The camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army stood quietly on the bank of the White Canal, like a round of crescent moon in the night sky, silent. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The tall gate was tightly closed. Behind the long fence, tens of thousands of soldiers were waiting for them, and their sharp weapons shone brightly in the sunlight.

Countless battle flags fluttered in horror in the center of the wind, as if they were frightened by the howling sound that resounded through the heavens, and the whimpering sound from their mouths was drowned out by the roar of the tide in an instant.

On the upper floor of Wannian City, Li Yi, Yue Fei, Xu Da, Gao Changgong, Zhang Liao, Li Guangbi, Xie Xuan and other generals of Northern Xinjiang lined up, looking at the enemy battle formation in the distance with solemn expressions.

"Lord, drums, drums......" Gao Changgong turned around suddenly, waved at Li Yi and said, "Suppress their momentum, press down ......"

Li Yi shook his head, narrowed his eyes and smiled indifferently, and said, "It's not a bad thing to show weakness to the enemy. ”

Then he looked at everyone and asked indifferently, "Do you estimate, how many men and horses did Han Sui bring to fight us?" ”

"At least 150,000 people, which is very much more than we expected." Yue Fei smiled bitterly, "At first, we estimated that they would be able to gather about 100,000 horses, but now it seems that both Han Sui and Yuan Shao have gambled their fate on this battle. At present, we only have 160,000 troops, although our army is elite, but after all, the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and the slightest carelessness will lead to unimaginable consequences. ”

He looked at Li Yi and said solemnly: "The imperial court hopes that we can save the Xiliang army as much as possible, but now it seems that it is impossible. If we want to defeat the enemy, we can only break the cauldron and fight to the death. ”

Li Yi nodded, and said helplessly: "Give up the idea of preserving the Xiliang Army, kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent, kill as many as you want, otherwise this battle is not worth it even if you win." ”

At this time, in the battle array of the coalition army, the drums rose to the sky again, and with a deafening roar, the coalition army began to advance slowly.

"What does Han Sui want to do? Want to attack? Zhang Liao asked suspiciously, "He came all the way in a hurry, the soldiers did not rest, the camp tent was not established, and the hasty attack would only lead to greater casualties, is he crazy?" ”

"He might want to find out what we're doing." Xu Da said, "He must have felt very uneasy when he was showing off his might and constantly provoking us, but we were hiding in the camp tent." ”

"Order all the departments to prepare for battle." Li Yi waved his hand, "Order the archers of all departments to shoot three rounds of salvos." ”

......With a loud bang, a black cloud suddenly flew out of the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and it roared angrily like a monster with teeth and claws, and pounced fiercely against the enemy.

Nearly 10,000 sharp arrows were nailed to the ground almost at the same time, and the earth trembled violently at this moment, and all the people on the battlefield seemed to hear a terrible groan.

The coalition forces suddenly stopped, and the sound of drums and trumpets ceased in an instant, and the battlefield suddenly fell into a dead silence.

"Buzzing ......" was another loud bang, and another bloody and roaring black cloud rose from the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

This black cloud was still flying in the air, and the third loud bang came again, and the dazzling sunlight immediately dimmed, and a chill enveloped the entire battlefield in an instant.

Yan Xing led a team of Xiliang cavalry back quickly, and after three volleys of the Northern Xinjiang Army, they left a dense array of arrows on the battlefield. Judging from these arrows nailed to the ground, the strength of the two wings of the Northern Xinjiang Army battalion is almost the same, while the strength of the Chinese army is a little thin. In addition, judging from the number of arrows, there are not many archers in the Northern Frontier Army. Based on the approximate number of these archers, Yan Xing estimated that the total strength of the Northern Frontier Army was between 50,000 and 60,000. This is basically consistent with Han Sui's judgment before sending troops, and the difference is not very big.

Han Sui thought thoughtfully for a while, and suddenly asked, "Why hasn't the Northern Frontier Army beaten drums?" ”

Yan Xing was stunned for a moment and did not speak.

The Northern Xinjiang Army has always been strong and imposing, and even if it sees that the opponent's troops are significantly more than its own, it will not take the initiative to show weakness. Today this situation is indeed a bit abnormal.

"Is it a sign of weakness?" Han Sui asked again.

Yan Xing asked, "What does Lord Father suspect?" ”

Han Sui looked up at the big silk flying in the sky on the city tower in the distance, waved his hand, and said to Yan Xing: "Order, retreat ten miles back and camp." ”

In the evening, the Central Army of the Allied Forces was in the Great Tent.

Han Sui stood in front of a makeshift sketched map of the battlefield situation and personally deployed the attack strategy.

"Judging from today's temptation, the strength of the two wings of the Northern Xinjiang Army is equal, and the strength of the middle is weak. However, because the middle army is in the city, and the middle road is divided into two armies, the front and rear armies, there must be troops in the city who can support the middle road at any time. This is a decent goose marching formation, which is in line with Li Yi's steady and cautious way of using troops. ”

Han Sui pointed to the Wannian City on the map and continued: "The Northern Xinjiang Army is deployed according to the city, and the biggest advantage is that it effectively protects the Chinese army. Even if it is defeated, it can still command the defeated troops to quickly withdraw into the city, thus ensuring that its own army does not collapse. ”

"Since we can't use the superiority of cavalry to destroy its Chinese army, and we can't give the Northern Xinjiang Army a fatal blow after gaining absolute superiority on the battlefield, we can only take the maximum annihilation of the Northern Xinjiang Army's strength as the ultimate goal."

