I touched the Sirius with my hand and waited for the opponent to arrive. I always felt that it might be difficult for Spartacus and his men to stop so many cavalrymen, but even so I didn't want to blame them, because the momentum in front of me was really unstoppable.
The cavalry were getting closer and closer to the first column of the march, and I think everyone's confidence in marching them was becoming less and less firm at this time.
The enemy was close at hand, and the female soldiers on Deng suddenly began to move forward. Chen Liang also waved his hand, and the drum signaled everyone to prepare for the attack.
The two armies were about to engage in battle, when suddenly, all the climbers fell back with their shields to protect themselves, and raised their spears with their right arms. Five rows of soldiers fell down instantly as if they had received an order. Suddenly, I understood their method of defeating the cavalry. It was indeed unexpected, using people as tripwires. I seemed to have seen the most tragic historical epic, but it seemed to be the only way for us now. Because five days was not enough for us to complete such a large amount of work to trap horses, and Dong's spies and scouts would definitely discover our huge project.
The cavalrymen who rushed to the front of the battle formation could not stop their horses, which were already at full speed, and could only rein in their horses and try to jump over the five "trip ropes" standing side by side in front of them. But for horses running so fast, this was too difficult. Although most of the horses in the first row jumped over the first row of trip ropes, less than half of them could jump over the second row, and the rest were thrown to the ground without using the five layers of trip ropes. In front of them, there were fallen horses everywhere, and female soldiers holding short swords to kill the Xiliang soldiers who had not had time to get up. In a moment, the front of the battle formation became a bloodbath.
The front team of Dong Zhuo's army was disturbed by this sudden change. Due to the obstruction of vision, the ones behind also hit the trip ropes one after another. The front of the battle suddenly became crowded, and horses were running everywhere. The people on the stage jumped up and began to use spears to stab the Xiliang cavalry who were blocked by the many horses in front. At this time, the front team of Xiliang cavalry had already been in a mess. The ones behind could not stop and ran into the already uncontrollable crowd of people and horses. Suddenly, the battle situation fell into a stalemate, but this persistence was a temporary balance between the heroic body shield and the iron spear and short sword, and I didn't intend to keep this balance for too long.
"Chen Ou, lead your troops and go to help. Don't let them escape back to the main camp. If they retreat, we will rush into the Dong bandit camp." I didn't want them to charge again after they had distanced themselves, so that the advantage they had finally gained would be turned into ashes. Chen Ou held his gun and clenched his fist on the horse, "Understood." Then he led the troops to kill. I turned back to ask Brother Chen for his opinion, and I saw his smile. Although it was embarrassing for me to come out, I had to admit this fact. The actual commander on the battlefield was Brother Chen, and Brother Chen also understood this problem, and I felt that I seemed to be just a good decoration, a puppet. Because this was really my first time on the battlefield. Even Zhou Yu had fought against bandits several times, and he had no experience in fighting with others, but I became the commander-in-chief with no experience, all thanks to my official rank, so the best way was to learn quietly by the side, and everything had to be done according to Brother Wendong's lead. Thinking of this, although I still feel that I am a reasonable person, I still feel a little depressed. When I was distracted for a moment, the horse seemed to be startled by the fierce scene in front of me, and I had to squeeze the stirrups and pull the reins hard. The horse led me around in circles for a few times before it stabilized again, and I focused my attention on the fight in front of me again.
As new forces joined the battle, the situation immediately changed from a stalemate to a favorable one. At this time, the cavalry on horseback was far less flexible than the infantry, and the Spartacus clan was really brave, and the morale of Chen Ou's soldiers was also very high. Although Dong Zhuo's army was very brave and no one escaped, they were still desperately resisting in a very passive situation. Although this was brave and fearless, it was indeed unwise. Their formation began to slowly retreat. Wherever they passed, there were corpses in black armor lying on the ground.
"Let's move forward too." I turned around to discuss with Brother Chen, and he agreed that now the initiative was in our hands and we should push them down the slope, so we just followed the opponent's retreating footsteps and slowly moved forward.
"The area in front of Hanzhong City is narrow. It is connected to the Qilian Snow Mountain in the west and the boundless Qishan Mountain in the east. It would be better to change the name of Hanzhong to Liancheng. Now due to the terrain, they can't encircle our left and right wings, and our army has twice as many troops as theirs. Just don't let them escape, entangle them, and slowly squeeze into the enemy's formation. There is no need for tens of thousands of people in ambush." I think I should make a periodic summary like a main general.
"Then why don't we all charge forward together?" Zhou Yu always asks such silly questions.
"This is not a fight between a few dozen people, but a large army of 100,000. The most taboo for a large army is to rush in without order." Although this is my first time, I still remember clearly what I learned from the books and what my teacher taught me: "Besides, the place ahead is narrow, and Chen Ou's soldiers are still outside, unable to fight close to them. If we go in, it will only cause trouble. Let's wait patiently for the opportunity."
