"At the beginning, it was just the spearmen and the shieldmen cutting the slope together. There was a gentle slope in front. Behind the slope, they raised their shields along the slope to hide the troops. The cavalry charged here, and behind the slope they held the shields with their spears. The soldiers held their ground.

Waiting until they cross the hillside and cross behind them with their shields, the shield soldiers will immediately raise their shields forward, while the spearmen will lift their spears backwards. This not only blocks the rear army, but also prevents the small groups of cavalry from retreating.

And the crossbowmen further back can gather their fire at the nearest place... This is the principle. Later, there are many methods to adapt to local conditions, or simply build artificial slopes. The most extreme one is to dig ditches, and the shield and spear soldiers ambush in them.

In the ditch, a large shield is placed on the ditch, and the crossbowmen are unprotected behind the ditch to lure the enemy. Even the crossbowmen are hidden in the ditch. They only wait for the horses' hooves to step on the shield before they bravely rush out with their shields... That's it.

Already."

Hearing this, all the surrounding generals were horrified. Whether it was the crossbowmen charging at the horses with no cover, or the spearmen hiding under their shields and letting the horses' hooves trample their heads, it was unthinkable.

Seeing Gongsun Xun's stern response, Gao Shun had no choice but to say a few more words: "Your Majesty, the Qiang people all say that the most important thing in this formation is courage and not being afraid of death. But in my opinion, not fearing death is the most important thing."

Things are too easy, and there are too many people in the world who are not afraid of death. In fact, this formation is based on belief in Pao Zewuqi... The reason for this formation is that the poor Qiang tribe has no horses and no armor, and it is the bows and arrows.

They are all extremely precious, but the most despicable thing is the life of a member of the clan. That’s why there is such a thing that can achieve miraculous results despite desperate efforts. Before these people set up the formation, the first people to fight were fathers and sons. The crossbowmen believed in shields and spears.

The hand will not miss the opportunity to fight, and the spearman believes that the crossbowmen will not scatter in a rush, so that they can kill with one blow! This is like once the military leaders trust each other to the point of life and death, then what kind of battle cannot be won?

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"That's good." Gongsun Xun finally responded. "Is it okay with Yuan Jun?"

"The soldiers of the Li family may be able to give it a try." Gao Shun immediately answered again. "The few hundred tribesmen brought by Ju Yi before may be able to do it, but no matter how many there are, even in the forbidden tribe, my subordinates think that they will not be able to do it...

...Therefore, it is not impossible for the prince to be worried that Generals Zhang and Xu will be lured deep into the enemy and fall into a trap. But..."

Gongsun Xun finally withdrew his gaze from the outside, but he looked at Gao Shun for a long time before speaking: "No matter what, let's send the sentry first to call them back, because if there is really a fraud, this is a flaw in any case, but there is a bigger flaw.

Not there... Su Qing, tell me, if the entire Yuan army is here and all troops are at war, how far away will it be to hide them without being noticed by us?"

Gao Shun was frightened for a moment, but then answered slowly: "Our army arrived in a hurry and crossed the river directly to pursue us. The sentries and cavalry stopped at Qingshui. The situation on the east side of Qingshui is that even though some sentries and cavalry were temporarily sent out today, they were all just now.

After taking the stronghold, the two generals Xu and Zhang set off from the boundary bridge. They had just walked five miles away... If I came to lead the troops and set up an ambush, 70,000 people would take advantage of the spring grass to be separated by five miles.

Just build a half-foot-high earth barrier for shelter... Anyway, we set out at night and only lurk for a while!"

While the two were talking to each other, they suddenly heard a momentary noise from the army. Looking up from the sound, they saw a fire suddenly breaking out in the upper reaches of the Qinghe River, four or five miles due south, and the beacon smoke was clearly visible in the daytime.

"Did Shen Zhengnan burn something as a warning, or was the pontoon over there burned by the enemy?" Lou Gui looked gloomy.

"At least we know where the enemy is coming from!" Gongsun Xun smiled coldly.

