Wei Ni

The journey of more than ten miles is not too far for the lightly-armed soldiers, especially when there are Xianbei rangers in front of them to explore and guard the road, so there is no need to worry about being ambushed. It took about half an hour, and the Xianbei army, which turned into hundreds of thousands, arrived three miles in front of the Wei army camp, gathered to rest and reorganize their array, and began to make final preparations for the fierce battle.

Kirby, on the other hand, was escorted by his personal guards and drove his horse to the sand dunes one mile away to view the military situation.

He saw the Wei army who had already left camp and was ready.

He also breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

All the Xianbei tribe leaders didn't know that he actually didn't have much chance of winning this game.

no way.

In the fierce battle between the majestic formation and the righteous flag, the nomadic peoples who were divided into tribes were inferior to the unified Central Plains dynasty in terms of orders, words and deeds, strict formations, and the determination to fight to the death.

Moreover, in the early years, when Cao Zhang, the cavalry general of Wei, came to attack Wuhuan in Dai County, he brought troops to watch on the pretense of assisting the battle in an attempt to gain advantage. However, he was intimidated because he witnessed the combat prowess of the Han soldiers with his own eyes. Dare to make mistakes.

But today he had to fight.

A tribal leader who has no experience in defeating the elite central army of the Central Plains dynasty cannot make many Xianbei tribes surrender and be crowned a chanyu.

Moreover, he is already old and does not have much time to waste. If he gives up this opportunity to prove himself, he may not be able to achieve the position of Shanyu in this life.

This was also the reason why he felt a little more at ease at this time.

First, Qin Lang, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, was not the heroic cavalry general with extraordinary physical strength and powerful hands.

Had it not been for Cao Zhang's courage and decisiveness, taking the lead and leading his troops to attack, his arrows were all fired, he was invincible, and his armor was not afraid of being hit by several arrows, and his handsome and powerful soldiers pursued bravely for a day and night, they would not have been able to completely defeat Daijun Wuhuan. great victory.

Another reason is that the current Wei army's array is different from usual.

Instead of adopting the tactics of using steel chariots and baggage vehicles to form a circular formation, deploying bows and crossbows, and armored soldiers filling the gaps between the formations, they gave up the usual practice of resisting cavalry with foot and set up a fish-li formation to fight.

Perhaps, they came from afar and wanted a quick victory.

Kirby can speculate like this.

He even sneered at Wei Jun's practice of placing chariot formations on both wings.

What's the use of a two-wing vehicle formation in such an open space where tens of thousands of cavalry can move around at will?

Those who are in the Yuli Formation will advance but never retreat. With the large number of Xianbei cavalry, even if the Wei army prevented the two wings from being attacked, how could they prevent him from sending his cavalry to go around the Wei army's rear formation to outflank the Wei army, causing the Wei army to ignore each other?
Finally, it is the confidence that Kobe has gained from the wealth he has accumulated over the years.

As we all know, in terms of smelting technology and armor forging, the nomadic tribes outside the Great Wall were far inferior to the Central Plains dynasty.

But among the die-hard tribesmen of Kirbineng's direct lineage, there is an elite infantry force numbering three thousand, fully equipped with weapons and armor.

These weapons and armor were not obtained by plundering the battlefield after defeating Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou.

But it was because after the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early years, the Central Plains Dynasty entered a period of melee between various heroes, which also caused many Han people in Youji and Hebei Provinces to flee the war and escape from the war, and were also enslaved by the Xianbei tribe. Among them, many of these Han people were craftsmen who were good at smelting and forging, and they also greatly promoted the development of weapons and armor of the Xianbei tribe in Monan.

At that time, Kirby Neng had just been elected as the leader of the tribe, and it was also the time when he was ambitious and determined to unify Xianbei.

Therefore, he ordered his tribe not to rob or bully the Han people, and used cattle and sheep as rewards to recruit craftsmen to mine, smelt, and forge weapons and armor. It took nearly twenty years to accumulate enough to equip three thousand infantry.

