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The sky was overcast, and there was not a hint of wind.

There was still an invisible heat wave rolling in the air, hot and stuffy, so stuffy that people couldn't breathe, and the exhaled snort was tinged with a hint of burning.

Outside the south gate of Wancheng, on the wilderness of Shiliping.

Looking down from the sky, two iron-blue clouds appear on the wilderness, and closer to it, it looks like two abstract paintings with extremely irregular shapes made of splashed ink, which makes people reverie infinitely.

These two dark clouds are the Western Jin army of the decisive battle of Wancheng and the Jingzhou army under Liu Biao of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Soldier Gosensen, banner hunting, 500,000 troops facing north and south.

The clouds are thick, the murderous atmosphere is all over the sky, and the yellow earth witnesses who belongs to the country.

In front of the Jingzhou army, Pang Tong, who had always been a Confucian shirt, also put on his armor at this time, and appeared for the first time in the position of the chief general of the three armies, officially replacing Huang Zu and taking charge of the 260,000 Jingzhou army. Behind him, four tiger-backed warriors guarded the Chinese army's Daxu, which symbolized the supreme commander's position, and the black handsome flag fluttered in the air without wind.

In front of the army with Pang Tong as the center, there were more than 30 Jingzhou generals standing on the left and right sides, and Liu Biaocongzi Liu Pan, Wen Ping, Zhang Yun, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Ling Tong, Zhu Yi, Zhu Ran, Cai Zhong, Cai He and other Jingzhou and Jiangdong generals Huo Ran were in the list. In addition to the generals, there were more than ten major civil servants and strategists in Jingzhou and Jiangdong in front of the battle, Kuai Yue, Zhang Zhao, Han Song, Yu Fan, Cai Xin?????? Wait a minute.

The front army in front of the arch guard array was 50,000 giant shield pikemen, and the black pressed a shield, covering the middle army and the rear army behind it tightly, so that the Western Jin Dynasty army on the opposite side could not peep into the strength configuration of the main force of the Jingzhou army; Tens of thousands of spears pointed straight at the sky, and the cold blade was full of a killing aura as strong as substance. Silently permeating the entire wilderness, the murderous aura enveloped the 200,000 main forces in the rear of the front army.

Although the Western Jin Dynasty army could not see the distribution of the strength of the Chinese army in Jingzhou. But the commander Pang Tong, who was in front of the formation, knew everything about the military formation behind him. The battle formation of the Chinese army after the giant shield pikemen consisted of five battle arrays, namely: a cavalry goose-shaped formation composed of 70,000 war cavalry on both flanks of the Chinese army. The square defensive formation composed of 50,000 heavily armored infantry troops located on the inside of the war horse, as well as three special types of troops, such as crossbows, thunderbolts and chariots, formed a 50,000-horse front-arrow battle formation. It is the Chinese army with a total of 160,000 soldiers and horses, which combines all the arms that can be used for frontal decisive battles, thus forming a Chinese army camp that integrates attack and defense.

The rear of the Chinese army is the rear army, with a total of more than 40,000 men, whose duty is to supply the ordnance and baggage of the army and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Therefore, compared with the front army and the middle army, the rear army does not have many soldiers and horses. But like a sparrow, he has all kinds of organs. In addition to the 20,000 baggage soldiers who were responsible for supplying the armament, there were 5,000 iron cavalry, 5,000 giant shield soldiers, 5,000 pikemen, and 5,000 tiger warriors who guarded the heavy siege ordnance, as well as 3,000 scouts and sentinels.

Nearly 300,000 troops, more than 100,000 war horses, tens of thousands of banners, and swords, guns, swords, and halberds that could not be seen at a glance formed the Jingzhou military array.

