Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Han Xin said that the more senior officials lead soldiers, the better. Later, an idiom was derived, that is, Han Xin ordered soldiers, the more the better.

A person's military ability mainly depends on the ability to dispatch troops and horses under his command, leading a small army of hundreds of people, and anyone can do it. But how many thousands of people? How about tens of thousands?

The larger the number of soldiers and horses, the unnamed generals cannot command. To give the simplest example, Wang Jian, one of the four great generals of the Warring States Period, was ordered to destroy Chu and led an army of 600,000 to victory.

And Liu Bang also had an experience of leading troops on a similar scale. During the period of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, he took advantage of Xiang Yu to go north to clear up the rebellion in Qi, uniting all vassals to attack Pengcheng, which was the center of the Western Chu Kingdom.

Without Xiang Yu, naturally 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 a battle.

Xiang Yu was naturally furious when he heard that, apart from anything else, he led 30,000 cavalry to the south, passing through the joints of Liu Bangjun's ministries at a swift speed. The front of the troops went straight to Pengcheng, defeated Liu Bang in World War I, and pursued and killed Liu Bangjun aggressively along the way. More than 100,000 people were killed and drowned in the river.

Really complied with Han Xin's words, Liu Bang could indeed command a hundred thousand people. Once it rose to six hundred thousand, Liu Bang would 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 trained, equivalent to Xu Rong's private soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

The lieutenant general’s flag flies and the drum horn sounds. Every soldier can accurately understand Xu Rong’s meaning. When the circle formation was opened by Liangzhou cavalry, the Chinese sergeant immediately made up for it with flesh and blood, so Liangzhou cavalry Although sharp, he launched three attacks one after another, but was unable to open a gap, and then broke into Xu Rong's formation.

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

"All to Ben will get out of the way!"

Ma Chao roared, holding a Sirius gun, single-handedly relied on a single-handed Fubo spear, forcibly into Xu Rong's formation, breaking a **** path.

As Ma Chao had just entered the battlefield, more than a dozen foot soldiers around him straightened out their spears at the same time and stab Ma Chao. Ma Chao was shocked, and hurriedly stepped on the belt, hidden in a stirrup and turned under the horse's belly, letting more than ten spears stabbed.

Although Ma Chao is a peerless warrior, it is really dangerous to be in the Ten Thousand Army. Fortunately, Ma Dai saw the situation not well, and hurriedly led dozens of horses to rush up and guard Ma Chao.

Ma Dai frowned, and hurriedly said, "Brother, it's not good. The enemy troops seem to have gathered, so let's retreat quickly!"

Hearing Ma Dai's words, Ma Chao immediately looked around for a while, his brows frowned, his expression gradually becoming serious.

I saw the general Xu Rong waving the flag from side to side, and the flag bearer kept issuing orders at Xu Rong's request, ordering the army.

The ten thousand Dong Zhuojun who had been defeated saw Xu Rong's banner of the Chinese Army, and he gradually calmed down. After all, Xu Rong was far beyond Dong Min, both in command ability and prestige in the army.

Under Xu Rong’s orders, Dong Zhuojun, who had already been defeated by 10,000, gradually calmed down. Then it was divided into two parts, one on the left and the right, like two crab claws, echoing Xu Rong’s three thousand Chinese army. Ma Chao must be swallowed completely.

Ma Dai persuaded: "Brother, let's get out first. After meeting with General Zhengxi, he will fight to the death with the enemy."

Ma Chao nodded dullly: "Retreat!"

The slightly damaged five thousand cavalry didn't wait for the enemy to encircle on all sides, then the back team became the front team and withdrew from the gap. However, when Xu Rong saw Ma Chao retreating, he immediately ordered the army to sniper along the way, killing and wounding hundreds of Ma Chaojun cavalry.

Ma Chaojun rushed all the way, seeing all the armies converging, the army's banners were fluttering, and in the center was a shot of Liu Ye's Chinese army's big sword, 17,000 armies united in one place, full of momentum.

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

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

Ma Chao said with shame: "General, a certain led an army to chase the enemy's defeated troops along the way. Unexpectedly, Xu Rong's light troops arrived at a critical moment and reorganized the defeated troops. Someone was worried about heavy losses, so he came to report to the general."

Liu Ye nodded, turned his head and smiled at Xun You: "I have long heard that Xu Rong defeated Yuan Gonglu and Sun Wentai, and he can finally fight this person today."

Jia Xu on the side handed his hands and said: "Xu Rong was originally a veteran general in Dong Zhuo's army, or Li Ru, a military strategist, promoted. The general must be careful."

Liu Ye nodded and waved his horse whip.

"The whole army marches forward and see what Xu Rong is capable of!"

With an order, Ma Chao's more than 4,000 cavalry joined Liu Ye's 17,000 army, and then slowly moved forward and began to approach in the direction of Xu Rongjun.

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

The army came all the way with great fanfare, and in the hustle and bustle of the loess, the two army finally faced each other.

Liu Yejun has a total of 22,000 people.

Xu Rongjun has a total of 13,000 people.

The two armies fluttered their flags and faced the base. An atmosphere of killing quickly condensed, but the two armies did not immediately enter the offensive because Xu Rong and Liu Ye were both observing each other.

Seeing Xu Rong's formation, Liu Ye couldn't help but admire him, and said to Jia Xu and others: "No wonder Xu Rong can defeat Sun Wentai, and the defeated army can be formed into such a battle. It is a general who can turn the tide."

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

I saw that three thousand sharp soldiers were listed in the Chinese army, and the ten thousand army was divided into two parts, left and right, lined up beside each other, but the formation was very tight, where did it look like a defeated army?

If it was a direct attack, Liu Ye frowned, fearing that the loss would not be small.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu said: "It should not be too late. Please attack quickly, but you can't get out of Xu Rongjun!"

"Oh?"

"Xu Rong is a rare general. If Dong Zhuo trusts this person and is completely responsible for the war in Guanzhong, the enemy's 30,000 army will be very difficult to defeat. Now Dong Min is killed, and General Zhang Yun has entangled the enemy's partial division. Victory and morale is high, although the enemy's morale is low despite Xu Rong's leadership, and attacking the weak with a strong force, this opportunity is not to be missed!"

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