Looking at the valley at the foot of Qinfeng Mountain, Zhang Chong placed Zhang Dan's Gamao Tun, totaling eighty people, in the first formation.
Fifty steps behind Zhang Dan's formation, there are two more formations. The left formation is Li Damu's hundred-man swordsman camp, and the right formation is Ding Sheng's hundred-man swordsman camp.
Their three formations formed a large Z-shaped formation.
On the slope at the left rear of the Pinzi formation, in front of the slope were Chen Huan's fifty strong archers, on the slope were Zhang Chong's collision team, and behind the slope were Tian Jun's thirty assault cavalry. At this time, they were all Dismount and rest, waiting for orders.
At this moment, the fight between Zhang Chong and the enemy had already begun.
Previously, Meng Ju sneaked up the mountain with his flying army and saw the Wangqinling bandit meandering down the mountain. After shooting several people to death, he walked around from the left side in front of Zhang Dan's formation to the foot of Zhang Chong's banner.
Mengju reported:
"Qu, I found out that the Qin invaders did not defend the stronghold, but meandered all the way down the mountain. Because they did not display flags and gathered in one place, I couldn't count how many of them there were. Later I captured one person and said that there were three people who came down the mountain. , Counting two thousand thieves.”
Zhang Chong was sitting on the horse and frowned when he heard these words:
"Very good, the investigation was good. However, military reports must be concise in the future. I don't want the process, only the results."
Meng Ju blushed and nodded.
Zhang Chong was a little worried. The difference in numbers between the two armies was too huge at this time. They were five times the enemy!
I thought that if he defeated Gongsun Qi, the strength of the village would be severely damaged. I didn't expect that he could gather such a large number of troops. It really shouldn't be underestimated!
In fact, what Zhang Chong didn't expect was that after Gongsun Qi's troops were defeated, most of them lurked into the mountains and forests.
They couldn't survive in the forest, so they eventually returned to Wangqinfeng Dazhai, so they had this soldier.
Moreover, Meng Ju was deceived on one point, that is, the three bandits of Wang Qin Feng only had one thousand and two actual troops, including 800 Shanliao soldiers from Zhao Ji, 300 guests from Uncle Wang, and 100 archers from Gongsun Jiu.
From this strength, we also know why Zhao Ji is the only one who has the loudest voice in Dazhai.
But this is not the fault of Meng Ju, nor the blame of the prisoners captured by Meng Ju.
The person didn’t mean to lie to him. After all, people would get confused if they counted more than twenty. How could one really know how many people were there?
Didn’t people also say that you, Zhang Chong, only have 300 soldiers? That’s still 100 less.
There is no other way. It is already a rarity for ordinary people to know how to count. We can't be too demanding.
However, Zhang Chong didn't know this, but fortunately Zhang Chong had already considered this situation when setting up his formation, and he laid out Zhang Dan's camp at the front of the mountain.
In front of Zhang Dan's formation is a narrow open space a hundred paces long and fifty paces wide.
In such a narrow open space, the bandits can invest up to 200 people at a time, and the hedgehogs must be gathered together, and this is where Zhang Dange Mao Tun comes in.
Then Zhang Chong patiently waited to see how the bandits on the mountain would respond.
Over there, Zhao Ji, Wang Bo, and Gongsun Jiu also led their troops to the foot of the mountain.
Just looking at each other in front of them, the three of them felt their hearts skip a beat.
I saw a large formation of pin characters, blocking the valley in front of the mountain.
Then, if you look closely, you will see that there are many formations of swords and spears, and flags are flying, but there is no sound yet.
At that time, the three generals knew that General Shi had an origin.
Why?
Don’t you see, which mountain bandit can train such elite soldiers, with full morale, excellent fighting tools, and all the necessary flags, gold and drums! None of the soldiers in Taishan County are like this!
At this moment, the three generals were immediately frustrated.
After a while, it was Zhao Ji who was still shy and spoke first. After all, the words he said about taking the stone general's dog's head on the mountain still rang in his ears. He puffed up and said:
"Don't be afraid. I just counted according to the flag. There are three hundred soldiers in front of us. Let's swarm them forward and pile them up to death."
