Three Kingdoms: Rebirth of Liu Bei, the Zhaolie

the next day.

It was still dark.

Liu Bei had already gotten up from the yurt.

After quickly washing up with the help of a slave, he began his breakfast.

They arrived at the designated assembly point for the troops, as agreed upon yesterday.

Eight hundred Xianbei cavalrymen were already on standby, each equipped with three horses for changing horses along the way.

Guan Yu, Qian Zhao, Lü Bu, Gao Shun, and other generals were already standing in front of their respective troops.

Liu Bei did not tell the eight hundred Xianbei cavalrymen that they were going to fight in the area west of the Tuoba tribe. He only told them that they would be conducting a long-distance training exercise today, practicing the three-three system of warfare along the way.

Naturally, all the cavalry generals already knew Liu Bei's true purpose.

The reason he didn't tell the soldiers was to train them to enter a real combat state anytime, anywhere, so that they could switch from "exercise" to "combat" at any time.

After some mobilization, Liu Bei immediately ordered Lü Bu, a centurion, to lead one hundred elite cavalry and one hundred Bingzhou knights-errant on the first journey.

During this westward journey, Liu Bei instructed his centurions to lead their cavalry units in drills of assault tactics involving fixed groups of three riders. These drills included direct assaults, flanking maneuvers, and flanking retreats.

Of course, as a cavalry unit, the focus of the drills was to directly advance and assault the enemy lines, with a secondary focus on flanking maneuvers.

After mastering the assault tactics of a fixed group of three riders, practice the assault tactics of any three riders freely combining into a group at any time.

The reason for practicing the tactic of freely forming groups to advance is to prepare for the possibility that in future battles, after the fixed units are scattered by the enemy, each cavalryman can still freely form a group, regroup, and continue to strike the enemy.

The key to a three-person team is to use the strength of three people to fight against one opponent, which will naturally make you invincible.

Afterwards, they practiced the assault tactics of forming a fixed formation of three groups.

After mastering the drills, practice advancing tactics by freely combining any three groups into a single formation.

Afterwards, they practiced the assault tactics of a fixed combat unit consisting of 27 people in the front, middle and rear of the three formations.

After mastering the drills, practice advancing tactics where 27 people from the front, middle, and rear of the three formations freely combine to form a single combat unit.

Each centurion led a hundred cavalrymen. If each combat unit consisted of twenty-seven men, there would be three small combat units, with nineteen cavalrymen still remaining.

These nineteen surplus cavalrymen could basically form two formations.

At the same time, the centurion could also use these nineteen cavalrymen as his personal guard.

From Canhebei at the foot of Daqingshan Mountain to Gaoqueshan Mountain hundreds of miles away, the flat plains were perfect for training eight hundred Xianbei cavalry for battle formations and assaults, allowing them to gallop freely across the land.

After Lü Bu led his vanguard army two miles westward...

Liu Bei had just ordered Guan Yu and Yang Feng to lead 100 elite cavalry in the center, Qian Zhao and Wu Lu Da Wang to lead 100 elite cavalry on the left, and Zuo Zi and Zhang Ba to lead 100 elite cavalry on the right. The three groups of elite cavalry were spaced several tens of meters apart and advanced side by side.

These three routes are the left wing of the vanguard, the vanguard itself, and the right wing of the vanguard.

Two miles behind the vanguard was Liu Bei's central army—Xu Wushan's twenty-eight elite cavalrymen, and Dongye Ban and Xinyuan Jian's one hundred Xianbei cavalrymen.

Two miles behind the central army was the rear army.

They are:

The left flank of the rear army consisted of one hundred elite cavalrymen commanded by Song Xian and Wei Xu.

The rear guard consisted of one hundred elite cavalrymen commanded by Gao Shun and Hou Cheng.

The right flank of the rear army consisted of one hundred elite cavalrymen led by Cheng Lian and Wei Yue.

This method of troop deployment—vanguard, front army, center army, rear army, plus flanks—is the most practical and common battle formation on the battlefield.

It was a truly formidable formation!

Since this is the most practical and common battle formation, it means that many variations can be derived from this one battle formation.

Whether it's the long snake formation, the six-flower formation, the goose formation, or the square formation, the circle formation, the cone formation, or even the nine palaces and eight trigrams formation, all can be transformed from this battle formation.

