Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

The cold wind in December last year gradually dissipated, and the sun rose in early spring, and everything grew, and the mud outside Jiyang City was also full of buds.

The sky and the earth are boundless, the fog in the morning has already dissipated, and the sun is shining down, illuminating the sky and the earth brightly.

Located in Pingting, more than ten miles east of Nanjiuju, on the wilderness, densely packed Cao Cao soldiers and Liu Bei soldiers lined up neatly and faced each other head-on.

Naturally, the spear shield soldiers were at the front of the team. The formation was tightly stitched, and various shields such as hook shields, large shields, and round shields were arrayed. Long spears were exposed from between the shields, and the spear tip shone with a metallic luster.

Behind the spear and shield soldiers are sword and axe fighters, who are the main force in the battle. They hold a small round shield with a diameter of about three inches in hardwood covered with iron in their left hand, and a ring sword in their right hand. The saber slapped rhythmically, making the puffy shield protecting his chest ring loudly, with a magnificent momentum.

At the same time, there are also crossbowmen among these arms. Once the soldiers charge, after the two sides get close, they will shoot two rounds from their backs, then drop the crossbows and pull out the ring-headed knives around their waists to fight hand-to-hand. The enemy fights to the death.

In the distance, Xun You looked at Liu Bei's army formation from a distance, observed their formation, and then said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong, although Liu Bei's main army has only 2 horses, I think his army formation is tight and difficult to shake. And his wings have If the Wenpin and Zhangxiu guards attack the main force of Liu Bei's army by force, it may not be a good thing."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Gongda's words are very close to my heart. I just heard that Zhuge Liang's name is Wolong, and he has a talent for mastering the world. I don't think so. The two armies are fighting. There is such a big mistake. The Chinese army It is as immovable as a mountain, but its two wings are extremely loose, and it happened to be captured by our army!"

Xun You suggested: "You can send people to contain Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu Ganning, concentrate your forces to break through the Wenpin Department first, and then attack Liu Bei's right wing from the left wing. This will definitely defeat Liu Bei."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's right, Gu also thinks the same way, where is Cao Hong?"

"The end is here!"

Cao Hong got off his horse over the mountain and came out in front of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said: "You are a general of the Chinese army, leading 2 troops to attack Liu Bei!"

"only!"

Cao Hong ordered.

Cao Cao asked again, "Where is Li Tong?"

"The end is here."

Li Tong also came to Cao Cao.

Historically, Li Tong died of illness at the end of the 14th year of Jian'an, but at this time he was still alive and well, and there was no sign that he would die of illness soon.

After all, even before he died of illness, he was very brave when he went to Nanjun to rescue Cao Ren. It is very likely that he was injured and died of illness when fighting with Guan Yu's army who came to stop the reinforcements on the way.

So now 42-year-old Li Tong is not troubled by any disease, and he is also brave in battle.

Cao Cao said: "Li Tong, I order you to be the general on the right, leading the cavalry and [-] soldiers to face Zhang Xiu and Gan Ning's troops on the left flank of Liu Bei's army."

"only."

Li Tong ordered.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong and Li Tong, and said, "You don't need to fight to the death. It is enough to contain Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu Ganning. I will personally lead the army and destroy the enemy's right-wing Wenpin first! After I defeat Wenpin, I will join forces and attack at the same time. Liu Bei's main army."

"Yes!"

Cao Hong and Li Tong got the order and immediately went to execute it.

Cao Cao looked at their leaving backs, with a faint light in his eyes.

He didn't mention Shen Chen's three thousand Huangmen soldiers.

Because it's not worth mentioning.

Don't look at the many special forces during the Three Kingdoms period, such as Xiandeng Shishi, Baima Yicong, Euphorbia Soldiers, Suppressed Camp, Wudang Flying Army, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, White Carpenter Soldiers, etc., are famous all over the world.

But there are only the dead warriors, tiger and leopard riders, and Wudang flying army among them, which have a great impact on the situation of the war.

One defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao, one followed Cao Cao's raid on Wuhuan and fought the Battle of White Wolf Mountain, and the last one covered the retreat of Ma Su's army after the defeat at Jieting and repelled Zhang He's attack in the Battle of Nanwei.

The rest of the special forces, although well-known, had little effect on the general situation.

In particular, Baima Yicong had a counterproductive effect. The reason why Gongsun Zan failed in the battle of Jieqiao was that the dead men defeated Baima Yicong first, which led to the defeat of Baima Yicong and dragged down the main force.

Therefore, the special elites are famous because they are famous. In fact, their functions are also very limited. Like Shen Chen, he led three thousand Huangmen soldiers and raided Cao Cao's rear several times. It was also because Cao Cao's rear was empty and Gan Ning cooperated. able to succeed.

In large-scale corps-level battles, these three thousand Huangmen soldiers can hardly affect the situation of the battle. Once the general situation is defeated, in a battle of more than [-] horses, it is almost impossible to splash any waves.

