To be honest, Guo Huai and Cao Zhen are not bad in ability. Their subordinates Wen Qin and Guan Qiu Jian are also talented generals. However, the four of them met almost Ji Han's all-star lineup.
In particular, a certain dead fish head used his plan for this battle to show the world how valuable the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple were.
When Cao Zhen thought that the Shu army was going to block the water and build a dam to flood Huaili City, Zhuge Liang's purpose was always to lure Cao Zhen into dividing his troops and completely defeat the Wei army in the field.
When Cao Zhen thought he could risk going to war and destroy the dikes to delay the attack, Zhuge Liang had already arranged the details of the besieging Wei army in various directions, and even made detailed arrangements for when to block and when to release.
When Cao Zhen realized that he had been deceived and thought that the Shu army was trying to lure him out of the city and attack Huaili, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei to personally lead the army to surround Huaili, but he did not attack by force. Instead, he sent Zhang Fei to lead an army of 10,000 to cooperate with Zhao Yun The cavalry under his command attacked Cao Zhen's team coming out of the city to meet him.
Since then, the 24,000 Wei troops in Huaili City, except for the 3,000 soldiers of Wen Qin who guarded the city, all 21,000 people have left the city defense of Huaili City, and have been treated like hamburgers, making people feel like There were layers of people in the fields outside the city, completely surrounding them.
When Cao Zhen retreated to a place five miles away from Huaili City and saw Zhang Fei coming towards him, he immediately knew that he had been completely fooled.
From the beginning to the end, the military actions of Cao Zhen and Guo Huai basically did not deviate from the siege strategy formulated by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, and they were calculated to death.
But if you want to say that Liu Bei's main army won a complete victory because of this, you also underestimated the abilities of Cao Zhen and others.
Under the predicament, Cao Zhen and other generals finally showed their abilities.
Perhaps Cao Zhen and others were at a disadvantage in terms of the battle situation, but in terms of military command ability, no one was much better than the others.
When Cao Zhen saw that his way was cut off, he immediately turned around without hesitation and went to join forces with Guo Huai. After the two joined together, the battle formation would be thicker and the hope of breaking through would be greater.
Guo Huai also seized the opportunity, and before Zhang Fei could catch up completely, he immediately made a decision and led the army to attack Wu Yi's army.
Guo Huai couldn't help it either.
Guo Huai has already experienced the commanding abilities of Wei Yan and Huang Quan. It is unrealistic to break through the encirclement direction of these two men in a short time, even if they have the upper hand now.
And time waits for no one. Once Zhang Fei surrounds him from the rear and Zhao Yun's cavalry attacks back, Guo Huai will not be able to take out any of these soldiers.
Therefore, Guo Huai could only try his luck and beat Wu Yi to see if he could find a breakthrough from Wu Yi.
Moreover, Guo Huai never thought of defeating Wu Yi's troops head-on.
After all, Wu Yi was also a man who could lead ten thousand troops alone. A man who could command tens of thousands of troops these days would naturally have his own merits. It was obviously unrealistic to completely defeat the enemy army in a short period of time.
Guo Huai just wanted to see if he could expose some flaws and gaps in Wu Yi's troops through a fierce attack, so that he could take advantage of this gap to get out.
As long as we break away from this encirclement and can break out, the rest of the things will be much easier to handle.
To be honest, Wu Yi's ability is indeed slightly worse than that of Wei Yan and Huang Quan, but as a famous general in Sichuan, Wu Yi is not that easy to mess with.
Seeing Guo Huai's main force coming towards him, Wu Yi did not panic. Instead, he calmed down and adopted a defensive and steady approach to deal with it.
Wu Yi knew very well that the Wei army was now surrounded. As long as it persisted for a while, as friendly forces gathered together, the encirclement network would become smaller and smaller, and the Wei army might collapse at any time.
Therefore, when Wu Yi faced the fierce attack of 14,000 Wei troops, he did not lose his position. Instead, he concentrated on defense, leaving Guo Huai with no opportunity to take advantage of him.
Guo Huai was also looking anxious. If he couldn't quickly find a flaw in Wu Yi's army and was eventually surrounded, not to mention these soldiers, even he and Cao Zhen and other generals would not be able to break out of such a dense encirclement.
Guo Huai cannot be a prisoner of Shu thieves, and Cao Zhen cannot.
But at this time, a change suddenly occurred.
The first change was that the two thousand cavalrymen under Guanqiu Jian suddenly gave up their cavalry style of combat and no longer used the tactics of containing the Qiang and Hu cavalry under Zhao Yun. The cavalry of the Ministry launched an assault.
To be honest, this is a way of fighting that kills one thousand enemies and damages eight hundred. In terms of military strength, if two thousand Wei cavalry are against ten thousand Qiang and Hu cavalry, Guanqiu Jian will not have a strength advantage.
However, the reason why the Qiang and Hu mixed cavalry are called mixed cavalry is not without reason.
When this group of barbarian cavalry fights against the wind, each one is ahead of the other. There are rewards and rewards for winning the battle. This is a major event related to the survival and development of the tribe.
But once they encounter a tough battle, these barbarians are a little bit irresistible.
