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Knock knock knock! Boom Boom!

The footsteps of thousands of people, stepping on the heavy rhythm of the drum, stirred up the yellow dust in the sky. In the misty smoke and dust, three infantry phalanxes, a full 3,000 soldiers, shields like walls, spears like forests, pressed towards Yuan's army.

The Montenegrin coalition attacked.

Under the suppression of Yuan Junyao's array, the morale of the Montenegrin coalition army was exhausted, and if they did not muster up the remaining courage and launch an attack quickly, their morale would fall again and again. On the side of the Montenegrin coalition army, they are all generals who are old in the battle formation, how can they not know the reason. So Zhang Yan sent 3,000 troops at once.

The 3,000 army was divided into three phalanxes, each belonging to one side: the left flank was Geng Zhi's Duliao battalion, the right flank was Yishou's Jizhou army, and the center was the army of the Black Mountain Army. These three armies are all elite, especially the Montenegrin army Wang Dang, he and Sun Qing are Zhang Yan's right and left hands, Sun Qing is the cavalry captain, he is the infantry military captain, in the Ling Emperor Zhongping years, he followed Zhang Yan to fight in all directions, can be described as the elder of the Montenegrin army.

The Montenegrin coalition said that it was 50,000 infantry troops, but when it was really put on the battlefield, it was not even 30,000. In ancient times, large armies needed a large number of auxiliary soldiers, servants, retinues and other logistical personnel, who accounted for at least half of an army. Although it is basically not considered combat effectiveness, it is an indispensable part of an army. In ancient times, when calculating the number of an army, it was absolutely necessary to count all of them, and it was not even enough, and they exaggerated five or ten times out of thin air, as if a large number of people could scare and paralyze the opponent.

Even a generation of heroes Cao Cao did this, in the battle of Chibi, he dared to say 800,000 when he opened his mouth! I'm afraid that counting all the livestock in the barracks is not enough.

Soldiers of the Montenegrin coalition army. Not to mention the cavalry, if you talk about the infantry alone, there are only more than 25,000 people, which also includes the newly defeated army, such as Liu Shi, Zuo Xiao, Qingniujiao and other dock fort soldiers, these soldiers who have just escaped from Chaoge have lost their sharpness, and they can't go to the battlefield at all, and they are all arranged by Zhang Yan to defend the city.

In the first duel now, Zhang Yan would certainly not be arrogant enough to want to destroy this dynasty, so he only led 10,000 infantry troops. Three thousand cavalry went into battle. 10,000 infantry troops, 5,000 auxiliaries, in fact, he only led 5,000 soldiers. That is to say, the real ones who can fight are the 5,000 soldiers and the 2,000 cavalry - the same is true for this cavalry, in addition to the knights, there are also retinues, these people must also be counted, but in fact they are only horsemen and retinues. Don't count on war. Fortunately, most of them are horsemen, and most of them do not have horsemen and retinues, because they themselves are the best horsemen.

However, there were 5,000 soldiers, and Zhang Yan took out 3,000 at once. It is conceivable that this opening battle is determined to win.

At this moment, the side of the Montenegrin coalition army is behind the large array of the Chinese army. Jizhou Mu Hushou was stationed at Ma Li, raised his whip and pointed at Yuan Jun opposite, and said to Geng Zhi, the general of Duliao beside him: "Yuan Shao Pifu." seems to be loyal, but in fact, it harbors evil intentions, pretends to be an official, regards the law of the court as nothing, and does not punish it. ”

Geng Zhi nodded, took over the conversation and said: "Our army is powerful, and we are invincible, so you don't have to worry, Yuan Shao is just a reckless man, and it is easy to punish him." ”

The two of them looked at the first general in the formation, this person was dressed in black armor, about thirty years old, with a narrow face, long eyebrows and sideburns, shining eyes, a high nose bridge, a strong lower palate and a hard short mustache, giving people a tough feeling. He sat on a yellow horse, with long hands and feet, as if he could touch the ground as soon as his legs were straightened.

