As the morning fog dissipated, Luo Youdu looked at the huge formation in the distance and his first reaction was shock.
What is the concept of a large formation of 80,000 people?
Echoing back and forth in a radius of five miles, there are so many human heads that you can't even see the edges with the naked eye.
Even if Luo Youdu had a telescope, he would not be able to see the whole picture.
Spectacular and gorgeous!
Lu Duoxun beside him was dumbfounded and exclaimed: "Where in the Khitan are such good people able to set up such a large formation?"
A strange look appeared on Luo Youdu's face, and a thought flashed through his mind: Could this be the legendary Pingrong Wanquan Formation?
He held up the telescope and looked at it carefully, marveling at it.
The most important thing is to unite the troops in battle and arrange the troops in formation.
Luo Youdu was naturally good at this. He studied everything from Sun Bin's Ten Formations to Wuhou's Eight Formations, as well as "Tai Gong's Art of War", "Meng De's New Book", "Mirror of the Sixth Army", etc. Especially the works left by Li Jing
As the military god of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing not only made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but also left a wealth of military thoughts, especially in terms of military training: from a single soldier to multiple soldiers, from
From separate training to joint training, from simple to deep, step by step. A series of issues such as ancient formations, military systems, origins of military science, teaching and practice are also analyzed in detail.
Luo Youdu not only benefited a lot, but also lamented Li Jing's unfathomable military ability.
The truth of all things in this world is to simplify the complex. The simpler things are, the easier it is for people to accept.
The simpler the tactics, the greater the chance of successful execution.
However, Li Jing's art of war progressed from simple to complex, and in its profound aspects, it was almost equivalent to a string-raising operation.
This is really not something ordinary people can do.
Simple and efficient is the most common method on the battlefield.
Therefore, the existence of Li Jing was a dimensionality reduction blow to people of the same era.
Similarly, if you are not at Li Jing's level, playing tricks like him is just trying to imitate others.
Luo Youdu suddenly thought of the history of the Song Dynasty literati. Everyone wrote military formations and thought they were Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang. What was the result?
Apart from Fan Zhongyan, Zhang Kai and Zongze, how many others can play well?
Forget about Xin Qiji!
Do you think a guy who led 50 men into a camp of 50,000 Jin men and captured the traitorous generals alive was really a scholar?
Luo Youdu had never seen the large formation in front of him in ancient books. He also got the news through Wu Desi that Zhao Kuangyi had been appreciated by Yelu Bishe for his contribution to the Wanquan formation. He knew in his heart that except Zhao Kuangyi, no one else could figure out this complicated formation.
Here comes the stuff.
Luo Youdu said with emotion: "To be able to create such a complex and cumbersome formation requires profound knowledge. From another perspective, he is really a talent."
Fu Yanqing nodded in agreement and said: "Your Majesty is absolutely right. Not to mention, I have thought about this formation for a long time, but I can't find a flaw. The other party must have referred to many formations and combined the characteristics of many formations to form this change.
Thousands of weird formations without any flaws."
Luo Youdu couldn't help complaining: "Otherwise, how can we call it a perfect formation? It's perfect, everything is perfect. It shows how ambitious Zhao Kuangyi is..."
Fu Yanqing didn't know that Zhao Kuangyi presented the formation map to Yelvbi for photography, so he was a little confused.
Luo Youdu elaborated on the general situation.
Only then did Fu Yanqing know that Zhao Kuangyi had arranged for Yelv House to serve as a casual post in Shangjing after Zhao Dezhao falsely claimed that Guo Rongzi had caused a conflict. He had interacted with famous people in Shangjing and accumulated fame. He had been dormant for many years and had been studying formations. He was enthroned in Yelvbishe.
Later, he seized the opportunity to donate the Pingthiwan Quanquan array and entered the core of the Khitan temple.
As he got older, he couldn't help but sigh a little, and said: "It turns out to be him. I think Zhao Thief once led him to propose marriage. If it weren't for the Queen's remarks, the old minister would have agreed."
Luo Youdu chuckled, he was the one who stirred up this marriage.
Seeing the two of them reminiscing about the past, Lu Duoxun was even more stunned. How could he still be in the mood to chat when the other party had set up such a magnificent formation?
Lu Duoxun was resourceful, but like Zhao Kuangyi, he lacked real combat experience, and all his understanding of tactics was based on theory.
From a theoretical perspective, there are no obvious problems with the Wanquan Formation that Zhao Kuangyi painstakingly researched, otherwise the Song Dynasty would not have used it for many years.
But theory and practice are two different things.
On the one hand, Luo Youdu knew what the Wanquan Formation was like in history; on the other hand, he had extremely rich theoretical knowledge and experience and had a plan in mind.
As for Fu Yanqing?
