Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 39 Decisive Battle 1
Another six days passed, and the food and grass of the two armies were difficult to maintain. After analyzing many aspects, Tan Shihuai felt that the time for a decisive battle had come.

Therefore, Tan Shihuai formally sent a letter of war to Gongsun Xu for a decisive battle, and Gongsun Xu also readily agreed. The two armies agreed to set up a decisive battle on the plain at noon tomorrow, and the first battle would determine the outcome.

The two armies have long been preparing for a decisive battle, so there is nothing to prepare until now.

The next day, Gongsun Xuliu Gao Shun led [-] soldiers to fall into the camp, and Guan Yu's [-] elite infantry and [-] other infantry stayed in the camp. For safety reasons, Zhang Fei led [-] heavy cavalry and [-] Gongsun Xu's relatives Bingwei assisted Gao Shun in guarding the camp.

Then Gongsun Xu led general Xu Rong, Yanliang, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, 13 elite cavalry and 2 servants to the decisive battle site. Tan Shihuai led his confidant generals and [-] cavalry to the appointment, and Liuhe Company led [-] cavalry Ten thousand of the [-] cavalry guarding the camp are Tan Shihuai's absolute confidantes and elites, and the remaining [-] can only be regarded as temporary recruits.

Since this decisive battle is a cavalry duel, Gongsun Xu does not intend to adopt the previous strategy. Anyway, it is cavalry against cavalry. It depends on who is stronger. And the dead soldiers selected from the servant army are the most arrows.

Use other servants as the waist of the arrows, and send 2 Han troops to follow, and the others are divided into three teams, with the left and right teams of [-] each led by Guan Yu and Yan Liang, and they will go up and fight when they see the opportunity.

Gongsun Xu, Huang Zhong and Xu Rong led 5000 cavalry as the last force. If they win, they will all devote themselves to destroying the Xianbei army.

Tan Shihuai didn't adopt any special tactics either. He also formed an arrow formation with 2 cavalry, which was the same as Gongsun Xu's formation, leaving 2 cavalry on the left and right to look for opportunities. The next [-] people are reserved as a reserve team.

The tactics adopted by the two sides are to seek victory while maintaining stability, and there is going to be a showdown between the tip of the needle and the wheat.

Tan Shihuai sighed after seeing Gongsun Xu's formation at the back of the formation: "You are so talented, the general of the tiger and the bear, and the champion Hou Zaisheng is nothing more than that, but it is a pity that you are still young after all, let the old man teach you how to fight. , your mistake is that you should not have too much confidence in the servant army.

You don't understand the law of survival in the grassland, and you shouldn't treat them with the Han family's rotten Confucian point of view. This time, you will understand. After Tan Shihuai finished speaking, he ordered: "Don't give the enemy a chance to breathe, we will win if we destroy their heads."The whole army charged. "

The two sides ordered to charge almost at the same time, and suddenly there was a thunderous cry of killing in the quiet grassland, and the two armies confronted each other on the vast grassland.

The arrow positions of the Han army include Zhao Yun and his personal soldiers, who are well-equipped, well-trained, and experienced in many battles. All of them are masters taught by Zhao Yun. The upper hand suppressed the onslaught of the Xianbei army.

The soldiers of the two armies chased, slashed, and shot each other. No one wanted to die here. They just wanted to kill their opponents and survive.

On the chaotic battlefield, soldiers were constantly falling off their horses, and soldiers were constantly being cut or shot. Shouts and painful groans came and went one after another. As soon as a servant soldier threw his spear and shot a Xianbei soldier, he was shot by another soldier. The two pierced the chest, and a servant on the other side came to the iron bridge to escape the opponent's attack, then lay down on the horse and stabbed the enemy with a barbed shot, ending the opponent's life.

Zhao Yun was very popular in the Xianbei army, and a long spear danced airtightly. Originally, long spears could only be used for stabbing, but now that Zhao Yun has mastered spear skills, he has long been able to use spears to slash and kill, one by one. The throats of the Xianbei soldiers who blocked Zhao Yun's way were cut open, and there was no time to breathe or stop the bleeding. All the soldiers of the Xianbei army who dared to confront Zhao Yun fell off their horses one after another.

Seeing that the soldiers on his side were still suppressed even though they were superior in numbers, Tan Shihuai did not show the slightest panic or anxiety. Instead, he calmly sent out orders. The Xianbei army kept changing their formation, Zhao Yun and his soldiers had already broken into the Xianbei army, but now Zhao Yun was unable to break into it again.

Moreover, because Zhao Yun advanced too fast, the servants behind did not keep up, and the two armies opened up a little distance. The previous Xianbei army would retreat or give way appropriately, but now the soldiers of the Xianbei army have become very tenacious. , Withstood Zhao Yun's attack firmly.

Not only that, from time to time, soldiers of the Xianbei army took advantage of the opportunity to secretly kill the Han army at the arrow position. More than 30 soldiers have died in succession. .

