The last three kingdoms

Chapter 386 The Battle of the Street Pavilion ([-])
Outflanking is a double-edged sword. Under normal circumstances, only when one's own side has an advantage will a general adopt such a strategy. After all, it takes a lot of troops to detour to the enemy's flanks, and dispersing troops is a kind of strategy. A taboo for military strategists, let alone when you are at a disadvantage in a head-on confrontation.

In fact, Tang Bin was also making a gamble. The Wei army was already in an obvious disadvantaged state in the head-on confrontation. At this time, dividing troops to attack the Shu army's flanks and rear flanks would undoubtedly make the Wei army's frontal defense weaker and weaker, making it even more powerless to resist the Shu army. Strong and powerful offensive.

But if Tang Bin didn't do this, he would definitely be defeated. The cavalry of the Shu army attacked quite violently. If they were attacked all the way, the Wei army would surely suffer heavy losses.So Tang Bin had to take a risk, hoping to win by surprise and detour the cavalry to the back of the Shu army, so that the cavalry offensive of the Shu army might be contained and defeat turned into victory.

After the order was issued, the cavalry on the rear flank of the Wei army began to move outwards, away from the main battlefield. One cavalry on each side left the main force, drew two long arcs, and rushed towards the rear flank of the Wei army. and go.

Before the battle started, Liu Yin had foreseen that the Wei army might adopt the tactics of breaking through the center and outflanking the two wings. Therefore, when forming the formation, the left and right wings formed two long spear phalanxes, the Yong'an camp and the Qiang barracks. Cavalry provided flank protection.

After the cavalry attacked, the infantry on both sides also charged up at the same time, but the cavalry was fast and quickly rushed to the front, and the infantry naturally fell behind.If Tang Bin chooses to start a roundabout attack at this time, the infantry protection on both sides is not in place, and Tang Bin's strategy still has a great possibility of success.

But in the first battle, Tang Bin was very supportive, thinking that only a frontal attack would be enough to destroy the Shu army's defense line, so why bother?
But the reality surprised Tang Bin. The strength of the cavalry of the Shu army made Tang Bin think of another trick. After the frontal attack was blocked, he had to adopt the tactics of outflanking and outflanking, and allocated nearly half of the troops to attack the Shu army. The rear of the army, hoping to save the defeat.

But the opportunity for combat is often fleeting. When Tang Bin made up his mind to make a roundabout outflank, the two infantry spear phalanxes of the Shu army had already caught up to escort the main cavalry.

When the cavalry of the Wei army surrounded them from the two wings, they realized that what they were facing was a phalanx of long spears that was harder to swallow than hedgehogs. The long spears were densely packed like a forest, shining coldly.

To deal with the impact of cavalry, the most effective battle formation is the long spear formation, and the most effective way for cavalry to break through the long spear formation is to use archers for long-range strikes.But it is a pity that the Wei army did not have an established cavalry archer like the Shu army. It is naturally very difficult to break through the spear formation.

The spear formation of the Shu army was tightly guarding the flanks of the cavalry camp. If the Wei army wanted to realize Tang Bin's tactical concept, it must first break through the infantry position.Although the leading generals of the Wei army knew that it was very difficult to achieve this goal, they had no choice now. The situation in the middle was very bad, and Tang Bin had completely pinned his hopes on the outflanking of the two wings. They had no choice but to bite the bullet and rushed towards the Shu army's spear formation.

The fearless Wei Army cavalry attacked the long spear formation, but this attack method was quite brutal. When the Wei Army cavalry attacked forward, they hit the spears of the Shu Army by themselves. War horses will almost be stabbed by seven or eight spears, and even the riders on horseback will not be spared.

The following cavalry surged up continuously, relying on the road paved for them by the corpse of Paoze in front, and bit by bit tore through the defense line of the Shu army's long spear array.

But the defensive will of the Shu people is even more reluctant. When there are gaps in many places in the spear formation, the soldiers behind will fill in without hesitation, and always maintain the integrity of the formation.But in the same way, in the face of the successive attacks of the Wei Army cavalry, the two pike phalanxes still paid a huge price.

The fighting and melee spread from the middle to the left and right wings, and the entire battlefield of Dishuiya became even more chaotic. The sound of killing shook the sky and resounded through the sky.

The division of the Wei army gave the cavalry of the Shu army the greatest opportunity, and the pressure in front of them became smaller, so the Shu army became more unscrupulous and their attacks became sharper.

The two wings could not break through, and the plan of the roundabout attack was blocked, and the pressure on the front could be imagined. The Shu army was almost like breaking through, attacking the last line of defense of the Wei army.

The fate of the Wei Army's cavalry was irretrievable.

"General Tang, retreat quickly, if you don't withdraw, it will be too late!" The Chinese army around him urged Tang Bin urgently.

Tang Bin's face was ashen, and his heart was as cold as ice. He was defeated in this battle, a crushing defeat. Such a result was undoubtedly the last thing he wanted to see. Similarly, Sima Wang, the commander of the three armies, was also unwilling to see it. However, they still lost .

With the Shu army equipped with new harnesses, this battle became without any suspense. The Shu army declared to the world with a hearty victory that the Shu army's cavalry was the most elite soldier in the world.

All Tang Bin's dreams and hopes were shattered, so he had to order the remaining Wei army to retreat, and after preparing to escape back to Jieting, he would discuss countermeasures with Sima Wang.

Just when Tang Bin turned around as soon as he steered his horse, he felt a chill in his back, and when he lowered his head, he found that an iron arrow had already passed through his chest.What made him more uncomfortable than the pain was that the arrow was so cold that it was far better than thirty-nine ice.

Tang Bin shook his body on the horse's back, and finally fell to the ground with despair and unwillingness.

All those who fell to the ground, no matter how high or low they were, enjoyed the same treatment - being trampled into flesh by the hoofs.During the scuffle, no one seemed to really care whether it was a general or an ordinary soldier who fell from the horse. When Tang Bin fell from the horse, the middle officers around him still tried their best to save him, but Tang Bin's body quickly disappeared after riding wildly. Being trampled like mud, the Chinese military officer had no choice but to give up his plan to collect Tang Bin's body, and followed the torrent of defeated soldiers to the east.

It was Fu Zhu who shot this arrow. He sneered, put away his bow and arrow, and ordered the Shu army to launch a full-scale attack.

Because of Tang Bin's death, the Wei army was leaderless, and soon collapsed. Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers stopped moving forward, and most of them began to flee the battlefield. Ability to turn the tide.

(End of this chapter)