I was waiting for Dong Xi's reaction. If I were Dong Xi, I would quickly sound the charge and withdraw the troops at full speed. Those who cannot withdraw should dismount and run. This will only increase casualties. But Dong Xi must have been furious because the second charge was sounded on the opposite side.
"There must be something wrong with this thing (Dong Xian)." I suddenly realized that the names of Dong Zhuo's gang in Xiliang were worse than each other.
However, the situation was not what I thought. They stopped two hundred steps behind the battle line and did not rush forward. They seemed to be waiting for new orders. But because of the dust in front of the battle line, it was unclear what they were going to do. Suddenly, a pure red arrow fell from the sky and hit us in front of us, in front of our battle line, behind Chen Ou, Deng and others.
"Not good." At the same time, Jiang Zheng, Li Zhen, and I shouted at the same time, with my voice being the loudest. I hurriedly turned back to ask Brother Wendong about the seriousness of the situation and find a solution. Brother Chen gestured to me to calm down, and I suddenly realized that I was the commander, and it was really inappropriate to shout like that. He gestured back again, and the drum sounded again. Hearing the change in the drum, I was relieved immediately, and suddenly recalled what happened just now, and felt even more ashamed. At the same time, I thought to myself, that thing really has some brains.
The other side was clearly measuring the distance, so that they could shoot Chen Ou and Deng's troops through their own army! The red color was just for identification, but after our drums, the situation changed. Deng and Chen Ou's troops suddenly changed from a frontal battle to a thorough battle inside the enemy's cavalry, and our short-armed shield-bearing troops also began to gather in front of the team. Gradually formed five neat and compact columns. I have to admire Brother Chen Liang's ability to discipline the army, because among the 100,000 people, more than half of the troops were recruited from various places in Jingzhou. I don't know that in just less than half a day yesterday, plus more than an hour this morning, our marching and fighting, and the changes in the battle formation at any time, have already been similar.
My sister-in-law must have understood, but Zhou Yu definitely didn't, and she was pestering Li Zhen to explain it to him. Li Zhen's voice was very low, and I couldn't hear it clearly in such a noisy battlefield, but I saw his gestures and knew what he was explaining to Zhou Yu.
Li Zhen's palms were facing each other at the beginning. Because the opponent's cavalry had lost speed and momentum, and they were not as flexible on horseback as on the ground, we had a great advantage. Li Zhen's left hand attacked the back of his right hand, which meant that Dong Jun intended to use arrows to attack Chen Ou and others. Then he spread his ten fingers apart and grabbed each other, and made a gesture of wrapping his left hand around his right hand. The meaning was self-evident. Now we were entangled together, and they were on horseback while we were off horseback. If arrows were shot at us again, they would suffer more.
Zhou Yu pointed at the people gathered in front, and Li Zhen pointed to the sky and pointed at himself with ten fingers, indicating that the other side could not shoot at the people in the battle and shoot arrows at us. This explanation is of course reasonable, and I think so too. I looked back at Brother Chen Liang, and he obviously saw Li Zhen's sign language explanation not far away, but he shook his head.
"Is Li Zhen's explanation wrong?" I was a little surprised.
"The previous ones are all correct." Brother Chen Liang has been looking at the situation in front of him, explaining to me. Seeing this, I quickly turned my eyes to the battlefield in front of me and listened with my ears. "But the last explanation is wrong. Although it seems to be the case, Dong Xi has been through many battles. Even if he is stupid, he still understands this principle. It is not worth it to take this advantage. At such a long distance, with so much dust and so many people coming and going, it is better to shoot at the sky and use the momentum of falling to hurt the enemy. It can only kill those who are fighting and have no defense. Moreover, The battle has only been going on for less than an hour, and we still have 80,000 people who have not moved. They are coming from a long distance. How many arrows can they have in their quivers? He is prepared for emergencies, and he will not waste such precious arrows for the sake of this bargain. You may laugh when you see that he still thinks he can eat us even though the situation is so unfavorable now. The fierceness of the Xiliang people can be seen here. I put these soldiers in the front team to reinforce Chen Ou and his men who enter the enemy formation at any time. In such a crowded herd of horses, the war spears and lances are obviously not as good as short weapons. Ah, hehe... Zirui, do you see any changes in the enemy formation in front? It seems that Brother Han Sheng has started to move. "Brother Chen suddenly laughed, and the Dong Zhuo army seemed to be a little agitated. After a while, the cavalry began to retreat, but they did not seem to return to the original team. Instead, they rushed down the slope with a part of other soldiers and horses following the "ox" flag.
Brother Chen quickly waved his hand, drums sounded, and the five rows of soldiers holding swords and shields immediately joined the battle.
