As a martial artist, Zhang Xiu will be happy to fight with a powerful opponent like Dian Wei, but as a general, he must act from the perspective of the whole army from the perspective of the entire battle situation, and anything that may damage the overall situation must not be done! If he is blindly brave and ruthless, he is just a brave man, how can he deserve the position of commander of an army! When the two sides lined up against each other, Zhang Xiu did not relax for a moment the detailed observation of the enemy army, in addition to the enemy general Xiahoudun, the tiger idiot and evil came together, with the current lineup of the Chang'an battalion in the fight against the generals, it is definitely not the way of the generals, knowing that it is not good for their own side to force their own behavior?

In fact, at the moment when he saw the appearance of the enemy army, Zhang Xiu already had an ominous premonition in his heart, Xiahou Tang could appear here at this moment, Xiongguan must have been in the hands of Cao Jun, and Zhang Ren Yan Yan and the second general were not defeated, the biggest possibility was that he was captured by the enemy or died in battle, with his understanding of the temperament of his senior brother, I am afraid that the latter is the majority, Zhang Jiyuan is loyal and upright, and he will never bow to Cao Thief! But this thought was forcibly suppressed by Zhang Xiu, and now he suddenly encountered the enemy, and he was outnumbered, what he should think about most was how to face the situation at this time, any mood that might affect his calm mood was a hidden danger!

"Hmph, you can also be called a general? Today, a certain family wants to see if you can match your words and deeds! Xiahoudun snorted coldly, and after speaking, he slowly retreated, what he thought in his heart was the same as Zhang Xiu at this time, what he wanted was the victory of the battle, and the possibility of defeating the other party to boost morale was greater than his own, but Zhang Xiu was extremely calm and did not take it, at this time his own side was still in the advantage of troops, but how could he know that the other party had no backup, although the enemy formation was majestic, but it was unwilling to let him retreat, and he always had to divide the battle array!

Xiahou Dianwei retreated, Zhang Xiu and the generals also returned to the formation, the next is the real sword and real gun competition, see the number of enemy troops is twice their own, temporarily take the defensive is necessary, back to the horse Zhang Gongxing and Mu Shun slightly spoke, after arriving in the formation, the latter will fly to the rear army, not far behind the Chang'an camp there is also the Hanzhong Army Yang Ang's 10,000 troops, Xiahou can set up an ambush here to take him by surprise, Zhang Xiu can also use what he has not seen to deal with!

In the Cao army, Sima Yi waved the flag, and the soldiers of the Yanzhou battalion immediately put on an attack formation and slowly advanced, the strong shield array in front could block the opponent's arrow strike, and the military formations on both wings were also moving slowly at the same time, wanting to form a trap on the Chang'an battalion with the advantage of numbers! Seeing this, Zhang Xiu also gave orders in a row, and the Yan soldiers immediately made their own adjustments to the opponent's formation, except for Ma Dai's Sizhou battalion cavalry, the infantry on both wings thickened the general formation again!

In the battle a few days ago, the Cao Army's elite Flying Bear Army was able to win more with less, in addition to the strong combat power, the biggest reliance is the flexible and skilled battle formation, this time the two strong armies are facing each other, in addition to the bravery of the soldiers on both sides, the change of the general's choice of formation is also the most important! Although this way of fighting the army is not as dazzling and intuitive as a fighting general, it is more important in the eyes of those who know the soldiers, and speaking of this, the duel between Liu Cao under Fengqiu City in the Battle of Yanzhou can be a classic!

Generally speaking, in the duel between the infantry troops, the bow and crossbow can only play a certain deterrent role, and it is difficult to form a fatal blow to the other party, even if the cloud-piercing bow of the White Tiger Battalion can only make this threat greater, Xiahou and Zhang Xiu are all mirrors in their hearts, and in the end, such a duel depends on the combat power of the soldiers on both sides! However, the equipment battalion in Zhang Gongxing's hand was something that Xiahou Yuanrang did not have in the army, and the advantages of Yanjun's science and technology played a preemptive effect!