The Qiang and Hu cavalry have never been a regular army, but a coalition of several or even dozens of tribes. These dozens of tribes may have internal conflicts with each other. You expect these guys to fight you seriously. ? !
Hu people who can serve as Qiang and Hu cavalry are all young men in the tribe. In the northwest region, the number of young men in a tribe seriously affects the status of this tribe in the northwest region. The Qiang Hu tribe sends troops to seek wealth and food. , who would risk his own young life to help the Han people fight for the country? !
Another thing. These days, it is generally accepted that "one Han is equal to five barbarians". The combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry is inherently stronger than that of the Qiang and Hu cavalry. Not only the Han people think so, but also the Hu people.
Therefore, when Guanqiu Jianzhen led the army and began to fight hard, the Qiang and Hu army tribal generals who took the lead in the battle discovered that their troops had suffered heavy losses, and without hesitation ordered their tribesmen to withdraw from the battlefield and let others take over.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you die as a teammate or as a poor person.
But you are smart, and others are not stupid either. If you let my tribe die and then return to the grassland, won’t my tribe be annexed by you? !
Isn't it just a mess? Who wouldn't come?
As mentioned before, the Qiang and Hu cavalry are not an organized regular army. Although Zhao Yun can command this army for a while, at this time, Zhao Yun really has no way to use Han military law to restrain these Qiang and Hu cavalry. When your mercenaries are going to be ruined, who cares what military law your regular army has.
Therefore, even if Zhao Yun tried his best to restrain him, he still allowed Guanqiu Jian to lead the cavalry through a road, get rid of the contact between the two cavalry, and go straight to the direction of the main battlefield.
Although Guanqiu Jian did not feel comfortable in this battle, and his troops suffered a lot. At least more than 400 cavalry were lost in this assault. However, Zhao Yun was still shocked.
Because the direction in which Guanqiu Jian was attacking was behind Wu Yijun.
Obviously, Guan Qiujian was aware of the direction of Guo Huai's breakout. Although a large number of his cavalry were damaged, he also cooperated with Guo Huai's army to attack Wu Yi's army front and back, creating an opportunity for Guo Huai's army to break out.
At this time, Wu Yi couldn't hold his anger anymore.
If it was just a one-sided attack against Guo Huai's strong attack, Wu Yi could still calmly command and fight for the casualties of his soldiers to delay, completely wiping out Guo Huai's army.
But now, more than a thousand cavalry suddenly appeared behind him. Even though Zhao Yun was trying to make up for this mistake and desperately organized Qiang and Hu cavalry to come to the rescue, Wu Yi could not remain indifferent.
Under normal circumstances, one thousand cavalry would have a considerable impact on 10,000 infantry, let alone cooperate with Guo Huai to attack from both sides.
Wu Yi really had no choice. He could only choose to allocate 3,000 troops to his brother Wu Ban, and let him lead the army to temporarily block Guanqiu Jian's more than 1,000 cavalry.
Even if he does not ask him to defeat the enemy, it is still delaying time. As long as the encirclement of Guo Huai here is completely completed, it will be worthwhile even if he loses all the three thousand infantry.
But the problem is that Wu Yi's division of troops will inevitably have a certain impact on his defensive formation, and some places will naturally become defensively weak.
In addition, after Wu Yi divided his troops, he only had about 6,000 men left to defend on the spot. Facing Guo Huai's more than twice the military strength advantage, it was a little powerless to ensure the integrity of the defense line.
After all, Guo Huai was also a famous general and had extremely rich combat experience. He caught the flaw in Wu Yi's division of troops at a glance and knew whether he could break through at this moment.
Guo Huai immediately became ruthless and led more than a hundred of his bodyguards to take the lead. Using himself as an arrow, he launched another fierce attack on the defensive weak points of Wu Yi's army.
At this time, Cao Zhen finally successfully completed the rendezvous with Guo Huai's army. When he saw the situation, he did not hesitate and immediately joined the fierce attack. Wu Yi finally couldn't hold on.
Guo Huai's army finally broke through Wu Yijun's defense line and led thousands of soldiers to fight out.
Following closely behind were thousands of soldiers led by Cao Zhen, who also followed this loophole in the defense line and got out together.
After breaking through the defense line, it does not mean that you will be out of danger immediately. After all, you have only broken through a line of defense. There is a possibility of being surrounded by mobile warfare at any time.
Not to mention anything else, the Qiang and Hu cavalry led by Zhao Yun had once again surrounded them from the flanks.
At this time, Guanqiu Jian gave up the attack on Wu Ban, turned around and assumed an assault posture, and launched another assault on the Qiang and Hu cavalry.
To put it bluntly, Guanqiu Jian wanted to use the two thousand cavalry he had to fight for a way out for the more than 10,000 Wei troops.
When Guo Huai and Cao Zhen saw Guan Qiu Jian marching backward, they immediately judged Guan Qiu Jian's intention. At this time, they had no time to hesitate and immediately chose to break out in the opposite direction to Guan Qiu Jian.
On the battlefield, there was no room for hesitation or mercy, and the glimmer of life that Guanqiu Jian had bought with the lives of himself and two thousand cavalrymen was not allowed to be wasted by Cao Zhen and Guo Huai.
(End of chapter)
