Mi Han

Chapter 288
When light and darkness formed a sharp contrast in this world, the [-] Wei army and the [-] Han army also formed a confrontational situation.

Today, outside the vast Fancheng Plain, the armies of the Han and Wei dynasties have all shown their fangs in front of each other.

On the side of the Wei army: Zhang Liao, who has [-] million and [-] Wu troops, is the commander-in-chief, and Cao Xiu, who is known as the Cao family for thousands of miles, is the deputy commander.

As for the other generals such as Xu Chu, Sun Li, Du Xi and others, they are all famous generals in the Central Plains in Cao Weizhong.

On the side of the Han army: Guan Yu, who is powerful in China, is the commander-in-chief, and Zhang Fei, the enemy of thousands of people, is the deputy commander.

It is supplemented by Mi Yang, who has been hailed as the "Han Deer" in the past two years, and other veteran generals as assistants.

The lineup of the two sides is already considered very luxurious in the post-Three Kingdoms period when the famous generals are gradually fading.

There are currently three strong in the world.

And with such a lineup, if any party is used to attack Sun Quan, I am afraid that Sun Quan will feel the disaster of subjugation.

But such a lineup is just a big battle between the two strongest in the world.

The big battle between the two sides today is essentially the first official duel between the newly established Han and Wei dynasties.

The combined total strength of tens of thousands of troops from the Han and Wei dynasties made the atmosphere on the land several miles around suddenly chill.

In this chilling atmosphere, gusts of cold wind kept blowing the tight formations of the two armies.

But no matter how fierce the cold wind in this world is, the formation of the two armies with a strong fighting spirit in their hearts remains unmoved.

The eyes of the soldiers on both sides were fixed on the enemy in front of them. In this cold weather, their palms holding the spears were already sweating.

Both sides are well-known powerful armies in the world, but both sides know that the other side is also a strong army not weaker than their own.

The two parties know that once the war starts, there will be one of them who will always lie on the land under their feet and become the best fertilizer for the robust growth of crops in the coming year.

Just when the fighting spirit of the two armies became stronger and stronger, Guan Yu rode out from the fortified army formation.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao, who was in the Wei army's formation, hesitated for a while, and then rode out from the Wei army's formation.

Guan Yu's actions are obviously to meet him.

If he, the main general, avoids seeing in front of the two armies, it will undoubtedly be a blow to the morale of the army behind him.

As for his own safety, even though Guan Yu is the enemy of ten thousand people, Zhang Liao is not an ordinary general.

And Zhang Liao's actions were also noticed by Cao Xiu, Xu Chu and others behind him, but they all understood why Zhang Liao did this.

Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, good friends in the past, drove towards each other as if they had a tacit understanding.

I still remember that before Guan Yu made great achievements in Xudu, because of Cao Cao's preference for Guan Yu, many generals of the Cao family refused to accept Guan Yu.

At that time, only Zhang Liao and Xu Huang would take the initiative to associate with Guan Yu.

Compared with the relationship between Xu Huang and Guan Yu, which is more of the same county, the friendship between Zhang Liao and Guan Yu can be traced back to when they were in Xuzhou.

Under the leadership of the good horses under their crotch, the two famous generals came a hundred steps away from the front of the two armies, and finally came to the front of each other.

Then the two war horses, driven by their respective owners, took a step forward at the same time, and the horses' heads intersected.

This distance should not appear between two hostile people, but it can appear between two people who are friends.

Zhang Liao looked at Guan Yu who was close at hand, and even though he was about to start a life-and-death battle with him, Zhang Liao still had a smile on his face and said to Guan Yu:
"Long time no see, Yun Chang's style is still the same."

Facing Zhang Liao's greetings, Guan Yu also showed a smile on his face.

"Wen Yuan is the same."

Even if there are [-] enemy troops in front of him like wolves and tigers, it can't disturb Guan Yu's heart at all.

After exchanging pleasantries, Guan Yu took the initiative to say to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan and I met before the military formation back then, if we broke up before the military formation today, it would be considered a beginning and an end."

Hearing Guan Yu's words, Zhang Liao showed bitterness on his face, but these bitterness was quickly suppressed by him.

No matter how good old friends are, if they have different ambitions, sooner or later they will part ways.

If it is said that in the past when Zhang Liao served Wei Gong and Wei Wang Cao Cao, there was still room for maneuver between Zhang Liao and Guan Yu.

The moment Zhang Liao became Wei Emperor's General Guard, the two former friends had no choice but to live forever.

In the face of righteousness, Guan Gong has never been ambiguous.

After dispelling all the bitterness on his face, the courageous Zhang Liao would not easily show weakness to Guan Yu.

"The meeting between Yun Chang and me today is to break off diplomatic relations, but don't you know if Yun Chang will lose his head in a while?"

Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Guan Yu couldn't help laughing.

He wasn't laughing at Zhang Liao's overthinking, he was laughing at his enemy Zhang Liao's courage.

Only such an enemy is worthy of being an enemy of Guan Yu.

After laughing, Guan Yu pointed to his neck and said, "You are not the only one who wants my head in the world?"

"Gongming back then was also one of them. It's just that Gongming's bold words are still in my ears, but where are the people?"

Guan Yu's words made Zhang Liao narrow his eyes.

Where is Xu Huang?

People are in Jiuquan.

Guan Yu compared him to Xu Huang.

It's just that although he knew Guan Yu's intentions, Zhang Liao couldn't find any reason to refute Guan Yu's example.

Because Guan Yu said the truth.

Then Guan Yu tore off a piece of cloth from his body, and then he held up the broken cloth and said to Zhang Liao: "The friendship between you and me in the past is like this piece of cloth today, no matter how difficult it is to sew again."

After saying this, Guan Yu threw the broken cloth in his hand towards the sky, and then he turned his horse's head and headed towards the Han army's formation.

At the moment when Guan Yu drove away with his horse, Zhang Liao also turned his horse's head and headed towards the Wei army's formation.

In the process of the two former friends running in opposite directions, the broken cloth representing the broken relationship between Guan Yu and Zhang Liao also drifted farther and farther under the cold wind, until it disappeared before the eyes of tens of thousands of troops.

Many things can't go back.

And just when Guan Yu returned to the Han army formation, Zhang Liao also returned to the Wei army formation.

After Zhang Liao returned to the Wei army's formation, he immediately made people sound the horn in the army.

In the tens of thousands of troops of the Wei army, the sound of the loud and deep horns shook the heavens and the earth.

Under the breathtaking sound of the horn, General Xu Chu of the Wei Army led a fine cavalry to gallop out of the Wei Army's formation.

Relying on the super mobility of the cavalry, this fine cavalry suddenly arrived not far from the former army of the Han army.

And following the thousands of fine cavalry of the Wei army, it was the [-] Wei army infantry commanded by Cao Xiu himself.

Although the iron cavalry of the Wei army in Nanyang County was defeated by the Queyue formation of the Han army before, that battle was a battle of defeat, not annihilation.

Therefore, some Wei army cavalry survived and fled back to Wancheng.

It's just that there are not many of them.

In addition to some of the fine cavalry of the Wei army transferred from Yanzhou and Yuzhou before, there are still more than [-] elite cavalry of the Wei army among the [-] Wei army.

Just because the number is not large, the more than 3000 fine cavalry of the Wei army can no longer be used as a magic weapon for decisive victory.

So Zhang Liao ordered Xu Chu to command the more than [-] fine cavalry of the Wei army as a cover for the [-] Wei army.

Under the leadership of Xu Chu, who is extremely brave, the three thousand Wei army Jingqi quickly approached the Han army's formation.

Thousands of horseshoes sounded, and the fine cavalry of the Wei army in yellow armor quickly came within a hundred steps of the Han army's formation like a gust of wind.

After entering within a hundred steps of the Han army formation, Xu Chu immediately ordered the more than [-] fine horsemen behind him to disperse, and asked them to take off the strong bows on their backs and prepare to shoot arrows at the Han army formation.

When Cao Cao was alive, Xu Chu mostly served as his personal guard, and did not specifically command many battles.

Xu Chu has also learned a lot over the decades just by being around a master of military art like Cao Cao.

For example, how to command the cavalry to fight, Xu Chu still knows the basic operations.

Jingqi is also known as Mingqi, and the most famous Jingqi in the world is Wuhuan Mingqi.

Different from the Xiliang iron cavalry, the famous Wuhuan cavalry are all light cavalry. They pay attention to extreme speed, and the method of killing the enemy is not head-to-head.

Their combat method is to use arrows to disrupt the enemy's formation while moving at a high speed, so as to find an opportunity to take advantage of and then adopt corresponding means to kill the enemy.

But specific to the current situation on the battlefield, Xu Chu has only one purpose for leading the more than [-] fine cavalry of the Wei army, and that is to disrupt the formation of the Han army's front army and create opportunities for the own army behind.

It's just that the movements of the more than three thousand Wei Jun Jingqi were a step slower.

When Xu Chu led more than [-] fine cavalry out of the Wei army's formation, Zhang Fei, the former commander of the army, immediately knew what the enemy's intentions were.

Zhang Fei was from Zhuojun, Youzhou, and Wuhuan's main activity area was Youzhou.

Zhang Fei is too familiar with Wuhuan Mingqi's combat methods.

So when Xu Chu led the three thousand fine cavalry of the Wei army approaching him, Zhang Fei did not order the Han soldiers behind him to raise their shields to resist the incoming arrows.

