A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 443: The initial formation was well commanded, and the enemy's formation was defeated with great twists and turns.

September
The Zhao army formed in the northwest of Zheng County, Weinanjin, with its back on the Wei River. Tens of thousands of troops were hunting with banners, and they were full of evil spirits.

The defense direction is three sides, facing Zheng County to the south, Tongguan to the east, and Xinfeng to the west.

Lu Bu led 20,000 troops and formed a formation in the east; Lieutenant General Xiahou Bo led Zhang Bao and others, who had escorted Zhang Fei and returned quickly, led 20,000 troops and formed a formation in the south.

Liu Bei personally led Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Zhang Yan and other generals, and led 40,000 troops, arrayed in the west, facing Cao Cao's army from Xinfeng.

In order to attack the Zhao army, Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to lead 10,000 troops to attack the south. Cao Cao himself led 50,000 troops to attack the west. Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen led Tongguan guard Han Hao to lead 10,000 troops to attack the east.

Although Liu Bei had a large number of troops, his morale was low because he was surrounded and suffered successive defeats in Tongguan, Baling, Xinfeng and other places. As a result, his military morale was low, so he might not be able to defeat Cao Cao's Tiger and Wolf Army.

In the midst of tens of thousands of troops, Cao Cao stood on a high platform built with tall trees, looking at the surrounded Zhao army on the opposite side, and at the surrounding troops whose morale was high due to successive victories.

Cao Cao felt a surge of heroic spirit. At this time, his head no longer hurt and his chest was no longer tight.

"Hey!" He pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed it at the sky, and shouted: "Attack!"

"Boom boom boom!!!" "Boooooooooo!!!"

With war drums like thunder and horns like wind, tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers, guided by orders and flags, slowly moved toward the enemy.

The red sun is like fire, and the blazing sunshine shines on the polished armor, stomachs, swords and guns of the two armies, shining so brightly that people can't open their eyes.

Raising his head slightly, he saw dense black spots beginning to appear in the sky. They were arrow rain, and the two sides began to shoot at each other.

"Yu!"

The soldiers of Cao's army obeyed orders, raised their shields at an angle, and hid behind their shields to avoid the calls of ghosts and gods. However, there were always people whose lives were as thin as paper and were shot by the enemy's arrows and lost their lives.

People on both sides were being shot constantly. On the extremely intense battlefield, the wailing sounds seemed so weak. This was because everyone was highly nervous.

On this kind of battlefield with tens of thousands of people, martial arts cannot determine the outcome. The number of people, morale, and formation can determine the final winner. Whoever collapses first will lose everything.

"Enter the enemy!!!"

"Hold on! Hold on! If you want to survive, you must hold on. Lao Chen, where is the gun? Bring the gun up quickly. Don't you see the enemy coming?"

"Wang Da, what are you doing? Get up and poke him out. If you poke him out, you can survive. Either you die or he dies!"

"Formation, keep the formation, don't mess up, don't mess up, be careful under your feet and above your head. Where are the people from the second team, fill in, quickly, quickly."

In the Zhao army's front, officers at all levels, whether they were the high-ranking generals or the low-level corps commanders, have all abandoned their former kindness, severity, and hatred, and have all turned into roaring beasts.

However, the soldiers had no time to pay attention to their rudeness, because they knew that they could survive by listening to the words of these veterans.

"Command to the third on the left, take twenty steps back, that's too far forward!" "Command to the fifth on the right, I don't care about anything, as long as they take five steps forward."

"Who is the general on the eighth left? He was beheaded alone. Send an order to Zhang Yan to replace him with a more reliable general." "Pass this order to the king. The whole team on the left will be rewarded with five acres of land. Those who survive will be promoted to the first rank on the spot. class."

War is cruel and life-or-death. Even Liu Bei, who has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness, can decide the life or death of several or even hundreds of people with the words he keeps saying.

The sun sets in the west and the sky begins to get dark, but tonight it seems that the sky wants to fight, and the bright moon hangs high in the sky, illuminating the earth like daylight.

It seemed that Cao Cao was prepared not to agree to the battle and would not give up. Therefore, he did not order the withdrawal of the troops, but ordered the entire army to raise their torches and fight again.

A day of continuous fighting caused Liu Bei's defense line to shrink by more than ten steps, and within these ten steps, more than ten thousand corpses were left.

Not only Zhao's army was exhausted, Cao's army was still exhausted.

In order to motivate his subordinates, Cao Cao even issued an order: "If we win this battle, each person will be rewarded with ten acres of land. If we go forward to the east of the river without sealing the knife, we can indulge them and loot without any scruples for ten days. All the gains will be for themselves, and no penny will be taken." .”

During the Chou period, the two armies of Cao and Liu were still fighting fiercely, but the swords and guns wielded by both sides were obviously much slower. Anyone could see that they were both at the end of their strength, and it depended on who could hold on longer.

"Report, Your Majesty, the left formation collapsed, Cao's army poured in, and our army suffered heavy casualties."

"Immediately send Zilong to lead my personal guards to fill in, and order all ministries to hold on. Cao Cao has no reinforcements, but we have reinforcements, which will arrive soon."

During the day, Liu Bei climbed to the top of the high platform to command. Now at night, he could not clearly see the battle, so Liu Bei had to retreat into the tent and rely on the news of the coming and going of the cavalry to command.

Seeing that the army formation was about to collapse, Liu Bei did not care about hiding his secrets, so he could only tell the troops about the reinforcements to boost their morale.

Hearing that there were reinforcements on his side, Zhao Jun's morale obviously improved a lot. The originally shaky front line stabilized again in the dark night.

When Cao Cao heard that the attack organized by himself in the right formation was repulsed, and that the Zhao army's defense lines in the other formations were stabilized again, his face couldn't help but look a little ugly.

