Jingzhou has an army of 400,000 led by General Wei Yan, and this time Zhuge Liang wants to borrow this army to cut off Zhang Chao's back road first, which is equivalent to blocking the three legions of the Celestial Empire in Runan County with a two-sided attack, so that he will first gain the initiative on the battlefield.

It's just that what annoys Zhuge Liang is that the front line has sent back a battle report, that is, Zhang Chao has already led the army to begin to retreat from Runan to Xuchang City.

"What a treacherous Zhang Zhiyuan, he is so decisive in his work." Hearing that Zhang Chao withdrew his troops without entanglement with Eastern Wu, Zhuge Liang naturally sighed at the wisdom of the other party, but at the same time, he still went to Yexian County in Jingzhou with a try-and-see attitude, where he could lead to Kunyang City to Xuchang.

Zhuge Liang found Wei Yan when he arrived in Jingzhou, and in addition to leaving 50,000 troops to guard the main cities, he took the remaining 350,000 people to Yexian. He believed that as long as he could get to Xuchang City first, then his plan might still be realized.

What is unexpected is that at this moment, everyone thought of going together, Zhuge Liang chose Kunyang City as a breakthrough, and it happened that the Sixth Army of Dian Wei was guarding here. For a while, a big war inevitably unfolded.

When the scouts on both sides discovered each other, the distance between the two sides was only more than forty miles. This is because no one expected to meet here.

Even if Zhang Chao arranged for the Sixth Army to enter Kunyang City, he didn't expect to meet Zhuge Liang here, this was just choosing a position that could be attacked and retreated. It's just that I never thought that it would happen so coincidentally, even like this, the two sides fought together without the slightest hesitation.

According to Li Ru's arrangement, once he encountered the Xishu army, Yan Liang, the deputy commander of the army, would lead the 100,000 former army to cover the past and hit the enemy army hard. Therefore, as soon as the news of the scouts from both sides came back, General Yan Liang took 100,000 troops and killed them.

The side of the Western Shu army did not know how many enemies the other side had, and even which legion of the Celestial Empire did not know. As soon as they had established a defensive line, Yan Liang killed them.

"I'll meet them later." As soon as Zhang Fei heard that the army of the Celestial Empire was coming head-on, he shouted excitedly.

"Wait, it's better for General Wei Yan to make a move, after all, we don't know the reality of the other party now, and we can't let go of our hands and feet." Zhuge Liang stopped Zhang Fei's move to fight, and instead pointed at Wei Yan's head.

Wei Yan, with a long character, was a fierce general valued by Emperor Liu Bei of the Han Yuan Dynasty.

Perhaps because of Liu Bei's favor, Wei Yanqi was very arrogant, and he didn't know why, Zhuge Liang was a little unaccustomed to him. He knew that this battle was a battle to test the truth and reality, but he still sent Wei Yan to go.

On the surface, Wei Yan is both civil and military, and he can deal with any situation, but in fact, he really wants his people to die on the battlefield.

Naturally, as long as you are not impulsive, the possibility of dying is extremely small, but I am afraid that it is impossible to take a great achievement.

Wei Yan naturally understood this truth, and he already felt that Zhuge Liang was not pleasing to his eyes. He knew that this was because Liu Bei valued him very much, and this might be the reason why the capable were jealous.

Of course, things are all bipolar, and they won't be for no reason, just like saying that people look down on him, Wei Yan also looks down on each other in his heart, and he is on guard everywhere. This time he was named to go into battle first, he knew that he couldn't refuse, but he still struggled and said: "Even if it is the prime minister's order, I dare not disobey." But even if it is the first battle, it cannot be defeated, otherwise it will affect the morale of our army, so Yan asked to bring 80,000 elites as the vanguard. ”

Zhuge Liang's original intention was to let Wei Yan test the other party's hypocrisy, not to be really desperate, but this person actually asked for 80,000 elite soldiers when he opened his mouth, which made him reluctant in his heart, and he couldn't say anything. You have to let you work hard, you have to give people sweetness. Thinking that he had 300,000 sergeants, and 80,000 didn't hurt his muscles and bones, he nodded and said, "Okay, everything is according to what General Wei said, you can quickly go and order troops." ”

Seeing that Zhuge Liang agreed, Wei Yan was naturally happy in his heart, and after hugging his fists and answering the promise, he withdrew from the big tent.

Wei Yan, who had a big account, did indeed only order 80,000 soldiers and horses, but only he knew that these 80,000 people were all elites in Jingzhou, and most of them were composed of cavalry. Let's put it this way, there are only 100,000 cavalry in the entire Jingzhou battlefield, and he has mobilized 70,000 people, and the other 10,000 are archers.

In Wei Yan's opinion, cavalry has a great advantage in such a battlefield, and when it can't be defeated, it can also escape quickly, so that it is equivalent to having a guarantee of life.

