Guan Yu came to Cao Jun's camp at the same time every day, no matter the wind, rain or snow, to start a fight, while Zhang Liao simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to see the Nanyang battlefield, and continued in a stalemate.
The ten days of Wuzhangyuan have come, and it's time for Zhang Xi to lead the army and Guo Huai to compete to decide who wears women's clothing.
During these ten days, both sides actually brainstormed ways to defeat the enemy and win.
On Zhang Xi's side, there were Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao to help as advisers, while on Guo Huai's side, Wen Qin and Guan Qiujian also made suggestions.
However, there is a saying. When two armies face a thousand-man level battle, there are not many tricks or changes that can be used. In the end, all that matters is the commander's adaptability.
The one thousand men from Zhang Xi's side are the one thousand mandarin duck formation soldiers provided by Zhang Fei, but it is no longer the original version, but the improved one by Zhang Fei, which eliminated the wolf soldiers and added spear soldiers. Soldiers in the Yuanyang Formation who are proportional to Miao sword soldiers.
Guo Huai also used the most elite soldiers of Cao Wei's Central Imperial Army, half of whom were soldiers from the Qingzhou soldiers in the early years.
The two sides lined up near the top of Wuzhangyuan slope, preparing to meet the enemy.
On Guo Huai's side, the formation was in a forward formation. The front army was composed of 500 soldiers commanded by Wen Qin, and behind him was the 300 central army commanded by Guo Huai. Guan Qiujian led 200 soldiers to roam the battlefield, randomly Look for gaps in the enemy's formation to penetrate.
On Zhang Xi's side, a conventional arrow formation was set up. The front army of 300 people was the vanguard army led by Chen Shi, the left wing was Feng Xi's army of 300 people, the right wing was Zhang Nan's army of 300 people, and Zhang Xi only led 100 people in the center. military.
Both sides unanimously adopted an offensive formation. After all, it was only a thousand-man-level military formation command. If you set up a circular formation to defend from the beginning, your initial momentum will be lost, and the morale of the army will also be affected.
The formation is like this, attacking with attack, but it is not yet clear what changes will occur during the specific combat process. It can only be made on the fly.
After the two armies formed their formations and waited for a while, Zhang Xi took the initiative to attack Guo Huai's army.
This was Zhuge Liang's advice to Zhang Xi during the earlier discussion - to attack first.
Sometimes the situation on the battlefield is actually somewhat similar to Go. The first mover has a certain advantage.
Attacking first can effectively boost the morale of the soldiers, and at the same time, it can take the initiative on the battlefield into one's own hands. Once the enemy appears to respond, adjustments can be made according to the changes in the enemy's force.
The rear-guard will enter into passive defense from the beginning, and may be disrupted by the opponent's preparations. They may even be forced to change their planned tactics, resulting in command errors.
Zhang Xi's first attack, and it was an attack on the third line, did put a lot of pressure on Guo Huai.
But Guo Huai is also a famous general after all, and his combat experience is actually richer than Zhang Xi. After all, he made his reputation in the chaotic place of Liangzhou, and there is absolutely no adulteration in it.
Although he lost his first mover advantage, Guo Huai had rich experience in facing the enemy, and he had not thought about the possibility of being at a disadvantage, so his response was not considered a mistake.
Facing Zhang Xi's three-line pressure, Guo Huai immediately asked Wen Qin to lead the troops to meet the enemy. At the same time, he asked his Chinese sergeants to quickly advance to respond. Then, he asked the cruising Guanqiu Jian to start taking action and bypass Zhang Xi. The three-line offensive formation went straight to Zhang Xi's Chinese army's main formation.
Guo Huai did not expect Guanqiu Jian to directly attack Zhang Xi's main formation in such a detour. This was simply unrealistic.
Guo Huai's purpose was to lure some of Zhang Xi's troops on the third offensive line to return to defense, so that they could find a gap in Zhang Xi's offensive line, and then let Wen Qin attack through this gap, causing chaos in Zhang Xi's offensive formation. Then march from the center and try to defeat Zhang Xi's offensive formation with one blow.
Of course, Zhang Xi also saw Guan Qiujian's cruising. After thinking about it for a while, he probably understood Guo Huai's intention. There is no need to make changes yet.
First of all, when Guanqiu Jian led his troops on a cruise, it took a certain amount of time to get around the edge of the battlefield.
Secondly, Feng Xi was commanding the left wing that Guan Qiu Jian detoured. There were 300 men in Feng Xi's army. There was no need to immediately return to defense. He only needed to separate 100 men to slow down Guan Qiu Jian's marching speed. The remaining soldiers It is still possible to carry out a three-line encirclement and siege against Guo Huai's army according to the original plan.
Finally, Zhang Xi also had a hundred soldiers in his hands, all of whom were elite soldiers equipped with spears and swords. Even if Guanqiu Jian did attack, it was not certain who would win.
Therefore, Zhang Xi just asked Feng Xi on the left to divide his troops and delay Guan Qiujian's cruising troops, and the rest did not make any moves at all. They continued to maintain their formation and launched an attack and encirclement against Guo Huai's front army.
Zhang Xi's idea is to take advantage of the current total number of troops to defeat Wen Qin's 500 former troops, so as to establish a sufficient military advantage. By that time, if Guo Huai himself cannot protect himself, Guan Qiu Jian's cruising It also loses its meaning.