He immediately ordered the soldiers behind him to release the arrows in his hands.

Jingchu talents are the best soldiers in the world.

So when Zhang Fei's command flag waved and issued this order, thousands of archers in the [-] Han army behind him immediately put the arrows in the quiver at their waists on the longbow in their hands.

Then just after the three thousand Wei army Jingqi led by Xu Chu entered within a hundred steps, thousands of arrows shot up from the Han army formation, and moved towards the more than three thousand Wei army Jingqi in front.

Although the three thousand Wei Jun Jingqi had already dispersed under Xu Chu's order, when thousands of arrows fell from the sky covering the sky, it also made the three thousand Wei Jun Jingqi feel a panic.

At least in this case, they couldn't shoot arrows safely.

Zhang Fei knew that in order to prevent Jingqi's arrows from being harassed, the best way was not to hold up his shield to resist, but to take the lead in releasing arrows so that Jingqi could not release arrows.

Because no matter how good the defense of the shield is, most of them can only defend against the front of the body.

And with the high mobility of Jingqi, the direction they can shoot arrows is flexible and changeable.

Just like Guan Yu, a northerner who became a famous general who is good at water warfare, Zhang Fei, who originally loved riding and fighting, has become a famous general who is good at commanding infantry under the influence of the situation.

And after the more than [-] fine cavalry of the Wei army were forced back by thousands of arrows from the Han army, Xu Chu originally wanted to lead the [-] fine cavalry of the Wei army to go around to the flanks and repeat the same trick.

But it is a pity that the Han army at this time has formed a square formation under the command of Zhang Fei.

Outside this huge square formation, there are Han troops holding spears, and within that square formation are archers of the Han army.

There are everywhere.

What's more, Mi Yang also led [-] Han troops at this time, and began to continuously gather towards Zhang Fei's flanks.

This is the disadvantage of fine riding.

Their main means of attacking the enemy is harassment, but as long as the infantry is prepared, the means of harassment are only auxiliary means.

The calm Xu Chu saw that the [-] Wei army elite cavalry he led could no longer harass the [-] Han army troops in front of him, so he could only lead the more than [-] Wei army elite cavalry to retreat.

Come quickly, retreat quickly.

And when the [-] Wei army fine cavalry retreated, the [-] Wei army infantry led by Cao Xiu personally behind them had reached not far from the Han army phalanx.

Different from the combat method of the cavalry, there is always only one combat method for the infantry to kill the enemy seriously.

That is to form an formation and press forward towards the enemy, like a never-ending mill, completely crushing all the enemies in front of you.

Although Cao Xiu was born as a cavalry general, his ability to command the infantry in combat is also good.

Cao Xiu didn't know whether Zhang Liao was doing it on purpose, and after knowing that the former general of the enemy army was Zhang Fei, he sent him to attack the former army of the Han army.

It's just that the military order is currently in hand, so there is no room for him to hesitate at this moment.

Although he was afraid of Zhang Fei in his heart, Cao Xiu was also a brave man, and the blood in his heart was not inferior to any general in the world.

After Cao Xiu led [-] Wei troops into within a hundred steps of the Han army, Cao Xiu commanded the infantry soldiers behind him to raise their shields in advance to protect them from the incoming arrow rain of the Han army.

But what Cao Xiu didn't expect was that Zhang Fei didn't order the soldiers behind him to shoot arrows. He just ordered a light cavalry army of more than [-] in the Han army formation to attack.

Originally, there were not many cavalry troops in Jingzhou, which was determined by the region.

But after the Seventh Army was flooded that year, Hu Xiu, governor of Jingzhou, and Fu Fang, prefect of Nanxiang, surrendered to Guan Yu when they saw that Guan Yu was powerful.

And their surrender also allowed Guan Yu to have an organized light cavalry.

The former army is the most important thing in the army, so Guan Yu handed over the light cavalry army of more than [-] people to Commander Zhang Fei before the battle.

After Zhang Fei successfully held back the attack of the fine cavalry led by Xu Chu, he wanted Hu Xiu to lead his two thousand light cavalry to tentatively attack Cao Xiu's infantry.

It would be great if we could use this to find the weak spots in Cao Xiu's infantry formation.

After Hu Xiu led two thousand light cavalry troops out of the Han army's formation, he quickly moved towards Cao Xiu's infantry phalanx.

When he saw Hu Xiu leading the light cavalry army, Xu Chu, who had just retreated, wanted to lead the army to attack immediately, but Cao Xiu stopped him.

Facing Hu Xiu who was approaching with more than two thousand light cavalry troops, Cao Xiu showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

　2 chapters today.

　　Everyone go to bed early.

　　
　
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