Chapter 299 The Two Armies Confront Each Other

Han Xin said that the more veterans and ministers lead the troops, the better. Later, an idiom was derived, that is, when Han Xin ordered troops, the more the better.

A person's military ability mainly depends on his ability to dispatch troops and horses under his command. Anyone can lead a small army of hundreds of people. But what about thousands? How many thousands of people?

Non-famous generals cannot command larger-scale troops and horses. To give the simplest example, Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, was ordered to destroy Chu, leading an army of 600,000 and returning victorious.

And Liu Bang also had an experience of leading troops on a similar scale. During the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, taking advantage of Xiang Yu's northward trip to Qi to clean up the rebellion, he joined forces with the princes to attack Pengcheng, which is the center of Western Chu.

Without Xiang Yu, no one can stop Liu Bang's heavy troops from coming, because Liu Bang's coalition army has a total of 560,000 people, which can be described as a huge force, so Pengcheng fell in the first battle.

After Xiang Yu heard about it, he was naturally furious. Without a word, he led 30,000 cavalry to the south, and passed through the junction of Liu Bangjun's various ministries at great speed on the way. More than a hundred thousand people were killed and jumped into the river and drowned.

Really echoing Han Xin's words, Liu Bang can indeed command 100,000 people. Once it rises to 600,000, Liu Bang will be unsustainable.

And Xu Rong's ability to lead troops is not low. The most important thing is that these three thousand soldiers have been drilled for a long time, which is equivalent to Xu Rong's private soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

The lieutenant general's flag fluttered and the drums sounded. Every soldier could accurately understand Xu Rong's meaning. When a gap was opened by the Liangzhou iron cavalry, the soldiers of the Chinese army immediately filled it with flesh and blood. Therefore, the Liangzhou iron cavalry Although sharp, he launched three attacks in succession, but failed to open a gap, and then broke into Xu Rong's formation.

Under Xu Rong's personal command, Dong Zhuo's army's position was like an iron bucket, impenetrable, and Ma Chao couldn't help becoming impatient.

"Let's all get out of the way!"

Ma Chao roared angrily, held the Sirius gun in his hand, and single-handedly relied on his Fubo marksmanship, he forced himself into Xu Rong's formation and cut a bloody path.

As soon as Ma Chao entered the formation, more than a dozen pawns around him raised their spears at the same time and stabbed towards Ma Chao. Ma Chao was startled, stepped on the belt hastily, hid himself in a stirrup and rolled under the horse's belly, and more than ten spears pierced through the air.

Although Ma Chao is a peerless general, it is really dangerous to be in the middle of thousands of troops. Fortunately, Ma Dai saw that the situation was not good, so he rushed up with dozens of cavalry and guarded Ma Chao among them.

Ma Dai frowned, and hurriedly said: "Brother, it's not good, the enemy army seems to have gathered, our army should retreat quickly!"

Hearing Ma Dai's words, Ma Chao immediately looked around for a while, and couldn't help frowning, his expression gradually became serious.

I saw Xu Rong Zhongjun waving the flag left and right, and the flag bearers kept issuing orders and ordering the troops at Xu Rong's request.

The 10,000 Dong Zhuo's army that had been routed before saw Xu Rong's banner of the Chinese army, and gradually calmed down. After all, Xu Rong was far superior to Dong Min in terms of command ability and military prestige.

Under Xu Rong's order, the 10,000 Dong Zhuo's army, which had already been defeated, gradually calmed down, and then they were divided into two parts, one on the left and the other on the right, as if two crab claws were attacking, echoing Xu Rong's three thousand Chinese army. To swallow Ma Chao completely.

Ma Dai persuaded: "Brother, let's go out first and then talk. After meeting with General Zhengxi, we will fight to the death with the enemy."

Ma Chao nodded dully: "Retreat!"

The slightly damaged 5,000 cavalry did not wait for the enemy to encircle them on all sides, so the rear team turned into the front team and withdrew from the gap. However, when Xu Rong saw Ma Chao retreating, he immediately ordered all the troops to attack along the way, killing and wounding hundreds of cavalry of Ma Chao's army.

Ma Chaojun ran wildly all the way, and saw all the troops gathered together, the banners in the army were unfurled, and in the center was a banner of Liu Ye's Chinese army, 17,000 troops gathered in one place, full of momentum.

Seeing the iron cavalry rushing back from a distance, Liu Ye immediately ordered the Chinese army to open a passage. In a split second, the Chinese army split the road, and Ma Chao rushed in.

Liu Ye asked: "Meng Qi, why did you come back if you didn't go after the enemy's rout?"

Ma Chao said in shame: "General, a certain led the army to chase down the enemy's rout along the way. I didn't expect Xu Rong to arrive at a critical moment and reorganize the rout. I was worried about heavy losses, so I came to report to the general."

Liu Ye nodded, turned to Xun You and said with a smile, "I've heard that Xu Rong defeated Yuan Gonglu and Sun Wentai, and today I can finally fight this person."

Jia Xu on the side cupped his hands and said: "Xu Rong is a former general in Dong Zhuo's army, and he was promoted by the military advisor Li Ru, the general must be careful.",

Liu Ye nodded and waved his whip.

"The whole army advances, let's see what Xu Rong is capable of!"

With an order, Ma Chao's 4,000 cavalry joined Liu Ye's 17,000 troops, and then moved forward slowly, approaching in the direction of Xu Rongjun ahead.

In no time, the 22,000 troops arrived at the designated location very quickly.

The army came all the way with great fanfare, amidst the hustle and bustle of the loess, the two armies finally confronted each other head-on.

Liu Ye's army has a total of 22,000 people.

Xu Rongjun, a total of 13,000 people.

The two armies raised their banners and faced each other head-on, a chilling atmosphere quickly condensed, but the two armies did not attack immediately, because Xu Rong and Liu Ye were observing each other.

Seeing Xu Rong's formation, Liu Ye couldn't help admiring, and said to Jia Xu and others: "No wonder Xu Rong was able to defeat Sun Wentai. The defeated army can form such a formation, and it is the general who turned the tide."

Originally, General Dong Min was incompetent and exhausted the entire army, causing more than half of the 20,000 army to be killed and injured, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers were defeated, but Xu Rong rectified them in a short time.

There are only 3,000 sharp soldiers lined up in the middle army, and the 10,000 army is divided into two groups on the left and right side of the formation, but the formation is very tight, how does it look like a defeated army?

If they attacked directly, they might lose a lot, so Liu Ye frowned.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu said: "It's not too late, general please attack quickly, but you can't get away from Xu Rongjun!"

"oh?"

"Xu Rong is a rare general. If Dong Zhuo trusted him and took full charge of the Guanzhong War, the enemy's 30,000 army would be very difficult to defeat. Now that Dong Min has been killed, General Zhang He is entangled in the enemy's side division. Our army just now The morale is high when you win, but the morale of the enemy army is low even though Xu Rong is leading the army, so use the strong to attack the weak, this is a good opportunity not to be missed!"

Hearing Jia Xu's analysis, Liu Ye nodded slowly. It makes sense, Xu Rongjun is now at his most vulnerable time, if he is asked to rectify the rout, then it will be difficult to deal with.