The decisive battle is coming.

This time the battle was different, this time it was a field battle, and it was a cavalry battle.

Field battles test the generals' ability to command the formation, their understanding of the formation, as well as the cooperation of the soldiers, coordinated operations and so on.

In the era of cold weapon warfare, there is a saying that if the number of soldiers and horses lost exceeds two or three percent, the army will be dispersed, but in fact, it refers to field battles.

This kind of argument generally only appears in the case of a field battle and a head-to-head duel between the two armies.

Like the last time Deng Ai guarded the street pavilion, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and the soldiers could still continue to defend the camp, this is because Deng Ai did ideological work before the war, and he could also motivate the soldiers when defending, so the soldiers lost most of them, but they could continue to fight.

But field fighting is different, field fighting, the formation is linked to one link, once any policy is broken by the enemy, it will cause a chain reaction, and sometimes the loss of one percent of the soldiers will be defeated.

Because the formations are interlocking, if there is a mistake in one place, it will be difficult for other soldiers to operate the formation, and the soldiers and horses will be chaotic, and if the soldiers and horses are chaotic, they will be defeated.

In the field battle, the situation is chaotic, and the generals have no ability to motivate the soldiers and encourage the soldiers to continue fighting, who can hear in the chaotic battlefield? It would be nice if the generals themselves could save their lives.

Xiahou said that there were 40,000 soldiers and horses, but the good and bad were uneven, and it was something that Xiahou said needed to think about to maximize the role of each soldier and horse, make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and thus defeat the Han army.

And Liu Chan only has 20,000 cavalry, and it is not easy to defeat Xiahou Cheng with inferior troops, so he can only make a fuss about the Qiang people or the county soldiers, as long as the Qiang people are defeated, then Xiahou Cheng will definitely be defeated.

The question considered by both sides is how to make use of their strong points and avoid their weak points, and war is a process of making use of their strong points and avoiding their weak points, and as long as they give full play to their strong points and do not expose their shortcomings, they can defeat the enemy.

Whether it is a battle between soldiers and horses, or a game of strategists, this is the case.

You look for my flaws, I look for your flaws, whoever hits the opponent seven inches first will win.

Time came three days later.

In the past three days, Xiahou said that he had been thinking about how to use the troops, summoning the generals to explain the tasks, he did not care about the training of soldiers and horses, and he trained 10,000 soldiers.

As for the county soldiers and Qiang soldiers, one was not well trained, and the other was not ordered, Xia Hou said that he just took out wine and meat, bought people's hearts, and let Xu Miao stabilize the morale of the army, because there were only three days, and no matter how much training he had, it was impossible to achieve anything.

If they train, they will break their inherent way of fighting, just like Handan toddler, Zhao Guo's footwork has not been learned, but he has forgotten how he walks.

On the side of the Han army, Liu Chan also discussed with the generals every day how to use troops.

Early in the morning of this day, Xiahou said that he led 40,000 soldiers and horses out of the ancient pass, and after the soldiers and horses set up a formation outside the city, they slowly marched in the direction of Di Dao.

And the Han army, also out of Didao City, set up a position outside the city, and went to Guguan.

Both sides arranged their formations in advance and rushed to the decisive battle site, as for whose formation is more advantageous, it is only to see who can figure out the enemy's mind before the battle, guess the other party's intentions, and then arrange a formation to restrain the opponent.

The battlefield is on the plains of Guguan and Didao.

In a land of flat rivers, it is impossible to ambush and make a fuss about the terrain, which is completely a test of the command ability of the generals and the cooperative combat ability of the soldiers.

Soon, two armies arrived on the battlefield.

The front of the Wei army's military formation is the Cone Array, which is one of the ten formations of Sun Bin's Art of War.

The cone line, as the name suggests, is a formation similar to an awl, small in the front and large in the back, used to break through and cut the enemy.

This cone line array was personally led by Xiahou Cheng and was composed of 10,000 soldiers from Xiliang.

On the two flanks of the cone-marching array were light cavalry composed of 15,000 soldiers.

Although the light cavalry is not very trained, but it is relative to the formation, the Xiliang people are fierce, good at riding and shooting, they don't know about the formation of combat, but the art of riding and archery has long been integrated into the bones.

And behind the cone line array, are the Qiang soldiers.

The Qiang soldiers come from various tribes, so the orders are not strict, and it is impossible for you to make them understand the flag language and cooperate in battle.

But the Qiang soldiers are fierce and brave in battle, which is their strength.

Xiahou said that the formation of this kind of formation, the intention is obvious, is to use the two wings of light cavalry to shoot the Han army formation, with a cone line of the formation of the assault, the Han army is in chaos, then rush up, the Qiang people are fierce, as long as the Han army is chaotic, they will forget the prestige of Ma Chao, so as to make up for their lack of understanding of the formation, the shortcomings of the uneven order, can be regarded as playing up their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses.

And the formation on the Han army's side is a very ordinary formation, a circular formation.

The circle is circular, and the soldiers in the outermost circle are holding huge shields, and in the middle of the formation, there are several phalanxes, like a gossip.

Some of these formations were light cavalry, some were heavy cavalry, but they all carried shields, but the shields of the soldiers in the army were not large, only wooden hand shields.

The circular formation is also one of the ten formations of Sun Bin's art of war, and it is a circular defensive formation. However, the circle formation arranged by the Han army is different from the ancient ten formations, and some changes have been made.

Xiahou's cone line formation is an offensive formation, while Liu Chan's circle formation is a defensive formation.

A spear and a shield, presumably the battle will be very exciting.

Xiahou looked at the round formation in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't expect the Han army to form a defensive formation.

In his opinion, there are many fierce generals in the Han army, all of them are arrogant, they should not take him in their eyes, and they will also form an attack formation, why would they form a circle formation without any means of attack?

In the center of the Han army's formation, the generals surrounded Liu Chan, Wei Yan looked at the Wei formation in front of him, and said with a smile: "The formation of the cone line is really not Your Majesty, as expected!" ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Xiahou said that he chose to fight with our army in the field, but his soldiers and horses were uneven, and if he wanted to give full play to the soldiers and horses, only this formation could be used."

However, Xiahou said that he forgot one point, the cone formation is like a sword, the front cannot break through if it is not sharp, the left and right wings are not as sharp as the knife edge, it cannot cut the enemy, and the strength of the main force is not strong.

Because this formation is an indomitable formation, it can only win, not lose, Xia Hou said that the conical forward army under his personal command is elite and meets the requirements, but the main force on its two wings and the rear cannot meet the requirements.

Xiahou called himself conceited, and pressed the treasure capital on himself, feeling that he would definitely be able to break through the military formation of our army, so I arranged a circle formation to let him remember it for a long time! ”