"Did the Lord say that the entire enemy army is going to rush here?" Lu Fan finally couldn't bear it any longer. "And it's only five miles away, and they'll be there in a moment? In that case, please the Lord and the Young Master to retreat to the west of Hexi as soon as possible!"

"Is the abandoned army here?" Gongsun Xun glanced at the other party coldly. "The cavalry was led away by 10,000 defeated troops. Maybe it has been scattered and difficult to collect. Even if we see the beacon fire now, we don't know when we will get here... And

At this time, there are only three or four thousand foot soldiers and two thousand righteous followers in the stronghold, with five or six thousand people facing 70,000 people. If my father and son leave, it will be nothing more than the righteous followers. Wouldn't it be that these five thousand foot soldiers have been given away in vain?

At that time, how can our army still trust me? I'm afraid this is the best attitude the other side has in mind, right?"

"Even if the prince wants to stay in camp, at least he should let the young master go back to Hexi first!" Dong Zhao, who was in charge of intelligence, was sweating on his forehead.

"Bullshit!" Gongsun Xun disapproved and swore directly, but he turned around, held up his knife and sat on the Taiwei chair that he had not looked at. "If we can survive for a while, this battle will be won. He has the power in Hedong and Hexi.

What's the difference? And if I lose here, what can he really do if he is a young son? And in this situation, I can only do my best to get Cheng Demou to send troops here! If you send an extra group of soldiers at this time, you will have a better chance of winning.

Sending him over now will inevitably interrupt the movement of troops on the bridge. How can we waste the lives of thousands or even tens of thousands of people for a boy?"

Just when Dong Zhao was about to say more, Gongsun Xun simply pulled out the broken blade and pointed it at Gao Shun: "Let Ming Yinyi go out of the stronghold to look for opportunities to fight. Anyway, the cavalry should not be trapped in the stronghold. Su Qing held this blade and pointed it all over.

Fight and take charge of the camp! Then quickly send people to find Zhang Yide and Xu Bojin, and then call De Mou across the river, asking him to stay on the west bank to step up the transportation of troops, send crossbowmen, spearmen, large shield soldiers... and then let him downstream

At the same time, prepare multiple pontoon bridges for preparation! In short, this battle can only go from the west of the river to the east of the river. Anyone who wants to return to the west of the river will be killed without mercy!"

Gao Shun leaned over to receive the sword, everyone was shocked, and the Yi Cong around him were also busy carrying out military orders.

However, at this moment, Dong Zhao, who had a dark complexion, knelt down regardless of everything: "Your Majesty! I won't talk about returning to Hexi, but you can bring your son to follow the righteous followers to fight in the periphery. We have received your great favor, so you can

Guard the ceremonial guard of the monarch’s umbrella here!”

Gongsun Xun was a little startled, but he couldn't help but smile, and his expression softened: "This is what Japan and South Korea did in the battle over the Weishui River. What was the result?"

Immediately, he ignored the complicated expressions of the counselors and generals below. Instead, he patted his knees and smiled softly at his eleven-year-old son: "Ading, your mother asked you to come with me to see the military. Today is the day."

When the time comes, come and sit on my lap and watch how the elders defeat the enemy!"

Gao Shun led the generals to kowtow and walk away. All the staff from Lu Fan and Lou Gui on down stood solemnly. Dong Zhao was dumbfounded but finally had nothing to say... because he suddenly realized that this is the most difficult thing to change in the world.

The only thing that matters is human character. Even after eight years, Gongsun Wenqi is still the same Gongsun Wenqi who crossed Hutuo on a white horse.

When a person is weak and powerless, he becomes angry when in danger!

This is just like Shen Zhengnan who has the courage to do his job, Guan Yun who is proud of his superiors and his subordinates, and Zhang Yide who is loyal to his subordinates; it is also like Yuan Benchu ​​who is inferior and arrogant, Gongsun Bogui is arrogant and narrow, Sun Wentai is frivolous and unparalleled... Some things really need to be changed in a lifetime.

It won’t fall off!

