Chapter 178 Inform the Prince, understand a little
Li Fengxian was angry.
Not only did Chen Changfeng hurt his right arm, but he also used the Ninth Prince's death as a plot against him. Li Fengxian would never forget this grudge.
Today, the third prince of the Ming Dynasty is looking for death and wants to compete with them in military formation. Li Fengxian is not going to let him go.
The third prince frowned. He knew how brave Li Fengxian was, and his so-called skills could only be regarded as three-legged cat kung fu in front of Li Fengxian.
So when he walked out of the military formation, he also led Liu Shenyan and other thirteen generals in order to protect himself from being attacked by Li Fengxian.
"Li Fengxian, you still dare to come out. I thought you would be too scared to show your face. How about it, the injury on your arm is healed?" The third prince reined in the horse's head and stopped ten meters away from Li Fengxian.
Liu Shenyan and others around him looked at Li Fengxian warily.
When Li Feng first saw the appearance of the third prince and others, he smiled jokingly, thinking that compared with Chen Changfeng's courage, this so-called third prince of the Ming Dynasty was really worthless.
Chen Changfeng dared to face him alone, but the third prince of the Ming Dynasty and his thirteen generals did not even dare to approach him.
"Even if the injury is not healed, it is still more than enough to take care of you."
"Tell me, how do you want to compare?" Li Fengxian looked cold.
The third prince looked at Liu Shenyan who was standing aside. He was not moving against the military formation. In the duel between the military formations, he could only rely on Liu Shenyan.
Liu Shenyan drove his horse two meters forward and stopped, staring at Li Fengxian in front of him: "The military formation competition is divided into two sides, the offensive and defensive. There is no limit to the number of competition venues, until one side admits defeat."
"As for who attacks and who defends, we will alternate. Since we are the party issuing the challenge, it is up to you to choose whether to attack or defend first."
"This doesn't count as bullying you."
"Well, in this first battle, we, the Great Chu, will attack first. Liu Shenyan, you have to guard your turtle shell." Li Fengxian agreed without saying a word.
After saying that, he immediately turned his horse's head and returned to the Chu army formation.
Liu Shenyan was a little surprised by the straightforward agreement.
But Liu Shenyan knew that Xu Gongmao, the master of the Great Chu Army Formation, was still in the capital of Great Chu, so no matter who the Great Chu sent out, he, Liu Shenyan, didn't care.
Returning to his own military formation, Liu Shenyan looked at the third prince: "Your Highness, the general will need 20,000 elite troops to form a square formation."
The Third Prince knows that the Fangyuan Formation is one of the most excellent defensive formations.
Without troops several times larger than our own, it is impossible to break through the defense of the square formation.
When Liu Shenyan used this formation to deal with Chu's southern army, he would definitely make no mistakes.
"Go." The third prince smiled and nodded. In his peripheral vision, he saw Chen Changfeng standing side by side with Chen Qingzhi on horseback.
Chen Changfeng also looked over, and the third prince snorted coldly and turned his head.
"Prince, Liu Shenyan's formation skills are very good. I think there should be no problems in this battle." Chen Qingzhi looked at Chen Changfeng.
Chen Changfeng withdrew his gaze: "Li Fengxian is not a fool. How could he not know Liu Shenyan's ability?"
"But he readily agreed to the military formation competition. What do you think is the reason?"
Chen Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly responded: "What the prince means is that Li Feng has a back-up plan?"
Chen Changfeng did not answer, his eyes fell on the battlefield ahead.
Twenty thousand Ming frontier troops quickly formed a large square formation, and Liu Shenyan stood on horseback in the center of the formation.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty deployed layers of defense on the outside, with spears, bows and arrows outside, and mobile troops inside.
The entire formation is extremely dense.
"Li Fengxian, come and break the formation quickly." Liu Shenyan's voice echoed on the battlefield.
Li Fengxian could tell at a glance that what Liu Shenyan had set up was a square formation known as a turtle shell, and anger flashed across his face.
This square formation is comparable to a tortoise shell. Unless the opponent's food and grass are exhausted and the enemy is destroyed without attack, a strong attack will probably result in the loss of a large number of soldiers.
Liu Shenyan came up with this kind of military formation, presumably because he wanted to take advantage of their great Chu army in conquering the South.
