Half of the cavalry column in the center of the rear of the army dispersed immediately.
After all, it was a battle that would decide life and death. Li Cheng gave the order, but he still felt a little uneasy. What worried him most about this battle was actually very simple. That was that in the current overall situation, some generals in the army would inevitably be shaken. He was afraid that someone would not be able to hold on once a bloody battle broke out.
Therefore, after thinking it over, as the troops moved forward a little, he gave orders again, but he adjusted all the cavalry for easy deployment, divided the cavalry into two, and lined up on the left and right. Even the Jin army's Meng'an was sent out by him and placed on the right wing.
In other words, when the distance to the enemy was less than ten miles, he finally chose the final formation... which was the classic conservative formation of cavalry on the two wings, infantry in the middle, elite armored soldiers in the front, and weak soldiers in the back.
"My lord." Seeing this, Guo Dadao seemed to have some ideas, but he took the initiative to rein in his horse and move forward after his commander gave the order. "Although this arrangement can be considered appropriate, we still have to consider the terrain... This is our place, my lord, don't you know the terrain? The main road in the middle is barely okay, but there are some hills on both sides. Even if the cavalry charges, their combat effectiveness will be limited."
How could I not know?
Li Cheng cursed in his heart... His formation was simply to allow the cavalry troops under his direct control to surround the infantry brigade in the middle! It was a conservative tactic to try to prevent the infantry in the middle from collapsing!
However, he couldn't say this out loud. Helplessly, Li Cheng could only wave his hand and say, "Old Guo doesn't understand, but I know the answer myself!"
Guo Dadao had only mentioned it out of consideration, so seeing this, he naturally had nothing to say.
A moment later, as Li Cheng's cavalry moved in large numbers, Yue Fei heard the scouts and was slightly moved, but he did not show any extra reaction on his face. He waited until Li Cheng's cavalry had completed the formation of the left and right wings during the march... Then he suddenly ordered to summon the main generals such as Tian Shizhong, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, and Tang Huai.
At this time, the front armies of both sides were only seven or eight miles apart.
"The opportunity for battle has emerged, and I already know how to defeat the enemy." Yue Fei reined in his horse in the army formation, with seven or eight dismounted generals standing in front of him, and a general flag with the word Yue in its name erected behind him. When the soldiers and horses behind him encountered this flag, they naturally split in two like water encountering a reef, and continued to advance without stopping. "Li Cheng relied on his large number of cavalry and actually placed the cavalry on the mountains on both sides and the infantry on the main road in the middle... We will do the opposite, split the infantry into two, meet the cavalry on the left and right on the mountains, but unite the cavalry from various units and place them in the middle with the Beiwei Army, and charge directly into his heart!"
The generals looked at each other, knowing that this was the final decision and could not be delayed, but they nodded one after another... In fact, in order to facilitate the march and protect the precious cavalry, the current marching route was arranged in this way.
Therefore, everyone realized that Yue Fei must have other words.
As expected, Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and stared at one of them. "General Tian! There is something I can only ask you to do... I'll tell you in advance, when the military order is issued, you will definitely feel that I am using you as a guest army as a ditch, and maliciously trying to consume the core of General Zhang's confidants... But even so, you have to grit your teeth and do it, because your troops are indeed the most elite troops among the infantry! If you don't do it, I will punish you by military law!"
Tian Shizhong was silent for a moment, but seemed to have expected this. Then he bowed and said, "We are all veteran soldiers. If General Yue really has bad intentions, I will know it... So, General Yue, just give the order."
Yue Fei nodded slightly: "I want you to go to the front of the left wing! Directly confront the enemy's southern cavalry brigade with the Jurchen cavalry in the mountains!"
Tian Shizhong let out a long sigh and agreed frankly: "As the general said, my unit is the best infantry in the army, and we have fought against the Jin cavalry head-on. According to the general's strategy for dealing with the enemy, I have nothing to say about this arrangement... It's settled. In the mountains, my unit can fight and will never refuse!"
"Okay!" Yue Fei nodded slightly, then shook his head again. "I haven't finished yet... I also want General Tian's troops to speed up immediately and rush out first to engage the enemy cavalry brigade on the southern mountain! The rest of the troops, from south to north, slow down their marching speed in turn and engage the enemy in an oblique formation!"
Tian Shizhong looked up in surprise and stared at Yue Fei without saying a word.
Yue Fei just looked down from his horse with his eyes wide open, and greeted the other party: "If you have anything to say, please say it quickly... There is no time to delay!"
"Captain, do you want my troops to die?" Tian Shizhong breathed heavily.
"That's right! The frontline of this battle will surely suffer heavy losses, and if your troops break out alone and fight alone, I'm afraid more people will die!" Yue Fei replied sternly. "But as a soldier, you eat food, so are you afraid of death?!"
Tian Shizhong's mouth twitched a bit, and it was unknown what he was thinking. After a moment, he jumped on his horse, reined in the horse, turned around, and then pointed the whip at the emperor, shouting: "General, if you do this and still can't win, I will go to the emperor and cry out to him, even if I risk my life, to wipe out the merits of your army's march south for more than half a year!"
After saying this, Tian Shizhong rode his horse back without waiting for Yue Fei to say anything.
Things were rushed, and there was no time for any bold words. Two quarters of an hour later, Tian Shizhong led the Beiwei Army of the Right Army of the Imperial Camp, which was the 3,000 heavy-armored long-axe infantrymen who were like his father-in-law's lifeblood, and took the initiative to charge and fight with the cavalry in front of them on the mountain on the south side of the road. As soon as the two sides fought, they entered the most brutal hand-to-hand combat stage on the narrow and slightly rugged battlefield.
Armor, war horses, limbs, and blood plasma instantly began to be scattered onto the hills in the heart of Qi and Lu.
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