Guo Huai frowned when he saw Zhang Xi's response.
Zhang Xi only ordered Feng Xi on the left to detach a hundred soldiers to delay Guanqiu Jian's march. This scattered force was not enough for Wen Qin to lead the troops to open a gap.
On the contrary, the soldiers of Zhang Xi Army, Chen Shi in the middle, has been pestering Wen Qin, while Feng Xi and Zhang Nan on the left and right are also outflanking, trying to cut off the connection between their middle army and the front army Wen Qin. Once they succeed, , Wen Qin is very dangerous.
After Guo Huai thought for a while, he ordered the Chinese army to move forward as much as possible to meet Wen Qin's troops, and then asked Wen Qin to use his local superiority to open a gap in the middle.
After all, Wen Qin had 500 men, while Chen Shi in front of him had only 300 men. Although the Wei army was at a disadvantage in terms of total strength on the frontal battlefield, Wen Qin's strength was dominant in the front army.
In addition, although Wen Qin was young, his martial arts were extraordinary, while Chen Shi. Chen Shi had never been a general known for his bravery. Like Gao Xiang, he was the type of general who commanded operations, and his martial arts could only be said to be average.
Therefore, Guo Huai believes that on such a small-scale battlefield, the martial arts of the vanguard general can still play a certain decisive factor.
Wen Qin naturally liked such an order very much. This was a tailor-made opportunity for him to make a name for himself.
After Wen Qin received Guo Huai's military order to attack the Chinese army, he immediately urged his horse to lead the army, rushed forward personally, and launched an assault on Chen Shi's front army.
As long as they can break through Chen Shi's three hundred soldiers, there is no need to look back and go straight to Zhang Xi's Chinese army camp.
At that time, Zhang Xi's central army had Wen Qin rushing in from the front and Guanqiu Jian on the flanks. It was impossible to stop Zhang Xi's army with a hundred soldiers.
Wen Qin thought well, but after all, he was not his unborn son, that was the humanoid Gundam, Wen Qin was not.
Besides, Zhang Xi had Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao receive assault training before the war. Each of these three people was as valuable as Guo Huai. How could Guo Huai not take these responses into account?
At this time, Zhang Xi actually had two choices.
One is to ask Zhang Nan and Feng Xi on the left and right wings to give up outflanking and intercepting Wen Qin's troops, and consider Chen Shi's front army to increase the thickness of the front army to prevent Wen Qin from breaking through.
The other, regardless of Wen Qin, believed that Chen Shi could stop Wen Qin and continued to let Zhang Nan and Feng Xi outflank him. After cutting off Wen Qin's retreat, he attacked Wen Qin's troops from both sides.
Zhang Xi thought about it for a while, and the inherent impression in his mind began to work.
Yes, Zhang Xi admitted that Chen Shi's ability was indeed much stronger than what was described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but his opponent was Wen Qin after all.
The Wen Qin who started one of the three rebellions in Huainan and forced Sima Shi to fight in person even though he was sick, and finally died in the army.
Although Wen Qin is a bit younger now, and he shouldn't be as sophisticated in his military use, he is still better than Chen Style, right? !
In Zhang Xi's mind, a formula indicating that Wen Qin was greater than Chen Shi appeared involuntarily, and then he almost subconsciously ordered Feng Xi and Zhang Nan to give up the outflanking and move closer to Chen Shi to block Wen Qin's assault.
Chen Shi's name is incomprehensible. This Wen Qin is indeed very powerful, but we are worthy of him! ! !
The personal bravery of a general can indeed play a certain role in such a small-scale battlefield. It may be difficult for Chen Shi to stop Wen Qin from leading troops to attack back and forth, but his ability to attack and break through is not as important as whether he can lead his troops to kill his own army. Array, those are two different things.
Chen Shi may not be able to guarantee that he can completely stop Wen Qin's assault, but Chen Shi can guarantee that even if Wen Qin can highlight his military formation, the number of soldiers following Wen Qin will not exceed fifty.
With such a small force, even if they attack Zhang Xi's central army, they will die.
So Chen Shi really didn't feel that he needed help. But now that the left and right armies had begun to converge on him, even if Chen Shi wanted to raise objections, he had no time.
Besides, strengthening the thickness of the center can be regarded as a slightly more cautious response to a certain extent. It is not a response that affects the overall situation of the entire army, and it can ensure that the center is not breached, which is not wrong.
Therefore, Chen Shi could only accept it, and with the help of Feng Xi and Zhang Nan, he suppressed Wen Qin's assault again.
Now in the middle, Wen Qin, with more than 400 men, faced the siege of more than 700 men from Chen Shi, Feng Xi, and Zhang Nan on the third line. There was no space or ability to intersperse attacks back and forth.
Now Wen Qin can hold on to the front army from collapse, which is already his best effort.
However, Guan Qiujian's roundabout army was still trying to get rid of the obstruction of hundreds of soldiers sent by Feng Xi, and was unable to launch a surprise attack on Zhang Xi's main formation for a while.
At this time, it depends on Guo Huai's response.
At this time, Guo Huai was looking at the battle with an expressionless face.
It's not that Guo Huai is powerless, but that Guo Huai is waiting for the right time.
And this opportunity will appear without letting Guo Huai wait too long.
(End of chapter)
