Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 668

In terms of the difficulty of the battle, this can be regarded as a simple battle.

Why do you judge like this?Because the 23 troops of the two armies are concentrated in this plain battlefield with a radius of tens of miles, the commander can understand the entire battlefield situation at a glance, and only needs to defeat the enemy in front of him!Therefore, the difficulty of the battle can be called simple.

For example, the Battle of Guandu is divided into two battlefields, Guandu and Wuchao, with a distance of two to three hundred miles, which is of medium difficulty. Like Zhuge Liang’s six out of Qishan, and the future battle of Wei, Shu and Han, the corps is divided by complex formations. Commander It takes two or three days for the order to reach the troops. There are mountains one step further and rivers one step back. This can be regarded as an extremely difficult battle.

But it doesn't mean that this kind of simple battle is easy to fight!Concentrated combat in the Great Plains is of course beneficial to the deployment of a large army like the Cao Army, but is it also not conducive to the galloping of the Liangzhou Army's iron cavalry?In terms of terrain, for both sides, it belongs to the thoroughfare among the five places of Sun Tzu's Art of War!Just like Alexander the Great's Battle of Gaugamela, this kind of terrain that is convenient for both sides will test the skills of the commanders of both sides!

The formation of troops in this battle is very interesting. As Cao Jun's most powerful spear, Cao Cao personally led the heavy cavalry tiger and leopard cavalry. They were not placed in the front line and the right army in the offensive position. Instead, they were placed at the end. Next to Cao Cao's command of the Chinese army.

With [-] Xianbei light cavalry and more than [-] Liaodong cavalry, Wang Hou's troops were placed in the left army in a traditional defensive position. The [-] front army was commanded by Xia Houyuan and belonged to Cao Jun's heavy infantry corps. The right army traditionally attacked The position is taken by Xu Huang. In addition to more than [-] infantry, he also has about [-] mixed troops of Han cavalry and inland Wuhuan cavalry. However, compared with Wang Hou's left flank, Xu Huang's offensive ability is slightly weaker. Weakened.

There are also three huge chariots pulled by eight horses, also arranged in front of Wang Hou's left flank.

Similarly, as the opponents, the formation of the Guanzhong group is also a bit strange. Facing the strongest Wang Hou's left army, it is common sense to be on the right side of the offensive road. Ma Chao and Han Sui only released five or six thousand Qiang scattered cavalry , [-] heavy infantry leather armor and spear troops, and [-] light infantry recruited from the Qiang people.

Also after the Chinese army suppressed a large number of infantry, Ma Chao's Liangzhou iron cavalry, Yan Xing's Huangzhong cavalry, and the two best Kansai cavalry with 2 soldiers were all placed on the left, under the command of Ma Chao himself.

It seems that they are going to play left uppercut tactics.

However, they are divided into ten warlords, and they are not under the same command. The disadvantages in the deployment of troops are really vividly reflected. Guanzhong is next to Xiliang, and the proportion of cavalry has reached [-]%, but they cannot be used together. There are still nearly [-] The cavalry and infantry of the Chinese army were mixed and used together because the warlords of various ministries were reluctant to part with their own cavalry for fear of being used as cannon fodder.

This is also the reason, the Guanzhong army who came to fight in the morning and arranged the army did not take the initiative to attack. Instead, they put on a defensive posture and gave Cao Jun the position of taking the initiative to attack.

Cao Cao, who didn't know what politeness was, naturally became even more rude at this juncture.

"According to the order to seek thieves! Let's go to war!"

He personally pressed down from the central army to the front army, rode on the chariot, and suddenly swung the Yitian sword at the vast Guanzhong troops in front of him. Cao Cao roared passionately like a god of war.

The fierce sixteen army drums played together!The sergeants with heavy snare drums and strong rhythm are all excited.

Amidst the sound of drums, a large number of archers rushed out of the military ranks first!Following the chant, the neat bows and arrows were facing each other at an angle of thirty degrees. This is also a spectacle of the cold weapon sergeant era. Three rows of six thousand archers are all carrying heavy and shiny steel bows with pulleys in their hands.

Comparing the shooting range of this thing with the oak wood bow, the composite bow really does not have an advantage, and it is also heavy, but there are two advantages, the production is simple, once the mold is cast, it can be forged with a water hammer, and it is unified, no soldier can handle it There is no gap between the ones you hold, even if you encounter the humid and rainy weather in the south of the Yangtze River, there will be no situation where the bowstring and bow arm become soft and you cannot shoot.

With the third trumpet, the rain of arrows crackled and fell on the formation of the Guanzhong Army about a hundred meters away. The crackling sound was really like hail falling.

However, the effect is not too outstanding. Layers of wood, covered with cowhide and sheepskin, the large shield shaped like the Roman Legion suddenly spread out in front of the Guanzhong Army, and the sharp triangular arrows were basically covered by these shields. The grid blocked it and got stuck in the leather.

However, Cao Cao was already mentally prepared for this. On-site battles are not like full-scale wars. The enemy's formation can be seen at a glance from a high angle of view. In the car, he used the crystal binoculars obtained by his precious daughter’s dowry, and watched solemnly the reaction of the various departments of the Guanzhong Army receiving the arrows. During his roll call, the troops rushed out of the army formation while shouting.

Army formation battles are not hooligan fights. Two groups of people press up and fight to the death. In the west, reserve team tactics appeared in the battle between Caesar and Pompey in Greece, while in the east, the reserve team has already been used to the extreme. A large number of sword platoon players Following the more intense sound of military drums, the jumping soldiers held their round shields high above their heads, and as the first batch of vanguard forces to break through the formation, they roared and rushed towards the dense Guanzhong army formation without fear.

At the back, following the order to start the battle, the scull shield hand of the front army raised the heavy wooden shield that was as tall as a man, and more than [-] heavy infantry shouted chant, and pushed forward step by step .

However, there are some unusual formations among them. A total of six troops are mixed in the army, and the flags are extremely dense. Eighteen low flags, the flag bearers are all shoulder to shoulder. In this battle, Two such banner forest troops attacked the sword platoon hand jumping soldiers together.

Facing the crackling arrow rain of the Guanzhong Army, the sword and shield hand holding the round shield has to be responsible for protecting such a cumbersome army. Cao Cao's hand is really puzzling.

Among the left, middle and right armies, Cao Jun had the advantage and the offensive initiative. When the Chinese army launched an attack, the two commanders of the two left armies in Guanzhong and Kanto also issued the same order.

"Shoot these little maidservants to death!"

Standing on his eight-horse chariot, he waved the pretentious green steel blade violently, and the little tongue in Wang Hou's throat trembled as he roared, but his chariot didn't move because of the thunder and rain. As he roared, more than [-] Xianbei galloped out from their horses with whips and horses, all screaming and screaming, shaking heavy pulley bows or self-made horn tendon bows in their hands, rushing towards the right wing of the Guanzhong Army Those Qiang people killed on loose horse.

During these few months of confrontation, although the food was good and the wine was supplied every day, these shepherds on the prairie gained some weight. However, this period of time was indeed a bit boring, and they almost vomited playing poker. Looking at the Qiang people whom he looked down on, he picked up the hatred of the caravan being robbed again, and these Xianbei people rushed out crying and screaming.

As for the left-wing army formation, Ma Chao is much more affordable. He personally led the Xiliang iron cavalry to charge Xu Huang. More than [-] light cavalry roared like beasts while running wildly. He weighed the heavy short spear in his hand, and looked at the big flag with the word Xu flying across him with particularly gloomy eyes.

In his pupils, his killing intent seemed to flow down.

In this battle, neither side can afford to lose!
(End of this chapter)