The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

To know.Li Yan used to be the top cavalry general in Jingzhou, and cavalry had also played an important role in his family history over the years.

Li Yan knew very well that Zhang Lu's tactics were nothing more than using light cavalry to attack the flanks of his own army when the two armies were at a stalemate.Throughout the ages, the tactics of the light cavalry have basically been like this.

"Has Wei Yan's troops been dispatched?" Li Yan asked.

The deputy general stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Wei Yan's five thousand soldiers and horses set off from Dingjun Mountain last night. They must have crossed the Mian River by now. It is estimated that they will be able to follow the plan soon."

Li Yan nodded slightly: "Then let's spend a while and let Zhang Lu attack. Just concentrate. Just guard against his cavalry."

The order was passed, and the military formations, large and small, began to change.

The army formation, which was originally led by spearmen, quickly became a large shield in the lead, and the army formations moved closer to each other, minimizing the gap between them.

At the same time, thousands of Yuan Rong Liannumen also appeared on the two wings of the army formation.Stay tuned.

To crack light cavalry plagiarism, Liannu is undoubtedly the most effective weapon.

Li Yan's intentions are also very simple.Use shields and gunmen to form an iron wall to block the frontal attack of the Hanzhong army, and use the crossbowmen and a small number of light cavalry to protect the side. The rain of arrows he sent shot his cavalry into hornet's nests.

Beyond Lixu, Zhang Lu could see clearly the changes in the formation of the Chu army.

Obviously, Li Yan was not arrogant enough to be arrogant, and he came prepared for today's battle.

Zhang Lu vaguely felt that this battle would not go as smoothly as he had imagined.

It's just that riding a tiger is hard to get off, and the posture is pulled away. If you retreat at this time, what face will you have?

"Chu Jun, let's compete."

Having made up his mind, Zhang Lu pointed his horsewhip forward and shouted: "Send the order, the former army will attack."

The rumble of war drums was beating, and the flag of the Chinese army was waving like the wind.

At the front of the army, [-] infantry of the Hanzhong Army began to advance towards the enemy's position, shouting slogans.

The first row is the sword and shield hand, the back row is followed by the spearman, and the rear is the elite crossbowman.

The [-] infantry army marched forward with a pace that made the earth tremble.

"Front army, prepare to meet the enemy!" Li Yan shouted loudly.

The order was passed down layer by layer, and soon reached the generals of the former army.

Gao Shun, Huang Zhong and others each gave orders, the big shields in the front row hurriedly raised their shields, and the spearmen lowered their blades pointing at the sky, pointing at the enemy coming from the enemy's face densely like a forest.

In the back row, the arrows of three thousand crossbowmen are already on the string, and they can leave the string at any time.

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The two armies of each other have entered the range of crossbow arrows.

The chief generals of the two sides who "released the arrow" gave the order to release the arrow almost at the same time.

The buzzing sound was like a flock of birds fluttering their wings in unison. Thousands of arrows soared into the sky at the same time, interweaving into a net in midair, and pounced on each other like locusts.

Screams and squeaks all rang out in a blink of an eye.

The Chu army stood still, while the [-] Hanzhong army continued to advance against the rain of arrows.

The crossbow arrows were fired, and within a short time, they were approaching the range of the bow and arrows.

The rain of arrows became more and more dense. Although both sides had swords and shields to open the way, the dense arrows could still pass through the gaps from time to time, shooting those unlucky soldiers to the ground.

In a short time, the Hanzhong army had approached fifty paces.

The sound of war drums suddenly became more urgent, as urgent as a landslide.

Le Jin, who was in charge of the "All Army Assault", shouted loudly.

The [-] Hanzhong army, which had been advancing steadily, suddenly sped up like a torrent breaking a dike, engulfed in dust all over the sky, and crashed into the wall of the Chu army formation in a short while.

The moment the two armies collided, the sound of cracking shook the heavens and the earth, and the blood and broken weapons in the center splashed into the air like a waterfall flowing backwards.

Tens of thousands of soldiers from the two armies fought on the banks of Mianshui.

Li Yan's eyes were stern, and he silently watched the fierce battle ahead, as calm as he was, and he didn't intend to throw his army into it all at once, because he knew that Zhang Lu's trump card hadn't been used yet.

A few hundred steps away, Zhang Lu was also calm on the surface, but he was quite anxious in his heart.

Li Yan is too calm, it is this calmness.It made Zhang Lu very uneasy.

The fight before the battle has been going on for a long time, although the two armies have been fighting bloody rivers, they are still tied.

It can be seen that Li Yan still did not use all his troops.Zhang Lu was a little impatient.

"Send an order to Zhang Wei to send out his cavalry to turn around the enemy's flank!" Zhang Lu raised his whip and drank.

The loud horn sounded, and not long after, the five thousand cavalry hidden behind the Hanzhong Army galloped out, revealing their ferocious features.Bypassing the battlefield of the two armies, they headed towards the left flank of the Chu army.

Li Yan, who was watching the battle in the formation, looked at the dusty sky from a distance.There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"Sure enough, the Hanzhong army lost their composure. They sent an order to Zhao Yun, but if there are enemy cavalry approaching, just shoot me indiscriminately." Li Yangao shouted.

The order was passed down layer by layer.Zhao Yunjun on the left wing.The tens of thousands of soldiers immediately tensed up, ready to be on guard at any time.

The dust all over the sky first turned to the north, and soon turned to the south, sweeping toward Zhao Yun's flanks from an oblique side.