Zhuge Liang really didn't know this, after all, the Jingzhou soldiers had been trained by Wei Yan, and when he received a report, saying that after 70,000 cavalry and 10,000 archers came out at once, he stood up with a deep face. This is still a tentative way of playing, and it is clearly a direct war.

It's just that at this moment, Wei Yan has rushed out with a large army, and now it's too late for him to say something, he can only pray in his heart that the casualties of the cavalry will be less.

On Dian Wei's side, the first to fight was the deputy corps commander Yan Liang.

Compared with Zhuge Liang's tentative move, Li Ru adopted the idea of using cavalry to occupy the battlefield advantage, just like Yan Liang with 100,000 cavalry, which also showed the heart of the Sixth Army Corps. Even if the Western Shu army entered Yuzhou, it was equivalent to entering the situation of the Celestial Empire, and in the face of such a provocation, it was normal for the army to attack.

After Yan Liang took 100,000 cavalry out of Kunyang City, he saw the Xishu army coming not far away, and when he saw that the other party was also full of cavalry in khaki uniforms, he was stunned at first, and then put the surprise in his heart in the bottom of his heart. What if the other side is a cavalryman? Could it be that he would be afraid of anyone? The present said that the commander of the Dian Wei army was leading an army of 150,000 to suppress the formation, and he was even more afraid of the opponent's cavalry.

"Cavalry listen to orders, shoot arrows from a distance, swing knives at close range, kill!" After Yan Liang shouted, he waved the long-handled broadsword in his hand and took the lead and killed the Xishu cavalry on the opposite side.

At the same time, Wei Yan also saw the cavalry of the Celestial Empire coming from afar, and when he saw that the other party was full of cavalry, and from a distance, it seemed to be a black torrent, and when the peaks were surging, he was glad for his decision.

If it weren't for the fact that he was also a cavalryman, I am afraid that this first battle would have ended in a fiasco.

In a face-to-face charge, infantry vs. cavalry, the disadvantage is still very large, and it is far from being compensated by numbers.

Thinking that he was also a cavalryman, then he couldn't weaken his forces, Wei Yan also held the Shura sword in front of him, and yelled, "Kill!" After the word, he rushed forward.

The cavalry on both sides rushed forward, and as they prepared for it, the two armies were surrounded by billowing smoke tips, as if they were descending from the heavens, and often the faint of heart would be defeated without a fight.

It's just that in such a situation, being caught in the middle of the army is not something that one or two people can retreat if they want to. At this moment, the big war, whether you are timid or not, the only thing you can do is to kill the enemy as much as possible, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

The war song is sonorous for thousands of miles, and the edge shines for nine days!

On the plains, the two armies, one black and one yellow, are getting closer and closer, and with the continuous sound of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" bows and arrows sounding in mid-air, the war officially began.

Compared with the cavalry battle of nearly 200,000 people, the shooting of bows and arrows was just an appetizer, many soldiers only shot two arrows, and some even only shot one arrow, and the two sides rushed together, starting a hand-to-hand fight of flesh and blood.

As the two armies officially clashed, blood splashed everywhere, and figures fell from the top of the war horses, wailing one after another, and the war horses neighed...

Broadswords, spears, halberds are constantly wielding...

In less than half an hour, there was a disgusting smell of blood on the entire battlefield, and the smell really made people vomit out their internal organs, as if they were unwilling.

One can even be seen at any time with missing arms, legs, and even worse, his intestines are cut out of his chest, but he is still desperately waving the weapon in his hand.

This is a cavalry-to-cavalry battle that is very difficult to encounter, and because of this, the battle is so fierce and the battle situation is so miserable that people are shocked and trembling when they watch.

In the beginning, the cavalry smelled blood and felt sick to their stomachs; There is still a heartache to see his companion killed, but in the later stage, the still alive people are left with only the mechanical waving of the weapon in their hands, and when facing everything, they have not been shocked, to be exact, they have been numb.

The cavalry of the Sixth Legion is not the most elite, but they can also be called elite divisions after passing the Xian Rite to pacify Xiliang. Similarly, the Jingzhou cavalry led by Wei Yan was also well-trained. When such two elites meet together, it is half a catty against eight taels, and no one should think about any good results.

The battle lasted only five or six hours, and by the time it was completely dark, the opposing army had more than half of its casualties, and the number of casualties was still increasing.

"This Xishu army is really not simple, military division, Dian Wei asked to fight." Seeing that after fighting for so long, the Xishu cavalry still had the intention of retreating, and Dian Wei, who had already prepared for the impact in the rear, couldn't stand it anymore, and he began to ask Li Ru for battle.

There is no way, although he is the commander of the corps, Zhang Chao has already had military regulations, and the military division is responsible for the formulation of the battle, and the corps commander is only responsible for killing the enemy on the battlefield.

Now that he is not on the battlefield, Dian Wei must also listen to Li Ru.

Li Ru also didn't expect that the Xishu soldiers were so strong, General Yan Liang led 100,000 cavalry, and he didn't hit the other side seriously from daytime to dark, and the losses were not small. Now it seems that Dian Wei must be on.