Opposing the Jingzhou army in the south was the Western Jin army in the north. In front of the army, the rear general Zhuge Liang Lema was in the center, and the left and right sides of him gathered the main generals of the battalions and the Wenchen strategists who went out with the army to Nanyang. Next to Zhuge Liang's left side is: Shi Sima Yi, the commander of the army. The wolf cavalry army commander Lu Bu, deputy general Zang Ba, Longxiang battalion commander Ma Chao, deputy general Wang Ping, Yingchuan guard generals Ji Ling, Chen Lan; On the right are: Wuwei Battalion General Bocai, Deputy General Ban, and Yang Fu, the head of the army. Zhang Fei, the commander of the Suzaku Battalion, Duan Xuan, the deputy general, Guan Yu, the general of the protection army, Wu Yi, the chief general of the Nanyang County Government, and Lei Tong, the deputy general. Furthermore. There were also more than ten generals Lema stopped on both sides of the front of the formation, while another deputy general of each battalion stayed at the headquarters. Don't show up in front of the battle, wait for orders at any time. Led the army to charge and kill.

The arrangement of the Western Jin Dynasty army was roughly the same as that of the Jingzhou army, but the strength was significantly less than that of the Jingzhou army. The front army is 30,000 giant shield pikemen, and the middle army is 120,000 Xiliang iron cavalry; The rear army was divided into two divisions, on the left was a heavy assault array of 30,000 crossbows, chariots and thunderbolts, and on the right was 20,000 ordnance baggage. In addition, there were 10,000 scouts and sentinels who were separated between the central and rear armies, and at first glance they seemed to be out of the ranks, but they looked like a strange army that could be attacked and defended.

Therefore, the army of the Western Jin Dynasty that participated in the war totaled 210,000 soldiers and horses, and the front, middle and rear armies showed a top-heavy and bloated posture. The overall strength of the army is 50,000 less than that of the Jingzhou army, but for this kind of large-scale decisive battle, the difference of tens of thousands of horses is almost negligible, and the difference in strength is not large, which can be described as evenly matched.

It is precisely because the two sides are equal in strength that the commanders of the two sides are forced to unanimously agree that the two armies will fight head-on, fight on the battlefield, and win or lose the battle. Otherwise, with the existing troops and horses of the two armies, if we adopt the strategy and tactics of avoiding reality and making up for nothing, then this battle will certainly be delayed, and it will be difficult to decide the winner without three or five years. In this way, even if the officers and men of the two armies can hold on and survive, the supply of grain and grass on both sides is afraid that it will be difficult to sustain, and they will not be able to support the continuous campaign of hundreds of thousands of troops. Therefore, a head-on decisive battle is the inevitable choice of the commanders of the two armies, and there is no other good way.

Time has passed little by little, and it has been half an hour since the end of the arrangement of the two armies, and there has been a strange silence in front of the two armies, and the main generals of both sides do not seem to have the intention of shouting in front of the formation, and they are three hundred steps away from each other, staring at each other, but never saying a word.

In fact, as early as when the two armies were arranging their troops, Pang Tong was assigned by the generals under his command to sit down one by one, and kept the names of the generals of the Western Jin Dynasty firmly in mind. And the appearance of generals such as Ji Ling, Chen Lan, and Guan Yu, who went to support, made Pang Tong realize that the Battle of Yingchuan was over.

As Xu Shu predicted before his death, Cao Ren's army did not escape the interception and pursuit of the Xiliang army after all, and the whole army was annihilated. It is precisely because Cao Ren's army was completely annihilated by the Xiliang army that the Yingchuan defenders and Guan Yu and others will appear here and lead the army to aid Wancheng in a decisive battle, so that Zhuge Liang's troops and horses have increased dramatically, from 150,000 foot cavalry half a month ago to more than 200,000 troops in front of him.

At the same time, the destruction of Cao Ren's army meant that the surprise attack plan of the Southern Han and Northern Wei forces was shattered. Although the war was not over, Cao Ren successively mobilized 220,000 troops to attack Sili, but was finally annihilated by the Xiliang army in the territory of Sili; This indicates that the Wei State has been crippled. More than half of the soldiers and horses were lost, and the strength was greatly damaged. It was no longer able to contain the Western Jin army, so all the pressure was transferred to the Jingzhou army. As a result, the Jingzhou army had to independently face the crushing of the Western Jin army and confront the Jin army with millions of troops on its own.

