For a whole hour, the princes' army and the Xiliang army arrived at Loudiyuan one after another, and the two armies were arranged in a formation 500 paces apart.

The decisive battle battlefield was ten miles away from Hangu Pass, and ten miles away from the Allied camp, which was impartial, and neither side suffered losses.

This was the consensus reached between the two sides at the end of last year when the two sides were truce, and it was clearly and unmistakably recorded in the war book, which was written in two volumes, one for each side.

Whoever wants to unilaterally break the treaty on both sides will immediately make it public. In this way, the party who breaks the contract will be discredited by the people of the world, and will be spurned by the world, so that it will be discredited and become the most untrustworthy person in the world.

The reason why the allies took the initiative to give Li Li a letter of war was not out of public intentions, but because they were forced by the form, so they had to make this decision.

After all, this is a battle on Li Li's territory, and the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be to the Allies. Grain, grass, baggage, and weapons were all under tremendous pressure, and any mistake in any link could leave Li Li with an opportunity to take advantage of, thus causing the Allies to suffer unnecessary huge losses; The robbery of the Feiyundu grain and grass camp is a living example.

In addition, there was another reason that prompted the allies to take the initiative to issue a war letter, that is, Li Li and the Xiliang army under his command have been guarding the pass to the death and avoiding the battle. This invisibly gave the Allies a lingering illusion that Li Li did not dare to fight the Allies head-on, and was bent on taking advantage of the city to drag down the Allies.

In view of this, after repeated discussions among the princes of various towns, it was finally unanimously decided to formally submit the war letter to Li Li, and the two armies fought a decisive battle in Loudiyuan on February 2 of the beginning of spring.

It was precisely because of the signing of the war letter between the two sides that there was a truce of more than a month. And today is the appointed day of the decisive battle.

As the hour approached (i.e., from 8 o'clock in the morning to 9 o'clock), the two armies finally finished their formation, and the two armies together gathered nearly 500,000 men on this 20-mile radius of the Loudi Plain.

West of Loudi Plain. The 160,000 Xiliang Army's arrangement is not as complicated as that of the allies, and the entire formation is clear at a glance, it is an ordinary goose-shaped formation.

The soldiers of the trapped camp held a huge shield in front of the Chinese army, and the 10,000 bow and crossbow battalions of Cao Xing's department followed closely behind the trapped camp, forming an offensive and defensive defense line in front of the Chinese army's formation to defend the Chinese army. More than 45,000 people of the Flying Bear Battalion and Jin Yiwei were the central army, and the Shuofeng Battalion and Qinglong Battalion were the right wing. Zhang Liao served as the chief general of the left flank, commanding the two battalions in the center; The Longxiang battalion is the left wing, and the main general is Dian Wei. However, he also has Fa Zheng by his side to assist. The rear army was led by Bo Cai as the commander of the rear army, and he commanded all the infantry and heavy attack equipment in a unified manner. This is the battle formation of the Xiliang Army, very simply, 130,000 war cavalry is the main offensive force of this war. The rest of the crossbow battalion and infantry were all auxiliary attacks. It is not the main attack.

If you stand on Hangu Pass at this time and look down on the formation of the two armies, you can clearly see that the battle formation of the allied forces resembles a Dapeng bird, and the formation is very large, but the Chinese army is slightly bloated, and the two wings are a little thin. Such a large roc bird with a plump body and thin wings is afraid that it will be difficult to fly, just like a big rooster whose wings have degenerated, and its body is too strong. Even if you have wings, you can't fly.

In contrast, the battle formation of the Xiliang Army looked like an ordinary goose-shaped formation. In fact, it is a sharp arrow formation with extremely attack power. The Chinese army of 60,000 cavalry, the right wing of 40,000, the left wing of 30,000, once the two armies fully attack, the left and right wings only need to move closer to the Chinese army, 130,000 cavalry will form a huge arrow impact array, so as to completely abandon the attack on the two wings, specializing in the Chinese army all the way.

The reason why the battle formations of the two armies are so different is that the composition of the princes' armies is too complicated. The Xiliang Army is a complete army, and the whole army has a unified order, and it can move according to the order at the first order, and it is mobile and flexible without any interference. The Allied army is different, the Allied army has many soldiers and horses, and the members are complex, the cavalry is divided into two, and the infantry army is divided into six phalanxes, which is not visible on the surface, but in fact, each of these subdivisions represents the men and horses of the princes along the way. Fortunately, Yuan Shao held the grain and grass of the Allied army in his hand, and his control over the Allied army was not weak, and the soldiers and horses left by the Allied army after repeated battles were all elite and had strong combat effectiveness.

Therefore, although the Allied battle array is cumbersome, it is not necessarily inferior to the Xiliang battle array, and the Xiliang army's sharp arrow array is certainly full of aggression, but after all, whether it can break through the Allied Vientiane Great Array is only known after the war.

In general, the Xiliang army has the advantage of war cavalry, and the allies have the advantage of troops, and it is still unknown which is stronger or weaker under the violent collision of the two.

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"Da Da Da!"

When the Allied battle array was completed, Yuan Shao rode his horse into the Chinese army at the right time, and the six princes of Lü Bu, Zhang Yan, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Zhang Yang followed closely in front of the Allied formation.

Although this decisive battle was not directly related to Zhang Yang and Sun Ce, they were ordered to garrison Hedong County, and the soldiers and horses had already been handed over to Yuan Shao for unified dispatch; But with such an unprecedented battle, they naturally had to come in person to join in the fun. What's more, they are also members of the alliance of princes after all, how can they stay out of such a big war?

