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Volume 2: Hu Qi and a Thin Willow Chapter 107: North-South War Strategy (1)

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    ps: Thanks to Guoguoda and Huanzhi Qingkong for the reward. The formation that Yan Jun had been trying to maintain suddenly collapsed. The arrival of this moment was so sudden, but it was expected by Zhou Dewei.  The formation, which was already gradually becoming disorganized, completely dispersed in an uproar. The gun formations of the front team, the cavalry formations on the left and right sides, and the sword and shield formations on the rear disintegrated in an instant. Thousands of sergeants ran wildly towards Xiangyuan, and countless people rushed towards Xiangyuan.  The backpack behind them fell to the ground. If the junior officers hadn't yelled to stop them, they might have discarded the weapons in their hands and the armor on their bodies.  Zhou Dewei quickly gave the order for the whole army to pursue. Under his order, the army of more than 20,000 was divided into dozens of formations. They attacked from the rear and the left and right sides, chasing the scattered soldiers of Yan Army and killing them violently.  The soldiers of the Three Kings Alliance who had been blocking the advance of the Yan army hurriedly shrank into a dense array under the urging of the army leaders to ensure that they would not be scattered in the fleeing Yan army's collapse.  Without strong troops and adequate preparations to stop the anxious and defeated army, the consequences will be quite tragic. Facing the collapsed enemy army, the right way is to cover and kill from both sides and the rear, which can ensure the minimum losses and the maximum results.  Even Zhou Dewei admired the Yan army's ability to persist until now, persisting in breaking through for nearly ten miles despite being surrounded by enemy forces several times larger than its own.  If the opponent hadn't wanted to evacuate, and if there hadn't been a big problem in the opponent's rear stronghold, it would be hard for Zhou Dewei to imagine how much he would have to pay to eat them if such a Yan army chose to defend.  Unfortunately, there is no if.  Everything in front of him showed that the Yan army was defeated.  He won, and he won very simply.  Looking at the two general flags running in the distance, Zhou Dewei specifically told the Black Crow Cavalry to capture the two generals of the opponent alive. After this battle, he had developed a love for talents and hoped that Zhou Dewei would capture them alive.  Kan and Zhao Zaili were able to join his forces.  Just looking at today's battle, these two are really well-trained soldiers!  Zhou Dewei especially wanted to make the general named Zhou Kan surrender.  It is said that this person is the general manager of the Yan Army who specializes in "troop training". With the combat power displayed by the Yan Army, this Zhou Kan can undoubtedly be called a "great talent"!  There were shouts of chasing the Yan army all over the field. From time to time, the Yan army who fell behind was chased by the pursuers and fell to the ground in an instant.  According to Zhou Dewei's pre-battle instructions, the military leaders at all levels of the Three Kings Alliance who were chasing after him were not in a hurry. Their pursuit was actually a kind of driving away.  He drove the Yan army to retreat towards Xiangyuan.  Just when Zhou Dewei was thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity to cover up the Yan army's collapse and attack Xiangyuan, he heard a crackling sound coming from the direction of Xiangyuan. When the sound reached Zhou Dewei's ears, he was in a trance, like  It's like the sound of firecrackers I heard when I was a child.  White smoke clouds appeared in the sky, which were the familiar "demon clouds" of the Yan army.  After more than two months of fighting, everyone in the Three Kings Alliance knew about it.  The "demon cloud" is not a demon, nor is it a "Five Thunder Method". It will neither rain down thunderous fire nor bring bad luck.  "Demon Cloud" is a new thing created by Yan Jun craftsmen, and its function is similar to that of an ox horn.  What it does is serve as a warning.  Zhou Dewei even knew that if the "demon cloud" was black.  That is, it indicates the direction of the enemy troops. If it is white, it is a message to summon friendly troops.  Seeing such a dense white "demon cloud" rising, Zhou Dewei felt awe-inspiring, indicating that there was a large group of enemy troops ahead to support him.  Sure enough, under the guidance of the two general flags with the characters "Zhou" and "Zhao", the fleeing soldiers of Yan Army were running desperately towards the place where the "demon cloud" was rising.  Unable to judge the enemy situation ahead, Zhou Dewei ordered all units to slow down the pursuit and move closer to his Chinese army.  If the enemy's army is only a small group, it does not hinder the pursuit. If you have five thousand cavalry in your hands, the enemy is a newly defeated army. It is impossible to organize a new formation in a short time. Even if it is organized,  , and how much morale can there be?  Just a round of charge!  Zhou Dewei was cautious in using his troops and extremely patient. His intention to shrink his troops was actually to take precautions. In case there was an enemy brigade in front of him to respond, he would have time to prepare for battle.  But, will there be an enemy group?  If so, where did they come from?  As the order was issued, the various units began to slow down their pursuit, and then gathered at the nearby military headquarters. The chaotic battlefield gradually became orderly, but the sergeants' eyes were always fixed on the Yan army fleeing half a mile ahead.  In Hedong, even plains like the Shangdang Basin are far from comparable to the Great Plains in Hebei. There are hills and ravines one or two feet high everywhere, occasionally mixed with a few higher ridges, so the view is not as good.  Not open.  Zhou Dewei found a relatively high hillside, rode up on his horse, and looked in the direction where the Yan army's retreating troops were fleeing. As soon as he looked at it, a burst of cold air rushed straight to his forehead!  More than two miles away, hundreds of flags of all kinds were fluttering in the wind. All the flags were painted in earthy yellow.? is the bottom and is inlaid with red silk and gold thread.  The dense military formations are listed under the banners, forming an obvious two-to-five arrangement: one hundred people, five hundred people, one thousand people, five thousand people, ten thousand people At a glance, there are no less than ten thousand people in the front row of the military formation, and there will be five or six  The wide front is blocked tightly.  