Even Zhang Wei of the cavalry, while running, keenly observed the changes in the enemy's formation, even though he was riding the light cavalry.After the Chu army ran back and forth on the flanks for a few times, the Chu army has been affected by it.Immediately turned the monster's head, so that two thousand cavalry rushed straight into the enemy.

Iron hooves rolled, rolled up the sky full of mad dust, and came straight to the flank of the Chu army.

The enemy cavalry came very fast, within a short while, they had already rushed to more than fifty paces.

"Sure enough, it's as expected by the king, hum, it's just in time." Zhao Yun sneered, raised his gun and shouted: "Lian crossbowman, shoot me hard!"

Amidst the roar of shouts, the flag was shaken, and the sword and shield fighters in the front row suddenly burst into formation, hiding more than 1000 crossbowmen behind them, and quickly stepped forward.

A few seconds later, the buzzing sound suddenly sounded like lightning and thunder, and in an instant, more than 1 arrows roared out.

The more than 2000 cavalry of the Hanzhong Army who rushed forward did not even have time to react, and they were swept away by the overwhelming "torrential rain".

Screaming and neighing, people turned their backs on their horses. In the tragedy, five or six hundred cavalrymen of the Hanzhong Army were shot by random arrows and fell under their horses one after another.

The rest of the surviving cavalrymen were already terrified, and if they dared to attack again, they pulled their horses and retreated immediately.

Zhang Wei, who led the rear army to wait and see, didn't want Li Yan to be prepared and waited to call them with Liannu.

Seeing that his cavalry lost as much as five or six hundred in just one round of arrows, Zhang Wei was completely shocked. He didn't dare to launch an attack any more.

Hundreds of steps away, Zhang Lu witnessed Zhang Wei's defeat with his own eyes, and the original anxiety in his heart had now turned into disappointment.

"This Chu army has been guarding against my cavalry, it's hateful." Zhang Lu gritted his teeth with hatred, and his confidence was hit hard, but now he became a little angry from embarrassment.

In a fit of rage, Zhang Lu made up his mind, intending to throw his entire army up and fight Li Yan to the death.

Because the strength of the two armies was equal, Zhang Lu thought that as long as the two armies fell into a full-scale melee, his cavalry could escape the shooting of Liannu and take advantage of the situation to find a fighter.

With his mind set, Zhang Lu was about to give the order for a general attack.

At this critical moment, someone in the army suddenly shouted: "It's not good, there's a fire in the camp!"

Shouting like this, all the soldiers turned their heads to look, and they saw the direction of Nanzhengkou, the flames were raging, and thick black smoke was rising into the sky.

"No, it must be the Chu army who robbed our camp!" Zhang Lan screamed.

Zhang Lu's face, which was not very confident, suddenly changed, and it was all occupied by astonishment.

At this time, Zhang Lu just woke up, why did Yan Fa make that gauntlet, why did he take the initiative to fight.

It turned out that Li Yan wanted to take advantage of his unstable morale to fight, it was just a superficial illusion, but his real purpose was to steal his camp while the two armies were fighting.

Insidious, so insidious.

Zhang Lu couldn't help thinking of Yang Shu's persuasion, but he didn't want to be convinced by Yang Shu, so how could he face Yang Shu.

Just when Zhang Lu was ashamed, tens of thousands of Hanzhong soldiers had already seen the smoke billowing in the direction of the camp.

On the battlefield, there is nothing more damaging to confidence than this. The Hanzhong Army, which was originally lacking in fighting spirit, was on the verge of collapse in the blink of an eye.

A few hundred steps away, Li Yan, who was standing with his sword horizontally, sneered: "Lieutenant General, your strategy is really enough for our Zhang Lu to drink a pot."

The lieutenant smiled and said nothing.

According to the strategy of the deputy general, when Li Yan led the main force to fight Zhang Lu, Wei Yan secretly led [-] soldiers and horses, went north from Dingjun Mountain, smuggled across the Mian River, went around to the east of Nanzheng, and raided the Hanzhong Camp by surprise.

In fact, there are still generals standing guard in the Hanzhong camp at this moment, and Wei Yan's five thousand troops were not able to break through the enemy camp.

However, Li Yan's order to Wei Yan was that there was no need to break through the Hanzhong camp, but only to burn the antlers outside the Hanzhong camp, and use the fire to break the morale of the Hanzhong army on the battlefield.

Obviously, Wei Yan did it.

Looking at the thick smoke in the direction of Nanzheng from a distance, Li Yan's murderous intent suddenly rose, and he pointed his long knife forward slowly, and shouted loudly: "The whole army goes out and wipes out the Hanzhong army!"

The remaining [-] soldiers rushed towards the Hanzhong army like a torrent breaking a dike.

The Chu army launched an all-out attack.

The soldiers of the Hanzhong army, who were already in a state of confusion, were already in a state of confusion at this moment, and their hands holding the weapons began to tremble. Everyone panicked. , Fear is all in the color.

Zhang Lu was also full of surprise, looking at the furious tide of the Chu army, Zhang Lu didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Your Majesty, the morale of our army is already in disarray. We must not fight any more at this time, and retreat quickly. If we are caught by the Chu army, it will be too late." Zhang Lan, who was accompanying the army, shouted anxiously.

Only then did Zhang Lu come to his senses, the hatred and unwillingness in his heart.

Even though he had thousands of hatreds to fight Li Yanjue to the death, the sliver of rationality left in his mind told him not to be impulsive, if he fought desperately today, he might die here. . .