This is the confidence that Kirby can dare to come to the decisive battle.

Raising an army for a thousand days can be spent in just one moment.

As long as the Wei army is defeated as expected today, even if all three thousand elite infantry are killed, it will be worth it in his eyes!
Yes, he wants to use this elite lineage as the front.

We don't expect them to defeat or tear apart the Wei army's formation, but they are needed to block Wei's advancing troops so that each of the rangers has enough time to find opportunities to charge and break the formation.

For this reason, before launching the army, he also ordered each tribe to select one out of ten elite tribesmen based on the number of tribesmen. A total of more than 4,000 people were organized into one group as the follow-up of his direct line of infantry. . All the tribal leaders had no complaints about this way of deploying the front part, and even Bu Dugen could not refuse.

After all, Kirby had more to give.

However, there is a small episode.

When the various units of the Xianbei army arranged their formations, and Bu Dugen saw the three thousand well-armored infantry at the head, he was astonished, and then his eyes were full of hesitation.

But he quickly covered it up.

Just when Kirby was able to move his horse to boost the morale of the tribes, he turned his horse and walked a few steps outside, found a personal guard and whispered a few words.

A trace of surprise flashed across the face of the guard, but soon there was a look of surprise. He looked left and right for a few times, and then when no one was paying attention, he went to look for Xiegui Ni where the leaders of the clan were waiting for the battle.

At this moment, the sound of war drums had already begun in the Wei army formation.

Under the command of the general, the soldiers of each department moved forward slowly and slowly pressed towards the Xianbei army. Even Qin Lang, who was in the rear formation, followed suit with his cavalry holding large banners.

There was no mobile force left, no escape route for oneself, and the whole army had no choice but to live towards death.

It is no coincidence.

The Xianbei army, which had rested in formation, also slowly set off amidst the melancholy sound of horns.

The infantry is in the center and the cavalry are cruising and running from both sides. If viewed from the sky, Xianbei's advancing formation is like a crayfish with a pair of huge pincers.

The difference is that Kirby Neng, Bu Dugen and other tribal leaders are still stationed on the high hills, staring solemnly and silently at the enemy and us who are about to approach the enemy within a stone's throw.

In the open battlefield, neither side needs to worry about the other side winning by surprise.

It is also destined to be a head-to-head game between soldiers and soldiers.

Combat power, morale and will, who can persist longer, who can wait until the opponent is exhausted, will usher in the dawn of victory.

Tian Yu, who was in the middle of the adjustment, immediately frowned slightly when he saw that all the Xianbei tribesmen were wearing strong armor and the sunlight reflected on their bodies.

He was surprised that the armor rate of the Xianbei people was so high.

Obviously Bi Gui didn't kill that many soldiers~ And he had only been away from Northern Xinjiang for a few years~ How could Kirby gather so many armors!
The higher armor rate of the Xianbei people means that they are more difficult to kill, causing the battle to fall into a long stalemate.

It will even highlight one's own disadvantages.

Because the Wei army was mainly infantry.

In a battle of this scale, the infantry has no mobility at all. Once the Wei army fails to tear apart the opponent's array and form a sweeping force, they may be harassed by the Xianbei rangers who are looking for loopholes on the sides. The power swarmed in and then dispersed, causing the Wei army to continuously demolish the east wall to repair the west wall, which eventually led to the array's self-disintegration and the loss of soldiers and generals.

After all, the Wei army's formation at this time was to advance without retreating, and it was the Yuli Formation used for the main attack.

It is not a circular formation capable of both offense and defense.

And there is no time to change the formation at this time.

The two sides were already close to within an arrow's reach, and clouds of arrows like locusts rose rapidly in the middle of their respective arrays. After briefly meeting in mid-air, they all tilted towards the enemy and our front soldiers.

It also caused the eyes of the enemy's soldiers and generals at the front to quickly become bloodshot, roaring, striding forward, and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

"You go find General Qiaoqi and say so."

Tian Yu, who frowned for a moment, gave instructions to a soldier. (End of chapter)