Looking at the messy military map made of cowhide in front of him, Cao Cao wondered:

"The Zhao army is defeated and trapped to death. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have persisted for so long. Does Liu Bei have any support?" After tearing open the enemy's mouth, the Zhao army collapsed without attacking."

Cao Cao thought hard, but couldn't think of Liu Bei's trump card. Finally, he could only say helplessly: "That's fine, but now Liu Bei's morale is at a high level, and he will be full of energy, but then it will decline again, and then it will be exhausted.

You go and prepare first. On the third day of the lunar month, you and your own army will attack from the enemy's left formation. No matter how good Liu Bei is, he will eventually be unable to withstand the depletion of manpower and the collapse of morale. "

"Order!"

Xu Chu opened the curtain and went down to prepare his army for battle, leaving Cao Cao alone thinking about Liu Bei's support.

On the third day of the Chou period, Xu Chu led 3,000 of Cao Cao's unused personal guards like fierce tigers down the mountain, rushed into the Zhao army's right formation, and then headed all the way towards Liu Bei's commander's flag.

The gap behind him was being filled by the influx of Cao's troops, and was expanding step by step. Zhao's right formation collapsed completely.

"Report, the right formation has collapsed, Cao Jun's general Xu Chu is coming towards the king's formation." Before the messenger finished speaking, Liu Bei clearly heard the fierce fighting outside the tent.

Liu Bei's pro-army was called the White Guards Army. In order to distinguish them from other armies, Liu Bei ordered white bird feathers and animal hairs to be inserted on both sides of the saddle as a symbol, and also to imitate the great Han Dynasty Yu Lin.

The Bailian Army selected loyal and brave men from all over the country to serve, and the orphans of the fallen soldiers were prioritized, because their task was not only to protect Liu Bei, but also often needed to be used as sharp knives to follow Liu Bei to tear through the enemy's formation.

The Bailian Army consisted of 3,000 men and was led by Zhao Yun, the Central Protector. However, since Zhao Yun often served as Liu Bei's personal guard, the real leader of the army was Zhao Yun's deputy, Dianjun Colonel Chen Dao.

Liu Bei stood up, pulled out the sword on the sword stand, and led Zhao Yun, Xu Shu, and dozens of other officials and generals in the tent out of the tent.

I saw Cao Cao's pro-army troops led by Xu Chu fighting against the Baijie army led by Chen Dao. Although both soldiers were elite soldiers, Xu Chu was brave and Chen Dao's spear was constantly shaken by the blows and he almost lost his hand.

Because Chen Dao kept retreating, the military formation of Bai Jie's army also kept retreating.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bei immediately asked Zhao Yun to step forward to block Xu Chu.

With the addition of Zhao Yun, the Bai Meng army's military formation stabilized, and the two armies fell into a fight. The military formation of Liu Bei's army was also constantly collapsing, and it was about to be completely defeated.

Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh when he heard the good news coming from the messengers, and he no longer thought about Liu Bei's reliance, because in this situation, Liu Bei would fall into his hands in less than half an hour.

"Liu Bei was a wise man, and Xu Shu was a little conscientious. They fell here and deserved to be the lonely king!"

Cao Cao couldn't help laughing excitedly. From today on, the world is in his own hands.

Just before Cao Cao's excited smile faded from his face, he vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves.

"Could it be that Zhong Kang was so fast that he defeated the Zhao army and captured Liu Bei?"

Cao Cao thought this, and then quickly walked out of the tent, ready to welcome the heroes.

He just thought so, because his pro-army was formed from cavalry and was called the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

"Your Majesty, no, look at the firelight. This cavalry is coming from the west, from the direction of Chang'an! And it is a large number of cavalry. Our army does not have a large group of cavalry in Chang'an. Your Majesty, it is the Zhao army!"

A general with good eyesight said to Cao Cao in horror.

Cao Cao felt a chill descend from his head to his feet, and his body couldn't help but tremble, not out of fear, but out of despair.

"I am going to be killed today, Cao Mengde!"

Then he closed his eyes and fainted. General Cao Zhen on the side immediately helped him, and then gave orders at an extremely fast speed.

"Give me the order to evacuate to Tongguan quickly and ask General Xu Chu to immediately come back with reinforcements to protect the king."

Then he got on his horse and placed Cao Cao in front of him. Two people and one horse galloped towards Tongguan under the protection of dozens of cavalry.

Because it was dark, Bai Gong and Yuan Zhao had no idea that Cao Cao had passed them by, but the urgent task now was to defeat the Korean army.

Bai Cong kept jolting on his horse and said to the messenger on the side: "Go and tell General Yuan that I will lead people to capture Tongguan and ask him to lead people to assist the king and defeat Cao Cao."

When the messenger heard this, he left the cavalry and drove towards the Youzhou cavalry on the side.

Bai Cong ordered his lieutenant general to lead 4,000 men to join 6,000 Youzhou cavalrymen to defeat the Korean army that was besieging Zhao Jun. He took 1,000 men to cover up Cao Cao's defeated army and galloped all the way towards Tongguan.

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Just when Xu Chu led his troops to reach Liu Bei, and with the support of other Korean troops who broke through the line and came to join together, Liu Bei went to kill the enemy personally, and his life was in danger.

Xu Chu suddenly received the news that Cao Cao had fainted and was retreating towards Tongguan under the protection of Cao Zhen. In a hurry, regardless of the reason, he immediately abandoned Zhao Yun and galloped towards Tongguan with the remaining two thousand troops.

When Liu Bei saw cavalry coming from the rear of the Korean army, charging into the enemy's formation and reversing the Zhao army's defeat, Liu Bei knew that he had won this battle.

(End of this chapter)