Han Xin said that the more officials and senior officers lead the army, the better. Later, an idiom came into being, that is, Han Xin points out that the more soldiers, the more the better.
A person's military ability mainly depends on his ability to dispatch his troops and horses. He can lead a small army of hundreds of people. Anyone can do it. But what about thousands? Tens of thousands of people?
The larger the size of the troops, the more non famous generals cannot command. For example, Wang Jian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States period, was ordered to destroy Chu and lead 600000 troops to victory.
Liu Bang also had a similar experience in leading troops. During the Chu Han period, Xiang Yu went northward to Qi to clear up the rebellion, and united the vassal forces to attack Pengcheng, which was the center of the Western Chu state.
Without Xiang Yu, naturally no one could stop the arrival of Liu Bang's heavy troops, because Liu Bang's united army had 560000 troops, which could be described as a huge force. Therefore, Pengcheng went down in the first battle.
After hearing about this, Xiang Yu was naturally furious. Without saying a word, he took 30000 cavalry to the south, and passed through the joint of Liu Bang's army at high speed. The front of the soldiers went straight to Pengcheng. Liu Bang was defeated in the first World War and chased wantonly along the way. More than 100000 people were killed and drowned in the river.
In response to Han Xin's words, Liu Bang can indeed command a hundred thousand people. Once it rises to 600000, Liu Bang will not be able to continue.
And Xu Rong's leading ability is not low. The most important thing is that these 3000 soldiers have been trained for a long time. They are equal to Xu Rong's private soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.
When the round array was opened by Liangzhou iron cavalry, the soldiers immediately made up for it with flesh and blood. Therefore, although Liangzhou iron cavalry launched three attacks, it was still unable to open a gap, and then broke into Xu Rong's formation.
Under Xu Rong's personal command, Dong Zhuo's army position looks like an iron bucket, and Ma Chao can't help being impatient.
"All to Ben, get out of the way!"
Ma Chao roared, holding a Sirius gun, and relying on the volley technique, Ma Chao forced himself into Xu Rong's formation and killed a bloody way.
Ma Chao has just entered the array, and more than ten soldiers around him immediately hold up their spears and stab at Ma Chao. Ma Chao was startled and quickly stepped on the belt. He hid himself in a stirrup and turned over to the horse's stomach. More than ten spears pierced the air.
Although Ma Chao is a peerless general, it is really dangerous to be in the middle of the army. Fortunately, Ma Dai, seeing that he is in a bad situation, rushes up with dozens of horses and guards Ma Chao among them.
Ma Dai frowned and said in a hurry: "brother, it's bad. The enemy seems to have gathered together. Our army should retreat quickly."
When Ma Chao heard Ma Dai's words, he immediately looked around. He could not help frowning, and his expression gradually became dignified.
Xu Rong's central army waved the flag from left to right, and the flag bearers kept issuing orders and commanding the armies at Xu Rong's request.
The 10000 Dong Zhuo army, which had been defeated, saw Xu Rong's banner of the Chinese army and gradually calmed down. After all, Xu rongbi's Dong min, both in command and in the army's prestige, was far beyond.
At Xu Rong's command, ten thousand Dong Zhuo's army, which had already been defeated, gradually calmed down. Then it was divided into two parts, one left and one right, as if two crab tongs were pinched against each other, echoing Xu Rong's 3000 Chinese central army and trying to swallow Ma Chao completely.
Ma Dai advised: "brother, let's go out first. After meeting with the general of the West expedition, we will fight the enemy to death."
Ma Chao nodded dully: "retreat!"
The 5000 cavalry, which were slightly damaged, did not wait for the enemy to encircle them on all sides, then the rear team turned into the front team and withdrew from the gap. However, when Xu Rong saw Ma Chao retreat, he immediately ordered all the troops to snipe along the way, killing and killing hundreds of Ma Chaojun's steeds.
Ma Chaojun ran all the way. He saw that all the armies were converging, and the banners and banners of the army were flapping. In the center was Liu Ye's central standard. 17000 troops were united in one place with great momentum.
Seeing the iron cavalry running back from afar, Liu Ye immediately orders the Chinese army to open up a channel. In an instant, the Chinese Army splits into waves, and Ma Chao rushes in.
Liu Ye asked, "Meng Qi, if you don't go after the enemy, how can you come back?"
Ma Chao was ashamed to say: "general, a certain leader of the army chased the enemy's deserters along the way. Unexpectedly, Xu Rong's light troops arrived at the critical moment and reorganized the deserters. Some worried about the heavy losses, so he came to report to the general."
Liu Ye nodded, turned his head and said with a smile to Xun you: "I've heard that Xu Rong defeated yuan Gaolu and sun Wentai. Today, he can finally fight against him."
Dong Rongzhu's generals or generals are to be careful
Liu Ye nods and waves his whip.
"The whole army will march forward to see what Xu Rong is capable of!"
At an order, more than 4000 iron cavalry of Ma Chao's Department merged with Liu Ye's 17000 army, then slowly moved forward and began to approach in the direction of Xu Rong's army.
In no time, 22000 troops arrived at the designated place quickly.
The army spread all the way, and in the noise of the loess, the two armies finally faced each other.Liu Yijun, a total of 22000.
Xu Rongjun, a total of 13000.
The two armies were facing each other with banners and banners, and the atmosphere of killing quickly solidified. However, the two armies did not immediately attack because Xu Rong and Liu Ye were observing each other.
Seeing Xu Rong's formation, Liu Ye can't help but praise Jia Xu and other humanitarians: "no wonder Xu Rong can defeat sun Wentai, and the defeated army can be integrated into such a formation, which is a general who can turn the tide back."
At first, Dong min was incompetent and exhausted to death. As a result, more than half of the 20000 troops were killed and wounded, and the remaining 10000 soldiers were defeated. However, Xu Rong rectified them in a short time.
There were three thousand sharp soldiers in the middle army. Ten thousand soldiers were divided into two parts, one on the left and the other on the other. The formation was very tight. How could it look like a defeated army?
If you attack directly, you may lose a lot. Liu Ye frowns.
When he arrived, General Xu Rongjun did not want to leave
"Oh?"
"Xu Rong is a rare general. If Dong Zhuo trusted him and took charge of the war in Guanzhong, it would be very difficult for the 30000 enemy troops to defeat him. Now that Dong min is killed and general Zhang Ying is entangled in the enemy's partial division, our army has just won and the morale is high. Although the enemy has Xu Rong as the leader, the morale of the enemy is low, so we should not miss such a good opportunity! "
Hearing Jia Xu's analysis, Liu Ye nods slowly. It's very reasonable to say that Xu Rongjun is at the most vulnerable moment. If he is allowed to rectify and collapse, it will be difficult to deal with it.