With the dense rain of arrows, dozens of flying stones with a whistling sound smashed on the front of the Cao Army's battle array, with the huge force contained in the flight, the heavy shield was also smashed out of the gap, making the original almost perfect formation have a trace of flaws, and at this time all the crossbow arrows began to concentrate on these gaps to attack, and the connection between them is like flowing water, from here alone, we know that this tactic in front of us has been practiced countless times!

Suddenly encountering a blow, Cao Jun's performance was still extremely calm, and the follow-up shield players immediately stepped forward to block the gap, knowing that the huge threat of the flying stone did not flinch in the slightest, and correspondingly, the entire phalanx slightly accelerated its pace, trying to shorten this attack distance as much as possible! This time, the equipment battalion brought by Zhang Xiu is only one, and it is impossible to form a big blow to the Cao army, but the effect in front of him is enough, the soldiers of the Yanzhou battalion are not afraid of life and death to advance against the rain of arrows and flying stones, and the successive servants make their formation not too big loopholes, but the short-term gap is inevitable!

When the enemy army is only fifty steps away from the Chang'an battalion array, the flying stones of the Yan army will invariably smash at a place in its military formation, although the power of these small bombardment cannons in the camp can not be compared with the giant bombardment cannon or Xiangyang cannon, but it is more accurate in terms of accuracy, and its power has also been reflected, this time the closing of the Cao army's formation is not as fast as Fang Cai, saying that it is too late and that is fast, the Yanzhou sergeant and pawn between the opposing army formations suddenly separated left and right, and a team of mighty cavalry rushed out like a tiger descending the mountain, The right direction is where the gap is! The timing was so clever that before the shield array was closed, the cavalry had already arrived in front of them.

Like Liu Yi, Zhang Hu did not expect Cao Cao to have such a plan for Xiongguan, but in the training of the Yan army, the Yanzhou army has always been an imaginary enemy, which is also reflected in the drill outline compiled by Liu Yi and the strength of others. It is reflected in the battle array, and the cooperation with the infantry is also one of the most important! The addition of cavalry battalions to the eight main forces of the whole army is based on this consideration, and as the last new two armies, the second battalion of Chang'an Sizhou is trained together, and there is even more tacit understanding!

In the temptation of Fang Cai, Cao Jun has already seen the small sky-bombing cannon of the Yan Army, but in the common sense of Xiahou Xun Sima Yi, such weapons are still mostly used in the battle of battles, so take the attack formation listed by Cao Jun as an example, the opponent's flying stones hit their own rear formations at most, and their response is to arrange the formation slightly loosely, after all, compared to attacking the hard crossbow, the speed of the flying stones is still much slower! As long as you are fully focused, you can make predictions!

This response can not be described as incomplete, but the two still underestimated the power of these ordnance carefully developed by the equipment, the accuracy of the small bombardment cannon greatly exceeded the expectations of the two, the focus of the other party's attack is not the rear formation but the shield array in front, this is the first mistake, the second mistake is the underestimation of the Yan army's horse and foot cooperation, only the flying stone is concentrated, the infantry dodge the passage, the cavalry flies up, the whole step has been completed in only a moment, and Xiahou Sima who is watching the battle in the rear has a pleasing feeling, but I also know in my heart that I can do it to such an extent, what kind of dedication those soldiers have to pay in ordinary exercises, the lord has always regarded Liu Yi as a strong opponent, and the essence of his command does not need to be explained, and there has been progress in the past two years!

These two mistakes are not huge, but they are enough for the Yan army to take the initiative under the first contact, the natural weakness of the infantry army in the face of the cavalry makes the elite such as the Yanzhou army unable to block the impact of the Ma Dai iron cavalry in this situation, break a little and shake the whole line, the phalanx of the Cao army was immediately rushed a little messy, without waiting for it to react, Zhang Xiu's hand ordered the flag to rise, and thousands of foot soldiers also shouted in unison and quickly killed, with the quality of the enemy, even under the impact of Ma Dai, the chaos will only be temporary, What Zhang Xiu has to do is to seize the opportunity to further expand the advantages in his hands, even if he can't win all of them, he can also boost the morale of his soldiers!