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"This means that the Allied forces are twice as strong as ours, including the 20,000 defenders we left behind at Hangu Pass."

Speaking of this, a thick melancholy appeared on Guo Jia's face, and he whispered worriedly: "The disparity between the forces of the enemy and us is extremely unfavorable to our army with the 、、、 battle situation!" ”

Seeing Guo Jia's worried expression, Li Li smiled indifferently and said disapprovingly: "The matter has come to this point, and worrying is useless." There is a saying: the soldiers will block, the water will come to the earth, and the top priority at the moment is to organize the army to face the battle, and it is useless to think about other things. ”

"No, Jia Ling!"

Seeing Li Li so optimistic and confident, Guo Jia calmed down and led the order to leave, and quickly went to the Shuaitai of the Chinese army, dispatching all battalions of soldiers and horses to prepare for battle to meet the enemy.

"Xiaozhi knows where this Liuhe battle array comes from and how powerful it is?"

Seeing Guo Jia go to Shuaitai, Li Li turned his head to look at Fa Zheng beside him and asked with a smile.

Fa Zheng looked back when he heard this, and said happily: "Lord Yu, as far as his subordinates know, this Liuhe Battle Array evolved on the basis of the Warring States Ancient Formation Fish Scale Array. There are two types of battlefield battle formations, one is the offensive formation, and the other is the defensive battle formation. During the Warring States Period, Sun Bin, a master of the art of war, used ancient and modern formations to the extreme, leaving the ancient book "Sun Bin Art of War", which focused on the method of battle formation. This art of war and Sun Tzu's art of war are known as the two great strange books in the world, and they are highly respected by the famous generals of all dynasties, but it is a pity that these two strange books of the art of war that are circulating nowadays are hand-copied volumes, most of them are incomplete, and the real works are missing. ”

Speaking of which. Fa Zheng's face showed a strong look of regret, and then he calmed down and continued: "There are many ways to fight in formations. Most of them are named according to their shape and offensive and defensive characteristics, and the commonly used formations on the battlefield are nothing more than: square formation, circular formation, sparse formation, several formations, cone formation, goose-shaped formation, hook-shaped formation, Xuanxiang formation, water array and fire array, and so on. In addition, there are also the 'Cloud Array' for shooting, the 'Win Wei Array' for encircling the enemy, the 'Sui Sui Array' for surprise attacks, the 'Eight Gates Golden Lock Lock Array' and the 'One Word Long Snake Array' for both offense and defense, and other formations, all of which are varied. There are more than 100 large and small ones.

“??? However, despite the wide variety and variety of formations, all formations are the same. The essence of the formation is to win more with less, and defeat the strong with the weak. However, any formation has strengths and weaknesses, and its fundamental position is whether the soldiers in the formation are elite, whether the cooperation is tacit enough, and whether the strength of the formation is enough to give full play to the formation.

In the case of the Liuhe battle formation of the Allied army in front of him, it was composed of the forces of the princes of the Seven Towns. At first it was six phalanxes. Now the phalanx gathered and superimposed on each other to form a fish-scale attack formation. The 240,000 infantry army formed a six-stage fish scale formation superimposed on top of each other, and when the allies attacked, the commander of the Chinese army retreated to the rear of the formation, and the six-stage fish scale attack formation was layer by layer, attacking our army with a sweeping and crushing momentum. The biggest advantage of this kind of battle formation is that it can prevent our army's war cavalry from breaking through the Chinese army to the greatest extent, squeezing it layer by layer, and advancing steadily. Trying to compress the space step by step, greatly suppressing the impact of my Xiliang battle horse. ”

Speaking of which. Fa Zheng's voice paused, and after taking a breath, the same melancholy as Guo Jia appeared on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "Once the 240,000 infantry of the Allied Chinese Army approaches our army's formation, our army's more than 100,000 cavalry will be at a disadvantage. More than 100,000 cavalry lost space to sprint, and then fought extremely passively with the allies in close combat, which was extremely disadvantageous to our army.

The advantage of war horse combat is that it is flexible and mobile to fight in battle, and there must be enough space for the war horse to gallop completely, so as to exert the maximum attack power and lethality. Therefore, our army must take the initiative to attack and preempt the enemy, at least not lagging behind the allied forces. After all, the main force of our Xiliang Army in this battle was 130,000 war cavalry, accounting for more than eighty percent of the strength of the whole army, and the defensive force was weak, and it was completely offensive instead of defending.

Therefore, our army must take the initiative to attack; Only in this way can the power of the war cavalry charge be brought into full play. This is the foolish opinion of his subordinates, and whether it is feasible or not is up to the Lord to decide. ”

"Well, Xiaozhi is well versed in the art of war, and this explanation is quite insightful, which is very rare." Li Li bowed his head happily, looked up at the huge Liuhe battle formation of the allies, and asked thoughtfully: "Xiaozhi knows this formation, is there a way to crack it?" In other words, from the point of view of filial piety, how should our army have a chance of winning this battle against the enemy? ”

Fa Zheng seemed to have already been established in his chest, and said without thinking: "Lord Lord, it is not difficult to break the Liuhe formation of the allied army, and you can break it by facing the enemy with a sharp arrow formation." Speaking of which, this Liuhe formation is grand in scale and extraordinary, and it seems to be exquisite, but it is not. This array is formed by the gathering and superposition of six phalanxes, which resembles fish scales, in fact, this is a super-large fish scale array. However, the allied forces attacked almost all of them, and the attack power of the fish scale array was very strong, layer by layer, continuously; However, the Allied fish is too large and has an extremely wide attack range, which means that its defenses are very weak. Therefore, our army's war cavalry formed a sharp arrow formation, and mobilized the cavalry battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness to attack one point and the rest of it, so that it would definitely be able to tear through the enemy's Liuhe defense line, and then smash the belly of the fish and cut it in half, so that the Liuhe battle array could be broken. Then, the cavalry on the left and right flanks of our army formed a goose-shaped formation, forming an encirclement of the Allied Chinese army with lightning speed. If this is the case, our army will be victorious! ”

"How can the 50,000 cavalry on both flanks of the Allied forces break it?" Li Li asked noncommittally.