"According to this goal, our first task is to destroy the middle of the Northern Xinjiang Army, completely divide the left and right flanks of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and then cut off the route for the left and right flanks of the Northern Xinjiang Army to withdraw to the city, and use the advantage of strength to completely annihilate all the forces on its left and right flanks, forcing Li Yi to flee back to Hedong with the remnants of the city."

"The Northern Xinjiang Army held out in the camp and forcibly attacked us, and suffered great losses. Although the big camp of Wannian City has just been established, many of the defense facilities are not complete. However, the sharp weapons of the Northern Xinjiang Army, especially the many heavy weapons in their hands, will bring great trouble to our attack. ”

"In order to quickly break through the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army, quickly enter a head-on attack with the Northern Xinjiang Army, and give full play to our advantages, I plan to carry out a surprise attack tonight."

There was silence in the big tent, and the atmosphere was suddenly tense.

"Meng Qi, you take five thousand iron cavalry, launch an attack on the eve of dawn, take the lead in tearing through the middle defense of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and lead the army to kill all the way to the bottom of Wannian City, cutting off the connection between the left and right wings of the Northern Xinjiang Army." Han Sui said, "Once the middle of the Northern Frontier Army is threatened, the troops in its city will inevitably be reinforced, so that its left and right flanks will lose reinforcements, and we can immediately block their retreat before they retreat." ”

"Ten thousand?" Ma Chao hesitated for a moment, bowed down and asked, "What if there are more reinforcements in the city and I can't stop them?" ”

Han Sui said without hesitation: "I will take 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers to respond in the center. As long as the middle lane is critical, you can get reinforcements right away. ”

Ma Chao bowed down to receive the order.

"The reaction of the Northern Xinjiang Army today is somewhat abnormal." Han Sui looked at the generals and frowned slightly, "If my prediction is correct, the enemy cavalry heading south from the direction of Xiaoguan may exceed our estimate. Gao Changgong and Zhang Liao have most likely secretly rushed to Guanzhong. ”

"The cavalry of the northern frontier suffered large losses in the Central Plains in the early stage, and even if they go south this year, there will not be too many people." Liang Xing said disappreciatively.

"Whether our guesses are accurate or not, we have to prepare early so as not to be caught off guard." Han Sui said, "After the left and right flank infantry armies took the lead in breaking through the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army at dawn, the cavalry armies on both flanks immediately rushed up and lured out all the Northern Xinjiang cavalry in response to the attack of the infantry army. ”

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi commanded 15,000 cavalry, and Li Kan and Zhang Heng led 30,000 infantry soldiers to live on the left flank of the coalition army.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan commanded 25,000 cavalry, and Gao Gan commanded 60,000 foot soldiers to live on the right flank of the coalition army.

"At the beginning of the attack, the purpose of the left-wing army was mainly to contain the right-wing army of the Northern Frontier Army." Han Sui explained, "Our right-wing army is the main force of attack in this battle. After 85,000 men rushed forward, they should encircle and completely annihilate the left wing army of the Northern Xinjiang Army as quickly as possible, and then quickly move to the right flank battlefield, striving to annihilate all the left wing troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army. ”

Han Sui then explained in detail some details of the attack, especially the cooperation between the infantry and cavalry armies, and instructed the generals of all departments to obey the military orders and work together on the battlefield.

"Okay, let's disperse, let's go back and prepare immediately." Han Sui waved his hand lightly at the generals, "Before dawn tomorrow, we will enter the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army." ”

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At night, the city of ten thousand years.

Since the enemy's strength greatly exceeded expectations, Li Yi urgently revised the survey and summoned the generals to redeploy.

"Under the current circumstances, it is impossible to talk about what Bao Han Sui beats Yuan Shao." Li Yi smiled bitterly, "This is a bloody battle. Whoever loses loses Guanzhong. Han Sui had already made a desperate bet, and even risked losing the western frontier to fight us to the death, which we did not expect in advance. The imperial court, including myself, underestimated Han Sui's determination to occupy Guanzhong. ”

"The Guanzhong War is a matter of Zhongxing's great cause, a matter of life and death, we cannot be defeated, and we cannot afford to lose, so you must win this battle at all costs, even if you suffer heavy losses."

"We have no advantage in terms of strength at all, and in order to be able to hit with one blow, we can only show weakness and lure the enemy first, and let the rebels attack in full force first. After the enemy's attack intention is revealed, we will launch a fatal blow against the enemy's vital points. Xu Shu pointed to the map and drew a circle in front of Wannian City, "Let's deploy 68,000 people in the south of Baiqu first. ”

"Directly ahead of the middle road is the 16,000-strong army of General Huang Zhong and General Yang Feng. In the Wannian City behind the middle road, there is the 8,000 army of General Han Xian. ”

"The left flank deployed an army of 22,000 cavalry. The two generals, Yue Fei and Li Le, commanded 16,000 foot soldiers. General Murong Han commanded 6,000 cavalry. ”

"The right flank is also an army of 22,000 cavalry. The two generals, Xu Da and Hu Cai, commanded 16,000 foot soldiers. General Sun Li commanded 6,000 cavalry. ”

"On the north bank of the White Canal, an army of 64,000 infantry of the Ninth and Tenth Infantry Corps, two corps of the Third Cavalry Corps, two corps of the Fifth Cavalry Corps, and one corps of the Sixth Legion, a total of 36,000 cavalry troops, will enter the battlefield at any time." (To be continued.) )