Compared with the Xiliang army, whose morale was soaring, Cao Jun was restless.

But at this moment, the two sides are already at war together, with arrows raining over their heads, and the two sides are already in a state of fierce war.

Cao Cao, under the cover of his guards, had already retreated to the bank of the river, his eyes were like torches, and he glanced around.

The appearance of enemy reinforcements in the distance did not seem to affect him in the slightest, but stood in a relatively high position on the river bank, focusing on the entire battlefield.

At this time, it finally reflected the superb level and strong military quality that a good tactician can show.

Now the situation of the entire battlefield is actually very clear, although the morale of the Xiliang army has risen, but the frontal battlefield is still no match for the Cao army, and it has been defeated and retreated.

It's just that Shen Chen and Zhang Xiu's two thousand archers kept shooting arrows at Cao Jun on the top of the mountain, and in order to deal with them, Cao Jun's sword and shield men couldn't do their best to deal with Zhang Xiu, so that there was always a gap in front and back.

For example, the army in front had just rushed against the Xiliang army, knocked them back, and was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but the Cao army behind had to deal with bows and arrows, and there was no way to make up for it.

As a result, the victory that the former army had just achieved was quickly surrendered and had to be retreated. Then the Xiliang army pressed forward again, and this has been repeated three times.

"Sikong."

A guard beside him said: "The enemy on the mountain keeps shooting arrows and harassing us, so that we can't eliminate Zhang Xiu. ”

"Big brother, let me go."

Cao Chun had already wiped away his tears at this time, and almost his entire face was distorted and shouted to Cao Cao: "I will bring people up and kill them all." ”

Cao Cao turned his head, roared angrily with red eyes, "Shut up." ”

Cao Chun was stunned, tears flowed out again, and he turned his horse's head and wanted to run up the mountain alone, but Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to capture him and tie him up.

A little commotion caused by Cao Chun on this side of the river was quickly quelled, and Cao Cao didn't care about him, but continued to look at the entire battlefield.

Han Hao beside him asked, "Sikong, just ignore the enemy on the mountain all the time?" Their reinforcements will soon arrive, and if they drag on, I am afraid it will not be good for us. ”

The terrain on the left bank of the turbulent water is actually not complicated, on the left side of the bridge is a hill, there are several small mountains, and there are villages and pastorals in the distance, and Zhang Xiu is facing the bridge on the road lined up to meet the enemy.

On the right side of the bridge is a plain, which can be described as an unobstructed view. Therefore, although Gan Ning's reinforcements appeared in Cao Jun's field of vision, they were actually still some way away from their side.

The point of stalemate between the two sides now lies in Zhang Xiu's formation on the road, and because of the cooperation of archers on the hills, it is difficult for Cao's army to defeat them in a short time.

Once Gan Ning's reinforcements arrive and attack from the flank, then Cao's army will fall into the dilemma of being copied by three breads, and it will inevitably be defeated at that time.

But at this moment, Cao Cao did not panic in the slightest, and continued to calmly watch the entire battlefield, and at the same time said to Han Hao: "I'm afraid they can't wait for us to attack that hillside, there are thousands of people on the mountain, and there are bows and arrows, condescending, without twice their troops, how can they annihilate the enemy on the top of the mountain?" ”

"Then we're now"

Han Hao hesitated, what Cao Cao said was actually right, there are more than 3,000 people on the mountain, or occupy the commanding heights and be condescending, if you want to go up the mountain to attack the other party, you have to send at least six or seven thousand people to be possible.

But their soldiers and horses are now on the frontal battlefield, sending six or seven thousand people, and there are no troops on the frontal battlefield, and Zhang Xiu can directly kill Cao Cao.

Therefore, it is impossible to divide the army, and it is almost impossible to control the enemy on that hilly hill now.

Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, the number of people they can shoot at us is very limited, I am now looking for Zhang Xiu's weak point, if you can find it, Yuan Hei, you will lead the men and horses to break them from the flank, first break Zhang Xiu's army, and then deal with the enemy's reinforcements." ”

"Yui."

Han Hao should have given it up.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield is still clear.

The archers on the hills were able to inflict few casualties on Cao's army.

First, the hill was far away, and the place closer was in the frontal battlefield of Zhang Xiu and Cao's army, and in order to prevent accidental injury to friendly troops, they all attacked the rear of Cao's army from a long distance with their backfire.

Second, the two sides did not engage in a full-scale war.

Because the road is narrow, the left side of the bridge is a mountain forest, the right side is a plain, there are many farmland villages, so the main battlefield is still on the official road, and only the front troops on both sides are fighting, and the enemy and us add up to only one or two thousand people.

Therefore, most of the Cao army and the Xiliang army were in formation in the rear and on the plain on the right, and most of the soldiers and horses were watching the battle, and there was no confrontation for the time being.

But Cao Cao did not intend to retreat either.

Because once you retreat, because the bridge is relatively narrow, you will definitely not be able to pass through the large group of people in a short time, and even if you pass in an orderly manner, it will be at least half an hour.

Besides, people won't watch them cross the bridge.

The seven or eight thousand people on this side of the bridge, if Zhang Xiu and Shen Chen joined forces to attack the whole army when they retreated, the soldiers would panic, and it would be easy to block and seize the road, and the entire army would be chaotic at that time.

As soon as Gan Ning came, cooperating with Zhang Xiu and Shen Chen's army, Cao's army was in danger of being annihilated.