"Huh?" Fa Zheng was stunned when he heard this, and replied after thinking about it: "My subordinates remember that in the battle of the southern suburbs in the past, the lord's tactics of breaking the tiger camp were very good, and he used chariots to attack the war horses, so that he could break the 50,000 war horses on both wings of the allied army. But??? This time, the Allies also had a fleet of 20,000 chariots, and the bow battalion and catapult were equally powerful, so it was not easy to deal with. ”

"Hehehe!" Seeing that Fa Zheng frowned and pondered, Li Lixin smiled: "Okay, very good, filial piety has this insight beyond my expectations, it is very rare." If this battle is won, Xiaozhi can serve as the general of the army and go out with the army! ”

"Well, thank you Lord for cultivating. Just ???" Fa Zheng was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him, and then hesitated: "It's just that how should the allied war cavalry and other battle formations deal with it?" Please teach the Lord. ”

Li Li smiled and shook his head, and said with a sly smile: "The way of using soldiers is the first thing to focus on. At present, the two armies are facing a decisive battle, if there is an ambush in secret, it is almost impossible to do, but there are no absolutes in the world, and the way to win is to turn the impossible into a possibility. Right and wrong, true and false, many times it is not known at a glance with the naked eye. Therefore, filial piety does not need to worry, and when the time comes, it will be known. ”

"It's ??? The lord is sage, and his subordinates are deeply ashamed. Fa Zheng said in confusion.

Li Li bowed slightly: "Xiaozhi doesn't need to think too much, let's go and prepare for the war, when Huan Fei and Lu Bu finish fighting, it will be the time for our army to attack." ”

"No, my subordinates retire!" Fa Zheng reined in and went straight to the front of the Longxiang camp.

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The slanting sun hung in the air, and the brilliant sunlight shone obliquely on the faces of the allies, forcing many soldiers to raise their hands to cover their eyes to watch the peak duel in front of the battle.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from the allied formation, and then Liu Bei returned to the front of the formation again and stopped on the left side of Yuan Shao.

"Xuande has worked hard, so that his brother Zhang Fei is safe, right?" Yuan Shao turned his head to look at Liu Bei and asked softly.

"Thank you for the alliance leader's concern, Yide's injury is very serious, and I am afraid that he will not be able to heal within a month." Liu Bei replied in a low voice with a sad face.

"Hey!" Yuan Shao sighed softly: "The matter has come to this, Xuande still has to be relieved, now that the war is imminent, don't be distracted!" ”

Liu Bei raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Shao when he heard the sound, and then nodded to indicate that he knew the severity, but he didn't want to say more.

Seeing this, the corners of Yuan Shao's eyes twitched slightly, and a little gloomy flashed under his eyes, but there was still a faint smile on his face. He knew that Liu Bei must have complained about himself in his heart, so he was reluctant to reply at this time, and deliberately gave him a look. In this regard, Yuan Shao was very annoyed, but he had nowhere to vent.

In fact, the reason why Liu Bei personally went out to rescue Zhang Fei just now was because he had no choice but to go. Because he asked Yuan Shao for help before he went out of the battle, but Yuan Shao politely refused, saying that the allied forces had been sent by military generals, and the implication was that Liu Bei would go by himself if he wanted to save Zhang Fei, otherwise he would not be able to talk. Fortunately, Liu Bei was not stopped by Huan Fei after he came out of the battle, and rescued Zhang Fei without danger. However, there was also a gap between him and Yuan Shao, and the mustard had been formed, and there was no longer the previous harmony.

Yes, when Liu Bei returned to the front of the battle at this moment, he naturally wouldn't give Yuan Shao a good face, and it was already very good if he didn't go crazy on the spot.

Up to now, Liu Bei has thoroughly seen the true face of Yuan Shao and the princes from all walks of life, and has also recognized the current form. For this reason, he was extremely disappointed, and he was no longer as optimistic about the current war as before. Even, he faintly felt that the shape faced by the allies was very severe, although there was twice the strength advantage of the Xiliang army, but there were too many hidden dangers. The princes of all walks of life do not trust each other, each has its own ghosts, always put their own interests and preservation of strength first, and the war is imminent and they will not be saved, and when they fight head-on, who can trust the soldiers and horses from all walks of life?

In the face of such a complex shape, Liu Bei was deeply worried, and knew very well that it was probably a wrong decision for him to come to join the alliance this time. Even?????? I may be entangled in Si Li, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out in a short time.

Just when Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were silent, the strategist Xu Yu rode his horse behind Yuan Shao and reported in a low voice: "My lord, everything is ready, and the army can attack at any time." ”

"Well, that's very good." Yuan Shao didn't look back, after bowing his head slightly, his eyes looked at the hundreds of thousands of war horses in the Xiliang army array with deep and gloomy eyes, and muttered: "The Xiliang iron cavalry is the best in the world, and it is indeed a big trouble for my Jizhou army, these more than 100,000 war horses will not be destroyed, and I Yuan Shao will never come out." Therefore, the victory or defeat of this battle is no longer important, as long as you can destroy the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it. ”

This was Yuan Shao's heartfelt words, but it was a pity that his voice was too small, so that no one heard the princes standing beside him; Otherwise, I'm afraid that there will be extraneous branches again.

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