After Zhao Junsheng's order was issued, the four thousand cavalry were divided into two parts, and each two thousand cavalry attacked the left and right corners of the five-element array from the left and right flanks.

After the horn sounded, the two cavalry set off separately and rushed towards their respective targets, in order to attack the left and right feet of the Liu Song army's five-element array, the cavalry of the cadre army had to go around in a circle, just because the formation arranged by Liu Song army covered an area too large, with a total strength of 50,000 troops, and the deployment of troops in each corner reached 8,000 people, and the strength in the center of the formation reached 10,000.

Zhao Junsheng saw that the two cavalry had already set off, and asked Dongfang Chen and Cui Hao: "Dongfang, Cui Gong, what do you think of this five-element array set up by Tan Daoji?" ”

Dongfang Chen and Cui Hao glanced at each other, and said together: "The king forgives me, although we have read some military books, we have not actually led soldiers, and we don't know what this five-element array is!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "The Five Elements Array is an excellent defensive formation, you see, if the two sides of each corner of the Five Elements Array are compared to two city walls, no matter which city wall the attacking army attacks, it will be hit by the bows and arrows of the defenders on the city wall behind, if a large number of archers are deployed within the city wall, the attacking side will be hit by two bows and arrows in front and behind, and there will definitely be heavy casualties!" ”

"However, this Five Elements Array deployed by your Tan Daoji is too big, so big that its two adjacent corners cannot support each other with bows and arrows, so they can only send troops to reinforce it, so there are loopholes!"

"Tan Daoji must know this too, so he deployed the few cavalry he had on the periphery of the left and right flanks so that he could support them at any time!"

"This king is sure that although Tan Daoji has studied and improved this five-element array, he has never used so many troops to set up such a large military formation, which can be seen from the formation of the military formation and the orders on the scene, the military formation is not strict, the orders are not very smooth, and all the departments of the five-element array are chaotic, and it will be very difficult to mobilize!"

As he was talking, the two light cavalry had already rushed towards the left and right corners of Liu Songjun's five-element array, and the two soldiers on the left and right flanks of Liu Songjun began to release arrows.

Zhao Junsheng observed that Liu Songjun's arrows were not dense, which showed that the attack of the Qianjun cavalry the night before yesterday had consumed too many arrows from the other side, and Liu Songjun had not had time to replenish them, and the Qianjun cavalry suffered some losses when charging, but not much.

When the distance was one step closer, the cavalry of the two cadres began to launch cavalry shooting, the cavalry galloped at high speed on horseback, while releasing arrows, the soldiers in the front row of Liu Songjun set up shields to resist, some Liu Songjun raised the shield posture and angle wrong, was shot by arrows, and some arrows were shot on the shield.

As the cavalry of the Qianjun army got closer and closer, Liu Song's army, which had no shield in the back row, fell more and more from arrows.

Tan Daoji saw this scene and ordered: "The spearmen are forward, and the sword and shield soldiers are back!" ”

Although the order was issued, but the military formation was too large, and the flag order with a faster speed was not used in advance, but still used the fast horse to pass the order, and the military order was conveyed too slowly, and there were problems in the implementation, procrastination, and the movements of the soldiers and generals were not neat, some people took the first step, and some people took a step back, so that the formation was chaotic.

At this moment, the cavalry of the cadre army rushed into the army formation of the Liu Song army, and the sabbers and shield soldiers of the Liu Song army who were retreating were rushed by the cavalry of the cadre army, and the spearmen who were originally going to be in front had not completely come up, and the spearmen with spears in their hands had not yet had time to set up a spear array, and they could not stop the charge of the cavalry of the cadre army at all.

A large number of soldiers on both flanks were crushed, but they couldn't stand Liu Song's army too many soldiers, and the personnel in the formation were too dense.

Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Let them kill quickly, and then test the lower left and lower right corners, this time there is no need to rush too hard, only need to test the density of Liu Songjun's bow and arrows!" ”

Three trumpets sounded in succession, and the flag-bearer waved the flag a few times with the fastest movement.

"Kill me out!" The cavalry general who led the army heard the sound of the horn, turned his head and saw the flag, learned the content of the order, immediately roared, and led the cavalry behind him to go around and kill from the side.

"Change horses!" The cavalry general of the dry army gave the order to change the horse, and after rushing for so long just now, the war horse was already a little tired, and the change of horse could maintain the speed of impact.

After the two cavalry teams were out of the formation, they spared a circle and then struck out to the lower left and lower right corners respectively, directly impacting the cross-section of these two corners.

This time, the general in front of the Liu Song army did not wait for Tan Daoji's order to be issued, and directly ordered the spearmen to step forward and open the spear formation, and they squatted down beside the sword and shield soldiers and stuck their spears diagonally on the ground.

The archers in the formation began to release their arrows, and three consecutive waves of arrows were fired, causing more than 100 casualties to the cavalry of the cadre army that was rushing over.

"Spread out!" As the cavalry general waved his hand and shouted, the cavalry of the cadre army dispersed one after another, the probability of being hit by the arrow was greatly reduced, and the number of those who were hit by the arrow dropped instantly.