Just when the formation on Zhao Yun's side had just been formed, Tan Shihuai suddenly ordered the cavalry on the left and right sides waiting for the opportunity to send out five thousand generals to break through the formation of the Han army. Originally, Zhao Yun's vanguard troops followed the follow-up servants and drove away. The distance is now being rushed back and forth by these 1 people, and the distance is even greater. Now Zhao Yun can only rely on the circular formation to hold on.

The servant army was forced to retreat slowly by the fierce Xianbei army. Although some servant army who were not afraid of death or with high martial arts skills wanted to charge forward, they were all stopped by the Xianbei army who had received the death order.

Seeing that the soldiers on the arrow and the body of the arrow were gradually separated, Gongsun Xu couldn't help but order to rescue Zhao Yun. However, once this order was given, it might lead to the failure of this battle. Gongsun Xu couldn't afford to lose now, so he just I can hope that Zhao Yun can hold on.

Gongsun Xu understands the reason why kindness does not command soldiers. There is no one who survives a battle. Even a general must take risks when it is time to take risks.

Tan Shihuai saw after the formation that the Han army hadn't changed yet, and nodded secretly. He also lamented Gongsun Xu's ruthlessness and decisiveness in his heart. Even Tan Shihuai was thinking, how about giving Gongsun Xu five more years to grow up? , I really might not be his opponent.

Even his confidant and beloved general can be willing to part with it. The reason why he gave up the blood bear at the beginning is the same. If you want to win, you have to pay and take risks.

In this way, the two armies fought on the battlefield for nearly an hour and a half. The coaches on both sides still held back the cavalry who did not join the two wings. They were all waiting for an opportunity to defeat each other in one fell swoop.

Now the servant army on the battlefield is being beaten back by the Xianbei army, and Zhao Yun is also deeply trapped in the Xianbei army. There are less than three hundred soldiers around him, but the Xianbei army has now relaxed their siege on Zhao Yun. They just want to trap him Zhao Yun, don't ask to kill Zhao Yun immediately.

The servant army has been suppressed by the Xianbei army, and some servants have even begun to look around and want to escape from the battlefield. With more and more soldiers retreating, the servant army is now in danger of being unable to sustain it. Tan Shihuai grasped it keenly. This fighter immediately ordered all the cavalry on both wings to go into the battlefield.

With the addition of these [-] fresh troops, the momentum of the Xianbei army became even higher, and the servant army retreated faster, but Gongsun Xu still had no intention of continuing to increase troops.

Tan Shihuai has been staring at Gongsunxu's reserve team in the distance, and he laments Gongsunxu's cruelty even more in his heart. These [-] servants have been treated as abandoned by Gongsunxu, and he only asks them to kill and wound the Xianbei army more and hold Xianbei back. Just when the servant army was about to lose its hold, Gongsun Xu decisively ordered the two-winged cavalry to break through the waist of the opponent's formation.

Guan Yu and Yan Liang immediately led the troops to rush up and break through the Xianbei army's arrow formation, and surrounded the Xianbei army's arrow troops.

Tan Shihuai saw that the [-] elite front troops he specially arranged were surrounded, and immediately ordered the whole army to move forward, breaking down the formation of the Han army.

At this moment, due to the intentional retreat of the Han army, the Xianbei army advanced faster. Zhao Yun and his soldiers felt that the pressure was greatly reduced. Hundreds of soldiers led out of the encirclement and left the battlefield far away.

After Zhao Yun left, the Xianbei Army had more troops devoted to the sprint against the formation of the Han Army.

Although Guan Yuyanliang's 4 horses are well-equipped and well-trained, they are no match for four hands, especially the cold guns or cold arrows that appear from time to time.

The cavalry led by Guan Yu and Yan Liang did not confront the Xianbei army directly, but continued to rub against the Xianbei army. After the servant army and the Han army worked together to eliminate the five thousand elites of the Xianbei army, the combat effectiveness of the servant army has been greatly reduced. up.

These 5000 people were all from Tan Shihuai's own soldiers, who were arranged by Tan Shihuai in front of the whole army as arrows. Tan Shihuai had only [-] such troops in total, and [-] stayed in the camp. Five thousand as a reserve team.

It can be seen that these 5000 people are quite brave and elite, and what is even more valuable is their absolute loyalty to Tan Shihuai.

The slave army also paid a price of nearly 5000 people in order to solve the 5000 people. So far, the servant army has lost nearly 1 people, which is quite a loss for a force of 4 people.

The servant army is not the strictly disciplined Youzhou army. The Youzhou army can fight to the last person without retreating, but the servant army can never do so. They can persist until now because of the large number of rewards given by Gongsun Xu and the commitment before the war. .

In addition, because their tribe and all their family members are in the hands of Gongsun Xu, especially the families of these chiefs, Gongsun Xu is very strict.This time, if there was any change in the servant army, Gongsun Xu would not be relentless.

Although Gongsun Xu took many measures and guarantees, the Xianbei army's attack was too fast. Although the servant army had swords and armor assigned by Gongsun Xu, their time to form an army was too short after all. They fought against the wind and robbed the tribe. It can be wolf, it can be absolutely ferocious.