When it comes to family background and military experience, there is no one in the world who has more rich experience than him.
Wan Quan Formation can intimidate most people, but in Fu Yanqing's eyes, Wan Quan Formation's biggest weakness can be seen.
Seemingly seeing Luo Youdu not moving for a long time, he seemed to be impatient to wait, so he sounded the sound of war drums first.
As the war drums sounded, the heavy and chaotic sound of horse hooves on the ground also sounded.
Three thousand light cavalry rushed out from the front of the Khitan army and rushed over on horseback.
The number of people was not large, and it was obviously a tentative attack. But the billowing smoke and loud shouts made them look like a flood.
Luo Youdu's eyes flashed with excitement. In fact, along the way, he had set his goal to bite off a piece of meat from the Khitan.
Khitan's series of calculations really made him feel a little uncomfortable.
The harsh climate has a greater impact on them than imagined.
On the contrary, the Khitan people live in the south and north of the desert all year round, and have long been accustomed to the grassland environment. Relatively speaking, it will be much better.
The opponent had the upper hand in every aspect of the situation, so Luo Youdu was naturally able to take it up and let it go, and took the initiative to narrow down the target for this battle.
But when the whole array appeared in front of him, he suddenly felt that he could do it again.
"But we have to test the truth. The current Zhao Kuangyi may not be the same person in history!"
Luo Youdu was not careless. With this change in his growth trajectory, his abilities and other things would naturally change accordingly.
"Send the order to Zhang Chonggui and ask him to press the opponent's head back. On this battlefield, when will it be the Khitan child's turn to speak?"
The messenger ordered the soldiers to run away like flying horses.
As the dull and dense war drums sounded rapidly, Zhang Chonggui, who had received the order, had already led his cavalry to the battlefield.
Zhang Chonggui was a native of Changshan Zhending, a fellow villager of Gao Huaide. Because he admired his fellow villager Gao Siji, the number one spearman of the Five Dynasties, he studied marksmanship and archery. After achieving success, he came to Bianjing to join the army and boldly challenged Gao Huaide. Although he was defeated
Rong, who was also recognized by Gao Huaide, was promoted step by step and became the commander of the Xiaowu Army in the Sima Army Division.
Zhang Chonggui joined the army late, and did not catch up with the battles of all parties. He had sufficient capabilities, but lacked impressive results.
At this time, he was ordered to be in the front line and was the first to meet the enemy. He worked hard to prove himself.
He shouted and roared, commanding the soldiers to rush towards the enemy formation.
The two vanguard troops approached like lightning.
Zhang Chonggui was originally on guard against the opponent's cavalry bow and big arrows, but seeing that the opponent had no intention of riding and shooting at all, he instead charged towards his side with even more ferocity.
"Well done!"
Zhang Chonggui also let go of his hands and feet, and the two torrents collided violently.
The powerful impact stagnated the momentum of both sides, and the situation was indistinguishable.
Zhang Chonggui gritted his teeth and waved his spear to urge his horse to continue charging. The personal guards beside him followed closely, forming a small cone formation and charging into the interior of the Khitan cavalry.
Although in the first round, neither side took advantage.
However, the well-trained Central Plains cavalry quickly recovered from the turmoil after the collision. Based on daily training, they found their ten generals and instinctively gathered into offensive formations to stabilize their position.
This is something that Khitan can never do.
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi said that the Khitan suffered more losses in field battles than in formation battles, and it was not false.
The long-trained Central Plains cavalry is far from comparable to the Khitan in terms of cooperation in battle.
Seeing the defeat at the front, Zhao Kuangyi, who was in charge of the Chinese army, did not feel surprised. Instead, he sneered in his heart: "Everyone claims to be brave, but if they really fight, how can they be the opponents of the Yu army who are skilled in battle formations? The key to victory or defeat depends on
Own."
He held the flag high and waved it up, down, left and right.
Under his order, Wu Tao, who was lying forward on the right, and Du Zhenghong, who was lying forward on the left, fought out as left and right wings.
They had received training from Zhao Kuangyi for three months and had formed a chemical reaction to Zhao Kuangyi's command.
As soon as he received the order, he rushed to the battlefield to support the Khitan cavalry who were at a disadvantage.
Both teams were spearmen, and they marched in formation with spears ten feet long.
The front lines were locked in a stalemate, and the speeds of the cavalry had canceled each other out.
Zhao Kuangyi calmly said to Yelu Haisi beside him: "Your Majesty, the cavalry who have lost their speed are like lambs to be slaughtered when facing the spear formation. Let's wait and see how the spear formation defeats the enemy."
Yelvhaisi was not completely ignorant of the art of war, and said: "The Southern Dynasty will not let the spear array get closer!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately saw the formation of the Southern Dynasty surging, and two teams of cavalry galloping out from the left and right flanks.
