

Cao Cao smiled: "It's good that my son can think more." However, I have been fighting for my father for many years, and I dare not say anything else, whether the unstable formation of an army is true or false, and it can still be seen......"

Cao Pi hurriedly pleaded guilty, but Cao Cao just smiled and waved his hand.

Is Cao Cao looking away, or is Le Jin showing weakness to the enemy?

The answer is that Cao Cao is not mistaken, and Lejin is also showing weakness to the enemy. It sounds paradoxical, but the truth is like this.

Lejin's vanguard army has a total of 2,300 men, excluding the more than 2,000 pure soldiers, and nearly 300 are auxiliary soldiers. Auxiliaries, as an important logistical force, are indispensable to any army. Of course, you can't expect the auxiliary pawns to be able to expel the spirit of the main pawn array.

Le Jin played a little trick here, he mixed the auxiliary pawn into the main stroke, as the main combat force. And the nearly thousand dragon wolf horsemen were divided into two, half of them were in battle, and half were hidden in camouflageβ€”at least Zhang Fei, who was in charge of reconnaissance, failed to detect the anomaly.

The auxiliary pawns mixed into the main pawns will naturally have an impact on the arrangement of troops, and the kind of chaos and disharmony from time to time cannot escape Cao Cao's vicious eyes. There is also a more important point that the weakness of the barbarian battalion on the other side, which is formed in a separate formation, is the arrangement of troops.

Strictly speaking, the Barbarian Battalion is a special force and can be used for surprise soldiers rather than regular soldiers. The barbarians are brave and strong, but discipline is a weakness, so it is actually quite difficult for them to line up in close formation and fight the enemy army as a group. It took Lejin five times more time training than the average army to barely get these muscles to grow into a so-so phalanx. This fell in the eyes of Cao Cao, a master of the art of war, and naturally became a sign of insufficient training of "new Ding".

I have to say that due to Cao Cao's successive failures and continuous retreat to the south, he did not have a deep understanding of the Dragon Wolf Army, at least he didn't know that Lejin actually had an unheard of barbarian battalion.

So, Cao Cao was not mistaken, but he missed it; And Le Jin's weakness is also a bit excessive, and there is a tendency to become really weak - of course, if you don't do this, you can't let Cao Cao be tricked.

Cao Cao informed Liu Bei on the right wing of his observations and analysis through Sun Qian, and at the same time revealed his plan. Soon, Sun Qian returned and arched his hand: "Only Cao Gong's order is obeyed." ”

The plan was decided, Cao Cao called Xiahou Yuan, and Liu Bei ordered someone to inform Zhang Fei and start their own actions.

In order to cover up the surprise operation, the frontal military formation must also move. Liu Beijun on the right wing galloped out first, with a long knife on a red horse, a flying robe, and a sonorous iron armor, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the wooden bridge of the tributary of the water, and pointed at the long knife: "A certain is the head of the east Guan Yun of the river." Le Wenqian, it is said that he is the first to ascend to the Dragon and Wolf Army, and he is brave and sharp. Come on, you and I will fight it out on this water-lifting bridge, so that the officers and men of the three armies can see clearly who is the first to ascend. ”

Hearing this, Le Jin smiled faintly, raised his hand, signaled to spread left and right, held a spear and a shield, and came out of the crowd, and said in a loud voice: "Guan Yunchang, whether to ascend first is not to be braver than anyone, but to see who dares to take the city first." A certain expedition to three Koreas, the destruction of seventeen walled cities, thirteen times first, in which battle did you have the first move? ”

Guan Yu said that he had been a general in a thousand armies, but he really had never attacked the fortifications first. Before he could feel ashamed, the next sentence almost made him vomit blood.

What Le Jin said was: "...... Guan Yunchang, it seems that you are waiting for those who fell into the water and fled, you are not worthy of fighting with me Lejin will show off your martial arts, so change your brother Zhang Yide! As for you, you should find an opportunity to challenge a certain family owner, whether you win or lose, you can prove your courage again. At that time, if you want to fight with me, Le will accompany you at any time! ”

This is a ...... in the face Guan Yu's face was not particularly red, but now it was really oozing blood.

"Ahh

Guan Yu was furious, but he didn't have the face to seriously rush forward to challenge Le Jin, and he was angry, all gathered on the blade, and slashed down in anger.

Click! Bang!

A good wooden bridge was cut in half by him with a single sword, and the broken wood splashed everywhere, flying like rain, and fell into the middle of the river. (To be continued......)