This person is the leader of the Black Mountain Army, known as "Feiyan", Zhang Yan. He had always been confident in his cavalry. Cheng Lian Yao's array, although the gallop is amazing, but if he goes out on his own, he only needs to allow him to get close to ten paces, and he will kill this person. It's just that he is the commander of the army, and he is the winner or loser of this battle, and this kind of fighting in front of the battle is not what a general should do. And several times under his command, there is really no one who is this Cheng Lian's opponent, and in desperation, he can only choose to attack.

Yao Array lost, but the Decisive Array couldn't lose! Yuan Shao wants to win the first battle, and so does Zhang Yan!

In this compartment, Yuan Jun frequently waved flags on the lookout, and the heralds with various colors of order flags on their backs galloped into the battle, conveying military orders to the generals of various armies and handing over order flags. Then the generals of each army followed the instructions and conveyed them to the military commanders, military marquis, hundred generals, and team leaders one by one. From top to bottom, after the military order was issued, the army began to act.

Ma Han saw a series of command processes of Yuan Jun in his eyes, although the distance was very far, and there were some specific things that he could not see or could not see clearly, but with his experience in commanding operations many times, he could almost figure it out after guessing and pondering. He paid special attention to the fact that Yuan Jun's whole process from receiving orders to preparing for battle took less than a moment, although it was not as good as his white wolf cavalry, but for the infantry, it was already very good. In this way, Yuan's army was a well-trained army.

Hehe, the Yuan army is well-trained, and the Montenegrin army is strong and strong, and this battle has to be fought.

Ma Han's eyes couldn't help but extend to the south, looking beyond Lixu, on the mound, the man and horse who were as white as silver and red as fire. Surrounded by the surrounding area, the influence of the tall and low buildings is like a group of wild beasts that choose people to eat, patrolling not far away.

What role will this person play in this fierce battle?

Zhang Yan sent his right-hand man Wang Dang to command the army to attack, and Yuan Shao also sent his generals, the general Chun Yuqiong, to command 3,000 infantry to meet the enemy, and at the same time ordered Lü Bu's left army and Gao Gan's right army to send cavalry to protect the two wings of the attacking infantry army.

Yuan Shao's subordinates, who have the title of general, have only two people at the moment, one is Fu Zhu, and the other is Chun Yuqiong. When Chun Yuqiong was in the Lingdi Dynasty, he was an old qualified general, one of the eight captains of the West Garden, and Yuan Shao. After taking refuge in Yuan Shao, regardless of fame and qualifications, he was only under Yuan Shao and was the head of the generals, but in terms of ability, he was only medium in Yuan's army. However, fighting this kind of frontal battle is the director of Chun Yuqiong, a general who was born as a regular officer, and Yuan Shao is still very discerning in using this person to command the first battle.

The army of 6,000 marched on drums, with the same number of each other, close in equipment, and even the same arrangement, with swords and shields in front and spears and halberds in the middle. Archers are in the rear. Looking at the situation, it is estimated that even the tactics are similar. This is a head-to-head duel without tricks, and its victory or defeat is enough to test which is stronger and which is weaker.

Six thousand infantry, lined up in six large phalanxes, marched in the opposite direction. Chun Yuqiong led a hundred horsemen to stand behind the formation, and similarly, Wang Dang on the opposite side was also protected by more than 100 horsemen, commanding from afar. Each of the 6,000 infantry corps had six generals directly commanding the battle.

When the two armies approached 100 paces, the rear command flag waved at the same time. And there was the sound of a long horn, and then Ma Han saw nearly a thousand archers in the back of the Yuan army, and they pulled out arrows from the quiver on their backs, stretched their bows and arrows, and raised them diagonally.

When the front of the two armies approached 50 paces, the horn sounded again, and the generals at all levels gave orders one after another.

The next moment, the archers loosened their strings in unison, and a thunderous sound sounded in front of the two armies. The arrows are like locusts, striking or staggering in mid-air, with strong potential energy. Run towards each other's goals.

At the same moment, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row and the spearmen in the middle shouted loudly, quickened their pace, and rushed towards the enemy. Equally. The infantry of the Montenegrin coalition army also raised spears and shields and came in a hedge.

Puff puff puff!

