The cold winter came early, but the snow did not continue underground. In the following days, the clear weather was restored.

Since Han Sui had led his army to arrive here, and with this snowflake warning, he no longer wanted to waste his time with Yan Xing's Hedong army. After the army had been fully nourished for several days, he directly sent an envoy to make an appointment with Yan Xing for a fight.

Yan Xing responded without hesitation.

He didn't want to confront Han Sui and consume it. Yan Xing wanted to severely damage Han Sui, the biggest enemy in Guanxi in this battle. This was not only to stabilize the current situation in Guanzhong as soon as possible, but also to create opportunities for marching to Longyou and regaining Yongliang in the coming year.

If he could not hurt Han Sui as soon as possible on the Guanzhong Plain that was beneficial to his sport, then when he arrived at Longshang in the future, facing the Qianghu Mountain Cavalry under Han Sui's command, Yan Xing was afraid that his own troops would have to pay more than a few times the heavy price.

Before the decisive battle, Xun You had already helped Yan Xing plan two strategies of "full food" and "strengthening soldiers".

"Food food" is to win people's hearts by eliminating the children of famous families in Guanzhong as officials and assisting officials, and using their connections to raise grain for the Hedong army on the spot.

Although the wars in Guanzhong have been going on in recent years, the powerful docks still gather food and grass. With this big source, it can greatly alleviate the transportation pressure in Hedong and ensure the military rations for the short-term combat of the Hedong army.

Of course, this kind of thing requires famous scholars like Xun You, talented men from the Sanfu family like Du Ji, and children of the wealthy clan who are well-known to the Sanfu people, who can achieve both of them.

Otherwise, it would be just a bad idea to arouse the rebound of the people's hearts.

As for "strong troops", they form a huge advantage on the battlefield in a short period of time, and then use this large advantage to destroy and sweep the entire army.

In a short period of time, it is impossible for the Hedong army to achieve a truly "strong army", and Jia Xu's "division" has been implemented in the enemy's army, so Xun You's strategy is to stage another "Tian Ji horse racing" on the battlefield to compete with the upper and lower fours, and the lower fours.

Han Sui's command can be divided into three categories: upper, middle and lower. Shangsi is a division composed of Han family's children, guests, and disciples. It has excellent military armor and the highest combat power and loyalty; Zhongsi is a division composed of powerful families from Jincheng, Longxi and Wudu families. They have their own military armor and set up troops to fight. The combat power and loyalty are not as good as the Han family's division, but the tribesmen restrain each other and advance and retreat together.

The last Xiasi were the Qiang and Hu tribes. They were numerous and powerful, with blood and fierce, but their tribes were loose, which was actually the most unstable factor in Han Sui's army.

The Hedong army also has strengths and weaknesses. The strongest combat power is naturally the six thousand cavalry led by Yan Xing, all of which are composed of old soldiers with excellent military armor and long-standing battle formations. The second is Duan Wei's Western Army, which are composed of Hongnong soldiers and Hedong soldiers, and there are also many elite soldiers and old soldiers.

The weakest one was Ganling's army. They were composed of new soldiers recruited from Hedong and Henoi, Qiang and Hu Yicong of Shangjun, and surrendered Ma Teng's army. They had the largest number of people, but the most diverse components and their combat power was uneven.

Therefore, according to Tian Ji's horse racing method, Yan Xing's central army camp cavalry will be used as the main force to fight against the Qiang and Hu tribes under Han Sui, Duan Wei's Western Army will fight against the powerful troops of Jincheng, Longxi and Wudu, and the Ganling army will resist the attack of Han Sui's Jincheng troops.

However, although the Hedong people are good at fighting, Han Sui's army is also a strong army in Liangzhou. Han Sui himself is a veteran who has been in the battlefield for a long time. Both sides have equal military strength, which is destined to be a dignified battle!

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On the day of the decisive battle, the cold sun hanging above the blue sky also carries a bit of sharp air.

Han Sui's army advanced to the north and fed, and came out in full swing, riding and horses, heading straight to the platform where the Hedong army was stationed.

Yan Xing also formed his army to the plateau, facing the northwest, with his back against the plateau, beating drums and trumpets, shaking the order flags, and starting to arrange the formation.

Before Han Sui marched into Taiyuan, he had already divided up a group of troops to monitor the defenders in Huaili City. He and Han Chang, Cheng Gongying and other generals personally led the Han family's troops, with nearly 20,000 elite Qin and Hu soldiers as the central army, with Li Pian, Tian Le and other generals leading nearly 10,000 troops of various powerful families as the right wing, and more than 10,000 cavalry of the Qiang, Di, and Mihu troops as the left wing. He also ordered Yang Kui and Jiang Shi to lead 5,000 Qiang, Hu people as the front wing, and took the initiative to attack.

At this time, the two armies were facing each other. Yang Kui and Jiang Shi, who were in front of the rebels, saw that the Hedong army was also divided into multiple square formations, waiting for work, spreading horizontally, and facing the northwest, forming an oblique formation. After looking at each other, they did not dare to act rashly, and quickly sent a fast horse back to the central army and reported to Han Sui.

"Oh, the enemy faced the northwest and set up an oblique formation?"

When Han Sui heard the report, he raised his eyebrows. After thinking about it, he called Han Chang and Cheng Gongying Er to approach, and ordered the soldiers to drive the chariot he commanded and set out on the battlefield. He then ran out with Han and Cheng Er generals, came to the side of the chariot, got off the horse and boarded the chariot, looked at the enemy formation from a distance.