I admire Brother Chen's observation and judgment. This is not something that can be achieved overnight. However, we can see that the Xiliang army has a strict method of marching and deployment. They set up a rear guard army behind them. Now it is obvious that Master has started to use all our cavalry to attack the rear of Dong Zhuo's army. In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, Dong Xi immediately decided to use all his shooters and a part of the cavalry to create a local superior force and go back to eat Master in one bite.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but get nervous. Now we are in a stalemate here, and Master is definitely at a disadvantage, which is not quite what we thought at the beginning. There is hope only if Master retreats to the ambush circle he set up. I just don't know if Dong Zhuo's army will fall into the trap and follow. If they don't follow, what should I do? I thought about my plan again. It was just to set up this ambush circle that we entangled with them here for a long time. The reason why I didn't set up an ambush to wait for Dong Zhuo's army at the beginning was because I wanted to wipe out all the troops on this road and anger Dong Zhuo. Now it seems that it is difficult for such a cautious Xiliang army to fall into an ambush at the beginning. It is estimated that they must send people to explore first. I am indeed very right to do so. Although the terrain of the canyon at the entrance of the slanting valley is dangerous, it is too short. There is another wide valley that leads directly to the city of Hanzhong. It is impossible to completely wipe out his army by setting up an ambush in such a slanting valley. On the contrary, it is easy for him to fight to the death and attack Hanzhong. In such a wide area, it is impossible to completely wipe out 50,000 cavalry with only infantry. Even if we can, we will suffer heavy casualties. So we let the battle take place in the narrow places at both ends. We will first weaken his troops. Then Master will order all the cavalry to attack him from behind. It is good to win, but even if it is not favorable, we will immediately retreat to the entrance of the slanting valley. At the entrance of the slanting valley, Pei Gang will lead his men to use all our bows and arrows and rolling logs and stones to kill his scattered and fleeing or defenseless Xiliang soldiers who are chasing us. We will not let any of them escape. Pei Gang was taken by the guide in the army. He started to make arrangements yesterday at noon. He was a bandit before, so he should be very familiar with these things. After making arrangements, he hid in the mountains on both sides. Today, he will wait for all Dong Zhuo's troops to pass by and then come back to set up an ambush to avoid being discovered. Master set out last night and hid in the mountains. Today, after we have fought for an hour, they will attack Dong's army from behind.
"I should have let Zhou Yu help your master, so she wouldn't be doing nothing here all the time." Brother Chen Liang was very dissatisfied with Zhou Yu's lack of peace. However, because she had just bravely led the charge, he did not stop her. Now she was talking to the flag bearer next to her, and she seemed to be very familiar with him. It was probably brought from Changsha.
Suddenly I realized that these were all former Yellow Turbans. Most of the troops in Shangyong were from Zhang Mancheng and had been trained by Chen Liang. It was not surprising that they were so well organized. However, most of the troops in other counties were experienced soldiers who had served under Zhang Jue in the north. It was not surprising that they were so well organized.
With the addition of 20,000 soldiers, the front line began to move to the opposite side again. We naturally followed suit.
Dong Zhuo's army sounded another horn call. We didn't know what it meant, but Brother Chen's words solved all our problems.
"They are going to dismount and fight." As if to cooperate with Brother Chen, the front row of cavalrymen in the enemy formation all dismounted and took off their armor. I have heard that the armor of the cavalrymen on horseback weighed at least 40 kilograms. I have also worn 60 kilograms to catch mice, which almost exhausted me. I also think that only by taking off these heavy things can we charge. The fierce soldiers lined up a little, and then quickly rushed to the front formation. The leader was a flag with the word "Fan".
They must have felt that it was not good to fight like this, and they would definitely be stuck in a stalemate with Master Huang Zhong. So they hoped that the guy who was worried would use infantry to tangle with us. Sure enough, after they rushed forward, our army's forward momentum immediately stagnated.
However, just as they rushed forward, another horn sounded.
"Strange, this is the call to retreat." Chen Liang also felt strange, and it felt like a joke. Wasn't this just a joke
The changes on the battlefield told us everything. The exhausted and heavily damaged cavalry began to retreat, while the cavalry-turned-infantry took over the attack from our front team!
Before we could think about the consequences, the trumpet sounded again. I was familiar with this sound. It was the sound when they formed up their troops before the first assault. I saw almost all the cavalry in the enemy army began to line up in front of the battle. Dong Xi wanted to use the infantry to tie us up, and then use all the troops in his hands to attack us again!
Now there is a fierce battle ahead. The Xiliang infantry, who are almost unarmored, are dragging us and fighting us hard. The defeated cavalry are returning to the battle formation and reorganizing with other cavalry. The remaining troops of the opponent are ready to fight us to the death! Let's bet on the outcome of this bloody battle.
"Xie Zhi." Chen Liang pointed at the only remaining Dong banner in the opposite formation in a hasty and commanding tone. "Dong Xi is going to fight on his own. Your master is not here. You are the most skilled in archery and horse riding here. Wait for him to rush to the front of the formation and shoot him to death! This is our only chance to win this battle."
"Woo... Woo... Woo..." A familiar voice began to sound, followed by a shout that reached the sky!