In front of the Wuwei army.

Li Li drove the Golden Lion Beast King back to the front of the Chinese army formation, and casually handed over Zhang Xiu's head to his own soldiers. And the pro-soldiers didn't need Li Li's orders, so they quickly ran to the high platform behind the banner of the Chinese army and hung Zhang Xiu's head on the column next to the high platform.

This move is the so-called pre-battle show. Hang the head of the enemy general on an extremely conspicuous high platform to deter the enemy's courage, strengthen your own military prestige, and boost the morale of the whole army.

"The lord is mighty, he killed Zhang Xiu between his hands, and the morale of our army is unprecedentedly high!" Jia Xu said to Li Li with a smile.

Li Li's expression was still grim when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Since the morale of our army is high, let's prepare for war." After all, this battle cannot be avoided, and our army can only fight with all its might. Wenhe, immediately order all the departments to fight as scheduled, go quickly! ”

"No!" Jia Xu looked at Li Li's solemn expression, didn't say much, and happily obeyed. I saw him striding onto the high platform, holding high the dark red command flag in his hand and waving it to the left, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses of Zhang Liao's division on the left flank moved slowly and began to change the formation, and thousands of large crossbows in the rear quickly advanced to the front of the formation. And the dozens of generals who stood in front of Le Ma also immediately separated, each returned to their own formation, and led their troops and horses to be ready to attack at any time.

After the left flank changed formation, Jia Xu turned to the Xiangyou wing, waved the black order flag in his hand, and the right wing Fan Yong's department also moved according to the order, and thousands of chariots and catapults quickly advanced.

Immediately, Jia Xu waved the bright yellow order flag in his hand again, Xu Rong of the Chinese army came to the high platform, and the deputy general Bo Cai went straight to the rear of the Chinese army. Dozens of generals under the banner of the Chinese army, such as Huan Fei, Teng Yu, Tatar, Ma Chao and Tie Xiao, rode back to their own formation, their swords unsheathed, and they were ready to wait.

Just as the Wuwei army was waiting for the battle, Li Li, who stopped in front of the Chinese army, saw a dramatic scene in front of the Xiliang army on the opposite side. I saw Zhang Ji suddenly riding out of the battle, and when he galloped past Li Dao, he pulled out the sword on Li Dao's waist. In front of the prancing horse formation, he ordered the Xiliang army to attack. Unexpectedly, the Xiliang army actually responded to the call, including the Chinese army's tiger camp iron cavalry behind Li Dao, and they all beat their horses out of the battle, shouting and rushing to the front.

Witnessing this drastic change, Li Li couldn't help but have deep doubts about his uncle Li Dao's ability to lead the army and govern the army, and was even more disappointed in his uncle's ability to control a group of Xiliang generals.

In history, why did the Xiliang army end up at the end of the road and be completely defeated? This is not just the result of the intrigue between the Xiliang generals. In the final analysis, it is Li Dao and Guo Yan's own reasons. Because the two of them are the main generals of the Xiliang army, but not only do they not have the ability to control the generals under their command, but they also fool around and suspect others indiscriminately, so that the Xiliang generals do not trust each other. Beware of each other, and even intrigue. Eventually, it fell apart and went down the road to destruction.

If Li Dao had agreed to Li Li's conditions before the battle just now. I am afraid that the historical tragedy will be repeated, and it will be very difficult for Li Li to clean up the mess left by Li Dao.

Now that Li Wei refused to strike the army and make peace, Li Li was still angry about it.

But at this moment, Zhang Jiyue ordered the Xiliang army to attack, but Li Li finally made up his mind to take over the Xiliang military and government with full power, especially to firmly control the Xiliang army. Originally, he also planned to leave him the 50,000 parts under the command of his uncle Li Dao. Now it seems that he is still too emotional, but he has forgotten the ancient precept of human greed.

