"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

The high sound of horns broke the silence in the mountains and forests, startled countless perched birds, brought out a squeaky chirp, and flew into the sky, and at the same time looked in horror at the land below, which had rarely been visited in the past, and from there came out countless soldiers wearing iron armor and holding spears and halberds.

Although you can overlook most of the battlefield from this height, your view is obscured by many trees in front of you, leaving many blind spots that are difficult to see.

Although after the plateau entered the main Dai County, the area of more than 100 miles long from Hongshangsai and Jingcheng became a buffer zone between the Qin Dynasty, but the two sides basically guarded their borders, and there were very few wars, so there were not many people in this area, only occasionally caravans came and went, or patrolling troops, and there were some places to camp and rest in the areas along the road. For the vast majority of the area, it is still a jungle area, and it is difficult to find a suitable site for warfare.

Although the two sides cut down a lot of trees in order to build camps and reduce the hidden space for the other side's raids, they could only empty the woods near their camps, and in the middle of the camps of the two sides, they were still sparse, leaving a lot of trees, and in some areas, there were even patches of woods, and the battlefields of the two sides could only be carried out in such areas.

The slope of the hill where the plateau is located is the highest point near the side of the Dai Army, and it is naturally set as the command position of the battlefield by the plateau, but on the right side of the hillside is a large wooded area, with a radius of hundreds of steps, and on the left side is a series of undulating hilly terrain, mixed with many small woods. Because of the limitations of the terrain, it is impossible for the men and horses to be as clear as on the plains, with a clear distinction between the left, the center and the right, or a clear hierarchy of formations in the front and back, so they can only be arranged according to the terrain.

Of course, the same is true of the Qin army, which is about a thousand paces away, and at this point, the conditions of the two sides are the same.

The formation of the Dai Army was centered on the hill where the plateau was located, and was composed of four armies of the Wu'an Army, including Fan Yong, Beiwei, Women's Army, and Scouts, plus two new armies, totaling about 25,000 people. On the right side of the plateau, Yuan Xuan commanded the Yanmen Legion's Jinyong and Fengjie Second Army, plus a new army, with a total strength of 15,000 people, lined up along the edge of the woods to protect the flanks of the plateau, and on the left side, it was led by Jiang Huanwu, the three armies of the Wu'an Legion, Xiaocai, Qingshuo, and Shengjie, plus three new armies, totaling about 30,000 people, according to the hilly terrain of the left, divided into two layers of arrangement.

On the whole, the formation of the Dai army was a semi-arc with the left wing more prominent forward and the right wing slightly retracted, but the depth was not large, and the total strength reached more than 70,000 people. There were nine standing armies, including three full cavalry armies, three mixed infantry armies, and two full infantry armies; Five new armies, including two mixed infantry armies and three full infantry armies. The number of cavalry reached twenty-five thousand.

Compared with the formation of the Dai army, the formation of the Qin army is much more compact, the Qin army invested more than 80,000 troops in this battle, and there are 20,000 horses on the left flank, which are divided into two phalanxes and arranged horizontally; The strength of the right flank reached 30,000, divided into three phalanxes, two horizontal and one column; The strength of the middle lane was 30,000, divided into four phalanxes and distributed vertically and horizontally. Among them, the number of cavalry was 18,000, because the ratio of cavalry in the Qin army was originally lower than that of the Zhao army in the past, and it was even inferior to the Dai army. In addition, because it was fighting in the hilly and jungle area, the Qin army did not dispatch too many chariots, only one hundred and twenty chariots in total, with forty chariots on the left, middle and right, as a defense in front of the array, after all, the role of chariots in building a defensive line is still irreplaceable by other arms.

The number of people stationed in Hongshangsai on behalf of the army was 150,000, and although the Qin army dispatched 200,000 troops, because of the attacking side of the Qin army, there were still a lot of garrisons left along the way to protect the relief line and the back road, and the troops invested in the first line were actually only about 160,000, and the strength of the two sides was actually about the same. And in this battle, both sides basically dispatched half of the men, although it is not a general decisive battle, but for both sides, it is also a battle that cannot afford to lose.

However, although the number of troops of the Qin army was slightly larger than that of the Dai army, because the formation of the Qin army was tighter and the Dai army was relatively loosely arranged, it seemed that the strength of the Dai army was larger, forming a semi-encirclement form for the Qin army.

In fact, Gao Yuan does not like this mode of frontal battle in formation, because unless there is a large gap between the effective and effective armies of the two sides, this kind of frontal battle in array is basically based on strength and hard fighting, and there are not many places where strategy and tactics can be used, which also greatly reduces the power of the cavalry, so even if it is victorious, its own losses will not be less, and it belongs to the preparation to kill 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000 self-losses. On the other hand, Gao Yuan prefers to fight sports warfare such as assaults, sneak attacks, and ambushes.

