Shi Jin on his side drew his bow to full capacity, and the arrows flashing with cold light were lined up densely on the tower. The brothers in Shaohua Mountain were even more excited and ready to go.
Just when this was about to happen, the forward formation of the officers and soldiers also changed during the disassembly and reassembly. I saw the shield bearers lifting the shields as high as their bodies and running wildly. There were dozens of people every thirty strides.
The shields were tied into a crescent-shaped arc array. The archers who were originally shielded by the shield-hands were now running back to their positions as the formation changed, and one by one they set up their bows behind the bunker-like crescent shield array.
The arrow was pointed out through the small gap between the shields and aimed outward.
Shi Jin took a sudden look at it from the top of the city tower and saw that the crescent shield formation looked a bit like the hedgehog he had played with in the fields when he was a child. Although the power and effect of this formation were not yet known, Inspector Meng had quite a few tricks up his sleeve.
But the changes in the formation were not over yet. Officers and soldiers were coming and going under the city, torches were flowing continuously, and the formation was even more unpredictable.
After all the archers were in place, the pikemen behind them also began to change. They lined up their sharp spear heads in a neat row, with the five rows shortening the distance from front to back, and the rear row held the long gun bodies in front of them.
On the shoulders of the platoon, from here, a unit of a hundred or ten people formed a rectangular spear formation. The insides of each two teams were interlocked like a pair of flying wings, and lined up on the side of the crescent shield formation.
When Shi Jin saw the first change in the formation of the officers and soldiers, he became quite curious. It turned out that what his master Wang Jin said was true. In addition to heroic and fearless hand-to-hand combat, there was also a knowledge of fighting wits and courage on this battlefield. This
Although Shi Jin didn't know the name of the formation, Shi Jin's wisdom allowed him to look down from a high place and get a rough idea. In terms of the respective positions of the arms, this small formation looked like this.
The tiger's mouth opened one after another, and it was like an iron palm pinching forward. Shi Jin felt that this continuous giant formation was made up of these small formations interlocking with each other, and each had its own strengths in long-range and short-range attacks.
.It’s just that Wang Jin didn’t talk about anything else except carefully explaining the simplest formation to let Shi Jin understand what a formation is. At this moment, Shi Jin only knew that this was a formation. It might be very powerful, but the position of the formation was
What kind of changes there are, how the various ministries cooperate, how many layers and trends the formation has, how many changes can occur, these are all beyond what Shi Jin can see through.
Just when Shi Jin was looking at the formation with a frown, an even more incredible change occurred. Just after this continuous formation, the cavalry with silver helmets and silver armor formed another square with a circle in it.
The formation has eight gates, each with colored flags in the east, west, and south. The cavalry is flanked by swordsmen, and hundreds of seven-star hooks and poison-quenching crossbows are also ambushed in the formation.
Shi Jin stared at the formation formed by the officers and soldiers from the city. There were continuous torches in the formation, and what was outlined was a green dragon. Following the flow of firelight, Shi Jin clearly saw eight branches in the formation.
The flow was endless, and the soldiers led by various flags were mingling with each other. It seemed that there was no order, but Shi Jin stared at it for a long time, and he could see a kind of formation energy that was constantly growing and returning to its position.
What surprised Shi Jin and others even more was that Inspector Meng waved his hand again at this moment, and dozens of groups of sturdy men, carrying dozens of thick crossbars facing each other, walked straight to the front of the formation.
When they got closer, Shi Jin got a clear look. It turned out that under the thick crossbars, there were groups of three or three hanging a large black and shiny cauldron suspended by iron chains. At this moment, Shi Jin just felt that
, in the place like a tiger's mouth between the small formations, thick pot holders have been added one by one at some time, and those sturdy men also steadily placed the giant cauldrons on the pot holders one by one.
superior.
Shi Qian's eyes rolled around in his eyes, but in the end he shook his head slightly, leaned into Shi Jin's ear and said, "Brother, you said this was quite weird tonight, not to mention such a complicated thing.
They have set up all these big pots. I don’t think they are so kind as to entertain us for dinner and dancing. Are they trying to do some trick to boil our brothers into this soup and eat them?"
At this moment, Shi Jin actually couldn't figure out what tricks the old fox, Inspector Meng, was playing, so he could only shake his head slightly and said: "What they have set up below is an unpredictable formation."
"No matter how fancy he is, as long as he doesn't bring so many people to attack the city, we are not afraid."
After hearing this, Shi Jin felt that it made sense, but after looking at the formation a few more times, he still felt that there was something fishy hidden in it, because Shi Jin knew that the things that Supervisor Meng played were usually not that simple. So,
Shi Jin watched every move of the officers and soldiers under the city more carefully.
Sure enough, Shi Qian half guessed that those big pots were used for making rice. The officers and soldiers came over carrying bundles of firewood, lit a fierce fire under the big pots, and then started cooking in the big pots.
Fill up the soup, wait for the water to boil, and pour various spices into it in large bags, plus various mushrooms and vegetables. In just one cup of tea, the soup boils again, accompanied by a gurgling sound.
The fragrance spreads everywhere.
Shi Jin smelled the deliciousness of the soup, and his stomach began to rumble after not eating for a day. At this moment, Shi Qian, who was standing next to him, like all the brothers in Shaohua Mountain, had eyes fixed on his face.
He stared at the big pots and began to smack his lips involuntarily.
Shi Jin tightened the animal mask belt around his waist and tightened his unsatisfactory belly so as not to be embarrassed and conspicuous. After tidying up, he raised his eyes to look at the officers and soldiers camp.
, the officers and soldiers there had already slaughtered more than a dozen strong cattle and fat sheep in front of the battle. After a tedious process of gutting and washing their bellies, they chopped them into eight pieces and plopped them into the fragrant soup.
At this moment, in addition to the officers and soldiers filling up the firewood and setting fire to each pot, there were also a few guys in civilian clothes and soft armor. They took several huge shovels and spoons to stir the soup and meat in those large pots, and then the aroma came out.
rise.
Shi Jin watched every move below, but in his ears he could hear the sound of Shi Qian and others sucking saliva. Everyone had not had a decent meal for two days, although they found rice in the city.
, but after dividing it evenly with the people in the city, there really isn’t much that can fall into the mouths of the brothers. When Shi Jin left Kongji Dyeing House, he also told Jin Jiaoban to give more rice to the people tonight.
When he came back, he cooked a pot of porridge for the brothers. At that time, Shi Jin was still feeling happy, thinking that he could give the brothers a bowl of porridge to fill their stomachs. However, when Supervisor Meng's pot of soup and meat was placed here, Shi Jin was