Seeing that the Xiliang Army had been dispatched, Li Li's eyes widened angrily. With a solemn expression, he commanded: "Jia Xu, give the order to fight!" ”

After Jia Xu, who was standing on the high platform, heard the order, he held the dark red and black battle flags high with both hands and waved forward brazenly.

Suddenly, seeing that thousands of crossbows were launched in front of the left flank of the Wuwei Army, nearly 10,000 soldiers quickly spread out bundles of crossbow arrows, and several feet of iron arrows were quickly put into the arrow slots. Suddenly, tens of thousands of crossbow arrows shot out, roaring into the air and flying high, cutting through countless beautiful arcs.

Just as the crossbow of the left wing car was firing angrily, the phalanx on the right wing instantly spread out to both sides, and then a full two thousand two-horse chariots galloped out from the rear, and twenty chariots were lined up in a row, several miles in front and behind, and the war horses marched in unison, rushing towards the iron cavalry of the Tiger Ben Battalion. It's just that there are only 600 chariots in the first batch, and the rest of the chariots are still in the right flank army formation, waiting for the subsequent battle against more than 100,000 Xiliang army infantry troops.

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In front of the Xiliang army.

When Li Wei saw that the Wuwei army on the opposite side did not dispatch the Wuwei Iron Cavalry at the first time, but dispatched the crossbows and chariots on both wings to deal with the Tiger Camp Iron Cavalry under his command, his expression suddenly changed greatly, and his eyes were full of worry.

Wuweijun's move was clearly intended to shoot the Tiger Ben cavalry with crossbow arrows, and use the chariot to break down the cavalry formation, delaying the cavalry's sprint speed and momentum. Once the momentum of the Tiger Battalion War Cavalry is blocked, the combat power will inevitably plummet, and at this time, the Wuwei Iron Cavalry will be able to defeat the Tiger Warrior in one fell swoop.

It's really a good calculation, a good means!

Li Wei originally thought that the Wuwei Iron Cavalry would confront the Tiger Camp Iron Cavalry under his command head-on, but he didn't expect Li Li to give up the frontal Iron Cavalry Charge, and wanted to use the chariot and crossbow arrows to consume the soldiers of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and then use the Wuwei Iron Cavalry to attack the Xiliang Infantry Army.

It is true that the Xiliang Army dispatched war horses to charge the formation, and no one could force the Wuwei Army to also use war horses to meet the battle.

Seeing the Wuwei Army dispatching the chariot array and the chariot crossbow array, General Li Daoxiangyou waved his hand.

Immediately, he saw that the right-wing army formation instantly spread out to both sides, giving way to the middle passage, and then saw hundreds of two-horse ironclad chariots with men and horses all wearing armor rushing out of the formation. These chariots were much wider than the Wuwei army chariots, and except for the wooden wheels, they were almost made of iron, which was extremely heavy, and they did not run fast. But on the left and right sides of the chariot were thick iron wheels seven feet long, and the wheels were surrounded by sharp and tough hooks and sickles, and the two sturdy and powerful horses were covered with thick heavy armor, and the ankles and heads were also wrapped in iron armor, except for the belly without wrapping protection. On each chariot stood six armor soldiers, only their eyes were exposed, holding halberds, and they were awe-inspiring.

After seeing the right-wing ironclad chariot out of battle, Li Dao did not stop there, and immediately ordered the left-wing catapult to start attacking. In an instant, as many as 500 catapults were pushed to the front of the formation, and then countless jars of fire in the shape of wine jars were put into the pockets of the catapults. Immediately, one after another black clay pots flew into the sky with fiery red fireworks, heading straight for the military formation of the Wuwei Army.

The left and right flanks attacked at the same time, and Li Dao still did not stop giving orders. I saw him wave his hand in the direction of the rear formation of the Chinese army, and tens of thousands of soldiers rushed to the front of the formation with ballista carts, taking arrows into the groove, and waiting for the momentum. Immediately afterwards, as many as 20,000 giant shield soldiers quickly came out of the ranks, set up the giant shields in front of the crossbow array, and surrounded the huge semicircular giant shield array, advancing step by step. The crossbow array followed closely behind the giant shield and followed forward, gradually shortening the distance with the Wuwei army.