After the military order was issued, Cao Cao went to his left, Liu Bei's right, and east to Wenpin's army.

Soon Cao's army began to make regular changes. First, thousands of cavalry were split from the main army, screaming and heading west, and then thousands of infantry followed behind, attacking Zhang Xiu.

Cao Hong led the Chinese army and began to press forward against Liu Bei's army.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and found a relatively high hillside near his left-wing army formation to prepare for command operations.

Liu Beijun has a big problem with the formation alone.

The left and right wings are too far apart, and we can't take care of both the head and the tail, and Wenpin is good at city defense, active attack is not his strong point, and defending the enemy in front of the battle is definitely not Cao Cao's opponent.

So breaking them one by one is the best choice.

This kind of situation will actually make Cao Cao, Xun You and others a little bit confused.

Logically speaking, Liu Bei has no shortage of brilliant counselors now, and they have seen Xu Shu's level before. In the battle of Yingchuan, he used the eight-door golden lock formation, which made Cao Hong flee in embarrassment and was almost trapped to death in the formation.

It is said that Xu Shu admired Zhuge Liang very much, saying that Zhuge Liang was a rare genius in the world.

If Zhuge Liang was really talented and not mediocre as Xu Shu advocated, then there shouldn't be such an obvious loophole.

Therefore, Cao Cao, Xun You and the others speculated that there are only two possibilities.

One is that Zhuge Liang's level is not as high as the rumors, it was just exaggerated.

But this possibility Cao Cao thinks is very small, Liu Bei is the only opponent he recognizes, and he also has the ability to know people, so how can he not see Zhuge Liang's ability?

Therefore, Cao Cao believes that there is only the second possibility, which is the current command of Liu Bei's army that they speculated before. Although there are [-] troops, they cannot achieve unified command and dispatch, so the flaws are exposed.

In this way, Cao Cao naturally has a way to win the war.

Seeing this scene in the distance, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and said to Liu Bei beside him: "Master, Cao Cao has indeed seen the weakness of our army, and is going to attack General Wenpin's team first."

Liu Bei was a little worried and said: "We have exposed such obvious flaws, and we are afraid that the fake will become real. If General Wen can't resist, what should we do?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Don't worry, my lord. General Wen has always been good at defense. Although he is too far away from our army, he can't take care of both ends. But with his talent, he can fight alone. If he wants to resist Cao Cao for a period of time, there should be no problem. Just do it."

"it is good."

Liu Bei nodded: "Everything is subject to the arrangement of the military division!"

"Change formation!"

Zhuge Liang rode on the white rabbit horse, waving the five-color command flag in his hand.

Of course, the five-color flag is not a magic weapon, but an army command tool from Jiang Ziya's "The Art of War of the Grand Duke".

Later, with the development of the times, the command of the flag was gradually eliminated, absorbed by Taoism, and instead became a magic weapon.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang held a black flag in his hand. As soon as the black flag came out, several soldiers around raised a large black flag high and kept shaking it so that all the generals and soldiers behind could see it.

Seeing the black flag fluttering, several leading generals on the left and rear immediately began to act according to the military order, and separated five or six thousand soldiers from the left wing of Liu Bei's army, and slowly spread out.

The soldiers of Ganning Army and Huangmenting were originally on the left flank of Liu Bei's army. At this moment, a large number of soldiers from Liu Bei's rear army stepped forward to make up for it, and the soldiers of Ganning Army and Huangmenting were connected together at once.

Xun You was left behind in Cao's army in the distance to help Cao Hong in the central army. Seeing this scene, Cao Hong wondered, "Military division, this is?"

Xun You said in a deep voice: "This is Liu Bei's plan to connect the left-wing Ganning and Zhangxiu tribes. It seems that Zhuge Liang is not an ordinary person. Wenpin should not belong to them, and it is difficult to unite with them. So Zhuge Liang also guessed We will defeat them one by one, and he will do the opposite, wanting to connect with his left wing, first defeating our army to contain our forces, and then rescue Wenpin."

"In other words, Zhuge Liang chose the same method as elder brother?"

Cao Hong asked.

"Yes."

Xun You nodded.

"Then how to break it?"

Cao Hong asked again.

Xun You shook his head this time: "If we can't crack it, we can only see who breaks the opponent's right wing first, Minggong or Liu Bei. If Minggong defeats Wenpin, he will naturally attack Liu Bei's right wing and support us. If we are defeated by Liu Bei, he can also Attack Ming Gong's right wing and support Wenpin."

"Okay, let's fight to the death!"

When Cao Hong heard that the opponent's strategy could not be deciphered, he naturally felt courageous, and ordered: "Attack! Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

Cao Jun's army was neat and tidy, and his black battle armor enveloped the earth like a black cloud. Every step he took made a rattling sound, shaking the ground.

Zhuge Liang waved the flag again in the distance.

In an instant, Liu Bei's front army also began to move forward, and the army lined up, moving forward step by step.

The main force of the two sides approached quickly, and the distance between the two sides was about 500 meters, but it was almost 300 meters.

