Chapter 594 Head-to-Head Confrontation

"The number of enemy troops exceeds 10,000, and the army is carrying a high-character general flag?" Ma Chao said slowly.

"That's right. My subordinates can see it clearly. It's absolutely correct." The person who spoke was none other than the Xiliang Cavalry and Scout Commander who ran away to report the military situation.

Xu Huang muttered: "If the prediction is correct, the person who will lead the army is Gao Lan."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Ma Chao said excitedly: "In that case, I will send my troops to go there and defeat Gao Lan's troops in one fell swoop. In this way, Youzhou will be empty and easily accessible. Yecheng will also become an isolated city, and the entire Hebei Province will be empty." Under our army.”

Xu Huang also nodded: "Well, let's lead the army to take a look and observe how Gao Lan is using his troops. If there is an opportunity, it will be natural for our army to defeat him in one fell swoop.'

So, under the leadership of the scout, Xu Huang and Ma Chao led 13,000 cavalry and marched in the direction of Gao Lan's army. After walking for about half a day, they finally discovered the enemy army.

Xu Huang took a closer look and saw that there were more than tens of thousands of enemy troops, carrying a high-character general's flag, which could be regarded as a well-organized army.

"Huh?" Xu Huang suddenly frowned, looked at it carefully again, and couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Gongming, why are you laughing?" Ma Chao said in confusion.

"Haha, Meng Qi, look carefully!" Xu Huang pointed at Gao Lanjun and laughed: "The enemy's forward can be regarded as an elite division, with a well-organized military appearance, but the enemy's left and right wings are loose and loose, they are just a bunch of people. With a ragtag group of people, our army can defeat the enemy's left and right wings with a single charge."

"Then what are you waiting for!" Ma Chao couldn't wait to say: "Brother Gongming led the infantry to fight the enemy's center. He led the cavalry to crush the enemy's two wings, and then attacked from both sides. This battle can be decided!"

"Don't be impatient yet." Xu Huang waved his hand and said, "I heard that Gao Lan is good at using troops. Maybe this situation is a strategy specially set up by him. Let's march slowly and observe the enemy's movements before making a decision."

In the battle of Changshao between Qi and Lu, the state of Lu appointed Cao GUI as its general. Although the Lu army defeated the Qi army in one go, Cao GUI did not rush to order the pursuit of the Qi army. Instead, he climbed high and looked into the distance first, observing for a while before deciding to pursue. Naturally, a general cannot be hot-headed and do whatever he wants. He must make careful decisions.

"All right."

Ma Chao agreed, then raised the tiger-headed golden gun in his hand, and ordered the Xiliang cavalry to divide into two parts, and press Gao Lan's army from the left and right. Xu Huang, on the other hand, ordered eight thousand infantry to form the central army and slowly stepped forward.

Gao Lan looked at the Xiliang army opposite and couldn't help but frown.

"General Gao, what should our army do?"

Guo Yuan, who had a beard all over his face, couldn't help but asked anxiously. My family knows their own affairs. Even though Gao Lan has 15,000 troops under his command, in fact, 10,000 of them are civilians recruited from the vicinity of Youzhou. It's okay to use them to show off, but once the war starts, it will definitely be Turn around and run.

Boom, boom, boom!

The infantry of the Xiliang Army slowly came in formation, with rows of long spears carried on their shoulders, like a mountain of swords and a forest of swords, extremely sharp. The footsteps of thousands of infantry are uniform and uniform, as if they are one whole body. They are slowly pressing forward like a big mountain. There is an unstoppable momentum. They are coming in a majestic formation. A shocking power is brewing. Once The release will definitely be landslides, tsunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes.

Tap tap tap!

At the same time, the cavalry on both wings came over in rows, with the infantry in the middle still missing. The cavalry on both wings were riding tall horses. Although they had not yet launched an attack, a compelling power had already taken shape.

Gao Lan looked back and saw that the enemy cavalry and infantry were slowly forming up. The 10,000 civilians on the left and right wings could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts, and even their legs began to tremble slightly.

"These are the Xiliang cavalry. It is said that one hundred thousand Qiang soldiers were defeated by them."

"We were asked to act as civilian husbands in the first place. Is there going to be a war?"

There were even some civilians in the front row who could no longer control the fear in their hearts as the enemy troops got closer, and even began to retreat.

Gao Lan frowned: "Where is the supervising team?"

"What are your orders, general?"

Gao Lan said coldly: "Those who retreat before the battle will be killed. No one will be left alive!"

"promise!"

More than a hundred war supervisors immediately obeyed the order and rushed to the civilian husbands who turned around and wanted to flee. A civilian man retreated slightly, and just as he was about to turn around and escape, he saw a fierce and tall warrior from the war team rushing over with a sharp ring-headed sword in his hand.

"Don't, don't! I don't want to run away." He explained hurriedly.

"Hmph, you can explain this to others underground!" The supervising team ignored it, raised the ring-headed sword in their hands high, and then slashed downwards with force.

Sa!

The civilian husband only had time to groan, before his head was cut off by the knife, and a pool of blood fell to the ground, and his body fell to the ground.

The warrior supervising the battle team raised his head, stared at the civilians around him, and said coldly: "Did you see that? This is the fate of those who retreat before the battle!"

"Yes, yes, we don't dare to run away from the battle." These civilians who had never seen blood had never seen such a bloody scene, and they all agreed. Some of the timid ones even vomited it out.

Under the threat of Gao Lan's butcher's knife, the formations on the left and right wings finally managed to maintain themselves, but they were still trembling and the defense line was very fragile.

And just when the enemy army was approaching two hundred steps, Gao Lan suddenly drew out his long sword and shouted: "Attack from the left and right wings!"

Although the ten thousand civilians on the left and right wings were timid, under the pressure of the war captain Dao, they still had to attack. They rushed forward from the left and right, wrapped up Gao Lan's five thousand elite soldiers of the Chinese army, and headed towards Xiliang. The army rushed to kill him.

Xu Huang frowned when he saw this: "Hmph, a group of rabble dares to take action against our army, they really overestimate their capabilities."

After that, Xu Huang ordered the army to beat the drums and trumpets, and the fierce sound of drums and trumpets sounded instantly. The eight thousand infantrymen who were slowly advancing in formation roared in unison, and then rushed towards a group of enemy civilians.

"Kill!"

Xu Huang's 8,000 men were naturally elites in a hundred battles. They roared in unison, and then suddenly accelerated their pace, rushing towards the enemy like a torrent. The 10,000 civilians recruited by Gao Lan had no fighting power at all. How to resist?

"ah!"

"Run!"

Ten thousand civilians were immediately defeated as soon as the battle began, and they turned around and fled. It can be said that this was not a war at all, but a massacre.

The sharp spears of the Xiliang army were raised high and thrust out uniformly. The flesh and blood bodies of the people of Youzhou were immediately pierced, causing heavy casualties.