The birds in the grass in the forest were startled and flew into the air like a thick black cloud. Under the clouds, countless flags waved, converging into turbulent waves, and the generals shouted and issued the order to advance......

On the second day of the fourth month of the third year of the New Han Dynasty, at the foot of Longshan Mountain, twenty miles west of Jiaoyang City, two princes' armies from the extreme east and the extreme west fought a decisive battle here!

"There are more than a thousand Qiang cavalry on the right flank trying to charge the formation!"

"Captain Qin has already led his men and horses to meet him!"

"The enemy on the right flank is spreading formation, trying to outflank our troops from the flank! Captain Huang asks for instructions, can you mobilize crossbowmen to attack him head-on! ”

With a scale of more than 100,000 people, entering the battlefield is quite a complicated process. On the battlefield that is beneficial to one side, the other side may not necessarily cooperate, and the battlefield that maintains tacit understanding will often be some distance away from the camps of both sides. And going from the camp to the preset battlefield is also impossible for the wife to be peaceful all the time.

The Xiliang Army was originally more active, and was rewarded by the forwards, and the speed of reaction was also very fast. A ** unit drove out of the company camp like flowing water, and successively met the sudden Qingzhou army. Now that the army is marching, it is a perfect opportunity to easily break up as a result of common sense.

Of course, for a strong army like the Qingzhou Army, in such a situation, as long as you don't make mistakes, these harassments are not a big trouble.

The light cavalry of the Tempest Army was already in place, scattered around the army, while reconnoitring the enemy's situation and reporting at any time, it was also to shield the battlefield and prevent the enemy's scout cavalry from having the opportunity to get close to the battle.

Although there are many steep places around Bingzhou, there are also many flat areas in the central area, especially in the area where Fenshui and Zhaoyuze meet, not only the terrain is conducive to the deployment of troops, but also the field of vision is very broad, not to mention the ambush of the army, even if it is a single scout, it is not so easy to find a hiding place.

The heralds carrying colorful order flags ran back and forth in the Chinese army like a marquee, and military information and battle reports converged like flowing water. Although there is a lot of military information, Wang Yu is not in a hurry, because many military situations do not require him to give orders.

There are many troops to a certain extent, and the time for sending orders back and forth will become quite delayed, similar to the situation of enemy cavalry harassment, our army to meet the attack, etc., can be completely determined by the generals themselves.

The process of this kind of small-scale contact war is very simple. Cavalry on both sides were facing each other, and the cavalry of the Tempest cavalry had the upper hand, sprinkling several waves of arrows before making contact, disrupting the enemy's array, and then crushing the enemy's brigade and completely strangling.

Because it was a harassment, the Xiliang Army sent out was not an elite force, and it was not distressed if it was defeated. The leader of the tribe gathered the rout, and the rest of the men and horses only divided into two thousand horses and came from afar, not so much to receive rescue, but to use this defeated army as a bait to try to outflank the pursuing Tempest.

Qin Feng can also be regarded as a veteran of the battlefield, of course he will not be calculated so simply, after observing the movements of the two enemy cavalry a little, he immediately stopped the war horse and gave the order to retreat.

When Wang Yu climbed the high ground to watch the enemy's formation, what he saw was the scene of the two Qiang cavalry returning in vain and retreating. It is said to be a high ground, but in fact it is just a mound by the river, but fortunately, the surrounding terrain is flat enough that the view here is quite open.

Wang Yu and the generals and guards around him are all experienced in a hundred battles, but this is the first time to participate in a big battle of this scale, and when they reach a high place and look in the direction of the enemy formation, everyone is quiet.

The rhetoric of the literati is more exaggerated, and the words 'million army' can often be seen in history books, but in a thousand years, the battle where 100,000 troops really gathered is already a great war that shakes the past and the present, and the current scene of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses gathering in the Xiliang Army brings unprecedented shock.

"Haohao soup soup, boundless, it is good to describe the Hanhai Lake, and it is quite appropriate to describe the scenery in front of you!" Wang Yu sighed slightly, and then asked Tai Shici: "Ziyi, what do you think after seeing this black oppressive and boundless piece?" ”

"Of course it'......" Tai Shi Ci pointed at the enemy formation with a spear, and said arrogantly: "Now you can have a good time!" ”

"General Ziyi said it well!" Ji Ling grinned, and also echoed: "The gathering of more than 200,000 people is indeed shocking, but it is just a local chicken and a dog, not the opponent of our army." ”

Seeing the momentum of the enemy army, coupled with the defeat in Zixian, it was difficult to retain the recruits with less seniority and wavered. Wang Yu deliberately ordered Tai Shici, who was famous for his bravery, to come out and answer, the purpose was to boost morale.

Seeing that the atmosphere was no longer as solemn as before, Wang Yu also reined in his mind and began to observe the situation on the battlefield.

The nearby terrain has long been made into a sand table, and the whole army is aware of it, and now what we need to understand is the deployment of the Xiliang army, which can only be known on the battlefield.

Although there is still a distance, because the scale of the Xiliang Army is too large, we can already know an approximate situation here, and the army of more than 200,000 is vaguely a crane wing array. The left and right flanks of the entire array are unusually thick, but the Chinese army is relatively weak.