Therefore, it is reasonable to be reasonable, Sun Ce and Zhang Yang cannot be absent, and they must come to watch the battle anyway.

You read that right, they did come to watch the battle, not to fight. Until yesterday afternoon, they rushed to the camp, accompanied by only a few hundred personal soldiers, and all the generals under their tent stayed in Hedong County. Such an act seems to have made an attitude clear, and it is undoubtedly a warning to the princes of the Allied forces that the two of them have taken over the important task of garrisoning Hedong to protect the grain routes of the Allied forces, and they are powerless and powerless in the rest of the matter.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Just as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other princes rode their horses in front of the formation, they only heard a terrifying beast roar coming from the rear of the Xiliang army formation on the opposite side, and then saw that the Xiliang Zhongjun cavalry moved closer to both sides along the direction where the handsome banner was located, giving way to a passage more than one zhang wide and several miles long.

Immediately afterward, I saw a golden shadow sweeping through the passage at a speed that was difficult to find with the naked eye, and it was as fast as lightning towards the Chinese army commander's flag.

"Bang-roar!"

In an instant, with a thudding sound, the golden shadow stood with its head held high, roaring angrily.

It was only at this time that the princes and soldiers in front of the Allied forces finally saw clearly what the golden shadow was. In fact, they had already guessed that this shadow was Li Li and his mount, the Golden Lion Beastmaster, but the guess was ultimately conjecture, and when they saw this scene with their own eyes, they still couldn't help but secretly marvel, and their hearts were shocked.

Although the princes of the towns would not admit that they were afraid of Li Li, when they saw Li Li appear in front of the battle again, they subconsciously remembered Li Li's shocking sword in front of Hangu Pass. Although more than three months have passed, the scene of Li Li killing Han De and Han Meng's uncle and nephew is deeply imprinted in their hearts, and they are still vivid and fresh in their memories.

In fact, not only did the princes of the towns not forget that scene, but the 320,000 allied soldiers standing behind them at this moment also remembered Li Li's majestic posture of dominating the world, and remembered Li Li's brilliant sword at that time. Perhaps this memory will stay with them for the rest of their lives, until the moment when their lives end, and this unforgettable memory will sink with their lives.

"The Li thief is still so arrogant, but after today, this thief will no longer have a chance to be arrogant!"

In front of the allied formation, Yuan Shao looked gloomily at the huge figures of Li Li and the Golden Lion Beast King who had stopped in front of the formation, and said in a dark voice.

"What the alliance leader said is extremely true." A middle-aged man with an extraordinary appearance on the left side of Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, stared at Li Li who was five hundred steps away with burning eyes, and said in a deep tone that was not good: "I haven't seen Li Thief before, but when I see it today, I know that the rumors are true." Li Thief is really arrogant and arrogant, in the face of my army of more than 300,000 princes, he still dares to be so rampant, I really don't know how such a self-respecting person can live to this day! ”

It is true that this dignified man who can stand side by side with Yuan Shao and call himself "Bei" is Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, who took over the six counties of Xuzhou from the late Tao Qian last year.

Liu Bei's current position had always been Cao Cao's exclusive domain before, but since Liu Bei led his troops to the camp a month ago, Cao Cao immediately gave up his position to Liu Bei, and since then he has been silent and rarely expresses his opinions. Just like at this time, Cao Cao stopped on the far left, in the company of Zhang Yang, Sun Ce and other people who came to watch the battle, completely away from the decision-making level of the allied forces. And Yuan Shao, who has always been close to him, has been busy preparing for the decisive battle recently, and has no time to take care of these trivial matters, and has even gradually become accustomed to Cao Cao's taciturn appearance, as if he turns a blind eye to it and ignores it, which is tantamount to acquiescing in the fact that Cao Cao is squeezed out of the decision-making level.

Under such circumstances, Liu Bei, who had recently participated in the decision-making of the Allied forces, virtually took Cao Cao's place, and often discussed the war with Yuan Shao, and his humble and polite, neither humble nor arrogant conversation also made Yuan Shao very appreciative. In addition, Liu Bei has rich combat experience, although he has no good strategies, but his decision-making ability is quite extraordinary, and he coincides with Yuan Shao's ideas on many issues. This made Yuan Shao feel that Liu Bei was really extraordinary, and often praised Liu Bei for being both civil and military, and he was a hero in the world.

Faced with the situation that Liu Bei had a hot fight with Yuan Shao when he first arrived, the princes of all towns were cold bystanders, but they were very unhappy with Liu Bei in their hearts. But they also knew that Liu Bei could indeed be called both civil and military, and in terms of martial arts alone, among the princes of the Seven Routes of the Allied Army, Liu Bei's martial arts might only be below Lu Bu and Sun Ce, or even similar to Sun Ce.

The reason why they have come to such a conclusion is by no means unfounded. In the past, when Chen stayed in the alliance, Liu Bei's three brothers and three horses went to join the alliance, and there was not a single soldier under them, so no prince looked up to them, and they all thought that their three brothers were unknown. However, then the three brothers teamed up to fight against Lu Bu, fighting for hundreds of rounds, and finally forced Lu Bu back. After this battle, all the princes of the world knew that Liu Bei was extremely powerful, a pair of double-strand swords were extremely weird, and his martial arts were very strong, and he could be regarded as a reckless hero.

―――――――――― (To be continued......)