The situation has deteriorated to this point, and whether the situation can be reversed depends on the battle at hand.

However, when it comes to large-scale decisive battles, intrigue or studges pale in comparison. Because the commanders, generals and strategists on both sides of the unified army are not general, the other party can also think of the strategies and plans you can think of, and always keep an eye on your every move, and immediately take corresponding countermeasures once discovered. And so it goes. If you want to calculate the other party, you must first be prepared to be calculated by the other party; If you don't want to be caught by the other party for flaws or mistakes, it's best not to act rashly. Otherwise, any small cleverness or small action is self-inflicted, not only can not calculate the other party, but will be used by the other party after it is broken, so as to mislead oneself and the army. Involved the officers and men of the three armies.

Therefore, there is no room for luck in a head-on decisive battle, and strength is the only basis for determining victory or defeat.

Three hundred steps apart, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang looked at each other from afar. The eyes met in the air, and although they did not say anything to each other, they could clearly feel a qiē from each other's eyes. Here and now. The eyes are the window of the soul, and silence is better than sound.

As a former classmate and friend. Now that we meet on the battlefield, there is no need to sneer at each other. Don't try to slander the other person and elevate yourself. Because Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang have known each other for many years, they really know each other too well. Zhuge Liang is extremely good at argumentation, good at talking, talking about the past and the present, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is sharp; Therefore, if it is a matter of tongue, Pang Tong thinks that he is not Zhuge Liang's opponent. If you can't talk about others, why should you humiliate yourself?

"Beat the drums -- go to war!"

Suddenly, Pang Tong stood upright, drew his sword and shouted: "Beat the drums and start the battle, and the chariot rushes into battle!" ”

"Knock??? Knock knock! As a war drum broke the silence in front of the battle, the rumbling war drums resounded like thunder across the wilderness, clearly reaching the ears of all Jingzhou soldiers.

On the platform of the commander of the Chinese army, the flag bearer holding the command flag waved the command flag, and the chariot formation located in the Chinese army immediately set out. The war horses neighed, the earth roared, and thousands of two-horse chariots drove straight in, passing through the passage given by the front army, rushing out of the military formation at a gallop, and rushing straight to the Western Jin Dynasty army to rush over.

In front of the Western Jin Dynasty army, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong ordered a battle almost at the same time: "The crossbowmen stepped forward, fired three volleys, and let go!" ”

The war drums roared, the giant shield soldiers spread out to both sides, and 10,000 archers and 5,000 crossbowmen stepped forward, and with Zhuge Liang's order, 10,000 arrows were fired in unison. From this moment on, a decisive battle to determine the ownership of the Central Plains officially kicked off??????

Chariots gallop, thunderbolts frighten, sharp arrows pierce the sky, and slaughter breaks through the sky???????

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Luoyang Palace. Li Li, who was dressed in a yellow robe, stood with his hands in his hands, standing under the corridor and looking up at the southern sky, his deep eyes were obscure, as if he was thoughtful, but the expression on his face was extremely calm, undisturbed, and it was impossible to figure it out.

A cool breeze blew, Li Li's ears moved slightly, and he asked softly, "It should be Yingchuan's battle report?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise, and the last general is here to forward the Yingchuan battle report to General Zhou Yu." Li Zhi, who was originally tiptoeing, immediately walked quickly to Li Li's side after hearing the sound and handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Li Li.

Just as Li Li spread out the bamboo slips and looked through them, Li Zhi said softly: "The soldiers who presented the battle report brought a message from General Zhou Yu and asked His Majesty how to deal with the captured Cao generals, including the seriously wounded Wei generals Cao Ren, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu. ”

"If it cannot be used to me, why should I say more?" While speaking, Li Li quickly read the battle report, casually threw the bamboo slip to Li Zhi, and turned around and walked into the main hall.

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