Of course, when the army reaches a scale of more than 100,000, the formation can no longer put on any tricks, let alone Ma Chao, even if Xu Rong and Cao ** join forces, don't want to use so many troops to put out the car and hang the formation.

"It's decent, not out of the two wings of oppression, the central breakthrough routine, even if you can't break through, you can form a melee and give full play to the advantage of troops."

After a rough look, Wang Yu didn't stop much, shook the reins, and rode his horse back to his own position. The thick wings of the Western Liang Army were half infantry, while the relatively thin Chinese Army was an all-cavalry force.

Obviously, this tactic is likely to be to outflank and oppress with thick flanks first, and then the Chinese army will use assault tactics to storm their own Chinese army, whether they can attack it or not, they can create enough pressure. If you break through, you won, and if you can't break through, you will drown with crowd tactics.

This kind of modest tactic may not seem very clever, but in this situation, it is a very effective tactic with the fewest flaws. Ma Chao made such an arrangement, which shows that although he won a rare victory, he was not carried away by the victory and was very sober.

As more and more troops of the Western Liang Army arrived on the battlefield, the frequency of cavalry attacks also increased. Wang Yu's evaluation of Ma Chao went to the next level, not allowing himself to calmly line up, constantly sending out harassing troops, and even maintaining the possibility of a surprise attack by the whole army, which is also a tactic to give full play to the advantage of troops.

At least in the field, Ma Chao can indeed be called a famous general in the world.

"Report ...... Enlightened lord, the enemy soldiers are divided into four routes, each team of 3,000 people, rushing to the left flank of our army! ”

"General Zilong personally led the army to meet him!"

The distance between the two armies' arrays was close to about five hundred paces, and the Xiliang army finally launched a large-scale attack. Once the surname invested more than 10,000 horses, it is difficult to say whether it is a temptation or a war.

However, as soon as Xiliang's cavalry queue came out of the battle, he saw that the wind cavalry also quickly assembled and met it-for-tat. Although there were only more than 4,000 cavalry to meet the attack, the Xiliang army still raised its banner in the formation, and the four teams of cavalry that had just come out of the formation quickly retreated.

"A false shot? Oh, no, it should be contained, although this Ma Chao has the reputation of bravery, but the wrist of the soldiers is not ordinary caution. "Until this moment, except for advancing and lining up in place, Wang Yu did not give any orders, the main thing was to observe, and through observation, to evaluate and deduce the established tactics.

And Ma Chao on the other side seems to have similar ideas, from the very beginning of the ranger snooping, to the later small-scale harassment, all done carefully. And the purpose of his doing these things was not simply to disturb, but to take the opportunity to arrange the formation and prevent the Qingzhou army from taking advantage of his unstable foothold to launch an attack.

In terms of the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Ma Chao actually didn't need to do this, but since he did it, it shows that in this battle, it is very, very difficult to win by strategy.

"All the departments are in place, and the enemy is five hundred steps apart, please make it public!" In this battle, Xu Huang and Xu Shu respectively assumed the responsibility of commanding the left and right wings, while Zhuge Liang lived in the Chinese army, responsible for coordinating, recording information, and counselloring military affairs. Seeing that all the troops and horses issued flags, indicating that the troops had entered a state of imminent battle, he immediately reported to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu nodded, and shouted an order: "All the generals will return to their places, and the whole army will advance!" You can't just let the Xiliang people be predominant, give them some color first! ”

"Whoa!"

Originally, the Xiliang Army had all entered the battlefield, and the rear army was still a little chaotic, but the Chinese army and the front army were already in full array, and the two armies formed a confrontation, and a big war was about to break out.

Normally, the two armies would either engage in cavalry combat directly, with the infantry then covering the killing, or they would slowly approach to about 200 paces and then start fighting. Unexpectedly, Wang Yu gave an order, and the Qingzhou Army was pressed up like this.

Ma Chao stared at the array opposite, and the reins of the horse in his hand were also tightened from time to time, making the war horse under his crotch constantly shake his head and snort, which was very uneasy. After a long time, he finally let go of the reins of the horse and let out a long breath: "Qingzhou is a soldier, the best in the world, but it is worthy of its reputation, Wang Pengju is really a good opponent!" ”

No one answered, and all the generals and guards knew the temper of this young general, and when he spoke with such a look and tone, it showed that he had entered a state of excitement, and no matter what other people reacted, it was impossible to affect him.

"Bo Zhan, can the scouts be rewarded?"

"In the surrounding fifty miles, including Qixian and Jinyang, there are no organized soldiers and horses, and the possible surname of the sneak attack should be ruled out. From the lineup of the Qingzhou Army, it doesn't seem to hide its strength, and the dark horse Xuanjia who just watched the battle on the hill is indeed Wang Yu himself...... The Qingzhou Army in Bingzhou is what is in front of you. ”

"In that case, let's fight with all our might!" Ma Chao nodded with satisfaction.

Wang Yu's sudden appearance this time was a bit sudden, and Ma Chao couldn't imagine why Wang Yu chose to play today. But since the enemy army has come out, he must seize the opportunity. Since the reason cannot be found from outside the battlefield, as long as you are calm in the battle, there should be no problem. (To be continued.) )