"Looking at its banner, the enemy's central army is Yan Xing's banner, the left wing is Duan Wei's banner, and the right wing is mixed with military flags, including the Hedong Army, Ma Teng Army, Qiang and Hu Yicong, which should be the army brought by Gan Ling, Zuo Fengyi, the general under Yan Xing."

Han Chang had good eyesight and stood on the chariot and pointed at the flags of the various troops that had been discovered in advance, and told Han Sui one by one.

Han Sui nodded, but didn't care. He turned to look at Cheng Gongying, who was standing beside him, and asked.

"Look, what is the purpose of this slanting formation set up by the Hedong Army?"

Cheng Gongying stood out under Han Sui's command and became Han Sui Xinzhong's confidant. In addition to being loyal and brave, he also had extraordinary strategies. When he heard Han Sui's words, he did not rush to answer, but looked at the enemy's formation and thought seriously.

Sun Tzu's "Military Contest" emphasizes that "no strong flags are invited, and no strong attacks are attacked." The two armies fight against each other, seize the favorable terrain in advance, and form targeted formations, has been a general idea of ​​military and military use in wars from ancient times to the present.

Sun Bin, who was also a master of military tactics, also summarized ten formations of "square, round, cone, geese, hook, Xuanxiang, sparse formation, number formation, fire formation, and water formation" according to different situations.

To the outsider's eyes, these formations seem to be very mysterious and difficult to see the paths, but in the eyes of Cheng Gongying, who is aware of military affairs and good at actual combat, they are just changes made by combining horizontal lines and vertical lines.

Horizontal teams are conducive to the deployment of troops, and vertical lines are conducive to the dispatch of movement. Among the ten major formations, the relatively complex formations of geese, hook, Xuanxiang and other formations cannot escape this stalemate. The masters of military tactics are nothing more than combining the two in an orderly manner to better coordinate and give full play to the advantages of both.

Liangzhou has constant wars and wolf smoke. Han Sui's army was able to overwhelm the heroes among the many grassroots heroes. Of course, he was also good at using formations to better leverage the combination of cavalry and infantry.

In cool places, the simple and common pedestal formations are not too "two cyclists clamp one step" and "two cyclists clamp one ride".

"Two cavalry clamped with one step" means forming infantry formations as main soldiers, dispersing cavalry as surprise soldiers on both wings, using infantry clamped with fierce battles with enemy troops, and using cavalry as surprise soldiers to detour, and then realizing the tactics of winning by side attacks and encirclement.

"Two steps and one cavalry" means gathering elite thunderbolts into groups and scattering light infantry on both sides. Light infantry may harass or feint attack, creating an opportunity for elite cavalry to break through the enemy's army. Then the elite cavalry took the opportunity to break into the enemy's formation, and the light infantry followed closely, expanding the results of the battle, breaking the enemy's army, and ending the war in one fell swoop.

Although Han Sui's army, left wing, right wing, front wing, all formed a formation, they still belong to the "two cyclists and one step" step tactic of "two cyclists are tied together".

The Hedong army in front of him was waiting for the enemy with a slanted formation. Although it seemed that it was not among the top ten formations, it did not arouse too much surprise from Cheng Gongying. After he thought about it, he pondered and said in a deep thought.

"There are not enough attackers, but there are more than one defenders. The enemy's back against the plaza has occupied favorable terrain and is waiting for it to work. We can make relative adjustments to our own military formation according to our military formation. Now we suddenly change the formation, facing the northwest, and line up with an oblique formation, which is afraid that we are targeting our right-wing troops!"

Cheng Gongying did not say it directly, but Han Sui and Han Chang knew very well what he meant.

Han Sui's army was heading west to the east and lined up front, while Yan Xing's army was heading northwest and lined up oblique formations, targeting Han Sui's right-wing troops.

The right-wing troops were the powerful troops led by Li Pian, and Yan Xing was the Yunwu Yan family who was born in Jincheng. Once the two armies fought in the current formation, the right-wing troops of Han Sui's army were undoubtedly the first to take over the enemy.

If a new traitor suddenly turns against each other, I am afraid that before the two armies have fought in full swing, the right-wing troops that Han Sui's army, who were the first to take over the enemy, will be in chaos first. At that time, the Hedong army will be launched in one go, and the right-wing troops of Han Sui's army can be defeated inside and outside, cut off the enemy's arm, and take advantage of the situation to sweep Han Sui's entire army.

After hearing this, Han Sui pondered and stroked his beard, but Han Chang's eyes lit up and immediately asked Han Sui for his order.

"Sir, please go to the right wing military supervisor. There are no need to be many people, only a thousand cavalry!"

Han Sui turned to Han Chang when he heard the sound, looking at the excitement between Han Chang's eyebrows. Han Sui, who was scheming, smiled coldly. How could he not see Han Chang's thoughts?

Han Chang hoped to use this name to rob the leader of the army as a military supervisor and seize the command of the right-wing Li Pian.

"No need, I have made arrangements for this."

"Send the entire army to turn the direction, face the southeast, and line up an oblique formation to attack the enemy!"

After Han Sui rejected Han Chang's request, he looked at the Hedong army's formation, and then he ordered in a deep voice.

The cavalry guards around the chariots quickly ran out everywhere, and the general's orders were conveyed to various units of the army.

Then, the horns and dense spears were raised in Han Sui's army's formation, and the army formation began to slowly turn around like a huge beast, pressing the entire army's forces towards the enemy formation.
Chapter completed!