But if you fight against the fierce servant army, it will not work. Once the advantage is suppressed, the servant army will be in danger of retreating. If it were not for the [-] Han troops arranged by Gongsun Xu behind the formation, the servant army would have collapsed long ago.

The [-] Han troops behind the formation are not only the existence at the end of the formation, but also a highly disciplined supervising team.But it was always like this, the supervisor team could only supervise the battle for a while, the servant army kept retreating, and could no longer hold on. Under the continuous impact of the Xianbei army, some people finally fled, although they were shot and killed by the supervisor team in time.

But if there is the first, there will be the second, and more and more people are fleeing. The thousand commanders and several ten thousand commanders of the servant army can't restrain their own troops, and they feel even more anxious.

They have long heard of Gongsun Xu's murderous nature. Although they have not seen it before, none of the Han generals who can leave a reputation on the grassland started by killing people, just like Dong Zhuo in Xiliang, whose nickname is the murderer , No one in the grassland tribe knows.

The servants fled one after another, and Gongsun Xu saw them all, but fortunately, all the commanders and commanders did not escape, and their personal soldiers and some loyal soldiers were still gathered around them.

Especially a commander named Murong Tiexiong, who had the most soldiers around him, around 800 soldiers, 300 more than other commanders.People like these commanders and above.

Gongsun Xu has a detailed backup file there, so Gongsun Xu knows them well. Seeing that there are nearly 5000 servants still resisting, Gongsun Xu nodded secretly.

He whispered in his mouth: "It's not too bad to have such an effect, it can only be like this today."

After speaking, he glanced at Xu Rong and Huang Zhong. Xu Rong and Huang Zhong understood what Gongsun Xu meant, and nodded secretly to him.

These thousands of people still have a certain sense of belonging to the Youzhou Army, at least they can persist until now, and they are absolutely incompatible with the Xianbei Army.

The reserve team of the Han army continued to adjust its formation under the command of officers at all levels. Gongsun Xu, Xu Rong, and Huang Zhong each led a part of the people to rush to the reorganized front army of the Xianbei army from left and right. This reserve team is the sharp blade in Gongsun Xu's hands , It was interspersed into the formation of the Xianbei army at once.

The Han army held sabers and long spears produced in Liaodong, and every slash and stab would leave wounds on the kicker. The Xianbei army was absolutely irresistible, wearing armor that was never rumored in the Liaodong army camp.

As long as key and joint parts such as the head and neck are not injured, the Han army will hardly avoid or resist deliberately, because the toughness of these armors has long been verified in actual combat, and only the Youzhou army is eligible to wear them.

The weapons and armor of the servant army are actually outdated items of the Youzhou army. Of course, looking at the big man, these are all the equipment of the Han army in other places, so the servant army is not only not unhappy, but also very happy.

After the Han army reserve team joined the battle group, the Han army immediately repelled the Xianbei army's attack. Seeing Gongsun Xu putting his last strength into the battle group, Tan Shihuai finally showed a smile on his face, looking confident in victory look.

As long as the soldiers on one's own side hold the opponent for another hour, and when the opponent is exhausted, his reserve team will definitely be able to defeat the Han army with all their strength.

But Gongsun Xu didn't know what he was thinking.Just when the Han army once again had the advantage and was able to suppress the Xianbei army, Gongsun Xu suddenly ordered a retreat. The servant army returned to the camp first, followed by Yan Liang and Guan Yu, and his 2 people were in the rear.

As soon as the servants heard the order to retreat, they dispersed before they had time to maintain their formation, and ran towards the camp. Yan Liang and Guan Yu restrained his troops to maintain their formation and retreat slowly. Gongsun Xu and others also retreated while fighting.

Tan Shihuai knew that Gongsun Xu was going to run away when he saw the servants rushing away, so he secretly screamed that it was not good. He didn't expect that Gongsun Xu would make such a move, and he could be so decisive and retain his strength when he had the advantage .

Tan Shihuai immediately put the final reserve team into the battle group, but the 2 people under Gongsun Xu were the best of the elite, and the equipment was better than the Xianbei army, so these 2 people actually resisted the Xianbei army. The army attacked with nearly 10 people.

After retreating for more than ten miles while fighting like this, Yan Liang suddenly broke out from the Xianbei army's flank and defeated the former army of the Xianbei army. The safe retreat of the army.

Guan Yu, Yan Liang, and Gongsun Xu cooperated with each other. It seemed that they could not take advantage of it. Tan Shihuai had no choice but to order a slowdown of the attack and let the Han army return to the camp.

Then follow closely behind to besiege the camp of the Han army, maybe they can attack in one go.In this way, the Han army ran in front, and the Xianbei army chased behind. This battle, for the time being, ended with Gongsun Xu's retreat.

　I'm sorry, there is a problem with the computer in the Internet cafe in my hometown, and it will only break down in Chapter 38, please forgive me

　　
　
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