With the addition of the Huns, Ji Jie made corresponding adjustments to the original battle formation. Twenty thousand Huns cavalry were the front army, led by Rouyue and Kuo Lun. Ji Jian and Zhao Ling were still in charge of the two wings, and Ji Jie and Ji Lin led the front army. The Chinese army then pressed the formation for the team.
More than 50,000 people attacked the next target, the Wurong tribe.
The Urong tribe is one of the large tribes bordering the Nanshan tribe. It is a loyal follower of the current Shanyu. King Urong has 40,000 troops and is very powerful. The last time Ilimu failed to pursue Ji Jie, he returned with 20,000 cavalry. Join the Urong King's camp and fight against the coalition forces.
Yilimu also brought new weapons that they had purchased with a lot of money, and equipped a team of three thousand people with great arrogance.
Cavalry warfare emphasizes flexible assaults, destroying the enemy's effective forces in motion. Ji Jie and even the Huns were extremely skilled in using this method of warfare, and preventing daily sneak attacks became a worry for him.
As soon as they entered the territory of the Wurong tribe, the coalition forces were harassed twice by enemy cavalry. Although they did not cause any losses, they caused a certain amount of psychological pressure on the soldiers. Many people were unable to have a good rest at night because of worry. It affects your mental outlook the next day.
"If they send cavalry, we can do it too!" Seeing his frown, Ji Lin came up with an idea: "Let Rouyue send people to harass them too, so that they can't live in peace either!"
Ji Jie shook his head and said: "The enemy occupies the right time and place. We are not familiar with the place. It is difficult for the same method to achieve the same effect! I am thinking how to make them determined to fight us decisively. In this way, they will No more tricks!"
An idea struck him, and he made a plan in his mind.
Ji Jie wrote a letter of war in his own handwriting, stating in a very contemptuous tone that the Huns were only good for small fights. Do they dare to choose a day to fight to the death with the coalition forces? If they don't dare, they should go home and take care of their children.
Then they found a group of soldiers with loud voices and yelled and cursed outside the Huns' camp.
King Urong and Yilimu were both rude men with very low boiling point. How could they stand such a provocation? They wrote a reply on the spot and asked the coalition forces to prepare their positions for a battle the day after tomorrow.
The two men had 10,000 more troops than the coalition forces, so they were naturally confident in their words.
Sure enough, after this, they withdrew the harassment team they sent and fully prepared for the decisive battle the day after tomorrow.
Ji Jie was very happy, these simple-minded Huns were so easy to deceive, so he immediately summoned the generals to study how to defeat the enemy.
The Huns are accustomed to charging in groups. No matter how many people there are, they all press forward at once. The most commonly used one is the horn formation. When charging, there are a number of men and horses on the left and right wings. The center army is facing the enemy, and the protrusions on both sides are like Two horns are used to divide and surround enemies that have been engaged head-on.
This type of bull-headed formation is simple but very practical, especially when the number of our own side is greater than that of the enemy, the effect is more significant. King Wu Rong and Yilimu's troops exceed the coalition forces, Rouyue believes that they will adopt this formation.
After listening to her opinion, Ji Jie pointed to the map and said: "The expansion of the Niutou Formation requires a certain depth, which means that the enemy will want us to fight them to the death in a flat place. Of course, if we choose to fight in a rugged place, There is nothing they can do to stop them from setting up a formation. But having said that, the grassland is flat and there are few rugged places nearby, so I plan to fulfill their wish and choose the flattest position to fight them!"
Ji Lin understood what he meant and asked with a smile: "You want to confuse the enemy and make them think of underestimating the enemy, right?"
"That's right!" Ji Jie continued: "When the enemy sees that the position of our formation is conducive to their charge, they will come over without any scruples, without leaving any reserves! This is the result I want, Niutou Although the formation is powerful, it is not impossible to break!"
"Your Majesty, please give the order!" Ji Jian couldn't wait any longer.
Ji Jie smiled, pointed to a point on the map, and said: "After lunch, we will break camp and go here to start forming a formation! Kuo Lun's cavalry and the Chinese army were put together to deal with the enemy in front. Ji Jianhe Zhao Ling will each lead eight thousand men and horses to stabilize the left and right wings. He will take two thousand from each of your ten thousand men and hand them over to the two brothers Xiong Ba and Xiong Ben to ambush in the dry river ditch six miles away. When the signal is sounded, You come out from behind the enemy and catch him off guard. Then we attack from the front and back and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop!"
"Got the order!"
Everyone went to prepare, but Ji Jie, Ji Lin and Rou Yue were left in the big tent.
Ji Lin originally had something to deal with, but when Rou Yue refused to leave, she didn't want to leave either, after all, a woman.
"Linlin, I have something to tell Ji Jie!" Rouyue took the initiative to speak, but Ji Lin could only nod and said: "Okay, I'm leaving!"
"What's the matter? Tell me!" Ji Jie sat on the chair openly and looked at Rou Yue who was hesitant to speak with deep meaning.
Rou Yue took a deep breath and said: "I feel very sorry to be involved in this war that has nothing to do with you. You don't have to explain anything to me. Even if the White Mountain King will invade the Zhou and Yan Kingdoms in the future, right now he If you didn’t do this, you can completely ignore it now. It won’t be too late to fight back when the day comes, right?”
What he said was hard for Ji Jie to refute, so he nodded lightly.
"So, I want to thank you!" Rouyue said solemnly.
"No need to thank you!" Ji Jie waved his hand. That's the kind of person he is. The more serious you are with him, the less serious he will be. He said with a smile: "You mean that in a sense, Zhou Yan's coalition forces will not be so serious this time." Going on an expedition is a bit unfair, isn't it? It's easy to handle, just marry yourself to me, then I, Ji Jie, will fight to avenge my father-in-law, hahaha!"
"You guy, you have no integrity!" Rou Yue said coquettishly: "I don't want to marry a big bad guy like you! Okay, I'm telling you something serious, don't interrupt! There will be a battle the day after tomorrow. I don't know how many people will die. Soldiers, they could have stayed at home peacefully and enjoyed their families with their wives and children."
Ji Jie shrugged, then changed his expression and said, "Don't worry, I will try to reduce the casualties of the soldiers as much as possible. They are all good people. It is my responsibility to take them back after I brought them out!"
After a day and a half of preparation, the coalition forces established a defensive formation called the Tianlong Formation.
Ji Jie's command podium is located in the center of the formation. A two-foot-high wooden command podium has been erected here, with flags and war drums distributed on it. Under the podium are a hundred messengers with superb riding skills, waiting in full formation.
Surrounding the wooden platform are artillery positions. Hundreds of trebuchets have been installed, and boxes of sky-shattering artillery shells are placed next to them. Then there is a layer of soldiers holding shields and spears. Finally, there is the peripheral cavalry team. In addition to conventional weapons, each Each person is equipped with a thunderbolt crossbow and twenty thunderbolt bullets.
At three o'clock in the morning, the Huns appeared in everyone's sight, and the battle was about to begin.