Looking at the rear of the military formation again, it seems that there are more flags flying The entire Yan Army formation was silent and solemn, and I don't know how long I have been waiting here.  The defeated Yan Army soldiers poured in from the three passages deliberately set aside in the military formation. After a while, the passages were re-closed by the military formation, and there was no trace of the defeated soldiers.  Without Zhou Dewei¡¯s orders, the military leaders under his command commanded their headquarters to move closer, and formed large formations layer by layer according to the usual formations against the enemy.  The Yan army on the opposite side had no intention of taking advantage of the chaos to attack, and just waited silently for Zhou Dewei to form a formation.  Zhou Dewei ordered the central military flag to be erected on the hillside where he was standing, and then ordered several generals to lead their troops to seize several surrounding highlands.  While arranging, he was sizing up the opposite side, silently assessing the situation in front of him.  Where did this Yan army come from?  Which army under the Yan army are they?  What happened to Licheng and Luzhou?  Did An Zhongjiao's extraordinary troops mentioned by Li Siyuan actually achieve any merit?  Various questions came one after another, turning Zhou Dewei's mind into a pot of porridge.  While he was thinking about how to deal with it, he saw a commotion among the sergeants occupying the high ground on the west side, and the flags began to wave rapidly.  Zhou Dewei urged his horse to leap down the hillside and ran straight over. The horse passed through the dense crowd. When he stepped onto the high ground on the west side, he looked up and saw a scene that made his liver and gallbladder split.  The high ground on the west side has a good view. You can see the west and north, that is, Zhou Dewei's right side and behind him.  From here, you can see in both directions at a glance.  I saw countless flags popping up out of nowhere. The Yan Army troops in khaki-colored bottoms were closing in two directions, turning the right side and behind them into a yellow sky and earth. The sound of neat footsteps and the clattering of beetles could be heard across the distance.  The news came from afar. Looking at this formation, the number of people is no less than that of the Yan army in the south who formed a frontal formation to block it!  The thunderous sound of horse hooves gradually roared, Zhou Dewei suddenly looked back, reined in his horse and ran towards the high ground on the east side.  In this direction, a black line emerged from the green shadow of the mountains on the horizon, running at extremely fast speed to a stop three miles away. The moving horse heads were so densely packed together that it made people's scalps tremble.  There were more cavalry thrown out diagonally from behind this black line, completely covering the entire east direction Zhou Dewei sweated in his palms and swallowed the saliva that had appeared at the bottom of his tongue at an unknown time.  He quickly rode back to the hillside where he had set his flag.  Along the way, he could see the anxiety and fear of his military commanders, and heard the uneasy mutterings and panicked inquiries of the soldiers.  How could there be such a large Yan army here?  Where did these Yan troops come from?  At a rough glance, there are no less than 40,000 Yan troops in the four directions, including tens of thousands of cavalry!  This is obviously the main field force of the Yan army. Why are they not in Gaoping?  What on earth is King Liang doing?  Could it be said that the coalition of princes was defeated?  How could so many main forces of the Yan army be allowed to leave Gaoping?  Zhou Dewei felt a burst of bitterness in his heart. It turned out that everything before was a bait. The intention of Zhou Kan and Zhao Zaili was to lure him into an ambush. It was ridiculous that he thought the Yan army was defeated and was still thinking about how to capture the entire Luzhou.  Needless to say, An Zhongjie's so-called surprise attack was definitely out of the question. If it was true, how could the Yan army have assembled such a large army?  Perhaps, all this was caused by An Zhongjie. Without his sneak attack, maybe the main force of the Yan army would not have come here at all, right?  After the Yan army surrounded them from four directions, they paused for a moment and then began to move forward.  Moving forward were the infantry from the south, north, and west. Only the cavalry formation on the east side did not move.  The neat array, the thunderous footsteps, and the increasingly clear flags of various colors put heavy pressure on the besieged Three Kings coalition.  When the Yan army's formation approached and stopped, Zhou Dewei couldn't help but smile bitterly. He looked at the equipment and formation of the main force, and looked at himself, how to fight this battle?  The rows of armored spearmen are all covered in heavy armor, which is so dazzling that people can't open their eyes; the crossbow carts pushed one after another in front of the formation, those blue crossbow arrows make people tremble at the sight; each one has a large shield  The shield formed on the body cannot be penetrated by needles; the crotches of the strong cavalry are all tall horses Is this the true strength of Hebei?  I once thought that King Yan's army was luxurious enough, but I didn't expect that what I had seen and heard before was nothing compared to what I saw before me.  In front of such an army, Zhou Dewei lost his mind, and a vague feeling of powerlessness emerged from deep in his heart!  The only direction of the gap was to the east. Zhou Dewei understood that that was the passage Yan Jun left for him to escape. The so-called surrounding three towers was nothing more than that.  It's just that the Yan army was indeed a bit overbearing. Even if they left a gap, they blatantly deployed a large group of cavalry, clearlyHe told Zhou Dewei that this is your only way out. If you want to escape, you can escape from this direction, but you can only escape the cavalry and stay with the infantry.  But even if Zhou Dewei is really cruel enough to abandon his infantry and run away, can he really escape?  Even if he did escape, how many of his elite cavalry would be left?  What if you don¡¯t run away?  Can you lead the entire army to fight a bloody path?  Or should they stay where they are and wait for Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan's rescue?  For a moment, Zhou Dewei was at a loss!
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