But Li Fengxian was not a fool. He originally wanted to let others test Liu Shenyan's skills before letting Xu Gongmao take the field.
Now...
"Mr. Xu, this Liu Shenyan wants to use turtle shell tactics to deal with us. Does Mr. Xu have a clever plan?" Li Fengxian's eyes fell on Xu Gongmao.
Xu Gongmao did not speak, but waved to the child behind him. Xu Gongmao was sitting in a small wheelchair and was pushed forward by the child.
"According to our military order, five thousand cavalry, led by General Yan Chou, will charge directly at the opponent's center. The spearmen and shield soldiers on the left and right wings will resist the enemy's pressure. The archers will suppress the enemy's left and right wings with arrows." Xu Gongmao's small wheelchair stopped at the
Before the battle.
The messenger waved the battle flag, and the 20,000 soldiers of Dachu's southern army quickly gathered.
"Prince, isn't this the Front Arrow Formation, but why does it seem different? It also feels like the Fish Scale Formation." Chen Qingzhi looked at the formation of Da Chu's southern army with a look of confusion on his face.
Cavalry and infantry are the basic formation of the Fish Scale Formation.
But the ones attacking in front were cavalry, led by the general himself. This was somewhat similar to the spear formation.
"Who is that old guy?" Chen Changfeng asked, pointing to Xu Gongmao opposite.
Chen Qingzhi shook his head, he had never seen that person before.
"This person should be Xu Gongmao, the military formation master of Da Chu." Xue Rengui stood aside and whispered.
"Is he Xu Gongmao?" Chen Qingzhi had a look of surprise on his face.
Only now did Chen Changfeng understand why Li Fengxian had so firmly agreed to compete with the Ming Dynasty's southern army.
Xu Gongmao, as the master of formations in the world, was unparalleled in his military formations.
Compared with him, Liu Shenyan is basically like an egg against a rock.
"kill!"
Yan Chou, the general of Chu, shouted loudly, holding two mountain-breaking axes, and headed towards Liu Shenyan's square formation of the Ming Dynasty.
The five thousand cavalry behind them surged forward like a giant wave.
Liu Shenyan's expression in the center of the square array changed slightly. He had already seen Xu Gongmao next to Li Fengxian.
He thought that Xu Gongmao was still in the capital of Chu, so he was so confident in testing the military formation with Li Fengxian.
But I didn't expect...
Liu Shenyan was a little worried, but at this moment he had no way out.
In front of him, Yan Chou, the general of Chu, came straight towards his center. A pair of sharp axes swept left and right, killing the officers and soldiers of the Ming border army.
Many soldiers even had their shields split in half by Yan Chou.
"Chinese army spearmen intercept, the left and right wings shrink to the center..." Liu Shenyan's order was passed on.
"The situation is not good!" Chen Changfeng suddenly said, making Chen Qingzhi stunned.
"No, I think Liu Shenyan's command was very effective. The Chinese army blocked the attack of the Chu general and killed a lot of their cavalry, at least more than five hundred." Chen Qingzhi looked forward and said doubtfully.
He didn't know why Chen Changfeng said the situation was not good.
Anyway, he didn't notice it at all.
"The left and right wings were forced to rescue the Chinese army. Originally, the two wings were prepared to encircle and suppress the enemy. However, due to the retreat, the left and right wings gradually became weak. Sooner or later, they will be defeated." Xue Rengui's voice came faintly.
Chen Qingzhi was stunned again, and then looked at Chen Changfeng.
"Xue Rengui, do you understand military formations?" Chen Changfeng looked at Xue Rengui with a look of surprise on his face.
"Prince Qi, please understand a little bit," Xue Rengui said, cupping his hands.
"Then tell me, how can Liu Shenyan prevent the military formation from being broken?" Chen Changfeng felt that Xue Rengui was a bit unusual.
"The spearmen are in front, and the cavalry is behind to attack the enemy on both sides, instead of confronting the Chu cavalry head-on." Xue Rengui said, cupping his hands.
Chen Changfeng nodded slightly and looked at Xue Rengui with admiration.
This fire-headed soldier could actually figure out how to save the defeat at this moment. He must have done some research on this military formation.
"Xue Rengui, you are very good, stay with me and obey my orders from now on." Chen Changfeng said with a smile.