Just like a master swordsman who, after learning a sword move, discovers that there are seven or eight hidden variations of that move, each of which is deadly.

Despite Liu Bei's strategic deployment, he currently commands a total force of less than a thousand men.

In fact, even if there are three thousand, five thousand, ten thousand, or even one hundred thousand people, they can still be deployed according to this standard.

The more the better.

Liu Bei led an army of a thousand men westward, conducting drills along the way.

By noon three days later, when they arrived at the outer perimeter of the Tuoba tribe's camp at the foot of Gaoque Mountain, the thousand-strong army had already practiced to a very high level.

Originally, the eight hundred elite cavalrymen of the Rilu Division were all well-trained, so under Liu Bei's guidance, they learned quickly and adapted well to this battle formation.

Jian Yong, Liu Yu, Liu Gao, and Zhang Fang, who rode up to greet Liu Bei, were all very excited to see that Liu Bei was leading a well-trained cavalry force with impeccable discipline and orderly movements.

At Liu Bei's command, all cavalrymen dismounted and rested on the spot.

Jian Yong greeted him with a smile and said:

"Xuande, the Khan already knows that your 800 elite cavalry will arrive at noon today, so he has prepared wine and meat to reward the soldiers. Come, I will take you to see the Khan."

"it is good."

Liu Bei still accompanied Qian Zhao, Guan Yu, Lü Bu, and Gao Shun, while the rest of the soldiers waited in place for Khan Tuoba Lin to reward them with wine and meat, which would be delivered by a special messenger.

The group rode their horses toward the western camp of the Tuoba tribe.

As we were passing through a small grove of trees.

Suddenly, Liu Bei saw an arrow fly out of the grass not far ahead, hurtling towards a kestrel that was flying low and searching for prey.

The kestrel happened to be hovering in mid-air when, by sheer coincidence, it was struck by an arrow.

The timing of this arrow shot was extremely skillful.

It was fired just one second before the kestrel came to a stop.

Not too early, not too late.

It can be said to be just right.

Just as Liu Bei was wondering what was going on, he saw a horse's head suddenly emerge from the bushes, followed by the entire horse standing up.

"Neigh..."

The horse neighed loudly, its voice high-pitched and far-reaching.

On horseback was a Xianbei girl wearing a hooded hat, a narrow-sleeved pleated shirt, and long trousers. She held a horn bow, had a sword at her waist, and leaned slightly forward as she galloped toward the spot where the falcon had fallen.

It turned out that the long arrow was shot by the Xianbei girl who was hiding in the grass.

Liu Bei looked at the girl and saw that she had an oval face with delicate features, slightly angular, large and bright eyes, a straight and beautiful nose, snow-white skin, and a slender figure. She had both the gentle and lively qualities of a woman from the Central Plains and a wild, exotic air about the grasslands.

The hood she wore, also known as the Xianbei hat, was a unique garment worn by the Xianbei people who roamed the northern grasslands.

The hood has a rounded top and a shawl that extends from the back of the head to the shoulders. It effectively blocks wind and sand.

As the Xianbei girl galloped away on her horse, the hood of her hat billowed in the wind, revealing the braided pigtails at the back of her head.

—Similar to the "dreadlocks" that fashionable young people in modern society love to wear. In modern hip-hop culture, dreadlocks have been regarded as a symbol of individuality and identity.

However, in the grasslands at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, braiding a hairstyle similar to "dirty braids" was a long-standing custom of the western Xianbei. This is also the reason why the Han people referred to the western Xianbei as "Suotou Xianbei".

Seeing that the Xianbei girl was both beautiful and spirited, possessing a heroic and forthright air, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask Jian Yong beside him:

"Who is this person? Why does he look somewhat unlike a Xianbei?"

Jian Yong glanced at the Xianbei girl galloping away on horseback and said leisurely:

"She was the daughter of Khan Tuoba Lin, the half-sister of Tuoba Jiefen, named Tuoba Yiza. She was born to Khan Tuoba Lin and a Chidi woman."

"Perhaps, Tuoba Yizha's mother inherited too many of the physical features of the Chidi people. Therefore, she doesn't look much like a Xianbei."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei finally understood.

……

The hair is braided into a rope-like shape.

—Book of Song