The army was hurriedly deployed, and the direction upstream was to the east, that is, to the southeast. As the beacon smoke ignited on the river, smoke and dust were already everywhere after a while... No one doubted that Yuan Jun had indeed set up an ambush here, and he was the only one there.

What is inconsistent with Gongsun Xun and Gao Shun's guess is that the distance is a little farther, probably seven or eight miles away. It seems that the other side is also cautious.

But no matter what, it is almost conceivable that the other side will first fake a retreat with all its troops, and then give up 10,000 soldiers as deserters to lure away Gongsun's cavalry, as if they are trying to survive in death with all their strength, in exchange for a chance of victory!

And so far, they have succeeded.

"Such a simple strategy was successful?" Fengji, fully clothed in armor and wearing a crown, sighed as he held his sword on his horse. Surrounding him were densely packed Yuan Jun troops, who were heading towards the boundary bridge.

"Ten thousand lives are used as bait in exchange for the lives of a few thousand infantrymen. If it were me, I would fall into the trap!" Guo Tu, who was also wearing armor, immediately stood aside and twitched his beard and sneered. "I just feel sorry for Lu Xiang and his group.

Ten thousand soldiers... He must not have thought that Xu You said one thing in public during the day and another in private at night. At this time, he probably thought that there were 20,000 elite troops from Li Tuizhi and Yu Wenze waiting twenty miles ahead.

Oh! You thought we would attack from both sides! I really don’t know what he thought when he realized that he was killed by the ‘available person’ that Chen Gong said when he died?”

"Having said that, the courage and ingenuity of this strategy are impressive!" Feng Yuantu shook his head even more after hearing this. "A complete boundary bridge actually delayed the entire army's advance... As for

General Lu Xiang, if we win quickly, maybe his entire army will not be wiped out. Therefore, we must capture this stronghold quickly!"

"So what if we capture it?" Guo Tu pursed his lips towards Heshang, and then still sneered. "Since Heshang was accidentally exposed, Gongsun Xun and his Chinese army might have left long ago. Even if they didn't leave, there would still be two thousand of them.

Yi Cong is at your side... It's ridiculous that we can't even gather thousands of cavalry. Even if we can win, we can't expand the results. Instead, we can only retreat hastily. We may have to suffer casualties from cavalry pursuit again during the retreat, but we can retreat safely.

Now that you have gone, how will you explain to those soldiers and horses from Anping Kingdom, Feng Yuantu? In short, this battle is about capturing the camp, so who will win?!"

"Brother Gongze, don't talk about this now!" Feng Ji sighed. "In such a situation, being able to eat one piece of the opponent is enough to boost the morale of the army. Even if it cannot boost the morale of the army, at least it can make the world know about it.

, General Wei is not a military god, unless he cannot fight and win, Hebei will not be able to support it in the future. He will retreat to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and he can slowly unite with the princes of the Central Plains to rise again... As for the soldiers and horses of the Anping Kingdom, they will be captured on the way home.

Those who stop deceiving them will naturally give them an explanation!"

After saying this, he finally couldn't bear the words of his colleagues, so he immediately stepped forward and continued to boost morale with homecoming words.

In response, Guo Tu looked around, smiled and said nothing, but also rode up to follow.

By the way, although Guo Tu kept talking about this and that, he was still very convinced of Xu You's plan:

First of all, he was impressed by the opponent's courage, his courage to use 10,000 people as bait, and he was fully prepared to abandon these 10,000 lives, which Guo Tu was not as good as himself.

The second one is an ingenious design, relying on the transportation restrictions of a boundary bridge and using a psychological blind spot that can hardly be called a strategy to create an absolute superiority of Yuan's forces in the local area.

The last one is to survive in death, and forcefully change the situation by moving the battlefield. Fighting between Qingshui and Zhangshui, the battlefield environment is extremely unfavorable to Yuan Jun, but once it moves to the boundary bridge, east of Qingshui, not only will it be further

This caused Gongsun's army to be careless, preserving Yuan's army's retreat, and actually further aroused the fighting spirit of some of Yuan's army. The vanguard this time were the Anping soldiers and horses brought by Feng Ji and the plain soldiers and horses brought by Cui Yan.