Without even thinking about it, the target was to attack from the left and right, and in a roundabout way, using speed to attack from the flanks.
Zhao Kuangyi remained calm and composed and said: "It's not up to them!"
Immediately after his order, the former guard divided into two groups, the left and right, and headed straight for the opponent's roundabout cavalry.
Zhao Kuangyi took the time to say to Yelu Haisi: "The formation I have laid out has thousands of changes. No matter how the opponent advances or retreats, there are ways to resist it. It's a pity that it can't be ordered and prohibited. If the Pishi Army can be like the Jingzhou Army
Just the same, let me train for half a year. Why bother with the Southern Dynasties? Why bother so much to gain these many advantages before we can fight."
He said it a bit arrogantly.
But Yelu Haisi was vaguely convinced. Although he was a little unwilling, Zhao Kuangyi did show extraordinary abilities during the period after Yelu Wuzhi's death.
Originally they were forced to withdraw their troops and were at a disadvantage, but through Zhao Kuangyi's series of tactics, they actually gained a certain advantage.
Especially now that Zhao Kuangyi actually put on such a terrifying and intimidating formation, and took the initiative while talking and laughing.
This was something that Yelu Wuzhi failed to do at the beginning, but Zhao Kuangyi did it.
Simply unbelievable.
"Perhaps he can really save my Khitan?"
Yelu Haisi had this thought in his mind.
Just as Yelu Haisi saw, Zhao Kuangyi took the initiative in the situation with a series of commands.
Luo Youdu really didn't have a good solution for this.
The key core that Zhao Kuangyi relied on was the two groups of spearmen who could inflict heavy damage to the cavalry.
The opponent had already put up a coordinated posture of infantry and cavalry, and except for the injured soldiers who attacked Baowu, the infantry in Luo Youdu's hands were all in Dading Mansion, and there were no available infantry around him to deal with it.
As for using cavalry to break the spear formation, it is not impossible.
It's just that the only saving grace for Wanquan's formation is that it's meticulous. No matter how many cavalry you send to attack the opponent's spear formation, the opponent will have enough cavalry to stop it.
When it comes to military strength, the opponent has 80,000 troops, so they are the ones who will suffer the loss due to such a deal.
The Khitan cavalry was not weak, and it would be impossible to break through the Khitan cavalry that came to block them in the short term. Once the opponent's spear formation got close, the consequences would be disastrous.
Luo Youdu was not in a hurry, but looked at Fu Yanqing beside him and said, "Zhang Yue, can you detect anything unnatural?"
Fu Yanqing nodded and said: "When the opponent sent out the second wave of cavalry, it was obviously a bit slow. Especially the opponent's right front guard. If they delay for a while, they will not have time to support the opponent's right front ambush formation."
Luo Youdu could not see Zhang Chonggui being entangled by two groups of spearmen from the other side, so he decisively issued a new order for Zhang Chonggui to withdraw.
Retreating at this moment will not only ruin Zhang Chonggui's frontal advantage, but also pay a heavy price for the opponent's pursuit. However, rather than letting the opponent's spearmen get entangled, retreating decisively is the best way.
The opponent's depth has been tested.
There is no need to continue making unnecessary sacrifices.
Just like in history, Zhao Kuangyi was obsessed with formations and made no progress at all.
He had always been cautious in using troops, and was worried that Zhao Kuangyi had unexpectedly grown in his ability as a commander due to the changes he had experienced.
Now it seems that he has overthought it.
However, as soon as he gave the order, Zhao Kuangyi on the opposite side became even more arrogant and continued to brainwash Yelu Haisi beside him, saying: "Is the Luo thief in the Southern Dynasties nothing more than this? Are you retreating now?"
He was in high spirits, waving the command flag in his hand, and ordered Yelu Xidi to pursue him.
Yelu Xidi, the most powerful Khitan general, had already lined up ten thousand soldiers and horses. It was so dark that one could not see the edge, but he never got the order to go to war. Seeing the retreat of the Southern Dynasty, he had been impatient for a long time. At this moment, he gave the order. He shouted deafeningly. He shouted and rushed forward.
The most excited person at the moment is not Zhao Kuangyi. As the commander of the three armies, he still retains some sense.
The Khitan Emperor Yelv Bishe, who was in the rear, had no scruples. When he saw Zhao Kuangyi repelling his powerful enemy from the front, he waved his arms excitedly.
He himself couldn't remember when he defeated Luo Youdu of the Southern Dynasty, or he never took advantage.
Yelu Bishe imitated Luo Youdu in every possible way, just to become an emperor like him. Now he felt the pleasure of defeating his idol in his heart, and he couldn't help shouting: "Jiang Zhao is really Sun Wu when he is alive." , Han Bai is reborn."
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