"Arrows-" After entering the range of the cavalry bow, the cavalry of the Qianjun army also began to release arrows, shooting out three or five arrows in a row, and there were also many casualties in the Liu Song army in front of them.

There was a panic in the formation, and the general who led the troops shouted: "Hold steady, all steady, no one is allowed to run, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

With the shouting and suppression of the leading generals and colonels, the generals of Liu Song, who were originally a little flustered, calmed down, but the cavalry of the cadre army did not rush directly into the formation, but suddenly turned around in front of the formation.

At such a close distance, the archers in the rear of Liu Song's army did not dare to let go of their arrows, for fear of accidentally injuring their own people, and the cavalry of the Qianjun army just took advantage of this to gallop and gallop in front of the formation and kept releasing arrows, and the Liu Song army in the army formation was hit by a large number of arrows, and the casualty number soared.

The cavalry of the dry army ran in front of the formation, and the casualties caused by the arrows almost collapsed the formation, but the cavalry of the dry army did not dwell too much on this, and soon left the army and returned to their own formation.

The whole process of temptation lasted about an hour, and the two cavalry and 4,000 men and horses tested four of the five corners of the entire Five Elements Array, leaving only one corner at the top without testing.

"King, they are back, and it looks like they have suffered more than a thousand casualties!" Chang Kun reported to Zhao Junsheng.

Cui Hao looked at Zhao Junsheng's face, and arched his hand and said: "King, with more than 1,000 cavalry, I have tested the reality of Liu Song's army formation, and the minister thinks it is worth it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was noncommittal, thought for a while, and ordered: "Send 5,000 infantry from the left and right flanks to attack the left and right corners of the Liu Song Army's Five Elements Formation, and attack immediately while they haven't cleaned up the chaos now!" ”

"Yes!"

A trumpet sounded, and five thousand infantry on each flank marched slowly in orderly steps.

Zhao Junsheng ordered again: "Send another two thousand cavalry to follow behind the infantry, five hundred paces apart, too close, standby!" ”

Two thousand cavalry from the left and right flanks set out again, this time because it was surrounded by infantry attacks, the process of attack was very slow, and the closest distance between the two armies was two miles, and by the time the infantry advanced forward in a neat phalanx, it had been about ten minutes.

The attack of the infantry of the Qianjun army did not charge, but pressed forward step by step, and when the front rows of the two sides touched, the Qianjun saber and shield bearers immediately put their shields on top and resisted Liu Song's army, or slashed with their swords, or covered the spearmen in the rear, and then the archers behind kept firing arrows at the Liu Song army's military formation.

The infantry of the Liu Song Army, which had more than 8,000 people, had just lost more than 2,000 people through the cavalry charge, and only 5,000 people remained, and the formation had not yet fully recovered.

The sabers and shields, spearmen and archers cooperated with each other, blocking the front with sword and shield soldiers, waiting for the opportunity to kill the enemy with spearmen, and then supporting the rear with archers, without stopping the arrows.

Liu Song's army in the lower left and due north corner each sent a military formation to reinforce them, and attacked the infantry from the upper and lower directions.

When Zhao Junsheng saw this scene, he immediately ordered: "Order the light cavalry behind the infantry to be divided into two parts, and charge and kill the Liu Song army from the upper and lower directions from the flank, and defeat them for this king!" ”

The horn sounded again, the command flag kept waving, and the two cavalry following the infantry split into two, each killing the cross-section of Liu Song's army that was reinforced from two directions.

Liu Song's army, which came to reinforce from the upper and lower directions, was moving rapidly, but was greatly frightened when he found the cavalry of the Qianjun army killed from the flank, and the general who led the troops immediately ordered to stop the advance, and turned to the formation on the spot to prepare to meet the enemy.

However, the speed of the cavalry of the cadre army rushed over too fast, and the reinforced Liu Song army was still unstable on the foothold of the cavalry of the cadre army, and the cavalry of the cadre army was shot by a rain of arrows, and several rounds of arrows were shot down, and the army formation of Liu Song army's unformed army almost collapsed, and then the cavalry of the cadre army rushed with force, and was rushed to scatter on the spot.

The cavalry of the cadre army rode their horses and pursued them frantically, shooting them with arrows at a distance, stabbing them to death with spears at a close distance, and slashing them with swords.

Tan Daoji, who was in the middle of the formation, looked gloomy and said: "It's the boss who is big, the bigger this formation is, the less flexible it is, and the support is not timely!" Order, ordering our cavalry to rush forward to contain the cavalry of the dry army, so that the defeated generals can regroup! ”

The cavalry of the Liu Song army attacked at a fast speed, and they rushed up from the flank to block the cavalry of the dry army, and the two sides began to fight, which gave the defeated Liu Song infantry a chance to regroup.

"Marshal, the two wings of our army are about to be overwhelmed!" Xue Tong reminded Tan Daoji.

Tan Daoji saw that the two wings were really a little unbearable, and the soldiers on the two wings, who had been rushed and killed by the cavalry of the cadre army, were scattered in formation, and the soldiers on the two wings, who had suffered heavy losses, were then attacked by two teams of 5,000 cadre infantry, and at this time they had been defeated and retreated.

Tan Daoji weighed it, and he had to order the transfer of 3,000 people from each of the central army formations to reinforce it.

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