As well as the few remaining soldiers and horses of Qinghe in the army. In the current situation, with a little deception and encouragement, the soldiers and horses of Anping State became returning soldiers who were eager to go home but their way was blocked, while the soldiers and horses of Qinghe and Pingyuan were the ones who protected their homeland.

The desperate soldiers who defend the country.

In fact, considering that the defeated army was really unavailable in the short term, Yuan Jun actually only dispatched 50,000 troops this time, and the 20,000 fresh troops were the first and main force. As for Li Jin, he really led the remaining 20,000 Yanzhou troops

Ma Nan has gone to Dongjun. It is definitely more appropriate for him to use local soldiers to stop Guan Yunchang in his hometown than to use them in Jizhou!

But no matter what, after the 80,000-strong army was divided into three, the remaining 50,000-strong army that was well-prepared would definitely have the confidence to crush the Gongsun Army's vanguard who rushed across the river. They calculated very clearly that when this time passed, even if the

Hexi continued to transport troops, and the 50,000-strong army faced at most 5,000 infantry and 2,000 white-horse followers, and the latter most likely protected Gongsun Xun and a group of Chinese soldiers and fled downstream to avoid the battle.

"Although the camp did not dare to leave anything to light the fire, it is made of wood after all." A few hundred steps away, in a tall special open carriage, Xu You was explaining the military situation to Yuan Shao in the carriage. There were also horseback attendants beside him.

There are Xin Ping, Xin Zhongzhi, and the newly promoted generals Jiang Qi and Meng Dai. "And our army will bring all the real fire starters with us. At that time, the forward Anping will have 10,000 troops, 3,000 torches, and 10,000 beams."

The withered grass is enough to set the village on fire! The battle will be over in an instant! At that time, as long as the cavalrymen who were lured are careful to turn back and hold on until the afternoon, they can retreat calmly and head towards Ganling!"

"But what should we do about the boundary bridge?" Yuan Shao, who had recovered from his condition and was slightly cheered up, was about to nod, but suddenly remembered a troublesome question. "Should we send out heavy troops to seize it first? Otherwise, once the war is delayed, soldiers and horses will continue to cross the river.

Come on, we may not be able to get rid of the enemy in this battle and leave calmly, right? The opponent has the advantage of cavalry after all. When they retreat at night, the cavalry will not let go, and the reinforcements behind them will continue to flow, and it is likely to become a rout!"

"What Benchu ​​said is true." Xu You pointed at the river and sneered. "The key to this battle is to control the boundary bridge immediately... but it is not necessary to capture it, destroying it is also feasible!"

"Zi Yuan has made arrangements in advance?"

"Does Ben Chu think that Shen Zhengnan's collision was really a mistake?" Xu You was ferocious for a moment. "And the matter has reached this point. It's useless for Ben Chu to think too much about it, and it's useless for me to talk about it... I'm just trying my best to give it a try. So-called

Just do your best and obey fate!"

Yuan Shao immediately shut up.

The army roared forward, crossed the earthen ramparts, raised the flags that filled the sky, and then rushed towards the boundary bridge. In the eight-mile area, the army marched forward with great strides, and the forwards even trotted lightly, so the fastest ones were already gone in just two or three quarters of an hour.

Seeing the situation of the Qiaotou Camp after the fall, I was momentarily surprised, confused, happy and angry, and then reported back one after another.

"Report to Feng Changshi!" Liu Yan, the forward general, sent people to report to Feng Ji. "The enemy pulled down the wooden fence themselves, dismantled the tents themselves, and then lit fires in the camp themselves, as if to ask for help from the cavalry.

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"I've seen it!" Feng Ji said angrily. "However, since they lost the wooden fence, we have no room for fire, and we no longer have shelter. We don't suffer any loss! Send an order to Liu Yan and let the former army drop it.
To be continued...