After staying in Daijun on the plateau, only against the Yan army with weak combat effectiveness, did this kind of frontal array battle be fought, and in the battle of attacking the Xiongnu in the north and guarding the Great Liang, it was basically full use of the speed advantage of the cavalry to fight surprise attacks and sneak attacks, even when guarding the Great Liang, and the Qin army also fought two frontal battles, that was to stimulate the morale of the Wei army, but the main tactics were mainly to defend the city, supplemented by the cavalry raid outside the city.

However, it is not up to one side to decide what kind of battle to fight on the battlefield, and sometimes it should be fought in a frontal array, or it should be fought, just like the current confrontation between the two armies, this kind of frontal battle is inevitable. In addition, the terrain environment of the battlefield here is more complicated, which is different from the general frontal array battle mode, which still leaves a lot of flexible space for the use of troops, not completely hard-hitting, plus Gao Yuan also hopes to use this battle to test the strength of the Qin army, and see what new forces Han Teng has to join.

Han Teng and his generals were also commanding the whole army on a small hill, and Cao Wushu said to Han Teng: "My lord, the formation of the two sides is a little unfavorable to us now, because the array of the Dai Army is longer than ours, and our front and right sides are under attack by the Dai Army. ”

Huo Lieyang shook his head and said: "I don't think so, although the array of the Dai Army is longer than ours, their forces are unevenly distributed, the troops on the right side are obviously weak, and although there are many troops on the left, they are widely distributed, the formation is very thin, and the depth is not thick, this is a taboo for soldiers, so if we can concentrate our forces, led by a fierce general, and break through one of them, it will not be difficult to defeat the Dai Army." ”

Mu Tuoshan frowned and said, "If, according to you, there are weaknesses on the left and right sides of the Dai army, then which one should we choose to assault?" It's not going to be the other way around. ”

Flaming Sun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't answer for a while.

Jin Changdou sneered: "What kind of person is Gao Yuan, can you make such a low-level soldier's taboo mistake, do you think that your ability to use troops is comparable to Gao Yuan?" You can talk about it here and evaluate the layout of the plateau. ”

Cao Wushu also nodded, and said: "Lord Huo, Lord Jin, if the plateau is in a plain area, it is naturally full of loopholes, but in such a battlefield, it may not be a mistake, although there are few people and horses on their right, but they are backed by the dense forest, so they don't have to worry about the flanks, and they can also ambush people and horses in the dense forest; Although the left side of the Dai army is widely distributed, it is all infantry lined up at the foot of the mountain, standing in formation with the back of the mountain, and the cavalry is spread on the mountain, so that if we boldly attack the left side of the Dai army, the cavalry of the Dai army can be condescending and overwhelming. Therefore, the arrangement of the plateau is adapted to local conditions and is not limited to normal shapes, but it is a way of deep integration of the art of war, and it must not be underestimated. ”

Among Han Teng's subordinates, only Cao Wushu is the one who knows the art of war the most, so Han Teng's army arrangement is basically commanded by Cao Wuxian. After listening to Cao Wuxian's evaluation of the plateau formation, everyone suddenly realized.

Jin Changdou said: "I'll just say, how could Gao Yuan make such a big mistake, there is still a person who understands." ”

Han Teng said: "Cao Wuxian, then according to you, how should we deal with it." ”

Cao Wuxian shook his head and said: "There is nothing that can be done by subordinates at this point, although subordinates can see the arrangement of the plateau, but how to attack, they are not sure at all." ”

Jin Changdou sneered again and said, "Cao Wuxian, I thought you really had two hits, but it turned out to be half a jar of water." ”

Everyone has long been accustomed to Jin Changdou's cynicism, so Cao Wuxian didn't take it to heart, but just smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Jin, you also think too highly of me, the person who can compete with the plateau on the battlefield is in the Qin State, I'm afraid only Wang Jian Wang Ben's father can do it, I really don't have that ability." ”

Han Teng's heart couldn't help but sigh secretly, there are indeed many strong martial artists under his command, but there are no famous generals who are proficient in the art of war and can lead the army to fight, Cao Wuxian is already the strongest person in this area, but there is still a considerable distance from the famous generals, Han Teng was able to make many achievements in the past, in fact, with the strong combat effectiveness of the Nanyang Army, and a few brave generals with superior strength, in the face of absolute strength, of course, there is no need for any strategy and tactics.

It's just okay to use this set of tactics to deal with the armies of other countries, but in the face of a famous general like Gao Yuan who is good at using soldiers, and he also has a group of elite generals under him, it is naturally a little difficult to play, not to mention that now Han Teng has no Nanyang army. However, Han Teng still sent troops to fight with the army, and another purpose was to use this battle to increase experience, after all, the ability to use soldiers can only be improved on the battlefield, sitting at home and flipping through the military book, at most it is a Zhao Shi who can only talk on paper, anyway, he uses the Qin army to practice, and he is not distressed when he dies.

Therefore, Han Teng nodded and said: "No matter how much, this battle will be fought according to our ideas, and the result is not important, but we must make it white, how the plateau is using troops." ”