Arrows rained down and splashed a large mist of blood. The screams were mixed with the sound of the charge, which was both exhilarating and weak. Many of the soldiers who had been shot in the vital position fell, and they died in a moment, but they were trampled into flesh by the chaotic charging footsteps. Some of the wounded soldiers reluctantly ran away from both sides of the formation, and the sergeants behind them dragged them back. The army rushed by, leaving corpses behind them......

Bang bang!

The deafening dull crash resounded, and the soldiers in the front rows of the two armies finally collided with each other, and many shields were shattered, and in an instant, swords and spears were thrown out, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The Han army's infantry warfare was mainly based on stabbing, whether it was a gun, a spear or a knife, they all paid attention to stabbing, and the so-called stabbing to death and slashing was also. The ring-head knife is not the thick-backed machete with a wide palm in later generations, but a thin-waisted straight knife, and if you chop, you often can't break the armor shield, but you can.

At this time, the two armies squeezed each other into a pile, people squeezed people, people pressed people, and each other used shields to resist, no matter whether they stabbed knives, guns and spears, they could only poke on the shields, and it was difficult to hurt the enemy. At this time, you have to use a halberd. The halberd of the Han Dynasty is actually a variant of Ge, similar to Ge in shape, with a spearhead and a horizontal branch, which is low cost and easy to install in large quantities. Only the military generals use halberds, only to be more elegant, mostly single-sided crescent-shaped, double-sided crescent halberds are very few, only a very small number of strong generals will use, such as Lu Bu, Gan Ning, etc.

At this moment, the two armies collided, squeezed and stabbed each other, and it was the time when the halberd came into play. However, after seeing that the halberd soldiers in the formation were crowded into the sword and shield soldiers, they waved their halberds high and slashed at the enemy's sword and shield soldiers from top to bottom.

Puff puff! The sharp horizontal branches pierced through the heads and shoulders wrapped in black and green scarves, stuck in the skulls and bodies, and could not be pulled out, and the blood gushed out. Whether it is the halberd soldiers of the Yuan Army or the Black Mountain Army, they all have rich experience, and after the halberd branch breaks the brain, basically don't want to pull it out. They quickly let go, took another halberd from behind, raised it high again, and slashed it down......

Under the blows of the halberd soldiers of the two armies like weeding, the sword and shield soldiers fell in large pieces, gradually revealing the spearmen in the formation, losing the protection of the shield, and almost every time they stabbed, there would be soldiers screaming and falling. The battle entered the bloodiest moment.

Arrows continued to fall from the sky, provoking screams; The halberd is like a hoe, bringing up a rain of blood; Swords and guns are like bushes, annihilating every life. Only this parched land has been rewarded the most, and it has been filled with an endless supply of blood......

At the critical moment when the two armies were fighting, a dense sound of hooves like drums sounded, and the left and right flanks of the Montenegrin coalition army finally moved.

The left Karasuma and the right Tu each rushed out with three hundred horses, like a sharp cone, straight into the left and right flanks of the Yuan army. The purpose was very obvious, to defeat the cavalry of the Yuan army and break the infantry army of the Yuan army from both flanks.

Hu cavalry flew like a fly, and dozens of steps away was a rain of arrows, and immediately shot down dozens of Yuan Jun horses.

The cavalry on the right flank of Yuan's army was commanded by Jiang Qi, the cavalry commander, who was furious when he saw this, and personally led 200 cavalry to assault and melee with the Karasuma cavalry on the left flank.

On the right flank, the cavalry is different, and they have another threat - more than 20 cavalry of Lu Bu, who is looking at the wolf.

Tu's soldiers were divided into two routes, one hundred cavalry rushed to the soil slope to besiege and kill Lu Bu, and the other two hundred cavalry went straight to the cavalry led by Zhang Liao.

And almost at the moment when Tu everyone had just divided their troops, a tiger roared, and the sound shook the sky, almost overshadowing the shouts of thousands of people on the battlefield. Immediately, a shadow of fire came into view, like a runaway train, galloping, and rushed towards Tu Gebai's hundreds of horsemen.

Ma Han's heart jumped violently! Lu Bu, the god of war, has shot! (To be continued......)