Therefore, Cao Cao knew very well that he could not retreat, and now he had to find an opportunity to break the Zhang Xiujun in front first, so that the other party had lost part of the main force, and whether it was to evacuate or continue to attack, he would be able to deal with it calmly.

As an excellent battlefield commander, Cao Cao became more and more calm at this time, he glanced over, and suddenly noticed that Zhang Xiu's left rear army formation was slightly scattered.

Zhang Xiu's left rear is actually Cao Jun's right front, and it is difficult for ordinary people to detect this anomaly, but Cao Cao noticed this.

It turned out that Zhang Xiu's formation was in a state of swinging, at this time the Cao army pressed forward, the Xiliang army was defeated, and they retreated, and the retreat of the front team led the troops who originally planned to rush up in the rear to retreat together, and the result was that the later team was swayed by the front team, and the formation was naturally unstable.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao seized the fleeting opportunity and said to Han Hao: "Yuan Hei, their right side is unstable, you immediately lead two thousand people to break through from the right flank." ”

"Yui!"

Han Hao immediately went to carry out this order.

And at this moment, Shen Chen, who was standing on the top of the mountain, also noticed the movement in the rear of Cao Jun.

He saw that in the rear formation of the Cao army, a general rode out of the crowd and came to the right side of the Cao army, their left side, in the direction of ** Yuan.

The man was followed by about one or two thousand soldiers, went around to the plain, and began to attack Zhang Xiu's left flank.

Such tactics of sending people to attack from the enemy's left and right flanks have appeared countless times in the history of thousands of years of war between the East and the West, the Spring and Autumn Warring States, the ancient Roman Empire, and the later Napoleonic era, World War I and World War II, and countless others.

Even if Shen Chen had never eaten pork, he could be regarded as having seen a pig run.

No matter how bad it is, it's time to learn a little bit by looking at the bright sword.

For example, Li Yunlong's fight against Chang Naichao's temporary seventh division is to use roundabout interspersed tactics.

Li Yunlong sent people to attack the Temporary Seventh Division from the flank, and when Chang Naichao's artillery formation had not yet been set up, he directly killed the headquarters and captured the people.

So seeing this scene, Shen Chen immediately understood that Cao Cao was planning to send people to attack Zhang Xiu's army from the flank.

The battlefield is not rigid and everyone can charge together, but there are many corps and formations, and even a large number of troops on the periphery.

In a large-scale war, the two sides are by no means camping each other, and they will be done watching from a few hundred meters apart.

Instead, it is necessary to flexibly use various tactical styles to find the enemy's weak points and attack.

It's just that this battle is a small-scale war, a team battle of 10,000 or 20,000 people, so everyone gathers together, and it looks like the battlefield will be more dense.

However, this also just tests the command ability and the ability to react on the spot of the generals on both sides.

The first time Shen Chen commanded the battlefield was in the battle with Le Jin, and he was already in an absolute advantage at that time, using tactics to defeat Le Jin in an instant.

And at the moment his opponent is Cao Cao, an excellent master tactician.

If he is an excellent general, he will immediately arrange a lot of tactics to fight Cao Cao on the battlefield.

But Shen Chen didn't have any experience in battlefield command, and although he had a flexible mind, he was still more than a step behind in his actual use.

No one is a natural battlefield genius, and his first reaction is not how to counter and use Cao Cao's attack to make other arrangements, but to find a way to plug the hole.

"General Zhang, beware of Cao's army raiding the left flank."

Shen Chen picked up the loudspeaker and shouted.

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he hurriedly watched, and from a distance, he had already seen Han Hao leading his men and horses towards his left flank, so he immediately made arrangements.

As a result, although the Xiliang Army under his command is brave and good at fighting, and he is a good hand at beating Liu Biao, his military literacy is still much worse than that of Cao's army.

After a commotion, the original troop formation was even more scattered, and two thousand men were hurriedly drawn out to prepare to resist.

When Shen Chen on the mountain saw this, he immediately realized that the execution of the Xiliang Army was relatively average, and the so-called execution was to make adjustments quickly.

For example, if the enemy is attacking your flank, you will need to deploy manpower to defend it in a short time.

Time can determine whether the battlefield is won or lost, and if the enemy can reach your flank and rear in five minutes, you must adjust to the end within four minutes.

Otherwise, if it takes you six minutes.

Sorry, but before you could adjust your formation, the enemy had already disrupted your formation from the flanks, thus crushing your army.

When Shen Chen realized that Zhang Xiu couldn't make adjustments in a short period of time, he immediately said to Deng Zhao beside him: "It's not good, uncle, you immediately take a thousand of our people down the mountain and go around to General Zhang's left rear to help him defend." ”

"Can you get through?"

Deng Zhao was a little worried, their position was directly to the right of Zhang Xiu, and it was close to a mile away from the formation on his left, was it too late?

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "If you can't catch up, you have to go, at least you have to help him stabilize the rear formation." ”

"I see."

Deng Zhao immediately whistled, whistle is a common communication tool for small troops in ancient times, although it is not as far as the sound of horns and gongs and drums, it is better than more concealed, the sound is sharp, and it is very suitable for hundreds of thousands of people to use.

Soon after the order was issued, the heralds of the surrounding Huangmen Pavilion blew their whistles one after another, and more than a thousand archers who were originally shooting arrows immediately rushed quickly in the direction of Deng Zhao.

A total of 1,500 people, Deng Zhao asked Shen Zhen to lead 500 people to protect Shen Chen, and he led 1,000 people down the mountain and began to quickly move closer to Zhang Xiu's left flank.

(End of chapter)