This is the battle formation countermeasure made by Li Dao in response to the intention of the Wuwei Army to go to war. He judged that the Wuwei army was trying to save the Wuwei Iron Cavalry against the Xiliang Infantry Army, and used crossbow arrows and chariots to consume the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. So he immediately ordered the entire Xiliang Army to attack, and the left and right flanks launched an attack at the same time, using the giant shield array of the Chinese army as the arrow to shorten the distance with the Wuwei army. After waiting for the catapult to be projected, the left and right flanks and the Chinese army attacked and fought with the Wuwei army. As a result, the 60,000 Wuwei Iron Cavalry lost their space to sprint and became cavalry trapped in place, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

And the reason why Li Dao arranged the giant shield array in the Chinese army was because the survival of the Chinese army was crucial to this kind of fight of hundreds of thousands of troops. As long as the Chinese army is undefeated and always stands, the entire Xiliang army will not panic and scatter until the Wuwei army is completely defeated and scattered.

In this regard, Li Dao has absolute self-confidence. He has led his troops to fight for many years, and he has personally commanded more than ten large-scale decisive battles, not to mention more than ten times, and has not yet been defeated. However, most of the decisive battles under his command before were fought by tens of thousands of people, and the total strength did not exceed 100,000, and it was the first time that a head-on battle of hundreds of thousands of troops like this one was. Because of this, he really tried his best to think about tactics and matchups, almost thought of all kinds of possible emergencies, and made corresponding emergency preparations.

Therefore, Li Dao was very sure of the victory in this battle, as if he was determined to win and the victory was in his hands. It's just that the tactics shown by the Wuwei army are also extremely rare, especially the Wuwei army's strict formation, more than 100,000 soldiers are in unison, and tens of thousands of soldiers can follow the order as soon as the flag is waved. This section made Li Wei quite surprised in his heart, and secretly admired, which made him quite appreciative of Li Li's ability to govern the army, and he was ashamed of himself. Because the Xiliang Army was unable to do this, military discipline had been sloppy for a long time, and it was difficult to change it day and night. And more than half of the Wuwei army under Li Li is the Xiliang army, and in just half a time, it can be trained to this extent, and with this, Li Wei feels that he is not as good as his nephew Li Li.

However, it is also limited to the ability to govern the army, nothing more.

After all, fighting a war depends on the use of tactics and strategic deployment, and there are soldiers who dare to rush and fight, are not afraid of death, and dare to fight hard. At this point, Li Wei was full of confidence, and he was sure that Li Li was definitely not his opponent.

After giving the order, Li Dao once again reined in front of the formation, looking at the battle situation in front of the formation and the changes in the military formation of the Wuwei Army with a solemn expression. Looking around the battlefield, he grinned with relief, and there was an unexpected look in his eyes.

Sure enough, the left and right flanks of the Xiliang Army suddenly attacked, and the Wuwei Army was caught off guard. Although the cavalry of the Huben battalion in front of the charge suffered many casualties, and the momentum of the charge was resisted by the frontal resistance of the Wuwei army's chariot array, the fire pot thrown by the catapult on the left flank blew up the Chinese army in which Li Li was sitting in chaos, and the ironclad chariot that rushed away on the right flank forced the Wuwei army's left flank chariot crossbow formation to quickly retreat to the rear of the military formation. In this way, the Tiger Camp Iron Cavalry will get a rare opportunity to charge, and it is expected to attack Li Li's Chinese army in one fell swoop, and rush to kill the Wuwei Iron Cavalry who are in a chaotic position.

Seeing that the battle situation was very good, the anger that had previously dissipated a lot because Zhang Ji had ordered the battle without authorization, and Li Dao's face showed a rather smug smile.

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