"The enemy is two hundred paces closer!"

The messengers on both sides watching the battlefield and measuring distance shouted at the top of their lungs.

"The enemy is 180 steps closer!"

"The enemy is 150 steps closer!"

"The enemy is 120 steps closer!"

"The enemy is approaching a hundred steps!"

"Ninety steps!"

"Eighty steps!"

"Archer ready!"

"Fire arrows!"

As Zhuge Liang waved the flag again, the messenger roared angrily.

Then the blue flag was raised high.

All the archers in the back drew the hard infantry bows in their hands, and began to shoot arrows in a posture of facing up.

Not only Liu Bei's army, but also Cao Cao's army.

In ancient times, before a war started, it was common for two rounds of arrow rain to be baptized first.

The rain of arrows covered the sky like two dark clouds, and all the soldiers in the front row raised their shields one after another.

The sound of jingling resounded throughout the battlefield, and the wailing of the unlucky guy sounded from time to time, but most of the arrows were still blocked by the shield.

Then as the two sides got closer and closer, when the distance was less than 50 meters, Zhuge Liang waved the red flag.

The messengers around him immediately waved the red flag, and the flag bearers in the distance immediately took action.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

"woo woo woo woo!"

The sound of the fierce drum beating and the melodious sound of the horn immediately resounded through the sky.

"Kill!"

"We can go back to Bashu after this battle."

"For parents, wife and children!"

Liu Beijun burst out with strong morale, and the shield in his hand made a "bang bang" sound when he slapped the knife, and rushed towards Cao Jun with an extremely terrifying momentum.

When Liu Bei went south from Wancheng, there were less than 5 soldiers in Liu Bei's army. Now there are [-] soldiers, two-thirds of which are captured Dongzhou soldiers.

Although these people voluntarily follow Liu Bei because of his strong personal charm, it doesn't mean that they don't miss their hometown.

It's just that Liu Bei promised to take them home, and in the middle of last year, Liu Bei's army went to Berkshire to let the soldiers reunite with their families briefly.

And with Zhou Lin's help, most of the soldiers' families have been brought to Berkshire and settled down.

Therefore, in order to see their family members as soon as possible, the soldiers broke out with great enthusiasm. Even if they risked their lives, at least Liu Bei promised a generous pension to guarantee the family's life for the rest of their lives.

It was under such circumstances that Liu Bei's army's morale was high and surging.

And Cao Hong also issued an order for a general attack, and the two torrents roared together like a tide. At the same time, Zhuge Liang quickly waved the five-color flag, constantly changing formations, and slowly strangled Cao Jun.

Although Zhuge Liang was not as powerful as he was in middle age at this time, he had studied ancient formations and military books since he was a child. When he was in Longzhong, he often deduced formations with Xu Shu and Pang Tong. A variant of array.

Therefore, he knew the various military formations left over from Jiang Ziya's era early on. After joining Liu Bei's camp, he often practiced military formations through training. At this time, the effect was remarkable, trapping Cao Jun like a quagmire.

I saw that after the two armies met, Wei Yan, Dong Jue, Kou Feng, Wu Lan and other troops suddenly stabbed out from the left and right sides, and began to divide the battlefield, using the shield formation as the base point, strangling Cao Jun step by step.

Cao Jun suffered heavy casualties for a while.

Seeing this scene in the distance, Xun You immediately knew that the opponent's army was strong, so he immediately countered Cao Hong by sending troops to disrupt Zhuge Liang's formation to relieve the pressure on Cao's army.

The two sides come and go, fighting together.

While Zhuge Liang was fighting with Xun You, Zhang Xiu and Gan Ning also fought with Li Tong's troops in the distance.

After Liu Biao's death last year, Jia Xu fled back to Rangcheng overnight and urged Zhang Xiu to join Liu Bei.

After all, Zhang Xiu also knew that Cao Cao needed him during the Battle of Guandu, so he was willing to accept him regardless of the past. Now that Cao Cao is dominant in the north, Zhang Xiu's few thousand cavalry are no longer useful, so he will vote for Cao Cao again. One, only one way to Hei, follow Liu Bei.

Li Tong's number is actually not as many as Zhang Xiu and Gan Ning, but he is well versed in Cao Cao's teachings and will never fight a decisive battle with Zhang Xiu. Therefore, he adopted a defensive position, forming a circular square formation with infantry, cavalry protecting the sides, and surrounding guns and shields. Stand still and wait for the enemy to launch an active attack.

This is a typical round formation in "Sun Bin's Art of War Ten Formations". It can not only defend against the opponent's main infantry encirclement, but also defend against the cavalry rushing into the formation. It is like a turtle shell, and its defense is very good.

It's just that the round formation gave up attacking and chose to hide and defend, which inevitably led to insufficient understanding of the situation outside the battlefield.

Their cavalry couldn't go out, so they couldn't see that at this moment, several miles to the west, in the direction of Feishui, there were tens of thousands of troops slowly approaching!