After saying that, he was about to take the lead in the battle. Unexpectedly, Gongsun Jiu over there immediately stopped him and said:
"Zhao Si, don't be stupid. You don't even look at how many soldiers can be spread in the open space opposite. If your soldiers swarm down, if the front can't break through the spear formation and the back can crush the front, you don't know how many people you will trample to death.
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After Gongsun Jiu reminded him, Zhao Ji was startled. He put up a pergola and looked at the front line. He knew in his heart that Gongsun Jiu was right. He was also modest and immediately asked Gongsun Jiu for advice:
"Xiaojiu, tell me how to break this formation. My brother is trying to avenge your eldest brother and is the first to do it. You can't hide your secrets. Otherwise, how can you deal with your brother?"
Seeing that his words were unconvincing, Zhao Ji added another sentence:
"I'm talking about your eldest brother Gongsun."
Gongsun Jiu secretly spit, but he knew that he had to concentrate at this moment, so he said:
"Zhao Si, you can choose 200 brave warriors from the mountain to ascend first, and I will bring my 100 archers to cover for you. Let us defeat the formation at the foot of the mountain in one fell swoop."
Gongsun Jiu spoke so arrogantly that Zhao Ji sighed inwardly. After all, the Gongsun family has a shadow, and there are two generations of heroes in the same family.
It's a pity that Gongsun Jiu is a coward and doesn't dare to be the chief. It seems that God has given me help.
Zhao Ji patted Gongsun Jiu and said nothing.
Then, he selected 200 brave warriors from the 800 people to break the formation with him.
To be honest, Zhao Ji was very confident in breaking the formation, because the people he brought were his brothers and sisters, and they were his most reliable support.
With soldiers like this, there is no place in the world that is undesirable, let alone a mere spear formation at the foot of the mountain.
The bandits did not have golden drums to cheer them on, but at this time they sang loudly under the harmonious voices of their respective leaders.
"Wenshui~" "Soup~soup!"
"Pedestrian~" "Peng~Peng!"
"Wenshui~" "Tao~ Tao!"...
The singing is solemn and the world is desolate!
Zhang Chong, who was on the slope behind the formation, also heard the song and immediately asked Yu Jin and Chang Xi in the collision team below:
"What is this song, and who sang it?"
Yu Jin was still thinking, but Chang Xi saw the opportunity and stepped forward and said shyly:
"Back to the channel, this is my Taishan folk song. The person who sings this song must be Zhao Ji, who loves my relatives and friends very much. His subordinates are all poor and dying mountain villagers. They love to sing this song most of the time."
Yu Jin was annoyed and let this man take the lead.
After Zhang Chong heard this, he hummed and continued to look at Zhang Dan's spear formation with a calm expression. No one saw him tightening his clothes.
Zhang Dan's spear and spear formation is a typical long-armed formation. Contrary to what those who don't know about military thinking, Zhang Dan's long-armed formation is spread out at this time.
There were ninety men in his unit, thirty in a row, arranged in three rows. Then each spearman was separated by three steps to the left and two steps from the front and back, and then they spread out and blocked the valley at the foot of the mountain.
Last year when Yang Mao taught this spear formation, Zhang Chong was foolish and asked:
"Why are the troops spread out so thinly and why can't they be gathered together in a dense formation?"
Yang Mao looked strange at the time, but he still explained:
Since ancient times, troops have been arrayed in sparse formations instead of close formations.
The reason for spreading out is that you, the spearman, are going to stab you, and if there is someone standing behind you, once you draw your spear back, you will hit your own person.
The left and right spread out because the two formations want to compete, and the one with the wider formation wins.
Why?
Because the left and right sides of the long formation can form a semi-surrounding situation for the left and right wings of the short formation.
And once this happens, if the enemy looks forward, he will not be able to look at his side, and if he looks sideways, he will not be able to look at the front.
Therefore, when short formations and long formations compete, they often collapse from both sides!
This is also the reason why Zhang Dan formed a long formation.
Just as Zhang Chong was thinking about this, Zhang Dan's military formation over there began to roar into the sky.